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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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30.3 My TV is My New Best Friend
Option 1: The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal
"Sequential Art/ Graphic Novel" on main page
272 pages
Option 3: The Only Good Indians
letters from HOODIE in title
read ebook (The Only Good Indians), linked to paperback for page count
357 pages
Total pages = 629
Points this post: 30
Total points: 70
*Unclaim Book*5.5 – It Really Happened
The Glovemaker
Points Earned This Post: -5
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)
5.5 – It Really HappenedRead a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction.
Robinson Crusoe
MPG Historical Fiction
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (First Published 1719)
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 620
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Boston Kate
30.5 Find the Right Spell
Book 1: Anna Dressed in Blood
"Anna" is a palindrome
MMPB page count (Anna Dressed in Blood): 409
Book 2: Slay
title at least 4 letters, no repeated letters
Paperback page count (Slay): 323
Total pages = 732
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean ReadingBook 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"
Home Before Dark
H from tHy, B from Beguile, and D from anD
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Dearly: New Poems by Margaret Atwood
MA appears in williAM
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 645
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.5 - Get The Word OutRead a book written by a Goodreads Author.
The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 660
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
30.6 - HURRY UP AND WAITBOOK A3 - Head Over Heels by Cindy Procter-King
ECRC in the authors name
BOOK B2 - A Snow Country Christmas
All letters of Tomato found in title
TOTAL POINTS - 840
Amy B10.3 - 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.
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 365 Points
IngeTask: 15.10 Be our guest
book: The Glass Hotel
points this task: 15
total points: 190
task completed: 15
Task 5.2 – And the Record Is… Series # 1: Kate Reilly Mystery # 1
I listened to the audio / MMP : Dead Man's Switch 331 pg
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 390 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
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Task 5.5 – It Really HappenedMain page genre: Historical Fiction
Caddie Woodlawn's Family
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7.0
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 395 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
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Task 5.10 – IntermissionReader’s choice
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Le Livre de la jungle – 215 p
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 400 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
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Task 10.5 – HamiltonSeries name begins with P O or C - Olive Kitteridge # 1
Olive Kitteridge
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 410 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
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Task 15.8 – Pop!Set in Lake Eden, MN
I listened to the audio / MMP: チェリー・チーズケーキが演じている – 464 pg
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 425 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
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Andy P.Task # 30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell
Book 1. Read a book which has a palindrome of 4 or more letters in the title The Stars at Noon by Denis Johnson 192 p. Noon is palindrome
Book 2. Read a book with only one occurrence of each letter in the title The Island byVictoria Hislop 473 p.
page count 192 + 473 = 665> 600 p minimum
Points this post: 30
Total: 850
20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?Option 3: The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
❁ author's initials (RH) in ONE MORE HIKE ❁
Total points: 705 + 20 = 725
Queen Bee Darlene25.5 Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
Book 1: #1 in series
Bran New Death Merry Muffin Mystery #1
Book 2: MPG apocalyptic
Moon of the Crusted Snow
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 770
READ 60 15.5 good reads author Anxious People by FREDRIK BACKMAN
Fredrik is a Good Reads author
points 15
Total 140
Amarie20.8 - Flip A Coin
1st Flip - Heads (Female Author)
2nd Flip - Heads (American Author)
Penny Reid is a New-To-Me author and is American
Book: Truth or Beard by Penny Reid
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 265
Amarie20.1 - Back to School
Option 1: New to You author and new series
Book: The Power of Hades (The Hades Trials #1) by Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson
Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson are both new-to-me authors
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 285
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best FriendFor this task, I read Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Omnibus, Vol. 1 for Option 1. This book has an MPG of Sequential Art/Graphic Novels. This book has 696 pages, which meets the task requirement of a minimum of 550 pages on its own.
For the second book, I read As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (as an audio book), using Option 3. The title and subtitle have all the letters of HOODIE contained within: ( as yOu wisH: incOnceivable tales from the making of the princess brIDE ).
Points this task: 30 points
Total Points: 125
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie TIckets: 1
Task 10.5 Hamilton - Read a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC.One of Us Is Lying
One of Us Is Lying (One of us is Lying #1)
Points this post: 10
Points total: 305
LAUREN JODI20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 4:
Say You're Sorry by Melinda Leigh
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 440/935
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 33/55
LAUREN JODI5.2 - And the record is....
Broken by Laura Wright
Book #2 in the Cavanaugh Brothers series
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 445/935
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 34/55
15.10 - Be Our GuestA book set on a cruise ship: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Points this post: 15
Total points: 735
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek TheatreI read two books for Option 4:
The Burning Room #17 in the Harry Bosch series
The Crossing #18 in the Harry Bosch series
Total points 195
Bookwrm526Task #25.5 - First and Last
Book 1: Read a book that is #1 in a series. I read Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic (Book 1 in the Caleb Zelic series).
Book 2: Read a book with the MPG Apocalyptic or a variation of the word. I read The Girl in Red by Christina Henry (genre confirmed in help thread at posts 40 and 41).
