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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
MADDIE20.2 - Picky, picky, picky!
Mort (listed as example in task description)
1) B,C,D
2) Romance: Mort has a crush on the princess, but builds a relationship and ends up marrying Ysabell at the end.
Humor: Main page genre
Horse: Death's horse, Binky, is pretty central in carrying them everywhere in the Discworld and beyond.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
Golden Oldies: 3
Books read: 19
Elizabeth BRe-post
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's Task - Quetzalcoatl
Option 1: star in the title Tabloid Star
e-book only, found in line 1971 of the verification thread
Total 1020
Janice CA20.4.- Life’s Too Short
Option 2: Read a book shelved under "memoir" on its main page.
The Tent, the Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy
+20
total: 120
tasks: 8
books: 9
Oldies: 1
M1NKS25.2: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option Two: - read a book from the first 10 pages of Popular Pop Culture Books
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - page 2 (called 'sorcerers stone' in that list because the editors insisted that the americans wouldn't understand 'philosophers stone' but it's the same book)
Option Three - read a book whose author's* initials can be found within the words MELBOURNE CUP
Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh. Published 1940
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 1045
Golden Oldies: 34
Big Books: [500+: 4] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 58
M1NKS25.8 - Happy Fall!
A. Read a book that a TV series is based on
A Clash of Kings - 778 pages
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
* I Claim 2 x Big Book Tickets *
D. Read a book that is #9, #10 or #11 in a series
Books Do Furnish a Room
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 1070
Golden Oldies: 34
Big Books: [500+: 4] [750+: 2] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 59
M1NKSREPOST
25.3 - Grape Harvest Season
Option 1: Read a book set in one of the top 20 wine - producing countries
Don't Tell Alfred - Set in France, I live in the UK
Option 3: Read a book with grapes, wine, wine glass, wine bottle, or grape vines on the cover
- Published 1949* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
POINTS
Points This Post: -
Points Total: 1070
Golden Oldies: 34
Big Books: [500+: 4] [750+: 2] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 59
Hopefully that's the lot! I'm totally read out :-)
Thank you mods for your hard work and patience!
FANDURY10.2 - Happy Hour!
Read a book that is identified as #4, #5, #6 or #7 in a series.
The Best Horror of the Year Volume 4 by Ellen Datlow
10.6 - Back to Reality
Summer's over, read a non-fiction book.
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose initials appear on this list of International Country Codes.
The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon
The initials of the author JM appear on the list for Jamaica.
Book 2: Read a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of.
Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn
According to the country list Jamaica is part of North America. This book is set in the Washington State, USA, also a part of North America.
Both books are new to me, so no re-reads.
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 580
Books Read: 38
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
As I do not think I will manage to read more today, this is my final post for the challenge. As always I thank the moderators for their hard work and take a deep breath before starting the Winter Challenge...
15.9 The name of this challenge is "Animal Guides"1 book challenge
I picked a hawk from the list of North American totems.
Fire Hawk by Justine Dare
The title contains the word Hawk.
20.9 The Trip of a Lifetime!
1 book challenge
Option B: Read a book with one of the animals Katy saw on her South African trip on the cover, the list included eagles.
Paladin by Sally Slater
There are eagles flying just below the cliff edge on the cover of this book.
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Points this post: 35
Points thus far: 845
Big Books this post: 0
Big Books thus far: 7 points
loafer30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Book 2: The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
points this task: 30
total points: 600
BB: 1
GO: 5
tasks completed: 36
books read: 47
Mod
Book 1: The entirety of your first book’s title must appear in the first quote. 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.
Book 1: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
read Hotel Rubyby Suzanne Young
book 2: The entirety of your second book’s title must appear in the second quote. 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.
Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
read Sweetby Emmy Laybourne
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
I rolled a 3 and a 6
3. If you rolled a THREE or SIX: Good things come in pairs...
(Book A) Read a book where the title/subtitle contains the phrase "_____ and _____" or " ______ & ______". T
read Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between by Jennifer E. Smith
(Book B) Read a book where there are consecutive double letters found in a single word in the title/subtitle.
read The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
All my books are nonfiction books
option 1
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.
read Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historicalby Anthony Bourdain
Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938),
option 5
For this option, 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.
read The Office and Philosophy: Scenes from the Unexamined Lifeby J. Jeremy Wisnewski
x found in unexamined
canid found in office & and
option 6- For this option, read a nonfiction book with the main page genre science. The genre science may be stand alone or embedded.
read You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
by David McRaney
total points 1070
30.6: Me, Myself, and IOPTION 1: Read a book by an author* whose name has "me" found intact in it.
Sweetland by Michael Crummey
OPTION 3: Read a fiction book written in the first person.
Aquarium by David Vann
The first sentence demonstrating the first person narrator is:
"I hadn’t seen it at first, but then I pressed my face to the glass and tried to get closer."
Points this post: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 410
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+)
Total tasks completed: 19
Total books read: 25
That's all for me this season. Many thanks to all the Mods and task creators for another great challenge.
Anne (Booklady)15.4 - The World Without End
One Book Option because my selection meets both Book 1: 1st pub. 3/1/2014 and Book 2:
Science Fiction > Dystopia 117 users &
Apocalyptic > Post Apocalyptic 97 users
Bird Box: A Novel Josh Malerman
15.8 - Culture Vulture
Found on Page 2 #146
A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow
20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 3: War 520 Users
*A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
*Claiming GO Ticket: A Farewell to Arms was 1st pub. in 1929*
Points in These Tasks: 50
Golden Oldies in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 812
Totals:
Total Points: 580
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 30/60
Total Books Read: 42
Total Pages Read in Fall 2015 SRC: 14,401
Kristen IA30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
No books with the main page genre childrens or kids may be used for this task. Your two books combined must have a total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1 - The Visitors are up to bat. Read a book of your choice.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson – 820 pages | 4.18 rating on 9/1/15
I listened to the audiobook, but linked to the MMPB version.
I am claiming two BB tickets for this book – 820 pages
Book 2 - Now the home team is up. Read a second book that has fewer pages than book 1 (moving the rope closer in), and that has a lower average rating than book 1 (lowering the rope). To mark 10 years of up to a 5 foot advantage, the second book must have at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating at least.50 lower.
Killing Hope by Keith Houghton – 570 pages | 3.68 rating on 9/1/15, but seems to have gone up to 3.69 since I checked it on 9/1/15.
I read the Kindle edition, but linked to the PB version.
I am claiming one BB ticket for this book – 570 pages
Total pages - 1390
Difference in pages - 250
Difference in ratings - .50 (on 9/1/15)
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 525/1070
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 25/60
Big Books This Post: 3
Total Big Books: 3
Emsreviewsbooks15.1 - The Twins
I read Deception by Amanda Quick and Deception by C.J. Redwine.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 810
Books Read: 66
Tasks Complete: 49
trishhartuk10.2 - Happy Hour!
November 12 was Happy Hour Day. 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.
Aunt Dimity: Detective (An Aunt Dimity Mystery #7), Nancy Atherton
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 805
Tasks Completed: 38
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 500+: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.3 - Perspectives Over Time
Book 1 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
This book was first published in 1969 which was before I was born.
Book 2 - Love Lies Beneath by Ellen Hopkins
This book was published in 2015.
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 135 points
Tasks completed: 11
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Amy FL25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1: Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, And 3 RVs On Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure by David Rosenfelt
(Rosenfelt has 9 letters)
Book 2: The Purity of Vengeance (Vengeance has 9 letters)
25.2: SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 2: Armada (page 3 of list)
Option 3: The Black Box by Michael Connelly (His initials are "M"elbourne "C"up)
25.3 - Elizabeth B's Task: Grape Harvest Season
Option 1: The Broken Shore (Set in Australia; I live in the United States)
Option 3: The Septembers of Shiraz (Shiraz)
25.8 - Amanda A's Task: Happy Fall!
