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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Readerboard name - JLRN20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 2: SWEETIE PETEY, BOOPINATOR, or MRS PEEBODY.
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (320pgs)
[Initials:SP; SWEETIE PETEY]
Points this task: 20 | Total Points: 400 | Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total BB tickets: (2) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Bookwrm526Task #30.6 - Spelling Bee
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word in order spells a word or acronym. Ignore subtitles. I read Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid, the first letters of the title words spell HOT.
Book 2: Read a book with the word spelled from Book 1 in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly. I read Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich and Leanne Banks.
Total points so far: 460
Readerboard name - JLRN15.7 - Google It
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters in a single word.
The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris (368pgs)
[Sweetness - EE SS]
Points this task: 15 | Total Points: 415 | Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total BB tickets: (2) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN15.10 - The Streak
Read a book that is #2, #3, #6, or #8 in a series.
Reborn by Meredith Wild
[The Red Ledger #1-3]
Points this task: 15 | Total Points: 430 | Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total BB tickets: (2) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Brooklyn 20.1 – Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 1: Read a book by an author with first and last initials in OKTOBERFEST
The Next Wife by Kaira Rouda
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20/905
Tasks completed: 1/54
Books read: 1
Brooklyn 20.2 – Going Back to India
Read a book set at least 50% in India by an author born in India
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi - 384 pgs
Set in Jaipur, India per GR description; author born in India per bio on GR
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40/905
Tasks completed: 2/54
Books read: 2
Brooklyn 20.3 – Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option B: Read a book with a MPG of food, standalone or embedded
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala - 316 pgs
Verified in help thread (listed in message #2)
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60/905
Tasks completed: 3/54
Books read: 3
Brooklyn 20.4 – Moving Through the 90s
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California or Massachusetts
Fight or Flight by Samantha Young
Over 50% set in Massachusetts (described on book's main page)
Points this post: 80
Total points: 80/905
Tasks completed: 4/54
Books read: 4
Brooklyn 20.5 – Epic Maps
Option 1: Read a book with a 3+ word title where the first letter of each word can be found in MOUNTAIN RANGE
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
Points this post: 100
Total points: 100/905
Tasks completed: 5/54
Books read: 5
Brooklyn 20.6 – Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2: Read a book with a main character who is a twin
The Family Plot by Megan Collins
Main character Dahlia has a twin, as mentioned in the book's description on GR
Points this post: 120
Total points: 120/905
Tasks completed: 6/54
Books read: 6
Brooklyn 20.7 – Geocaching Time Again!
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GEOCACHING
Where I Left Her by Amber Garza
Points this post: 140
Total points: 140/905
Tasks completed: 7/54
Books read: 7
Brooklyn 20.8 – Birthdays
Option 2: Read a book with at least one dog and one human companion on its cover
by Sarah MorgenthalerApproved in help thread (message #24)
Points this post: 160
Total points: 160/905
Tasks completed: 8/54
Books read: 8
Brooklyn 20.9 – In Memory of Bailey
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose complete initials can be found in one of the following: SWEETIE PETEY, BOOPINATOR, or MRS. PEEBODY
Beauty and the Mustache by Penny Reid
PR found in BOOPINATOR
Points this post: 180
Total points: 180/905
Tasks completed: 9/54
Books read: 9
Brooklyn 20.10 – Group Reads
Read and comment on one of the season’s choices
Her Pretty Face by Robyn Harding
My post is #11 in the discussion thread (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points this post: 200
Total points: 200/905
Tasks completed: 10/54
Books read: 10
DeborahPost #16
10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE: OLT
One Last Try
E-Book verification post #8362 approved for length
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 245
Books Read: 19
Tasks Done: 16
Readerboard name - JLRN10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel (388pgs)
[IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE]
Points this task: 10 | Total Points: 440 | Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total BB tickets: (2) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN10.3 - Just Like Me.
Read a nonfiction book with the main page genre Science, Ethics, or Philosophy.
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham (538pgs)
[Genre - Science]
Points this task: 10 | Total Points: 450 | Total Tasks Completed: 20
***CLAIMING 1 BB TICKET (538pgs)***
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN10.4 - Stick 'Em Up!
Read a book set at least 50% in Massachusetts, Norway, or Germany.
The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess (256pgs)
[Setting: Cape Cod, Massachusetts}
Points this task: 10 | Total Points: 460 | Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
Read a book with a main page genre of Medicine or Medical, standalone or embedded.
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris (304pgs)
Points this task: 10 | Total Points: 470 | Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN10.6 - Rug Rats!
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (297pgs)
[NiCkelodeon]
Points this task: 10 | Total Points: 480 | Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN10.9 - The Year of the Woman
Read a book written by a female author.
Broken by Jenny Lawson (285pgs)
Points this task: 10 | Total Points: 490 | Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN5.2 - Titanic
Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (337pgs)
[As of Nov. 6- 697,466 ratings and counting]
Points this task: 5 | Total Points: 495 | Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN5.3 - Men In Black
Read a book with a TITLE that appears in black text on the cover.
If It Bleeds by Steven King
Points this task: 5 | Total Points: 500 | Total Tasks Completed: 26
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN5.4 - Ghost
Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (442pgs)
[Genre for this book has been approved in help thread - message #10]
Points this task: 5 | Total Points: 505 | Total Tasks Completed: 27
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN5.6 - The Sixth Sense
Read a book written by an author who uses initial(s) in the first name position.
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn (455pgs)
Points this task: 5 | Total Points: 510 | Total Tasks Completed: 28
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN5.10 - Aladdin
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Girl Who Lived by Christopher Greyson (297pgs)
Points this task: 5 | Total Points: 515 | Total Tasks Completed: 29
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of BaileyOption 2, a book whose author's initials are found in MRS PEEBODY: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 525
15.5 - The MacarenaThe Anthill by Julianne Pachico
100% Colombia
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 830
LAUREN JODI30.4 - Sandy's task: Dinosaur Operas!
