Barbara's Challenges & Reading Lists discussion

Winter Challenge - December 1, 2019 - February 29, 2020

5 POINTS
✔️5.1. Name Calling!
Fuzzy Navel - J.A. Konrath 2/24
✔️5.2. The Maple Leaf Rag.
Claimed in Shadows - Lara Adrian 1/14
5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature. ~ SKIP
✔️5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Hotel South Dakota - Kathleen Taylor (3 words) 1/21
✔️5.5. Try to Count Them.
Redwall - Brian Jacques 1/27
5.6. Have You Heard the One About..........? ~ SKIP
5.7. Play Those Words! ~ SKIP
✔️5.8. Speaking My Language?
Under the Snow - Kerstin Ekman 2/9
✔️5.9. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
The Usual Santas - Peter Lovesey 12/7
✔️5.10. Your Personal Award!
Sticks & Stones - Madeline Urban & Abigail Roux 1/3

10 POINTS
10.1 - Home for the Holidays ~ SKIP
✔️10.2 - Comfort Food
Zero Belly Diet - David Zinczenko 2/7
✔️10.3 - Let It Snow
The Last Dragonslayer - Jasper Fforde 2/21
✔️10.4 - Snuggle Up
Digging In - Loretta Nyhan 2/18
✔️10.5 - Countdown to New Year's
Met Her Match - Jude Deveraux (432 pages) 2/23
✔️10.6 - Fresh Start
Virtue Falls - Christina Dodd (Virtue Falls #1) 12/26
10.7 - I Have a Dream ~ SKIP
✔️10.8 - Leap Year
Consequences - Aleatha Romig (published 2011) 1/7
10.9 - Winter's in the Air ~ SKIP
10.10 - Overlooked? ~ SKIP

15 points
15.1 - Days of Celebration
✔️Option 2, Trick or Treat - Kerry Greenwood 2/14
✔️Option 3, A Madness of Sunshine - Nalini Singh 1/31
15.2 - In The Category... ~ SKIP
15.3 - Spin the Wheel
✔️Book 1: All I Want for Christmas is a Cowboy - Emma Cane 12/19
✔️Book 2: A Welcome Murder - Robin Yocum 1/4
15.4 - Go Red
✔️Book 1: Thirteen Rising - Romina Russell 1/26
✔️Book 2 Met Her Match - Jude Deveraux 2/23

✔️15.5 - Lady With A Lamp
Poppet - Mo Hayder 1/23
✔️15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi 1/30
✔️15.7 - Stand Alone
I Am Watching You - Teresa Driscoll 1/3
15.8 - Ice Ice Baby ~ SKIP
15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words ~ SKIP
✔️15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
The Rise of Magicks - Nora Roberts (published Nov 26, 2019) 1/17

20 POINTS
✔️20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 1: Inches Off! Your Tummy - Jorge Cruise 1/3
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Helen A's Task: Bird's Wedding ~ SKIP
✔️20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2: Harvest Song - Yasmine Galenorn 12/4
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again ~ SKIP
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important ~ SKIP
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward ~ SKIP
✔️20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 3) A Case of Bier - Mary Daheim (DahEim)1/2
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes ~ SKIP
✔️20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3: Mistletoe Murder - Leslie Meier 12/23
20.10 - Group Reads ~ SKIP

