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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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MELANIE M✓ 10.9 - Rock the Vote
Officer off Limits by Tessa Bailey, read 11/25
Two Numbers from 11/3 must be found in the year the book was first published: this book was first published in 2013.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Books claimed to date: 16
MELANIE M✓ 10.10 - Square Dance Day
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa, read 10/2/20 - 5*
4 words in title
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Books claimed to date: 17
MELANIE M✓ 15.3 - Abracadabra!
Book 1 - Blood Red by Mercedes Lackey, read 9/7/20 ***
MPG Fantasy>Magic; approved in help thread post #37
Book 2 -Nauti Nights by Lora Leigh, read 9/1/20 - 3*
Author first and last name starts with same letter
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Books claimed to date: 19
MELANIE M✓ 15.5 - Get the Word Out
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn, read 11/20/20
Book written by a Goodreads Author - Julia Quinn is a GR author
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 155
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Books claimed to date: 20
MELANIE M✓ 15.8 Pop!
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel, read 11/7
Setting in cornbelt state: Book takes place entirely in Ohio - Proof
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Books claimed to date: 21
MELANIE M✓ 20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams, read 10/24
Option 1: #1 in series by new-to-me author - I have never read anything by this author before
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Books claimed to date: 22
MELANIE M✓ 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1: Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams, read 11/13
Option 1 requires MPG Humor - this book has 24 users as of 11/27
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Books claimed to-date: 23
MELANIE M✓ 20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Option 3: Master of Desire by Kinley MacGregor, read 9/4/20
Option 3 - Author initials must be found in "ONEMOREHIKE"
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 230
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Books claimed to-date: 24
Sarah E25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: TITLE contains all of the letters in SCRATCH
Celebrities and Chaos - CelebRiTieS And CHaos
I read the kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Celebrities and Chaos - 214 pages
Book 2: Single author initials in COPYCAT
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Chain of Gold - 592 pages
Big Book, 592 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
214 + 592 = 806 pages
Total Points: 325
Total BBs: 6
MELANIE M✓ 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 1: The Whisper Man by Alex North
Option 1 requires author initials to be found in CHAMPAGNE
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Books claimed to-date: 25
MELANIE M✓ 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, read 9/26/20
I rolled two "Heads," so I needed to read a book by a new-to-me American female author: author is from Maine and new-to-me.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Books claimed to-date: 26
Sarah E25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter
Option 2: On page 1 of the list, currently #47
Zahrah the Windseeker
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 11.0
Option 4: Author is on the first page of the list, the first two books
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total Points: 350
MELANIE M✓ 25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Book 1: 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 Marriage Game by Sara Desai, read 11/23
Book 2: First & Last author initials in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Maiden and the Monster by Michelle M. Pillow, read 9/10 (worst book this challenge)
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 295
Total Tasks Completed: 26
Books claimed to-date: 28
MELANIE M✓ 25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn, read 11/4 (373 pages)
All letters of SCRATCH in title
Book 2: Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast, read 9/28 (368 pages)
Author initials in COPYCAT
Combined page total is 741 pages
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 320
Total Tasks Completed: 27
Books claimed to-date: 30
MELANIE M✓ 25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
2 Books 500+ No Kids)
Book 1: Here's Looking at You by Mhairi McFarlane, read 11/22
All vowels AEIOU are found in the title
Book 2: Men Who Hate Women - From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All by Laura Bates, read 11/1
NON-FICTION book with 5+ Different Consonants in Title: M, N, W, H, T
Combined page total is 816 pages
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 345
Total Tasks Completed: 28
Books claimed to-date: 32
MELANIE M✓ 25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey, read 9/13/20*****
All author initials in THERESONLYONEBED
Option 2: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria, read 9/7/20 *****
Book from 2020 Adult Romance by Authors of Color list: this is Book #4 on the list (page 1)
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 370
Total Tasks Completed: 29
Books claimed to-date: 34
MELANIE M✓ 25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim, read 9/19
author initials in CAROLE KING
Option 2: Beauty Like the Night by Liz Carlyle, read 9/19
Title with a 4+ letter word from Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind" - the word I used was "like"
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 395
Total Tasks Completed: 30
Books claimed to-date: 36
MELANIE M✓ 10.4 - The Wiz
Read a book from the African American Books List
Page 18: The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall, read 9/19/20
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 405
Total Tasks Completed: 31
Books claimed to-date: 37
ED25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
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).
The Island of South Georgia by Robert K. Headland
312p.
"AEIOU" found in "thE IslAnd Of soUth georgia"
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.
New Caledonia: Essays in Nationalism and Dependency by Michael Spencer
253p.
Five different consonants in title : NeW CaLeDonia..."
312+ 253= 565p. exceeding the 500 p. minimum
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 85
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Total Books Read : 6
JEN B10.5 - Hamilton
Read a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC. For this task, articles (a, an, the) may be ignored.
