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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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trishhartuk25.4 Cat's task: Britpop Books
Option Two: two book option. Pick two different albums and tracks. For each track read a book whose title or subtitle contains a word of at least four letters from the track title.
the cats came BACK, Sofie Kelly
Read the kindle edition. PB here
“Don’t Look BACK in Anger” – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
when the tiger came DOWN the mountain, Nghi Vo
Read the kindle edition. PB here
"Let DOWN" – OK Computer
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 15
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 0
DeborahPost #7
5.8 - Twister
Red Sky, Black Death: A Soviet Woman Pilot's Memoir of the Eastern Front
D: RED
V: SOVIET
D: DEATH
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 8
Tasks Done: 7
Task 10.8 - Here We Are Now, Entertain Usread a book with a word from the titles in the title
Something to Talk About
SOMETHING in the Way
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290 points
4 BB tix
3 GO tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.7 Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 5: The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
Option 6: The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths
Points this post: 25
Total points: 285/905
Tasks completed: 16/54
Books read: 20
Task: 5.4 - Ghost [mpg paranormal]Book read:Strife by Cate Tiernan
Required: MPG
Paranormal > Witches
121 users
Fantasy > Paranormal
91 users
Points this task:5
Total points:90
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:7
Tasks completed:7
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 The Sixth Sense
Consumed by J.R. Ward
Points this post: 5
Total points: 290/905
Tasks completed: 17/54
Books read: 21
LAUREN JODI15.4 - Supersize Me
Option 2
Until the Sun Falls from the Sky by Kristen Ashley
* I claim a Big Book ticket for this book, which is 510 pages long. *
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 290/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 19/54
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30.5 - Aprilleigh’s Task: A Good Decade
Option A: Biology and Medicine (nonfiction)
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. Robin Wall Kimmerer. 9.28.21 (this author is coming to speak at our college next month, and it's the college book club title, so very timely!)
Option C: Fiction with a Science Component
We Are Legion (We Are Bob). Dennis E. Taylor. 9.25.21 (my husband loves this series, so he was very happy when I agreed to listen to this book on a recent trip)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 275/905
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Task 30.3 - Missing my Bestieoption 2b - read a book with 2+ word title, initials in NIGHTSWIMMING
Night Watch
NW initials
IL: UY
option 3a: read a book with female police detective MC and MPG Mystery (also Thriller!)
Seduction in Death
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320 points
4 BB tix
3 GO tix
trishhartuk5.10 Aladdin
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, T Kingfisher
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Has Childrens as a MPG but I couldn’t find it in either US or UK AR Bookfinder
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 16
Golden oldies: 3
Christine V15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
Option 2: Stardust, first published in 1998. MPG Magic verified in the task help thread here.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
Julie D5.2 - Titanic
Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR :
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny has 58,420 ratings (on September 28 2021).
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 5
EMurphy30.1 MAZZA1's Task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option 1a MPG Classics or Music Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie (Classics genre)
Option 2b Set in Great Britian The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho
*Set in London, England
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 80
Books Read: 5
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
Tasks Completed: 3
Andy P.Task # 10.1 - Africa in the 1990s
Read a book set at least 50% in a country in Africa.
Set primarily in Nigeria (over 50 %)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
Kristina Marie15.10 - The Streak
Read a book that is #2, #3, #6, or #8 in a series.
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Audiobook with no MMPB. The paperback version has 352 pages.
This is the third book in the The Kiss Quotient series.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Katrina H5.10 - Aladdin
Read a book of your choice.
** I would like to claim one Big Book ticket, please—512 pages**
The Raven's Head by Karen Maitland.
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Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Kristina Marie15.7 - 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.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Audiobook. The MMPB has 198 pages.
AR IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
Earthsea has EE and AA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Kristina Marie10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
Read a book with a main page genre of Medicine or Medical, standalone or embedded.
Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matthew Logelin
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 304 pages.
MPG: Medical
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Nick KY25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
In keeping with the 90s theme, I decided to look at my life in the 90s through the lens of some popular TV shows during that decade.
Read two books from two different options.
Required: State the options you used when you post.
In the 90s you could always find Star Trek on at our house. Whether it was the original series in reruns, or The Next Generation (1987–1994), or Deep Space Nine (1993–1999).
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction. I read Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente.
Option 4: Read a book with a single author whose initials (ALL of them) can be found in GENE RODDENBERRY, the creator of Star Trek. I read Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 345
Kathy KS10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
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.
The Religious Body, by Catherine Aird
TRB=iRraTional exuBerance
I listened to the audiobook; mmpb=197 p. (Um Cadáver no Convento)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 360
Tasks completed: 21
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Angela IL30.4 - 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. (RUIN)
He Will Be My Ruin by K.A. Tucker-9/28 (341 pgs)
Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS.
Non-Fiction: On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety by Andrea Peterson-9/13 (320 pgs)
Total Pages: 661
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4/54
Line5.3
read a book with a title that appears in black text on the cover. I read Hundre års ensomhet
[bookcover:Hundre års ensomhet|10150018]
points for this task: 5
total points: 20
books read: 3
tasks done: 3
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*Unclaiming - I just realized I had already used the first book
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
2a. Read a book with an author whose initials are some combination of R.E.M.
The Forgotten Road. Richard Paul Evans. 9.13.21
4. Read a book with a cover featuring a sandy beach, a book(s) or coffee/tea cup(s).
. Denise Hunter. 9.28.21 (approved help message 32)Points this task: 0
Total points: 275/905
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: Birthdays2. With a dog or dogs and, at least, one human companion on cover.
