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FALL CHALLENGE 2016
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30.2 - - Ava Catherine’s Task: Asian Culture (Two Books, Include Covers)Option 2: I read The Lies of Locke LamoraThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
Option 3: I read The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 85
Brooke TX5.1 - Paper
Read a a book with a main page genre "Books about Books" or with book(s) on cover.
5.4 - Flowers
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in CRANESBILL GERANIUM.
5.6 - Candy
Read a book by an author who has at least 2 Ms in their GR name.
5.8 - Bronze
Read a book from the list It's All About the Swords. Found on page 1:
10.1 - Self-Taught
Read a book written by one of the 17 Famous Authors Who Didn’t Study Writing. By Elizabeth Peters:
10.2 - Writers Write
Read a book with a writing implement on the cover.
10.4 - Let's Build a House!
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains at least one word from this list of rooms or areas that can be found in a house: attic, basement, bath, bedroom, craft, deck, den, dining, family, foyer, game, garage, guest, hobby, kitchen, laundry, living, lounge, master, nursery, office, pantry, parlor, porch, sewing, storage, study, television (TV), utility.
10.6 - Three of the Same
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains at least 2 different words that end with same 3 letters. "Killing" and "Dying":
10.7 - Doing the Dewey
Roll two dice. Add the numbers you get together and read a book with the corresponding Dewey decimal designation. I rolled a 2 and a 5, so my Dewey designation was the 700s. Most commonly found at 741.5973:
10.8 - 26 Letters
Read a book in which the number of words or letters in the title match the numerical designation of the first letter of the title. Beginning with "M" and containing 13 letters:
10.9 - National Book Festival
Read a book written by one of this year's National Book Festival Authors. By Noelle Stevenson:
10.10 - The Apprentice
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters of APPRENTICESHIP.
Containing the word "THE":
15.5. Autumn Reads
Read a book from the Best Books to Read in autumn list. Found on page 1:
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34.0
15.6. Be Artful
Read a book with the phrase “The Art of” in the title/subtitle.
15.7. Sing Along!
Read a novel that has been turned into a musical, from the following list: Novels that have been turned into musicals. Adapted into the musical A Very Potter Senior Year:
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
25.5 - Jamie NYC's Task: Shared Love of Reading
Option 1: Read a book from Quests or Long Journey on Foot listopias. Found on page 1 of Long Journey on Foot:
Option 6: Read a book where the author's first and last name initials are found in CLASSIC ROCK.
Points
This Post: 170
Total Points: 170
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 22
JUKKA5.10 – Diamond
Any book.
Global Frequency by Warren Ellis
25.6 - Dakimel's Task: Cool Fall Fun
Option B: Book with a dog on the cover.
Poorcraft: The Funnybook Fundamentals of Living Well on Less by C. Spike Trotman
Option D: Book whose author shares a name with an audiobook narrator.
Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder, who shares a name with Scott Brick.
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 295/875
Total Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 24/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
15.9. Can’t Wait to Read It!Read a book from the 2016 “most anticipated” list for 2016, either the fiction or the nonfiction list.
REQUIRED: Indicate the list and the month indicated on the list.
Most Anticipated Fiction First Half 2016
February:
The High Mountains of Portugal
Cumulative Total: 360 + 15 = 375
Jasmiina F20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristi CO's task: Fantasy Football Season:
Option A: Read a book written by a female author AND that has "Fantasy" as a main page genre:
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
20.1 - Sept-Oct-NovOption 3. November - The page count for the mass market paperback contains a 9:
Pietr le Letton (190 pages)
I read the kindle edition:
Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon ***Golden Oldie*** (first published 1931)
20.2 - The Pumpkin Capital of the World
1. First published more than 50 years ago:
The Late Monsieur Gallet by Georges Simenon ***Golden Oldie*** (first published 1931)
Total points 125
Catherine TTask 20.10 - Group Reads
read & comment on a group read book
Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen
comented: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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total points = 755
Catherine TSorry, forgot one!
