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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy FallI chose Option A and Option D.
Option A: Read a book that a TV series is based on.
Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories by Craig Johnson
Longmire
Option D: Read a book that is #9, #10 or #11 in a series.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes #9
Task total=25
Grand total=220
Amy O.20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 3: Balor - book that shows one eye of a human or other being
Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 135 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: 9
Tasks completed: 8
Melissah20.9 - The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option C
Crazy Little Thing by Tracy Brogan
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 100 points
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 2 author's* initials can be found in the phrase GO STAMPS GO:Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date:205/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.10 Create Your Own World!
Book of your choice:La Perdida
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 210/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
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Pamela326530.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: The Heir by Kiera Cass - be asHamEd to die unTil you HavE won some vIctoRy for humanity
Book 2: The One by Kiera Cass - a hOusE wiTHout books is likE a room without wiNdows
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 620
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Janice CA15.6 - The Name Game
Author's name contains a noun.
name/noun: King
Bastards: A Memoir by Mary Anna King
+15
total: 45
tasks: 3
books: 3
5.10 Create Your Own World!1 book challenge
Read a book of your own choice.
Shades of Dark by Linnea Sinclair
This is not a children's genre book.
10.2 Happy Hour!
1 book challenge
Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6 or #7 in a series.
The Twisted Road to You by Barbara Longley
This book is identified on GR as #4 in the Perfect, Indiana series.
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Points this post: 15
Points thus far: 345
Big Books this post: 0
Big Books thus far: 1
CHANDNI15.6 - 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.
Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs
Brig - a place of confinement or detention, especially in the U.S. Navy or Marines; guardhouse.
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 13
Completed Tasks: 10
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding TraditionsOption 3, a book borrowed from my public library: The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady by Susan Wittig Albert
Option 4, a book with something blue on the cover: The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig
The woman on the cover is wearing a blue dress.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 375
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.7 - By the Numbers
Total number of pages (as stated on Goodreads) can be found, in any order, in the first publication date (year) of that same book--102 pages/Published 2012:Almost Kings
On 10/13 book was listed as #173 on the SRC ebook verification list
Ebook Length Verification
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date:225/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Reposting to mention all the requirements!25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Book 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.
Both books are completely new to me.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 5
Reader Name: Daphne25.6 - Wedding Traditions: 2 books
2: New in title
The New Hunger
5: SIXPENCE: Author initials
Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 700/1070
Books Read: 53
Completed Tasks: 42/60
Pages Read: 14166
GO Tickets: 12
Big Book Tickets: 1
Jonquil30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 3: Childrens > Middle Grade 82 users
Dragon Slippers
Jessica Day George
Paperback, 342 pages
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12.0
Option 4: author named Catherine
Cover Me
Catherine Mann
Paperback, 322 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 810
Books posted: 66
Tasks complete: 52
Pages this post: 664
Total pages as of this post: 18642
Kristen IA5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee
Read a book with a body of water on the cover. It must be large enough for a regular-sized human to swim in.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 135/1070
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 7/60
Big Books This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Jamie NYCTask #25.10 - M1nks's Task: Let a Little Light and Colour In!
Option 2 - Read a book that has a picture of a cat (any sort ranging from a housecat to a sabre-toothed tiger) on the cover OR with a type of cat in its TITLE
You're Welcome. Love, Your Cat by Clancy Nacht
eBook approval Msg 5157
Option 3 - Read a book with a picture of a horse on the cover.
After the Fall by L.A. Witt
Points
Points this Post: 25
Books: 2
Tasks: 1
Total Points: 375
Total Books: 31
Total Tasks: 27
Jonquil30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1 was first published before I was born. (first published 1934)
Book 2 was first published in/after 2010. (published in 2015)
Book 1:
The Puzzle of the Silver Persian
Stuart Palmer
Mass Market Paperback, 224 pages
Book 2:
A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America's First Female Four-Star General
Ann Dunwoody
Hardcover, 288 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 840
Books posted: 68
Tasks complete: 53
Pages this post: 512
Total pages as of this post: 19154
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the WildernessOption 3: Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala - 10/13/15
Points this post: 20
Points so far: 85
Mimi Michele25.6 wedding traditions
Option two: read a book with a new in the title I
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
A brave New World was originally published in 1932. Thus it qualifies for golden oldie.
