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Amy FL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Golden Poppies by Laila Ibrahim (oILman)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 670
Amy FL20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 1: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie - published in 1924
Points this post: 20
Total points: 690
Amy FL20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 2: The Shadow Murders - set in Denmark (metadata)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 710
Bookwrm526Task #10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California. I read Lay Your Sleeping Head by Michael Nava, set completely in California.
Total points so far: 335
Barbara ★20.1 - Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C - Law and Lawyers in Fiction
Read a book from one of the following lists
Three Parts Dead - Max Gladstone 2/8
(#213 on Law and Lawyers in Fiction list, page 3)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 480
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
LAUREN JODI5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
A Lady Never Surrenders by Sabrina Jeffries
Set in the England
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 440/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 36
Total Tasks Completed: 30/52
Mai25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Book 1. Title of two words each beginning with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza
400 pages
Book 2. Book first published in 2002.
Prey by Michael Crichton
507 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 33
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Task:5.2 - Guilty [on the banned book list]Book read:Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
graphic novel, 288 pages
Required:page 4 of the list
Points this task:5
Total points:90
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:12
Tasks completed:10
Task:5.3 - April Showers [1st pubbed April/may]Book read:The Girl at the Door by Veronica Raimo
Required:First published April 3, 2018
Points this task:5
Total points:95
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:13
Tasks completed:11
Task:5.8 - And The Winner Is...[won an award]Book read:The Familiars by Stacey Halls
Required:winner of the Betty Trask Award (2020)
Points this task:5
Total points:100
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:14
Tasks completed:12
Task:5.9 - WGY TV [word from SCHENECTADY.]Book read:You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus
Required:DEATH in scHEnecTADy
Points this task:5
Total points:105
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:15
Tasks completed:13
Task:5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free[ any book that meets SRC rules]Book read:Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
graphic novel 209 pages
Required:meets src rules
Points this task:5
Total points:110
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:16
Tasks completed:14
CHANDNI10.4 - Wonder Drug
Read a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
My Name Is Sus5an Smith: The 5 Is Silent by Louise Plummer
NAME - pENicillium notAtuM
Points this post: 10
Total points: 800
20.10 - Group ReadsShrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
discussion post #11
Points this post: 20
Total points: 660
Task:10.1 - BINGO! [letters of bingo in title/sub]Book read:The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Required:BINGO in the earth my Butt aNd Other bIG round things
Points this task:10
Total points:120
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:17
Tasks completed:15
Task:10.3 - Freudian Slip [psychology list]Book read:The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
Required:page 6 of the psychology books list
I claim 1 its a fact! ticket as this is non fiction.
Points this task:10
Total points:130
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:18
Tasks completed:16
Task:10.6 - It Girl [it or girl in title/sub]Book read:What's a Girl Gotta Do? by Holly Bourne
Required:girl in the title
Points this task:10
Total points:140
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:19
Tasks completed:17
Task:20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parentsOption:1-ALL of the letters in SALMON in title/sub
Book read:Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life by Marie Kondō
Required: salmon in kurAShi at hOMe: how to orgaNize your space and achieve your ideaL life
I claim 1 its a fact! ticket as this is non fiction
Points this task:20
Total points:160
Total Golden Oldies:3
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:20
Tasks completed:18
CHANDNI5.5 - Herald Square
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday or an individual seasonal holiday genre that occurs from December to January, such as "Christmas"
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Points this post: 5
Total points: 805
5.8 - And The Winner Is...The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
2021 Book of the Month - Book of the Year Award
Points: 35
5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are FreeWays to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson
I'm a coach for my 4th grader's Reading Rivalry team and this is one of the 10 books the team is reading. I've been reading along with them and figured I'd use one here since it's a middle grade, children's book and not eligible anywhere else. :)
Points: 40
20.7 Op A: MPG Feminism
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
Books read: 24
Point Total: 280/840
Tasks Total: 21/52
MEGSCL20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 1 - The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison
TOTAL - 505
MEGSCL30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 2. January. Read a book with MPG Math, Mathematics, or Science. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Option 3. February. Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor. Dial A for Aunties
TOTAL - 535
10.7 Black Venus I read Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow (author found on page 2 of list)
Season Total: 40
20.2 Little LovesI chose option 1 and read A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo (author initials in oiLMan)
Season Total: 60
20.4 Remembering My Parents I chose option 2 and read Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman (set in Sweden)
Season Total: 80
Task 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!Option 2: The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests
Nonfiction - MPG Politics
Total points: 120
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent StoreInto Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Nonfiction - 368 pages - word from Frank WINfield WOolworTh is "into"
Total points: 140
30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The SandmanOption 2: From Doon With Death (226 pages)
Name of the Endless in title is "Death"
Option 4: The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times (319 pages)
Word from song lyrics is "Light"
Total points: 170
15.6 - King TutRead a book set at least 50% in Egypt, a book about archaeology, or a book featuring an archaeologist. REQUIRED: Specify in your post how your book fits the task.
