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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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READ 60 5.6 same initial letter The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum by
Kristen Weiss
points 5
total 50
30.2 MAZZA1's Task: Tennis MemoriesRead two books from different options, state which options. Page count must be at least 600 pages. Only male authors. One book cover must have green or purple as part of the cover art. Include the book cover.
Option 1: Read a book with MPG Humour/Comedy.
This is also my book with purple on the cover.
Book Read:
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
This book has 213 pages.
Option 4: Read a single author book that shares initials with a player we saw: AC, JB, MB, GI, JI, KA, RN, ND.
Book Read: Death Masks by Jim Butcher
This book has 432 pages.
Combined page count: 213 + 432 = 645 pages.
Points This Task: 30
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks: 11
Scooter&Siam20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918. This is a one book task. Choose one option and read a book that fits the criteria. Required: State which option you used when you post your completed task.
Using Option 3: The Armistice. To commemorate the time and date the Armistice came into force, read a book which is #1, #8, #9, #11, #18 or #19 in a series. The series designation must be present on the book's Goodreads record.
Read Wolf Hall. GR shows as #1 in trilogy.
I am claiming a big books ticket -- GR shows page count as 653 pages.
Points: 20
Total Points: 55
Big Books: 2
25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against HumanityOption A – Read a book with a one or two word title that answers one of the following questions or completes the phrase.
1) Why can’t I sleep at night? Family Life
Option B – Read a book with a title that has three or more words in the title that can complete the phrase.
1) Next time on Dr. Phil, How to talk to your child about The Couple Next Door
Total New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 95
Creynard5.4: Hiking
Lady Claire Is All That by Maya Rodale
1st letters:LCIAT = appaLaChIAn Trail
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: CareersOption 3. Happiness –Read a book with more than one person on the cover. The people on the cover must look like humans.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
French Exit by Patrick deWitt
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Cordeliatask 20.6 Option 3 More than 1 person on cover.
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy
Points 20
Total points 160
5.7: Settlers of CatannLittle Secrets by Anna Snoekstra
author's initials, AS, found in Settlers of cAtaan
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 125
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1, and generated 3 random books:
The Animals https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
The Ballad of Farty McFee
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Amoris Laetitia: On Love in the Family
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
I used the 3d book, the word "Family," and read The Lost Family.
For my second book, I chose option 5 and read Sew Organized for the Busy Girl: Tips to Make the Most of Your Time and Space - top main page genre is Arts>Crafts, with two other crafts listings in the main page genres.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 90
Coralie25.1 A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Book 1: Book in which none of the letters SUMO are in the author’s name
The Scent of Pine by Lara Vapnyar
Book 2: A book whose title contains 3 different vowels – E, U. O
The Skull Throne
This post 25 points
Total to date 140 points
Alycia20.5 - Bigger is Better
3. Beater, Option A
Betrayals by Kelley Armstrong
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 9
Alycia10.6 - Original Six
Boring is the New Black by Megan Bryce
Set in NYC during Fashion Week.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 10
Pamela326525.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Book 1: Origin by Dan Brown - None of the letters in SUMO appear in the author's name.
Big Book - 638 pages
Book 2: Silas Marner by George Eliot – I A E are the only vowels in the title – 192 pages
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1861
830 total pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 35
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Tiffani25.5 - In Memory of Denis Ten
Option 2: read a book set at least 50% in Kazakstan or in South Korea
Hello, I Love You by Katie M. Stout. This book is set in South Korea.
Total number of pages = 304
Option 3: read a book with all letters from DENIS TEN in the title and/or subtitle. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the title/subtitle.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Total number of pages = 425
304 + 425 = 729 total pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
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15.5 - Nonfiction NovemberRead a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books list
Book read: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
How it fits: on page 1 of the list
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Total points: 145
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
FANDURY5.3: International Football
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup: England
The Lost Child of Lychford by Paul Cornell
The book is set completely in England.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Mod
I read Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback, top main page genre is Travel. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback edition (MMPB has no page numbers listed).
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
DULCINELLA30.4 – Schatzie’s task: The Chunkster
Option 1: The ONE BOOK OPTION - read ONE book with a MPG of Historical Fiction and is at least 750 pages long.
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon 850 p. 19 september 2018 4 starsThis book is over 750 p. so I claim two tickets for BB too
Points in this post : 30 points
Total points: 300 points
2 GO tickets and 3 BB tickets
Mai5.9: Boggle
My word: AND
Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Julia10320.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
Option 1: The Summer Before the War (Set in England 1914)
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 80
Total BB: 3
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Nick KYI messed up again. Here’s a repost with a TWO WORD title book for Option A.
25.3 Beth NC’s Cards Against Humanity
Option A. 2. Why do I hurt all over? The Duel
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
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - Boardgames
Option 3 - Careers - Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle. Numbers may be ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc) or cardinal (1, 2, 3, etc.). They may be in numerical form or spelled out. I read Only One Life by Sara Blaedel.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 105
Nick KY25.2 TessaVanessa’s Game on!
Option 3. Pacman. 1st pub’d in 1980’s I read Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood, 1983.
