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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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Siobhan20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
I chose option C.
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The U.S. states with the highest concentrations of Hispanic residents are: Texas, Florida, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and New York. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states.
Night Rising by Chris Marie Green
Set in California (Hollywood).
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
I chose option 1
1. When are you due?
read a book first published in January of any year.
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
(First published January 2016)
The Romanovs is 784 pages (I've been reading it for almost a month, ow) and so qualifies for 2 Big Book tickets
Points this post: 40
Total points: 290
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 22
Pamela326510.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Second-Chance Cowboy by Carolyne Aarsen
10.9 - Members Only
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawling
I am a memberr of my local library's Book Club. This is the book we read in September.
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 19.0
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1930
Big Book - 513 pages
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
A Twist of Fate by Susannah Carleton - Author's initials appear in hiSpaniC
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 295
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Suzannesea20.5 - Bigger is Better
Option 5 - Read a book that has at least two editions on Goodreads that are in another language than your mother language.
My mother language is English.
has editions in Dutch, German, French, Italian, and Swedish.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 230
Zach5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
I read Nights in Rodanthe for this task.
Points this post: 5
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Total Points: 105
Total BBT: 0
Total GOT: 2
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 5.8 - Under the Fall Moon
Blood and Bone read 10/15
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 535
Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 36
BB Tickets: 9
GO Tickets: 6
Oma122930.6 - Diana K's task: Fall Baking
season.
This is a TWO book task. The page total of your two books must be at least 500 pages.
REQUIRED: I chose options A and D. This is the link to my recipe. Peach Cobbler Recipe-Serves 8
Option A: Read a book which has an ingredient from your baked good in the title/subtitle.
The Secrets of Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson-304 pages
Option D: Read a book whose number of pages includes the digits in the number of servings that your recipe says it makes.
By Night Under the Stone Bridge by Leo Perutz-198 pages
Total Points-230/965
Total Tasks- 14/56
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-500+(1), 750+(),1000+()
Mod
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
thriller genre: The Tinder Box by Minette Walters
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
option 1, OLD in title: Heads or Tails heaDs Or taiLs by Damien Boyd
I read the kindle Heads or Tails
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
option A, set in Spain: The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart, 256 pages
total = 645
15.8 - NaNoWriMo I chose Fiction Books about Writers
Eight Million Gods by Wen Spencer (currently #29)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 18
Lacy Susanne15.4 - Stranger Things
Book 1: Read a book where the beginning letter of each word in the title can be found in STRANGER THINGS.
Sunshine State by Sarah Gerard
Book 2: A book first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive)
Fair Play by Tove Jansson (1982)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 2: Inclusivity: For this option read a book from the first 5 pages: Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance page 1, number 28
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Points this post: 35
Total points: 235
VAL TX15.10 - Thrills and Chills - Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
Joyland by Stephen King
Horror = 1,025 users
This post:
Points - 15
Total:
Points - 215
Brooke TX10.5 - 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 or season 1 guest stars. By John Allison, who shares a name with John Davidson:
15.1 - Climbing Everest
Read TWO books by two different authors whose initials can each be found in ONE peak.
Initials NG found in Aconcagua:
Initials JA found in Kilimanjaro:
30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option A:
Book 1: Read a book published by Tor, Tor.com, or Tor Teen.
Book 2: Read a book with a spaceship on the cover.
Points
This Post: 55
Total Points: 365
Completed Tasks: 24
Books Read: 34
20.2 - IT'S A LOVE STORY OPTION 3 - Zodiac by Romina Russell
30.1 - WONDERS OF 7
OPTION 2 - FALLING - Can't Help Falling in Love.
328 pages
OPTION 3 - CAMBRON - The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron.
356 pages
328 + 356 = 684 pages
30.4 - VOWEL POWER
BOOK 1 - Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
BOOK 2 - Fly Away with Me
TOTAL POINTS - 430
Repost25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
500 Pages: 320 + 400 = 720 Pages
Option 2. Color Me Cool. Read a book that fits SRC guidelines from one of these listopias:
Graphic Novels that are Quality:
Page 2, #153
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, 320 pages
Option 4. The Luck o’ the Irish. Since the Dublin Literary Award figures into this Task, for this option read a book with “Ireland” or “Irish” as a GR main page genre. The genre may be embedded.
