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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Bookwrm526Task #15.4 - The World Without End
One book option: read a book first published after December 2012 with the genre post-apocalyptic or dystopia. I read:
The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi, which I had confirmed for the one task option in the task help thread, message #40.
Points this post:15
Total points: 220
ERIN C.5.4 Earth and Water
Trenten Cacai Vilu
"Liar"
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott
This book is 513 pp. I am claiming 1 Big Book Ticket.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 55
BB: 3
GO:
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.3 What Are We Made Of- read a book 4 or 8 in the series
Prime Cutby Diane Mott DavidsonDiane Mott Davidson
8th in the series
Tasks Completed 3
Books Read: 3
Big Books : 0
Tasks Points: 5
Grand Total: 20/920
Ava Catherine30.3 Ava Catherine's task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Read a book that was published before you were born.
Sophocles II: Ajax/Women of Trachis/Electra/Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies 4) by Sophocles (first published 450 BC, which means it was published centuries before I was born)
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman (first published August 1, 2015)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1020
Jonquil25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 3: Something Borrowed- from the Nashville Public Library (and returned early)
Dancing With the Devil
Keri Arthur
Mass Market Paperback, 368 pages
Option 4: Something Blue globe, book, dresser, guitar
approved in help thread
Tagged for Death
Sherry Harris
Paperback, 304 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 650
Books posted: 54
Tasks complete: 46
Pages this post: 672
Total pages as of this post: 14873
Pamela326515.6 - The Name Game
Saving Gracie by Kristen Ethridge - Noun: Ridge
15.9 - Animal Guides
Wolf Creek Widow by Penny Richards - Totem Animal: Wolf
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - Quetzalcoatl
Option 1: Her Lone Star Cowboy by Debra Clopton - Word: star
25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option 1
Book A: The Chosen by Chaim Potok - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082175/
Book E: The Fourth Turning by William Strauss
Points this post: 75
Total Points: 490
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jonquil25.7- Ellen R-S’s Task: Wonderful Overseas Assignments
Option 1: on Norfolk Crime list
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam
M.C. Beaton
Paperback, 261 pages
Option 2: set 100% in China
Mystery 68 users
The Eye of Jade
Diane Wei Liang
Paperback, 288 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 675
Books posted: 56
Tasks complete: 47
Pages this post: 549
Total pages as of this post: 15422
10.5 - Penmanship PracticeThe title is written in cursive: If I Could Turn Back Time by Beth Harbison
Points this post: 10
Total points: 335
CHANDNI5.10. Create Your Own World!
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 9
ASHLEY OZ30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - The Visitors are up to bat. Read a book of your choice.
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Pages: 479 Rating: 4.32
Book 2 - Read a second book that has fewer pages than book 1 , and that has a lower average rating than book 1, at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating at least.50 lower.
The Confession by John Grisham
Pages: 418 Rating: 3.78
Total pages - 897
Difference in pages - 61
Difference in ratings - .54
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 15
Completed Tasks: 13
ThunderBritches....Task Number: 30.5- DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
REQUIRED:
2 Book Challenge
Book 1 - Read a book by an author who uses 3 names. The name must appear on Goodreads as “name^name^name” and the middle name must NOT be an initial.
Book 2 - Read a book by an author who uses a 3 part name that includes a middle initial. The middle initial MUST be the initial of the middle name of the author of Book 1. *The name must appear on Goodreads as "name^middle initial^name."
BOOKS READ:
Book 1:
Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church - by Kenda Creasy Dean
Book 2:
Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses - by Robert C Hauhart
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[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 11
Completed Tasks: 7/61
Pages Read: 2,648
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International TravelsBook 1 - For book one, read a book by an author* whose initials appear on this list of International Country Codes.
Read The Iron King by Maurice Druon. MD is the country code for the Republic of Moldova, (also, apparently, one of the unhappiest countries to live which I learnt in another book, years ago).
Book 2 - For book two, read a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of.
