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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
SHELLEY UT20.1 Most Improved Player - Wayne's Task: A Calgary Autumn
Option 1: R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
Points this task: 20
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 30
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Just wanted to give a big shout out to our mods for another great challenge. Thank you so much for all the time you devote to this for us all to enjoy.Also (as I pick up my pompoms) to all those getting so close to finishing!
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Kristina Simon wrote: "Congratulations, Robin ♥! Task 25.11 in the Winter Challenge is yours."Thanks :)
Just wanted to say a big thank you to our wonderful moderators! And to those who finished, a big KUDOS!!!! Looking forward to your tasks.
ADAMBONGO5.5 – Esaugetuh Emissee
*Read a book with a body of water on its cover*
by Yann Martel-------------------------------
5.9 – Spider Grandmother
*Read a book with an author whose initials are found in the words “Spider Grandmother*
Holding Fire: Short Stories of Self-Destruction by Scott Hughes
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5.10 Create Your Own Word!
*Read a book of your choice*
Back in Black by Zoey Dean
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10.4 – TEN-FOUR Day
*Read a book with over 104 5-star ratings
This book has 176 5-star ratings
F by Daniel Kehlmann
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20.4 Author! Author! – Seakbee’s Task: Life’s Too Short
*Read a book with a car, beach/ocean, or map on the cover*
This has a car.
by Jonathan KellermanPoints This Post: 45
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read This Challenge: 13
Marina H10.2 - Happy Hour!
Livstid
#7 in series
10.4 - Ten-Four Day
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
25.1 Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1: Aminas breve by Jonas T. Bengtsson
9 letters in author's surname
Book 2: Sangfuglen
Title contains a word of 10 letters
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 3: Hvepsereden
Borrowed from the library
Option 4:
They are wearing blue shirts
IL: MY - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 70
Total points: 350
Sarah E15.6 - The Name Game
Kindle edition I read: Backpacked: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America by Catherine Ryan Howard
Paperback: Backpacked: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America
My noun is WARD
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1
Kindle edition I read: To Kill A Mockingbird
MMPB: To Kill a Mockingbird
Published in 1960, which is before I was born
Book 2
Kindle edition I read: Virals
Paperback (no MMPB): Virals
Published in 2010
Points this post: 45
Total points: 555
5.10 - CREATE YOUR OWN WORLD - There and Now15.10 - NANOWRIMO - Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson
25.5 - ALL ABOUT MY DAD
OPTION C -
OPTION D - Water Song: A Retelling of "The Frog Prince" which is set in Belgium.
30.9 - PLAYERS 3 & 4 HAVE JOINED THE GAME
OPTION 2 - ROLLED A 4
BOOK A - The Looking Glass Wars
The LoOking glass waRs
BOOK B - Jewel of Atlantis by Gena Showalter
Gena ShOwaLtEr
TOTAL POINTS - 650
Laura NT15.6 - 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.
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Required: Identify the word you are using when you post
Word in her name: Hark
According to Dictionary.com: noun
3.a hunter's shout to hounds, as to encourage them in following the scent
Also claiming one Big Book Ticket. 576 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 130
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 3
25.4 International Travels - both books are new to meBk 1 - The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (CZ - Czech Republic)
Bk 2 - The Duchess War by Courtney Milan
Set in Europe - England
Pts. this post: 25
5.10 Create Your Own World Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
10.8 Yo, Ho, Ho
When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare
The word is When which is the first word of the 7th line.
15.3 Past and Present
The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
This book has Historical Fiction on the main page and was published June 6, 2015.
30.10 Moving the Fences
Book 1: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Rating is 4.2
435 pages
Book 2: Disclaimer by Renée Knight
Rating is 3.6 which is .6 less
352 pages which is 83 pages fewer
Post Total: 60
Grand Total: 340
MonkeypoxTask 25.2 SarahBR's task: Footy, Movies and Horses oh my!
