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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Lisa MD5.8 - Twister
Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
🍁Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey
DV found in Drive and D found in Daughter
Listened to audiobook. Linked to PB.
224 pages
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30/905
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Andy P.Task # 10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
Read 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
Empire of Lies by Andrew Klavan
IRRATIONALEXUBERANCE
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to India
Read a book set at least 50% in India that was written by an author born in India. (Author on list posted in Help message 3)
The Marriage Bureau For Rich People. Farahad Zama
Points this task: 20
Total points: 65/905
4/54
Janice CA10.8 - Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
Read a book with a word of at least three letters from the track titles on Nevermind in the title of the book.
song title: "STAY away"
Stay Hungry by Sebastian Maniscalco
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total: 10
tasks: 1
books: 1
Amy FL10.1 - Africa in the 1990s
Part of the Pride: My Life Among the Big Cats of Africa - set in South Africa
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Amy FL15.4 - Supersize Me
Option 2: Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore - mCdonald's drinK; 528 pages in paperback edition
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Amy FL15.7 - Google It
Appetite for Innocence (PP, EE, TT in Appetite)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Amy FL25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Option 1: Not a Happy Family (Family)
Option 4: Redemption Games by Barry Eisler (roddenBErry)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!Help Thread
I LOVE FALL! From apple season to the weather, and everything in between. My absolute favorite thing to do in the fall is going to festivals. It's the perfect weather to get outside (I live in Northern CA so fall weather is pretty mild.) and participate in the craft, food, beer, music, history and other festival activities. I really missed this during the pandemic, and I am excited to get back to visiting a few. This task celebrates a few festivals I have attended in the past, will attend in the future, or are on my bucket list to visit!
This is a one book task. Read 1 book that fits one of the options below.
Option 3: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, October 2nd thru the 10th - I am so excited to be going to this event next month in New Mexico. Read a book with a 4+ letter word in the TITLE that can be made from the letters in ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO. Example: Firefly Lane (LANE)
Required: State the word used when you post.
I read Anatomy of a Miracle. The word "miracle" can be found in ALbuquERque, new MexICo.
points: 50
books read: 3
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 1031
Nick KY5.5 Thelma & Louise
I read Good Blonde & Others by Jack Kerouac.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 45
Nick KY25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
Required: State the option(s) you used when you post.
Option 1: Are You Afraid of the Dark? Read a book with an MPG of Horror.
I read The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
Option 3: Hey Arnold! & Aaahh!!! Real Monsters - Read a book with one of the following punctuation marks in the TITLE (subtitles do not count): exclamation point, period, comma, semicolon, apostrophe, hyphen/dash, or question mark.
I read Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water by Vylar Kaftan.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 70
Sara G20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Insiyah's Task: Going Back to India
Read a book set at least 50% in India that was written by an author born in India.
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
Over 50% of this book takes place in India. Shobha Rao is listed on her Goodreads author page as being born in India.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
Suzannesea20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's Tasks In Memory of Bailey
Option 2
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SWEETIE PETEY. . . or MRS PEABODY.
So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 55
Suzannesea25.3 - TraceyL's Task - No More Jockeys
Option 1: Penelope Pitstop - No More Job Gloves
Read a book with a job in the title.
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Approved in Help Thread
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.
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 80
Katrisa 25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Opt 2 - Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
I read Passing here is the imdb link
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8893974/
Opt 5 - Read a book with an MPG of Art.
I read Second Place has mpg of art
Points this post: 25
Points Total: 95
Elizabeth PTask 20.9 - In Memory of Bailey
Option 3: Book with 3+ word title, initial letters found in RAINBOW BRIDGE
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
rainBOw bridgE
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
FLY Task #25.7 - Brooke TX's task: 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
task: Option 1: Read a book with an MPG of Horror.
book: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
how it fits: MPG Horror
task: Option 3: Read a book with punctuation marks in the TITLE
book: Saga, Vol. 1
how it fits: comma and period in title
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 1 /54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
DeborahPost #4
5.2 - Titanic
The Illustrated Man 88,058 ratings
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 4
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in BOOPINATOR.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (447 p)
➸ Total Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 447
Task:10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic! [2, the Roman numeral II or the word "two" in the title or subtitle]Book read:A Tale of Two Families by Dodie Smith
Required: two in the title
Points this task:10
Total points:15
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:2
Tasks completed:2
MARGO30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my Bestie
Option 3: Sarah’s Favorite Books - Read a book with a MPG Mystery or Thriller AND has a main character crime/mystery solver who is a female police officer:
Girls Who Lie
Option 4: Our Favorite Things - Read a book with a cover featuring a sandy beach:
A Summer of Surprises
Posted PB but read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the WeekOption 2.Read a book with a main page genre that includes the word War or Wars.
61 Hours (Jack Reacher #14) by Lee Child
Option 4. Read a new release, a book first published in 2021 or an ARC of a planned 2022 book.
