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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Readerboard Name: List_addict20.4: Golden Oldies - Fly’s Task: Moving Through the 90s
Option 3: A setting, at least 50%, in California or Massachusetts
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
Setting: San Fransisco, CA
Total this challenge: 20
Congratulations, Aprilleigh! You will have a 30 point task in the Winter Challenge.
Delicious Dee20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
option 3 - The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us and What We Can Do about Them - shelved as geology by 8ppl; approved in THT
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 320
25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV ShowOption 2: Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
The Exorcist
GR won't let me post my link to IMDB, but The Exorcist was a 1973 movie.
Option 6: Read a book with an MPG of History.
The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 315
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
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15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements. (MPG Magic or Witches & first published in the 1990s)
The Black Swan. Mercedes Lackey. 10.22.21
MPG: Fantasy > Magic 37 users, first published May 1st, 1999
Points this task: 15
Total points: 565/905
31/54
Julia10310.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
Before the Crown (title initial letters in IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 500
BB: 4
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 37
5.7 - Jurassic ParkThe Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
page 8
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1840)
1x Bigger is Better tix (556p)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 705
LAUREN JODI25.2 - Amy FL's task: Parenthood
Option 2: Dog
Hitting the Books by Jenn McKinlay
Option 3: MPG Sports
The Baller by Vi Keeland
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 500/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 30/54
15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!The Rip by Mark Brandi
word used: rip
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 720
Task 50 - Reading Adventure750+ pages total
option b: cruise
I live in the UK. I picked the Atlantic Ocean
book 1: set in New York, USA
Thirteen
512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
(reference in the blurb to Hollywood star character; from the Prologue: "lay on a cardboard bed outside the Criminal Courts Building in Manhattan". blurb from another in the series mentions the NYC location too - The Liar)
book 2: set in Paris, FRANCE
Maigret Hesitates: Inspector Maigret #67
175 pages
(the series info mentions his Parisian locale: https://www.goodreads.com/series/6780...)
book 3: set in Espoo, FINLAND
Derailed
(blurb references Finnish Athletics org being part of the case)
I read the kindel; no MMPB; PB: Auf der falschen Spur 416 pages
416 + 175 + 512 >>750pages
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595 points
5 BB tix
6 GO tix
Julia1035.10 - Aladdin
The Poison in All of Us
This post: 5 points
Total points: 505
BB: 4
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 38
Laurah3030.4 - 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.
Cemetery Road the word is "road"
590 pages - I am claiming 1 BB ticket
Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS.
How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference by Adam Rutherford. This book is non-fiction. 224 pages
Total pages = 814 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
MAZZA115.4 - Supersize Me
Please can i unclaim this book and task
Option 2: Read one book that is over 500 pages and whose author initials are in McDonalds
Great Circle Maggie Shipstead
This book was 602 pages and I am claimed 1 BB ticket
Points this post = minus 15
Points to date = 570
BB tickets this post = minus 1
BB tickets to date= 4
MAZZA120.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2: Twins- Read a book with a main character who is a twin
Great Circle approved in help thread here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 590
BB tickets this post = 1
BB ticket to date = 5
Sara G50.1 - Bucket's task: Reading Adventure
Option 2: Cruise
I chose the Atlantic Ocean. I live in the USA.
Book 1: The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy (Canada)
Book 2: The Devil in Music by Kate Ross (Italy)
Book 3: Born to Be Wilde by Eloisa James (England/UK)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 490
Nikki B20.1 Most Improved- Valorie's Task : Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 4, 18 users for Horror
Hairpin Bridge
Taylor Adams
Task Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 50
Kim O20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 3: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, October 2nd thru the 10th - Read a book with a 4+ letter word in the TITLE that can be made from the letters in ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO.
