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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Barbara ★5.1 - Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
Read a book with the Main Page Genre retellings.
The Stepsister Scheme - Jim C. Hines 10/22
Points this task: 5
Total points: 235
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Queen Bee Darlene15.2 Obie Awards
1) OFF found intact in title/sub
No Offense
2) OFF found intact in author's name
Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush by Geoff Dyer
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 605
5.9. The Europe Theatre PrizeRounding the Mark (Commissario Montalbano #7) by Andrea Camilleri
100% Italy
Author's description includes this note, "the character of Inspector Montalbano, a fractious Sicilian detective in the police force of Vigàta, an imaginary Sicilian town."
approval
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 595
Queen Bee Darlene25.1 Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Movie chosen: The Houses October Built (2017)
1) word at least 3 ltrs in title/sub that matches word in title of my chosen movie
The End of October
Genre: Thriller
2) 1st pub same year as my film was released
I Liked My Life
1st published 2017
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 630
APRILLEIGH30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
*** Repost to address appearance of Childrens MPG ***
Option 1: Read a book with MPG Science Fiction.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (390 pp)
(IL: MG+ - just in case)
Option 3: Read a book that has all the letters in HOODIE in the title.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (520 pp)
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
(IL: MG+)
tHE Of sOngbIrDs
390 + 520 = 910 > 550 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (160)
Golden Oldie: 1 (1)
Big Book: 1 (1)
Books Read: 2 (11)
Total Tasks: 7
LAUREN JODI15.1 - Tinker to Evers to Chance
Book 1 - Tinker to Evers
Star Witch by Helen Harper
Book 2 - Evers to Chance
Witch Heart by Anya Bast
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 385/935
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 28/55
10.8 - Trick or TreatI read Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas. This book has the MPG paranormal.
Points: 10
Total points: 80
10.9 - Rock the voteI read Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration by Buzz Aldrin. This book was first published in 2013, which has both a 1 and a 3 in the number.
Points: 10
Total points: 90
20.1 - Back to SchoolOption 1
I read Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare. This is the first book in the castles ever after series. This author is new to me.
Points: 20
Total points: 110
Amy B20.1 - Rockynook's Task: Read a book from one of the following options. This is a one book task. Required: State which option you chose when posting.
Option 1: 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.
The City We Became (The Great Cities Trilogy Book #1) by N.K. Jemisin (author is new to me)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 250 Points
Task 15.2 - Obie Awardsbook 1: read a book with OFF in the title
Casting Off
626 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
book 2: read a book with OFF in the author name
The Calendar Man by Christoffer Petersen
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825 points
17 BB tix
4 GO tix
20.6Option 2: all letters of READING in the author's name
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
GO: 2
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
15.4 - And I Did It My WayOption 2: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
❁ nonfiction memoir ❁
❁ 6-word title ❁
Total points: 400 + 15 = 415
Bookwrm526Task #10.3 - Wicked
Read a book with a title of 3 or more words in which the initial letter of each word can be found in APOLLO VICTORIA and/or GERSHWIN. I read Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan. S in gershwin, AV in victoria.
Total points so far: 450
Bookwrm526Task #25.7 - Happily Ever After
Option 1: Read a book where all the author’s initials can be found in FAKE DATING or THERE’S ONLY ONE BED. I read Death of a Telenovela Star by Teresa Dovalpage (T in there's and D in bed).
Option 4: 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. I read The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory.
Total points so far: 475
Nikki B20.5 Bigger Is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better - Or Is It?
Option 1: Up In Smoke
Option 3: Playing With Fire
Task points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 400
BB:1
GO:1
Jen K20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 1: Magic for Liars
up in FLaMes
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 405
Big Books: 1
Jen K20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1 – Books
The Book of Lost Names
Approve/ verified in Help Thread, message 26
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 425
Big Books: 1
Nikki B25.2 Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Book 1: The Adventurer's Son
Book 2: If It Bleeds
Total Pages:804
Task Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 425
BB: 1
GO:1
Andy P,Task # 25.2 - Cat's Task: 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"
House on Fire by Joseph Finder
H in thy, O in come, F in Of
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Points this post: 25
Total points: 510
Barbara ★30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in SOPHOCLES
Nine Lives - Sharon Sala 9/30
Option 5: Read a book first published in 1915, or read a book first published in 2008
Intimate Beings - Jessica Barksdale Inclan (pub 2008) 10/23
Points this task: 30
Total points: 265
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Laurah3020.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 1: For this task, read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in CHAMPAGNE.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
READ 60 15.1 Tinker to Evens to Chance 15 points book 1 Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
book 2 Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse
Points 15
Total points 95
25.10 - HOCUS POKUS FTWFILM - Boo a Madea Halloween (2016)
BOOK 1 - Halloween at the Graff
Halloween in the title
BOOK 2 - Marry Me Mad
Published in 2016
TOTAL POINTS - 600
G.Q.15.10 - Be Our Guest
Read a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book. *Hotel includes hotel, motel, inn, guest house, bed and breakfast, hostel, cruise ship or guest resort.
