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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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DeborahPost #2
20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
4) Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories
MPG: Horror
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Done: 2
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - Men In Black
Read a book with a TITLE that appears in black text on the cover
by Rachel Howzell HallPoints this post; 5
Total points; 35
Elizabeth PTask 15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
I chose to do option 2, read 1 book that fits both requirements
Requirement one, book with MPG Magic, requirement two, published in 1990s
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
MPG Magic verified in help thread, post 30. First published 1993
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 1
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Total Books: 1
Elizabeth PTask 20.8 - Birthdays
Option Two - read a book with a dog and at least one human companion on cover
by Abby JimenezDog hanging on the second o in "too", along with two human companions!
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 2
Katrisa15.9 - I’ll Be There for You
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the recurring Friends Characters.
I read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce matches Rachel Green
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 45
Sara G15.9 - I’ll Be There for You
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the recurring Friends Characters.
A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore
Matches Rachel Greene
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Read one book from the following options.
Option 2: Read a book where the main character relocates to a new state or country DURING the course of the book.
Required: Identify the locations moved to & from and, if the relocation is not clearly indicated in the GR description or metadata, include a reference.
Cocaine Blues, by Kerry Greenwood
see GR description. Phryne moves from London to Melbourne, Australia
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 25
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Julia10310.10 - Which Way?
The Northern Girl
This post: 10 points
Total points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Kathy KS15.9 - I’ll Be There for You
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the recurring Friends Characters. Names must match exactly but can be in any position (first, middle, last).
The Devil You Know, by K.J. Parker
k.j. PARKER = Parker
I listened to the audiobook; pb=124 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 40
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
MEGSCL5.7 - Jurassic Park
Cold Comfort Farm - page 7
** first pub 1932 = 1 golden oldie
TOTAL TO DATE
5 points
1 golden oldie
MEGSCL15.4 - Supersize Me
Option 2: The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
**512 pages = 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
20 points
1 golden oldie
1 big book
Kathy KS5.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Read a book that is a prequel or fill-in in a series that is numbered with a #0 or a decimal.
The Asylum, by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
(The Forensic Genealogist #0.5)
I read this as an ebook; approved as "Conditional- 5 point tasks" on SRC ebook Verification spreadsheet Line #3152
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 45
Tasks completed: 4
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!Read a book with a main page genre of Medicine or Medical, standalone or embedded.
I read Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong, which has an MPG of Health > Medicine.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Inge5.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Cleaning the Gold
points this task: 5
total points: 5
task completed: 1
Inge5.7 - Jurassic Park
Memoirs of a Geisha
book 49 page 1 on the list
points this task: 5
total points: 10
task completed: 2
DeborahPost #3
20.10 - Group Reads
Her Pretty Face
Discussion thread #4
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
Task 5.6 - The Sixth Senseread a book with an author who uses a first initial, not name
Purity in Death by J.D. Robb
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25 points
Task 15.7 - Google Itread a book with one word has two repeated letters
The Last Continent
NNN & TT in coNTiNeNT
IL: UY
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40 points
trishhartuk5.2 Titanic
Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
As You Like It, William Shakespeare
Read the kindle edition.
Top MMPB (French): here. Top MMPB (English): here (105pg)
75,714 ratings (6 September 2021)
Golden Oldie: First published in 1599
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: 1 = As You Like It was first published in 1599
Big book: No
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 0
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90sI chose Option 1: Read a book with an author (one of multiple is okay) named Mike or Michael.
For Reasons Unknown by Michael Wood
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55/905
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD20.10 - Group Reads
❋ Gutenberg Classic:
🍁The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
I participated in the Group Discussion thread, comment #3.
Published January 10, 1902
I claim a Golden Oldie ticket.
256 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 25/905
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
10.9 - The Year of the WomanRead a book written by a female author.
I read Birds of Prey: Murder and Mystery by Gail Simone, a female comic book author.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Mary P15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!
Read a book with a word found on this Onomatopoeia Word List in the title/subtitle.
Whisper by Michael Bray
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: BirthdaysOption 2: Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
🎃 dog and people on the cover 🎃
Total points: 0 + 20 = 20
PegW20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 1: Read a book written by an author with first and last initials that can be found in OKTOBERFEST.