Faithful Place by Tana French, 400 pages
+25 Points
10.2 - The BodyguardSong Title: "Queen of the Night"
Charlie All Night by Jennifer Crusie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 19
Brooke TX10.3 - 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.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 375
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 35
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage MonthOption C, a book set in Texas: Chile Death by Susan Wittig Albert, 306 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
Pamela326525.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Option 1: Option 3: Wedded for the Baby by Dorothy Clark First Published in 2017
282 pages
Option 5: Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
List: 46 Hillarious Books Guaranteed to Make You Laugh Out Loud
256 pages
538 total pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 300
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
MegSCL15.4 - Stranger Things
Option 2: The Gunslinger first published 1982
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Option 1. Schmoop the Dude…like, for real. Up the Duff: The Real Guide to Pregnancy. Published 1999
****536 pages - 1 big book ticket
Option 2. Color Me Cool. Saga, Vol. 3
Page 1 of Graphic Novels that are Quality list
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 265
BB tickets: 3
Task 15.6 - Rio's HarborRead a book with the name of a natural water body found on The Glossary of Bodies of Water list in the title/subtitle.
Bodies of Water:
River
River of Teeth (River of Teeth #1) (2017) by Sarah Gailey (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 175 pages)
150 + 15 = 165
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 150 + 15 = 165
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,287
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Anja15.1 - Climbing Everest
Conquer two of the seven summits by reading TWO books by two different authors.
My Commander by Alanea Alder (KilimAnjAro)
Dishonorable by Natasha Knight (PuNcaK Jaya)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 340
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 20
Christine V15.10 - Thrills and Chills
The Haunting of Hill House
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
Catherine TTask 10.2 - The Bodyguard
read a book with a word from a song title in the title
The End of the Day by Claire North
DAY in "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"
Task 10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
read a book with science-fiction MPG
The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross
Task 15.5 - Northern Lights
read a book on the list
(previously claimed in msg 1058, but the original book has been moved since)
Hammered by Kevin Hearne
p1 of list
Task 25.3 - Seasonal Poems
book 1: SUN in poem (3rd line of 4th stanza "at the going down of the sun"); author initials LE in LAURENCE
Pierced by the Sun by Laura Esquivel
book 2: Autumn - HOW in poem (3rd line " how to load and bless"); author initials AS in KEATS
How to Be Both by Ali Smith
post total: 60
Season total = 615
AnjaI am moving Cold Blood from task 5.8 to 20.9.
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 2: BLOODY MARY
Read a book with the word "blood" or "bloody" in the title. The word must match exactly, no variations.
Cold Blood by Cynthia Rayne
Pages approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 355
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 20
LAVENDER30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2 - Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
The Fall of Neskaya by Marion Zimmer Bradley 556 pages
NESKAYA has 7 letters.
I am claiming a BIG BOOK for this book, 556 pages
Option 3 - Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
Starbridge by A.C. Crispin 309 pages
CRISPIN has 7 letters.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 13
Big Book Tickets: 8
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Diana KTask 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Option C -read a book,with a garden goodie on the cover.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 500
Task 25.5 – PerleTwo – Happy ReturnsREQUIRED: 500+ pages: 416 + 240 = 656 pg
Option 1 – Author initials in SEPTEMBER TWENTY FIVE = S.M.
Sam Meekings / Under Fishbone Clouds ✔ – 03Sept17 (416 pg)
Option 2 – Page Count includes a ‘4’
The Children Act - 240 p
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 220 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
trishhartuk30.1 Ava Catherine’s Task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
TWISTED Threads, Lea Wait
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (305pg)
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
Tombs of Endearment, Casey DANIELS (320pg)
Total pages: 305 + 320 = 625pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 18
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH10.9 - Members Only
I read The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism for my IRL book club.
