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If you would like a place to plan or share what you'll be reading for the Fall 2020 Challenge you may post a list in this thread. You are NOT required to post here to participate in the challenge.


message 2: by TraceyL (last edited Nov 29, 2020 06:22AM) (new)

TraceyL | 1069 comments TraceyL's Reading Plans

Incomplete Tasks:

15.4 (2 Books OR 2-in-1)
(Book 1: Memoir or Autobiography) Is This Anything? READ
(Book 2: 6 Word Title) This Year It Will Be Different

25.4 (2 Books 500+ 1 Comic Ok)
(Book 1: Word in Sub/Title Matches - New Wilderness This Body Burnt Sugar Who They Was Mirror Light Shadow King Such Fun Age Real Life Redhead Love Other Thought Experiments How Much These Hills Gold) Machine Learning 352 Pages
(Book 2: Name Matches - Diane Cook Gabriel Hilary Mantel McCann Kiley Reid Douglas Stuart Brandon Taylor Anne Tyler Sophie Ward Pam Zhang) A Winter's Dream 352 Pages OR The Christmas Holiday 384 Pages

30.5
(Book 1) Next Level Basic
(Book 2) Spin

Completed Tasks:

5.1 A Midsummer Night's Scream
5.2 Son of Rosemary
5.3 I Am Not Your Final Girl
5.4 Disfigured
5.5 Robinson Crusoe
5.6 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 2
5.7 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
5.8 Tender is the Flesh
5.9 A Christmas Escape
5.10 The Hole
10.1 The Third Grave
10.2 In a Shallow Grave
10.3 The Christmas Hirelings
10.4 Kindred Graphic Novel
10.5 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1
10.6 Rosemary's Baby
10.7 Afterlife with Archie Vol 1
10.8 Sealed
10.9 The Book of Hallowe'en
10.10 Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
15.1
(Book 1) Skipping Christmas
(Book 2) Christmas Letters
15.2
(Book 1) Burnt Offerings
(Book 2) My Father, the Pornographer
15.3
(Book 1) Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
(Book 2) The Murders of Molly Southbourne
15.5 The Glovemaker
15.6 Saturday Night Ghost Club
15.7 In the Ravine
15.8 The Ghost Tree
15.9 Wonderland
15.10 Ritz & Escoffier
20.1 (Option 3) Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
20.2 NO TASK
20.3 Brave New World
20.4 Meddling Kids
20.5 (Option 3) Eltonsbrody
20.6 (Option 2) My Best Friend's Exorcism
20.7 (Option 1) Ring Shout
20.8 The Brightest Star
20.9 (Option 2) Hamilton: The Revolution
20.10 Andromeda Strain
25.1 NO TASK
25.2
(Book 1) Home Before Dark
(Book 2) Dearly
25.3
(Book 1) The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
(Book 2) The Spirit
25.5
(Book 1) A Christmas Carol
(Book 2) The Last Policeman
25.6
(Book 1) Extra Virginity
(Book 2) James Acaster's Classic Scrapes
25.7
(Option 1) Elizabeth
(Option 2) Simmer Down
25.8
(Option 1) Frozen
(Option 2) The Devil All The Time
25.9
(Option 2) Falling in Love with Hominids
(Option 4) Long Way Down
25.10
(Book 1) Hell Hound
(Book 2) The Narrows
30.1
(Option 3) Animal Wife
(Option 4) The Haunted Forest Tour
30.2 The Time Machine by H.G. Wells AND A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry
30.3
(Option 1) Afterland
(Option 3) Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone
30.4
(Option 2) The Devil's Own Work
(Option 5) The Communist Manifesto
30.6
Book A
(Option 3) Charles Dickens
Book B
(Option 2) The Devils You Meet on Christmas Day
50.1
A place (city, state, country) - Congo
An animal - The Cormorant
A job/occupation - Clown in a Cornfield

Points Earned This Post: 0
Total Points Earned: 865
Golden Oldie Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)


message 3: by Christine (last edited Nov 10, 2020 05:05PM) (new)

Christine | 843 comments Fall 2020 Reading Plan


5.1 - xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths
5.2 - Caliban's War
5.3 - The Hunting Party
5.4 - To the Bright Edge of the World, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
5.5 - Possession
5.6 - Binti
5.7 - Tortilla Flat
5.8 - A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
5.9 - Blood & Beauty: The Borgias
5.10 - Carmilla

10.1 - The Years of Rice and Salt, The Rosewater Redemption
10.2 - The Snow Queen
10.3 - The Rosewater Insurrection
10.4 - Wild Seed
10.5 - The Rise of Magicks
10.6 - Leviathan Wakes
10.7 - Big Mushy Happy Lump hoopla
10.8 - Mexican Gothic
10.9 - Middlemarch 2445
10.10 - The Doors of Eden 1820

15.1 - 1: Head On
2: On Immunity: An Inoculation
15.2 - 1: The Regional Office is Under Attack!
2: The Marriage of Opposites
15.3 - 2: Spinning Silver
15.4 - 2: The Journal of the Plague Year: London, 1665
15.5 - Lent
15.6 - The Thursday Murder Club
15.7 - The Word Is Murder 2010
15.8 - Gilead
15.9 - The Sentence Is Death 2369
15.10 - The Glass Hotel

20.1 - 1: Howl's Moving Castle
20.2 - NO TASK
20.3 - Rebecca
20.4 - 1: The Pickwick Papers
20.5 - 3: Why We're Polarized 2470
20.6 - 1: The Ten Thousand Doors of January 198
20.7 - 3: The Mysteries of Udolpho 150
20.8 - Flip #1 Heads/Flip #2 Heads - A Memory Called Empire
20.9 - C: Washington: A Life
20.10 - Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

25.1 - NO TASK
25.2 - 1: Children of God
2: The Sparrow
25.3 - 1: The Travelling Cat Chronicles
2: Adrian Tchaikovsky
25.4 - 1: The Winter King (king)
2: For We Are Many (Taylor)
25.5 - 1: Year One
2: Of Blood and Bone
25.6 - 1: Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
2: The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
235
25.7 - 1: Sons and Lovers
4: Must Love Otters
25.8 - 1: Storm Front
3: Bel Canto, The Cellist of Sarajevo, Daisy Jones & The Six
25.9 - 2: Kindred
4: Purple Hibiscus
25.10 - Film: The Book of Life (2014)
1: My Life as a White Trash Zombie MPG Horror
2: My Life in Middlemarch, Lock In, You