Task 15.7 - Sing Along!
read a book that has been turned into a musical, from the list
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
AR info: IL: UG
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total points = 770
Nick KY25.5 Jamie NYC’s Love of Reading
Option 3. Book to movie. I read The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, the best movie adaptation of which is the faithful and scary The Haunting from 1963: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057129/?...
Option 4. #167 (page 2) on the Popular Social and Politcal Satire list. I read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Foucault’s Pendulum at 649 pages..
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 455
Big Books So Far: 500+ (3)
LAVENDER20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Jaclyn TX's Task: Harry Potter!
Read a book that contains at least one of the title words from the original Harry Potter series in its title or subtitle.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Sorcerer's in title/subtitle.
CHILDREN doesn't seem to be in the main page genre at the moment, but as it comes back frequently enough:
AR Bookfinder rating -(IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
15.5 - Autumn ReadsBest books to read in Autumn - Read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. This is on page 1 of the list, currently #37.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 155
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 9
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: October 23, 2016
Task 5.6 - Candy
Devious Intention by M.A. Comley - 2 Ms read 10/14
Task 5.7 - Desk Set
One Step Ahead: Memoirs of a Gentlemen Thief read 10/13
The narrator is a journalist relating his meetings with a thief.
Task 15.7. Sing Along!
The Color Purple - read 10/21
Task 25.5 - Jamie NYC's Task: Shared Love of Reading
Option 3 - Book to Film
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3631112/
The Girl on the Train - read 10/13
Option 6 - Old and New
Class Reunions Can Be Murder: Every Wife Has A Story by Susan Santangelo (SS)...read 9/28 - e-length verified post #5883
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 440
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 1 500+ (1), 750+ (0)
DANIELLE M20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World
Option 3: From Most Orange Books of All Time List, page 1
by Augusten BurroughsPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
DANIELLE M20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Count 'em Up!
The Girls from Corona del Mar by Rufi Thorpe
Six word title, six letter last name.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
trishhartuk50.1 - Maya’s Task : We’ve Been Here Before…Or Have We?
BOOK ONE : Sometimes, It’s Easy: READ A BOOK that fits any other task or task option from the Fall 2016 Season.
A Scone To Die For: Volume 1, HY Hanna (334pg)
This would work for 15.1 From A… to Z, option A. Read a book whose title begins with the letter “A”
BOOK TWO : Sometimes, It’s Hard: READ A BOOK from a series that you have read a book from this season already and successfully claimed for a Fall 2016 task.
Cat With a Clue (A Bookmobile Cat Mystery #5), Laurie Cass (331pg)
Read Pouncing on Murder (A Bookmobile Cat Mystery #4) for task 5.1 Paper, claimed in message #1114
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
BOOK THREE : Sometimes, It Gets Done: READ THE BOOK that has been on your Goodreads TBR shelf the longest.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Nicholas Taleb (444pg)
Added to my TBR list on 25 July 2008 - which was only about three months after I joined Goodreads. Ho hum. So many books, so little time.
Total pages: 334pg + 331pg + 444pg = 1,109pg
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 600
Tasks Completed: 28
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1 (500+ x1)
DANIELLE M20.1 Most Improved – Camilla’s task: Sep – Oct – Nov
Option 3: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2 9 5 pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
LAVENDER25.2 - Andy P's task: Harvest Time
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word HARVEST.
Voices from Below by E.A. Rappaport
The author initials E A R all appear in HARVEST
326 pages in the paperback edition that I read.
AND
Book 2: Read a book which has a tree with leaves on the cover.
20827296-evensong
Evensong by Krista WalshLeaves appear on the cover.
316 pages in the paperback edition - I read the kindle edition.
Paperback Edition: Evensong
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 23
Jen UT5.2 - Cotton
The Season by Jonah Lisa Dyer
Takes place in Texas
15.1 - Seasonal Words.
A. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
B. Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: It's Our First Anniversary, SRC!
Option 4: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
This series is new to me.
