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FALL CHALLENGE 2021
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
15.8 - Beanie BabiesI read Close to Home Revisited. There is a cartoon dog on the cover (northeast of the big red truck):
.Points this post: 15
Total Points: 355
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
5.10 - AladdinFor this task, I read To Live Forever, by Jack Vance.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 360
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
5.2 - Titanic A book with at least 50,000 ratings: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
This book has 219,669 ratings.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 780
5.10 - AladdinA book of choice: The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
Points this post: 5
Total points: 785
Jessica DTask 20.9: In Memory of Bailey
Option 2: single author with initials in BOOPINATOR
The Becoming by Nora Roberts (NR)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 345
ROBIN P10.8 - Here We Are Now Entertain Us
Word in title at least 3 letters long from a track title
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating - word You from track Come As You Are
(listened to audiobook, linked paperback)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 725
BB: 7 GO: 5
Lisa MDThis is my final post of the Fall season. Thanks to the mods for all the time and effort put into making this challenge possible. Looking forward to the Winter season.
5.10 - Aladdin
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
🍁Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 535/905
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 29/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Congratulations, Kaora! You will have a 25-point task in the Winter 2021 Challenge.
ED15.9 - I’ll Be There for You
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
"Charles" shared with Charles Bing
830p.; pub. 1844
*****I claim 2 BB tickets*****
***** I claim 1 GO ticket*****
Task total=15
Grand Total=55
BB+7
GO=2
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option Ab) a book by a single author who shares first and last intitals with one of the 50 greatest composers of all time. i read I lysets makt av Leigh Bardugo, who shares initials with Ludwig van Beethoven
option Bb) a book set in Great Britain. i read [The Midnight Library|56578056] which is set in England.
points for this task: 30
total points: 180
tasks done: 12
books read: 16
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option Ab) a book by a single author who shares first and last intitals with one of the 50 greatest composers of all time. i read I lysets makt av Leigh Bardugo, who shares initials with Ludwig van Beethoven
option Bb) a book set in Great Britain. i read The Midnight Library which is set in England.
points for this task: 30
total points: 180
tasks done: 12
books read: 16
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a book with a word in the title that contains at least two sets of identical letters. i read Kapitalet, överheten och alla vi andra: klassamhället i Sverige det rådande och det kommande
the word “alla” contains two sets of identical letters.
points for this task: 15
total points: 195
tasks done: 13
books read: 17
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i chose option 2. read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MRS PEEBODY
i read Alle andre by Sally Rooney. S and R can be found.
points for this task: 20
total points: 215
tasks done: 14
books read: 18
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - Rug Rats!
Read a book with all of its single author's initials in NICKELODEON. I read Finna by Nino Cipri.
Total points so far: 730
Coralie15.3 The Boy Who Lived
One book option – book with MPG magic, published in the 1990’s
The Book of Atrix Wolfe
Total to date 690 points
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.3 - Just Like Me.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Totals
Points: 225
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Completed: 22
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
Option 1:
Here and Now and Then
Author: Mike Chen
Totals
Points: 245
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total Books Completed: 23
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10 - Aladdin
The Writing LifeTotals
Points: 250
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Completed: 24
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: My Favorite Day of the WeekBook #1: I chose Option 1, and read Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris, whose initials can be found in TUESDAY.
Book #2: I chose Option 4 (read a book first published in 2021), and read Peril, which was published in September 2021. For Peril (512 pages), I claim a Big Book ticket.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 390
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
10.9 Year of the women - female authorThe Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair by Margaret Creighton
Points: 10
Total/challenge: 255
30.4 Dinosaur Operas >600 pgs, 1 NFBk 1 - 4 letter word title/sub made from dINOSaur OPeras - Poison
Poison Study - 427 pgs
Bk 2 - auth init in dinosauR opeRas- RR
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein - NF - 368 pgs
427+368=795 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 285
Kathy KS20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season...
Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman
Discussion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Message 29
I listened to the audiobook; pb=341 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 750
Tasks completed: 43
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
FLY Task #20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
task: Option 1: Read a book whose author initials can be found in GEOCACHING.
book: Heartsick
how it fits: author Chelsea Cain initials CC in geoCaChing
Points this post: 20
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 24/54
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
FLY Task #20.4 - Golden Oldies - Fly's Task: Moving through the 90s
task: Option 1: Read a book with an author named Mike or Michael.
book: The English Patient
how it fits: author is Michael Ondaatje
Points this post: 20
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 25/54
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
FLY Task #5.1 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
task: Read a book that is a prequel or fill-in in a series that is numbered with a #0 or a decimal.
book: A Court of Frost and Starlight
how it fits: (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 26/54
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
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LAUREN JODI10.4 - Stick 'Em Up!
Set in Massachusetts
Shopping for a Billionaire 3 by Julia Kent
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 870/905
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 68
Tasks Completed: 52/54
ROBIN P10.3 - Just Like Me
NF MPG Science
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Points this post: 10
Total points: 735
BB: 7 GO: 5
Task 20.4 - Moving through the 90sOption 1: Read a book with an author (one of multiple is okay) named Mike or Michael.
Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #56) (2014) by Mike Tucker (Paperback, 256 pages)
435 + 20 = 455
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 435 + 20 = 455
Books read: 32
Pages read: 8,459
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 24
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Shelby
5.10 - Aladdin
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.: The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
How Fits: Choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 450
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.3 - Just Like Me.
Read a nonfiction book with the main page genre Science, Ethics, or Philosophy.: Fox & I by Catherine Raven
How Fits: MPG: Non-Fiction & Science
Points this post: 10
Total points: 460
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.8 - 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 (not subtitle).: Spirit Bound by Christine Feehan
How Fits: Track - Smells Like Teen Spirit & Title - Spirit Bound
Points this post: 10
Total points: 470
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.2 - 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.: Always Mine by Sloane Kennedy
How Fits: Title - Always Mine
AND
Book 2
Read a book from the Coming of Age Books list.: Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
How Fits: Coming of Age List page 4
Points this post: 15
Total points: 485
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.3 - The Boy Who Lived
Option 2
Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.: Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
How Fits: MPG - Magic & Published - 6/6/1989
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.4 - Supersize Me
Option 2
Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements.: The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
How Fits: Author - Scott Lynch & Page Count - 690pgs
Claiming 1 Big Book Tickets - 690pgs
Points this post: 15
Total points: 515
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.6 - Buzz, Beep, Squeal!
Read a book with a word found on this Onomatopoeia Word List in the title/subtitle.: Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
How Fits: Word - Whispering / Title - Under the Whispering Door
Points this post: 15
Total points: 530
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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.: The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
How Fits: Location - India & Page Count - 384pgs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
b>Shelby20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sarah E's task: Epic Maps
Option 2: Rivers
Read a book which has RIVER found intact in the title, subtitle, or series name.: Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine
How Fits: Title - Wolfhunter River
Points this post: 20
Total points: 570
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
b>Shelby25.1 - XBM's task: My Life as a 90s TV Show
Option 1
Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: Full, House, Married, Children, Family, Matters.: Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
How Fits: Title - Peril at End House
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Tickets - Published February 1932
AND
Option 3
Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction..: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
How Fits: MPG - Science Fiction
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
b>Shelby25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays
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.: The Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter
How Fits: Title - The Darkest Lie
AND
Option 4
Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) are the same.: Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
How Fits: Author - Rainbow Rowell
Claiming 1 Big Book Tickets - 579pgs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 620
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
b>Shelby30.4 - 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.: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong
How Fits: Title - Forest of Ruin & Page Count - 436pgs
AND
Book 2
Read a book written by an author whose initials (ALL initials) can be found in DINOSAUR OPERAS.: Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
How Fits: Author - Susan Elizabeth Phillips & Page Count - 384pgs
Total Pages: 820
Points this post: 30
Total points: 650
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
30.5 - Aprilleigh’s Task: A Good Decade
Option A
Read a book from my list of popular biology books.: The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
How Fits: On Shelf
AND
Option C
Read a book from my list of popular fiction books.: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
How Fits: On Shelf
Points this post: 30
Total points: 680
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
b>Shelby50.1 - Bucket's task: Reading Adventure
Country: USA
Option 3: World Tour
Book 1
Read a book set in the country you chose.: Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
How Fits: Location - Ireland & Page Count - 389pgs
AND
Book 2
Read a book set in a different country on a different continent.: The Great Wall by Z. Allora
How Fits: Location - China & Page Count - 257pgs
AND
Book 3
Read a book set in a different country on a third different continent.: Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine
How Fits: Location - Egypt & Page Count - 368pgs
Total Pages: 1014
Points this post: 50
Total points: 730
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
MARGO30.5 - Aprilleigh’s Task: A Good Decade
Option A: Biology and Medicine (nonfiction)
Read a book from my list of popular biology books.
On page 3 of list:
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World
Option C: Fiction with a Science Component
Read a book from my list of popular fiction books.
On page 1 of list:
The Naturalist
Posted versions on tasks lists but read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 21
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
HanneloreTask 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bookwrm526's task: Geocaching Time Again!
Read one book that fits one of the options.
Option 1: Read a book whose author initials (middle initials can be ignored) can be found in the phrase GEOCACHING.
Book: Moord in de pastorie
How it fits: Book was written by Agatha Christie.
Her initials are in geocAChing.
CLAIMING A GO TICKET
This book was first published in 1930.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 19
BB tickets:
(4) 500+
(2) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 3
ED10.7 - Y2K - Time to Panic!
Arabian Nights: More Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights; Volume 2 of 2 by Jack D. Zipes
Task total=10
Grand Total=70
BB+7
GO=2
Nevermind
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.2 - Egg Watch
Book 1 -
The Gambler by Denise Grover Swank
Title contains at least 2 words and the initial letters of each word are found in TamaGotchi.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Miłosna ruletka
Book 2 -
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
This book can be found on Page 3 of the Coming Of Age Books list.
Link to MMP edition: Miss Dumplin
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 620 points
Tasks completed: 33
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
Sarah E10.2 - Come On, Get Happy!
IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE
The Rose Code
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Rose Code
Big Book, 624 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 665
Total BBs: 8
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Kim O's task: In Memory of Bailey
Option 2: Author initials in MRS PEEBODY
Flowers in the Snow by Danielle Stewart
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Flowers in the Snow
Total Points: 655