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FALL CHALLENGE 2016
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Jonquil5.9 - Willow
title or subtitle that contains an X
Mexican Heat
Laura Baumbach
Paperback, 272 pages 9/6
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Books posted: 9
Tasks complete: 9
Pages this post: 272
Total pages as of this post: 2943
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Asian CultureO-1: Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
*GO, first published in 1857*
O-3:
by Mário Quintana*Approved in the help thread*
Points this post: 30
Total: 160
5.1 - PaperRead a a book with a main page genre "Books about Books" or with book(s) on cover
Books on cover and also shelved as Books about books by 17 users
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5.5 - Wood
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of trees.
The matching word is WHITE, as in #38 White Oak & #39 Eastern White Pine
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristi CO's task: Fantasy Football Season
Option B. Read a debut book from the Goodread’s Debut Author Snapshot list.
Bryn Greenwood is on page # 1 of the list
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: The Cheekies.
Option 2: Read a book that is the second in a series.
This is book #2 in the DI Greco series
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* All books are ARC´s
Points This Post: 50
Points Total: 50/875
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 4
GO Total:
BB Total:
Pat ◎20.8 ~ Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Count 'em Up!
Task Description ~ 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 AND subtitle.
Required ~ In your post include title (and subtitle) word count and last letter count.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot(6 word title, 6 letter last name)
Completed ~ 9.5.16
Pages ~ 370
Points this post : 20
Total Points : 105
Tasks Completed : 5
Books Read This Season : 6
Pages Read This Season : 2095
perletwo10.9 - National Book Festival - September 24th marks its 16th anniversary of the National Book Festival. Read a book written by one of this year's participating authors: 2016 National Book Festival Authors.
Cujo by Stephen King
Points this task: 10
Total points: 150
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
Post #415.2. It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer!
A. Using task 5.1- A Different View The Old Man and the Sea on page 1 and currently #21 on Books With Multiple Perspectives list
B) The Vegetarian added to my TBR list on July 22, 2016
Points this post:15
Total Points:40
Books read: 5
Tasks Done: 4
perletwo15.6. 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 Cookery Made Easy & Refined
The GR page doesn't make it clear, but this is a reproduction of a cooking manual from 1802, which qualifies it for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 165
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 11
Jasmiina F20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World:
Option 1: Read a book that was first published 50 or more years ago:
The Perfect Hostess by Rose Henniker Heaton.
First published in 1931.
*I claim a Golden Oldie ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
20.10 Group ReadsI read The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
My comment is #18 on the discussion thread.
Points this task: 20
Points in total: 60
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Aleksandra30.4 All in order
1. The First Last Kiss Ali Harris , word "first" in title
2. Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík Arnaldur Indridason, first in series
Task points 30
Total points 30
LAVENDER20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: Pokebooks
Option 2: Read a collection of short stories, essays or novellas.
Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
This book is a collection of 4 short stories by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Marina H20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World
Option 4: Eleanor & Park
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Reader name : Maya10.7 - Doing the Dewey
Read a book with the corresponding Dewey decimal designation: Literature & Fiction
Book read: On Demon Wings
Required: Rolled a 8 (6+2), 813.6
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20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: Pokebooks
Option 2: Read a collection of short stories, essays or novellas.
Book read: Rise: A Newsflesh Collection
I would like to claim 1 BB ticket for Rise. Rise is 644 pages.
Points this post: 30
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Tasks completed: 12
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Points Total: 235
15.10. It's All About FamilyRead a book from one of these lists: Novels Featuring Grandparents or Best Books about Family Relationships.
REQUIRED: Indicate in your post which list the book appears on and the page of that list.
i picked a book from the 2nd list, about Family Relationships.
I read We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler.
This book is on the 5th page, #452 on the list.
Task Points :15
Total Challenge Points: 15
SarahBR20.1 Most Improved – Camilla’s task: Sep – Oct – Nov
Option 3:
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green The book has a page count of 229 meeting the requirement of the task having a nine in the page count.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Count 'em Up!
A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole This meets the challenge. 4 letters in Cole and 4 words in the book title. This is also over the 250 pages required for the challenge
Points this post: 40
Total points: 85
Books posted: 6
Tasks complete: 5
Pages this post: 581
Total pages as of this post: 1843
Nick KY5.4Flowers I read Devil in Jerusalem: A Novel, Inspired by True Events by Naomi Ragen, whose initials are in “cRaNesbillgeranium.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 70
Kim ATask 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: The Cheekies
Read a book that is the second in a series.
