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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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5.9 Help YourselfRead Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
20.1 Most Improved Player-Frugalitymom's Task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Chose Option 1: Read a book with at least one pumpkin on the cover.
Read
20.8 Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's Task: My own wonder of nature
Chose Option 1: Read a book first published in January of any year.
Read
first published 1/1/2017. Points this post: 45
Total points: 190
Big book tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Repost of Task 20.10 Group Read - after adding discussion comment to the Group Discussion board (message 45).Read Death on the Nile
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Big book tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Janice CA15.7 - Sea Life
Read a book with a sea creature on the cover.
animal: penguin
(Penguins were approved in the help thread.)
Zoo Tails by Oliver Graham-Jones
+15
total: 75
tasks: 4
books: 5
Post #1825.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day
Everything, Everything Published September 1st 2015 307 pages
Holiday 2: Melbourne Cup Day
Death in Dark Blue 276 pages
1943 DARK FELT
307+276=583/500 pages
Points this post:25
Total Points:355
Books read:26
Tasks Done:19
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies option 2The Haunting of Hill House
Total Points: 60
Task 15.9 - Ghouls and GoblinsRead a book with a title that begins with the letter "G."
Girl's Guide to Witchcraft (Jane Madison #1) (2006) by Mindy Klasky (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 426 pages)
165 + 15 = 180
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 165 + 15 = 180
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3,713
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
MAZZA1Task 5.7 A Breath of Fresh Air
Read a book that has been shelved as "nature" at least 3 times from this list Popular Nature Books
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Required: State the page. Page 1 the list
MPG and shelved Environment> Nature = 89
Task 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.
The English Girl MPG Spy thriller
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 915
Christine V5.4 - Best Laid Plans
City of Illusions This top MMPB has 160 pages, which fits Summer 2017 task 5.5 - June, July, August. I read the book in this collected edition: Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon's World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
CaraI completed task 20.7 Option C: read a book with a flower or fruit/vegetable on the cover. It's Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Total Points: 45
Shiraloo10.4 -- It's a Fan Thing
Hold by Claire Kent
30.1 -- Ava Catherine's Task: Wonders of 7
Book1: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
REQUIRED: Option 3: Silvera is 7 letters
Book2: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
REQUIRED: Option 2: Someday is 7 letters
Page Count Book1:: 368
Page Count Book2: 358
Total Page Count: 726
30.5 -- Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
Book1: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Book2: Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara
REQUIRED:Option 1 -- Both books are from Page 1 of the Time Magazine’s All Time 100 Novels list
*Appointment in Samarra was first published in 1933 and so I am claiming 1 GO ticket.*
Page Count Book1: 277
Page Count Book2: 251
Total Page Count: 528
CURRENT POST
Points: 70
BBT: 0
GO: 1
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 465
BBT: 1
GO: 1
Kathy G.10.10- Countdown
Read a book between 224-334 pages.
My book has 328 pages.
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
AR Levels-
The Girl Who Could Fly
Forester, Victoria
AR Quiz No. 122797 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information
IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 11.0
Total Points- 230
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring HolidaysHoliday 1: Magic Shifts
Holiday 2: Horse: Green Moon The Green Brain
Points this post: 25
Points: 25 + 475 = 500
BB: 2
GO: 1
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 20.10 - Group Reads
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - read 10/20, 3 stars My Comments
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 630
Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 40
BB Tickets: 9
GO Tickets: 6
20.10 Group Reads Death on the Nile
I listened to the audiobook. The most popular mass market paperback edition in…Arabic?... has 165 pages.
I posted in the discussion thread for the book (post #46).
I would also like to claim one Golden Oldie Ticket.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 370
Golden Oldies: 2
loafer10.3 - 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.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
points: 10
total: 285
BB: 6
GO: 4
tasks completed: 19
Catherine TTask 5.9 - Help Yourself
read a book with self-help MPG
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Task 25.2 - Schmoop the Dude
option 1 - read a book by a female author published since 1998
Istanbul by Bettany Hughes
pub 2016
800 pages - claiming BB ticket
option 2 - read a book from the Graphic Novels That Are Quality list
Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction
no 6 on page 1 of list
136 pages
800 + 136 >500pages
Post total = 30
Season total = 670
Lacy Susanne5.5 September, October, November
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
116 pages
30.8 Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option A: Tor.com
Book 1: Read a book published by Tor, Tor.com, or Tor Teen.
Artemis Awakening by Jane Lindskold 304 pages
Book 2: Tor.com's mascot is a cute cartoon spaceship called Stubby the Rocket. Read a book with a spaceship on the cover.
by Ann Leckie 386 pagesPoints this post: 35
Total points: 250
CYNBAXTER# 20.01 – MOST IMPROVED: Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Task: Read a book with at least one pumpkin on the cover.
