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Aug 01, 2022 01:50PM
Does anyone know a book a Protaganist with a surname starting with a ' D' for #28?
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Debby wrote: "Does anyone know a book a Protaganist with a surname starting with a ' D' for #28?"I have a book where the protaganist has a first name that starts with 'D': The Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey, the main guy's name is David.
I'm currently reading it for another readathon
Audrey wrote: "Kelly wrote: "I found the book A Small Zombie Problem for the zombie category (#60) but then discovered the MC's name is August (#86)!! I can use it for either category, depending o..."I'll keep it penciled in for #86.
I found a book for #80, a book with a character that is younger than sixteen who drives a car or motorbike: The Car. Sounds interesting and I love Paulsen's writing. The MC starts his car journey in Cleveland, which is where I am from!
A few ideas:#30 (character with amnesia) Restart
#14 (book title that is a question) What Lane? (could also possibly qualify for #24, book that explores topic of racism)
#81 -- Hugo Cabret?#100 -- Baby-Sitters' Club
#76 -- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or The Horse and His Boy
#22 -- Roald Dahl's the Witches
Debby wrote: "Does anyone know a book a Protaganist with a surname starting with a ' D' for #28?"If you don't find one, I think I have an A book for my name.
I found one with (more than) seven i's in the title!! Haha, it is...Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)
Believe it or not, classified as MG on AR!
Ok, I don't know how I reas that as 7 letter I's!!?? Audrey, you got it with Enclopedia Brown anyway!
Hey team! Got an update:1.DNF's do not count- for it to fully count you have to fully read the book
2.I forgot this as well but put the authors name with the book title, I'll be addingit for me on there soon
3.I don' think a book can be for two of the same prompt and I saw one on the sheet, so unless that's a place holder for the other book.
If ya'll got any other questions don't hesitate to ask!
Thanks for the update!I put a Pippi book twice with a question mark as a place holder.
Kelly wrote: "Ok, I don't know how I reas that as 7 letter I's!!?? Audrey, you got it with Enclopedia Brown anyway!"It did say 7 originally! I counted 5 in the Encyclopedia Brown and was bummed.
Is there a minimum page requirement or just the MG requirement?
I just got an editing job of a MG book. Maybe that can count for something?
Audrey wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Ok, I don't know how I reas that as 7 letter I's!!?? Audrey, you got it with Enclopedia Brown anyway!"It did say 7 originally! I counted 5 in the Encyclopedia Brown and was bummed.
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Must be more than 100 pages long.
*For audio books*: The print edition must be more than 100 pages long.
*For graphic novels*: must be more than 150 pages long.
- Must be categorised as MG+ or MG on this website: https://www.arbookfind.com/
If it says LG or UG on the website it DOESN’T COUNT
This is from the challenge info section if this helps ya
Ideas:#96 (character travels to two points in time): The Retake
#99 (book with an unreliable narrator): Fortunately, the Milk or Liar & Spy
Audrey wrote: "Debby wrote: "Does anyone know a book a Protaganist with a surname starting with a ' D' for #28?"If you don't find one, I think I have an A book for my name."
It's not MG on the list, although I think it should be.
I just checked out Fortunately the Milk and it looks like it is LG, not MG.
Got it, Audrey. I hadn't checked those yet, whoops.
Audrey wrote: "Audrey wrote: "Debby wrote: "Does anyone know a book a Protaganist with a surname starting with a ' D' for #28?"If you don't find one, I think I have an A book for my name."
It's not MG on the l..."
Ah ha! I think I've got it!
Audrey if it's ok with you, I could fill the whole section for the extra points with Mary Poppins as #26 the name in title, and I have filled in #27, 28, 29, and 30. Would that be ok with you?
Sure -- if you can do #26 as well, that's fine. I think that book may fit another category.(I got Fortunately the Milk for another challenge, and I was hoping to use it for both, but it looks like I can't since it's LG.)
Liar & Spy IS MG, though.
yes I have a #26 ...yay! will change when I get home
So sorry about Fortunately the Milk :-(Hope everyone's reading is off to a great start! I'm enjoying A Small Zombie Problem for #86. I hope to finish it today and start (and maybe finish?) Pippi Goes on Board tonight.
Oh, I am also listening to Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library on my work commute for the audiobook category. My son has a soccer scrimmage 40 minutes away this evening, so I'll listen to a good chunk of it then :) :) It's so good!!
Hey, if you guys are okay with this, I'm going to attempt to read all of category 4, Words Fail. I'm almost finished with task 20, so one down four to go. Going for that 10 bonus points for a category completed by one person. I see Debby's doing that for category 5. Woo hoo!
I can try to get all for section 11, I just need to find a book for 52 and 55 I have these books
Ann M Martin's Family Tree series all have a character death.
