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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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TASK NUMBER : 30.3 - Perspectives Over TimeTASK DESCRIPTION: Read a book Published Before I was Born & 2010 or Later
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Hermann Hesse
DATE READ: 10/14/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Book was first published in 1922; this is before I was born
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Darynda Jones
DATE READ: 9/12/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Book was first published in 2011
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 475
Jasmiina F20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House:
Option 2:Read any book that has been published by Virago:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Virago's book: The Handmaid's Tale.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 195
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
10.2 - Happy Hour!Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6 or #7 in a series.
You Can't Hide by Karen Rose
Romantic Suspense #5
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 265
Total Tasks: 21
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!Book 1 - The Visitors are up to bat. Read a book of your choice.
Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs
306 pages, 3.89 rating
Book 2 - 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).
The Bluejay Shaman by Lise McClendon
253 pages, 3.23 rating
306 - 253 = 53 fewer pages
3.89 - 3.23 = 0.66 lower rating
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 295
Total Tasks: 22
Brooke TX10.5 Schatzie's Task: DNA
Two book task.
Option 2: Title contains letters S-P-A-I-N.
(A PoIsoNed Season)
Option 3: A book that takes place in England.
(Set in London.)
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 24
Delicious Dee20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 3 - Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
points this post: 20
points total: 585
Om122920.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Read a book whose author's* initials can be found in the phrase GO STAMPS GO.
X by Sue Grafton
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 4-Option 4: Choose a book whose author’s initials* can be found in CENTENARIAN.
Good Tidings by Terri Reid
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.
American Assassin by Vince Flynn
Total Points-115/1070
Total Tasks Completed-6/60
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()
Golden Oldie Books (1)
Devon20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 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.
I read Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling.
Elizabeth PTask 5.3 - What are we Made Of?
Book #4 or 8 in a series
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
At 645 pages, good for *One Big Book Ticket*
Pages link: Queen of Shadows
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 7
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.7. Raven the Trickster
"humor" as main page genre
ebook edition I read: The Light Fantastic
Most popular MMPB: The Light Fantastic
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Using Option 1 - Historical Fiction genre on book's main page
Speaks The Nightbird, Volume 1: Judgment of The Witch and Speaks The Nightbird, Volume 2: Evil Unveiled which is one novel in two parts. Full novel has been published as Speaks the Nightbird
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Using Option 2 - single female on cover
cover is from ebook edition I read. Paperback edition: Malice in Wonderland #2: Alice the Angel of Death
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 60
Points Earned this Post: 45
Total Points To Date: 105
10.2 - Happy Hour!
Illusion by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Points in this post: 10
Total Points: 120
Big Book Tickets: 1
Illusion by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Points in this post: 10
Total Points: 120
Big Book Tickets: 1
10.7 - Sedna the Sea Goddess Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: whale, seal, sea, lion.
I read:
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 345
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 18
BB Total: 2
GO Total: 3
Kait25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!
Option A - A book that a TV series is based on. If the book is part of a series, any book in that series will work.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher -- The Dresden Files is based on this series of books
Option B - A book with the "Sports" genre on the main page.
Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery -- Sports And Games > Sports on main page with 24 users -- Genre noted in verification thread posts #49 & 50
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 170
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
10.4 - TEN FOUR DAY - The Bordeaux Betrayal which currently has 112 5* ratings.15.9 - ANIMAL GUIDES - The Bronzed Hawk
20.6 - QUETZALCOATL
OPTION 2 - Lilly's Wedding Quilt
TOTAL POINTS - 280
Reader Name: Daphne5.2: The Sun and the Moon
Living Dead in Dallas
Moon on cover:
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 of that same book. Example: A book published in 2013 could have a total page count of 310, 213, 201, 320, etc.
The Book of Skulls
191p. First Publised: 1971
15.10 - Nanowrimo!
Choose an author who has written a pep talk and read any book they have written (that fits within the rules of the SRC).
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
2015 Pep Talk Author*
30.2 - Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words 2 books
Option 1: Poetry (100p.)
The Saga of the Volsungs
**Claiming GO ticket: First published 1290**
Option 4: Authors:Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa, or Seth.
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear - SETH
Points this post: 65
GO this post: 1
Total Points: 800/1070
Books Read: 61
Completed Tasks: 48/60
GO Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooke TX15.9 Animal Guides
Read a book with a title that contains an animal from the North American Totems list.
(raven)
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 24
HINA20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl -
Option 1: Star Quality by Dianne Castell.
Star in title.
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets:
Total:
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jen UT10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Word: Wind
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 100
Jennifer GolubTask number: 10.5 - Penmanship Practice
Task Description: Cursive writing on cover
Book read
In the DrinkAuthor: Allyson K. Abbott
Date Read: 9/16/15
Total Points this post 10
Total points 10
Jennifer GolubTask number: 10.6 Back to Reality
Task description: summer's over read a nonfiction book
Book read:
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from ViolenceAuthor: Gavin de Becker
Date read: 9/10/15
Total Points this post 10
Total points 20
trishhartuk ** reposting #1620 with readerboard name **25.6 Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
This 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: 510
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500+: 1
Catherine TTask 15.8 - Culture Vulture
read a book from the list
Across the Great Sparkling Water by Zoe Saadia
page 1 of the list (#28)
Julia10325.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 1: The Auction is set in Queensland
Option 3: Tregaron's Daughter by Madeleine Brent
Post total: 25 points
Challenge total points: 305
Total BB: 6
Tasks completed: 15
Elizabeth B10.5 - Penmanship Practice
TITLE on the cover that is written in cursive
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1: Dark Skye, 432 pg, avg. rating 4.33 (9/6/2015)
Book 2: Guarding Morgan 232 pg, 3.71 rating (10/12/2015)
Total pages - 664
Difference in pages - 200
Difference in ratings - .62
Points:40
Total=405+40=445
25.1 - Andy P.'s task: The Fall MonthsBook 1 - Read a book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Read The Donor by Helen Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald has 10 letters and is the only author.
Book 2 - Read a book whose title (Not a subtitle or series title) contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Read The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean. Leningrad has 9 letters. Read this for a new book club hosted by the Ringling Museum, our local museum which has a big art gallery. They chose books about art.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 6
Laura NT20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 3: Remembrance Day: Read a book with War as a main page genre
Doctor Zhivago
Has War as a main page genre.
Also claiming one Big Book Ticket. 542 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 2
25.2 - SarahBR - Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!Options 2: Book on first 10 pages of Popular Pop Culture Books
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton which I found on page 9 of the list.
Option 3: authors initials in MELBOURNE CUP
The Loft: Memory House Collection by Bette Lee Crosby
MELBOURNE CUP
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 55/1070
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
trishhartuk20.5 Bigger is Better: Mary P’s task - Into the Wilderness
This is a ONE book task. Choose from the options below. REQUIRED: State which option you chose when you post.
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.
Love Songs from a Shallow Grave, Colin Cotterill
The Dr Siri series is one of the few series I read that I consistently give four stars to (I rarely give five). It's a perfect blend of mystery, quirky and a touch of the supernatural.
Read the kindle edition: this is the paperback link.
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 530
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500+: 1
Emmalita20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
by Jonathan FranzenOption 2: This book's cover has a single female on it.
Purity is a big book with 592 pages; claiming ticket
This post: 20
Total points to date: 90
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 5
RockyNookTask Completed - 15.6 The Name Game
The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen
Queen is found in Holly McQueen
Total points: 20
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.6 - Back to Reality
I read The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean (paperback for length).
Previous point total: 215
New points this post: 10
Total points: 225
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 13
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
Andy P.Task # 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.
by Stephen Booth There are 12 letters in Ste/phe/n Bo/othPoints this post: 20
Total points: 370
loafer30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Your 2 books combined must have a total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice: How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel rating 4.41
paperback (no mmpb version): How the Light Gets In pages 432
Book 2 - Read a second book - must have at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating at least .50 lower : Sons and Princes rating 3.45
paperback (no mmpb version): Sons and Princes pages 352
total pages: 784
difference in pages: -80
difference in rating: -.96
points this task: 30
total points: 260
BB: 1
GO: 3
tasks completed: 17
Sarah E15.4 - The World Without End
One book option
Zombie, Inc.
