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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Delicious Dee15.3 - Past & Present
ONE Book Option
The Edge of Lost - 11ppl have it shelved as historical fiction; will be published Nov 24, 2015; approved in the THT
points this post: 15
points total: 680
Sandra20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option #1: book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase GO STAMPS GO
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Author's initials are ST (GO STAMPS GO)
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 230
Devon25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 4: Something Blue – Read a book with a blue “something” on the cover.
I read
by Mindy Kaling. The door and the wall are blue.Option 5: A sixpence in her shoe – Read a book whose author’s initials* can be found in SIXPENCE.
I read What Goes Around: Cracked Up to Be / Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.06 – Four Cords
Book 1: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd* which has four words in the title
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 540 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Bluegrass PamTask 20.8 Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: 12 letters in the author’s name.
A Woman Loved: A Novel byAndreï Makine
Task 20.9 Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option C: Title/subtitle contains an x or z.
In the Mind Fields: Exploring the New Science of Neuropsychoanalysis by Casey Schwartz
Title includes the letter ”X” in Exploration.
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 145
15.8 - Culture VultureRead a book found on the Native American Fiction list.
The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman
#67
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 420
Total Tasks: 30
20.4 Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life's Too ShortOption 2: Autobiography
Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick - 10-22-15
Published July 9, 2015
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
10.10 Dreamcatcher A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
First published in 1596 - I am claiming one Golden Oldies ticket.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 595
GO Tickets: 7
BB Tickets: 4
Shawn H.30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1: The Godfather by Mario Puzo
448 pages - 4.34 average rating
Book 2: Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
273 pages - 3.54 average rating
Total Pages: 721 pages
Difference in Pages: 175
Difference in Ratings: .80
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 90
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Task 25.5 - All About My Dad!Option 1:
B. Read a book from the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books list.
#16 on the list:
I, Robot (1950) by Isaac Asimov (Mass Market Paperback, 272 pages)
**I, Robot is a Golden Oldie, published in 1950**
D. Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these locations: HAWAII, KOREA, BELGIUM, SAUDI ARABIA, OR NEW MEXICO.
Set in New Mexico:
Finding Casey (Solomon's Oak #2) (2012) by Jo-Ann Mapson (Hardcover, 318 pages)
190 + 25 = 215
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 190 + 25 = 215
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4,917
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Catherine TTask 25.4 - International Travels
Book 1- The Children Act by Ian McEwan
IM is the code for the Isle of Man, which is in Europe.
Book 2- The Girl and the Bomb by Jari Järvelä
Set in Finland, which is in Europe
Both books are new to me
M1NKSREASSIGNMENT
10.5 - Penmanship Practice - Read a book with a TITLE on the cover that is written in cursive
- published 1942* This book has been moved from task 30.10 *
30.10 - Moving the Fences!
Book 1 -
- 884 pages/4.07 rating. First published 1865 (This is unchanged)Book 2 -
128 pages/3.40 rating. First published 1845 (This is the new book for this task)
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Change in Points = +10
Change in Golden Oldie Tickets = +1
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 345
Golden Oldies: 13
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 24
M1NKS20.2 - Picky, picky, picky!
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail - Adventure/Humour/History
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 365
Golden Oldies: 13
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 25
LAUREN JODI15.10 Nanowrimo!
The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn
2007 pep talk author
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 280/1070
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 18/60
Jasmiina F30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time:
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born:
Kova kuin kivi by Ruth Rendell.
This book was first published before I was born.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later:
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
*Big Book ticket with 544 pages*
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 225
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Reader Name: Daphne25.2 25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Moving this book:
Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe
Exchanging it for this one:
Option Three: read a book whose author's* initials can be found within the words MELBOURNE CUP
Ritual Sacrifice: An Illustrated History by Brenda Ralph Lewis
B in Melbourne
R in Melbourne
L in Melbourne
50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
2: Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human - Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology Page 1
5: Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe
X in Extraordinary
C in Cycles
A in An
N in New
I in Time
D in Extraordinary
6: Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth - Science Genre
Points this post not already claimed: 50
Moved books this post: 1
Total Points: 1005/1070
Books Read: 75
Completed Tasks: 57/60
GO Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 2
Post #930.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
OPTION 1: tribal name in the title, such as, Pueblo, Shawnee, Arapaho, etc.
