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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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15.2 - Spring and FallBook 1: Read a book in which the word SPRING can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Upon a Spring Breeze
Book 2: Read a book in which the word AUTUMN can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Wicked Autumn
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Task 20.3 - 11am on 11 November 1918read a book that is #1 in a series
Furies of Calderon
600p - claiming a BB ticket
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200 points
Nicola TTask: 10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking For
Read a FICTION book with a robot, android or cyborg as an important character.
I read Uncanny Avengers: Unity, Volume 3: Civil War II
This volume is about Captain America facing off against Cable due to differing opinions about utilising the precog powers of an Inhuman who can see people committing crimes before they do so.
Cable is cybernetic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_(...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Elizabeth BTask 15.7 -Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8
Diversion, 208 pgs
Points 15
Total points 185+15=200
5.7 Settlers of CatanRead a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
America Is Not the Heart, by Elaine Castillo
EC -> sEttlers of Catan
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60/1010
Total tasks: 6/58
Total books: 6/79
DULCINELLA 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil Simon
Option 1: Neil Simon was well known for writing comedic plays. Read a book with a main page genre of Comedy or Humor.
Look Who's Back Timur Vermes 375 p. 24 september 2018 3 starshow it fits:MPG humor
Points in this post: 20 points
Total points: 370 points
2 tickets GO
3 tickets BB
JUKKA10.3 - Happy Trails to You
Book with main page genre Nature or Travel.
Pjongjang by Guy Delisle has Travel.
Total Points: 160/1010
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
15.3Book 1: initial letters of all 3+ words in the title can be found in the name of a HOF toy - STAr wars acTioN figures
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't by Nate Silver
*BB ticket, 544 pgs*
Book 2: author initials in HOF toy - Big Wheel
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 115/1010
Tasks completed: 9/58
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
M1nks15.2 - 1. Uncle Fred in the Springtime Pub 1939
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
2. Wicked Autumn
Points this task: 15
Total points: 235
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Big Book tickets:
M1nks 20.8 -
(Queen of This Realm - Length)Points this task: 20
Total points: 255
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Big Book tickets:
M1nks20.9 - 3. The Scorch Trials
Points this task: 20
Total points: 275
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Big Book tickets:
M1nks20.10 - The Radium Girls
Points this task: 20
Total points: 295
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Big Book tickets:
15.8 - Spell it Out The highest scoring tiles in the game of Scrabble are Q and Z. Read a book with one of these letters in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Christmas Quilt
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 100
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
CYNBAXTER# 20.08 – NICKELS & DIMES: Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
Book:
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Task: Read a book with a cover featuring a person without a head.
Book must be over 300p
Book: 304 pages (Kindle version), paperback is 336 - I read the Kindle version
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 110 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTER# 20.01 – MOST IMPROVED: Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
Book: The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
Task: Read a book with a title that, if laid down on the Scrabble board, would give you more than 25 points.
T – 2x1=2
H – 3x4=12
E – 6x1=6
K – 1x5=5
P – 1x3=3
R – 1x1=1
S – 2x1=2
O – 2x1=2
F- 1x4=4
U – 1x1=1
Total: 38 pts (this was a fun task!)
Book must be over 300p
Book: 320
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 130 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: CareersOption 3: Read a book with more than one person on the cover
My Sister's Keeper-Jodi Picoult
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Absurda30.7
Option 2: Read a book whose total numbers of pages include both the number 8 and the number 4.
Dead Letters: An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing & the Returned
Option 5: Read a book that has all the letters of either ONCE BREWED or TWICE BREWED in the title/subtitle.
Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth-Century to Modern Times
Subtitle has all the letters from Once Brewed
Points this task: 30
Total Points to date: 165
Kathy G.20.10- Group Read
My comments here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Total Points- 75
15.10 - Ticket to RideI rolled 1 - MPG Romance - and the color grey:
Not Quite CrazyI read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 320 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Bluegrass Pam10.9 International Sudoku Day
Single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
Points this post: 10 / Total points: 30
Total BB: 0 / Total GO: 2
Sarah E20.10 - Group Reads
The Great Alone
My comments are in post 8
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Volverás a Alaska with 560 pages
I claim 1 BB ticket - 560 pages
Total points: 20
Total BB tickets: 1
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task #20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK’s task: 11am on 11 November 1918
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.
