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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Jen C10.9 - Rock the Vote
They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? by Patrick F. McManus
First published 1981 (11)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 570
Stephanie12720.7 - 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. Middle initials may be ignored.
Mother of All Pigs by Malu Halasa
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60/935
Tasks completed: 4/55
Books read: 4
Suzannesea10.1 - Let's Go To The Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
A Private Cathedral by James Lee Burke
A pRivaTE caTHEdral
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 135
Suzannesea20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 4
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
WHaT happens in vegas sTays
Points this post; 20
Total points to date: 155
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to BasicsBook 1: The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience - 464 pages
a,e,i,o in Favorite, u in Gutsy
Book 2: Shakespeare: The World as Stage - 199 pages
Nonfiction - 5 different consonants in title are s,h,k,p,r
Total points: 155
PAULA S10.8 - Trick or Treat
Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
mpg Fantasy > Paranormal
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 210/935
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 15/55
VAL TX15.8 - Pop! - Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
This post:
Points - 15
Total:
Points - 160
Kristi CO25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter
Option 1: Black Lives Matter Library list, page 1
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Option 3: The LA Public Library's List of Recommended African American Non-Fiction list
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
EMurphy25.6 Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Option 1: All the vowels in its title/subtitle All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg
Option 2: Nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants in the title The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 265
Books Read: 19
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 3
Tasks Completed: 12
Coffeegirl20.8 Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
Flip 1. Heads - Female Author Simone St. James
Flip 2. Tails - Non American - Lives outside Toronto, Canada
*This is a New to Me Author
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 180
Coffeegirl20.1 Back to school
Option: The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
#1 in a series by a New to me Author
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 200
Coffeegirl20.4 A Funny Thing
Option 1 Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Humor
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 220
Coffeegirl20.6 All about Books
Option 1: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Writing: Books about Books
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 240
Coffeegirl25.3 Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: Jumping the Scratch by Sarah Weeks
"Scratch" in the title (pages 176)
Book 2: Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern
C.A. in CopycAt (pages 373)
Total pages 549
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 265
Melinde5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!
Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
Moordenaars bij dageraad
First published in 2003
IL: UY - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 440
GO: 4
BB: 4
Coffeegirl25.7 Happily Ever After
Option 1: The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
E.D. --> fakE Dating
Option 4: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
"KISS" Romance
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 290
Coffeegirl25.8 My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: The One by Kiera Cass
K.C. --> CAROLE KING
Option 2: The Beach House by Jane Green
"Beach" --> lyric line 3 Hop a flight to Miami "Beach" or to Hollywood.
Points this task 25
Total Points: 315
CoffeegirlAmanda Kyle Williams30.3 My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 3: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
HOODIE in the title (pages 292)
Option 4: The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams
NEWS in author name (pages 304)
Total Pages: 596
Points this task 30
Total Points: 345
Coffeegirl30.5 Find The Right Spell
Book 1: One Good Deed by David Baldacci
Palindrome "DEED" (pages 416)
Book 2: The Crown by Kiera Cass
NO repeated letters (pages 278)
Total Pages: 694
Points this task 30
Total Points: 375
Coffeegirl 25.6 Back to Basics
Book 1: Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich
O E I A U (pages 310)
Book 2: How to Be Fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books by Jolenta Greenberg
H W T B F (pages 256)
Total Pages 566
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 400
G.Q. 5.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
Read a book with the Main Page Genre retellings. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 23
Pages Read: 7,130
Bookwrm526Task #25.10 - Hocus Pocus FTW
I chose the film Lost in Translation from the "Other" section of the list, which was released in 2003.
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. I read The Lost Child of Lychford by Paul Cornell, which matches the word lost from the film. This book has the MPG Horror, verified in the help thread at posts 36 and 38.
Book 2: Read a book first published the same year your chosen film was released. I read Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich, first published in 2003.
Total points so far: 705
Brooke TX5.7 – Not just in NYC!
Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC. Set in Massachusetts:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 335
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX10.3 - 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.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 345
Completed Tasks: 26
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX10.8 - Trick or Treat
Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 355
Completed Tasks: 28
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX10.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 365
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX15.2 - Obie Awards
Book 1: Read a book with OFF found intact in the title or subtitle.
