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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
CYNBAXTERTask # 30.01 – Schatzie's TASK: DNA
Book 1 – Option 3: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James – the setting for this book takes place in Great Britain
Book 2 – Option 4:
Fame: A Novel in Nine Episodes by Daniel Kehlmann – the green object on the cover is an office chairPoints this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 160 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 2
Janice CA10.6 - Back to Reality
Read a non-fiction book.
Red Rowans and Wild Honey by Betsy Whyte
+10
total: 30
tasks: 2
books: 2
Jonquil15.3 - Past & Present
Genre:
Mystery > Historical Mystery 17 users
Historical Fiction 16 users
Historical 13 users
AND Published May 5th 2015
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
Victoria Thompson
Hardcover, 304 pages 9/19
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Books posted: 25
Tasks complete: 23
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 6365
REPOST with AR info15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
Single digit: 3
Ender in Exile
IL: UG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 20.0
Matthew20.1 A Calgary Autumn: Option 3 (War)
War Dogs
20.2 Picky, Picky, Picky
Stone of Tears
Fits options A, B, D. In this novel, Richard's horse is named Jessie. Adventure and romance are main page genres.
Also, this one is a Big Book at 979 pages.
Points this post: 40
Big Book Tickets: 2
SuzanneB15.6 Read book by author whose name contains a noun of at least 4 words
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Noun is PATCH
20.1 Option 1: Read book whose author's initials are in the phrase "Go Stamps Go"
X by Sue Grafton (Initials SG)
25.2 Option 2: Read book found in first 10 pages of Popular Pop Culture Books
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (Page 1 of list)
Option 3: Read book whose author's initials can be found in the words "MELBOURNE CUP"
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
(Initials PM)
Total points: 60
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 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.
A Robot in the Garden: A Novel by Deborah Install
Qualifier: STALL in Install
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Big Books: 0
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 10.4 Ten-Four Day
The Sayers Swindle by Victoria Abbott
Qualifier: 146 5-star ratings
Points this task: 10
Points Total: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Big Books: 0
Vicki20.7 Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 3: One human eye
by A.K. AlexanderPoints this post:
20
Total Points:
20
Blueberry15.9 Choose a totem from the North American Totems list and read a book that contains the name of that animal in its title or subtitle.
Sand Sharks
Pts: 15
Total pts: 70
SCHATZIE30.8 - NICK KY'S GHOST HUNTERS
opt. 2: Gothic genre
The Storycatcher
opt. 3: 100- 150 pgs
A Christmas Carol
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
Mary P20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
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 Grand Masquerade by Amanda
Hughes
Approved for length, message #5076
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 3: Balor.
For this option, read a book that shows one eye of a human or other being on the cover. Only one eye may be shown, and the iris has to be visible.
by Leanne DavisApproved for length, message #5076
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option B: HIS NAME
Read a book with a word that contains "far" found intact in the title or subtitle.
The Farmer Takes a Wife by Genevieve Turner
Points this post: 60
Total points: 160
15.8 Culture VultureThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
Found on page 1 of the Native American Fiction list.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 260
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 4
Jonquil15.4 - The World Without End
Published July 7th 2015
AND
Genre: Science Fiction > Dystopia 61 users
Ink and Bone
Rachel Caine
Paperback, 410 pages 9/19
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210
Books posted: 26
Tasks complete: 24
Pages this post: 410
Total pages as of this post: 6775
Jonquil15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
Calculates to 4
Caught Dead in Philadelphia
Gillian Roberts
Paperback, 258 pages 9/10
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
Books posted: 27
Tasks complete: 25
Pages this post: 258
Total pages as of this post: 7033
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
I chose Options 1 and 3.
Option 1: I read The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost.
** The Road Not Taken and Other Poems was originally published in 1916, I'd like to claim a Golden Oldie ticket**
Option 3: I read The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg. The AR Bookfinder designation is IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7.0.
Previous point total: 60
New points this post: 30
Total points: 90
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 4
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Jonquil15.6 - The Name Game
Noun in author's surname: child
Make Me
Lee Child
Hardcover, 432 pages 9/15
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Books posted: 28
Tasks complete: 26
Pages this post: 432
Total pages as of this post: 7465
Task 20.7 JUDGE THE BOOK BY ITS COVEROPTION 1, ALICANTO: Winged creature on the cover:
by Alan BradleyPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 90/1,100
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5/61
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!Task description::Title with number of words in age.
I will be having q birthday in October, so I am going to use the age I will be, and that will make my number "3", for a 3 word title. (48-4+8=12; 1+2=3)
So I read Five Days Left by Julie Lawson Timmer.
Points for this task-15
Total Points;15
Kristen IA25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!
