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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Elizabeth PTask 10.6 - Back to Reality
Read a Nonfiction Book
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
Jonquil10.5 - Penmanship Practice
cursive title
The Snapdragon Murder
Carol Lee
Paperback, 138 pages 9/10
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Books posted: 15
Tasks complete: 15
Pages this post: 138
Total pages as of this post: 3820
Readerboard name: WOLFE20.10 Read and post on discussion board (posted on Sept. 10th Thursday)
Wolf HallHilary Mantel
points: 20
Rule 10. “Pre-reading: Books longer than 499 pages that were started any time before the beginning of a challenge can be used to fulfill a task if more than half the book is read during the challenge.”
Did read pages 301-604 after challenge began.
Big Book points: 1
total points: 45
Posted by Peakles20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 1: A book with a winged creature on the cover.
Delicious Foods by James Hannaham20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option A: A book set >= 50% in Afghanistan.
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 3: A book that is borrowed.
The Sellout by Paul Beatty.
Borrowed from our public library.
Option 4: A book with Blue anything on cover.
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne TylerThe blue object is a spool of blue thread. :-)
Total Points: 65
Morgan Faeriesfolly20.9 Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
REQUIRED: Option C - Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an x (for Xhosa) or a z (for Zulu).
Approval/Verified: e-book only approval for length
Selection: Liz Tells Frank What Happened In...: Volume 2 Liz Tells Frank Vol. 2 (Liz Tells Frank #2) -- Liz Shannon Miller
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 135/1070
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 12/60
Pages Read: 2555
15.7 - By the NumbersRead a book where the total number of pages (as stated on Goodreads) can be found, in any order, in the first publication date (year) of that same book
Published in 2014 and it's 240 pages long.
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 70
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 4
BB Total:
GO Total: 1
READ 6010.2 Happy Day Book #4 In a series
The Bad Book Affairby Ian Sansom
Points this task 10
Total points 10
5.1: Five SunsI read The Book of Strange New Things.
From the description: "But Peter is rattled when Bea’s letters from home become increasingly desperate: typhoons and earthquakes are devastating whole countries, and governments are crumbling." Bea is a main character of the book, and several natural disasters occur throughout the storyline.
Approved in help thread.
Claiming one Big Book Ticket (500 pages.)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks complete: 1
Books read: 1
Goldie Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
babbling c15.8 - Culture Vulture
Delve into Native American culture by reading a book found on the Native American Fiction list. Required: State on which page of the list your book can be found when you post.
page 2, #141
Frost Burned - kindle Frost Burned -paperback pgs. 294 by Patricia Briggs
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Big Books:
500 pages: 0
Total This Season
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 2
Golden oldies:
Big Books: 0
500 pages
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Pages read this season: 614
Books read this season: 2
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
babbling c15.8 - Culture Vulture
Delve into Native American culture by reading a book found on the Native American Fiction list. Required: State on which page of the list your book can be found when you post.
page 2, #141
Frost Burned - kindle Frost Burned -paperback pgs. 294 by Patricia Briggs
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Big Books:
500 pages: 0
Total This Season
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 2
Golden oldies:
Big Books: 0
500 pages
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Pages read this season: 614
Books read this season: 2
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
perletwo10.3 - Inti - Read a book by an author* with a name that starts and ends with the same letter. The name may be in any position- first, middle, other, last. ex., Chevy Stevens StevenS, Malcolm Gladwell MalcolM, Mary Anna Evans AnnA
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinS
Points this task: 10
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 09
Ava Catherine30.2 Ms. Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 1: Read a book with the genre "Poetry" on the main page.
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
Option 3: Read a book with the genre "Childrens>Middle Grade" on the main page. Pre-approved in help thread message # 31
Ingo by Helen Dunmore
AR: IL: MG+
30.6: Donna Jo's Task: Me, Myself, and I
Option 2: Read a book with a reflexive pronoun in the title, subtitle, or series title.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler (reflexive pronoun=ourselves)
Option 3: Read a fiction book written in first person.
The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
"I pressed my feet against the floor of the boat in sympathy, and with every stroke I tensed my shoulders as if this would magically further our cause."
Points this post: 60
Total points: 260
Pamela326520.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D:
by Missy Tippens - 12 letters in author's name30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 3:
by Sandy H. Steele - 146 pagesOption 4:
by Lois Richer - Set in Alberta, Canada; The author also lives in Canada: https://books.google.com/books?id=D63...Points this post: 50
Total Points: 175
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Ava Catherine10.3 Inti
Read a book by an author with a name that begins and ends with the same letter. The name may be first, middle, or last.
