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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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BARBARA ★ 5.1 - Only Natural
To Brie or Not To Brie - Avery Aames (A&A in nAturAl) 11/27
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10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers (MPG science fiction) 11/25
BIG BOOK: 518 pages
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20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature
Option 1: Forever... - Jude Deveraux (originally pub January 1, 2002) 11/19
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30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Forgive Me - Daniel Palmer 11/13
(forgive = 7 letters)
Option 3: Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys 9/16
(Sepetys = 7 letters)
Total Pages: book 1 (416 pages) + book 2 (346 pages) = 762 pages (>500)
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30.2 - MAZZA1’S Task: Six Degrees of Separation
Book 1: The Six-Gun Tarot - R.S. Belcher 10/26
Book 2: The Ghost Fields - Elly Griffiths 11/28
Fits Option F
Book 1 letters: TSGT
The GhoST fields
Total Pages: book 1 (364 pages) + book 2 (384 pages) = 748 pages (>666)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 95
Total Points: 550
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (2), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
Queen Bee Darlene25.7 Sandy's Task: More is Better
Book 1: Title contains a regular plural noun
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore 336 pages
Ideas is the plural noun
Book 2: Title contains an irregular plural noun
Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew Born with Teeth 302 pages
Teeth is the irregular plural noun
Books must be minimum 500 pages: 336 + 302 = 638 total pages
25 points
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 440
CEELEETask 20.8 MegSCL's Task: My Own 8th Wonder
To celebrate the Meg SCL's upcoming 8th Wonder in January, 2018 read one book chosen from three options.
I chose Option 1: When Are You Due?
Meg's baby is due in January 2018. Read a book first published in January of any year.
I read THE LOST TUDOR PRINCESS: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas by Alison Weir published January 12, 2016.
The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas
I am also claiming one Big Book Ticket since the book is 537 pp.
Total Points for Task: 20
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 1
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Fall Challenge 2017: 55
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2017: 4
Total Books Read for Fall Challenge 2017: 4
Total Big Books Claimed for Fall Challenge 2017: 1
Total Golden Oldies Books Claimed for Fall Challenge 2017: 1
Name: Meegz5.2 - 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.
Required: If the setting is not evident on the book's main page include a reference or quote from the book when you post.
The Testament of Gideon Mack
Reference: The Testament of Gideon Mack is a novel written by the Scottish author James Robertson, first published in 2006. It pays conscious homage to ideas and themes originally explored with powerful effect in the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) by the Scottish novelist, essayist and poet James Hogg. Set in present day Scotland, Robertson's story of a contemporary minister of the Church of Scotland, Gideon Mack, who essentially doubts the existence of God, and thus his entire vocation, involves a wide variety of themes including questions of philosophy, tragedy, and the nature of father and son relationships.
CEELEETask 25.2 Schmoop The Dude
Two Book Task
Total Page count must be 500 + pages.
Park City: 496 pp Ireland: 651 pp . 496+651= 1147 pp
Option One: Schmoop The Dude, Like For Real
To Schmoop The Dude, read a book written by one woman first ;published since 1998.
I read Park City: New and Selected Stories by the wonderful Ann Beattie.
Park City: New and Selected Stories
The book was first published June 29. 1999. The page count is 496 pp.
Option 4: The Luck O' The Irish
Read a book with the GR Main Page genre of Irish or Ireland.
I read Ireland by Frank Delaney
Ireland
GR Main Page Genres: Cultural: Ireland and European Literature: Irish Literature. Total page count: 651 pp
I am also claiming a Big Book Ticket since Ireland is 651 pp.
Total Points for Task: 25
Total Books read for Task: 2
Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total points for Fall Challenge 2017: 80
Total tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2017: 5
Total Books Read for Fall Challenge 2017: 6
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2017: 2
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2017: 1
Task 5.10- Your Own 8th WonderRead a book of your choice.
