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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
5.8. Four WorldsBook read: White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz
White being matched color
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Books Read:4
BB:
GO:
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla's Task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2 single female on the cover:The Peach Keeper
Verification Post
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 55/1100
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.5 Into the Wilderness1 book challenge
Option 1 - Main page genre History
The Mystery of the Shemitah: The 3,000-Year-Old Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future, the World's Future, and Your Future! by Jonathan Cahn
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Points this post: 20
Points thus far: 20
GR Authors this post: 0
GR Authors thus far: 0
Tineke10.2 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 The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde
This book is #7 in the Thursday Next series.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 20/1100
Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+:0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
5.1. Five SunsA Land of Ash
"The Yellowstone Caldera erupts. Lava flows stretch for hundreds of miles. A cloud of ash billows east, burying the Midwest, destroying crops, and falling upon the Atlantic Coast. The remnants of the United States flees south as the global temperatures plummet."
Points this post: 5
Points total: 5/1100
GO total: 0
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 1/61
Books read: 1
Loafer5.8. Four Worlds -
The word "white" is in the title
White Fang
main page genre lists "children's", therefore:
AR bookfinder info: IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13.0
I listened to the audible version. Link is to mass mkt pb at 252 pages.
points: 5
total points: 5
Delicious Dee5.2.The Sun and the Moon
points this post: 5
points total: 25
Mimi Michele30.5 In the Middle
Book 1: read a book by an author with 3 part name
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen Middle name starts with A
Book 2. read a book by an author with a middle initial that is the
starts with the same letter as the middle name of the author of book 1
Hunter's Green by Phyllis A. Whitney
middle initial is A
Points: 30
Golden Oldie: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 115
Total Golden Oldie: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
5:3Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Rowling, J.K.
AR Quiz No. 202678 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UY - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
TOTAL: 5 points
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its CoverOption 1: Alicanto
For this option, read a book that shows a winged creature on the cover. The wing(s) must be clearly visible. The creature may be real (e.g., a bird) or a fantasy creature (e.g., a dragon).
points:20
GO:0
BB:0
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
2. Read any book that has been published by Virago.
Hint: Margaret Atwood and Sarah Waters have both had most of their books published by Virago.
This list of Virago Modern Classics might also be useful.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
But I read this edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
points:20
GO:1
BB:0
Total:
Tasks:2
Books read:2
Points:40
GO:1
BB:0
ShariceTask: 15.6 - The Name Game
Author's name contains a noun of 4 or more letters. Book is
Author's last name is Minchin. Chin is a four letter noun.
Totals
This post=15
Total=15
Emsreviewsbooks10.6 - Back to Reality
I read Jane Austen's England by Roy A. Adkins. Non-fiction is the second genre on the book's main page.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 6
Loafer25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option 2: 1 Book
For this option, pick 1 book that fits 2 of the above choices (A-E) AND is at least 580 pages.
The Cider House Rules
Choice A - This was made into a movie of the same name which I have not seen yet (don't like to spoil a good story): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124315/?...
Choice C - I read the Kindle version with cover as pictured:
fulfilling requirement C, showing a horizon.Mass market paperback lists 587 pages
This is a Big Book at 500 pgs+
points: 25
total pts to date: 30
BB: 1
GO: 0
tasks completed: 2
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask: 5.10. Create Your Own World!
Since reading a book can create a whole new world for the reader, create your own world, by reading a book of your choice
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Points this Task: 5
Total Points this Challenge: 5
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read this Challenge: 1
Big Books: (500+: 0, 750+, 1, 1,000+:0)
GR Authors: 0
15.5 Act on your ageCalculation results = 3
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Points this post: 15
Total Points : 25
Jasmiina F20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!:
Option C: 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:
Landline by Rainbow Rowell.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35
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
Emsreviewsbooks10.3 - Inti
I read a publisher's advance copy of Falling Into Bed with a Duke by Lorraine HeatH.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 7
Tasks Complete: 7
RUCHI#25.4 (Catherine T's Task: International Travels)
The books are new to me.
Book 1 : The Space Between Heartbeats by Melissa Pearl (MP - Northern Mariana Islands
Book 2 : Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak
(Both books set in Oceania)
Points this post : 25
Total points : 45
Ava Catherine10.1 Take the Stairs
Read a book with a staircase or flight of stairs on the cover.
Atonement by Ian McEwan
10.5 Penmanship Practice
Read a book with a title on the cover that is written in cursive.
