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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.4: Moving through 90s: Yarn to Go by Betty Hechtman is set entirely on the Del Mar, on the Monterey Peninsula in California, documented on the GR main page.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals:335
Books: 22
Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.1: Night at the proms:
From Option A -- b) : Apache Dawn (The Wildfire Saga) by Marcus Richardson. Author FL ininitals are with match first & last initials of Maurice Ravel
From Option B -- c): White Sky, Black Ice by Stan Jones shows a pair of human legs on the cover.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals:365
Books: 24
Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.10: The Streak: Blasphemy: A Novel by Douglas Preston is #2 in the Wyman Ford series. Claim Big Book ticket for 526 pages
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Big books tickets: 1
Summary Totals:380
Books: 25
Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books tickets: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.10: Aladdin: Happy People Read and Drink Coffee by Agnes Martin-Lugand.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals:385
Books: 26
Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books tickets: 1
25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky HolidaysOption 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
Lost Children Archive
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials are the same
by Helene Hanff
Links to paperbacks. I read the kindle editions
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 285/905
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 2
Tasks Completed: 15/54
Brooklyn 50.1 – Reading Adventure
**REPOST OF #2476 TO CHANGE BOOK 1**
I live in the U.S. and chose option 3, which is 3 books set on 3 continents other than my own
Book 1: Perfect Days by Raphael Montes – 272 pgs
Set 100% in Brazil (South America)
Book 2: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor – 461 pgs
Set over 50% in England (Europe)
Book 3: Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty – 467 pgs
Set 100% in Australia
Points this post: 50
Total points: 820/905
Tasks completed: 50/54
Books read: 64
Brooklyn 30.2 – My Favorite Day of the Week
**REPOST OF #2471 TO CHANGE BOOK FOR OPTION 4**
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG that includes WAR
Hannah's War by Jan Eliasberg
MPG of War>World War II
Option 4: Read a book first published in 2021
Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
Points this post: 30
Total points: 850/905
Tasks completed: 51/54
Books read: 67
Brooklyn 30.3 – Missing My Bestie
**REPOST OF #2472 TO CHANGE BOOK FOR OPTION 1**
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in California, Utah, Nevada or Arizona
A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr
100% set in California
Option 3a: Read a book with a MPG of Mystery or Thriller and that has a MC who is a female law enforcement officer
Connections in Death by J.D. Robb
MC Eve Dallas is a lieutenant in the New York City police department
Points this post: 30
Total points: 880/905
Tasks completed: 52/54
Books read: 69
20.3 Happy Anniversary, My Love!Option 1 Military: The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts
Ugh, the GR blurb is just awful for details, this review mentions Colonel Hank Reed, who is the main US character in the book.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
There was a precedent for saving irreplaceable works of art during the war, but Colonel Hank Reed's effort to save horses was something different. Reed, the most decorated American cavalry officer during WWII, recognized that there was something special about the horses at the Nazi stud farm at Hostau.
New points: 20
Total points: 20
20.9 In Memory of BaileyOption 3 The raiNboW bridge: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
New points: 20
Total points: 40
25.7 Nickelodeon Nostalgia Option 1, Horror: The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Option 5, spoNGebob: Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose by Nikki Giovanni
New points: 25
Total points: 65
Task 30.2 - My Favorite Day of the WeekOption 3. Tuesday’s child is full of grace. Read a book where all the letters GRACE can be found in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light: Essays (2021) by Helen Ellis (Hardcover, 176 pages) [814.54]
GRACE: bring youR baggAGE and don't paCk light
Option 4. Read a new release, a book first published in 2021 or an ARC of a planned 2022 book.
A Spindle Splintered (2021) by Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 128 pages)
390 + 30 = 420
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 390 + 30 = 420
Books read: 29
Pages read: 7,691
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 23
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 10.9 - The Year of the WomanRead a book written by a female author.