Points this post: 45
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Total points: 110
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.2 Cotton
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these top 5 cotton-producing US states: Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina or top five cotton-producing countries: China, India, Pakistan, Brazil or Uzbekistan--Mississippi:Strands of Bronze and Gold
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL:MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 10/875
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.3 Leather
Read a book with the genre Travel on its main book page :The Little Paris Bookshop
Verification Post
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 15/875
FANDURY25.3 - Nick KY’s Task – Autumn Moods
Option 2: Read a book with a single house exterior on the cover.
by F.G. CottamI read the Kindle version, the but the paperback is 343 pages: The House of Lost Souls
Option 4: Read a book with the GR genre “Religion” or “Philosophy” or “Environment” or “Biology” on its main book page.
Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne
Has biology as a Main Page Genre.
I read the Kindle version but the paperback is 282 pages: Why Evolution Is True
343 + 282 = 625 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 250
Books Read: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(2)1000+(0)
READ 6015.8 create your own
The Apron Book: Making, Wearing, and Sharing a Bit of Cloth and Comfort by EllynAnn Geisel
points 15
Total points 125
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.5 Wood
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of trees--Red Maple--word "RED": The Girl in the Red Coat
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 25/875
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.6 Candy
The top-selling candy in the US is M&M’s. Read a book by an author who has at least 2 Ms in their GR name. One qualifying contributor in a book by multiple authors works: A Husband for Mari by Emma Miller
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 25/875
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.7 Desk Set
Read a book with a main character that is an author or journalist (novelist, journalist, blogger, TV script writer, etc)--Author:November 9
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 30/875
Oma122915.6. Be Artful
Read a book with the phrase “The Art of” in the title/subtitle. The phrase must appear intact, with no other words interrupting the words in the phrase - for example, The Fine Art of Truth or Dare would NOT work, because "fine" interrupts the 3 word phrase.
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Total Points-95/875
Completed Tasks-11/53
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Mod
I read The Jolly Roger Social Club: A True Story of a Killer in Paradise by Nick Foster.
FO in Foster
L in Jolly
K in Nick
AR in Paradise
T in True
15.2. It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer!
For my first book, I read The Tempest. This fits task 20.2 option A from the Summer 2016 challenge - title contains a word that begins and ends with the same letter. TempesT.
For my second book, I read Smoke and Mirrors, added to my TBR on 6/1/2016.
25.7 Brooke TX's Task: It's Our First Anniversary, SRC!
I chose option 1 (author initials in HAPPY ANNIVERSARY) and read two books to meet the page requirements.
For my first book, I read Angelfall - Tome 1: Penryn et la fin du monde - I read the ebook but have linked to the MMPB for page length - 368 pages. Author is Susan Ee - initials SE found in annivErSary.
For my second book, I read World After, also by Susan Ee - initials SE found in annivErSary. I listened to an audiobook, so have linked to the top listed paperback edition (no MMPB). 438 pages.
Total page count - 368 + 438 = 806, exceeding the 600 page minimum.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 640
25.1. - Sandy's Task: Folk Tales and MusicBook 1, a book from Stories for adults who love fairy tales, page 1, #19: Chocolat by Joanne Harris, 320 pages
Book 2, title contains a word from a song title from 100 Most Essential Folk Songs (Goodnight, Irene): Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner, 371 pages
25.3 - Nick KY’s Task – Autumn Moods
Option 1, a book by one of the CWA's Diamond Dagger Winners, P. D. James (1987): Cover Her Face by P.D. James
mass market paperback edition Cover Her Face, 207 pages
Option 2, a house exterior on the cover: The Cottage on Juniper Ridge by Sheila Roberts, 378 pages
25.6 - Dakimel's Task: Cool Fall Fun
Option B, a dog on the cover: Once Upon a Wine by Beth Kendrick
Option C, a baked good on the cover: Scones & Bones by Laura Childs
25.7 Brooke TX's Task: It's Our First Anniversary, SRC!
Option 1, author initials in HAPPY ANNIVERSARY:
The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman, 384 pages
Words Get In the Way by Nan Rossiter, 256 pages
Points this post: 100
Total points: 390
MEGSCL5.7 - Desk Set
Read a book with a main character that is an author or journalist.