Book #1:
Kitty Raises Hell by Carrie Vaughn
Word: Raises - dInoSAuR OpEraS
Book #2: Non-Fiction
The Girls: An All-American Town, a Predatory Doctor, and the Untold Story of the Gymnasts Who Brought Him Down by Abigail Pesta
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 650/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 51
Tasks Completed: 38/54
Mod
25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys
Option 3: No More Names Without Repeated Letters
The Magical Language of Others. E.J. Koh. 11.6.21
Option 4: Read a book that was adapted into a movie AND that movie won at least 1 Academy Award (Forrest Gump https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/...)
Forrest Gump. Winston Groom. 10.16.21
Points this task: 25
Total points: 700/905
42/54
Task 30.5 - A Good Decadeoption A: from Biology & Medicine list
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
option C: from Fiction with Science list
Unwind
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775 points
6 BB tix
6 GO tix
Julia1035.4 - Ghost
The Lodge of the Lynx (MPG Fantasy>Paranormal)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 620
BB: 5
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 47
Suzannesea20.2 Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to India
Read a book set in India by an author born in India.
Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
389 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 555
15.4 - Supersize MeOption 2: Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
🍁 author's initials (KA) in DRINK and MCDONALD'S 🍁
🍁 528 pages 🍁
Total points: 310 + 15 = 325
DeborahPost #17
15.7 - Google It
Finding His Pack
Finding: ii, nn
E-book approved for length in post #8370
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 20
Tasks Done: 17
Kathy KS30.4 - Sandy's task: Dinosaur Operas!
read 2 books. At least one of those books must be nonfiction... The combined number of pages of both books must be at least 600 .
Book 1 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from DINOSAUR OPERAS.Dear Jane, by Marissa Clarke
Dear=Dinosaur opERAs
I listened to an audio; pb=140 p. (no mmpb)
Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS.
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States, by Daniel Immerwahr (NON-FICTION)
DI=DInosaur
I listened to an audio; pb=516 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket** (516 pages)
Total pages for task: 140+516=656 (>600)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 535
Tasks completed: 33
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Congratulations, Mazza1! You will have a 30-point task in the Winter 2021 Challenge.
Kathy KS30.6 - TessaVanessa's task: Spelling Bee
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word in order spells a word or acronym. Ignore subtitles. The word or acronym must be found on https://www.dictionary.com/
One Perfect Shot: A Posadas County Mystery, by Steven F. Havill (OPS)
Book 2: Read a book with the word spelled from Book 1 in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly. Punctuation is considered to be part of the word for SRC purposes.
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield, by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
(Ops)
I listened to the audio; pb=289 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 565
Tasks completed: 34
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Laurah3025.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
opt 1 - Read a book with an MPG of Horror.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Option 6: 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 Scarlet Letter pub 1850
claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Suzannesea15.7 Google It
Read a book with a word in the title that has at least two sets of identical letters.
The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich
Incredible has two Is and two Es.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 570
ROBIN P25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
2 books
Option 4 - Main character name in title
Lucy Gayheart
**Claiming 1 GO ticket, book 1st published in 1935**
Option 5 - Author initials in SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World - author Benjamin Alire Sáenz
**Claiming 1 BB ticket, book is 516 pages***
Points this post: 25
Total points: 535
BB: 2 GO: 4
Readerboard name - JLRN15.2 - Egg Watch
Read one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words, where the initial letters of each word of the title are found in TAMAGOTCHI.
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon (353pgs)
[Initials: TI ; T AMAGOTCH I]
Book 2: Read a book from the Coming of Age Books list.
Later by Stephen King (248pgs)
[Coming of Age Books - pg 12]
Points this task: 15 | Total Points: 530 | Total Tasks Completed: 30
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Readerboard name - JLRN15.4 - Supersize Me
Option 1: Read one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1: 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.
The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews (448pgs)
[Initials: MKA - MCDONALD'S DRINK]
Book 2: Read a book with at least 500 pages.
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine (560pgs)
Points this task: 15 | Total Points: 545 | Total Tasks Completed: 31
Total BB tickets: (3) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0
Janice CA5.9 - Toy Stories
Title/subtitle contains the word "story".
Finder: The True Story of a Private Investigator by Marilyn Greene
+5
total: 35
tasks: 3
books: 3
Brooklyn 5.1 – 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
The Long and Short of It by Jodi Taylor
Book is an anthology comprised of 8 stories, all numbered with a decimal point
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205/905
Tasks completed: 11/54
Books read: 11
Brooklyn 5.2 – Titanic
Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on Goodreads
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Book has over 161,000 ratings
Points this post: 5
Total points: 210/905
Tasks completed: 12/54
Books read: 12
Brooklyn 5.3 – Men in Black
Read a book with a title that appears in black text on its cover
by L. Alison HellerPoints this post: 5
Total points: 215/905
Tasks completed: 13/54
Books read: 13
Brooklyn 5.4 – Ghost
Read a book with a MPG of Paranormal, standalone or embedded
The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
MPG Fantasy>Paranormal
Points this post: 5
Total points: 220/905
Tasks completed: 14/54
Books read: 14
Brooklyn 5.5 – Thelma & Louise
Read a book with an ampersand in its title/subtitle
His & Hers by Alice Feeney
Points this post: 5
Total points: 225/905
Tasks completed: 15/54
Books read: 15
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
Option 1: "GEOCACHING"
Points this task: 20 | Total Points: 380 | Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total BB tickets: (2) 500+ | (0) 750+ | (0) 1,000+
Total GO tickets: 0