Option four: read a book with something blue on the cover
Park's shirt is blue
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Points: 25
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Total points: 280
Golden Oldie: 2
Big Book: 0
CYNBAXTERTask # 30.09 – Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
I rolled a THREE
Book 1: Lark & Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips – the title contains an ampersand
Book 2: Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow* - the title contains a word with consecutive double letters
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 480 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
10.2 Happy HourDeadlight Hall: A Haunted House Mystery by Sarah Rayne
This is book #5 in the series.
25.5 All About My Dad
A) The Martian by Andy Weir
The movie is also The Martian - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/?...
C)
by C.J. BoxThis was approved in the Help Thread.
Post Total: 35
Grand Total: 155
Mary P25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
This is a two book task: Choose two books, one for Book 1, and one that works for Book 2.
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. Please note that a surname, for SRC purposes, is the last word in the author's name preceded by a space.
Triptych by Karin Slaughter.
Slaughter = 9 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.
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon.
Dragonfly = 9 letters
**Dragonfly in Amber is a Big Book ( 947 pgs ). Claiming 2 BB Tickets.
Points this post: 25
Total points 265
Big Book Tickets: 8
loafer20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
REQUIRED: Your book choice must have been first published between 1915 and April 17, 2015.
Book read: The Glass Castle, published in 2005
fits Option 1: The family lived in California and Nevada in the early years of the author's life
also fits Option 2: It is a memoir
points this task: 20
total points: 230
BB: 1
GO: 3
tasks completed: 16
5.1 Five Suns:Set during a blizzard, which having weathered a few, I an guarantee is a natural disaster.
by Jim Kelly15.3 Past & Present:
One book option:
by Karen Hawkins first published Aug 201530.2 MsAnderson's Task--My Own Words:
1.
edited by Mark Ford4.
by Seth Godin Name: Seth
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task--Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game:
Rolled a 2
A.
by David DrakeL in Maelstrom
O in Into
T in The
R in Maelstrom (Actually, all four letters are in Maelstrom)
B.
by C.L. Wilson L in Lord
E in The
G in Fading
O in of
S in Lands
Today's total: 80
Grand Total: 510
30.1 DNA Lord Edgware Dies Agatha Christie option 3/ set in the UK
by Maria Murnane Maria Murnane - option 4/something green on the cover, green envelopes30.6 Me, myself and I
The End of Everything Megan Abbott - option 1, me in author name
Will Grayson, Will Grayson John Green - option 3, written in first person
Tasks points 60
Total points 210
ERIN C.10.1 Take the Stairs
The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 65
BB: 3
GO:
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
TienREPOST
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option A - Read a book from Best South African Reads.
Page 1, book #9
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: book was first published before I was born
Lord Edgeware Dies by Agatha Christie (pub. 1933 -GO ticket)
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal #1) by Zen Cho
Points this post: 50
Golden Oldie: 1
Total points: 155
Chris MD5.3 What Are We Made Of?
#4 or #8 in a series.
Rapture in Death by J. D. Robb
This is the fourth book in the "In Death" series.
I listened to the audiobook. The mass market paperback has 294 pages.
15.3 Past and Present
One book option: Genre is historical fiction or history, and the book was published between Sept. 2014 and Nov. 2015.
The Lure of the Moonflower: A Pink Carnation Novel by Lauren Willig
Historical fiction is the top genre listed, and it was published August 14, 2015.
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback has 528 pages.
This book qualifies for a Big Book ticket.
