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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Ava Catherine10.2 - The Great War
Read a book that has been shelved as "World War I" from this list: "Popular World War I books."
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
page 1; #1
total 435
Ava Catherine10.6 - Original Six
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the home cities of the NHL “Original Six” teams: the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York (city of) Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs.
city selected: New York City
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
set in NYC
total 445
Ava Catherine15.2 - Spring and Fall
Book 1: Read a book in which the word SPRING can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord
Book 2: Read a book in which the word AUTUMN can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Autumn by Ali Smith
total 460
15.8 Spell It OutRead a book with Q or Z in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Book Read: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Points This Task: 15
Golden Oldie:
Big Book:
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks: 17
Creynard15.5 - Nonfiction November
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
On page 1 of Popular Nonfiction Books list.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 27
Creynard20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
option 3-C: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham
Author's initials: L.G. (with L one off from the letter K) friGgatrisKaidekaphobia.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 28
Shree20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
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. Your book must contain more than 300 pages.
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan pg 527
**Claiming 1 BB ticket**
C2: 6
R2: 2
A3: 3
Z1: 10
Y1: 4
I2: 2
H1: 4
S2: 2
N1:1
Total 34 > 25
Points in Post: 20
BB in Post: 1
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Total Points: 40
BB Total: 1
CordeliaTask: 15.3 Lets Play. Option 2
Nightmare in Berlin by Hans Fallada
1) Title initials N I B in "Jack-in-the-box"
2) Author initial H F in "Fisher-Price Little people"
Points this task 15
Total points 265
Coralie25.9 Women of American Ninja Warrior
Option 1: Book by an author who shares first and last initials with Meagan Martin
Elric by Michael Moorcock
Option 5: Book in which the first letter of every word in the book’s title can be found in one of the outdoor climbs WhispErs of wisdom
Exit West
This post 25 points
Total to date 210 points
Tiffani30.1 - Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Option 1: read a book FIRST published in a year containing the numerals 1 and 4 in the publication date.
Sweet Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren. Published in 2014
Option 2: 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.
Tangled by Emma Chase. The initials EC are found in SEC CONFERENCE.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 14
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
SALLY M.20.1 Scrabble (more than 25 Scrabble points)
Burying the Honeysuckle Girls by Emily Carpenter
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB - 320 pages > 300)
B 1x3=3
U 2x1=2
R 2x1=2
Y 2x4=8
I 2x1=2
N 2x1=2
G 2x2=4
T 1x1=1
H 2x4=8
E 3x1=3
O 1x1=1
S 2x1=2
C 1x3=3
K 1x5=5
L 2x1=2
3+2+2+8+2+2+4+1+8+3+1+2+3+5+2=48
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Pages read: 5629
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.10: 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 for Fantasy and got Green for the cover.
I read
with Tineye:#202e1b 71.8 % Black Bean (Green)
#57623c 15.5 % Verdigris (Green)
#898a5c 9.5 % Bandicoot (Green)
#b7ab87 3.2 % Pavlova (Grey)
Points this task: 15
Total Points to date: 180
completed 5.9-Boggle Word DIERead Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Task points 5
total points 20
tasks completed: 3
15.3 - LET'S PLAY!OPTION 2
FISHER PRICE LITTLE PEOPLE - Hardcore Twenty-Four
JUMP ROPE - Janet Evanovich
TOTAL POINTS - 155
20.6 - CAREERSOPTION 3 -
TOTAL POINTS - 175
Amy the book bat5.3: International Football
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup: Russia, Belgium, Germany, England, Spain, Poland, Iceland, Serbia, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru.
England The Gallery of Vanished Husbands
Points this task: 5
Total points: 250
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 18
trishhartuk5.4 - 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 Prince, Niccolo Macchiavelli
aPpalachian Trail
Golden Oldie: First published in 1513
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – The Prince was first published in 1513
Big Book: No
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 1
Anja5.1 - Baseball
Read a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation - 3, 4, 9, 13, etc...………
Shade's Fall (The Last Riders #4) by Jamie Begley
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 5
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Anja10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
Midnight Soul by Kristen Ashley
Paperback edition of the book has 525 pages so I'm claiming a big book ticket
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 15
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Anja20.2 - 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.
Cross Breed by Lora Leigh
wolf on cover:
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 35
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
JUKKA5.7: Settlers of Catan
Book whose author's initials are in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
Vic Boone: Malfunction Murder by Shawn Aldridge
Total Points: 205/1010
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 16/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
10.1 These ARE the Droid You're Looking ForRead a FICTION book with a robot, android or cyborg as an important character.
I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
This was approved in post #6 of the task help thread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75/1010
Total tasks: 8/58
Total books: 8/79
M1nks10.1 - Cress 552 pgs (Linh Cinder is a cyborg - http://lunarchronicles.wikia.com/wiki...)
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Points this task: 10
Total points: 305
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
M1nks15.10 -
(Fantasy (5) and Yellow)72.5% Yellow
2% Sahara Yellow
Points this task: 15
Total points: 320
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
M1nks15.7 - Lonesome Road (Lonesome Road - length)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 335
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
Mary P20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
The Way the World Is: Book 2 of the Olivia Series by Yael Politis. (370 pgs )
T 2x1=2
H 2x4=8
E 2x1=2
W 2x4=8
A 1x1=1
Y 1x4=4
O 1x1=1
R 1x1=1
L 1x1=1
D 1x2=2
I 1x1=1
S 1x1=1
Total=32
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 90
CYNBAXTER# 25.03 – Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Book 1, Option A-1 Task: Read a book with a one or two word title that answers one of the following questions or completes the phrase. Subtitles should be ignored.
