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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)

Task #15.6 The Name Game
Read a book by an author that has a noun of at least 4 letters in their name.
I read Friction bySandra Brown Sand is the noun.
Points this post 15
Total points 120

15.5 Act (On) Your Age!
My number was 3.
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 50
BB: 2
GO: 0
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7

Read TWO books, one from Book 1 AND one from Book 2.
Book 1: The Mayans predicted that the world would end in December 2012. You may have discovered that we're still here! Let's celebrate by reading a book that was first published in December 2012 or any time afterward.
Book 2: Doomsday-smoomsday. Read a book with the genre "Post-Apocalyptic" or "Dystopia" on its main page
OR
Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
1. This book was first published September 9th 2014
2. The following genres are listed on the main page
• Science Fiction > Dystopia 722 users
• Apocalyptic > Post Apocalyptic 536 users
This Post
Points: 15
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 336
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 60
Tasks Posted: 4
Books Posted: 4
Pages Read: 1276
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book ticket request: 0

No books with the main page genre childrens or kids may be used for this task. Your two books combined must have a total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1 - The Visitors are up to bat. Read a book of your choice.
Book 2 - Now the home team is up. Read a second book that has fewer pages than book 1 (moving the rope closer in), and that has a lower average rating than book 1 (lowering the rope). To mark 10 years of up to a 5 foot advantage, the second book must have at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating at least.50 lower.
Book 1: Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland, 309 pages, 4.29 average rating on September 28, 2015
Book 2: Half a Life, 205 pages, 3.53 average rating on September 28, 2015
Book 2 has 104 fewer pages and an average rating of .76 lower than the Book 1.
The total pages in both books combined is 514.
This Post
Points: 30
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 2
Pages Read: 514
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 90
Tasks Posted: 5
Books Posted: 6
Pages Read: 1790
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book ticket request: 0

5.3: What are We Made of? - #4 or #8
Shadow Games
#4 from The Chronicles of the Black Company
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 205/1070
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 18/61
Pages Read: 5862
GO Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1

5.8. Four Worlds
Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: Island, Blue, Yellow, White, Mountain.
In Search of the Blue Tiger
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1

30.6 - DONNA JO'S ME, MYSELF AND I
opt. 1: "me" in author's name
The Gentle Giants of Ganymede
by James P. Hogan
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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Points this post: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 1020

15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
Required: You need not reveal your age when you post, but you do need to include the single digit result of your calculations.
Title with 7 words in it:
On the Night of the Seventh Moon
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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
The letters may be found in the target words in any order, and a one word title may be used.
U is in AUSTRALIA
Uprooted
Points this post:35
Total: 110
Books read: 6
Tasks Done:6

10.9 - Bridge The Gap: hyphenated title/sub/author
Thunder, Flush And Thomas Crapper: An Encycloopedia by Adam Hart-Davis
Hart-Davis hyphenated
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 215/1070
Books Read: 20
Completed Tasks: 19/61
Pages Read: 6024
GO Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1

15.7 - By the Numbers - Read 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. Example: A book first published in 2013 could have a total page count of 310, 213, 201, 320, etc. Numbers may only be used as many times as they are found in the year.
Flesh and Blood
- First printed in 2015, & this mass market paperback edition has 512 pages
Points this task: 15
Total points: 300
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 21

20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Education or Self Help.
#GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
MPG: Self Help
POINTS
This Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 11
Completed Tasks: 10

# 306 Page 4 of Native American Fiction List
Points: 15
Tasks: 1
Books:1
Pages: 464
Total Points 500
Total Tasks: 22
Total Books: 34
Big Book Tickets: 4
Total Pages: 12145

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

** REPOSTING **
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.
- IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13.0
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Points claimed for this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed so far: 3
Books Read for this challenge so far: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: +500(1*1), +750(0*2), +1000(0*3), Total (1)

Use the letters in "Trenten Caicai Vilu" to make a word of at least 3 letters. Read a book with the word you made in the title/subtitle. Letters may be used as many times as they appear in the combination of the 3 words. REQUIRED: Specify the word that you made.
If Only It Were True by Marc Levy
Trenten Caicai Vilu - TRUE
Points: 5
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10.4 Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
# of 5* ratings: 2932 on date chosen. Currently 2950.
Points: 10
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 10
Total GO Tickets: 0
Total BB Tickets: 0