Points for this post: 5 + 15 = 20
Total points: 20 + 75 = 95
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1,000=0
10.6 - Back to RealityQ's Legacy by Helene Hanff
nonfiction memoir about how Helene Hanff came to write 84, Charing Cross Road and how it affected her life - excellent read!
Points this post: 10
Season total: 225
Pamela326515.10 - Nanowrimo!
Cress by Marissa Meyer - Marissa Meyer gave a pep talk in 2012
30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 1: William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher - Poetry is a main page genre
Option 4: Winning the Teacher's Heart by Jean C. Gordon
30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
Option 1: Unexpected Family by Jill Kemerer
Option 3: The Selection by Kiera Cass - First sentence: "When we got the letter in the post, my mother was ecstatic."
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1: Family of Her Dreams by Keli Gwyn - 288 pages, 4.68 rating
Book 2: Bachelor to the Rescue by Lorraine Beatty - 224 pages, 4.16 rating
Ratings were recorded on September 29, 2015
Total pages - 512
Difference in pages - 62
Difference in ratings - .52
Points this post: 105
Total Points: 725
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jen UT15.4 - The World Without End
Book 1: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Book 2: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Points this Post: 15
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Total Points: 90
5.4 Earth and WaterUse 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.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Using the word "accurate" from the given letters.
points this post: 5
total points: 10
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the WildernessOption 4: Meg : syvyyksien kauhu I opted for starting a new series (MEG #1)
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - Quetzalcoatl
Option 1: Earth Star star in title
Points this post: 40
Points total: 290/1070
GO total: 2
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 17/60
Books read: 23
Reader Name: Daphne10.4 - Ten-Four Day: 104 5-star ratings.
Down A Dark Hall
1,169 5-star ratings on 10/14/15
25.1 The Fall Months: 2 books
1. Read a book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters
Psmith in the City by P.G. Wodehouse
WOD - EHO - USE + 9 Letters
**Claiming GO ticket: first published 1910**
2. Read a book whose title (Not a subtitle or series title) contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters
The Science Fictional Dinosaur
FIC - TIO - NAL = 9 letters
Points this post: 35
GO this post: 1
Total Points: 735/1070
Books Read: 56
Completed Tasks: 44/60
Pages Read: 14746
GO Tickets: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥Correction for post #1593/Problem Post Thread # 224
15.7 - By the Numbers
Total number of pages (as stated on Goodreads) can be found, in any order, in the first publication date (year) of that same book--102 pages/Published 2011:Family Affair
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date:225/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the GameI rolled a 3.
Book A, title contains — & —: Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris
Book B, title contains a word with consecutive double letters: The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
Points this post: 30
Total points: 405
20.5 - Into the WildernessOption 4: I read the next book in the Kate Shackleton series which is a favourite of mine:
Death of an Avid Reader: A Kate Shackleton Mystery
Total points 145
25.6 Dakimel’s Task: Wedding TraditionsThis is a two-book task, and each book must be from a different option. REQUIRED: State which options you used when you claim this task.
Option 1: Something Old: Read a book that was first published before 1898.
Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
First published 1838 - Golden Oldie
GR page count for this edition: 624pg - Big Book
Option 4: Something Blue – Read a book with a blue “something” on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover when posting and point out the blue object.
, Lorna BarrettCover has many blue things, including cushions on the chairs by the window; books with blue covers on the bookshelves; blue fascia on one of the buildings out of the window; blue robe on the figure on the picture front right on the bookshelves.
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: 1 GO, 1BB
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 21
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500+: 1
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!Add the numbers that make up your age until you get a single number. Read a book with that number of words in the title. (I am 21-->3)
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points:15
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 and/or GERMANY.
The Solitaire Mystery T,S in auSTralia and M in gerMany
points:20
points of this post: 35
Total
Books:11
Tasks:10
Points:185
GO:1
Big Books:
>500:1
>750:0
>1000:0
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too ShortOption 2
For this option, read a memoir or autobiography written in first person. The genre memoir or autobiography must appear on the book's main page.