An Appetite for Murder (Key West Food Critic Mystery #1) (2012) by Lucy Burdette (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 310 pages)
455 + 05 = 460
Tasks Completed: 25
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 455 + 05 = 460
Books read: 33
Pages read: 9,500
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 14
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.8 - NaNoWriMo Read a book about a writer from the list: Fiction Books About Writers
Gin & Daggers
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 665
Total Tasks: 32
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Coralie10.2 The Bodyguard
Using the word ‘night’ from the song title “Queen of the Night”
Professor Andersen's Night
This post 10 points
Total to date 725 points
5.9 - Help YourselfHow To Have a Beautiful Mind by Edward de Bono
15.8 - NaNoWriMo
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot #15) by Agatha Christie
#75, page 1 of listopia
1 x Golden Oldies Tix (pub. 1936)
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 9
Bigger is Better: 8
Season Total: 965
CathyG 5.3 - Oh... Craps
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains two 1’s such as 1981 or 2011.
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
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.
Required: When you post, indicate which Summer 2017 task you are using and include any information required by the task. 5.5 - June, July, August
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 6, 7 or 8.
Banana Fish, Vol. 19 by Akimi Yoshida 187pp
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.
Inheritance by Charlaine Harris 128pp
25.7 - Sandy's task: More is Better
This is a two book task. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun.
Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher 481pp
jobs
Book 2 – Read a book whose title/subtitle contains an irregular plural noun
A Prince Among Men by Cat Johnson 165pp
men
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
This is a TWO book task. Read one book from two different options.
Page total must equal 500 pages or more.
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
The Pleasures of Passion by Sabrina Jeffries 387pp
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
The Score by Elle Kennedy
361 pp
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
(A) Read two books with a total of over 500 pages that fit two different tasks
Option 3: Hello Seasonal Reading Challenge!
➜ 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.
10.3.They're Old!
In honor of ancient wonders, read a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
Promises Kept by Scarlett Dunn 352 pp
Option 4:
➜ Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author.
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
315 pp
Points this post: 100
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Big Book Ticket: 0 Golden Oldie Ticket:0
LAVENDER50.1 – 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.
Celtic Sacred Landscapes by Nigel Pennick 224 pages
The letters B, O and X do not occur in the title/subtitle.
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 870 pages
Has a Main Page genre of Fantasy.
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
I am claiming (2) BIG BOOK tickets for this book at 870 pages
Option 3: Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box.
The Haunted Air by F Paul Wilson 518 pagesThe picture shows a house and other buildings which cannot fit in a box.
approved in message 17 of the help thread
I am claiming a BIG BOOK for this book at 518 pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 630
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 44
Big Book Tickets: 21
Golden Oldie Tickets: 11
Bluegrass Pam30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
Option 2: Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization
I read an ARC edition.
7 letter word: WRITTEN
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
*Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets – 1,000 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Tasks completed: 13
Total Books Read: 17
Total BB tickets:3
Total points: 245
CEELEETask 50.1 Outside The Box
Three Book task.
Book 1: Option 1
Read a book that does not contain the letters B-O-X.
I read The Girl With All The Gifts
The Girl with All the Gifts
Book 2: Option 3
Read a bonk with an inanimate, non-living object on the cover that does not fit in a box.
I read Pompeii by Robert Harris.
Pompeii
I chose the book because it has a picture of a mountain on the cover which is Mount Vesuvius. If you even try to put Mount Vesuvius in a box it has a tendency to erupt and make a big mess, so I don't think it will fit in a box.
Book 3: Option 4
Read a book with Main Page Genre SCIENCE and it may be embedded.
I read Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity by David Bodanis. The top Main Page Genre category is Science.
