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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
ABAYOMI5.5- Esaugetuh Emisee:a body of water on the cover
**1 BIG BOOK TICKET. IT HAS 602 PAGES**
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POINTS FOR THIS TASK: 5
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 150
GO TICKETS: 2
BB TICKETS: 5
Delicious Dee15.4 - The World Without End
ONE book option
UnSouled - first published October 2013; 347ppl have shelved as dystopia
points this post: 15
points total: 695
Lulu30.3. Perspectives Over Time
Book 1
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
This book was first published in 1983, 9 years before I was born.
Book 2
Of Sorrow and Such by Angela Slatter
This book was published in 2015, after the 2010 requirement.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 2
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.3 Past & Present (1 book option)Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Historical Fiction and published July 2015(between Sept 2014 -- November 2015)
15. 6 The Name Game - 4 letter noun in author's name
Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
aria, frank and rank all in author's name
15.10 Nanowrimo
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Rainbow Rowell - 2013 Pep Talk author
20.2 Picky, picky, picky
The Heist satisfies Adventure, Romance and Humor
approved post #2
20.3 Moving House
Opt 3 Self Help-decluttering Approved post #2
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
20.5 Into the Wilderness - book from favorite series
Sacrilege by S.J. Parris
Giordani Bruno #3
20.8 Happy Anniversary
Opt D - 12 letters in author's name
Silk Is for Seduction by Loretta Chase
30.1 DNA
Opt 3 Set in England
A Lady by Midnight
Opt 4 Green object on cover - Green tartan and dress
30.3 Perspectives Over Time
Book 1 - published before you were born
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - pub. 1920 (definitely before I was born)
*Golden Oldie ticket
Book 2 - Published since 2010
The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Published Jan 1, 2014
30.6 Me, Myself and I
Bk 1 - "me" in author's name
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta ("me" in MElina)
Bk 2- written in first person
A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
"Having recently come out of mourning for my late husband, Philip, the Viscount Ashton, I was determined to adopt a hedonistic approach to society, something that I imagined would involve refusing all but the most enticing invitations and being forced to cull disloyal acquaintances." approved post #11
30.8 Ghost Hunters
Opt 2 - gothic genre w/o ghost in title
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James - approved post #24
Published 1898 - Golden Oldie Ticket
Opt 3 - between 100-160 pages
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - 132 pages
30.1 Moving the Fence - books approved on 10/5 post #22
Bk 1 - 433 pages and rating of 4.23
The Nightingale
Bk 2 - 233 pgss and 3.73 avg rating
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
433 + 233 = 666 total pages
Difference in pages - 200 pages
Difference in rating - .50
Total points: 275
Golden Oldies: 2 (The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Turn of the Screw)
5.5: Esaugetuh EmisseeI read King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. This choice was approved in the help thread.
Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket: first published 1919.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Tasks complete: 5
Books read: 5
Goldie Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Bluegrass Pam10.7 - Sedna the Sea Goddess
Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson
Word in title: SEA
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 155
DEANA20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
OPTION 3: ocean on cover
The Invention of Wings (approved)
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THIS POST:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 20
TOTALS:
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Points: 130
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too ShortOption 3: For this option, read a book whose cover shows one of the following: a car, the beach and/or ocean, or a map.
The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb
The ship is beached, with the ocean visible beyond (and waves covering the beach)
First published in 1999, this book is eligible for the task.
The Mad Ship has 906 pages, two big book tickets claimed
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 1: 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).
Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb
There is a dragon on the cover
Ship of Destiny has 903 pages, two big book tickets claimed
Points this post: 40
Points total: 160
Tasks completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 9 - 500(1) 750(4) 1000()
Pages read: 5173
Elizabeth PTask 20.2 - Picky, Picky, Picky!
Main page genres adventure, humor, and romance.
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
At 512 pages, good for *One Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 10
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: I read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (mass market paperback for length). It was first published in 1974, four years before I was born.
Book 2: I read Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr, first published in 2013 (paperback for length).
Previous point total: 245
New points this post: 30
Total points: 275
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 15
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Andy P.Task # 30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 2: In honor of my second book, a gamebook fantasy novel, read a book from this list: Adult Choose Your Own Adventure Books.
by James Schannep. I read all the available outcomes, even though some choices seemed to invite disaster. The book is # 5 on the listOption 4. Read a book by an author* with one of the following names: Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa, or Seth.
by Daniel PalmerPoints this post: 30
Total points: 620
20.10 - Group ReadsI read:
My comment on the thread can be read
here
Claiming a BB ticket as the edition I read is 604 pages long.
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 440
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 22
BB Total: 3
GO Total: 3
5.1. Five SunsTorn Away by Jennifer Brown
Tornado causes destruction in a small Missouri town.