Six of Crows
Using Crow: Crow Tribe of Montana
OPTION 4: I am 12% IRISH. For this task, read a book that has an inanimate (not living) object that is green on the cover.
Joyland Green dress
Points this post:30
Total: 190
Books read: 12
Tasks Done:10
CYNBAXTERThis is a re-post of #1797
Task # 20.05 – Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Book 1 - Option 3: The Book of Jonas by Stephen Dau* - the author shares the same initials as Sara Donati.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 530 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!Option Two: The Girl on the Train
found on p. 9 of the list
I listened to the audiobook, link to PB (no MMPB available) The Girl on the Train
Option Three: Helle by Outi Pakkanen initials OP found in Melbourne Cup
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Both books are new to me.
Book one: Earth Flight by Janet Edwards initials JE -> Jersey (Europe)
Book two: Melkein äiti set in Finland, Europe
Points this post: 50
Points total: 340/1070
GO total: 2
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 19/60
Books read: 27
Sam F:10.2 - 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.
I read - Grave Secrets - which is identified on Goodreads as #5 in the series.
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 9
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
readerboard name: WOLFE20.5 Bigger is Better / Option 4: book from a series any number
#2 in a series:
Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly in Amber
previous points: 85
plus 20 points=105
WOLFE readerboard nameforgot to claim 1 BB point for Dragonfly in Amber
pages: 743
previous 1 BB
+1
total: 2 BB points
SHELLEY UT5.9. Spider Grandmother
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
Points this task: 5
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Brooke TX5.3. What are We Made of?
Read a book that is #4 or #8 in a series.
10.7 - Sedna the Sea Goddess
Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: whale, seal, sea, lion.
Sea of Shadows
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice.
575 pages, 4.50 rating
Book 2 - Read a second book that has at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating at least .50 lower.
422 pages, 3.74 rating
Points
This Post: 45
Total Points: 460
Completed Tasks: 28
Books Read: 41
M1NKS25.5 - All About My Dad!
B: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
C:
(Paved Road)POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 390
Golden Oldies: 13
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 26
Karen D. Task 5.5 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.
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, finished 10/23
Points this task: 5
Total points: 395
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 23/61
Susan W.10.3 Inti: Read a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter.
I read Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
ArianA Franklin
10.9 Bridge the Gap: Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's* name that is hyphenated. The word must appear in the Goodreads record with the hyphen.
I read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Part-Time is hyphenated.
30.3 Perspectives Over Time: Read a book from each category.
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
I read The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The book was first published in 1942, quite some time before I was born.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
I read The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
This book was published in 2014.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 115
REPOST30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
OPTION 1: tribal name in the title, such as, Pueblo, Shawnee, Arapaho, etc.
Six of Crows
Using Crow: Crow Tribe of Montana
OPTION 4: I am 12% IRISH. For this task, read a book that has an inanimate (not living) object that is green on the cover.
Joyland Green dressPoints this post:30
Total: 190
Books read: 12
Tasks Done:10
Mary P25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Both books are new to me.
Book 1: Read a book by an author* whose initials appear on this list of International Country Codes.
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz.
Initials DK = Denmark
Book 2: Read a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of.
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon.
Voyager is set in Scotland. Scotland is part of the United Kingdom which is in Europe as is Denmark.
**Voyager is a Big Book ( 1059 pgs ). Claiming 3 BB Tickets.**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 290
Big Book Tickets: 11
Sam F:20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - Quetzalcoatl
Option 2: Read a book with the letter “Q” somewhere in the main title.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking– Susan Cain - Has the letter Q as the first letter in the title
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 10
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the WildernessOption 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series... you may start a new favorite with #1 of a series.