Book 2: Read a book with OFF found intact in the author’s name.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 380
Completed Tasks: 30
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX15.4 - And I Did It My Way
Book 1: Read a memoir or autobiography.
Book 2: Read a book with a six-word title.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 395
Completed Tasks: 31
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX15.10 - Be Our Guest
Read a book where a hotel is the location or center of the action of the book.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 410
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander Hamilton
C. Read a book with a MPG of American Revolution. Approved in help thread:
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 430
Completed Tasks: 33
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Book 1: Read a book that has all the vowels in its title and/or subtitle.
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants (Y is a consonant) in the title only.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 455
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX25.7 - Sally M's Task: 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.
Option 2: Read a book by an author included in the list 2020 Adult Romance by Authors of Color. By Nalini Singh, found on page 1:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 480
Completed Tasks: 35
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL.
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. With "WHAT" in the title:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 505
Completed Tasks: 36
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Film: Girl vs. Monster (2012)
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.
Book 2: Read a book first published the same year your chosen film was released.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 530
Completed Tasks: 37
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG of Manga/Sequential Art/ Graphic Novel or Science Fiction.
Option 3: Read a book that has all the letters in HOODIE in its title/subtitle.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 560
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Option 2: Read a small book that has 100-150 pages inclusive.
Option 4: Read a book that has a word of 3 or more letters in the title that can be made using only the letters in SARAHBIRD.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 590
Completed Tasks: 39
Books Read: 67
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right SpellYour books must total at least 600 pages.
Book 1
Read a book which has a palindrome of 4 or more letters in the title or subtitle.
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris 336pgs
Book 2
Read a book with only one occurrence of each letter in the title: NO repeated letters. The title must have at least 4 letters. Ignore subtitles.
Alice by Christina Henry 292pgs
Points this post - 30
Total Points - 140
Tasks Completed - 8
Books Read This Season -12
Brooke TX30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A – Option 3: Read a book where all the letters ECRC can be found in the author's name.
Book B - Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the beginning letter of every word can be found in NO SWIMMING POOL FOR YOU.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 620
Completed Tasks: 40
Books Read: 67
Brooke TX50.1- MEGSCL's Task: Scattegories
My letters: G, A, W. I chose W.
Book 1: An animal.
Book 2: Food or drink.
Book 3: A color.
Points
This Post: 50
Total Points: 670
Completed Tasks: 41
Books Read: 67
CoffeegirlThe Bird Sisters30.4 Birds Of A Feather
Option 2: The All of It by Jeannette Haien
Small Book pages 143
Option 4: The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
"BIRD" in SARAHBIRD
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 430
25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTWFilm
When We First Met (2018)
Book 1 - When
Pretty When She Cries by A. Zavarelli
*Approved for length 8027
Book 2 (2018)
All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth
MPG - Thriller
Also BB 504 pages
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 14
PAULA S20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Go to Flip A Coin and flip a coin TWO times only. Read a single author book by a new to you author; the coin flip determining what new author to read.
Written by a new to me author.
Flip #1 Heads: female author - Corinne Duyvis
Flip #2 Tails: non-American author - born and lives in the Netherlands.
I read the kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): Op de rand van het niets
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 230/935
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 16/55
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man BookeringBook 1, a book from the Booker Prize longlist: Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
paperback edition Redhead by the Side of the Road 192 pages
Book 2, a book with an author's name that matches a name of one of the authors on the Booker Prize longlist: Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
paperback edition Forever, Interrupted 321 pages
The matching author name is Kiley Reid
Points this post: 25
Total points: 720
15.5 - Get The Word OutI read The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up by Dan Zevin (a Goodreads Author).
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 95
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie TIckets: 1
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In BalanceRead 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 Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (First Published 1895)
A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry
3 Words in Title, 9 Characters in Name
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 615
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Boston Kate
5.7 Not Just in NYC!
The Black Kids
set in Los Angelos, California
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
5.9. The Europe Theatre PrizeRead a book set at least 50% in Italy, Greece, Poland, or Russia.
A Christmas Escape
As mentioned in the description, this book is set entirely on the island of Stromboli, which Wikipedia says is part of Italy.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 620
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: "I Give You My Body . . .": How I Write Sex Scenes by Diana Gabaldon
Option 4: GI Brides: The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love by Duncan Barrett
Points this post: 25
Total points: 560