Serve 'N' Protect (Federal K-9 #5) by Tee O'Fallon
verified
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 490
Julia103UNCLAIM
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 3: Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress
This post: -20 points
Total points: 270
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 20
Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 2: The Exiles (main characters are transported from England to Australia)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 290
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 21
Julia10310.4 - Stick 'Em Up!
Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress (set in Salem Massachusetts)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 300
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 5:
by Roxanne St. ClairePoints this post: 20
Total points: 310/905
Tasks completed: 18/54
Books read: 22
MARGO30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option 1- READ TWO books: one A and one B
♫ A. The Proms Series
option a) Read a book with an MPG of Classics
** claiming GOLDEN OLDIE ticket **- First published 1854
** claiming BIG BOOK ticket** - top MMPB 521 pages
North and South
♫ B. The Last Night
option b) Read a book set in Great Britain
this book is set 100% in/near Dundee, Scotland
Flesh and Blood
Posted PB but read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Amy B25.2 - Amy FL's task: Parenthood
Read 2 books from 2 different options. Required: State the options when you post.
Option 3: For this option, read a book with a MPG of Sports OR Music.
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese (Sports)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
Cockroach by Rawi Hage
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 125 Points
Laurah3025.5 - Andy P's task: Remember Alphabetical Order?
The 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
Laurah3020.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
opt 1 Read a book written by an author with first and last initials that can be found in OKTOBERFEST.
The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Mary P20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2:Read a book with a main character who is a twin.
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Task 30.3 – Katrisa – Missing My BestieOption 1 – Set in CALIFORNIA
Alexa lives in the San Francisco Bay Area / Drew in Los Angeles. Entire book takes place between these two cities.
The Wedding Date
I listened to the audiobook / No MMPB / Paperback; The Wedding Date - 314 p
Option 2b - 1st letter of each title word in NIGHT SWIMMING - M I T H
Malice in the Highlands
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 30 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!Option C: Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in LOVES TO READ.
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho Read 9/13/21
Both initials are found in rEAd.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Big Books Tickets Claimed: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
Task 25.3 – TraceyL– No More JockeysOption 2 – Published in 1999 or earlier
First published 1989 - The Power of One
I listened to the audio / MMPB: The Power of One - 533 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets –533 pages
Option 3 – Author name has no repeating letters
Lauren Fox / Send for Me
I listened to the audio / No MMPB or Pback / Hardcover: Send for Me – 272 p
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90sOption 2: Twins - Read a book with a main character who is a twin.
Identical by Ellen Hopkins Read 9/24/21
From the synopsis: Do twins begin in the womb?
Or in a better place? Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the dimple. ... Secrets like the ones the twins are harboring are not meant to be kept—from each other or anyone else.
Identical is a Big Book (565 pages). I would like to claim 1 BB ticket.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Big Books Tickets Claimed: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
Task 25.1 – XBM – My Life As a ‘90s TV ShowALLOWED: Manga / Comic / Art OKAY for 1
Option 3 – Author initials in GENE RODENBERRY - E.B.
Elizabeth Berg / What We Keep
I listened to the audio / MMPB: What We Keep - 272 p
Option 5 – Mpg ART
Subpar Parks
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 80 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Andy P.Repost of Post #757 with correct (I hope) information
10.1 - Africa in the 1990s
Read a book set at least 50% in a country in Africa.
No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe over 50 %takes place in Nigeria
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
Andy P.Task # 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2. Read a book with a main character who is a twin.
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian Twins are mentioned in the book description but book is also found on page 2 of the twins list cited in the task description.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Heather KSTask 5.10 5.10 - Aladdin
Aladdin's Genie has granted your wish. Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
I read Stone Fruit
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Jessica DTask 10.8: Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
Read a book with a word from a track on Nevermind album (used track 2: In Bloom)
The Bloom Girls
Points this task: 10
Total points: 95
BUCKET20.9 Kim O’s Task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 2
Shards by Ismet Prcic
(Initials IP in BOOPINATOR)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 70
BB total: 0
GO total: 2
Kim O5.5 - Thelma & Louise Read a book with an ampersand "&" in the title or subtitle.
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 55
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed: 6
MEGSCL5.4 - Ghost
We Are All Completely Fine
Paranormal genre verified in genre verification thread post 19
TOTAL TO DATE
250 points
1 golden oldie
4 big book
MEGSCLNote - I made an error and will repost this below!
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
Option 2: b. 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. She is Haunted
Option 3: a. Read a book with a MPG Mystery or Thriller AND has a main character crime/mystery solver who is a female police officer. The Thursday Murder Club
A female cop with her first big case
TOTAL TO DATE
280 points
1 golden oldie
4 big book
Kristina Marie20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Read 1 book from one of the 3 options.
Option 3: Vacations - Read a book where all the letters FLYOVER can be found in the Title/Subtitle and/or Author's name.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 384 pages.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Kathy KS5.2 - Titanic
Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
Men Explain Things to Me, by Rebecca Solnit
62,122 ratings (>50,000)
I read the ebook; pb=130 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 365
Tasks completed: 22
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Katrisa15.2 - 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.
I read The Maidens (TM - TaMagotchi)
Book 2: Read a book from the Coming of Age Books list.
I read The Virgin Suicides from page 1 - at least it was when I posted this but it was the last one on page 1)
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 375
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Option 2. With a dog or dogs and, at least, one human companion on cover.
Finders Keepers
Previous points: 60
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80