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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Jayme(the ghostreader)15.8 Pop
Read a book set in Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska, Indiana, or Iowa
Coconut Layer Cake Murderby Joanne Fluke
Set in Lake Eden, Minnesota which is near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Task +15
Grand Total: 25
Julia10315.3 - Abracadabra!
Option 2: Camber of Culdi by Katherine Kurtz
This post: 15 points
Total points: 200
BB: 1
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
ashbethindia20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE MORE HIKE. All initials count. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
I listened to an audiobook of Rogue Protocol
the most popular PB is Kaçak Protokol
First published in 2018
New Points: 5
Total points: 195
BB: 3
GO: 1
10.6 Hobbit Day I read The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead - 117,251 ratings and 4.28 average rating
Season Total: 75
20.7 A Different Kind of Celebration I chose option 4 and read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett -- T V and H in the phrase
Season Total: 95
20.8 Flip Flip Hooray I flipped tails and tails. I read Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian - male author, non-American (born in Iran). He is a new author to me.
Season Total: 115
25.6 Back to Basics Book 1: I read Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy by Gholdy Muhammad - A in "an", E in "equity", I in "genius", O in "framework" and U in "genius"
Book 2: I read How the Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice by Robert Pondiscio - H, W, T, L, N in title, nonfiction (approved in post 238 as not really for kids)
Total pages for both books = 560
Season Total: 140
DeborahPost #12
5.10. Intermission
Love in Focus, Vol. 2
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 15
Tasks Done: 12
REPOST20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander Hamilton
Option C: MPG of American Revolution.
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
IL: MG - BL: 5.2- AR Pts: 11
This task: 20
Total Points: 330
Total Tasks: 20
Total Books: 24
5.10 IntermissionBlood of Elves by Andrzej SapkowskiAndrzej Sapkowski
This task: 5
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks: 21
Total Books: 25
LAUREN JODI15.4 - And I Did It My Way
Option 2: Memoir with a 6 word title (ignore subtitle)
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 200/935
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 16/55
LAUREN JODI25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: Author Initials in THERE’S ONLY ONE BED
Dark Embrace by Eve Silver
Option 2: Wedding in title
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 225/935
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 17/55
Sophie20.10
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang
Link to discussion
Total: 110
Sophie20.8
How to Save an Undead Life by Hailey Edwards
Heads: Female author
Heads: American author (lives in Alabama)
New to me author
Total: 150
5.10. IntermissionAny book of my choice.
A Treasured Little Murder: A Violet Carlyle Cozy Historical Mystery
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
5.2. – And the record is....1 and/or 2 in series number
A Murder Most Odd
#21 is its series number
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
15.5 - Get The Word OutNo Offense
Meg Cabot is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
15.9 - How Ya Doin'?A Picture of Murder
I added this book to my list on February 29, 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of CelebrationOption 1:
No Judgments
Meg Cabot's initials are found in champagne.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean ReadingBook 1:
Bookish and the Beast
B, A, T, B are found in the quote
288 pages
Book 2:
Loathe at First Sight by
Suzanne Park
Author initials SP found in William Shakespeare
368 pages
288+368=656 pages total
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165
10.10 - Square Dance DayRead a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
Tender Is the Flesh
4 Words in the Title
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 210
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Ava Catherine25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Read one book that fits the requirements of book one AND book two, with a minimum page count of 500.
Book One: read a book with a three word title where the initial letters of every word are found in the quote: "Come, and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow"
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
One book option: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson: 513 pages
3 word title letters LAL found in the word "all"
Author initials KA found in SHAKESPEARE
total=675
Amy B25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Read two books, from two different options. REQUIRED: Indicate the options you chose.
Option 1: Read a book where all the author’s initials can be found in FAKE DATING. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Option 2: Read a book by an author included in the list 2020 Adult Romance by Authors of Color. You are free to read the 2020 release featured on the list or another of their books.
REQUIRED: State the page where the author appears.
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (page 1, #7)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 225 Points
Ava Catherine25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
Read ONE book with at least 500 pages that fits both tasks.
Book 1, First: Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Book 2, Last: Read a book with the MPG Apocalyptic or a variation of the word.
