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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Nick KY5.2 Moon or Sun on the cover I read Ghost Moon by Karen Robards, with a moon on the cover.
25.4 Catherine T’s Travels
I read The King's Last Song by Geoff Ryman, initials GR, same as the code for Greece (Europe),
and I read Peril at End House by Agatha Christie which takes place in Cornwall in the U.K. (Europe).
Though I have read both authors before, I have not read either book before.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 640
Cindy C.Task 20.7-Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla's task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 2: Read a book with a single female on the cover.
Stella Bain
Points this post: 20
Total points: 505
Total tasks: 20
DakimelMOVING THINGS AROUND:
20.5 Into the Wilderness
previously claimed with The Wright Brothers; now being claimed with The Watchmaker of Filigree Street for option 1
25.1 The Fall Months
book 1: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (moved from 20.5)
book 2: China Rich Girlfriend
30.6: Me, Myself, and I
For 1, I read Retreat to Love by Melanie Greene
For 3, I read Dumplin' proof sentence (1st sentence of ch 1): All the best things in my life have started with a Dolly Parton song.
TALLY:
New points this task - 55
Total - 730
DakimelMORE MOVING THINGS
5.10 Create Your Own World
was claimed with Early Warning, now claimed with Nimona
20.4 Life’s Too Short
for book 3:
TALLY:
New points this task - 20
Total - 750
WHIMSIE 5.7 – Raven the Trickster
(read a book with main page genre humor or funny)
Guards! Guards! –Terry Pratchett (Discworld #8)
(Main page has genre humor listed third)
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10.2: Happy Hour!
Shadows of Self- Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #5)
(Meets the objective #5 in series)
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10.4 Ten-Four Day
The Aeronaut's Windlass- Jim Butcher (The Cinder Spires #1)
Currently has 1909 5-star ratings
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10.6 Back to Reality
How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise-Chris Taylor
First genre listed is non-fiction
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15.4 - The World Without End
The Girl with All the Gifts- M.R. Carey
Meets both book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Book 1: First published in 2014
Book 2: Genres on the main page include Science Fiction>Dystopia and Apocalyptic>Post apocalyptic
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15.5 Act (on) Your Age
I needed a 5 word title
The Door in the Hedge - Robin McKinley
The title has 5 words
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15.6 The Name Game
The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #4)
Author last name contains the noun SAND
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post:80
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks completed: 11
175/1070 POINTS
15.5 - Act (on) Your Age!Age 34; 3+4=7
I completed We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 180
Tasks completed: 13
Books Read:14
NARUMON5.2 The Sun and The Moon
sun or moon on cover
by Mercedes Lackey. Image of the full moon on upper left hand corner. 5.6 Four Cords
A book with 4 word title
Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science by Richard Preston. Ignoring the subtitle.
5.10 Create Your Own World
Book of your choice
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa.
10.5 Penmanship Practice
Title on cover is written in cursive
by Jill Clement 10.6 Back to Reality
Read a non-fiction book
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death at a Storm-ravaged Hospital by Sherri Fink. This book has 576 pages, making it a Big Book.
**** Big Book Ticket****
10.9 Bridge the Gap
Title, subtitle, or author name contains hyphenated word
Above Us Only Sky by Michelle Young-Stone. "Young-Stone" is hyphenated.
15.4 The World Without End
Main page genre "Post Apocalyptic" or "Dystopia" AND first published after 12/2012
The Forever Watch by David B. Ramirez. "Science Fiction > Dystopia" shelved by 6 users. First published 1/1/2014.
15.5 Act (on) Your Age!
Add digits in your age until you reach a single digit, and then read a book with that many words in title
I'm 25, so I will need to read a book with 2+5 = 7 words in title.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley.
15.6 The Name Game
Author's name contains a noun of 4 or more letters intact
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd. "Monk" is a 4 letter noun.
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TOTAL IN POST:
Points: 5*3 + 10*3 + 15*3 = 90
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 80 + 90 = 170
Big Books: 0 + 1 = 1
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
Cindy C.Task 25.5-Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option 1B: Read a book from the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books list. This is #22 on the list.
