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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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MEGSCL15.9 - I’ll Be There for You
Jane in Love by Rachel Givney (Rachel Green)
TOTAL TO DATE
835 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
MEGSCL10.10 - Which Way?
The Murders of Molly Southbourne
TOTAL TO DATE
845 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
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5.9 - Toy Stories
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
TOTAL TO DATE
840 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
MEGSCL5.9 - Toy Stories
First Person Singular: Stories
TOTAL TO DATE
845 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
Task 20.5 – Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps Book chosen: No One Ever Asked
Fits task: Ever initial of the title (N, O, E, A) can be found in MOUNTAIN RANGE
Format read: audio
# of pages: 352 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 320 points
MEGSCL15.5 - The Macarena
Things We Lost in the Fire (set in Argentina)
TOTAL TO DATE
860 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
Task 20.10 – Group Reads Book chosen: Anxious People
Fits task: Fiction - Locked Room Mystery Group Read
Format read: audio
# of pages: 352 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 340 points
MEGSCL10.3 - Just Like Me.
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here - mpg science
TOTAL TO DATE
870 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle. I read Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green (D in and, V in love, D in murder).
Total points so far: 430
Task 30.2 – Group Reads Book 1 chosen: Option 2: Beneath the Darkening Sky
Fits task: MPG War
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 239 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 3: The Face of a Stranger
Fits task: GRACE found in the title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 352 (printed edition)
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 370 points
Task 50.1 – Bucket's Reading Adventure DISREGARD ... reposting with link to info regarding the setting of book 1 chosen.Option 2: I live in the U.S. and chose the Atlantic Ocean
Book 1 chosen: Atlantic Ocean: Mountain Man
Fits task: Set in Canada and borders the Atlantic Ocean
Format read: audio
# of pages: 514 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Fits task: Set in the U.K. and also borders the Atlantic Ocean
Format read: audio
# of pages: 1796 (printed edition)
Book 3 chosen: The Man Who Spoke Snakish
Fits task: Set in Estonia and also borders the Atlantic Ocean
Format read: audio
# of pages: 442 (printed edition)
Total number of pages: 514 + 1796 + 442 = 2752
Points this post: 50 points
Total points to date: 420 points
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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 Wilson
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5.10 - Aladdin
Read any book
The Seed Keeper. Diane Wilson
Points this task: 5
Total points: 665/905
40/54
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10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
Read a book with the numeral 2, the Roman numeral II or the word "two" in the title or subtitle.
One Two Three. Laurie Frankel
Points this task: 10
Total points: 675/905
41/54
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I listened to the audible version of
- the black title is in the pink band. For page purposes, MMPB version is Witness in Deathtotal points: 835
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I listened to the audio version of The Children's Blizzard, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
Title initials, TCB, found in irraTional exuBeranCe.
total points: 850
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I read Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories.
Word "you" in title matches song title Come as You Are.
total points: 860
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I read Eastern Standard Tribe - "East" found intact in Eastern.
total points: 870
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I read
, with a frog on the cover.total points: 885
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I chose option 4 and read Twelve Fair Kingdoms by Suzette Haden Elgin.
Author's first and last initials, SE, found in dESert.
total points: 905
Readerboard name - JLRN20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Read 1 book that fits one of the options below.
Option 1: Read a book written by an author with first and last initials that can be found in OKTOBERFEST.
Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley (240pgs)
[Initials BR - OCTOBERFEST]
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Points this task: 20 | Total Points: 255 | Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total BB tickets: (2) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word is found in the phrase INTERNATIONAL NACHO DAY.
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (446pgs)
[First Letters - AEITA; INTERNATIONAL NACHO DAY]
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) are the same.
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson (352pgs)
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Points this task: 25 | Total Points: 280 | Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total BB tickets: (2) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Kristen IA15.7 - 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.
The Best Polish Restaurant in Buffalo by William Kowalski (Restaurant - RR, AA, TT)
I listened to the audiobook and linked the PB edition
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 50/905
Tasks Completed: 6/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA15.9 - 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).
Savage Appetites: True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
I listened to the audiobook and linked the PB edition
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 65/905
Tasks Completed: 7/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
This is a one book task. Read 1 book that fits one of the options below.
Required: State the option when you post.
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.
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
I listened to the audiobook and linked the PB edition
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85/905
Tasks Completed: 8/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Read one book from the following options.
Required: Identify the option.
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in either California or Massachusetts.
Betwixt by Darynda Jones - Massachussetts
I listened to the audiobook and linked the PB edition
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105/905
Tasks Completed: 9/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Lisa MD30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
♫ Option 1- READ TWO books- One from "A. The Proms Series" and the other from "B. The Last Night."
