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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥30.10 Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences--two books combined must have a total of at least 500 pages
Book 1 Read a book of your choice--416 pages, 4.01 avg rating:The Master Butchers Singing Club
Book 2 Second book must have at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating at least.50 lower--150 pages, 3.00:Dave Henderson's Dog Stories: A Collection
Total pages - 566
Difference in pages - 266
Difference in ratings - 1.01
Date Ratings were found--11/17
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date:755/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
trishhartuk5.4 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.
Celtic Myths and Legends, TW Rolleston
The word is Celtic: TrEnten CaiCai vILu
Big Book: 528pg
Golden Oldie: First Published 1911
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book, 500+: 1
10.3 - Inti
Read a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter. The name may be in any position.
The Monogram Murders, sophie HannaH
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 670
Tasks Completed: 33
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 500+: 2
Faith 30.4 Anything can happen, child. Anything can be
Book 1: The Heir by Kiera Cass
BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Book 2: Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
20.8 Happy Anniversary!
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Option C His Family (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)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
Lulu5.4. Earth and Water
Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe
The word ‘rat’ can be found in Trenten Caicai Vilu”.
5.10. Create Your Own World!
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium by Kieron Gillen
15.4. The World Without End
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
This book reaches the requirements of both book 1 and 2: this was published in 2014, and includes the main page genres of both ‘dystopia’ and ‘post-apocalyptic’.
15.6. The Name Game
Speak by Louisa Hall
The 4-letter noun here is “hall”.
20.1. A Calgary Autumn
Option #1:
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
The author’s initials can be found in “GO STAMPS GO”.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies: 2
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 20.4. Author! Author! - Seakbee's Task: Life’s Too Short
Option 2. Read a memoir or autobiography written in first person
by Peter AllisonAutobiography>Memoir on main page (56 users)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 995
15.2 - Which Witch?TWO books with matching homophones in their titles/subtitles (in/inn)
Book One: Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb
Book Two: Inn Keeping with Murder by Lynn Bohart
Homophone: In/Inn
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 95/1070
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
Andy P.Task # 25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 1. Read a book either set at least 50% in or by an author* born or currently living in one of the states that are home to an AFL team.
by Peter Carey Author is approved in Help Thread, Option 1.Option 3. Read a book whose author's* initials can be found within the words MELBOURNE CUP
by M.L. RowlandMELBOURNE CUP
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1020
Bookwrm526Task #30.8 - Ghost Hunters
Option 1 - Read a book with the word "Ghost" or "Hunt" intact in the title. I read:Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive Due.
Option 2 - Read a book with GR genre "gothic" that does NOT have ghost in the title/subtitle. I read:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 460
10.2 - Happy Hour! Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries
#5 in series
20.10 - Group Reads
March: Book One by John Robert Lewis
Comment #47 in the discussion thread.
POINTS: 125
20.3 Catie's Task: Moving HouseOption 2. Read any book that has been published by Virago.
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
IL: UG
Favorite Virago Modern Classics list - #3 My Antonia
Points: 20
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20.4 Seakbee's Task: Life's Too Short
Option 3: Read a book whose cover shows one of the following: a car, the beach and/or ocean, or a map.
by Carolyn HartPoints: 20
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total BB Tickets: 0
Total GO Tickets: 1
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!Option Two: Read a book from the first 10 pages of Popular Pop Culture Books.
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Page One
Option Three: Read a book whose author's* initials can be found within the words MELBOURNE CUP.
All of Me by Leeanna Morgan
MELBOURNE CUP
Ebook approval here --> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 830
Total Tasks: 50
FANDURY5.9. Spider Grandmother
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER.
The Small Hand by Susan Hill
The initials of the author SH can be found in Spider grandmotHer.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 490
Books Read: 31
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
25.6 Dakimel's Task: Wedding TraditionsOption 3: Something Borrowed – Read a book you’ve borrowed.
Borrowed from ABBE Regional Library
The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart
Option 4: Something Blue – Read a book with a blue “something” on the cover. The blue thing must be an identifiable inanimate object, not a background design or text, and cannot be water or sky.
by Jeffery DeaverApproved in thread - Post #24
Points: 25
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25.8 Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall
Option A: Fall TV Shows: Read a book that a TV series is based on.
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
IMBD link: Longmire
Although this book/TV show was given as an example by task creator, it is a favorite TV show for my husband and me. While reading the book, I kept visualizing the TV characters, so it felt like I was reading a script.
