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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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5.8 - TwisterMidnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar
DVD found in miDnight in eVerwooD
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 805
HanneloreTask 15.7 - 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.
Book: Maar dat mag je niet zeggen
How it fits: The word 'zeggen' (dutch for 'to say') has two G's and two E's.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 13
BB tickets:
(2) 500+
(2) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
Elinaly20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps
Option 4: Deserts
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in DESERT.
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(T and R are in DESERT, this author is approved here)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Task 25.2 - Parenthoodoption 1: #2 in series, male author
Ex-Patriots by Peter Clines
option 4: author initials in SCHMENDRICK
The Liar by Steve Cavanagh
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640 points
5 BB tix
6 GO tix
Jasmiina F15.10 - The Streak:
Read a book that is #2, #3, #6, or #8 in a series:
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett.
#6 in a series.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
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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5.9 - Toy Stories
story in subtitle: Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine by Sarah Lohman
total = 95
CEELEETask 30.1 A Night At The Proms
Two Book Task: one from Both A and B options
To celebrate the return of the Proms Concerts this year at the Royal Albert Hall, read a book from both
options A: The Proms Series and B The Last Night
A: The Prom Series
I chose task c: To celebrate Henry Wood who conducted the Prom Concerts for 40 years,, read a book with the word Henry or Wood in the title.
I read THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert
The Hazel Wood
The name "Wood" appears stand alone in the title.
Normally, I don't read fantasy novels, but the book fit the task. I admit I liked it pretty well but was surprised how many of the apparently younger readers fiercely disliked it I think it is becuase some things have been pounded in their brains by social media and they don't undersstand the true meaning of some topics. Some of their reviews were pretty brutal. It was violent but I still liked it.
B: The Last Night
I chose option c: The Sailor's Hornpipe
The song is played to encourage the audience to get up and dance! How fun! Read a book with a full pair of legs on the cover.
I read RAVEN STOLE THE MOON by Garth Stein.
Raven Stole the Moon
The woman on the cover is Jenna and she is in Alaska to find the answers to her son's death. She is wearing boots and pants and her legs are visible to her thighs.
I really liked this book. It is based on an Alaskan Native American Indian folktale. Lots of mystery, fantasy, romance and requires tissues. Beautiful writing! This is actually Stein's first novel before The At Of Racing In The Rain..
Personal Note I am not as familiar with the traditional Proms but I know the Electric Proms quite well as I was working and in attendance for Neil Diamond's Electric Prom Night several years ago. :)
Total Points for Task 30
Total Books Read for Task: 2
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Point for Fall Challenge 2021: 35
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2021: 2
Total books Read for Fall Challenge 2021: 3
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2021: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2021: 0
Amy B15.9 - 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).
Bewilderment by Richard Powers (Richard Burke)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 410 Points
SandyL5.9 - Toy Stories
Read a book with the word "story" in the title
Love Story by Erich Segal
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 375
Big Books Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 33
SandyL15.1 - Win or Lose
Book 1: Read a book with WIN found intact in the book's title
Wild Wind by Kristen Ashley
wild WINd
Book 2: Read a book with LOSE found intact in the book's title
Hold Me Close by Rosalind James
hold me cLOSE
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 390
Big Books Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 35
SandyL15.4 - Supersize Me
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book written by an author whose initials are found in FRIES
Unspoken Vow by Eden Finley
FriEs
Book 2: Read a book with at least 500 pages
All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata
570 pages ***requesting Big Book Ticket***
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 405
Big Books Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 37
SandyL20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2: Read a book with a main character who is a twin
Misadventures with a Twin by Elizabeth Hayley
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 425
Big Books Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 38
Andy P.Task # 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.
Tahoe Skydrop by Todd Borg
OKTOBERFEST
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550
SandyL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 2: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in MRS PEEBODY.
Protecting My Heart by Melanie Shawn
MrS peebody
ebook approved for length Msg 8358
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 445
Big Books Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 39
SandyL25.2 - Amy FL's task: Parenthood
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of Sports
Trying to Score by Toni Aleo
**576 pages - Requesting Big Book Ticket***
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
Creed by Kristen Ashley
horton thAt schmendricK
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 470
Big Books Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 41
SandyL25.4 - Cat's task: Britpop Books
Option Two
Best Friends Don't Kiss by Max Monroe
Word: Don't Album/Song: Morning Glory/Don't Look Back in Anger
The Wrong Billionaire's Bed by Jessica Clare
Word: Bed Album/Song: Different Class/Live Bed Show
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 495
Big Books Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 43
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25.4 - Cat's task: Britpop Books
Option Two: Pick two different albums and tracks. For each track read a book whose title or subtitle contains a word of at least four letters from the track title. Words must match exactly.
Book 1: (What's the Story) Morning Glory by Oasis (1995)
Roll With It
With the Fire on High. Elizabeth Acevedo. 9.19.21
Book 2: Different Class by Pulp (1995)
Common People
People of the Book. Geraldine Brooks. 10.27.21
Points this task: 25
Total points: 620/905
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20.5 - Bigger is BetterI chose Option 4: Deserts
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in DESERT.