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
I read House of Leaves.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 5 - I read Im Westen Nichts Neues. (Clarification for mods: English is my native language, but I wanted to read the original text. This is the German version of All Quiet on the Western Front.) A second non-English edition is Niente di nuovo sul fronte occidentale.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 190
20.3 Sam M's task: The Secret HistoryOption 3: Dead Witch Walking - DEad WItCh walKing
I read the kindle edition. The most popular mass market paperback edition has 416 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
Sara G20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 1: The opening film this year is the new film version of the Stephen King book IT.
I love the book and I really liked the old version with Tim Curry as the monster, but I'm curious about the new adaption and will definitly watch this.
For this task, read a book by Stephen King or a book with the main page genre Horror.
11/22/63 by Stephen King
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 1050 pages.
**11/22/63 is a Big Book (1050 pages). Claiming 3 BB tickets.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350
Shawn H.25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
**I chose Option 1 - 2 books from 2 options more than 500 pages**
1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE
Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami by Roben Farzad (352 pages)
RF - septembeR twenty - Five
2. Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7
Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency by Joshua Green (272 pages)
******352 + 272 = 624 pages > 500*********
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 Pittsburgh Cocaine Seven: How a Ragtag Group of Fans Took the Fall for Major League Baseball by Aaron Skirboll (288 pages)
***Cocaine has 7 letters. Cocaine is in the title, not subtitle****
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name
The Most Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory by Dick Gregory (240 pages)
****Gregory has 7 letters****
************288 + 240 = 528 pages > 500*****************
Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 110
Big Ticket Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Readerboard Name: AmarieRevision from post 1102 where A Place in the Sun would not work for option 10.10. I would like to use it as my 5.10 option
5.10 - Read a book of your choice
A Place in the Sun by R.S. Grey
Points This Post: 5
Revised Points Total: 285/965
Jen UT10.10 - Countdown
There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 30
Cindy FTask 5.7 A Breath of Fresh Air
Book on "Popular Nature Book List"
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Found on page 1 Shelved 106 times!
Pints this Post:5
Total points:185
Tasks completed:12
Books read:15
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything NiceOption 3. The Crime At Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
Golden Oldie - published in 1929.
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 150
Tasks completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2
Sarah E15.8 - NaNoWriMo
Mrs. McGinty's Dead
From the Fiction Books About Writers list, page 2, currently #111
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Sarah E5.5 - September, October, November
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics - 94 pages
This is my one 80-99 page book allowed for one 5 point task.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
Option 1: When are you due? Star Wars: Darth Plagueis published in Jan 2012
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 555
Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 37
BB Tickets: 9
GO Tickets: 6
Kim O15.2 - Opposites Attract Read TWO books in which the authors' first and last initials are swapped.
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris
A River Runs through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
Points this task: 15
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25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day. Read a book first published in 2017.
Glass Houses This book has 400 pages.
Holiday 2: Melbourne Cup Day. Read a book with a word in the title, NOT SUBTITLE, of at least four letters that is also a word in the name of a horse that has won the Melbourne Cup.
Sirius: A Novel About the Little Dog Who Almost Changed History The horse I chose is named Sirius. This book has 256 pages.
Total page count (400 + 256 = 656) is greater than 500 pages.
Points this task: 25
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25.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Book 1: Remembrance Day - Use stanzas 3, 4, and 5 only of the Ode of Remembrance.
Poet: Laurence Binyon
Angel with Two Faces
Faces in stanza 3, line 4
NU in Laurence
Book 2: Choose either Autumn or Spring.
To Autumn
Poet: John Keats
The Redbreast
Autumn, redbreast in stanza 3, line 10
JN in John
This book has 521 pages.
Points this task: 25
Big Book 500+ ticket: 1
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+ 0
Golden Oldies: 1
READERBOARD NAME MAZZA1 Task 5.1 Only Natural
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
Saving Gracie Terry Lee
Task 5.4 Best Laid Plans
Didn't quite finish last time? Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
The Horse Dancer
Fits task 5.5 of summer - June, July, August
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
Pages 518
Task 5.6 Michaelmas
. Read a book written by an author named “Michael”
All the Talk Is Dead Michael Ebner
Task 5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Love in Rewind
Task 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.