Option 2: Read a book with the letter “Q” somewhere in the main title.
The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
20 points this post
5 / 60 tasks completed
5 / 83 books read
70 / 1070 total points

20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
title contains an x AND a z (woohoo, or the exclamation South Africans use for "yippee")
The Crazy Mixed-Up Corpse
Michael Avallone
Paperback, #718, 143 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 480
Books posted: 41
Tasks complete: 39
Pages this post: 143
Total pages as of this post: 11133

15.6 - The Name Game
Magic at the Gate - Devon Monk - MONK is the noun
points this post: 15
points total: 350

10.8 Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Infinite Home by Kathleen Alcott
Home is in the second line of the song.
This post: 10
Total points to date: 70
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Total tasks completed: 4

Chose option 2: Pskegdemus
For this option, read a book that shows a single female on the cover.
Read Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra. She's covered by a burqa, but, is identifiable. I got this verified in the help thread.

Points this task: 20
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 07 (3 of them are double book challenges, so, waiting to finish the other books before posting)
Tasks completed: 04

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
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 40
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

5.8. Four Worlds
Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston
The word 'blue' is in the title.
Points this post: 5
Points to date: 70

Option D: OUR ANNIVERSARY - Murder Past Due by Miranda James
the author's name has exactly 12 letters
25.7 - Ellen R-S’s Task: Wonderful Overseas Assignments
Option 1: East Anglia - The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
set in Norfolk, which is part of East Anglia
Option 3: Germany - In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
set in Berlin
Points this post: 45
Season total: 155

30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters - 2 books:
2. Read a book with the GR genre “Gothic” which does NOT have the word “Ghost” in the title/subtitle/series title.
The House of the Vampire
Shelved 11 times as Gothic on main page.
*First published: 1907: claiming GO ticket*
3. Read any novel (“novella,” “novelette”) which is 100 – 150 pages in length. No poetry, plays, short story collections, or nonfiction here.
The Great God Pan
128 Pages
*First published: 1894: claiming GO ticket*
2 GO tickets claimed this post.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 245/1070
Books Read: 22
Completed Tasks: 20/61
Pages Read: 6296
GO Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1

Book 1: Read a book with the genre "Historical Fiction" or "History" on its main page.
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Historical Fiction
Book 2: Read a book first published within the last year (Sept 2014 -- November 2015).
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
Published January 2015
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 2

5.4 Earth and Water
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The word is 'train'
(Trenten Caicai Vilu)
Points this post: 5
Posts to date: 75

Read a book by an author* whose initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER.
Tuscan Blood by Dick Rosano
SPIDERGRANDMOTHER
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
5.10. Create Your Own World!
Read a book of your choice.
Moonlighting In Vermont by Kate George
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 4

20.1 Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 3: War is a main page genre
The Things They Carried
20.3. Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 3: non-fiction book about decluttering The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Points:40
Total=130+40=170

5.9. Spider Grandmother
The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
Author's initials are RPE
(SPIDER GRANDMOTHER)
Points this post: 5
Posts to date: 80

Task #5.2 The Sun and the Moon
Read a book with the sun or the moon on the cover.
Liquid Glass by Zathyn Priest

eBook approved Msg 5096
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Task #10.2 - Happy Hour!
Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6 or #7 in a series.
Something Like Spring by Jay Bell
Book #4 in the "Something Like" series
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Task #10.3 - Inti
Read a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter.
Sacred Fate by Eressë
eBook approved Msg 5096
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Task #10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings
A Casual Weekend Thing by A.J. Thomas
On 9/24 the book had 386 5 star ratings
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Task #10.5 - Penmanship Practice
Read a book with a TITLE on the cover that is written in cursive
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas

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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 or subtitle
Like Pizza and Beer by Elle Parker
The word "Like" is in the lyrics
Most days are like all of the others,
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Task #15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
Add the numbers that make up your age until you get a single number (Ex: 47=4+7=11=1+1=2). Read a book with that number of words in the title.
I am 51 so 5+1 =6
6 word title:
The Wild Side of Paddy McGuire by Jack Brighton
eBook approved Msg 5096
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Task #20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 4: Choose a book whose author’s initials* can be found in CENTENARIAN
Cross & Crown by Abigail Roux
CentenARian
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Task #20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre History, Historical fiction or Historical Romance. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
The Gentleman and the Rogue by Bonnie Dee & Summer Devon
The book is shelved as "Historical Fiction" by 40 users
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Task #20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 1: Read a book that shows a winged creature on the cover
Ball & Chain by Abigail Roux

There is an angel with wings on the cover
Points this Post: 130
Books: 10
Tasks: 10
Total Points: 155
Total Books: 15
Total Tasks: 15

25.2 SarahBR task
Option 2-read a book on the Popular Pop Culture book list
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham
Found on page 2 of the list
Option 3-author's initials found in Melbourne Cup- Bill Clegg- B and C
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
Points: 25
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Total points: 205
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0

Task 20.4 - Life's Too Short
Option 1: Read a book in which a character steps foot in Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada or California.
I read The Poet by Michael Connelly. The main character is a newspaper reporter from Denver, Colorado and the first part of the story takes place there.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185

Task 15.4 - The World Without End
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, finished 9/20
Works for both parts of challenge:
- Genres include Science Fiction > Dystopia and Apocalyptic > Post Apocalyptic
- First published in September 2014
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Books read: 1
Completed tasks: 1/61

10.9 - Bridge The Gap
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Jan-Philipp is hyphenated.
I read the kindle edition, MMPB for length: L'art d'écouter les battements de coeur
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35

15.3 - Past & Present
One book option
Read a book with the genre "Historical Fiction"
Read a book first published within the last year (Sept 2014 -- November 2015).

Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 125/1100
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Task Number: 15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
REQUIRED:
Add the numbers that make up your age until you get a single number (Ex: 47=4+7=11=1+1=2). Read a book with that number of words in the title. All words count, including symbols that take the place of words and could be spelled out (such as &, @, 1, 7th, 1776, etc). Symbols that are used as punctuation should not be counted. For the purposes of this task, spaces will indicate new words. Subtitles may be used or ignored. For those with a birthday during the challenge, Happy Birthday! You may choose either of your ages for this task. Required: You need not reveal your age when you post, but you do need to include the single digit result of your calculations.
Current Age: 32 = 3+2 = 5 - Book with 5 words in title
Book:
The Mystery of God's Will
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[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 5/61
Pages Read: 1,658

Task 15.3 - Past & Present
The Memory Painter, by Gwendolyn Womack. Finished 9/5.
This fulfills both requirements:
- It has "historical fiction" as a main page genre
- It was published within the past year (April 2015)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Books read: 2
Completed tasks: 2/62

5.10: Create Your Own World! - ANY
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
My 90-100 page 5 point task
96 Pages
*First published: 1820: claiming GO ticket*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 250/1070
Books Read: 23
Completed Tasks: 21/61
Pages Read: 6392
GO Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1

5.4 Chile Earth and Wind I read The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thad Carhart, with the word “Atelier” in the subtitle, letters of which are in “TREntEn cAIcai viLu.”
10.3 Inti -- I read The Hairy Ape 56 pp, and Beyond the Horizon 81 pp (two plays for page count, total 137 pp) by Eugene O'Neill – “Eugene” begins and ends with “E.”
25.1 Andy P’s Fall Book 1. Numerically, the Fall months, SRC style, are 9, 10, and 11. Read a book whose author's surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters. The book must be written by a single author:
I read Hi, This Is Conchita: And Other Stories by Santiago Roncagliolo
- RONCAGLIOLO = 11 letters.
Book 2. Read a book whose title (Not a subtitle or series title) contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters. The word may be plural or possessive:
I read Ficciones, with 9 letters in the single title word. This edition of Jorge Luis Borges’ book of “Fictions” was translated into English, but kept the original Spanish title, with its nine letter word.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 340

Option 2, snow in title: The Snow Globe by Sheila Roberts
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155

I read Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskey by Reid Mitenbuler
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books Read:6
BB:
GO:

Book 1: Read a book published before you were born.
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, published in 1968, before I was born.
Book 2: Read a book published after 2010.
The Glasgow Coma Scale by Neil D.A. Stewart, published in 2014.
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 9
GO: 0
BBT: 0