The Handmaid's Tale
Option 1C: Read a book with a cover featuring the horizon. Approved in Help Thread post # 83.
The Linen Queen
Points this post: 25
Total points: 530
Total tasks: 21
trishhartuk20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Read ONE book from the following options. Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 2: Pskegdemus: read a book that shows a single female on the cover. No other human beings may be on the cover, but animals are allowed. The figure has to be identifiable as female.
Listed in the thread's approval message for Option 1.
Read the kindle edition: PB reference
(Failing that, it also fits Option 1: there are two bird silhouettes above the woman’s head to the right)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 620
Tasks Completed: 29
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500+: 1
Congratulations, Ava Catherine! Winter task 30.4 is yours.
10.6 - Back to RealityA non-fiction book: The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option C, first letters of the words in the title found in AUSTRALIA: Three Sisters by Susan Mallery
Points this post: 30
Total points: 555
Brooke TX25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
This is a two book task. Both books are new to me.
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose initials appear on the list of International Country Codes.
(Author: Mary Kowal; Country Code: MK, Macedonia)
Book 2: Read a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of.
(Macedonia is part of Europe; this book is set in England, also part of Europe.)
25.7- Ellen R-S’s Task: Wonderful Overseas Assignments
This is a two book task.
Option 1: Read a book set in or about East Anglia.
(Set in Cambridge.)
Option 3: Read a book set in Germany or about Germany.
(Set in Schongau.)
Points
This Post: 50
Total Points: 680
Completed Tasks: 40
Books Read: 56
15.5 Act on your Age!Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. I am 73. 7 + 3 = 10. 1 + 0= 1, so a one word title (and waaaaay too many pages for 15 points.
20.2 Rookie at the Top--Puppitypup's Task--Picky, Picky, Picky:
A. Adventure
B. Romance Kate and Nick are antagonists and attracted to each other
C. Humor
The Heist by Janet Evanovich
Okayed post 9 on thread
20.5 Bigger Is Better--Mary P's Task--Into the Wilderness:
Option 3.
The Last Midwife by Sandra Dallas Author's initials are S D.
Today's points 55
Grand total: 845
Task 25.6 WEDDING TRADITIONSOPT 3, Something Borrowed: The House by Christina Lauren
*I borrowed this book from the library (where I work!)
OPT 4, Something Blue:
by Judy Blume*blue airplane*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 305/1,100
Books Read: 20
Completed Tasks: 16/61
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
M1NKS20.6 - Quetzalcoatl
Option 2: Read a book with the letter “Q” somewhere in the main title.
Midaq Alley: A New Translation published 1947
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
20.8 - Happy Anniversary!
A: For this option read a book that is set at least 50% in a country that belonged to the first Persian Empire:
Murder In Mesopotamia Published 1936
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
(Mesopotamia is a name for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Syria and Kuwait, including regions along the Turkish-Syrian and Iranian-Iraqi borders
POINTS
Points This Post: 40
Points Total: 530
Golden Oldies: 18
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 33
Catherine TTask 25.7 - Wonderful Overseas Assignments
option 1 - read a book set in Norfolk
An Unlamented Death: A Mystery Set in Georgian England by William Savage
approved for length on row #201 of sheet
series title is "Mysteries of Georgian Norfolk" - it's set in Norfolk
option 3 - read a book set in Germany
The Beggar King by Oliver Pötzsch
set in Regensburg, Germany - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regensburg
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total points = 935
Task # 30.9 – Morgan FaeriesFolly – Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the TaskI rolled a “2”
Option 2A – SCIENCE FICTION on main page –and- letters L O T R in the title/subtitle and/or author’s name
Jules Verne / Journey to the Center of the Earth
L in juLes / O, T and R in jOuRney To
It does not have “children’s” now, but I have seen the genre on the main page before so: IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 17.0
*** 1 Golden Oldie *** ticket – originally published 1864
Option 2B – FANTASY on main page –and- letters L E G O S in title/subtitle and/or author’s name
Chris Bohjalian / The Night Strangers
O and L in bOhjaLian / S G E in StranGErs
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 295 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 6
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
loafer20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Read ONE book from the following options. Required: State which option you chose when you post. For all options, include the cover when you post.