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
15.3 Past & Present
One Book Option
Read a book with the genre "Historical Fiction" or "History" on its main page. Read a book first published within the last year. (Sept. 2014-November 2015).
Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner Published February 3, 2015
Historical Fiction: 211 users
History: 26 users
Points this post: 35
Total points: 155
FANDURY20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series.
The Likeness by Tana French
This is book #2 in the Dublin Murder Squad series.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 3
Classics: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
trishhartuk30.4 Jonquil’s Task: Anything Can Happen, Child. Anything Can Be
Book 1: The entirety of your first book’s title must appear in the quote BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY. The order of the letters does not matter. Subtitles should be ignored. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the quote.
bE asHAMED To die until you have won some viCToRy for humAniTy.
The Mad Catter, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB reference: The Mad Catter
Book 2: The entirety of your second book’s title must appear in the quote A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS. The order of the letters does not matter. Subtitles should be ignored. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the quote.
A house WithOut books is like A RooM without wiNDowS
A Man's Word, Martin Jensen
Read the kindle edition. PB reference: A Man's Word
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies/Big Book: No
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
20.1 Most Improved Player Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Option 3: This book has "War" as a main page genre.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Heather (Gibby) *first ever challenge post*5.9 SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
Guilty Till Proven Innocent - The Thomas Sophonow Story by Ronald Alexander Malloy
Authors initials R A M found in spider gRAndMother
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Kimber15.8 Culture Vulture
Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati (goodreads author)
*on page 2 of Native American Fiction list
* this book qualifies for big book ticket at 876 pages (mass market paperback)
This post: 15 points
# tasks completed: 1/60
Goodreads author:1
Big book: 1/750+
Total points: 15/1070
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
My post is the first one on the discussion page.
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
GO: 0
BBT: 0
Christine V30.4 - Jonquil’s task
Book 1: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY - Madame Bovary
MADA in "ashamed", M in "humanity", E in "be", B in "be", O in "to", VA in "have", RY in "victory"
The edition listed above is the top MMPB. I actually listened to the audiobook found here.
The Top MMPB established a page count of 513 pages. ***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Madame Bovary was first published in 1856. ***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS - Mort e
MOR in "room", T in "without", E in "house". This book was approved in the task help thread here.
The edition listed above is the hardcover. (No paperback or MMPB yet published.) I actually listened to the audiobook found here.
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets this post: 1
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Delicious Dee25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 2 - A Mansion, A Drag Queen, And A New Job
Option 3 - Yield to Me - my goodreads friend Heather loaned me the kindle book
points this post: 25
points total: 50
Crowinator10.5 - Penmanship Practice
by Robert Galbraith15.6 - The Name Game
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Noun is the word "penny"
25.1 - The Fall Months
1. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli - Author's surname 10 letters
2. The Rabbit Back Literature Society - Word in title has 10 letters (Literature)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Mod
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by Johan Harstad - sun in space backgroud. 10.7- Sedna the Sea Goddess
Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: whale, seal, sea, lion. Plurals, possessives, compound words work.
read The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle- Season contains the word sea
points this post- 15
total points 25
Delicious Dee30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
rolled a 4 = option 1
Book A - Deep in the Woods - #1 in the fortune series
Book B - Everything, Everything
points this post: 30
points total: 80
Julia10320.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - Quetzalcoatl
Option 2: Queen's Gambit (Q in title)
Post Total: 20 points
Challenge total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Emsreviewsbooks20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
I read a publisher's advance copy of
by Cathy Maxwell for option 2 with the single female on the cover.Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 8
Tasks Complete: 8
20.4 Author! Author! 
by Neve CottrellOption 3: This book has a beach on the cover
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Jackattack
Task Number: 15.5 - Act (on) Your Age
Description: Title with Number of Words in Age
Book: The Shadow Society
Author: Marie Rutkoski
Date Read: 9/7/2015
Required Info: Age - 30 = 3+0=3
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Task Number: 10.9 - Bridge The Gap
Description: Title is hyphenated.
Book: The She-Hulk Diaries
Author: Marta Acosta
Date Read: 9/7/2015
TOTALS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!I chose Option D: read a book with exactly 12 letters in the author's name
A Mirror for Witches by Esther Forbes
"Esther Forbes" is exactly 12 letters.