A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Elizabeth PTask 20.4 - Moving Through the 90s
Option Three: Book set in California
The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
Setting verified by GR book page
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 3
Nick KY25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys
This is a 2 book task. Pick two options below, and read one book for each option.
Required: State the options when you post.
Option 2: Mary Magdalene - No More People Who Haven't Said "Hello" in the 21st Century
Read a book first published in 1999 or earlier.
I read Lajja: Shame by Taslima Nasrin, 1st pub'd 1992.
Option 4: Oscar (the statuette) - No More Solid Gold Legends
Read a book that was adapted into a movie AND that movie won at least 1 Academy Award (Oscar). Any of the academy award categories count. If a movie is inspired by multiple books, you only need to read one of them. The movie does not need to be an accurate representation of the book, as long as the book is mentioned as inspiration on Wikipedia or IMDB.
Required: Provide a link to awards verification when you post.
I read Washington Square by Henry James, inspiration for the 1949 film The Heiress which won 4 Oscars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hei...
Points this Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 25
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Read a book that is a prequel or fill-in in a series that is numbered with a #0 or a decimal
Cleaning the Gold by Karin Slaughter (Used as an example in task description so I know it works)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Task 30.6 - Spelling Beebook 1: read a book with a 3+ word title whose initials spell a word
Purity in Death
Word: RID
book 2: read a book with that word in the title
Getting Rid Of Matthew
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70 points
Kathy KS15.7 - 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.
Clutter Rehab: 101 Tips and Tricks to Become an Organization Junkie and Love It! (Organization - OO, AA, NN, II)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 60
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Task 30.6 - Spelling Beebook 1: read a book with a 3+ word title whose initials spell a word
Reunion in Death
Word: RID
book 2: read a book with that word in the title
Getting Rid Of Matthew
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70 points
20.10 - Group ReadsI listened to an audio version of Anxious People
my comment #8
New Points: 20
Total Points: 20
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic MapsI chose Option 2: Rivers - read a book which has RIVER found intact in the title, subtitle, or series name.
The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75/905
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: Birthdays Option 2. With a dog and one human on cover.
by Georgette Heyer.Points: 20
Total Points: 20
GO Points:
BB Points:
5.8 - Twister DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
I read the ebook, pb is here: The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller.
Points: 5
Total Points: 25
GO Points:
BB Points:
Kim O5.6 - The Sixth Sense Read a book written by an author who uses initial(s) in the first name position.
The Screwtape Letters Golden Oldie -- first published February, 1942
Points this task: 5
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 30
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed: 3
Elizabeth PTask 5.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Book that is a prequel/fill in, which is numbered with a 0 or decimal in its series
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
Book 0.7 in The Witcher Series
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 4
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Total Books: 4
MEGSCL10.4 - Stick 'Em Up!
Set in Norway - The Storm Sister
**683 pages = 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
30 points
1 golden oldie
2 big book
Julia10315.4 - Supersize Me
Option 2: Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (NS in DRINKS, 504 pages)
Claiming one BB ticket - book is 504 pages
This post: 15 points, 1 BB
Total points: 40
BB: 1
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Kathryn CA5.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Read a book that is a prequel or fill-in in a series that is numbered with a #0 or a decimal.
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski - 0.5 on Goodreads. It is a prequel to The Witcher series.
This post: 5 points
Total Points: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Kathryn CA5.3 - Men In Black
Read a book with a TITLE that appears in black text on the cover.
by Jasper FfordeThis post: 5 points
Total Points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Kathryn CA5.4 - Ghost
Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal
A Ghostly Grave by Tonya Kappes
This post: 5 points
Total Points: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Kathryn CA5.5 - Thelma & Louise
Read a book with an ampersand "&" in the title or subtitle.
Chapter & Hearse by Lorna Barrett
This post: 5 points
Total Points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Kathryn CA5.6 - The Sixth Sense
Read a book written by an author who uses initial(s) in the first name position.
The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett
This post: 5 points
Total Points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Kathryn CA5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit by Krista Davis
the diVa serves forbiDDen fruit
This post: 5 points
Total Points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
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Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters.
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette (Little - LL, TT)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35/905
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0