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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Jenifer20.1 Scrabble
The Alphabet House by Jussi Adler-Olsen
"Alphabet" is a 29 point word.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 40
Jenifer20.2 Boardgames
option 3: number in title
Fromage à Trois by Victoria Brownlee
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Jenifer20.7 The Ozette Loop
Option3: vampires
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 80
Jenifer 20.6 Careers
option 3: more than one person on cover
Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 100
Brooklyn20.5 – Bookish Quiddich
Option 3, Task B: Read a book with a MPG of paranormal but not horror.
Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
MPG of paranormal; horror is not a main page genre
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115/1010
Tasks completed: 8/58
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Amy the book bat30.4 – 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.
I did start the book prior to the start of the challenge, but I only read 98 pages.
Les Misérables 1330 pages
also claiming 3 Big Book tickets and 1 golden oldies ticket (first published 1862)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 15
Elizabeth PTask 10.9 - International Sudoku Day
Author's last name is exactly 9 letters
Den of Wolves by Juliet Marillier
Marillier is 9 letters long
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 2
Brooklyn20.2 – Boardgames
Option 4: Read a book with the author’s first and last initials found in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
napoleon BonapaRte
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135/1010
Tasks completed: 9/58
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Elizabeth PTask 20.1 - Scrabble
300+ page book whose title is 25+ Scrabble Points
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
A: 1X1 = 1 pt
B: 2X3 = 6 pts
D: 1X2 = 2 pts
E: 4X1 = 4 pts
F: 1X4 = 4 pts
H: 1X4 = 4 pts
I: 1X1 = 1 pt
L: 3X1 = 3 pts
O: 4X1 = 4pts
R: 1X1 = 1 pt
S: 1X1 = 1 pt
T: 2X1 = 2pts
V: 2X4 = 8 pts
Y: 1X4 = 4pts
Total: 45 pts, >25
(Not sure if I got all the letters but regardless it's way over 25)
Paperback Link: A todos los chicos de los que me enamoré - 384 pages > 301 pages
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 3
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.7
Option 1 The Game of Life: To celebrate 'The Game of Life' read a book which has 'Autobiography' or 'Biography' as a main page genre.
The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Option 3 The Smiling Game: To (hopefully) being a smile to your face, read a book with the main page genre 'Humor'
Noir by Christopher Moore
Points this task: 25
Total Points to date: 135
10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Death and Daisies
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
15.10 - Ticket to RideRead a book that has the MPG genre that cooresponds to the number you rolled and has a cover that is at least 50% the color you spun according to TinEye.
Rolled 2 (MPG Mystery) spun brown (cover >50% Brown)
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Elizabeth PTask 20.3 - 11 am on 11 November 1918
Option Three - Book that is #1 in a series
Warcross by Marie Lu
#1 in the Warcross duology
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 4
Coralie20.5 Bookish quiddich
Option 3A – a book that is #4 in a series
Feedback
This post 20 points
Total to date 185 points
CHANDNI20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriam
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in QUEEN OF SOUL.
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 6
Elizabeth PTask 5.3 - International Football
Book set 50%+ in one of the countries - I've chosen Japan
Wildcard by Marie Lu
This book is set mainly in Tokyo, some scenes are slightly north of Tokyo but still in Japan. Tokyo is mentioned in GR description.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: ListmakerOption 1: Work On It- Read a book from 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die
Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
page 5 (#486)
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1919)
Option 2: Catch-up- Read a book from a series that you have already started, but have not yet caught up to the latest release.
A Dangerous Place (Maisie Dobbs #11) by Jacqueline Winspear
14 published books for this series with 15th to be published next year
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 195
10.2 - The Great WarBehemoth (Leviathan, #2) by Scott Westerfeld
page 1
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 205
20.5 - Bigger is BetterOption 3A - I read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
This book is #4 in a series.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 90
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 5
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriamoption 1: A Thread of Deepest Black
"respect" in the title: a ThREad of deePeSt blaCk
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 280 pages.
points this post: 20
total points: 140
MAZZA120.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
Option 3 :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.
The Monogram Murders number 1 in series as stated on GR page
Points this post = 20
Total points to date = 345
Books read = 26
Tasks completed =19
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 3
Sara G20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
The 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
Nicola TTask:15.8 - Spell it Out
Read a book with one of these letters in the title/subtitle or author's name. Books with multiple authors will work as long as at least one author has a Q or a Z in his or her name.
I read Lady Mechanika, Vol.1: The Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse (Pages=160)
author: Joe BeniteZ
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Christine V10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
20.5 Bookish Quidditch3. Beater - C.
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions, by Johann Hari.
JH -- H is in the phrase, J is one letter off from K, which is in the phrase.
This post: +25
Total: 185
Julia10320.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 3: Nine Lessons
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 140
Total BB: 3
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Sara G20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
3. Beater: Beaters arguably had the most difficult role - having to defend or attack against books chosen by the Chasers to prevent goals and keep their own team flying. Often there would be a race to the finish, with some genuine adrenline-fuelled moments as a result...(yes, I played as Beater, however did you guess?!)
To make their reading a bit easier (and cheaper!), Beaters could chose to read a different book to the Chaser.
For this option, read a book that nearly fits one of the requirements for task 20.5 of the Summer Challenge, but not quite. Here are the tasks and your options:
A. The original task requires reading a book that is number 1, 3, or 13 in a series. For this option, you may read a book that is 2, 4, 12, or 14 in a series.
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
This book is #2 in the Maisie Dobbs series.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
15.2 - Spring and FallBook 1:
Pagan Spring by G.M. Mallietand
Book 2:
Wicked Autumn by G.M. MallietTotal Points - 120
15.3 - Let's Play!Book 1:
Then She Was Gone by Lisa JewellStar Wars Action Figures
and
Book 2:
Haven by Kay HooperRocking Horse
Total Points - 135
15.4 - It's a DealOption 1: Read TWO books.
