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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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SALLY M.10.9 International Sudoku Day (author last name = 9 letters)
Fearless Magic by Rachel Higginson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2441
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Creynard15.4 - It's a Deal
Option 2: The King by Tiffany Reisz
"King" is my face card. This is #6 in the Original Sinners series.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 18
Creynard20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
option 4:
by Devney PerryPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 19
Creynard5.6: Simon Says
Wild Wicked Scot by Julia London
"wild" and "wicked" are my words.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
DULCINELLA25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A – Read a book with a one or two word title that answers one of the following questions or completes the phrase. Subtitles should be ignored.
1) Why can’t I sleep at night? The bell
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The Bell Iris Murdoch 316 p. 8 september 2018 4 starsOption B – Read a book with a title that has three or more words in the title that can complete the phrase. Subtitles should be ignored.
1) Next time on Dr. Phil, How to talk to your child about the distant echo
The Distant Echo
Val McDermid 561 p. 17 september 2018 4 starsClaiming a BB ticket for this book.
Points in this post: 25 points
Total points: 210 points
2 ticket GO
1 ticket BB
DULCINELLA 30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
To celebrate the equinox, read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
Restoring Grace
Katie Fforde 422 p. 2 september 2018 3 starsThe American Boy
Andrew Taylor 7 september 2018 485 p. 2 stars Both titles have 14 letters
Points in this post: 30 points
Total points : 240 points
2 GO tickets
1 BB ticket
DULCINELLA15.7 - Pay Up
Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8.
Cruise
Suzanne Vermeer 280 p. 16 september 2018 3 starsOnly numbers 2,8 and 0 in page count
Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 255 points
2 GO tickets
1 BB ticket
MIKE DENNIS10.7 Before Autocorrect Today’s secret word is: Tattoo
The Seascape Tattoo
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Current Post: Points: 10
Total: Points: 30 GO: - BB: -
Tasks: 5.6; 10.7; 15.3 using 3 books.
Stephanie12715.5 - Nonfiction November: Read a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books list.
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar found on page 5.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55/1010
Tasks completed: 5/58
Books read: 5
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.9 - International Sudoku Day
I read Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick - DeC/onn/ick.
Previous point total: 35
New points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Total tasks completed: 4
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Amber5.2 - The Tour de France
Book from this list: Wanderlust - this book is on page 1
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Amber30.4 – Schatzie’s task: The Chunkster
Option 1 - ONE book with a MPG of Historical Fiction and is at least 750 pages long
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
**Lonesome Dove is a Big Book (945 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 35
Big Book Tickets: 2
MIKE DENNIS20.2 Rookie at the Top [Sophie]: Boardgames - Option 4: Campaign
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
Author's first and last initials are in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
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Current Post: Points: 20
Total: Points: 50 GO: - BB: -
Tasks: 5.6; 10.7; 15.3; 20.2 using 4 books.
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.7 - Pay Up
I read The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing by Merve Emre - 288p.
Previous point total: 45
New points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Total tasks completed: 5
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Stephanie12725.2 - TessaVanessa's task: Game on!
Option 1 : Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 28, 84, or 87 in order in number of pages. Examples: 124, 248, 840 or 187.
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances, which has 128 pages.
Option 3: Read a book first published in the 1980s.
The Queue, first published in 1984.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 80/1010
Tasks completed: 6/58
Books read: 7
5.3: International FootballRead a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup:
Iceland is one of the countries listed.
The Greenhouse
Set at least 50% in Iceland as indicated in the Goodreads metadata
New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 65
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
I read The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell, 312p. The (6) Diary (9) of (5) a (1) Bookseller (16) = 37 Scrabble points.
