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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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Lisa K15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Read a book with the main page genre 'Horror' or 'Thriller':
Touch
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
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.
New York 2140 - based in New York (Manhattan).
Points this post : 35
Total points so far : 315
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 15
10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time TogetherStar: Barbara Eden (12-04-67)
The Silicon Mage by Barbara Hambly
Points this post: 10
Total points: 640
Tasks completed: 35
15.8 – NaNoWriMoSylvester: Or the Wicked Uncle– List: Fiction Books About Writers, #20
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 311 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 525
LAVENDER15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G." Articles (A, An, The) can be ignored.
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan kindle I read
The Gray House Top paperback (no MMPB) 732 pages
The book begins with G, discounting THE.
I am claiming a BIG BOOK for this book at 732 pages
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 520
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 36
Big Book Tickets: 18
Golden Oldie Tickets: 9
15.4 - Stranger ThingsOption 2: The Silent Tower by Barbara Hambly
Points this post: 15
Total points: 655
Tasks completed: 36
Nick KY30.8 Brooke TX’s Stacks upon Stacks...
(For list links:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )
Option B: BookRiot
Book 1: Read a book found on this list of BookRiot's Best Books of 2017 (so far). I read Spaceman of Bohemia 277 pp -- 34th book, a little over halfway scrolled down.
Book 2: Read a book from this list of BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels.
I read The Library at Mount Char 388 pp -- # 3 on list, 11/16/17
Total pp = 665 > required 600
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 780
Task 10.5 – I’m So Glad We Had This Time TogetherAuthor shares a name with a star or guest on the Carol Burnett Show
Shared name “ANN” - Lesley ANN Warren
Ann Patchett / The Magician's Assistant
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 405 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
JENNIFER NC Repost of 50.1, due to my option 3 "cloud on cover" not being pre-approved.
50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
Option 1
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
Option 3
Bridge and cityscape featured on the cover, which are approved items as per message 3 in the help thread.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 4
by Sy Montgomery
Points Claimed this Post: 50
Total Points: 965
Golden Oldies Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 8
Books Read: 75
Tasks Completed: 56
Delicious Dee20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
Option 2 -
Summary:
Points this Post: 20
Points overall: 590
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 3 - I read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. AutuMn
I listened to the audiobook. The MMPB is La Servante écarlate.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the boxBook 1:
Option 1: Read a book that does NOT contain the letters B - O - X in the title or subtitle.
Dark Matter
Book 2:
Option 2: Fantasy
The Crane Wife
Book 3:
Option 5: SCIENCE FICTION
America America
Points:
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
Librarianish15.10 Thrills and Chills
I read Chimera, by Mira Grant.
Points:
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 95
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 4
Anne (Booklady)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.
I chose:
10.1. - Seven or Six?
Read a book that is #6 or #7 in a series.
Left For Dead by J.A. Jance is #7 in Jance's Ali Renolds Series
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 = Page 1
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
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. = TIM CONWAY
Florida Road Kill by Tim Dorsey
25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
I chose Option 2: Read one book which fulfils two of the options offered, with a length of no less than 500 pages.
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE = ST, Scott Turow.
Option 2: Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7 =Innocent is 544 pages.
**Innocent by Scott Turow
**Big Book Ticket: Innocent is 544 Pages.
Points in These Tasks: 45
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1773
Totals:
Total Points: 885/965
Total Golden Oldies: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(9), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 49/56
Total Books Read: 65
Total Pages Read in Fall 2017 SRC: 24,380
Andy P.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.
A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill
Option 3: Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box.
by Jordan Harper There is a car, motel and a parking lot on the cover, all of which are non-living and won't fit in a box.Option 4. Read a book with Science as a main page genre
by Sam Kean Science,(104 users) Nonfiction listed as main page genres.Points this post: 50
Total points: 915
EMurphy20.5 Bigger is Better-Fandury's Task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 5: Book that has at least two editions on Goodreads that are in another language other than my mother language
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Portuguese edition-Escrito na Água
Dutch edition-In het water
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 190
Books Read: 12
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
EMurphy10.10 Countdown: Number of pages falls between 244 and 334 inclusively Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
*320 pages
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 200
Books Read: 13
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Zach20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
I chose to do Option 1 and read the book The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. The letters O L D can all be found in wOrLD.
I will also be claiming two Big Book tickets as this book was 814 pages long.
