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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Suzannesea10.9 - The Year of the Woman
Read a book written by a female author.
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 240
Coralie25.5 Remember alphabetical Order?
Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
1636: The Ottoman Onslaught byEric Flint
The authors’ initials are BCDEF which is an alphabetical sequence.
Total to date 255 points
MEGSCL10.9 - The Year of the Woman
The Hunter by Julia Leigh
TOTAL TO DATE
290 points
1 golden oldie
4 big book
MEGSCL30.5 - Aprilleigh’s Task: A Good Decade
Option A: Biology and Medicine (nonfiction)
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
Option C: Fiction with a Science Component
The Overstory
**502pages - 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
290 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
trishhartuk5.5 Thelma & Louise
Ampersand "&" in the title or subtitle
Bake, Battle & Roll, Leighann Dobbs
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 17
Golden oldies: 3
Task 20.3 -Happy Anniversary, My Love!250+ pages
option 3: male author, intials in TO
There There by Tommy Orange
292 pages
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375 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
Task: 15.7 - Google It [word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters]Book read:Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah
Required: Little = LL, TT
Points this task:15
Total points:120
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:9
Tasks completed:9
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Dirty Filthy Fix by Laurelin Paige
Series: Fixed 5.5
Points this post: 5
Total points: 325/905
Tasks completed: 21/54
Books read: 25
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 TessaVanessa's task: Spelling Bee
Book 1: Don't Ask My Name: A Survivor's Story of Lies and Deceptions by Erika Hecht
Word=DAMN
Book 2: Throw the Damn Ball: Classic Poetry by Dogs by R.D. Rosen
Points this post: 30
Total points: 355/905
Tasks completed: 22/54
Books read: 27
15.3 - The Boy Who LivedOption 1: Read one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Magic or Witches. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
Bonbons and Broomsticks (Bewitched by Chocolate #5) by H.Y. Hanna
Book 2: Read a book first published in the 1990s (1990-1999, inclusive).
Deerskin by Robin McKinley
pub. 1993
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 525
trishhartuk15.8 Beanie Babies
Spot the Dog
Read the kindle edition. PB Killer Comfort Food
Points this task: 15
Books read: 1
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 18
Golden oldies: 3
LAUREN JODI30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
Option 1: Road Trip!
Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand by Carrie Vaughn
Set in Nevada
Option 3: Sarah’s Favorite Books
A. MPG Mystery with a female police detective (Detective Inspector Kim Stone)
Killing Mind by Angela Marsons
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 350/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 22/54
Andy P.Task # 10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
Read a book with the word "two" in the title
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
Nick KY10.10 Which Way?
Read a book with East, West, North or South found intact in its title. I read The Western Star by Craig Johnson.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 430
Joanne MI10.4 - Stick 'Em Up!
Read a book set at least 50% in Massachusetts, Norway, or Germany.
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft -MP verify's setting as Boston
Points this task 10
Total Points 155
Total BB's 2
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
https://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/18...
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
Kathy KS15.1 - Win or Lose
Book 1: Read a book with WIN found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
Leaves on the Wind, by Zack Whedon
Wind
Book 2: Read a book with LOSE found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
This Is How You Lose the Time War
I read an ebook; pb=224 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 410
Tasks completed: 24
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
10.9 - The Year of the WomanRead a book written by a female author
I listened to an audio version of Clarity by Loretta Lost
New Points: 10
Total Points: 210
GO: 1
FLY Task #20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
task: Option 1: Read a book by an author with first and last initials in OKTOBERFEST.
book: Storm
how it fits: author Brigid Kemmerer initials BK in oKtoBerfest
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 5/54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
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Angela IL25.2 - 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.
Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie-10/4 (Music)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld-9/6
***Claiming 1 BB Ticket for American Wife (568 pages)***
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5/54
BB Ticket: 1
Kristina Marie5.4 - Ghost
Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal.
Crave by Tracy Wolff
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 672 pages. (I am not claiming a Big Book ticket).