25 POINTS
25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
✔️Book 1. Dark Carousel - Christine Feehan (385 pages) 12/6
✔️Book 2.Blood Bonds - Yasmine Galenorn (254 pages)(bLOod ) 12/14
25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa
✔️Book 1 - Smart Mouth - Erin McCarthy (304 pages) 12/26
✔️Book 2 - The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus 1/13
25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers Awards
✔️Option 1: Black Moon - Romina Russell 12/14
✔️Option 2: Cut & Run - Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux 12/5
25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
✔️Option 1: The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers (387 pages) 1/12
✔️Option 2: Wickedly Unraveled - Deborah Blake (306 pages) 1/10
25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
✔️Option 1: The Seeker - Elizabeth Hunter (386 pages) 12/11
✔️Option 2: Fire Rising - Donna Grant 12/29
25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
✔️Option 3: Archangel's War - Nalini Singh 12/11
✔️Option 4: The Black Swan Company - Luna DeMasi 12/3
25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes ~ SKIP
25.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every Day!
✔️Option 2: Wickedly Powerful - Deborah Blake 12/9
✔️Option 3: The Merciful Crow - Margaret Owen 12/25
25.9 - Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun.
✔️Option 3: The Unleashing - Shelly Laurenston (S&L in vigeSimaL) 1/18
✔️Option 4: Dangerously Fierce - Deborah Blake 2/8
25.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of Awards ~ SKIP
25.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
✔️Option 3: Blood of Isis - Elizabeth Otto (274 pages) 12/15
✔️Option 4: To Catch a Bad Guy - Marie Astor (304 pages) 12/17

25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge Addict
✔️Option 1: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra - Vaseem Khan 12/14
✔️Option 2: Fury - Rachel Vincent 12/13
25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas Markets
✔️Book 1 - Through the Grinder - Cleo Coyle (270 pages) 1/12
✔️Book 2 - Playing with Fire - Tess Gerritsen (set 75% in Italy)(250 pages) 12/18
25.14 - Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
✔️Option A: Defy the Dawn - Lara Adrian 12/27
✔️Option C: Murder Will Out - Dorian Yeager 12/6
25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
✔️Option 2: The Doll Factory - Elizabeth Macneal 12/27
✔️Option 3: The Romanov Cross - Robert Masello 2/2

30 POINTS
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
✔️Option 1: By the Shores of the Middle Sea - Dana Stabenow 12/30
✔️Option 3: Right from the Gecko - Cynthia Baxter 12/22
30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
✔️Option 2: Grand Slam Murders - R.J. Lee (304 pages) 12/16
✔️Option 4: Princess of the Sword - Lynn Kurland (360 pages) 12/8
30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
✔️Option 3: Here Be Sexist Vampires - Suzanne Wright 12/7
Option 4: SKIP
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
✔️Book 1: A Historical Christmas Present - Lisa Kleypas 12/25
Book 2: SKIP
30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
✔️Option 1. Murder on the Yukon Quest - Sue Henry (291 pages) 1/28
✔️Option30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The World of Xanth ~ SKIP
30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
✔️Option 1: Dear Miss Demeanor - Joan Hess (first published n 1987) 12/18
✔️Option 3: Zero Belly Diet - David Zinczenko 2/7
30.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End ~ SKIP 2. Fire Rising - Donna Grant 12/29

50 POINTS
50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading ~ SKIP

725/1165 Total Points

Spring Challenge - March 1 - May 31, 2020

5 Points
5.1 - Baby, Remember My Name ~ SKIP
✔️5.2 - How Time Flies
Shifting Dreams - Elizabeth Hunter (270 pages) 3/13
5.3 - Susan B. ~ SKIP
✔️5.4 - I'm a Slave 4 U
180 Seconds - Jessica Park 4/29
✔️5.5- Long Live Rock
Heartbreak and Honor - Collette Cameron 3/15
5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm ~ SKIP
✔️5.7 - There Ought to be a Band
Sandman Slim - Richard Kadrey (on page 3) 4/18
✔️5.8 - Spring Is In The Air
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente 5/21
✔️5.9 - Go For Baroque
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron - Jennifer Ashley 3/20
✔️5.10 - Goof-Off
Death of Darkness - Dianne Duvall 3/4