Option 1: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (born in Sydney);
Option 2: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (page 1 of the pop culture list)
Task 25.6 Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 3 Something borrowed: The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkland (borrowed from library);
Option 4 Something blue:
by Amanda Eyre WardPoints this post: 50
Previous points: 110
Total points date: 160
Lulu10.4. Ten-Four Day
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
This title has 8,033 5-star ratings.
15.5. Act (on) Your Age!
Domnall and the Borrowed Child by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
My age is 23, which 2+3 = 5, this a five word title.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 23
Golden Oldies: 3
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM (likely my last post this season - thanks Mods for all your work!)10.5 - Penmanship Practice
I read
by Alexandra Brown.20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
I chose Option 4. I read The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean, the first book in her new Scandal & Scoundrel series (I didn't have any new books in current series to read, so I had to start a new one which I'm sure will become a favorite). I read an advance copy.
30.8 - Nick KY’s Task: Ghost Hunters
I chose Options 3 and 4.
Option 3: I read Mãn by Kim Thúy - 139 pages.
Option 4: I read Sweetland by Michael Crummey. The book is set on an island off the coast of Newfoundland and Crummey was born in Newfoundland.
Previous point total: 655
New points this post: 60
Total points: 715
New tasks completed in this post: 3
Total tasks: 35
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
30.10 - Sandy's Task: Moving the Fences!Book 1 - The Last Camel Died at Noon - 430 pages, 4.19 average rating
Book 2 - The 39 Steps - 149 pages, 3.59 average rating
Total pages - 579
Difference in pages - 281
Difference in ratings - .60
Total points: 325
I hope to finish one more book later today but in case this is my last post, THANK YOU to the mods for anther great season!
Kimber5.6 Four Cords
Picking Up the Pieces: Rose Gardner Novella 5.5 by Denise Grover Swank
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5.9 SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
Thirty-Three and a Half Shenanigans: Rose Gardner Mystery #6 by Denise Grover Swank
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10.2 Happy Hour
Thirty-Two and a Half Complications by Denise Grover Swank
*#5 in series
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10.9 Bridge The Gap
Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons by Denise Grover Swank
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15.6 The Name Game
Thirty-One and a Half Regrets by Denise Grover Swank
*noun = grove
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Above tasks: 45 points
Total # tasks submitted: 30
New total points: 550
ESHAY5.9 Author's initials can be found in SPIDER GRANDMOTHER
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
5.10 Book of Choice
Ancillary Justice byAnn Leckie
20.10 Group Reads
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
*Claiming a Big Book ticket* 653 pages
My comment was #22 here
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date: 145
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Emmalita10.4 Ten-Four Day
Alice (Alice #1) by Christina Henry
This book has 517 5-star ratings as of the day I looked at it.
This post: 10
Total points to date: 270
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 13
30.3 Ava Catherine's Task: Perspectives Over TimeBook 1: Read a book first published before you were born.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Since this book was first published in 512, it was definitely published before I was born.
Golden Oldie ticket for this one, please.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2010 or later.
Profile for Seduction by Karen Whiddon
First Published in 2010.
Points: 30
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30.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
I rolled a 5.
(Book A): Read a book with the main page genre science fiction, and where the letters LOTR can be found in any order in any combination of title/subtitle/author* name.
The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin
L in Le (author name), O & R in Rose (title), and T in The (Title)
Genre = Science Fiction
(Book B) Read a book with the main page genre fantasy, and in which the letters LEGOS can be found in any order in any combination of title/subtitle/author* name.
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
L & E in Neil (author), G in Gaiman (author), and O & S in Short (title)
Genre = fantasy
Points: 30
Total Points: 345
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Total BB Tickets: 0
Total GO Tickets: 2
Congratulations, Pamela3265! Winter Challenge task 25.12 is yours.
Kristen IA15.9 - Animal Guides
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.