Psycho by Robert Bloch
Psycho series #1
Task total=20
Grand total=270
5.9 - Spider GrandmotherThe Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Spear
E, G, and S are all found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 10.0
10.4 - Ten-Four Day
March: Book Two
Currently has 753 5* ratings
30.2 - Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 1 (poetry):
The Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde
Option 3 (Childrens>Middle Grade):
Jacob Have I Loved
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 45
Total points: 150
20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary AutumnThis is a ONE book task. Please choose from the options below.
REQUIRED: Indicate in your post the option you chose.
Option 2 - The First Snowfall: It may happen early in the season or it may happen late, but alas, it will happen; we will get our first snowfall sometime in autumn. Last year's first snow occurred in early September and came in the form of a very thick, wet, heavy snow that damaged quite a few trees and even killed some. Hopefully, this year's winter preview will be a gentler one!
Task: Read a book that contains the word "snow" in the title or subtitle. The word must stand alone. Snows, snowy, and snowfall are the only acceptable variations.
Footsteps in the Snow by Charles Lachman is a Big Book (502 pages). I’m claiming 1 BB Ticket.
This Post
Points: 20
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 502
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: Yes
Total
Points: 200
Tasks Posted: 12
Books Posted: 14
Pages Read: 4,401
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book ticket request: 1
10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho! Celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19th by singing the official Talk Like A Pirate Day song.
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song lyrics in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly.
Required: State the word.
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman.
The word between is found in this verse of the official Talk Like A Pirate Day song:
And maybe we'll never get closer,
Than watchin' 'em on the big screen,
So here's to old Errol and Depp as Jack Sparrow,
And every damn one in between!
This Post
Points: 10
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 343
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: No
Total
Points: 210
Tasks Posted: 13
Books Posted: 15
Pages Read: 4,744
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book Ticket Request: 1
5.4 Earth and WaterA Chilean creation myth involves a battle between 2 snake gods - Trenten Vilu (god of earth) and Caicai Vilu (god of water).
Use 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.
REQUIRED: Specify the word that you made.
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abagnale
I made the word can. "Trenten Caicai Vilu"
This Post
Points: 5
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 224
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: No
Total
Points: 220
Tasks Posted: 14
Books Posted: 16
Pages Read: 4,968
Golden Oldies ticket request: 0
Big Book ticket request: 1
ASHLEY OZ5.7. Raven the Trickster
Read a book with the main page genre humor or funny
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
1. Me: Read a book by an author* whose name has "me" found intact in it.
The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
3. I: Read a fiction book written in the first person
Summer Secrets by Jane Green
"Lord knows, most of the time, when I'm facing an evening on my own, I am absolutely fine."
POINTS
This Post: 35
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 22
Completed Tasks: 18
perletwo20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn - Option 1 - Labour Day Classic: Read a book whose author's* initials can be found in the phrase GO STAMPS GO. Letters may be used as often as they appear in the phrase. Middle initials may be used or ignored.
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean
Points this task: 20
Total points: 480
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 32
I'm moving the following book: The Bone Season
from task 20.1 to task 15.4
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15.4 - The World Without End
Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements:
A book that was first published in December 2012 or any time afterward and with the genre "Dystopia" on its main page.
I read:
It was first published in 2013 and it has been shelved as Science Fiction > Dystopia by 56 users
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REPOST OF TASK 20.1
20.1 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
I read:
(Link to paperback: The A26)
Author is Pascal Garnier
Go stamPs go
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 390
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 20
BB Total: 2
GO Total: 3
BARBARA ★5.2 -The Sun and the Moon
Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay (moon on cover) 10/23**************************
10.7 - Sedna the Sea Goddess
Sealed with a Curse - Cecy Robson (SEALed) 10/22
Goodreads Author
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 360
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
360/1070 POINTS
15.4 The World Without EndRead TWO books, one from Book 1 AND one from Book 2 OR read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book 1 requirements: Read a book first published in December 2012 or anytime thereafter.