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
The series name is also One of Us Is Lying
TOTAL POINTS: 390
SandyL5.6 – The AUDELCO awards
Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON
Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh
vivian robiNSon
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 665
Big Books Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 52
SandyL5.8 – In London as well
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letter of each word of the title is found in SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE
Change of Heart by Nicole Jacquelyn
sOCiety of london tHeatre
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 670
Big Books Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 53
SandyL15.2 - Obie Awards
Book 1: Read a book with OFF found intact in the title or subtitle
Off Season (The Off Series) by Sawyer Bennett
OFF season
Book 2: Read a book with OFF found intact in the author’s name
Happy Pants Cafe by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
miimi jean pamfilOFF
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 685
Big Books Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 55
SandyL50.1- MEGSCL's Task: Scattegories
Letters generated: D, E, N - choosing D
Category 1 - First name
Tempting Dusty by Helen Hardt
Name - Dusty
Pages: 240
Category 3 - an animal
Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon
Animal - Dog
Pages: 420
Category 4 - food or drink
Deadly Deals and Donuts by Cindy Bell
Food - Donuts
Pages: 238
Page totals: 240+420+238 = 898
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Points This Task: 50
Total Points: 735
Big Books Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 58
MELANIE M✓ 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 2: Breath of Fire by Amanda Bouchet, read 9/5/20 *****
MPG (alone or embedded) Fantasy>Mythology (120 users noted the genre as such
Option 4: Origin in Death by J.D. Robb, read 10/20
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1. This book is #21 in the "In Death" series
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 435
Total Tasks Completed: 32
Books claimed to-date: 39
G.Q.25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter
Option 2: For this task, read a book from Afrofuturism
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (page 1)
Option 4: read a book written by an author who appears on the Masterlist of Black YA Writers
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds (page 1)
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 32
Pages Read: 9,230
APRILLEIGH10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1931 ***
THE found in THE
ATR found in sitTAfoRd
E found in mystEry
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (375)
Golden Oldie: 1 (6)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (26)
Total Tasks: 19
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 Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1947 ***
T found in vicToria
L and O found in apolLO
H found in gersHwin
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (385)
Golden Oldie: 1 (7)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (27)
Total Tasks: 20
MELANIE M✓ 30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
3 word titles AND 11 characters in each author name
Book 1: Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey, read 11/15
Book 2: Duke of Scandal by Gaelen Foley, read 11/21
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 465
Total Tasks Completed: 33
Books claimed to-date: 41
APRILLEIGH10.5 - Hamilton
Read a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC. Articles may be ignored.
The Cat Who Turned On and Off by Lilian Jackson Braun
This book is #3 in The Cat Who… series.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (395)
Golden Oldie: 0 (7)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (28)
Total Tasks: 21
MELANIE M✓ 30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 2: Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey, read 9/12/20 ***** (400p)
MPG Sports (80 users)
Option 3: What Happens in London by Julia Quinn, read 11/15 (372p)
Read a book that has all the letters in HOODIE in its title/subtitle
Combined page total is 772 pages.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 495
Total Tasks Completed: 34
Books claimed to-date: 43
5.10. IntermissionA book of choice: The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Points this post: 5
Total points: 865
MELANIE M✓ 30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A
Option 3: The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lacey, read 9/23/20
ECRC in author name
Book B
Option 2: Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews, read 11/20
All the letters of APPLE are found in the title
Combined page total is 753 pages (must exceed 600p)
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Points this task: 30
Total Points: 525
Total Tasks Completed: 35
Books claimed to-date: 45
ED20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Coin Flip #1- Tails- Female Author
Coin Flip #2- Heads- American Author
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park is a female author born in Illinois and she is a new author to me.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 105
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Total Books Read : 7
Kathy KS30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
Read 2 books where both books have the same number of words in their titles AND the same number of characters in their authors' names.
All Systems Red, by Martha Wells 3 word title, 11 character name
The Holy Thief, by Ellis Peters 3 word title, 11 character name
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 390
Tasks completed: 17
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Barbara ★25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
Book 1, First: Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson 9/11
(Sentinels of New Orleans #1)
Book 2, Last: Read a book with the MPG Apocalyptic or a variation of the word.
The Girl in Red - Christina Henry 11/24
(MPG Apocalyptic > Post Apocalyptic)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 675
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
ED20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Opt.1- 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
"AC" found in "ChAmpagne"
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 125
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Total Books Read : 8
MELANIE M30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Book 1 - Option 4: Disturbing His Peace by Tessa Bailey, read 11/27
3+ letter word in title from SARAHBIRD: "his"
Book 2 - Option 5: Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice by John Douglas, read 9/19
Non-Fiction & MPG History (7 users, on main page)
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Points this task: 30
Total Points: 555
Total Tasks Completed: 36
Books claimed to-date: 47
Julia10315.8 - Pop!
The Last Runaway (set in Ohio)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 760
BB: 7
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 55
10.4 - The Wiz Read a book from the African American Books List.
PAGE 7: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Audiobook.
Transcendent Kingdom paperback is 288 pages.
Task points: 10
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Jen K5.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
Before Midnight - A Retelling of Cinderella
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 730
Jen K5.2. – And the record is....
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Legacy of Orïsha #2
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 735
Jen K5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
Published 2003
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 740
Jen K5.4 – I'll Have a Double
Born With Teeth by Kate Mulgrew
Matches KATE Burton
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 745
10.5 - Hamilton Read book with a series name that Begins with P O or C.
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Series name is 'Oxford Time Travel'
I read Kindle edition which is 593 pages. MMPB Doomsday Book is 578 pages.
Claiming Big Book Ticket.
Task points: 10
Total points: 85
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Big Book tickets this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Jen K5.6 – The AUDELCO awards
Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews
vIviAn
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 750
Jen K5.7 – Not just in NYC!
Magic Bleeds
Set in Atlanta, Georgia
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 755
Jen K5.8 – In London as well
The Curse of Lono
sOCieTy of London
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 760
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✓ 10.8 - Trick or Treat
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas, read 10/23 - 2*
MPG Horror with 155 users as of 11/27
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Books claimed to date: 15