Option C: Cooler Weather (Brrrr): September, October and November all end in "ber". Read a book with a word that contains "ber" found intact in the title/subtitle.
Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke
BER found in Blueberry
Points: 25
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total BB Tickets: 0
Total GO Tickets: 1
Kristen IARemove The Girl Who Chased the Moon from Task #5.2.
Move it to:
20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
This is a ONE book task. Please choose from the options below. REQUIRED: Indicate in your post the option you chose.
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.
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
I listened to the audio version, but linked to the PB version.
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Points This Post: 20-5 = 15
Total Points: 320/1070
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 16/60
Big Books This Post: 0
Cindy C.Task 10.4-Ten-Four Day
This book has 490 5-star ratings as of 8:21 am PST today.
The President's Shadow
Points this post: 10
Total points: 575
Total tasks: 24
BARBARA ★20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Camilla’s task: Judge the Book by its Cover
Option 3:
Kiss of Snow - Nalini Singh (one eye on cover) 11/13Goodreads Author
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25.9 - Delicious Dee's Task: On the Injured Bench
Option 3 -
Night Forbidden - Joss Ware 10/14(flock of birds if upper left corner - hawk, geese?)
Option 4 - Waking the Dead - Kylie Brant (added July 2009) 11/17
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 680
Goodreads Authors: 41
Big Books - 500+: (4)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
680/1070 POINTS
Kristen IA5.10. 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.
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
I listened to the audio version, but linked to the PB version.
15.6 - 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 Required: Identify the word you are using when you post.
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
The word is “Spark”
I listened to the audio version, but linked to the PB version.
20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
This is a one book task, so choose one of the options below.
Option B: HIS NAME
Read a book with a word that contains "far" found intact in the title or subtitle.
Far from Perfect by Barbara Longley
I listened to the audio version, but linked to the PB version.
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Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 360/1070
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 19/60
Big Books This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Karen D. Task 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 Admissions by Meg Mitchell Moore
3. I: Read a fiction book written in the first person - at least 50% of the book must be written from the "I" perspective.
Superposition by David Walton
FIrst sentence of the book: "I should have known better than to let him in."
Points this task: 30
Total points: 655
Books read: 49
Tasks completed: 36
NARUMON 5.1 Five Suns
Read a book featuring a natural disaster
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink. This book is about Hurricane Katrina, and the effect it had on Memorial Hospital.
5.3 What are We Made Of?
Read a book that is #4 or #8 in a series
Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan. Listed as: (Saga: Collected Editions #4).
5.8 Four Worlds
Title contains Island, Blue, Yellow, White, or Mountain
Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle.
5.9 Spider Grandmother
Author initials in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Author initials are S and M, found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
10.1 Take the Stairs
Cover contains stairs
by Alison Bechel. The two people are sitting on a set of stairs. 10.2 Happy Hour
Book is #4 - #7 in a series
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley. This is #4 in the Flavia De Luce series.
20.2 Puppitypu’s Task: Picky, picky, picky!
Book meets at least 3 criteria: main page genre has adventure, storyline contains romance, has humor, has a named horse, and main page genre has history
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman. [512 pages]
**Big Book Ticket **
This book has romance (Buttercup and Westley) and humor listed as main page genres, and the horse in the book is (very creatively) called Horse. And since the subtitle of the book contains adventure, you can bet there was adventure in it!
20.6 Quetzalcoatl
Option 1: Title contains feather, plume, snake, serpent, calendar, star, or wind
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson.
AR Bookfinder information: IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4.0
25.1 Andy P.'s Task: The Fall Months
Task 1: Author's last name has 9-11 letters.
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne (9 letters).
Task 2: Title contains a word with 9-11 letters.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz. Aristotle has 9 letters.
25.2 SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies, and Horses Oh My!
Task 2: Book from list of Popular Pop Culture Books
by Rainbow Rowell. This book is found on page 2 of the list. Task 3: Author initials found in MELBOURNE CUP
Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts. Author initials are NR, and found in MELBOURNE CUP.
25.5 Sirena's Tasks: All About My Dad!
Option 1: Book that was made into a movie you haven't seen
We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee. There is a movie by the same name found here: IMDB link
Option 3: Cover has paved road, horizon, or motorcycle
. Cover has paved road. This is approved by task creator in Post #9525.6 Dakimel's task: Wedding traditions
Option 3: Something you've borrowed
My Salinger Year. I borrowed (and returned!) this book from my local public library.
