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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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10.10 - Countdown: Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End with 282 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15/965
Tasks completed: 2/56
Books read: 2

Breaking Point 124 pages
Points this post: 5
Points: 5 + 135 = 140
BB: 1
GO: 1

Task 15.1 Climbing Everest
Book 1: Kilimanjaro (I,J) Authors initials
Body of Lies by Iris Johansen
Book 2: Aconcagua (C,C) Authors initials
The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
Claim 2 BB tickets 752 pages
Points this post:15
Total points:30
Tasks completed:3
Books read:4
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)

30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 3 - The Good at Heart: A Novel - 4 word title, with a 4 letter word (good)
Option 4 - Secrets of Nanreath Hall - shelved as Historical Fiction by 78ppl
Summary:
Points this Post: 30
Points overall: 105

20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 5: read a book that has at least two edition on Goodreads, that are in another language than your mother language.
American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Portuguese: Ferrugem Americana
Italian: Ruggine americana
Swedish: En amerikansk förlust
German: Rost
mmpb: Un arrière-goût de rouille (French, lol) - 512 pages, qualifying as a "big book"
points: 20
total: 105
BB: 2
GO: 2
tasks completed: 6

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 3: Happy Endings
read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
happiLy ever afTer
first published in 1886, it is a "golden oldie"
points: 20
total: 125
BB: 2
GO: 3
tasks completed: 7

30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
1. Reading: Read a book with the word BOOK found intact in the title/subtitle.
My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria by Alia Malek
Points this post: 30
Total points: 105

Option 1: Read a book with the letters OLD in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
Road Rash and Ramen Noodles: True Tales of Pro Cycling on $10 Dollars a Day by Phil Gaimon.
rOaD rash and ramen noodLes
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Summer Challenge 2017: Task 10.7. They Go Together:
Read a book that has a number word on the cover. The number must be written out, not a numeral, and it may be an ordinal number.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
A Widow for One Year

10.2 - The Bodyguard
Read a book with a word from the given list of track titles in the title or subtitle.
Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories by Ron Rash: song title: "I Have Nothing"
word used: nothing
total=365

15.1 - Climbing Everest
Conquer two of the seven summits by reading TWO books by two different authors. The author initials for each book must be found in ONE peak, and you must "summit" two different peaks.
Peak One: Puncak Jaya
Criss Cross by Jordan Castillo Price
Jordan Castillo Price = Puncak Jaya
Peak Two: Aconcagua
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie = Aconcagua
The Murder on the Links was first published in 1923 so I am claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11

10.8 - Best Original Novel
Read a book that has made the list for the Booker prize from this list: Man Booker Prize Winners and Nominees
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option B) Read a book by a single author whose First and Last initials are in HISPANIC HERITAGE.
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
320 pages (250 page requirement)
author's initials=HA found in HispAnic Heritage
total=395

15.6 Rio's Harbor
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Sound - a wide inlet that separates two bodies of land.
Golden Oldie - First published in 1929
Points this post: 15
Points total: 15
Golden Oldies 1

Option 1:
Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie M. Liu (genre HORROR)
Option 2:
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich (set in France & Italy)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 7

10.9 - Members Only
The Gods Themselves
This is the book selection for my “real life group” Cherry Hills Library Sunday Sci-Fi club October meeting.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35

Task # 10.3 - No Blindfold
Read a book with the word "spy" in the title
The Spy Across the Table9781476794914 by Barry Lancet
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140

30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
1. Reading: Read a book with the word BOOK found intact in the title/subtitle.
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
3. Math: 2+2=4 Read a book with 4-word title. At least one of the words in the title must be a 4-letter word.
The Book of Etta
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
15.6 - Rio's Harbor
Read a book with the name of a natural water body found on The Glossary of Bodies of Water list in the title/subtitle. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
Word: River
Book: Rivers of London
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Read a book with the name of a natural water body found on The Glossary of Bodies of Water list in the title/subtitle. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
Word: River
Book: Rivers of London
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1