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
GO: 1
LAUREN JODI15.6 The Name Game
The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
Noun in author's name: “brook” - a small stream
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 225/1070
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 15/60
Readerboard Name: Diane L20.1 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.
Seawitch by Alistair MacLean
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 3: Read a book whose cover shows one of the following: a car, the beach and/or ocean, or a map.
This book was published in 2013.
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg20.5. 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.
Historical fiction is the 3rd genre on the main page.
Angel with Two Faces by Nicola Upson
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 2: Read a book with the letter “Q” somewhere in the main title.
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: Read a book with exactly 12 letters in the author's* name.
The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account Of What Befell A Little Boy In Search Of Adventure by William Bowen
AR Bookfinder lists IL:UG.
This book is a Golden Oldie, first published in 1921.
Points this post: 100
Points to date: 100
Golden Oldie: 1
Jonquil30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Be Safe, Love Mom
Be in Be Sae in ashamed F in For L in Until O in Won Ve in Have M in ashamed O in To M in Humanity
Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
Shoe Done It
Shoe in House It in without Don in windows e in like
Book 1:
Be Safe, Love Mom: A Military Mom's Stories of Courage, Comfort, and Surviving Life on the Home Front
Elaine Lowry Brye
Hardcover, 272 pages
Book 2:
Shoe Done It
Grace Carroll
Paperback, 277 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 870
Books posted: 70
Tasks complete: 54
Pages this post: 549
Total pages as of this post: 19703
JonquilTask 30.5 - DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
Book 1- author uses 3 names
The Red Hat Society's Domestic Goddess
Regina Hale Sutherland
Paperback, 304 pages
Book 2- author uses a 3-part name that includes a middle initial
Second Street Station
Lawrence H. Levy
Paperback, 336 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 900
Books posted: 72
Tasks complete: 55
Pages this post: 640
Total pages as of this post: 20343
Delicious Dee25.9 - Delicious Dee's Task: On the Injured Bench
Option 1 -
- pie (as food) on the cover, H in Chef, I in Maurice, S in SpotOption 4 - Tempt Me Tonight - bought back in 2008, but only found it while cleaning up my amazon account; HI in tonight, P in Tempt
points this post: 25
points total: 565
Mod
15.6 - The Name Game
noun child in author name: Make Me by Lee Child
25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!
option A, tv series: Pines by Blake Crouch
imdb: Wayward Pines
option B, sports genre: Solo Faces by James Salter
30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
option 1, poetry genre: This Blue: Poems by Maureen Johnson
option 4, author named Melissa: The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation by Melissa Rivers
total = 630
trishhartuk25.1 Andy P’s Task: The Fall Months
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 Snack Thief, Andrea Camilleri
Camilleri - 9 letters (okayed in help thread message #6)
Read the kindle edition: link to paperback edition
Book 2. Read a book whose title (Not a subtitle or series title) contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Midnight Crossroad, Charlaine Harris
Crossroad - 9 letters
Read the kindle edition: link to paperback edition
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500+: 1
Karen D. Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2: Pskegdemus
For this option, read a book that shows a single female on the cover. No other human beings may be on the cover, but animals are allowed. The figure has to be identifiable as female.
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware, finished 10/14 (it's really tiny in the post, but that's a girl walking between the trees)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 20/61
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the WildernessOption 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.
I read:
This is book # 2 in the Detective Emmanuel Cooper series
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 335
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 17
BB Total: 2
GO Total: 3
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The ocean is featured on the cover of this book.
I have completed task 25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions by reading
Opt 3: The Croning by Laird Barron
I borrowed this book from the library.
Opt 4:
There is a blue oversized mug sitting on the coffee table.
My Challenge Score = 50 points
Golden Oldie = 0 tickets
Big Book = 0 tickets