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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Post #23 in group reads thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 935
Tasks completed: 55/55
Books read: 75
15.10 - Be Our GuestRead 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 location must be significant to the book's plot or subject and be evident on the book's main page in the title, description, metadata, or first page reviews.
I read At Bertram's Hotel, which takes place almost entirely in the Bertram Hotel in London.
points: 195
Books read: 15
tasks completed: 10 Big Books: 4
20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?Option 3: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Total Points = 110
Kelly L15.8 - Pop!
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
This Tender Land
Set in Minnesota, per GR description
This post: 15 points
Total: 135 points
5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley Published in 2018
Task points: 5
Total points: 355
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 32
10.1 - Let's Go to the TheatreRead a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title. Titles only. Subtitles are excluded.
Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan S
Task points: 10
Total points: 365
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 32
Whitnie I10.10 - 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.
Fool's Errand. I am requesting 1 big book ticket as the book is 662 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 95
BB Tickets: 10
LAUREN JODI5.3 - Twice a Hat Trick!
Hard Deal by Stefanie London
First published in 2018
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 395/935
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 30/55
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I read The Snake Has All the Lines. Initial letters of title words - TSHATL - found in SocieTy of London THeAtre.
total points: 715
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For book 1, I read The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the hardcover (no MMPB or pb). Word "Life" in subtitle matches word "life" in Real Life by Brandon Taylor. 304 pages.
For book 2, I read Hard Time by Jodi Taylor. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the hardcover (no MMPB or pb). 544 pages. Author surname Taylor matches Brandon Taylor.
Use of the same Mann Booker novel was approved for both parts of the task, in the help thread, message 11
Page count 304 + 544 = 848 (exceeding required 500 page minimum).
total points: 740
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read How To Be an Antiracist. I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb edition (no MMPB). This was the 2nd book listed on the first provided list - An Anti-Racist Reading List.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb edition (no MMPB). This book was found toward the end (since it's in alphabetical order) of the LA Public Library Non-Fiction list.
total points: 765
Nick KY25.3 Andy P’s Poodles
Book 1. SCRATCH in title (not subtitle). The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly. THe SCAReCrow. 480 pp
Book 2. Inits in COPYCAT. I read Braised Pork by An Yu. 240 pp
Total pp = 720 > required 501
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 595
Joanna T10.10 - Square Dance Day
Nobody's Hero by Kallypso Masters
This book is approved in the ebook verification at line 2140.
Task total: 10
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Grand total: 320
BB: 4
GO: 0
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15.5 - Get The Word Out
GRA: The Calendar Man by Christoffer Petersen
I read the kindle The Calendar Man
total = 770
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25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
option 1, initials RH in tHeRe's: South Village by Rob Hart
option 3, 2019 Award winner: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
total = 795
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30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 3, initials SP in SoPhocles: Lightwood by Steph Post
Option 5B, WWII genre: A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II by Simon Parkin
total = 825
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30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
Book 1, 3 word title, 7 character author: The Irish Inheritance by M.J. Lee
I read the kindle The Irish Inheritance
Book 2, 3 word title, 7 character author: City of Rose by Rob Hart
total = 855
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30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 2, sports genre: Stat Shot: A Fan’s Guide to Hockey Analytics by Rob Vollman, 352 pages
option 4, NEWS in author name: An Arabian Journey: One Man's Quest Through the Heart of the Middle East by Levison Wood, 368 pages
352 + 368 = 720 pages
total = 885
G.Q. 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. Middle initials may be ignored.
Proud Shoes by Pauli Murray
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 19
Pages Read: 6,021
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50.1- MEGSCL's Task: Scattegories
My results were: SCO, using O:
Option 1, Olive, character Olive Kitteridge: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout, 289 pages
Option 4, food Olive/Olive Oil: The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France by Carol Drinkwater, 336 pages
Option 6, color Orange: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman, 314 pages
289 + 336 + 314 = 939
total = 935
PegW30.2 - 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.
Book 1: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Book 2: Onions in the Stew by Betty MacDonald
Both Books - 4 word titles, 14 character names
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 235
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 12
MARGIEVANTask 5.7 - Not Just in NYC! Read a book set at least 50% in . . . .
The Last Story of Mina Lee
Story set more than 50% in Los Angeles, CA - Koreatown.
Reference book description for location.
Points this task: 5
Points total: 235
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30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best FriendOption 3:
Read a book that has all the letters in HOODIE in its title/subtitle, including 2 Os.
North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both
NortH of NOrmal: A MemOir of My WilDerness ChIldhood, My Unusual Family, and How I SurvivEd Both
Option 4:
Read a book written by a single author who has all the letters in the word NEWS in their name.
