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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNSOption 1. Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid
Option 4. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman Found on the first page of The Most Frequently Challenged Books list.
Points this post: 25
Points in total: 310
Tasks completed: 18
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 3
LAVENDER20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 3: Read a book that has all the letters of WICKED in the title and/or author's name.
Sword of Ice by Mickey Zucker Reichert 350 pages
WICD in title, EK in author name
LAST POST THIS SEASON (really this time)!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 655
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 46
Big Book Tickets: 21
Golden Oldie Tickets: 11
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH15.7 - Sea Life
I read The Essex Serpent. It was approved in post #50 of the help thread.
20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 1 - I read In Cold Blood. It is on page 2 of the list.
I listened to the audiobook; the MMPB is De sang-froid.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 515
Kim O20.3 - Best Review - Sam M's task: The Secret History
Option 1: Read The Secret History or any book found on the Best Literary Mysteries Listopia.
Murder on the Orient Express -- Found on page 1.
Golden Oldie -- first published in 1934.
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall Baking
The baked good I chose is Apple Pie
Option D: Read a book whose number of pages includes the digits in the number of servings that your recipe says it makes.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race -- The recipe serves six. This book has 346 pages.
Option E: Read a book that has a picture of your baked good on the cover.
-- This book has 224 pages.346 + 224 = 570 > 500 pages.
Points this task: 30
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
30.6 - Diana K's task: Fall BakingThe recipe I chose is Crazy Cake. My copy of this recipe is in my grandmother's handwriting. It's a family favorite for 5 generations now.
Option A, an ingredient (vinegar) from the recipe in the title: Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler, 237 pages
Option C, a unit of measure (cup) from the recipe in the title: A Cup of Light by Nicole Mones, 306 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 765
PAULA SREPOST
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
2. Writing: Read a book that has at least 2 words written in cursive on the cover.
Paper, Scissors, Death by Joanna Campbell Slan The words Paper and Death are written in cursiveI read the Kindle ebook. The most popular paperback has 327 pages Paper, Scissors, Death)
4. History: Read a book with "History" or "Historical" as MPG. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Världens ände by T.C. Boyle
Mpg: Historical > Historical Fiction
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything NiceOption 3: Teaching the Cat to Sit: A Memoir by Michelle Theall
-- author's initials, MT, found in AUTUMN
Total points: 165 + 20 = 185
ED30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option B- Book 1- Borne by Jeff VanderMeer 323 pages
Book 2- Remainder by Tom McCarthy 308pages
323+308= 631 pages
Post Total=30
Season Total= 615
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 43
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 19
ED15.2 - Opposites Attract
Book 1= The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson by Mark Twain
(first published May 10th 1893)**I claim one GO ticket**
Book 2- Beloved by Toni Morrison
initials MT & TM
Post Total=15
Season Total= 630
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 45
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 20
Amy FL10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne (Dionne Warwick 1-29-68)
50.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Outside the box
Option 2: The Wrath and the Dawn
Option 3:
(Building) Option 5: Plus One by Elizabeth Fama (sciEnce Fiction)
Points this post: 60
Total points: 410
Julia1035.5 - September, October, November
Perilous Poetry (204 pages)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Option 2: Elementary, She Read
This is on page 6 of the list. This series is new to me.
This post: 25 points
Total points: 655
Total BB: 6
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 32
MegSCL30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option A: Tor.com
Book 1: Read a book published by Tor, Tor.com, or Tor Teen.
Blade Of Fortriu
**553pp - 1 big book ticket
Book 2: Read a book with a spaceship on the cover.
Approved in task help thread
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 720
BB tickets: 5
**Thanks again to the moderators and fellow participants for a fun and challenging season **
Kristen IA10.10 - Countdown
Read a book with a number of pages on Goodreads that falls between 244 and 334 inclusive.
Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre
282 pages
I read the ebook and have linked to the MMPB edition
15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter "G."
Goodnight June by Sarah Jio
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 540/965
Tasks Completed: 27/56
GO: 1
BB: 3
CathyG - REPOST
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 288 pg.
http://www.scandaliciousbookreviews.c...
