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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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15.9 - I’ll Be There for YouRead a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the recurring Friends Characters.
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Stephen matches Stephen Waltham
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 390
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More JockeysOption 2: Read a book first published in 1999 or earlier.
Some of Your Blood
First Published 1961
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose entire name does not have any repeated letters across all of the name parts.
The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 415
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.2 - Amy FL's task: ParenthoodOption 1: In honor of Andy, read a book by a single MALE author that is #2 in a series.
Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi
The Dispatcher #2
Male Author
Option 4: Honor Laura’s grandpa by reading a book by a single author whose initials (all initials count) are found in HORTON THAT SCHMENDRICK.
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
CM appears in sChMendrick
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 440
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
BUCKET20.7 Bookwrm526’s Task: Geocaching Time Again!
Option 1
The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays by Chinua Achebe
(CA in GEOCACHING)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 280
BB total: 3
GO total: 6
10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!A book with a title of at least three words in which the initial letters of all the title words are found in the phrase IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE: The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Points this post: 10
Total points: 615
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps Option 5: Cities/Towns/Castles
Building with door on cover.
by Jane AustenPublished 1814 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 20
Total Points: 810
GO Points: 31
BB Points: 6
30.6 - TessaVanessa's task: Spelling Bee2 words
Book 1: Titles Spells word - THE
The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan
Book 2: THE in title
The Odyssey by Homer
Published -800 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
528 pages for 1 Big Book point.
Points: 30
Total Points: 840
GO Points: 32
BB Points: 7
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my BestieOption 1: Dark Sacred Night
Set in California
Option 3a: The Late Show
MPG Mystery and main character, Renee Ballard, is a female detective
Total points: 220
ROBIN P10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic
word Two or 2 in title
It Takes Two to Tumble - listened to audiobook, linked mmpb
Points this post: 10
Total points: 580
BB: 3 GO: 5
BUCKET50.1 Bucket’s Task: Reading Adventure
I live in the U.S.A.
Option 2: Cruise
Ocean: Pacific
Book 1
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
(Set in Japan)
**BIG BOOK: 607 pages.**
Book 2
Voss by Patrick White
(Set in Australia)
Book 3
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse by Alexander Pushkin
(Set in Russia)
**GOLDEN OLDIE: First published 1833.**
Points this post: 50
Points total: 330
BB total: 4
GO total: 7
Lisa MD20.5 - 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.
🍁He Started It by Samantha Downing
Author Initials: SD found in Desert
416 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 385/905
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 22/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
30.2 My Favorite Day of the WeekOption #1
Girl A by Abigail Dean
Author's initials can be found in Tuesday.
Option #4
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
Published 2021
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
Kim O30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
Option 1: Road Trip! Read a book set at least 50% in one of these four states (California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah).
The Bean Trees
Option 3: Sarah’s Favorite Books: b. Read a book with MPGs of BOTH Memoir and Food listed.
American Cheese: An Indulgent Odyssey Through the Artisan Cheese World
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
Points: 155
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
20.3 - 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.
Option D: Read a book where the main character travels to a different country. This can be for a permanent move or a short trip, but the travel must take place during the course of the book. State the country where they start and the country/countries they travel to when you post.
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Travelled from USA (New York) to Spain and back. Book is 479 pages.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 150
20.9 In Memory of Bailey Option 2
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
Author's initials can be found in MrS PeeboDy
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
20.7 Geocaching Time Again!Option 1
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
Author's initials can be found in GeocAching
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Congratulations, Judy! You will have a 30-point task in the Winter 2021 Challenge.
15.8 - Beanie BabiesRead a book with one of the Beanie Baby animals on the cover
My animal is Spot the Dog
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Points this post: 15
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 43
Big Book tickets: 6
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Line20.10
read a book from the group reads. i read Folk med angst (anxious people). I have participated in the discussion thread.
points for this task: 20
total points: 60
books read: 7
tasks done: 7
Stephanie12720.1 - 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.
The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20/905
Tasks completed: 1/54
Books read: 1
Brooklyn 25.1 – My Life as a 90’s TV Show
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of science fiction
A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose complete initials are found in GENE RODDENBERRY
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
Points this post: 25
Total points: 270/905
Tasks completed: 20/54
Books read: 21
Brooklyn 25.2 – Parenthood
Option 1: Read a book by a male author that is #2 in a series
The Last Mile by David Baldacci
#2 in the Amos Decker series
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of sports
Intercepted by Alexa Martin
Points this post: 25
Total points: 295/905
Tasks completed: 21/54
Books read: 23
Brooklyn 25.3 – No More Jockeys
Option 1: Read a book with a job in the title/subtitle
An Argumentation of Historians by Jodi Taylor
Job is Historian
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose entire name doesn’t have any repeated letters across all name parts
Open Season by C.J. Box
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320/905
Tasks completed: 22/54
Books read: 25
Brooklyn 25.4 – Britpop Books
Option 2
Book 1: Read a book with a word in its title/subtitle that matches a 4+ letter word of one of the album tracks
What You Don't See by Tracy Clark
Word is DON’T from “Morning Glory” track “Don’t Look Back in Anger”
Book 2: Read a book with a word in its title/subtitle that matches a 4+ letter word from a different album’s tracks
The Other People by C.J. Tudor
Word is PEOPLE from “Different Class” track “Common People”
Points this post: 25
Total points: 345/905
Tasks completed: 23/54
Books read: 27
Brooklyn 25.5 – Remember Alphabetical Order?
