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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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Suzannesea25.4 - Andy P's Task
The total number of pages in Book 1 plus Book 2 must exceed 500 pages.
Book 1 - Read a book whose title contains the letters IDRETF.
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante has 331 pages.
Book 2 - Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in ARDUOUS.
Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews has 311 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 275
Post #2125.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Book 1: Remembrance Day
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
NY in Binyon
Using SUN: At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
Book 2: To Autumn
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
JK in John Keats
Using NEXT: Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
Points this post:25
Total Points:410
Books read:30
Tasks Done:22
Readerboard Name: McCathy5.1 - Only Natural
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
Trying Sophie by Rebecca Norinne
R & N in NatuRal
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5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE location of a natural wonder: Alaska, USA; Arizona, USA; Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; Denmark; Finland; Greenland; Iceland; Mexico; Nepal; Norway; Russia; Scotland; Sweden; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Theron by Anna Hacket
Set in Australia - Pg 99 "Just east of them, the alien mothership was parked on the remnants of Sydney Airport, and was a hub of operations for the Gizzida in Australia."
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5.3 - Oh... Craps
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains two 1’s such as 1981 or 2011.
A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter
Published in 2011
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5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
5.9 - Isn’t It Romantic? - Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Romance” or “Romantic”.
Salvation in Death by JD Robb
MPG Romance
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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.
Unblocked - Episode One by Marni Mann
PB Edition: Unblocked - Episode One = 140 pgs
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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.
Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Bloods in title
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Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Janice CA20.4 – Golden Oldies
Option 2: Read a book with a yellow title/object on the cover.
I read a book with a yellow title and a yellow cab on the cover.
Hack: How I Stopped Worrying About What to Do with My Life and Started Driving a Yellow Cab by Melissa Plaut
+20
total: 95
tasks: 5
books: 6
Readerboard name: witchygal 15.5 Northern Lights
Read a book from the first 10 pages of Popular Norse Mythology Books.
I read Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman. It can be found on page 1 of the list.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G." Articles (A, An, The) can be ignored.
I read The Girls by Emma Cline. Ignoring the word "The" the title starts with a G.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
I read Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. It has a MPG of Horror (1084 users). Genre was also verified in the help thread in message 8.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.9 - Moderator’s Pet
Option 2: Read a book with the word "blood" or "bloody" in the title.
I read Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh. It has the word "Blood" in the title.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Stats of this post
Points: 65
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total points and stats for Fall 2017 Reading Challenge
Books read: 13
Points: 235
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldie: 1
Readerboard Name: McCathy10.1 - 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.
Past Lies by Shayla Kersten
Set in Arkansas - listed on main page
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10.2 - The Bodyguard
Read a book with a word from this list of track titles in the title or subtitle.
The Night Bird by Brian Freeman
Track #5: Queen of the NIGHT
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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.
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
Quest Star: Richard Chamberlain (11-13-67)
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10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title or subtitle.
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas
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10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Take Me Home by Sloan Parker
PB edition: Take Me Home = 254 pgs
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Points this post: 50
Total Points: 80
trishhartuk10.4 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.
Dragonflight, Anne McCaffery
Shelved as Science Fiction by 1,075 users and Science Fiction Fantasy by 334 users
Just in case: AR Quiz No. 200541 EN Fiction; AR Quiz IL: UY - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14.0; AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+ = 2 tickets)
5.5 September, October, NovemberThe Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Other Poems and Tales
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 108 pages.
20.2 Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 3: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (HAppily ever after)
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 509 pages.
I would like to claim one Big Book Ticket.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 415
Big Book Tickets: 1
Catherine T Task 25.7 - More is Better
Book 1 - read a book with a regular plural in the title
Final Girls by Riley Sager
368 pages
Book 2 - read a book with an irregular plural in the title
O, These Men, These Men by Angela Thirkell
210 pages
368+210>500
Lisa K10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
What's Next?: What Science Can Tell Us About Our Fascinating Future
Season 1 guest star : Jim Nabors
I had this book approved for length: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
25.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Book 1: Time and Time Again
Again - 'They mingle not with their laughing comrades again'
Author: Ben Elton (B & E in Laurence Binyon)
Book 2: Little Me: My Life From A-Z
Little - 'Little boy'
Author: Matt Lucas ( M&L in William Blake)
Points this post : 35
Total points so far : 235
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 11
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7Option 2: Shooting Gallery by Juliet Blackwell
Gallery = 7 letters
Option 3: Batteries Required by Jennifer Apodaca
Apodaca = 7 letters
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session Choose two different subjects and read 1 book for each.