Option 4: Something blue on the cover
. There are blue berries on the cover. I listed to this on audiobook so I linked the audiobook cover, but here is also a paperback edition to verify length, etc. A Guide to Being Born: Stories.
25.10 M1nk's Task: Let a Little Light and Colour In!
Option 2: Cat on cover
by Jackson Galaxy. Option 3: Horse on cover
. I listened to the audiobook version (so listed the audiobook cover), but below is the paperback edition to verify length, etc. 
. 30.4 Jonquil's Task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Task 1: Title appears in BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Scarlet by Marissa Meyers.
BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Task 2: Title appears in A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
We the Animals by Justin Torres. A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
50.1 Daphne's Task: Gone to the dog's - what's in a name?
All books should be non-fiction.
Option 1: Read a biography of a subject (dead by 1950).
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Lauren Hillenbrandt. Seabiscuit, the horse featured in the story, passed away May 17, 1947. Wikipedia Link
Option 2: Read a book from List
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond. This book is found on page 1 of the list, in position 6.
Option 6: Main page genre "science"
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid. Science shelved by 71 users.
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IN POST:
Points: 5*4 + 10 * 2 + 20 * 2 + 25*5 + 30 * 1 + 50 * 1 = 285
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL:
Points: 460 + 285 = 745
Big Book: 2 + 1 = 2
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
I'm moving books around (again). Sorry for the mess.Moving book from task 20.5 to task 10.3
10.3 - Inti
Read a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter
by Malla NunnName used is: is NNunN
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Repost of task 20.5
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
Option 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series. The book may be any # in the series. Or you may start a new favorite with #1 of a series.
Link to mmp: The Clandestine Betrothal
Book is # 1 in the Eversley series
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POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 550
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 30
BB Total: 3
GO Total: 5
Andy P.Repost of post # 2689
Task # 25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Book 1.
by Aline Templeton AT (Aline Templeton's initials) is the country code for Austria which is in Europe soBook 2.
by Martin Walker. This book is set in France which is a European countryNeither book is a reread.
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.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. The book is on page 9 of the list of books.
Option 3: for this option, read a book whose author's* initials can be found within the words MELBOURNE CUP.
Celebromancy by Michael R. Underwood. This ebook was approved for length in message 5219.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165
GO: 1
15.2 - Which Witch?Matching homophones in the titles:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Angel with Two Faces by Nicola Upson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 750
Task 5.10 CREATE YOUR OWN WORLDWithin These Walls by Ania Ahlborn
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 355/1,100
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
15.6 - THE NAME GAMEA Taste for Murder by Claudia Bishop
BISHOP - a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese, being in the Greek, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other churches a member of the highest order of the ministry.
25.4 - INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS
BOOK 1 - A Heart's Danger by Colleen Coble
CC is the country code for the Cocos Islands which are located in Asia.
BOOK 2 - The Piano Teacher which is set in Hong Kong
Both books are new to me.
25.6 - WEDDING TRADITIONS
OPTION 3 - A Heart's Disguise
This book was borrowed from and returned to the library.
OPTION 4 -
which has blue pillows and a blue coverlet on the bed.TOTAL POINTS - 535
Task 50.1 - Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?For this task, all books must be nonfiction.
2. Thutmose IV - 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.
November 11, 2015: #30 on Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human (2009) by Richard W. Wrangham (Hardcover, 309 pages)
Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2010)
5. Xerxes - Read a nonfiction book that contains the letter X in the title or subtitle AND that contains all the letters of EITHER the word DOG, the word WOLF or the word CANID in the title and/or subtitle.
REQUIRED: Specify the word you used and the location of the letters to make the word.
The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century (2008) by Edward Dolnick (Hardcover, 349 pages)
X: Hoa x
WOLF
W: T w entieth
O: F o rger's
L: Spe l l
F: F orger's
6. Tesla - Read a nonfiction book with the main page genre SCIENCE. The genre science may be stand alone or embedded.
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (1993) by Matt Ridley (Hardcover, 405 pages)
300 + 50 = 350
Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 300 + 50 = 350
Books read: 26
Pages read: 8,579
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Coralie25.6 Wedding Traditions
Option 1 – Something Old – book published before 1898
The Sorrows of Young Werther published 1774
Option 3 – Something Borrowed – book borrowed from the library
Black Vodka: Ten Stories
25.7 Wonderful Overseas Assignments
Option 1 – book set in East Anglia
The Brittle Glass
From the back cover In the late 1700's, East Anglia was a bleak, desolate region, peopled by farmers, merchants, smugglers – proud and independent men and women.