Points this Post: 20
BB tickets: 2
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Totals:
Points: 175
BBTickets: 2
GOTickets: 3
Cait S5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Keeper of the Light by Diane Chamberlain
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 215
BARBARA ★ 30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 1: A Tale of Two Vampires - Katie MacAlister 11/16
A: in A
P: in vamPire
R: in vampiRe
I: in vampIre
L: in taLe
Option 3: By a Thread - Jennifer Estep 9/11
used 10.5. Noel!
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
Total Pages: book 1 (332 pages) + book 2 (384 pages) = 716 pages (>500)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 410
10.9 - Members OnlyThe Professor's House
This is the September 2017 Group Read for "Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die". I am a member of this group.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - Published in 1925
15.1 - Climbing Everest
I summited Everest:
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1.0
and Aconcagua:
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - Published in 1938
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 5:
Looking for Alaska
This book was also published in Spanish: Buscando a Alaska and German: Eine wie Alaska
Total points: 310
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
10.1 - RICE IS NICE - Killer ChefAs per this edition Killer Chef is set in New Orleans, Louisiana.
I am moving this book from Task 15.10
15.10 - THRILLS AND CHILLS - Come and Get Us
30.6 - FALL BAKING
Using the recipe given in the task:
Pumpkin chocolate bread
Serves 12
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
11/4 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate, cut into pieces
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
2. Butter and flour a 9 x 5-inch nonstick loaf pan.
3. Combine the flour, baking powder and soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a mixing bowl, and stir together.
4. With an electric mixer, beat the butter in a large bowl until softened. Add the sugar and continue beating. Add the eggs and beat until well blended. Add the pumpkin, vanilla and the flour mixture, beating just until well blended.
5. Melt the chocolate over a double boiler on medium-high heat until totally melted, about 5 minutes. Or melt in a glass bowl in the microwave for about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, or until completely melted and smooth.
6. Spoon half of the batter into the loaf pan. Drop spoonfuls of half of the chocolate mixture on top of the batter and then swirl the chocolate into the batter with a wooden skewer. Repeat with the remaining batter and chocolate, making sure to swirl the chocolate into the pumpkin well.
7. Bake the loaf for about 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean in the center. Let the loaf cool at least 15 minutes, and then invert onto a wire rack. Serve sliced warm or at room temperature.
OPTION A - VANILLA - Death by Vanilla Latte
OPTION B - BEAT - Skipping a Beat
TOTAL POINTS - 800
Readerboard Name - LaureY15.3 - Victoria Falls
Option 1: Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2
Book 1: Read a book with the word "water" or "fall" intact in the title/subtitle/series name.
Darker Water by Lauren Stewart
Book 2: Read a book written by an author named “Victoria” or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - Victoria such as Vicky, Tori, Victor.
A Conjuring of Lightby Victoria E Schwab
* I claim a Big Book ticket for this book as it has 666 pages*
Points this post: - 15
Total points: 340
Total Books: 31
Total Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Anja30.3 - 15.4 - Stranger Things
Book 1: Read a book where the beginning letter of each word in the title can be found in STRANGER THINGS.
Smoke and Sin by Shayla Black
Book 2: A book first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind (first published 1985)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 625
Big Books: 500(4) 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 34
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: 25.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Read a Book 1 and a Book 2. Each book must have a word in the title/subtitle that can be found in the text of the poems linked AND be written by an author whose initials (first & last, ignore middle names/initials) can be found in the poet's name.
Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may be used for this task.
Book 1:
Ode of Remembrance (Stanzas 3,4 and 5 only)
Poet: Laurence Binyon
Book Read:Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
With in Stanza 3, line 1, AR in Laurence
Book 2:
To Autumn
Poet: John Keats
Book Read: Revival, Vol. 2: Live Like You Mean It by Tim Seeley
Like in second verse, line 8, TS in Keats
Points this post: 25
Fall 2017:
Points Overall:375
Tasks Completed:21
Books Read: 28
GO Overall: 2
BB Overall:1
LAUREN JODI25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 1: Author Initials in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE
Protecting What's His by Tessa Bailey
# of pages: 233
Option 2: 4 or 7 in Page #
To Die For by Linda Howard
# of pages: 378
Total page #: 611
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 330/965
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 16/56
LAUREN JODI20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Option 3: Garden Goodie
Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 350/965
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 17/56
ERICA PA25.2 - Nick KY's task: Schmoop the Dude
Option 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.
I read Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld, published 2016, 512 pg.
Option 2: Read a book that fits SRC guidelines from one of these listopias: Graphic Novels that are Quality , Best Manga Art.
I read Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick, 156 pg. Bitch Planet #1 is listed as #221 on Graphic Novels that are Quality.
