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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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Nick KY5.1 Only Natural. I read Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton, first and last inits in NAtural.
10.4 Fan Thing I read Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear, with “Science Fiction” as a GR genre.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Darwin’s Radio at 538 pp.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 225
Big Books So Far: 500+ (4)
Julia10315.4 - Stranger Things
Book 1: An Egyptian Novel (StrANgEr things)
Book 2: Sheepfarmer's Daughter (first published 1988)
15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Golden Age and Other Stories (title begins with G)
20.10 - Group Reads
Death on the Nile
My comments are in post #25.
Death on the Nile was first published in 1937 - Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
Sheepfarmer's Daughter is 506 pages - claiming one BB ticket
This post: 50 points
Total points: 215
Total BB: 1
Total GO:1
Tasks completed: 10
LAUREN JODI20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option C: Set in Florida
Hunt Her Down by Roxanne St. Claire
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day
Published in 2015
A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire
Holiday 2: Melbourne Cup Day
White Hot by Ilona Andrews
Horse: White Nose (1931)
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Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 105/965
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 5/56
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything NiceOption 2, a book from a series that you've never read before and can be found on Cozy Mystery Series list: Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett
Page 1, #38. This series is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Andy P.Task # 10.8 - Best Original Novel
Read a book that has made the list for the Booker prize from this list
by Penelope Lively#1 on page 2 of list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
CelesteR15.9 - Ghouls & Goblins
ごほうびちくび Go Houbi Chikubi by Shougo Ikegami
GN: 100+ < 149 pages
pts/post - 15
15.10 - Thrills & Chills
Killing Stalking by Koogi
Webcomic: 200+ < 236 pages
Horror is identified as 2# Genre by 43 users in edition: Killing Stalking
However... number of pages is indicated in different edition: Killing stalking: 1 AND num. pages (236) surpasses Comic Strip/Web Comic requirement(200+).
pts./post - 15
total: 85
Reader board Name: Kim E,Task: 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 2: read a book that is set at least 50% in one of the three countries Italy/France/Switzerland that produced this film.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 9/11/17
- set completely in France
Points Claimed: 20
Total Points: 20
Reader Board Name - Kim E.Task: 20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 1: LONDON BRIDGE
Read a book with bridge on the cover.
9/5/17- the San Francisco Bridge on the cover
Points Claimed: 20
Total Points: 40
Ava Catherine10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the show's stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, or season 1 guest stars.
Peter Lawford: season one guest star
Celine by Peter Heller
20.10 - Group Reads
Read and discussed in group thread (post #26)
Fiction Set in a Member State of the Arab League - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
total=425
Reader Board Name - Kim E. Task: 25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
This is a 2 Book Challenge
4) Read a book from one of these two lists: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books or The Most Frequently Challenged Books.
by Anna Sewell 9/1/17 208 pages Listed on Page 1, # 48 on "Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books"2) Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
9/11/17 384 pagesPoints Claimed: 25
Total Points: 65
Zach20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
I chose Option 1 to read a book set before 1900 and I read the book, Siddhartha which takes place approximately around 625 BC. See the following link for reference: https://www.shmoop.com/siddhartha/set...
I am also claiming one Golden Oldie ticket as Siddhartha was first published in 1922.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60
G.O. Tickets: 1
Ava Catherine30.2 - MAZZA1’S Task: Six Degrees of Separation
Book 1: Read a book with one of the words of this task’s title (excluding “of”)--SIX, DEGREES, SEPARATION--in the title of the book.
Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir 694 pages
Book 2
Option D) Read a book of the same genre as Book 1.
Book 1: Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir mpg English History>Tudor Period
Book 2: The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser mpg English History>Tudor Period 479 pages
694+479=1173 pages > (required 666 pages)
total=455
Readerboard name: D10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the show's stars.
DIS MEM BER and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates
Star: Carol Burnett
Post total=10
Season total=70
Ava Catherine30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 1.Reading: Read a book with the word BOOK found intact in the title/subtitle.
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Option 2: Writing: Read a book that has at least 2 words written in cursive on the cover. This should occur in at least 2 separate words. Author's name or title works.
