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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
Anja25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Option 1: Read a book written by one woman that was first published since 1998 (inclusive), the original release date of the film.
The Dark Ones by Rachel Van Dyken (published in 2015)
Option 4: Read a book with “Ireland” or “Irish” as a GR main page genre.
The Girl on the Cliff by Lucinda Riley (559 pages - claiming big book ticket)
Cultural > Ireland 27 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 540
Big Books: 500(3) 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 29
15.8 - NaNoWriMo The Thirteenth Tale
List: Fiction Books About Writers
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
1. The Legend of the Blue Eyes
30.2 - MAZZA1’S Task: Six Degrees of Separation
Book 1: Six Moon Summer
PB 198 p. Six Moon Summer
Book 2: D) Fire & Ash
*544 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
both have Young Adult as MPG
verified in task help thread mgs #57
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
198 + 544 = 742 pages
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Vowel Power
Book 1 - Requiem
Book 2 - The Glyphs: And Other Tales of the Paranormal
ebook approved for length msg #6433 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 95
Points total: 450
GO total: 2
BB total: 3
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 33
CEELEETask 10.9 Members Only
Read a book from your online book club that is the group's read for either September, October or November 2017. State the Group.
I recently joined the Goodreads group Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends.
The Group read for October I chose to read is THE FACT OF A BODY: A MYSTERY AND A MEMOIR by Alexandria Marzano Lesnevich.
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
The group's page is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
The book discussion in which i participated is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I have also participated in other threads including Introduce Yourself, JF/NR and "Monthly Reads".
Total Points for Task: 10
Total Books read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Fall Challenge 2017: 10
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2017: 1
Total Books Read for Fall Challenge 2017: 1
Totals Big Books Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2017: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2017: 0
Jasmiina F20.1 - 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:
A Spy In The House Of Love by Anaïs Nin.
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays:
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2015:
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.
Book 2: 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:
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty.
Word: What.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Nick KY5.7 Breath of Fresh Air. I read The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant, shelved 23 times as “Nature,” more than the required 3, on page 8 of the list. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
20.3 SamM’s The Secret History Option 1. I read The Glass Key # 840 on the list, p 9. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 665
Morgan Faeriesfolly20.8 Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
2. Boy or girl?
Read a book with one of the following gender neutral pronouns in the title/subtitle: It, Its, Itself, They, Them, Their, Theirs, Themselves. The word must match exactly, no variations.
--> So Pretty It Hurts
--> So Pretty It Hurts
[Points]
This post: 20
Total: 425
5.3 - Oh... CrapsFirst Published 1971
Hell House by Richard Matheson
+5 Points
10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
John Gary (2-26-68)
This House is Haunted by John Boyne
+10 Points
15.2 - Opposites Attract
S-W and W-S
Book One:
No One Is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts
Book Two:
Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
+15 Points
20.10 - Group Reads
My Message #53
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
+20 Points
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Vowel Power
Book 1 - Read a book with a word that contains three consecutive vowels (ONLY a, e, i, o, u; NOT Y) in the title or subtitle. A vowel may be used more than once as in qUEEn.
bEAUtiful
A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch
Book 2 - Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters that contains the letter Y as the ONLY vowel, such as crypt, tryst, spry, rhythm, in the title or subtitle.
Word: Spy
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
+30 Points
30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall Baking
500 Pages: 512 + 112 = 624 Pages
Recipe: Mushroom and Sweet Onion Stuffed Brie: 12 Servings
http://www.recipegirl.com/2006/05/26/...
Option A: Read a book which has an ingredient from your baked good in the title/subtitle. For example, the linked recipe includes flour, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, pumpkin, vanilla, and chocolate.
Onion:
The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint, 512 Pages
Option D: Read a book whose number of pages includes the digits in the number of servings that your recipe says it makes. The order must be the same. For example, the linked recipe makes 12 servings so a book with 126 pages or 312 would both work.
The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins, 112 Pages
+30 Points
Points this Post: 110
Grand Total: 560
MegSCLI would like to move Kitchens of the Great Midwest from 20.6 to 20.3
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. Kitchens of the Great Midwest
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
C) read a book with a garden goodie on the cover (flowers)
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 385
BB tickets: 4
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Fantasy Filmfest
Option 4 - Read a book of short stories where all the stories are by different authors and there are at least 9 stories. I read The Sea Is Ours: Tales from Steampunk Southeast Asia edited by Jaymee Goh. It contains 12 stories, one from each of the contributors listed on the Goodreads page for the book.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 295
perletwo15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins - Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G." Articles (A, An, The) can be ignored.