30.1 - 4: Enemy of God
5-A: People of the Book
30.2 - The Shadow of the Wind & The House on the Strand
30.3 - 1: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
3: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
2518
30.4 - 1: Surfacing
5: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
30.5 - 1: Seveneves
2: Stoner
30.6 - A3: Charles Dickens
B1: The Agony and the Ecstasy

50.1: Letters A, E, Q
1: What Alice Forgot
2: Avalon
5: The Alchemist


message 4: by Lois (last edited Nov 30, 2020 09:09PM) (new)

Lois | 2404 comments Fall 2020


✔5.1 Meg and Jo
✔5.2 Welcome to Moonlight Harbor
✔5.3 Alternate Side
✔5.4 Break Your Glass Slippers
✔5.5 Rage
✔5.6 Florence Adler Swims Forever
✔5.7 Redwood Bend
✔5.8 Time After Time
✔5.9 My Kitchen in Rome: Recipes and Notes on Italian Cooking
✔5.10 The Secrets We Kept

✔10.1 The Pull of the Stars
✔10.2 The Lions of Fifth Avenue
✔10.3 The Vanishing Half
✔10.4 The Yellow House
✔10.5 Spanish Dagger
✔10.6 The Pact
✔10.7 Imagine Wanting Only This
✔10.8 Death Overdue
✔10.9 A Spear of Summer Grass
✔10.10 The Lies That Bind

15.1
✔1. Full House
✔2. House Lessons: Renovating a Life
15.2
✔1. Buttercream Bump Off
✔2. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
15.3
✔1. In Five Years
✔2. The Last Train to Key West
15.4
✔1. Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir
✔2. Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
✔15.5 Her Last Flight
✔15.6 Until Friday Night
✔15.7 The Origin of Others
✔15.8 A Flickering Light
✔15.9 Big Summer
✔15.10 The Woman in Cabin 10

✔20.1 Anxious People
✔20.3 Teacher Man
✔20.4 The Clean House and Other Plays
✔20.5 The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
✔20.6 Dimestore: A Writer's Life
✔20.7 Magpie Murders
✔20.8 The Daughters of Erietown
✔20.9 Celia Garth
20.10


25.2
✔1. Go Ask Alice
✔2. Monogamy
25.3
✔1. The Secret of the Nightingale Palace
✔2. Roast Mortem
25.4
✔1. Redhead by the Side of the Road
✔2. Forever, Interrupted
25.5
1. Fall of Angels
2. Year One
25.6
✔1. The Jane Austen Society
✔2. Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family
25.7
✔1. The Color of Air
✔4. Twenty-one Truths About Love
25.8
✔1. A Woman Is No Man
✔3. Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
25.9
✔1. Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America
4. Clap When You Land
25.10
✔1. Life Sentences
✔2. Worn Stories

30.1
✔3. The Most Fun We Ever Had
✔4. Once We Were Brothers
30.2
The Paris Hours
All Adults Here
30.3
✔2. Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation
✔4. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
30.4
✔2. A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way through Love, Loss, and Laughter
✔5. Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
30.5
✔1. The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld
✔2. The Lido
30.6
✔A2. Miracle Creek
✔B2. All Happy Families

50.1
My Year with Eleanor
The Editor
The Egg and I


message 5: by Sheila (last edited Nov 24, 2020 09:19AM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments Sheila's Fall 2020 Plan


5.2. – And the record is....
Snow Creek (Detective Megan Carpenter, #1) by Gregg Olsen Snow Creek by Gregg Olsen
(Detective Megan Carpenter #1)


5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
Published March 8th 2018


5.4 – I'll Have a Double
Stranger in the Room (Keye Street #2) by Amanda Kyle Williams Stranger in the Room by Amanda Kyle Williams
Amanda


5.5 – It Really Happened
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) by Heather Morris The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris


5.6 – The AUDELCO awards
The Third to Die (Quinn & Costa Thriller, #1) by Allison Brennan The Third to Die by Allison Brennan


5.7 – Not just in NYC!
Invisible Prey (Lucas Davenport, #17) by John Sandford Invisible Prey by John Sandford


5.8 – In London as well
The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen


5.9. The Europe Theatre Prize
A Nest of Vipers by Andrea Camilleri A Nest of Vipers by Andrea Camilleri
Italy


5.10. Intermission
Any book


10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1) by Ashley Weaver Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver


10.2 - Avenue Q
Quantum (Captain Chase #1) by Patricia Cornwell Quantum by Patricia Cornwell


10.3 - Wicked
The Anatomist's Wife (Lady Darby Mystery, #1) by Anna Lee Huber The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber


10.5 - Hamilton
The Bitterroots (Cassie Dewell, #5) by C.J. Box The Bitterroots by C.J. Box
(Cassie Dewell #4)


10.8 - Trick or Treat
Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2) by Stephen King Finders Keepers by Stephen King


10.9 - Rock the Vote
The Kill Room (Lincoln Rhyme, #10) by Jeffery Deaver The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver
Published June 20th 2013


10.10 - Square Dance Day
A Minute to Midnight (Atlee Pine #2) by David Baldacci A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci


15.2 - Obie Awards
Book 1:
Vertical Coffin (Shane Scully, #4) by Stephen J. Cannell Vertical Coffin by Stephen J. Cannell
and
Book 2:
Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff


15.3 - Abracadabra!
Book 1:
Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7) by Ben Aaronovitch Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch
and
Book 2:
Nemesis (FBI Thriller, #19) by Catherine Coulter Nemesis by Catherine Coulter


15.4 - And I Did It My Way
Option 1
Book 1:
The Answer Is… Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
and
Book 2:
The Facts of Life and Death by Belinda Bauer The Facts of Life and Death by Belinda Bauer


⬛ 15.5 - Get The Word Out
Walk the Wire (Amos Decker #6) by David Baldacci Walk the Wire by David Baldacci


15.6 - Add To Cart
Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown


15.7 - The Toniest Award
The First Eagle (Leaphorn & Chee, #13) by Tony Hillerman The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman


15.8 - Pop!
Storm Prey (Lucas Davenport, #20) by John Sandford Storm Prey by John Sandford


15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
The Summer House by James Patterson The Summer House by James Patterson
Added to my On PC TBR list on June 26, 2020



message 6: by Alex (last edited Nov 30, 2020 09:09AM) (new)

Alex | 368 comments 5 Point Tasks
5.1 - Main Page Genre retellings.
5.2 - 1 and/or a 2 in its series number
5.3 - first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.
5.4 - Read a book by an author whose first, middle, or last name matches the name of any of these performers: Amanda Plummer, Dana Ivey, Kate Burton, Jan Maxwell, Mark Rylance, and Jeremy Pope.
5.5 - History or Historical Fiction
5.6 - Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan
5.7 - set at least 50% in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC.
5.8 - The New Husband by D.J. Palmer
5.9 - Read a book set at least 50% in Italy, Greece, Poland, or Russia.
5.10 - your choice
0/50

10 Point Tasks
10.1 - The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood
10.2 - The Huntress by Kate Quinn
10.3 - Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
10.4 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
10.5 - Flawless by Sara Shepard
10.6 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
10.7 - MPG Sequential Art.
10.8 - The Institute by Stephen King
10.9 - at least two numbers from 11/3 in its publication year.
10.10 - The End of Her by Shari Lepana
50/100

15 Point Tasks
15.1 - (2 books)
Book 1- Read a book with a two word title.
Book 2 - Read a book with a two word title where the first word is the 2nd word in book 1’s title.
15.2 - Book 1: Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons
Book 2: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
15.3 - (1 for both): Landline by Rainbow Rowell
15.4 - (1 for both): Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham
15.5 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
15.6 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
15.7 - Home by Toni Morrison
15.8 - Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell
15.9 - Have You Seen Me? by Kate White
15.10 - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
60/150

20 Point Tasks
20.1 - Option 2: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
20.2 - no task
20.3 - Perfect by Sara Shepard(page 3)
20.4 - Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
20.5 - Option 1: Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
20.6 - Option 1: The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
20.7 Option 4: You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks
20.8 - Two flips: Heads, Tails. New-to-you author who is a female and non-American One Day in December by Josie Silver
20.9 - Alex and Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz
20.10 - The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
140/180

25 Point Tasks
25.1 - No Task!
25.2 - 1 that fits both: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
25.3 - 2 books
1: TITLE contains all of the letters in SCRATCH
2: single author whose initials (all of them ) can be found in COPYCAT
25.4 - 1: The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica (Matches Love and Other Thought Experiments)
2: Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler

25.5 -1: The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
2: The Scourge by A.G. Henley

25.6 -1: I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
2: Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom by Matthew R. Kay
25.7 - --
25.8 - Option 1: Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
Option 2: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

25.9 - Option 1: Black Lives Matter Library, page 1
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Option 4: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (page 1)

25.10 - Movie: Girl vs. Monster (2012)
Book: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
First published 2012, matching word: Girl, Genre: Thriller, 560 pages

150/225

30 Point Tasks
30.1 - Option 4: What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz
Option 5: B - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

30.2 - Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Meant to Be Yours by Susan Mallery

30.3 - Option 2: The Sweet Spot by Stephanie Evanovich
Option 3: The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda

30.4 -Option 1: Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Option 4: Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
30.5 - Book 1: Saturdays at Noon by Rachel Marks
Book 2: Wanted by Sara Shepard
30.6 - Book A - Option 3: Losing You by Nicci French
Book B - Option 3: One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline
90/180

50 Point Task
50.1: Letters B, U, P
Food: When in Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison
Animal: The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
Color: Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

490/935


message 7: by Ann A (last edited Nov 30, 2020 05:13PM) (new)

Ann A (readerann) | 1021 comments Results: 230 points, 4 BB tickets, 1 Golden Oldie

5.1 - Can't Go Wrong - Hag-Seed
5.2 - And the record is - Birds of a Feather
5.3 - Twice a Hat Trick! - Miss Marple's Final Cases
5.4 - I'll Have a Double - A Spot of Bother
5.5 - It Really Happened - Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
5.6 - The AUDELCO awards - Paula
5.7 - Not just in NYC! - The Crossing
5.8 - In London as well Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life
5.9 - The Europe Theatre, Prize - Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy
✔5.10 - Intermission - The Sellout

✔10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre - Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.
10.2 - Avenue Q - The Finkler Question
10.3 - Wicked - The Casual Vacancy
10.4 - The Wiz - Homegoing
10.5 - Hamilton - Peaches for Father Francis
10.6 - Hobbit Day - Half of a Yellow Sun
✔10.7 - National Comic Book Day - Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
10.8 - Trick or Treat - The Stand
10.9 - Rock the Vote - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
✔10.10 - Square Dance Day - The Plot Against America

15.1 - Tinkers to Evers -
15.2 - Obe Awards -
15.3 - Abracadabra! -
15.4 - And I Did It My Way - I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
15.5 - Get the Word Out - The Elephant Keeper
15.6 - Add to Cart - Aunt Erma's Cope Book
✔15.7 - The Toniest Award - A Mercy
15.8 - Pop! -
15.9 - How Ya Doin? - No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
15.10 - Be Our Guest -

✔20.1 - Back to School - White Heat
✔20.3 - Banned Books Week - The Lottery and Other Stories
20.4 - A Funny Things -
✔20.5 - Bigger is Better - Or is it? - The Accidental
20.6 - All About Books - The Library Book
✔20.7 - A Different Kind of Celebration - In the Presence of the Enemy
✔20.8 - Hooray for New Authors - A History of Kindness
20.9 - Alexander Hamilton -
20.10 - Group Reads -

25.2 - Shakespearean Reading - Life After Life
25.3 - Finding a Topic -
25.4 - Man Bookering -
25.5 - Fist and Last -
✔25.6 - Back to Basics - The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience and Shakespeare: The World as Stage
25.7 - Happily Ever After -
25.8 - My Favorite Musicals - Little Children and Chronicles: Volume One
✔25.9 - Black Books Matter - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration and The Hate U Give
25.10 - Hocus Pocus FTW -