Read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. Moldova is in Europe, per the link provided to Wikipedia, and My Brilliant Friend is set in Italy, which, of course, is also in Europe.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 5
M1NKS30.3 Perspectives Over Time
1. The ABC Murders Published 1935 - this book was published before I was born
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
2. The Casual Vacancy 576 pages - Published 2012
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 245
Golden Oldies: 10
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 19
beth_nc15.4 THE WORLD WITHOUT END -
A. Cut and Thrust by Stuart Woods
Option 1: Published July 2014
B. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Option 2: Genre Dystopian
15.5 ACT YOUR AGE - Neolithic Shamanism: Spirit Work in the Norse Tradition by Raven Kaldera
8 Word Title
15.6 THE NAME GAME - Doing Hard Time by Stuart Woods
Woods is a noun
25.4 INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS -
A. Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane
Book is new to me
SK is International Country Code for Slovakia which is in Europe
B. Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts
Book is new to me
Book is set in Ireland which is also in Europe
POINTS: 70
TASKS: 4
BOOKS: 6
PAGES: 2117
TOTAL POINTS: 655
TOTAL TASKS: 31
TOTAL BOOKS: 46
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 6
TOTAL PAGES: 19231
Andy P.Task # 15.3 - Past & Present
Read a book first published within the last year (Sept 2014 -- November 2015). and a book with the genre "Historical Fiction" or "History" on its main page.
I chose the one book option
by Rhys Bowen Historical Fiction (46 users), First published 8/5/15Points this post: 15
Total points: 320
Bookwrm526Task 20.7 - Judge the Book By Its Cover
Option 1 - a book with a winged creature on its cover. I read Krik? Krak!
by Edwidge Danticat.Task 25.6 - Wedding Traditions
Option 1 - a book published before 1898; I read Persuasion by Jane Austen (1818)
and
Option 5 - a book with an author whose initials can be found in sixpEnCe; I read Never Buriedby Edie Claire.
Points this post:45
Total points: 265
ABAYOMI10.10- Dreamcatcher: the word "dream" must be in title, subtitle or series name
A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear by Atiq Rahimi
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POINTS FOR THIS TASK: 10
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 120
GO TICKETS: 1
BB TICKETS: 4
Marina H10.1 - Take the Stairs
Points this post: 10
Total points: 170
trishhartuk15.6 - 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. If the entire first, middle, or last name can be used as a noun (ex: Walter Lord (lord) or Mary Beard (beard)) that will work. Required: Identify the word you are using when you post.
Pushing Up Daisies, Rosemary Harris
I found at least three nouns in the author's name: Rose (flower); Rosemary (herb); Arris (architectural: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arris)
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 0
Lynalicious20.4 Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life's Too Short
It's a Slippery Slope by Spalding Gray
Option 1: Read a book in which at least one character sets foot in one of these states:
Colorado - The main character (Spalding Gray) visited Colorado for work purposes.
Published: 1997
Points this post: 20
Lynalicious10.6 Summer's over, read a non-fiction book.
ISIS by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger
Points this post: 10
Kimber 15.4 The World Without End
The Heir by Keira Cass (gra)
*fulfills req for bk 1&2. Dystopia on main page, pub 5/15
This task: 15 points
# tasks completed to date: 5
GRA: 5
New total: 105
Task # 15.6 – The Name GameAuthor name contains a 4-letter or longer noun
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
“TRICK” found in paTRICK
I listened to the audio / Paperback: The Knife of Never Letting Go
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
SHELLEY UT10.6 - Back to Reality
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Points this task: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jonquil25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!
C. Cooler Weather (Brrrr): BERried
Dead and Berried
Karen MacInerney
Paperback, 312 pages
D. I Love a Good Series!: (Kitty Norville, #10)
Kitty Steals the Show
Carrie Vaughn
Mass Market Paperback, 342 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 700
Books posted: 58
Tasks complete: 48
Pages this post: 654
Total pages as of this post: 16076
Cait S5.10- Create Your Own World!
Create your own world, by reading a book of your choice.
