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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Heather KS Task 20.4 - 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. No other variations are allowed, but the name can be in any position (first, middle, last).
I read You Did It to Me: A Practical Guide to Mercy in Action by Michael E. Gaitley
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Heather KSTask 20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 4: Scarecrow Festival, St. Charles, IL, October 8-10, 2021. I would love to experience a Scarecrow festival, maybe learn how to sculpt them someday! Read a book with a MPG of "paranormal" or "horror".
I read Imaginary Friend
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
ZachFor Task 20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival I chose Option 1: Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest: Read a book written by an author with first and last initials that can be found in OKTOBERFEST and read The Poppy War. The author's initials are RFK all found within OKTOBERFEST.
I will also claim one Big Book Ticket as this book was 530 pages.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 35
BBTs: 2
GOTs: 0
Heather KSTask 10.9 - The Year of the Woman
Read a book written by a female author.
I read The Peaceful Wife by April Cassidy
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal! Onomatopoeia Word List in the title.
"Ring"
Ring In A Teacup by Betty Neels
Points: 15
Total Points: 730
GO Points: 27
BB Points: 6
BUCKET10.9 The Year of the Woman
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
(female author)
Points this post: 10
Points total: 215
BB total: 1
GO total: 5
HanneloreTask 20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Read 1 book that fits one of the options below.
Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of "paranormal" or "horror".
Book: The Sookie Stackhouse Companion
How it fits: The book has an MPG of "Paranormal > Vampires", "Fantasy > Paranormal" as well as "Romance > Paranormal Romance".
Points this task: 20
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 15
BB tickets:
(3) 500+
(2) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
Kristina Marie30.5 - Aprilleigh’s Task: A Good Decade
Pick two options and read one book from each.
Option A: Biology and Medicine (nonfiction)
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. paperback has 261 pages.
Found on her list.
Option C: Fiction with a Science Component
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Audiobook. The MMPB has 324 pages.
Found on her list.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 240
Andy P.Task # 20.3 - 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
Blackout by David Rosenfelt
LOVES TOREAD
274 pages>250 requirement
Points this post: 20
Total points: 600
5.8 - TwisterDante DiVe
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Post Total: 5
Season Total: 325
20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!Option 4: Scarecrow Festival, St. Charles, IL, October 8-10, 2021. I would love to experience a Scarecrow festival, maybe learn how to sculpt them someday! Read a book with a MPG of "paranormal" or "horror".
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 345
Congratulations, Dlmrose! You will have a 30-point task in the Winter 2021 Challenge.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to India Set in India by an author born in India.
Death in Kashmir by M.M. Kaye
Approved Help thread #28.
Points: 20
Total Points: 750
GO Points: 27
BB Points: 6
Sue T10.6 - Rug Rats!
Book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON
The Passing Storm by Christine Nolfi
NIckelodeon
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 65/905
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Shawn H.5.10 - Aladdin
Book of Choice
I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir by Val Kilmer
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 70
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Ticket Books: 1
Shawn H.30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week
Option 2 - main page genre that includes the word War or Wars
Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice. by Chris Wallace
**War in 2 of 5 top Genres**
Option 4 - First published in 2021
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope by Carmelo Anthony
***First published 9/14/21***
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 100
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Ticket Books: 1
Heather KSTask 5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
I read My So-Called Life as a Submissive Wife: A One-Year Experiment...and Its Liberating Results
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
Kristen IA5.4 - Ghost
Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Bewitched by Darynda Jones
I listened to the audiobook. I linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/905
Tasks Completed: 1/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA5.5 - Thelma & Louise
Read a book with an ampersand "&" in the title or subtitle.
The Secret, Book, & Scone Society by Ellery Adams
I listened to the audiobook. I linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10/905
Tasks Completed: 2/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA5.7 - Jurassic Park
Read a book from this list I Saw the Movie and Read the Book
84, Charing Cross Road
Required: State the page - page 4, #366
I listened to the audiobook. I linked to the MMPB edition.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15/905
Tasks Completed: 3/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
Read a book with the numeral 2, the Roman numeral II or the word "two" in the title or subtitle.
Saga, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
I read the ebook. I linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25/905
Tasks Completed: 4/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA10.8 - Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
Read a book with a word of at least three letters from the track titles on Nevermind in the title of the book (not subtitle). Words must match exactly - no variations.
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han (the word is "You")
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 35/905
Tasks Completed: 5/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Amy B30.4 - Sandy's task: Dinosaur Operas!
For this task, you will read 2 books. At least one of those books must be nonfiction.
No books with the main page genres Childrens or Kids may be used. The combined number of pages of both books must be at least 600 . REQUIRED: Indicate in your post which book is nonfiction.
Book 1 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from DINOSAUR OPERAS.
Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson (non-fiction) - 368 pgs - DONE
Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS. Letters may be used only as often as found in the target phrase.
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle - 255 pgs
This Task: 30 points
To Date: 460 Points
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 Google It
Blossoms, Barbeque, & Blackmail (A Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery), #20 by Tonya Kappes
Blossoms: 2S 2O
Points this post: 15
Total points: 755/905
Tasks completed: 47/54
Books read: 62
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to India
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi
Takes place in Jaipur, India
Author born in Jodhpur, India
384 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 775/905
Tasks completed: 48/54
Books read: 63
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps
Option 5:
by Elly GriffithsPoints this post: 20
Total points: 795/905
Tasks completed: 49/54
Books read: 64
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Andy P's task: Remember Alphabetical Order?
