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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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CelesteR 10.4 - It's a Fan thing
EI8HT, Vol. 1: Outcast by Rafael Albuquerque
Genre: Sci-fi >> 12 users (#3 category)
GN: 100+ < 128 pages
pts/post: 10
tot.- 135
Readerboard name: R Mink5.9
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
15.10
In a Dark, Dark Wood
20.4
Option 1: OLD - OutLanDer
Outlander
**Outlander is a Big Book (850 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
25.2
Option 1:
Me Before You
Option 2:
Saga, Vol. 2
on page 1 of Graphic Novels that are Quality list.
Me Before You, p. 369, and Saga, Vol.2, p. 144
Total 513 pages
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Ann H20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman
Fulfills Option 1: Historical Romance, book is set in the 12th century
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket: 544 pages
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 35
BB: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Andy PTask # 30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall Baking
First a link to a recipe for my baked good
my link text
Option A: Read a book which has an ingredient from your baked good in the title
by Ray Bradbury Recipe calls for 2 apples (338 p.)Option B: Read a book which has a verb from the recipe in the title
by Peter Clines (384 p.) Step three says "Fold in the bananas etc." book approved herePage count 338+384=722>500 page requirement
Points this post: 30
Total points: 280
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title. Subtitles may not be used for the selected title word and should be ignored. Only letters count. Hyphens, apostrophes, diacritical marks, and other punctuation should be ignored. I read An Impartial Witness. The word "Witness" has 7 letters in it. This book has 354 pages.
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name. I read Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton. Grafton has 7 letters in it. This book has 483 pages.
354+483=837 pages (more than 500)
points: 150
books read: 9
tasks completed: 7
pages read: 3350
25.7 - Sandy's task: More is BetterBook 1 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun.
The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House
Book 2 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun
Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction".
The Subtle Knife
In case genre goes off main page - genre noted here
AR Bookfinder Info - IL: UG
Points this post: 10
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 4
Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction".
The Subtle Knife
In case genre goes off main page - genre noted here
AR Bookfinder Info - IL: UG
Points this post: 10
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 4
Oma122930.4 - 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 vowel may be used more than once as in qUEEn.
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
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.
The Gypsy Moth Summer by Julia Fierro
Total Points-165/965
Total Tasks- 11/56
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-500+(1), 750+(),1000+()
Readerboard Name - LaureY5.8 - Under the Fall Moon
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the fall season’s moons:corn, barley, harvest, hunter, travel, dying, beaver, blood, frost.
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Total Books: 11
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name - LaureY10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Number of pages: 285
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Total Books: 12
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
READERBOARD NAME MAZZA115.2 - Opposites Attract
Read TWO books in which the authors' first and last initials are swapped. Middle initials should be ignored. The authors' names must use two different initial letters.
Book 1 Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
Book 2 Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places by Bill Streever
Task 15.4 Stranger Things
Option 2
Read a book where the beginning letter of each word in the title can be found in STRANGER THINGS.
AND is first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive)
The Accidental Tourist first published 1985
Task 20.1
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word AUTUMN.
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Task 20.9 Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 3 Read a fiction book in which a plague or disease plays a significant role in the story.
The Painted Veil cholera epidemic
25.2 - Schmoop the Dude
Option 1. read a book written by one woman that was first published since 1998 (inclusive), the original release date of the film.
Everything We Left Behind by Kerry Lonsdale published 2017 348 pages
Option 3. Read a book which won or was shortlisted for the Dublin Literary award in any year.
Required: Indicate the year of your choice when you post.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist shortlisted in 2009
Pages 209
Page Requirement = 500 - 348+209 = 557
Task 25.5 Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 1 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE. Identical by
Scott Turow 384 pages
Option 2 Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
The Furthest Station Page numbers contain a 4 pages 144
Total page requirement of 500 pages 384 + 144 = 528
25.6 - M1nks's task: Natural Wonders
Using one book option - ONE book of at least 500 pages that fulfills one option.
Option 1 Read a book which is set at least 75% in the lands of Asia
Kafka on the Shore Page count = 505
set in Japan
Points this post 145
Points to date 505
Mod
I read Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini. Author initials, LR, found in natuRaL.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
I chose option B, author initials in hiSpanic heRitage and read Sourdough by Robin Sloan. The book has 262 pages, exceeding the required 250.
(the book also works for option C, as it is set completely in California).
25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
For book 1, regular plural, I read The Girl of His Dreams. I read the kindle edition - the top MMPB, La Petite Fille de ses rêves, has 325 pages.
For book 2, irregular plural, I read City of Thieves. I read the kindle edition - the top MMPB, Grad lopova, has 281 pages.
325 + 281 = 606, exceeding 500 page requirement.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 205
CelesteR20.9 - Nursery Rhymes: Option 2 - Bloody Mary (Mary I of England)
Blood Bank by Silb
Comic: 200+ < 312 pages.
pts./post - 20
tot. points - 155
CelesteR10.10 - Countdown
Blood Bank: Masquerade by Silb
Comic:200+ < (09/01)244 < 298 pages < (11/30)334
pts/post - 10
total- 165
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature1. When are you due?