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
*#2 in Rachel & Darcy series
Points This Post - 20
Total Points - 20
Ava Catherine20.10 Group Reads
i read The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend.
group post #16
25.2 Andy P's task: Harvest Time
Book 1: Read a book written by a single book whose initials can be found in the word HARVEST.
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg by Helen Rappaport
272 pages
Book 2: Read a book that has the word TREE or TREES in the title.
Under the Udala Trees 328 pages
272+328=600 total pages
total=95
Ava Catherine10.1 Self-Taught
Read a book written by one of the 17 Famous Authors Who Didn't Study Writing.
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
total=105
15.8 A nonfiction book that will teach you a new skill or help you improve one you’ve already acquired.The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
My husband and I are 30-something newlyweds and have too many things, even after two garage sales! I want to be better at getting rid of things.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Coralie5.9 Willow
Book with letter 'x' in title
Pagan in Exile
30.5 Fall Out Over Autumn
Using the word 'call' from the motoring category
First Rider's Call 656 pages
This post 35 points
Total to date 35 points
10.9- National Book FestivalCarrie by Stephen King
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: The CheekiesOption 1 - number in the title - Read The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 25
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
5.5 - Wood The Leopard Tree by Tim Merriman
Using the word 'tree' found in cucumber tree and tulip tree
POINTS: 50
Readerboard name MAZZA1Task 30.2 Ava Catherine's task: Asian Culture
Book 1 Option 1 Read a book where the author's initials appear in CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
The Disenchanted Widow Author - Christine McKenna Intials, C and M both in the required word
Pages 400 Completed on 08/09/2016
Book 2 option 2 Origami Read a book with a bird on the cover
Trail of Broken Wings
Required - include the cover
Completed on 08/09/2016
Pages 370
Points claimed for this task = 30
Total points claimed = 80
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task 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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the words- 1: BCGMSU 2:AEILNR. Spaces determine names. One qualifying contributor in a book by multiple authors works.
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 4
GO Tickets: 0
Big Books: 0
**Repost**Cait S
10.9- National Book Festival
Carrie by Stephen King
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
perletwo15.7. Sing Along! - Read a novel that has been turned into a musical, from the following list: Novels that have been turned into musicals
The Silence of the Lambs
Points this task: 15
Total points: 180
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 12
Kristen IA15.10. It's All About Family
Read a book from one of these lists: Novels Featuring Grandparents or Best Books about Family Relationships.
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
REQUIRED: Indicate in your post which list the book appears on and the page of that list.
List: Novels Featuring Grandparents, page 1, Book #3
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 25/875
Tasks Completed: 2/53
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa NZ20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World
Option 4:
Read a book whose title starts with a word that begins with one of the letters in PARADE. All words must be considered including articles.
I read Play It as It Lays
Starts with P
Points: 20
Golden Oldie Ticket: 0
Big Book Ticket: 0
Total Points: 30
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the World Option 1 - Read a book that was first published 50 or more years ago (1966 inclusive)
The Tempest by William Shakespeare - first published in 1611 - I claim 1 GO ticket for The Tempest
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 1
Big Book:
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
perletwo25.5 - Jamie NYC's Task: Shared Love of Reading - Option 2 - Common Elements - Adventure and Humor are often found in the books my son likes best so read a book with a main page genre "Adventure" or "Humor", embedded is okay.
Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style
genre verified here
Option 3 - Book to Film - Read a book (or any book from a series) that inspired a movie or television show. Required: Include a link to IMDB, Wikipedia or another reference to the movie or tv show.
Third Girl - Agatha Christie's Poirot
Points this task: 25
Total points: 205
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 13
Pat ◎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 ~ FAMILY
Family Pictures by Jane GreenCompleted ~ 9.9.16
Pages ~ 344
Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 115
Tasks Completed ~ 6
Books Read This Season ~ 7
Pages Read This Season : 2439
loafer5.9 - Willow
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains an X.
