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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
DEANA10.4 - Ten-Four Day
book that has at least 104 5-star ratings
143412 > 104
If I Stay
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
The Collected Poems
This book was first published in 1889, which is well before I was born.
It also is eligible for a GOLDEN OLDIES ticket.
At 544 pages, it is eligible for one BIG BOOK TICKET
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil
This book was first published in 2013.
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THIS POST:
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Points: 40
TOTALS:
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Points: 110
Cait S20.7- Judge The Book By Its Cover
Option 2: Pskegdemus
For this option, read a book that shows a single female on the cover.
by Brodi AshtonPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Morgan Faeriesfolly10.7 Sedna the Sea Goddess
REQUIRED: Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: whale, seal, sea, lion. Plurals, possessives, compound words (whaleship), and variations (sealed) all work.
Word: "Sea"
Selection: When the Sea Is Rising Red
When the Sea Is Rising Red (Hobverse #1) -- Cat Hellisen
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 680/1070
Books Read: 54
Completed Tasks: 44/60
Pages Read: 14960
5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee. In a Creek creation myth, the entire world was underwater, except for one hill, with a house, in which Esaugetuh Emissee (master of breath) lived. He created humanity from the clay on the hill.
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.
Cherry by Mary Karr– Book cover was approved in message 54.
This Post
Points: 5
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 276
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 145
Tasks Posted: 9
Books Posted: 10
Pages Read: 2,955
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book ticket request: 0
10.6 - Back to Reality Summer's over, read a non-fiction book.
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola is non-fiction.
This Post
Points: 10
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 240
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 155
Tasks Posted: 10
Books Posted: 11
Pages Read: 3,195
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book ticket request: 0
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall MonthsThis 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.
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.
For both book 1 and book 2, all letters in the word or surname count, but punctuation marks, such as hyphens or apostrophes, do not.
Book 1: The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen. There are 9 letters in this author’s surname.
Book 2: An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear. There are 10 letters in the word Incomplete.
This Post
Points: 25
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 2
Pages Read: 704
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 180
Tasks Posted: 11
Books Posted: 13
Pages Read: 3,899
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book ticket request: 0
ASHLEY OZ15.4 - The World Without End
Book 1: Read a book that was first published in December 2012 or any time afterward.
Book 2: 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.
The Rose Society by Marie Lu
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1. Read a book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters.
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
Book 2. Read a book whose title contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
POINTS
This Post: 40
Total Points: 250
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 16
Vicki Repost of Msg 1107
30.2 My Own Words
Option 3: Children>Middle Grade genre
Zia by Scott O'Dell
Approved on HT#2
IL - UG
Option 4: Author with the name Daniel
Desperate by Daniel Palmer
This post:
30 pts
Total:
90 pts
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNAI chose Option 2 and Option 4.
Option 2: read a book that has a title that contains the letters: S-P-A-I-N
Septuagenarian Stew by Charles Bukowski Septuagenarian Stew
Option 4: green object on the cover
by Esther Forbes (woman on left is wearing a green dress)AR Bookfinder:
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13.0
Task total=30
Grand total=250
Christine V20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 3: The Song of Achilles
I read the above Kindle edition. Link to MMP.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Cindy C. Task 25.5-Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option 1C: Read a book with a cover featuring a horizon. Approved in Help Thread post #83.
The Linen Queen
Option 1E: Read a non-fiction book with Politics as a main page genre. Politics was present as of 6:35 pm PDT today.
March: Book Two
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
Total tasks: 16
Mimi Michele10.5 Penmanship Practice
Read a book with the title on the cover written in cursive.
The Senator's Wife by Karen Robards
Points: 10
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Total points: 310
Golden Oldie: 2
Big Book: 0
Dakimel25.4 - International Travels
For book 1 I read This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison - JE is for Jersey, which is in Europe
For book 2 I read Impetuous Innocent which is set in England, therefore Europe
Both of these books are new to me
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
for option 3 I read Sorcerer to the Crown, which I borrowed from the library
for option 4 I read
- her dress I approved as blueTALLY:
This post - 50 points
Total - 600
Brooke TX5.6.Four Cords
Read a book with a four word title.
Silver in the Blood
10.10 Dreamcatcher
Read a book with the word "dream" in the title, subtitle or series title.
Lair of Dreams
25.6 Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 3: Something Borrowed: Read a book you’ve borrowed.
(Borrowed from the library.)
Option 4: Something Blue: Read a book with a blue “something” on the cover.
(The birds in the background are blue.)
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
If you rolled a ONE or FOUR (I rolled a one):
Book A: Read a book of your choice that is listed as (series #1) on Goodreads.
Book B: Read a book where the title/subtitle contain a repeated word of at least four letters.
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Points
This Post: 70
Total Points: 310
Completed Tasks: 19
Books Read: 32
RUCHI#5.10. (Create Your Own World!)
It's In His Touch by Shelly Alexander
Points this post : 5
Total points : 340
Coralie10.3 Inti
The Hollow by Agatha Christie
Agatha begins and ends with the letter 'A'.
