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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Angela IL 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.
Run Away by Harlan Coben- 10/12
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7/54
BB Ticket: 1
Nick KY30.4 - Sandy's task: Dinosaur Operas!
Read 2 books. At least one of those books must be nonfiction (real nonfiction, not pseudo nonfiction about things like zombie attacks). The other book may be fiction or nonfiction.
The combined number of pages of both books must be at least 600 .
REQUIRED: Indicate in your post which book is nonfiction.
Book 1 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from DINOSAUR OPERAS.
I read the nonfiction book The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy by Anna Clark. The letters “POISONED” are in DINOSaur OPEras. 320 pp.
Book 2 - I read Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker, inits in dinoSaur oPeras. 288 pp.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 615
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90sOption 1: The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly
Author named Michael
Total points: 85
20.8 Tien's Task
by Meg Rosoff
Points 20 Total points 95
EMurphy30.4 Sandy's Task: Dinosaur Operas!
Option 1: Word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from DINOSAUR OPERAS What's Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh
(Word is DONE)
*256 pages
Option 2: Author whose initials can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS The Best of Me by David Sedaris
*Nonfiction text
**387 pages
***256+387=643 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 190
Books Read: 13
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: +500: 2
Tasks Completed: 7
Suzannesea30.5 - Aprilleigh's Task: A Good Decade
Option A
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson is on page 1 of popular biology books list.
Option C
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver is on page 1 of popular fiction books.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 350
APRILLEIGH10.8 - Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
A book with a word of at least three letters from track titles on Nevermind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevermi...) in the title.
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
SOMETHING found in Track 12 “SOMETHING in the Way”.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (695)
Books Read: 1 (53)
Total Tasks: 45
Andy P.Task # 15.1 - Win or Lose
Book 1: Read a book with WIN found intact in the book's title
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
Book 2: Read a book with LOSE found intact in the book's title
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Points this post : 15
Total points: 335
DeborahPost #9
15.4 - Supersize Me
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
SK: frieS and drinK
653 pages/500
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 11
Tasks Done: 9
Andy P.Task # 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
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 BOOPINATOR
Spectres in the Smoke: A Creeping Narrative by Tony Broadbent
BOOPINATOR
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
Brooke TX25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys
Option 2: Read a book first published in 1999 or earlier.
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose entire name does not have any repeated letters across all of the name parts.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 55
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX20.1 - 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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option A: Read a book with a main character who is an active-duty military member or a veteran. Main character is "an officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy (RMN), the space navy of the Star Kingdom of Manticore" per the series Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorve...
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps
Option 1: 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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Completed Tasks: 5
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 3: Read a book where all the letters FLYOVER can be found in the Title/Subtitle and/or Author's name.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Completed Tasks: 6
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 3: Read a book with at least a three-word title in which the initial letters of each word can be found in THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 155
Completed Tasks: 7
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX15.2 - 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.
Book 2: Read a book from the Coming of Age Books list. Found on page 22:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 170
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!
Read a book with a word found on this Onomatopoeia Word List in the title/subtitle.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 185
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX15.7 - Google It
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters. With two Es and two Rs in "GREATER":
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 200
Completed Tasks: 10
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX15.10 - The Streak
Read a book that is #2, #3, #6, or #8 in a series.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 215
Completed Tasks: 11
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
Read a book with a main page genre of Medicine or Medical.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 225
Completed Tasks: 12
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX10.6 - Rug Rats!
Read a book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 235
Completed Tasks: 13
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
Read a book with the numeral 2, the Roman numeral II or the word "two" in the title or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 245
Completed Tasks: 14
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX10.8 - Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
Read a book with a word of at least three letters from the track titles on Nevermind in the title of the book.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 255
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX10.9 - The Year of the Woman
Read a book written by a female author.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 265
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX10.10 - Which Way?
Read a book with East, West, North or South found intact in its title.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 275
Completed Tasks: 17
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX5.1 - 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.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 280
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX5.2 - Titanic
Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 285
Completed Tasks: 19
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX5.4 - Ghost
Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 290
Completed Tasks: 20
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX5.5 - Thelma & Louise
Read a book with an ampersand "&" in the title or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 295
Completed Tasks: 21
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX5.6 - The Sixth Sense
Read a book written by an author who uses initial(s) in the first name position.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 300
Completed Tasks: 22
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX5.7 - Jurassic Park
Read a book from this list I Saw the Movie and Read the Book. Found on page 6:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 305
Completed Tasks: 23
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 310
Completed Tasks: 24
Books Read: 36
Brooke TX5.9 - Toy Stories
Read a book with the word "story" or "stories" in the title or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 315
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 36
5.7 - Jurassic ParkRead a book from this list I Saw the Movie and Read the Book.
Memoirs of a Geisha
#49 on the list
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/905
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/5
Sara G30.4 - 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.
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Upon - DINOSAUR OPERAS
Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS.
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors by Peter Ackroyd
DINOSAUR OPERAS
**This book is nonfiction and meets the nonfiction requirement for the task**
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 500 pages.
**Foundation is a Big Book (500 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
Brooke TX25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
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.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 340
Completed Tasks: 26
Books Read: 37
Task 5.4 – Ghost Book chosen: Ninth House
Fits task: MPG Paranormal
Format read: audio
# of pages: 459 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Task 5.6 – The Sixth Sense Book chosen: The Watchmaker's Daughter
Fits task: author uses initials C. J.
Format read: audio
# of pages: 300 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 80 points
Task 5.7 – Jurassic Park Book chosen: In Cold Blood
Fits task: found on page 2, No. 191
Format read: audio
# of pages: 343 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 85 points
Task 5.8 – Twister Book chosen: Der Junge, der das Universum verschlang
Fits task: DVD found in title (der, Universum, and das)
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 560 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 90 points
Task 10.2 – Come On, Get Happy! Book chosen: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Fits task: title has at least 3 words, initials of each word can be found in IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE
Format read: audio
# of pages: 316 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 100 points
Task 15.1 – Win or Lose Book 1 chosen: Of Windmills and War
Fits task: WIN intact in title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 598 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Don't Lose Heart: Gospel Hope for the Discouraged Soul
Fits task: LOSE intact in title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 160 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Task 15.5 – The Macarena Book chosen: Cantoras
Fits task: set at least 50% in Latin America - Uruguay
Format read: audio
# of pages: 312 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Task 20.1 – Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration! Book chosen: Option 4: The Silence of the Lambs
Fits task: MPG Horror
Format read: audio
# of pages: 421 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 150 points
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's Task: Geocaching Time Again! Book chosen: Option 1: Life of the Party
Fits task: author's initials (Olivia Gatwood = O and G) found in GEOCACHING
Format read: audio
# of pages: 128 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Julia10320.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 3: Turn a Blind Eye
(T in THE, AB in RAINBOW, E in BRIDGE)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 465
BB: 4
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 33
Task 25.2 – Amy FL's task: Parenthood Book 1 chosen: Option 2:
Fits task: cat on the cover
Format read: audio
# of pages: 373 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 4: Bring Her Home
Fits task: author's initials (S. A. Dunphy = S, A, and D) found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 348 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 195 points
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how it fits: Skills (SS LL)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 8/54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
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