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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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30.6
Opt1: title initials spell out a word/acronym
The Last Colony by John Scalzi
spells out TLC
Opt 2: book title contains the word/acronym from opt 1
Needs a Little TLC by Inรฉs Saint
Total: 320
Sophie30.3
Opt 1: 50% set California
Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire
Opt 2: Title initials in NIGHTSWIMMING
The High Moments by Sara-Ella Ozbek
Total: 350
Sarah E15.5 - The Macarena
State of Wonder - over 50% set in Brazil
From the GR description 'Research scientist Dr. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil...'
I listened to an audio, the MMP has no page numbers, top paperback is State of Wonder
Total Points: 45
Sarah E15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!
Whisper Cottage - whisper is on the list
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Whisper Cottage
Total Points: 60
LAUREN JODI10.6 - Rug Rats!
Unchained by Elisabeth Naughton
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 765/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 60
Tasks Completed: 45/54
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 50.1: Reading adventure:
Option 2 : Ocean selected: Atlantic Ocean; Home country is United States.
Country 1: Mexico: Short Straw by Stuart Woods is set about 70% in Mexico (mainly in Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta and Tijuana as document on GR main page). 375 pages.
Country 2: France: The Chatelet Apprentice by Jean-Francois Parot is set 100% in France, mainly Paris, documented on GR main page. 343 pages.
Country 3: England: Heresy by S. J. Parris is set about 95% in Oxford, England, documented on GR main page. 448 pages
Total pages: 375+ 343+ 448 = 1,166 > 750 required
Totals this posting:
Points: 50
Books: 3
Summary Totals:155
Books: 10
Tasks: 5
REPOST #2437 to include name ANGELA ILANGELA IL
20.1 - 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.
The Good Liar by Catherine McKenzie-11/14
Word: Liar
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 16/54
BB Ticket: 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.1: Fall festival celebration:
Option 1 : Rest in Pieces by Rita Mae Brown, First & Last initials RB in octoBeRfest
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals:175
Books: 11
Tasks: 6
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.5: Epic maps:
Option 5 : The Lincoln Conspiracy: A Novel by Timothy L. O'Brien. There are several buildings on the cover, the one on the left of the person shows a door.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals:195
Books: 12
Tasks: 7
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Geocaching time again!:
Option 1 : Cold Pursuit by Carla Neggers. The author first and last initials CN are in geoCachiNg.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals:215
Books: 13
Tasks: 8
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9: In memory of Bailey:
Option 2 : Houses of Stone by Barbara Michaels. The single author initials BM are in Mrs peeBody.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals:235
Books: 14
Tasks: 9
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.7: 90s Nickelodeon nostalgia:
Option 1 : The Red Scream by Mary Willia Walker has MPG horror.
Option 5 : The French Powder Mystery by Ellery Queen. The single author first & last initials EQ are in spongEbob sQuarepants. Firs tpublished in 1930 - claim Golden Oldie ticket
Totals this posting:
Points: 25
Books: 2
GO: 1
Summary Totals:260
Books: 16
Tasks: 10
GO: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.2: Parenthood:
Option 2 : The Second Summoning by Tanya Huff has domestic cat, called Austin on the cover.
Option 4 :The Golden Crystal by Nick Thacker. The single author first & last initials NT are in horToN that schmendrick.
Totals this posting:
Points: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals:285
Books: 18
Tasks: 11
Amy B15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
Select an option. Required: Indicate the option when you post.
Option 1: Read one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Magic or Witches. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
Book 2: Read a book first published in the 1990s (1990-1999, inclusive).
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (1993)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 605 Points
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - The Streak
Read a book that is #2, #3, #6, or #8 in a series. I read A Game of Cones by Abby Collette, book 2 in the Ice Cream Parlor Mystery series.
Total points so far: 580
Kristen IA5.9 - Toy Stories
Read a book with the word "story"or "stories" in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly.
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 245/905
Tasks Completed: 16/54
BB: 1
GO: 0
Readerboard name Kathy PWithdrawing Tasking 10.9 (post 684) to switch up books.
