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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
SandyDTask 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.
Make Me Forget by Anna Brooks
Name = AnnA
ebook approved for length msg 5110
Task points = 10 points
Total points = 195 points
SandyDTask 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task - A Calgary Autumn
Option 3 - Task: Read a book with War as a main page genre. The genre can be standalone or embedded.
Under the Radar Under the Radar by Kimberley Troutte
ebook approved for length msg 5110
Task points = 20 points
Total points = 215 points
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months1, author's surname has 11 letters: The Love Season by Elin Hilderbrand
2, title contains a word of 10 letters: The Canterbury Sisters by Kim Wright
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135
Reader Board Name: Daphne10.7- Sedna the Sea Goddess:
Title/sub whale, seal, sea, lion
The Lion of Venice - LION
20.4 Author! Author! : 1 book
REQUIRED: Your book choice must have been first published between 1915 and April 17, 2015
Published: September 9th, 2014
4: a book whose author’s initials* can be found in CENTENARIAN - Author initials are CR
Dataclysm: Who We Are by Christian Rudder
20.6 Seasoned Reader : 1 book
1: title or subtitle: wind
Tying Down the Wind: Adventures in the Worst Weather on Earth
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 200/1070
Books Read: 18
Completed Tasks: 17/61
Pages Read: 5542
GO Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Bluegrass Pam10.5 Penmanship Practice (Title in cursive)
by Celeste NgPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 55
10.2 - Happy Hour!Death of a Perfect Wife
Hamish Macbeth,#4
10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain
Matching word is "Dogs", line in song: "That time in September when sea dogs remember"
15.4 - The World Without End
Station Eleven
This book fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements. It was first published in 2014, and both 'Post-Apocalyptic' and 'Dystopia' appear in the main page genres.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 4:
Still Life
#1 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series
Total points: 55
Julia10315.3 - Past & Present
Watch the Lady: A Novel fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements (genre Historical Fiction, published June 2015).
Claiming 1 BB ticket - this book is 560 pages
Post total: 15 points, 1 BB
Challenge total points: 170
Total BB: 4
Tasks completed: 9
Matthew20.10 Group Reads
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
JackattackTask: 5.8. Four Worlds
Description: Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle - Island, Blue, Yellow, White, Mountain.
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
TOTALS - THIS POST
Points This Post: 5
Golden Oldies This Post: No
Big Book This Post: No
TOTALS - OVERALL
Total Points: 135
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Sam F: ***REPOST***20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: Our Anniversary - read a book with exactly 12 letters in the author's name
Emotionally Weird - Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson has exactly 12 letters in her name.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 4
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
20.10 - GROUP READS - March: Book OneMy post is 29 in the discussion thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
25.1 - THE FALL MONTHS
BOOK 1 - The Healer by Antti Tuomainen
BOOK 2 - The Christmas Bus by Melody Carlson
TOTAL POINTS - 175
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its CoverOption 3: Balor
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.
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 235
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 12
BB Total:
GO Total: 3
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - QuetzalcoatlI chose Option 2: Read a book with the letter “Q” somewhere in the main title.