10 Point
✔️10.1 - Can you see me?
Straight from the Hip - Susan Mallery (on page 2)
✔️10.2. It's Spring!
Witch's Reign - Shannon Mayer 4/25
✔️10.3. It's Not Just the Grammys
Houston, We Have A Problem - Erin McCarthy 4/2
✔️10.4. Collaboration of the Year
Verses for the Dead -Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/1
10.5. International Women's Day ~ SKIP
✔️10.6. Say what?
When Sparks Fly - Autumn Dawn 3/26
✔️10.7. It Takes Two
The Savior - JR Ward 3/10
10.8. Respect Your Elders ~ SKIP
10.9. Tax Day ~ SKIP
✔️10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Keeping Company - Tami Hoag (heroine is a lawyer) 3/9

15 Point
15.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
✔️Book 1: Age of the Ashers - Diana Tyler 5/17
✔️Book 2: Rendezvous With Yesterday - Dianne Duvall 5/5
15.2 - Music Fact and Fiction ~ SKIP
15.3 - Going Gaga
✔️Book 1: A Cosmology of Monsters - Shaun Hamill 3/1
✔️Book 2: Fighting Fate - J.B. Salsbury 4/19
15.4 - Celebrate Spring
✔️Book 1: The Emperor's Seal - Amanda Roberts 3/27
✔️Book 2: The Darkest King - Gena Showalter ( G & S in SpringG)
✔️15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Now You See Her - Linda Howard 3/27
✔️15.6 - Best New Artist
Dorothy in the Land of Monsters - Garten Gevedon 3/19
✔️15.7 - Practicing Scales
A Killer's Mind - Mike Omer 4/28
✔️15.8 - It Starts with Music
Crown of Death - Keary Taylor 3/4
✔️15.9 - Richard Adams
Jumping Jude - Lucy Lennox (published Dec 11, 2016) 4/26
15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Read a book written by Eoin Colfer or a similar author.
Highfire - Eoin Colfer

20 Point
✔️20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 1: A Deeper Darkness - J.T. Ellison (set 95% in Washington DC) 5/28
✔️20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
Option 1. Tell Me Lies - Jennifer Crusie (added Aug 16, 2009) 3/8
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental Reading ~ SKIP
✔️20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option B. Hot Blooded - Donna Grant 3/2
✔️20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 2: Lord of Snow and Shadows - Sarah Ash 5/18
✔️20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 2: Haunted Ground - Erin Hart (328 pages) 3/24
20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 1: Sacked - Jen Frederick
✔️20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
Option 2: Wake of Vultures - Lila Bowen 3/12
✔️20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1: Jar of Hearts - Jennifer Hillier 3/28
20.10 - Group Reads ~ SKIP

25 Points
25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
✔️Task B: Echo North - Joanna Ruth Meyer 3/16
✔️Task C: Servant of the Forest - Shona Husk
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: MUSYCK is the LIMIT!
✔️Book 1: A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Grey (can spell YOU) 3/22
✔️Book 2: Jack and Djinn - Jasinda Wilder 5/10
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
✔️Option 3: You're Gonna Love Me - Robin Lee Hatcher 3/20
✔️Option 4: My Lord Raven - Tamela Quijas (set 100% in England) 3/3
25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
✔️Option 4: Angel of Mercy - Lisa Olsen (angel in title) 4/21
✔️Option 5: Gabe - Susan Fisher-Davis (horse on cover) 4/5


30 Points
30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
✔️Option 1: The Morrow Secrets - Susan McNally 3/17
✔️Option 4: The Unforgiven - Patricia MacDonald 3/23
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
✔️A) Another Fine Myth - Robert Lynn Asprin (THYME) 3/28
✔️B) The Outcast = Taran Matharu (ThyMe) 3/30
30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
✔️Option 1. Night Diver - Elizabeth Lowell 25
✔️Option 4. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson 3/14
30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
✔️Book 1: Yesterday's Thief - Al Macy (MC is Eric Beckman) 3/7
✔️Book 2: Terrified - Kevin O'Brien 4/4
30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
✔️Option 2: The Overlook - Michael Connelly 4/14
✔️Option 5: Sugar and Iced - Jenn McKinlay 4/26