Total points so far: 730
EMurphyAva Catherine's Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 3: Single author whose first and last initials can be found SOPHOCLES Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Option 4: Book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1 The September Society by Charles Finch (Charles Lenox Mysteries #2)
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 295
Books Read: 21
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 3
Tasks Completed: 13
Joanne MI 25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1- All letters in Scratch
The Crystal Cave-THe CRyStAl Cave 494 pages
Book 2-Authors initials in copycat
The Seamstress byAllison Pittman -A and P in target word 480 pages
Total page count 974
Points this task 25
Total Points 250
BB's 3
Go's 1
Task 10.3 – Wicked1st letter of each title word in A P O L L O V I C T O R I A
An Irish Country Village
I listened to the audiobook / NO MMPB / Paperback: An Irish Country Village - 431 pg
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 435 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
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Task 15.1 – Tinker to Evers to ChanceBook 1: two-word title
Plum Lucky
Book 2: Two-word title, where 1st word is same as last word of book 1
Lucky Man
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 450 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
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Task 15.5 – Get the Word OutWritten by a Goodreads Author
Stewart O'Nan / The Odds
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 465 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
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Task 25.5 – Whitnie I – First and LastOption 1: Series book # 1
Maggie Thorsen Mystery # 1
Uncommon Grounds
Option 2 – Mpg: Apocalyptic
Ashfall
Genre confirmed in HELP THREAD
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 490 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
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Task 30.1 – Ava Catherine – Ancient Greek TheatreRESTRICTIONS: NO children's / kids
Option 3 – Author’s First & Last initials in S O P H O C L E S
Lisa See / The Island of Sea Women
I listened to the audiobook / no MMP / Paperback: The Island of Sea Women - 400 pg
Option 4 – Series # 2 or higher
Stephanie Plum # 16
Sizzling Sixteen
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 520 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
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Task 30.2 – Dlmrose – In BalanceBook 1 – Any book
Janet Evanovich / Hot Six
Book 2 – Book w/ same number of title words by Different author with same # of characters as book 1 - 14 characters
Mollie Cox Bryan / Goodnight Moo
J A N E T E V A N O V I C H
M O L L I E C O X B R Y A N
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 550 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
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Task 30.3 – Wayne – My TV Is My Best FriendREQUIRED: Total pages = 550+: 460 + 272 = 732 p
Option 2 – Main page genre SPORTS
Secretariat: The Making of a Champion
Option 3 - All letters of HOODIE in title/subtitle - grOwIng HOw savED
The Growing Season: How I Saved an American Farm--And Built a New Life
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 580 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
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Task 30.4 – TessaVanessa – Birds Of a FeatherOption 1 – From LIST: Legs
Page 1, # 4
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
I listened to the audio / MMPB: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass 240 p
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 10.0
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1871
Option 5 – NONfiction with M.p.g HISTORY
A Bookshop in Berlin
I listened to the audio / MMPB has no page # listed / 1st paperback has no page # listed / 2d paperback: No Place to Lay One's Head 286 pg
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 610 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
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REPOSTING ONLY FOR GOLDEN OLDIEOriginal post # 2584
Task 5.10 – Intermission
Reader’s choice
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Le Livre de la jungle – 215 p
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1894
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This Post: 0 points - repost ONLY for GO ticket
Total points to date: 610 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Kathy KS20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander Hamilton
A. Read a biography of Alexander Hamilton.
Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
Approved for task & option in task help: messages 17 & 31
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 325
Tasks completed: 14
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
10.3 - WickedRead 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.
The Christmas Hirelings
TCH appears in viCToria gersHwin
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (First Published 1894)
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 670
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
5.10. IntermissionTake a break and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
The Hole
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 675
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
JEN B15.9 - 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: Identify your To-read list and state the date the book was added to your list.
Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
I added this book to my Goodreads To Read list on June 4, 2020.
TOTAL POINTS: 325
Brooke TX25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
Read ONE book with at least 500 pages that is #1 in a series and has the MPG Apocalyptic or a variation of the word. Approved in help thread:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 695
Completed Tasks: 42
Books Read: 69
10.1 - Let's Go to the TheatreI read The Plastic Man Archives, Vol. 1.
The book title ( THE plAsTic man aRchivEs, vol 1 ) contains all of the letters of THEATRE in the title.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 135
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Janice CA15.4 - And I Did It My Way
Option 2: one book
I read a book with a six word title that also has the MPG: memoir.
Subtitles can be ignored.
A Good Man with a Dog: A Game Warden's 25 Years in the Maine Woods by Roger Guay
+15
total: 60
books: 5
tasks: 5
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.9 How You Doing
Read a book on your TBR list from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Murder at Hazelmoorby Agatha Christie
Added to TBR 06/15/2020
Read date: 10/23/20
Task + 15
Grand total: 55
Barbara ★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.
Semi-Psychic Life - Elizabeth Hunter 11/12
(E & H in onE more Hike)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 375
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
LAUREN JODI25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Chosen film: Hell Fire (2012)
Book 1: Gift of Fire by Jayne Ann Krentz
Book 2: Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 470/935
Total Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 35/55
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10.5 Hamilton
The Shadow of the Wind
series The Cemetery of Forgotten Books/El cementerio de los libros olvidados
series title begins with "C" after excluding articles
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40