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
pub 2021
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 140
LAUREN JODI20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2: Twins
Child's Play by Angela Marsons
Required: The protagonist, DI Kim Stone, had a twin brother, Mikey, who died when they were 6. Reference: Link to a review mentioning Kim's twin
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100/905
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9/54
LAUREN JODI20.1 - Most Improved - Valorie's Task: Fall Festival Celebration!
Option 4: Scarecrow Festival
MPG Paranormal
Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120/905
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10/54
Julia10310.3 - Just Like Me.
Wally Funk's Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer
(MPG Science, post #5 in Genre Verification thread)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 60
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Boston Kate
15.5 The Macarena
Your Heart My Sky
as mentioned on the GR main page, the entire book is set in Cuba
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Katrisa25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
Opt 2 - Read a book with a title/subtitle that includes a question mark.
I read What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Opt 4 - Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) are the same.
I read Intimacies by Katie Kitamura (KK)
Points this Post 25
Points Total 120
30.3 - Katrisa's task: Missing my BestieI chose:
Option 2: Nightswimming
a. Read a book with an author whose initials are some combination of R.E.M. You must use at least 2 of the letters but do not have to use all three.
The Caretakers by Eliza Maxwell ( E M from REM)
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Option 4: Our Favorite Things
Read a book with a cover featuring a sandy beach, a book(s) or coffee/tea cup(s).
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny ColganPoints this post: 30
Total points: 105/905
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Kathy KS10.6 - Rug Rats!
Read a book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON.
Envoy to New Worlds, by Keith Laumer
KL=nicKeLodeon
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 145
Tasks completed: 10
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Delicious Dee5.8 - Twister
Vodka and Chocolate Drops - DV in Vodka, D in Drops
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 45
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 65
Joanne MI10.5 - I Have a Bad Back, Really!
Read a book with a main page genre medical/medicine
Approved in message #14 of Help Thread
Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic
Points this task 10
Total Points 40
BB's 1
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s 1 book. Option 2: Twins - MC is twin.
I read the ebook, mmpb is here: False Colours by Georgette Heyer.
Points: 20
Total Points: 100
GO Points: 2
BB Points: 1
15.7 Google ItFilms of Endearment: A Mother, a Son and the '80s Films That Defined Us by Michael Koresky
Endearment contains two Es, and two Ns
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 25
Katrisa20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps
Opt 3 - Read a book from the Trees, Woods, Forests list.
I read The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World which is on page 1 of the list (#35)
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 140
Amy B15.4 - Supersize Me
Select an option. Required: Indicate the option when you post.
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements - read a book with at least 500 pages, written by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in any combination of MCDONALD'S, FRIES, and/or DRINK.
Billy Summers by Stephen King - 515 pgs
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 30 Points
30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMSA. The Proms Series
I chose: 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 Dry by Jane Harper
Jane Harper = JH = Joseph Haydn
B. The Last Night
I chose: 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.
Before Time Runs Out by Amy Matayo
The word time is in the first line of Jerusalem.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135/905
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 6/54
BB tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Julia1035.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Rise of a Sky Pirate (World of Linaria #0.5)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 65
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Lisa MD20.9 - 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.
🍁The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Author Initials SP found in Sweetie Petey
301 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 50/905
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandiCompleted Task
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
Using Option #1 where author's initials can be found in GEOCACHING
The Autumn Bride by Anne Gracie (2nd author listed but it is really a narrator)
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 20
Points Earned this Post: 20
Total Points To Date: 40
SandiCompleted Task
15.7 - Google It
A word in the title that has two sets of repeating letters. Using the word Letter which has repeating Ts and repeating Es
Chain Letter by Willow Rose
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 40
Points Earned this Post: 15
Total Points To Date: 55
5.10 - AladdinMurder at Enderley Hall (Miss Underhay #2) by Helena Dixon
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 145
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic MapsOption 5: Read a book with one or more buildings on the cover. Any size of building will work, but at least one door must be visible (for a quick exit).
Murder at the Playhouse (Miss Underhay #3) by Helena Dixon
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 165
Sara G20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 4: To celebrate my divorce, read a book from the list Unhappy Marriages
Stoner by John Williams
This book is on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV ShowOption 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: House
Murder at Elm House (Miss Underhay #6) by Helena Dixon
Option 6: Read a book with an MPG of History.
March: Book Three (March #3) by John Lewis
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 190
Joanne MI15.7 - Google It
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that contains at least two sets of identical letters.
2 I's, 2 P's
Pompeii
Points this Task 15
Total Points 55
Total BB's 1
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - In Memory of Bailey
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. I read The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (T in the, BO in rainbow).
Total points so far: 55
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kathy KS’ Task: Rearing Twins in the ‘90s
Option 2: MC is a twin
Book: Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (ebook)
How it fits: Scarlett and Tyler Jones are twins https://auroracycle.fandom.com/wiki/S... (Aurora Cycle Wiki reference)
Note: Paperback has 512 pages.
**Aurora Burning is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/905