Option 1: Book of Shadows
Option 5 The End Has Come and Gone by Mark Tufo
Points this post: 30
Points: 30 + 150 = 180
BB: 1
GO: 1

30.7 TessaVanessa's Task: Class is in Session
Option 1: Word BOOK found intact in the title Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Option 3: 4-word title and at least one of the words is a 4-letter word When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
30.8 Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option B: BookRiot
Book 1-BookRiot's Best Books of 2017 (so far) Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Book 2 - BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels The Vegetarian by Han Kang
This Post:
Tasks Completed: 2
Points: 60
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Books Read: 4
Total:
Tasks Completed: 2
Points: 60
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Books Read: 4

5.4- Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10. You may use a single book A or B option from tasks 15.1-15.4.
5.2 - Location, Location, Location The Alchemist 9/18/17 * Set in Egypt
30.3- ElaineL's task: Time Flies
(B) Read one book over 500 pages that fulfills the requirements of two different tasks.
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Option 2: A Sad Goodbye…- Read a book by an author whose initials (in any order) come from these letters: S, A, S, S, E, J, G and/or K.
Option 4: Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author. IT by Stephen King
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2

Option 1: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160

Task #25.2 - Schmoop the Dude
Option #1: Read a book written by one woman that was first published since 1998. I read Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (first published 2016, 169pp).
Option #4: Read a book with "Ireland" or "Irish" as a main page genre, standalone or embedded. I read The Secret Place by Tana French (genre verified in task help thread post 25, 452pp).
169+452 = 621pp
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 45

5.2 Location, Location, Location - Read a book that takes place in country with natural wonder - I chose Canada
The Night Bell by Inger Ash Wolfe The Night Bell
Takes place in Port Dundas, Ontario, Canada - states this in the description of the book
5 points
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50

Task 30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall Baking
Recipe Chosen: Apple Crisp with Oat Topping
Option A: Sugar Cookie Murder - 384 pages read 9/20, 4 stars
Option D: You're Loved No Matter What: Freeing Your Heart from the Need to Be Perfect - 224 pages, 4 servings, read 9/13, 4 stars
Optional: The recipe turned out great!
Total Pages: 384+224=608 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 245
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 18
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 3

5.8 - Under the Fall moon
Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 01 by Yoshihiro Togashi.
GN: 184 pgs. > 100+ require
Pts./post- 5
Total: 40

Plague Z: Escape - Vol. 1 Russia
ebook approved by length msg #6433 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Squall
10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Pandemonium
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
4. History: Kun kyyhkyset katosivat
5. Science: This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
Points this post: 50
Points total: 110
GO total: 0
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9

25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
Book 1 (title contains regular plural noun): Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction by Elizabeth Vargas, 256 pages
Book 2 (title contains irregular plural noun): The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck, 368 pages
256 + 368 = 624 pages total
This post: 25 points
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 5
Big Books: 0

15.4 - Stranger Things
Option 1:
Book 1:

and
Book 2:

(first published June 1981)
15.5 - Northern Lights

⬛ Page 1 ⬛
15.6 - Rio's Harbor

15.8 - NaNoWriMo

⬛ Fiction Books About Writers - Page 1 ⬛
15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins

15.10 - Thrills and Chills

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Option D

Total Points = 270

15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Shelved as Thriller by 875 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 110
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 7

20.4 Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
2. Read a book with a cover that has either the TITLE lettering in yellow or a yellow OBJECT.

Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
The little yellow bird on top of the broom leaning on the gate was approved in help thread message #35: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)

Task 20.1 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
option 4 - read a book with letters SAMHAIN in title
The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After by Patricia C. Wrede
SAM in MiSlAid
H in tHe
AIN in magicIAN
Season total = 295

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option B: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Initials found in HISPANIC HERITAGE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 10
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 5

Task 10.10 Countdown
Book with # of pages between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
313 pages
Points this post:10
Total points:40
Tasks completed:4
Books read:5
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)

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30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 3 - Secrets of Nanreath Hall- 4 word title, with a 4 letter word (hall)
Option 4 - The Good at Heart: A Novel - shelved as Historical Fiction by 17ppl
Summary:
Points this Post: 30
Points overall: 105

30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall Baking
I used the recipe in the help thread.
Option A: Read a book which has an ingredient from your baked good in the title/subtitle. For example, the linked recipe includes flour, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, pumpkin, vanilla, and chocolate. Plurals and singulars are allowed but no other variations.
The Chocolate Kiss - Audible The Chocolate Kiss - paperback 342 pgs. by Laura Florand
chocolate

Option C: Read a book that has a unit of measure from the recipe in the title/subtitle such as cup, teaspoon, ounce, pound. Plurals and singulars are allowed but no other variations.
A Teaspoon of Trouble - Kindle A Teaspoon of Trouble - paperback pg 198 by Shirley Jump
teaspoon
342+198= 540>500

30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
1. Reading: Read a book with the word BOOK found intact in the title/subtitle.
Guidebook to Murder - Audible Guidebook to Murder - paperback 228 pgs by Lynn Cahoon
Guidebook

2. Writing: Read a book that has at least 2 words written in cursive on the cover. Cursive will be defined as at least 2 consecutive letters joined together written in a single stroke. This should occur in at least 2 separate words. Author's name or title works.
Cards on the Table - Kindle Cards on the Table - paperback 240 pgs by Agatha Christie
This is a golden oldie published in 1936.

30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option C: Goodreads
Book 1: The Sword and Laser group reads all kinds of science fiction and fantasy. Read a book from The Sword and Laser bookshelf.
The Martian - Audible Seul sur Mars - paperback 480 pgs. by Andy Weir

Book 2: The Vaginal Fantasy Book Club reads "female-centric genre fiction, usually with romantic, historical, science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, or supernatural element." Read a book from the Vaginal Fantasy Book Club bookshelf.
Dark Currents- kindle Dark Currents -paperback 399 pgs. by Jacqueline Carey
480+399=879>600

THIS POST
Points: 90
Completed Tasks: 3
Golden oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 185 / 965
Completed Tasks: 8 /56
Golden oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 3,786
Books read this season: 12

30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the word SEVEN. Middle name initials may be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Spaces determine name.
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
I read the Kindle edition. The most shelved paperback edition here has 307 pages.
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name. Spaces determine name, meaning the author’s last name is the final word in the name that is preceded by a space. Only letters count. Hyphens, apostrophes, diacritical marks, and other punctuation should be ignored.
The Wolves of Savernake by Edward Marston
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 243 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 260

10.9 Members Only
Read a book that is a Group Read during September thru November for any of your OTHER Goodreads groups or your "Real Life" reading groups.
A Dark and Stormy Murder, Julia Buckley
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Julia Buckley is the September featured author for the Cozy Mysteries Group, which is the other main GR group I’m a member of. This book is on the homepage as “currently reading”: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 1
Tasks Completed:
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)

20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
Choose ONE of the following options.
Required: Indicate which option you used when posting.
1. Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title. The letters need not be consecutive, rather just need to each be present somewhere in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bunmi Laditan
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
The task has three options, choose ONE book from one option.
Required: Indicate which option you used when you post.
1. When are you due?
January 2018 - to celebrate January babies read a book first published in January of any year.
How to Knit a Love Song by Rachael Herron
First Published: January 1, 2010
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Fiction Set in a Member State of the Arab League - Death on the Nile
Mort sur le Nil by Agatha Christie
Participated in discussion - Post #23
***I claim 1 Golden Oldie for this book, first published in 1937***
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
This task requires two books. Choose books from 2 different options below.
Your two books combined must TOTAL 500 or more pages.
Required: Indicate which options you used when you post.
Option 1. Schmoop the Dude…like, for real.
To “Schmoop the Dude,” read a book written by one woman that was first published since 1998 (inclusive), the original release date of the film.
Don't Go by Lisa Scottoline
First Published: April 1, 2013
416 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
Option 5. Laugh Out Loud Read any of the books on one of these “Laugh Out Loud” lists:
46 Hilarious Books Guaranteed To Make You Laugh Out Loud
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
222 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
416 + 222 pages = 638 pages for both books
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Points This Post: 85
Total Points: 125/965
Tasks Completed: 6/56
GO: 1
BB: 0