Option 2: Pskegdemus
For this option, read a book that shows a single female on the cover.
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
points this task: 20
total points: 375
BB: 1
GO: 4
tasks completed: 24
15.4 - THE WORLD WITHOUT ENDBetter World which has Dystopia on the main page and was published in June 2015.
20.8 - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY -
OPTION B - Far from Xanadu
30.10 - MOVING THE FENCES
BOOK A - Candle in the Darkness
RATING - 4.25 PAGES - 431
BOOK B - The Bishop’s Wife
RATING - 3.07 PAGES - 341
431 + 341 = 772 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 420
Reader name: Marie-AnneREPOST of Post #1945, Problem post 270
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.
This book exists in ebook format only, and was approved for length in ebook verification post #5204.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Adria20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
I chose Option 1: Read a book whose author's* initials can be found in the phrase GO STAMPS GO
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
20.3. Best Review Contest - Catie's Task: Moving House
I chose Option 1: "Read any of the 121 books that I have with me in my current house"
Emma: A Modern Retelling (from page 2 of the list)
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
I chose Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre History, Historical fiction or Historical Romance
Persuasion
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
I chose Option C: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an x (for Xhosa) or a z (for Zulu)
Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
Points this post: 80
Total points: 155
Julia10310.3 - Inti
Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell
10.9 - Bridge The Gap
Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (hyphen in author's name)
Post total: 20 points
Challenge total points: 380
Total BB: 6
Tasks completed: 19
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.8: Yo Ho, Yo Ho!: GREEN HELL by Lucian Bodard. The title has the word hell , a > 4 letter word from the song lyrics.
Task 20.5: Into the wilderness ~ Option 4, : Blackening Song by Aimee Thurlo & John Thurlo. I have read several in the series, and love it very much. This one is the first in the series, but I had not read it before.
Task 20.7: Judge a book by its cover ~ Option 2: The Disappearance Of Lyndsey Barratt by John Wilson has a single female on the cover - running beside the train tracks.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Cindy FTask 25.6 Wedding Traditions!
Option 3: Something Borrowed
I borrowed this book from my local library: The Calling of the Grave by Simon Beckett
Option 4: Something blue
There are 2 blue items on cover, a cup and a pot:
by Alexander McCall SmithPoints this post:25
Total points:190
Tasks completed:16
Books read:17
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Delicious Dee30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
Option 1. Me - Red Carpet Kiss - Melissa Brown - MElissa Brown
Option 3. I - Absolutely True Lies - first line: "The day I graduated from Sarah Lawrence with my degree in creative writing, my mother told me…"
points this post: 30
points total: 775
5.6.Four CordsA Murder Is Announced
*Golden Oldie, first published 1950*
10.3 - Inti
Ystävä sä lapsien by Juha Numminen NummineN
10.10 Dreamcatcher
Of Dreams and Rust
30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
1. Me: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner "me" in James
3. I: Demonglass
"At Hecate Hall, a.k.a. Juvie for Monsters, it meant I was getting thrown in the pond."
Points this post: 55
Points total: 435/1070
GO total: 3
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 25/60
Books read: 35
Chris MD5.1 Five Suns
The Great Hurricane 1938 by Cherie Burns
GH38 was one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit New England, primarily because people were totally unprepared for it.
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback has 240 pages.
5.8 Four Worlds
Title contains Island, Blue, Yellow, White, Mountain - plurals and possessives allowed
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
10.5 Penmanship Practice
by Stewart O'NanI listened to the audiobook. The paperback has 304 pages. Please note that the paperback title is not shown in cursive, something I didn't know until I looked for the URL for this post. The audio edition I listened to definitely had the cover shown above.