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.10 - The Streak
Cress
Number 3 in the series
Pages: 552
Claiming one big book ticket. (I originally claimed it in post 684 but withdrew that post in post 2523)
Totals
Points: 125
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Completed: 15
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.7 - Google It
The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
The word is Connection - CC NN
Totals
Points: 140
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Completed: 16
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.1 - Africa in the 1990s
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the Worldโs Most Precious Manuscripts
Setting Mali
Totals
Points: 150
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Completed: 17
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KSโ Task: Rearing Twins in the โ90s
Option 3
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
F in Five
L in Lives
Y in by
O in Untold
V in Lives
E in Five
R in Ripper
Totals
Points: 170
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Completed: 18
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 1:
The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life
B in Bright
A in Diaries
I in Diaries
L in Life
E in Life
Y in Year
Totals
Points: 190
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Completed: 19
20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!Option 1: Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest
I read How We Do Family: From Adoption to Trans Pregnancy, What We Learned about Love and LGBTQ Parenthood by Trystan Reese
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 20
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!Option C:Read a book by a MALE author whose first and last initials are in LOVES TO READ
I read Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. It has 335 pages.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 40
Angela IL25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Showโs
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction
The Unseen World by Liz Moore- 10/9
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.
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell- 11/17
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 17/54
BB Ticket: 2
Jessica DTask 15.1: Win or Lose
Book 1: WIN in title
Death on Windmill Way
Book 2: LOSE in title
Do Not Disclose, A Memoir of Family Secrets Lost and Found
Points this task: 15
Total points: 250
LAUREN JODI20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: Birthdays
Option 2: Dog and human companion
Blind Search by Paula Munier
Confirmed in Post 36 of the help thread.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 785/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 61
Tasks Completed: 46/54
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of BaileyOption 1: Read a book in which all the letters BAILEY can be found in the title/subtitle.
LIving BEYond About
Living Beyond Borders: Stories About Growing Up Mexican in America by Margarita Longoria
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 475
20.10 Group ReadsAnxious People by Fredrik Backman
My post:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 495
Laurie ME30.1: MAZZA1's Task: a Night at the Proms Option 2: A.c.: Henry in title; B.b. set in England.
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 30
25.3 - TraceyL's task: No More JockeysOption 1: Penelope Pitstop - No More Job Gloves
Read a book with a job in the title or subtitle.
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
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.
1911:
Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 520
Laurie ME30.2: Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week:
Option 1: author's initials in Tuesday: TuesDay: The Secret History by [[author:Donna Tartt|8719]
Option 4: Published in 2021: pub 10 June 2021: The Family Tree
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60
Laurie ME30.3: Katrisa's Task: Missing my Bestie:
Option 1: Road trip: set in California: Murder At The Palace
Option 3: mystery with female protagonist, PI: A Trouble of Fools
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 90
Laurie METask 30.6: TessaVanessa's Task: Spelling Bee
Book 1: Death in Ecstasy - DIE
Book 2: Next to Die
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 120
Sarah E10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
There's a Hole in my Bucket: A Journey of Two Brothers
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is There's a Hole in my Bucket: A Journey of Two Brothers
Total Points: 70
Sarah E20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to India
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Henna Artist - 384 pages
Total Points: 90
Andy P. Task #20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 1: Read a book with an author named Michael.
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
Points this post: 20
Total points: 855
5.10 AladdinThe Half Orphan's Handbook by Joan F. Smith
Reader's choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 235
5.6 The Sixth SenseThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Author uses initials for first name
Points this post: 5
Total points: 240
5.2 TitanicAtomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
274,589 ratings at time of this post
Points this post: 5
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
20.10 - Group ReadsHer Pretty Face by Robyn Harding
discussion post
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 905
20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!I selected Option 3 and read
by Faith G. Harper.The word BRAIN can be found in ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO.
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 80
Tasks completed: 8
SandiCompleted Task
10.3 - Just Like Me.
Nonfiction with a mpg of Science
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 295
Points Earned this Post: 10
Total Points To Date: 305
SandiCompleted Task
5.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Prequel - a #0 in series
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 305
Points Earned this Post: 5
Total Points To Date: 310
25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky HolidaysOption 3: Light in August
First letter of each title word in INTERNATIONAL NACHO DAY
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 512 pages
*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - Published in 1932
Option 4: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Author initials are the same
Total points: 250
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Julia10310.1 - Africa in the 1990s
The Golden One
This book is set in Egypt.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 710
BB: 5
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 54
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10.1 - Africa in the 1990s
Read a book set at least 50% in a country in Africa.
๐The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Setting: Botswana
235 pages
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 440/905
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 25/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1