Vanessa and Her Sister – the sister of the title is novelist Virginia Woolf
15.3. October 28 is Frankenstein Day!
Option 2: Spies
Michael Frayn matches Michael Sarrazin
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Jaclyn TX's Task: Harry Potter!
Word= Fire. Not on Fire, but Burning
TOTAL TO DATE:
points: 430
big book tickets: 5
Emsreviewsbooks50.1 - Maya's Task : We've Been Here Before...Or Have We?
Book 1, option A: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. It fulfills the requirements for task 20.6, option A - female author, fantasy genre.
Book 2, option A: Once Upon Stilettos by Shanna Swendson. I successfully claimed points for book 1 in post 1467: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book 3, option A: I read Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon by Jane Austen. I added it to my TBR list on February 20, 2008.
Page count:
Book 1: 536
Book 2: 303
Book 3: 211
Total: 1050
This post: 50
Total: 385
Read: 29
Finished: 20
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.4 Flowers
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in the 4th wedding anniversary flower CRANESBILL GERANIUM--Emily Brightwell: The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 35/875
Pamela326510.1 - Self-Taught
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rowling, J.K.
AR Quiz No. 26759 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 475
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
20.4 - Golden Oldies - JamminJenny's Task: Fall ChangesThe Devil's Grin by Annelie Wendeberg
'HARVESTING' found in title and author's name
H - tHe
A - Annelie
R – gRin
VES – dEVil’S
T - The
I – devIl’s
NG – GriN
POINTS: 485
LAUREN JODI20.6 - Kristi CO's task: Fantasy Football Season
Option A: Female Author of Fantasy
Vengeance Born by Kylie Griffin
Confirmed in post #19 of the task help thread.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 200/875
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11/53
Lindsay T20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristi CO's task: Fantasy Football Season
Option A: Female author of a book with fantasy as a main page genre
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
LAUREN JODI30.3 - Jonquil’s Task- May all of your ups and downs in life be with a needle and thread.
Book 1: International Observe the Moon Night, October 8
Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb
My quilt has a moon prominently displayed.
Book 2: Take a Hike Day, November 17
Dying In the Wool by Frances Brody
My quilt shows places people can take a hike such as hills and roads.
Confirmed in post #71 of the task help thread.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 230/875
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 12/53
Task 15.9. Can’t Wait to Read It!Most Anticipated Fiction Second Half 2016
OCTOBER
Hag-Seed (2016) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 301 pages)
160 + 15 = 175
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 160 + 15 = 175
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4,530
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sheila 50.1 - Maya's Task : We've Been Here Before...Or Have We?
BOOK ONE : Sometimes, It's Easy
Book A:
15.3. October 28 is Frankenstein Day!
Clancy Brown 1985 The Bride
Demon Rumm by Sandra BrownI read the audiobook - link to mmpb
Demon Rumm by Sandra BrownMass Market Paperback, 183 pages
(Brown)
and
BOOK TWO : Sometimes, It's Hard
Book A
Devil's Waltz by Jonathan KellermanI listened to the audiobook. The link to the mmpb is https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Mass Market Paperback, 497 pages
link to previous book in task 30.5
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
BOOK THREE : Sometimes, It Gets Done
Book A
Breaking Point by Suzanne BrockmannI listened to the audiobook.
Mass Market Paperback, 469 pages is https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
added Feb 28, 2010
Total Point = 615
DANIELLE M20.4 - Golden Oldies - JamminJenny's Task: Fall Changes
Option B: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
From the Down By the Sea list, page 1
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
Marina H25.5 - Jamie NYC's Task: Shared Love of Reading
Option 2: Min mormor hilser og siger undskyld by Fredrik Backman
Main page genre: Humor
Option 6: Mine hemmeligheder by Sophie Kinsella
First and last name initials found in CLASSIC ROCK
Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 9
DANIELLE M15.9. Can’t Wait to Read It!
