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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Danibean5.7 - 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.
I read The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson.
Danibean10.5 - Picking Up the Pen: Read a continuation novel- a novel (FICTION) in the style of an established series, produced by a new author after the original author's death.
I read The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz. It is a continuation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series.
Danibean10.9 - International Sudoku Day: Read a book written by a single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters.
I read Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth.
Delicious Dee15.5 - Nonfiction November
Think Like a Freak - found on pg7 of the Popular Nonfiction List
Points this task: 15
Total points: 290
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
Danibean 25.1 - A Quick Look at Asian Sport: \This is a two book task. Must b 601 pages or greater combined.
Book 1: Read a book in which the none of the letters in SUMO are in the author's name per GR.
I read The Trespasser by Tana French (464 pgs)
Book 2: Read a book whose title contains 3 different vowels, and no more than that.
I read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. (563 pgs)
464+563 = 1027pgs
Danibean25.7 - Two book task. Read one book for two different options.
Option 1: read a book which has 'Autobiography' or 'Biography' as a main page genre.
I read Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling.
Option 3: Read a book with MPG humor.
I read Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple.
Danibean30.5 - Two book task. Must total 600 pages. Read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles. Punctuation marks count as characters. Spaces do not count.
I read E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton (320 pgs)
and
F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton (320 pgs)
320+320 = 640pgs
Diana K.Task 25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A Money can't buy me love but it can buy meVodka and Apple Juice
Option B Next time on Dr. Phil, How to talk to your child about Did You Ever Have a Family
Total points: 225
JUKKA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 4: Book whose author's initials are in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Liar's Blade by Tim Pratt.
Total Points: 300/1010
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 24/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Diana K.Task 20.2 Sophie's task: Boardgames
Opt 2 Go. Read a book with the MPG Travel.
See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy
Total points: 245
Diana K. Task 5.10 Our favorite recreation! Read a book of your choice, that meets SRC rules.
Four Soldiers
Total points: 250
Jasmiina F20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918:
Option 3: Read a book which is #1, #8, #9, #11, #18 or #19 in a series:
Studio sex by Liza Marklund.
#1 in a series.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
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
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Listmaker
Option 1: Work On It- Read a book from 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die The Collector by John Fowles found on page 2 # 195
Option 2: Catch-up- Read a book from a series that you have already started, but have not yet caught up to the latest release.
The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths by Harry Bingham Fiona Griffiths # 3
Points this post: 30
Total points: 335
Kristen IA20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: 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.
If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins - 411 pages > 300 pages
I 1× 1 pt = 1
F 4× 1 pt = 4
Y 4× 2 pts = 8
O 1× 2 pts = 2
U 1× 1 pt = 1
N 1× 2 pt = 2
L 1× 1 pt = 1
K 5× 1 pt =5
E 1x 1 pt =1
W 4x 1 pt = 4
Total: 29 points
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130/1010
Tasks Completed: 6/58
GO: 0
BB: 1
KATRINAT***claiming BB***
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
Your book must be at least 300 pages in length. No books with the main page genre childrens or kids can be used for this task.
Read a book with a cover featuring a person without a head.
, Nineteen Minutes by Jodi PicoultPAGES 592
Points this task: 20
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 07
Tasks completed: 06
JUKKA5.8: Go and Parcheesi
Book set at least 50% in China or India.
Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China by Guy Delisle is set entirely in China.
Total Points: 305/1010
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 25/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Creynard25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A
Book 1 - Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
" 1) Why can’t I sleep at night? Midnight Riot. "
Book 2 - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
3) Wes Anderson’s new film tells the story of a precocious child coming to terms with the life-changing magic of tidying up.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 38
Amber20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Option 3 - Book with more than one person on the cover
by Carly UsdinPoints this post: 20
Total points: 145
Big Book Tickets: 3
Amber20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Option 1 - Book from one of the lists - this book is from the Indigenous Peoples list, pg 1
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Big Book Tickets: 3
AmberNot sure why but it posted my last task twice - this is just canceling the duplicate post.
StaceyNC20.10 - Group Reads
Book: The Great Alone
Completed: 10/9/18
Participation
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: BoardgamesOption 4 - Campaign
Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo R and L are in the word
Points this post -25 + 20
Total points -5+ 295=290
30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of ClueOption 1: Suspects
Twelfth Night
For Mr. GreenOption 3: Rooms Ballroom
Serpent's Storm by Amber Benson A and B are in the word
Points this post 30
Total points 30+ 290=320
10.3 - Happy Trails to You438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea has mpg of travel
Points this post 10
Total points 10+ 320=330
CelesteR10.1 - He's literally on the cover!
ワンパンマン 2 Wanpanman 2 by ONE
GN: 200 > 100+
Android character, which is the second major character, named Genos. http://onepunchman.wikia.com/wiki/Genos for all the information you need (first paragraph).
Total: ? 185 pts?
CelesteR10.3 - Nature Genre Noted: Post 59 of Genre-Verification
Nouka no muko by Haruki Fujimoto
GN: 177 > 100+
Total: ? 195?
Tiffani20.1 - 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.
The Wrong Side of Right by Jenn Marie Thorne
Total number of Scrabble points = 34
Points this task: 20
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 23
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
CelesteR10.7 - Piece instead of Peice
One Piece, Volume 05: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Eiichiro Oda
GN: 189 > 100+
Total: ? 205?
