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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Brooklyn 5.7 – Jurassic Park
Read a book from the “I Saw the Movie and Read the Book” listopia
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Found on pg. 10
Points this post: 5
Total points: 235/905
Tasks completed: 17/54
Books read: 17
Brooklyn 5.9 – Toy Stories
Read a book with the word “STORY” or “STORIES” in the title/subtitle
Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs—A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder by Ben Mezrich
Points this post: 5
Total points: 240/905
Tasks completed: 18/54
Books read: 18
Brooklyn 5.10 – Aladdin
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC requirements
Golden in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 245/905
Tasks completed: 19/54
Books read: 19
DeborahPost #18
25.2 - Amy FL's task: Parenthood
1) Read a book by a single MALE author that is #2 in a series.
Spiral (Ring #2) by Kōji Suzuki
2)
The Thief of Always Cat on coverAR Bookfinder: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6.0
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 22
Tasks Done: 18
Jasmiina F25.2 - Amy FL's task: Parenthood:
Option 1: Read a book by a single MALE author that is #2 in a series:
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK:
Metsäjätti by Miika Nousiainen.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
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BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Amy B30.6 - 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/
The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan (The)
Book 2: Read a book with the word spelled from Book 1 in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly.
The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 535 Points
Joanne MI15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Shadow of a Dark Queen-MPG Magic/Published 1994
Approved in Help thread #5
Points this task 15
Total Points 235
BB's 2
Delicious DeeWithdrawing Tasking 5.5 (post 860) to switch up books
Delicious DeeRepost with book switch
5.5 - Thelma & Louise
Manners & Mutiny
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 150 (no point change from post 860)
Delicious Dee15.10 - The Streak
Waistcoats & Weaponry - #3 in the Finishing School series
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 415
Task 20.5 - Epic Mapsoption 5: building with a door on the cover
Snuff
verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
IL: UY
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795 points
6 BB tix
6 GO tix
Elinaly20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 3:
Read a book with a 4+ letter word in the TITLE that can be made from the letters in ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO.
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
(BONE)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Kim O20.9 - 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: SWEETIE PETEY, BOOPINATOR, or MRS PEEBODY.
Dracula (MRS PEEBODY)
Golden Oldie -- first published May 26th 1897
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 125
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
Angela IL25.5 - Andy P's Remember Alphabetical Order?
The objective is to pair two authors whose initials, when put together, will form a letter sequence in alphabetical order. The combined page total of both books must be at least 501 pages
Book 1: Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins-10/22 (448 pgs)
Book 2: In One Person by John Irving-11/6 (425 pgs)
Letter sequence HIJK
Page total 873
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 13/54
BB Ticket: 2
Mod
15.4 - Supersize Me
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
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.
(KM found in DrinK and McDonalds)
AND
book must be at least 500 pages.
560 pages
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear. Kate Moore. 11.7.21
Points this task: 15
Total points: 715/905
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15.7 - Google ItA book with a word in the title that contains at least two sets of identical letters: Yours Cheerfully by A.J. Pearce
Cheerfully - EE, LL
Points this post: 15
Total points: 540
Julia10320.2 - Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to India
Death in Kashmir by M.M. Kaye
(location verified in task help thread post #28)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 640
BB: 5
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 48
Mod
15.1 - Win or Lose
Book 1: Read a book with WIN found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
Christmas in Winter Hill. Melody Carlson. 9.13.21
Book 2: Read a book with LOSE found intact in the book's title/subtitle.
Closer to Home. Mercedes Lackey. 11.7.21
Points this task: 15
Total points: 730/905
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15.8 - Beanie BabiesRead a book with one of the animals mentioned (frog, pig, dog, orca, whale, moose, platypus, bear, lobster) on the cover. I used FROG
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches
****Claiming Golden Oldies Ticket, First published January 1, 1867*****
New Points: 15
Total Points: 465
BB: 3
GO: 5
30.4 - Sandy's task: Dinosaur Operas!Book 1 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle that can be made from DINOSAUR OPERAS.
I used the word RUINS
A God in Ruins 395 pages
Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS.
I read ebook version of Healthy as F*ck: The Habits You Need to Get Lean, Stay Healthy, and Kick Ass at Life by Oonagh Duncan288 pages
Tis was a Non-fiction book
Total pages 683
New points: 30
Total points: 495
BB: 3
GO: 5
Laurah3030.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week
opt 3 - Read a book where all the letters GRACE can be found in the TITLE.
The Purity of Vengeance; 528 p
Claiming 1 BB ticket
opt 4- Read a new release, a book first published in 2021 or an ARC of a planned 2022 book.
Exponential: How the next digital revolution will rewire life on Earth pub 2021
Points this post: 25
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 18
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
15.4 - Supersize Me:I read Ice Station by Matthew Reilly.
This satisfies option 2. The authors initials can be found in Mcdonald's fRies, and the book has over 500 pages (513).
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 35
Tasks completed: 4
10.6 - Rug Rats !Read a book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
Tempting by Crystal Kaswell
niCKelodeon
Points this task: 10
Total points: 130
Chris MD 20.1 Fall Festival Celebration
Option 3: 4+ letter word in the TITLE that can be made from the letters in ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
Saving the Queen by William F. Buckley, Jr.