Please choose TWO different options and read a book for each.
REQUIRED: State which options you chose in your post.
A. Fall TV Shows: Read a book that a TV series is based on. If the book is part of a series, any book in that series will work.
Unbelievable by Sara Shepard- Pretty Little Liars #4
REQUIRED: In your post, include a link to IMDb in your post in your post to show the TV series. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1578873/?...
D. I Love a Good Series!: Read a book that is #9, #10 or #11 in a series. The book must be identified as part of a series on Goodreads.
The 9th Judgment James Patterson - Women's Murder Club #9
I listened to the audiobook, but have linked to the PB version for page count.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25/1070
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1/60
Big Books This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
30.10 Moving the Fences!2 book challenge
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice
No Time like the Past by Jodi Taylor
(340 pages, with an average rating of 4.41)
Book 2 - Read a book that has at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating of at least .50 lower.
Reckless Rescue by Rinelle Grey
(278 pages, with an average rating of 3.51.)
Total pages: 618
Difference in pages: 62
Difference in rating .90
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Points this post: 30
Points thus far: 90
Dakimel20.10 - Group Reads
I read & discussed March: Book One
25.7- Wonderful Overseas Assignments
For option 2 I read The Lotus Palace - set entirely in China
For option 3 I read In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin - set in Germany (with a bit of backstory of their lives in America before the diplomatic post)
30.9 Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
I rolled a 6
For book A I read The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer
For book B I read Crazy Thing Called Love (double L)
Tally:
This post - 75 points
Total - 295
Sam F:30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 1: “Ghost” found intact in title/subtitle/series title, or author’s name –
Ghostby Alan Lightman
Option 4: by Canadian author, birth or residence, or set at least 50% in Canada –
Through Black Spruce – Joseph Boyden - Joseph Boyden is from Canada
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 4
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!Read a book of your choice.
Book 1 - The 9th Judgment by James Patterson - 384 pages, 4.05 average rating.
Read a book that has at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating of at least .50 lower.
Book 2 - The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson - 278 pages, 3.55 average rating.
Total of pages of both books should be at least 500 pages.
Total pages - 662
Difference in pages - 106
Difference in ratings - .50
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 70/1100
Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+:0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
M1NKS5.2.The Sun and the Moon - Read a book with the sun or the moon on the cover
- Sun is on the rightPOINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 145
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 10
perletwo5.8. Four Worlds - Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle - Island, Blue, Yellow, White, Mountain. Plurals and possessives may be used, no other variations.
White Night
Points this task: 05
Total points: 225
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 16
trishhartuk25.9 Delicious Dee’s Task: On the Injured Bench
This is a TWO book task, and you must read TWO different options. REQUIRED: State in your post the options you chose. The letters in HIP MUST appear in the title (not subtitle or series title) of each book.
Option 1: Read a book with a food item on the cover. REQUIRED - post cover and identify the food item if not clear
just plaIn Pickled to deatH, Tamar Myers
The food items are a slice of cake and some strawberries.
Option 3: Read a book with a bird on the cover REQUIRED – post cover and identify bird
murder wItH Puffins, Donna Andrews
The bird is a puffin (and the book also satisfies option 4, as I added it to my Goodreads TBR in 2009!)
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
task number: 5.10. Create Your Own World!Read a book of your own choice.
Read the final book in the Locke and Key series
task number: 20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 3: read a book with a main page genre of Education or Self Help.
Read:
Total this post=25
Total thus far in Fall=60
Loafer30.8 - Nick KY's task: Ghost Hunters
Choose 2 of 4 options
Option 2: Read a book with the GR genre "Gothic" which does not have the word "Ghost" - Wuthering Heights https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... I "read" the Audible version.
MMPB: Wuthering Heights.
First published in 1847, this is a Golden Oldie.
Option 4: Read any work of fiction or nonfiction by a Canadian author - Life of Pi by Yann Martel
points this post: 30
total pts: 100
BB: 1
GO: 1
tasks completed: 7
DEANA10.6 - Back to Reality
Read a non-fiction book
The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
This book has been approved as not really for kids here
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THIS POST:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 10
TOTALS:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 10
Jonquil15.7 - By the Numbers
(first published 1977) Mass Market Paperback, 197 pages
A Morbid Taste for Bones
Ellis Peters
Mass Market Paperback, 197 pages 9/20
Points this post: 15
Total points: 255
Books posted: 29
Tasks complete: 27
Pages this post: 197
Total pages as of this post: 7662
Jonquil15.8 - Culture Vulture
#74 on the Native American Fiction list
River Marked
Patricia Briggs
Hardcover, 336 pages 9/15
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
Books posted: 30
Tasks complete: 28
Pages this post: 336
Total pages as of this post: 7998
Jonquil15.9 - Animal Guides
Totem: bear
Bear Claw Lawman
Jessica Andersen
Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages 9/18
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Books posted: 31
Tasks complete: 29
Pages this post: 288
Total pages as of this post: 8286
Jonquil15.10 - Nanowrimo!