One book option: Pandemic by A.G. Riddle: 696 pages; first in series; mpg Apocalyptic> Apocalyptic; Science Fiction>Apocalyptic
approved in help thread post #19
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
total=700
Pat 
10.9 ~ Rock the Vote
Task Description ~ Read a book that has at least two numbers from 11/3 found in the year the book was first published. (Ex: 2013, 2011, 1991, 1983, etc.)
Required ~
The Silver Star by Jeannette WallsCompleted ~ 10.2.20
Pages ~ 267
Published 2013 / GR Choice Fiction
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Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 200
Tasks Completed ~ 15
Books Read This Season ~ 19
Pages Read This Season ~ 5,831
Ava Catherine15.3 - Abracadabra!
Option 2, Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book 1 and Book 2.
Circe by Madeline Miller mpg Magic: author's initials=MM
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Magic or Magical Realism.
Book 2: Read a book written by an author with a 2-part name where both names begin with the same letter.
total=715
Ava Catherine15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
added to GR Want to Read shelf April 1, 2020
total=730
Ava Catherine15.5 - Get The Word Out
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author- an author enrolled in the Goodreads Author Program.
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
total=745
Delicious Dee25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Book 1 - Embracing His Syn - E in take; H in Thy; S in Sorrow
Book 2 - By the Hour - Roni Loren
points this post: 25
Total Points: 445
Jen C30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Book 1 (Option 3 - HOODIE in title): Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg = 240 pages
Book 2 (Option 4 - NEWS in author's name): Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson = 318 pages
Total of 558 pages
Points this post = 30
Total points = 220
Ava Catherine20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander Hamilton
Option C. Read a book with a MPG of American Revolution.
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick
total=765
Ava Catherine10.5 - Hamilton
Read a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC.
Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor #1) by William Kent Krueger
total=775
5.7 – Not just in NYC!Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC.
Royally F**ked by Elle Boon
The location is named in the series title:
Royal Bastards MC: Royal Sons CA
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
Ava Catherine10.4 - The Wiz
Read a book found on the African American Books list.
page 1
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
total=785
10.1 - Let's Go to the TheatreRead a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
The Anti-Boyfriend by Penelope Ward
The Anti-boyfriend
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 2
Ava Catherine10.3 - Wicked
Read a book with a title of 3 or more words in which the initial letter of each word can be found in APOLLO VICTORIA and/or GERSHWIN.
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick
initial letters of title=TLS found in apoLlo vicToria gerShwin
total=795
10.2 - Avenue QRead a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Santiago's Conquest by V.F. Mason
*Approved for length 7976
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 3
10.6 - Hobbit DayCelebrate Hobbit Day by reading a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
4.08 stars and 297,893 ratings
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 4
20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE MORE HIKE.
El Diablo II by M. Robinson
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of CelebrationOption 3: read a book set at least 50% in one of the top global wine regions: Italy, France, Spain, California, Argentina, Chile, Australia.
Set in California - in book description it talks about Abigail moving to Hollywood to a model but working as an assistant instead.
The Initiation by Elena Monroe
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 6
Ava Catherine5.6 – The AUDELCO awards
Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON.
Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent
author's initials=IV found in VIvian robinson
total=800
Ava Catherine5.4 – I'll Have a Double
Read a book by a single author whose first, middle, or last name matches the name of any of the given performers.
The Shadow Hour by Kate Riordan matches Kate Burton
total=805
Task 10.2 - Avenue Qread a book with a Q in the title
Queenie
512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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530 points
13 BB tix
3 GO tix
Task 15.7 - The Toniest AwardRead a book with author name Anthony
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
published in 1855 - claiming 1 GO tix
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545 points
13 BB tix
4 GO tix
10.7 - National Comic Book DayRead a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible
MPG Sequential Art
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 220
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
This is a 2 book task.
Books must have a total of at least 550 pages.
Required: State the options.
Option 1:
Read a book with a MPG of Manga/Sequential Art/ Graphic Novel or Science Fiction.
Big Jack approved post 2 309 pages
Option 4:
Read a book written by a single author who has all the letters in the word NEWS in their name.
I read an arc of this book Metropolis: A History of Humankind’s Greatest Invention Ben Wilson
There is no MMP or PB edition HB edition is Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention 464 pages
309 +464 = 773 pages and exceeds requirements
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 575