Book 1:
Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic by Ace Atkinsand
Book 2:
A Finer End by Deborah Crombie(Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James #7)
Total Points = 150
MIKE DENNIS5.1 Baseball:
Worlds' Finest, Vol. 3: Control Issues is #3 in the Worlds' Finest Vol. I Series series.
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Current Post: Points: 5
Total: Points: 55 GO: - BB: -
Tasks: 5.1, 5.6; 10.7; 15.3; 20.2 using 5 books.
MIKE DENNIS10.10 9, 10, 11...:
Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich.
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Current Post: Points: 10
Total: Points: 65 GO: - BB: -
Tasks: 5.1,5.6; 10.7, 10.10; 15.3; 20.2 using 6 books.
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task #10.10 - 9, 10, 11 . . .
I J K are the 9th, 10th and 11th letters of the alphabet.
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
18 Thoughts by Jamie Ayres
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 45
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task #10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
2018 celebrates the 90th anniversary of Mickey Mouse’s big-screen debut in Steamboat Willie on November 18, 1928. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials are found in MICKEY MOUSE. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase. Spaces determine names.
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 55
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: BoardgamesOption 4: Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Between Gods: A Memoir by Alison Pick
Total New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 150
DULCINELLA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Option 3. Beater
A. The original task requires reading a book that is number 1, 3, or 13 in a series. For this option, you may read a book that is 2, 4, 12, or 14 in a series.
Wiegelied
Cilla Börjlind 419 p. 20 september 2018 4 stars Paperback 442 p
How it fits: The book is part 4 in the series
Points in this post: 20 points
Total points: 350 points
2 tickets GO and 3 tickets BB
Oma122930.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
To celebrate the equinox, read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles. Punctuation marks count as characters. Spaces do not count. Subtitles can be used or ignored – your choice.
The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth J. Duncan-22 characters-277 pages
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard-22 characters-335 pages
Total 3 of pages is 612
Total Points-55/1010
Total Tasks-3/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-500+(1 750+(),1000+()
Alaina20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 3: Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle.
The Woman in Cabin 10-Ruth Ware
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of ClueI chose options #1 and #3
Option 1: Suspects
Read a book with a suspect's game piece color found in the title or predominantly on the cover (at least 50%). REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Professor Plum - Purple
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Option 3: Rooms
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in one of the rooms listed below.
The room chosen was the Conservatory
Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
Total Points-85/1010
Total Tasks-4/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-500+(1 750+(),1000+()
CordeliaTask 5.7 Settlers of Catan
There There by Tommy Orange
Author's initials T O in SeTtlers Of catan
Points this task: 5
Total points 220
Task 15.8 – Spell it OutAuthor name includes a ‘Q’
Anna Quindlen / Black and Blue
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: Black and Blue – 288 pg
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 30 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
5.7: Settlers of CatanSETTLERS OF CATAN
Unexpected by Aleatha Romig
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 50
Books read = 4
Tasks completed = 3
Golden Oldies =0
Big Books = 0
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918Option 3: The Armistice: Read a book that is #1 in a series:
Once Upon A Real Good Time by Lauren Blakely
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 70
Books read = 5
Tasks completed = 4
Golden Oldies =0
Big Books = 0
10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Death and Daisies
Page numbers has been corrected
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
5.1 - BaseballMarch to the Stars is book 3 of the series.
I'd like to claim a Big Book Ticket please. The book has 640 pages
Points this post 5
Total points 5+ 135=140
BB 3
SALLY M.REPOST
30.4 The Chunkster (750+ pages Historical Fiction, Option 2)
My Plain Jane (read audiobook) by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton (Historical Fiction verified) - 512 pages
**My Plain Jane is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Circe by Madeline Miller (Historical Fiction verified) - 352 pages
512 + 352 = 864 pages > 750
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 12
Pages read: 4452
BB tix this post: 1
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
20.5 - BOOKISH QUIDDITCHOPTION 3C - Irish Thoroughbred by [author:Nora Roberts|625
TOTAL POINTS - 140
Amy the book bat25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
This is a two book task. Read a book from two different options from these which relate to some seasonal indoor and outdoor recreations and issues.
Required: State which options you chose when you post.
Option A. SWIMMING --
Read any biography or autobiography of an athlete or team who competed in the Olympic Games.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (is also on page 1, #11 of the list)
Option E. COZY -- Go back indoors where it is cozy and read a book with the main page GR genre of “Cozy Mystery.” (It has to be “Cozy Mystery” and not simply “Mystery,” but it can be embedded, as “Cozy Mystery” oftentimes is.)
Real Murders
Points this task: 25
Total points: 225
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 16
MIKE DENNIS15.6 Checkmate
Black Heart
61.4 % Black (Black) + 33.5 % Nero (Black) + 0.8 % Grey (Grey) + 0.4 % Baltic Sea (Grey) = 96.1%
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Current Post: Points: 15
Total: Points: 80 GO: - BB: -
Tasks: 5.1,5.6; 10.7, 10.10; 15.3, 15.6; 20.2 using 7 books.
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15.1 - Dig It - The Men's World Volleyball Championship takes place September 9 - 30. The countries in Pools A-D will compete with each other during Round 1 of the competition. Read TWO books, each set at least 50% in two different countries that are in the SAME pool. Required: State the countries used when posting. If the setting is not obvious from the book's GRs main page, provide a link to reference for verification.
Death Before Wicket - Australia, from pool C
Deadly Heat - United States, also from pool C
Points this task: 15
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 14