Total Points for task: 50
Total Books Read for Task: 3
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 0
Total Points for Fall Challenge 2017: 130
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2017: 6
Total Books read for Fall Challenge 2017: 9
Total Bog Book Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2017: 2
Total Golden Oldies Books Claimed for Challenge 2017: 1
ED30.5 - Diane's Task: Listamania/Lisztomania
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Book 1= The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad page 4 of the list (currently # 332) 304 pages
(first published 1907)**I claim one GO ticket**
Book 2= Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau
page 5 of the list (currently # 457) 204 pages
(first published 1947) **I claim one GO ticket**
304 +204= 508 pages
Post Total=30
Season Total= 555
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 39
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 19
ED30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Vowel Power
Book 1- The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin (approved in post 26 of the help thread)
OUIdah
Book 2 - You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs= CrY
Post Total=30
Season Total= 585
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 41
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 19
ED5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
The White Steamship by Chingiz Aitmatov
Post Total=5
Season Total= 590
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 42
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 19
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Siobhan's task: It's a Love StoryOption 3: read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Elizabeth PTask 5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Book of your choice
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Task 20.7 - National Hispanic Heritage Month
Option 2 - Author's initials in HISPANIC HERITAGE
Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
hispAnic heRitage
368 pages - Flame in the Mist
Task 20.8 - My Own Wonder of Nature
Option One - First published in January any year
Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
First published January 6th, 2015
Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 225
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 7
Total Books: 17
Sarah E10.10 - Countdown
Costa Brava - 324 pages
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 2: 100% set in Italy
Pompeii
Points this post: 30
Total points: 490
loafer25.6 - M1nks's task: Natural Wonders
2. Read a book which is set over 75% in an isolated area and apart from people.
Drop City by T.C. Boyle
no mmpb, pb: Drop City 497 pages
from the GR summary: Set over the course of several months in 1970, Drop City tells the story of a group of idealistic hippies, who decide to establish themselves deep in the wilderness of Alaska; to go back to the earth and live off the land.
3. Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of: Nature, Natural History, Biology or Animals.
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan
no mmpb, pb: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World 297 pages
497 + 297 > 500 pages
points: 25
total: 685
BB: 9
GO: 7
tasks completed: 38
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: 5.9 - Help Yourself
Read a book with a main page genre that includes “Self Help”.
I read The Novel Cure: An A to Z of Literary Remedies.
This was verified for Self Help in the Genre Thread, post 86 : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task: 10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
I read After the Game: A Field Party Novel which has 320 pages.
Points this post: 5 + 10 =15
Final Fall 2017 Totals:
Points Overall:445
Tasks Completed:26
Books Read: 34
GO Overall: 4
BB Overall:4
Siobhan30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7
I chose option 2 and option 3
Option 2
Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
(The lead MMP is 212 pages)
The Body in the Library was first published in 1942 and thus qualifies for one Golden Oldie ticket
Option 3
Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name.
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
(The lead MMP is 467 pages)
Body in the Library = 212 pages
The Amber Spyglass = 467 pages
Overall = 679 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 450
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 6
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 35
perletwo5.6 - Michaelmas - Read a book written by an author named “Michael” or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - Michael such as Mike, Miguel, Michelle, Lina.
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Points this task: 05
Total points: 965
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 75
Tasks completed: 56
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Cindy FTask 5.3 Oh.....Craps
First published in a year with 2 1's
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness First published in 2011.
Claim 1 BB Ticket 579 pages!
Points this post:5
Total points:380
Tasks completed:23
Books read:30
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(5)750+(1)1000+(0)
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden OldiesOption 1: Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title.
I read De jongen, de viool en de meester by Julie Thomas.
The letters O L D appear in the title: De jongen, de viool en de meester.
25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
I read Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth.
The initials V and R are both found in SEPTEMBER, TWENTY-FIVE.
285 pages.
Option 2: Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
I read Meisje met negen pruiken by Sophie van der Stap.
224 pages, this page count includes a 4.
