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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
LAUREN JODI25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
Chosen book: Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward
Book 1 - Word in title "Love"
From London, With Love by Bec McMaster
Page #: 172
Book 2 - Author name - Sophie
A Good Debutante's Guide to Ruin by Sophie Jordan
Page #: 373
Total page #: 545
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 665/935
Total Books Read: 54
Tasks Completed: 43/55
Julia1035.5 – It Really Happened
The Girl Who Came Home (MPG Historical Fiction)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 775
BB: 7
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 57
Sara G5.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
Read a book with the Main Page Genre retellings. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
Five Glass Slippers: A Collection of Cinderella Stories by Anne Elisabeth Stengl etc.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 890
Amy B30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
For this task, you will read two books, one from Book A and one from Book B.
Book A – Norfolk, VA
Option 3: Read a book where all the letters ECRC can be found in the author's name.
Daughter of Black Lake by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Book B – Naples, Italy
Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the beginning letter of every word can be found in NO SWIMMING POOL FOR YOU.
When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 525 Points
CYNBAXTERTask #20.06 – Seasoned Reader: Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Task, Option 1: Read a book with the MPG Books about Books
Book: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 480 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Scooter&Siam20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Option 1: For this option, start a new series by a new-to-you author. The series can be of any length, but should be listed as #1 in the series on Goodreads.
Required: State the author is new to you.
Read Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin. The author is new to me.
Points: 20
Total: 135
Kristi CO10.10 - Square Dance Day
4-word title, sub-title excluded
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
shelved as 'to-read' on Jan 7, 2020
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Points this post: 15
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO15.5 - Get The Word Out
Goodreads Author
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 4: what happens in vegas stays in vegas
What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Jen K10.8 - Trick or Treat
Come Tumbling Down
MPG Horror
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 820
Jen K15.2 - Obie Awards
Book 1: It's Not about the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks
Book 2: Weather by Jenny Offill
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 845
ZachI completed Task 20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School and chose Option 1.
For this option, start a new series by a new-to-you author. The series can be of any length, but should be listed as #1 in the series on Goodreads.
I read A Wizard of Earthsea which is the first in a series and Ursala K. Le Guin is a new to me author.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 100
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
20.7 A Different Kind of CelebrationOpt 4 - 3 word title initals in WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS.
Princess Elizabeth's Spy
P, E, S in haPpEnS
Total/post: 20
Total challenge: 410
50.0 Scattegories >750 pgsGenerated B, T, U. Chose letter T
Opt 2. A place (town, city, state, country, planet, etc.). The place must be proper name and be a place referenced in the book's main page description, series, metadata or 1st page reviews.
Seven Years in Tibet - 324 pgs
Country of Tibet
Opt 3. An animal.
The Night Tiger- 384 pgs
Animal - Tiger
Opt 4. A Food or drink.
The Way of Tea and Justice: Rescuing the World's Favorite Beverage from Its Violent History -240 pgs
Drink - Tea
324+384+240=948 pgs
Total/post: 50
Total/challenge: 460
15.9 - How Ya Doin'?Read a book that you added to your To-read list between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020
I read the ebook version of Iron Kissed
This book was added to my Goodreads-To Read shelf of June 19th, 2020
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 605
BB: 5
GO: 4
Sarah E5.8 – In London as well
The Dark Is Rising - SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE
I read an ebook, top MMP is The Dark is Rising
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13.0
Total points: 530
Rockynook20.3 - Banned Books Week
Read a book from this list: Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books
Perfect by Sara Shepard
Page 3, #280
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 490
Sarah E15.1 - Tinker to Evers to Chance
Book 1: Clockwork Prince
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Clockwork Prince - 501 pages
Big Book, 501 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Book 2: Prince Caspian
I read an ebook, top MMP is Prince Caspian
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Total points: 545
Total BBs: 8
Task 15.8 – Pop! Book chosen: Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 162
Fits task: 100% set in Imperial, NE - the author (it's an autobiography) is a pastor at Crossroads Wesleyan Church in Imperial, NE
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 780 points
Task 25.4 – Nick KY's Task: Man Bookering DISREGARD - DOESN'T MEET THE 500-PAGE MINIMUMBook 1 chosen: Body Language
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 220
Fits task: title of the book on the longlist - The Mournable Body
Book 2 chosen: Stand All the Way Up: Stories of Staying In It When You Want to Burn It All Down
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 224
Fits task: author on the long list: Sophie Ward - author of the book chosen: Sophie Hudson
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 805 points
Task 25.6 – Back to BasicsBook 1 chosen: Soldier's Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father - A Daughter's Memoir
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 357
Fits task: contains all vowels
Book 2 chosen: Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
Format read: audio
# of pages: 190
Fits task: contains 5 different consonants: F, R, V, N, T
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 805 points
Number of pages: 357+190=547
Sarah E15.5 - Get The Word Out
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total points: 560
Brooke TX5.10. Intermission
Take a break and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. MPG Childrens, not found on AR Bookfind:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 905
Completed Tasks: 54
Books Read: 73
Sarah E20.10 - Group Reads
The Andromeda Strain
I listened to an audio but have linked to the top MMP
My comment is message 18
Total points: 580
Sarah E25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
Book 1: #1 in a series
Over Sea Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising #1)
I read an ebook, top MMP is Over Sea, Under Stone
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
Book 2: MPG Apocalyptic
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total points: 605
trishhartuk25.8 Amy FL’s Task: My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in BILLY JOEL.