Why can’t I sleep at night? The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Book 2, Option B-1 Task: Read a book with a title that has three or more words in the title that can complete the phrase. Subtitles should be ignored.
Next time on Dr. Phil, How to talk to your child about The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 155 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
15.5 - Nonfiction NovemberRead a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books list.
I read an ebook, but linked to MMPB
Orange Is the New Black
This book is found on the 2nd page of the list.
Total new points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 165
15.1 two books, one each set in two different countries that are in the SAME pool of volleyball championship Pool BFrance: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
*GO Ticket, pub 1856*
Canada: The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 130/1010
Tasks completed: 10/58
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Nick KY30.6 Amanda A’s Game of Clue
Mr. Boddy and Ms. Peacock sneaked into the kitchen separately one night to steal Mrs. White’s secret recipes. There was a scuffle and Ms. Peacock let him have it!
Book 1. I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. According to Tin Eye, the cover --
-- is 72% Dodger Blue, thus – Ms. Peacock is the murderer.Book 2. I read Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, author’s initials in kItChen, where the murder took place.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 240
Jasmiina F20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble:
Read a book with a title that, if laid down on the Scrabble board, would give you more than 25 points
Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes.
R 1* 1 pt= 1
A 2* 1 pt= 2
C 1* 3 pt= 3
H 2* 4 pt= 8
E 1* 1 pt= 1
L 2* 1 pt= 2
S 1* 1 pt= 1
O 1* 1 pt= 1
I 1* 1 pt= 1
D 1* 2 pt= 2
Y 1* 4 pt = 4
Total = 26 points
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish QuidditchOption 3. Beater, Option b: read a book with the MPG Paranormal, but NOT Horror.
Book read: Magic Gifts
How it fits: MPG Paranormal, no Horror tag; ebook approved for length in line 1648 in the doc.
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Total points: 190
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 13
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
READ 60 10.4 Mickey Mouse Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
The E and the C from Mickey Mouse
points 10
total 60
loafer15.10 - Ticket to Ride
I rolled a 3 (Historical Fiction) and got the color RED
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
#7f1a11 66.3 % Falu Red (Red)
#c0b251 10.4 % Sundance (Brown)
#d9a947 6.2 % Tulip Tree (Yellow)
#828547 5.4 % Wasabi (Green)
#335542 4.5 % Goblin (Green)
#14484e 3.2 % Cyprus (Green)
#6a5e3d 1.4 % Verdigris (Green)
#231f22 1.4 % Nero (Black)
#9c736d 1.2 % Hemp (Brown)
claiming "big book", as mmpb The Lacuna is 688 pages
points: 205
BB: 2
GO: 2
tasks completed: 14
Kayla C10.8 Happy Anniversary SRC
All We Can Do Is Wait by Richard Lawson
published in 2018
total point: 75
GO: 0
BB: 1
JUKKA5.6: Simon Says
Book whose title/subtitle has two consecutive words beginning with the same letter.
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman
Total Points: 210/1010
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 17/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Nicola TTask: 5.9: Boggle
Using this Boggle board, read a book the title/subtitle of which includes a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the board.
I chose the word TIME: starting in the upper left hand corner with T, straight down to I, right across to M, and diagonally up to E.
I read Angel: Time and Tide (Pages=104) with TIME in the subtitle.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
DULCINELLA25.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Book 1. Read a book in which none of the letters in SUMO are in the author's name as indicated on the GRs main page of the book.
Quarantaine
Erik Betten 352 p. 26 september 2018 3 starsBook 2., read a book whose TITLE contains 3 different vowels and no more than that. .
Nora Webster
Colm Tóibín 4 stars 311 p. 7 september 2018OAE
Points in this post: 25 points
Total points: 445 points
2 tickets GO
3 tickets BB
15.5 Popular Nonfiction Books list page 1Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 145/1010
Tasks completed: 11/58
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
CYNBAXTER# 30.01 – Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Book 1, Option 1: The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau – official first published date is March 23, 1964
Task: Read a book FIRST published in a year containing the numerals 1 and 4 in the publication date.
Book 2, Option 4: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams – based in St. Louis, Missouri
Task: 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.
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1945). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 165 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
SandyL5.1 - Baseball
Read a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation - 3, 4, 9, 13, etc.
Easy Melody by Kristen Proby
Boudreaux #3
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.2 - The Tour de France
Read a book from this list: Wanderlust
Wynn in Doubt by Emily Hemmer
Page 2 (#154)
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
CYNBAXTER# 20.09 – MODERATOR’S PET: Danielle M's task: Neil Simon
Book: Option 2: The Odd Couple by Neil Simon- which was originally published in 1965
Task: Read a book first published between 1965 and 1970, inclusive.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 185 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Brooke TX20.4 - 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.
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 6
Task 20.5 – Bigger is Better – Cat – Bookish QuidditchOption 3 – Based on a Summer task 20.5
c) Author initials in FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
(I is the word / J is one letter off from K
John Irving / The Cider House Rules
I listened to the audio / MMP: The Cider House Rules – 587 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets –587 pages
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
SALLY M.20.6 Careers
Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
Option 3 Happiness - more than 1 person on the cover
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5935
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
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Read a book with a cover featuring a person without a head.
Book read: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
How it fits: approved in message 2 in the help thread, 352 pages (MMPB Edition: Moi, Simon, 16 ans, Homo Sapiens)
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Total points: 170
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 12
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2