The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson
I listened to the audiobook, but linked to the PB version.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 540/1070
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 26/60
Big Books This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 3
Another well moderated challenge, Thank you ladies!
Queenbee DarleneHope I'm not too late:
5.1 Create Your Own World! Book of your choice:
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson So You've Been Publicly Shamed
5 points
10.5 Penmanship Practice Title on Cover written in Cursive
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith The Cuckoo's Calling
10 points
10.8 Yo Ho, Yo Ho! Word from Pirate Song
Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb Fear and Trembling FEAR is in 9th paragraph, 2nd line, last word
10 points
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
1) Read a book published before you were born:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
1st published 1939; I was born 1965
And Then There Were None
2) Read a book published 2010 or later:
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
1st published 2012
Ten
30 points
Points this post: 55
TOTAL POINTS: 270
Task 10.1 - Take the StairsRead a book with stairs / steps on the cover
They're dark but at the bottom you see the steps leading down to the basement (where the murder occurs)
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 515 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 7
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (2) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Congratulations, M1nks! Winter task 25.13 is yours!
5.10 - Create Your Own World!Book of Choice
Night by Elie Wiesel
30.2 - Ms. Anderson - My Own Words
Option 3 - Children > Middle Grades
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (AR: IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0)
Option 4 - Author named Catherine
The Final Cut by Catherine Coulter
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 260/1070
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
5.2.The Sun and the MoonI finished
by M.J. Rose5.9. Spider Grandmother
I finished Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 230
Tasks completed: 17
Books Read:18
Congratulations, JennRenee! Task 25.14 in the Winter Challenge is yours!
Morgan Faeriesfolly15.8 Culture Vulture
REQUIRED: Delve into Native American culture by reading a book found on the Native American Fiction list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Location on List: p1 #2 8/15/15
Selection: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven -- Sherman Alexie
30.4 Jonquil’s task: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
REQUIRED: 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.
Quote: BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Selection: Fever Crumb (Fever Crumb #1) -- Philip Reeve
REQUIRED: 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.
Quote: A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
Selection: Marked -- P.C. Cast
30.5 DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
REQUIRED: Read a book by an author who uses 3 names. The name must appear on Goodreads as “name^name^name” and the middle name must NOT be an initial.
Selection: Bones of Faerie (Bones of Faerie #1) -- Janni Lee Simner
REQUIRED: Read a book by an author who uses a 3 part name* that includes a middle initial. The middle initial MUST be the initial of the middle name of the author of Book 1. *The name must appear on Goodreads as "name^middle initial^name."
Selection: Deity -- Jennifer L. Armentrout
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This Post: 15 + 30 + 30 = 75
Total Points: 1070/1070
Books Read: 82
Completed Tasks: 60/60
Sorry for the late post! Holidays and then I was driving most of yesterday to get back to Maryland for work today. I usually try to be better at not last minute...yeesh.
10.7 - Sedna the Sea GoddessLies That Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea Handler
chelSEA
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the Wilderness
1 - Blaze by Susan Johnson
Shelved as Historical Romance
POINTS: 210
Jen UT25.1 - Andy P.'s task: The Fall Months
Book 1: Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Book 2: Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
30.6. - Donna Jo's Task - Me, Myself, and I
1. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
3. Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass
First sentence: "Two weeks in, and this was my fourth headache."
Points this post: 55
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Total Points: 365
Christine V10.4 - Ten-Four Day
The Rosie Effect - 5,702 5-star ratings at the time of posting
I read the above Kindle edition. Link to Paperback (no MMP available)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
Congratulations, Jamie NYC! Winter Challenge task 25.15 is yours!
15.5 - Act (on) Your AgeThe single digit result of adding my age is 2.
