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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Shelby
5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.: Forbidden Lover by Jocelynn Drake
How Fits: Title - forbiDDen loVer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.6 - Rug Rats!
Read a book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON. : Ascendance by Lissa Kasey
How Fits: Author - Lissa Kasey
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
Read a book with the numeral 2, the Roman numeral II or the word "two" in the title or subtitle.: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
How Fits: Title - Ready Player Two
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.9 - The Year of the Woman
Read a book written by a female author. : Conviction by Lissa Kasey
How Fits: Author - Female (From her website..."She specializes in depth characters, detailed world building, and twisting plots to keep you clinging to your book reader")
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 3
Read a book set at least 50% in either California or Massachusetts.: Water Bound by Christine Feehan
How Fits: Location - Sea Haven, California
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
Option 1
Read a book whose author initials (middle initials can be ignored) can be found in the phrase GEOCACHING.: Incubus Rake by Olivia Helling
Ebook Verified: Here
How Fits: Author - Olivia Helling
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Delicious Dee5.4 - Ghost
The Dragon's Tattoo - shelved as Fantasy>Paranormal by 10ppl
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 90
Sara G20.10 - Group Reads
I read Anxious People by Fredrik Backman and posted about it in the discussion thread here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
10.1 - Africa in the 1990sRead a book set at least 50% in a country in Africa.
Heart of Darkness
Set in the Congo, as per the GR metadata.
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (First Published 1899)
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 95
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
Delicious Dee30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
Option 3 - Secrets in Death - Eve is a NYPSD officer
Option 4 -
- there are multiple books on the cover; as well as a tea cupPoints This Post: 30
Points Total: 120
Mod
30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option Ab) Read a book by a single author who shares first and last initials with one of the 50 greatest composers of all time.
Johannes Brahms (1833-97)
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. Jessica Bruder. 9.19.21
a) Read a book which has a word of 4 or more letters in the TITLE (not in a subtitle) from the lyrics of Jerusalem. Have
Everything I Have Is Yours: A Marriage. Eleanor Henderson. 9.8.21
Points this task: 30
Total points: 185/905
10/54
5.2 - TitanicHelp Thread
Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
I read an audio version of
Peter Pan (over 300,000 ratings)
This book has an MPG of Childrens
AR Information is MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8.0
New Points: 5
Total Points: 115
Julia10315.10 - The Streak
Magic's Price (The Last Herald-Mage #3)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 225
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
TessaVanessa Challenge 20.1 Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 3: The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths
Word= WOMAN
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165/905
Tasks completed: 9/52
Books read: 11
TessaVanessa Challenge 20.6 Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 3: Goodbye, Sweet Girl: A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival by Kelly Sundberg.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185/905
Tasks completed: 10/52
Books read: 12
TessaVanessa Challenge 20.10 Group Reads
Her Pretty Face by Robyn Harding
Post #5 in discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205/905
Tasks completed: 11/54
Books read: 13
Katrisa15.5 - The Macarena
Read a book set at least 50% in Latin America.
I read Velvet Was the Night set in Mexico.
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 240
30.6 - TessaVanessa's task: Spelling BeeBook 1, a book whose title initials spell a word: His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie (HOW)
Book 2, a book with the word spelled from Book 1 in the title: What Comes Next and How to Like It by Abigail Thomas
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
Suzannesea30.1 - MAZZA1's Task: A Night at the Proms
A. The Prom Series
b) Read a book by an author whose first and last initials match those of one of the 50 greatest composers.
Another Kind of Eden by James Lee Burke
Matches Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms
B. The Last Night
b) Read a book set in Great Britain.
The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 175
Mod
I read Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
total points: 200
Mod
I read An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, found on page 16 of linked list.
(I read the kindle edition, top MMPB is Murha ei sovi naiselle).
total points: 205
Mod
For book 1, I read Winter Counts. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
WINter in title.
For book 2, I read Closed Casket. I read the kindle edition, top MMPB is La mort a ses raisons.
cLOSEd in title.
total points: 220
Mod
I chose option C and read Time Travellers Strictly Cash by Spider Robinson. Author initials SR found in loveS to Read, 256 pages, male author.
total points: 240
Mod
I chose option 3 and read Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty.