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths
384 pages
The Baddest Girl on the Planet by Heather Frese
250 pages
Total pages: 634 pages
Letters: EFGH
Points this post: 25
Total points: 820/905
Tasks completed: 50/54
Books read: 66
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.6 SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
Option 2: Siri, Who Am I? by Sam Tschida
Option 3: The Night Hawk by Elly Griffiths
Points this post: 25
Total points: 845/905
Tasks completed: 51/54
Books read: 68
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey Option 2: Author's initials in MRS PEEBODY.
The Four Graces by D.E. Stevenson.
Published 1946 for 1 Golden Oldie.
Points: 20
Total Points: 770
GO Points: 28
BB Points: 6
Amy B15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!
Read a book with a word found on this Onomatopoeia Word List in the title/subtitle.
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (Ring)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 475 Points
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my BestieOption 2: a. Read a book with an author whose initials are some combination of R.E.M. You must use at least 2 of the letters
I read ebook version of I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
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, detective, or private eye.
Bitter Medicine
New Points: 30
Total Points: 420
BB: 3
GO: 3
Readerboard name - JLRN50.1 (Option 2) - Bucket's task: Reading Adventure
Choose one option and take a trip to three different countries through reading.
Option 2 - Choose an ocean to explore. Then choose a country that borders that ocean*. Countries that border 2 or more oceans can be used for either ocean.
Country I Live In - USA
Chosen Ocean - Atlantic Ocean
#1 - Northern Spy by Flynn Berry (288pgs)
Country - Northern Ireland
#2 - The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion (560pgs)
Country - Poland
#3 - A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell (352pgs)
Country - France
***CLAIMING 1 BB 500+ TICKET for The Light of Days (560pgs)***
How this meets the task requirements: Poland is on the coast of the Baltic Sea, which empties into the North Sea and then the Atlantic Ocean. France and Northern Ireland both border the Atlantic as well.
Total pages: 1200 (>750 requirement)
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Points this task: 50
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total BB tickets:
(1) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices and participate in the book's discussion thread.
Anxious People by Frederik Backman (341pgs)
My Group Discussion participation
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Points this task: 20
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total BB tickets:
(1) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
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5.2 - Titanic Titanic became the highest grossing film of the 90's. Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
I read The Beautiful Mystery which had 57,965 ratings as of 10/26
points: 175
books read: 14
tasks completed: 11
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 1
pages read: 4953
Suzannesea20.4 -Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving Through the 90s
Option 3
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand is set in Massachusetts.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 520
Task 20.8 - Birthdaysoption 2: dog and human on cover
The Bright Side of Going Dark
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710 points
6 GO tix
6 BB tix
BUCKET20.5 Sarah E’s Task: Epic Maps
Option 5: Cities/Towns/Castles
My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates
(building with door on cover)
**BIG BOOK: 576 pages.**
Points this post: 20
Points total: 235
BB total: 2
GO total: 5
Readerboard name - JLRN30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week
Option 3 : Read a book where all the letters GRACE can be found in the TITLE.
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (320pgs)
Option 4: Read a new release, a book first published in 2021
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (301pgs)
[Published March 2nd 2021 by Park Row}
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Points this task: 30
Total Points: 100
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total BB tickets:
(1) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
This is a two book task. Choose two different options from options 1–4.
Option 1: Road Trip!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these four states (California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah).
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (464 pages)
[Setting - California]
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.
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse (390pgs)
[Detective Elin Warner]
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Points this task: 30
Total Points: 130
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total BB tickets:
(1) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN25.1 - 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.
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder (288pgs)
[The inspiration for Chloé Zhao's 2020 Golden Lion award-winning film starring Frances McDormand.]
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (304pgs)
[MPG Science Fiction]
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Points this task: 25
Total Points: 155
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total BB tickets:
(1) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN25.2 - Amy FL's task: Parenthood
Read 2 books from 2 different options.
Option 2: read a book with a domestic dog or cat on the cover.
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (336pgs)Option 4: read a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
Don't Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt (306 pages)
[Initials - DR; HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK]
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Points this task: 25
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total BB tickets:
(1) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys
Pick two options below, and read one book for each option.
Option 1: Read a book with a job in the title or subtitle.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (314pgs)
Option 2: Read a book first published in 1999 or earlier.
Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult (502pgs)
[First published in 1999]
***CLAIMING 1 BB TICKET for Keeping Faith (502pgs)***
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Points this task: 25
Total Points: 205
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total BB tickets:
(2) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option 1- READ TWO books- One from A and the other from B.
A. The Proms Series
b) Read a book by a single author who shares first and last initials with one of the 50 greatest composers of all time.
The Lying Game by Sara Shepard (307pgs)
[♫ Composer - Stephen Sondheim (SS) (#43 on the list)]
B. The Last Night
a) Read a book which has a word of 4 or more letters in the TITLE (not in a subtitle) from the lyrics of Jerusalem.
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain (370pgs)
[♫ Lyrics - ... Among these dark Satanic Mills ...]
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Points this task: 30
Total Points: 235
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total BB tickets:
(2) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Task 5.9 – Toy Stories Book chosen: Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial
Fits task: Story in the title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 410 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 250 points
Task 15.2 – Egg Watch Book 1 chosen: There There
Fits task: at least words in title and all initials found in TAMAGOTCHI
Format read: audio
# of pages: 294 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Fits task: found on page 2 of the list
Format read: audio
# of pages: 335 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 265 points
Task 15.10 – The Streak Book chosen: Vicious Cycle
Fits task: Book 2 in the series
Format read: audio
# of pages: 336 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 280 points
Task 20.4 – Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s Book chosen: The Final Girl Support Group
Fits task: set in Los Angeles (California) - location can be found at https://deadline.com/2021/07/charlize...
Format read: audio
# of pages: 352 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 300 points
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25.5 Andy P's Task: Remember Alphabetical order?
Read two books by authors whose initials form a letter sequence in alphabetical order.
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
ABCD
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 500