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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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VAL TX25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading -
Read two books, one for book one and one for book two.
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"
The New Me by Halle Butler
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
This post:
Points - 25
Total:
Points - 70
trishhartuk10.8 Trick or Treat
Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection, Ben Aaronovitch
Approved for length in ebook verification message #7950: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fantasy > Paranormal, 7 users
Genre Locked for Fantasy > Paranormal in help thread message #17: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Delicious Dee25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
Book 1 - Gimme Some Sugar - for Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
Book 2 - The Mirror & the Light - Hilary Mantel - as nominated for hilary Mantel; big book ticket - 2 tickets (750+ pgs) - i read kindle version, most popular PB has 880pgs (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...)
points this post: 25
Total Points: 60
IngeTask #5.4 I'll have a double
Book: The Widows’ Club
Task: Read a book by a single author whose first, middle, or last name matches the name of any of these performers
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 10 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Books Read: 2
Tasks completed: 2/55
#pages: 624
Coralie15.6 Add to the Cart
Book with a day of the week in the title
A Month of Sundays
Total to date 15 points
CYNBAXTERTask #05.02 – And the Record is….
Book: The Cartel by Don Winslow which is the 2nd book in the Power of the Dog trilogy
Task: Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
**This is a Big Book (616 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 10 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTERTask #05.03 – Twice a Hat Trick!
Book: Wicked River by Jenny Milchman which was first published May 1, 2018
Task: Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 15 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Julia10320.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1: The Jane Austen Society (MPG Books About Books)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Task 25.5 - First and Lastone book option: 500+ total pages
read a book that is #1 in series AND has MPG Apocalyptic
Pandemic
696 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
verified in help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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25 points
1 BB tix
Julia1035.6 – The AUDELCO awards
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (initials NO in Vivian Robinson)
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The top paperback is 90 pages so I am using this as my one book between 80-100 pages.
This post: 5 points
Total points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Task 30.3 - My TV Is My New Best Friend550+ total pages
option 3: read a book with the letters HOODIE in the title
The Garden Party and Other Stories
HO in OtHer
O in stOries
D in garDen
IE in storIEs
pub in 1922 - claiming 1 GO tix
160 pages
option 4: read a book with the letters NEWS in the author name
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
NE in caNdicE
WS in WilliamS
392 pages
392 + 160 = 552 - sneaking just over the page requirement!
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55 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better – Or is it?option 2: read a book between 200 & 400 pages, with the middle digit lower than the end two digits
The Rose Rent
I read the kindle ed above. for the task, the MMPB is Il roseto ardente
216 pages
2 & 6 are greater than the middle digit: 1
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75 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 20.1 - Back to Schooloption 1: read #1 in a series by a new-to-me author
Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
the author is new to me
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95 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 20.4 - A Funny Thingoption 1 - read a book with MPG Humour
Arsenic in the Azaleas
(fingers crossed it doesn't drop off!)
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115 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
LAUREN JODI20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1
Branded by Laura Wright
This author is new to me.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 50/935
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/55
30.1 - ANCIENT GREEK THEATEROPTION 3 - Ivory Ghosts: A Catherine Sohon Elephant Mystery by Caitlin O'Connell
Authors initials in Sophocles - C.O.
Verified for length in post 7944 of the verification thread
OPTION 5B - The Only Woman in the Room
Main page genre WWII
War > WWII 82 users
TOTAL POINTS - 30
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About BooksOption 2 - Reading
Read a book where ALL the letters of the word READING can be found in the author's name .
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
bERyl bAINbriDGe
Points this task: 20
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 20
Total Tasks completed: 1
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 1
Suzannesea20.5 Bigger Is Better - Peg W's Task: Bigger Is Better - Or Is It?
Option 1
Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of every word can be found in UP IN FLAMES.
Light It Up by Nick Petrie
Up In fLames
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 20
Andy P.Task # 5.5 – It Really Happened
Read a book with the main page genre Historical Fiction
The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck
Historical Fiction MPG (83 users)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
5.5 - It Really HappenedThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
❁ MPG Historical Fiction ❁
Total points: 0 + 5 = 5
10.6 - Hobbit DayDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
❁ 255,143 ratings ❁
❁ average rating = 4.20 ❁
Total points: 5 + 10 = 15
15.5 - Get The Word OutCockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews
❁ Donna Andrews is a Goodreads Author ❁
Total points: 15 + 15 = 30
15.7 - The Toniest AwardThe Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
❁ author named Tony ❁
Total points: 30 + 15 = 45
15.5 Get the Word Out (book written by a Goodreads Author)Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads author)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Books Read: 1
Big Books Read: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Mod
I read The Vanishing Half - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback that wasn't large print - no MMPB. Found on page 2 of the African American Books list.
total points: 10
Mod
I read All the Devils Are Here - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). This is #16 in the Chief Inspector Gamache series - so series name begins with the letter C from POC.
total points: 20
Mod
I chose option 2 and read The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
Fantasy>Magic is a MPG (and was verified in the help thread message 27.