The Greek Coffin Mystery
First printed in 1930, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 760
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 53
Tasks completed: 38
50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the boxOption 1, a book that does not contain the letters B O X in the title or subtitle: What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Option 3, a book with an inanimate object on the cover that does not come in a box: Secrets of the Tulip Sisters by Susan Mallery
The inanimate object is a large house.
Option 5, a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCIENCE FICTION: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Points this post: 50
Total points: 590
5.1 Only Natural I read Radio Shangri-la: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli
10.3 No Blindfold
I read Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett - "spy thriller" on main page genres
10.4 It's a Fan Thing
I read Warcross by Marie Lu - "science fiction" is a main page genre
10.9 Members Only
I read Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi which is a group read for the Reading with Style group.
New Total: 185
Stephanie12710.9 - 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.
Real life book club that I am part of read The Fisherman in the month of Oct. I did not finish in time to participate in discussion though. Link to group: https://www.meetup.com/PDXBookClub/#past
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80/965
Tasks completed: 8/56
Books read: 9
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
Option 1: Listamania
List - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Page 3 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Page 6
Keep the Aspidistra FlyingClaiming as a golden oldy
Points this post: 30
Books this post: 2
Totals
Points: 220
BB:0
GO:1
Total Task completed: 11
Total Books read: 13
Chris MDI need to make a change. Please delete the points I claimed for task 5.2. I'll be using that book in the following task.
50.0 Outside the Box
Option 1: Title and subtitle don't contain B-O-X
A Fatal Thaw by Kate Shugak
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 208 pages.
Option 2: Fantasy is a main page genre
Tongues of Serpents by Namoi Novik
Fantasy is the top listed genre.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 355 pages.
Option 3: Cover shows object that won't fit in a box
by Charles ToddThe cover shows a person standing outside a set of buildings, none of which would fit in a box.
Points for this post: 50
Total points: 50 + 200 = 250
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
VAL TX10.1 - 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.
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
This post:
Points - 10
Total:
Points - 255
Sara ITA15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G." Articles (A, An, The) can be ignored.
Il giardino delle nebbie notturne (The Garden of Evening Mists) by Tan Twan Eng
"Il" in Italian is an article
—
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 195
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 2
FANDURY25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
The initials of the author SM can be found in SepteMber twenty-five
I read the Kindle version, but the hardcover is 189 pages: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Option 2: Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
Wychwood by George Mann
The paperback has 400 pages: Wychwood
189 + 400 = 589 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 215
Books Read: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kayla C5.8 Under the Fall Moon
read a book with title or subtitle including corn, barley, harvest, hunter, travel, dying, beaver, blood, frost
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
die as a variant of dying
points this post: 5
total points: 585
GO: 0
BB: 3
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH5.7 - A Breath of Fresh Air
I read Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park. It is on page 13 of the list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 265
EDTask 20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 1: LONDON BRIDGE-Read a book with bridge on the cover.
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell(first published 1933)
**I claim one GO ticket**
Post Total=20
Season Total= 300
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 6
LAVENDER30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters from the month of APRIL found in the title
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 652 pages
APRIL found in H a rry P otte r and the Ha l f Blood Pr i nce
I am claiming a BIG BOOK for this book that has 652 pages
AR Bookfinder- IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
Option 2: 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.
Amnesia Bites by Sharon Stevenson 208 pages
Author initials SS are in the list of initials
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 415
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 29
Big Book Tickets: 12
Golden Oldie Tickets: 8
15.9 - Ghouls and GoblinsTitle begins with the letter 'G'- Read Grief Cottage by Gail Godwin. Not only a G word to start but the author's initials are GG!
Points these task: 15
Total points: 125
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 12
perletwo10.6 - Highway Patrol - Read a book with a motorcycle (a two-wheeled vehicle that is powered by a motor and has no pedals) on the cover. Required: Include the cover.
Coconut CowboyPoints this task: 10
Total points: 770
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 54
Tasks completed: 39
30.2 - MAZZA1’S Task: Six Degrees of SeparationBOOK 1: Read a book with one of the words of this task’s title (excluding “of”)--SIX, DEGREES, SEPARATION--in the title of the book.
Six Months that Changed the World: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 by Margaret MacMillan
(I listened to the audio version. The paperback version Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World has 570 pages.)