MPG: Fantasy > Paranormal
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Julie D5.10 - Aladdin - Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Kukum by Michel Jean
Points : 5
Total points : 10
20.10 Group ReadsAnxious People by Fredrik Backman
I posted in the discussion section.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 40
25.6 Fun and Wacky HolidaysOption 3 - A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
ATOTL - inTernATiOnaL
Option 4 - The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 65
10.6 - Rug Rats!The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas by Chris Ewan
🍁 author's initials (CE) in niCkElodeon 🍁
Total points: 185 + 10 = 195
Christine V20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option C: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
Lisa MD10.9 - The Year of the Woman
Read a book written by a female author. A book with multiple authors may be used, as long as every author is female.
🍁The Vixen by Francine Prose
336 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 160/905
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Katrisa15.8 - Beanie Babies
Read a book with one of the animals mentioned (frog, pig, dog, orca, whale, moose, platypus, bear, lobster) on the cover.
I read Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 485
Amy B10.9 - The Year of the Woman
Read a book written by a female author.
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 165 Points
Sue T20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie - Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 1: book written by an author with first and last initials that can be found in OKTOBERFEST
Season of Storms by Susanna Kearsley
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20/905
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
5.3 Men in BlackTitle in black text.
by Amie Kaufman Points earned this post: 5
Total points earned: 5
5.6 The Sixth Sense xFirst name is initial: [book:The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner.
{Paperback edition =371pp]
Points earned this post: 5
Total points earned: 10
10.6 Rug RatsAuthors initials in NICKLEODEON
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
[Paperback edition = 307pp]
Points this post: 10
Total points earned: 20
10.9 The year of the womanFemale Author:
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
{Paperback 210pp]
Points this post: 10
Total points earned: 30
25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV ShowOption 3: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells.
[Hardcover (English) 158pp]
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.
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
[Paperback = 288pp]
Points earned this post: 25
Total points earned: 55
LAUREN JODI5.9 - Toy Stories
The Story Guy by Mary Ann Rivers
Approved for length in row 3634 of the SRC ebook verification document
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 355/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 23/54
Amy B20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
This is a one book task. Read 1 book that fits one of the options below. Required: State the option when you post.
Option 5: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Maine.
Required: If the setting is not clearly indicated in the GR description or metadata, include a reference to the setting when you post.
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 185 Points
Julia10330.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option 2: When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman.
Author first and last initials SP match Sergei Prokofiev. The book is set in England.
This book is 746 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 30 points, 1 BB
Total points: 385
BB: 4
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 26
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.2 Egg Watch
Book 1: Three Tequilas by Tricia O'Malley
Book 2: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Found on page 1 of list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 370/905
Tasks completed: 23/54
Books read: 29
Task 5.2 - Titanicread a book with 50k+ ratings
The Wee Free Men
103k ratings
IL: UY
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380 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
trishhartuk5.8 Twister
All the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
the VanisheD birDs, Simon Jimenez
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 19
Golden oldies: 3
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!Option D: The Leavers by Lisa Ko
*The main character starts in the USA and travels to China*
**396pp**
Total Points = 50
20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!Option 1: Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest
Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Total Points = 70
Delicious Dee30.6 - TessaVanessa's task: Spelling Bee
Book A - Dark in Death - word DID
Book B - I Know What You Did
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 180
Task 20.8 - BirthdaysOption 2. Cover with a dog or dogs and, at least, one human companion. The woman is lying on the sofa, and the dog is behind the sofa.
Specifically approved by task creator 😊
Why Can't I Be You (2013) by Allison Larkin (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 297 pages)
75 + 20 = 95
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 75 + 20 = 95
Books read: 07
Pages read: 1,844
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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10.8 - Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
Read a book with a word of at least three letters from the track titles. T3. "Come as You Are"
500 Miles from You. Jenny Colgan. 10.3.21
Points this task: 10
Total points: 355/905
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