The Weight of Ink
by Rachel Kadishtotal=485
Chelleanne20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest, Option 5.
Explanation: For this option read a book that has at least two edition on Goodreads, that are in another language than your mother language. These have to be two different languages, so for example two Spanish edition besides the English one will not work.
Book:
Revolutionary RoadAnd two foreign editions:
Vía revolucionaria
Дорога перемен***
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed 5
Books read: 5
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 5: A Terrible Beauty
also published in Czech (Bílé kosti) and Greek (Τρομερή Ομορφιά)
Summary:
Points this Post: 20
Points overall: 135
Creynard10.1 - Rice is Nice 10.1 - Rice is Nice
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Set in California.
***The Maltese Falcon was first published in 1930. Claiming 1 GO ticket.***
10.3 - No Blindfold
The Spy by Paulo Coelho
10.6 - Highway Patrol
by Chelsea Camaron15.8 - NaNoWriMo
Word Play by Amalie Silver
On page one of GR Fiction Books About Authors.
15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
option 2 : Slightly Married by Mary Balogh
"Married" is my 7-letter word
option 3: Going Dark by Monica McCarty
"McCarty" is my 7-letter name
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 3: Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren
Fulfills task 10.2 from winter 2016-2017 challenge...with a word ending in "ing" in the title.
Option 4: Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne
I gave 5-stars to The Forbidden Rose in July 2017.
Points this post: 120
Total points: 195
Golden Oldies: 1
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Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
Readerboard name: Eerienight20.10- Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie 9/23/17 **
link to discussion post
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
20.10 - Group ReadsDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 8
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.3 - No Blindfold
Spy found in title
Kindle edition I read: I Spy Dead People
Most popular paperback edition: I Spy Dead People
15.7 - Sea Life
Sea life on cover. Mermaid pictured
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Main page genre Horror -- Bird Box
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
Title lettering in yellow
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Using Option 5 where there are at least two editions of the book that are in a different language than my native tongue which is English
Spanish edition: La roja insignia del valor
Italian edition: Il segno rosso del coraggio (this is also the edition that comes up as the most popular MMPB)
Kindle edition I read: The Red Badge of Courage
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 40
Points Earned this Post: 80
Total Points To Date: 120
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Choose ONE option below and read a book with a minimum of 250 pages.
NO books with the main page genre of “childrens” or “kids” can be used for this task.
I chose option D) Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in LATINO LITERATURE. Minimum of 3-word title. All words count. Ignore subtitles / series names. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase.
I read Under the Lights (LaTino literatUre). Total book pages= 336 > 250
Points this post: 20
Fall 2017:
Points Overall:140
Tasks Completed:8
Books Read: 10
PegW10.8 - Best Original Novel
The winner of Booker prize is announced at a ceremony that takes place in London in October. Read a book that has made the list for the Booker prize from this list: Man Booker Prize Winners and Nominees
The award listing must appear on the Goodreads book page.
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, currently on page 1.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
20.9 - Moderator's PetOption 3 - Ashes to Ashes - Read a fiction book where disease plays a major role
The Girl with All the Gifts
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
Anja20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
1. Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title.
Idol by Kristen Callihan
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 155
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 9
Task: 20.1 Option 2 - Cozy Mystery - Killer Jam found on Page 6. This series is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 1: Historical Romance - read a book that is set entirely before 1900
The Owl Killers
Big Book Ticket: 562 pages
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 4: read a book of short stories
The Darker Sex: Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre by Victorian Women Writers
Approved by Fandury here
Points this post: 40
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
Option 1: Historical Romance - read a book that is set entirely before 1900
The Owl Killers
Big Book Ticket: 562 pages
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 4: read a book of short stories
The Darker Sex: Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre by Victorian Women Writers
Approved by Fandury here
Points this post: 40
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
SweetMelissa10.10 - Countdown
After You Left, Carol Mason, 318 pages, 9/4/17
15.7 - Sea Life
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Nathaniel Philbrick, 9/7/1720.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 1: Finders Keepers, Stephen King, 9/9/17
25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 1: All the Best People, Sonja Yoerg, 368 pages, 9/12/17
Option 2: It, Stephen King, 1142 pages (3 BBT), 9/22/17
This post
Points: 70
BBT: 3
GO: 0
Total
Points: 70
BBT: 3
GO: 0
Total pages: 368 + 1142 = 1510
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 10.9 - Members Only
The Da Vinci Code Group Read in September in A Million More Pages (AMMP), read 9/24, 5 stars - listened to the audio version, the MMPB version The Da Vinci Code is 608 pages long, claiming one BB ticket
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 21
BB Tickets: 7
GO Tickets: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.3 - No Blindfold
I, Spy? by Kate Johnson
The word "spy" is in the title.
