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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - Britpop Books
Option Two - Pick two different albums and tracks. For each track read a book whose title or subtitle contains a word of at least four letters from the track title.
Book 1 - I chose the album Different Class by Pulp, Track 3 "Common People" and read My People the Sioux by Luther Standing Bear (target word people).
Book 2 - I chose What's the Story, Morning Glory by Oasis, Track 6 for which the task states we can use the title "The Swamp Song - Excerpt 1". I read The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang (Target word song).
Total points so far: 485
Kathy KS50.1 - Bucket's task: Reading Adventure
A. 50%+ of the book must take place in the country you use it for.
B. This is a trip away from home. NO books set in the country where you live.
C. The page count of your three books must total at least 750 pages.
My home country/continent: United States of America/North America
Option 2: Cruise - Choose an ocean to explore: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian or Pacific. Then choose a country that borders that ocean*.
CHOSEN OCEAN: Atlantic
Book 1: The Devil in Montmartre: A Mystery in Fin de Siècle Paris, by Gary Inbinder
Setting: France
I listened to the audiobook; pb=352 p. (no mmpb)
Book 2: The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest, by Peter Dickinson
Setting: England, UK
186 pages
Book 3: The Shore Girl, by Fran Kimmel
Setting: Canada
I listend to an audiobook; pb=229 p. (no mmpb)
Total pages: 352+186+229=767 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 615
Tasks completed: 35
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
SandiCompleted Task
15.2 - Egg Watch
Book #1 - Initial letters of book title found in TAMAGOTCHI
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
Book #2 - Book found on Coming of Age listopia. Found on page 6 of list
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 140
Points Earned this Post: 15
Total Points To Date: 155
SandiCompleted Task
15.4 - Supersize Me
Using Option 2 where one book fits both requirements
Author's initials in MCDONALDS FRIES DRINK - SK
Page count of 500+ - MMPB 547 pp
Desperation by Stephen King
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 155
Points Earned this Post: 15
Total Points To Date: 170
SandiCompleted Task
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Using Option 3 where author's first and last name initials can be found in LOVES TO READ - RV
Overworld by Rohan M. Vider
Paperback - 439 pp
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 170
Points Earned this Post: 20
Total Points To Date: 190
SandiCompleted Task
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Using Option 1 where author's name is Michael (one author is fine)
Twister by Michael Crichton and Michael Crichton
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 190
Points Earned this Post: 20
Total Points To Date: 210
SandiCompleted Task
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Using Option 2 where main character is a twin
The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum
As stated in the book description Karena (the mc) has a twin brother, Charles
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 210
Points Earned this Post: 20
Total Points To Date: 230
SandiCompleted Task
15.10 - The Streak
Book that is #2 in series - #2 of Splintered series
Unhinged by A.G. Howard
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 230
Points Earned this Post: 15
Total Points To Date: 245
SandiCompleted Task
25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Book #1 - Using Option 2 where book was made into a movie
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037515/
Book #2 - Using Option 3 where book has a MPG of Science Fiction
Ethereal by Addison Moore
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 245
Points Earned this Post: 15
Total Points To Date: 270
SandiCompleted Task
25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Book #1 - Using Option 2 with domestic dog on cover
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
Book #4 - Using Option 3 where a single author's initials can be found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK - MR
The Mystery of Collinwood by Marilyn Ross
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 270
Points Earned this Post: 25
Total Points To Date: 295
Suzannesea25.6 - SandyL's Task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
Option 3 : October 31 is International Nacho Day
Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser
Initial letters of the title words appear in International Nacho Day.
INTernaTional naCho
Option 4: November 8 is Tongue Twister Day
Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann
Author's initials are SS.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 610
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90sOption 3, a book set in California: The Summer Deal by Jill Shalvis (Wildstone #5)
A description of the series is here Wildstone Series, with reference to the setting in California.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 600
StaceyNC10.6 - Rug Rats!
Read a book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON.
Book: Managed
Completed: 9/14/21
Author: Kristen Callihan
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 10
StaceyNC15.10 - The Streak
Read a book that is #2, #3, #6, or #8 in a series.