"Each book adds another piece to the puzzle and takes us from New Mexico to the celestial planes."
CathyG 10.1 - 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.
Japan
Here is Greenwood, Vol. 1 by Yukie Nasu
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.
Relentless by Tera Lynn Childs
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Frugalitymom's task: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
This is a one book task. Choose one option, and state which option you chose when you post.
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word AUTUMN.
Death in St. Petersburg by Tasha Alexander
Points this post: 40
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 31
Big Book Ticket: 0 Golden Oldie Ticket:0
BARBARA ★ (final post)20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In Memoriam
Option D: The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - Scott Wilbanks (life in title) 11/29
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 540
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (2), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM Last post for the season - thank you Moderators! *hugs*
5.9 - Help Yourself
I read Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide: How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together by Rachel Wilkerson Miller. Self-Help is a MPG (verified).
15.6 - Rio's Harbor
I read River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (paperback). "River" in title.
15.9 - Ghouls and Goblins
I read Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag.
25.4 - Andy P's task: I didn't think I would finish the Summer Challenge but...
Book 1: I read Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System by Sonya Huber (204p). I in Pain, D in And, R in Your, E and T in Takes, F in From.
Book 2: I read Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai (368p). A and R in ARDUOUS.
204+368=572p
Previous point total: 380
New points this post: 5+15+15+25
Total points: 440
New tasks completed in this post: 4
Total tasks: 27
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 1
Boston Kate
10.9 Members Only
At the Water's Edge
Was the Fall read for my Real Life Book Club (November 5th).
20.7 National Hispanic Heritage Month
Ready Player One
Option B: author Ernest Cline's initials in HISPANIC HERITAGE
372 pages
30.9 Morbid Nursery Rhymes
Suffer the Children
Option 3: fictional book about an epidemic
From Goodreads summary: "...Herod's Syndrome, a devastating illness that suddenly and swiftly kills all young children across the globe."
25.7 More is Better
Book 1: Turtles All the Way Down
"Turtles" is a regular plural noun
286 pages
Book 2: The Good People
"People" is an irregular plural noun
400 pages
Total pages = 686
Total points: 75
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - SweetMelissa's task: In MemoriamD) Finally, whenever anyone would ask Dad how he was doing, he would always reply "Life is good!" It is the phrase my siblings and I remember Dad by so we had it engraved on his grave marker. For this option, read a book with either the word LIFE or GOOD in the title.
Life in title
Ordinary Life: Stories by Elizabeth Berg
+20 Points
Points this Post: 20
Grand Total: 790
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
The One Hundred Nights of Hero
Points this post: 5
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 420
BB:0
GO:1
Total Task completed: 20
Total Books read: 27
Maddie O.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.
I read Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer ("red" is one of the words that describes the fall moons).
15.8 - NaNoWriMo
Read a book about a writer.
I read Gaudy Night, which is on the "Fiction Books About Writers" list.
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Class is in session
Option 1: Read a book with the word BOOK found intact in the title/subtitle.
I read The Lost Book of the Grail.
Option 3: At least one of the words in the title must be a 4-letter word.
I read The City of Brass.
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.
I read All the Dirty Parts.
Option 2: read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy.
I read Broken Homes, which has MPG Fantasy.
Option 5: Read a book where all of the author’s initials (including any middle initials) can be found in SCIENCE FICTION.
I read In the Woods by Tana French.
Points this post: 100
Points total: 720
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.3 - Victoria Falls
Dead Water by Victoria Houston
Option 2 - "water" in the title and author's first name is "Victoria".
Link to PB edition: Dead Water
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 245 points
Tasks completed: 18
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
5.3 - Oh... CrapsA book first published in a year that contains two 1s: The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain, first published in 2011
Points this post: 5
Total points: 770
That's it for the Fall Season. Thank you, Moderators!!