Previous point total: 60
New points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Total tasks completed: 6
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK - 11am on 11 November 1918Option 3: The Armistice - a book which is #1, #8, #9, #11, #18 or #19 in a series
Maui Widow Waltz by JoAnn Bassett
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 30/1010
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
CordeliaTask 5.10 Our favourite recreation
From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
Points 5
Total points 120
CordeliaTask 10.9 9,10,11
Albina and the Dog Men by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Author's surname starts with J
Points 10
Total points 130
Amber15.10 - Ticket to Ride
Book that has the MPG genre that corresponds to the number you rolled and has a cover that is at least 50% the color you spun - I rolled a 4 (Horror) and spun Brown, according to TinEye this cover is 74.1% brown (> 50%)
by Marjorie M. LiuPoints this post: 15
Total points: 50
Big Book Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 5.3: International Football
The Sound of Waves
Japan
Points this post: 5
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 20
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 2
Total Books read: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 15.7 - Pay Up
Turtles All the Way Down
288 pages
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 35
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 3
Total Books read: 3
Jenifer20.1 Scrabble
The Alphabet House by Jussi Adler-Olsen
"Alphabet" is a 29 point word.
20.2 Boardgames
option 3: number in title
Fromage à Trois by Victoria Brownlee
20.7 The Ozette Loop
Option3: vampires
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 80
Amy the book bat20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Option 1. Keeper - Quaffle:
For this option, read a book you got as an ARC (an advanced reader copy, or proof copy, or a book available for review by the author, publisher or other distributor before the publication date). Books from NetGalley and Kindle First count. All books must be listed on Goodreads.
Required: Identify the book as a publisher's advance copy and state where you got it from when you post.
The Christmas Star ARC received from a GoodReads giveaway. Release date will be in October.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 12
CHANDNI20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
L 2 x 1 = 2
I 2 x 1 = 2
T 2 x 1 = 2
E 6 x 1 = 6
F 1 x 4 = 4
R 3 x 1 = 3
S 1 x 1 = 1
V 1 x 4 = 4
Y 1 x 4 = 4
W 1 x 4 = 4
H 1 x 4 = 4
Total = 36 points
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This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 5
trishhartuk30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Option 2: Author. Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words SEC CONFERENCE .
A Killer Crop, Sheila Connolly
Sec Conference
Option 4: The South. Read a book set at least 50% in one of the SEC states: ...South Carolina,
Chamomile Mourning, Laura Childs
100% set in Charleston, South Carolina and its surrounds
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
JUKKA10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Book that was first published in 2009 or 2018.
Spawn Origins Collection Vol. 1 by Todd McFarlane was first published in 2009.
Total Points: 80/1010
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Task 20.1 - Scrabblepage count 301+
read a book whose title letters total 25+ in Scrabble scoring
Kings of the Wyld
KINGS = 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 10
OF = 1 + 4 = 5
THE = 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
WYLD = 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 11
Total = 10 + 5 + 3 + 11 = 29
502p - claiming BB ticket
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130 points
15.6 CheckmateRead a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye.
The Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia, by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
TinEye percentages: 72.0% Black (Black); 10.3% Gravel (Grey); 6.6% Lily White (Grey); 4.8% Delta (Grey) = 93.7% black or grey.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25/1010
Total tasks: 2/58
Total books: 2/79
M1nks20.5 - 3A Elemental Gelade, Volume 4
Points this task: 20
Total points: 175
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Big Book tickets:
M1nks20.6 - 3.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 195
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Big Book tickets:
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.3 Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A3: Kryptonite by Lesley Choyce.
Option B2: Running the Risk by Lesley Choyce.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 14
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
JUKKA25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs
Option 1: Book with a word in the title, subtitle or series title from one of the titles of three randomized books.
My random books were Laws of the State of New York in Relation to the Erie and Champlain Canals: Together with the Annual Reports of the Canal Commissioners and Other Documents Requisite for a Complete Official History of Those Works. Volume 1 of 2, World of the Imagination: Sum and Substance: Sum and Substance, and Dragonfly in Amber.