Points for this post: 5 + 5 + 10 = 20
Total points: 20 + 95 = 115
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1,000=0
JackattackTask: 5.2.The Sun and the Moon
Description: Read a book with the sun or the moon on the cover.
Book: Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell
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Task: 5.10. Create Your Own World!
Description: Read a book of your choice
Book: In a Handful of Dust by Mindy McGinnis
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Task: 30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
Description: Choose two different options and read one book for each.
1. Read a book by an author* whose name has "me" found intact in it. A Spark Unseen by Sharon Cameron
2. Read a fiction book written in the first person - at least 50% of the book must be written from the "I" perspective. Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
From Page 1 - "I grew up in Virginia and when I was in third grade..."
TOTALS - THIS POST
Points This Post: 40
Golden Oldies This Post: No
Big Book This Post: No
TOTALS - OVERALL
Total Points: 320
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 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.
by M.J. Carter Historical Fiction (108 users)Points this post: 20
Total points: 750
Sarah E15.8 - Culture Vulture
Found on page 2 of the list, currently #141
Kindle edition I read: A Cold Day For Murder
Paperback edition (no MMPB): A Cold Day For Murder
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Andy P.Task #
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
by Jack Williamson This book was first published in 1940. I was born after 1940.Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
by Jon Talton This book was published in 2015.Points this post: 30
Total points: 780
Sarah E30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
Option 2: SPAIN in title
The Careful Use of Compliments
the cAreful uSe of comPlImeNts
Option 3: Set 100% in England
The Age of Gold: The battle of the great detectives
From the GR description: Numerous celebrity detectives are flocking to the crime scene deep in the south of England.
Ebook only - approval in post 5091
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 30
Total points: 150
BARBARA ★Moving Queen of Shadows from 10.2 to 20.1
10.2 - Happy Hour!
Unfinished at this time.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Queen of Shadows - Sarah J. Maas (goStaMpsgo) 10/27
Goodreads Author ~ already claimed
BIG BOOK=648 pages ~ already claimed
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25.3 - Elizabeth B's Task: Grape Harvest Season
Option 1: Luscious - Amanda Usen 10/2
(set in Italy, I live in the US)
Goodreads Author
Option 3:
A Taste of the Nightlife - Sarah Zettel 10/29(wine glass and wine bottle on cover)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 510
Goodreads Authors: 32
Big Books - 500+: (2)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
510/1070 POINTS
Bookwrm526Task 30.2 - My Own Words
Option 3: Read a book with the genre Children's > Middlegrade. I read:
Troubletwisters by Garth Nix and Sean Williams. This book has IL: MG, and the BL is 5.9 and AR is 11.
Option 4: Read a book by an author with the name Catherine, DANIEL, Evan, Jean, Melissa or Seth. I read:
Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 380
TASK NUMBER : 25.9 - On the Injured BenchTASK DESCRIPTION: Book w/ HIP in title & Food/Bird
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Joanne Fluke
DATE READ: 10/31/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 1 - Chocolate Chips on cover
HIP in cHIP of title
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Alan Bradley
DATE READ: 10/8/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 3 - Bird on cover
H in tHe, I & P in PIe
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 710
MEGSCL5.4 Earth and Water
Use the letters in "Trenten Caicai Vilu" to make a word of at least 3 letters. I made the word “LIVE” The Rest of Us Just Live Here
10.2 - Happy Hour!
Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6 or #7 in a series. An Echo in the Bone is book 7 in the Outlander series
***1149 pages = 3 big book tickets
10.5 - Penmanship Practice
Read a book with a TITLE on the cover that is written in cursive
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 150
Big Book Tickets: 6
Karen D. Task 20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 3: Remembrance Day: Read a book with War as a main page genre.