Psycho
The Perks of Being a Book Addict- October Read
Points this post: 10
Points: 10 + 180 = 190
BB: 1
GO: 1

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits a 5,10, or 15 point Summer 2017 task
I am using Summer task 15.3 - Common Good. I read Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery whose last name starts with the common letter M.
This book was originally published in 1936 so I am also claiming one Golden Oldies ticket.
Because the book has a main page genre of Children's, here is the AR information:
Anne of Windy Poplars/Anne of Windy Willows
Montgomery, L.M.
AR Quiz No. 6653 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1

15.1 Climbing Everest
Book 1. I summited DENALI and read a book by Andrea Levy, Small Island.
Book 2. I summited KILIMANJARO and read a book by Nick Jans, The Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat
30.2 Mazzai1’s 6 Degress of Separation.
Book 1. With “Six” in the title, I read Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant by Mark Kreidler. 3.76 rating
Book 2. Option C. I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. 3.75 rating (less than 0.03 away from Book 1.)
Six Good Innings = 256 pp
Great Expectations = 505 pp Total Pages = 761 > required 666
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Great Expectations
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 210
Big Books So Far: 500+ (3)

Task # 30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option B
Book 1: : Read a book found on this list of BookRiot's Best Books of 2017 (so far).

Book 2: Read a book from this list of BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels.

Page count: 326+430=756>600 page requirement
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170

Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah
I'm reading this with my work colleagues at the moment as we're devising a scheme of work for teaching. Not a "book group" exactly, but still a group of people reading and discussing a book!
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 4.
Treasure Palaces by Maggie Fergusson
Points this post: 30
Points in total: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 1

30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
At Risk by Alice Hoffman
Total pages: 784 + 272 (required 500)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60

Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
sTRangeR, published 1986
The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters
+15 Points
25.6 - M1nks's task: Natural Wonders
1.Read a book which is set at least 75% in the lands of South America, India, Asia or the South Sea islands.
Colombia, South America
Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
2.For this task, read a book which is set over 75% in an isolated area and apart from people. You can read a book set in a community so long as the community itself is small (no more than 50 families) and, of course, set in an isolated spot.
Takes place on a ship traveling to Antarctica (less than 50 families)
Voyage Along the Horizon by Javier Marías
+25 Points
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
3. Math: 2+2=4 Read a book with 4-word title. At least one of the words in the title must be a 4-letter word.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
5. Science: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
scIenTific
First Love by Ivan Turgenev
+30 Points
Points this Post: 70
Grand Total: 200

10.2- The Bodyguard
Song: I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton)
臆病者にアイラブユー Okubyoumono ni I Love You by Riko Sakura
GN: 100+ < 188 pages.
Pts./post: 10
Tot. points: 50

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 3: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)

Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
Lemon Larceny
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
Title Wave by Lorna Barrett
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
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5.1 - Only Natural
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
I read
5.3 - Oh... Craps
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains two 1’s such as 1981 or 2011.
I read
5.9 - Help Yourself
Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Self Help”.
I read
10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title or subtitle.
I read
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 1: Happy Birthday to Me!: Read a book with ALL of the letters from the month of APRIL found in the title(subtitles are excluded).
I read
Option 4: Where Has the Year Gone?: Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author.
I read
137 + 464 =601 pages
Points this post: 55
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 18
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0