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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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5.1 - Only Natural
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
Points this post: 5
Total points: 300
Total Books: 27
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1

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.
World of Trouble
Points this task: 10
Total points: 820
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 58
Tasks completed: 42

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.
A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1) by Claudia Gray
piece ---> pieceS
360 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).
Pushing Up Daisies (Agatha Raisin #27) by M.C. Beaton
daisy ---> daisIES
232 pages
Total pages read: 592
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters from the month of APRIL found in the title (subtitles are excluded). The letters CANNOT be used to form the word APRIL itself (as a month, character’s name, etc.).
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
APRIL found in AsPIdistRa fLying
1x Golden Oldies Tix (pub. 1936)
221 pages
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. If the book has more than one author, only one author’s initials need to be used. All author initials must be included. Spaces determine names.
Corruption (Disruption #2) by Jessica Shirvington
author's initials, JS
437 pages
Total pages read: 658
Total this Post: 55
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 695

15.6 - Rio's Harbor- Read a book with the name of a natural water body found on The Glossary of Bodies of Water list in the title/subtitle.
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone by Tennessee Williams
"Spring" is on the glossary list
(first published 1950) **I claim a GO ticket.**
Post Total=15
Season Total= 360
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 21
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 8

10.9 - Members Only- Read a book that is a Group Read during September thru November for any of your OTHER Goodreads groups
Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther
(first published 1939)**I claim a GO ticket.**
This is a Group Read Selection for the September to November challenge for the Reading with Style group. See task 10.10 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Post Total=10
Season Total= 370
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 22
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 9

10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes by Jim Holt
"Jim" matches with guest star Jim Nabors.
Post Total=10
Season Total= 380
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 23
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 9

10.4 - It's a Fan Thing-Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction"
The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
(first published 1940) **I claim a GO ticket.**
Post Total=10
Season Total= 390
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 24
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 10

A book that has made the list for the Booker Prize (p. 2, 1977): Staying On by Paul Scott
10.9 - Members Only
A book that is a group read during September through November for one of my other Goodreads groups: Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Pomona College Book Club group read in September.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 620

20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Fiction Set in a Member State of the Arab League - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (book first published in 1937 - claiming a Golden Oldie ticket)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 560
Big Books: 500(3) 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 30

50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
1) Radiance(no B-O-X)
2) Beyond the Highland Mist (Fantasy Main Page Genre)
3)

Points this post:50
Total Points:485
Books read:35
Tasks Done:25

25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Book 1: Steal the Dragon - Patricia Briggs (P&B in sePtemBer) 9/30
Book 2: Darkness Avenged - Alexandra Ivy (277 pages) 11/9
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Reposting...again...I'll get this right yet. lol
50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
Option 1: Highland Avenger - Hannah Howell 10/9
(doesn't contain the letters B - O - X in the title or subtitle)
Option 2: White Trash Zombie Unchained - Diana Rowland (MPG fantasy) 10/7
Option 5: Blue Hollow Falls - Donna Kauffman 9/14
(a huge greenhouse could not fit in a box)

Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 75
Total Points: 295

Task 10.3 - No Blindfold
read a book with MPG Spy Thriller
The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
Task 30.5 - Listamania/Lisztomania
option 1 - read two books from the 1001 Books list
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
507 pages
#6 on the list - p1
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
254pages
#117 on list - p2
507+254>500pages
Season total = 920

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.
Nightshades by Melissa F. Olson
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy.
Shadow Unit 6 by Emma Bull
Book has the Main Page Genre Fantasy.
This ebook was approved for length in the google doc in line 2177
Option 3: Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box.

The Mansion on the cover does not come in a box.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 265
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL.
I read The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North
Points this post: 5
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 24
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Read a book that has been shelved as "nature" at least 3 times from this list Popular Nature Books. Required: State the page. Found on page 1, shelved 301x as nature
Points: 5
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5.9 Help Yourself
The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World by Sophia Dembling
Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Self Help”. MPG: Self Help - 57 users
Points: 5
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10.5 I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett
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. The name must match exactly, but may be found in any name position- first, middle, other, last. - Carol Burnett
Points: 10
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20.4 Loafer's Task: Golden Oldies
The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
1. Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title. The letters need not be consecutive, rather just need to each be present somewhere in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
O, D found in Good
L found in Luck
Points: 20
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Group Read
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Comment posted here
Points: 20
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30.7 TessaVanessa's Task: Class is in session.
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.
Dipped, Stripped, and Dead by Elise Hyatt
Four words in title. "Dead" is a four letter word.
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
The Sherlockian by Graham Moore
MPG = Historical > Historical Fiction - 239 users, Historical - 84 users
Points: 30
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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.
Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy. The genre can be standalone or embedded. MPG: Fantasy - 3 users
Celestial Chess by Thomas Bontly
Option 3: Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box. It must be something that cannot be put in a box. Item = Eiffel Tower

