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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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15.7The Child Finder, by Rene Denfield. I read the audiobook. The top pb edition has 288 pages.
New Challenge total: 380
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.3 Dlmrose's task: Listmaker
Option 1: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. Found on page 1 of the list.
Option 2: Hot Pursuit by Suzanne Brockmann. This is #15 in the Troubleshooters series and there are 17 so far in the series.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 37
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
KATRINAT15.7 - Pay Up
Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8.
City of Thieves, David Benioff 258 page
Points this task: 15
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 08
Tasks completed: 07
KATRINAT**CLAIMING ONE GO TICKET**
0.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options.
Option 1: SEC Teams
There are 14 SEC teams, so read a book FIRST published in a year containing the numerals 1 and 4 in the publication date.
Frenchman's Creek, Daphne du Maurier published in 1941
Option 2: Author
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words SEC CONFERENCE .
Pure Hollywood: And Other Stories, Christine Schutt
SeC conference
Points this task: 30
Total points: 125
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 08
15.9 - Get a Clue1. Contains a person's name in the title/subtitle and mystery MPG
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Task: 15
Season Total: 110
15.10 - Ticket to RideRoll: 4. Horror
Wheel: White: 79.1% white
The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick
Tin Eye Results:
79.1 %White (White)
9.0 %Silver Sand (Grey)
8.9 %Black (Black)
3.0 %Dove Grey (Grey)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 125
perletwo30.4 – 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.
Middlemarch - the lovely Penguin Drop Caps edition is 912 pages long, and main page genre of Historical>Historical Fiction verified here.
First printed in 1871, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket, and at 912 pages qualifies for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 260
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 20
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10.9 - International Sudoku Day
9 letter last name: Brother by David Chariandy Cha/ria/ndy
total = 365
Diana K.I'd like to swap out Four Soldiers from Task 5.10 Read a book of your choice and replace it with
Vodka and Apple Juice
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15.9 - Get a Clue
original weapon revolver in title, mystery genre: Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
total = 380
Diana K.Task 25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A Money can't buy me love but it can buy me Four Soldiers
Option B Next time on Dr. Phil, How to talk to your child about Did You Ever Have a Family
Total points: 245
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20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
option 3, #1 in series: Candles and Roses by Alex Walters
I read the kindle Candles and Roses
total = 400
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25.2 - TessaVanessa's task: Game on!
option 2, OLD in title, single author: The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson
option 3, fist published in the 1980's: Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood, first published 1989
total = 425
DULCINELLA25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
Option D. DANGER
Read a book that has the word “FIRE” or the word “SMOKE” intact in the title/subtitle or series title. It may be a part of a larger word such as “Firestarter” or “Smoker.”
Girls on Fire
Robin Wasserman 368 p. 1 october 2018 2 starsOption E. COZY -- Go back indoors where it is cozy and read a book with the main page GR genre of “Cozy Mystery.”
The Copenhagen Connection
Elizabeth Peters 358 p. 12 october 2018 3 starsPoints in this task: 25 points
Total points : 755 points
3 tickets GO
5 tickets BB
Diana K.Task 15.6 Checkmate Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye.
White 80.3% no black or grey)Total points: 260
JAMTOWN 8015.4 It's A Deal
Option 2: One book fits both criteria- King in name and #2 in Bill Hodges Trilogy
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
Post total: 15
loafer15.8 - Spell it Out
Read a book with Q or Z in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Nicotine by Nell Zink
points: 330
BB: 4
GO: 2
tasks completed: 21
Erin NY30.7 - DianaK's task: Hadrian's Wall
This is a 2 book task. Choose two different options.
Required: State which options you used when you post.
Option 1: The wall was the northern border of the Roman Empire in its province of Britannia and was built in less than 6 years beginning in AD 122 during Emperor Hadrian's reign. Read a book, from this list Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome OR read a non-fiction book about the Roman Empire.
Required: If using the option with the list, state which page your book is on when you post.
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
* Historical fiction about ancient Rome
* Claiming book book ticket (500 pages)
Option 2: The hike totals 84 miles. Read a book whose total numbers of pages include both the number 8 and the number 4.