Read 2 books by single authors where the complete initials of the author of each form an alphabetical sequence
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano – 355 pgs
Memory Man by David Baldacci – 416 pgs
Sequence is BCDE; 355 + 416 = 784 pgs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370/905
Tasks completed: 24/54
Books read: 29
Brooklyn 25.6 – Fun and Wacky Holidays
Option 2: Read a book with a question mark in the title/subtitle
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? by Jodi Taylor
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials are the same
Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda
Points this post: 25
Total points: 395/905
Tasks completed: 25/54
Books read: 31
Brooklyn 25.7 – 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG of Horror
Horrorstör by Grady
Option 3: Read a book with a punctuation mark in the title
Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor
Points this post: 25
Total points: 420/905
Tasks completed: 26/54
Books read: 33
LAUREN JODI5.8 - Twister
Her Deceptive Duke by Scarlett Scott
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 720/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 56
Tasks Completed: 42/54
LAUREN JODI25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 4: Doug & The Secret World of Alex Mack
Kitty Raises Hell by Carrie Vaughn
The "Kitty" in the title refers to the main character of the series, Kitty Norville.
Option 6: Legends of the Hidden Temple
Gentlemen Prefer Heiresses by Lorraine Heath
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 745/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 58
Tasks Completed: 43/54
FLY Task #20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
task: Option 2: Read a book by a single author where all of the author's initials can be found in MRS PEEBODY
book: Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go
how it fits: author Dale E. Basye initials DEB found in pEeBoDy
MPG Childrens - AR Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 15/54
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
DeborahPost #19
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
D) Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Portland, Oregon to Yazd, Iran, and back to Portland, Oregon
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 23
Tasks Done: 19
Laurah3020.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
opt c - Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in LOVES TO READ.
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 574 pages.
Claiming a BB ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
SandyL10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
Read a book with the initial letters in IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE
Tools of Engagement
irraTiOnal Exuberance
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 480
Big Books Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 42
SandyL10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
Read a book with a main page genre of Medical
Hot Stuff by Max Monroe
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 490
Big Books Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 43
SandyL10.6 - Rug Rats!
Read a book with the author's initials in NICKELODEON
Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas
nicKeLodeon
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 500
Big Books Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 44
SandyL15.8 - Beanie Babies
Read a book with one of the animals mentioned on the cover.
One Dog Night by David Rosenfelt
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 515
Big Books Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 45
SandyL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California
Mr. Monk and The Blue Flu by Lee Goldberg
Set in San Francisco, CA
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 535
Big Books Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 46
LAUREN JODI10.8 - Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
Finding You by Carla Neggers
Song - Come As You Are
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 755/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 59
Tasks Completed: 44/54
Joanne Mi15.9 - 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.
Vera by Carol Edgarian
Points this task 15
Total Points 255
BB's 2
Joanne MI20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
I chose option D: Character travels to a different Country-The character Chickie travels from the U.S. to Vietnam
Points this task 20
Total Points 275
Total BB's 2
Natalie CH20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option C: male author initals found in LOVES TO READ, +250 pages
The Crippled God by Steven Erikson
921 pages
author initials are S and E
Points this post: 20
Tasks completed: 17
Total Points: 295
Julia10350.1 - Bucket's task: Reading Adventure
I live in the United States.
Option 2: Cruise - Atlantic Ocean
Book 1: A Vow of Sanctity (Scotland)
Book2 : Celestial Persuasion (Argentina)
Book 3: The Dark Heart of Florence (Italy)
This post: 50 points
Total points: 695
BB: 5
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 52
Task 50.1 - Bucket's task: Reading AdventureOption 3: World Tour
I live in the USA in North America.
Book 1: Botswana, AFRICA
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #6) (2004) by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 233 pages)
Book 2: Australia, OCEANIA
Star-Crossed (2019) by Minnie Darke (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, US Edition, 347 pages)
Book 3: England, EUROPE
A Tip for the Hangman (2021) by Allison Epstein (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 374 pages)
Pagecount: 233 + 347 + 374 = 954 > 750
210 + 50 = 260
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 210 + 50 = 260
Books read: 17
Pages read: 4,644
Read but not claimed: 09
Goodreads Authors: 14
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 25.4 - Britpop BooksPick 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. Words must match exactly.)
Album: (What's the Story) Morning Glory by Oasis (1995)
Song: “Don't Look Back in Anger
Don't Look Down (2006) by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author) and Bob Mayer (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 373 pages)
Album: Different Class by Pulp (1995)
Song: "Common People"
Several People Are Typing (2021) by Calvin Kasulke (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 248 pages)
260 + 25 = 285
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 260 + 25 = 285
Books read: 19
Pages read: 5,265
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 16
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Chris MD 20.5 Epic Maps
Option 5: Read a book with one or more buildings on the cover with a visible door
Mystery by Karen Charlton Total points: 270
Chris MD 25.1 My Life as a 90s TV Show
Option 2: Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings
The book and the rest of the series is the basis for the Murdoch Mysteries TV series.
Option 6: Read a book with an MPG of History.
March: Book Three by John Lewis
Total points: 295
Chris MD 25.5 Remember Alphabetical Order?
Two books, each written by a single author. All author initials form an alphabetical sequence.
Book 1: Vintage by David Baker
Book 2: [bookr:Murder on the Links|18084829] by Agatha Christie
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 252 pages.
This book was firs published in 1923. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
The authors' initials combine to form ABCD
Book 1 320 pages
Book 2 252 pages
Total 572 pages
Total points: 320
Chris MD 25.7 Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Option 4: Read a book with the main character's name in the title.
Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 304 pages.
Option 6: Title of at least 3 words where the initial letter of each word can be found in LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE
Death in Focus by Anne Perry
DI in hidden
F in of
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 356 pages.
Total points: 345
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15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
Option 2: One book
Eric
AR Bookfinder IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5.0
MPG Magic verified in help thread message 16
Total Points: 30