Link to PB edition: I, Spy?
10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich
This book with a hyphenated word (Twenty-One) in the title.
Link to PB edition: Top Secret Twenty-One
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Tasks completed: 9
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Julia10330.4 - Dlmrose's task: Vowel Power
Book 1: The Painted Queen
Book 2: Sky Dragons
This post: 30 points
Total points: 245
Total BB: 1
Total GO:1
Tasks completed: 11
Oma12295.4 - Best Laid Plans
I chose Task 10.1 which required a book that was either #6 or #7 in a series.
Natural Reaction by Terri Reid
Total Points-90/965
Total Tasks- 8/56
Total Golden Oldie Books-(8
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
SALLY M.25.5 Happy Returns
Option 2: Read one book which fulfills two of the options offered, with a length of no less than 500 pages.
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi & Curt Gentry (option 1 - septemBer twenty-fiVe; option 2 - page count 736)
**Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders is a Big Book (736 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
30.6 Fall Baking
Yum, yum, yum - I'll take any opportunity to obsess over my go-to crunch top apple pie
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed (option a: sugar)
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (option d: 6 to 8 servings = number of pages includes 6 or 8)
353 + 280 = 633 pages
Points this post: 55
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 11
Pages read: 5,230
Total BB tickets: 5
Total GO tickets: 0
Shiraloo5.1 -- Only Natural
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
15.4 -- Stranger Things
If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon
REQUIRED:Option 2
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 150
BBT: 1
GO: 0
10.10 - Countdown Read a book with a page number between 244 and 334.
One True Thing by Anna Quindlen
304 pages
Points this Post: 10
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 30
Total Books Read: 2
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
10.10 - CountdownWreck by Fleur Ferris
288 pages
20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 1: read any book found on the Best Literary Mysteries Listopia.
Gone Missing (Kate Burkholder #4) by Linda Castillo
#457, page 5
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
B) Read a book by a single author whose First and Last initials are in HISPANIC HERITAGE.
Mayhem (Dr. Thomas Bond #1) by Sarah Pinborough
Author's initials, SP, found in hiSPanic & book has 341 pages
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 245
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Highway patrol
Read a book with a motorcycle (a two-wheeled vehicle that is powered by a motor and has no pedals) on the cover.
I read
by Jax Miller.Challenge 15.2 Opposites attract
Read TWO books in which the authors' first and last initials are swapped.
I read
by Sean Rodman and 
by Robin Stevenson.Challenge 15.3 Victoria Falls
Option1:
Book 1: Read a book with the word "water" or "fall" intact in the title/subtitle/series name.
I read Breathing Water by T. Greenwood.
Book 2: Read a book written by an author named “Victoria” or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - Victoria such as Vicky, Tori, Victor.
I read B Negative by Vicki Grant. Vicki is found in Other forms under English.
Challenge 20.1 Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 4: Read a book where all the letters of SAMHAIN can be found in the title.
I read Another Miserable Love Song by Brooke Carter.
Challenge 25.2 Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Option 1. Read a book written by one woman that was first published since 1998 (inclusive).
I read Envy by Sandra Brown. 549 pages. First published in 1999.
Option 3: Read a book which won or was shortlisted for the award in any year.
I read Someone by Alice McDermott. 232 pages. It was shortlisted in 2015.
549 + 232 = 781 pages
Challenge 30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Power
Book 1: Read a book with a word that contains three consecutive vowels (ONLY a, e, i, o, u; NOT Y) in the title or subtitle.