Man Descending: Selected Stories by Guy Vanderhaeghe 2 words in title, ignoring subtitle
Task total=15
30.4 - Jonquil’s task
Book 1: title found in BE ASHAMED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE WON SOME VICTORY FOR HUMANITY
Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving
A in ASHAMED, v in VICTORY, e in DIE, nu in UNTIL, e in SOME
Of in FOR
My in HUMANITY, s in SOME, t in UNTIL, e in BE, ri in VICTORY, es in ASHAMED
Book 2: title found in A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS
The Wars by Timothy Findley
Th in WITHOUT, e in HOUSE
W in WINDOWS, a in A, r in ROOM, s in BOOKS
Task total=30
Post total=45
Final grand total for season=425
Kristina Simon wrote: "Congratulations, Jamie NYC! Winter Challenge task 25.15 is yours!"Thanks Kristina!
and thanks to all the mods for a well run, fun challenge!
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.8
Culture Vulture
Blood Boundby Patricia Briggs
#124 on the list
Tasks Completed 8
Books Read: 11
Big Books : 0
Tasks Points:15
Grand Total: 140/1070
TASK NUMBER : 5.3 - What are We Made of?TASK DESCRIPTION: #4 or #8 in Series
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR: Tiffany Reisz
DATE READ: 11/30/2015
REQUIRED INFO: #4 in The Original Sinners: The White Years or #8 of The Original Sinners
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦
TOTALS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 1070
YES!!!!!
Kim OTask 30.5 - DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
Book 1- Read a book by an author who uses 3 names.
-- Maija Rhee DevineBook 2- Read a book by an author who uses a 3 part name that includes a middle initial. The middle initial MUST be the initial of the middle name of the author of Book 1.
-- Laurie R. KingPoints this task: 30
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Cumulative Totals
Golden Oldies: 3
Books read: 45
CathyG15.6 - 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. walk
Razed by Shiloh Walker
Goodreads Author
30.5 - DLMRose's Task:In The Middle
Book 1- Read a book by an author who uses 3 names.
Nowhere Near Respectable by Mary Jo Putney
Book 2- Read a book by an author who uses a 3 part name* that includes a middle initial. The middle initial MUST be the initial of the middle name of the author of Book 1.
The Journal Junkies Workshop: Visual Ammunition for the Art Addict by Eric M. Scott
Points this post: 45
Total points: 545
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 39
Goodreads Authors: 25
5.10. Create Your Own World!The God of Small Things
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 405
Golden Oldies: 9
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Task 15.7 BY THE NUMBERSThe Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff
*The Witches was published in 2015 and has 512 pages.*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 450/1,100
Congratulations, Morgan FaeriesFolly! Winter Challenge task 25.16 is yours!
Amy FL25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
C.
(approved in message 2 for this task)E. Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals
25.6 - Dakimel’s Task: Wedding Traditions
Option 2: We Need New Names
Option 3: Those Girls (borrowed from the library)
30.3 Ava Catherine’s task: Perspectives Over Time
Book 1: To the Lighthouse (Published in 1927; I was born in 1960)
Book 2: Diary of a Mad Fat Girl (Published in December 2010)
Points this post: 80
Final total points: 660
30.1: Schatzie's TASK: DNAOption 2, title contains the letters SPAIN: A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd
Option 4, a green object on the cover: I'll Be Seeing You by Suzanne Hayes
The green object is the postage stamp on the letters in the woman's hands.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 825
That's it for me. Thank you very much, moderators, for all your hard work on this!
Congratulations, Tara Jo! Task 25.17 in the Winter Challenge is yours!
Morgan wrote: "Woo hoo, Tara Jo!!!"Thanks!!! You too!!!!
Kathy G.5.10. Create Your Own World!
-any book-
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
link to paperback:
Twenties Girl
Total Points- 125
Total Tasks- 12
10.1 - Take the StairsFantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
the staircase is on the far right-hand side below the titlePoints this post: 10
Season total: 440
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20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
Option D: OUR ANNIVERSARY To celebrate 12 years of "happily married" read a book with exactly 12 letters in the author's* name.
I read Whatever Happened To Baby Jane by Henry Farrell.