January 2018 - to celebrate January babies read a book first published in January of any year.
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Published January 2005
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 230
Total Tasks:9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
MegSCL30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
(B) Read one book over 500 pages that fulfills the requirements of two different tasks. Broken Monsters
Option 3: Hello Seasonal Reading Challenge!
Fits winter task 10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket? - Horror on main page
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 The Shining Girls and rated it 5 stars in April 2017.
**520 pp - 1 big book ticket
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Vowel Power
Book 1 - Read a book with a word that contains three consecutive vowels. The Beet Queen
Book 2 - Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters that contains the letter Y as the ONLY vowel. Above Us Only Sky
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 205
BB tickets: 2
Anja10.9 - 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.
Fallen Heir by Erin Watt
The book was a September group read in New Adult Book Club
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 250
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 14
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Author shares name with Carol Burnett, a star on the show
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
10.6 - Highway Patrol
Motorcycle on cover
Cover is for the Kindle edition I read. Paperback edition: Straight Laced
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
★Book #1: Using Option 2 where a word in title is exactly 7 letters long
ebook edition I read: A Dog's Purpose
MMPB edition: A Dog's Purpose - 336 pp
★Book #2: Using Option 3 where the author's last name is exactly 7 letters long
Audio edition I listened to: In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox by Carol Burnett
Most popular paperback edition: In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox - 460 pp
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 160
Points Earned this Post: 50
Total Points To Date: 210
Marina H10.10 - Countdown
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
265 pages - number of pages falls between 244 and 334
First published 1924 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 10
Total points: 170
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 9
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Read a book with the main page genre Horror and/or Thriller. I chose thriller and read Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 135
Cindy FTask 20.5 The 11 Days of the Fantasy Film Festival
Option 5: Book with at least 2 editions in another language besides my mother language (English)
has editions in Polish and Dutch
Points this post:20
Total points:95
Tasks completed:7
Books read:9
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Catherine TTask 15.1 - Climbing Everest
read two books with author initials found in chosen mountains
book 1: Kilimanjaro
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu
initials ML
book 2: Puncak Jaya
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
initials AK
Task 15.10 - Thrills and Chills
read a book with Thriller MPG
Inferno by Dan Brown
620 pages - claiming BB
Task 30.6 - Fall Baking
recipe: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2...
option 1: using ingredient ORANGE
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
224 pages
option 4: serves 8 slices - 8 in page count
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
488 pages
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16.0
224 + 488 >500 pages
post total = 60
Season total = 435
Diana KTask 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 Curious Land: Stories from Home
Book 2 - Read a 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
Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain
Points this post: 30
Total points: 325
Lisa K15.2 - Opposites Attract
Read TWO books in which the authors' first and last initials are swapped. Middle initials should be ignored. The authors' names must use two different initial letters.
Satin Island - Satin Island (Tom McCarthy)
The Secret Books The Secret Books (Marcel Theroux)
Points this post : 15
Total points so far : 35
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
Jasmiina F5.5 - September, October, November:
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9:
A Silent Voice, Vol. 3 by Yoshitoki Oima.
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder:
Read a book of your choice:
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 4: Last Days by G. Willow Wilson.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
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
loafer15.4 - Stranger Things
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book 1: Read a book where the beginning letter of each word in the title can be found in STRANGER THINGS.
AND
Book 2: A book first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive)
All Souls by Javier Marías
strAnger thingS
first published 1989
points: 15
total: 210
BB: 4
GO: 3
tasks completed: 14
loafer20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
A) read a book written by an author named Thomas, Tom or Dennis, Denny.
Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
points: 20
total: 230
BB: 4
GO: 3
tasks completed: 15
Siobhan5.1 - Only Natural
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
Hot Air: A Villainous Love Story by TJ Land
(No print edition, approval of length can be found in message 6458 of E-Book approval thread)
TJ Land = Natural
Points this post: 5
Total points: 230
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 17
Ava Catherine15.5 - Northern Lights
Read a book from the first 10 pages of Popular Norse Mythology Books.
page #1 of list
The Saga of the Volsungs by Anonymous
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).
Gulag by Anne Applebaum published 2003; 610 pages
Option 4: Read a book with “Ireland” or “Irish” as a GR main page genre.
mpg confirmed help thread post #39
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan mpg cultural>Ireland 85 users; 160 pages
610+160=770 total pages>500
total=750
10.4 - It's a Fan ThingNever Fade (The Darkest Minds #2), Alexandra Bracken
Big Book ticket: Hardcover, 507 pages
Andy P.Task # 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
by Paul Doiron Creek is on the list.Points this post: 15
Total points: 295
LAUREN JODI30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 1: Author's initial in SEVEN
Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh
# pages: 361
Option 2: 7 letter word in title
Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
# pages: 354
Total pages: 715
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 145/965
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 7/56
Ava Catherine25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
The Secret Place by Tana French 452 pages
author's initials=TF found in September Twenty-Five
Option 4: I read a book from this list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books.
