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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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10.3 WickedHow to Walk Away by Katherine Center
Initial letter of each word in title can be found Apollo VicToria / GersHWin
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
BB tickets: 3
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16
30.2 In BalanceNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
2 word title, 12 character name
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
2 word title, 12 character name
CLAIMING BB TICKET for 542 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 220
BB tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 17
G.Q.30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Option 2: Read a small book that has 100-150 pages inclusive.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Option 5: read a non-fiction book with a MPG of History, stand-alone or embedded.
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 27
Pages Read: 8,090
Amy W25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: Read a book whose TITLE contains all of the letters in SCRATCH, including 2 Cs.
I read The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West.
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) can be found in COPYCAT.
I read Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points to Date: 160
Amy W10.10 - Square Dance Day: Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
I read Peace Talks by Jim Butcher.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points to Date: 170
Amy W15.5 - Get The Word Out: Read a book written by a Goodreads Author.
I read The Monarch of the Glen by Neil Gaiman.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points to Date: 185
Kelly L10.4 - The Wiz
Read a book found on the African American Books list.
Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.
Becoming by Michelle Obama, found on Page 1 of the list.
This post: 10 points
Total: 310 points
10.3 - WickedA 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 Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Points this post: 10
Total points: 825
Melinde15.10 - Be Our Guest
Read a book where a hotel is the location or center of the action of the book.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Points this post: 15
Total points: 510
GO: 4
BB: 4
CYNBAXTERTask #15.02 – Obie Awards
Book 1: The Great Offshore Grounds by Vanessa Veselka
Task: Read a book with OFF found intact in the title or subtitle
Book 2: Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Task: Read a book with OFF found intact in the author’s name
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 180 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
CYNBAXTERTask #15.03 – Abracadabra!
Book: Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Task: Read a book that has Magic Realism on the GR MPG list AND the author’s first and last initials are of the same letter
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 195 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
CYNBAXTERTask #15.04 – And I Did it My Way
Book: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Task: Read a book that has Memoir/Autobiography in the GR MPG list AND has a 6-word title
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 210 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
CYNBAXTERTask #15.05 – Get the Word Out
Book: San Miguel by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Task: Read a book written by a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 225 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander HamiltonB. The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs
Total points = 130
CYNBAXTERTask #15.06 – Add to Cart
Book: Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
Task: Read a book with a day of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. found in the title or subtitle
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 240 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
CYNBAXTERTask #15.07 – The Toniest Award
Book: The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Task: Read a book by an author named Tony or any of the related names such as Anthony, Nina, or Tonya.
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 255 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
CYNBAXTERTask #15.08 – Pop!
Book: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng which is based in Ohio
Task: Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 270 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
CYNBAXTERTask #15.09 – How Ya Doin’?
Book: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley which was added to my TBR shelf on May 18, 2020
Task: Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 285 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
CYNBAXTERTask #15.10 – Be Our Guest
Book: The Last by Hanna Jameson where the setting is L’Hotel Sixieme in Switzerland
Task: Read a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book.
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 300 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Coffeegirl25.3 Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: The Titanic Secret by Clive Cussler
SCRATCH in the title (pages 416)
Book 2: Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern
C.A. in CopycAt (pages 373)
Total pages 789
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 430
Nick KY30.6 DeliciousDee’s Wait
Book 1.A. Set in Virginia. I read Christmas Cow Bells by Mollie Cox Bryan.
Book 2.C. 1st letters of title words found in “NO SWIMMING POOL FOR YOU” – I read Make Room for What You Love by Melissa Michaels.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 895
Kim O5.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard Read a book with the Main Page Genre retellings.
Hag-Seed
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 155
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 9
Queen Bee Darlene5.9 The Europe Theatre Prize
Set 50% in Italy
Love & Gelato
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 880
Queen Bee Darlene25.6 Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
500 pgs minimum
1) All vowels in title/sub
Goodnight Beautiful
gOodnIght bEAUtiful 293 pgs
2) nonfiction that has at least 5 different consonants in title only
Where Am I Wearing?: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes
WHTMR 248 pgs
293 + 248 = 541
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 905
Nick KY20.9 Dee Dee's Alexander Hamllton. Opt. C. “American Revolution” as GR genre A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens by Lawrence E. Babits.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 915
Julia10325.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
Option 2: Time War (the word "time" is in the second verse: "I don't wanna waste more time")
Option 3: Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens (on page 3 of the list, #255)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 685
BB: 7
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 50
Julia10315.5 - Get The Word Out
Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold (GR author)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 700
BB: 7
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 51
15.10 - Be Our GuestRead a book where a hotel* is the location or center of the action of the book.
Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class
Nonfiction book about the hotelier Cesar Ritz, and how he and Chef Auguste Escoffier built several hotels - mainly the Savoy in London.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 815
Golden Oldie Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
ED30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Opt. 1- My Brother's Husband, Volume 2 by Gengoroh Tagame
352p.
Opt. 4- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
208p.
"NEWS" found in "johN knoWElS"
352+208=560 which exceeds the 550p. minimum
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 30
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Total Books Read : 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.4: I'll have a double: A Spirited Manor by Kate Danley. Author first name is same as KATE Burton.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 180
Books: 19
Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.7: Not just in NYC!: Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini by Sue Ann Jaffarian is set entirely in California, mostly on Catalina Island , San Diego, Julian (near San Diego) and Pasadena. On MPG Setting is specified as Catalina Island, California.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 185
Books: 20
Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.9: Europe theatre prize: The Pericles Commission by Gary Corby is set entirely in Athens, Greece in 461 BC, documented on MPG; The series is called The Athenian Mysteries.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 190
Books: 21
Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.2: Let's go to the theatre: Valley of the Shadow (Kathlyn Trent/Marcus Burton Romance Adventure by Kathryn Le Veque has the letter Q in the author's last name.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 200
Books: 22
Tasks: 22
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - Alexander Hamilton
Option C: Read a book with a MPG of American Revolution. The genre may be stand alone or embedded. I read Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence by Alan Gilbert.
Total points so far: 855
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.5: Hamilton: Blood And Circuses by Kerry Greenwood. This book is #6 in the Phryne Fisher series, which starts with the letter P in POC.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 210
Books: 23
Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.9: How Ya Doin'?: Larkspur by Sheila Simonson. This book was added to by GR TBR list on April 03, 2020. My GR READ list shows the Date added and date read.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 225
Books: 24
Tasks: 24
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Mary PRead a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
The Jackal by J.R. Ward
This book was added to my To-Read list on June 30. 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 245
EMurphyMEGSCL's Task: Scattergories
3 Letters chosen were C, O, R, I chose C
3 categories are first name, animal, and food
Name: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Animal: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Food: Meet Me at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan
This Task:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 375
Books Read: 26
GO Ticket: 3
BB Ticket +500: 3
Tasks Completed: 15
20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?Option 1:
Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of every word can be found in UP IN FLAMES.
Eat, Pray, Love
UP IN FLAMES
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 205
Amy B10.7 - National Comic Book Day
September 25 is National Comic Book Day. Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.
Tricked by Alex Robinson
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 445 Points
APRILLEIGH25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: Read a book whose title contains all of the letters in SCRATCH.
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun (256 pp)
SCR found in baCkwaRdS
ATC found in CAT
H found in wHo
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in COPYCAT.
They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie (364 pp)
AC found in CopycAt
256 + 364 = 620 > 500 pp
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (300)
Golden Oldie: 0 (3)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (20)
Total Tasks: 13
APRILLEIGH20.5 - Bigger is Better – Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 2: Read a book between 200 and 400 pages where the outside numbers are larger than the center one.
The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie (315 pp)
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1932 ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (320)
Golden Oldie: 1 (4)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (21)
Total Tasks: 14
APRILLEIGH20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1: Read a book with MPG Humor.
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (340)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (22)
Total Tasks: 15
Chris MD 30.2 In Balance
Two titles with the same number of words; authors' name have same number of characters
Book 1: Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 256 pages.
Book 2: Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
Both titles have two words, each author has 14 letters in her name.
Total points: 410
Chris MD 30.6 Hurry Up and Wait
Book A, Option 2: From Gaslight Mystery Series
Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson
Book B, Option 1: Author who lives in/was born in Italy, or where at least 50% of the book is set in Italy.
When in Rome by Ngaio Marsh
The entire book is set in Rome.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 286 pages.
Total points: 440
Chris MD 50.1 Scattegories
My letters were B, S, and H. I chose S
1. A first name: Sophy
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
I read the Kindle version of this book. The top MMP has 403 pages.
This book was first published in 1950. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
2. A place: Spain
Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead
This book has 320 pages.
6. A color: Silver
The Silver Locket by Margaret James
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 336 pages.
403 + 320 + 336 = 1,059 pages
Total points: 490
APRILLEIGH10.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
Spider’s Web by Agatha Christie
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (350)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (23)
Total Tasks: 16
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Writers & Lovers by Lily King
Female American author
This author is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170