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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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Readerboard name - D30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG.
Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway by Joyce Carol Oates
5. Science: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
Family by Susan Hill
Post total=30
Season total=115
5.5 - September, October, NovemberForbidden Love: A Harrowing True Story of Love and Revenge in Jordan by Norma Khouri
213 pages
10.1 - Rice is Nice
The Way of the Traitor (Sano Ichiro #3) by Laura Joh Rowland
100% in Japan
10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
The Forever Ship (The Fire Sermon #3) by Francesca Haig
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
Holiday 1: Enjoy this holiday by reading a book first published in 2015.
A Thousand Nights (A Thousand Nights #1) by E.K. Johnston
325 pages
"Holiday 2: Melbourne Cup Day
This is our biggest horse race in Australia.
Enjoy this holiday by reading 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."
Bellman & Black: A Ghost Story by Diane Setterfield
Winner Horse: BLACK knight (1984)
307 pages
Total Pages read: 632
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 475
MegSCL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word AUTUMN. The Power by Naomi Alderman
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 3: ASHES, ASHES
The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear. Disease connection: Follows the survivors of a zombie plague that has infected most of humanity.
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 305
BB tickets: 3
Kim O ***REPOST OF 1328****25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day. Read a book first published in 2015.
Go Set a Watchman This book as 278 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 (278 + 256 = 354) is greater than 500 pages.
Points this task: 25
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+ 0
Golden Oldies: 1
10.10 - CountdownA book with a number of pages that falls between 244-334: Faithful by Alice Hoffman
paperback edition Faithful, 288 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 455
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the DudeOption 1 Magic Steps
Option 5 The Martian 46 Hilarious Books Guaranteed To Make You Laugh Out Loud
Points this post: 25
Points: 25 + 500 = 525
BB: 2
GO: 1
Dakimel5.2 - Location, Location, Location
The Laird Takes a Bride - set in Scotland
5.7 - A Breath of Fresh Air
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (pg 6 of list)
10.2 - The Bodyguard
I and Love and You: A Romantic Short Story Collection (length approved message 6420) - "I Will Always Love You"
15.6 - Rio's Harbor
River of Teeth - RIVER
15.7 - Sea Life
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Vermilion - genre approved in help thread
20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
1: The Shortest Way to Hades from lit mystery list, page 2
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
1: Lonely Hearts (2015, 314 pgs)
2: His Wife for One Night (2011, 280 pgs - for Night Watch)
25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
1: Sugar Free by Sawyer Bennett (256 pgs)
2: The Day of the Duchess (387 pgs)
30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Six Degrees of Separation
1: Six Degrees of Scandal (384 pgs)
D: Some Kind of Hero (343 pgs) - both romance, noted in help thread
TALLY:
This post - 165 points
Total - 535
Catherine TTask 20.6 - In Memoriam
option c - read a book with a flower on the cover
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
flower to left of R; approved in help thread
Season total = 690
LAUREN JODI30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 2: A Sad Goodbye...
Vanished by Kendra Elliot
Option 4: Where Has the Year Gone?
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
My 5 Star review of White Hot
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 235/965
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 11/56
Kayla C5.2 Location, Location, Location
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
100% in Australia
quote 1: page 34
"....she very, very badly wanted this job: principal cellist with the Sydney Royal Chamber Orchestra"
quote 2: page 43
"It was yesterday's issues. ENOUGH ALREADY was the headline above an artsy looking picture take through a rain-splattered window of Sydney's skyline."
5.7 A breath of fresh air
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
on page 3 of https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
points this post 10
total points: 435
GO; 0
BB: 1
15.2 - Opposites AttractBook 1: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
Book 2: Death in Still Waters by Barbara Lee
Points this post: 15
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 23
TessaVanessa20.3 Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 1: read it or any book found on the Best Literary Mysteries Listopia.
I read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. It is found on page 1 (#4)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option C: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states.
I read Seeing Red by Sandra Brown. It is set in Texas. 432 pages.
