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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic MapsOption 4: Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
🎃 author's initials (DS) in DESERT 🎃
Total points: 20 + 20 = 40
5.7 - Jurassic ParkRead a book from this list I Saw the Movie and Read the Book
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Audiobook
Page 1 #5
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
Claiming 2 BB Tickets
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix MMPB 956 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: Birthdays2. With a dog or dogs and, at least, one human companion on cover.
Approved in message 9 of the help thread.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 25
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
5.3 - Men In BlackRead a book with a TITLE that appears in black text on the cover.
The title is simple "A" and it's written in black.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 30
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.8 - Beanie BabiesRead a book with one of the animals mentioned (frog, pig, dog, orca, whale, moose, platypus, bear, lobster) on the cover.
Pig on the cover
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (First Published 1945)
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 45
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
Coralie5.9 Toy Stories
Book with Story in title
Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories
Total to date 35 points
Coralie15.7 Google It
Book with a word in title that contains two sets of identical letters
Killing has 2 I’s and 2 L’s
Killing Grounds
Total to date 50 points
Sally906 Task: 5.4 - 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
Book read: A Dangerous Witch by Debora Geary
How it fits: Paranormal is an embedded MPG x 3 - Paranormal > Witches, Fantasy > Paranormal and Romance > Paranormal Romance.
Approved for length here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Sally906 Task: 10. 1 - Africa in the 1990s
Read a book set at least 50% in a country in Africa. This list African countries and capitals will be used for allowable settings. Countries are listed in post 2 of help thread.
Book read: Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen
How it fits: Over 50% of the story is set in Kenya - Kenya is specified in GR description on MP
Points this task: 10
Total points: 15
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Suzannesea15.10 - The Streak
Read a book that is. . . #6. . . in a series.
The Final Detail by Harlan Coben
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 15
Suzannesea20.1 Most Improved - Valoria's Task: Fall Festival Celebrations
Option 3
Read a book with a 4 letter word in the title that can be made from the letters in ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO.
The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer
My word is Mona.
Albuquerque New MexicO
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 35
Kathy KS20.9 - 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.
Starship Summer, by Eric Brown
EB=mrs peEBody
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 115
Tasks completed: 8
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsRead ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
I read the Kindle edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles (here I have linked to the mass market paperback).
I posted my comments in the discussion thread ( Post #6 ).
I'm claiming a Golden Oldie ticket for this book, first published in 1902.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
5.3 - Men In BlackRead a book with a TITLE that appears in black text on the cover.
I read Fables: Compendium One, where the title is in black text:
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 60
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Coralie5.6 The Sixth Sense
Book by an author who uses initials in the first name place
The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton
Total to date 55 points
10.9 - The Year of the WomanMurder at the Dolphin Hotel (Miss Underhay #1) by Helena Dixon
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 110
Natalie CH15.10 - The Streak
book #2, #3, #6, or #8 in series.
Real Estate by Deborah Levy
This is book #3 in her Living Autobiography series.
Points this post: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Total Points: 20
Natalie CH10.9 - The Year of the Woman
book written by a female author
Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke
Points this post: 10
Tasks completed: 3
Total Points: 30
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.5 I Have a Bad Back, Really!
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry
MPG=Medical
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed:1
Books read: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 Y2K - Time to Panic!
Tequila for Two by Tricia O'Malley
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Tasks completed:2
Books read: 2
trishhartuk25.2 Amy FL's task: Parenthood
Option 2: Read a book with a domestic dog or cat on the cover.
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Option 4: a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
An Artificial Night, Seanan McGuire
Read the kindle edition. PB here
ScheMendrick
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Golden oldies: 1
Nick KY15.2 Supersize! Opt. 2. One Book option.
I read The Mousetrap and Other Plays by Agatha Christie. It meets both criteria:
A – author’s inits n “mCdonAlds”
B – over 500 pp.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Mousetrap and Other Plays at 705 pp.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 40
25.5 - Andy P's task: Remember Alphabetical Order? Two Books.
Author's initials in ABC order.
The Hit by David Baldacci
528 pages for 1 BB point.