Book: Pause
Completed: 10/26/21
Book #2 in the Larsen Brothers series
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 11
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration
Option 1: Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest. Read a book written by an author with first and last initials that can be found in OKTOBERFEST.
Book: Layer by Layer
Completed: 9/20/21
Author: Kaylee Ryan
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 12
StaceyNC20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps
Option 1: Mountain ranges
Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in MOUNTAIN RANGE.
Book: On the Edge
Completed: 10/30/21
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 13
StaceyNC25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
Book: The Kinsman Universe
Completed: 11/10/21
Option 4: Read a book with a single author whose initials (ALL of them) can be found in GENE RODDENBERRY, the creator of Star Trek.
Book: Under Currents
Completed: 9/5/21
Author: Nora Roberts
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 14
StaceyNC25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 1: Are You Afraid of the Dark? Read a book with an MPG of Horror.
Book: House of Hollow
Completed: 10/17/21
Option 4: Doug & The Secret World of Alex Mack - Read a book with the main character's name in the title.
Book: A Bad Day for Sunshine
Completed: 11/4/21
MC's name is Sunshine.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 15
StaceyNC30.1 - 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." There is NO page requirement for this option.
♫ 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.
Book: Focused
Completed: 9/22/21
Author: Karla Sorensen
Composer: Karlheinz Stockhausen
♫ B. The Last Night
c) The Sailor’s Hornpipe
Read a book with AT LEAST One pair of Human Legs on the cover
Book:
Completed: 10/3/21
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 325
Tasks completed: 16
StaceyNC30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
Option 2: Nightswimming
a. Read a book with an author whose initials are some combination of R.E.M.
Book: To Love Jason Thorn
Completed: 10/19/21
Author: Ella Maise
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.
Book: Forgotten in Death
Completed: 9/23/21
MPG Mystery
From precis "In the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer."
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 355
Tasks completed: 17
Mod
30.6 - 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. (DID)
Dark in Death. J.D. Robb. 11.11.21
Book 2: Read a book with the word spelled from Book 1 in the title or subtitle.
Witch Way Did He Go?. Dakota Cassidy. 10.26.21
Points this task: 30
Total points: 810/905
48/54
LAUREN JODI25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Option 3: MPG Science Fiction
The Lost Night by Jayne Castle
Option 4: Author Initials in GENE RODDENBERRY
It Must Be Love by Rachel Gibson
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 700/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 54
Tasks Completed: 40/54
Kristen IA15.10 - The Streak
Read a book that is #2, #3, #6, or #8 in a series. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title.
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 120/905
Tasks Completed: 10/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Read 1 book from one of the 3 options below.
REQUIRED: In your post, indicate the option you used.
Option 3: Vacations - Read a book where all the letters FLYOVER can be found in the Title/Subtitle and/or Author's name.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140/905
Tasks Completed: 11/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
Read 1 book that fits one of the options below.
Required: State the option when you post.
Option 1: Read a book whose author initials (middle initials can be ignored) can be found in the phrase GEOCACHING.
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition for page count.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160/905
Tasks Completed: 12/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
This is a one book task. Read 1 book that fits one of the options below.
Required: State the option when you post.
Option 3: Read a book with at least a three-word title in which the initial letters of each word can be found in THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition for page count.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180/905
Tasks Completed: 13/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA30.1 - 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." There is NO page requirement for this option.
♫ NO books with the MPG Children's may be used for this task.
♫ Required: State the options used when you post.
♫ 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.
Required: State the name of the composer used when you post.
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Composer: #50 - Sergei Rachmaninov
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the HC edition for page count.
♫ 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
Required: Identify the setting and if not on GR main page provide evidence of setting.
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
The setting Bristol is mentioned in the book description. The setting is Bristol, England.
******I claim 1 BB Ticket for this book - 550 pages******
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition for page count.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 210/905
Tasks Completed: 14/54
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kristen IA30.5 - Aprilleigh’s Task: A Good Decade
Pick two options and read one book from each.
Option A: Biology and Medicine (nonfiction)
Read a book from my list of popular biology books.
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition for page count.
Option C: Fiction with a Science Component
Read a book from my list of popular fiction books.