25.8 Happy Fall!
Option C. Cooler Weather
Book containing 'ber' in title (in snobBERy)
Snobbery With Violence
Option D. I Love a Good Series!
Book that is #11 in series
The Women of Nell Gwynne's
This post 35 points
Total to date 480 points
Post #810.6 - Back to Reality
read a non-fiction book
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest
Points this post:10
Total: 160
Books read: 10
Tasks Done:9
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International TravelsFor book one, read a book by an author whose initials appear on this list of International Country Codes.
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes (DK=Denmark)
For book two, read a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of.
The Girls of Slender Means - Muriel Spark (UK, Europe)
Both of these books are new to me
Points this post: 25
Points total: 105
Tasks completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3 - 500(1) 750(1) 1000()
Pages read: 2484
M1NKSREASSIGNMENT
I am changing my 5.10 book and I will be assigning it elsewhere - Minus 5 points and 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket
5.10. Create Your Own World!
Lord Edgware Dies - Published 1933
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
POINTS
Points This Post: -5
Points Total: 270
Golden Oldies: 11
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 20
M1NKS15.6 - 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.
The Military Philosophers by Anthony PoWELL
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 285
Golden Oldies: 11
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 21
M1NKS20.4 Life’s Too Short
Option 4: Choose a book whose author’s initials* can be found in CENTENARIAN.
Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie Published 1933
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 305
Golden Oldies: 12
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 22
M1NKS30.9 Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game - I rolled a 2
(Book A) Read a book with the main page genre science fiction, and where the letters LOTR can be found in any order in any combination of title/subtitle/author* name.
The Last Wish
(Book B) Read a book with the main page genre fantasy, and in which the letters LEGOS can be found in any order in any combination of title/subtitle/author* name.
Small Gods
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 335
Golden Oldies: 12
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 23
Cindy FTask 5.10 Create Your Own World!
Read a book of your choice:
I read Oath of Honorby Radclyffe
Points this post:5
Total points:140
Tasks completed:13
Books read:13
Golden oldies:1
Big books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Me, Myself, and IOption 1: Me - 2nd Chance by James Patterson
"me" found intact in James
Option 3: I - Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
fiction; first sentence is "Of course I have secrets."
Points this post: 30
Season total: 255
Jennifer Golub10.4 - Ten-Four Day
book that has at least 104 5-star ratings
285 > 104
Southern Spirits 9/17/15
This post 10 points
Total points 30
5.8 Four Worlds:The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey Word--Yellow
10.7 Sedna the Sea Goddess:
Green Shadows, White Whale: A Novel of Ray Bradbury's Adventures Making Moby Dick with John Huston in Ireland
30.10 Sandy's Task--Moving Fence:
1. Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold 596 pages Average Rating 4.86 on 10/17
2. Love Mercy by Earlene Fowler 336 pages 3.85 average rating on 9/20
Total pages - 932
Difference in pages- 260
Difference in ratings - .51
Today's Total 45
Grand total 630
Jennifer Golub15.7 By The Numbers
Double, Double, Nothing But Trouble
Published in 2015 and has 205 pages
Points this post 15
Total points 45
Vicki30.4 Anything Can Happen Child. Anything can be.
Book 1:
The Selection by Kiera Cass
BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
T in humanity HE in ashamed SE in some L in until E in be CT in victory I in die O in some N in won
Book 2:
Bite by Richard Laymon
A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
B in books I in like T in without E in house
THIS POST:
30 PTS
Total Points:
120 pts
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too ShortOption 1: Read a book in which at least one character sets foot in one of these states: Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada or California.
Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel by Faye Kellerman
Los Angeles, California
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 Rock Orchard by Paula Wall
Historical Fiction > 7 users
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 350
Total Tasks: 26
ColetteGTask 5.4 Earth and Water
This is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
by: Augusten BurroughsThis Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
Use letters from "Trenten Caicai Vilu" to make at least a three letter word found in title or sub-title
Word: Can't CA-Caicai NT-TRENTEN
5 points for task
ColetteGTask 20.5 Bigger is Better
one book task
Option 1: Historical Fiction Main page genre
Monday, Monday
by: Elizabeth Crook
Monday, Monday
20 points for task
Elizabeth Crook Goodreads Author
CEELEETask 30.1 DNA
Read two books from the options presented.
Option #3 England
Read a book set at least 50% in England.
I chose DEATH COMES TO LONDON by Catherine Lloyd
Death Comes to London
I need to clarify that the title does indeed refer to London ENGLAND, not London Ohio where my friend Teresa lives. :) The book is set almost 100% in the famous city of London in England.
Option #4 Ireland.
Read a book with an inanimate green object on the cover.
I chose MURDER PAST DUE by Miranda James.
Murder Past Due
There is a green book on Diesel's (the cat) right and a green and orange book on Diesel's left. Also a green book can be seen below him and there is green on the computer screen behind him to the right.
