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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Ava Catherine25.8 - 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.
Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford
author's initials=CaroLe king
Option 3: Read a book from this list of https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
"Best Music Books" page 1; #64
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 by Władysław Szpilman
total=175
Ava Catherine25.7 - 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.
Akin by Emma Donoghue
author's initials= there's only one bED
Option 2: Read a book by an author included in the list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... "Adult Romance by Authors of Color."
page 1; #10
The Marriage Game by Sara Desai
total=200
Ava Catherine25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
Book 1. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle which matches a word in the title of one of the books on the longest.
Book selected from longest: Redhead by the Side of the Road
Book read: Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler 192 pages
Book 2. Read a book with an author’s name (first, middle, or last) which matches a name of one of the authors on the longlist.
Author's name from longlist: Anne Tyler
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler 384 pages
192+384=576 total pages
Jen C25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
One book option (531 pages): Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
3 word title letters LAL found in the word "all"
Author initials KA found in SHAKESPEARE
Points this post: 25
Total points: 80
PegW15.3 - Abracadabra!
Option 2, Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book 1 and Book 2 in option 1.
Circe by Madeline Miller
Main page embedded Magic, author names begin with the same letter.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed:1
Ava Catherine20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
author is new to me
Flip #1
1. Heads- female author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Flip #2
2. Tails - Non-American author: born in London, UK https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
lives in UK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran_M...
total=245
PegW15.4 - And I Did It My Way
Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book 1 and Book 2 in option 1.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
A memoir and a title of six words.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Ava Catherine20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1 – Books
Read a book with the MPG Books about Books.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman mpg Books about Books
total=265
Ava Catherine20.5 - 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 Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland 315 pages
total=285
Ava Catherine10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
theatre=insTRuctions for a HEATwavE
total=295
Suzannesea15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
Read a book that you added to your To-Read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
I added this book to my Goodreads To-Read list on February 27, 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 35
Barbara ★25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Book 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"
The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9
("Come, and Take choice oF all my library, And so beguile tHy sorrow")
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Touch & Geaux - Abigail Roux 9/5
(A & R in william shakespeARe)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
10.8 - Trick or TreatBetween Wild and Ruin by Jennifer G. Edelson
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 105
Ava Catherine20.10 - Group Reads
Nonfiction - Health: Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang
participated in discussion in group thread post #3
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
total=315
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny ThingOption 1-Read a book with a Main Page Genre of Humor, Comedy, Plays or Drama. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
I read Welcome to the United States of Anxiety: Observations from a Reforming Neurotic, which has an MPG of humor. This book was approved on the help thread.
Points: 65
Books read: 4
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 1376
Barbara ★5.2 - And the record is....
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
The Ghost - Monica McCarty 9/3
(Highland Guard #12)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 30
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
ASHBETHINDIA20.4 Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1-Read a book with a Main Page Genre of Humor, Comedy, Plays or Drama. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
More Stories About Spaceships and Cancer MPG Humor
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Barbara ★10.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
Spying in High Heels - Gemma Halliday (4 word title) 9/10
Points this task: 10
Total points: 40
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Pamela326510.10 - Square Dance Day
Animal Farm by George Orwell
GOLDEN OLDIE - Originally published in 1945
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
5.7 Not just in NYC!Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC. REQUIRED: if the location is not evident from the metadata or book description, include a reference to establish how the book fits the task.
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center set in Boston, Massachusetts.
Task points: 5
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 7
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Book 1: The Snowball Effect by Deb Loughead
Book 2: Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 4/55
Books read: 7
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.3 Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 3: Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
592 pages
Option 4: Sewer Rats by Sigmund Brower
106 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 5/55
Books read: 9
Nick KY5.2 The Producers
I read The Haunted Abbot by Peter Tremayne, # 12 in the Sister Fidelma series.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 100
LouloureadsTask 15.5 Get the Word Out
Read a book by a Goodreads author
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
LouloureadsTask 10.8 Trick or Treat
Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
Agatha Raisin and the Witches' Tree by MC Beaton
Approved for Paranormal MPG in message 15 of the help thread (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...).
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Nick KY5.5 It Really Happened I read A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger -- I listened to the unabridged audiobook. I could find no mass market paperback, but there are many paperbacks; the top listed paperback is A Death in Belmont…with a GR genre of "History."