Relic by Douglas Preston
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition for page count.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 240/905
Tasks Completed: 15/54
BB: 1
GO: 0
Andy P.Task # 30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS
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 Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse matches Sergei Procofiev
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
The Sorrow Hand by Dwight Holing "Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Points this post: 30
Total points: 740
Andy P.Task # 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.
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko Nonfiction, 432 p.
DINOSAUROPERAS (RIDE)
Book 2. Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl 357 p.DINOSAUR OPERAS
Page count: 432 + 357 = 789.>600 minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 770
Scooter&Siam5.3 Men In Black
Read
Points: 5
Total: 100
Scooter&Siam25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More Jockeys
Options 2 and 3
Option 2: Mary Magdalene - No More People Who Haven't Said "Hello" in the 21st Century
Read a book first published in 1999 or earlier.
Read The Search for King Arthur
Option 3: Brian Cox - No More Names Without Repeated Letters
Read a book by an author whose entire name does not have any repeated letters across all of the name parts. Each letter appearing in their name must be unique.
Read Son: A Psychopath and His Victims by Jack Olsen
Points: 25
Total: 145
Scooter&Siam5.6 - The Sixth Sense
Read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Rowling, J.K.
AR Quiz No. 116230 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Points: 5
Total: 150
Mod
15.7 - Google It
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters. (t/r/e)
A Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams. 11.11.21
Points this task: 15
Total points: 825/905
49/54
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - Dinosaur Operas!
Book 2 is the non-fiction book.
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 read Lagos Noir edited by Chris Abani, target word NOIR, dINOsauR (224p).
Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS. I read the non-fiction book Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife by Ariel Sabar (AS both in dinoSAur) (416p).
416+224 = 640p
Total points so far: 515
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to IndiaTales from Firozsha Baag by Rohinton Mistry
303 pages
100% India
Author born in Bombay, India
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 860
ROBIN P30.5 - Aprilleigh's Task: A Good Decade
2 books
Option A: Biology/Medicine - Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family -page 1 of list
Option C: Fiction - The Overstory page 2 of list
**claiming BB ticket for The Overstory - 502 pages**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 565
BB: 3 GO: 4
ROBIN P5.10 - Aladdin - free choice
Landfall
Claiming GO point, book published 1940
Points this post: 5
Total points: 570
BB: 3 GO: 5
5.3 - Men in BlackI read
by Tony Birch.Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 60
Tasks completed: 7
Jasmiina F20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps:
Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in MOUNTAIN RANGE:
Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes.
*Big Book Ticket with 592 pages.*
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
5.6 - The Sixth SenseA book by an author who uses initials in the first name position: Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 605
LAUREN JODI15.8 - Beanie Babies
Dog on the cover:
Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 715/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 55
Tasks Completed: 41/54
Mary P25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
Option 1:Read a book from one of theses pirate-themed lists
Pirate/Swashbuckling Romane, Page 1
The Hawk by Monica McCarty
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.
...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 155
Angela IL25.3 – Tracey L’s Task: No More Jockeys
Option 1: Read a book with a job in the title or subtitle.
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian-9/21
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose entire name does not have any repeated letters across all of the name parts.
Ask The Passengers by A.S. King-11/11
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 350
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 15/54
BB Ticket: 2
Amy B30.5 - Aprilleigh’s Task: A Good Decade
Pick two options and read one book from each.
Required: State the options you picked when you post.
Option A: Biology and Medicine (nonfiction)
Read a book from my list of popular biology books.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
Option B: Other Sciences (nonfiction)
Read a book from my list of popular science books.
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 570 Points
Sarah E5.10 - Aladdin
Reaper Man
I read an ebook, top MMP is El segador
This has MPG Childrens and in spite of much searching I can't find it in AR Bookfinder, either US or UK.
Total Points: 5
Sarah E10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea
I read the kindle edition, paperback is More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea
Total Points: 15
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600+pages total, one non-fiction
book 1: 4+ letter word in title made from DINOSAUR
Songs in Ursa Major
URSA
390 pages
book2: NON-FIC, author initials in DINOSAUR
Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success by Angela Duckworth
437 pages
390+437 = 827 pages
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825 points
6 BB tix
6 GO tix