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
LaureN WEiSberger
Points this post: 30
Points in total: 165
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9
Repost of post 190120.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Flip1: Tails (male author)
Flip 2: Tails (non-American author)
Rockbound by Frank Parker Day
link to verify birthplace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_P...
(This author is new to me)
***Claiming Golden Oldie ticket , as published in 1928***
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 380
BB: 4
GO: 4
Nikki B25.3 Andy P's Task: Finding A Topic For a Task
Book 1: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Book 2: The Farm
Amy Cross
Task Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 450
BB:1
GO:1
Nikki B25.4 Nick KY's Task: Man Bookering
Book 1: All I Did Was Shoot My Man
"Was" from "Who They Was"
Book 2:The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff
"Pam" from C Pam Zhang
Task Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 475
BB: 1
GO: 1
Nikki B25.5 Whitnie I'S Task: First and Last
Book 1: The Wild Inside
Book 2: Wolves of the Calla
Task Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 500
Nikki B25.6 Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Book 1:Red Mountain
Book 2: Running with Sherman
Task Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 525
Nikki B25.7 Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: Violet
Option 4: The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss
Task Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 550
Stephanie12710.6 - Hobbit Day: Celebrate Hobbit Day by reading a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
Homegoing has 174,529 ratings and an average rating of 4.44
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40/935
Tasks completed: 3/55
Books read: 3
DeborahPost #21
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
4) Tell the Wolves I'm Home
WhaT Happens In vegas sTays in vegas
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 340
Books Read: 26
Tasks Done: 20
DeborahPost #22
5.8 – In London as well
Come Tumbling Down
CTD: SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 27
Tasks Done: 21
IngeTask # 20.8 new to me author
flip 1: Heads: female author: Maggie Stiefvater
flip 2: heads: American based
Book: The Scorpio Races
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 160
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Books Read: 13
Tasks completed: 12/55
#pages: 4749
Louloureads20.1 Rookynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1 - start a new series by a new-to-you author.
Finder by Suzanne Palmer
Suzanne Palmer is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Points overall: 165
Louloureads20.5 Peg W's Task: Bigger is better - or is it?
Option 3: Author's initials can be found in ONE MORE HIKE.
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
ONE MORE HIKE
Points this post: 20
Points overall: 185
25.6 - BACK TO BASICSBOOK 1 - The Director and Don Juan (214 pages)
All 5 vowels in the title
BOOK 2 - The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found (304 pages)
Nonfiction with 5 different consonants
212 + 304 = 516 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 625
Brooke TXUNCLAIM
25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: Read a book whose TITLE contains all of the letters in SCRATCH.
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in COPYCAT.
Points
This Post: -25
Total Points: 140
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 49
Brooke TX25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: Read a book whose TITLE contains all of the letters in SCRATCH.
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in COPYCAT.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 49
Nikki B25.7 Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: Violet
Option 4: Anna and the French Kiss
Task Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 550
Joanne MI15.3 - Abracadabra!
Option 1-Read 2 books
Book 1
Tigana -Noted as Magic in message # 39 in Task Help Thread
Claiming 1 BB ticket at 676 pages (Mass Market edition is 673 pages)
Book 2
Tomorrow by Damian Dibben
Points this task 15
Total Points 205
BB's this post 1
Total BB's 3
Total GO's 1
Andy P.Task # 15.7 - The Toniest Award
Read a book by an author named Tony
The Murder Bag by Tony Parsons
Points this post: 15
Total points: 565
Andy P.Task # 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.
The Orphan's Guilt: A Joe Gunther Novel by Archer Mayor 304 p.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 585
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title. All words count. Spaces determine words. I read Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas (4 word title).
Total points so far: 485
Sara G25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
Book 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. These words may not be used: and, the, &, of, a, by, is. The word must match exactly.
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
This book is on the longlist so the entire title matches.
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. The name must match exactly, but may be found in any position.
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
"Brandon" matches Brandon Taylor from the longlist.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 675
Queen Bee Darlene30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Birds of a Feather
2) 100-150 pgs
Gift from the Sea 130 pgs
3) SIGN in title/sub
The Power of Significance: How Purpose Changes Your Life SIGNificance
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 660
Amy B5.4 – I'll Have a Double
Six performers have been nominated in two acting categories in the same year – Amanda Plummer, Dana Ivey, Kate Burton, Jan Maxwell, Mark Rylance, and Jeremy Pope.
Read 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.
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 255 Points
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Film: A Perfect World - 1993
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters in the title/subtitle that matches a word in the title of your chosen film (the/and are excluded). Words must match exactly.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
word in title: WORLD
420 pages
Book 2: Read a book first published the same year your chosen film was released.
The Black Ice (Harry Bosch #2) by Michael Connelly
First published 1993
428 pages
Total pages read: 848
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 620