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell (Malcolm)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 270
MEGSCL5.6.Four Cords
Read a book with a four word title. A God in Ruins
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter 
by D.D. VanDykeOption 2: cover has a single female figure
This book has no print edition; it was approved for length in post #5021.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Golden Oldies: 1
Bib Book Tickets: 1
Barbara AllenTask 25.1 Fall Months
Book 1: Read a book written by an author with 9. 10, or 11 letters in their surname
I read One for the MoneyJanet Evanovich Evanovich has nine letters.
Book 2; Read a book that has a 9, 10, or 11 letter word in the title. I read Obsession in DeathJ.D. Robb Obsession has 9 letters.
Points this task 25
Golden oldie tickets 0
Big book tickets 0
Total points 45
ABAYOMI5.9. Spider Grandmother author's initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
A Instrução dos Amantes by Inês Pedrosa
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POINTS FOR THIS TASK: 5
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 30
TOTAL BIG BOOKS TICKETS: 2
TOTAL GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
BARBARA ★15.3 - Past & Present
Book 1: The Devil of Kilmartin - Laurin Wittig (historical fiction) 9/10
Goodreads Author
Book 2: Archangel's Enigma - Nalini Singh (Pub 9/1/15) 9/8
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
55/1070 POINTS
Nikki B30.3 Ava Catherine's Task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Dune published in 1963, I was born in 1983
Book 2: Affliction published in 2014
Total Task Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 105
Nikki B30.4 Jonquil's task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book One: The Strain
bE ASHamed To dIe uNTil you have won some victory for humanity
Book 2: Island
a house without books is LIke A room without wiNdowS
Total Task Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 135
Nikki B30.5 DLMRose's Task: In the Middle
Book 1: The Lost Years By Mary Higgins Clark
Book 2: The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History By Robert M. Edsel
Total Task Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 165
Nikki B30.6 Donna Jo's Task - My, Myself, and I
Book 1: As Gouda as Dead By Avery Aames
Book 2: Me Before You
Total Task Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 195
Nikki B30.8 Nick KY'S Task: Ghost Hunters
Option One: Philadelphia Ghost Stories
Option Two: Flowers in the Attic
Total Task Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 325
Nikki B30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
I rolled a 4
Book A: Heaven Book 1 in the Casteel Series
Book B: Life After Life
Total Task Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 355
Nikki B30.10 Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book One: Twilight Eyes, 3.84 rating, 464 pages
Book Two: Jason, 3.25 rating, 255 pages
Total Task Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 385
Jen UT10.4 - Ten-Four Day
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 30
CHANDNI20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 1:
I read Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 3
RUCHI#20.4. (Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short)
I chose option 1 and option 3.
1 : Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
State : California
2 : The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
Points this post : 20
Total points : 135
Loafer5.3 What are We Made of?
Read a book that s #4 or #8 in a series: A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #4) A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
5.7 Raven the Trickster
main page genre humor or funny: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
pts this post: 10
total pts: 55
BB: 1
GO: 0
tasks completed: 5
ASHLEY OZ5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee.
Read a book with a body of water on the cover. It must be large enough for a regular-sized human to swim in.
The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
15.6 - The Name Game
Read a book written by an author* whose first, middle, or last name contains a NOUN of 4 or more letters intact within the name
Dietland by Sarai Walker
Word: Walk
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Read a book in which at least one character sets foot in one of these states: Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada or California
The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch
State: California. The MC moves from California to Georgia and also goes back to visit
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2: Pskegdemus
Read a book that shows a single female on the cover.
Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black
POINTS
This Post: 70
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5
trishhartuk20.6 Seasoned Reader: Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
For this task, read one book that fulfills one of the options below. REQUIRED: Please state which option you chose when posting your completed task.
Option 2: Read a book with the letter “Q” somewhere in the main title. Subtitles or series names may not be used for this option – only the main title of the book.
the Queen's head, Edward Marston
Read the kindle edition. PB reference: The Queen's Head
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Bookwrm526Task 15.3 - Past & Present
I chose the ONE book option, to read a book with the genre Historical Fiction that was first published in the last year. I got this approved for the one book option in the task help thread (message #21).
I read The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Cindy FTask 15.7 By The Numbers
Total # of pages found in pub date
I read Until the Robin Walks on Snowby Bernice L. Rocque
pages 202 pub date 2012
Points this post:15
Total points:40
Tasks completed:3
Books Read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Lacy Susanne5.10 Create Your Own World!