Murder on the Iditarod Trail (Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #1) (1991) by Sue Henry (Paperback, 304 pages)
420 + 10 = 430
Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 420 + 10 = 430
Books read: 30
Pages read: 7,995
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 23
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 5.10 - AladdinA Calculated Life (2013) by Anne Charnock (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 208 pages)
430 + 05 = 435
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 430 + 05 = 435
Books read: 31
Pages read: 8,203
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 24
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.9 - I’ll Be There for YouA book by an author who shares a name with one of the Friends characters: The Wife Upstairs: A Novel by Rachel Hawkins
Points this post: 15
Total points: 775
5.2 - TitanicRead a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
The book has over 66,000 ratings
Total points: 85
Julia10325.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Option 3: To End in Fire (MPG Science Fiction)
I read the Kindle edition. No MMP or paperback. Hardcover To End in Fire is 704 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
Option 6: Queer: A Graphic History (MPG History)
This post: 25 points, 1 BB
Total points: 760
BB: 6
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 59
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!I chose option 1 and read Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn.
Elinor Cleghorn's initials can be found in GEOCACHING.
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 100
Tasks completed: 9
Task:20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Tien's Task: BirthdaysOption:2 - a dog or dogs and, at least, one human companion on cover
Book read:
by Emma Jane UnsworthRequired:a woman and a dog are on the cover.
Points this task:20
Total points:510
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:1
Books read:37
Tasks completed:27
Chris MD UNCLAIMING THIS TASK
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
With the unclaim, my point total will be 325
Chris MD 5.6 The Sixth Sense
Read a book written by an author who uses initial(s) in the first name position.
Witch Chocolate Bites by H.Y. Hanna
Read Kindle edition, linked to top paperback. There is no MMP.
Total points: 330
Chris MD 10.9 The Year of the Woman
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
V.E. Schwab is a female.
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: 340
Chris MD 20.3 Happy Anniversary, My Love
Option C: Written by a male author whose initials are found in loveS to reAd
Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
Total points: 360
Chris MD 30.1 Night at the Proms
Option 1
Option Aa: Read a book with an MPG of Classics.
The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway
The top-listed MPG is "Classics."
Option Bb: Set at lest 70% in Great Britain.
A Christmas Gathering by Anne Perry
The entire book is set in England.
Total points: 390
Chris MD 30.2 My Favorite Day of the Week
Option 1
Option 2: MPG of War or Wars
A Fire Sparkling by Julianne MacLearn
War> Word War II is an MPG
Option 4: Published in 2021.
Klara and the Sun by Kazu Ishiguro
This book was published March 2021
Total points: 420
Chris MD 30.3 Missing My Bestie
Option 1
Option 2b: 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.
Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd
Option 3a: 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..
In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George
Thriller > Mystery Thriller is an MPG.
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is a main character.
The entire Inspector Linley series is in the list of approved books.
This book has 535 pages. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Total points: 450
Chris MD 30.4 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.
Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen Jennings
The word UNDER can be anagrammed from the letters.
UNDR n DiNosaUR
E in opEras
Book 2 - Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS.
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo
This book is nonfiction.
Book 1: 320 pages
Book2: 288 pages
Total 608 pages
Total points: 480
Chris MD 30.6 Spelling Bee
Book 1 - Title of at least three words in which initial letters can be anagrammed to form a word.
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
A-L-T-K can be anagrammed to form TALK
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 400 pages.
Book 2: Read a book with the word spelled from Book 1 in the title or subtitle.
Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney Milan
Total points: 510
Chris MD 50.0 Reading Adventure
Option 3: World Tour
I live in the United States
Book 1
A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill
This book is set completely in Australia
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 349 pages.
Book 2
The Sapphire Widow by Dina Jeffries
This book is set completely in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), part of Asia.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 400 pages.
Book 3
The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas
The book is set completely in England, part of Europe.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 329 pages.