285 + 224 = 509 pages in total.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Sarah E30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 4: History as a main page genre
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
I read the ebook, top paperback (no MMP) is The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
Option 5: Author initials in SCIENTIFIC METHOD
The Reason I Jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism by Naoki Higashida
I read the kindle edition, the top paperback (no MMP) is The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Points this post: 30
Total points: 520
5.4 - Best Laid PlansA book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks: Random Acts of Kindness by Lisa Verge Higgins
This book fits task 15.2 Book 1: a book with a word in the title that ends in "-ness"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 735
Sarah E30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option A: Two books
Option 2: Author initials in S, A, S, S, E, J, G and/or K
Neverland: Adventures in Neverland 1 by Anna Katmore - 300 pages
Option 3: Using Task 10.3 - Historical Fiction as a main page genre
Between Shades of Gray
I listened to the audio, MMP is Pomrčina srca with 293 pages
300 + 293 = 593 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 550
Readerboard - LaureY20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
*post 64 in the comment thread*
*I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book as it was first published in 1937*
Points this post: 20
Total Books: 38
Total Tasks: 31
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
25.4 - Andy P's taskBook 1: IDRETF
Federations - FEDeRaTIons (379 pages)
Book 2: ARDUOUS
House of Suns - Alastair Reynolds (AR) (502 pages)
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 2: Read a book from a series that is new to you, that can be found on the list of Cozy Mysteries. I read The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton, which is new to me and can be found on page one of the list (at position 12 at time of posting).
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 565
10.1 - Rice is NiceThe Man in the High Castle
Most of this book takes place in San Francisco, California
10.10 - Countdown
March: Book Three
This book has 246 pages, which is between 244 and 334
Final points total: 385
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Thanks, all, for another great challenge!
Congratulations, Tien! Task 25.5 in the Winter Challenge is yours.
50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the boxOption 1: Read a book that does NOT contain the letters B - O - X in the title or subtitle.
Richard III by William Shakespeare
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy.
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
Option 3: Read a book with an inanimate, non-living, object on the cover that does NOT come in a box.
A house:
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay+50 Points
Points this Post: 50
Grand Total: 770
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy FilmfestOption 5 - Foreign language editions - Read The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.
Die Tochter Des Fotografen - German
ذكرى الابنة المفقودة - Arabic
Points these task: 20
Total points: 255
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 17
Task 50.1 – Schatzie – Outside the BoxOption 1: Title does NOT contain any of: B O X
The Hidden Child
I listened to the audio / MMP: L'Enfant allemand
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets –576 pages
Option 3: Inanimate object on cover that does NOT fit in a box - Building
I listened to the audio / no MMP / Most popular paperback: A Gentleman in Moscow (This is a large print edition!) / Most popular “regular” paperback: A Gentleman in Moscow 462 pg
Option 5: Author First and Last Initials in: SCIENCE FICTION - C.O.
Cathy Ostlere Karma
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets –528 pages
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This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 580 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (6) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 9
Congratulations, Perletwo! Task 25.6 of the Winter Challenge is yours.
Congratulations, Wayne! Task 25.7 of the Winter Challenge is yours.
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 1: The Fallen (Horror)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
C) The Force (set entirely in New York)
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lauren Jodi's task: Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Option 3: The Hunted (zombie apocalypse)
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Wonders of 7 (682 pages total)
Option 2: Exposed (7 letters in Exposed)
Option 3: The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney (7 letters in Delaney)
Points this post: 90
Total points: 350
CathyG REPOST
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
(A) Read two books with a total of over 500 pages that fit two different tasks
Option 3: Hello Seasonal Reading Challenge!
➜ 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.10.3.They're Old!
In honor of ancient wonders, read a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
Promises Kept by Scarlett Dunn
Option 4:
➜ Choose a book that has been a 5 star read for you this year and read another book by that same author.
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Points this post: 30
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Big Book Ticket: 0 Golden Oldie Ticket:0
Christine V20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Option C: The Black Tulip
This book was first published in 1850. ***Claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
CathyG 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.