I read The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepperby Phaedra Patrick.
Book 2: Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters that contains the letter Y as the ONLY vowel,
I read Learning to Fly by Paul Yee.
Points this post: 115
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 27
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
10.4 - It's a Fan ThingRead a book with a main page genre of "Science Fiction."
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters.
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option B
The Year of Small Things: Radical Faith for the Rest of Us
Sarah Arthur
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 75
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 4
Total Books read: 4
20.3 - MY OWN WONDER OF NATUREOPTION 1 - The Mark of the King first published January 2017.
30.3 - TIME FLIES
OPTION 1 - $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal which is 144 pages.
APRL - in Proposal
I - in Marriage
OPTION 3 - TASK 10.5 - New York with no L in title or author and 862 pages.
144 + 862 = 1006
TOTAL POINTS - 145
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in sessionOption 1, a book with the word BOOK found intact in the title: The Bookshop at Water's End by Patti Callahan Henry
Option 2, a book that has at least 2 words written in cursive on the cover: Swimming Lessons by Mary Alice Monroe
Points this post: 30
Total points: 210
SCHATZIE5.5 - September, October, November
--- number of pages with a 0, 1 or 9
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
page count link: pb (no mmpb) Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America -- 240 pages
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5.8 - Under the Fall Moon
--- 'blood' in title
Whisper To The Blood
page count link if needed: Whisper To The Blood
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15.1 - Climbing Everest
---seven summits, conquer two
KILIMANJARO ( JM)
Any Minute
by Joyce Meyer
page count link if needed: Any Minute
ELBRUS (BR)
A Million Suns
by Beth Revis
page count link if needed: A Million Suns
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15.8 - NaNoWriMo
---book from a given list
my list: BOOKS FOR WRITERS
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
---opt. 3, book from given list
my list: NON-FICTION DISASTER BOOKS, page 1.
Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
page count link if needed: Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
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20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
---Opt. 1: book first published in January
Soul Surfer (Library Edition): A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
page count link if needed: Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
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20.10 - Group Reads
Death on the Nile
--my 2 cents are in message 16 of the discussion thread
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Points this Post: 100
Challenge Total: 255
Task 20.7 - National Hispanic Heritage MonthC/ Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states: Texas, Florida, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and New York.
Required: Specify the state when you post.
setting: Scottsdale, Arizona (United States)
Death by the Dozen (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #3) (2011) by Jenn McKinlay (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 276 pages)
15 + 20 = 35
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 15 + 20 = 35
Books read: 02
Pages read: 464
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Jasmiina F15.10 - Thrills and Chills:
Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller.":
Outcast, Vol. 4: Under Devil's Wing by Robert Kirkman.
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:
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin.
My mother language is Finnish. Two other editions: O Cavaleiro dos Sete Reinos (portuguese) and Der Heckenritter von Westeros: Das Urteil der Sieben (german).
Points this post: 35
Total points: 85
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Sara ITA5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
La sovrana lettrice (The Uncommon Reader) by Alan Bennett
Book is set in England and fits task 5.2 - Location, Location, Location - Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Una lectora poc corrent (96 pages)
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option D - Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in LATINO LITERATURE. Minimum of 3-word title.
Avviso ai naviganti (The Shipping News) by Annie Proulx
3-word book title found in LATINO LITERATURE
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30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Required: Page total must equal 500 pages or more.
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the word SEVEN.
Il Corsaro Nero (The Black Corsair) by Emilio Salgari
Author's initials found in SEVEN
** Il Corsaro Nero is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1898). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
** Il Corsaro Nero is a Big Book (518 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket. **
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Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
La morte dell'avversario (The Death of the Adversary) by Hans Keilson
Book 1 + Book 2 page total: 518 + 264 = 782 pages
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Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 55
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
Anne (Booklady)20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Choose ONE option and read a book with a minimum of 250 pages.
A) Read a book set at least 50% in one of these Spanish-speaking countries. = SPAIN
*For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 496 pages and entirely set in Spain.
*Golden Oldie Ticket: For Whom the Bell Tolls was 1st published October 21, 1940.*
25.4 - Andy P's task: I didn't think I would finish the Summer Challenge but...
