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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Task 25.7 – Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia Book 1 chosen: Option 3: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Fits task: Punctuation mark in title: question mark
Format read: audio
# of pages: 245 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 6: Lord of the Flies
Fits task: title at least 3 words, initial of each word found in LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE
Format read: audio
# of pages: 182 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 245 points
ROBIN P25.4 - Cat's Task: Britpop Books
2 books, 1 word from a song title in each in book title
Book 1: Three Weeks With My Brother
WITH from album (What's the Story) Morning Glory - song Roll With It
Book 2: Cast Under an Alien Sun
ALIEN from album OK Computer - song Subterranean Homesick Alien (listened to audio, linked paperback)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320
GO: 1
BB: 0
babbling c15.4 - Supersize Me
option 1: Read one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in any combination of MCDONALD'S, FRIES, and/or DRINK. Works with multiple authors may be used as long as all contributor initials can be found in the target word(s).
Victory of Eagles - Audible Victory of Eagles - paperback pgs. 352 by Naomi Novik
MCDONALD'S, DRINK
Book 2: Read a book with at least 500 pages.
Project Hail Mary - Audible Proyecto Hail Mary - paperback pgs 544 by Andy Weir
544>500
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 60/905
Completed Tasks: 4/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 1,782
Books read this season: 5
25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV ShowOption 3: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
Light from Uncommon Stars
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.
Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
Total Points: 60
15.7 - Google ItRead a book with a word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters.
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
(TT, RR, EE, LL)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 35
babbling c15.7 - 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 Awakening - Audible The Awakening - paperback pgs. 464 by Nora Roberts
Awakening = AA, NN
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 75/905
Completed Tasks: 5/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 2,246
Books read this season: 6
10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam #1) by Margaret Atwood
3-word title with first letter of each word, OAC, found in irrAtiOnal exuberanCe
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 615
Task 15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!read a book with a listed word in the title
Thud!
THUD is listed
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510 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
MEGSCL5.8 - Twister
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village
TOTAL TO DATE
435 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
MEGSCL15.1 - Win or Lose
By Winter's Light
This Is How You Lose Her
TOTAL TO DATE
450 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
MEGSCL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: Birthdays
Option 1 - We, the Children of Cats by Tomoyuki Hoshino
TOTAL TO DATE
470 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
MEGSCL25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 1 -mpg horror - The Doll's House
Option 5: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS. Lucky's by Andrew Pippos
TOTAL TO DATE
495 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
MEGSCLUNCLAIMING
10.9 - The Year of the Woman
The Hunter by Julia Leigh
TOTAL TO DATE
485 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
MEGSCL25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys
Option 1 -job in title - The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman
Option 2 - pub pre 1999 - The Hunter
TOTAL TO DATE
510 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.8 Twister
Death on the River: A Fiancee's Dark Secrets and a Kayak Trip Turned Deadly by Diane Fanning
Points this post: 5
Total points: 460/905
Tasks completed: 32/54
Books read: 39
Amber15.1 - Win or Lose
Book 1: Book with WIN found intact in the book's title/subtitle
Win by Harlan Coben
Book 2: Book with LOSE found intact in the book's title/subtitle
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Total Points: 105
Big Book Tickets: 7
15.5 - The MacarenaRead a book set at least 50% in Latin America.
Desert Flowers
Set entirely in Mexico, as stated in the description.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 240
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
APRILLEIGH15.1 - Win or Lose
Book 1: A book with WIN found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey by Osge Samanci
WIN found in groWINg.
Book 2: A book with LOSE found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven by Brandon Easton
LOSE found in cLOSEr.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (700)
Books Read: 2 (54)
Total Tasks: 45
APRILLEIGH25.2 - Amy FL's Task: Parenthood
Option 1: A book by a single male author that is #2 in a series.
Death After Evensong by Douglas Clark
(Read the kindle version - mmpb)
Author’s first name and pronouns on his GR record indicate male.
Title is #2 in Master and Green series.
Option 4: A book by a single author whose initials are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK.
Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen
(IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8.0)
HC found in sCHmendrick.
A found in thAt.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (725)
Books Read: 2 (56)
Total Tasks: 46
PegW20.7 - 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.
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 205
10.9 - The Year of the WomanFemale author.
Miss Silver Comes to Stay by Patricia Wentworth
Published in 1949 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 10
Total Points: 455
GO Points: 14
BB Points: 2
15.1 - Win or Lose 2 books.
Book 1: WIN in title.
Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0
Published 1936 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Book 2: LOSE in title.
I read the ebook of The Case Is Closed by Patricia Wentworth, the mmpb is here: L'affaire est close.
First published 1937 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 15
Total Points: 470
GO Points: 16
BB Points: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know
Totals
Points: 65
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Completed: 9
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 1:
The Book Woman of Troublesome CreekAuthor:Kim Michele Richardson
Totals
Points: 85
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Completed: 10
30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMSI'm using Option 1.
A-a, a book with MPG Music: A Song Everlasting by Ha Jin
B-b, a book set in Great Britain: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Points this post: 30
Total points: 360
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.3 - Happy Anniversary, My Love!
The Bake-Off by Beth Kendrick
Option B - This book has a MPG of Food and Drink > Food (shelved by 6 people).
