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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Andy P.Task # Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 1. Read a book set at least 50% in Greece.
The Illegal Gardener by Sara Alexi
Essentially completely set in Greece.
Option 3.
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in SOPHOCLES
The Finisher by Peter Lovesey
SoPHOCLES
Points this post: 30
Total points: 220
ZachFor Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration I chose to complete Option 1 and read The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood whose initials appear in the word CHAMPAGNE.
Points this Post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 40
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
Rockynook25.4 - Man Bookering
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle which matches a word in the title of one of the books on the longlist.
Book on list: Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward
Book read: The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica
Matching Word: "Other"
Book 2: Read a book with an author’s name (first, middle, or last) which matches a name of one of the authors on the longlist.
Book on list: Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
Book read: Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 125
10.7 - National Comic Book DayFables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
❁ MPG Sequential Art ❁
Total points: 220 + 10 = 230
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
❁ I listened to the audiobook but have linked to most popular mass market paperback ❁
❁ my comments can be found in post #19 of the discussion thread ❁
Total points: 230 + 20 = 250
Nick KY15.3 Abracadabra!
Book 1. I read A Gracious Plenty by Sheri Reynolds, “Magical Realism” as GR genre.
Book 2. I read On Photography by Susan Sontag, author’s names begin w same letter.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 355
Nick KY20.7 Brooklyn’s Kind of Celebration
Opt. 3. Set in Italy. I read
by Anne Fortier. I listened to the audiobook. No mass market paperback, the first listed paperback is 461 pp. JulietPoints This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 375
Barbara ★10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/3
THE in the
A in sea
T in the
RE in siren
Points this task: 10
Total points: 145
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.5 - It Really Happened
Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction
The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3
Points this task: 5
Total points: 150
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Boston Kate
5.3 Twice a Hat Trick!
A Murder Is Announced
first published June 1950
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Boston Kate
30.2 In Balance
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
2 word title, 8 character name
Points this post: 30
Total points: 35
20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to SchoolOption 2, a book by an author whose initials are in the word FLEXIBILITY: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Amy W20.10 - Group Reads: Read one of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
I read Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang. My post in the discussion is #8.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 55
Amy W20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
I chose Option 4: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the first letter of every word is found in the phrase WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS.
I read Engagement and Espionage by Penny Reid. The first letters of the words in the title (E, A, E) are found in the phrase WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 75
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right SpellBook 1
As you can see the title word Seveneves is a Palindrome, a word that reads the same backward as forward.
One Good Deed (Archer #1) by David Baldacci
DEED is a palindrome
464 pages
Book 2
Read a book with only one occurrence of each letter in the title: NO repeated letters. The title must have at least 4 letters. Ignore subtitles.
Firebug (Firebug #1) by Lish McBride
352 pages
Total pages read: 816
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 410
MAZZA130.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
This is a two book task. Reading two books from one option.
Option 4: Aeschylus’s The Oresteia
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1.
Book 1 Shadow of Night #2 in series
Book 2 Hercule Poirot's Christmas # 20 in series
Points this post - 30
points to date = 605
Laurah3020.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
option 1 - start a new series by a new-to-you author
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 604 p
Claiming 1 BB ticket
Hilary Mantel is new to me. This book is #1 in a series.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:
Laurah3020.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Flip 1 - tails, male author
Flip 2 - read book by non American author
new to me author Gabriel García Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Sara G30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Option 4: House Finch:
Read a book that has a word of 3 or more letters in the title that can be made using only the letters in SARAHBIRD. Letters can only be used as often as they appear. Subtitles are excluded.
You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
HAD - SARAHBIRD
Option 5: Pigeon
Honoring the service pigeons played in history, read a non-fiction book with a MPG of History, stand-alone or embedded.
1066: The Year of the Conquest by David Howarth
MPG History, 547 users
Points this post: 30
Total points: 370
5.5 It Really Happened The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Tom Defede listed second in History
Points 5
Total points 60
Rockynook20.1 - Back to school
Option 2: read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in the word FLEXIBILITY
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
I chose to read Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pederson. I commented on the discussion thread at post #12.
Total points so far: 335
5.4 – I'll Have a DoubleRead a book by a single author whose first, middle, or last name matches the name of any of these performers.
