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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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10.1 - Let's Go to the TheatreRead a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
Book read: The Curse of the Pharaohs
How it fits: All letters in the title
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Total points: 10
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
10.8 - Trick or TreatRead a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
Book read: Dragon-Ridden
How it fits: MPG Paranormal; approved for length in line 3995 in the doc
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Total points: 20
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny ThingOption 1-Read a book with a Main Page Genre of Humor, Comedy, Plays or Drama.
Book read: Die Känguru-Chroniken: Live und ungekürzt
How it fits: MPG Humor
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Total points: 40
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
5.2 And the record is... Read a book that has 1 and/or 2 in its series number.
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. The 2nd book in the Handmaid's Tale Series.
Task points: 5
Total points: 40
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 4
15.5 Get the Word OutRead a book written by a Goodreads Author.
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Task points: 15
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 5
trishhartuk20.6 Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1 – MPG of Books about Books.
Read It and Weep, Jenn McKinlay
Genre locked in help thread message #25: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Scooter&Siam5.5 - Read a book with genre of Historical Fiction
Read Half Moon Street
Points: 5
Total: 5
LAUREN JODI10.8 - Trick or Treat
Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong
MPG Paranormal
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 60/935
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/55
Andy P.Task # 5.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
Read a book with the Main Page Genre retelling
Cloaked byAlex Flinn
retelling MPG (131 users)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
MAZZA15.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"
Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
The Water Cure First published May 24th 2018
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 5
MAZZA15.7 – Not just in NYC!
Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC.
G is for Gumshoe
Setting is Identified on GR main page as California
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 10
MAZZA110.1 - 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 Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
THE AbbsoluTely tRuE
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 20
MAZZA110.2 - Avenue Q
Read a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
A Question of Blood
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 30
MAZZA110.5 - Hamilton
Read a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC. For this task, articles (a, an, the) may be ignored.
Odd Thomas i
#1 in ODD Thomas Series
points this post = 10
Points to date = 40
MAZZA110.7 - National Comic Book Day
Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Preludes & Nocturnes
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 50
MAZZA110.8 - Trick or Treat
Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
The Turn of the Key
MPG Horror approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 60
MAZZA110.9 - Rock the Vote
Read a book that has at least two numbers from 11/3 found in the year the book was first published.
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
First published July 12th 2011
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 70
15.7 - The Toniest AwardA book by an author named Tony or any related name found at Behind the Name: The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
MAZZA115.8 - Pop!
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
Required: If the setting is not evident include a reference to establish how the book fits the task.
I read The Book Clubwhich is the ebook edition
There is no MMP This is the PB editionThe Book Club
Setting is Chicago, Illinois
It is mentioned in this review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and several references in the book
p35 the neighbourhood bordered the western boundary of the city of Chicago
p68 to live with her grandparents in Chicago
p251 I've a keen interest in art and I dont know many Chicago artists
The page numbers are all taken from the ebook i read
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 85
MAZZA125.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
This is a two-book task. Please select two different options and read one book for each.
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL. All initials count
Squashed Author Initials JB
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.
A Twist in Time
The word TIME appears in verse 2 of the song line 3
Points this post = 25
points to date = 110
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek TheatreOption 3, a book by an author whose initials are found in SOPHOCLES: The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
Option 4, a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1: Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson ( Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart #1)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
Jen C20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
This author is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
REPOSTINGReaderboard Name: Jammin Jenny
Fall 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
the PB version of the first book is 148 pages - The Christmas Pact
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 50
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Helen B30.1 - Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 2: Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt
Mpg Mythology
Option 4: Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb
In Death series #26
Total points: 30
GO: 1
MEGSCL5.6 – The AUDELCO awards
Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON.
Flames by Robbie Arnott
TOTAL to date
15 points
MEGSCL20.5 - 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.
Bruny by Heather Rose
TOTAL to date
50 points
20.5 - 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. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
I read Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England by Kate Hubbard whose initials can be found in one more HiKe
points: 45
books read: 3
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 1088
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall 2020 Season
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"
The Cement Garden - TCG in Come Take beGuile
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet read 9/3, AR in shakespeARe
Points this post: 25
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 75
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
REPOSTING - I realized after I posted that I already used one of the books for another task.Readerboard Name: Jammin Jenny
Fall 2020 Season
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"
The Android's Dream - TAD found in AnD Take
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet read 9/3, AR in shakespeARe
Points this post: 25
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 75
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall Season 2020
Task 10.10 - 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 Winter Garden Mystery
Points this post: 10
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 85
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyFall Season 2020
Task 10.6 - Hobbit Day
Celebrate Hobbit Day by reading a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
An Elephant in the Garden, average rating 4.17
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 95
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Pamela32655.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
Scarlet by Jen Geigle Johnson - Retellings MPG
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
10.3 - WickedWings of the Storm (The Rise of Sigurd #3) by Giles Kristian
initial letters of words in title, W O T S, found in vicTOria gerShWin
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 80
Delicious Dee5.8 – In London as well
Ask For It - AFI found in SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE
points this post: 5
Total Points: 80
delicious dee10.10 - Square Dance Day
Taken By Her Mates - 4 word title
points this post: 10
Total Points: 90
Christine V20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
MPG Books About Books was confirmed in the task help thread here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
Task 25.4 - Man Bookering500+ total pages
book 1: read a book with a word in the title that matches a word in the listed titles
Life in the Garden
LIFE matches Real LIFE
208 pages
book 2: read a book with an author who has a name matching one of the listed names
Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey
ANNE matches ANNE Tyler
467 pages
487 + 208 = 675 pages >500
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140 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 20.7 - A Different Kind of Celebrationoption 1 - read a book with author initials in CHAMPAGNE
Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey
AM initials
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160 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
15.7 The Toniest AwardRead a book by an author named Tony or any of the related names found at Behind The Name such as Anthony, Nina, or Tonya. The name must be in the first name position.
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
Task points: 15
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 6
ASHBETHINDIA25.6 Back to Basics Your two books combined must have at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that has all the vowels in its title and/or subtitle. For purposes of this task, vowels are A E I O U (not Y).
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (346 p)
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has 5 different consonants (Y is a consonant) in the title only. Subtitles cannot be used.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (447 p)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
Mod
I read Transcendent Kingdom - I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb (no MMPB).
2 word title.
total points: 55
Mod
I used option 2 and read Mexican Gothic. 301 pages, so between 200 and 400 pages, with center number smaller than outside numbers.
total points: 75
Pat 
30.6 ~ Hurry Up and Wait
Task Description ~ Read two books, one from Book A and one from Book B. No books with the genre Children's may be used.
BOOK A ~ Norfolk, VA
Option 3 ~ Read a book where all the letters ECRC can be found in the author's name.
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris CleaveCompleted ~ 9.9.20
Pages ~ 418
(C)h(R)is (C)l(E)ave
BOOK B ~ Naples, Italy
Option 2 ~ Read a book where all the letters of APPLE or TOMATO can be found in the title, ignore subtitles.
The Almost Moon by Alice SeboldCompleted ~ 9.8.20
Pages ~ 295
(T)he (A)l(MO)s(T) m(O)on
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Points this post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 80
Tasks Completed ~ 5
Books Read This Season ~ 7
Pages Read This Season ~ 2,228
AndyTask # 5.2. – And the record is....
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number
The Last Mile by David Baldacci
# 2 in Amos Decker Series
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
G.Q. 5.10. Intermission
Akira, Vol. 4 by Katsuhiro Otomo
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 687
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