Option B: Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story (Sports)
Option C: Remembering Laughter (rememBERing)
25.10 - M1nks's Task: Let a Little Light and Colour In!
Option 1:
- IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10.0 (approved in message 2 for this task)Option 2:
Points this post: 125
Total points: 400
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.9 - Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
Rolled a 1
Book A - Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett
This is Book #1 in the Booktown Mystery series.
Book B - Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best... and Learn from the Worst by Robert I. Sutton
"Boss" is repeated in the title.
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 165 points
Tasks completed: 12
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
READERBOARD NAME: List_Addict5.10: Create Your Own World
Read a book of your choice
Surrender by Tawny Taylor
10.4 Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5 star ratings
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris (on 20th September, 2015, it has 60677)
15.10 NaNoWriMo!
Read a book by an author featured on the NaNoWriMo Pep Talk page
Veronica Roth - 2014 Pep Talk Author
Divergent by Veronica Roth
30.6 Donna Jo's Task: Me, Myself and I
Option 1: Read a book whose author has ME imbedded in their name
Lucifer's Tears by JaMEs Thompson
Option 3: Read a fiction book that is written at least 50% from the perspective of 'I'
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Total this post: 60 points
Total for the Challenge: 60 points
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.3 - What are We Made of?
Chapter and Hearse by Lorna Barrett
This is book #4 in the Booktown Mystery series
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Tasks completed: 14 (my total was off in previous posts)
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.4 - Earth and Water
Relative Identity by Holly Patrone
(Link to PB - Relative Identity)
Relative is in Trenten Caicai Vilu (TREntEn cAIcai ViLu)
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Tasks completed: 15
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.5 - Penmanship Practice
Accessory to Murder by Elaine Viets
The title is in cursive -
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 185 points
Tasks completed: 16
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 5.10 Create your own world / Read a book of your choice.
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this task: 5
Points Total: 215
Tasks Completed: 14
Big Books: 0
CYNBAXTERTask # 50.01 – Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
Book 1 – Option 1: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff – this is a biography where the subject must have died before 1950, Cleopatra died (according to Wikipedia) on 12 August 30 BC at the age of 39.
Book 2 – Option 5: Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek. There is an “X” within the title or subtitle (Examiner) and the title/subtitle contain all the letters in CANID (C-A-I-D in “Medical” and N in “Examiner”)
Book 3 – Option 6: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty, which has Science as a main page genre.
Points this post: 50 points
Total points to date = 820 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
LOULOU5.10 Create your own world!
Free choice.
Slaves of the Mastery by William Nicholson
IL: UY - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14.0
25.6 Dakimel's Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 1. Something Old.
Read a book first published before 1898.
The Fall of Icarus by Ovid (first published AD 8) and Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti (first published 1862).
Since these are poetry books, I am adding them together to get a full page count >100.
I am also claiming ONE GOLDEN OLDIE ticket, since both were published prior to 1950.
Option 3. Something Borrowed.
Read a book that you've borrowed.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
REQUIRED: I borrowed this from my local library.
30.3 Ava Catherine's Task: Perspectives Over Time
1. Book published before I was born.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Required: This was published in 1939, before I was born (1990).
I am also claiming ONE GOLDEN OLDIE ticket because this was published before 1950.
2. Book published since 2010
The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz
This post:
Books: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Points: 60
Total:
Books: 11
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books (500): 1
Big Books (750): 0
Big Books (1000): 0
Points: 170
Tasks complete: 9
10.4 - Ten-Four DayRead Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. As of last count, this has over 433k 5 star ratings. This book also fits the criteria for a Golden Oldie ticket, having first been published in 1868. Additionally, because it has 'Childrens' as a first page genre, please find the AR bookfinder details below.
IL: MG; BL: 7.4; AR Pts: 15.0
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option A - HIS BIRTH COUNTRY
Read The Last King of Lydia by Tim Leach. Lydia, where the first half of this book was set, was in modern Turkey. The whole book is about a king who was conquered by one of the Persian Emperors, and takes place fully within the boundaries of the Empire, so, I assume this easily meets the criteria!