2. Writing: Read a book that has at least 2 words written in cursive on the cover.
I read De geheime tuin by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
‘Hodgson’, ‘geheime’ and ‘tuin’ are written in cursive.
Approved in help thread.
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13.0
5. Science: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
I read Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.
Both M and H are found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
EMurphy25.7 Sandy's Task: More is Better
1: Title contains a regular plural noun Final Girls by Riley Sager (342 pages)
2: Title contains an irregular plural noun Horror Stories by Jack Kilburn (355 pages)
Page count: 342+355=697 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 165
Books Read: 11
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
Kayla C15.4 Stranger Things
2 books
1. STRANGER THINGS in title
A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
StrAnger THIngs
2. book originally published in 1980's
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
originally published in 1988
points this post: 15
total points: 480
GO: 0
BB: 1
DebraJean20.4 - Golden Oldies
For Option 1 I read The Good Girl, which has the letters O, L, and D in the title.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
30.2 - SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATIONBOOK 1 - Six Months Later - Main characters name is Chloe.
323 Pages
BOOK 2 - OPTION B - The Look of Love - Main character named Chloe.
379 Pages
323 + 379 = 702 Pages
50.1 - OUTSIDE THE BOX
OPTION 1 - Frankie's Letter
OPTION 2 - Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale
OPTION 3 -
which has a lake and several large buildings on the cover.Here Comes Trouble for page count verification.
TOTAL POINTS - 510
loafer5.1 - Only Natural
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
nATural
points: 5
total: 390
BB: 7
GO: 5
tasks completed: 23
20.5 Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy FilmfestOption 1: The Fireman – MPG Horror
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 768 pages.
I would like to claim 2 Big Book tickets.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435
Big Book Tickets: 3
Celester10.10- countdown
Egypt: The Eternal Smile: Reflections on a Journey by Allen Drury
244(low) < 277 pages < 334(high)
post- 10
total:225
perletwo20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam - A) In honor of my father and grandfather, read a book written by an author named Thomas, Tom or Dennis, Denny.
Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb
Points this task: 20
Total points: 660
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 32
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy FilmfestOPTION 5: Read a book that has at least two edition on Goodreads, that are in another language than your mother language.
Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg
(My mother language is English)
This book also has editions in Polish and Spanish: Guguły, Tragar mercurio
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 130
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 6
Total books read: 7
Task 25.1 – Coralie – Melbourne’s Spring HolidayREQUIRED: 500+ pages: 304 + 320 = 624
Option 1 – Published in 2015
I listened to the audio / no MMP / Paperback: Murder in the Paperback Parlor – 304 pg
Option 2 – Title word same as Winner Horse name - Moon
Horse: Green MOON (2012)
Sundown, Yellow MOON – 320 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 285 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
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - Opposites Attract
Read TWO books in which the authors' first and last initials are swapped
Book 1.Glass Houses by Louise Penny
Book 2. How It All Began by Penelope Lively Book 1 LP and Book 2 PL
Points this post: 15
Total points: 570
5.10- Your Own 8th WonderRead a book of your choice. Note: Books with the genre "children" or "kids" NOT found in AR Bookfinder MAY be used for this task. Required: If using this exemption, state that the book is not found in ARBookFinder.
I read Scrappy Little Nobody by: Anna Kendrick
Points
This post: 5
Total: 40
CANDY20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 1: Read The Secret History or any book found on the Best Literary Mysteries Listopia.
Rebecca
*Rebecca is on the first page of the list*
**Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket. Rebecca was first published in 1938**
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 195
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 2: - Murder by Mocha - #10 in the Coffeehouse Mystery series; bk 1 (On What Grounds) is #26 on the list; new to me series/author
Summary:
Points this Post: 20
Points overall: 425
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 3: Happy Endings
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Anne LamottPoints this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 170
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 9
Total Books read: 10
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
Option 2. Boy or girl?
Letting It GoPoints this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 190
BB:0
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 10
Total Books read: 11
5.4 - Best Laid Plans Chosen Task:
5.1 - A (Wo)Man of Letters
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MEDIEVAL. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. A last name is a name in the final position preceded by a space. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works.
meDievaL
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz
+5 Points
5.7 - A Breath of Fresh Air
Page 10, 19 shelvings
Barkskins by Annie Proulx
+5 Points
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
500 Pages: 376 + 208 = 584 Pages
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day
Enjoy this holiday by reading a book first published in 2015.