5.4 Earth and Water
The Veil by Chloe Neill
Word: Veil
5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee
by Mary Alice Monroe5.6.Four Cords
What You Left Behind by Jessica Verdi
5.7. Raven the Trickster
Mai Tai'd Up by Alice Clayton
5.9. Spider Grandmother
One Pink Line by Dina Silver
10.2 - Happy Hour!
One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton
10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
34,637 5 star ratings
10.5 - Penmanship Practice
by Gayle Forman10.6 - Back to Reality
I Regret Nothing: A Memoir by Jen Lancaster
10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
That Old Flame of Mine by J.J. Cook
Word: That
10.9 - Bridge The Gap
Brown-Eyed Girl by Lisa Kleypas
15.3 - Past & Present
Jackaby by William Ritter
Historical Fiction genre and published in September 2014
15.4 - The World Without End
All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder
Dystopia genre and published in July 2015
15.6 - The Name Game
Brave the Heat by Sara Humphreys
Word: Hump
15.8 - Culture Vulture
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
Page 2 of list
15.10 - Nanowrimo!
From This Moment On by Bella Andre
20.2. Rookie at the Top - Puppitypup's Task: Picky, picky, picky!
The Heist by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg
Main page genres - Adventure, Humor and Romance
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 4: Optical Delusions in Deadwood by Ann Charles
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2:
by Ally Carter20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option B: Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Points this post: 245
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall MonthsBook 1: Pretending to Dance by Diane Chamberlain
Book 2: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
25.3 - Elizabeth B's Task: Grape Harvest Season
Option 2: Kissing Under the Mistletoe by Marina Adair
Option 3:
by Laura Dave25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Book 1: The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
DM - Dominica
Book 2: Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett
Set in North America (Kansas)
Both books are new to me
25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option A: The Martian by Andy Weir
Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_m...
Option C:
by Kim Harrison25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 3: A Peach of a Pair by Kim Boykin
Borrowed from library
Option 4:
by Annie KnoxBlue pet collar in background on left
25.7- Ellen R-S’s Task: Wonderful Overseas Assignments
Option 1: The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths
Option 3: The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Set in Germany during WWII
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
Option 2: Escaping Vegas by Danielle Bourdon
Option 3: In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 3: Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
Option 4: Married by Monday by Catherine Bybee
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
First published before I was born
Book 2: The Murder House by James Patterson
Task 30.5 - DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
Book 1: Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Book 2: Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between by Jennifer E. Smith
30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
Option 1: Paperweight by Meg Haston
Option 3: Spotless by Camilla Monk
First sentence: "I could start by explaining why my parents called me Island, or even dissert on the many reasons why being the daughter of a Frenchwoman and an American curmudgeon can traumatize a child for life...but I suspect no one really cares."
30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 1: Southern Spirits by Angie Fox
Option 4: A Bite to Remember by Lynsay Sands
Canadian author
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
Rolled a 4
Book A: Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
Book B: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
416 pages and avg rating of 4.18 on 10/1/15
Book 2: Minnow by James E. McTeer II
227 pages and avg rating of 3.68 on 10/22/15
Points this post: 390
Total Points: 635
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
I chose Options 3 and 4.
Option 3: I read Forever Your Earl by Eva Leigh. The entirety of the plot takes place in and around London, England.
Option 4: I read
by Lorraine Heath. The dress in the cover is green (approved here).Previous point total: 275
New points this post: 30
Total points: 305
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 16
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Jonquil50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
1. Plutarch - Biography, died in 1925
Amy Lowell Anew: A Biography
Carl Rollyson
Hardcover, 247 pages
2. Thutmose IV - page 1 #77 Best Popular Anthropology Books
Non Fiction 140 users
The American Way of Death Revisited
Jessica Mitford
Paperback, 296 pages
5. Xerxes - X CANID
whosthefairestofthemallthetruthaboutopportunityta X esa ND wealthinamer ICA
http://www.worldcat.org/title/whos-th...
World Cat nonfiction subjects:
United States -- Economic policy.
Fiscal policy -- United States.
Equality -- United States.
Who's the Fairest of Them All?: The Truth about Opportunity, Taxes, and Wealth in America
Stephen Moore
Hardcover, 136 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1050
Books posted: 83
Tasks complete: 60
Pages this post: 679
Total pages as of this post: 23171
MEGSCL25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1. Read a book whose author's surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Albertalli has 10 letters
Book 2. Read a book whose title contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
The Marriage of Opposites
Opposites has 9 letters
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Book 1 - the country code for Morocco is MA, so I read The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood.
Book 2 – Morocco is in Africa, so I read The Fishermen which is set in Nigeria (Africa).
BOTH BOOKS ARE NEW TO ME
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 125
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tien - REPOST5.6.Four Cords
Read a book with a four word title. Subtitles may be used or ignored.
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Pub 1887 -GOLDEN OLDIE TICKET
10.2 - Happy Hour!
Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6 or #7 in a series.
The Witch's Grave (Abby & Ophelia #6) by Shirley Damsgaard
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.
1788 by Watkin Tench
History on main page genre
Pub 1793 -GOLDEN OLDIE TICKET
Points this post: 35
Golden Oldie: 3
Total points: 190
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the GameI rolled a 1:
REQUIRED: Since they are fraternal twins, your books will need to be written by DIFFERENT AUTHORS.
1. If you rolled a ONE or FOUR: The new parents will be giving two tiny people their intro to the world.
(Book A) Take this opportunity to introduce yourself to a new series. Read a book of your choice that is listed as (series #1) on Goodreads. I read Crazy Rich Asians, which is listed first in the series. The author is Kevin Kwan
(Book B) Read a book where the title/subtitle contain a repeated word of at least four letters. The repeated words need not be sequential. Repeated numbers will work as well if they have at least 4 digits. The word or number must be identical - no variations. I read I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High, in which the word "teacher" is repeated in the title and subtitle. This book was approved on the help thread. In addition, the author is Tony Danza, which is a different author than the one who wrote the book I read for Book A.
Points: 220
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 13
pages read: 5949
Bookwrm526Task 20.9 - The Trip of a Lifetime
Option C: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an x or a z.
I read The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Brooke TX5.8. Four Worlds
Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle: Island, Blue, Yellow, White, Mountain.
White Night
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
This is a two book task.
Book 1: Read a book whose author's* surname has 9, 10, or 11 letters.
Book 2: Read a book whose title contains a word of 9, 10, or 11 letters.
The Clockwork Scarab
25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!
Please chose TWO different options and read a book for each.
A. Fall TV Shows: Read a book that a TV series is based on.
The Dresden Files
D. I Love a Good Series!: Read a book that is #9, #10 or #11 in a series.
Points
This Post: 55
Total Points: 575
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 46
Karen D. Task 15.6 - The Name Game
Euphoria by LILY KING (both are nouns), finished 10/25
Points this task: 15
Total points: 460
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 27/61
ESHAY10.4 10-4 Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek has over 1400 5-star ratings
10.9 - Bridge The Gap
Read a book with a word in the title, subtitle or author's* name that is hyphenated.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 60
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 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
The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James
Qualifier: Main page genre - Historical Fiction
Points this task: 20
Points Total: 150
Tasks Completed: 10
Big Books: 0
dakimel10.7 Sedna the Sea Goddess
I read The Lion's Daughter
10.8 Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
I read You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine word: LIKE
20.9 The Trip of a Lifetime!
I read Saint Mazie for option C
TALLY:
This post - 40 points
Total - 675
10.2 - Happy Hour! 10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
I completed Fashion Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
My word is fashion
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 160
Tasks completed: 11
Books Read:12
BB:
GO:
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!Option A - Read a book from Best South African Reads.
I read: Waiting for the Barbarians
The book is on the first page of the list.
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 130
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
M1NKS25.7 - Wonderful Overseas Assignments
Option 1 - Read a book set in or about East Anglia
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - This is set (mostly) in and around Cambridge University. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Ge...
Option 3 - Read a book set in Germany or about Germany.
In a German Pension Published 1911
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 415
Golden Oldies: 14
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 27
M1NKS15.5 - Act (on) Your Age! - #4
Never Let Me Go
15.10 - Nanowrimo!
Acceptance
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 445
Golden Oldies: 14
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 29
perletwo50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name? - For this task, all books must be nonfiction. Read 3 books, from 3 different options.
1. Plutarch - For this option, read a biography. It cannot be a memoir or autobiography. The subject of the biography must have died before 1950. REQUIRED: In your post, include the date of death of the subject of the biography.
Dante: A Life - Dante Aleghieri died on Sept. 13, 1321.
2. Thutmose IV - For this option, read a book on the listopias Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology or Best Popular Anthropology Books. REQUIRED: In your post, state which list you chose and the page the book is found on.
Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today is #267 on p.3 of the "Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology" Listopia.
6. Tesla - For this option, read a nonfiction book with the main page genre science. The genre science may be stand alone or embedded.
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Points this task: 50
Total points: 530
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 33
Nick KY20.8 Fandury’s Task Option 1. I read a book set in Russia and Ukraine, once part of the Persian Empire, Ivan III And The Unification Of Russia by Ian Grey.
25.10 M1nk’s Light and Color
I read Dark Tiger by William G. Tapply, with a type of cat in the title (option 2) -- cover not necessary, but it's kinda spooky --
, and Brody by Emma Lang, with a horse on the cover, lower right (option 3) --
.Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 595
readerboard: WOLFE20.4 Author! Author!