50 Points
50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil Peart
✔️1. Read a book set at least 50% in Canada or written by a single author who was born in Canada.
Betrayals - Kelley Armstrong 4/3
✔️2. Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
Bonded - Laura Wright (published Sep 1, 2015) 4/13
✔️3. Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings.
Snow White Red-Handed - Maia Chance 4/12

665/825 Total Points

Summer Challenge - June 1 - August 31, 2020

5 POINTS
✔️5.1 - See You at the Movies
Murder in the Storybook Cottage - Ellery Adams 8/7
5.2 - I'd Watch That ~ SKIP
✔️5.3 - World Cinema
Murder is a Monkey's Game - Ruby Loren (set in France) 8/11
5.4 - Lights, Camera, Action! ~ SKIP
✔️5.5 - Summer Blockbusters
Night of the Dragon - Julie Kagawa (DRAGON) 8/8
✔️5.6 - Somebody Set the Clock
Private Affair - Rebecca York 8/16
✔️5.7 - Mysterious Women
Murder by the Book - Lauren Elliott (MPG mystery) 6/15
✔️5.8 - Harry Potter Turns 40
Magic of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 8/2
✔️5.9 - Take Me Away
Castle Perilous - John DeChancie (MPG humor) 8/27
✔️5.10 - Carefree Summer Days
King of Hearts - Cheyenne McCray 6/7

10 POINTS
✔️10.1 - OK Boomer
Heir of the Dog -Judi McCoy (born 1949) 6/18
✔️10.2 - “A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother.”
Alice's Adventures in Steamland: The Clockwork Goddess - Wol-vriey 7/26
10.3 - This is CNN ~ SKIP
✔️10.4 - Ready For A Closeup
Avenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/19
✔️10.5 - From A to Z
The Fallen Vampire - Beata Blitz 7/18
✔️10.6 - Get Counted
The Vicious Deep - Zoraida Córdova (372 pages) 6/8
✔️10.7 - What Angels Eat
Stars & Stripes - Abigail Roux 6/9
✔️10.8 - Go Your Own Way
Highfire - Eoin Colfer (on Feb 2020 list) 7/24
✔️10.9 - Turn It Up
Make Me Stay - Jaci Burton 7/18
✔️10.10 - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me"
The Song of David - Amy Harmon (average rating 4.40) 7/2

15 POINTS
15.1 - Moms and Dads ~ SKIP
15.2 - The BAFTAs
✔️Book 1 – Soul Scorched - Donna Grant (1994 Hugh Grant) 8/20
✔️Book 2 - Messenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/29
15.3 - Ford v. Ferrari
Option 1:
✔️Book 1 -Painter For Hire - D.K. Holmberg 7/28
Book 2 – Read a book with all the letters of "Ford" found in its author's name.
Chasing Rabbits - Erin R. Bedford
15.4 - A Record Setting Leading Performer
✔️Book 1 - The Blacksmith Queen - G.A. Aiken (The African Queen (1951) 6/28
✔️Book 2 - Healer's Choice - Jory Strong 6/5
✔️15.5 - Again, Really?
A Map of Days - Ransom Riggs 6/12
✔️15.6. The Red Carpet.
Drive Me Crazy - Jenna Bayley-Burke (car is red) 6/17
✔️15.7 - Hurricane season is here again!
Come Home Again - Nana Malone (Nana is on the Atlantic list) 7/31
15.8 - Parasite ~ SKIP
15.9 - Facts Matter! ~ SKIP
15.10 - Let's Travel (Through Books)! ~ SKIP