2007 Sue Grafton
X
Sue Grafton
Hardcover, 403 pages 9/16
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300
Books posted: 32
Tasks complete: 30
Pages this post: 403
Total pages as of this post: 8689
5.6 Four cordsLord of the Wings by Donna Andrews
15.6 The name game
Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber Last name contains the word Comb.
20.4 Author! Author!--Seakbee's Task--Life's Too Short
Option 2
Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything by Barbara Ehrenreich, first published in January 2014
Today's total: 40
Grand total: 65
Julia10320.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 4: Winning Colors (Serrano Legacy #3)
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1: Leah's Journey by Gloria Goldreich
Book 2: An Elephant for Aristotle
Post total: 45 points
Challenge total points: 130
Total BB: 1
Tasks completed: 6
30.3 Perspectives Over TimeOption 1: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson published in 1912 golden oldie, well before I was born, though this book is surprisingly still relevant.
Option 2: Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition by Katie Rain Hill published in 2014.
Total points: 50
Nick KY5.1 Five Suns I read The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan. The disaster is the dust bowl of depression era Oklahoma, TX, and Kansas, OK’d in messages 2 and 14 of the Help Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
15.8 Culture Vulture -- I read Tracks by Louise Erdrich, #10 (1st page) of the Native American Fiction list.
20.10 Group I read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, historical fiction based on a real person. See message 8 of the group read thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Wolf Hall at 532 pages.
Points this Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 210
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
MonkeypoxTask 25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Book One: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (SK for Slovakia)
Book Two: The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (set in Amsterdam)
Totals
Points for this post: 25
Total points: 40
Ava Catherine20.1 Most Improved Player-Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 2: The First Snowfall: Read a book that contains the word "snow" in the title or subtitle.
Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson
25.5 Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option C: Read a book with a cover featuring a paved road, horizon, or a motorcycle.
I read a book with a horizon with the required land in the foreground on the cover.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
Option E: Read a non-fiction book with the genre of politics.
The Silencing by Kirsten Powers
Politics main page genre: 21 users
25.6 Dakimel's Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 1: Something Old: Read a book that was first published before 1898.
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy first published in 1874
Option 4: Something Blue: Read a book with a blue "something" on the cover.
Mary, Queen of France by Jean Plaidy (blue dress)Points this post: 70
Total points: 495
Task 10.2 HAPPY HOUR!The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
#6 in the Flavia de Luce series
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100/1,100
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6/61
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Ava Catherine25.10 Minks's Task: Let a Little Light and Colour In!
Option 2: Read a book that has a picture of a cat on the cover.
The Dalai Lama's Cat by David Michie
Option 3: Read a book with a picture of horse on the cover.
The Foretelling by Alice HoffmanPoints this post: 25
Total points: 520
Mod
5.8. Four Worlds
mountain in title: Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart
15.8 - Culture Vulture
page 1, #84: Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
PB: Monkey Beach
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
option 2 :The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim
published by Virago: The Solitary Summer
MMP for length: L'été solitaire
total = 195
Andy P.Task # 20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option A. Read a book from Best South African Reads.
by Lawrence Anthony This book is # 30 on the list. Also works for Option B as it has an elephant on the cover.Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House**Just to say, this might be a repost - I started to post this last night then got sidetracked and I can't see it on the thread, but I might just be tired and confused. Apologies if I did in fact post it! **
Option 1: Read a book from Catie's bookshelf.
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
GO: 0
BBT: 0
15.7 By the NumbersAmerican Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country by Kay Bailey Hutchison
This book was first published in 2004; I read the paperback version, which has 400 pages. (2004)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 275
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 4
CHANDNI10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
I read All But Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
IL: UG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 5.0
This book has 396 5-star ratings.
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 4
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!Book 1 - I read Scarlet, which has 452 pages and as of 9/12, had a rating of 4.32.Marissa Meyer is a ****GRA****
Book 2 -I read Harry Lipkin, Private Eye, which has 224 pages and on 9/12, had a rating of 3.05. Book 2 has 228 fewer pages than Book 1, and has a 1.27 lower rating.
points: 120
Books read: 8
tasks completed: 6
pages read: 2640
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Task # 10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song lyrics in the title
Word from song lyrics is price found in 3rd stanza, fifth line
And a sail ain't a low price to pay
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125