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
MMPB: Don Quixote
at 1264 pages, it is a "Big Book"
published in 1615, it is a "Golden Oldie"
points: 5
total: 45
BB: 4
GO: 1
tasks completed: 3
loafer20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: Pocketbooks
Option 2: Ninetales. Read a collection of short stories, essays or novellas.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
points: 20
total: 65
BB: 4
GO: 1
tasks completed: 4
FANDURY20.5 - Bigger is Better - Barbara ★'s Task: Heat Freak or Snowbird?
Option 1: Read a book set in a country with a predominantly cold environment. Your book must be set (at least 50%) in one of the following locations: Estonia, Finland, Mongolia, Iceland, Greenland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Antarctica or Alaska.
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
This book is set in Iceland.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Mod
5.4 - Flowers
initials EB in CRANESBILL: The Runaway Wife by Elizabeth Birkelund
5.7 - Desk Set
reporter/newspaper editor Jack McMorrow: Deadline by Gerry Boyle
10.1 - Self-Taught
#13 J.K. Rowling aka Robert Galbraith:
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
total = 20
Mod
10.2 - Writers Write
pencil on the cover
The Art of X-Ray Reading by Roy Peter Clark10.3 - 3 X 3
in task description examples
Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina
10.6 - Three of the Same
Nothing Short of Dying by Erik Storey -ING, nothING, dyING
total = 50
Mod
After 25 years in the same house and raising 3 children, we have accumulated WAY too much stuff, so I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. I hoped to develop the skill of getting rid of stuff. Maybe, but I had trouble taking a lot of this book seriously.
20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: Pokebooks
I chose option 2 (collection of short stories, etc), and read Rise: A Newsflesh Collection, a collection of 8 novellas/short stories.
20.10 - Group Reads.
I read The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend. My comment is in post 19 of the discussion thread.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 95
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - National Book Festival
Read a book written by one of this year's participating authors: 2016 National Book Festival Authors
by Mary Roach Mary Roach is on the list of Attendees.Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Nikki B25.2 Andy P's Task: Harvest Time
Book 1: The Silence of the Lambs
By Thomas Harris
Book 2: The Silence
The leaves are on most of the trees along the edges of the cover
Total Task Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 90
Mod
10.8 - 26 Letters
letter M = 13, 13 letter title - Man/ito/uCa/nyo/n
Manitou Canyon by William Kent Krueger
15.7. Sing Along!
Big Fish, the musical: Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
20.10 - Group Reads
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Comment in Post 4
total = 95
Readerboard name MAZZA1Task number & name 25.6 - Dakimel's Task: Cool Fall Fun
Task Description ~
Read 2 books, from 2 different options.
Required: Identify the options.
Option A. Exploring the bike paths in my city. For this option, read a book with a bicycle on the cover.
Required: Include the cover.
Option D. Listening to audiobooks while I do all of the above. For this option, read a book written by an author who shares at least one name* with one of my favorite narrators:
Book details Option A The Summer Before the War
Completed ~ 09/09/2016
Pages ~ 592
Book details Option D
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Written by Max PORTER who shares a name with Davina PORTER one of the listed narratorsCompleted ~ 07/09/2016
Pages ~ 114 pages
Points this post ~ 25
Total Points ~ 105
BB tickets this task = 1
Total BB tickets = 5
Tasks Completed ~ 7
10.7 - Doing the DeweyI rolled a 1+1=2
Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Classify link
The most frequent class number is 277.3083
Total points: 10
5.6 - Candy Read a book by an author who has at least 2 Ms in their GR name. Naruto, Vol. 01: The Tests of the Ninja by Mavashi Kishimoto
Total points: 15
MAZZA1. - reader board nametask number & name 10.10 The Apprentice
Task Description ~ Folk artists often learn their skills and techniques through apprenticeships. 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. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear.
Book details Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, The Ultra-runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Completed ~ 09/09/2016
Pages ~ 287
required info - state the word = RACE
Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 115
Tasks Completed ~ 8
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Kim A's Task: The Pumpkin Capital of the WorldOption 4: Read a book whose title starts with a word that begins with one of the letters in PARADE
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
Total points: 35
15.7. Sing Along!Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, a GOLDEN OLDIE published in 1908
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0
POINTS: 65
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristin CO's task: Fantasy Football SeasonOption A. Read a book written by a female author AND that has "Fantasy" as a main page genre.
The Siren by Kiera Cass
Total points: 55
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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Discussion post #17
Points this post. 20
Total points. 25