Page 1; #65 from Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 302 pages
452+302=754 total pages>500
total=775
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 10.10 – Countdown
I read Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides - 285 pages.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
I chose Option 2. I read The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lillian Jackson Braun. This is a new-to-me series and found on page 1 of the list (#6).
25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
Book 1: I read Lady Killers: A Compendium by Tori Telfer - 336 pages, the regular plural noun is "killers".
Book 2: I read Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America edited by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding - 256 pages, the irregular plural noun is "women".
336+256=592
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
I chose Options 4 and 5.
Option 4: I read We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates, "History" is an MPG (verified).
Option 5: I read As Lie Is to Grin by Simeon Marsalis, S and M are in SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
Previous point total: 120
New points this post: 10+20+25+30
Total points: 205
New tasks completed in this post: 4
Total tasks: 10
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
KATRINAT10.2 - The Bodyguard
Help Thread
The soundtrack to the film The Bodyguard was released 25 years ago on November 17, 1992. It is the best-selling soundtrack of all time. Read a book with a word from this list of track titles in the title or subtitle.
An Unrestored Woman, Shobha Rao
Song: I'm Every WOMAN
Points this post: 10
BB:
GO:
Total number of books read: 4
Tasks completed: 1 (5.5/10.2/15.4/15.9)
Total points: 45
perletwo30.1 - 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.
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't by Nate Silver
This qualifies for a Big Book ticket (see page totals below).
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
To the Hilt by Dick Francis
Page total must equal 500 pages or more.
I read both books on kindle, but:
book 1 top pb ed 540 pgs + book 2 top pb ed 352 pgs = 892 pgs
Points this task: 30
Total points: 360
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 17
CelesteR10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
D.Gray-man, Vol. 1 by Katsura Hoshino
GN: 100+ < 182 pages
pts/post-5
total- 170
Mod
10.2 - The Bodyguard
Night from Queen of the Night: Guardians of the Night by Alan Russell
I read the kindle Guardians of the Night
10.3 - No Blindfold
spy thriller genre: Real Tigers by Mick Herron
25.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Book 1, Eye from line 2 "Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow., initials RB in lauRence Binyon: Far as the Eye Can See by Robert Bausch
Book 2, Mellow from To Autumn line 1 Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, , author KH in joHn Keats: Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny
total = 430
CelesteR20.2 - It's a Love Story
Option 1: Historical Romance
D.Gray-man, Vol. #2 by Katsura Hoshino
GN: 100+ < 186 pages.
"Set in a fictional end of the 19th century England" taken from main page of D. Gray-man v.2. A.k.a near the end of the Victorian Era.
pts./post - 20
total: 190
Morgan Faeriesfolly20.2 Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 2: Inclusivity
Read a book from the first 5 pages of:
--> Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
--> found on p3
--> Clockwork Angel
[Points]
This post: 20
Total: 185
Suzannesea30.7 TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 3 - Math
Read a book with a 4-word title. At least one of the words in the title must be a 4-letter word.
The Girl in Green by Derek B. Miller
Option 4 - History
Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Historical>Historical Fiction and History are listed as genres.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 190
Mod
I read Casino Royale. I listened to the audiobook - here's the top MMPB - Casino Royale. Main page genre Spy Thriller>Espionage.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
I chose option 3, and read Death of a Peer by Ngaio Marsh - author initials, NM, found in autuMN.
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes
I chose option 2, "blood" in title, and read The Blood Card.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 255
30.2 - MAZZA1’S Task: Six Degrees of SeparationBook 1: Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare
Book 2: A March to the Sea by John Ringo (and David Weber)
Claiming a Big book ticket for March to the Sea
Points this post: 30
Points: 30 + 305 = 335
BB: 2
GO: 1
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.5 - Northern Lights
Book is on page 3
Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 70
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 4
Total Books read: 4
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside OutPoints this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 85
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 5
Total Books read: 5
Kayla C20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager
Option 2: author's initials in hiSPanic heritage
pages: 272
points this post: 20
total points: 150
GO: 0
BB: 1
Chris MDFixing part of post 894. I'll have to find a new book for 30.1
30.2 Six Degrees of Separation
Book 1: Title includes SIX
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 336 pages.
Book 2, Option F: Title includes all the initial letters of Book 1
H in Rachel
S in Cousin
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Hot Six 336
My Cousin Rachel 400
Total pages 736
This will being my point total to 105.
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
3. Math:
When Breath Becomes Air
5. Science:
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African ChildhoodTrevor Noah
Points this post: 30
Books this post: 2
Totals
Points: 115
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 6
Total Books read: 7
CelesteR15.1- Climbing Everest
Everest- だれにも内緒で。 Darenimo Naisho de. by Riko Sakura
Kilimanjaro- Castle Mango, Vol. 2 by Narise Konohara
GN: 100+ < 182(Sakura) < 264 pages
pts./post- 15
total: 205?
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task #5.5 - September, October, November
Read a book where the number of pages listed on Goodreads includes the number 0, 1 or 9. I read Changeless by Gail Carriger (400p).
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 120