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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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VAL TX5.1 - Only Natural - Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 20
Catherine TTask 25.5 - Happy Returns
one book option, using tasks 1 & 2: read a book over 500 pages with author initials found in SEPTEMBER and page count includes a 4
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
initials MR
pages: 624
claiming 1 BB please
Season total = 45
Catherine TTask 20.4 - Golden Oldies
option 2: read a book with a yellow object on the cover
Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey
yellow cape approved in help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Season total = 65
Sara G20.7 - 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. Ignore middle initials. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase.
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara
HISPANIC HERITAGE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Julia10330.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option1: Baked Books ("Book" is intact)
Option 5: Fate or Folly by Sarah Ettritch (S and E in SCIENTIFIC) (length approved in post #6404 of ebook verification thread)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 50
Total BB: 0
Total GO:0
Tasks completed: 2
Andy P.Task #10.2 - The Bodyguard
Read a book with a word from this list of track titles in the title
The track title is Queen of the Night
by Christine Carbo The matching word is night.Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Teresa Jo10.1 - Rice is Nice
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these top rice-producing US states: California.
Setting: Molena Point, California
Cat Laughing Last by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
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.
Option C: The U.S. states with the highest concentrations of Hispanic residents are: California. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states.
Setting: Molena Point, California
Cat Seeing Double by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Lacy Susanne 5.8 Under the Fall Moon: Blood in the title
The Blood of Emmett Till
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 10.3 - No Blindfold A Spy in Stilettos: A Comedy of Manners, Politics, and a Little Sex
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 5.5 - September, October, November
Prey listened to audioversion, Mass Market Paperback version is 507 pages, claiming one BB ticket
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
BOOKLOVER**30.6**
Used recipe in task description:
Option A. Like Water for Chocolate
Option B. Easy Bake Coven
**30.7**
Option 2. Murder on the Orient Express
Option 4. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome - MPG history
**30.8**
Option B
Book 1. Difficult Women
Book 2. The Country of Ice Cream Star
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Points in this message - 90
Points this challenge - 90
Tasks this challenge - 3
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Morgan Faeriesfolly15.10 Thrills and Chills
Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
--> The Walking Dead, Vol. 26: Call to ArmsThe Walking Dead Vol. 26
--> verified genre: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
[Points]
This post: 15
Total: 45
Teresa Jo5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Cat Fear No Evil by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Diana KTask 5.5 Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9
What We Lose 213 pages
10.1 Rice is Nice Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these top ten rice producing countries: China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Brazil, Japan or top rice-producing US states: Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas.
Pachinko Most of the book is set in Japan
10.3 No Blindfold Read a book with the word "spy" in the title, subtitle, or series name or with the genre “spy thriller” on its main book page
Defectors MPG "Spy thriller"
Point this post: 25
Total points: 40
Brooke TX5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. Fitting Task 10.1 ("Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series"):
5.5 - September, October, November
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction".
15.5 - Northern Lights
Read a book from the first 10 pages of Popular Norse Mythology Books. Found on page 2:
Points
This Post: 35
Total Points: 35
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 5
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy FilmfestOption 1:
Bits & Pieces
Claiming a Big Book Ticket: Book is 577 Pages.
Points this post: 20
Points: 20
BB: 1
GO: 1
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 1: The Exorcist MPG Horror
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
15.6 - Rio's HarborA body of water in the title: Up at Butternut Lake by Mary McNear
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Post #310.9 - Members Only
Group: Cozy Mysteries
For the month of September a choice of two books by Julia Buckley
A Dark and Stormy MurderPoints this post:10
Total Points:35
Books read:3
Tasks Done:3
perletwo5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder - Read a book of your choice.