Total pages: 668
Post Points: 25
Total Points: 315
loafer15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G."
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
points: 15
total: 560
BB: 7
GO: 6
tasks completed: 32
30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall BakingMy recipe is for a Boil and Bake Christmas Cake -
Book 1 - Option B: Verb from recipe - Read Lobsters Scream When You Boil Them: And 100 Other Myths About Food and Cooking . . . Plus 25 Recipes to Get It Right Every Time by Bruce Weinstein. "Boil" is used not only in the title of the recipe but in the instructions - #2. (336 pages)
Book 2 - Option D: Pages match number of servings - Read A Beginner's Guide to the Humanities by Philip E. Bishop. This recipe says it will make 16 slices (assuming a slice is a serving) and my book has 164 pages.
336 & 164 = 500 (just made it!)
Unfortunately, the British Christmas pudding/cake never really appealed to me, so, I have not and will not be baking this one!
Points these task: 30
Total points: 205
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 15
ANGIE CA15.8 - NaNoWriMo
Book: The Write Stuff by Tiffany King
Notes: Fiction Books About Writers (#54 when posted).
15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Book: Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Notes: Starts with G.
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Book 1: Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
Notes: 2) Perfect has seven letters. 622 pages.
Book 2: The You I've Never Known by Ellen Hopkins
Notes: 3) Hopkins has seven letters. 590 pages.
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Book 1: The Scandal of It All by Sophie Jordan
Notes: Historical genre.
Book 2: Collateral by Ellen Hopkins
Notes: mEtHod
50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
Book 1: Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Notes: 1) No B-O-X in title.
Book 2: Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
Notes: 2) Fantasy genre.
Book 3:
by Sophie JordanNotes: 3) Motorcycles don't come in a box.
This Post: 140
Points to Date: 395
10.5read: Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
Shares a name with season 1 guest star John Gary.
25.7 - Sandy's task: More is BetterBOOK 1: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun.
The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
BOOK 2: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun.
Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
Points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 370
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 15
Total books read: 22
Task 30.3 - Time FliesChoose two tasks from the choices below making sure to read a minimum of 500 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.
The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise (2010) by Julia Stuart (Hardcover, 304 pages)
Option 3:
➜ Choose any of the 10 point challenges from The Winter 2016-2017 Challenge and read a book that fits that task.
Required: State which task you chose and any info required by that task when you post.
Winter Challenge 2016 Task [10.3] They're Old!: Read a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
The Lawgiver (2012) by Herman Wouk (Hardcover, 234 pages)
Pagecount: 304 + 234 = 538 > 500
280 + 30 = 310
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 280 + 30 = 310
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,332
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Brooke TX20.10 - Group Reads
My discussion thread post can be found here:
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Vowel Power
Book 1: Read a book with a word that contains three consecutive vowels in the title or subtitle.
Book 2 - Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters that contains the letter Y as the ONLY vowel.
Points
This Post: 50
Total Points: 915
Completed Tasks: 53
Books Read: 73
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.7: Class is in session
Option 4: A Strange Beginning by Gretta Curran Browne is listed as genre Historical. It is the first volume on the life of Lord Byron.
Option 5: Frozen Prospects by Dean Murray. The author initials DM are in scientific MethoD.
Task 50.1: Outside the box
Option 1: The Watchmaker's Daughter by C. J. Archer. The title does not contain the letters BOX.
Option 2: The Twelve Stones by R. J. Johnson is listed as genre Fantasy. This book comes in ebook format only, and was approved for length in post #6523.
Option 3:
Moon Signs by Helen Haught Fanick. The inanimate object on the cover that does not fit in a box is the MOON. Totals this posting:
Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Cumulative Totals:
Points: 230
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Sarah E10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
First Contact: Digital Science Fiction Anthology
Ken Liu matches Ken Berry
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is First Contact
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
Phantomswife25.6 - 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.
Inés of My Soul
2. For this task, read a book which is set over 75% in an isolated area and apart from people. You can read a book set in a community so long as the community itself is small (no more than 50 families) and, of course, set in an isolated spot.
The Snow Child
"She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness."
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.
Give Us This Day
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Historical > Historical Fiction
Canvey Island
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.
The Radetzky March
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy. The genre can be standalone or embedded.
The Castle of Otranto
Option 5: Read a book where all of the author’s initials (including any middle initials) can be found in SCIENCE FICTION.
The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
Two "C"s in sCienCe
Points This Post: 105
Total Points: 490
Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 26
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - 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.