Option 1:
The Halloween Tree by Ray BradburyPoints this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 35 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTER# 10.08 – Best Original Novel
Task: Read a book that has made the list for the Booker prize from this list: “Man Booker Prize Winners and Nominees”
Book: The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan – Man Booker Prize 2014
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 45 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Readerboard Name: Amarie10.10 - Page Count between 244 and 334 Issue has been resolved and page numbers are now on paperback edition. Page count is 340.
A Place in the Sun by R.S. Grey
20.2 - Option 3. Initials appear in hAppily ever After
Stay with Me by Ayobami Adabayo
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 325/965
Total Tasks Completed: 19/56
Total # of Books Read: 27
Big Book Tickets: 1
Phantomswife10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Read a book whose author shares a name with an actor from the first season of Carol Burnett.
The Missing by Tim Gautreaux
who shares a name with the actor Tim Conway
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 2: I love cozy mysteries especially discovering new series. Read a book from a series (any number in the series is ok) that you've never read before that can be found on this list of cozy mysteries, Cozy Mystery Series.
Required: List the page number of where you found the book AND state that the series is new to you.
Page 1, Item #33 / This series is new to me.
The Eyre Affair
20.2 - Option 1: Historical Romance
For this option read a book that is set entirely before 1900.
The White Princess
set in Tudor England
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.
(the steamboat on my original entry for this task was deemed not yellow enough, so I am trying again with a cup that is distinctively yellow)
Points this post: 70
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 20
Book Read: 24
Anna K15.9 - Read a book with a title that begins with the letter G
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, by Eric Klinenberg
G -> Going
Points this task: 15
Points this challenge: 120
perletwo5.3 - Oh... Craps - Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains two 1’s such as 1981 or 2011.
Saint Peter's Fair - first printing 1981
Points this task: 05
Total points: 510
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 39
Tasks completed: 26
10.2 - The BodyguardMy word is Love from I Will Always Love You
North End Love Songs
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 2:Read a book with the word "blood" or "bloody" in the title.
The Blood Lives
Approved for length in Post 6502
Total Points this post: 30
Total challenge points: 245
DebraJean15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
A Gentleman in Moscow
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
DebraJean5.2 - Location, Location, Location
I read Anne's House of Dreams, which is set 100% in Canada (specifically, Prince Edward Island).
Since this book has a main page genre of children's, here is the additional info from AR Bookfinder:
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13.0
I am also claiming one GO ticket for this book which was first published in 1913.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.7 - A Breath of Fresh Air
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan
This book is found on page 1 of Popular Nature Books (shelved 209 times as nature).
Link to PB edition: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
10.6 - Highway Patrol
Blonde Ops by Charlotte Bennardo
The book has a motorcycle/scooter on the cover
This book was approved in post #2 of the task help thread
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 150 points
Tasks completed: 12
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.5 - The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
I Don't Want to Kill You by Dan Wells
Option 1 - Horror is a main page genre shelved by 100 people
20.7 - National Hispanic Heritage Month
Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand
Option B - Author's first and last initials are in HISPANIC HERITAGE (E in Heritage; H in Hispanic)
Link to PB edition: Here's to Us
This post: 40 points
Total points to date: 190 points
Tasks completed: 14
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
15.3 - Victoria FallsOption 1
Book 1, a book with "water" intact in the title: Memory of Water by Karen White
Book 2, a book written by an author named Victoria: The Sayers Swindle by Victoria Abbott
Points this post: 15
Total points: 445
Anja10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Scandal by Amanda Quick (329 pages)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 400
Big Books: 500(2) 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 23
30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option C: Goodreads
Book 1: Northern Lights
Most popular MMP edition The Golden Compass 351 pages
In case childrens shows - IL: UG
Book 2: Storm Front
322 pages
351 + 322 = 673 pages
Points this post; 30
Total points: 210
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 4
Option C: Goodreads
Book 1: Northern Lights
Most popular MMP edition The Golden Compass 351 pages
In case childrens shows - IL: UG
Book 2: Storm Front
322 pages
351 + 322 = 673 pages
Points this post; 30
Total points: 210
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 4
Task 20.9 – Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi – Morbid Nursery RhymesOption 1: LONDON BRIDGE - Bridge on Cover
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Most popular paperback:
- 576 pgApproved HERE
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 576 pages
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 260 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
CANDY30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
This is a two book task. Choose ONE of the options below and read a Book 1 and Book 2 from that option.
Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may be used for this task.
Option B: BookRiot
Book 1: Read a book found on this list of BookRiot's Best Books of 2017 (so far)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
*This book has 386 pages*
Book 2: Read a book from this list of BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels.
Slade House
*This book has 272 pages*
Books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
**These books total 658 pages**
Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 175
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
30.2 Six Degrees of SeparationBook 1: Book with SIX, DEGREES or SEPARATION in title.
Degrees of Separation
Book 2 Option D: Same MPG as main book (Fiction or Mystery) Speaking in Bones
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 255
Maddie O.5.7 - A Breath of Fresh Air
Read a book that has been shelved as "nature" at least 3 times from the list Popular Nature Books
I read Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy, which is on page 21 of the list.