The Woman in the Window (woman)
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 105
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
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20.1 - 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 Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope. Tom Brokaw. 10.23.21
Points this task: 20
Total points: 585/905
32/54
15.1 - Win or LoseBook 1, a book with WIN intact in the title: The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs
Book 2, a book with LOSE intact in the title: This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
Points this post: 15
Total points: 400
20.10 - Group ReadsHer Pretty Face by Robyn Harding
discussion post #9
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my BestieOption 3b, a book with MPGs of both Memoir and Food: From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Food and Finding Home in the Sicilian Countryside by Tembi Locke
Option 4, a book with a sandy beach on the cover: The Lemon Sisters by Jill Shalvis
Points this post: 30
Total points: 450
Suzannesea10.1 - Africa in the 1990s
Read a book set in Africa.
Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith is set in Botswana.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 410
5.3 Men in Blackblack text on the cover
by Nicholas SparksTask +5
Grand Total: 50
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the WeekOption 1: Stork Raving Mad by Donna Andrews
🍁 author's initials (DA) in tuesDAy 🍁
Option 3: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
🍁 GRACE: G in Calculating; RA in Stars; C in Calculating; E in The 🍁
Total points: 250 + 30 = 280
Amy B25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
Read two books from two different options. No books with a MPG of Children or Kids may be used. Required: State the options when you post.
Option 2: September 28 is Ask a Stupid Question Day.
Read a book with a title/subtitle that includes a question mark.
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins
Option 4: November 8 is Tongue Twister Day
Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) are the same.
A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence by Ray Raphael
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 345 Points
25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys 2 books.
Book 1 Option 2: Mary Magdalene - No More People Who Haven't Said "Hello" in the 21st Century
Published in 1999 or earlier.
I read the ebook Through the Wall by Patricia Wentworth, mmpb here: À travers le mur.
Published 1950 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Book 2 Option 3: Brian Cox - No More Names With Repeated Letters
Author approved in help thread message #15.
Iliad by Homer
Published 800 BCE for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 25
Total Points: 595
GO Points: 19
BB Points: 7
MAZZA110.2 - 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.
The Echo Chamber I read this ARC of the book via netgalley
This is PB The Echo Chamber
points this post = 10
Points to date = 600
MAZZA110.4 - Stick 'Em Up!
Read a book set at least 50% in Massachusetts, Norway, or Germany.
The Storm Sister setting identified as Norway on GR data
This book is 702 pages and I am claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post = 10
Points to date 610 =
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 6
MAZZA110.6 - Rug Rats!
Read a book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON.
Gods of Gold Chris Nickson
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 620
MAZZA110.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
Read a book with the numeral 2, the Roman numeral II or the word "two" in the title or subtitle.
Two Bronze Pennies
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 630
MAZZA115.4 - Supersize Me
Option 2: Read one book that is over 500 pages and whose author initials are in McDonalds
The Toll Neal Shusterman
This book was 625 pages and I am claimed 1 BB ticket
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 645
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date= 7
MAZZA120.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: Birthdays
1. Written by a single author who identifies as a male AND whose first and last initials are TH, in that order.
The Case of the Missing Servant: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator Tarquin Hall
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 665
MAZZA125.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys
Option 1: Penelope Pitstop - No More Job Gloves
Read a book with a job in the title or subtitle.
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late Rabbi approved as a job in help thread here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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.
Mrs Dalloway first published 1925 I am claiming 1 GO ticket for this book
points this post = 25
Points to date =690
GO tickets this post = 1
Total GO tickets = 2
MAZZA130.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
Option 2: Nightswimming
a. Read a book with an author whose initials are some combination of R.E.M.
The Princes of Ireland Edward Rutherfurd
This book is 778 pages I am claiming 2 BB tickets
Option 3: Sarah’s Favorite Books
a. Read a book with a MPG Mystery or Thriller AND has a main character crime/mystery solver who is a female police officer, detective, or private eye.
Calculated in Death MPG Mystery and Thriller Detectives Lt Eve Dallas and Delia Peabody
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 720
BB tickets this post = 2
BB tickets to date = 9
Heather KS20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option C: Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in LOVES TO READ.
I read Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
DeborahPost #13
15.8 - Beanie Babies
Read a book with one of the animals mentioned (frog, pig, dog, orca, whale, moose, platypus, bear, lobster) on the cover.
