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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Delicious Dee15.2 - Which Witch?
time/thyme
Book A - Just in Time for Christmas - ebook only approved #1093 of the approval spreadsheet
Book B - The Diva Runs Out of Thyme
points this post: 15
points total: 425
TASK NUMBER : 15.3 - Past & PresentTASK DESCRIPTION: Historical Fiction Published Recently
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Kristin Hannah
DATE READ: 10/1/2015
REQUIRED INFO: HF Main Page + Published 2/3/2015 = 1 book option
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 255
trishhartuk 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. Required: include the single digit result of your calculations.
My number was 6.
The Cats that Stalked a Ghost, Karen Anne Golden
Read the kindle edition. Link to reference paperback
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 390
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 0
Bluegrass Pam15.9 Animal Guides
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
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee
Goat is on the list.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 70
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 10.10 Dreamcatcher
Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier
Qualifier: "Dream" in title
Points this task: 10
Points Total: 95
Tasks Completed: 6
Andy P.Task # 10.10 Dreamcatcher
Read a book with the word "dream" in the title
by Rhys BowenWord dream(s) in the title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 255
Elizabeth PTask 30.10 - Moving the Fences!
Book One: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Pages: 722
Good for *One Big Book Ticket*
Page Number Link: The Name of the Wind
Book Two: The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
Pages Book One: 722
Average Rating Book One: 4.55
Pages Book Two: 336
Average Rating Book Two: 3.63
Pages Differential: 386
Rating Differential: 0.92
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 3
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.04 – Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Book 1: Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes - the country code for Tuvalu is TV which matches the author’s initials
Book 2 : The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman* - Tuvalu is part of Oceania which also includes Australia, the setting of this book
Both books are new to me
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 250 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 2
5.6 Four CordsRead a book with a four word title.
The Harder They Come, by T.C. Boyle
5 points this post
7 / 60 tasks completed
7 / 83 books read
80 / 1070 total points
Task # 5.1 – Five SunsNatural Disaster in Story - An earthquake traps nine people in a basement
One Amazing Thing
10.5 Penmanship Practice:
by [aauthor:Jan Karon|40552]
10.9 Bridge the Gap:
by Salman Rushdie10.10 Dreamcatcher:
by Fannie Flagg15.1 The Twins:
1.
by Regina Jennings2.
by Gayle Roper15.7 By the Numbers:
by Tarquin HallPublished 2013; 310 pages.
15. Animal Guides:
by Steven BrustThe dragon is on page two of the list.
Today's total: 75
Grand total: 200
Reader name: Daphne20.8 Nickels and Dimes : 1 book
C: a book where the first letters of the words that make up the title can be found in the words AUSTRALIA and/or GERMANY
Tomorrowland: Our Staggering Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact
T in AusTralia
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 395/1070
Books Read: 33
Completed Tasks: 27/60
Pages Read: 9091
GO Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1
Ava Catherine25.9 Delicious Dee's Task: On the Injured Bench
Option 1: RICE: Read a book with a food item on the cover. The letters HIP must appear in the title.
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
(egg on the cover) The House We Grew Up In
Option 3: DUCK: Read a book with a bird on the cover. Book title must have the letters HIP.
The Birds of Pandemonium by Michele Raffin
The Birds of Pandemonium
The bird on the cover is Lady Ross's turaco, a mainly bluish-purple African bird of the turaco family.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 930
SHELLEY UT10.1 - Take the Stairs
The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer
Points this task: 10
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Scooter&Siam 30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
TWO book task.
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
REQUIRED: State in your post that your book was first published before you were born.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
Read Far from the Madding Crowd; book published in 1874 before I was born
Read Station Eleven - published 2014
I'm claiming Far from the Madding Crowd as a Golden Oldie -- first published in 1874
Points: 30
Total: 110
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Tasks: 6
30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.The entirety of the book’s title must appear in the quote
Book 1:
BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
I read
T in to
H - E in ashamed
D in ashamed
R - O in victory
W - N in won
E - D in die
B in be
O in won
Y in victory
Book 2:
A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
I read:
T - H in without
E in house
H - S in house
I - T - O in without
R in room
I in is
A in a
N in windows
Claiming 2 BB tickets for The Historian as it has 909 pages
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 280
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: √
500 () 750 (√) 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 14
BB Total: 2
GO Total: 3
Catherine TTask 25.5 - All About My Dad
One book option
Approved in help thread as meeting B (on sci-fi classic list) & C (horizon with land on cover), plus over my 580 pages at 836 pages
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost HuntersOption 1.
Ghost Night by Heather Grahamand
Option 4.
The Nature of the Beast by Louise PennyTotal Points = 620
25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!Option C:
Silent Scream by Angela Marsonsand
Option D:
Blood Orchids by Toby Neal(set in Hawaii)
Total Points = 645
Coralie10.10 Dreamcatcher
'Dream' in title
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
25.4 International Travels
Book 1 Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
TW is the International Country Code for Taiwan which is in Asia
Book 2 Change
This book is set in China which is in Asia.