Kathy G.10.4 - It's a Fan Thing
Read a book with genre "science fiction"
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Total Points- 270
Kristen IA5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 545/965
Tasks Completed: 28/56
GO: 1
BB: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ50 - Outside the box
Book 1 - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
Option 1 - The title does NOT contain the letters B - O - X in the title or subtitle.
Link to PB edition: All the Missing Girls
Book 2 - The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking
Option 4 - Science is a main page genre (shelved by 1,989 users)
Link to PB edition: The Grand Design
Book 3 - My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Option 5 - book where the author’s initials can be found in SciEnce fiction
Link to PB edition: My Name Is Lucy Barton
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 295 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
***REPOST***DANIELLE M
30.3 - ElaineL's task: Time Flies
Option 1 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
All the letters of APRIL found in the title - Hary Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Option 3: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Meets requirement for Task 10.5 Noel! in the Winter 2016 - 2017 Challenge (No L in title or author's name).
Points This Post: 30
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.1 - Wonders of 7
Book 1 - The Devil's Banshee by Donna Hosie
Option 2 - The title contains 1 word with 7 letters "Banshee"
324 pages
Book 2 - 65 Proof by J.A. Konrath
Option 3 - The author has 7 letters his last name "Konrath"
Link to PB edition: 65 Proof: Sixty Five Short Stories
610 pages
324+610 = 934 pages
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 325 points
Tasks completed: 20
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Kathy G.25.5 - Perletwo's task: HAPPY RETURNS
Option 2- fulfill 2 of the tasks
1- Phillip Rock (PR) included in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE
2- Page count has a #7- my book has 527 pages
The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock
Total Points- 295
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.5 - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones
The author shares a name with one of the show's stars - Shirley Jones (appeared 1-22-68)
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 335 points
Tasks completed: 21
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
10.3 - No Blindfolda book with the word "spy" in the title, subtitle, or series name or with the genre “spy thriller” on its main book page
A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15/965
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.8 - My own wonder of nature
The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
Option 1 - The book was first published in January 2016
Link to PB edition: The Guest Room
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 355 points
Tasks completed: 22
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Kim O15.10 - Thrills and Chills Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
Hauntings
Points this task: 15
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Stephanie12720.4 – Golden Oldies – Loafer's task: Golden Oldies
1. Read a book that has all the letters O L D in the title.
The Sun and Her Flowers
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150/965
Tasks completed: 11/56
Books read: 13
Stephanie12720.8 - 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.
Citizen: An American Lyric first published Jan 1, 2014
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170/965
Tasks completed: 12/56
Books read: 14
Stephanie1275.10- Your Own 8th Wonder: Read a book of your choice.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
10.1 - 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.
So Late, So Soon: A Memoir, the majority of which takes place on a commune in Northern California.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185/965
Tasks completed: 14/56
Books read: 16
Pamela326520.5 - Bigger is Better - Fandury's task: The 11 days of the Fantasy Filmfest
Option 5: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys – Link to two foreign editions in post
El color de los sueños
Una stanza piena di sogni
30.8 - Brooke TX's task: Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Option C
Book 1: The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman – Library book On Hold
Book 2: The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey -
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 590
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 4
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
The Fall 2017 Challenge has now ended. Thanks for playing!See you in the Winter Challenge!
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15.3 – Victoria Falls
Book 1Read a book with “water” or “fall” intact in the title/subtitle/series name.
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Book 2Read a book written by an author named Victoria or any related name.
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
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15.9 – Ghouls and Goblins
Read a book that begins with the letter G.
The Good Widow by Liz Fenton
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25.5 – Happy Returns
Option 1
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond
Option 2
Read a book with a page count that includes a 4 or a 7.
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
240 pages
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30.2 – Wonders of 7
Option 1
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in SEVEN.
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab – 512 pages
**claiming 1 big book ticket**
Option 2
Read a book with 7 letters in one of the words in the title.
Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain by Michael Paterniti – 211 pages
512 + 211 = 723 pages
Points this post: 85
Total points: 360/965
Tasks completed: 18/56
Books read: 27
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 4