Book 1: Read a book whose title contains the following letters IDRETF =w Is FoR wasTED
**W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton 576 pages
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose complete initials are found in ARDUOUS = SR, Sofie Ryan
Buy a Whisker by Sofie Ryan 336 pages
**Big Book Ticket: W is for Wasted is 576 Pages.**
Total Pages: 912
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Read one book from two different options.Page total must equal 500 pages or more.
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title = HANGING
**The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen is 512 pages
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name = LARSSON
The Blood Spilt by Åsa Larsson 368 pages
**Big Book Ticket: The Hanging Girl is 512 Pages**
Total Pages: 880
Points in These Tasks: 75
Golden Oldies in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 2
Pages Read in This Post: 2,288
Totals:
Total Points: 275/965
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 14/56
Total Books Read: 18
Total Pages Read in Fall 2017 SRC: 7,271
READERBOARD NAME MAZZA1Task 10 . 7 Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title or subtitle
Bel-Ami
Task 20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Death on the Nile
Comment number 30 in discussion thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task 30.1 Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
500 page requirement
Option 2 Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title
All Hallows at Eyre Hall Hallows = 7 letters
330 pages
Option 3 Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History KOLBERT Elizabeth Kolbert
319 pages
330 +319 pages = 649 page total
Task 30.2 MAZZA1’S Task: Six Degrees of Separation
666 Page requirement
Book 1: Read a book with one of the words of this task’s title (excluding “of”)--SIX, DEGREES, SEPARATION--in the title of the book
Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons
rating 3.67
496 pages
Book 2 C) Read a book with a rating separated by no more than 0.3 in either direction from Book 1's rating
Claire of the Sea Light
rating 3.63
238 pages
496 +238 = 734 pages
Task 30.3 ElaineL's task: Time Flies
500 page requirement
Option 2 ➜ 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.
The Unquiet Mind Sara Alexi
298 pages
Option 4 ➜ Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author
Away from the Dark
350 pages
I read Into the Light in August giving it 5 stars my review can be found here https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
298 + 350 pages = 648
Task 30.4 Dlmrose's task: Vowel Power
Book 1 - Read a book with a word that contains three consecutive vowels (ONLY a, e, i, o, u; NOT Y) in the title or subtitle.
A Beautiful Mind (EAU consecutive)
Book 2 - Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters that contains the letter Y as the ONLY vowel, such as crypt, tryst, spry, rhythm, in the title or subtitle.
Mr Lynch's Holiday
Task 30. 5 Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
500 page requirement
For this task you will need to read two books from one option - Both books must come from the same option
Option 2. Lisztomania Read two books relating to any combination of the following music topics. Both books may come from the same topic, if desired.
C) Book with the name of a musical instrument in the title or subtitle
Trumpet 278 pages
Tears and Trombones 312 pages
278 + 312 = 590 pages
Points this post = 180
Total points to date = 360
Books to date = 28
choosing not to track Big books or Golden Oldies this challenge
FANDURY10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title or subtitle.
Cold-Forged Flame by Marie Brennan
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 1: Read a book by Stephen King or a book with the main page genre Horror.
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
I read the Kindle version but the MMP is 562 pages: Pet Sematary
I claim 1 big book ticket for this
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Julia10310.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Neogenesis (science fiction genre)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 255
Total BB: 1
Total GO:1
Tasks completed: 12
30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on StacksOption C:
Unshapely Things 305 pages Sword and Laser bookshelf
Death's Daughter 359 pages Vaginal Fantasy Bookclub Bookself
Points this post: 30
Points: 30 + 210 = 240
BB: 1
GO: 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
El color de los sueños (other topics)Una stanza piena di sogni (other topics)
The Golden Compass (other topics)
The Rowan (other topics)
Out of the Easy (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Chris Bohjalian (other topics)Rhys Bowen (other topics)
Darynda Jones (other topics)
Phillip Rock (other topics)
J.A. Konrath (other topics)
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10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
I read Pure by Julianna Baggott. This book has a main page genre of Science Fiction.
10.9 - Members Only
I have a "real life" book club, and we read Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20