On the Most Anticipated Fiction Second Half 2016 list, September:
Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer
I listened to the audiobook, but linked to the paperback version (no mmpb).
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 5
Andy P.Task # 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Count 'em Up!
Read a book written by a single author whose last name* letter length is equal to the number of words contained in the book's title
by Sophie Hannah 6 words in title, 6 letters in author's last name (book has no subtitle)Points this post: 20
Total points: 410
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - Jamie NYC's Task: Shared Love of Reading
Option 1 - Quests - Read a book from Quests or Long Journey on Foot listopias.
by Patrick Leigh Fermor page 1 # 37 on Long Journey on Foot.Option 5- Science - Read a book with "Science" as a main page genre
by Hope Jahren Science on main page (236 users)Points this post: 25
Total points: 435
CYNBAXTERTask # 10.06 –
Book 1 Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains at least 2 different words that end with same 3 letters.
Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games by Lopez Lomong, Mark Tabb
Running/Killing
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 410 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
DakimelRearranging claimed tasks:
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World
previously claimed for option 4: Duke of Sin
Now will claim for option 4: Attraction
TALLY:
This task - 0 new points
Total - 405
FANDURY10.7 - Doing the Dewey
I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie by Roger Ebert
I rolled a 7, and that is 700 Arts and Recreation.
According to Classify this book has a Class number of 791.4375
Classify Dewey Decimal class
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(2)1000+(0)
SpiderMac5.6 Candy
Read a book by an author who has at least 2 Ms in their GR name.
I read Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu
Marjorie M. liu
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5.8 Bronze
Read a book from the list It's All About the Swords.
I read Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs
This book is #86 on page 1 of the list. (10.25.2016)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
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5.10 Diamond
Read a book of your choice.
I read Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
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20.1 Most Improved – Camilla’s task: Sep – Oct – Nov
I chose Option 3. Read a book with a page count that contains the number nine (9).
I read The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
The version I read has 419 pages.
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25.1 Sandy's Task: Folk Tales and Music
This is a two book task. Books must have combined page total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1 - Read a book from one of the provided lists.
I read Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
The book is #5 on page 1 of the Stories for Adults Who Love Fairy Tales list and has 464 pages.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Book 2 –Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word of at least 4 letters from a song title listed on Folk Alley’s 100 Most Essential Folk Songs.
I read Scratchgravel Road by Tricia Fields
My song is #88 “Road” by Nick Drake. Scratchgravel ROAD
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...
This book has 320 pages. (464 + 320 = 784 pages)
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30.1 Schatzie's Task: as suggested by Cindie: Fall Means Friends
This is a two book task. I chose options 1 and 5.
Book 1 – Option 1 - Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a "J" or an "L".
I read The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
Jo nesbo
Book 2 – Option 5 - Read a book of your choice. Happy, happy!
I read The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
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Points this post: 90
Points total: 710/875
Golden oldies total: 0
Big book ticket total: 1
Tasks completed: 46/53
Books read: 56
Dakimel10.9- National Book Festival
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
15.4- From A... to Z
A1: A Cure for Suicide
B1: Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Asian Culture
1: Level Up by Cathy Yardley (length approved google sheet line 1327)
3:
TALLY:
This post - 55 points
Total - 460
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Moon-Spinners (other topics)Sweet Tomorrows (other topics)
The Cruelest Month (other topics)
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (other topics)
The Circle (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Mary Stewart (other topics)Debbie Macomber (other topics)
Louise Penny (other topics)
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Option 1: Two books
A. Read a book whose title begins with the letter "A"
Aunty Lee's Delights (Singaporean Mystery #1) (2013) by Ovidia Yu (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 264 pages)
AND
B. Read a book whose title or author's name contains the letter Z
Fool's War (1997) by Sarah Zettel (Mass Market Paperback, 456 pages)
145 + 15 = 160
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 145 + 15 = 160
Books read: 14
Pages read: 4.229
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+