A Magical Match PIGPoints this post: 15
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 13
FLY Task #25.4 - Cat's task: Britpop Books
task: Option Two: Pick two different albums and tracks. For each track read a book whose title contains a word from the track title.
book 1: Exit Strategy
how it fits: "Exit" in song title "Exit Music (For a Film)" from OK Computer by Radiohead (1997)
book 2: Orphan Monster Spy
how it fits: "Spy" in song title "I Spy" from Different Class by Pulp (1995)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 11/54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Task 20.8 - Birthdaysoption 2 - read a book with a dog and a person on the cover
Making Money
IL: UY
(you can see Mr Fusspot on the LHS if you make the image bigger)
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620 points
5 BB tix
6 GO tix
Joanne MI30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week
Option 2-MPG War
Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors-genre approved in help thread #21
Option 4. Read a new release-
Nolyn-published Aug 2021
Points this task 30
Total Points 230
Total BB's 2
15.3 - The Boy Who Lived Option 1: Read one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1: MPG Magic
I read the ebook, mmpb is here: Raven's Strike by Patricia Briggs.
Book 2: Published in the 1990s.
Mrs. Pollifax Pursued by Dorothy Gilman
Points: 15
Total Points: 610
GO Points: 19
BB Points: 7
5.6 - The Sixth Sense Author who uses initial(s) in the first name position.
Miss Buncle Married by D.E. Stevenson
First published 1936 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 5
Total Points: 615
GO Points: 20
BB Points: 7
Task 25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV ShowOption 4: red a book with a single author whose initials can be found in GENE RODDENBERRY.
The book I read was A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum. Gene Roddenberry
Option 6: Read a book with MPG of History.
The book I read was Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 70
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic MapsOption 2: The River Between
RIVER intact in title
Total points: 125
Task 25.6 – Sandy L – Fun and Wacky Holidays RESTRICTED: NO Children’s / Kids
Option 3: 1st letter of each title word in INTERNATIONAL NACHO DAY - T A C
Tooth and Claw
Option 4 – Author initials are the same: M M
Madeline Miller / Circe
I listened to the audio / MMPB: Circe – 420 p
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 270 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV ShowOption 3: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Science Fiction
Option 4: A Place of Hiding by Elizabeth George
Author initials in GENE RODDENBERRY
***Two Big Book Tickets claimed - 800 pages
Total Points: 150
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
15.9 – I’ll Be There For YouAuthor shares a name with a character on FRIENDS -
Character: SUSAN Bunch
Susan Meissner / A Fall of Marigolds
I listened to the audio / no MMPB / Paperback; A Fall of Marigolds - 370 p
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 285 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Task 30.1 – Mazza1 – A Night At the PromsREQUIRED: One from “A” and one from “B”
Option A b)– Author shares initials with John Cage - J C
Jennifer Chiaverini / The Women's March
I listened to the audio / no MMPB / paperback; The Women's March – 448 p
Option B a) – Title word matches exactly word from lyrics:
And did those feet in ancient TIME
Once Upon a TIME in Rio
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 315 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - Moving through the 90s
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in either California or Massachusetts. I chose California and read Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle (Setting is San Francisco, listed in Goodreads description).
Total points so far: 345
Task 30.5 - Aprilleigh’s Task: A Good DecadeOption A: Biology and Medicine (nonfiction)
Read a book from my list of popular biology books.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 450 pages) [394.1]
Option B: Other Sciences (nonfiction)
Read a book from my list of popular science books.
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (1999) by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 336 pages) [976.413]
155 + 30 = 185
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 155 + 30 = 185
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,301
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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25.5 - Andy P's task: Remember Alphabetical Order?
The objective of the task is to pair two authors whose initials put together will form a letter sequence in alphabetical order.
This is a two book task. The total combined number of pages must exceed 500 pages.
Book 1: Recursion by Blake Crouch
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 336 pages.
Book 2: Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The papaerback has 238 pages.
Blake Crouch Edwidge Danticat forms BCDE
574 total pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 185