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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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15.4 - Supersize MeOption 1:
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in any combination of MCDONALD'S, FRIES, and/or DRINK.
Cursed Beauty by Stacey O'Neale
author's initials, SO, found in mcdOnald'S
Book 2: Read a book with at least 500 pages.
Demon Road (Demon Road #1) by Derek Landy
1x. Bigger is Better tix (508p)
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 390
Jessrs20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 3:
In the Dream House by Carmen Marie Machado
(THe raInbow briDge)
In the Dream House
New Points: 20
Total Points: 20
Rochella20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option D: Read a book where the main character travels to a different country
The Winter Quarters
How does this fit?
Approved in message #2 of the help thread.
The MC travels from Japan to the USA and back to Japan. Story takes mainly place around Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Chapter sixteen is mostly in NYC: 'Kai's security team met him on the tarmac of JFK Airport' and 'Outside, the JFK Expressway rolled out before them.' Chapter seventeen he's back in Japan ('Just landed in Komatsu. On my way.')
Previous points: 0
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Kai5.7 Jurassic Park
Read a book from this list "I Saw the Movie and Read the Book"
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Page 3
New Points: 5
Total Points: 55
Books Claimed: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
10.3 - Just Like Me. MPG philosophy.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb is here: Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder
Points: 10
Total Points: 265
GO Points: 9
BB Points: 2
Nick KY5.9 Toy Story
I read A Walk in the Night and Other Stories by Alex la Guma, “Stories” in title.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 240
ROBIN P20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration
Option 4: MPG Paranormal
Don't Look Back
Points this task: 20
Total points: 200
Kim O10.3 - Just Like Me. Read a nonfiction book with the main page genre Science, Ethics, or Philosophy.
Late Night Thoughts On Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 40
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed: 4
LAUREN JODI20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 2:
Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh
Required: The heroine relocates from Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Grey's Hollow, New York. Reference: Link to a review mentioning that she returns to Grey's Hollow. The description of the next book in the series shows that she stays and becomes the Sheriff See Her Die.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 200/905
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 15/54
5.2 - TitanicRead a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
A Monster Calls
237,409 ratings
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5.0
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 120
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
Natalie CH10.1 - Africa in the 1990s
read a book set 50% in Africa
The Baby is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite 100p+
The book is set in Nigeria. Lagos is mentioned in the GR description.
Points this post: 10
Tasks completed: 6
Total Points: 90
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90sOption 2: Read a book with a main character who is a twin
I listened to an audio version of High School
from the Goodreads description:
"High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta,"
New Points: 20
Total Points: 135
Mod
15.2 - Egg Watch
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words, where the initial letters of each word of the title are found in TAMAGOTCHI.
The Magnificent Ambersons. Booth Tarkington. 9.23.21
Book 2: Read a book from the Coming of Age Books list. (Page 1)
Speak. Laurie Halse Anderson. 9.14.21
Points this task: 15
Total points: 235/905
14/54
Natalie CH30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option 1: read TWO books, no page requirement
A) The Proms Series
a) read book with MPG classic
The White Album by Joan Didion
B) The Last Night
a) Title contains 4+ letter word found in "Jerusalem"
CEASE found in the 13th line
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut
I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb has 192 pages.
Points this post: 30
Tasks completed: 7
Total Points: 120
REPOST post 535 (to correct page number from list)20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 4: The Push by Ashley Audrain
*This book is on page 3 of the Unhappy Marriages list.*
Total Points = 40
Janice CA20.1 - Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 1: Author's initials found in "oKtobErfest:.
It Gives me Great Pleasure by Emily Kimbrough
**GOLDEN OLDIE, first published in 1948**
+20
total: 30
tasks: 2
books: 2
Kathy KS25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Read two books from two different options. ONE of your books may have a main page genre of Comics/Sequential Art/Graphic Novel/Manga.
Option 2: Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax, by Dorothy Gilman
Series: Mrs. Pollifax #4
Two films were made from this series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_P...
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=191 p.
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
Saga, Vol. 1, by Brian K. Vaughan
MPG: Science Fiction 2,491 users
pb=176 p. (no mmpb)
I read this as part of an omnibus: Saga: Book One, p. 1-168
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 295
Tasks completed: 17 [corrected]
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
*Reposting:30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
A. The Proms Series
I chose: b) Read a book by a single author who shares first and last initials with one of the 50 greatest composers of all time.
The Dry by Jane Harper
Jane Harper = JH = Joseph Haydn
B. The Last Night
I chose: 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.
Before Time Runs Out by Amy Matayo
The word time is in the first line of Jerusalem.
*paperback version has page numbers now, thanks to Kathy.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 155/905
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
🍁 my comments can be found in post 13 🍁
Total points: 105 + 20 = 125
15.10 - The StreakMidnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire
🍁 InCryptid #2 🍁
Total points: 125 + 15 = 140
15.1 - Win or LoseBook 1: Read a book with WIN found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
I listened to an audio version of A Wind in the Door
This book has an MPG of childrens AR info is : : MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
Book 2: Read a book with LOSE found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
Beautiful Losers
New Points: 15
Total Points: 150
Katrisa25.2 - Amy FL's task: Parenthood
Opt 3 - read a book with a MPG of Sports OR Music.
I read Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage it has MPG Music
Opt 4 - a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
I read Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica (MK) - horton that shMendricK
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 320
10.10 - Which Way?South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 400
MEGSCL30.4 - Sandy's task: Dinosaur Operas!
