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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Joanna T20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1: For this option, start a new series by a new-to-you author.
Required: State the author is new to you.
The Siren by Tiffany Reisz
Tiffany Reisz is a new-to-me author.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
Joanna T10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
The Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty
The Ponder Heart
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
Joanna T5.2. – And the record is....
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
The Angel by Tiffany Reisz
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
BB: 0
GO: 0
15.10 - Be Our GuestA Christmas Escape (Christmas Stories #13) by Anne Perry
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 95
MAZZA15.10. Intermission
Take a break and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Squashed
AR bookfinder info US
Squashed
Bauer, Joan
AR Quiz No. 6941 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP
Book Rating Rating: 3.0
points this post = 5
Points to date = 90
MAZZA110.10 - 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.
Space Hopper I read an ARC kindle edition of this book
Space Hopper this is only physical edition on GR
points this post = 10
Points to date = 100
10.6 - Hobbit DayA book with 100,000+ ratings with an average rating of 4.00 or higher: The Pact: A Love Story by Jodi Picoult
270,705 ratings
4.01 stars
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
Oma122910.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title. Titles only. Subtitles are excluded.
Designated Daughters by Margaret Maron
Total Points-95/935
Total Tasks=6/55
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
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.
Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books I read an ARC Kindle edition
This is the on]y physical edition on GR Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
Cathy Rentzenbrink CR in CAROLE
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 word must be at least 4 letters long and match exactly. Subtitles are excluded.
Required: State the word.
A Twist in Time
The word TIME appears in verse 2 of the song line 3
points this post = 25
Points to date = 125
MAZZA110.6 - Hobbit Day
Read a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
Winter Garden I listened to the audio
Rating 4.18 · Rating details · 131,826 ratings
This is the mmp Zimski vrt
points tis post = 10
points to date = 135
Task 5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!Book chosen: The Lost Man
Fits task: first published in October 2018
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 362
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 5 points
Not claiming GO or BB tickets this time!
Task 15.5 – Get the word outBook chosen: The Silent Patient
Fits task: Alex Michaelidis is a GR author
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 416
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Julia10330.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 1: Trader's Leap (MPG Science Fiction)
Option 3: Homicide House: A Mr. Pinkerton Mystery (All letters in HOODIE are in title: HODIE in Homicide, O in House)
This was originally published in 1950 - claiming one GO ticket.
I read ebook/Kindle editions.
Hardcover Trader's Leap has 368 pages (no MMP or paperback)
Paperback Homicide House: A Mr. Pinkerton Mystery has 244 pages.
Total pages = 612
This post: 30 points, 1 GO
Total points: 55
BB: 0
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Coralie15.7 The Toniest Award
Book by an author with a name related to Tony – Anthony
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Total to date 40 points
Task 5.6 – The AUDELCO awardsRead a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
viviAN robinson
Catseye (Dipple #1) (1961) by Andre Norton (Paperback, Ace #F-167, 176 pages)
00 + 05 = 05
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 00 + 05 = 05
Books read: 01
Pages read: 176
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Nick KY25.6 Sandy’s Back to Basics
Book 1. I read Sex and Social Justice – All 5 vowels in title – 476 pp
Book 2. I read My Dark Places – Nonfiction w at least 5 consonants in title: MYDRKPLCS – 427 pp
Total pp = 903 > required 500.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 95
Rockynook15.5 - Get The Word Out
read a book by a Goodreads author
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Amy B20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
This is a one book task.
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top global wine regions: Italy, France, Spain, California, Argentina, Chile, Australia.
Required: If the setting is not apparent on the book’s main page, post a link to a reference confirming the setting.
The Marriage Trap by Jennifer Probst (285 pgs total - plot starts in Italy on page 45 and remains there until page 270 - description of Italy as setting on main page in book synopsis)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 40 Points
20.10 - Group ReadsI read Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
I put a mini-review / comment in the discussion thread for this book (it is message #2 in the thread).
Points this post: 20 points
Total points: 20 points
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldie tickets: 0
25.7 Sally M's Task: Happily Ever AfterOption 1: Normal People by Sally Rooney (Author’s initials appear in THERE’S ONLY ONE BED) and Option 3: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (appears on The Ripped Bodice’s 2019 bestsellers list)
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 40
Total Books Read: 3
Big Books Read: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
DeborahPost #1
10.7 - National Comic Book Day
Love in Focus, Vol. 1
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
DeborahPost #2
10.8 - Trick or Treat
Lockdown MPG: HORROR
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 2
Tasks Done: 2
DeborahPost #3
20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
2) The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes 305 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
Christine V25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Book 1: Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
I read the audio edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) has 336 pages.