Option 4. Mahjong. All letters in the suit “DRAGON” in author’s name. “Middle name may be used if in GR information.” I read Triumph of the Heart: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World by Megan Feldman Bettencourt. The author’s middle name is both on the book’s home page and her home page.
“meGan felDmAN bettencOuRt”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 150
Nick KY5.7 Settlers of Cataan I read Three Girls and Their Brother by Theresa Rebeck, with inits in "setTleRs of cataan."
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 155
TessaVanessaReposting with questions.
Challenge 25.3 Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A3: 3) Money can’t buy me love, but it can buy me ________________________ Kryptonite by Lesley Choyce.
Option B2: 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 _________________________________ 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
MAZZA125.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs
Option 1. Carnival Games
In this game, you have three shots. Use the Goodreads Book Randomizer 3 times. Record your first 3 generated hits (*see note*). Choose a word from the title, subtitle or series of one of the books.
Shot 1 - The Walking Dead, Book One
Shot 2 - Culture Shock and Japanese-American Relations: Historical Essays
Shot 3 - Coastal Hydrodynamics
Book read - Dead Famous shares word with shot 1
Option 6. Barns
Read a book which has been written by an author with an animal that appears intact in their name.
The End of Apartheid: Diary of a Revolution Robin Renwick
used ROBIN as animal name
Points this post = 25
Total points to date = 295
Books read = 22
Tasks completed =15
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 3
Mod
I read White Night, set in Chicago. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
CYNBAXTER# 25.01 – Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Book 1: The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
Task: Read a book in which none of the letters in SUMO are in the author's name as indicated on the title page of the book.
Book 2: Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann – which contains the vowels A, E and O
Task: Read a book whose TITLE contains 3 different vowels and no more than that.
Combined books must be over 600p
Book 1: 176 + Book 2: 467 = 643 combined pages
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 65 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
10.10 - 9, 10, 11…book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40/1010
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 581 pages. I'd like to claim 1 Big Book Ticket, please.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Big book tickets: 1
Scooter&Siam5.7: Settlers of Catan
Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN. Middle initials can be ignored. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase. Spaces determine names.
Read Vostok by Steve Alten
Points: 5
Total: 60
Big Books: 1
Bookwrm526Task #5.10 - Our favorite recreation!
Read a book of your choice, that meets SRC rules. For this task only, you may read a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids that is not found in AR Bookfinder. I read Baleful Beasts and Eerie Creatures by Andre Norton (editor). This is a children's book that is not in the AR bookfinder - I think because it was published in 1976 and is out of print!
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 110
10.6 - Original SixRead a book set at least 50% in ONE of the home cities of the NHL “Original Six” teams:
I listened to the audio version of Brown Girl in the Ring
This is set in Toronto home of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Total New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 100
MAZZA110.7 -Before Autocorrect
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of commonly misspelled words .
USING the word CURIOSITY
Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet
Points this post = 10
Total points to date = 305
Books read = 23
Tasks completed =16
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 3
Julia10315.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2: The Last Colony by John Scalzi
TLC is in Fisher Price Little People, JS is in Jacks
This post: 15 points,
Total points: 95
Total BB: 3
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Nicola TTask 10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
I read Giant Days, Vol. 6 by John Allison (pages=112)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: ScrabbleThe Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile by C.W. Gortner
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 416 pages.
T 1x 1 pt = 1
H 1x 4 pts = 4
E 3x 1 pt = 3
Q 1x 10 pts = 10
U 1x 1 pt = 1
N 1x 1 pt = 1
S 1x 1 pt = 1
V 1x 4 pts = 4
O 1x 1 pt = 1
W 1x 4 pts = 4
Total points: 30
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Amy FL10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Spymaster (first published in 2018)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
SALLY M.15.10 Ticket to Ride
Endless Magic by Rachel Higginson
Rolled 1: Romance
Spun blue: 82.8% Sapphire (Blue), 16.6% Lochmara (Blue), 0.7% San Marino (Blue)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2841
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
SALLY M.30.6 The Game of Clue
Hopeless Magic by Rachel Higginson
Option 1: Suspects, Professor Plum
(at least 50% purple cover - 99.4% Prim (Violet))
The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
Option 3: Room, BaLlroom
(author initials in room)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3588
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Ava Catherine5.5: Capture the Flag
Read a book with the word "flag" found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
total 305
Ava Catherine10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way by Ruth Reichl
first published January 1, 2009
total 315
20.1 Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's Task: ScrabbleRead a book (containing more than 300 pages) with a title that would yield more than 25 points in English regular scrabble, no letter can be used more than is available as Scrabble tiles.
Book Read: The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
T 1 x 1 = 1
H 1 x 4 = 4
EEEEE 5 x 1 = 5
Z 1 x 10 = 10
OO 2 x 1 = 2
K 1 x 5 = 5
P 1 x 3 = 3
R 1 x 1 = 1
S 1 x 1 = 1
W 1 x 4 = 4
I 1 x 1 = 1
F 1 x 4 = 4
Scrabble Score = 41pts
No of Pages = 368
Points This Task: 20
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks: 12
Ava Catherine10.9 - International Sudoku Day
Read a book written by a single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters.
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
total 325
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post 659 above https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
i realise total should say 270 not 2270 seems i got a bit over excited