Book 1 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from DINOSAUR OPERAS. (PRISON)
The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison
Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS.
nonfic Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story by Randy Olson
TOTAL TO DATE
170 points
1 golden oldie
4 big book
Nick KY30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
The Proms is a series of Classical Concerts performed in The Royal Albert Hall. It is so good to see The Proms back with audiences this year and this task celebrates that fact.
♫ Option 1- READ TWO books- One from "A. The Proms Series" and the other from "B. The Last Night." There is NO page requirement for this option.
♫ Required: State the options used when you post.
♫ A. The Proms Series
c) Henry Wood conducted Prom concerts for nearly 40 years and is considered the founder of the Proms.
Read a book with Henry or Wood in the TITLE (not in a subtitle) - plurals or possessives allowed, no other variations.
I chose the word “Wood” and read The Woods by Vanessa Savage.
♫ B. The Last Night
The music of the Last Night features at least three perennial favourites and a lot of flag waving. There are several Last Night Proms performed outdoors and linked into the Albert Hall for these Anthems.
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. Word MUST MATCH EXACTLY.
Required: State the word used when you post: I used the word “Desire” and read Desire Turned Deadly: The True Story of a Beautiful Girl, Her Teenage Sweetheart, and the Love that Ended in Murder by Kevin F. McMurray.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 270
25.2 - Amy FL's task: Parenthood 2 books
Book 1 Option 1: MALE author, #2 in a series.
Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
First published 1597 for 1 Golden Oldie Point.
Book 2 Option 4: Initials in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK.
100 Poems by Seamus Heaney
Points: 25
Total Points: 290
GO Points: 10
BB Points: 2
5.6 - The Sixth SenseRead a book written by an author who uses initial(s) in the first name position.
Halloween Fiend by C.V. Hunt
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 125
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
Mary P20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps
Option 3:Read a book from the Trees, Woods, Forests list.
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Found on page 2 of list. #169
Points this task: 20
Total points: 75
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my BestieOption 1: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these four states (California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah).
Getaway
As mentioned in the summary, this book takes place entirely in the Grand Canyon, which is in Arizona.
Option 2b: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words where the first letters of each of the words can be found in the word NIGHTSWIMMING.
The Switch House
TSH appears in nigHTSwimming
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 155
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
LAUREN JODI30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option 1
A. The Prom Series - Option b
Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle
Composer: John Cage
B. The Last Night - Option b
Mastered By Love by Stephanie Laurens
Set in Northumbria, England
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 230/905
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 16/54
Nick KY5.4 Ghost I read Dolly by Susan Hill with a GR genre of “Paranormal>Ghosts.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 275
Bookwrm526Task #25.7 - 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 1: Read a book with an MPG of Horror. I read The Return by Rachel Harrison.
Option 6: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the initial letter of each word can be found in LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE. I read The Great Passage by Shion Miura (TP in temple, G in legends).
Total points so far: 170
Andy P. Task # 5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title
Graveyard Fields by Steven Tingle
GRAVEYARD FIELDS
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
Andy P.Task # 10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
Read a book with a main page genre of Medicine or Medical,
The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean
Both Medicine and Medical are MPG
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to India
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line - set in India, author was born in India (according to her Goodreads profile)
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 145
Coralie10.1 Africa in the 1990’s
Book set in Egypt which is in Africa
A Master of Djinn
Total to date 120 points
Task 5.3 - Men In BlackRead a book with a TITLE that appears in black text on the cover.
Moon of the Crusted Snow (2018) by Waubgeshig Rice (male) (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 213 pages)
70 + 05 = 75
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 70 + 05 = 75
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,547
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LAUREN JODI25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
Option 3 - October 21 is International Nacho Day
The Edge of Desire by Stephanie Laurens
Option 4 - November 8 is Tongue Twister Day
The Marciano Love-Child by Melanie Milburne
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 255/905
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 17/54
Coralie20.7 Geocaching Time Again!
Option 1 – book by an author whose initials can be found in the word geOchaNg
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
Total to date 140 points
Task 15.5 - The Macarenaread a book set in Barbados (on the list)
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
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255 points
4 BB tix
3 GO tix
Katrisa5.2 - Titanic
Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
I read The Midnight Library 584,675 ratings
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 325
Katrisa5.3 - Men In Black
Read a book with a TITLE that appears in black
I read Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 330
Line10.2
read a book with a title of at least three words in which the initial letters of all the title words are found in the phrase IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE. I read A Court of Thorns and Roses
A, C, O, T, A and R can be found in the phrase (A is found twice)
points for this task: 10
total points: 15
books read: 2
tasks done: 2
Task 15.7 - Google It - Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters.The book I read was A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
Million - II & LL
Points this task: 15
Total points: 35
Task 10.4 - Stick 'Em Up!Read a book set at least 50% in Massachusetts, Norway, or Germany.
The book I read was The Book Thief based in Germany.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 45
20.1 - Most Improved - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!Option 1: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
🍁 author's initials (FB) in oktoBerFest 🍁
Total points: 140 + 20 = 160
Shawn H. 15.5 - The Macarena
*Read a book set at least 50% in Latin America.*
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
***Book set in Peru***
*****Claiming 1 Golden Oldie - Published in 1927*****
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 3: Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress (set in Salem, Massachusetts)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 265
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 21
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