First published April 10 2013
Apocalyptic > Post Apocalyptic is a main page genre
This is an ebook only - approval for length here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Mod
5.2.The Sun and the Moon
moon on the cover:
Murder at Cape Three Points by Kwei Quartey25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
book 1, 9 letter surname: This Is What I Want by Craig Lancaster Lan/cas/ter
PB: This Is What I Want
Book 2, title with 11 letter word: Lamentation by Joe Clifford Lam/ent/ati/on
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
option 2, new in title: New Life, No Instructions by Gail Caldwell
option 5, initials SN in sixpence: Those We Left Behind by Stuart Neville
total = 685
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the WildernessOption 1, historical fiction: Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
Points this post: 20
Total points: 425
Devon20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 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.
I read Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
Catherine TTask 15.2
Read 2 books with a paiir of hoomophones in the title
Two Rivers by Zoe Saadia
&
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
Pair: two/too
SHELLEY UT15.6 - The Name Game
Personal by Lee Child (child)
Lee Child is a goodreads author.
This is a big book. (544 pages)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Mimi Michele20.4 Author, author
This book was published August 25, 2009
Option 4 choose a book whose author's initials can be found in CENTENARIAN.
Charles Todd. C and T
A Duty To The Dead by Charles Todd
Points: 20
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Total points: 300
Golden Oldie: 2
Big Book: 0
5.3 - What are We Made of?Sunshine on Scotland Street
#8 in the 44 Scotland Street series
5.6 - Four Cords
The Color of Magic
Four words in title
Total points: 105
30.5 In the Middle2 book challenge
Book 1: Read a book by an author who uses 3 names.
Cage of Deceit: Reign of Secrets, Book One by Jennifer Anne Davis
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.
Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
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Points this post: 30
Points thus far: 375
Big Books this post: 0
Big Books thus far: 1
Readerboard name: Diane L10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
881 5-star ratings
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
AR Book Finder - IL:UG
This book is a Golden Oldie, published in 1933
10.6 - Back to Reality
Read a non-fiction book.
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
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.
Matching the word CITY from the line:
We'll plunder and pillage each CITY and village.
Lost City by Clive Cussler
10.10 Dreamcatcher
Read a book with the word "dream" in the title, subtitle or series title.
Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery
AR Book Finder Info:
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13.0
This book is a Golden Oldie, published in 1917
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
The Weapon Makers by A. E. Van Vogt.
This book was published in 1943 which was before I was born.
This book is a Golden Oldie, published in 1943.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
Jackaby by William Ritter
This book was published in 2014.
I read the Kindle edition, here is the link to the paperback edition - Jackaby.
Task 30.5 - DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
Book 1- Read a book by an author* who uses 3 names.
Plunder by Mary Anna Evans
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.
Secret of the Samurai Sword by Phyllis A. Whitney
AR Book Finder - IL:UG
Points this post: 100
Points to date: 200
Golden Oldies this post: 3
Golden Oldies to date: 4
20.1 - A CALGARY AUTUMNOPTION 1 - American Tropic by Thomas Sanchez
20.4 - LIFE'S TOO SHORT - REPLACING THE BOOK FOR THIS TASK
OPTION 4 - Out of the Dawn Light by Alys Clare
20.7 - JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER - MOVING THIS BOOK FROM TASK 20.4
OPTION 2 -
TOTAL POINTS - 320
5.2.The Sun and the Moon
Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem+5 Points
5.6.Four Cords
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
+5 Points
10.10 Dreamcatcher
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
+10 Points
Points this Post: 20
Grand Total: 205
Brooke TX15.5 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.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
(2+5=7 words)
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 70
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 25
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!Option C, a book whose title contains a "z": Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Points this post: 20
Total points: 445
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10.5 Penmanship Practice
Read a book with a title on the cover written in cursive.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/1100
Completed Tasks: 1/61
Books Read: 24