Blood and Honor: The Foreworld Saga Graphic Novels by Christian Cameron
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Banana Fish, Vol. 16 by Akimi Yoshida
15.1 - Climbing Everest
Elbrus Immortally Yours by Lynsay Sands
Puncak Jaya Banana Fish, Vol. 17 by Akimi Yoshida
Conquer two of the seven summits by reading TWO books by two different authors.
15.4 - Stranger Things
Choose one of the following options.
Required: Indicate which option you chose when you post.
Option 1: Read one Book 1 AND one Book 2
Book 1: Read a book where the beginning letter of each word in the title can be found in STRANGER THINGS.
Hades by Larissa Ione
Book 2: A book first published in the 1980s (1980-1989, inclusive)
Here is Greenwood, Vol. 1 by Yukie Nasu (1987)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Book Concierge's task: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Choose ONE option below and read a book with a minimum of 250 pages.
C) 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 Mexico
The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones
quote from Page 285 "…I dematerialized instantly and rematerialized at the New Mexico School for the Deaf"
25.1 - Coralie's task: Melbourne’s Spring Holidays
Help Thread
Read two books with a total over 500 pages, one for each holiday,
Holiday 1: Grand Final Parade Day
This is our newest holiday. It was first introduced in 2015.
Enjoy this holiday by reading a book first published in 2015.
Base Instincts by Larissa Ione 152pp
Holiday 2: Melbourne Cup Day
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.
Required: Name the horse you used when you post. Brew
Strange Brew by P.N. Elrod 372pp
25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
This task has two options:
Option 1: Read two books for two of the options offered, with a total length of no less than 500 pages.
1. Mine is a September birthday. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
Six Moon Summer by S.M. Reine 198pp
2. I will be turning 47 this fall!
Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas404pp
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Choose two different subjects and read 1 book for each.
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG.
Romance > Historical Romance
Violet's Mail Order Husband by Kate Whitsby
5. Science: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
Sleep Like a Baby by Charlaine Harris
Points this post: 140
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 31
Big Book Ticket: 0 Golden Oldie Ticket:0
Sara G10.1 - Rice is Nice
September is National Rice Month. 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.
Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now by Jan Wong
This book is set in China.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 780
20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History Option 1: I read Murder on the Orient Express, although I actually listened to the audio book narrated by Kenneth Branagh. I found this book one page 1 of the Best Literary Mysteries Listopia.
Required: Cite the page number where your book can be found when you post.
This book was published in 1934, making it a ***Golden Oldie****
points: 305
Books read: 23
tasks completed:16
Golden Oldies: 2
Pages read: 7358
This is it for the fall challenge for me. Thanks to all the mods!!
MegSCL25.3 - Catherine T's task: Seasonal Poems
Book 1: Ode of Remembrance (Stanzas 3,4 and 5 only), Poet: Laurence Binyon
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Sun in line 7, NY in Binyon
Book 2: To Autumn, Poet: John Keats
Autumn by Ali Smith
Autumn in poem title (approved in task help thread) AS in Keats
30.2 - MAZZA1’S Task: Six Degrees of Separation
Book 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 of Crows
Book 2: F) Read a book with a title that includes all of the initial letters of the TITLE for Book 1. (SOC) The Women in the Castle
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 690
BB tickets: 4
15.7 - Sea LifeRead a book with a sea creature featured on the cover
Grayson
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
Dancing Winds 280 pages
Option 3: Read a book by a single author who has 7 letters in his/her last name
The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler 328 pages
Total new points: 45
Total Challenge points: 500
final post-thanks
Readerboard name: D5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
A Clergyman's Daughter by George Orwell
Post total=5
Season total=230
DebraJean20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
For Option B I read The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story, by Ann Rule. I'm also claiming 1 BB tickets for this book that has 560 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
Big Book tickets: 8
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Chris Bohjalian (other topics)Rhys Bowen (other topics)
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5.1 - Only Natural
Her Christmas Family Wish by Arlene James, Lois Richer
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 475
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
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