I read the ebook, pb is here: The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie.
First published 1936 for 1 GO point.
528 + 252 = 780 pages
Points: 25
Total Points: 80
GO Points: 2
BB Points: 1
trishhartuk5.1 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Read a book that is a prequel or fill-in in a series that is numbered with a #0 or a decimal.
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome (Lock In #0.5), John Scalzi
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Golden oldies: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.5 - Thelma & Louise
Read a book with an ampersand "&" in the title
Fox & I by Catherine Raven
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
trishhartuk5.3 Men In Black
Read a book with a TITLE that appears in black text on the cover.
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: I'm asking the librarians about that - all the other editions of Beowulf seem to have a first published date of 900, but this particular translation doesn't for some reason. For now, I'm not claiming one, but I may if the issue gets sorted.
Big book: No
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 4
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 0
15.3 - The Boy Who LivedI did Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements; Read a book with the MPG Magic or Witches and Read a book first published in the 1990s
I listened to an audio version of Sandry's Book
first published in 1997
This has an MPG of Childrens-AR information is UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
New Points: 15
Total Points: 50
Laurah3020.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
opt 3 Read a book where all the letters FLYOVER can be found in the Title/Subtitle and/or Author's name.
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
FLYOVER can be found in title/subtitle.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Task 5.5 - Thelma & Louiseread a book with & in the title
Martha, Jack & Shanco
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125 points
2 GO tix
Mod
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2: Twins (Bessie and Roland)
Nothing to See Here. Kevin Wilson
Points this task: 20
Total points: 35
2/54
Mod
10.10 - Which Way?
Read a book with East, West, North or South found intact in its title
South of the Buttonwood Tree. Heather Webber
Points this task: 10
Total points: 45
3/54
Kathy KS20.5 - 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.
Shadow and the Gunner, by Don Schellie
DS=DeSert
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 135
Tasks completed: 9
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Task 25.2 - ParenthoodOption 2: Read a book with a domestic dog or cat on the cover. These are to be house pets, so no wolves, tigers, etc.
The Dalai Lama's Cat (The Dalai Lama's Cat #1) (2012) by David Michie (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 217 pages)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK.
horton that schMedRick
The Hundred-Year House (2014) by Rebecca Makkai (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 338 pages)
00 + 25 = 25
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 00 + 25 = 25
Books read: 02
Pages read: 555
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
MARGO15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!
chosen word = CREAK
The Creak on the Stairs
Posted PB but read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
5.6 - The Sixth SenseRead a book written by an author who uses initial(s) in the first name position.
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
5.7 - Jurassic Park Read a book from this list I Saw the Movie and Read the Book
Page 8
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90sOption 2: Twins - Both main characters are twins.
Read a book with a main character who is a twin.
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Epic Maps
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in DESERT. I read The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
Total points so far: 35
15.5 - The MacarenaA book set in Latin America: Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez, set in the Dominican Republic
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
C - Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in LOVES TO READ.
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
TOTAL TO DATE
65 points
1 golden oldie
2 big book
Sara G20.1 - 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. Middle initials can be ignored.
In the Woods by Tana French
OKTOBERFEST
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 566 pages.
**In the Woods is a Big Book (566 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Katrisa15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
Opt 1
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Magic or Witches. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
I just went with Harry Potter and read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - has mpg magic (also has an mpg childrens - MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0)
Book 2: Read a book first published in the 1990s (1990-1999, inclusive).
and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets published 1998 (has an mpg childrens - MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0)
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 65
Katrisa5.9 - Toy Stories
Read a book with the word "story"or "stories" in the title or subtitle.
I read How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories - stories in title
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 70
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 4: Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Found on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40/905
Tasks completed: 3/52
Books read: 3
Mary P20.3 - 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.
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Points this task: 20
Total points: 35
LAUREN JODI20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2: Twins
Child's Play by Angela Marsons
Required: The protagonist, DI Kim Stone, had a twin brother, Mikey, who died when they were 6.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100/905
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9/54
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Task # 10.6 - Rug Rats!
Read a book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON
Trace Elements by Donna Leon
NICKELODEON
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55