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
Pages Read: 5,492
Kristen IA5.10. Intermission
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
First love by James Patterson
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30/935
Tasks Completed: 3/55
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title. Titles only. Subtitles are excluded.
The Wicked Trade by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
I read the ebook and linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40/935
Tasks Completed: 4/55
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA10.7 - National Comic Book Day
Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
I read the ebook and linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 50/935
Tasks Completed: 5/55
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
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 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in CHAMPAGNE.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 70/935
Tasks Completed: 6/55
BB: 0
GO: 0
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite MusicalsOption 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL.
Frozen by Bryony Lavery
BL appears in BiLly
Option 2: Since both of these artists grew up in New York, read a book with a word in the title that appears in the lyrics of Billy Joel’s New York State of Mind.
The Devil All the Time
Word is "Time"
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 410
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.7 Option 1: initials can be found in CHAMPAGNE The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
*Claiming a GO ticket, pub 1920*
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
GO: 3
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
Jasmiina F20.5 - 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:
Valkealla varsalla, ruskealla reunalla by Pirkko Arhippa.
The book has 206 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
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Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Scooter&Siam10.10 - Book with 2 word title
Read We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Points: 10
Total: 40
Jasmiina F15.8 - Pop!:
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska:
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher.
Setting: Illinois.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Melinde15.8 - Pop!
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
Ohio Angels
Book is set almost completely in Ohio.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 290
25.6 Back to BasicsBook 1: The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel
400 pages
Book 2: Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose
Nonfiction with NDTCG as the five consonants
521 pages
I'd like a Big Book ticket for this one.
Grand Page total: 921
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 150
30.1 Ancient Greek TheaterOption 4: The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke
#22 in the series
Option 5: The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor
B) WWII is a MPG
I'd like a Big Book ticket for this - it has 544 pages.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 180
15.6 - Add To Cart Read a book with a day of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. found in the title
I read an audio version of Friday Black
New Points: 15
Total Points: 360
BB: 4
GO: 3
PegW20.10 - Group Reads
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 205
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 11
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.5 - Get The Word Out
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran
Phuc Tran is a Goodreads Author.
Link to HB edition: Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 80 points
Tasks completed: 8
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
JEN B5.7 – Not just in NYC!
Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida , Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC.
The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
This book takes place in Florida
TOTAL POINTS: 245
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.4 - A Funny Thing
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Option 1 - This book has a MPG of Humor (shelved by 141 users).
Link to PB edition: Anxious People
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 100 points
Tasks completed: 9
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
10.8 - Trick or TreatRead a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
Sealed
MPG Horror
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 420
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.6 - Back to Basics
Book 1 -
Two Truths and a Lie: A Novel
Anxious People by Meg Mitchell Moore
The title contains all the vowels - A (in and), EI (in lie), O (in two), U (in truths)
Link to PB edition - Two Truths and a Lie (560 pages)
Book 2 -
A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost
This book is a nonfiction book (shelved by 167 users) and contains at least 5 different consonant (V R P C H)
Link to HB edition: A Very Punchable Face (336 pages)
The two books combined must have at least 500 pages - 560 + 336 = 896 pages which is more than 500 pages.
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 125 points
Tasks completed: 10
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.9 - Black Books Matter
Book 1 -
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Option 1 - This book is on page 1 of the An Anti-Racist Reading List: 20 Highly Rated Nonfiction Books by Black Authors list.
Book 2 -
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Option 3 - This book can be found on the African American History Month: Non-Fiction list
Link to PB edition: Povestea mea
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 150 points
Tasks completed: 11
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Julia10330.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A: Option 3: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (EC in BECKY, RC in CHAMBERS)
Book B: Option 1: In the Shadow of Vesuvius (set in Italy)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 360
BB: 2
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 27
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5.2. – And the record is....
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 25/935
Tasks Completed: 2/55
BB: 0
GO: 0