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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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Bluegrass Pam5.2 Location, Location, Location
Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes: Stories
Set 100% in Norway (near Oslo, per GR description).
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
5.3 Oh Craps I read Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee - published in 2011
5.5 September, October, November
I read Dark Saturday by Nicci French - 403 pages
10.2 The Bodyguard
I read Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick - using the word nothing from the song "I Have Nothing"
20.4 Golden Oldies
I chose option 1 and read Shadow of the Lions: A Novel by Christopher Swann - O L D in title
Total Points: 40
Readerboard: SAM M5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I used 5.5 - June, July, August
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
Dinner at the Center of the Earth - 272 pages
10.8 - Best Original Novel
The Sellout - won Man Booker 2016, visible on page
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
trishhartukTime to open my Fall account!
5.9 - Help Yourself
Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Self Help”.
Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson
Shelved as self-help by 1,103 users
96pg: approved by DLMrose under the “One book between 80 -99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task” exemption: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
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.
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Golden oldie: First published in 1871 and set about fifty years before that (roughly 1829-1832 - mentioned in the GR description)
Big book: 904pg
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: Yes – Middlemarch was first published in 1871
Big Book: Yes – Middlemarch is 904pg = big book 750+ = 2 tickets
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
TessaVanessa5.5 September, October, November
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
I read The Spider Bites by Medora Sale. 131 pages.
10.5 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.
I read Juba Good by Vicki Delany. Vicki Delany shares the same first name as Vicki Lawrence.
15.7 Sea Life
Read a book with a sea creature featured on the cover or one in which a sea creature features prominently in the plot.
I read
by Peter Benchley.15.8 NaNoWriMo
Read a book about a writer from the list: Fiction Books About Writers OR read a book about writing from the list: Books for Writers
I read
by Kurt Vonnegut. It is found on Fiction Books about writers--#24.Points this post: 45
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
SALLY M.30.7 Class Is in Session
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (option 4: Historical > Historical Fiction verified)
**Shadow of Night is a Big Book (709 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (option 5: scientific metHoD)
**The Book of Life is a Big Book (703 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
709 + 703 = 1,412 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 6
Pages read: 3,277
Total BB tickets: 4
Total GO tickets: 0
PegW5.4 - 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.
From Summer 2017 Challenge:
10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
In honor of martinis (and James Bond's famous phrase), read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan by Tristan Donovan
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
perletwo30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies - Option 1: Happy Birthday to Me! - Read a book with ALL of the letters from the month of APRIL found in the title (subtitles are excluded).
The Broken Promise Land
Option 2: A Sad Goodbye… 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.
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Read two books with a total of over 500 pages that fit two different tasks
Both mine were kindle editions, but:
book 1 top pb ed 400 pgs + book 2 top mmp ed 320 pgs = 720 pgs
Points this task: 30
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 06
Tasks completed: 05
Readerboard name: MELLY10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Help Thread
The SYFY channel an American basic cable and satellite television channel debuted 25 years ago on September 24, 1992. Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction". The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15 each year. September 15 was chosen as the starting point for the celebration because it is the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. All declared independence in 1821. In addition, Mexico, Chile and Belize celebrate their independence days on September 16, September 18, and September 21, respectively.
Choose ONE option below 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. The country should be evident on the book’s main page metadata, description or genres.
Required: Specify the country when you post.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. The book is set in Colombia.
POINTS THIS POST: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 30
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.10 Thrills and Chills Read a book with hoor or thriller on the main page
Asylum by Madeleine Roux
Horror shelved 122 times as of 08/20/17
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read :1
Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 15
Book Books: 0
Kim O15.4 - Stranger Things Choose 2 different options and read a book for each (two books) OR Read ONE book that fulfills two different options.
The Gunslinger
Book 1 requirement: Read a book where the beginning letter of each word in the title can be found in STRANGER THINGS. The Gunslinger
Book 2 requirement: Read a book first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive). First published June, 1982
Points this task: 15
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+ 0
Golden Oldies: 1
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in sessionChoose two different subjects and read 1 book for each.
1. Reading: Read a book with the word BOOK found intact in the title/subtitle.
Book Clubbed
3. Math: 2+2=4 Read a book with 4-word title. At least one of the words in the title must be a 4-letter word. All words count. Books with subtitles cannot be used.