This PB edition is 336 pages (at least 250 pages in length).
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 310 points
Tasks completed: 15
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.4 - Dinosaur Operas!
Book 1 -
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
This book has a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from DinOsAuR operas (ROAD)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): My Life on the Road (314 pages)
*this book is nonfiction*
Book 2 -
She Lies Close by Sharon Doering
This book author's initials (ALL initials) can be found in DinoSaur operas
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): She Lies Close (400 pages)
314 + 400 = 714 pages (combined number of pages of both books must be at least 600)
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 340 points
Tasks completed: 16
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
10.10 - Which Way? East in title.
Love in the East
Points: 10
Total Points: 480
GO Points: 16
BB Points: 2
5.5 - Thelma & Louise "&" in the title.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb is here: Southern Charm & Second Chances by Nancy Robards Thompson
Points: 5
Total Points: 485
GO Points: 16
BB Points: 2
Julia10315.9 - I’ll Be There for You
An Irish Hostage by Charles Todd
(author name Charles shared with Friends character Charles Bing)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 480
BB: 4
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 34
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 1: Read a book with an author named Mike or Michael.
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South. Michael W. Twitty. 10.15.21
Points this task: 20
Total points: 490/905
27/54
10.6 - Rug Rats!The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
author's initials, KI, found in nIcKelodeon
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 625
Suzannesea30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Missing My Bestie
Option 1: Road Trip!
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver is set at least 50% in Arizona.
Option 3a: Sarah's Favorite Books
Missing and Endangered by J.A. Jance has MPGs of Mystery and Thriller. Main character Joanna Brady is the Sheriff of Cochise County.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 380
Coralie25.3 No More Jockeys
Option 2 Mary Magdalene – book published 1999 or earlier
Framley Parsonage
Option 3 Brian Cox – book by an author whose name does not have any repeated letters
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Total to date 340 points
Katrisa15.10 - The Streak
Read a book that is #2, #3, #6, or #8 in a series.
I read The Body Counter #2 in the Dectective Jude Fontaine series
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 680
Coralie15.10 The Streak
Book that is #3 in a series
Soulstar #3 in Kingston Cycle
Total to date 355 points
Scooter&Siam20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Chose Option D.
Option D: • Read a book where the main character travels to a different country. Required: State the country where they start and the country/countries they travel to when you post.
Read The Girl from Venice: A heart-breaking page-turner, based on actual events in Italy during Word War II
Charlotte travels from England to Venice, Italy in search of her recently deceased grandmother's (Lidia) life in Italy. The grandmother at the end of WWII travels with her fiancé from Italy to England.
Points: 20
Total: 115
MARGO15.7 - Google It
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters.
MISSING = II, SS
The Quantum Curators and the Missing Codex
Posted paperback but read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
20.10 - Group ReadsI chose: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Group Reads discussion post #17
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldie point since book was first published in 1902**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 370/905
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 17/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: BirthdaysI chose Option 2: With a dog or dogs and, at least, one human companion on cover.
Mistletoe and Mr. Right by Sarah Morgenthaler
Points this post: 20
Total points: 390/905
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 18/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
25.4 - Cat's task: Britpop BooksI chose the two-book option.
For (What's the Story) Morning Glory by Oasis (1995), my song was "Don't Look Back In Anger" and my book was Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane
(Don't)
For Different Class by Pulp (1995), my song was "Monday Morning" and my book was Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith (Morning)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 415/905
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 19/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Lisa MD15.8 - Beanie Babies
Read a book with one of the animals mentioned (frog, pig, dog, orca, whale, moose, platypus, bear, lobster) on the cover.
🍁Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
Frog on cover
128 pages
Listened to audio. Linked to PB. No MMPB
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 205/905
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 14/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Lisa MD20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
The book must be at least 250 pages in length.
Option B:
• Read a book with a main page genre of FOOD
🍁Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease―and How to Fight It by Benjamin Bikman
MP Genre - #5 Food
Listened to audiobook
Linked to HB. No MMPB or PB
270 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 225/905
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 15/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
30.5 - Aprilleigh’s Task: A Good DecadeI chose Options A and B.
Option A: Biology and Medicine (nonfiction)
Read a book from my list of popular biology books.
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
Option B: Other Sciences (nonfiction)
Read a book from my list of popular science books.
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Points this post: 30
Total points: 445/905
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 20/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
FLY Task #20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
task: Option 1: Read a book with a cover showing either the sports equipment used in or someone participating in one of these 7 sports: football, volleyball, cross-country, basketball, golf, tennis, or track & field.
book: She Drives Me Crazy
how it fits:
- basketballPoints this post: 20
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 9/54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
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LAUREN JODI10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
The Untamed Bride by Stephanie Laurens
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 440/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 27/54
Sara G20.5 - 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.
The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami
MOUNTAIN RANGE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 410
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Book 1 chosen: The Good Soldier Švejk
Fits task: author initials J and H (Jaroslav Hasek)
Format read: audio
# of pages: 752 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: The Ghost Rider
Fits task: author's initials I and K (Ismail Kadare)
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 208 (printed edition)
Alphabetical order: H, I, J, K
Total number of pages: 752+208=960
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 220 points