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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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30.3 My TV Is My New Best Friend >550 pgsOpt 1 Science Fiction genre
The Windup Girl 359 pgs
Opt 4 single auth w/ letters of NEWS in name
Lazaretto by Diane McKinney-Whetstone 352 pgs
N,E in diaNE
W,S in WhetStone
359+352 =711 pgs
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 130
30.5 The Right Spell >600 pgsBk 1 Read a book which has a palindrome of 4 or more letters in the title or subtitle.
Anna and the French Kiss 372 pgs
Bk 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.
Mrs. Poe 318 pgs
372+318+690 pgs
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 160
30.6 Hurry Up and WaitBk A Opt 2 Read a book from the Gaslight Mystery Series
Murder on Astor Place Gaslight Mystery #1
Bk B Opt 3 Read a book with a title of at least three words where the beginning letter of every word can be found in NO SWIMMING POOL FOR YOU.
Nine Perfect Strangers
N - No
P - Pool
S- Swimming
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 190
15.3 - Abracadabra!Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Magic or Magical Realism. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
I read The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Book 2: Read a book written by an author with a 2-part name where both names begin with the same letter
I read Next Level Basic: The Definitive Basic Bitch Handbook by Stassi Schroeder
Points this post - 15
Total Points - 70
Tasks Completed - 5
Books Read This Season - 7
15.5 - Get The Word OutRead a book written by a Goodreads Author- an author enrolled in the Goodreads Author Program. On the book’s main page, (Goodreads Author) must follow the author’s name.
I read Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Points this post - 15
Total Points - 85
Tasks Completed - 6
Books Read This Season - 8
10.10 - Square Dance DayRead a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title. All words count. Spaces determine words. Subtitles should be ignored.
I read Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen, which has a 2 word title. This book was approved on the help thread.
This book has 560 pp and is a *****BIG BOOK ******
points: 145
books read: 10
tasks completed: 7
Big books: 4
pages read: 4449
Suzannesea25.7 Sally's M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1
Read a book where all the author's initials can be found in THERE'S ONLY ONE BED.
Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci
there's only one BeD
Option 2
Read a book by an author included in the 2020 Adult Romance by Authors of Color list.
Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson is on page 1 (#16) of the list.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 80
Helen B20.7 - A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 1: Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
cHampagnE
Total points: 250
BB 1
GO 2
MARGIEVANREPOST - from #1372 I linked the incorrect version of book read.
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
Option 4 - Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, first letter of every word found in the phrase What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas.
The Paris Seamstress
Points this post: 20
Points total: 185
MAZZA120.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books Week
Book must be a minimum of 250 pages.
Read a book from this list: Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books
The Chocolate War 263 pages exceeds requirement
features as number 97 on page 1 of list
points this post = 20
Points to date = 710
MARGIEVANTask 10.4 - The Wiz
Read a book found on the African American Books list.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Found on page 1 of the African American Books list.
Points this post: 10
Points total: 195
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man BookeringBook 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.
Redhead by the Side of the Road
(one of the books on the list)
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
I listened to an audio version of Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid who was one of the authors on the list
New Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 235
BB: 3
GO: 2
Jen C25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
My chosen film: Toy Story of Terror! released 2013
Book 1: Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s by Jennifer Worth (shares the word Story with the film.)
Book 2: Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell MPG Horror and Published 2013
Points this post: 25
Total points: 335
10.5 - Hamilton Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
❁ (Paper Girls #3) ❁
Total points: 300 + 10 = 310
Shelby
5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!
Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.: The Magician Murders, by Josh Lanyon
How Fits: Published - March 29, 2018
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.5 - Hamilton
Read a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC.: Tight Quarters, by Annabeth Albert
How Fits: Series - Out of Uniform
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.9 - Rock the Vote
Read a book that has at least two numbers from 11/3 found in the year the book was first published.: Inheritance, by Lissa Kasey
How Fits: First Published - September 13, 2011
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.5 - Get The Word Out
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author.: Gideon, by Lily Morton
How Fits: Author - Is noted as a GR Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.6 - Add To Cart
Read a book with a day of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. found in the title or subtitle.: Come Monday, by Mercy Celeste
Ebook Verified: Here
How Fits: Title - Come Monday
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.8 - Pop!
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.: Tied Up in Knots, by Mary Calmes
How Fits: Setting - Chicago, Illinois (listed in settings)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.: #Burn, by Devon McCormack
How Fits: TBR - added June 19, 2020
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.5 - 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.: Silk Dragon Salsa, by Rhys Ford
How Fits: Page Count - 206pgs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.7 - 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.: The Sumage Solution, by G.L. Carriger
How Fits: Author - G.L. Carriger
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Option 1
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".: In the Ruins, by Hailey Turner
How Fits: Title: In The Ruins
AND
Option 2
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.: Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
How Fits: Author - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
PegW30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Option 2: Read a small book that has 100-150 pages inclusive.
The Real McCoy: And 149 Other Eponyms at 144 pages.
Option 5: Honoring the service pigeons played in history, read a non-fiction book with a MPG of History, stand-alone or embedded.
Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Discover Some of the World's Greatest Museums
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 155
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
Jen K30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Option 4: House Finch: The Good Lord Bird
Word: Bird in sarahBIRD
Option 5: Pigeon: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
MPG: History
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 235
Big Books: 1
Scooter&Siam10.5 Book whose series name has the letters POC in it.
The Dark Forest
Points: 10
Total: 20
25.7 - HAPPILY EVER AFTEROPTION 1 - Mad About the Major by Elizabeth Boyle
Author initials in THERE'S ONLY ONE BED
OPTION 4 - Kiss Me Kate
MPG of Romance and Kiss in the title
TOTAL POINTS - 435
Delicious Dee30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell
Book A - High Noon - noon is the palindrome
Book B - Skin Game
points this post: 30
Total Points: 570
Janice CA10.10 - Square Dance Day
Two word title
American Junkie by Tom Hansen
+10
total: 35
tasks: 3
books: 3
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books Option 1 – Read a book with the MPG Books about Books.
The Shadow of the Wind
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
LAUREN JODI10.2 - Avenue Q
Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 315/935
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 23/55
READ 60 Day of the Week 15.6 The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
Points: 15
Total Points: 65
READ 60 5.5 It Really Happened Musical Come From Away
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Defede
Points 5
Total Points : 70
Rockynook25.8 - My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL.
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
J. B. in Billy Joel
Option 2: read a book with a word in the title that appears in the lyrics of Billy Joel’s New York State of Mind. The word must be at least 4 letters long and match exactly.
Lyric: "Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood"
Matching word: "Neighborhood"
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 170
Sara G30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A – Norfolk, VA
Option 3: Read a book where all the letters ECRC can be found in the author's name. Books with multiple authors work IF every author's name contains the letters.
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vicki Constantine Croke
VICKI CONSTANTINE CROKE
Book B – Naples, Italy
Option 1 Read a book by an author who lives in/was born in Italy, or where at least 50% of the book is set in Italy.
Blood & Beauty: The Borgias by Sarah Dunant
This book is set entirely in Italy.
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 544 pages.
**Blood and Beauty is a Big Book (544 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 450
JEN B25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
Book 1, First: Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Invisible City by Julia Dahl
This book is the first book in the Rebekah Roberts series
Book 2, Last: Read a book with the MPG Apocalyptic or a variation of the word.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
TOTAL POINTS: 175
Mod
I read Star Trap by Simon Brett. I read the kindle edition, linked to the MMPB.
Author initials, SB, found in roBinSon.
total points: 455
Mod
For my first book, I read a kindle ARC of Still Life. I linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
For my second book, I listened to an audiobook of Life Undercover: The explosive first-hand account of a CIA agent hunting the world’s most dangerous terrorists, linked to the top non-large print pb (no MMPB).
Still LIFE to LIFE Undercover.
total points: 470
Mod
I chose option 1 and listened to an audiobook of As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. I linked to the pb edition (no MMPB).
Humor is the 5th MPG, and was also verified in post 30 for MPG humor.
total points: 490
Mod
For book 1, I read A Deadly Education. All the vowels are in the word EdUcAtIOn. 336 pages
For book 2, I read The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It - Nonfiction, 5 different consonants in title - THe SYsteM. 224 pages.
336 + 224 = 560 (>500).
total points: 515
Chris MD 25.8 My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: Author's initials in CAROLE KING
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
AC in CArole
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP, which has a completely different title but the same description, has 224pages.
This book was first published in 1934. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Option 3: From Best Music Books list
Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs by Dave Barry
The book is listed the second page, currently #118.
Total points: 215
Chris MD 30.1 Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 3: Single author whose initials are found in soPhocLes
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
Option 3: Any whole number book in a series
Glass Houses by Charles Todd
This is book #11 in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series.
Total points: 245
Task 25.3 - Finding a Topic for a Tasktotal pages 501+
book 1: read a book with the letters SCRATCH in the title
Conspiracy in Death
SCRA in conSpiRACy
TH in deaTH
C in Conspiracy
364 pages
book 2: read a book with author initials in COPYCAT
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
AT initials
571 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
364+571 >>501
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700 points
14 BB tix
4 GO tix
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite MusicalsOption 1, a book by an author whose initials are in CAROLE KING: A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Option 3, a book from Best Music Books list (p. 1 #43): Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
Points this post: 25
Total points: 330
Mary P5.5 – It Really Happened
Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction.
Rage by Bob Woodward
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
Melinde20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1 – Books
Read a book with the MPG Books about Books.
De schaduw van de wind
MPG: Writing > Books About Books
543 pages,
claiming BB ticket
points this post: 20
total points: 245
GO tix: 2
BB tix: 4
G.Q. 25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Book 1: 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"
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Book 2: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 14
Pages Read: 4,523
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Read 2 books where both books have the same number of words in their titles AND the same number of characters in their authors' names. Subtitles should be ignored. Spaces determine words.
-3 word title and 13 letters in both authors' names
Bk 1: The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Bk 2: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 100