349 + 400 + 329 = 1,078 total pages
Total points: 560
30.4 Dinosaur Operas!Book 1 - Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
RAPE is the word made from DINOSAUR OPERAS
368 pages
Book 2 - Yearbook by Seth Rogen
260 pages
Page total is 628
Both books are non-fiction
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 305
Sarah E15.10 - The Streak
The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #2)
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Sentence is Death
Total Points: 410
Sarah E20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
Option 1: Author initials in GEOCACHING
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Total Points: 430
Laurie ME15.2: Egg Watch
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words, where the initial letters of each word of the title are found in TAMAGOTCHI.: TMOTC.
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars
Book 2: Read a book from the Coming of Age Books list.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 660.
Sarah E50.1 - Bucket's task: Reading Adventure
I live in the UK
Option 3: World Tour
Book 1: XOXO - over 50% set in Seoul, South Korea, Asia
I listened to an audio, paperback - no MMP - is XOXO - 352 pages
Book 2: The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - set 100% in Botswana, Africa - 212 pages
Book 3: Hunter's Moon - set 100% in Alaska, USA, North America
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Hunter's Moon - 239 pages
352 + 212 + 239 = 803 pages
Total Points: 480
EMurphy20.3 Best Review: Book Concierge's Task: Happy Anniversary, My Love!
Option 3: Male author whose first and last initials are in LOVES TO READ The Changeling by Victor LaVelle
*431 pages
This Task:
Points: 390
Books Read: 28
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
Tasks Completed: 17
Readerboard Name: List_addict5.2: Titanic
A book with at least 50,000 ratings on GRs
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren *
As at 29.11.21, 171,945 ratings
Total this challenge: 60
babbling c30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the Week
Help Thread
Option 1. Read a book written by an author whose initials (all) can be found in TUESDAY.
Second First Impressions - Audible Second First Impressions - paperback pgs 352 by Sally Thorne
TUESDAY
Option 4. Read a new release, a book first published in 2021 or an ARC of a planned 2022 book.
Archangel's Light - kindle Archangel's Light - mass market paperback pgs. 400 by Nalini Singh
Published October 26th 2021 by Berkley Books
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 155/905
Completed Tasks: 9/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 4,315
Books read this season: 12
babbling c15.9 - I’ll Be There for You
Friends debuted on NBC on September 22, 1994. With a lovable cast taking on New York City as 20-somethings, who would've expected the show to be just as popular two decades later. Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the recurring Friends Characters. Names must match exactly but can be in any position (first, middle, last).
Thin Air - Audible Thin Air - mass market paperback pgs. 307 by Rachel Caine
Rachel Greene
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 170/905
Completed Tasks: 10/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 4,622
Books read this season: 13
babbling c5.7 - Jurassic Park
The film Jurassic Park was based on the book Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Read a book from this list I Saw the Movie and Read the Book
Required: State the page.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen hardback 490
page 1, #12
GOLDEN OLDIE first published March 1st 1813
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 1
Total This Season
Points: 175/905
Completed Tasks: 11/54
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 5,112
Books read this season: 14
CEELEETask 50.1 Reading Adventure
Choose an Option and take a trip to three different continents through reading.
A. Books must be set 50% in the country where the story takes place.
B. No books set in the country where you live. In Option 3, no book set in the continent where you live.
C. Total page count for all three books must be 750+
A To my estimation, all three books are set 50%+ in the countries and continents I chose.
B. I live in USA North America and no continent or country is set in these places.
C. Page Count of the three books I erad :
Book 1: 368 pp
Book 2: 426 pp
Book 3: 464 pp
Total Page Count: 1,580
D: No books with MPG of children or kids were used.
I chose Option 3: World Tour.
Because I have always wanted to do it and I love flying to places.
Book 1: Antarctica
My first stop is all the way to the bottom of the world to the continent of Antarctica and specifically the South Pole.
I read South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby
South Pole Station
What a fun place. Average is -52 degrees. You have to wear protective clothing at all times. The food is actually pretty good here and the people are wackadoodles. Very interesting details about the South Pole Station and a read that exceeded my expectations. Highly recommended.
Book 2 took me to the continent of Australia and specifically Perth which is on the western part of the continent.
