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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Joanne MITask 15.4 - And I Did It My Way
I chose the one book option
Six word Title: How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals Memoir by Sy Montgomery
Points this task 15
Total points 105
Total BB's 1
Total GO's 1
Amarie10.5 - Series title that begins with a letter in POC.
Book: And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1) by Kiersten White
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 180
Big Book Tickets: 2
25.4 - MAN BOOKERINGBOOK 1 - Circle of Gold 184 pages
Gold in title from How Much of These Hills is Gold
BOOK 2 - Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson 320 pages
Diane shares a name with Diane Cook
184 + 320 = 504
TOTAL POINTS - 410
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 - Abracadabra!
Option 2: Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
Points this post: 15
Total points: 710
Tasks completed: 42/55
Books read: 57
Amarie25.2 - Reading one book that fits both part A (three word title) and B (author's initials in WilliaM SHAKESPEARE) and has more than 500 pages
Book: Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas (author approved per messages 7 and 8 in the help thread)
Pages: 689 *Claiming Big Book Ticket
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 205
Big Book Tickets: 3
Jen K20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 3: Optic Nerve
Setting: Argentina - noted in book blurb
"All of these fascinating episodes in art history interact with the narrator's life in Buenos Aires"
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
LAUREN JODI25.8 - my FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: Author initial sin CAROLE KING
Local Hero by Nora Roberts
Option 2: New York State of Mind
Love in the Time of Scandal by Caroline Linden
Word used: Time
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 280/935
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 20/55
PegW30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre mythology or main page genre Greece. MPG may be stand alone or embedded.
American Indian Myths and Legends
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in SOPHOCLES.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
*Claiming one big book ticket for American Indian Myths- 527 pages.*
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 125
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
Andy P.Task # 15.5 - Get The Word Out
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
Points this post: 15
Total points: 280
Amy B5.5 – It Really Happened
Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction.
The Innocents by Michael Crummey
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 230 Points
Jen K20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 2: Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray
flexiBiLity
********** 1 Big Book Request @ 552 pages************
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 205
Big Book: 1
ashbethindia30.1 Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre mythology or main page genre Greece. MPG may be stand alone or embedded.
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold MPG Mythology
Option 4: Aeschylus’s The Oresteia Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing, in grayscale parentheses following the title.
The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell's Library, #2)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
20.10 Group Read?Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Participated in the group read discussion, message 13
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
MEGSCL10.3 - Wicked
Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons
TOTAL to date
195 points
4 big books
Delicious Dee25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Book A - An Undeniable Rogue - AEIU in undeniable, O in Rouge
Book B - Mrs. Sherlock Holmes - shelved as non-fiction by 307ppl; MRSHLCK are the constanants in the title
points this post: 25
Total Points: 510
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 Be Our Guest
Hotel for the Lost by Suzanne Young
Points this post: 15
Total points: 725
Tasks completed: 43/55
Books read: 58
JEN B20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 2:
Read a book between 200 and 400 pages where the outside numbers are larger than the center one.
His & Hers by Alice Feeney
This book is 304 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 150
Joanne MI15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
The Order -book was added to my shelf June 15, 2020
Points this task 15
Total Points 120
Total BB's 1
Total Go's 1
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.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han 4.15 stars, 485,685 ratings
Task points: 10
Total points: 210
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 19
Joanne MI20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1- Start a new series by a new-to-you author
The Dragon's Path-# 1 in a series by Daniel Abraham, who is a "new to me" author.
Claiming 1 BB at 555 pages
Points this task 20
Total points 140
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 2
Total GO's 1
Nick KY10.4 The Wiz I read Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, towards the bottom of p. 1 of the list.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 415
Nick KY10.10 Square Dance. 2, 4, or 8 word title. I read Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 425
Casey W15.5 - Get the Word Out
Read a book by a Good Reads Author
Firefly Lane By Kristin Hannah
Points This Task: 15
Total Points : 55
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Film: Murder party, 2007
Book 1: Murder, Interrupted by James Patterson
Murder is found in movie title and has MPG thriller
Book 2: Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
It was first published in 2007
Points this post: 25
Total points: 750
Tasks completed: 44/55
Books read: 60
Sara G20.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books Week
Read a book from this list: Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
This book is #96 on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420
EMurphy25.2 Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Option 1: 3 word title where the initial letters of every word are found in the quote Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear
Option 2: Written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The Chain by Adrian McKinty
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 60
Books Read: 5
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Book 1: Read a book that has all the vowels in its title
The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor 416 p.