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
deSerT
Points this task: 20
Total points: 115
MEGSCL5.2 - Titanic
The Last Anniversary (>115,000 ratings)
TOTAL TO DATE
815 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
Katrisa5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
I read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
DVD - narratiVe of the life of freDerick Douglass
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 760
Katrisa10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
Read a book with a main page genre of Medicine or Medical
I read Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries. It has both medical and medicine on main page
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 770
Katrisa15.4 - Supersize Me
Opt 2
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. and book must be 500+ pages
I read The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick
MAC - MCdonAlds
I listened to the audio the paperback is 630 pages (no MMPB)
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 785
Katrisa20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 1: Read a book with an author (one of multiple is okay) named Mike or Michael.
I read This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 805
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5.3 - Men In Black
Read a book with a TITLE that appears in black text on the cover.
. The Seed Keeper. Diane WilsonPoints this task: 5
Total points: 625/905
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Katrisa30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Opt 1 One A and one B book
A.a. - Read a book with an MPG of Classics OR Music.
I read Timequake with MPG classics
B.c. - Read a book with AT LEAST One pair of Human Legs on the cover
I read The Body Reader
I had this book approved in the help thread
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 835
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10.9 - The Year of the Woman
Read a book written by a female author.
Twelve Days of Christmas. Debbie Macomber. 10.27.21
Points this task: 10
Total points: 635/905
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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 i.e. ABCD HIJK.
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum Audiobook
The Girl Next Door PB 370 Pages
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo Audiobook
Summer Sons PB 384 Pages
Letters are JKLM
370 + 384 = 754 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 340
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
Katrisa50.1 - Bucket's task: Reading Adventure
Option 3: World Tour
My home continent is N. America
Book 1: Read a book set in the country you chose.
I read By Night in Chile. Set in Chile/S. America
My book was audio paperback pages 118
Book 2: Read a book set in a different country on a different continent.
I read Force of Nature set in Australia/Oceania
My book was audio paperback pages 377
Book 3: Read a book set in a different country on a third different continent.
I read Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art set in Japan/Asia
My book was audio paperback pages 305
118+377+305=800 pages
Points this Post: 50
Points Total: 885
Coralie50.1 Reading Adventure
Option 3 World Tour (also works for option 2)
Book 1 set in Turkey, Asia
The Janissary Tree 332p
Book 2 set in USA, North America
Jolene 320p
Book 3 set in the UK, Europe
Red Bones 416p
I live in Australia.
Total to date 480 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Cat's task: Britpop Books
Option 2:
Book 1: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Album: Different Class
Song: Common PEOPLE
Book 2: Nose Down, Eyes Up by Merrill Markoe
Album: OK Computer
Song: Let DOWN
Points this post: 25
Total points: 685/905
Tasks completed: 44/54
Books read: 57
EMurphy25.5 Andy P's Task: Remember Alphabetical Order? Two books that the author's initials put together will form a letter sequence in alphabetical order
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
*368 pages
Girl A by Abigail Dean
*352 pages
CB and AD go together to form ABCD
*368+352=720 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 240
Books Read: 17
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
Tasks Completed: 9
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10.1 - Africa in the 1990s
Set in Zambia: The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness by Delia Owens
total = 105
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10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
title initial letters IRBR: I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
I read the kindle edition
total = 115
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10.6 - Rug Rats!
author initials KE: Spiraled by Kendra Elliot
I read the kindle edition
total = 135
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10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
two in title: Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha
total = 145
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10.8 - Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
Come from 3. "Come as You Are": When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash
total = 155
Kristina Marie25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Read two books from two different options.
Option 2: Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
Audiobook. The MMPB has 576 pages. I am not claiming a Big Book ticket.
The cover shows the Hulu sticker. I cannot post an outside link to the show's page.
Optional: I have yet to see the show.
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Audiobook. The MMPB has 624 pages. I am not claiming a Big Book ticket.
MPG: Science Fiction
Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
JEN B25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 4: Doug & The Secret World of Alex Mack - Read a book with the main character's name in the title.
The Truth About Melody Browne by Lisa Jewell
Melody Browne is the main character
Option 6: Legends of the Hidden Temple - Read 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.
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
T in The
N in Hidden
S and D in Legends
TOTAL POINTS: 140
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 2: Read a book by a single author where all of the author's initials can be found in one of the following: MRS PEEBODY.
The Light of Paris. Eleanor Brown. 10.28.21
Points this task: 20
Total points: 655/905
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LAUREN JODI20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 2: Author initials in BOOPINATOR
Cold Wicked Lies by Toni Anderson
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 525/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 41
Tasks Completed: 32/54
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Challenge 30.2 Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week
Option 3: A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story by Jeremy Grimaldi
Option 4: Wildlife, Warrants, & Weapons by Tonya Kappes
Points this post: 30
Total points: 660/905
Tasks completed: 43/54
Books read: 55