Josiah Kingaby was such a man, a Norfolk merchant trader …..
Option 3 – book set in Germany
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
This post 50 points
Total to date 945 points
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over TimeBook 1: My Antonia by Willa Cather. First published in 1918 (before I was born). Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket.
Book 2: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim, published in 2010.
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Points this post = 30
Total points = 270
BB tickets = 1
GO tickets = 1
Aliciaaa110.3 Read a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter.
Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family by Greg Rucka. Greg starts and ends with "G"
15.1 Read TWO books with exactly the same title.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson AND Speak by Louisa Hall.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 120
15.6 - The Name GameThe Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life by Bernard Roth
nard, found in Bernard, is an aromatic Himalayan plant used in ointments and medicines
Points this post: 15
Season total: 405
RUCHI10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Every Day by David Levithan
song lyric : And every last buckle is swashed (15th line)
Matching word : Every
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
I chose option 3 and option 4
Option 3 : 'Something Borrowed' : Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (Borrowed this from my neighbour)
Option 4 : 'Something Blue' :
(There is a distinct blue house and a blue tomb behind the two characters on the cover)30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1 : Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
No. of pages : 562
Rating : 4.59
Book 2 : A Fighting Chance by C.D. Taylor
No. of pages : 162
Rating : 3.73
Difference in pages : 400
Difference in ratings : 0.86
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Points this post : 85
Total points : 430
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.9 - Animal Guides-- Choose a totem from the North American Totems list
Book that contains the name of that animal in its title or subtitlePlurals and possessives are OK--horses:The Faraway Horses: The Adventures and Wisdom of One of America's Most Renowned Horsemen
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date:770/1070
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Elizabeth B15.10 - Nanowrimo!
Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson (2013)
30.8 Nick's task
Option 3: 100-150 pg Stripped Down
Option 4: Cover Up by K.C. Burn Canadian author
Points:45
Total:845+45=890
MARWA 25.9 - Delicious Dee's Task: On the Injured Bench
Option 1 - RICE - Read a book with a food item on the cover.
Option 4 - CATCH-UP TIME – Read a book that has been on your TBR pile for more than a year.
Option 1 -
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth ReichlOption 4 - The Prisoner of Heavenby Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
Requirements:
- Book 1 has the letters H,I&P in the word SAPPHIRES and a plate of Spaghetti on the cover.
- Book 2 has the letter H in the word HEAVEN and the letters in I&P in the word PRISONER. It has been on my to read list for more than a year (since January 2013).
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30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
I rolled a six.
OPTION 2: Read a book that has a title that contains the letters: S-P-A-I-N.
OPTION 3: Read a book that takes place at least 50% of the time in England
OPTION 2: Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor
OPTION 3: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
*** 511 pages qualify for 1 BB Tickets ***
*** Golden Oldies Ticket: Book first published in 1838 ***
Requirements:
- Option2:
*The letters in SPAIN can be found in NIGHT OF CAKE & PUPPETS
* The book is an ebook version approved in SRC ebook verification #1408.
- Option3: The book is set in London, England.
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30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
I rolled a six.
(Book A) Read a book where the title/subtitle contains the phrase "_____ and _____" or " ______ & ______".
(Book B) Read a book where there are consecutive double letters found in a single word in the title/subtitle.
Book A: Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor
*** 613 pages qualify for 1 BB Tickets ***
Book B: In a Dark, Dark Wood by
Consecutive double O's in WOOD
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Points claimed for this post: 85
Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed so far: 16
Books Read for this challenge so far: 21
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets: +500(7*1), +750(1*2), +1000(0*3), Total (9)
20.9. The Trip of a Lifetime!OPTION B: Read a book with a rat on the cover.
by Patrick deWittAnd to confirm that it is a rat on the cover, not a mouse, here's a quote from pp133-34 - "Lucy found he couldn't not look down, and in doing so he was at once encouraged and discouraged to see not the body of Rose, but that of a very large rat."