*This is a BIG BOOK*
BOOK 2: OPTION 3: Read a book with a rating separated by no more than 0.3 in either direction from Book 1's rating.
The Accusation by Bandi
(247 pages)
Book 1 GR rating = 4.08, Book 2 GR rating = 4.05
Points this post: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 190
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: 2 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 8
Total books read: 11
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive. I read You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson, which has 285 pp.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 305
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Members Only
Read a book that is a Group Read during September thru November for any of your OTHER Goodreads groups
The Forgotten Daughter by Renita D'Silva This was a Group Read for Around the World in 80 books mid September through mid October . I became a member of this group to fulfill the requirements of this task.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 680
Andy P.Task # 30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
Option 1: Listamania
I used this list: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Book 1. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving # 71 page 1 on list (637 p.)
Book 2. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells page 2 on list # 183 (192 p.)
Page count 637 +192= 839 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 710
DANIELLE M20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option C: Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny - Set completely in New York.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 3
20.7 National Hispanic Heritage MonthB) Dataclysm: Who We Are by Christian Rudder. (HISPANIC HERITAGE)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 9
Total Pages Read: 1913
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0)
CEELEETask 20.10 Group Reads
I always try to do the Group Reads task and if there is more than one book I want to read I try to place it somewhere else.
This season I chose DEATH ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie. for my group read. I love her books and I knew this would be a great fall read!
Death on the Nile
My participation post is #56 on the page. It was posted November 6 2017 at around 1:30 pm.
I am claiming one Golden Oldies ticket because the book was originally published in 1937.
Total Points for Task: 20
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Claimed for Task: 1
Total Points Earned for Fall Challenge 2017: 30
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2017: 2
Total Books Read for Fall Challenge 2017: 2
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2017: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2017: 1
Task 10.6 – Highway PatrolMotorized cycle on cover
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Task 30.7 – TessaVanessa – Class Is In Session
Option 1 – Reading: The word “book” intact in title or subtitle
Bookplate Special
I listened to the audio / no MMP / Paperback: Bookplate Special
Option 4 – History: Main page genre HISTORY or HISTORICAL
Drums of Autumn
I listened to the audio / MMP: Drums of Autumn - 1070 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 3 tickets – 1070 pages
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This Post: 40 points
Total points to date: 360 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 6
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.9 - Help Yourself
Self-help as main page genre
Kindle edition I read: Soul DNA: Your Spiritual Genetic Code Defines Your Purpose
Paperback edition: Soul DNA: Your Spiritual Genetic Code Defines Your Purpose
10.2 - The Bodyguard
Word in title matches word in song from The Bodyguard soundtrack. Song chosen is 'Queen of the Night'. Matching word is QUEEN
Kindle edition I read: Queen of Poison
Paperback edition: Queen of Poison
10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya
Hyphenated word in title
Audio edition I listened to: The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club
Most popular paperback edition: The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Using Option #2 where the book (or one from the same series) is on the Cozy Mystery Series listopia. Book found at #517 of list which is on page six. This is a new to me series
Kindle edition I read: Opal Fire
Most popular paperback edition: Opal Fire
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Using Option C where a garden goodie is on the cover. Book has flowers on cover
Cover is for the Kindle edition I read. Paperback edition: Begonia Means Beware
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
★Book #1: Using Option 3 (Math) where book title is exactly four words long.
All His Crooked Ways
Book available in ebook format only. Verified for length at post #6454 of the verification thread -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
★Book #2: Using Option 5 (Science) where author's initials can be found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Kindle edition I read: Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer
Most popular paperback edition: Night of the Purple Moon
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 400
Points Earned this Post: 95
Total Points To Date: 495
VAL TX5.4 - Best Laid Plans - Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
5.2 - Location, Location, Location - Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a medieval wonder: England, Italy, Turkey, China, Egypt.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Book first published in 1938, claiming ONE Golden Oldie ticket.
This post:
Points - 5
GO Tickets - 1
Total:
Points - 260
GO Tickets - 1
Jen UT5.1 - Only Natural
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Points this post: 5
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Total points: 80
Julia103Repost
50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
Option 2: The Book of Swords (MPG Fantasy)
Option 3:
The object is the building on the hill (approved in post #64 of task help thread)Option 5: A Casualty of War by Charles Todd (CT found in sCience ficTion)
The Book of Swords has 522 pages - claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 50 points, 1 BB
Total points: 405
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 19
Diana K.Task 5.1 Only Natural. Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
The Beginner's Goodbye Anne Tyler
Task 15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins. Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G."
Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe
Point this post: 20
Total points: 870
EDREPOSTING POST #1841
20.2 Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 3: Happy Endings- read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in HAPPILY EVER AFTER
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
"EH" in Happily Ever after
(first published 1937) **I claim one GO ticket**
Post Total=20
Season Total= 300
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 7
5.4 - Best Laid Plans Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. I am using task 15.1 - A One and A Two Cha Cha Cha Book 1-Read a book that is identified in the Goodreads metadata as book #1 in a series.
Indemnity Only(V.I. Warshawski, #1)
Total New Points: 5
Total challenge points: 280
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything NiceOption 1: Fall is all about the pumpkin! Read a book with at least one pumpkin on the cover.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 420
Total Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
50.1 Outside the Box1)
2)
3)
(The cover of #3 depicts a volcano.)
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 2534
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0)
perletwo30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks - Option B: BookRiot - Book 1: Read a book found on this list of BookRiot's Best Books of 2017 (so far).
Ill Will
Book 2: Read a book from this list of BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels.
Mr. Fox
Books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
book 1 hb ed. 480 pgs + book 2 this pb ed 336 pgs = 816 pgs
Points this task: 30
Total points: 800
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 56
Tasks completed: 40
Task 30.8 - Stacks on Stacks on StacksOption A: Tor.com
Book 1: Read a book published by Tor, Tor.com, or Tor Teen.
Required: Include a link to an edition that shows Tor as publisher when you post.
The Family Trade (The Merchant Princes #1) (2004) by Charles Stross (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 308 pages)
Book 2: Read a book with a spaceship on the cover. The cover must show enough of the craft to tell that it is obviously intended to travel in outer space.
Required: Include the cover in your post.
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) (2017) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 333 pages)
Pages: 308 + 333 = 641 > 600
220 + 30 = 250
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 220 + 30 = 250
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5,340
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time TogetherA book by an author who shares a name with a season 1 guest star on The Carol Burnett Show (Barbara Eden 12-04-67): Escape by Barbara Delinsky
Points this post: 10
Total points: 600
MegSCL30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (Eleanor)
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name. Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace (Bennett)
327+336 = 663
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 415
BB tickets: 4
Lisa K20.1 - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 3- Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word AUTUMN.
Out of the Ice Ann Turner is the author.
Points this post : 20
Total points so far : 280
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 14
LAVENDER20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 4: Read a book where all the letters of SAMHAIN can be found in the title.
Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer 290 pages
SAMHAIN found in Ha lf- M oo n Inve s t i g a tions
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 30
Big Book Tickets: 12
Golden Oldie Tickets: 8
15.1 - CLIMBING EVERESTBOOK 1 - ANCONCAGUA - Sexy Summer Flings by Codi Gary
BOOK 2 - PUNCAK JAYA - The Medical Examiner by James Patterson
15.8 - NANOWRIMO - The Trap on page one of the Fiction Books About Writers list.
TOTAL POINTS - 720
Readerboard Name: Amarie30.4. Vowel Power
Book 1: Three consecutive vowel word: Queen
Book: Melting the Ice Queen's Heart By Amy Ruttan
Book 2: 3+ letter word with only vowel as y: Dry
Book: The Dry by Jane Harper
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 430/965
Total Tasks Completed: 24/56
Total Books Read: 35
Big Book Tickets: 2
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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. Plurals, possessives, verb forms (as in harvested or dead), hyphenated words work if preserves the word. = Hunter
Hunter's Moon by Randy Wayne White
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.
First published March 31st 2015
At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen 416 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. = Makybe Diva 2003, 2004, 2005 Winner
The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis 292 pages
Total Pages: 708
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.
Knit, Purl, Die by Anne Canadeo
Option 2:
So read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy. The genre can be standalone or embedded.
Fantasy 39 Users, Fantasy > Urban Fantasy 16 Users, Fantasy > Paranormal 16 Users
For the Birds by Angela Roquet
Option 3:
Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box.
You cannot put the Harbor nor the Boats in a box and they are inanimate.
Points in These Tasks: 80
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1974
Totals:
Total Points: 780/965
Total Golden Oldies: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(7), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 41/56
Total Books Read: 55
Total Pages Read in Fall 2017 SRC: 20,392