Book 2 requirements: Read a book with the genre "post-apocalyptic" or "dystopia" on its main page.
Gambit by C.L. Denault
This book meets both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements. It was first published in 2015 and has the main page genre "Dystopia."
This is a big book at 556 pages.
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Points this post: 15
Points thus far: 420
Big books this post: 1
Big books thus far: 3
Elizabeth B15.9 - Animal Guides
"dragon" in the title How to Drive a Dragon Crazy
30.5 - DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
Book 1 - Jordan Castillo Price - Body Art, e-book only, approved in line 344 of the spreadsheet
Book 2 - Arthur C. Clark - Tales From The White Hart
Points:45,
Total=505+45=550
LOULOUTask 20.3 Best Review Contest-Cait's Task: Moving House
Option 3. Read a non-fiction book about hoarding, collecting, or decluttering.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
This post:
Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Points: 20
Total:
Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750): 0
Big Books (1000): 0
Points: 80
Tasks complete: 4
Catherine TTask 30.8 - Ghost Hunters
option 1 - read a book with "hunt" in the title
The Hunt for the Holy Grail by P.W. Child
option 3 - read a novella (between 100 & 150 pages)
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
126 pages
loafer15.6 - The Name Game
author name contains noun of 4 or more letters intact
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
word = ransom
points this task: 15
total points: 310
BB: 1
GO: 3
tasks completed: 20
Reader Name: DaphneRepost
25.2 SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option Two: Page 9
The New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass
Option Three:
Ritual Sacrifice: An Illustrated History by Brenda Ralph Lewis
BRL - all in MeLBouRn
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 1005/1070
Books Read: 75
Completed Tasks: 57/60
GO Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 2
Mod
I read A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie. "Agatha" starts and ends with "A."
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
For book 1, I read A Brief History of Venice by Elizabeth Horodowich. The author's surname, Hor/odo/wich has 10 letters.
For book 2, I read In the Company of the Courtesan - Cou/rte/san has 9 letters.
25.3 - Elizabeth B's Task: Grape Harvest Season
For my first book, I chose option 1, and read Death at La Fenice, set in Italy (Venice), which is #2 on the list of top wine producing countries. I live in the U.S.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Hello, Wine: The Most Essential Things You Need to Know About Wine - with the word "wine" in the title.
Neither book has the genre children or kids on its main page.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 490
20.4 - Life's Too ShortOption 3. The cover shows the ocean:
Mr Mac and Me by Esther Freud
Total points 165
JackattackTask: 5.7. Raven the Trickster
Description: Read a book with the main page genre humor or funny.
Book: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
TOTALS - THIS POST
Points This Post: 5
Golden Oldies This Post: No
Big Book This Post: No
TOTALS - OVERALL
Total Points: 280
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.1: Take a Ride: Blackening Song by Aimee Thurlo, first published in 1995. The author's initials AT can be found in GO STAMPS GO.
Task 20.8: Happy Anniversary Option A : Scorpion House by Maria Hudgins. More than 50% of the book is set in Egypt, in the Louxor area at an excavation near the Valley of the Kings.
Task 30.10: Moving the Fences:
Book 1: Book of choice: Nerves of Steel by C.J. Lyons. C.J. Lyons is a GoodReads author.
Book 2: The Deadly Canyon by Jake Page.
Book 1 Nerves of Steel: 468 pages, 3.79 average rating.
Book 2 The Deadly Canyon: 258 pages, 3.17 average rating.
Total pages: 726
Difference in pages: 210
Difference in ratings: 0.62
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
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Read Summer Knight by Jim Butcher. This is the 4th book in the Dresden Files. This is one of my son's favorite series and I promised I would read some of them.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 125
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 8