So Kadi put up the spreadsheet for all the team's scores... we are currently in 5th. I'm not saying we have to push ourselves as I don't know ya'll scheduales and I'm honestly surprised with the scores too.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I'm going to try for category 10.Last year my team won by getting all 100 tasks done. There were a couple of crazy fast readers.
I finished one tonight, started another. Will finish audiobook category tomorrow. Aeriell, do you want to try to tackle Category 7 with me? The book for task #35 is what I started tonight. And I have one for #32. We could get the extra bonus 5 points? We would just need #33 (book set in the 80s - easy to find) and #34 (book with an alien who tries to disguise themselves as human - not quite as easy to find? 😉)
Aeriell wrote: "So Kadi put up the spreadsheet for all the team's scores... we are currently in 5th. I'm not saying we have to push ourselves as I don't know ya'll scheduales and I'm honestly surprised with the sc..."We got this. They may have gotten a fast start, but we'll be in the running once we finish all the books we have listed on the spreadsheet! And add even more. As Mary Poppins says, “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.” We got a job to do and it's a fun one, so go Team Mary Poppins!!
(I know, I'm annoying...)
Audrey wrote: "I'm going to try for category 10.Last year my team won by getting all 100 tasks done. There were a couple of crazy fast readers."
You've got some good ones for that category, Audrey!
Wow. Looking at the entire spreadsheet, my first thought was there is no way we'll finish all 100! But it can be done I guess. We can do it!!
Kelly wrote: "I finished one tonight, started another. Will finish audiobook category tomorrow. Aeriell, do you want to try to tackle Category 7 with me? The book for task #35 is what I started tonight. And I ..."
I was looking up books set in the 1980's and there isn't many and mainly got middle grade books that are from the 80's. I'll keeo looking. Also yeah 34 I'll keep looking as well. I have a list of ones I own so if ya'll see any that would fit let me know:https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I read a Baby-Sitter's Club book for another challenge, and those were written in the 80s and should count for that.
The False Prince would work for #40 and #85 and #99.Sky Jumpers would work for #90 and #75 and maybe a couple others but I can't remember enough of the book to be sure.
(Funnily enough, both those books are written by authors who live pretty close to me, so I have signed copies.)
Audrey wrote: "The False Prince would work for #40 and #85 and #99.Sky Jumpers would work for #90 and #75 and maybe a couple others but I can't remember enough of the book to be sure.
(Funnily enough, both tho..."
Wow and thank you, I can also find books that may fill out the rest of section 8
Aeriell I just wanted to tell u that Artemis fowl is brilliant so thanks for that rec lol
If you search Middle Grade Fiction Set In The 1980s on Goodreads there's a list of 27 books. I'm on my phone at the moment so can't link to it momentarily.I'm halfway through Stowaway. It's very good! Should finish it today.
We moved into 4th! 🎉
Kelly wrote: "If you search Middle Grade Fiction Set In The 1980s on Goodreads there's a list of 27 books. I'm on my phone at the moment so can't link to it momentarily.I'm halfway through Stowaway. It's very ..."
Just finished 'Mary Poppins' ... an element of fun! Can't wait to print the whole list at the end of this challenge. So many books I want to read now!
I think that would work!! I've already read it, so it would be yours, Aeriell. Then we can play the 80s one by ear?
@Aeriell, we could also try to tackle category 1 together? I found one for tasks #1 and #5, but I'm not dead-set on them, if we wanted to change things around.
So here is currently what I can do:I still and looking at boks to finish section 8 and 11,
I can do task number 8 if King Arthur is a famous public figure since I have a book that has a person named Arthur in it.
I currently have nothing/ no idea for 33 or 34 so...
I can do 61 I think
Section 14 and 15 would be fun to taackle with more then one person
I could possibly do 90
Some of these are based on a series I am reading to completion that I own all for. Let me know what ya'll think! Remeber if some I mentioned here you want to do before me just go ahead and take them if you think you will get there before I do! I don't want to hog many of them!
Ok. I got a book today for #33 (We Dream of Space) and Aru Shah and the Song of Death for #4, which is Jos's recommendation for our team.I'd be interested in tackling Category 14 with you. "Gold sticker" doesn't necessarily mean just the Newbery medal, does it? The Pura Belpre and the Scott O'Dell awards also have a gold sticker.
Go Team Mary Poppins!
Same as you, Aeriell, if I have something marked but someone has something else for it that, go for it. Please feel free to delete mine; many of them are just placeholders. Except for Category 4, which I'm doing myself, and a few others where 2 of us can tackle it!I've started filling in more, but it doesn't mean those are set in stone. I do want to put book requests in at my library though, so that's why I'm doing that, just in case I do end up reading them.
Categories 16 and 19 are completely empty, so I may start filling in there as well.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle books should count for #80.The Mister Monday (etc.) books have a protagonist named Arthur. Can that tie in to King Arthur?
Do you know what counts as how many pages are in the book? Does that include afterwards, author's notes, etc.?
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