The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson, 376 Pages
Holiday 2: Melbourne Cup Day
Horse: White Nose
Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle, 208 pages
+25 Points
Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 450
Readerboard Name: McCathy15.1 - Climbing Everest
Conquer two of the seven summits by reading TWO books by two different authors. T
Puncak Jaya:
Trust by Jana Aston
J & A in puncak JAya
Elbrus:
The Sexy One by Lauren Blakely
L & B in eLBrus
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15.5 - Northern Lights
Read a book from the first 10 pages of Popular Norse Mythology Books.
Shattered by Kevin Hearne
Page 2 of List
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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.
Until I Met Her by Natalie Barelli
#63 on Fiction Books About Writers List
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 3: Happy Endings - Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
If You Dare by A.R. Torre
A & T in AfTer
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25.6 - M1nks's task: Natural Wonders
1. Read a book which is set at least 75% in the lands of South America, India, Asia or the South Sea islands.
Silence by Shusaku Endo
Set in Asia (Japan) - listed on main page
2. For this task, read a book which is set over 75% in an isolated area and apart from people.
The Cave by Bill A. Rogers
MCs are trapped in underground cave - from main page "Deep below the ground the six survivors struggle to stay alive until help arrives."
Approved here
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Points this post: 90
Total Points: 170
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.4 It's a Fan Thing
1064 users shelved it science fiction
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Tasks Completed: 6
Book Read: 6
BB : 500pp (1)
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 60/965
5.5 - September, October, NovemberThis One Summer - 319 pages
Number of pages includes a '1' and a '9'
5.9 - Help Yourself
The Ultimate Happiness Prescription: 7 Keys to Joy and Enlightenment
Self-help genre
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option B:
Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
Author's initials in HISPANIC HERITAGE
Book is 288 pages, more than the required 250
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
Option 1:
Atlas of World History
First published in January, 2005
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 2:
Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton, 483 pages
Author's initials in S, A, S, S, E, J, G and/or K
Option 3:
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers, 320 pages
This task fits Task 10.4 - Fire and Ice from Winter 2016-17.
All the letters in 'Fire' and 'Ice' are in the title and author:
BERtIE's GuIde to LiFe and Mothers by Alexander MCCall Smith
483 + 320 = 803, more than the required 500
Points this post: 80
Total points: 210
Cait S25.7- More Is Better
Book #1
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun.
These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
Book #2
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun.
You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 180
Chris MD20.3 National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option B: Single author whose initials are found in HISPANIC HERITAGE
Search the Dark by Charles Todd
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top paperback listed on GR is 310 pages, meeting the 250-page minimum.
20.8 My Own World of Nature
Option 2: Gender Neutral Pronoun: It, Its, Itself, They, Them, Their, Theirs, Themselves
They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie
This a two-fer. The title contains both "They" and "It."
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top-listed paperback has 224 pages.
25.7 More Is Better
Book 1: Title contains regular plural noun
Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris
Regular plural noun = Shadows
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 368 pages.
Book 2: Title contains irregular plural noun
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Irregular plural noun: People
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 382 pages.
Where Shadows Dance 368
The Winter People 382
Total pages 750
30.7 Class Is in Session
Option 2: Title has at least two words written in cursive
by Amanda QuickI listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 408 pages.
Option 3: A book with a four-word title or which one word is four letters long
In This Grave Hour: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no paperback yet. The hardcover has 335 pages.
Points for this post: 20 + 20 + 25 + 30 = 95
Total points: 95 + 105 = 200
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Task 5.4 - Best laid plans Task 5.9 from the summer challenge : read a book with a MPG that contains "Romance" or "Romantic".
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Task 20.2 - It's a Love Story
Option 1 : read a book set entirely before 1900
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey is set in January-April 1798 according to Sparknotes, see at http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/northan...
Points this post : 25
Total points : 60
Books read : 5
Tasks completed : 4
REPOST(original post #1609)
Missing info: page # of the list
30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
Required: books must have a minimum combined total of 500 pages and must come from the same list.
Option 1: Listamania. List chosen: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Book 1: Addio alle armi (A Farewell to Arms) by Ernest Hemingway
Book #135 on the list, page 2
** Addio alle armi is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1929). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Book 2: Le benevole (The Kindly Ones) by Jonathan Littell
Book #674 on the list, page 7
** Le benevole is a Big Book (955 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets. **
Sara ITA15.1 - 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.