Author name, Samantha Shannon, has a two part name, both beginning with "S."
total points: 35
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall 2020 Season - Sep-Nov
Task 20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1: A new school year brings new faces into my classroom and the promise for new adventures!
For this option, start a new series by a new-to-you author. The series can be of any length, but should be listed as #1 in the series on Goodreads.
Required: State the author is new to you.
Contagion by Erin Bowman, this author is new to me
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Fall 2020 Season Points: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
10.6 - Hobbit DayRead a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
Rosemary's Baby
110,039 ratings
Average Rating is exactly 4.00
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 10
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall Season 2020
Task 10.2 - Avenue Q
Avenue Q, a musical comedy, won the Best Musical, Book, and Original Score at the 2004 Tony Awards. Read a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Christmas Pact by Vi Keeland, Vi kEelAnd
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Kathy KS20.5 - 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.
Trading in Danger, Elizabeth Moon
EM= onE More hike
I read an ebook version. pb=357 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 20
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Chris MD 15.3 Abracadabra
One book option
MPG of Magic or Magical Realism and author's first and last name begin with the same letter
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Fantasy > Magic is one of the main page genres.
This book has 522 pages. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Total points: 15
Kathy KS15.5 - Get The Word Out
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author- an author enrolled in the Goodreads Author Program.
Southern Discomfort, Margaret Maron
Maron is marked as a "Goodreads Author" on the book's page, etc.
I listened to an audio version of the book. pb=224 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 35
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
20.1 - BACK TO SCHOOLOPTION 1 - Breaking Up with Barrett by Katy Regnery
First book in a series by an author that is new to me. This is the first in The English Brothers series and Katy Regnery is a new author for me.
I read the ebook but here is a link to the paperback version (no MMPB) for length Breaking Up with Barrett
TOTAL POINTS - 50
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall 2020 Season
Task 30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
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.
The Christmas Pact by Vi Keeland - 3 word title, 9 character name
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan - 3 word title, 9 character name
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 50
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
5.2. – And the record is....Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
Son of Rosemary
Rosemary's Baby #2
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 15
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Oma122915.5 - Get The Word Out
Read 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.
Murder in Waiting by Lynn Cahoon
Total Points-15/935
Total Tasks=1/55
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
Oma122920.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Help Thread
I chose Option #1
Option 1: For this option, start a new series by a new-to-you author. The series can be of any length, but should be listed as #1 in the series on Goodreads.
The author Miranda Kenneally is a new author to me.
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
This book is #1 in the Hundred Oaks Series
Total Points-35/935
Total Tasks=2/55
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
Oma122920.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
I chose Option #2
Option 2:
Read a book between 200 and 400 pages where the outside numbers are larger than the center one. Ex: 214, 323, 209.
The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
Total Points-55/935
Total Tasks=3/55
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
Oma122920.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
❋ Fantasy Not Originally Written in English: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Discussion
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Link to Wanda's discussion-Message #7
Total Points-75/935
Total Tasks=4/55
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
Oma122910.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title. All words count. Spaces determine words. Subtitles should be ignored.
The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle by JoAnna Carl
Total Points-85/935
Total Tasks=5/55
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
Christine V20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 3: The Mysteries of Udolpho This book is set in France and Italy.
I read the audio edition. The top MMPB, Les Mystères d'Udolphe, has 905 pages.
***Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets***
The Mysteries of Udolpho was first published in 1794.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
Big Book tickets this post: 2
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 1
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean ReadingBook 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"
Rilke on Black by Ken Bruen
initial letters of words in title, ROB, found in cOme liBRary
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
One of Us is Lying (One of Us Is Lying #1) by Karen M. McManus
author's first & last initials, KM, found in williaM shaKespeare
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 70
Ava Catherine25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Book 1: Read a book that has all the vowels in its title and/or subtitle. (Vowels are A E I O U.)
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival by Jeremy Dronfield 464 pages
vowels=thE bOy who followed hIs fAther into aUschwitz
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants (Y is a consonant) in the title only.
Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames, an American Spy by Tim Weiner 308 pages
consonants=BeTRaYaL
464+308=772 total pages
total=110
Ava Catherine10.2 - Avenue Q
Read a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Queen's Agent: Sir Francis Walsingham and the Rise of Espionage in Elizabethan England by John P.D. Cooper
total=120
KRISTA KY20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Normal People by Sally Rooney
1. Heads - female author- Sally Rooney
2. Tails - Non-American author- born in Ireland
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
10.4 - The WizA book from African American Bookst, page 4: The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
IngeTask #5.2 And the record is
Book: Masquerade
Task: Read a book that is # 2 in a serie.
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 15 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Books Read: 3
Tasks completed: 3/55
#pages: 931
Delicious Dee15.3 - Abracadabra!
Book A - First Frost - shelved as magical realism by 588ppl
Book B - Surrender to the Cyborgs - Grace Goodwin
points this post: 15
Total Points: 75
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10.3 - Wicked
Love On Location by Cassidy Carter
This book has a title of 3 or more words and the initial letter of each word can be found in APOLLO VICTORIA (LOL in apollo)
Link to PB edition - Love On Location
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 10points
Tasks completed: 1
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **