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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Nick KY 10.2 - 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.
I read Eros and Civilization by Herbert Marcuse.
Points This Post: 10
Total PointsSo Far: 625
Nick KY 10.4 Stick em Up!
Read a book set at least 50% in Massachusetts, Norway, or Germany.
I read The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl set in Norway.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 635
MARGO20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 2: Read a book where the main character relocates to a new state or country DURING the course of the book.
Main character, Audrey, moves from Boston (USA) to Sicily (Italy) during the book.
A Villa in Sicily: Olive Oil and Murder
Posted paperback but read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Amber20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to India
Book set at least 50% in India that was written by an author born in India - author approved in help thread comment #2, setting in metadata
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Total Points: 125
Big Book Tickets: 7
25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia 2 books
Book 1 Option 4: Doug & The Secret World of Alex Mack - Main character's name in title.
Isobel - a Romance of the Northern Trail by James Oliver Curwood
Published 1913 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Book 2 Option 6: Legends of the Hidden Temple - Title Letters in LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE.
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6.0
Points: 25
Total Points: 510
GO Points: 17
BB Points: 2
APRILLEIGH10.10 - Which Way?
A book with EAST, WEST, NORTH or SOUTH found intact in the title.
Iron West by Doug TenNapel
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (735)
Books Read: 1 (57)
Total Tasks: 47
APRILLEIGH15.8 - Beanie Babies
A book with a dog on the cover.
We3 by Grant MorrisonCover approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (750)
Books Read: 1 (58)
Total Tasks: 48
APRILLEIGH25.6 - SandyL's Task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
Option 2: A book with a title that includes a question mark.
Who Shot the Serif? by Daisy Robyns and Jessa Archer
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Option 4: A book by an author whose initials are all the same.
Berkley Street by Ron Ripley
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (775)
Books Read: 2 (60)
Total Tasks: 49
Lisa MD20.7 - 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.
🍁Layla by Colleen Hoover
Author Initials: CH found in Geocaching
290 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 245/905
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 16/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
MEGSCLUNCLAIMING
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. The Shut Ins
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
480 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
MEGSCL30.3 - 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. Scary Monsters
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
510 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
MEGSCL5.9 - Toy Stories
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
TOTAL TO DATE
520 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon NostalgiaFor Option 1, I read Monsters. This book has an MPG of Horror. This is my one allowed graphic novel for this task.
For Option 6: (Legends of the Hidden Temple - a book with a title of at least 3 words where the initial letter of each word can be found in LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE), I read The Floating Gods
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 225
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Kathy KS30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week
Read 2 books, one from each of two different options.
Option 1. Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be found in TUESDAY.
The Dark Place, by Aaron Elkins
AE=tuEsdAy
Option 3. Read a book where all the letters GRACE can be found in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City, by Joseph Buggy
GRACE=findinG... AnCEstoRs
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 460
Tasks completed: 28
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Jasmiina F15.7 - 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 Loyal Character Dancer by Qiu Xiaolong.
ChArACter.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
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30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
3b. Read a book with MPGs of BOTH Memoir and Food listed
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table. Molly Wizenberg. 10.17.21
4. Read a book with a cover featuring book(s).
. Miranda James. 10.8.21Points this task: 30
Total points: 520/905
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Apologies if this is a duplicate, I think I clicked off being posting it.
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
3b. Read a book with MPGs of BOTH Memoir and Food listed
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table. Molly Wizenberg. 10.17.21
4. Read a book with a cover featuring book(s).
. Miranda James. 10.8.21Points this task: 30
Total points: 520/905
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90sOption 2: Read a book with a main character who is a twin.
Double Date
As stated in the description, the book is about a boy dating twin girls.
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4.0
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 260
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
Katrisa20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Opt 2 - Read a book by a single author where all of the author's initials can be found in one of the following: SWEETIE PETEY, BOOPINATOR, or MRS PEEBODY.
I read The Women of Troy by Pat Barker
PB - BooPinator
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 700
15.4 - Supersize Me 1 book
Option 2: 500 pages, author's intials in MCDONALD'S.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
1276 pages for 2 Big Book Points.
Published 1844 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 15
Total Points: 525
GO Points: 18
BB Points: 4
10.9 - The Year of the WomanRead a book written by a female author.
The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave by J.H. Moncrieff
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 270
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
CEELETask 5.10
Aladdin
Aladdin's Genie has granted your
wish. Read a book that meets SRC Rules.
I read An Intriguing Deception by Terry Ann Taylor
An Intriguing Deception
This is one of the best Regency era romances I have read in a long time! I love the main character, Olivia Featherstone, and the writing is excellent.
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points Earned for Fall Challenge 2021: 5
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2021: 1
Total Books Read for Fall Challenge 2021: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 22021: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2021: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic MapsOption 5: Read a book with one or more buildings on the cover.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 290
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
Bookwrm526(Reposting post 1303 with the task #)
Task#25.6 - Fun and Wacky Holidays
Option 3 - Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word is found in the phrase INTERNATIONAL NACHO DAY. I read The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher (TTO all in international).
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) are the same. I read The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik.
Total points so far: 280
Task 20.6 - Rearing Twins in the ‘90sOption 2: Twins - Read a book with a main character who is a twin.
Once There Were Wolves (2021) by Charlotte McConaghy (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 256 pages)
Here's the publisher's blurb:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Inti is the first person narrator of the novel.
Scroll down below the photo of the cover, where it says "Book Details", and the description says:
Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands.
135 + 20 =155
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 135 + 20 = 155
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2,515
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Bookwrm526Task 20.3 - Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option 3: Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in LOVES TO READ. I read Murder in the Dark by Steve Demaree (S in loves, D in read). (288p)
Total points so far: 300
Joanne MI25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 5: SpongeBob SquarePants-
The Women of Troy-by Pat Barker
Option 6: Legends of the Hidden Temple
The Field of Swords
Points this task 25
Total Points 180
BB's 2
MARGO20.5 - 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.
Murder in the Grave: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 5
Posted paperback but read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
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10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
Read a book with a main page genre of Medicine or Medical, standalone or embedded.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Atul Gawande. 10.17.21
Points this task: 10
Total points: 530/905
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APRILLEIGH20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 1: A book written by an author whose first/last initials are in OKTOBERFEST.
The Mystery of 31 New Inn by R. Austin Freeman
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
RF found in oktobeRFest.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (795)
Books Read: 1 (61)
Total Tasks: 50
10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 635
babbling c25.2 - Amy FL's task: Parenthood
Read 2 books from 2 different options. Required: State the options when you post.
Option 2: read a book with a domestic dog or cat on the cover. These are to be house pets, so no wolves, tigers, etc.
Spells and Scones - kindle Spells and Scones mass market paperback pgs. 293 by Bailey Cates
there is a cat and a dog on the cover. the orange cat is sitting on the chair and the grey dog is at the foot of the chair
Option 4: Honor Laura’s grandpa by reading a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
Nine Coaches Waiting - kindle Nine Coaches Waiting - mass market paperback pgs. 272 by Mary Stewart
HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 100/905
Completed Tasks: 6/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 2,811
Books read this season: 8
Julia1035.2 - Titanic
Salt to the Sea (over 50,000 ratings)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 485
BB: 4
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 35
babbling c20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
I got married in Autumn, and this coming season we’ll celebrate our 31st wedding anniversary. This task is in honor of my wonderful partner, the love of my life.
Read a book from one of following options. The book must be at least 250 pages in length.
NO books with the main page genre of “Childrens” or “kids” may be used for this task.
Option D: My husband worked in international business and for the first ten years of our married life he spent about 120-130 days abroad each year. He’s been to six of the seven continents, missing only Antarctica. His favorite places to travel are all in Asia: China, Thailand, and Malaysia.