CelesteR5.6 - T and T
THE TROUBLE WITH MY BOSS Vol. 1 by Mika Sakurano
GN: 194 > 100+
E-book approval: Awaiting ; Paperback edition: こんな上司にお困りでしたら 1 Konna Joushi ni Okomari Deshitara 1
Total: ? 200?
Amy the book bat5.9: 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.
Children of the Manse (MANSE)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 410
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 4
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 29
Dakimel5.1 - Baseball
Burn Down the Night (length approved message 7034)
TALLY:
This task - 5 points
Total - 285
Dakimel5.3 - International Football
Transcription - set 100% in England
TALLY:
This task - 5 points
Total - 290
Dakimel20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
TALLY:
This post - 20 points
Total - 310
Dakimel15.10 - Ticket to Ride
I rolled a 3 historical fiction & spun grey - TinEye says this cover is 33.9 % Kidnapper (Grey) + 28.8 % Light Slate Grey (Grey), so over 62% grey
TALLY:
This post - 15 points
Total - 325
Dakimel20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
3: Bundled Up by Annabeth Albert
TALLY:
This post - 20 points
Total - 345
Dakimel20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
The Governess Game
26 Scrabble points
1 t
4 h
1 e
2 g
1 o
4 v
1 e
1 r
1 n
1 e
1 s
1 s
2 g
1 a
3 m
1 e
TALLY:
This post - 20 points
Total - 365
Anja25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
3. To (hopefully) being a smile to your face, read a book with the main page genre 'Humor'
Sure Thing by Jana Aston
Humor 19 users
4. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% black according to TinEye.
Strong by Kylie Scott (75% black)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 130
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
MAZZA130.3 - Dlmrose's task: Listmaker
Option 1: Work On It- Read a book from 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die
The Reader Page 1 of list
Option 2: Catch-up- Read a book from a series that you have already started, but have not yet caught up to the latest release.
The Curse of Arundel Hall there are 4 books (whole numbers only + a prequel)
This is book 2 I read book 1 in March this year
Points this post = 30
Total points to date = 635
Books read = 48
Tasks completed =33
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 3
MAZZA 130.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
Your books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
To celebrate the equinox, read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
Book 1 The Distance pages 368
Book 2 In Her Shadow 366 Pages
both titles have 11 characters
Total page count 734
Points this post = 30
Total points to date = 665
Books read = 50
Tasks completed =34
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 3
DULCINELLA5.6: Simon Says
Read a book where the title/subtitle contains at least 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter.
Spiegel spiegel schouder
Dorthe Nors 175 p. 4 stars 10 october 2018Spiegel Spiegel
Points in this post: 5 points
Total points: 705 points
3 tickets GO
5 tickets BB
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 – Schatzie’s task: The Chunkster
Option 1: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon. It has 870 pages and an MPG of Historical fiction. Whew! I love these books, but wow do they take forever.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 34
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Nick KY15.2 Spring and Autumn
Replace book one so that the task now looks like this:
Book 1. “SPRING” found in title. I read Rock Springs by Richard Ford.
Book 2. “AUTUMN” found in title. I read Autumn by Ali Smith.
No change in score. The Big Book which I have taken away will be replaced in my next post.
Nick KY25.7 M1nk’s Games
Option 1. The Game of Life. “Autobiography” as a GR genre. I read Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen. (moved from 15.2 – Big Book count remains the same)
Option 4. Kick the Can. I read a book which, according to TinEye, has a cover which is 85.1% Nero Black: Wonder Tales: The Book of Wonder and Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 365
Big Books: 500+ (2)
M1nks20.1 - The Girl With All the Gifts - 6+5+10+3+6+9=39
Points this task: 20
Total points: 395
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Big Book tickets: 1
Nick KY5.3 International Football I read Whose Body? By Dorothy L. Sayers, which takes place in the U.K. (England)
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 370
Beth_NC25.7 The Games We Played
Book 1 - Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Option 2 Main Genre Spy Thriller
Book 2 -
Body Rides by Richard LaymonOption 4 63% Black
Big Book Ticket - 5634 pages
Total Points - 330
Total Tasks - 13
Total Books - 23
Total Pages - 8562
Big Book Tickets - 2
Beth_NCForest Lawn Cemetary
Book 1 - On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah
Option A
Book 2 - Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper
Option D Kathleen Howard
Total Points - 355
Total Tasks - 14
Total Books - 25
Total Pages - 9402
Big Book Tickets - 2
Beth_NC25.9 - Women of American Ninja Warrior
Book 1 - Long Upon the Land by Margaret Maron
Option 1 Maegan Martin
Book 2 - The Void by J.D. Horn
Option 2 Published in 2014
Total Points - 380
Total Tasks - 15
Total Books - 27
Total Pages - 10026
Big Book Tickets - 2
Beth_NC#litsylove -
Option A
Book 1 - Burn Bright by Burn Bright
Page 1 of list
Book 2 - Jilo by J.D. Horn
Total Points - 405
Total Tasks - 16
Total Books - 29
Total Pages - 10702
Big Book Tickets - 2
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5.1 - Baseball: Read a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation - 3, 4, 9, 13, etc.
I read C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton. It is #3 in the Kinsey Milhone series.