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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Sarah E30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 1: MPG Science Fiction
Black Tuesday - 316 pages
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback, no MMP
Option 3: All the letters in HOODIE in its title
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came - 272 pages
agatHa raIsin and thE day the flOODs came
316 + 272 = 588 pages
Total points: 300
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite MusicalsOption 1: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
❁ author's initials (CN) in CAROLE KING ❁
Option 2: Beach Read by Emily Henry
❁ Beach: "Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood." ❁
Total points: 880 + 25 = 905
MEGSCL25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1 (scratch in title) - The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl
Book 2 (author in COPYCAT) - Exploded View
TOTAL to date
600 points
7 big books
MEGSCL30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Book 1 (science fiction) - Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
Book 3 (HOODIE in title) - The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club
TOTAL to date
630 points
7 big books
Sue T5.10 - Intermission
Book of choice that meets SRC guidelines
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45/935
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
This is most likely my last post of the challenge. Thanks as always to the moderators and task creators.
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 House Of Silk
Link to paperback: The House of Silk
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 10/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 1
10.6 - Hobbit DayRead a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
As of November 25, it has 4.35 stars and 577,618 ratings
Link to paperback: A Man Called Ove
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 20/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 2
10.8 - Trick or TreatRead a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
It has been shelved as "Horror" by 258 users
Link to paperback: The Turn of the Key
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 30/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 3
10.10 - Square Dance DayRead a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.
First Blood
Link to paperback: First Blood
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 40/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 4
15.5 - Get The Word OutRead a book written by a Goodreads Author
Link to paperback: Moriarty
by Anthony Horowitz
Goodreads author since April 2017.
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 55/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 5
15.7 - The Toniest AwardRead a book by an author named Tony or any of the related names found at Behind The Name
by Anthony Horowitz
Link to paperback: The Sentence is Death
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 70/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 6
15.9 - How Ya Doin'?Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
Link to paperback: Offer 2117
Added to my To-read list on May 13, 2020
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 85/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 7
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.
by Ottessa Moshfegh
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 105/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 8
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of CelebrationOpton 3: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top global wine regions: Italy, France, Spain, California, Argentina, Chile, Australia.
The book is set in Spain, in the Baztan region
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baztan,...
*Claiming a Big Books ticket as this book has 544 pages
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 125/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New AuthorsFlip 1: Tails: Read a book written by a male author
Flip 2: Heads: Read a book by an American author
Derek B. Miller
The author is new to me, he was born in Boston, USA
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 145/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
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"
Claiming a Big Books ticket as this book has 544 pages
Book Two: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
by Angela Marsons
350 pages
Total pages read: 544+350 = 894 pages
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 170/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 2
Tasks Completed: 11
10.2 - Avenue QA book with the letters AVE intact in the title: The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Points this post: 10
Total points: 860
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite MusicalsOption 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING
by Robert Galbraith
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.
The word is MIND
Claiming 2 Big Books tickets as this book has 927 pages
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 195/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 (√) 750 (√) 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:4
Tasks Completed: 12
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek TheatreOption 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in SOPHOCLES
Link to print edition: All the Devils Are Here
Option 4: Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1
Book #13 in the D.I. Kim Stone series
Link to paperback: Deadly Cry
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 225/935
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 (√) 750 (√) 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 4
Tasks Completed: 13
Jen C10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Points this post: 10
Total points: 645
PegW10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 320
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 18
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 2
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum
Accelerated Reading Score
The Wizard of Oz/The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Unabridged)
Baum, L. Frank
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
Totals
Points: 165
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 19
Total Books read: 19
PAULA S5.6 – The AUDELCO awards
Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON.
by Rickie BlairAuthor initials RB found in RoBinson
I read the kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): Digging Up Trouble: The Leafy Hollow Mysteries, Book 2
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 330/935
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 24/55
PAULA S25.3 - 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. Subtitles are excluded.
The Case of the Toxic Tenor by Susan Moore JordanS in caSe
C in Case
R in tenoR
A in cAse
T in Toxic
C in toxiC
H in tHe
I read the kindle edition. PB link for reference: The Case of the Toxic Tenor. The PB has 288 pages
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them ) can be found in COPYCAT.
N eller M? by Agatha ChristieAuthor initials AC found in copyCAt
The PB I read has 254 pages
Total page count both books are 288 + 254 = 542> 501
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 355/935
Total Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 25/55
Can't Go Wrong with the BardRead a book with the Main Page Genre retellings. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
MPG = Retellings 233 users
Task Points: 5
Season Points: 120
And the record is....Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.
The Heat Islands by Randy Wayne White
This book is #2 in the Doc Ford series.
Task Points: 5
Season Points: 125
Twice a Hat Trick!Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
First published 2018.