A in Mountains
E in The
IOU in Mountains
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants
18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb 336 p.
Page count: 416 + 336 = 752> 500 page requirement
nonfiction book
TNY in Tiny
DHS in Deaths
Points this post: 25
Total points: 305
ashbethindia25.2 Shakespearean Reading
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"
More Than Maybe
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Points this post: 25
Total points: 345
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best FriendOption 2, a book with MPG Sports: Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation by Michael Powell
hardcover edition Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation 263 pages
Option 4, a book whose author has all the letters in NEWS in her name: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
paperback edition Caste: The Lies That Divide Us pages not indicated
hardcover edition Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 496 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Barbara ★15.6 - Add To Cart
Read a book with a day of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. found in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work.
Taken by Tuesday - Catherine Bybee 10/9
Points this task: 15
Total points: 165
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
MARGIEVANTask 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
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.
The Paris Seamstress
Points this task: 20
Points total: 185
Kathy KS15.10 - Be Our Guest
Read a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 130
Tasks completed: 6
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
10.9 - Rock the VoteA book that has at least two numbers from 11/3 in the year the book was first published: A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn, first published April 30th 2013
Points this post: 10
Total points: 305
DeborahPost #14
5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"
In the House in the Dark of the Woods
Published October 16th 2018
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 18
Tasks Done: 14
DeborahPost #15
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
3) The Toll by Cherie Priest
CP in SOPHOCLES
4) Deeply, Desperately (Lucy Valentine #2)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 250
Books Read: 20
Tasks Done: 15
Delicious Dee30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Option 1 - She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders - found on pg 1, position 81
Option 5 - Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls - shelved as history by 3 ppl and nonfiction by 80
points this post: 30
Total Points: 540
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In BalanceThe Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #2) by Rick Riordan
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17.0
1x Bigger is Better tix (528p)
As Old As Time by Liz Braswell
4 word titles & 11 character name
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 510
Melinde30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
2 books, 2 different options, together at least 550 pages
Book 1: Option 3
Read a book that has all the letters in HOODIE in its title/subtitle, including 2 Os.
De engeltjesmaaksters. Abortus toen het niet mocht
De engeltjesmaaksters. abOrtus tOen Het nIEt mocht
391 pages
Book 2: Option 4
Read a book written by a single author who has all the letters in the word NEWS in their name.
Nergens in Afrika
Stefanie Zweig
StEfaNie zWeig
350 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 225
BB tix: 3
GO tix: 2
20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to SchoolOption 2: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Total: 55
LAUREN JODI15.8 - Pop!
Outsider by Linda Castillo
Set in Painter's Mill, Ohio
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 295/935
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 21/55
MAZZA120.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in CHAMPAGNE.
To Cook a Bear Mikael Niemi
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 690
LAUREN JODI10.6 - Hobbit Day
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
# Ratings: 126,857
Rating: 4.12
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 305/935
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 22/55
Task 10.7 – National Comic Book DayBook chosen: RWBY: The Official Manga: The Beacon Arc, Vol. 1
Fits task: MPG Sequential Art listed on GR
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 200
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 245 points
Task 10.8 – Trick or TreatBook chosen: Verschließ jede Tür
Fits task: MPG Horror on GR
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 432
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 255 points
25.4 Man Bookering >500 pgsBk 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. May use nominated book
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Nominated book. 310 pgs
Bk 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. The name must match exactly, but may be found in any position.
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson 386 pgs
Brandon matches nominated author Brandon Taylor
310+386=696 pgs
Total: 25
Total/challenge: 45
25.7 Happily Ever AfterOpt 1 Opt 1 auth init in FAKE DATING or THERE’S ONLY ONE BED
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
T,D in DaTing
Opt 4: In honor of happy endings, read a book with the MPG Romance that ALSO has one of the following words in the title, subtitle, or series name: Happily, Happy, Wedding, Kiss, Love. The word must match exactly.
Late for the Wedding
Total: 25
Total/challenge: 70
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10.2 - Read a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle
Book: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas
Pages: 648 *Claiming Big Book Ticket
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 170
Big Book Tickets: 2