20 POINTS
✔️20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jen B - The One With All the Books
Option 5: Necessary Magic - Val St. Crowe 7/3
✔️20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Ciprian's task: Mindfulness
Option 3: Sweep of the Blade - Ilona Andrews 6/11
✔️20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST –Joanne MI’s Task: Saturday Matinee
Option 2: The Carnival Keepers - Amber Gulley 7/3
✔️20.4 - Golden Oldies - Shawn H's Task: A Few of My Favorite Things
Option 4: All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace 7/10
20.5 - Bigger is Better - MegSCL's Task: Cover Tropes ~ SKIP
✔️20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Sunshine's Task: Springfield!
Option 2: Stalked - Brian Freeman (originally September 6th 2007) 7/14
✔️20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Cindie’s Task — Small is a State of Mind
Option 1: The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski (355 pages) 7/5
✔️20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Ann A's Task: Codenames
The House of Dolls - David Hewson 7/11
✔️20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Eureka!
Option 5: Within These Walls - Ania Ahlborn (set in Washington) 6/28
20.10 - Group Reads ~ SKIP

25 POINTS
25.1 - Lois's Task: Hair Love
✔️Option 1: How to Love Your Elf - Kerrelyn Sparks 6/20
✔️Option 3: The Razor's Edge - Joss Llewelyn (178 pages) 6/23
25.2 - Simone's Task: Children of the Apocalypse! ~ SKIP
25.3 - Kaora's Task: Good Things Come In Threes
✔️Option B: The Ballerina & the Fighter - Ursula Sinclair (published August 2, 2013) 6/27
✔️Option C: Highland Dragon Master - Isabel Cooper 6/28
25.4 - Tien's Task: Staying at Home
✔️Option 1. The Age of Ash - Andrenik Y. Sergoyan 6/20
✔️Option 2. Hidden Salem - Kay Hooper (published April 7,2020) 7/15
25.5 - Sarah E's Task: The Return of the King
✔️Option 2: By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates 8/20
✔️Option 4: Courting Darkness - Robin LaFevers (sword on cover) 6/2
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: The Razzie Awards
✔️Option 1: Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire 6/4
✔️Option 2: The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan (718,114 ratings) 6/10
25.7 - Jen K's Task: Jagged Little Pill
✔️Option 1: Hunter - Jax (352 pages) 6/9
✔️Option 2: Killed on Blueberry Hill - Sharon Farrow 8/14
25.8 - Amy FL’s Task: I’ll Be Back.
✔️Option 2: Magic of Thieves - C. Greenwood 7/18
✔️Option 3: Highland Dragon Warrior - Isabel Cooper 6/17
25.9 - Bookwrm526's Task: Some of My Favorite Summer Movies
✔️Option 2: Highland Dragon Rebel - Isabel Cooper 6/23
✔️Option 3: Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch (MPG science fiction) 8/2
25.10 - Rina's Task: Working out during quarantine
Task 2.
✔️Task 3. Read a book with a comma or an exclamation mark in the title or subtitle
Say No To Joe? - Lori Foster 7/12
25.11 - Delicious Dee's Task: Space X
✔️Option 1: Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess - Phil & Kaja Foglio (pub 2012) 7/17
✔️Option 3: Scottish Ecstasy - Rebecca Sinclair (published May 1993) 8/16
25.12 - Brooklyn's Task: It’s Auntie Time!
✔️Option 1: Golden in Death - J.D. Robb (In Death #50) 7/8
✔️Option 2: The Final Fight - JD Salsbury (MPG sports) 6/3
25.13 - SandyL's Task: Dog Days of Summer
✔️Option 1: Drink of Me - Jacquelyn Frank 7/19
✔️Option 3: Soul of the Sword - Julie Kagawa (MPG fantasy>mythology) 6/22