✔30.1 - Ancient Greek Theatre - The Burning Room and The Crossing
30.2 - In balance - The Sellout and The Likeness
30.3 - My TV... - A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour and The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
30.4 - Birds of a Feather -
30.5 - Find the Right Spell -
30.6 - Hurry Up and Wait - Nicholas Nickleby and Growth of the Soil


message 8: by Kaora (last edited Nov 25, 2020 09:58PM) (new)

Kaora (ophelja) | 1225 comments 5 Point Tasks - 5/10
5.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
5.2. – And the record is....
5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick!"
5.4 – I'll Have a Double
5.5 – It Really Happened Dreamland
5.6 – The AUDELCO awards I'm Thinking of Ending Things

5.7 – Not just in NYC! Santa Monica
5.8 – In London as well The Summer Children
5.9. The Europe Theatre Prize The Widow Queen
5.10. Intermission A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking


10 Point Tasks - 7/10
10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre The Haunting of Beatrix Greene Episode 1
10.2 - Avenue Q
10.3 - Wicked A Warrior's Path
10.4 - The Wiz
10.5 - Hamilton The Vanishing Season
10.6 - Hobbit Day Saga, Vol. 1
10.7 - National Comic Book Day Saga, Vol. 4
10.8 - Trick or Treat The Reddening
10.9 - Rock the Vote Saga, Vol. 2

10.10 - Square Dance Day

15 Point Tasks - 6/10
15.1 - Tinker to Evers to Chance No Exit Exit Strategy
15.2 - Obie Awards
15.3 - Abracadabra! Conjure Women
15.4 - And I Did It My Way
15.5 - Get The Word Out A Dark and Secret Place
15.6 - Add To Cart
15.7 - The Toniest Award
15.8 - Pop! Unspeakable Things
15.9 - How Ya Doin'? The Searcher
15.10 - Be Our Guest Blood Cruise


20 Point Tasks - 9 / 9
(view spoiler)

25 Point Tasks - 7/9
25.1 - Karen D's Task: NO TASK
25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading 1: The Healthy Dead2: Rogue Protocol2: The Bear and the Serpent]

25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last Blood Follows
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics 1: You Are Invited: A Ghost Story 2: Two Brains, One Aim
25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After 1: Elantris
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals 2: The River
25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW The Island of Sea Women The Folcroft Ghosts


30 Point Tasks - 1/6
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre Piranesi The Lost Village
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance Devil's Creek The Toll
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend The House of a Hundred WhispersSaga, Vol. 3

30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell
30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait

50 Point Tasks - 1/1
50.1- MEGSCL's Task: Scattegories The Haunting of Blackwych Grange The Green and the Black

Total Points: 650
Big Book: 7


message 10: by Emily (last edited Oct 03, 2020 06:21PM) (new)

Emily | 781 comments 5.1 New Boy
5.2 Raybearer
✔5.3 A Murder Is Announced
5.4 Bellweather Rhapsody
5.5 The Shadowy Horses
5.6 As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
5.7 The Black Kids
5.8 Signal to Noise
5.9 Deathless
5.10 A Wizard of Earthsea

10.1 The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
10.2 Red at the Bone
10.3 The Hollow Places
10.4 On the Come Up
10.5 The Shadow of the Wind
10.6 Dune
10.7 The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas
10.8 The Loop
10.9 The Night Circus
10.10 This Is How You Lose the Time War

15.1
- Practical Magic
- Magic Lessons/Magic Bites
15.2
- Leah on the Offbeat
- The World That We Knew
15.3 Circe
15.4 Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir
15.5 The Vanishing Half
15.6 Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
15.7 Tar Baby
15.8 Peace Talks
15.9 Hamnet
15.10 The Shining

20.1 Gideon the Ninth
20.2 NO TASK
20.3 Christine
20.4 In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
20.5 Flash and Bones
20.6 The Library of the Unwritten
20.7 The Black Flamingo
20.8 The Keeper of Lost Causes
20.9 1776
20.10 The Andromeda Strain

25.1 NO TASK
25.2
- Come Tumbling Down
- In an Absent Dream
25.3
- Unaccustomed Earth
- Death on the Nile
25.4
- Shadow and Bone
- How Much of These Hills Is Gold
25.5 Wool
25.6
- You Should See Me in a Crown
- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
25.7
- The Poet X
- Let's Talk About Love
25.8
- Stillhouse Lake
- Like a Love Story
25.9
- Kindred
- American Street
25.10
- Tell the Wolves I'm Home
- The Whisper Man

30.1
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Thunderhead
✔30.2
- Dear Martin
- Transcendent Kingdom
30.3
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal
- The Only Good Indians
30.4
- When the Emperor Was Divine
- Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
30.5
- Anna Dressed in Blood
- Slay
30.6
-Black Sun
-Let it Snow

50.1


message 11: by Fandury (last edited Oct 30, 2020 01:42AM) (new)

Fandury | 957 comments Fandury's Fall SRC 2020

5.1 – Can't Go Wrong with the Bard The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
5.2. – And the record is.... Chosen Ones (The Chosen Ones, #1) by Veronica Roth
5.3 – Twice a Hat Trick! Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) by C.J. Sansom
5.4 – I'll Have a Double The Catacombs (World's Scariest Places, #2) by Jeremy Bates
5.5 – It Really Happened Death Comes to the Nursery (Kurland St. Mary Mystery #7) by Catherine Lloyd
5.6 – The AUDELCO awards False Value (Rivers of London, #8) by Ben Aaronovitch
5.7 – Not just in NYC! Thief River Falls by Brian Freeman
5.8 – In London as well Don't Read Alone by Paul Finch
5.9. The Europe Theatre Prize Rubicon The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
5.10. Intermission

10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
10.2 - Avenue Q The Queen's Bargain (The Black Jewels #10) by Anne Bishop
10.3 - Wicked The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
10.4 - The Wiz Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
10.5 - Hamilton The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1) by Dot Hutchison
10.6 - Hobbit Day The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood
10.7 - National Comic Book Day The Essential Calvin and Hobbes A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson
10.8 - Trick or Treat Eden by Tim Lebbon
10.9 - Rock the Vote Black Sun Rising (The Coldfire Trilogy, #1) by C.S. Friedman
10.10 - Square Dance Day Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells

15.1 - Tinker to Evers to Chance The Deep by Alma Katsu Deep Roots (The Innsmouth Legacy #2) by Ruthanna Emrys
15.2 - Obie Awards The Coffin Path by Katherine Clements The Outside by Ada Hoffmann
15.3 - Abracadabra! An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms #1) by Curtis Craddock
15.4 - And I Did It My Way Talking as Fast as I Can From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
15.5 - Get The Word Out The Book of Koli (Rampart Trilogy, #1) by M.R. Carey
15.6 - Add To Cart Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #1) by Garth Nix
15.7 - The Toniest Award The Secrets of the Lazarus Club by Tony Pollard
15.8 - Pop! Peace Talks (The Dresden Files, #16) by Jim Butcher
15.9 - How Ya Doin'? The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) by N.K. Jemisin
15.10 - Be Our Guest The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School The Last Smile in Sunder City (The Fetch Phillips Archives, #1) by Luke Arnold
20.3 – Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books Week Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1) by Ruth Downie
20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it? The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books Or What You Will by Jo Walton
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration The Sea of Lost Girls by Carol Goodman
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors The Guest List by Lucy Foley
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander Hamilton
20.10 - Group Reads The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5) by Andrzej Sapkowski

25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading Best Served Cold (First Law World, #4) by Joe Abercrombie Dare Me by Megan Abbott
25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli Dead Moon (Threshold, #3) by Peter Clines
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1) by James Islington The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy #1) by Mira Grant
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After Spectral Evidence by Gemma Files Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals Magic Slays (Kate Daniels, #5) by Ilona Andrews The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) by N.K. Jemisin
25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlman First Shift Legacy (Shift, #1) by Hugh Howey

30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre Blood of the Lamb (A Novel of Secrets, #1) by Sam Cabot Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3) by Gail Carriger
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance If It Bleeds by Stephen King Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend Caliban's War (Expanse, #2) by James S.A. Corey The Last Thing I Told You by Emily Arsenault
30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather Hard Spell (Occult Crimes Unit Investigation, #1) by Justin Gustainis Ghostland An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence by Michael Marshall Smith Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait Murder on Bank Street (Gaslight Mystery, #10) by Victoria Thompson Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill

50.1- MEGSCL's Task: Scattegories The Murder of Mary Russell (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #14) by Laurie R. King Murder at Morrington Hall (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery #1) by Clara McKenna The Merchant's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries, #4) by Ann Swinfen


Total Points:
Books Read:
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)


message 12: by Carly (new)

Carly | 261 comments Carly’s Plan


message 13: by Heather(Gibby) (last edited Oct 06, 2020 05:03PM) (new)

Heather(Gibby) (heather-gibby) | 1201 comments Heather's Plan
5.1 Vinegar Girl or Break Your Glass Slippers
5.2 Wild Seed or Magic Burns
5.3 Rogue Protocol
5.4 Raw: A Love Story
5.5 The Tattooist of Auschwitz
5.6 The Two-Headed Calf or Wild Seed
5.7 The Postman Always Rings Twice
5.8 A Death in the Family or The Two-Headed Calf
5.9 City of Thieves
5.10 A Song In Time (page exeption)

10.1 The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
✓10.2 The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster
10.3 Isle of Night
10.4 Giovanni's Room or Salvage the Bones
10.5
✓10.6 Blood Bound
10.7 Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
✓10.8 Marked
10.9 The Sense of an Ending or The Burgess Boys
10.10 Little Bee

15.1 Hard Magic and Magic Strikes
15.2 Walk It Off: The True and Hilarious Story of How I Learned to Stand, Walk, Pee, Run, and Have Sex Again After a Nightmarish Diagnosis Turned My Awesome Life Upside Down and Weather
15.3 Red Russia
15.4 Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home
✓15.5 Betrayed
15.6 The Saturday Night Ghost Club
15.7 A Mercy
15.8 Winesburg, Ohio
15.9 Iron Kissed
✓ 15.10 Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality

✓20.1 Divergent
20.2 NO TASK
20.3Lolita
✓20.4 Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
20.5 (2)And No Birds Sang
20.6 Zen in the Art of Writing
20.7 Time's Arrow
20.8 Rockbound
20.9 Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery or April Morning
20.10 The Andromeda Strain or The Last Wish

25.1 No Task
25.2 The Windup Girl and Morality for Beautiful Girls
25.3 The Master Butchers Singing Club and Witness for the Prosecution
25.4 Such a Fun Age and Redhead by the Side of the Road
25.5 Feed or The Knife of Never Letting Go
25.6 The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender and Below Another Sky: A Mountain Adventure in Search of a Lost Father
25.7The Vacationers and The Wedding
25.8 Abandoned: Sail Away\Million Dollar and [book:Sail AwayBaby|11984562]
25.9Are Prisons Obsolete? and Wild Seed
25.10 Lisey's Story

✓30.1 Love Medicine and Chosen
✓ 30.2 Tracks and Virgins
30.3 Something Wicked This Way Comes and What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics
30.4 The Power House and Bird in the Snow or The Painted Bird
30.5 Darkness at Noon and After You
✓30.6 David Copperfield


message 14: by EShay (last edited Nov 30, 2020 12:37PM) (new)

EShay Fagan (eshay11) | 561 comments Books: 31
Tasks: 25/56
Points: 360/955

5.1 MPG Retelling A Curse So Dark and Lonely
5.2 White Nights
5.3 Educated
5.4 Name Matches - Amanda Plummer Dana Ivey Kate Burton Jan Maxwell Mark Rylance Jeremy Pope
5.5 Murder on Astor Place
5.6 Humankind: A Hopeful History
5.7 Long Bright River
5.8 Death of a Cad
5.9 set 50% in Italy Greece Poland or Russia
5.10 Death of a Gossip

10.1 letters of THEATRE in Title Wolf to the Slaughter
10.2 AVE Intact or Letter Q in Sub/Title or Name Raven Black

10.3 Ready Player One
10.4 African American Books List How to Be an Antiracist

10.5 Series Name Begins with P O or C - Ignore The A or AnAll the Devils Are Here
10.6 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
10.7 MPG Sequential Art
10.8 MPG Horror Paranormal or Supernatural
10.9 2 Numbers from 113 in Year
10.10 The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