Captain Britain And MI13, Vol. 3: Vampire State by Paul Cornell has "state" from Laws of the State of New York in Relation to the Erie and Champlain Canals: Together with the Annual Reports of the Canal Commissioners and Other Documents Requisite for a Complete Official History of Those Works. Volume 1 of 2.
Option 6: Book whose author's name contains the name of an animal.
Teen Dog by Jake Lawrence. The animal is "wren".
Total Points: 105/1010
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Suzannesea20.5 Bigger is Better
3. Beater
Option C
Read a book by an author who has one initial in FRIGGATRISAIDEKEPHOBIA and one initial that is one off from a letter in the phrase.
Red Glass by Laura Resau
L is one letter off from K.
R is in friggatRiskaidekaphobia.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 70
Nick KY25.3 Beth NC’s Cards Against Humanity I read the following books which answer the following questions with their titles:
Option A. 1. Why can’t I sleep at night? Three Girls and Their Brother
Option B. 3. Wes Anderson’s new film tells the story of a precocious child coming to terms with Talking to the Dead.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 125
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.9: Read a book that meets one of the following 3 characteristics AND has the MPG Mystery.
Option 3: Contains an original or new room listed under "Rooms" on the Clue Wiki in the title/subtitle or series title.
Death Overdue: A Haunted Library Mystery
Points this task: 15
Total Points to date: 100
SlayermelTask 15.5 I read Bossypants by Tina Fey
The book can be found on page 1 of the list
Points this task: 15
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
I read The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (mass market paperback). C and M are in MICKEY.
Previous point total: 80
New points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Total tasks completed: 7
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Amber15.9 - Get a Clue
Using the 1st characteristic: contains a person's name in the title/subtitle AND has the MPG Mystery - Goldie Vance is the main character's name
Goldie Vance Vol. 3 by Hope Larson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Big Book Tickets: 2
Sophie20.10 - Group Read
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total 35
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2: Anne of the Island by L.M Montgomery
Initial letters of title AOTI found in Star Wars Action Figures. Author's initials can be found in: Little Green Army Men
Has MPG of children's:
AR information IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Bookwrm526 Task #20.6 - Careers
Option 3: Read a book with more than one person on the cover. The people on the cover must look like humans. I read The Prophecy Con by Patrick Weekes.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 85
Kim O25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A – Read a book with a one or two word title that answers one of the following questions or completes the phrase.
3) Money can’t buy me love, but it can buy me Housekeeping
Option B – Read a book with a title that has three or more words in the title that can complete the phrase.
2) Well, what do you have to say for yourself Casey? This is the third time you have been sent to the principal’s office for Coffee with Mozart
Points this task: 25
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Books read: 4
Susan W.5.1 Baseball: Read a book that has a 3, 4, or 9 in its series designation.
I read Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 3 by Jinsei Kataoka
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15.3 Let's Play!
Option 2 (1 book option): Read one book that meets the criteria for both books in option 1.
I read Some Enchanted Éclair by Bailey Cates
SEE in Frisbee, BC in Alphabet Blocks
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15.5 Nonfiction November: read a nonfiction book found on the list provided. State what page your book is found on.
I read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
the book is on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 35
DULCINELLA15.6 - Checkmate
Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye.
Heartland
Davis Bunn 400 p. 17 september 2018 3 stars50,3 % white
44,7 % black
4,2 % grey
Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 270 points
2 tickets GO
1 ticket BB
15.3 - Let's Play!Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
TMORA can be found in Mr. Potato Head. AC can be found in Candy Land.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was published in 1926 so I am claiming a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this post = 15
Total points to date = 70
Books read = 7
Tasks completed = 4
Golden Oldies = 2
Big Books = 0
Readerboard Name: Amarie10.1 - Read a FICTION book with a robot, android or cyborg as an important character.
Book: Cinder
From book description: CINDER, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 55
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#ec2a2d 84.2 % Alizarin Crimson (Red)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 90/1010
Tasks completed: 7/58
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)