These selections were approved in task thread: approval here
Points: 50
Grand Total Points: 140

I need to make some replacements. I am going to take both books away from
30.3 Elaine L’s Time Flies.
Opt 2. Inits in SASSEJK. I read Freedom of the Will by Jonathan Edwards.
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.
Then I will add:
20.8 Meg SL’s Wonder of Nature Option 1. I read Freedom of the Will by Jonathan Edwards, first pub’d in January of 1754.
30.1 Ava Catherine’s Wonders of Seven.
Option 2. Seven letters in one title word. I read False Witness: The Real Story of Jim Garrison's Investigation and Oliver Stone's Film JFK by Patricia Lambert. 352 pp -- seven letters in "Witness"
Option 3. Seven letters in author’s last name. I read Walking Point: From the Ashes of the Vietnam War by Perry A. Ulander. 252 pp
Total Pages = 604 > required 500
Points This Post: -30 + 50 = + 20
Total Points So Far: 720

Task 20.9 Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 2: "blood" in title Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth
Points this post:20
Total points:335
Tasks completed:19
Books Read:26
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)

50.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
Option 1: - No B-O-X in Title
Make Her Pay by Roxanne St. Claire
Option 2: - Fantasy Main Page Genre
Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire
Option 3: Inanimate Object on Cover (British Museum Building)
And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander

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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 300/965
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 14/56

5.6 - Michaelmas
The Black Box by Michael Connelly
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 305/965
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 15/56

5.4 - 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. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10. You may use a single book A or B option from tasks 15.1-15.4.
Required: When you post, indicate which Summer 2017 task you are using and include any information required by the task.
For this task I read Gulp: Adventures Down the Alimentary Canal by: Mary Roach which completes Task 15.8 – Sink Your Teeth Into This.
POINTS
This post: 5
Total: 75

Read 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: 75
Sorry about forgetting my readerboard name the first go around and forgetting links the second time around!!

10.1 - Rice is Nice-- Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of these ... US states: Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas.
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
set entirely in Missouri evidenced on the book's main page
(first published 1945)**I claim one GO ticket**
Post Total=10
Season Total= 400
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 25
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 11

10.2 - The Bodyguard- Read a book with a word from this list of track titles in the title or subtitle.
Back by Henry Green
"Back" in track #8. "Someday (I'm Coming Back)"
(first published 1946)**I claim one GO ticket.**
Post Total=10
Season Total= 410
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 26
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 12

5.2 - Location, Location, Location- Read a book set at least 50% in ONE location of a natural wonder: ... Canada
Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays by Jordan Tannahill
two of the three plays are set in Canada:"Get Yourself Home Skyler James"- the title character has defected from the US Army and now lives in Toronto where all the action takes place.
All of the action in "rihannaboi95" also takes place in Toronto.
Post Total=5
Season Total= 415
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 27
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 12

10.1 - Rice is Nice
Takes place in Japan.
Genre: Cultural > Japan
The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel by Hiromi Kawakami
30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
Option 1: Rory Gilmore Reading List
The Group by Mary McCarthy page 3 of list (book has 396 pages)
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf page 1 of list (book has 194 pages)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 400

Book 1: Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty 364pg; main character Maria Arena
Book 2, Option B:
Strange Bird by Anna Jansson 332 pg; main character Maria Wern
Points this post: 30
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 28

Option B:
Russian Hill by Ty Hutchinson 253pg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 29

Enforcing the Paw by Diane Kelly
Points this post: 5
Total points: 540
Tasks completed: 30

Option 1:
Degrees of Separation by Sue Henry
Points this post: 20
Total points: 560
Tasks completed: 31

25.4
Book 1: Title contains the letter IDRETF
Book: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Pages: 423 pages
Book 2: a book written by a single author whose complete initials are found in ARDUOUS.
Book: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Pages: 323 pages
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 475/965
Tasks Completed: 26/56
Total # Books Read: 38
Big Book Tickets: 2

Task # 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

There is a seahorse on the cover and the book is all about seahorses.
Points this pose: 15
Total points: 770

OPTION 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
The Postman's Fiancée by Denis Thériault
(208 pages; 7 letter word = Fiancee)
OPTION 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
(546 pages)
*This is a BIG BOOK*
Points this post: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 220
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: 3 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 9
Total books read: 13