Body on Baker Street
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Post #410.10 - Countdown
Dancing on the Edge 272 pages
Points this post:10
Total Points:45
Books read:4
Tasks Done:4
10.1 - Rice is NiceA book set in China: The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Catherine TTask 20.5 - The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
option b: read a book set in France
P.S. from Paris by Marc Levy
Season total = 125
Lisa K5.10 - Your own 8th wonder ( read a book of your choice).
Resolution Way
Points this post : 5
Total points so far : 5
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Nick KY10.1 Rice is Nice. I read Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu, set in Vietnam. I had 150 pages of the book read before the challenge began.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Hell in a Very Small Place at 568 pp.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 20
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
READ 605.2 Location, Location, Location
This novel is sent in Denmark mainly Copenhagen The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen
task : 5
Total: 5
Lacy Susanne5.4 - Best Laid Plans Read a book from the Summer 2017 challenge.
I chose 10.9. In Case You Missed Them
Read a book from NPR's list of Best Books of 2016
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Nikki B5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Swimming Without a Net
10.10 Countdown
Sleeping with the Fishes has 271 pages per Goodreads date
This Post: 15 points
Total Points: 15
Kathy G.15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Thriller on main page.
I read less than 250 pages of this before the challenge.
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Total Points- 25
15.8 - NaNoWriMo Fiction Books about Writers page 1
I Capture the Castle
First Published in 1948. Claiming a Golden Oldie
Points this post 15
Points: 15 + 55 = 70
BB: 1
GO: 1
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5.6 - Michaelmas
Author named Michael: Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
5.9 - Help Yourself
self-help genre: Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Remember It Forever by Gabriel Wyner
10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
guest star Tim Conway: Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century by Tim Gallagher
total = 20
Sheila5.1 - Only Natural
All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen5.3 - Oh... Craps
Stirred by J.A. Konrath⬛ Published (first published November 22nd 2011) ⬛
5.5 - September, October, November
Long Lost by Harlan CobenMass Market Paperback, 406 pages
5.6 - Michaelmas
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly5.8 - Under the Fall Moon
The Dying Game by Åsa Avdic⬛ dying ⬛
Total Points = 35
LAUREN JODI20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
Option 1: When Are You Due?
Alone by Kendra Elliot
First published in January 2013
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/965
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/56
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love StoryOption 1, a book set before 1900: An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James, set in 1783 (noted on main page)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
repost to correct edition link:Readerboard: SAM M
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I used 5.5 - June, July, August
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
Dinner at the Center of the Earth: A novel - 272 pages
10.8 - Best Original Novel
The Sellout - won Man Booker 2016, visible on page
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Unnatural Death
308 pages
Golden Oldie: published 1927
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Unnatural Death
308 pages
Golden Oldie: published 1927
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Task 20.6 – Seasoned Reader – SweetMelissa – In MemoriamOption D: Title word: GOOD
The Good Girl
I listened to the audio / MMP The Good Girl
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Ava Catherine15.3 - Victoria Falls
Option 1: Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2
Book 1: Read a book with the word "water" or "fall" intact in the title/subtitle/series name.
The Fall by Simon Mawer
Book 2: Read a book written by an author named “Victoria” or any of the related names.
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G." Articles (A, An, The) can be ignored.
The Guineveres by Sarah Domet
total=95
Repost from msg 1085.5 September, October, November
I read Dark Saturday by Nicci French - 400 pages
(Sorry! For some reason the ISBN I linked to wasn't the one that showed up -- I read the paperback version linked above. I must have cut and pasted wrong the first time!)
Total Points: 40
Sara G25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
Book 1 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun. A regular plural noun is one where the plural form is made by adding s, es, or changing a y to an i and adding es.
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara
I read the Kindle edition. The most shelved paperback edition has 175 pages.
Book 2 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun – basically, one that is both singular and plural in one form (e.g. deer), one that is made by changing another end letter (elf>elves, memorandum>memoranda), or one that is just different (woman>women, foot>feet, mouse>mice).