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
Amanda matches Amanda Plummer
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 230
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Jen C30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Book 1: A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson Option 5b: MPG of WWII
Book 2: End of Days: Predictions and Prophecies About the End of the World by Sylvia BrowneOption 5a: published in 2008
Points this post = 30
Total points = 250
*UNCLAIM BOOK*10.7 - National Comic Book Day
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible
Points Earned This Post: 0
Total Points Earned: 220 ***Dropped by 10 Points
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
10.7 - National Comic Book DayRead a book with the MPG Sequential Art
Afterlife with Archie, Vol. 1: Escape from Riverdale
MPG Sequential Art
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 230
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
10.5 - HamiltonRead a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible
Series is "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Collected Editions)
Collected starts with C.
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 240
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
LAUREN JODI25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter
Option 1: Black Lives Matter
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
List: Black Lives Matter Library, page #1
Option 3: Black Histories Matter
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
List: The LA Public Library's List of Recommended African American Non-Fiction
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 250/935
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 18/55
LouloureadsBrooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Choose a film from the Halloween films list linked in the challenge post. Read two books, at least one of which must have a MPG of Horror or Thriller. One book must have share a word with the title and one book must have been published in the same year.
Required: chosen film: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
Third Girl by Agatha Christie (Shared word GIRL)
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie (published 1976)
Both books have thriller as a MPG (right at the bottom).
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Points this post: 25
Points overall: 120
Julia10325.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter
Option 1: Assata: An Autobiography (on page 1 of BlackLivesMatter Reading List)
Option 3: Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator (on LA Public Library list)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 225
BB: 1
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
Trisha5.3 Twice a Hat Trick - Legendary (published in 2018)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks Complete: 1
Trisha5.5 It Really Happened - When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks Complete: 2
Trisha10.6 Hobbit Day - A Game of Thrones - I'm also claiming this for a BIG BOOK ticket (835 pages)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Complete: 3
Big Book tickets: 1
Trisha10.10 Square Dance Day - Founding Mothers (2-word title)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
Tasks Complete: 4
Big Books claimed: 1
Trisha20.1 Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School - Option #1 Caraval. This author is new to me
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Tasks Complete: 5
Big Books claimed: 1
5.6 – The AUDELCO awardsA book by an author whose initials are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON: Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
Points this post: 5
Total points: 255
PAULA S10.9 - Rock the Vote
Read a book that has at least two numbers from 11/3 found in the year the book was first published
First published 1961 - year contains 1 and 1 from 11/3
I read the ebook, PB for reference (no MMPB): Tunkeilija naistenkerhossa
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/935
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/55
MAZZA125.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter
Option 1: Black Lives Matter
Read a book from one of the following lists:
I chose the
>#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
A Mercy is on Page 3 of that list No 287
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Option 3: Black Histories Matter
Read a book from the following lists:
>The LA Public Library's List of Recommended African American Non-Fiction
https://www.lapl.org/collections-reso...
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Points this post = 25
Points to date =630
Jen C30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A: Solomon's Song by Bryce Courtenay (Option 3 - ECRC in author name)
Book B: Ghost Stories and Mysterious Creatures of British Columbia by Barbara Smith (Option 2 - TOMATO in title)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 280
MEGSCL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 3: set in australia - Kokomo
TOTAL to date
165 points
4 big books
Chris MD 20.6 All About Books
Option 1: MPG of Books about Books
The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men's Prison by Mikita Brottman
Total points: 150
Chris MD 20.7 A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 3: Set at least 50% in Italy, France, Spain, California, Argentina, Chile, Australia
Two Old Fools - Olé: Another Slice of Andalucian Life by Victoria Twead
This book is set completely in Spain.
Total points: 170
Chris MD 20.9 Alexander Hamilton
Option C: MPG of American Revolution
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams by Lynne Withey
American Revolution is embedded in three separate MPGs: North American History, Military History, and American Revolution (in case one falls off).
Total points: 190
StaceyNC5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"
Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
Book: Planet Dragos
Completed: 10/2/20
Published: 5/14/18
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
StaceyNC5.8 – In London as well
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letter of each word of the title is found in SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE.
Book: True Love's Fire: A Red Hot Valentine Story
Completed: 9/1/20
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
StaceyNC10.8 - Trick or Treat
Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Book: Brimstone
Completed: 9/11/20
MPG Horror
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 3
StaceyNC15.5 - Get The Word Out
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author- an author enrolled in the Goodreads Author Program.
Book: Lone Wolf
Completed: 9/25/20
Author: Sara Driscoll
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 4
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
This is a one book task.
Required: State which option you chose when posting.
Option 1: For this option, start a new series by a new-to-you author.
Book: Wolf Fever
Completed: 9/9/20
Book #1 in Alpha Project
Points this Post: 20
Total PointsL 55
Tasks Completed: 5
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Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 2 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
RA appears in viviAn Robinson
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 225
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)