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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Nick KY30.6 - TessaVanessa's task: Spelling Bee
For book one, I read House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild. Title initials spell HOT.
For book two, I read Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change by Lisa Palmer.
Matching word is HOT.
Points This Post: 30
Total points so far: 825
Natalie CH25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Option 4: Author initials in GENE RODDENBERRY
Peach Blossom Paradise by Ge Fei
letters G, E are both found in GENE
Option 6: read book with MPG History
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor
Points this post: 25
Tasks completed: 15
Total Points: 270
Natalie CH5.6 - The Sixth Sense
read book with author first name as initials
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
I listened to the unabridged audiobook, mmpb=> 192 p.
Points this post: 5
Tasks completed: 16
Total Points: 275
ROBIN P25.2 - AmyFL's Task:Parenthood
2 books
Option 1 - Male author, #2 in series
A Necessary Evil (Sam Wyndham #2), Abir Mukherjee is male
Option 4 - Author initials in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
8 Faces at 3, author Craig Rice
**Requesting one GO point, 8 Faces at 3 orig pub 1939
Points this post: 25
Total points: 400
BB:1 GO:2
NAVI30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week
Option 1. Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be found in TUESDAY.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
How it fits: "D" and "S" in Tuesday
Option 4. Read a new release, a book first published in 2021 or an ARC of a planned 2022 book.
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
How it fits: first published in 2021
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Lisa MD20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: Birthdays
2. With a dog or dogs and, at least, one human companion on cover.
🍁Brave Love: Making Space For You To Be You by Lisa Leonard
Read ebook. Linked to PB. No MMPB.
256 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 320/905
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 20/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Amber5.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Book that is a prequel or fill-in in a series that is numbered with a #0 or a decimal - this is #0.1 in the Practical Magic series
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Total Points: 210
Big Book Tickets: 9
Amber10.4 - Stick 'Em Up!
Book set at least 50% in Massachusetts, Norway, or Germany - this book takes place more than 50% in Germany, as stated in the description on the Goodreads page
They Went Left by Monica Hesse
Total Points: 220
Big Book Tickets: 9
Katrisa20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Opt C - Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in LOVES TO READ. (250+ pages)
I read Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi
TO - loves TO read
my book was audio - no MMPB top paperback is 312 pages
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 905
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!I chose option C ( Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in LOVES TO READ )
and read Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 by Richard Thompson.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 245
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
15.10 – The StreakSeries # 3 - Riverdale # 3
The Maple Murders -
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 330 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 - Jurassic Park
Read a book from this list I Saw the Movie and Read the Book. I read A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, from page five of the list.
Total Points so far: 420
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!Option B, a book with MPG Food: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
hardcover edition The Kitchen Front 408 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 470
Coralie30.4 Dinosaur Operas!
Book 1 – book with a word in the title that can be made from dInosauR oPEras – PIER
The Road to Wigan Pier
This book is non-fiction
Book 2 – book by an author whose initials can be found in dinosauR opeRas
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Total to date 510 points
Inge20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: Birthdays
option 2
points this task: 20
total points: 100
task completed: 9
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic MapsOption 4: Deserts
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in DESERT.
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Total Points: 110
Amy B10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
Read a book with the numeral 2, the Roman numeral II or the word "two" in the title or subtitle.
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 420 Points
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.7 Jurassic Park
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell
Found on page 12 of list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 690/905
Tasks completed: 45/54
Books read: 58
LAUREN JODI15.9 - I’ll Be There for You
Name: Nora Tyler Bing
Red Lily by Nora Roberts
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 540/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 33/54
Mod
5.9 - Toy Stories
Read a book with the word "story"or "stories" in the title or subtitle.
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip. Matthew Algeo. 10.29.21
Points this task: 5
Total points: 660/905
39/54
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of BaileyOption 2: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Total Points = 90
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.2 - Titanic
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This book has at least 50,000 ratings on GR ( 213,590 ratings at time of posting).
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Malibú renace
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 345 points
Tasks completed: 17
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.5 - Thelma & Louise
Sneakers, Sandals & Stilettoes: Fairy Tales for the Well-Heeled Princess by Natasha Deen
There is an ampersand "&" in the title.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Sneakers, Sandals & Stilettoes: Fairy Tales for the Well-Heeled Princess
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 350 points
Tasks completed: 18
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.10 - Aladdin
Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems by Misha Collins
This is a book of my choice that meets SRC rules.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 355 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.4 - Stick 'Em Up!
