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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Sara G15.8 - 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. Books with multiple authors will work as long as at least one author has a Q or a Z in his or her name.
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Q in Quotient
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
15.4 - It's A DealBook 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
King is in the author's name.
Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
This book is #2 in a series.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 25
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2
MAZZA1Task 30.1 Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Option 1: SEC Teams
Read a book FIRST published in a year containing the numerals 1 and 4 in the publication date.
I'm Still Here published 2014
Option 2: Author
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words SEC CONFERENCE .
Day of the Accident
Nuala Ellwood
I read an ARC copy of this book published by Penguin books UK
Points this post = 30
Total points to date 30
Books read 2
Tasks completed 1
Golden Oldies 0
Big Books 0
MAZZA1Task 30.4 – 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 Labyrinth of the Spirits 816 pages MPG historical fiction
I read an ARC copy of this book published by Orion publishing group
I would like to claim 2 BB tickets
Points this post 30
Total points to date 60
Books read 3
Tasks completed 2
Golden Oldies 0
Big Books 2
Creynard10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Tempting the Laird by Julia London
First published in 2018.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Creynard15.9 - Get a Clue
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
"Study" is my word.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Creynard10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean
Author's initials:SM=Mickey mouSe.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
SALLY M.30.5 Celebrate the Equinox (same number of characters in title)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (26 letters + 1 punctuation = 27 characters)
422 pages
The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder (27 letters + 0 punctuation = 27 characters)
336 pages
422 + 336 = 758 (greater than 600 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Pages read: 758
10.1 These are not the droids you are looking forAll Systems Red
Main character is an android
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
30.6: The Game of ClueOption 1:
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store (white)Option 3: Ballroom
Warcross, by Marie Lu (ML)
This post: +30
Total: 30
Andy P.Task # 10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving
First name bgeins with J, Last name begins with I.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
KatrinaT5.3: International Football
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne This book is set in London
This review mentions the London setting in the subheading: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
Points this task: 5
Total points: 15
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 02
Tasks completed: 02
Creynard10.7 -Before Autocorrect
Stars Across Time by Ruby Lionsdrake
"Across" is my word.
approved for length on SRC ebook Verification List
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
15.9 MPG Mystery and (1) person's name in the title/subtitle
Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15/1010
Tasks completed: 1/58
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
CordeliaTask 15.9 Get a Clue Option 1 Person's name in title + MPG mystery.
Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh
The Constables in the title refers to the painter, Constable.
Points: 15
Total points: 50
Brooklyn20.4 – In Memoriam
Option 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in RESPECT.
Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur
R in front
E in unbelievable
S in seat
P in campaign
E in unbelievable
C in campaign
T in front
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45/1010
Tasks completed: 3/58
Books read: 3
Suzannesea10.10 9, 10, 11
Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J, or K.
The First Wave by James R. Benn
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 25
Amy the book bat15.10 - Ticket to Ride
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. Directions for using TinEye can be found in post 2 of the Help thread.
4. Horror, black spin
(#080603 73.6 %Black (Black))Points this task: 15
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
10.7 Before AutocorrectRead a book with a word from the List of Commonly Misspelled Words in the Title/Subtitle.
I chose 'surprise'.
Book Read: Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella
Points this Task: 10
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Total Points this Season: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Alaina5.7: Settlers of Catan
Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
History Is All You Left Me-Adam Silvera
Adam Silvera - SETTLERS OF CATAN
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!A book first published in 2018: The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin, first published January 16th 2018
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
15.2 - Spring and Fall1.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's Renewal\
Book 1: Read a book in which the word AUTUMN can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name
Points this post 15
Total points 15+ 25=45
Nikki B5.4 Hiking
Curiosities of Literature: A Feast for Book Lovers
Task total: 5
Total Challenge Points: 5
Alycia5.1 - Baseball
One Dead Cookie by Virginia Lowell
Points this post: 5
Tasks completed: 2
Total points: 15
Christine V5.7: Settlers of Catan
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
I read the indicated audio edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) has a page count of 576 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
CHANDNI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgame
Option 4: Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Release by Patrick Ness
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3
Hmm, sorry, this is what happens when you post just before going to sleep. Glad it was still up on the computer this morning.15.2 - Spring and Fall
1.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's Renewal\
Book 1: Read a book in which the word AUTUMN can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name
The Autumn Garden
Points this post 15
Total points 15+ 25=40
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 - Ticket to Ride
I rolled a #2 Mystery and got Black when I spun the wheel.