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Mimi Michele20.8 Nickels and Dimes
Option C: Beginning letters in title found in Australia
Second Life. auStraLia
Second Life: A Novel by S.J. Watson
Points: 20
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Total points: 255
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 0
15.9 Animal GuidesTotem animal = eagle
The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman
Points: 15
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20.10 Group Read
March: Book One by John Robert Lewis
comment posted in thread - My post #31
Points: 20
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25.9 Delicious Dee's Task: On the Injured Bench
Option 1 - RICE read a book with a food item on the cover
by Denise Swansonfood item = cupcakes
Option 4 - CATCH-UP TIME read a book that has been on your TBR pile for more than a year
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
This book has been on my TBR for more than a year (since 2011).
Points: 25
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 14
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TASK NUMBER : 30.9 - Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the GameTASK DESCRIPTION: I Rolled #4 - Read #1 in series & Repeated Word in Title
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Kylie Scott
DATE READ: 10/8/2015
REQUIRED INFO: #1 in Stage Dive Series
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Colleen Hoover
DATE READ: 9/21/2015
REQUIRED INFO: "Never" Repeated Word
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 395
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short This is a one book task. REQUIRED: State which option you chose in your post.
REQUIRED: Your book choice must have been first published between 1915 and April 17, 2015.
Option 1: My grandfather’s family moved West by train when he was just a toddler. Follow his route by taking the California Zephyr from Nebraska to California.
For this option, read a book in which at least one character sets foot in one of these states: Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada or California. REQUIRED: Specify the state. If the state is not mentioned in the metadata or GR description, include a brief explanation of the character's presence in the specified state..
Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins was first published August 2nd 2012.
GR description “The arrival of a foreigner transforms the exchange of eroticism and emotion at a prostitution ranch.” The ranch is in Nevada.
This Post
Points: 20
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 304
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 130
Tasks Posted: 7
Books Posted: 8
Pages Read: 2,357
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book ticket request: 0
10.4 - Ten-Four Day Celebrate Ten-Four Day on October 4th (10/4). In CB radio code "10-4" means “message received”. Ratings send messages to others.
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings
The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon had 484 5 star ratings today.
This Post
Points: 10
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 322
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 140
Tasks Posted: 8
Books Posted: 9
Pages Read: 2,679
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book ticket request: 0
Julia10315.1 - The Twins
Rules Of Engagement by Elizabeth Moon and Rules of Engagement by Christina Dodd
Post total: 15 points
Challenge total points: 265
Total BB: 5
Tasks completed: 13
30.1 - DNAOPTION 3 - BRITISH - The Minister's Daughter which takes place in England.
OPTION 4 -
which has a green ribbon around the package on the cover.30.2 - MY OWN WORDS
OPTION 3 -
AR BOOKFINDER - IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9.0
OPTION 4 -
by Catherine Gilbert MurdockTOTAL POINTS - 235
Karen D. Task 10.9 - Bridge The Gap
Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's* name that is hyphenated.
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie, finished 10/9
Points this task: 10
Total points: 310
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 17/61
TASK NUMBER : 20.7 - Judge the Book by its CoverTASK DESCRIPTION: Book with Wings on Cover
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Stephen King
DATE READ: 10/8/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Dragon Wings on Cover
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 415
10.6 Back to RealityDead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar - 10/8/15
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Dakimel15.10 Nanowrimo!
I read Red Glove by Holly Black
20.1 A Calgary Autumn
I read Black Dove, White Raven for option 3
TALLY:
This post - 35
Total - 485
10.4 - Ten-Four DayI read My Brilliant Friend. As of 10/9, it had 4,117 5 Star reviews.
Points: 180
Books read: 15
tasks completed:11
pages read: 4837
Post #625.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option Two: For this option read a book from the first 10 pages of Popular Pop Culture Books. REQUIRED: Indicate the page number on which your book is found.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Found on page 1: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
Option Three: For this option, read a book whose author's* initials can be found within the words MELBOURNE CUP.
The Watcher by Charles Maclean M in Melbourne C in Cup
Points this post:25
Total: 135
Books read: 8
Tasks Done:7
Mod
I read Hollow Man by Mark Pryor. Author's initials in sPider grandMother.
