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FALL CHALLENGE 2020
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G.Q.5.5 – It Really Happened
Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction
Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 41
Mike MATask 5.6 VIVIAN ROBINSON found in Author's Initials
Richard Brautigan, Dreaming of Babylon
Dreaming of Babylon
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Mike MATask 10.2 Avenue Q
The Unvanquished by William Faulkner
The Unvanquished
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 2
Sarah H5.5 – It Really Happened - Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction.
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback is Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
**Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster is a Big Book (560 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 105
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books this task: 1
Big Books total: 3
Tasks complete: 7
Books read: 8
Mike MATask 5.2 First or Second in a Series
The Perfect Wife by Blake Pierce (audio)
The Perfect Wife
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 20
Sarah H10.2 - Avenue Q - Read a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver (pAVEr)
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 115
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books total: 3
Tasks complete: 8
Books read: 9
Mike MATask 5.5 History Genre
Revolutionary Boston, Lexington, and Concord by Joseph Andrews et al.
Revolutionary Boston, Lexington, and Concord
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 4
Mike MATask 5.10 Reader's Choice
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
My Best Friend's Exorcism / Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge Exclusive Chaplet
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 5
Kristen IA25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Read two books, one for book one and one for book two;
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"
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition.
Book Two: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
A Dangerous Engagement by Ashley Weaver
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the Hardcover edition.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 215/935
Tasks Completed: 14/55
BB: 1
GO: 0
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals2 books/no MPG of children
Option 1: single author initials in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL.
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is audiobook
The Pilgrim's Progress paperback is 324 pages
Option 2: word in the title in lyrics of Billy Joel’s New York State of Mind/word at least 4 letters long.
My word is 'Time' from the 8th line of the song.
Turn Around Time: A Walking Poem for the Pacific Northwest by David Guterson is 144 pages.
Task points: 25
Total points: 725
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
Big Book tickets total: 2
Mike MATask 5.3 Twice a Hat Trick
When Women Ruled the World by Kara Cooney (audio), Published 2018
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 6
Mike MATask 10.10
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (2 word title)
Pirate Latitudes
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 7
Thank you, moderators! Having the Seasonal Reading Challenge is fantastic!
25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTWJack (1996)
Book 1: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
Book 2: The Green Mile, Part 6: Coffey on the Mile by Stephen King
This task: 25
Total: 935
Sarah H20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
New-to-me author: Mainly on Directing by Arthur Laurents
1. Tails: male author - Arthur Laurents
2. Heads: American author - born in NYC
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback is Mainly on Directing: Gypsy, West Side Story and Other Musicals
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 135
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books total: 3
Tasks complete: 9
Books read: 10
Sarah H5.10. Intermission
Piranesi
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 140
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books total: 3
Tasks complete: 10
Books read: 11
Kim O50.1- MEGSCL's Task: Scattegories
My letters are J, L, A. I chose A.
Book 1: Option 1 - first name The Alice Network This book has 532 pages.
Book 2: Option 2 - place The Beekeeper of Aleppo This book has 317 pages.
Book 3: Option 4 - food or drink Opium and Absinthe This book has 379 pages.
Total page count is 1228.
Points this task: 50
Big Book tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 230
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 11
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.10 - Square Dance Day
Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
Totals
Points: 190
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 22
Total Books read: 22
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering2 books total 500+ pages/ based on 2020 man booker long list
Book 1: word in the title matching word in title in list.
Chose word "this" from book This Mournable Body.
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz is audiobook
This Is How You Lose Her MMPB is 226 pages
Book 2. author’s name (first, middle, or last) matches author name on longlist.
Chose 'Reid' from Kiley Reid author of Such a Fun Age.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is audio book
Daisy Jones & The Six MMPB is 480 pages
226+480=706 pages
Task points: 25
Total points: 750
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
Big Book tickets total: 2
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G.Q. 15.2 - Obie Awards
Book 1: Read a book with OFF found intact in the title or subtitle.
The Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11.0
Book 2: Read a book with OFF found intact in the author’s name.
Batman: Earth One, Volume 1 by Geoff Johns
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 43
25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Lasttwo books
Book 1- #1 in a series
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith is Audiobook
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency paperback is 235 pages.
Book 2: MPG Apocalyptic
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
The Dog Stars paperback is 320 pages
Task points: 25
Total points: 775
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
Big Book tickets total: 2
10.8 - Trick or TreatA book with MPG Paranormal: Death Overdue by Allison Brook
Points this post: 10
Total points: 890
Last post this season. THANK YOU, Moderators!
10.9 - Rock the Votebook thas at least two numbers from 11/3 found in the year
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
The Buddha in the Attic paperback is 129 pages.
First published August 23rd 2011
Task points: 10
Total points: 785
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
Big Book tickets total: 2
Kristen IA25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
This is a two-book task. Please select two different options and read one book for each.
Required: Identify the options when you post.
No books with the MPG of children or kids may be used.
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CAROLE KING or BILLY JOEL. All initials count.
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition.
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 must be at least 4 letters long and match exactly. Subtitles are excluded.
Required: State the word: Holiday
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 240/935
Tasks Completed: 15/55
BB: 1
GO: 0
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander HamiltonSelected option C: Read a book with a MPG of American Revolution
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Audiobook
Johnny Tremain: The Story of Boston in Revolt Against the British paperback is 269 pages.
Childrens listed on MPG.
AR -IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13.0
Task points: 20
Total points: 805
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
Big Book tickets total: 2
Kristen IA30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
Required: Identify which option or options you select when you post.
No books with the genre Childrens or Kids may be used.
Option 4: Aeschylus’s The Oresteia
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing, in grayscale parentheses following the title.
Book 1: A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci (Atlee Pine #2)
Book 2: Anton by Brenda Rothert (Chicago Blaze #1)
I listened to the audiobooks for both and have linked the PB editions.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 270/935
Tasks Completed: 16/55
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kristen IA30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
Read 2 books where both books have the same number of words in their titles (4) AND the same number of characters (12 in their authors' names. Subtitles should be ignored. Spaces determine words.
All name parts count. Punctuation, symbols and numbers count as a character, spaces do not. Each book must be written by a single different author.
Book 1: An Act of Villainy by Ashley Weaver
Book 2: You Say It First by Susan Mallery
I listened to the audiobooks for both and have linked the PB and MMPB editions.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 300/935
Tasks Completed: 17/55
BB: 1
GO: 0
10.2 - Avenue Qletter Q or AVE intact in title/subtitle or author's name.
The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee is ebook is 576 pages
The Queen of the Night paperback is 568 pages
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
Task points: 10
Total points: 815
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
Big Book Ticket this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 3
Kristen IA30.6 - 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. Or you may read ONE book that fits an option in both book A and B with a page total that exceeds 650 pages.
No books with the genre Childrens may be used.
Book A – Norfolk, VA
Option 2: Read a book from the Gaslight Mystery Series
Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the MMPB edition.
Book B – Naples, Italy
Option 1: Read a book by an author who lives in/was born in Italy, or where at least 50% of the book is set in Italy.
Required: If the setting/author locale is not evident from the GR record, include a reference LINK when you post.
La vita bugiarda degli adulti by Elena Ferrante
I read the ebook and have linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 330/935
Tasks Completed: 18/55
BB: 1
GO: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Murder on Astor Place (other topics)La vita bugiarda degli adulti (other topics)
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The Queen of the Night (other topics)
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Elena Ferrante (other topics)Victoria Thompson (other topics)
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5.2. – And the record is....
Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number. Examples, 1, 2, 12, 22. No other numbers may be included in the series number. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing, in grayscale parentheses following the title.
Majesty is #2 in the American Royals series.
This post: 5 points
Total: 320 points