For this task, I read CloudStreet by by Tim Winton
Cloudstreet
I always felt my native Texas had a lot in common with Australia and the main reason I have always wanted to visit there. I had an attract and repel experience with the book. It was interesting that these two different but poor families came to live in the same house from completely different places and got a little tiresome but I ended up liking it. I have become intrigued with Australia literature and noir so always looking for chance to read something set Down Under.
My final destination on this adventure is Egypt with the amazing Amelia Peabody and her family in Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters
The Falcon at the Portal
I love these books and haven't
read the entire series. It is sad she has passed because she was one of my favorites in the Mystery genre. The book was great!
Total Points For Task: 50
Total Books Read for Task: 3
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Fall Challenge 2021: 165
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2021 : 6
Total Books Read for Fall Challenge 2021: 11
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2021: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2021: 2
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Fall Challenge 2021
5.3 - Men In Black
We Want Our Bodies Back: Poems by Jessica Care MooreTask Total: 5
Season Total: 580
5.9 - Toy StoriesAncestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia Leitich Smith
AR:
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
Smith et al., Cynthia Leitich
AR Quiz No. 511393 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 9.0
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 585
30.1 - MAZZA1's task: A NIGHT AT THE PROMS ♫ Option 2 - READ ONE book of over 600 pages that fits an option from both "A. The Proms Series" and "B. The Last Night."
♫ A. The Proms Series
a) Read a book with an MPG of Classics OR Music: Classics
♫ B. The Last Night
c) The Sailor’s Hornpipe
This song encourages Audiences to get up and Dance (particularly at the Outdoor events).
Read a book with AT LEAST One pair of Human Legs on the cover
Classic: 909 pages
The Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioTask Total: 30
Season Total: 615
babbling c15.10 - The Streak
Baseball' "Iron Man," Cal Ripken, Jr (#8), shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles sat out a game on September 20, 1998 to end his streak of 2632 consecutive games played. 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.
Cape Storm audible Cape Storm - mass market paperback pgs. 305 by Rachel Caine
Weather Warden #8
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 190/905
Completed Tasks: 12/54
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 5,417
Books read this season: 15
babbling c5.2 - Titanic
Titanic became the highest grossing film of the 90's. Read a book with at least 50,000 ratings on GR.
Spinning Silver - kindle Spinning Silver - paperback pgs 480 by Naomi Novik
97,555 ratings
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 195/905
Completed Tasks: 13/54
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 5,897
Books read this season: 16
15.9 I'll Be There For YouSeraphina by Rachel Hartman
Author's name matches character Rachel Greene
Points this post: 15
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 22
babbling c5.8 - Twister
Twister, released in 1996, became the first film released on DVD in the United States. Read a book with all the letters DVD in the title and/or subtitle.
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors - kindle Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors - paperback pgs. 481 by Sonali Dev
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 200/905
Completed Tasks: 14/54
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 6,378
Books read this season: 17
babbling c15.2 - Egg Watch
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words, where the initial letters of each word of the title are found in TAMAGOTCHI. The initials may only be used as often as they appear in the target word. All title words count. Subtitles may be ignored.
The Tourist Attraction - audible The Tourist Attraction paperback pgs. 390 by Sarah Morgenthaler
TAMAGOTCHI
AND
Book 2: Read a book from the Coming of Age Books list.
Cemetery Boys -kindle Los chicos del cementerio - paperback pgs. 430 by Aiden Thomas
page 9
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 215/905
Completed Tasks: 15/54
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 7,198
Books read this season: 19
Lisa MD15.7 - 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.
🍁The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron
Title Word: Sensitive - Contains 2 s's and 2 e's
First published January 1, 1996
251 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 530/905
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 28/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
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Task 15.7: Google It: Murderers Prefer Blondes by Amanda Matestsky has 2 sets of iddentical letters in the title words muRdEREs (2Es and 2Rs) and prEfEr (2Es)
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals:315
Books: 21
Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 1