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Book is not found in AR BookFinder
15.4 The World Without End
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Fulfills book 1 and 2 requirements: published in 2014 with post-apocalyptic and dystopia on main page
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Sheila➜ 10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Hope to Die by James Patterson10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Gone for Good by Harlan Coben(good)
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
Sister by Rosamund Lupton(My numbers reduced to a 1)
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option C: HIS FAMILY
Still Life by Joy Fielding30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
➜
Trace by Casey HillTo, victoRy, Ashamed, viCtory, ashamEd
(approved for length in verification thread # 4956
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
and
Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
Obsession by Debra WebbhOuse,Books,houSE, bookS,windowS,wINdOws
Total Points = 135
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall MonthsBook 1. Read a book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Fall with Me by Jennifer L Armentrout
*ARMENTROUT = 10 letters
Book 2. Read a book whose title contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James
*DESPERATE = 9 letters
TASK TOTALS
Points: 25
Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 55
Golden Oldies:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Andy P.Task # 5.6.Four Cords
Read a book with a four word title
by Sheila Webster BonehamPoints this post: 5
Total points: 60
25.10 - M1nks's Task: Let a Little Light and Colour In!Option 2, cat on the cover: Some Enchanted Eclair by Bailey Cates
Option 4, brightly colored clothing on the cover: Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!Option C: HIS FAMILY
For this option read a book where the first letters of the words that make up the title can be found in the words AUSTRALIA and/or GERMANY.
Lace by Shirley Conran
L in austraLia
*Lace has 760 pages and is a big book. Two tickets claimed.*
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option B - I also loved seeing animals on my trip - the animals I saw included lions, rhinos, buffalo, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, giraffes, antelopes, zebras, baboons, gnus, squirrels, penguins, ostriches, dassies (African rock dwelling rodents), eagles, crocodiles, whales, and chickens! Read a book with one or more of these animals on the cover.
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
There is an elephant on the cover.
Points this post: 40
Points total: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2 - 500() 750(1) 1000()
Pages read: 1224
perletwo*****REPOST*****
10.3 - Inti - Read a book by an author* with a name that starts and ends with the same letter. The name may be in any position- first, middle, other, last. ex., Chevy Stevens StevenS, Malcolm Gladwell MalcolM, Mary Anna Evans AnnA
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayerS
published in 1927, this book qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 09
Coralie5.7 Raven the Trickster
Book with 'humor' as main page genre
Botchan
5.10 Create Your Own World!
The Amber Amulet
This book is my one book of 80 – 100 pages.
This book is not found in ARBookFinder
20.2 Picky, picky, picky!
The Moon and the Sun
B. Romance as a genre
D. Includes a horse named Zachi
E. History included in main page genre – Science Fiction>Alternate History
This post 30 points
Total to date 65 points
Delicious Dee15.7 - By the Numbers
Felicity Stripped Bare - first published in 2008; and paperback is 280pgs - 2008
points this post: 15
points total: 110
READ 60 20.10 Group Read March: book one
March: Book One by
John Robert Lewis
Points 20
Total Points: 30
5.7. Raven the TricksterBecause I Said So! : The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids by Ken Jennings
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
Cindy C.Task 15.6-The Name Game
Read a book by an author with a noun as part of their name. Haven Kimmel is the author and haven means a place where you are protected from danger.
The Used World
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Task 30.3-Ava Catherine's Task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Read a book published before you were born. This was first published in 1955 and I was born 20 years later.
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later. This was first published in 2015.
Twisted History: 32 True Stories of Torture, Traitors, Sadists, and Psychos... Plus the Most Celebrated Saints in History
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Task 30.6-Donna Jo's Task: Me, Myself, and I
Option 1: Read a book with an author's name with "me" intact in it. MEg Rosoff.
**Meg Rosoff is a Goodreads Author.**
Picture Me Gone
Option 3: Read a fiction book written in the first person. Include the first sentence that demonstrates first person.
"Our mother was a witch, too, but she hid it better. I miss her."
**Jessica Spotswood is a Goodreads Author.**
Born Wicked
Points this post: 75
Total tasks: 3
GRA: 2
Morgan Faeriesfolly20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
REQUIRED: Option 1 - Read a book whose author's* initials can be found in the phrase GO STAMPS GO. Letters may be used as often as they appear in the phrase. Middle initials may be used or ignored.
Ignoring Middle Initial: Sarah J. Maas = GO STAMPS GO
Selection: A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) -- Sarah J. Maas
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 155/1070
Books Read: 13
Completed Tasks: 13/60
Pages Read: 2987
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the WildernessOption 4: Read a book from one of your own favourite series. The book may be any # in the series.
A Darker Domain by Val McDermid, which is #2 in the Inspector Karen Pirie series.
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
GO: 0
BBT: 0
Loafer15.8 - Culture Vulture: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
found on page 1 (book#1) on the Native American Fiction list
pts this post: 15
total pts: 70
BB: 1
GO: 0
tasks completed: 6
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30.6 Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
Option 1. Me: Read a book by an author* whose name has "me" found intact in it.
The Bookstore– Deborah Meyler has a 'me' in her last name
Option 3. I: Read a fiction book written in the first person -
Margarita Nights – Phyllis Smallman is written completely in the first person
First Sentence: "The Suncoaster blew up at four-thirty on a Tuesday afternoon while I was setting up for the rush hour at the Sunset Bar and Grill."
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 2
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0