Peak 1: Everest (Letters E, T)
Dodici ricordi e un segreto by Enrica Tesio
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Peak 2: Denali (Letters E, D)
Vergine giurata by Elvira Dones
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Zaprzysiężona dziewica (228 pages)
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 180
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE location of a natural wonder: Alaska, USA; Arizona, USA; Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; Denmark; Finland; Greenland; Iceland; Mexico; Nepal; Norway; Russia; Scotland; Sweden; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
I read the The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman. It is set in Australia.
Challenge 5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
I read The Innocent by David Baldacci.
Challenge 10.9 Members Only
Read a book that is a Group Read during September thru November for any of your OTHER Goodreads groups or your "Real Life" reading groups.
I read House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid. It was our selection for October in my Brown bag discussion group.
Challenge 15.4 Stranger Things
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book where the beginning letter of each word in the title can be found in STRANGER THINGS.
I read Shallow Grave by Alex Van Tol.
Book 2: A book first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive)
I read Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews. It was first published in 1980.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 790
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 64
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
ERICA PA10.6 - 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.
I read
.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 3: For this option read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
I read Deliver Me by Farrah Rochon. (AFTER)
Post Points: 30
Total Points: 215
LAVENDER15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
Gateways by F. Paul Wilson 437 pages
The book has Horror as a main page genre.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 26
Big Book Tickets: 11
Golden Oldie Tickets: 8
Nick KY30.3 Elaine L’s Time Flies.
Opt 2. Inits in SASSEJK. I read Freedom of the Will by Jonathan Edwards. 348 pp.
Opt 3. From Winter 2016 task 10.2 Ring, Sing, Bling I read a book with an “-ing” word in the title: Walking Point: From the Ashes of the Vietnam War by Perry A. Ulander. 252 pp
Total pp = 600 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 600
Diana K.Task 5.6 - Michaelmas. Read a book written by an author named “Michael” or any of the related names
Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet by Michael R. Bloomberg
Task 10.2 The Bodyguard. Read a book with a word from this list of track titles in the title or subtitle.
Heart of Palm Track 7 "Even if My Heart Would Break"
Task 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.
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vicki Constantine Croke
Vicki Lawrence
Task 15.7 - Sea Life Read a book with a sea creature featured on the cover
Task 20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
Opt, 1 1. Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title.
A Catalog of Birds
Points this post: 60
Total points: 750
20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret HistoryOption 3: read a book that has all of the letters of WICKED in the title and/or author's name.
Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster by T.J. English.
paddy WhaCKED by tj englIsh
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 8
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
I would like to remove a book from a task and replace it with another book. This is for one task in message 1020:Please remove:
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, 286 Pages, Option 3 and replace it as reposted below:
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
500 Pages: 304 + 313 = 617 Pages
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.
JG
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, 304 Pages
Option 4:➜ Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author.
I gave 5 stars to Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason on April 28, 2017
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason, 313 Pages
No Change to points total
Readerboard Name= ED20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Option D- read a book with either the word LIFE or GOOD in the title.
Rhyming Life and Death by Amos Oz
Post Total=20
Season Total= 175
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 10
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 3
Readerboard Name= ED20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
Option 1- Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title.
Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
**(first published 1939)- I claim a GO ticket.**
Post Total=20
Season Total= 195
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 11
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 4
Readerboard Name= ED20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 3: read a book that has all the letters of WICKED in the title and/or author's name.
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores by Jen Campbell
letters of WICKED in title: WEIrD things Customers say in booKstores
Post Total=20
Season Total= 215
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 4
Brooklyn 5.4 – Best Laid Plans
I chose task 10.10: Gimme S’more…Read a book by an author you’ve read before.
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
I have previously read In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in Cabin 10. The Lying Game is new to me.
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15.1 – Climbing Everest
Book 1: I summited KiliMinjaro
Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica
Book 2: I summited punCAk jaya
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
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20.8 – My Own Wonder of Nature
Option 2: Read a book with a gender neutral pronoun in the title/subtitle.
It by Stephen King
Approved in the help thread
This book is 1,156 pages
**claiming 3 big book tickets**
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20.10 – Group Reads
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
My comment is post 54 in the group read thread.
First published November 1, 1937.
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket**
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Points this post: 60
Total points: 180/965
Tasks completed: 9/56
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 3: read a book that has all the letters of WICKED in the title and/or author's name.
Hollywood by Charles Bukowski
WIK in Bukowski, CE in Charles, D in Hollywood
Post total=20
Season total=155