Total books read for task: 2
Total points for task: 30
Total Big Book tickets claimed:0
Total Golden Oldies tickets Claimed: 0
Total points earned: 30
Total books read for Fall 2015 Challenge: 3
Total points for Fall 2015 Challenge: 30
Total Big Books points for Fall 2015: 0
Total Golden Oldies claimed for Fall Challenged: 0
Cindy C.Repost Task 25.5-Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option 1C: Read a book with a cover featuring the horizon. Approved in Help Thread post #83.
The Linen Queen
Option 1E: Read a book with a main page genre Politics. Politics is present as of 6:30 pm PDT today.
17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
Total tasks: 16
Andy P.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.
The number I eventually came up with was 6.
by David JoySix words in the title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 435
Stephanie12730.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
This is a TWO book task. You must read a book from each category.
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born: The Blank Wall - Originally published in 1947, I was born in 1987.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later: Ancillary Justice - Published in 2013
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Andy P.Task # 25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1. Read a book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters.
by David Rosenfelt Ros/enf/elt = 9 lettersBook 2. Read a book whose title (Not a subtitle or series title) contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
by Drew Chapman Asc/end/ant = 9 lettersPoints this post: 25
Total points: 460
30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost HuntersOption 3. Read any novel which is 100 – 150 pages in length.
Princesses Don't Get Fat by Aya Ling
Option 4. Read any work of fiction or nonfiction by a Canadian author or set at least 50% in Canada.
136 pages
Erasing Memory by Scott Thornley
Author born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 380
Total Tasks: 27
Karen D. Task 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.
Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy by Judd Apatow, finished 10/18.
Book was published in 2015 and had 512 pages
Points this task: 15
Total points: 390
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 22/61
ERIN C.10.4 Ten-Four Day
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky by Patrick Hamilton
385 5-star ratings
1 GO Ticket: First published in 1935.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 75
BB: 3
GO: 1
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
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20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
option 4, series #1: The Watchman by Adrian Magson
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
option 2, Pop culture list pg 4
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim
PB: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
option 3, initials MN in Melbourne Cup: Present Darkness by Malla Nunn
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1: Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye, 4.12 rating, 352 pages
Book 2: Travels in Vermeer: A Memoir, 3.59 rating, 192 pages
total pages: 352 + 192 = 544
difference in rating: 4.12 - 3.59 = .53
difference in pages: 352 - 192 = 160
total = 835
Readerboard name: Vicki L.5.4 Earth and Water
The Deepest Cut by J.A. Templeton
Word made: Cut
Points for this task: 5
perletwoTask 30.5 - DLMRose's Task:In The Middle - 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.
The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner
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."
History in Blue: 160 Years of Women Police, Sheriffs, Detectives, and State Troopers by Allan T. Duffin
The Case of the Velvet Claws was first published in 1933, qualifying for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 460
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 31
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too ShortOption 4. Choose a book whose author’s initials can be found in CENTENARIAN. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
The Wine-Dark Sea by Robert Aickman
First published in 1988.
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 10
G.O: 0
BBT: 0
Kait30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - A book of your choice.
Written In Red by Anne Bishop -- 487 pages; 4.34 average rating on Sept. 12
Book 2 - A book that has 50 fewer pages than book 1 and that has a 0.5 lower average rating than book 1.
Blade Song by J.C. Daniels -- 204 pages (283 less than Book 1); 3.82 average rating on Oct. 18 (0.52 less than Book 1)
500 pages combined minimum: Written In Red (487 pages) + Blade Song (204 pages) = 691 pages total
Points This Post: 30
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 215
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Janice CA5.4 Earth and Water
A word in the title/subtitle can be found in "TREnten Caicai VilU"
word: true
Unlikely Loves: 43 Heartwarming True Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland
+5
total: 50
tasks: 4
books: 4
Scooter & Siam 15.8 - Culture Vulture
Delve into Native American culture by reading a book found on the Native American Fiction list. Required: State on which page of the list your book can be found when you post.
Read I Heard the Owl Call My Name - #18 on page 3 of the list
Children middle grade -- IL designation: UG
Points: 15
Total: 130
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks: 8
Jayme(the ghostreader)25.8 Happy Fall
A Fall TV
Killerby Sara ShepardBased on Pretty Little Liars
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1578873/?...
D. I Love A Good Series Read a book 9th, 10, 11th in a seires Tough Cookieby Diane Mott Davidson book 9th in the series
Tasks Completed 4
Books Read: 5
Big Books : 0
Tasks Points: 25
Grand Total: 45/920
**Points already claimed -- swapping books**
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option A: HIS BIRTH COUNTRY - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
set in Turkey
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25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 2: For this option read a book from the first 10 pages of Popular Pop Culture Books.
You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
This book is on page 1 of the Popular Pop Culture Books.
Option 3: Read a book whose author's initials can be found within the words MELBOURNE CUP.
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell
The initials of the author BC are found within melBourne Cup.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 355
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)