25.6 M1nks's task: Natural Wonders
Option 1: Read a book which is set at least 75% in the lands of South America, India, Asia or the South Sea islands.
I read I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai. It is set in Pakistan. 327 pages
Option 3: Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of: Nature, Natural History, Biology or Animals. Genres may be embedded.
I read Shark Trouble by Peter Benchley. Animals is one of the genres on main page. 224 p.
327+224=551 pages
30.5 Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
Option 1: Read two books found on one of the following book lists. Both books must come from the same list. I chose Rory Gilmore Reading List.
Book 1: The Story of My Life by Helen Keller. 240 pages. pg2 #141 on list
Book 2: Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin. 308 pages, pg 2 #120 on list
Points this post: 95
Total points: 755
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 59
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/LisztomaniaOption 1: Read two books found on one of the following book lists. Both books must come from the same list.
Book one: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (213 pages)
Book two: One Hundred Years of Solitude (422 pages).
Both books appear on page one of the Rory Gilmore Reading List.
Page count: 213 + 422 = 635 (500 pages required).
Points this post: 30
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 17
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
Diana K.Task 30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option B Book 1: Read a book found on this list of BookRiot's Best Books of 2017 (so far). Florence in Ecstasy
Book 2: Read a book from this list of BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels. Oryx and Crake
Points this task: 30
Total points: 545
Siobhan10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
(288 pages)
Has a childrens MPG
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 25
Jen UT10.2 - The Bodyguard
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Song Title: "Jesus Loves Me"
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds by Gareth Hinds
Points this post: 25
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Total points: 60
Readerboard Name - LaureY20.4 – 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.
Chainsaw Jane by Marie-Jo Fortis
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
Total Books: 22
Total Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
10.3 - No BlindfoldSilverFin
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 1: Sleepy Hollow and Other Short Stories
Golden Oldie Ticket: first published in 1820
ERICA PA5.3 - Oh... Craps
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains two 1’s such as 1981 or 2011.
I read The Postmortal, published 2011.
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.
I read The Circle, which is entirely set in California.
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
Read two books with a total over 500 pages, one for each holiday.
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day: Enjoy this holiday by reading a book first published in 2015.
I read The Heir, published 5 May 2015, 342 pages.
Holiday 2: Melbourne Cup Day: Enjoy this holiday by reading 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. It does not have to be the complete name but the word must match exactly, no variations.
I read The Collapsing Empire, 336 pages, which shares the word Empire with Empire Rose, the 1988 winner.
Total pages for 25.1: 678 pages
Post Total: 40
Point Total: 185
Mod
5.5 - September, October, November
9 in page numbers: A Place in the Wind by Suzanne Chazin, 392 pages
25.6 - M1nks's task: Natural Wonders
option 1, set in Asia, Singapore: The Girl in the Window by Jake Needham
option 2, NF animals genre: Discovering the Mammoth: A Tale of Giants, Unicorns, Ivory, and the Birth of a New Science by John J. McKay
25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
Book 1, regular -s: The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs, 370 pages
Book 2, irregular- life- lives: The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins by Hal Whitehead, 408 pages
page total = 778
total = 760
Task 10.9 - Members Onlyread a book that is a group read for Sep - Nov
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Group: GR Reading with Style group
just in case: IL: UG
Season total = 700
SCHATZIE50.1: Schatzie's Task - Outside the Box
Opt. 1: no B, O, or X in title/subtitle
Every Last Lie
pg. count link if needed: Every Last Lie
Opt. 2: fantasy as mpg
Princeps' Fury
genre approved in msg. 2 of help thread
pg. count link if needed: Princeps' Fury
Opt. 3: inanimate object that doesn't come in a box
The Alice Network
my objects: car, plane, clock tower
pg count link if needed: The Alice Network
MAZZA1please can i swop
used in task 25.5 option B
The Furthest Station 144 pages
posted in https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
with
The Back Building 246 pages for same option 4 in page numbers
will still exceed page requirements
MAZZA1Task 50.1 Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
Book 1:
Option 1: Read a book that does NOT contain the letters B - O - X in the title or subtitle.