FL in FaLl
YO in mOriartY
VER in neVER
total points: 260
Task 15.4 - Supersize Meone book option
read a book that is 500+ pages, author initials in MCDONALDS
The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence
640 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
ML initials
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205 points
4 BB tix
3 GO tix
Jessica DTask 10.3: Just Like Me
Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training
Has MPG of Science
Points this task: 10
Total points: 60
Jessica DTask 25.1: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Option 1: Emily's House
Contains the word HOUSE in the title
Option 4: Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
Author's initials in gene rODdenberry
Points this task: 25
Total points: 85
5.7 - Jurassic ParkRead a book from this list I Saw the Movie and Read the Book
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Read 9/14/21
Book is on Page 3 #215 of the list.
I would like to claim one Golden Oldie Ticket for And Then There Were None (originally published 1939)
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Big Books Tickets Claimed: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
5.10 - AladdinRead a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Crank by Ellen Hopkins Read 9/5/21
Crank is a Big Book (537 pages). I would like to claim 1 BB ticket.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30
Big Books Tickets Claimed: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
Amy FL5.3 - Men In Black
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
trishhartuk5.6 The Sixth Sense
Read a book written by an author who uses initial(s) in the first name position.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tokien
UK AR Quiz No. 200090 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: UY
Goldie Oldie: First published in 1937
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: 1 - first published in 1937
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 10
Golden oldies: 3
Amy FL10.6 - Rug Rats!
The Three Mrs. Wrights by Linda Keir (nicKeLodeon)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 1: Extremis by Barry Eisler (oktoBErfest)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Amy FL20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 3: Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton (FLYOVER - REmembered YVOnne battle-FeLton)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Nick KY10.9 Year of the Woman I read A Lover's Discourse by female author Xiaolu Guo.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 210
Task 10.1 - Africa in the 1990sread a book set in Kenya
Through the Leopard's Gaze
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215 points
4 BB tix
3 GO tix
Krista KY20.10 Group Reads
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
Message 4 on discussion thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Boston Kate
5.6 The Sixth Sense
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Krista KY30.3 - Missing my Bestie
Opt 3 - MPG Mystery or Thriller AND has a main character crime/mystery solver who is a female police officer, detective, or private eye.
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Opt 4 - a cover featuring a sandy beach, a book(s) or coffee/tea cup(s).
I read Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews
Points this Post: 30
Points total: 70
trishhartuk20.3 Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option B: Read a book with a main page genre of FOOD, standalone or embedded.
Dragonwell Dead, Laura Childs (290pg)
Food confirmed in the help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 11
Golden oldies: 3
Andy P.Task # 20.10 - Group Reads
❋ Fiction: Locked Room Mystery Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
My comments can be found here message 12
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Natalie CH25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 1:
MPG Horror
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Option 4:
main character's name in title
Ruby by Rosa Guy
Points this post: 25
Tasks completed: 5
Total Points: 80
Task 10.9 - The Year of the Womanbook written by a female author
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
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225 points
5 BB tix
3 GO tix
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of BaileyOption 3: Read a book with at least a three-word title in which the initial letters of each word can be found in THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.
The book I read was I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
the rainbow bridge
Amy B5.4 - Ghost
Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 95 Points
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90sOption 3: Read a book set at least 50% in either California or Massachusetts.
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient #1) by Helen Hoang
100% California
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 370
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s 1 book
Option 2: Main character relocates to a new state.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb is here: Father and I Were Ranchers by Ralph Moody
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14.0
The move from New Hampshire to Colorado takes place in the middle of the first chapter. "Then, after Christmas, we had our auction and took the train for Denver..."
First published in 1950 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 20
Total Points: 220
GO: 7
BB: 2
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!**
5.4 - Ghost
Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Masquerade in Lodi, by Lois McMaster Bujold
MPG: Paranormal > Demons 5 users
I listened to the audiobook; hb=176 p. [no mmpb or pb]
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 220-5=215
Tasks completed: 14-1=13
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
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5.4 - Ghost
Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal.: Swallow by Piper Scott
How Fits: MPG - Fantasy > Paranormal
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0