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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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SALLY M.20.9 Neil Simon
Finding My Prince Charming by J.S. Cooper
Option 3: 1st book in the Finding My Prince Charming trilogy
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
Pages read: 5309
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Amy the book bat20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil Simon
Required: State the option you used when you post.
Option 1: Neil Simon was well known for writing comedic plays. Read a book with a main page genre of Comedy or Humor.
Calypso
Points this task: 20
Total points: 245
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 17
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: ScrabbleA book with a title that would give you more than 25 Scrabble points: The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, 454 pages
1 pt each: T, E, E, A, L, E, E, R, S, U, A, S, I, O, N = 15
3 pts each: M, P = 6
4 pts each: H, F = 8
Total = 29
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish QuidditchOption 3C, A book by an author whose first initial is found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA (Ernest) and whose last initial is one letter off from a letter in the phrase (Cline—C one letter off from D): Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
DeborahPost 6
30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of Clue
1) Using Mrs. White, color in the TITLE
Lethal White3) BL in Ballroom
Game by Barry Lyga
Points this post:30
Total Points:95
Books read:7
Tasks Done: 6
Task 30.4 - The Chunksterone book option
read a book with MPG Historical Fiction AND 750+pages
A Column of Fire
I read the kindle version, MMPB is La colonna di fuoco - 1028 pages - claiming BB tickets
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230 points
Sophie30.6
Option 1 - character colour on the cover
Prejudice Meets Pride by Rachael Anderson
For colour White
Option 3:
Author initials in Kitchen
by Kevin HearneTotal 65
JUKKA15.8 - Spell it Out
Book with Q and/or Z in title, subtitle, or author's name.
Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur's Gate Volume 1 by Jim Zub
Total Points: 185/1010
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 14/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA15.9 - Get a Clue
Option 1: Book with a person's name in the title/subtitle and main page genre Mystery.
Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson
Total Points: 200/1010
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 15/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
trishhartuk25.6 - Nick KY’s Task: Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
Option A. SWIMMING -- Read a book from the following listopia: The Olympic Games
Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, Christopher Hilton (page 1, #75 on the Olympic Games listopia)
Option E. COZY -- Read a book with the main page GR genre of “Cozy Mystery.”
Flowerbed of State, Dorothy St James
Shelved as Mystery > Cozy Mystery by 35 users
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 1
5.1 BaseballRead a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation - 3, 4, 9, 13, etc...
An Autumn War, by Daniel Abraham
#3 in the Long Price Quartet
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65/1010
Total tasks: 7/58
Total books: 7/79
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: ScrabbleJosh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating - 56 points
A 1 pt x 3 = 3
D 2 pts x 3 = 6
E 1 pt x 2 = 2
G 2 pts x 2 = 4
H 4 pts x 2 = 8
I 1 pt x 2 = 2
J 8 pts x 1 = 8
L 1 pt x 1 = 1
N 1 pt x 3 = 3
O 1 pt x 3 = 3
S 1 pt x 2 = 2
T 1 pt x 3 = 3
U 1 pt x 1 = 1
Z 10 pts x 1 = 10
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918Option 3: Heart of Venom (Elemental Assassins #9)
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's EveIt Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
25.5 - Rina's task: In Memory of Denis TenOption 4: The Smallest Part
Option 5: Éclair and Present Danger
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) FootballOption 1: Dogwood Hill
Option 4: Picked Off by Linda Lovely
From the author's bio: In October, Linda's new Brie Hooker Mystery series will debut. The humorous cozy series is set in a fictitious county near her current home in Upstate South Carolina.
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: ListmakerOption 1: Farewell, My Lovely (page 5)
Option 2: Magic Binds (Kate Daniels #9)
30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of ClueOption 1: The Good Luck Charm
- Mrs. Peacock (64.8% Blue)Option 3: Alone by Kendra Elliot - Kitchen
Total Points: 315
15.10 - Ticket to RideRolled 5, Spun Green
A Scandal in Battersea
Points this post 15
Total points 15+ 160=175
BB 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Option 4: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer. Found on page pg 2 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
by Jennifer S. Brown. 384 pagesPoints this post: 20
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 23
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Ana20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Option 3A-#4 in the series
Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot. This is the 4th book in the series.
Points this Post:20
Total points: 75
Tasks Completed:5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages: 1457
Andy P.Task # 10.7 -Before Autocorrect
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of commonly misspelled words
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay
Necessary is on the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 205
Andy P.Task # 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
2. The Shore Birds
Read a book with the word "bird" or the name of a specific bird in the title
The Bird Yard by Julia Wallis Martin
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Ana20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Option 3. Happiness
Beyond the Gathering Storm by Janette Oke. There are two people on the cover.
Points this Post:20
Total points: 95
Tasks Completed:6
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages1708
15.6 - Checkmate
Cold Comfort by Quentin Bates79.2 % Steel Grey (Grey)
3.6 % White Smoke (White)
Total Points = 165
15.10 - Ticket to Ride
The Ranch by Danielle SteelRolled 1 for Romance
Spun Red
Tineye = 65.8 % Roof Terracotta (Red
Total Points = 210
DULCINELLA25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
1. read a book which has 'Autobiography' or 'Biography' as a main page genre.
Slow Dancing with a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's Meryl Comer 240 p. 17 september 3 starsAutobiography
2. read a book which has 'World War II' or which has 'Spy' or 'Espionage' as a main page genre.
Nightfall Berlin
Jack Grimwood 464 p. 25 september 2018 4 starsEspionage As MPG
Points in this post: 25 points
Total points: 420 points
2 tickets GO
3 tickets BB
Kristen IA20.3 - 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.
Option 3: The Armistice. 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.
Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis (Wildstone #1)
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110/1010
Tasks Completed: 5/58
GO: 0
BB: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
I chose Options 1 and 3.
Option 1: I read I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel, Autobiography>Memoir is an MPG (verified).
Option 3: I read This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe, Humor is an MPG (verified).
Previous point total: 100
New points this post: 25
Total points: 125
Total tasks completed: 10
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Ava Catherine20.10 - Group Reads
Nonfiction Award Winners -The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
participated in discussion thread, post #20
total 375
Ava Catherine20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
Read a book with a cover featuring a person without a head.
The Book of Speculation
Erika Swyler 339 pagesapproved in help thread message 2 (4th book from left on top row)
total 395
Ava Catherine20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 1 - Wildlife
Read a book with an animal that can be found in a zoo on the cover.
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness
by Sy Montgomery(approved: given as example in task)
total 415
Ava Catherine10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking For
Read a FICTION book with a robot, android or cyborg as an important character.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
approved in help thread message #6
total 425
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5.10 Our favorite recreation!
The Reluctant King by Rachel Higginson
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205
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