Secrets in Death
Points this task: 05
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 04
Tasks completed: 04
SandiCompleted Tasks
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
★Book #1: Using Option 1 -- Book first published 1998 or later by a female author
Not a Drop to Drink - 309 pp
★Book #2: Using Option 4 -- Ireland main page genre
Kindle edition I read: The Irish Upstart
Paperback edition: The Irish Upstart - 214 pp
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 0
Points Earned this Post: 25
Total Points To Date: 25
Delicious Dee25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
regular plural noun - The Men with the Golden Cuffs - CUFFS; 436pgs
irregular plural noun - Bad Taste in Men - MEN is the plural of MAN; 240pgs
Summary:
Points this Post: 25
Points overall: 45
Nick KY10.3 No Blindfold. I read The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum, with “Spy Thriller” as a GR main page genre.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Bourne Supremacy at 680 pp.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 10
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
BOOKLOVER**30.5**
Option 1. Time magazine list.
The Sound and the Fury
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
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Points this message - 30
Points in total - 120
Finished tasks - 4
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Catherine TTask 20.7 - National Hispanic Heritage Month
option A - read a book set in Chile
Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
336 pags > 250
Task 20.9 - Morbid Nursery Rhymes
option 3 - read a book where an epidemic disease has a major impact
By Night the Mountain Burns by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
in the blurb it mentions the cholera epidemic which is a key thread/plot aspect in the book: "then hundreds perish in a cholera outbreak. "
Season total = 40 this post + 65 = 105
Sara G25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
1. Mine is a September birthday. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE. All initials count, including middle ones. Letters may be used only as many times as they appear in the phrase. If the book has multiple authors, only one author with initials must be found in the phrase.
Lady Claire Is All That by Maya Rodale
SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB has 368 pages.
3. The word September comes from the Latin root septem-, or seven, and originated in the old ten-month Roman calendar. Read a book set in or about ancient Rome. For the purposes of this task, ancient Rome will be defined as the time of the Roman empire [27 BC to 1000 AD]. This must be clear from the GR book description.
Arms of Nemesis by Steven Saylor
I read the Kindle edition. The most shelved paperback has 320 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 40
Creynard10.2 - The Bodyguard
Dare to Stay by Jen McLaughlin
"Run" ismy word, from the title "Run to You".
10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Stuck-Up Suit by Vi Keeland
"Stuck-up" is my word.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
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Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
Kim O15.3 - Victoria Falls Read TWO books one from Book A and one from Book B OR read ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book A and Book B requirements.
The Girls in the Water
Book A requirement: Read a book with the word "water" or "fall" intact in the title/subtitle/series name.
Book B requirement: Read a book written by an author named “Victoria” or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - Victoria.
Points this task: 15
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Cumulative Points:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+ 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Anne (Booklady)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 = Ocean
Ocean Beach by Wendy Wax
20.10 - Group Reads
*Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Posted on the Discussion Thread Post 4
*Golden Oldie Ticket: Death on the Nile was 1st published November 1, 1937
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 = insidIOUs
Insidious by Catherine Coulter
Book 2 - Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters that contains the letter Y as the ONLY vowel in the title or subtitle = Sky
Shattered Sky by Helene Young
Points in These Tasks: 65
Golden Oldies in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1712
Totals: 65
Total Points: 65/965
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 3/56
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read in Fall 2017 SRC: 1,712
Welcome back, Kristi :) I took a hiatus too. Glad you're back!
loafer5.5 - September, October, November
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville
mmpb: Billy Budd 106 pages
published in 1924, it is a "golden oldie"
points: 5
total: 25
BB: 0
GO: 1
tasks completed: 3
Ava Catherine15.4 - Stranger Things
Option 1: Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2
Book 1: Read a book where the beginning letter of each word in the title can be found in STRANGER THINGS.
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
The Glass Room= sTRanGer things
AND
Book 2: A book first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive)
Black Beech and Honeydew by Ngaio Marsh first published in 1982
total=65
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7I chose Option 2 and Option 3.