Option 2 - a memoir or autobiography written in first person: Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan.
Book was published in 2010.
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Points this post = 20
Total points = 105
BB tickets = 0
GO tickets = 0

10.8 Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song lyrics in the title or subtitle.
Strip Jack by Ian Rankin
Word from lyrics found in title=Jack
"So here's to old Errol and Depp as Jack Sparrow,
And every damn one in between!"
15.1 The Twins
Read two books with exactly the same title.
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
The Painted Veil by Susan Carroll
15.4 The World Without End
I chose to read the one book option.
The Bees by Laline Paull
Book 1 requirements met: First published May 6, 2014 (meeting the requirement of being first published in December 2012 or anytime afterward)
Book 2 requirements met: Dystopia listed as main page genre-124 users
25.7 Ellen R-S's Task: Wonderful Overseas Assignments
Option 1: Read a book set in or about East Anglia.
Death Of An Expert Witness by P.D. James
(set in East Anglia)
Option 3: Read a book set in Germany or about Germany.
The Glassblower by Petra Durst-Benning (set in Lauscha in Germany)
30.5 DLMRose's Task: In the Middle
Book 1: Read a book By an author who uses 3 names.
Book 2: Read a book by an author who uses a 3 part name that includes a middle initial.
Book 1: We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
Book 2: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Points this post: 95
Total points: 850

15.5 - Act (on) Your Age! - Add the numbers that make up your age until you get a single number (Ex: 47=4+7=11=1+1=2). Read a book with that number of words in the title. All words count, including symbols that take the place of words and could be spelled out (such as &, @, 1, 7th, 1776, etc). Symbols that are used as punctuation should not be counted. For the purposes of this task, spaces will indicate new words. Subtitles may be used or ignored. For those with a birthday during the challenge, Happy Birthday! You may choose either of your ages for this task. Required: You need not reveal your age when you post, but you do need to include the single digit result of your calculations.
- OK, this is complicated.
- I have a fall birthday (9/25) so I could key this off either age 44 or 45: that is, either 8 words or 9 words.
- I read: Babylon Confidential: A Memoir of Love, Sex, and Addiction, which is nine words counting the subtitle (eight if you don't count the ampersand used on the cover; if not, it still words on the other age).
Points this task: 15
Total points: 315
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 22

Task 25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option C: Book with a horizon on the cover:

Desperation / The Regulators: Box Set, by Stephen King. Finished 9/11
Option E: Book with politics as a genre:
The Sellout, by Paul Beatty. Finished 9/24.
Points this task: 25
Total point: 55
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3/61

10.6 Back to Reality
Non-fiction book
Thoughts
10.9 Bridge the Gap
Book with hyphen in title
Heart-Shaped Box
20.10 Group Reads
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Comment post #9.
25.3 Grape Harvest Season
Option 1 Book set in top wine producing country (France) not country where I live (Australia)
Mademoiselle de Scuderi
Option 2 Main character works wine production and much of the book is set in various vineyards
Weight of Stone
This post 65 points
Total to date 280 points

Task 10.5 - Penmanship Practice
Read a book with cursive writing on the cover

Reposting this task:
25.5 - All About My Dad!
by Neil Gaiman
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket (592 pages)
(Approved in Help Thread for Options B + C)
New task:
20.7 - Judge the Book By It's Cover
by Sarah J. Maas
(Option 2)
Points in this post: 45
Total Points: 80
Big Book Tickets: 1
25.5 - All About My Dad!

Claiming 1 Big Book ticket (592 pages)
(Approved in Help Thread for Options B + C)
New task:
20.7 - Judge the Book By It's Cover

(Option 2)
Points in this post: 45
Total Points: 80
Big Book Tickets: 1
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Task 30.8-Mick KY's Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 1: Read a book with Hunt found in tact in the series title (Hunter is ok). This book is number 9 in the Anita Blake, Vampire HUNTer series. Approved in Help Thread post #29.
Obsidian Butterfly
Option 2: Read a book with Gothic as a main page genre without Ghost in the title. Genre present as of 3:00 pm PDT today.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Points this post: 30
Total points: 330
Total tasks: 12