Task Points: 5
Season Points: 130
Sandy's Task: Back to BasicsBook 1: Read a book that has all the vowels in its title and/or subtitle. For purposes of this task, vowels are A E I O U (not Y).
Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead by Christiana Miller
AU in aunt
IE in Tillie
O in somebody
Page count: 300 (paperback)
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants (Y is a consonant) in the title only. Subtitles cannot be used.
The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator by Joakim Palmkvist
TH in the
DRK in dark
Page count: 320 (paperback)
300 + 320 = 620
Task Points: 25
Season Points: 155
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to BasicsBook 1. Educație europeană, by Romain Gary, 280 pages
Book 2. Bitter Lemons of Cyprus, by Lawrence Durrell, first five consonants: btrlm, 276 pages
combined pages: 280 + 276 = 556
Points: 25
Total points: 290
20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to SchoolOption 1. Deadhead and Buried, by H.Y. Hanna.
The book is first in series: The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #1
The author is new to me.
Points: 20
Total points: 310
Amy B25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
No books with the main page genres childrens or kids can be used for this task. Your two books combined must have at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that has all the vowels in its title and/or subtitle. For purposes of this task, vowels are A E I O U (not Y).
All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg (299 pages)
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants (Y is a consonant) in the title only. Subtitles cannot be used.
Precious Cargo: My Year of Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077 by Craig Davidson (310 pages)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 480 Points
CYNBAXTERTask #20.05 – Bigger is Better: Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Task, Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE MORE HIKE
Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 380 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
10.1 - Let's Go to the TheatreThe Good Thief's Guide to Paris by Chris Ewan
❁ THE in The; A in Paris; T in Thief; R in Paris; E in Guide ❁
Total points: 905 + 10 = 915
Amy FL25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: Livia Lone by Barry Eisler (there's only one BEd)
Option 4: The Kiss Thief - MPG Romance and KISS
Points this post: 25
Total points: 770
Amy FL25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Film chosen: Volumes of Blood (2015)
Book 1: A Blood Thing (Blood, MPG Thriller)
Book 2: Call To Arms (first published June 8th 2015, MPG Horror)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 795
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About BooksOption 2: read a book where ALL the letters of the word READING can be found in the author's name
I listened to an audio book version of Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
New Points: 20
Total Points: 570
BB: 5
GO: 4
Shelby
5.5 – It Really Happened
Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction.: Chain of Gold, by Cassandra Clare
How Fits: MPG: Historical Fiction
Claiming 1 Big Book Tickets - 592pgs, Paperback Edition: Chain of Gold
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
5.6 – The AUDELCO awards
Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON..: The F Words, by Anyta Sunday
How Fits: Author - Anyta Sunday
Points this post: 5
Total points: 210
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
5.10. Intermission
Take a break and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.: Her Last Flight, by Beatriz Williams
How Fits: Choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.: The Extraordinaries, by T.J. Klune
How Fits: Title - THE ExTRAordinaries
Points this post: 10
Total points: 225
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.10 - Square Dance Day
Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.: Goalie Interference, by Avon Gale
How Fits: Title - 2 Words, Goalie Interference
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.2 - Obie Awards
Book 1
Read a book with OFF found intact in the title or subtitle.: Off to Be the Wizard, by Scott Meyer
How Fits: Title - OFF to be the Wizard
AND
Book 2
Read a book with OFF found intact in the author’s name.: Nevernight, by Jay Kristoff
How Fits: Author - Jay KristOFF
Points this post: 15
Total points: 250
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.3 - Abracadabra!
Option 1, Book 1
Read a book with a main page genre of Magic or Magical Realism.: On the Wings of War, by Hailey Turner
How Fits: MPG - Fantasy > Magic
AND
Option 1, Book 2
Read a book written by an author with a 2-part name where both names begin with the same letter.: Diamond in the Rough, by Charlie Cochet
How Fits: Author - Charlie Cochet
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1
Start a new series by a new-to-you author.: Truly Devious, by Maureen Johnson
How Fits: Series - #1 in Truly Devious & Author is NTY
Points this post: 20
Total points: 285
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Flips: Tails/Heads
Read a single author book by a new to you author. .: In Time I Dream About You, by Gene Gant
Ebook Verified: Here
How Fits: Flip #1 - Author: Male/Flip #2 - American: Born Memphis, TN & Author is NTY
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season: The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton
How Fits: Group Discussion - Here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
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25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
Film: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
Book 1: Crooked House - MPG Thriller, matching word HOUSE
Golden Oldie, first published 1948. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Book 2: The President is Missing - also MPG Thriller, first published 2018
I read an ebook, MMP is Le Président a disparu
Big Book, 600 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 270
Total GOs: 4
Total BBs: 5