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Queens
Task total=20
Grand total=135
30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be1. Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris
B in Be
E in Be
T in until
W in won
E in ashamed
E in die
N in until
YOU in you
A in ashamed
N in won
D in ashamed
ME in some
2. The Admissions: A Novel by Meg Mitchell Moore
TH in without
E in house
A in A
D in windows
M in room
I in without
S in is
S in books
I in is
O in house
N in windows
S in windows
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
Lacy Susanne30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
S in ashamed
I in die
S in some
T in to
E in be
R in victory
L in until
A in ashamed
N in until
D in ashamed
Book 2: The Martian by Andy Weir
T in without
H in house
E in house
M in room
A in a
R in room
T in without
I in without
A in a
N in windows
Points this post: 30
Total points: 240
Crowinator10.1 - Take the Stairs
10.2 - Happy Hour
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (Book 7)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Amy O.10.4 - Ten-Four Day - book with at least 104 5-star ratings
The Best of Enemies by Jen Lancaster - has 193 5-star ratings on September 27, 2015
Task 10.9 - Bridge The Gap - hyphenated word in book title or subtitle
Motherhood Smotherhood: Fighting Back Against the Lactivists, Mompetitions, Germophobes, and So-Called Experts Who Are Driving Us Crazy by J. J. Keith (hyphenated word is "so-called")
Task 20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 2: Memoir written in first person
I Regret Nothing: A Memoir by Jen Lancaster
This post: 40 points
Total to Date = 80 points
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
Emsreviewsbooks20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
I chose Option C, and read NeXt to Love by Ellen Feldman.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 20
Tasks Complete: 20
5.2 Read a book with the sun or the moon on the cover. There must be enough of the sun or the moon to make it obvious, but it need not be completely shown.REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
Points this post: 5
Total this challenge: 5
SCHATZIE5.5 - ESAUGETUH EMISSEE
----large body of water
Fatal Tide
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25.6 - DAKIMEL'S WEDDING TRADITIONS
opt. 3: something borrowed
req'd: borrowed from the library
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
opt. 4: something blue
Freak Show Without A Tent: Swimming with Piranhas, Getting Stoned in Fiji and Other Family Vacations
req'd: blue items: scarf, hat, jacket
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30.3 - AVA CATHERINE'S PERSPECTIVES OVER TIME
book 1: a book pub. before I was born
To the Lighthouse - first pub. 1927
req'd: this was first published before I was born
book 2: a book pub. in 2010 or later
The Drop - first published in 2014
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30.5 - DLMROSE'S IN THE MIDDLE
book 1: a 3 name author
Truth Be Told
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
book 2: author with middle initial that is the same as above author
Inherit the Stars
by James P. Hogan
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30.6 - DONNA JO'S ME, MYSELF AND I
opt. 1: "me" found intact in title
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
opt. 2: reflexive in title
The Art of Selling Yourself: The Simple Step-by-Step Process for Success in Business and Life
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30.10 - SANDY'S MOVING THE FENCES
book 1: The Escape
pgs. 512; avg. rating, 4.10
I did the audio. The link above goes to the pb version (no mmpb).
book 2: Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi
pgs. 384; avg. rating, 3.27
I did the audio. The link above goes to the pb version.
total pages: 896
difference in pages: 128 pgs
difference in rating: .83
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Points this post: 150
TOTAL POINGS: 1020
Pamela326510.10 Dreamcatcher
Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream by Whitney Johnson
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
Option 2:
by Dorothy ClarkOption 3:
by Mary Balogh - Set in EnglandTask 30.5 - DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
Book 1:
by Ruth Logan HerneBook 2:
by James L. FerrellPoints this post: 70
Total Points: 310
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+:
BARBARA ★10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Crave - J.R. Ward 9/27
(7741 - 5 star ratings on 8/23)
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15.6 - The Name Game
Virgin - Cheryl Brooks (BROOK) 9/25
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 220
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
220/1070 POINTS
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.6 - Back to Reality
Nonfiction book -- ebook edition I read: My Billion Year Contract: Memoir of a Former Scientologist
Most popular paperback edition: My Billion Year Contract: Memoir of a Former Scientologist
25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!
Book #1: Using Option A -- TV Series based on book. Task creator approves a mini-series in post #7 of task help thread -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079959/?...
ebook edition I read: The Color of Magic
Most popular MMPB: The Colour of Magic
Book #2: Using Option C -- "ber" intact in title: Remember
ebook edition I read: I Forgot To Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia
Paperback edition: I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 25
Points Earned this Post: 35
Total Points To Date: 65
ETA: Total point actually 60
Sheila20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - Quetzalcoatl
Option 1:
A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2: Pskegdemus
Undead and Unsure by MaryJanice DavidsonTotal Points = 370
FANDURY20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 1: Read any of the 121 books that Catie has with her in her current house.
