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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Dakimel20.10 - Group Reads
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Tally:
This post - 20 points
Total - 175
Dakimel25.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
1: When You Are Mine by Kennedy Ryan
2: Suddenly You
Tally:
This post - 25 points
Total - 200
Dakimel25.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
2: Takeover
5: Seduce Me - climb: Death Scream
Tally:
This post - 25 points
Total - 225
Pamela326520.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 4: The Rise of Miss Notley (Tanglewood) by Rachael Anderson – The author’s first and last initials are found in bonapARte
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Mod
For book 1, I read the kindle edition of True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey. None of the letters of SUMO are in the author's name.
For page purposes, the top MMPB is La ballata di Ned Kelly - 452 pages.
For book 2, I read The Book of Essie. 3 vowels in title: thE bOOk Of EssIE - EIO, no A or U. 319 pages.
Total pages 452 + 319 = 771, exceeding 601 requirement.
Total points: 175
Nicola TTask: 15.10 - Ticket to Ride
Roll a 6-sided die to get your number and spin the wheel to get your color.
Read 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.
I rolled a 5 = Fantasy
and i spun Brown
I read
(Pages=168) MPG Fantasy and Fantasy>MythologyTinEye Stats:
#504e52 62.2 %Liver (Brown)
#705650 14.0 %Buccaneer (Brown)
#a07562 7.8 %Toast (Brown)
#a7252b 6.2 %Brown (Brown)
#c27b59 3.9 %Japonica (Orange)
#dc874e 2.5 %Raw Sienna (Brown)
#8b2c34 1.7 %Old Brick (Red)
#eca855 1.0 %Casablanca (Orange)
#faecb3 0.6 %Banana Mania (Yellow)
Brown = 62.2 + 14 + 7.8 + 6.2 + 2.5 = 92.7% > 50%
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
DULCINELLA10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
. Read a book written by a single author whose first and list name initials are found in MICKEY MOUSE.
Cruise
Suzanne Vermeer 280 p. 16 september 2018 3 starsInitials SV
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points: 360 points
2 tickets GO
3 tickets BB
15.3 Let's Play!Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the initial letters of every word in the title can be found in the name of a toy inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame AND where the initial letters of the author's name can be found in a different inducted toy.
Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption, by Benjamin Rachlin
GOTIM (ignoring the subtitle) -> The GaMe Of lIfe
BR -> RuBber duck
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55/1010
Total tasks: 5/58
Total books: 5/79
Sara G30.1 - 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 . Middle name initials may be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Spaces determine name. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works.
1632 by Eric Flint
SEC CONFERENCE
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 597 pages.
**1632 is a Big Book (597 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Option 4: The South
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the SEC states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida. Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (all in USA), or by an author born or currently living in one of these states.
REQUIRED: If it is not apparent from the description or metadata, please provide a reference for the setting or author’s birthplace/current location.
Deep Summer by Gwen Bristow
More than 50% of this book takes place in Louisiana.
**Deep Summer was first published in 1937. Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Delicious Dee25.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
Option 2 - Far Gone - first published in 2014
Option 4 - Truth or Beard - found on pg 2 of the Teachers Featured listopia
Points this task: 25
Total points: 210
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
30.6 Game of ClueOpt 1 - color 50% of cover - red(Mrs. Scarlet)
- https://labs.tineye.com/color/8155f4b...Opt 2 - weapon listed in title - knife
The Impossible Knife of Memory
Pts this post: 30
Total pts/challenge: 130
DebraJean20.3 - Best Review
For Option 3 I read Pandemic which is #1 in the series
Points this task - 20
Total points - 40
BB - 0
GO - 0
DebraJean20.6 - Seasoned Reader
For Option 3 I read
which features 2 people on the cover. Also claiming 1 BB ticket for this book which has 652 pages. Points this task - 20
Total points - 60
BB - 1
GO - 0
Kayla C**Rearranging**
Moving book from 10.10 to 15.4
15.4 It's A Deal
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King
**still claiming 1 BB ticket, 702 pages.**
total points: 35
GO: 0
BB: 1
Kayla C15.6 Checkmate
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
#33323c 75.6 %Ebony Clay (Grey)
#6ab6cf 9.4 %Seagull (Blue)
#4b7588 4.2 %Wedgewood (Blue)
#b4a6a2 4.2 %Martini (Brown)
#120a12 3.8 %Black (Black)
#68575a 2.3 %Zambezi (Brown)
#87858b 0.5 %Aluminium (Grey)
76.1% Grey > 50% Black/White/Grey
total points: 50
GO: 0
BB: 1
CelesteR5.9 - Boggle: T I R E D
Tired of Waiting For Love by Yugi Yamada
GN: e-book verification post 5017 and 220 pages
Total: 90 points.
MAZZA110.5 - Picking Up the Pen
Read a continuation novel-
Closed Casket
Points this post = 10
Total points to date = 355
Books read = 27
Tasks completed =20
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 3
SALLY M.15.7 Pay Up (pages made up of 0, 2, 5, 8)
I Woke Up Dead at the Mall by Judy Sheehan (288 pages)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
Pages read: 4740
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
perletwo5.7: 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.
