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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky HolidaysOption 3: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word is found in the phrase INTERNATIONAL NACHO DAY.
I listened to an audio version of A Dog's Heart, MMPB version is Coeur De Chien
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, first published in 1924***
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) are the same
One Kick by Chelsea Cain
New Points: 25
Total Points: 175
GO: 1
20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!I chose Option 1 (Read a book written by an author with first and last initials that can be found in OKTOBERFEST. Middle initials can be ignored.)
I read Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
10.1 - Africa in the 1990sRead a book set at least 50% in a country in Africa.
I read July's People. The book took place over 50% in South Africa, which is clear from the Goodreads description.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
15.9 - I’ll Be There for You Author who shares a name with Friends Characters.
Troy: The Greek Myths Reimagined by Stephen Fry
"Stephen"
Points: 15
Total Points: 305
GO Points: 10
BB Points: 2
Julia10320.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 1: The Lost Boys by Faye Kellerman
(author initials in OKTOBERFEST)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 285
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
5.2 - TitanicRead a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR: 790,176
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Post Total: 5
Season Total: 55
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.
geoCAching
The Fall by Albert Camus
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 75
25.2 - Amy FL's task: ParenthoodOption 1: In honor of Andy, read a book by a single MALE author that is #2 in a series. The series name and number must be indicated in grayscale parentheses following the title on the GR page.
Daniel Jacobus Mystery #2
Danse Macabre by Gerald Elias
Option 4: Honor Laura’s grandpa by reading a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
thAt Schemendrick
Summer by Ali Smith
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 100
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the WeekOption 3. Tuesday’s child is full of grace. Read a book where all the letters GRACE can be found in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
ARt Critical pEdaGogy
The Art of Critical Pedagogy; Possibilities for Moving from Theory to Practice in Urban Schools by Jeffrey M.R. Duncan-Andrade
Option 4. Read a new release, a book first published in 2021 or an ARC of a planned 2022 book.
September 14, 2021
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 130
Kathy KS20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 3: Vacations - Read a book where all the letters FLYOVER can be found in the Title/Subtitle and/or Author's name.
Handbook on Irish Genealogy: How to Trace Your Ancestors and Relatives in Ireland, by Donal F. Begley
FLYOVER=geneaLOgY... RelatiVEs... F.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 315
Tasks completed: 18
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Reposting5.4 Ghosts
Haunted Hotels: Eerie Inns, Ghoulish Guests, And Creepy Caretakers, First Editionby Tom Ogden
MPG Paranormal
5.10 Aladdin book of choice
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Sevenby Janet Evanovich
Task Points +10
Grand Total: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Angela IL10.2 Come On, Get Happy!
Title of at least three words in which all the initials are in IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE.
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig- 9/17
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/54
15.7 - Google ItVoid
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of BaileyHelp Thread
Deepest condolences on the loss of Bailey. I have sent a number of beloved pets over the Rainbow Bridge, but they are imprinted on my heart forever.
Option 2: I had a lot of nicknames for Bailey. Read a book by a single author where all of the author's initials can be found in one of the following: SWEETIE PETEY, BOOPINATOR, or MRS PEEBODY.
I read Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. His initials are in both BOopinator and mrs. peeBOdy
points: 110
books read: 6
tasks completed: 5
pages read: 2076
ROBIN P25.6 Sandy L's Task: Fun & Wacky Holidays
2 books
Option 3 - Title at least 3 words, initials in INTERNATIONAL NACHO DAY
The Lathe of Heaven
Points this task: 25
Total points: 225
Option 4 - Author w duplicate initials - An Unlikely Attraction - by Melinda McRae
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of BaileyOption 3: Death of a Nurse
Initial letters of each title word found in THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
Total points: 40
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of BaileyOption 5: Read a book with at least one domesticated dog (no wolves) and at least one person on the cover.
Rescued
Previous points: 20
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Natalie CH10.3 - Just Like Me.
nonfiction with MPG Science, Ethics, or Philosophy
A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf
MGP Philosophy is listed on the front page for the book.
Points this post: 10
Tasks completed: 8
Total Points: 130
25.4 - Cat's task: Britpop Books Option Two: 2 books
Title has word from track title.
Book 1: "Spy" from Different Class, "I Spy".
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
Book 2: "Shadow" from What's the Story, Morning Glory, "Cast No Shadow".
I read the ebook, mmpb here: Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs
Points: 25
Total Points: 330
GO Points: 10
BB Points: 2
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie 2 books.
Book 1 Option 2: Nightswimming A. Initials are some combination of R.E.M.
Howards End by E.M. Forster
Published 1910 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Book 2 Option 4: Our Favorite Things - Books on cover.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb is here: How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form by Thomas C. Foster
Points: 30
Total Points: 360
GO Points: 11
BB Points: 2
10.1 - Africa in the 1990sA Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn
Most of this book is set in Kenya.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 165/905
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 8/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
5.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom MenaceThe Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
Points this post: 5
Total points: 170/905
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 9/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
JEN B15.7 - Google It
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters. The letters must be found in a single word. They do not need to be sequential.
The Survivors by Jane Harper
Survivors: two S, two V
TOTAL POINTS: 25
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.6 Rug rats!
The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang
Points this post: 10
Total points: 215/905
Tasks completed: 12/54
Books read: 14
25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon NostalgiaI chose:
Option 5: SpongeBob SquarePants - Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS.
Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor by Anna Qu Anna Qu = AQ, both letters appear in Squarepants
Option 6: Legends of the Hidden Temple - 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.
Shadows of the Dead by Spencer Kope title letters SOTD are in Legends of the Hidden Temple
Points this post: 25
Total points: 195/905
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 10/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.8 Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
Girls Like Me by Kristin Butcher
LIKE found in song: Smells like teen spirit
Points this post: 10
Total points: 225/905
Tasks completed: 13/54
Books read: 15
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.9 The Year of the Woman
A Deadly Deletion by Lorna Barrett
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235/905
Tasks completed: 14/54
Books read: 16
TessaVanessa Challenge 25.2 Amy FL's task: Parenthood
Option 2:
by Roxanne St Claire Option 4: Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer
Points this post: 25
Total points: 260/905
Tasks completed: 15/54
Books read: 18
Amy FL5.7 - Jurassic Park
Black Beauty - page 3 of list
AR bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Amy FL15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
Option 2: Assassin's Apprentice - Magic MPG; published in 1995 (genre approved in msg 38)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145
Amy FL15.8 - Beanie Babies
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Amy FL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
Option 1: Letter From Home by Carolyn G. Hart (GeoCacHing)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Julia1035.6 - The Sixth Sense
The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett (initials in first name position)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 290
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 23
Joanne MI20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps
Option 1: Mountain ranges
Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in MOUNTAIN RANGE. I
Enemy at the Gates Letter E A T and G
Points this task 20
Total Points 115
BB's 1
Katrisa30.6 - TessaVanessa's task: Spelling Bee
Book 1 - Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word in order spells a word or acronym.
I read A Single Swallow (ASS)
Book 2 - Read a book with the word spelled from Book 1 in the title or subtitle.
I read Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 360
Laurah30The objective of the task is to pair two authors whose initials put together will form a letter sequence in alphabetical order i.e. ABCD HIJK.
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
272 p
published 1927 - claiming 1 GO ticket
The Innocent by David Baldacci
422 p
Total pages: 694
Points this post: 25
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Kim O10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic! Read a book with the numeral 2 or the word "two" in the title or subtitle.
2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 50
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Kai25.6 SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
OPTION 3
Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word is found in the phrase INTERNATIONAL NACHO DAY.
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
OPTION 4
Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) are the same.
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
New Points: 25
Total Points: 80
Books Claimed: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!**
25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
This is a two book task. You can read two books from two different options or from the same option.
Option 5: SpongeBob SquarePants - Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS.
Star Well, by Alexei Panshin
AP=squarePAnts
Option 6: Legends of the Hidden Temple - 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.
Flying Too High, by Kerry Greenwood
FTH=legends oF THe....
I read an ebook; mmpb=147 p.
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 315-25=290
Tasks completed: 18-1=17
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!A book with the word TWO in the title: Two Truths and a Lie by Meg Mitchell Moore
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
15.3 - The Boy Who LivedOption 1, Book 1, a book with MPG Magic or Witches: Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Option 1, Book 2, a book first published in the 1990s: Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman, first published 1997
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
Repost of post # 617Andy P.
Task # 5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and subtitle
Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Coming Home by Amy Dickinson
D in Tend and And
V in Love
Points this post: 5
Total points: 155
LAUREN JODI20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option A
Hard Justice by Pamela Clare
Hero is a veteran of the British SAS.
Confirmed in Post #21 of the help thread.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 275/905
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 18/54
Kathy KS25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
This is a two book task. You can read two books from two different options or from the same option.
Option 3: Hey Arnold! & Aaahh!!! Real Monsters - Read a book with one of the following punctuation marks in the TITLE (subtitles do not count): exclamation point, period, comma, semicolon, apostrophe, hyphen/dash, or question mark.
Saga, Vol. 2, Brian K. Vaughan
Title contains comma and period
pb=160 p. (no mmpb)
I read this as part of an omnibus: Saga: Book One, p. 170-313
Option 6: Legends of the Hidden Temple - 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.
Flying Too High, by Kerry Greenwood
FTH=legends oF THe....
I read an ebook; mmpb=147 p.
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 315
Tasks completed: 18
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Nick KY10.8 Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
I read Spirit Mission: A Novel by Ted Russ. The word "Spirit" in the title is also in the song title "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 285
Shawn H.30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option 1: 2 Books
♫ A. The Proms Series
A - MPG of Classics
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
**Claiming Golden Oldie - published in 1872**
♫ B. The Last Night
c) The Sailor’s Hornpipe - Read a book with AT LEAST One pair of Human Legs on the cover
by Mark Salter***Claiming Big Ticket book - 608 pages***
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 65
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Ticket Books: 1
Kathy KS25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys
This is a 2 book task. Pick two options below, and read one book for each option.
Option 2: Mary Magdalene - Read a book first published in 1999 or earlier.
Star Well, by Alexei Panshin
1st published: 1968
Option 3: Brian Cox - Read a book by an author whose entire name does not have any repeated letters across all of the name parts.
Killer's Choice, by Ed McBain
Author's name has NO repeat letters
mmpb=160 p.
I read this as part of an omnibus: The Eight-Seven: Three Classic Crime Novels from the 87th Precinct, p. 141-274
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 340
Tasks completed: 19
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Natalie CH20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 2:
Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
read the ebook, no mmpb, pb 160p.
author initials E S D in Mrs Peebody
Points this post: 20
Tasks completed: 9
Total Points: 150
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Read a book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON.
I read Raylan by Elmore Leonard.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 70
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1