Great Women of Imperial Rome: Mothers and Wives of the Caesars
I read the Kindle edition. There is no paperback edition, but the hardcover has 348 pages.
Total 523 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
Shawn H.10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive
Papi: My Story by David Ortiz
***272 pages***
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
Readerboard Name: JamminJenny15.8 - NaNoWriMo
Strong Poison read 9/6, listed on books about writers first published 1930, claiming one GO ticket
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Amarie5.1 - Only Natural
Book: Because I Love You by Tori Rigby
10.1 - Location: Waco, Texas
Book: The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines
30.1 - Wonders of 7
Option 2 - Read a book with 7 letters in one word of the title
Book: The Dreamer by E.J. Mellow
Pages: 341
Option 3: Read a book by an author with 7 letters in his/her last name.
Book: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Pages: 337
Page Total: 678
Total Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 55/965
Total Tasks Completed: 4/56
Total # of Books Read: 4
Kristen IA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
This is a one book task. Choose one option, and state which option you chose when you post.
Option 2: Inclusivity
For this option read a book from the first 5 pages of one of the lists below:
Books with Disabled Heroes, page 1, #60
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/965
Tasks Completed: 1/56
GO: 0
BB: 0
Readerboard name: D10.2 - The Bodyguard
Take Me, Take Me With You by Lauren Kelly
Song: "Run To You" Matching word: "you"
Post total=10
Season total=40
Bluegrass Pam20.2 Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 2: Inclusivity
*Found on page 1 from list of Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
A Wizard of Earthsea
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask 10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction". The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
I read Paper Girls, Vol. 3 (128 pages)
This book has MPG Science Fiction and MPG
Science Fiction > Time Travel
Points this post:10
Fall 2017:
Points Overall:30
Tasks Completed:2
Books Read: 2
perletwo20.7 - 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.
Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 07
Tasks completed: 06
trishhartuk10.5 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...
Valley of the Lost, Vicki Delany
Shares a name with Vicki Lawrence
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
BOOKLOVER**30.3**
The Other Boleyn Girl
1 x 500 page book meeting 2 options
Option 3. Meets task 10.3 genre historical fiction
Option 4. Rated The White Queen by Philippa Gregory as 5 stars this year.
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30 points this message
180 points this season
6 tasks this season
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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.
Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine
HISPANIC HERITAGE
I read the Kindle edition - paperback edition here has 373 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Ava Catherine5.5 - September, October, November
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas 196 pages (#s 1 and 9)
10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction". The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham science fiction mpg 39 users
15.2 - Opposites Attract
Read TWO books in which the authors' first and last initials are swapped.
Book 1: Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself by Ann Mah
Book 2: Moral Disorder and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood
total=125
repost to use different Summer Challenge 5-10-15 point taskReaderboard: SAM M
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
10.5. June 19 - National Martini Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
Dinner at the Center of the Earth - by Nathan Englander - SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Ava Catherine5.3 - Oh... Craps
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains two 1’s such as 1981 or 2011.
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier first published 1941
5.9 - Help Yourself
Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Self Help”.
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell self help mpg 256 users
total=135
Anne (Booklady)5.1 - Only Natural
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL = AR, Angela Roquet
Pocket Full of Posies by Angela Roquet
5.9 - Help Yourself
Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Self Help”.
Self Help > Personal Development 79 Users
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray
15.4 - Stranger Things
I chose 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. Minimum 2 word title. All words count = EA
AND
Book 2: A book first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive)
Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker was 1st published December 31, 1981
25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
This is a two book task. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun.
Book 2 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun.
Book 1: 14 Days to Die by A.B. Whelan Noun: Day/Days and 266 pages
Book 2: Bad Men by John Connolly Noun: Man/Men and 451 pages
Total Pages: 717
Points in These Tasks: 50
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1561
Totals:
Total Points: 115/965
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 7/56
Total Books Read: 9
Total Pages Read in Fall 2017 SRC: 3,273
trishhartuk10.1 Rice is Nice
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the top ten rice producing countries or top rice-producing US states: Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas.
Last Writes, Laura Levine
Set in Hollywood, CA
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
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Task # 20.10 - Group Reads
I read
My comments appear here Message 3 (I think)
Points this post :20
Total points: 35