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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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PAULA S20.5 - 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.
by Karen Heardauthor initials KH in HiKe
I read the kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): It's Dark Inside
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105/935
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/55
15.3 - Abracadabra!Option 1, Read 2 books, book 1 and book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Magic or Magical Realism.
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
MPG Magical Realism
Book 2: Read a book written by an author with a 2-part name where both names begin with the same letter.
The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 485
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New AuthorsGo to Flip A Coin and flip a coin TWO times only. Record your results.
I flipped Heads & Heads.
Flip #1
Heads: Read a book written by a female author
Flip #2
Heads: Read a book by an American author (by birth or current residence)
The Brightest Star: A Heartwarming Christmas Novel by Fern Michaels
Female American author who is new to me.
Her Wiki page confirms she is American.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 505
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
PAULA S25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
Book 1, First: Read a book that is #1 in a series.
- Hannah Swensen #1I read the ebook, MMPB for reference: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Book 2, Last: Read a book with the MPG Apocalyptic or a variation of the word.
- mpg ApocalypticPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 130/935
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 8/55
Queen Bee Darlene25.4 Nick KY's Task: Man Bookering
1) Word in title/sub matches word in title of one of the books in longlist
Longlist book - This Mournable Body
I read The Body Lies 288 pgs
2) author's name matches name of one of author's on longlist
Longlist author - Anne Tyler
I read When All Is Said by Anne Griffin 326 pgs
500 pg minimum 288 + 326 = 614
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 740
PAULA S20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander Hamilton
Option C. Read a book with a MPG of American Revolution
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11.0
Approved in the help thread message 2 (and 21): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I read the ebook, PB link for reference: Chains
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150/935
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 9/55
50.1 - MEGSCL's idea: ScattergoriesLetters generated: M, W, B
Letter Picked: B
2. Place (Bangkok): Bangkok 8 by John Burdett (336 pages)
4. Food (Blueberry): Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke (310 pages)
6. Color (Blue): Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (418 pages)
Page total = 1064 pages
Total points: 615 + 50 = 665
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to BasicsYour 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).
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert 513pgs
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants (Y is a consonant) in the title only. Subtitles cannot be used.
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow 465pgs
Points this post - 25
Total Points - 110
Tasks Completed - 7
Books Read This Season -11
15.4 - And I Did It My WayI did the one book option which
Read a memoir or autobiography and
Read a book with a six-word title
I listened to the audio version of Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 410
BB: 4
GO: 4
20.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books WeekRead a book from this list: Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books
Lolita
On page 1, slot 25 of the list
New points: 20
Total points: 430
BB: 4
GO: 4
Kelly L25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
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).
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
th[E] [I]nvisible life [O]f [A]ddie lar[U] e = E I O A U
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants (Y is a consonant) in the title only. Subtitles cannot be used.
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership is non-fiction.
[R]a[C]e [F]or [P]rofi[T] = R C F P T
Must be 500+ pages = 448 + 368 = 816
This post: 25 points
Total: 205 points
READ 60 5.6 Vivian Robinson I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel A B
points 5
total points 125
Julia10320.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Flip # 1 Tails (male author)
Flip #2 Tails (non-American author)
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
This author is new to me. He is from Ireland.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 545
BB: 6
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 40
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New AuthorsFlipped 2 Heads
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
New to me author
Total: 80
Barbara ★20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Flip #1 - Tails: Read a book written by a male author
Flip #2 - Tails: Read a book by a non-American author (by birth or current residence)
Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 11/7
(born in Iceland) Link: https://alexanderdanv.wordpress.com/
Author is new to me
BIG BOOK: 528 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points: 355
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Jayme(the ghostreader) 5.7 Not Just NYC
The 8th Confessionby James Patterson
set in California
Task +5
Grand Total: 30
DeborahPost #26
10.6 - Hobbit Day
Howl's Moving Castle 4.26 star rating: 217,253 ratings
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 400
Books Read: 32
Tasks Done: 25
PAULA S10.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
Mord på ljusa dagen4 word title
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 160/935
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10/55
Melinde5.8 – In London as well
Read a book where the initial letter of each word of the title is found in SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE.
Op leven en dood
sOciEty of LonDon theatre
IL: UY - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 385
GO: 4
BB: 4
Melinde10.3 - Wicked
Read a book in which the initial letter of each word can be found in APOLLO VICTORIA and/or GERSHWIN.
The Vampire Prince
aPollo VicToria
IL: UY - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6.0
Points this post: 10
Total points: 395
GO: 4
BB: 4
MelindeUNCLAIM task 10.1 (post 874)
10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
nAar HET middelpunT dER aarde
Naar het middelpunt der aarde
Points this post: -10
unclaim GO tickets: -1
Total points: 385
Total GO: 3
MelindeUNCLAIM task 30.3 (post 1380)
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
2 books, 2 different options, together at least 550 pages
Book 1: Option 3
Read a book that has all the letters in HOODIE in its title/subtitle, including 2 Os.
De engeltjesmaaksters. Abortus toen het niet mocht
De engeltjesmaaksters. abOrtus tOen Het nIEt mocht
391 pages
Book 2: Option 4
Read a book written by a single author who has all the letters in the word NEWS in their name.
Nergens in Afrika
Stefanie Zweig
StEfaNie zWeig
350 pages
Points this post: -30
Total points: 355
Melinde30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 4: Aeschylus’s The Oresteia
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1.
Nergens in Afrika
Nowhere in Africa #1
Option 5B: Drama Coach
Read a book with the main page genre World War II.
Het familieportret
MPG WWII>Holocaust & MPC War>WWII
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
GO: 3
BB: 4
Melinde30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Two books with a total of at least 550 pages.