♫ 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 Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Composer: #24 - Leos Janacek - Shared Initials L J
416 pages
♫ B. The Last Night
b) Read a book set in Great Britain (more than 70% GB setting) this includes England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland
🍁Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Setting: London
496 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 365/905
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 22/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Task:25.4 - Cat's task: Britpop BooksOption: 2 (different albums, word of at least four letters from the track title)
Book read:A Little Happier: Notes for reassurance by Derren Brown
Required: Album: OK computer, Song:Fitter Happier, Word matched: Happier
Book read:Come Back For Me by Heidi Perks
Required: Album: (What's the story) Morning Glory, Song: Don't look back in anger, Word matched: Back.
Points this task:25
Total points:245
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:18
Tasks completed:15
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 Buzz, Beep, Squeal!
Whisper My Name by Fern Michaels
Points this post: 15
Total points: 860/905
Tasks completed: 52/54
Books read: 69
Angela IL20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2: Read a book with a main character who is a twin.
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren-11/2
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 12/54
BB Ticket: 2
Sara G30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Option 2 - READ ONE book of over 600 pages that fits an option from both "A. The Proms Series" and "B. The Last Night."
A. The Proms Series
Read a book with an MPG of Classics OR Music. Genres may be stand-alone or embedded.
B. The Last Night
b) Read a book set in Great Britain (more than 70% GB setting) this includes England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Katherine by Anya Seton
MPG Classics > 238 users
Over 70% of this book is set in England.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 640 pages.
**Katherine is a Big Book (640 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 550
15.1 - Win or LoseBook 1: Read a book with WIN found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Read 11/2/21
WINds
Book 2: Read a book with LOSE found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar Read 11/1/21
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 285
Big Books Tickets Claimed: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of "paranormal" or "horror".
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward Read 10/28/21
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 305
Big Books Tickets Claimed: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
Amy FL15.9 - I’ll Be There for You
These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall (Rachel Greene)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 530
Amy FL20.10 - Group Reads
❋ Nonfiction: Disability: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (my review)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550
trishhartuk20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
Option 1: Read a book whose author initials can be found in GEOCACHING.
Murder in the Cookbook Nook, Ellery Adams
gEocAching
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 28
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 1
Amber5.3 - Men In Black
Book with a TITLE that appears in black text
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter SwansonTotal Points: 240
Amber10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
MPG Medicine or Medical
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
Total Points: 250
Amy FL25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
Option 3: The Dead Yard (inTernational nacho DaY)
Option 4: The Push by Ashley Audrain
Points this post: 25
Total points: 575
Amy FL30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week
Option 1: For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing (tueSDay)
Option 2: The Sweetness of Water - approved in msg 23 for MPG Military History > Civil War
Points this post: 30
Total points: 605
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: BirthdaysOption 1. Written by a single author who identifies as a male AND whose first and last initials are TH, in that order.
The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
Total Points: 130
Kristina Marie20.9 - 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: SWEETIE PETEY, BOOPINATOR, or MRS PEEBODY.
Covet by Tracy Wolff
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 896 pages. I am not claiming a Big Book ticket.
Tracy Wolff's initials TW can be found in SWEETIE PETEY.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
ROBIN P20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: Tien's Task - Birthdays
Option 2 - dog and human on cover
It's a Wonderful Woof
Approved in task help thread, message 28
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 460
BB: 1 GO: 2
Kristina Marie10.9 - The Year of the Woman
Read a book written by a female author.
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Aduiobook. The MMPB has 291 pages.
Points this post: 210
Total points: 270
10.4 - Stick 'Em Up!Read a book set at least 50% in Massachusetts, Norway, or Germany
Wolf Among Wolves by Hans Fallada, set 100% in Germany
I'm claiming 2 BB tickets (816 pg) and 1 GO ticket (FP 1937)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 40
Big Book tickets: 6
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Heather KSTask 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.
I read Horrorstör (2 O's, 2 R's)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Amy B20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Read a book from one of following options. The book must be at least 250 pages in length. NO books with the main page genre of “Childrens” or “kids” may be used for this task.
Required: State the option when you post.
Option A: Read a book with a main character who is an active-duty military member or a veteran (any war, any branch of service).
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain (307 pgs)
This task: 20 Points
To date: 495 Points
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: Look Again
how it fits: "Look" in song title "Don't Look Back in Anger" from (What's the Story) Morning Glory by Oasis (1995)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 11/54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
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5.3 - Men In Black
TOTAL TO DATE
820 points
1 golden oldie
5 big book