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
* Paperback, 408 pages
Points this post: 30
Books claimed this post: 2
Total Points: 190
Tasks completed: 11
Tasks in progress: 5
Books read: 19
Big Book tickets: 2 (500+)
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 7,060
Cordelia20.5 Bookish Quidditch
3 Option A The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
This book is #2 in the Old Man's War series
Points this task 20
Total Points 410
StaceyNC15.8 - Spell it Out
Read a book with Q or Z in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Book: Reliquary
Completed: 10/12/18
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 145
AmyFL15.7 - Pay Up
What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal (258 pages)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
AmyFL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 4: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (napoLeon Bonaparte)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
AmyFL20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
Option 3: Alter Ego - #9 in Jonathan Stride series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
AmyFL25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
Option D: Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke (Smoke)
Option E: The Plot Is Murder (approved for Cozy Mystery in message 34 of genre thread)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
SCHATZIE10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking For
---robot fiction
Defy the Worlds
---approved in task description
Challenge Total: 265
10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking ForSea of Rust
Robots are the only characters in this book as humanity has been exterminated.
Points this post 10
Total points 10+ 320=330
SCHATZIE10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
---author's initials in MICKEY MOUSE
Pieces of Her
by Karin Slaughter
SCHATZIE15.5 - Nonfiction November
---book from given list
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
- found on pg. 1
SCHATZIE15.6 - Checkmate
---80% black, white grey - tin eye
World's Greatest Sleuth!
#605f4e 44.2 %Makara (Grey)
#828685 36.9 %Stack (Grey)
#bdc1c4 18.9 %Ghost (Blue)
TOTAL (GREY): 81.1
25.1 - Andy P's Task: A Quick Look at Asian SportTwo book task. All books written by a single author. No book with children's MPG. The combined page number must exceed 600.
Book 1: Read a book in which none of the letters in SUMO are in the author's name as indicated on the GR main page for the book.
Book Read: High-Rise by J. G. Ballard
Number of pages - 208
Book 2: Read a book whose tile contains 3 different vowels and no more than that.
Book Read: Parasite by Mira Grant
Number of pages - 502
***Claiming one Big Book Ticket***
Combined page total = 710
Points this task: 25
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldie:
Total Points: 410
Total Tasks: 23
BB: 3
GO: 3
SCHATZIE15.9 - Get a Clue
---mpg mystery and title has a person's name
The Last Mrs. Parrish
--approved in msg 15 of help thread
25.2 - TessaVanessa's task: Game on!Option 1 Read a book with 24 in the page numbers
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure is 224 pages long which contains the number 24
Option 2 Read a book with the word Old in the title
The Old Buzzard Had It Coming
Coralie15.6 Checkmate
Book with over 80% black/white/grey cover
82.2% total black/white/greyThis post 15 points
Total to date 365 points
Amy the book bat10.2 - The Great War
Read a book that has been shelved as "World War I" from this list: Popular World War I books
Required: State the page.
The Alice Network (p.1)
503 pages, claiming 1 Big Book ticket
Points this task: 10
Total points: 420
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 30
CHANDNI20.6 - 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.
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 13
Completed Tasks: 11
trishhartuk5.10 - Our favourite recreation!
Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare
Golden Oldie: First published in 1603
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 - Measure for Measure was first published in 1603
Big Book: No
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 15
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
MAZZA110.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Hot Pursuit Published May 2018
Points this post = 10
Total points to date = 690
Books read = 512
Tasks completed =36
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 4
Delicious Dee15.10 - Ticket to Ride
rolled 3 (Historical Fiction) and color wheel Black)
- according to TinEye, the cover is 67% black - TinEye ResultsPoints this task: 15
Total points: 305
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
25.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja WarriorOption 4: Read a book from one of these lists: Teachers Featured (#1)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
1x Golden Oldies (pub. 1847)
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. Minimum 2 word titles.
Perfect Match by D.B. Thorne
Perfect Match (PM) can be found in the climb Pamplemousse
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 340
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20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
headless cover:
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, 327 pagestotal = 445
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30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
9 letter titles:
book 1: The Player by Brad Parks, 336 pages
book 2: Ash Island by Barry Maitland, 320 pages
336 + 320 = 656
total = 475
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30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of Clue
option 1, game piece color white in title:
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
option 3, author initials AR in librARy: Jell-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom
total = 505
M1nks15.4 - 2. The Hunt for Red October - Jack Ryan 654 pgs
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Points this task: 15
Total points: 410
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Big Book tickets: 2
M1nks25.2 - 1. A Fatal Winter
3. The Potter's Field
Points this task: 25
Total points: 435
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Big Book tickets: 2
M1nks25.3 - A3 - Cousin Bette Pub 1846
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
B1 - The Darling Buds Of May
Points this task: 25
Total points: 460
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Big Book tickets: 2
M1nks25.6 - B. The Princes in the Tower
E. The Case Is Closed (The Case Is Closed - length) Pub 1937
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 25
Total points: 485
Golden Oldies tickets: 7
Big Book tickets: 2
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I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
Stephen Chbosky's initials can be found in Settlers of Catan.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 115
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 8