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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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***REPOST***Nick KY
25.8 Amy FLs Musicals
Opt 1. Author’s inits in BILLY JOEL
I read A Case of Conscience by James Blish.
Opt 3. I read Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors by John Densmore, # 66 on the list -- Page 1-- https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Total Points So Far: 495
LAUREN JODI10.5 - Hamilton
A Cold Dark Promise by Toni Anderson
Series name: Cold Justice
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 335/935
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 25/55
25.8Option 1: initials can be found in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
Option 3: list of Best Music Books. Page 2 of list
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
GO: 2
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
Andy P.Task # 20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1. Books
Read a book with the MPG Books about Books.
The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
Writing>Books about Books Third listed MPG
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400
30.1 Option 3: initials in SOPHOCLES
Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah
Option 4: Series Whole Number not first book
The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
GO: 2
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
Whitnie I20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
This is a one book task. Choose one option from below and read one book for that option.
Required: Identify the option when you post.
No books with a MPG of Childrens or Kids may be used.
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.
Ship of Magic Robin Hobb
This book is 806 pages I'm requesting 2 BB Tickets.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
BB Tickets 5
Queen Bee Darlene15.1 Tinker to Evers to Chance
Book 1: 2 word title Gone Missing
Book 2: 2 word title where 1st word is same as 2nd word in book 1's title Missing, Presumed
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 465
Nikki B10.9 Rock the Vote
Quickstep to Murder
Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 185
Total BB Tickets: 3
Bookwrm526Task #5.6 - The AUDELCO awards
Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON. I read Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes.
Total points so far: 390
Nikki B15.7 The Toniest Awards
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
Anthony Bourdain
Task Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 200
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.6 - The AUDELCO awards
Murder, Plainly Read by Isabella Alan
This book was written by a single author whose initials are found in vivIAn robinson.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.8 - Trick or Treat
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
This book has a MPG of Horror shelved by 2,043 users.
Link to PB edition: My Best Friend's Exorcism
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 35 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.10 - Square Dance Day
The Dilemma by B.A. Paris
This book contains a 2-word title.
Link to PB edition: Het dilemma
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 45 points
Tasks completed: 6
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.8 - Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
You Say It First by Katie Cotugno
Flip #1 - Heads: Read a book written by a female author (Katie Cotugno)
Flip #2 - Heads: Read a book by an American author (from her Goodreads profile and website she currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts)
The author is new to me.
Link to PB edition: You Say It First
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 7
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Sara G25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
Book 1, First: Read a book that is #1 in a series. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing, in grayscale parentheses following the title.
Ravishing in Red by Madeline Hunter
This book is #1 in The Rarest Blooms series.
Book 2, Last: Read a book with the MPG Apocalyptic or a variation of the word.
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
MPG Apocalyptic > Post Apocalyptic 11 users
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
Julia10310.10 - Square Dance Day
X Marks the Spot: An Anthology of Treasure and Theft (four word title)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 280
BB: 1
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 21
Melinde20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander Hamilton
Option A: Read a biography of Alexander Hamilton.
Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America
AR bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 6.0
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
GO: 2
BB: 4
Mod
I read New Boy: William Shakespeare's Othello Retold: A Novel - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). "Retellings" is the 3d listed genre.
total points: 520
Mod
I read a kindle ARC of And the Last Trump Shall Sound, linked to the pb edition (no MMPB).
total points: 525
Mod
For book 1, I read Doing Time - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). #1 in the Time Police series.
For book 2, I read The Book of Etta. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Apocalyptic>Post Apocalyptic is the 4th listed main page genre.
total points: 550
Mod
For book 1, I read At the Seventh Level, with the palindrome "level" in the title. 142 pages.
For book 2, I read the kindle edition of Rage. No MMPB, pb edition, for page purposes, is Woede. Rage is a 4 letter title, with no repeated letters. 480 pages.
480 + 142 = 622 pages (>required 600).
total points: 580
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. Names must match exactly, but do not have to be in the same position.
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London matches performer Kate Burton
Task points: 5
Total points: 290
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 26
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 - 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" I read One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London (O in come, T in take, W is sorrow).
Book 2: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. I read How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny.
Total points so far: 415
CYNBAXTERTask #10.04 – The Wiz
Book: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead which is found on the first page of the list
Task: Read a book found on the African American Books list.