Task total=20
Grand total=35
BARBARA ★20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option B:
Savage Nature - Christine Feehan (leopard on cover) 9/5Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
40/1070 POINTS
ThunderBritches is on the board....Task Number: 10.4 - Ten-Four Day
REQUIRED: Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
Book:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
# of 5-Star Ratings: 4,075
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1/61
Pages Read: 224
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.5 Esaugetuh Emissee
body of water on the cover:A Mercy
Verification Post
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date:60/1100
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost HuntersOption 1 - Southern Spirits (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #1) by Angie Fox
the series title contains both the words "Ghost" and "Hunt"
Option 2 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Gothic as a main page genre, but title doesn't contain the word "Ghost"
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
ESHAY20.6 Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - Quetzalcoatl
Option 3: Main page genre of Education or Self Help
Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin
Second posted genre is Self Help
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 20/1100
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
I have completed task 15.6 - The Name Game by readingBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
I am using the authors last name in its entirety to fulfill the requirements of this task. The word "fountain" is a noun.
My Challenge Score = 15 points
Golden Oldie = 0 tickets
Big Book = 0 tickets
CHANDNI5.10. Create Your Own World!
Read a book of your choice.
I read The Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5.0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2: Read a book that shows a single female on the cover.
I read
by Richard Kadrey.30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
OPTION 2: Read a book that has a title that contains the letters: S-P-A-I-N.
I read Alice in Rapture, Sort of by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6.0
ALICE IN RAPTURE, SORT OF
OPTION 3: Read a book that takes place at least 50% of the time in England.
I read Darcy's Story by Janet Aylmer.
[POINTS]
This Post: 55
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 3
Task 25.4 - International TravelsBook 1 - the country code for Swaziland, Africa is SZ, so, read a book by Sarah Zettel: Palace of Spies (Palace of Spies #1) (2013) by Sarah Zettel (Hardcover, 368 pages)
Book 2 - Swaziland is in Africa, so read a book set 100% in Ghana, Africa: Wife of the Gods (Darko Dawson #1) (2009) by Kwei Quartey (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 317 pages)
**Kwei Quartey is a Goodreads Author.**
10 + 25 = 35
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 10 + 25 = 35
Books read: 03
Pages read: 1,005
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Val TX5.6 - Four Cords - Read a book with a four word title. Subtitles may be used or ignored.
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan (I'm ignoring subtitle.)
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 5
Pamela326520.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
by Janet Lee Barton30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book A:
by Louisa May Alcott - First published in 1871 almost 100 years before I was born - GOLDEN OLDIELittle Men
Alcott, Louisa May
AR Quiz No. 537 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 19.0
Book 2:
by Brenda Minton - Published in 2015Points this post: 50
Total Points: 85
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Post #120.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
1) A Discovery of Witches on page 2
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
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20.10 - Group Reads
March: Book One
#13 on the discussion thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post:40
Total: 40
Books read: 2
Tasks Done:2
LAUREN JODI20.3 Best Review Contest - Catie’s Task: Moving House
Option 2 - Published by Virago
The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
#17 on the list of Virago Modern Classics
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/1070
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/60
Katalin
5.9. Spider Grandmother
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
G.R.R.M. found in "G-R-and-M-other-R"
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 5 points
5.9. Spider Grandmother
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
G.R.R.M. found in "G-R-and-M-other-R"
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 5 points
Dakimel5.6 Four Cords
I read In the Spinster's Bed
approved for 5 point only (msg 4960)
5.9 Spider Grandmother
I read The Complete Persepolis
15.3 Past & Present
I read (for both options 1 & 2) At the Water's Edge
15.6 The Name Game
I read Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick (Fraction is a noun. So is Chip, though he's the artist.)
30.4 Anything Can Happen, Anything Can Be
1: The Thief
1: be asHamEd to dIE unTil YOU HAVE WON SOME vicTory For Humainty
2: The Rake
2: A HOUS e WIT h OU t BOOKS IS LI ke a r OOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
30.5 In the Middle
I read 1 - It Started With a Scandal &
2 - Think Like a Freak
TALLY:
This post - 100 points
Total - 100
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Completed Tasks
25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Using Option 2 where book of at least 580 pp fits two of the task options
Choice B -- Found at #10 on the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books list
Choice C -- book cover features a paved road
Book Cover is for the ebook edition I read
Most popular MMPB: American Gods -- 592 pp
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Previous Points Earned: 0
Points Earned this Post: 25
Total Points To Date: 25