30 POINTS
30.1 - Mazza1's Task: “STAY HOME / STAY SAFE”
✔️Book 1: Middlegame - Seanan McGuire 6/26
✔️Book 2: Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My - Denise Swanson 6/16
30.2 - Cat's Task: Reading in the Valleys ~ SKIP
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Gardening Lessons
✔️Option 1: Back in Black - Lori Foster (published Dec 22, 2009) 6/5
✔️Option 2: Plaid and Plagiarism - Molly MacRae (MPG Scotland) 6/6
30.4 - Wayne's task: Brockian Ultra-Cricket
✔️Option 3:Boundary Crossed - Melissa F. Olson 6/2
✔️Option 4: Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard 7/20
✔️30.5 - Sally M's Task: Two of a Kind
Option 2:
Book 1: Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine (book #4) 6/13
Book 2: Sword and Pen - Rachel Caine (book #5) 6/14
30.6 - Dlmrose’s Task: "All I Really Need To Know”
✔️Option 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire 7/26
✔️Option 6: Solomon vs. Lord - Paul Levine 8/15
30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Nights at the Drive-in ~ SKIP
30.8 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Karate Fan Club ~ SKIP
30.9 - Beth NC Task: Let’s Go Have Some Summer Fun
✔️Option 3: Death's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/4
✔️Option 5: Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose 7/9
30.10 - Andy P.’s Task: Junk Food or Fitness? ~ SKIP
30. 11 - Sandy's Task: Escape!
✔️Option 2. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden - Helen Grant (287 pages) 7/7
✔️Option 3. Mariana - Susanna Kearsley (379 pages) 6/30

50 POINTS
50.1 - Bucket's Task: Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves ~ SKIP

TOTAL POINTS: 850/1205

Fall Challenge - September 1 - November 31, 2020

5 Points
✔️5.1 - Can't Go Wrong with the Bard
The Stepsister Scheme - Jim C. Hines 10/22
✔️5.2 - And the record is....
The Ghost - Monica McCarty 9/3
✔️5.3 - Twice a Hat Trick!
The 17th Suspect - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 10/20
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.
Very Much Alive - Dana Marie Bell (Dana Ivey)
✔️5.5 - It Really Happened
The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3
✔️5.6 - The AUDELCO awards
Crash & Burn - Abigail Roux 9/17
✔️5.7 - Not just in NYC!
Wild Irish Ride - Jennifer Saints 9/11
✔️5.8 - In London as well
Hollen the Soulless - Denali Day 10/29
✔️5.9 - The Europe Theatre Prize
It's All Greek to Me - Katie MacAlister 10/24
✔️5.10 - Intermission
Dust to Dust - Beverly Connor 9/18

10 Point
✔️10.1 - Let's Go to the Theatre
The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/3
✔️10.2 - Avenue Q
The Song of the Quarkbeast - Jasper Fforde 11/29
✔️10.3 - Wicked
Whiskey, Vamps, and Thieves - Selene Charles 10/11
10.4 - The Wiz ~ SKIP
✔️10.5 - Hamilton
Ball & Chain - Abigail Roux 9/13
✔️10.6 - Hobbit Day
Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi 11/15
10.7 - National Comic Book Day ~ SKIP
✔️10.8 - Trick or Treat
Claim The Leopard Princess - Meg Xuemei X. 9/14
✔️10.9 - Rock the Vote
The Second Deadly Sin - Åsa Larsson 10/19
✔️10.10 - Square Dance Day
Spying in High Heels - Gemma Halliday (4 word title) 9/10

15 points
15.1 - Tinker to Evers to Chance
Book 1- Read a book with a two word title.
PSYCHIC DREAMS
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 - Obie Awards
✔️Book 1: Officer off Limits - Tessa Bailey 11/27
✔️Book 2: Suspended - Sarah nOFFke 11/26
15.3 - Abracadabra!
✔️Book 1: A Tapestry of Spells - Lynn Kurland 10/15
Book 2:
15.4 - And I Did It My Way ~ SKIP
✔️15.5 - Get The Word Out
Firestorm Forever - Deborah Cooke 9/24
✔️15.6 - Add To Cart
Taken by Tuesday - Catherine Bybee 10/9
✔️15.7 - The Toniest Award
Angels Whisper - Tony Perona 11/15
✔️15.8 - Pop!
Evil in Carnations - Kate Collins (Indiana) 11/23
✔️15.9 - How Ya Doin'?
Shadows in Death - J.D. Robb 11/13
✔️15.10 - Be Our Guest
Murder Most Maine - Karen MacInerney 11/3