15.1
Book 1: 2 Word Title The One
Book 2: 2 Word Title First Word Matches Last Word Book 1 One Day
15.2Book 1: An Officer and a Spy
Book 2: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

15.3 2 for 1
Book 1: MPG Magic or Magical Realism The House in the Cerulean Sea
Book 2: Author Name 2 Parts Same Initial Wolf to the Slaughter
15.4
Book 1:Memoir or Autobiography Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
Book 2: 6 Word Title A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

15.5 Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women
15.6 Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

15.7 First Name Anthony or Similar Moonflower Murders
15.8 Set 50% in Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Minnesota Nebraska
15.9 Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do
15.10 Hotel Setting

20.1 Option 1: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
20.2 None
20.3 Lady Chatterly's Lover
20.4
Option 1: MPG Humor, Comedy, Plays or Drama The Color of Magic
20.5 Option 3: The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage
20.6 Option 2: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
20.7 Option 1: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
20.8 The Girl with the Louding Voice
20.9
Option A: bio of Alexander Hamilton
Option B: historical novel w/ Alexander Hamilton as main character
Option C: MPG of American Revolution
20.10 Group read: Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

25.1 No task
25.2
Book 1: A Better Man
Book 2: Beach Read

25.3 +500 pgs
Book 1: letters of SCRATCH in Title
Book 2: Initials in COPYCAT The Pale Horse
25.4 +500 pgs
Book 1: title word matches Man Booker long list title word
Book 2: author name matches Man Booker long list author Daisy Jones & The Six
25.5
Book 1: #1 in series Raven Black
Book 2: MPG Apocalyptic or a variation of the word
25.6 2 +500 pgs
Book 1: AEIOU in Sub/Title Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat: Why Well-Raised Meat Is Good for You and Good for the Planet
Book 2: 5+ Different Consonants in Title The Moving Finger
25.7
Option 1: initials in FAKE DATING or THERE’S ONLY ONE BED
Option 3: read bookstore's The Ripped Bodice bestselling or award-winning books. Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Option 4: MPG Romance + Happily, Happy, Wedding, Kiss, Love in the title, subtitle, or series name
25.8
Option 1: The Man in the Brown Suit
Option 3: This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

25.9
Option 1: lists: #BlackLivesMatter Reading List How to Be an Antiracist
Option 4: author on this Masterlist of Black YA Writers The Hate You Give
25.10 Book 1: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Book 2: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life


30.1
Option 3: Closed Casket
Option 4: The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

30.2 2 Books Same # Words in Title AND Same # letters in author's name Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Juliet, Naked
30.3 550+ pgs
Option 1: MPG Graphic Novel or Science Fiction
Option 2: MPG Sports
Option 3: letters of HOODIE in Sub/Title
Option 4: letters of NEWS in Author Name
30.4
Option 2: 100-150 Pages More Baths, Less Talking
Option 5: Non-Fiction & MPG History Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

30.5 600+ pgs
Book 1: Palindrome of 4+ Letters in Sub/Title Darkness at Noon (216 pgs)
Book 2: No Repeat Letters in Title Ivanhoe
30.6 650+ pgs
Book A
Option 1: Author Born/Lives in OR 50% Set in Virginia Untamed (born) 350 pgs
Option 2: Gaslight Murder Series Murder on Gramercy Park


50.1 3 books +750 pgs
U F E
2. Place - proper name in book description The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
3. Animal The Fox
5. Job/occupation An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk


message 15: by Louise (new)

Louise | 317 comments Fall 2020

5pts - 1 book - 0/10
5.1 - Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
5.2 - And the record is ....
5.3 - Twice a Hat Trick
5.4 - I'll Have a Double
5.5 - It Really Happened
5.6 - The AUDELCO awards
5.7 - Not just in NYC!
5.8 - In London as well
5.9 - The Europe Theatre Prize
5.10 - Intermission

10pt tasks - 1 book - 0/10
10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
10.2 - Avenue Q
10.3 - Wicked
10.4 - The Wiz
10.5 - Hamilton
10.6 - Hobbit Day
10.7 - National Comic Book Day
10.8 - Trick or Treat
10.9 - Rock the Vote
10.10 - Square Dance Day

15pt Tasks - 2 books (15.1/15.2) - 1 book - 0/10

15.1 - Tinker to Evers to Chance
15.2 - Obie Awards
15.3 - Abracadabra!
15.4 - And I Did It My Way
15.5 - Get the Word Out
15.6 - Add to Cart
15.7 - The Toniest Award
15.8 - Pop!
15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
15.10 - Be Our Guest

20 Point Tasks - 0/20
20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10 - Group Reads - The Andromeda Strain

25pt Tasks - 2 books
25.1 - Karen D's Task
25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Finding a Topic for a Task
25.4 - Nick KY's Task: Man Bookering
25.5 -
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics


30pt tasks - 2 book tasks
30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell
30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait


50pt task

50.1


message 16: by Melanie (last edited Nov 28, 2020 08:22AM) (new)

Melanie (melaina) | 380 comments Melanie M's Reading Plans

5 point tasks
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10 point tasks
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15 point Tasks
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✓ 20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams, read 10/24
#1 in series by new-to-me author

20.2 NO TASK
20.3 BANNED BOOK WEEK (min 250p) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian or The Satanic Verses, The Dispossessed

✓ 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Option 1: Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams, read 11/13
MPG Humor - 24 users as of 11/27

✓ 20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Master of Desire by Kinley MacGregor, read 9/4/20
Author initials in "ONEMOREHIKE"

20.6 (READING in author name or book about books) The Ten Thousand Doors of January

✓ 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
Option 1: The Whisper Man by Alex North

✓ 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, read 9/26/20

20.9 (A. Hamilton bio/HF with MC Alex Hamilton/MPG American Revolution)
20.10 Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything (Non-fiction)


✓ 25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
Book 1: The Marriage Game by Sara Desai, read 11/23

Book 2: Maiden and the Monster by Michelle M. Pillow, read 9/10 (worst book this challenge)

✓ 25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
Book 1: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn, read 11/4 (373 pages)
Book 2: Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast, read 9/28 (368 pages)

25.4 (2 Books 500+ 1 Comic Ok)
(Book 1: Word in Sub/Title Matches
(Book 2: Name Matches - Diane Cook Gabriel Hilary Mantel McCann Kiley Reid Douglas Stuart Brandon Taylor Anne Tyler Sophie Ward Pam Zhang)