Nevada
Option 2:
So read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy. The genre can be standalone or embedded.
The Furthest Station
Option 3: Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box.
House is the inanimate object
Points this post 50
Total points = 965
challenge complete
Catherine TTask 15.2 - Opposites Attract
read a pair of books with author initials swapped
book 1: Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell
book 2: The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross
initials: SC & CS
season total = 715
Catherine TTask 50.1 - Outside the Box
option 1 - read a book where the letters BOX are not in the title
An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
option 3 - read a book with inanimate unboxable item on cover
To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn
fence approved in thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
option 4 - read a book with science MPG
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes by Adam Rutherford
Season total = 765
perletwo20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice - Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word AUTUMN.
Fat, Forty, Fired: One Man's Frank, Funny, and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life by Nigel Marsh
Points this task: 20
Total points: 530
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 27
MAZZA1 reposting the change for Task 25.5
missed off the first book
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 REPLACEMENT - Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
The Back Building Page numbers contain a 4 pages 246
Removing The Furthest Station
Total page requirement of 500 pages 384 + 246= 630
No change to points total
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyREPOSTING WITH NEW BOOK #1
Task 25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
Book 1 - The Keeper of Lost Causes I listened to the audio version, the MMPB version The Keeper of Lost Causes is 526 pages, claiming one BB ticket, read 10/9, 3 stars
Book 2 –Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story - sheep is the same single or plural, I listened to audible version, the MMPB version Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story is 375 pages
Total pages: 375+526=901 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 630
Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 40
BB Tickets: 10
GO Tickets: 6
Zach10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
For this task, I read Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles by Brian K. Vaughn. It has science fiction as one of its main page genres.
Points this post: 10
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Total Points: 155
Total GOT: 3
Total BBT: 0
Kathy G.30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Opt.1- word "book" intact in title
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé
Opt. 5- Author's initials (TS) found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Sleeper Agenda by Tom Sniegoski
Total Points- 260
BEKKA - 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy FilmfestOption 1: For this task, I read “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson since it has Horror as a genre on its main Goodreads page.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 20
Pages Read this Challenge: 146
Total Pages Read to Date: 146
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Post #1915.5 - Northern Lights
The Islands of the Blessed
Currently on page 2
MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17.0
Points this post:15
Total Points:370
Books read:27
Tasks Done:20
Laurah3015.1 - Climbing Everest
Kilimanjaro
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg
J and A are in Kilimanjaro
Elbrus
The Bridge Ladies by Betsy Lerner
B and L are in Elbrus
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.4 Best Laid Plans
10. 1 from summer season Read a book that is 6 or 7th in a series
Violets Are Blueby James Patterson
7th in the series.
Tasks Completed: 5
Book Read: 5
BB : 500pp (1)
Task Points: 5
Grand Total: 50/965
Brooke TXI'd like to move Giant Days, Vol. 5 from Task 10.5 to Task 25.3. Both tasks are posted here in full.
5.6 - Michaelmas
Read a book written by an author named “Michael” or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - Michael.
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. Found on page 3:
5.8 - 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.
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 or season 1 guest stars. By Alan Moore, like Garry Moore:
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.
25.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Book 1: Read a book that has a word in the title/subtitle that can be found in the text of the Ode of Remembrance AND is written by an author whose initials can be found in LAURENCE BINYON.
Book 2: Read a Book 1 and a Book 2. Each book that has a word in the title/subtitle that can be found in the text of To Autumn AND is written by an author whose initials can be found in JOHN KEATS.
25.6 - M1nks's task: Natural Wonders
Option 1: Read a book which is set at least 75% in the lands of South America, India, Asia or the South Sea islands. Set in Khorasan, a historical region in what is now Iran and Afghanistan:
Option 2: Read a book which is set over 75% in an isolated area and apart from people. Set in "Area X," which "has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades," (approved in Help Thread message 2):
30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
Option 1: Read two books found on Time Magazine’s All-Time 100 Novels.