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
Passing On by Penelope Lively (210 pages) 7 letters in Passing
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
The Painted Canoe by Anthony C. Winkler (304 pages) 7 letters in Winkler
210+304=514 pages
Post total=30
Season total=30
PegW15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Halloween is for monsters! Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver
Main Page Genre Thriller
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
VAL TX5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder - Read a book of your choice.
Mulan: Five Versions of a Classic Chinese Legend, with Related Texts by Shiamin Kwa
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 25
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden OldiesOption 2
Yellow Text.Points this post 20
Points: 20 + 20 = 40
BB: 1
GO: 0
Readerboard Name: Katie Ker10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Victoria Falls is also known as Mosi-oa-Tunya— The Smoke That Thunders. Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title or subtitle.
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Oldies tickets: 0
Emsreviewsbooks30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 2: I read The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon. S and S both appear on the list of approved initials. (I started this book before the challenge began, but was only 40% finished on September 1. It has more than 500 pages.)
Option 4: I read The Song Rising, also by Samantha Shannon. I rated The Bone Season 5 stars.
This post: 30
Total: 30
Read: 2
Finished: 1
Amy O.15.1 - Climbing Everest (author's initials in name of Seven Summits)
Kilimanjaro:Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Elbrus: Toddlers Are A**holes: It's Not Your Fault by Bunmi Laditan
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
Option 2: book with yellow object on cover
Cracks in My Foundation: Bags, Trips, Make-up Tips, Charity, Glory, and the Darker Side of the Story: Essays and Stories by Marian Keyes by Marian Keyes
- yellow lampshade on coverThis post: 35 points
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Big Books: 0
Brooke TX10.2 - The Bodyguard
Read a book with a word from this list of track titles from soundtrack to the film The Bodyguard in the title or subtitle. With "I" as in "I Will Always Love You":
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 45
Completed Tasks: 5
Books Read: 6
Readerboard name: D30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
I chose Option 2 and Option 3.
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
Passing On by Penelope Lively (210 pages) 7 letters in Passing
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
The Painted Canoe by Anthony C. Winkler (304 pages) 7 letters in Winkler
210+304=514 pages
Post total=30
Season total=30
MegSCL20.7 - 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. Commonwealth by Ann Patchett - 322 pages
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 20
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may be used for this task. Choose one option and read a book that fits the requirements.
Required: State which option you chose when you post.
I chose Option 1: For this task, read a book by Stephen King or a book with the main page genre Horror.
I read Revival, Vol. 3: A Faraway Place (128 pages) which has MPG Horror.
Points this post:20
Fall 2017:
Points Overall:20
Tasks Completed:1
Books Read: 1
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.1 - Rice is Nice
Set in Japan -- Plum Wine
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 25
Points Earned this Post: 10
Total Points To Date: 35
Julia10320.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
(bookmobile is yellow, approved in post #27 of task help thread)This post: 20 points
Total points: 70
Total BB: 0
Total GO:0
Tasks completed: 3
BOOKLOVER**30.4**
1. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
2,The Spy
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Points rhis message - 30
Points this season - 150
Tasks this season - 5
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Heli15.10 - Thrills and Chills
The Silent Girls
MPG thriller
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month Option C
Vauvatesti
Set in New York
Points in this post: 35
Total points: 35
KELLI KK30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
This is a TWO book task. Read one book from two different options.
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title. (No subtitles allowed).
Caraval 407 pages
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
Never Fade Alexandra Bracken (7) 507 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Andy PTask # 5.1 - Only Natural
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL
by Nicola UpsonNATURAL
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
20.4Option 1: letters O L D in the title
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20/965
Tasks completed: 1/56
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
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10.3 - No Blindfold: Read a book with the word "spy" in the title, subtitle, or series name or with the genre “spy thriller” on its main book page.
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
"Spyness" was given as an acceptable form of the word "spy" in the task description.
Page count in my edition: 336 pages
Total points this post: 10
Total points: 30