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, finished 11/1
Points this task: 20
Total points: 490
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 29/61
Matilda
10.6 Back to Reality - Nonfiction Book
The Art of Asking - Amanda Palmer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
10.6 Back to Reality - Nonfiction Book
The Art of Asking - Amanda Palmer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Matilda
15.5 Act Your Age
Age 37 - 3+7=10 1+0=1 Read book with a 1 word title
Changes - Jim Butcher
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
15.5 Act Your Age
Age 37 - 3+7=10 1+0=1 Read book with a 1 word title
Changes - Jim Butcher
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Matilda
15.9 Animal Guides
Wolf is an animal on the list of totems
Tell the Wolves I'm Home - Carol Rifka Brunt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
15.9 Animal Guides
Wolf is an animal on the list of totems
Tell the Wolves I'm Home - Carol Rifka Brunt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
5.6.Four CordsRead a book with a four word title
For the Dignified Dead---------------------------------------------
5.10. Create Your Own World!
Create your own world, by reading a book of your choice
Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was first published in 1936.
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 455
Golden Oldies: √
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 25
BB Total: 3
GO Total: 4
10.1 - Take the StairsA book with a flight of stairs on the cover: A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Points this post: 10
Total points: 565
Anne (Booklady)10.9 - Bridge The Gap
Selection approved in HT Post 20
Petra Durst-Benning
The American LadyThe American Lady by Petra Durst-Benning
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: I was born in 1957 and *Black Coffee was 1st pub in 1930.
Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
*Claiming GO Ticket: Black Coffee was 1st pub. in 1930.*
Book 2: **Death Angel was 1st pub in Jan 2013 after 2010.
**Death Angel by Linda Fairstein
**Big Book Ticket: Death Angel is 512 Pages**
30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Act of War A in ashamed, C in Victory, T in Victory, O in to, F in for, W in won, A in humanity, R in Victory
Act of War by Brad Thor
Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
Sister S in house I, S in "is" T in "without" E in house, R in room
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
Points in These Tasks: 70
Golden Oldies in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 2079
Totals:
Total Points: 450
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 23/60
Total Books Read: 33
Total Pages Read in Fall 2015 SRC: 11,461
Beth_NC20.1 A CALGARY AUTUMN - Grave of Angels by Michael Prescott
Option 1 go staMPs go
20.10 GROUP READ - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Review posted Message #12
***Big Book Ticket 653 pgs***
25.5 ABOUT MY DAD
A. Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
Option B series on NPR Top 100 Science Fiction List
*** 2 Big Book Tickets 825 pgs***
B. Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
Option D Set in New Mexico
25.7 WONDERFUL OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT -
A. Rock Paper Tiger by Lisa Brackmann
Option 2 Set in China Genre: Mystery
B. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
Option 3 Set in Germany
25.10 LET A LITTLE LIGHT AND COLOUR IN -
A. Life of Pi
by Yann MartelOption 2 Cat on Cover
AR Bookfinder info: L: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16.0
B. The Power Trip
by Jackie CollinsOption 1 Someone lying in sun on cover
***Big Book Ticket 517 pages***
Points: 115
Tasks: 5
Books: 8
Big Book Tickets: 4
Pages: 3828
Total Points: 770
Total Tasks: 36
Total Books: 54
Total Big Book Tickets: 10
Total Pages Read: 23059
30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.Book 1: The entirety of your first book’s title must appear in the first quote.
BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Desert Wives by Betty Webb
E in be
SED in ashamed
T in to
IE in die
W in won
S in some
VR in victory
Book 2: The entirety of your second book’s title must appear in the second quote.
A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
The Lost Mother by Mary McGarry Morris
HOSE in house
THOT in without
LE in like
RM in room
T in without
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 450
Total Tasks: 31
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.1 - Summer Reading
Staircase or flight of stairs on the cover:Back Home Again
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date:410/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
5.4 Earth and Water--REQUIRED: Specify the word that you madeUse the letters in "Trenten Caicai Vilu" to make a word of at least 3 letters--never:A Thousand Never Evers
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date:415/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
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I read My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places, with "humor" as the second main page genre.
10.1 - Take the Stairs
I read
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
For my first book, I chose option B and read
For my second book, I chose option C, and read The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty. Her initials, LM, appear in MeLbourne Cup.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 530