I read
by James Patterson.It is 58.8% black.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 Amanda A's task: The Game of Clue
Option 2:
by James Patterson. Man is holding a revolver.Option 3:
by Rick Blechta. RB can be found in Billiard Room.Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Scooter&Siam5.1 -- Read a book that is number 3 in series as shown on Goodreads.
Read Murder at Monticello
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Erin NY20.3 - 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.
Required: State which option you used when you post your completed task.
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.
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
* This book is #1 in the series
* Also claiming 1 big book ticket:
Paperback, 527 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Points this post: 20
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Tasks in progress: 2
Books read: 6
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 2,296
Nick KY15.2 Spring and Autumn
Book 1. SPRING in title/subtitle/author. I read Triumph of the Heart: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World by Megan Feldman Bettencourt.
S in forivenesS
PR in tRiumPh
ING in unforgivING
Book 2. AUTUMN in title/subtitle/author. I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.
A in mArk
U in cUrious
T in incidenT
U in curioUs
M in Mark
N in iNcident
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 25
loafer5.3: 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.
Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
from the Penguin UK website : Jacob Flanders is a young man passing from adolescence to adulthood in a hazy rite of passage. From his boyhood on the windswept shores of Cornwall to his days as a student at Cambridge, his elusive, chameleon-like character is gradually revealed in a stream of loosely related incidents and impressions: whether through his mother's letters, his friend's conversations, or the thoughts of the women who adore him. Then we glimpse him as a young man, caught under the glare of a London streetlamp. It is 1914, he is twenty-six, and Europe is on the brink of war ...
published in 1922, claiming "golden oldie"
points: 5
total: 5
GO: 1
Delicious Dee10.5 - Picking Up the Pen
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - continuing Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Series
Points this task: 10
Total points: 45
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
loafer10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
published in 2009
mmpb: What the Dog Saw: and other adventures 503 pages, claiming "big book"
points: 10
total: 15
GO: 1
BB: 1
loafer 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriam
Option 1: Read a book with all of the letters RESPECT in the title and/or subtitle.
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
ERoTiC StoriEs for Punjabi widows
points: 20
total: 35
GO: 1
BB: 1
loafer5.9: 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.
Falling Man by Don DeLillo
word = MAN
points: 5
total: 40
GO: 1
BB: 1
loafer15.5 - Nonfiction November
Read a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books list.
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
found on page 4 of list
points: 15
total: 55
GO: 1
BB: 1
Christine V15.6 - Checkmate
Sharp Objects
According to TinEye, this cover is 92.9% black and 7.1% grey, for a total of 100% black and grey.
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
Readerboard Name: Amarie30.1 SEC Football
Option 1: 1 and 4 in publication date
Book: Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape - Published in 2014
Option 2: Author initials found in SEC CONFERENCE
Book: My Name Is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 35
DULCINELLA20.3 - 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.
Galgenveld
Isa Maron 320 p. 5 september 2017 3 stars#1 in the series de noordzeemoorden as set on th GR page
Points in this post: 20 points
Total points: 35 points
1 GO ticket claimed
15.5 Nonfiction NovemberRead a book from the Popular Nonfiction Books list. Say which page your book was found on.
Book Read: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Found on Page 1 of Popular Nonfiction Books.
Points this Task: 15
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Total Points this Season: 35
Total Tasks this Season: 3
Sara G20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
Option 1: The war to end all wars. Read a non-fiction book about the Great War; or a novel (fiction) set at least 50% between 1914 and 1918, and taking place in one or more of the following countries - the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria and/or Hungary.
The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock
The book takes place between 1914-1917 (with a sort of epilogue at the end set in 1920) and entirely in England, France, and Belgium. I believe it's clear from the book description, I just wanted to mention it here as well.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 527 pages.
**The Passing Bells is a Big Book (527 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task #15.5 - Nonfiction November
Read a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books Books list. Required: State which page you found the book on when you post.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
This book appears on page 2 of the list.
[POINTS]
This post: 15
Total points: 15
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
15.5 - Nonfiction NovemberDavid and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Page 2 of the list
Points this post 15
Total points 15+ 40=55
Jamie B5.3: International Football - Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup.
The Girl on the Train
Set in England.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike1. Wedding Rocks:For this option, read a book from Indigenous People
Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time by Doris Pilkington
#1 on the list
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 40
Elizabeth PTask 20.2 - Boardgames
Option 4 - Author's initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
NapoleoN bonaparte
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
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20.10 Group Read
I read The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
* I made post #2 on the discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Tasks in progress: 2
Books read: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 1,769