Death Al Dente, Leslie Budewitz
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Initials in BiLly
Option 2: Word in the title that appears in the lyrics New York State of Mind.
The TIME Traders, Andre Norton
The word is TIME: I know what I'm needin', and I don't wanna waste more TIME.
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 28
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 500+ x 1 = 1
ED10.10 - Square Dance Day
The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 205
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Total Books Read : 13
Amy FL5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!
Picture Us in the Light - First published April 10, 2018
Points this post: 5
Total points: 910
ED10.3 - Wicked
Sao Tome And Principe: From Plantation Colony To Microstate by Tony Hodges
"STAP" found in "APollo vicToria gerShwin"
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 215
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Total Books Read : 14
ED10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
The Island of South Georgia by Robert K. Headland
"THEATRE" found in "THE islAnd of souTh gEoRgia"
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 225
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Total Books Read : 15
BUCKET10.9 Rock the Vote
Books Do Furnish A Room: A Novel by Anthony Powell
(First published in 1971, contains 11.)
Points this post: 10
Points total: 410
BUCKET15.8 Pop!
Some Luck by Jane Smiley
(Set in Denby, Iowa – as shown on the GR book page.)
Points this post: 15
Points total: 425
ED5.10. Intermission
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 230
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Total Books Read : 16
Amy FL25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
Book 1: New York 2140 - New (The NEW Wilderness)
Book 2: The Final Silence by Stuart Neville - (Douglas STUART)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 935
Finished with a few hours to spare. Thanks, mods, for another great challenge and for all you do!
5.5 – It Really HappenedRead a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction
Paris in the Present Tense by Mark Helprin is Audiobook I read
Paris in the Present Tense: A Novel paperback is 400 pages
Task points: 5
Total points: 490
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
15.2 - Obie AwardsRead 2 books.
Book 1: Read a book with OFF found intact in the title or subtitle.
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
Book 2: Read a book with OFF found intact in the author’s name.
Florida by Lauren Groff is audiobook I read
Florida paperback ref is 288 pages.
Task points: 15
Total points: 505
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Sarah E25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Book One: and So beguile Thy Sorrow
The Solitary Summer
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is L'été Solitaire
Golden Oldie, first published 1899. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Book Two: Author first and last initials in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Golden Oldie, first published 1915. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 630
Total GOs: 9
Coffeegirl25.9 Black Books Matter
Option 1: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Black Lives Matter Library, page 1, #15
Option 4: The Hate U Giveby Angie Thomas
Masterlist of Black YA Writers, Page 1 #1
Points this task 25
Total Points: 455
Coffeegirl15.9 How Ya Doin?
Stop at Nothing by Michael Ledwidge
added to my read list on May 20, 2020
Points this task: 15
Total points: 470
Sarah E25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
Book 1: Scales of Justice
I read a kindle edition, the second MMP (first has no page numbers) is Scales of Justice - 256 pages
Book 2: The Moon's a Balloon - 336 pages
256 + 336 = 592 pages
Total points: 655
Coffeegirl10.10 Square Dance Day
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
2 word title
Points this task: 10
Total points: 480
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell2 books/total at least 600 pages/No Childrens
Book 1 Read a book which has a palindrome of 4 or more letters in the title or subtitle.
The Only Kayak: A Journey into the Heart of Alaska by Kim Heacox is 280 pages.
Book 2: one occurrence of each letter in the title: NO repeated letters. at least 4 letters. Ignore subtitles.
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson is Audiobook I read.
The Body: A Guide for Occupants paperback is 464 pages.
280+464 = 744 pages total.
Task points: 30
Total points: 535
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Coffeegirl 10.3 Wicked
The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs
TOSC found APOLLO VICTORIA and/or GERSHWIN
Points this Task: 10
Total points: 490
Sarah E25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: Author initials in THERE’S ONLY ONE BED
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
I listened to an audio but have linked to the top MMP
Option 4: MPG Romance and Happy in title
Happy Girl Lucky
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Happy Girl Lucky
Total points: 680
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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 longlist.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them by Robert Kirkman (Real Life by Brandon Taylor)
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.
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart)
Total Points: 420
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 34
Pages Read: 9,810