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
I chose option A and read Jump and Other Stories. Page 1, #24, on the Best South African Reads list.
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
For my first book, I read The Fifth Season - 449 pages, 4.40 average rating.
For my second book, I read No One You Know - 320 pages, 3.54 rating.
Total pages 769
Difference in pages 129
Difference in rating .86
Total points this post: 55
Total points: 430
BARBARA ★20.3 - Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 1: Fingersmith - Sarah Waters 10/8
BIG BOOK: 582 pages
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30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - Magic Shifts - Ilona Andrews 10/9
(342 pages, 4.56 rating, 8/17)
Goodreads Author
Book 2 - Trouble in Spades - Heather Webber 9/6
(288 pages, 3.93 rating, 8/17)
Goodreads Author
Total pages - 630
Difference in pages - 54
Difference in ratings - 0.63
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
330/1070 POINTS
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.5 - Penmanship Practice
TITLE on the cover that is written in cursive: Witch Child
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 9.0
Verification Post
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date:170/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.3 Moving house Cakes and Ale W. Somerset Maugham - option 1 / from bookshelf (first page)
30.1 DNA
Lord Edgware Dies Agatha Christie - option 3/ set in the UK
Maria Murnane - option 4/something green on the coverTasks points 50
Total points 180
Elizabeth B25.6 - Dakimel's Task:Wedding Traditions
Option 3: Hook, Line, & Sinker, e-book only, approved in msg#5158 of the thread, borrowed from my friend Fani
Option 4:
(blue coat) (approved by the task creator here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)25.10 - M1nks's Task: Let a Little Light and Colour In!
Option 2: cat on the cover (mountain lion)
Option 3: horse on the cover
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: The Magic Mountain, first published before I was born
Book 2: All She Wrote published 28th December 2010
Points:80
Total=325+80=405
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.2 – Rookie at the Top - Puppitypup's Task: Picky, picky, picky!
Book 1 – Feature B,C,D: Mort by Terry Pratchett
Feature B: Romance: Mort (Death's apprentice & MC) & Ysabel (Death's adopted daughter)
Feature C: Main page genre: Humor
Feature D: Horse: Binky (Death’s white horse)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 415 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
MonkeypoxTask 20.5 - Bigger is better: Mary P's Task Into the Wilderness
Option 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series.
The Return of Tarzan (Tarzan #2) by Edgar R. Burroughs
Task 20.10 - Group Read: Graphic Novels -March: Book One by John Robert Lewis
Post 38 in discussion thread
Task 30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the fences
Book One: The Martian by Andy Weir (pages 387; rating on 9/15: 4.38)
Book Two: The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell (pages 336; rating on 9/15: 3.79)
Total pages - 723
Difference in pages - 51
Difference in ratings - .59
Points this post: 70
Previous points: 40
Total points date: 110
Catherine TTask 5.3 - What are We Made of?
read a book that is #4 in a series
Broken Harbour by Tana French
#4 in Dublin Murder Squad
Task 15.7 - By the Numbers
read a book whose pages numbers can be found in the date of first publication
Llana of Gathol by Edgar Rice Burroughs
published 1941, 191 pages
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points this post: 20
total points = 620
Reader Name: Daphne20.7 Shorter is Sweeter : 1 book
2: a book that shows a single female on the cover
What's Eating You?: People and Parasites
20.9 Moderator's Pet : 1 book
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.
For baboons, any primate will work.
The Bafut Beagles
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 630/1070
Books Read: 48
Completed Tasks: 39/60
Pages Read: 13028
GO Tickets: 12
Big Book Tickets: 1
Sandra20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 3: book with main page genre of Education or Self Help:
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High by Tony Danza
The genre 'Education' is #2 on the main book page.
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 140
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Task # 20.04 – Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Book 1 - Option 4: On the Floor by Aifric Campbell. The author’s initials “A.C.” can be found within the word CENTURIAN and this book was published in 2008, between 1915 and April 17, 2015.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 395 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3