• Read a book where the main character travels to a different country. This can be for a permanent move or a short trip, but the travel must take place during the course of the book.
Less - kindle Less - paperback pgs. 263 by Andrew Sean Greer
263>250
Required: State the country where they start and the country/countries they travel to when you post.
Arthur Less, in order to avoid the wedding of his former boyfriend to another man, accepts invitations to literary events all over the world. He will also turn fifty along the way. He starts out in the USA were he lives. He travels to Mexico, Italy, Germany, France, Morocco, India, and Japan before returning home. His stay in each country varies depending on the event, a day or two to weeks.
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 120/905
Completed Tasks: 7/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 3,074
Books read this season: 9
babbling c5.4 - Ghost
In Ghost a murdered man's ghost sets out to save his girlfriend. Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Darkest Touch - Audible The Darkest Touch - mass market paperback pgs, 489 by Gena Showalter
Fantasy > Paranormal 342 users
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 125/905
Completed Tasks: 8/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 3,563
Books read this season: 10
LAUREN JODI30.6 - TessaVanessa's task: Spelling Bee
Book #1: DID
Damsel in Distress by Carola Dunn
Book #2:
She Did A Bad, Bad Thing by Stephanie Bond
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 470/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 28/54
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the WeekOption 3. Read a book where all the letters GRACE can be found in the TITLE.
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
Option 4. Read a new release, a book first published in 2021 or an ARC of a planned 2022 book.
Darling
Total Points: 90
Sophie15.7 Word in title with 2 sets of identical letters
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
StRangeRS
Total: 155
Task:30.6 - TessaVanessa's task: Spelling Bee Book 1 (first letter of each word in order spells a word or acronym)
Book read:Sex and Lies by Leïla Slimani
Required: Sex And Lies = SAL https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sal
Book 2 [book with the word spelled from Book 1 in the title]
Book read:Sal by Mick Kitson
Required: Sal matches Sal
Points this task:30
Total points:185
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:13
Tasks completed:12
trishhartuk15.3 The Boy Who Lived
Option 1 - Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Magic or Witches.
Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Genre locked for Fantasy > Magic: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book 2: Read a book first published in the 1990s
The Cat Who Blew the Whistle, Lilian Jackson Braun
First published in 1994
Points this task: 15
Books read: 2
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 25
Golden oldies: 3
Sophie25.1
Opt 1: Full, House, Married, Children, Family, Matters in title/subtitle
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
Children tag: arbookfind IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
Opt 3: MPG Science Fiction
Another Time, Another Place by Jodi Taylor
Total: 180
Sophie30.2
Opt 1: Author initials in TUESDAY
Silent Child by Sarah A. Denzil
Opt 2: MPG War/Wars
Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet
Total: 210
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I read an audio version of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
Nonfiction, Science and Philosophy are both main page genres.
total points: 475
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read a kindle ARC of The Maid, linked to the pb (no MMPB).
Occupation in title - maid.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki.
No repeated letters in R U T H O Z E K I
total points: 500
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read a kindle edition of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. (top pb is Ciudad de Las Nubes)
Author initials, AD, found in tuesDAy.
For my second book, I used option 4 and read an audio version of Peril, linked to the hardback (no MMPB or pb).
Book was first published 9/21/2021.
total points: 530
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For my first book, I used option 1 and listened to an audiobook of Tricked, linked to the MMPB.
As shown in the metadata, the book is set completely in Arizona.
For my second book, I used option 2(b) and read a kindle ARC of The Missing Hours, linked to the hardback.
Title initials, TMH, found in nigHTswiMming.
total points: 560
20.7 - Shorter is SweeterRead 1 book that fits one of the options
Option 1: Read a book whose author initials can be found in the phrase geoCAching.
The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern
Points this task: 20
Total points: 55
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Task # 15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Read a book with the MPG Magic or Witches and was first published in the 1990s
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Has both Magic and Witches as MPG and was first published in 1995
Points this post: 15
Total points: 370