20 points
✔️20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Back to School
Wolverine's Daughter - Doranna Durgin 10/20
20.2 - Rookie at the Top: NO TASK
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge – Banned Books Week ~ SKIP
✔️20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ed's Task: A Funny Thing
Charlie All Night - Jennifer Crusie (MPG humor) 10/12
✔️20.5 - Bigger is Better Peg W's Task: Bigger is Better – Or is it?
Semi-Psychic Life - Elizabeth Hunter 11/12
✔️20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Mx.shining's Task: All About Books
Option 1: The Masked City - Genevieve Cogman 10/30
✔️20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: A Different Kind of Celebration
The Werewolf Upstairs - Ashlyn Chase 9/29
✔️20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Lorna's Task: Flip, Flip, Hooray for New Authors
Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 11/7
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: Alexander Hamilton ~ SKIP
20.10 - Group Read ~ SKIP

25 Points
25.1 - Karen D's Task: NO TASK
25.2 - Cat's Task: Shakespearean Reading
✔️Book One: The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9
✔️Book Two: Touch & Geaux - Abigail Roux 9/5
25.3 - Andy P’s Task : Finding a Topic for a Task
✔️Book 1: Starcatcher - Patricia Potter (400 pages) 11/22
✔️Book 2: Walking in Fire - Catheryn Cade (248 pages) 10/3
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering
✔️Book 1. Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part One - T.M. Frazier 11/30
✔️Book 2. Primal Law - J.D. Tyler 11/24
25.5 - Whitnie I's Task: First and Last
✔️Book 1, Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson 9/11
✔️Book 2, The Girl in Red - Christina Henry 11/24
25.6 - Sandy's Task: Back to Basics ~ SKIP
25.7 - Sally M's Task: Happily Ever After
✔️Option 1: Igniting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 9/25
✔️Option 4: A Love Beyond Time - Judie Aitken 10/28
25.8 - Amy FL's task: My Favorite Musicals
✔️Option 1: The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3
✔️Option 2:Crooked River - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 9/20
25.9 - G.Q.’s Task: Black Books Matter ~ SKIP
25.10 - Brooke TX's Task: Hocus Pocus FTW
✔️Book 1: Black Magic - S.J. Davis 9/12
✔️Book 2: The Chalk Man - C.J. Tudor 11/18

30 Points
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Ancient Greek Theatre
✔️Option 3: Nine Lives - Sharon Sala 9/30
✔️Option 5: Intimate Beings - Jessica Barksdale Inclan (pub 2008) 10/23
✔️30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance
Passion Ignites - Donna Grant 10/8
Burn This! - Tasha Black 10/18
30.3 - Wayne's Task: My TV Is My New Best Friend
✔️Option 3: Hooked on a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase (352 pages) 9/21
✔️Option 4: Dark Voyage - Helen Susan Swift (264 pages) 9/7
30.4 - Tessavanessa's Task: Birds Of A Feather
✔️Option 3: The Sign - Raymond Khoury 10/5
✔️Option 4: Air Bound - Christine Feehan 11/19
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: Find The Right Spell
Book 1: Read a book which has a palindrome of 4 or more letters in the title or subtitle.
✔️Book 2: Undertow - Dixie Browning (298 pages) 9/28
30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Hurry Up and Wait
✔️Book A - Option 3
Claimed - Rebecca Zanetti (321 pages) 11/17
✔️Book B - Option 2:
An Apprentice to Elves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/10
50 Point
50.1 - MEGSCL's Task: Scattegories
✔️3. An animal.
An Almond for a Parrot - Wray Delaney 10/24
✔️5. A job/occupation.
Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham 11/16
✔️6. A colour.
Shocking Pink - Erica Spindler 10/30

Total: 725/935