A Fatal Vineyard Season by Philip R. Craig
This book is set in Martha Vineyards, Massachusetts.
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 365 points
Tasks completed: 20
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.6 - Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster
Option 3 - FLYOVER can be found in the Title/Subtitle (FL in life; Y in my; O in hooked; VE in saved and R in crafting)
Link to HB edition (no MMP nor PB editions): Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 385 points
Tasks completed: 21
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Amy FL10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
The Book of Lost Names - TBOLN - irraTiONaL exuBerance
Points this post: 10
Total points: 445
Mod
15.1 - Win or Lose
book 1, win intact: City of Windows by Robert Pobi
book 2, lose intact: Everything to Lose by Andrew Gross
total = 190
Mod
15.2 - Egg Watch
book 1, title initials TC: The Catch by Mick Herron
I read the kindle edition.
book 2, from page 3: Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
I read the kindle edition.
total = 205
Mod
15.5 - The Macarena
set in The Bahamas: Journey to the Ragged Islands: Sailing Solo Through The Bahamas by Paul Trammell
I read the kindle edition.
total = 220
Mod
15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!
Whisper in title: Whisper No Lies by Cindy Gerard
I read the kindle edition.
total = 235
Mod
15.8 - Beanie Babies
pig on cover:
The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomerytotal = 265
Amy FL25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 1: Malorie
Option 4: Ginny Moon
Points this post: 25
Total points: 485
Mod
15.9 - I’ll Be There for You
Character Doug: A Dark Matter by Doug Johnstone
I read the kindle edition.
total = 280
Mod
15.10 - The Streak
#6 in series: A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni (Tracy Crosswhite, #6)
I read the kindle edition.
total = 295
Amy FL30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option 1
A, task a: Crescendo: The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town - MPG Music
B, task a: Dark Roads - DARK (Among these dark Satanic Mills?)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 515
Mod
I read Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village.
two D's in murDereD, V in Village.
total points: 730
Mod
I used option 2, the 2 book option.
For my first book, I read The Tomorrow People. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback.
Word "people" in title matches song title Common People from Different Class by pulp.
For my second book, I listened to the audiobook of The Music Shop. The mmpb is Si on dansait....
The word "music" in title matches song Exit Music from OK Computer by Radiohead.
total points: 755
Mod
For my first book, I used option 3 and read The Lincoln Highway.
Title word initials are TLH, found in inTernationaL nacHo day.
For my second book, I used option 4 and read a kindle ARC of The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz, linked to the hardback (no mmpb or pb).
Author initials, LL are the same.
total points: 780
Mod
I live in the United States.
I chose option 2, and decided to cruise the Atlantic.
Book 1 - I read the kindle edition of Whereabouts. The top pb (no MMPB) is Donde me encuentro. Book is set entirely in Italy, has 144 pages.
Book 2 - I read Fight Night, set about 85% in Canada, 336 pages.
Book 3 - I read the kindle edition of A Frightfully English Execution, linked to the pb edition (no MMPB). All but about the introductory 3 or so pages set in London, 368 pages.
Countries: Italy, Canada, England.
total pages: 144 + 336 + 368 = 848 pages
total points: 830
TessaVanessaChallenge 50.1 Bucket's task: Reading Adventure
I live in the United States.
I choose option 1: Road trip
Book 1: The CEO's Christmas Proposition by Merline Lovelace
Set in Germany
192 pages
Book 2: The Heatwave by Kate Riordan
Set in France
375 pages
Book 3: The Dark Angel
Set in Fontana Liri, Italy
384 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 740/905
Tasks completed: 46/54
Books read: 61
25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon NostalgiaOption 1: Are You Afraid of the Dark? Read a book with an MPG of Horror.
Haunted Nights
MPG Horror
Option 5: SpongeBob SquarePants - Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS.
Inseparable by Simone de Beauvoir
SB appears in SpongeBob
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 365
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
EMurphy15.7 Google It - Word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters The Plantation by Chris Kuzneski
*2 "a", 2 "n", 2 "t"
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 255
Books Read: 18
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
Tasks Completed: 10
BUCKET20.4 Fly’s Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 4
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
(#39 on page 1 of the list)
**BIG BOOK: 637 pages.**
Points this post: 20
Points total: 205
BB total: 1
GO total: 5
Amber10.10 - Which Way?
Book with East, West, North or South found intact in its title
Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
Total Points: 230
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15.3 The Boy Who Lived.
Opt. 1. Book 1. “Fantasy>Magic” as GR genre, I read The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune.
Book 2. I read The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert, 1st pub’d 1995.
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