30.2 - Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 1 - A book of Poetry
Read The Game of 100 Ghosts by Terry Watada.
Option 4 - Author has one of the following names - Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa, or Seth
Read An Equal Music by Vikram Seth.
50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
Option 1 - Plutarch - a Biography
Read Ciao, Carpaccio!: An Infatuation by Jan Morris. This was a biography of the artist, Carpaccio, but, also an art interpretation book. Carpaccio was estimated to have died in 1525 or 1526.
Option 2 - Thutmose IV - popular archaeology, paleoanthropology or anthropology book
Read Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality by Christopher Ryan. This was on the first page of the list Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology.
Option 4 - Theseus - history book about Rome or Greece.
Read Roman Sex: 100 BC to AD 250 by John R. Clarke. History is the top genre, and it is about Rome, per the title and GR description.
Points this task: 110
Total points: 315
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 17
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.6 - The Name Game
Livin' Lahaina Loca by JoAnn Bassett
"Bassett" is a noun (According to Collins Dictionary - a long low smooth-haired breed of hound with short strong legs and long ears)
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 200 points
Tasks completed: 17
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Repost of 3172 as it was listed in Problem Posts #402 as missing information, but it was already included. Reposting just to ensure this is seen in case my response in Problem Thread is missedTASK NUMBER : 30.6 - Me Myself & I
TASK DESCRIPTION: Author ME in name and Told in First Person
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Meg Cabot
DATE READ: 11/29/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 1: Author MEg Cabot
AR Book Finder Info: IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11.0 ☚☚☚☚☚☚
BOOK #2 READ:
AUTHOR: Kylie Scott
DATE READ: 11/2/2015
REQUIRED INFO: Option 3 - first sentences: "Something was wrong; I knew it the moment I walked in the door."
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 1065
trishhartuk15.9 - Animal Guides
According to Native American tradition, each individual is connected with nine different animal guides, or totems, which accompany them through life. Choose a totem from the North American Totems list and read a book that contains the name of that animal in its title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives are OK, but no other variations.
The Silent Miaow: A Manual for Kittens, Strays and Homeless Cats, Paul Gallico, Jane Burton
The totem I chose was "cat" (#17 on the first page of the list)
Book approved by Kristina Simon (help thread message #8)
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 820
Tasks Completed: 39
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 500+: 3
Sarah EThis is to switch Zombie, Inc. from task 15.4 to 20.9
20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option C: Title contains a Z
Zombie, Inc.
This is an ebook only - approval for length here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: - 15 + 20 = 5 additional points
Total points: 485
15.3 - Past & PresentBook 1: Bedlam: London and Its Mad
Book 2: Spine: A Collection of Twisted Tales published April 7th 2015
Approved for length https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
15.8 - Culture Vulture
Blood Bound found on page 2 of the list
Points this post: 30
Points total: 755/1070 (Yay, first time over 700 points!)
GO total: 4
BB total: 2
Tasks completed: 42/60
Books read: 60
ColetteGTask 25.8 Happy Fall
Option B: Sports Genre
Blockade Billy Stephen King
Main Page Genre Sports/BaseballOption C: Book with BER intact in title or subtitle
Blackout: RemBERing the things I drank to forget
Sarah Hepola
25 points for task
ColetteGTask 30.3 Perspectives over time
Book 1: Read a book first published before I was born
The Time Machine by HG Wells published 1895
Book 2: Read a book published 2010 or later
Within These Walls
Ania Alhborn published 201530 points for task
SpiderMac10.1 Take the Stairs
Read a book with a staircase or flight of stairs on the cover.
I read Slade House by David Mitchell
Required: Include the cover in your post.
This cover was ok'd in message 2 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
15.10 Nanowrimo!
Choose an author who has written a pep talk and read any book they have written.
I read Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris was a 2015 Pep Talk Author
http://nanowrimo.org/pep-talks/charla....