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 105
Nick KY10.5 Hamilton I read Buried in a Bog, series title begins with “C” – County Cork # 1.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 115
ASHBETHINDIA10.4 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.
Such a Fun Age page 3 (first book)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
5.7 – Not just in NYC!Oakland Noir by Jerry Thompson/Various - 9/11/2020
(California)
Points this post 5
Total points 10
trishhartuk25.2 Cat’s Task: Shakespearean Reading
One book option: fitting the requirements of book one AND book two, with a minimum page count of 500.
Book One: Three word title where the initial letters of every word are found "Come, and take choice of all my library...".
Book Two: single author with first and last initials in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
City of Lies, Sam Hawke
Title: C, O in COme, L in Library
Author: SHakespeare
I did start it in the previous challenge, but read less than 100pg out of 559pg.
Big Book: 500+ = 1 ticket
Points this task: 25
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: No
Big book: 200+ = 1 ticket
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 500+ x 1 = 1
VAL TX20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing - This is a one book task with two options.
Option 1-Read a book with a Main Page Genre of Humor, Comedy, Plays or Drama.
Spectacles by Sue Perkins
Humor = 53 users
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 90
Andy P.Task # 5.4 – I'll Have a Double
Read a book by a single author whose first, middle, or last name matches the name of any of these performers Dana Ivey,
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
Last names match
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Melinde15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
Schoolidyllen
added to tbr on 18-06-20
Points this post ~ 15
Total points ~ 15
Tasks completed ~ 1
BB ~ 0
GO ~ 0
Mod
I chose option 2 and read Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
2nd listed genre is Autobiography>Memoir.
Title has 6 words.
total points: 90
Mod
I read Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. My comment in the discussion thread is message 4
total points: 125
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
Book read: A Darkness Absolute
How it fits: ADA in the quote
Pages: 416 (PB Edition: A Darkness Absolute)
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Book read: Riding Tall
How it fits: Author's (Kate Sherwood) initials are KS
Pages: 200 (PB Edition: Riding Tall)
Children MPG overridden in message 236 in Not Really For Kids Books
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Total points: 75
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
KRISTA KY20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
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
Whitnie I10.2 - Avenue Q
Read a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Assassin's Quest
This book has 757 pages so I'm requesting 2 BB tickets.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
BB Tickets: 2
JEN B10.2 - Avenue Q
Read a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Berry
TOTAL POINTS: 35
Ava Catherine Repost Post #266adding total points to date=missing requirement
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
Book 1. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle which matches a word in the title of one of the books on the longest.
Book selected from longest: Redhead by the Side of the Road
Book read: Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler 192 pages
Book 2. Read a book with an author’s name (first, middle, or last) which matches a name of one of the authors on the longlist.
Author's name from longlist: Anne Tyler
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler 384 pages
192+384=576 total pages
total points=315
Ava Catherine15.7 - The Toniest Award
Read a book by an author named Tony or any of the related names found at Behind The Name such as Anthony, Nina, or Tonya.
Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover by Anthony Summers
total=330
Ava Catherine20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 2:
For this task, read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that includes all the letters NFL.
Flights of Angels: Stories by Ellen Gilchrist
NFL=FLights of aNgels
total=350
DeborahPost #4
25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
1) The Tribulations of August Barton (August Barton #1) 174 pages
2) Swan Song Apocalyptic > Post Apocalyptic 956 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Done: 4
Pamela326510.9 - Rock the Vote
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – Published in 1932
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1932
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 45
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
LAUREN JODI20.10 - Group Reads
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Comment in Message #10 of the group read thread.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80/935
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/55
IngeTask #10.4 The Wiz
Book: The Underground Railroad
Task: Read a book from the African American Books list
required: state the page: page 1
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 25 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Books Read: 4
Tasks completed: 4/55
#pages: 1237
Bookwrm526Task #25.9 - Black Books Matter
Option 1: Read a book from one of the following list. I chose the Black Lives Matter Library and read Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks, from page 1 of the list, number 18 at time of posting.
Option 2: Read a book from this list: Afrofuturism. I read Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor, on page 1 of the list, number 4 at time of posting.
Total points so far: 55
LAUREN JODI10.8 - Rock the Vote
All Riled Up: Trapped! / Riley by Lori Foster
First published in 2011
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 90/935
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/55
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10.9 Rock the Vote
at least 2 numbers from 11/3 in publication year
Sweet Bean Paste
1st published 2013
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40