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 310
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+)
Total tasks completed: 15
Total books read: 18
20.2. Rookie at the Top - Puppitypup's Task: Picky, picky, picky! I chose: The Princess Bride satisfies Adventure, Romance (main page genre of Romance) and Humor
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 210
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Repost of message 272930.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
1. Me: Read a book by an author* whose name has "me" found intact in it.
Christmas Carol Murder by Leslie MEier
3. I: Read a fiction book written in the first person - at least 50% of the book must be written from the "I" perspective.
The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis
From page 1
Not me. Fortune never favored me and the problem with being a woman was that sometimes I could only obtain business that all male informers had sniffed and refused.
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 340
30.6 Donna Jo's Task1. Me: Read a book by an author* whose name has "me" found intact in it.
Metafizica tuburilor by Amelie Nothomb
3. I: Read a fiction book written in the first person - at least 50% of the book must be written from the "I" perspective.
I Am Pilgrim
"There are places I'll remember all my life- Red Square with a hot wind howling across it, my mothers's bedroom (...)."
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 240
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
PAULA S5.1. Five Suns
A book that includes a natural disaster: Orkanen by Desmond Bagley.
The book is about a hurricane threatening and striking a Caribbean island during a rebellion.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
loafer30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
Pick 2 different options and read a book from each.
OPTION 1: For this task, read a book that has a tribal name in the title. Here is a link to official tribal names: Federally Recognized Tribal Names List. Please choose from this list.
Kialegee Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation of Oklahoma
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson
OPTION 3: For this task, read a book that takes place at least 50% of the time in England
The Royal We by Heather Cocks
points this task: 30
total points: 480
BB: 1
GO: 5
tasks completed: 30
Scooter & Siam 5.9. Spider Grandmother
Read a book by an author* whose initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER.
Read The Icarus Prediction by R.D. Gupta - R.D.G. in Spider Grandmother.
Points: 5
Total: 260
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks: 17
5.1. Five Suns.The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
REQUIRED: The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. (Among the approved books on the Help Thread)
5.4 Earth and Water
The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army by Colin G. Galloway
REQUIRED: NATIVE
5.5.Esaugetuh Emissee.
, by Dörthe Binkert5.6.Four Cords
The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
10.3 - Inti
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, by Steve EarlE
10.10 Dreamcatcher
The Dreams of a Dying God, by Aaron Pogue
Total: 1070
15.1 - The TwinsRead TWO books with exactly the same title.
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
AND
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 845
Total Points: 51
*REPOST*25.3 - Elizabeth B's Task: Grape Harvest Season
Option 1: Read a book set in one of the top 20 wine - producing countries
A Shot in the Bark by C.A. Newsome
Cincinnati, OH, USA - USA #4, I live in Canada.
Option 3: Read a book with grapes, wine, wine glass, wine bottle, or grape vines on the cover .
Killer Cuvee: Walla Walla Valley by Steven M. Wells
- wine glass on coverPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 785
Total Tasks: 48
Bookwrm526Task 30.1 - DNA
Option 2 - Read a book that has a title containing the letters S-P-A-I-N in any order. I read the PoStmAN always rIngs twice. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain.
Option 3 - Read a book set at least 50% in England. I read Blue Murder by Emma Jameson which takes place in London.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 490
Laura NT5.3. What are We Made of?
Read a book that is #4 or #8 in a series.
The Jungle
The Jungle (The Oregon Files #8)
This book is number 8 in the series.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Cindy FTask 5.9 Spider Grandmother
Author initials found in Spider Grandmother
I read Hunter's Way by Gerri Hill G,H
Points this post:5
Total points:265
Tasks completed:21
Books read:23
Golden Oldies:2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Mary P50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
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.
Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster by Alison Weir.
Katherine Swynford died May 10, 1403.
2. Thutmose IV: For this option, read a book on the listopias Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology or Best Popular Anthropology Books.
The Sea Kingdoms: The History of Celtic Britain & Ireland by Alistair Moffat.
Found on the list Best Popular Anthropology Books, pg 1, #96.
6. Tesla:For this option, read a nonfiction book with the main page genre science. The genre science may be stand alone or embedded.
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 380
Vanessa S.15.6 - 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.
Noun:KING
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30.8 Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 1 Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with the word “Ghost” or the word “Hunt” found intact in the title/subtitle/series title, or the author’s* name:Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir
Option 3 Read any novel (“novella,” “novelette”) which is 100 – 150 pages in length--121 pages:The Turn of the Screw
Book Approval for Option 3
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date:725/1070
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