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 10
Classics: 0
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
ASHLEY OZ10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song lyrics in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly.
The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver
Word: Keep
30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 1: Read a book with the genre "Poetry" on the main page.
5 to 1 by Holly Bodger
Option 4: Read a book by an author* with one of the following names: Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa, or Seth.
Vampires of Manhattan by Melissa de la Cruz
POINTS
This Post: 40
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 10
Completed Tasks: 9
20.5 Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the WildernessOption 1: Read a book with a main page genre History, Historical fiction or Historical Romance.
OK, let's try this again:
The Moor's Account, by Laila Lalami
Top genre is historical fiction.
20 points this post
4 / 60 tasks completed
4 / 83 books read
50 / 1070 total points
Nick KY20.1 Wayne’s Calgary -- Option 1, author’s initials in GO STAMPS GO: I read The Secret Gospel by Morton Smith (staMpS).
30.1 Schatzie’s DNA
Book a. Option 1. Native American. I read Choctaw Music by Frances Densmore, with “Choctaw” in the title. This is actually a collection of music and analysis from the “Mississippi Band of Choctaw” which is on the list of nations under “M,” not “C” -- not that it makes a difference for purposes of the challenge – just FYI. I would say only about 20 pages of the 188 are notated music, the rest is sociology and music analysis.
Book b. Option 4. British. I read The Merchant's House by Kate Ellis, set in Devonshire, England.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 300
15.6 - The Name GameGo Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The noun 'Harp' is found in 'Harper'.
Total Points = 90
15.10 - Nanowrimo!Check out some of the inspirational letters written by well-known authors at the Nanowrimo Pep Talk page. Choose an author who has written a pep talk and read any book they have written* (that fits within the rules of the SRC).
Specials by Scott Westerfeld (http://nanowrimo.org/pep-talks/scott-... here is his pep talk)
Points: 15
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
rolled 5
2. If you rolled a TWO or FIVE:
(Book A) Read a book with the main page genre science fiction, and where the letters LOTR can be found in any order in any combination of title/subtitle/author* name. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld ugLies scOTt westeRfeld
(Book B) Read a book with the main page genre fantasy, and in which the letters LEGOS can be found in any order in any combination of title/subtitle/author* name. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
L in coLlins, E in suzannE, G and O in mOckinGjay and S in collinS
points:30
Points of this post: 45
Total:135
Lynalicious20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
In the Name of God, Paula Jolin, 2007
Option 2: Female on the cover
Total this post: 20 points
Lynalicious15.9 - Animal Guides
Blood on Copperhead Trail, Paula Graves, 2014
Animal on totem = snake = copperhead
Total this post: 15 points
5.6.Four CordsRead a book with a four word title.
The Widow's Walk League by Nancy Lynn Jarvis
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
MARWA 20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase GO STAMPS GO.
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
Requirements:
- Author initials M&T in S T A M PS.
- Task states that middle initials may be used or ignored.
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20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
2. Read any book that has been published by Virago.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
*** Golden Oldies Ticket: Book first published in 1938 ***
Requirements:
- This edition of Rebecca is published by Virago.
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20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series. ... you may start a new favorite with #1 of a series.
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
*** Scott Lynch is a Goodreads Author ***
*** 722 pages qualifies for 1 BB Ticket ***
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Points claimed for this post: 60
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed so far: 3
Books Read for this challenge so far: 3
GR Authors: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: +500(1*1), +750(0*2), +1000(0*3), Total (1)
Readerboard name: WOLFEPrevious points: 45
Previous BB points: 1
5.9 Spider Grandmother - author's initials must be from this word
D from spiDer, and M & D from GranDMother
Diane Mott Davidson's Catering to Nobody
Diane Mott Davidson
Catering to Nobody
points: 5
15.6 author's name contains a noun of 4 or more letters
Christine Glover = Glove
Christine Glover
The Movie Star's Red Hot Holiday Fling
points: 15
45+5+15=
65 total points
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Bridge The Gap
Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's* name that is hyphenated.
by Jean-Christophe Rufin Author's given name is hyphenatedPoints this post: 10
Total points: 230
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Into the Wilderness
Option 3 - Read a book by an author who shares the same initials as Sara Donati. I read:
The Church of Dead Girls: A Novel by Stephen Dobyns
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Task 5.7 Raven the TricksterRead a book with the main page genre humor or funny.
Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters (2014) by Mallory Ortberg (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 226 pages)
** Mallory Ortberg is a Goodreads Author **
130 + 05 = 135
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 130 + 05 = 135
Books read: 09
Pages read: 3,191
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Didi3023 Re-post
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Published before I was born
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
The Daughters by Adrienne Celt
Published in 2015
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 90
Didi3023Re-post
10.5 - Penmanship Practice
Read a book with a TITLE on the cover that is written in cursive
A Bad Character
by Deepti KapoorCURRENT POST
Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 100
Didi30235.5. Esaugetuh Emissee.
Read a book with a body of water on the cover.
Girl Underwater
by Claire KellsCURRENT POST
Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 105
CMFRUIN20.10 Group Reads.
I read March: Book One which is one of the group reads during this challenge. I also left a comment in the Group Reads Discussion Forum for this book. (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
POINTS
This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 3
Mod
5.4 Earth and Water
Tree found in TREntEn: The Hanging Tree by Bryan Gruley
5.9. Spider Grandmother
initials PH in Spider Grandmother: Chasing Brenda by Pauline Hayton
PB: Chasing Brenda
15.2 - Which Witch?
sun/son
A Swollen Red Sun by Matthew McBride
PB:A Swollen Red Sun
The Son by Jo Nesbø
total = 310
Kristen IA10.9 - Bridge The Gap
Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's* name that is hyphenated. The word must appear in the Goodreads record with the hyphen
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
I listened to the audiobook, but have linked to the PB version.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 65/1070
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3/60
Big Books This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Didi302330.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - The Visitors are up to bat. Read a book of your choice.
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
382 pages, rating: 3.79
Book 2 - Read a second book that has fewer pages than book 1 and that has a lower average rating than book 1.
Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk
179 pages (-203 pages), Rating: 2.82 (-0.97)
total 561 pages)
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 135
trishhartuk10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19th by singing the official Talk Like A Pirate Day song. Listen on YouTube. Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song lyrics in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly. Required: State the word.
Bloody Jack, LA Meyer
The word is Jack: Jack Sparrow is mentioned in the song.
Read the kindle version: PB reference Bloody Jack
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 0
Sheila25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option Two:
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson(page 4 from pop culture list)
and
Option Three:
Cold Around the Heart by Michael Prescott25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 2: Something New
The New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaveriniand
Option 3: Something Borrowed
Merciless: A Mystery by Lori G. Armstrong(borrowed from the library)
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
OPTION 2:
Mission to Paris by Alan Furstand
OPTION 3:
Prime Suspect by Lynda La PlanteTotal Points = 450
Beth_NC10.6 BACK TO REALITY - The Caveman Mystique: Pop-Darwinism and the Debates Over Sex, Violence, and Science by Martha McCaughey
15.10 NANOWRIMO - Hope to Die by James Patterson
Pep Talk 2013
Points: 25
Tasks: 2
Books: 2
Pages: 583
Total Points: 485
Total Tasks: 21
Total Books: 33
Big Book Tickets: 4
Total Pages: 11681
Lacy Susanne30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose name has "me" found intact in it.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Book 3: Read a fiction book written in the first person.
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
"I had five regulars, and a couple of them would have come seven days a week if they could."
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
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Task 10.2 Happy Hour
Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6 or #7 in a series.
In the Den (Mastered #6) by Sierra Cartwright
Task points = 10 points
Total points - 185 points