Required: Include the cover.
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 845
perletwo15.1 - 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. Required: Indicate which two peaks you summited when you post.
The Society by Jodie Andrefski - Puncak Jaya
Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie - Aconcagua
15.4 - Stranger Things - Book 1: Read a book where the beginning letter of each word in the title can be found in STRANGER THINGS.
Get Even
Book 2: A book first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive)
Death on Deadline - first printed 1987
Points this task: 30
Total points: 480
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 23
Shiraloo5.3 -- Oh… Craps
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
10.10 -- Countdown
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
REQUIRED: Page count is 272
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 395
BBT: 1
GO: 0
Post #1620.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 2: Twisted Threads page 5 on list #429
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Points this post:20
Total Points:315
Books read:23
Tasks Done:17
Phantomswife5.3 - Oh... Craps
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains two 1’s such as 1981 or 2011.
Marnie first published 1961
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Ten Days in a Mad-House
10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title or subtitle.
Britt-Marie Was Here
10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Grief Cottage 288 pages.
15.2 - Opposites Attract
Read TWO books in which the authors' first and last initials are swapped. Middle initials should be ignored.
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
and The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
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.
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter 274 pages
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
Basil by Wilkie Collins 400 pages
Total pages=674
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters from the month of APRIL found in the title (subtitles are excluded).
Interpreter of Maladies
Option 4: Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author.
Required: Provide a link to your original 5 star read when you post.
The Clearing
My previous read by this author was The Missing which I reviewed here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Points this post: 105
Total Points: 275
Book read: 21
Tasks completed: 17
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: The Clockwork Dynasty, Dynasty has seven letters - 309 pages, read 10/16, 4 stars
Option 3: U Is For Undertow: A Kinsey Millhone Novel by Sue Grafton, Grafton has seven letters, read 10/15, 3 stars, I listened to the audio version, the MMPB version U Is For Undertow: A Kinsey Millhone Novel is 370 pages long
Total pages: 370+309=679 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 585
Books Read: 47
Tasks Completed: 38
BB Tickets: 9
GO Tickets: 6
30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on StacksOption B: BookRiot
BookRiot is another favorite for more general book and reading related news, covering new books all kinds of genres, as well as mid- and back-list titles.
Book 1: Read a book found on this list of BookRiot's Best Books of 2017 (so far).
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Book 2: Read a book from this list of BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels.
The Unfinished World: And Other Stories
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 285
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Coralie10.4 It's a Fan Thing
Book with main page genre 'science fiction'
Inversions
15.1 Climbing Everest
Book by author whose initials are in AconcaGua
Boneland by Alan Garner
Book by author whose initials are in PunCak jaya
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
This post 25 points
Total to date 380 points
30.6 Diana K's task: Fall BakingI picked pizza as a baked good which was approved in the task help thread post #65. I used this recipe.
Option B: Working It
line in the recipe: Working one ball of dough at a time, take one ball of dough and flatten it with your hands on a slightly floured work surface.
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 294 pages.
Option E:
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 222 pages.
Total page count: 516 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 310
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.10 - Countdown
Book with between 244 and 334 pages - this book has 323 pgs
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 1 - MPG Horror - genre was verified here.
Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option B - book by a single author whose First and Last initials are in HISPANIC HERITAGE - the author's initials are A. G. and are in hispanic heritAGe.
Follow Me Back by A.V. Geiger
20.10 - Group Reads
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
My comment in the discussion thread is here.
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Death on the Nile (first published in 1937).**
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Option 1: book written by one woman that was first published since 1998 (inclusive) - this book was published in 2015 by a woman.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
Audio, PB for length, 352 pgs
Option 2: Book from one of the listopias - this book is from the Graphic Novels that are Quality listopia, page 1.
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
ebook, MMPB for length, 272 pgs
352 pgs + 272 pgs = 624 pgs > 500 pgs
Points this post: 95
Total points: 255
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3