30.10 Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Two book task.
Required: Include in your post the number of pages and average rating for each book. Your two books combined must have a total of at least 500 pages and the second book must have at least 50 fewer pages than book 1 and an average rating at least.50 lower.
Book 1 – The Martian by Andy Weir - 369 pages, 4.38 average rating.
Book 2 – The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester - 252 pages, 3.83 average rating.
Total pages - 621
Difference in pages - 117
Difference in ratings - .55
The ratings were good as of Nov. 29, 2015.
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Points this post: 55
Points total: 495/1070
Tasks completed: 29/60
Books read: 34
ColetteGTask 30.8 Ghost Hunters
Option #2 "Hunt" A novella/book between 100-150pages in length
All My Friends are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufmann 140 pages
Option #4 Read a book by a Canadian Author
The Wars by Timothy Findlay
#23 on the One hundred novels that make you proud to be a canadian
30points for task
JackattackTask: 5.9. Spider Grandmother
Description: Read a book by an author* whose initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER.
Book: Storm Born by Richelle Mead
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Task: 10.3 - Inti
Descripion: Read a book by an author* with a name that starts and ends with the same letter.
Book: This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
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Task: 25.4 - Catherine T's Task: International Travels
Description: This is a two book task. Both books must be new to you - no re-reads. REQUIRED: state in your post that both books are new to you.
Book One: Read a book by an author* whose initials appear on this list of International Country Codes. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (new read); Country code - SK (Slovakia); Continent - Europe.
Book Two: Read a book set on the continent that the country code used for book one is part of (Europe). The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (new read) - Poland
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Task: 30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
Description: This is a TWO book task. Pick 2 different options and read a book from each.
Option Two: read a book that has a title that contains the letters: S-P-A-I-N. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Option Three: Read a book that takes place at least 50% of the time in England. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith.
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Task: 30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Description: This is a TWO book task. The entirety of your first book’s title must appear in the first quote and The entirety of your second book’s title must appear in the second quote
Book One: Book 1: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Mr. Mercedes - M in ashaMed, R in victoRy, M in soMe, E in bE, R in foR, C in viCtory, E and D in ashamED, E in diE, S in Some.
Book Two: Book 2: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
Shutter Island - SHU in HoUSe, TT in wiThouT, E in housE, R in Room, I in wIthout, S in bookS, L in Like, A in A, ND in wiNDows
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Task: 30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Description: Choose two different options - read one book for each option you choose.
Option Two: Read a book with the GR genre “Gothic” which does NOT have the word “Ghost” in the title/subtitle/series title. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 9/1/2015
Option Four: Read any work of fiction set at least 50% in Canada. Ultraviolet11/27/2015
TOTALS - THIS POST
Points This Post: 130
Golden Oldies This Post: No
Big Book This Post: No
TOTALS - OVERALL
Total Points: 580
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
SuzanneB10.4 10-4 day
Read a book with at least 104 5-star ratings
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
13,490 5-star ratings on 11/30
10.6 Back to reality
Read a non-fiction book
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
15.5 Act (on) your age
My total was 8 when the challenge started
Gambling Wizards: Conversations with the World’s Greatest Gamblers by Richard W. Munchkin
20.10: Group reads
March: Book One by John Robert Lewis
Discussion post 54
Total this post: 55
Total for challenge: 190
Christine V10.1 - Take the Stairs
Staircase visible in backgroundI read the above audio edition. Link to MMP.
AR Bookfinder Info: IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0
Anne of Green Gables was first published in 1908. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 10
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
Sarah E25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 1: Published before 1898
David Copperfield first published 1849
I had read up to page 280 of 974 before the Fall Season began.
** David Copperfield is a Golden Oldie (first published 1849). I claim one GO ticket **
** David Copperfield is a Big Book (974 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets **
Option 3: A book I borrowed
Gone - borrowed from the library
Points this post: 25
Total points: 510
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets: 3
BB tickets this post: 2
Total BB tickets: 3
Jamie NYCTask #50.1 - Daphne's Task: Gone to the dogs - What's in a name?