Option 1
Read a book with a MPG of Manga/Sequential Art/ Graphic Novel or Science Fiction.
Naar het middelpunt der aarde
MPG Science fiction
228 pages
First published 1864 -> Claiming GO ticket
Option 3
Read a book that has all the letters in HOODIE in its title/subtitle.
De engeltjesmaaksters. Abortus toen het niet mocht
De engeltjesmaaksters. abOrtus tOen Het nIEt mocht
391 pages
Points this post: 30 + 1 GO
Total points: 415
GO: 4
BB: 4
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite MusicalsOption 1: Author Initials in CAROLE KING
How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference by Adam Rutherford
Option 2: Time appears in the song
The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski
Points this post:25
Total points: 590
25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books MatterOption 1: Black Lives Matter Library Page 1 Book #11
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Option 2: Afrofuturism list Page 1 Book #3
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Points this post:25
Total points: 615
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek TheatreOption 3: Author 1st and last initials in SOPHOCLES
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
Option 4: Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
512 pages. Claiming Big book ticket.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 50
BB: 3
GO: 2
5.9 - The Europe Theatre PrizeStars of Fortune by Nora Roberts
❁ set in Corfu (Greece) ❁
Total points: 665 + 5 = 670
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to BasicsBook 1: Read a book that has all the vowels in its title and/or subtitle
I read an ebook version of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender 300 pages
a-e-i-u in beautiful and o in sorrows
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants (Y is a consonant) in the title only
Below Another Sky: A Mountain Adventure in Search of a Lost Father 320 pages
B-l-w in below, n-t in another
New Points: 25
Total Points: 455
BB: 4
GO: 4
15.9 How Ya Doin' - read a book dded to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.The Cruelest Month
Added April 16,2020
Total pts: 15
Total/challenge: 205
15.10 Be Our Guest - hotel* is the location or center of the action of the bookThe Glass Hotel
Total pts: 15
Total/challenge: 220
20.1 Back to SchoolOpt 3 book has at least one number in title
4:50 from Paddington
Total: 20
Total/challenge: 240
Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 2: Render Unto Caesar (on page 3 of list)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 565
BB: 6
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 41
20.5 Bigger is Better – Or is it?Opt 2 Read a book between 200 and 400 pages where the outside numbers are larger than the center one. Ex: 214, 323, 209.
How to Capture a Duke - 326 pgs
Total: 20
Total/challenge: 260
20.9 Alexander HamiltonB. Read a historical novel where the main character is Alexander Hamilton. The goodreads description must mention Alexander Hamilton’s name.
The Hamilton Affair
Approved book in Post #2 in Help thread
Total: 20
Total/challenge: 280
25.8 My Favorite MusicalOption 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL. All initials count.
Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas
LK found in caroLe King
Option 3: These shows are referred to as jukebox musicals. Enjoy a bit of background music (totally optional) while reading a book from this list of Best Music Books. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Required: State the page number where your book appears.
High Fidelity - #1 on pg 1 of list
Total: 25
Total/challenge: 305
30.5 - FIND THE RIGHT SPELLBOOK 1 - Anna and the French Kiss 372 pages
Pallindrome - Anna
BOOK 2 - Shiner 272 pages
No repeated letters
372 + 272 = 644
TOTAL POINTS - 775
Amy B30.2 - 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. Each book must be written by a single different author.
Book 1: The Good German by Dennis Bock (3 word title, 10 character name)
Book 2:
Indians on Vacation by Thomas King
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 350 Points
25.9 Black Books MatterOpt 1 Black Lives Matter - read book from list
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
>Black Lives Matter Library -https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9... Pg 1 of list
Opt Option 4: Black Kids/Teens Matter- read author from list
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... = #7 on pg 1 of list
Total: 25
Total/challenge: 330
30.1 Ancient Greek TheatreOpt 4 Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing, in grayscale parentheses following the title.
Sever (The Chemical Garden #3)
Opt 5 B - Read a book with genre of WWII
A Bookshop in Berlin
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 360
30.4 Birds of a FeatherOpt 2 Hummingbird - book between 100-150 pgs
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - 132 pgs
Opt 5 Pigeon - NF book with History genre
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 390
Bookwrm526Task# 5.5 - It Really Happened
Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction. I read Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths by Helen Morales (MPG verified in help thread posts 22 and 23).
Total points so far: 655
Andy P.Task # 25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Chosen Film- Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
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 Dark Half by Stephen King (469 p.) Dark is the matching word, horror MPG
Book 2: Read a book first published the same year your chosen film was released. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
first published in 1981. (120 p.)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 755
Andy P.Task # 10.4 - The Wiz
Read a book found on the African American Books list.
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Page 1 # 25 on list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 765
5.5 MPG History or Historical Fiction Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 26
GO: 3
BB: 1(500) (750) (1000)
Nick KY30.5 Mazza1’s Spell.
Book 1. I read Level Up Your Life: How to Unlock Adventure and Happiness by Becoming the Hero of Your Own Story by Steve Kamb -- The word “level” is a palindrome. 275 pp.
Book 2. I read Panic by Jeff Abbott, 5 letters in title, none repeated. 405 pp
Total pp = 680> required 600
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 735
EMurphy20.8 Nickels & Dimes-Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
New to me author:
1st flip - Heads - American author, 2nd flip - Heads - Female author
Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 240
Books Read: 17
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 3
Tasks Completed: 11
MARGIEVANTask 15.10 - Be Our Guest: Read a book where a hotel is the location or center of the action of the book.
The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
Book approved for use in this task.
Points this post: 15
Points total: 270
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 3: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer (one moRe hiKe)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420
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15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
The Sentence Is Death I added this book to my GR To-read shelf on February 9, 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)