25.5 2-in-1 or 2books
Book 1: Book #1 in series
Book 2: MPG Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic After the Flood, After Sundown, The Girl in Red, The Host, Poison Princess, Severance, 1984

✓ 25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics
2 Books 500+ No Kids)
Book 1: Here's Looking at You by Mhairi McFarlane, read 11/22
All vowels AEIOU are found in the title
Book 2: Men Who Hate Women - From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All by Laura Bates, read 11/1
NON-FICTION book with 5+ Different Consonants in Title

✓ 25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
Option 1: Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey, read 9/13/20*****
author initials in THERESONLYONEBED

Option 2: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria, read 9/7/20 *****
Book from 2020 Adult Romance by Authors of Color list: this is Book #4 on the list

✓ 25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
Option 1: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim, read 9/19
author initials in CAROLE KING
Option 2: Beauty Like the Night by Liz Carlyle, read 9/19
Title with a 4+ letter word from Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind" - the word I used was "like"

25.9 (2 books)
(Option 1: List 1 -How to Be an Antiracist, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot); List2: Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, The Hate U Give, Small Great Things, The Vanishing Half, The Water Dancer, Behold the Dreamers; List3: Americanah, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption)
(Option 2: Kindred, The Underground Railroad, The Fifth Season)
(Option 3: Black Histories: list2:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(Option 4: The Hate U Give, Children of Blood and Bone, Dread Nation)
25.10 (2 or 2in1 500+) Son of the Mask (2005); We need to talk about Kevin (2011); Grave Halloween (2013); Bad Reputation (2005); Ella Enchanted (2004), Practical Magic (1998), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
(book 1: 3+letter word from film title) Shadows in Death
(book 2: book published in same year as movie)

✓ 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
Option 2: Breath of Fire by Amanda Bouchet, read 9/5/20 *****
MPG Fantasy>Mythology
Option 4: Origin in Death by J.D. Robb, read 10/20
Read a book in a series with a whole number greater than or equal to 1. This book is #21 in the "In Death" series

✓ 30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
3 word titles AND 11 characters in each author name
Book 1: Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey, read 11/15
Book 2: Duke of Scandal by Gaelen Foley, read 11/21

✓ 30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
Option 2: Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey, read 9/12/20 ***** (400p)
MPG Sports
Option 3: What Happens in London by Julia Quinn, read 11/15 (372p)
Read a book that has all the letters in HOODIE in its title/subtitle

30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
Option 4: Disturbing His Peace by Tessa Bailey, read 11/27
3+ letter word in title from SARAHBIRD: "his"
Option 5: Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice by John Douglas, read 9/19
Non-Fiction & MPG History

✓ 30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell
Book 1: The Deed by Lynsay Sands, read 11/27
Palindrome of 4+ letters
Book 2: Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth by Brian Shelter, read 10/12
No Repeat Letters in title, subtitles to be ignored

Combined page total is (over 600)

✓ 30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
Book A
Option 3: The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lacey, read 9/23/20
ECRC in author name
Book B
Option 2: Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews, read 11/20
All the letters of APPLE are found in the title

50.1



message 17: by Inge (Inge1990) (last edited Sep 01, 2020 06:33AM) (new)

Inge (Inge1990) | 408 comments 5 Point Tasks
5.1 - Main Page Genre retellings.
5.2 - Masquerade
5.3 - The Hazel Wood
5.4 - The Widows’ Club by Amanda Brooke ( matches Amanda Plummer )
5.5 - Oorlogskinderen
5.6 - author’s initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON
5.7 - set at least 50% in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC.
5.8 - at least 3 words, where the initial letter of each word of the title is found in SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE
5.9 - at least 50% in Italy, Greece, Poland, or Russia.
5.10 - your choice
0/50

10 Point Tasks
10.1 - all the letters of THEATRE found in the title.
10.2 - the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
10.3 - Around the Village Green
10.4 - Read a book found on the African American Books list
10.5 - Read a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC.
10.6 - popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.
10.7 - MPG Sequential Art.
10.8 - MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.
10.9 - at least two numbers from 11/3 in its publication year.
10.10 - Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title
0/100

15 Point Tasks
15.1 - 1. Red Queen 2. Queen Camilla
Book 1- Read a book with a two word title.
Book 2 - Read a book with a two word title where the first word is the 2nd word in book 1’s title.
15.2 - (2 books)
Book 1: Read a book with OFF found intact in the title or subtitle.
Book 2: Read a book with OFF found intact in the author’s name.
15.3 - (1 for both)
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
15.4 - (1 for both)
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham
15.5 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
15.6 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
15.7 - Read a book by an author named Tony or any of the related names found at Behind The Name
15.8 - set at least 50% in ONE of these USDA corn belt states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska.
15.9 - Have You Seen Me? by Kate White
15.10 - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
0/150

20 Point Tasks
20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10 - The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
0/200

25 Point Tasks
25.1 - No Task!
25.2 - 2 books
1: initial letters of every word (3+) are found in the quote: "Come, and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow"
2: author whose first and last name initials can be found in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
25.3 - 2 books
1: TITLE contains all of the letters in SCRATCH
2: single author whose initials (all of them ) can be found in COPYCAT
25.4 - 2 books
1: word in the title or subtitle which matches a word in the title of one of the books on the longlist
2: author’s name (first, middle, or last) which matches a name of one of the authors on the longlist
25.5 - 2 books, or 1 that fits both
1: 1st in a series
2: MPG Apocalyptic
25.6 - 2 books
1: I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
2: nonfiction book that has at least 5 different consonants
0/125

30 Point Tasks
30.1 - 2 books
Option 3: Still Life by Louise Penny
Option 4: Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
30.2 - 2 books
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Meant to Be Yours by Susan Mallery
30.3 - 2 books
Option 3: The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda
Option 4: The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
30.4 - 2 books
Option 2: Read a small book that has 100-150 pages inclusive.
Option 3: Read a book that has the word SIGN in the title or subtitle
Option 4: Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham

30.5 - 2 books, 600+ pages
Book 1: Saturdays at Noon by Rachel Marks
Book 2: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
30.6 - 2 books, 650+ pages
Book A
Option 1: author who lives in/was born in Virginia; or a book where at least 50% is set in Virginia.
Option 2: Read a book from the Gaslight Mystery Series
Option 3: all the letters ECRC can be found in the author's name
Book B
Option 1: author who lives in/was born in Italy, or where at least 50% of the book is set in Italy.
Option 2: all the letters of APPLE or TOMATO can be found in the title, ignore subtitles.
Option 3: title of at least three words where the beginning letter of every word can be found in NO SWIMMING POOL FOR YOU.
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50 Point Task
50.1

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message 18: by Anna (last edited Nov 05, 2020 08:03PM) (new)

Anna (gqannanguyen) | 214 comments 5.1 The Ghosts of Sherwood by Carrie Vaughn
5.2 The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters by Robert Kirkman
5.3 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles by Brian K. Vaughan
5.4 Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
5.5 March: Book Three by John Lewis
5.6 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
5.7
5.8 The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
5.9 The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
5.10 Akira, Vol. 4 by Katsuhiro Otomo (400)

10.1 Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (448)
10.2
10.3 The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
10.4 March: Book One by John Lewis
10.5 Alice by Christina Henry
10.6 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan
10.7 The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become by Robert Kirkman (136)
10.8 The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain by Robert Kirkman (136)
10.9 The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out by Robert Kirkman
10.10 This Place: 150 Years Retold (287)

15.1 Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë & Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
15.2 The Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal & Batman: Earth One, Volume 1 by Geoff Johns
15.3 After Dark by Haruki Murakami & The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
15.4 March: Book Two by John Lewis & The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
15.5 Y: The Last Man Vol. 3: One Small Step by Brian K. Vaughan
15.6 Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
15.7 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
15.8 (50% in Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Minnesota Nebraska)
15.9 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
15.10 The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

20.1 The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
20.3 Carrie by Stephen King
20.4 Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
20.5 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
20.6 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
20.7 Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
20.8 The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
20.9 Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
20.10 The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

25.2 A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich & Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
25.3 The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck & Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
25.4 The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them by Robert Kirkman & Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
25.5 Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler & World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
25.6 What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young & H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
25.7 Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell by Nathan Ballingrud & The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
25.8 Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor & Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
25.9 Kindred by Octavia E. Butler & Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
25.10 The Witch Elm by Tana French & Akira, Vol. 5 by Katsuhiro Otomo (941)

30.1 Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman & A Red Death by Walter Mosley
30.2 Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile & Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
30.3 Akira, Vol. 6 by Katsuhiro Otomo & Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
30.4 The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo & The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
30.5 Eric by Terry Pratchett & Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
30.6 The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai & My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante


message 19: by Elaine (last edited Sep 29, 2020 09:10AM) (new)

Elaine Fall 2020 SRC Tasks

Total Points:
Updated Through:

5 Point Tasks

5.1 Can't Go Wrong With the Bard
Read a book with the Main Page Genre retellings.

5.2 And the Record Is... Read a book that has a 1 and/or a 2 in its series number.

5.3 Twice a Hat Trick Read a book first published in one of these years – 1950, 1979, 2003, 2018.

5.4 I'll Have a Double Read a book by a single author whose first, middle, or last name matches the name of any of these performers: Amanda Plummer, Dana Ivey, Kate Burton, Jan Maxwell, Mark Rylance, and Jeremy Pope.

5.5 It Really Happened Read a book with the main page genre History or Historical Fiction.

5.6 The AUDELCO Awards Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are found in VIVIAN ROBINSON.

5.7 Not Just in NYC Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Washington, DC. Required: if the location is not evident from the metadata or book description, include a reference to establish how the book fits the task.

5.8 In London as Well Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letter of each word of the title is found in SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE.

5.9 The Europe Theatre Prize Read a book set at least 50% in Italy, Greece, Poland, or Russia. Required: if the location is not evident from the metadata or book description, include a reference to establish how the book fits the task.

5.10 Intermission Read a book of your choice

10 Point Tasks

10.1 Let's Go to the Theatre
Read a book with all the letters of THEATRE found in the title. (Subtitles excluded)

10.2 Avenue Q Read a book with the letter Q or the letters AVE intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.

10.3 Wicked Read a book with a title of 3 or more words in which the initial letter of each word can be found in APOLLO VICTORIA and/or GERSHWIN.

10.4 The Wiz Read a book found on the African American Books list. Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.

10.5 Hamilton Read a book with a series title that begins with a letter in POC.

10.6 Hobbit Day Read a popular book (100,000+ ratings) that has an average rating of 4.00 stars or higher.

10.7 National Comic Book Day Read a book with the MPG Sequential Art.

10.8 Trick or Treat Read a book with the MPG Horror, Paranormal, or Supernatural.

10.9 Rock the Vote Read a book that has at least two numbers from 11/3 found in the year the book was first published. Ex: 2013, 2011, 1991, 1983, etc.

10.10 Square Dance Day Read a book that has a 2-, 4-, or 8-word title.


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message 22: by Trisha (last edited Nov 18, 2020 02:31PM) (new)

Trisha (mom2twinsplus1) | 87 comments 5pts - 3/10
5.1 -
5.2 -
5.3 - Legendary (2018)
5.4 -
5.5 - When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
5.6 -
5.7 -
5.8 -
5.9 -
5.10 - Finale

10pt tasks - 3/10
10.1 -
10.2 -
10.3 -
10.4 -
10.5 - The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking Series #2)
10.6 - A Game of Thrones
10.7 -
10.8 -
10.9 - Brave New World - Published in 1932
10.10 - Founding Mothers

15pt Tasks - 2/10

15.1 -
15.2 -
15.3 -
15.4 -
15.5 - Brisingr
15.6 -
15.7 -
15.8 -
15.9 - Troubled Blood (Added 1/17/20)
15.10 -

20 Point Tasks - 1/20

20.1 - Caraval (new author to me)
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8 Tails: (#1 - male author) (#2 - An American Author)
20.9
20.10 - Group Reads - The Andromeda Strain

25pt Tasks - 2 books
25.1 - Karen D's Task
25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Finding a Topic for a Task
25.4 - Nick KY's Task: Man Bookering
25.5 -
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics


30pt tasks - 2 book tasks
30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell
30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait


50pt task

50.1


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