Option 1: character has to set foot in California
set in Neptune, CA
Rob Thomas
Veronica Mars: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line
30.5 author with three names and author with middle initial
Diane Mott Davidson
Dying for Chocolate
Robert A. Heinlein
Starship Troopers
new points 20+30
previous points: 105
total: 155
Devon20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 3:Read a (non-fiction) book about hoarding, collecting or decluttering.
I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondō.
5.9 - Spider Grandmother Read The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. G.S. are the author's initials and found in 'Spider Grandmother'.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 130
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 9
Susan W.5.4 Earth and 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.
I read Doctor Who: Nuclear Time by Oli Smith
The word I made is Nuclear
25.8 Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!: Choose two different options.
Option A: Fall TV Shows: Read a book that a TV series is based on. If the book is part of a series, any book in that series will work.
I read Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
True Blood is based off of the Sookie Stackhouse books
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844441/
Option B: Are You Ready for Some Football?: Read a book with the "Sports" genre on the main page. Embedded genres are allowed.
I read Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness by Scott Jurek
Sports and Games > Sports is on the main page (103 users)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 145
loafer5.6 Four Cords
Read a book with a four word title
The Things They Carried
points this task: 5
total points: 325
BB: 1
GO: 3
tasks completed: 22
Kristi CO15.4 The World Without End
ONE book fulfills requirements for Books 1 and 2
1) published in 2014, 2) dystopia/post-apocalyptic genre
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
20.5 Bigger is Better-Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 4: favorite/new favorite series
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
I Am Pilgrim is a big book at 612 pages
Points this post: 35
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
ColetteGTask 15.4 World Without End
Book 1: Published after Dec 2012
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens GRA
Published Oct 14, 2014
The Life We Bury
Book 2: Post Apocalyptic
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Apocalyptic/Post Apocalyptic main page
The Hunger Games
15 points for task
GRA Allen Eskens
15.7 By the NumbersOlive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge
First published Sept 30, 2007
270 pages
15 points for task
Emsreviewsbooks25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1: I read The Red Plague Affair by Lilith Saintcrow. Saintcrow has 9 letters.
Book 2: I read a publisher's advance copy of All I Want for Christmas Is a Duke by Valerie Bowman. Book approved for length at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... Christmas has 9 letters.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 505
Books Read: 40
Tasks Complete: 33
SHELLEY UT10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Don't Say a Word by Rita Herron
(Don't) Don't pick up yer phone and say "Hello,
Points this task: 10
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & 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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
(A and M are in gerMAny)
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 585
Tasks Completed: 26
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500+: 1
BARBARA ★20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: The Heart of a Hero - Janet Chapman 10/25
(Janet Chapman has 12 letters)
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30.2 - Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 3: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma - Trenton Lee Stewart 10/24
(IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15.0)
Goodreads Author
Option 4: The Tower - Jean Johnson 10/21
(Jean is one of the listed names)
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 410
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
410/1070 POINTS
KassandraTask #20.5: Into the Wilderness
# books required: 1
Option 4: Read #1 in a series
Book read: Postmortem
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Required info: book is #1 in Kay Scarpetta series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Catherine TTask 20.6 - Quetzalcoatl
option 1 - "star" (pl OK) in the title
Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol
Emmalita15.4 The World Without End
The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig
This book has apocalyptic as a genre and was published after December 2012 (August 2014)
20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin
Option 1: GM appears in Go Stamps Go.
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
I rolled a 6.
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Book A: Title contains two words linked by an 'and'
The Green Road by Anne Enright
Book B: The word 'Green' has consecutive double e's in it.
This post: 65
Total points to date: 185
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 9
Jayme VA5.7. Raven the Trickster
The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes
The Knockoff is shelved by 14 users as humor on the main page.
5.9. Spider Grandmother
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen's initials are found in SpiDer Grandmother.
20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 3:
by C.B. McKenzieHas a car on the cover.
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 3: Living Well, Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life by Ruth Soukup
Shelved by 12 users as self help.
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option C: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
The first letters in the title words LGA are found in AustraLia and Germany.
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 2: Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling is found on page 7 of the popular pop culture books list.
Option 3: Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
Elizabeth Little's initials: EL are found in MELbourne Cup.
Points this post: 95
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Lacy Susanne10.1 - Take the Stairs
Read a book with a staircase or flight of stairs on the cover.
by Maria V. SnyderPoints this post: 10
Total points: 405
TASK NUMBER : 30.9 - Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the GameTASK DESCRIPTION: I Rolled #4 - Read #1 in series & Repeated Word
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Kylie Scott
DATE READ: 10/8/2015
REQUIRED INFO: #1 in Stage Dive Series
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Nicola Yoon
DATE READ: 10/26/2015
REQUIRED INFO: "Everything" Repeated Word
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TOTALS
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Total Points: 615
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Task 10.1 - Take the Stairs
Book with a staircase on the cover
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 100
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 9