Points
This Post: 120
Total Points: 485
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 47
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage MonthOption B: Read a book by a single author whose First and Last initials are in HISPANIC HERITAGE.
President Me: The America That's in My Head by Adam Carolla
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage MonthC) 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. The location should be evident on the book’s main page metadata, description or genres.
Mission to Murder
California
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 330
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Marina H30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, 265 pages
7 letters in EXPRESS
First published 1934 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Option 3: Mayas dagbog by Isabel Allende
7 letters in last name
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Tasks completed: 14
trishhartuk5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Stuck on Murder, Lucy Lawrence
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here.
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
Sara G15.7 - Sea Life
The Great Barrier Reef is home to a wide variety of 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. To qualify as a sea creature, the creature must spend at least part of its life underwater. Though the Great Barrier Reef lies in saltwater, for the purposes of this task, freshwater creatures will work. Mythical sea creatures work, too.
by Mark Kurlansky15.8 - NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. 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
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
This book is #1 on the Fiction Books About Writers listopia.
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Halloween is for monsters! Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB has 528 pages.
**The Bone Collector is a Big Book (528 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 45
Total points: 315
loafer20.9 - 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.
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
points: 20
total: 305
BB: 6
GO: 4
tasks completed: 20
FANDURY30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
The word Hanging in the title has 7 letters
I read the Kindle version but the paperback has 292 pages: The Hanging Tree
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
The last name of the author Andrews has 7 letters.
I read the Kindle version, but the MMP has 260 pages: Magic Burns
292 + 260 = 552 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session1. Reading: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
"book" in title
4. History: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
main page genre "History"
Total points: 50 + 30 = 80
Kristi CO10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
science fiction genre
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
10.8 - Best Original Novel
Man Booker nominee
Exit WestMohsin Hamid
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 4: SAMHAIN
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 5: editions in languages other than English
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrofizika za ljude kojima se žuri (Serbian)
Astrofísica para Gente com Pressa - Uma Viagem Rápida e Iluminante ao Cosmos (Portuguese)
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: 7 letter word in title = Greatly, 303 pages
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
Option 3: 7 letter name = Backman, 418 pages
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 2: author initials S, A, S, S, E, J, G and/or K, 276 pages
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Option 3: Winter Challenge task 10.4 (FIRE & ICE), 352 pages
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Points this post: 120
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Delicious Dee10.9 - Members Only
A Stranger in the House - the October group read for the RW Bookclub - Group Record for the Book
15.1 - Climbing Everest
Book A - Aconcagua - Pupcakes - Annie England Noblin - A, N can be found in Aconcagua
Book B - Kilimanjaro - Theirs to Take - Laura Kaye - L, K can be found in Kilimanjaro
Summary:
Points this Post: 25
Points overall: 405
15.6 - Rio's HarborName of natural water body in title- Read Harbor by Lorraine Adams.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 10
Cindy FTask 20.3 The Secret History
Option 1: Book on "Best Literary Mysteries" Listopia
Found on page 3 The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
Points this post:20
Total points:230
Tasks completed:14
Books read:18
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
Diana K.Task 25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Opt. 1 To “Schmoop the Dude,” read a book written by one woman that was first published since 1998 (inclusive), the original release date of the film.
Little Fires EverywhereLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 352 pages
Option 5. Laugh Out Loud Read any of the books on one of these “Laugh Out Loud” lists: My book is from the list of 46 Hilarious Books Guaranteed To Make You Laugh Out Loud
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid 288 pages
Task 50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
Option 1: Read a book that does NOT contain the letters B - O - X in the title or subtitle.
Spill Simmer Falter Wither
Option 3: Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box.
picture of road on the coverOption 4: For this option, read a book with Science as a main page genre, and it can be embedded.
Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake
Points this post: 75
Total points: 620
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 2: Inclusivity
REQUIRED: State which list, and what page of the list your book is found on when you post!
Books with Disabled Heroes Page 1
Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50