REQUIRED: 500+ total pages: 296 + 292 = 588 p
Option 1 – All the letters of A P R I L in title - A PIece … woRLd
A Piece of the World
I listened to the audio / MMP: Un rincón en el mundo - 296 p
Option 2 - Author initials in S A S S E J G K - E.A.
Ellery Adams / Murder in the Mystery Suite – 292 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 390 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

15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
The last day of October, all the ghouls and goblins come out to play. Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G." Articles (A, An, The) can be ignored.
Goddess of the Green Room: by Jean Plaidy
20.6 - 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. The name can be either the first or last name of the author. Spelling must be exact. If the book has multiple authors, only one author's name must fit the requirement.
The Forge of Christendom by Tom Holland
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
1. When are you due?
January 2018 - to celebrate January babies read a book first published in January of any year.
The Translation of Love: A Novel by Lynne Kutsukake
This was first published January 1, 2016.
20.9 - 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. The word must match exactly, no variations.
Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier
Points this post: 75
Total points: 630

15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Read a book with the main page genre "Thriller."
Magpie Murders
20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 2: Read a fictional work set in Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.
I, Claudius
25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
3. Read a book set in or about ancient Rome.
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 385
Book Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 23

10.3 - No Blindfold - Read a book with the word "spy" in the title, subtitle, or series name or with the genre “spy thriller” on its main book page. Plural, possessive and other forms of the word spy that preserve its meaning work such as spied, spying, or spyness.
Spying in High Heels
Points this task: 10
Total points: 830
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 59
Tasks completed: 43

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 Quiet American. As shown by the Goodreads record the book is set entirely in Vietnam.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2

Set in India
The Recognition of Śakuntalā by Kālidāsa
+10 Points
15.6 - Rio's Harbor
River in Title
Broken River by J. Robert Lennon
+15 Points
Points this Post: 25
Season Total: 585

Note the page your book is on.

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Option D - How to Save a Life - ebook only approved in 6516 of the approval thread
25.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Book 1 - The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules - Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg - Old found on line 4 - "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Laurence BInyon
Book 2 - The Same Sky - Amanda Eyre Ward - Sky found on line 7 - Lark in sky; William Blake
Summary:
Points this Post: 45
Points overall: 530

15.9 - Read The Glass Rainbow
15/10 - Read The Woman in Cabin 10
This Post: 40 points
Total points to date: 230 points

5.4 - Best Laid Plans - Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Using Summer 2017 task 15.7 - Don't Leave Fingerprints- Read a book set at least 50% in a location where cacao beans are grown: ...Peru...
The Cardboard House by Martín Adán
set entirely in Peru
(first published 1928) **I claim one GO Ticket**
Post Total=5
Season Total= 420
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 28
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 13

10.8 - Best Original Novel
Read a book that has made the list for the Booker prize from this list: Man Booker Prize Winners and Nominees
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 570
Big Books: 500(3) 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 31

15.1 - 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. Middle initials may be ignored. Books with multiple authors work as long as at least one author meets the requirement.
Required: Indicate which two peaks you summited when you post.
The Seven Summits (highest mountain peaks on each continent/major tectonic plate) are:
Kilimanjaro
Something Beautiful by Jamie McGuire
I read the ebook and have linked to the PB edition.
Elbrus
Legal Tender by Lisa Scottoline
15.6 - Rio's Harbor
Read a book with the name of a natural water body found on The Glossary of Bodies of Water list in the title/subtitle. Words do not have to mean a body of water in the title, but they DO have to appear on the list. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
The Lake House by Kate Morton
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Choose two different subjects and read 1 book for each.
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.
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
5. Science: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD. Letters can only be used as many times as they appear in "scientific method."
Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 345/965
Tasks Completed: 19/56
GO: 1
BB: 1

Task 5.6 - Michelmas
Read a book with author name Michael
Before He Finds Her by Michael Kardos

20.8 - 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 Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor
points: 20
total: 475
BB: 7
GO: 6
tasks completed: 29

Task 30.7
Option 1 - Writing: book with 2 words in cursive on cover

Option 4 - History/historical as main page genre
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0

10.6 - 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.
The Motorcycle Diaries

Current Post Points: 10
Cumulative Total Points: 245

15.7 - Sea Life
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Read a book with a sea creature featured on the cover or one in which a sea creature features prominently in the plot.
Current Post Points: 15
Cumulative Total Points: 260
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Task # 25.6 - M1nks's task: Natural Wonders
ONE book of at least 500 pages that fulfills one option.
3. Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of: Natural History,
Arctic Dreams by Barry López Natural History on main page , (33 users)
nonfiction (192 users)
512 p.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 755