Option 1: Plutarch - read a biography. It cannot be a memoir or autobiography. The subject of the biography must have died before 1950
Oscar Wilde: A Certain Genius by Barbara Belford
Oscar Wilde died in 1900 (on November 30th!)
Option 5: Xerxes - For this option, 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
Body Counts: A Memoir of Activism, Sex, and Survival by Sean Strub
I found "X" and "CANID"
BoDy CouNts: A MemoIr of Politics, SeX, AIDS, and Survival
Option 6: Tesla - read a nonfiction book with the main page genre science
Why Him? Why Her?: Understanding Your Personality Type and Finding the Perfect Match by Helen Fisher
Shelved as "Science" by 10 users
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Points this Post: 50
Books: 3
Tasks: 1
Total Points: 1070
Total Books: 83
Total Tasks: 60
Finished...(I hope!)
Bluegrass Pam15.5 Act on Your Age
In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914 by Leslie S. Klinger = 7 words
The digits in my age added together = 7.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 330
perletwo20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime! - Option B - I also loved seeing animals on my trip - the animals I saw included lions, rhinos, buffalo, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, giraffes, antelopes, zebras, baboons, gnus, squirrels, penguins, ostriches, dassies (African rock dwelling rodents), eagles, crocodiles, whales, and chickens! Read a book with one or more of these animals on the cover.
Behemoth: The History of the Elephant in AmericaThe paperback of this book is 512 pages, just enough for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 840
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 62
Tasks completed: 47
Cindy C.Task 10.3-Inti
Read a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter. AdrianA is the author's first name.
The Supreme Macaroni Company
Points this post: 10
Total points: 680
Total tasks: 31
**Thank you moderators for another fun challenge. :) **
SHELLEY UT30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNA
Option 3: As an Earl Desires by Lorraine Heath
(takes place entirely in England)
Option 4: The Wisdom of Hair by Kim Boykin
(the top of the hair dryer is green)Kim Boykin is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 29
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the GameI rolled a six.
Book 1: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter >> title with and
Book 2: Scoop to Kill by Wendy Lyn Watson >> oo in scoop or ll in kill
Total points: 135
Amy FL30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 1: October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
Option 4: The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz
30.4 - Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Book 1: March (be AsHaMed to die until you have won some viCtoRy for humanity)
Book 2: Winter - IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5.0
(a house WIThout books is likE a Room without wiNdows)
30.6: Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
1. Alert by James Patterson (jaMEs)
3. Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account of the Life & Times of Jacky Faber
"And that is for certain, as sure as my name is Jacky Faber. Though born in England, I sail under American colors, and my company, Faber Shipping Worldwide, is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA."
30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
Option 3: Letters From the Inside
146 pages - IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5.0
Option 4: Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
(author was born in Canada)
30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
Rolled a 6:
Book A: Scents and Sensibility
Book B: Sleepyhead ((double e - Sl"ee"pyhead))
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!
Book 1: All Things Wise and Wonderful - 448 pages; 4.38 (noted on 8/17/15)
Book 2: Ruthless - 256 pages; 3.73 (noted on 8/17/15)
Total pages: 704
Difference in pages: 192
Difference in ratings: .65
Points this post: 180
Total points: 580
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNAOPTION 2: Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman. emPty mANSIons
OPTION 3: Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas. Takes place in England.
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Points this post = 30
Total points = 300
BB tickets = 1
GO tickets = 1
Well, it doesn't look like I'll be finishing The Master and Margarita in time to post 25.10, so...10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Read a book that has at least 104 5-star ratings.
The Camomile Lawn - Mary Wesley (432 5* ratings)
Points this post: 10
Points total: 250
Tasks completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 9 - 500(1) 750(4) 1000()
Pages read: 6905
Devon20.9. Moderator's Pet - Katy's Task: The Trip of a Lifetime!
Option C:Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an x (for Xhosa) or a z (for Zulu).
I read The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King.
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