Both these books were new to me
This post 35 points
Total to date 355 points
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over TimeBook 1, first published in 1935, before I was born: Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Book 2, published in 2015: Summer Secrets by Jane Green
Points this post: 30
Total points: 220
Chris MD5.6 Four Chords
Four words in title
A Touch of Stardust: A Novel by Kate Alcott
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback won't be available until January. The hardcover version has 296 pages.
5.9 Spider Grandmother
Author's initials in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan
5.10 Create Your Own World
Book of your choice.
Immortal in Death by JD Robb
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback version has 345 pages.
10.4 10-4 Day
Book has at least 104 5-star ratings
Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich
As of 10/2/15, this book has 1,074 5-star ratings.
15.6 The Name Game
Author's name includes a noun
Day Shift by Charlaine Harris
The nound is "char," which according to Merriam-Webster is "any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots."
I listened to the audiobook. I don't think the paperback has been published yet. The hardcover version has 345 pages.
Points for this post: 5 + 5 + 5 + 10 + 15 = 40
Total points: 40 + 35 = 75
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
30.8 Ghost Hunters2 book challenge
Option 3: Read a novel which is 100 - 150 pages in length. No non-fiction allowed.
Return to Sandara by Mark Rubinstein
(This paperback novel is 110 pages long, genre Fiction.)
Option 4: Read a book by a Canadian author (by birth or residence).
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
(According to her GR bio, this author lives in Southwestern Ontario.)
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Points this post: 30
Points thus far: 255
Pamela326525.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 1: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - First published in 1868 Golden Oldie Ticket
Little Women (Book I and II) (Unabridged)
Alcott, Louisa May
AR Quiz No. 513 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
Option 3: Mail Order Madness by Kirsten Osbourne - Borrowed from the Kindle Lending Library - Approved in post 5116 of eVerification thread.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 380
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CYNBAXTERTask # 30.4 – Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be
Book 1: Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat – where the entirety of the title appears in "BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY"
Book 2: The Duel by Anton Chekhov - where the entirety of the title appears in "A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS"
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1891). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 280 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Morgan Faeriesfolly5.2 The Sun and the Moon
REQUIRED: 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. Include cover.
Selection:
Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars -- Jeff Lemire
10.9 Bridge The Gap
REQUIRED: Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's name that is hyphenated.
Selection: Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings -- Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Page #: PB 392 pages
15.3 Past & Present
**Can read ONE book that fits both criteria**
REQUIRED: Read a book with the genre "Historical Fiction" or "History" on its main page. Reasonable variations of these genres will also be accepted (ex: Historical Romance, Historical Mystery, American History, World History, etc).
REQUIRED: Read a book first published within the last year (Sept 2014 -- November 2015).
(pub Jan 2015)
Selection: As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7) -- Alan Bradley
Page #: PB 384 pages
20.5 Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
REQUIRED: Option 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series. The book may be any # in the series. Or you may start a new favorite with #1 of a series.
Selection: The Immortal Who Loved Me: An Argeneau Novel (Argeneau #21) -- Lynsay Sands
Page #: MMPB 357 pages
[POINTS]
This Post: 5 + 10 + 15 + 20 = 50
Total Points: 410/1070
Books Read: 35
Completed Tasks: 32/60
Pages Read: 8753
ShariceTask 10.6 - Back to Reality
Read a non-fiction book. I read.
Total points this post=10
Total points=110
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!
I read
by Marilynne Robinson (paperback for length). I'm 37, so 3+7=10 --> 1+0=1 --> read a book with a one-word title.Previous point total: 135
New points this post: 15
Total points: 150
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
perletwo10.2 - Happy Hour! - Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6 or #7 in a series. The series must be identified as a series on Goodreads (series title , #) whole numbers only.
Indelible by Karin Slaughter is marked on its main page as (Grant County #4).
- I *think* this qualifies as a Big Book. The Kindle edition linked above says 512 pages; the only MMP edition GR lists is foreign-language, but its page shows it at 538 pages. If I've done it wrong let me know in the Q/P thread & I'll fix the ticket listing in my next posting.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 325
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 23
CHANDNI30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
This book was first published in 1963, which is before I was born.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
Transcendent by Lesley Livingston
This book was first published in 2014.
[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 9
Completed Tasks: 7
REPOSTING TO CLAIM BB TICKET15.6 - 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.
Inferno by Dan Brown (BROW in Brown)
Also ticket for big book (672 pages)
This Post:
Points:15
GO:0
BB>500:1
TOTAL:
Points:150
GO:1
BB:
>500:1
>750:0
>1000:0
Catherine TTask 15.5 - Act (On) Your Age
Add digits of age together to reach a single figure, read a book with that many words in the title
I made 1, so read a book with single word title
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Mod
10.1 - Take the Stairs
God's Spy by Juan Gomez-Jurado10.9 - Bridge The Gap
hyphen in food-loving or Amster-Burton: Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater by Matthew Amster-Burton
15.7 - By the Numbers
The Sun Is God by Adrian McKinty 240 pg, first published in 2014
total = 400
didi3023Re-post
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
OPTION 1: Read a book that has a tribal name in the title.
Ho Chunk Chiefs by Mark Diedrich
OPTION 4: Read a book that has an inanimate (not living) object that is green on the cover.