Book 2: The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
I read the Kindle edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) has 328 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
TANYA D15.5 Read a book written by a Goodreads Author
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books Read: 1
TANYA D15.9 Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield was added on May 5 2020
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 2
TANYA D20.10 Group Read
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Posted (post #2) in the Group Read thread for this book.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Delicious dee15.1 - Tinker to Evers to Chance
Book A - Running Wild
Book B - Wild Justice
points this post: 15
Total Points: 105
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.2 Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
Breaking Point by Lesley Choyce 2 word title 12 character name
Being Toffee by Sarah Crossan 2 word title 12 character name
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1/55
Books read: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.1 Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 3: The Ledge by Lesley Choyce
Option 4: Darker Than Night by John Lutz
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 2/55
Books read: 4
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1: Theft by Finding: Diaries by David Sedaris
MPG: Humor
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 3/55
Books read: 5
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.7 - Not just in NYC!
Running by Natalia Sylvester
This book was set in Florida and is identified in the metadata.
Link to HB edition - Running
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 15 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
10.10 - Square Dance DayRead a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
Book read: Coffin Cemetery
How it fits: 2-word title
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Total points: 50
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Sara G30.2 - 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.
Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas
Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James
Both have two-word titles. Lisa Kleypas and Eloisa James have 11 characters in their names.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
Sara G15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Your To-read list may be your GR shelf, a custom GR shelf, or an off-GR list.
Required: State the date the book was added to your list.
Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang
I added this book to my Goodreads TBR on June 25, 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Steve E.15.9 - How Ya Doin?
October 19 is Evaluate Your Life Day. A day to take stock, evaluate your progress, and take action to make change.
Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Your To-read list may be your GR shelf, a custom GR shelf, or an off-GR list.
Required: Identify your To-read list and state the date the book was added to your list.
Stillhouse Lake by: Rachel Caine
Note: Added to my "to read" shelf on June 2, 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30
Amarie30.3 - 2 options + 550 pages
Option 1: MPG of Science Fiction
Book: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Pages: 272
Option 3- All the letters in HOODIE found in the title
Book: THE TwO Lives Of LyDIa Bird - Josie Silver
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
Pages: 369
Total Pages = 641
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 55
Task 25.7 - Happily Ever Afteroption 1: read a book with author initials in THERE'S
Excursions to Die For by Susan Harper
SH intials
ebook verified row #1074
option 3: read a book listed in the 2019 Award Winners list
A Prince on Paper
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185 points (corrected typo)
1 GO tix
1 BB tix
ASHBETHINDIA10.8 Trick or Treat Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Make Mine Magic
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Kelly L20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 3: Although a book lover at heart, as a math teacher I spend my days in the world of numbers.
For this option, read a book that has a number in the title. Subtitles should be ignored. The number must be a digit from 0-9. Titles where numbers are spelled out will not be accepted. For example, Summer of '69, 1984
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
Points this post: 20
Total: 20
Andy P.Task #5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"
Read a book first published in one of these years – 2003
Hex by Maggie Estep
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
ASHBETHINDIA5.5 It Really Happened
A number of Tony award winning musicals have been based, at least loosely. on history – think 1776 and Hamilton. Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction.
Opium and Absinthe (Historical Fiction)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Amy FL10.6 - Hobbit Day
An Ember in the Ashes (4.28 stars with 176,691 ratings)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Task 30.4 - Birds Of A Featheroption 2: read a book between 100-150pages
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
138pages
option 4: Read a book with a three letter word in the title made from SARAHBIRD
A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy
BAD
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215 points
1 GO tix
1 BB tix
Amy FL30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A, Option 2: Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson (Gaslight Mystery #1)
Book B, Option 2: Monstrous Beauty (TOMATO: MOnsTrOus beAuTy)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Ava Catherine30.2 - 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.
The Guest Book by Sarah Blake
3 word title; 10 character name
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
3 word title; 10 character name
total=150
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Sally Rooney is a "new to me" author.
Normal People by Sally Rooney
1. Heads - female author- Sally Rooney
2. Tails - Non-American author- born in Ireland
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1