QUEEN > albuQUErque NEw
Total points: 140
Chris MD 20.3 Happy Anniversary, My Love
Option D: Main character moves to a different country during the book
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Addie is born in France and over the course of the book lives in several different countries before arriving in present-day New York City.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 500 pages. Claiming one Big Book ticket.
Total points: 160
Chris MD 20.4 Moving Through the 90s
Option 3: 50% in either California or Massachusetts
Poison Ivy by Cynthia Riggs
The entire book is set on Martha's Vineyard, which is part of Massachusetts.
Total points: 180
Chris MD 20.7 Geocaching Time Again
Option 1: Read a book whose author initials (middle initials can be ignored) can be found in the phrase GEOCACHING.
A Study in Death by Anna Lee Huber
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 336 pages.
Total points: 180
Chris MD 25.2 Parenthood
Option 1: Book by a single MALE author that is #2 in a series
A Gambling Man by David Baldacci
#2 in the Archer series
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 480 pages.
Option 4: Single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK
The Withdrawing Room by Charlotte MacLeod
sChMendrick
I read the Kindle edition but linked to the MMP
Total points: 205
Chris MD 25.3 No More Jockeys
Option 1: Read a book with a job in the title or subtitle.
Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James
Option 2: Published in 1999 or earlier
Death of a Macho Man by M.C. Beaton
The book was first published in 1996.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 214 pages.
Total points: 230
FLY Task #5.3 - Men In Black
task: Read a book with a TITLE that appears in black text on the cover
book: Saga, Vol. 3
how it fits:
<-- black titlePoints this post: 5
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 13/54
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
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LAUREN JODI30.4 - Sandy's task: Dinosaur Operas!
Book #1:
16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber
Word: Road - DinOsAuR
Page #: 368
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
Page #240
Total pages: 608
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 650/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 51
Tasks Completed: 38/54
10.9 - The Year of the WomanI read The Lover by Amanda Brookfield.
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 45
Tasks completed: 5
Amber5.9 - Toy Stories
Book with the word "story"or "stories" in the title or subtitle
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey
Total Points: 260
Task - 10.9 - The Year of the Woman - read a book written by a female authorThe book I read was Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Natalie CH25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys
Option 2: pub in or before 1999
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner published in 1971
Option 3: no repeat letters in author name
Zorrie by Laird Hunt
Points this post: 25
Tasks completed: 16
Total Points: 275
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
Option 2: Nightswimming
b. Read a book with a title of at least 2 words where the first letters of each of the words can be found in the word NIGHTSWIMMING
The Ninth Metal by Benjamin Percy NIGHTSWIMMING
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, The Soul Catcher by Alex Kava Main character is Maggie O'Dell, FBI special agent. mystery, thriller MPG
Points this post: 30
Total points: 710
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!**
5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
The Devil in Montmartre: A Mystery in Fin de Siècle Paris, by Gary Inbinder
DVD=the DeVil in montmartre: a mystery in fin De siecle
I listened to the audiobook; pb=352 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 565-5=560
Tasks completed: 34-1=33
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!**
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.
Clutter Rehab: 101 Tips and Tricks to Become an Organization Junkie and Love It! (Organization - OO, AA, NN, II)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 560-15=545
Tasks completed: 33-1=32
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Kathy KS5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
Clutter Rehab: 101 Tips and Tricks to Become an Organization Junkie and Love It!, by Laura Wittmann
DVD=clutter rehab: 101 tips anD tricks to become an organization junkie anD loVe it
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 550
Tasks completed: 33
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Kathy KS15.7 - 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.
Murder On The Ballarat Train (Ballarat - AAA, LL)
I read a large print edition; mmpb=148 p.
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Points for this task: 15
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
Task 10.6 – Rug Rats!Author’s initials in NICKOLODEAN - L D.
Lisa Donovan / Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir
I listened to the audiobook / No MMPB / Paperback: Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir - 304 p
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 395 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
10.4 - Stick 'Em Up!Read a book set at least 50% in Massachusetts, Norway, or Germany.
Norway (listed as setting)
Bad Intentions by Karin Fossum
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 360
15.8 - Beanie BabiesRead a book with one of the animals mentioned (frog, pig, dog, orca, whale, moose, platypus, bear, lobster) on the cover.
Whale:
Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca GiggsTask Total: 15
Season Total: 375
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my BestieOption 2: Nightswimming
b. Read a book with a title of at least 2 words where the first letters of each of the words can be found in the word NIGHTSWIMMING.
NiGHtSWImMING
The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity by George Couros
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.
Private Investigator:
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 405
50.1 - Bucket's task: Reading AdventureOption 3: World Tour
Hop on a plane and see the world! Choose any country you want, outside of the continent where you live. Each country you visit for this option must be on a different continent: https://www.worldometers.info/geograp...
750 Pages: 304 + 342 + 282 = 928 Pages
Book 1: Read a book set in the country you chose.
South Africa, Africa
The Promise by Damon Galgut
Book 2: Read a book set in a different country on a different continent.
Vietnam, Asia
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Book 3: Read a book set in a different country on a third different continent.
Netherlands, Europe
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 455
Mod
15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!
Read a book with a word found on this Onomatopoeia Word List in the title/subtitle. (Ring)
Ring Shout. P. Djèlí Clark. 11.8.21
Points this task: 15
Total points: 745/905
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5.6 – The Sixth Sense
Read a book by an author who uses initial(s) in the first name position
Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 230/905
Tasks completed: 16/54
Books read: 16