The Crossing Places- main character is archaeologist, GR description begins - "Forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties and lives happily alone. ."
Points this post: 15
Total points: 665
BB:2 GO:6 IAF:4
Coralie25.8 The Chinese Zodiac
The animal I chose was the DOG
Option 1 Book published in the year of the dog -2018
The Cabin at the End of the World
Option 2 – book with a dog on the cover
one of the symbols in the top right hand corner is a dogTotal to date 715 points
Coralie30.2 Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 1 – book with all the letters of ANIME in the title
AN in AND, I in guide, ME in MurdEr
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder
Option 3 – book that is part of a series and has an MPG Humor
Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge
Total to date 745 points
25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles Option 1. 2 word title; each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
I read the Kindle edition: Two Brothers by Fábio Moon
💘 T in TWO; B in DOUBLES 💘
PB (for page count): Dois Irmãos
📖 232 pages 📖
Option 2. first published in 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
❄️ first published 2002 ❄️
📖 436 pages 📖
Total points: 400 + 25 = 425
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 4
Bookwrm526Task #20.3 - The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 2: Read a whole-numbered book from a mystery series and that takes place between 1919 and 1939. I read Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, primarily set in 1929 and mentioned in the task as a book that will work.
Total points so far: 355
Nick KY25.4 Sandy’s Grandparents
Option 1. I read In the Night Room by Peter Straub, title word NIGHT letters in the word “eIGHTeeNth amendment.” 352 pp
Option 2. I read A Real Basket Case by Beth Groundwater, inits in “Bathtub Gin.” 312 pp
Total pp = 664 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 600
Sarah E10.3 - Freudian Slip
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know - on page 2 of the list
I read an ebook, the top paperback that is not large print - no MMP - is دوباره فکر کن؛ قدرت دانستن چیزهایی که نمیدانیم
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 75
Total NF: 1
Sarah E15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Las tres caras de la luna
My word is MOON
M in Minute
O in yOu
ON in NOthin
Sally Gardner in SinGer
Total Points: 90
Deborah25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
1) Soul Taken 389 pages
ST: TWO DOUBLES
2) Magical Midlife Madness 374 pages
First published February 16, 2020
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 13
Nick KY20.3 Chris MD's Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 1: Read a book by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, or Ngaio Marsh that was published BEFORE 1939.
I read Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham, 1st pub’d 1930.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 620
Mai25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
>500 pages
Option 1 - Prohibition
The word "ninth" can be made from the letters in EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
448 pages
Option 3. Location
Book set in New York State (Most of the book occurs in JFK airport in NYC. The part in California is retold by a character)
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
179 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 420
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 35
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Task 25.7 - Where in the World Am I?Book A: Option 2 - Read a book where the letters of ESTONIA, or LATVIA or BELGIUM can be found in the title (no subtitle)
LATVIA = pAper VALenTIne
Paper Valentine (2013) by Brenna Yovanoff (Goodreads Author) (Young Adult) (Hardcover 304 pages)
Book B: Option 3 Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found in CHICAGO
CHicago
Great Maria (1974) by Cecelia Holland (Paperback 553 pages)
** Great Maria is a Big Book, pagecount: 553 pages **
Pagecount: 304 + 553 = 857 > 601 pages
125 + 25 = 150
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 125 + 25 = 150
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,658
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Becky C20.10 - Group Reads
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt
Discussion post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Becky C20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Author's initials found in OILMAN
Full Share by Nathan Lowell
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Becky C20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
1) Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “FOXLEASE”.
The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Becky C10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
Captain's Share by Nathan Lowell
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing DoublesBook 1: Spider's Web (231 pages)
Title of two words. Each word begins with a letter from 'TWO DOUBLES'
Book 2: Writers & Lovers (320 pages)
Published in 2020
Total points: 195
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