Splintered by A.G. Howard
This is book #1 in a series.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SALLY M.20.1 Scrabble (more than 25 points in Scrabble)
The Reluctant King by Rachel Higginson
T 3 x 1 = 3
H 1 x 4 = 4
E 2 x 1 = 2
R 1 x 1 = 1
L 1 x 1 = 1
U 1 x 1 = 1
C 1 x 3 = 3
A 1 x 1 = 1
N 2 x 1 = 2
K 1 x 5 = 5
I 1 x 1 = 1
G 1 x 2 = 2
3+4+2+1+1+1+3+1+2+5+1+2=26
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
Pages read: 5034
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.5: Capture the Flag
Read a book with the word "flag" found intact in the title
Under False Flags by Steve Anderson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Andy P.Task # 5.7: Settlers of Catan
Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
SETTLERS OF CATAN
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
Andy P.Task # 5.8: Go and Parcheesi
Read a book set at least 50% in China
China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford Set almost entirely in China
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
Andy P.Task # 10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC! Paperboy by Christopher Fowler first published in 2009
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
Andy P.Task # 15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2 Everything to Lose by Andrew Gross
ETL in THE GAME OFLIFE
AG in JIGSAW PUZZLE
Points this post: 15
Total points: 130
Andy P.Task # 15.5 - Nonfiction November
Read a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books list. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance found on page 1
#6 from bottom
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145
Andy P.Task # 15.6 - Checkmate
Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye.
by Bernhard SchlinkAccording to Tin Eye, the colors on the cover are:
#6a604d 79.2% Makara(Grey)
#211915 14.3% Seal Brown(Black)
#4d2617 3.6% Indian Tan(Brown)
#54150d 2.8% Red Oxide(Red)
so 79.2 + 14.3= 93% Grey and Black> 80%
Points this post: 15
Total points: 160
Andy P.Task # 15.9 - Get a Clue
Read a book that meets one of the following 3 characteristics AND has the MPG Mystery.
2. Contains an original or new weapon listed under "Weapons" on the Clue Wiki in the title/subtitle
by Bruce W. MostMystery listed on main page , has rope on cover and rope in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Andy P.Task # 20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Option 3. Happiness – Read a book with more than one person on the cover
by Harlan CobenOne small human and one large human holding hands
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
DULCINELLA25.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
🍁Option 4 Read a book from one of these lists:
Teachers Featured
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark 150 p. 24 september 2018 5 starsHow it fits: Page 1 nr 7 list
🍁Option 5:Read a book in which the first letter of every word in the book's title (and subtitle, if there is one) can be found in one of the outdoor climbs she has completed: Meagan Martin's Outdoor Climbs.
The Trap
Melanie Raabe 352 p. 22 september 2018 3 starsHow it fits: Letters TT found in:
Climb : Mind Matters Guanella Pass, CO
Points in this post: 25 points
Total points: 395 points
2 tickets GO
3 tickets BB
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.3 - International Football
I read The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland. The book is set entirely in Yorkshire, England (York, Witby, and Ripon, specifically) - England is in the metadata.
Previous point total: 90
New points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Total tasks completed: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Megs20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil Simon
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Comedy or Humor.
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
MPG Humor (1920 Users)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.7 - Settlers of Catan
I read All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung. N and C are in CATAN.
Previous point total: 95
New points this post: 5
Total points: 100
Total tasks completed: 9
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
JUKKA10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
Book written by an author whose initials are in MICKEY MOUSE.
Star Wars: Lando by Charles Soule
Total Points: 170/1010
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 13/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Creynard10.2 - The Great War
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
On page 1 of Popular World War 1 Books list.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 23
Creynard20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Option 3: 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.
by Karen WitemeyerPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 24
Creynard15.1 - Dig It
Book 1: You're Gonna Love Me by Robin Lee Hatcher
Set in the USA, in Pool C.
Book 2: While We Run by Karen Healey
Set in Australia, also in Pool C
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 24
CordeliaTask 30.1 SEC Football
Option 1 The Bad Seed by William March
First published in 1954
Option 2 The Bottom of the Sky by Rodrigo Fresán
Author initials R F in SEC CONFERENCE
Points this task: 30
Total points: 250
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil SimonOption 3: read a book that is part of a trilogy.
Nemesis (Project Nemesis #1) by Brendan Reichs
Project Nemesis is or will be a trilogy noting description on Chrysalis (Project Nemesis #3) as "a stunning finale"
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 210
15.1 Dig ItRead two books, each set at least 50% in a different country from the same pool of the Men's World Volleyball Championship 2018.
Pool A: Italy and Japan
Book Read: A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
Set in Italy and UK. First published in 1905, claiming ONE Golden Oldie ticket.
Book Read: I Am a Cat by Soseki Natsume
Set in Japan. First published in 1905, claiming ONE Golden Oldie ticket.
Points This Task: 15
Golden Oldie: 2
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 255
Total Tasks: 16
10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!Read a book first published in 2009
Embrace the Grim Reaper
Points this post 10
Total points 10+ 140=150
BB 3
5.3: International FootballWarcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu
The second last sentence of the book description noted "Emika’s whisked off to Tokyo". Approx 79% of the book is set in Tokyo, Japan
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 215
StaceyNC5.10 Read a book of your choice
Book: Skin Deep
Completed: 9/24/18
Total Points this post: 5
Season Total: 50
Julia10315.6 - Checkmate
79.0 % black, 9.8% grey
Claiming one BB ticket - 592 pages
This post: 15 points, 1 BB
Total points: 155
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
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30.1 Ava Catherine's Task
Option 3: Tailgating
Read a book with a picture of food on the cover.
Option 4: The South
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the SEC states,
She Walks These Hills by SharynMcCrumb is set in Tennessee.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 120