15.3 - Victoria Falls
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book with the word "water" or "fall" intact in the title/subtitle/series name.
I read The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories. (the djinn FALLs in love)
Book 2: Read a book written by an author named “Victoria” or any of the related names.
I read Gilded Cage by Vic James.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Option A: read a book written by an author named Thomas, Tom or Dennis, Denny.
I read A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas.
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
Option 1: read a book first published in January of any year.
I read As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, which was published in January of 2015.
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 3: Read a fiction book in which a plague or disease plays a significant role in the story.
I read The Girl with All the Gifts, which takes place during a widespread plague and is the basis of the entire story.
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Option 1: read a book written by one woman that was first published since 1998.
I read One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake. This was written by a woman and published in 2017.
Option 2: Read a book that fits SRC guidelines from one of two listopias.
I read The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4: Rising Action. The first book in the series is on the first page of the "Graphic Novels that are Quality" list.
Points this post: 105
Points total: 325
15.5 Northern LightsNeverwhere - on page 8 of the list
I read the kindle edition. The most popular mass market paperback edition has 370 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 385
Golden Oldies: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Option C
A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 135
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 7
Total Books read: 8
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.10 - Thrills and Chills
The One ManPoints this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 150
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 8
Total Books read: 9
Marina H10.9 - Members Only
Løgnerens hus by Katrine Nørregaard
This is the book of the month in my book club at work
Points this post: 10
Total points: 260
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Tasks completed: 13
Lacy Susanne30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
352 pages
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
Fen by Daisy Johnson
208 pages
30.2 - MAZZA1’S Task: Six Degrees of Separation
Book 1: Read a book with one of the words of this task’s title --SIX, DEGREES, SEPARATION--in the title of the book.
The Book of Separation by Tova Mirvis
320 pages
Book 2: D) Read a book of the same genre as Book 1.
Memoir
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton
464 pages
Points this post: 60
Total points: 310
Creynard5.3 - Oh... Craps
A Lot like Love by Julie James
First published March 1, 2011.
5.5 - September, October, November
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
GR page count = 132.
15.1 - Climbing Everest
book 1: The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna
Author's initials = L.S. Peak = eLbruS.
book 2: Dare to Stay by Jen McLaughlin
Author's initials = J.M. Peak = kiliManJaro
15.3 - Victoria Falls
book 1: Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar
"Fall" is my word.
book 2: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
15.4 - Stranger Things
book 1: The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
sTranger tHIngs
book 2: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
First published in 1980.
15.7 - Sea Life
by Elizabeth Gilbert20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
option 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall Baking
book 1/option A: Sugar Daddy by Sawyer Bennett
"Sugar" is my word.
book 2/option E:
by Michele StuartI intended on just making my standard apple pie, but saw the Blueberry-Lemon Crumb Cake on the cover of this cookbook and had to make it. I've made several other recipes from it too!
Points this post: 120
Total points: 420
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Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 40
Bluegrass Pam20.3 Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option #1- read it or any book found on the Best Literary Mysteries Listopia.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Found on Page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
10.10 - CountdownRead a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
The Richest Woman in America: The Life and Times of Hetty Green
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 310
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsRead ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
Death on the Nile
This book was published in 1937 and I am claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 330
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Andy P.Task # 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
by Parnell Hall HISPANIC HERITAGEPoints this post: 20
Total points: 450
Anja5.3 - Oh... Craps
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains two 1’s such as 1981 or 2011.
Dangerous in Diamonds by Madeline Hunter (Published April 26th 2011)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 405
Big Books: 500(2) 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 24
I am moving Angel Creek from task 30.7 to task 15.6 and putting Dangerous in task 30.7. Anja
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.
Angel Creek by Linda Howard
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
2. Writing: Read a book that has at least 2 words written in cursive on the cover.
The Time in Between by Kristen Ashley
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG.
Dangerous by Amanda Quick
Shelved as Historical by 216 users
POINTS:
New Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 420
Big Books: 500(2) 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 25
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Book 1: Remembrance Day
Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay Home appears several times in the stanzas cited
Poet: Laurence Binyon His initials are the same as the author of Close to Home LINWood BARCLAY
Book 2:To Autumn
Poet: John Keats
Heat & Light by Jennifer Haigh
Fourth line from bottom is Or Sinking as the LIGHT
JOHn Keats
Points this post: 25
Total points: 475
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10.6 - Highway Patrol
The tv show CHiPs about the adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers premiered on September 15, 1977. Read a book with a motorcycle (a two-wheeled vehicle that is powered by a motor and has no pedals) on the cover.
Approved in the help thread here.
10.7 - 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.
How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life by Ruth Goodman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 370