Link: African American Books
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 90 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Mod
15.2 - Obie Awards
Book 1: Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890 by Nathaniel Philbrick
Book 2: City on Edge by Stefanie Pintoff
total = 430
EMurphy10.10 Square Dance Day: 2-, 4-, or 8-word title Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews Edwards
(Using just the title, it is 2 words. Using the title and subtitle, it is 8 words)
*Big Book Ticket - 560 pages
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 85
Books Read: 7
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
Mod
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
Book 1, title = nominee: How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang, 288 pages
Book 2, author matches Diane Cook: Rockaway: Surfing Headlong into a New Life by Diane Cardwell, 272 pages
288 + 272 = 560 pages
total = 470
Mod
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Book 1, vowels: When These Mountains Burn by David Joy, 272 pages
Book 2, NF 5 consonants: Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs, 352 pages
272 + 352 = 624
total = 495
Mod
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
option 1, initials AN in cArole kiNg: Sins of the Mother: A Caitlin Bergman Novel by August Norman
option 2, river from "Hudson River line": Wind River by Tom Morrisey
total = 520
Mod
25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter
option 1, Black Lives Matter Reading List page 2 #154: Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Option 3, L.A. Public Library list: The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
total = 545
10.7 - National Comic Book DaySeptember 25 is National Comic Book Day. Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Task points: 10
Total points: 300
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 27
Mod
25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Film: Volumes of Blood (2015)
Book 1, Blood title: Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith, Thriller genre
Book 2, first published 2015: Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America by Liz Carlisle
total = 570
Mod
30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
option 2, 100-150 pages: Levels of Life by Julian Barnes, 128 pages
option 5, Non-fiction History: Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth by Chris Dixon
total = 600
Sara G25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: Read a book whose TITLE contains all of the letters in SCRATCH, including 2 Cs. Subtitles are excluded.
The Yokota Officers Club by Sarah Bird
THE YOKOTA OFFICERS CLUB
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them ) can be found in COPYCAT.
A Single Thread: The stunning and emotional historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
COPYCAT
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550
MAZZA125.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
For this challenge you need to read 1 book 1 and 1 book 2
OR 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.
Using one book option Feed This book has 599 pages exceeding the requirement for a one book option
It has been approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 25
Points to date = 775
DeborahPost #18
10.10 - Square Dance Day
Clean Sweep
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 24
Tasks Done: 18
Nick KY15.2 Obie Awards
Book 1. “OFF” in title. I read Butter Off Dead by Leslie Budewitz.
BOOK 2. “OFF” in author’s name. I read Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information by Paul A. Offit
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 505
Nick KY15.4 - And I Did It My Way
Required: Identify the option.
Option 1, Read 2 books, book 1 and book 2.
Book 1: November is National Memoir Writing Month.
Read a memoir or autobiography- a nonfiction account of the author's own life. I read Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer by David Reichert.
Book 2: From Six-Word Memoirs:
Read a book with a six-word title. Ignore subtitles. I read A Season in Hell & Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud, approved in message 10 of the help thread.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 520
Steve E.20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Reading enriches our lives and gives us insight into other perspectives besides our own. November 1st is National Author's Day. One benefit of participating in the SRC is that we often find new authors to enjoy. So for this task you will:
Read a single author book by a new to you author.
Now here comes the fun part. There will be 2 steps in determining what new author to read.
Go to Flip A Coin and flip a coin TWO times only. Record your results.
Flip #1
Heads: Read a book written by a female author
Tails: Read a book written by a male author
Flip #2
Heads: Read a book by an American author (by birth or current residence)
Tails: Read a book by a non-American author (by birth or current residence)
Required: If the author's birthplace or residence is not evident in the GR record include a reference when you post.
Behind Closed Doors by: B.A. Paris
Flip #1 - Heads - Female Author
Flip #2 - Tails - Non-American Author - Lives in the UK currently
This author is new to me!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Steve E. 5.10. Intermission
Take a break and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by: Suzanne Collins
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70
Oma122910.9 - Rock the Vote
November 3 is election day in the US. 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.
Easter Bunny Murder by Leslie Meier
Total Points-205/935
Total Tasks=14/55
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to SchoolOption 2:
read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in the word FLEXIBILITY.
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
flExibiliTy
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 125
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7
Queen Bee Darlene30.6 Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
A2) Gaslight Mystery Series Murder on Astor Place
B2) APPLE found in title Apple Turnover Murder
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 495
5.4 - I'LL HAVE A DOUBLE - Christmas Chocolat by Kate Defrise who shares a name with Kate BurtonTOTAL POINTS - 505
PegW10.7 - National Comic Book Day
Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Preludes & Nocturnes
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 165
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A FeatherOption 2: Read a small book that has 100-150 pages inclusive.
The Power House 112 pages
Option 4: 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.
I used the word BIRD
The Painted Bird
***Claiming a Golden Oldie ticket for The Power House as it was published in 1916***
New Points: 30
Total Points: 290
BB: 4
GO; 3
Julia10325.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Book 1: Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II (AI in Airmen, EO in Freedom, U in Tuskegee)
Book 2: Find Where The Wind Goes: Moments From My Life (non-fiction, 9 consonants in title)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 305
BB: 1
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 23
Jen C20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson (Option 1: MPG humor)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 370
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Total points: 335 + 15 = 350