Three Can Keep a Secret by Archer Mayor AUTUMN
Points this post: 20
Total points: 935
30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on StacksI choose Option B - BookRiot (love BookRiot!)
Book 1 - Found on the 'Best Books of 2017 (so far) list - Read Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo. (272 pages)
Book 2 - Strange & Unusual novels - Read The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth Mckenzie. (430 pages)
Points these task: 30
Total points: 235
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 16
Brooke TXI'd like to move a few books around:
Arabella and the Battle of Venus from Task 30.8 to Task 20.4.
The Alloy of Law from Task 50.1 to Task 30.8.
Shadows of Self from Task 20.4 to Task 25.7.
A Crown of Wishes from Task 25.7 to Task 30.1.
10.8 - Best Original Novel
Read a book from this list of Man Booker Prize Winners and Nominees.
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
Option 1: Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title.
25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
Book 1: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun.
Book 2: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun.
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option A:
Book 1: Read a book published by Tor, Tor.com, or Tor Teen.
Book 2: Read a book with a spaceship on the cover.
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.
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy.
Option 3: Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box. With buildings, a fence, and a ferris wheel:
Points
This Post: 165
Total Points: 955
Completed Tasks: 55
Books Read: 75
Laurah3020.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
option C
read a book with a garden goodie on the cover. The item should be either a flower or a fruit/vegetable (uncooked - an apple in a pie won't work) since those were the things they planted.
10.10 - CountdownRead a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
(256b pages)
Points this post: 10
TOTAL POINTS: 380
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 16
Total books read: 23
CathyG 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love Story
Option 1: Historical Romance
For this option read a book that is set entirely before 1900.
The Temptress by Claire Delacroix
20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 1: any book found on the Best Literary Mysteries Listopia. page 3
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
C) read a book with a garden goodie on the cover.
Required: Include the cover when you post
Highlander's Curse by Melissa Mayhue
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
1. When are you due?
January 2018 - read a book first published in January of any year.
Seduction in Session by Shayla Black
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 3: ASHES, ASHES
Read a fiction book in which a plague or disease plays a significant role in the story.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Points this post: 100
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Big Book Ticket: 0 Golden Oldie Ticket:0
perletwo10.8 - 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 award listing must appear on the Goodreads book page.
Child 44
I read it on kindle, but the top mmp ed. is 509 pages, qualifying for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 870
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 65
Tasks completed: 49
Maddie O.**This is a repost of Task 20.4**
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
Option 2. Read a book with a cover that has either the TITLE lettering in yellow or a yellow OBJECT.
I read
, which has a yellow title.
Maddie O.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 A Murder in Time, which was a September group read for the Nothing but Reading Challenges Goodreads group.
15.7 - Sea Life
Read a book with a sea creature featured on the cover or one in which a sea creature features prominently in the plot.
I read
, which has multiple sea creatures on the cover.25.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Book 1: I read The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley. The word "their" is in Ode of Remembrance.
Book 2: I read The Manhattan Projects, Vol. 2: They Rule by Jonathan Hickman. The word "they" is in "To Autumn" by John Keats.
30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall Baking
I used this recipe for this task.
Option A: Read a book which has an ingredient from your baked good in the title/subtitle. I read Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam. "Raisin" is in both the recipe and the title.
Option D: Read a book whose number of pages includes the digits in the number of servings that your recipe says it makes. I read The Man from Beijing- the book has 367 pages and the recipes serves 36.
Points this post: 80
Points total: 485
Brooke TX10.9 - 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. The October Group Read for The Sword and Laser, as shown on the group bookshelf:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 965
Completed Tasks: 56
Books Read: 76
ED25.4 - Andy P's task: I didn't think I would finish the Summer Challenge but...
Book 1-Read a book whose title contains the following letters IDRETF
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 335p.
IDRETF found in ThE bRIeF wonDrous life of oscar wao
Book 2-Read a book written by a single author whose complete initials are found in ARDUOUS.
Singing from the Well by Reinaldo Arenas 240p.
335 + 240= 575pages
Post Total=25
Season Total= 525
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 37
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 17
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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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. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10. Required: When you post, indicate which Summer 2017 task you are using and include any information required by the task.
Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs #6) by Jacqueline Winspear
fulfills Summer 10.10 - "Read s'more by an author you've read before. No rereads allowed. REQUIRED: Include in your post a link to another book you've previously read by that author AND state that this book is new to you."
This is the latest book in the series I've read; last one I read was An Incomplete Revenge, on 12/7-8/16.
Points this task: 05
Total points: 860
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 64
Tasks completed: 48