The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality
by Richard HeinbergDeflated green balloon on the cover
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 210
10.4 Ten-Four DayRead a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson
This book has 375 5-star ratings as of 10/3/2015.
10 points this post
8 / 60 tasks completed
8 / 83 books read
90 / 1070 total points
Jasmiina F5.10. Create Your Own World!:
Read a book of your choice:
The Unwritten, Vol. 11: Apocalypse by Mike Carey.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Mimi Michele30.4 Jonquil's Task
Book 1-title in quote: be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity
American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps by Philip Weiss
I am hoping the subtitle is A murder in the peace corps.
Book 2-title in quote: A house without books is like a room without windows
The Birth House by Ami McKay
Points: 30
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Total points: 235
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
30.2 - My Own Words Option 1: Poetry genre
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
I am claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket for this book (first published in 1611).
Option 4: Author's name is Melissa
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 385
GO Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: 4
Jonquil25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option One: 100% in Victoria (Melbourne) and Melbourne author
"setting Melbourne (Australia)" and
"Kerry Greenwood was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray and after wandering far and wide, she returned to live there."
Trick or Treat
Kerry Greenwood
Mass Market Paperback, 300 pages
Option Three: author's initials in melbou R ne C up Rachel Caine
Unknown
Rachel Caine
Paperback, 305 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550
Books posted: 46
Tasks complete: 42
Pages this post: 605
Total pages as of this post: 12471
JackattackTask: 25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1 - Read a book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Saving June by Hannah Harrington
Book 2 - Read a book whose title (Not a subtitle or series title) contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Neverland by Anna Katmore
TOTALS - THIS POST
Points This Post: 25
Golden Oldies This Post: No
Big Book This Post: No
TOTALS - OVERALL
Total Points: 205
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
REPOST*****REPOST*****REPOSTAnne (Booklady)
30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Opt 1: Poetry Genre
Substituted prior books for:
Come To Me In Silence by Rod McKuen 120 Pages, Poetry Genre 14 Users
Opt 4: Author Name is Catherine
Backfire by Catherine Coulter
Points in These Tasks: 30
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 525
Totals:
Total Points: 245
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 14/60
Total Books Read: 18
Total Pages Read in Fall 2015 SRC: 5999
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - Which Witch?
Read TWO books with matching homophones in their titles/subtitles
Book 1.
by Jill Paton WalshBook 2.
by John KnowlesThe homophones are piece and peace
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
AdriaRe-post for correct order
15.6 - The Name Game: author name with noun
For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards by Jen Hatmaker "maker"
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
I chose Option 2: read an autobiography or memoir
A Cracking of the Heart
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
I chose Option D: author name with 12 letters
The Devil's Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory and the Subversion of the West by Michael Walsh
Points this post: 55
Total points: 55
15.6 The Name Game1 book challenge
Read a book written by an author whose first, middle or last name contains a noun of 4 or more letters.
Warrior by Zoe Archer
(Author's last name is a noun "archer")
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Points this task: 20
Points thus far: 275
Cait S15.4- The World Without End
One Book Option
Let's celebrate by reading a book that was first published in December 2012 or any time afterward AND with the genre "Post-Apocalyptic" or "Dystopia" on its main page.
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks Completed: 8
15.3 - Past & PresentI read The Hours Count by Jillian Cantor
Publishing Date is October 20, 2015
15.6 - The Name Game
I read Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
My word is fluke
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 105
Tasks completed: 8
Books Read:8
BB:
GO:
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the WildernessOption 1: Historical fiction appears as a main page genre for The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
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Points this post = 20
Total points = 125
BB tickets = 0
GO tickets = 0
Blueberry25.5 Option 2: pick 1 book that fits 2 of the above choices (A-E) AND is at least 580 pages.
East of Eden
fits opt A (a movie that I have not seen), opt. C (the cover features a horizon), and it has 602 pgs.
The movie is East of Eden. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048028/
It qualifies as a Golden Oldie and a Big book.
Pts: 25
Total pts: 110
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
20.8 Nickels and Dimes--Fundury's Task--Happy Anniversary!:Option D.
Daughter of Deceit by Victoria Holt. Victoria Holt has 12 letters.
20.9 Moderator's Pet--Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!:
Option B: Penguins
The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews
20.10 Group Reads.
Graphic:
March: Book One by John Robert Lewis. I made comment #28.
Today's total: 60
Grand total: 260
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5.10. Create Your Own World!
All Wrapped Up
10.4 - Ten-Four Day
**book switch**
Brown-Eyed Girl - 527 5-star reviews
25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!
Option b - These Battered Hands - shelved as sports by 6ppl (approved in Genre approval thread); ebook only approved #2329 of the spreadsheet
Option D - Servicing the Target - #10 in the Masters of the Shadowlands series, as denoted on GR
30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1 - Sacred Revelations
SA in AShamed
CR in viCtory
ED in DiE
R in foR
EV in haVE
E in bE
L in untiL
ATI in humAnITy
O in victOry
N in woN
S in Some
Book 2 - Hades
H in House
A in A
D in winDows
ES in houSE
points this post: 60
points total: 410