A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd
Points this task: 05
Total points: 145
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 15
Mary P20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 1: Read a book with an animal that can be found in a zoo on the cover.
by Karen RussellPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Nick KY10.8 Happy B’day SRC I read Educated by Tara Westover, 1st pub’d 2018.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 200
Nick KY5.2 Tour de France I read My Life in France, p. 3 of the list.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 205
Nick KY5.9 Boggle I read The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. Middle row of the Boggle Board, second up from the bottom is an O. Go up one space for D, then up diagonal right for the 2nd D for the word “Odd.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 210
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 3 - Careers - The Three Secret Cities
Points this task: 20
Total points: 230
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
Elizabeth PTask 20.5 - Bookish Quidditch
Option Three - Nearly fits summer task 20.5
Option A - Book that is #4 in a series
The Varlet and the Voyeur by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid
4th in Rugby series
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 7
Kayla C20.1 Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
B- 3
E-1
F- 4
O-1
R-1
E-1
W-4
E-1
W-4
E-1
R-1
E-1
Y-4
O-1
U-1
R-1
S-1
=31 points > 25
total points: 70
GO: 0
BB: 1
JAMTOWN8020.1- Scrabble
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Paperback version : 313 pages
Scrabble: 29 points
T x1 = 1
Ix 1= 1
Lx 1 =1
W x 1 =4
E x2 =2
Hx 1=4
Ax2=2
Vx1=4
Fx1=4
Cx1=3
Sx1=1
Point this post= 20
JAMTOWN 8030.4: THE CHUNKSTER
OPTION 1: The Far PavilionsB by M.M. Kaye
Paperback edition 960 pages> 750 page requirement
Post points: 30
Season total: 50
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 5.9: Boggle
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
Word is SON
Points this post: 5
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 40
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 4
Total Books read: 4
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
Author Clifford Stoll
Points this post: 10
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 50
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 5
Total Books read: 5
Joanne MITask 15.7 . Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8
Foundryside 505 pages-Claiming one BB ticket
Points this task 15
Total points 55
BB this task 1
Total BB 4
Joanne MITask 15.9 Read a book that meets one of the following 3 characteristics AND has the MPG Mystery.
option 1. Contains a person's name in the title/subtitle.
The Key to Rebecca
approved in help thread post #24
Points this task 15
Total points 70
Total BB's 4
delicious Dee15.9 - Get a Clue
The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom - name in title; shelved as mystery by 8 ppl
Points this task: 15
Total points: 245
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
5.1 BaseballRead a book that has the numbers 3, 4, and/or 9 in its series designation.
Book Read: Mort by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #4)
Points This Task: 5
Golden Oldie:
Big Book:
Total Points: 240
Total Tasks: 15
Diana K.Task 5.4 Hiking. Read a book with a title of at least two words, in which the initial letter of each word of the title is found in APPALACHIAN TRAIL.
The Lido
Total Points: 135
Brooke TX15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2: Read ONE book with a title of at least 3 words where the initial letters of every word in the title can be found in the name of a toy inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, AND written by a single author whose every initial can be found in the name of a DIFFERENT inducted toy. With "IRL" found in "Fisher-Price Little People" and "CD" found in "Candy Land":
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 5
Sara G5.1 - Baseball
The numbers 3, 4, and 9 are important numbers in baseball - 3 strikes and 3 outs, 4 balls, 9 innings. Read a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation - 3, 4, 9, 13, etc...………
Royally Endowed by Emma Chase
This book is #3 in the Royally series.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 300
CHANDNI30.4 – 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.
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
Genre noted here
[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 7
Scooter&Siam20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
For this task choose one option based on these categories and read a book that fits the requirements. Required: Indicate which option you chose when you post.
Option 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.
Choosing Option 3
Read
Points: 20
Total: 90
Big Books: 2
5.3: International FootballSet in Paris, France:
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 30
15.3 - Let's Play!Option 2:
Title: NN in raggedy aNN and andy
Author: FD in raDio Flyer Wagon
Netochka Nezvanova by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 55
Mod
I chose option 2, the one book option, and read Hour Game. This was an audiobook - the top MMPB is L'heure Du Crime.
It fits the first criterion, since the series title is Sean King and Michelle Maxwell.
It fits the second criterion, since it's the 2nd book in the series.
Total points: 190
Task 20.1 - Scrabble This is a one book task. Your book must contain more than 300 pages (301+ pages). Read a book with a title that, if laid down on the Scrabble board, would give you more than 25 points. Subtitles do not count.
Secondhand Spirits (A Witchcraft Mystery #1) (2009) by Juliet Blackwell (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 313 pages)
Secondhand: 1(S) + 1(E) + 3(C) + 1(O) + 1(N) + 2(D) + 4(H) + 1(A) + 1(N) + 2(D) = 17
Spirits: 1(S) + 3(P) + 1(I) + 1(R) + 1(I) + 1(T) + 1(S) = 9
Total: 17 + 9 = 26
15 + 20 = 35
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 15 + 20 = 35
Books read: 02
Pages read: 598
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Susan W.5.7 Settlers of Catan: Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
I read An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
ST are in SETTLERS OF CATAN
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 40
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - Celebrate the Equinox
Read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles. Punctuation marks count as characters. Spaces do not count.
I read The Poppy War (11) by R.F. Kuang (530pp) and
Death Notice (11) by Zhou Haohui (305pp).
530+305 = 835
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 140
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Task 10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Book first published 2018
Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
First published August 2018
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 6