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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Tiffani 20.8 - All Hallow's Eve
Read a book with a cover featuring a person without a head. No part of the head may be visible but at least 50% of the torso must be shown. Include the cover in your post.
by Gail HoneymanPoints this task: 20
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 27
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
MEGSCL10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
Initials in Mickey Mouse: The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
**562 pages - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
70 points
2 BB
Pamela326515.7 - Pay Up
Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong - 288 pages
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 110
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
MEGSCL10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
First name begins with J: Other People's Children
TOTAL TO DATE
90 points
2 BB
Beth_NC15.9 Get a Clue - Haunting Rachel by Kay Hooper
Option 1 - Mystery Genre and Name in Title
Total Points: 450
Total Tasks: 19
Total Books: 32
Total Pages: 11616
Big Book Tickets: 2
Beth _NC15.10 - Ticket to Ride -
The River Is Dark by Joe HartRolled a 2 - Mystery Genre
Spun Brown - 55% Brown
Total Points: 465
Total Tasks: 20
Total Books: 33
Total Pages: 11849
Big Book Tickets: 2
Beth _ NC20.5 Bookish Quidditch - Magical Probi by T.S. Paul
Option 3 - Task A - 2nd in series
Total Points: 485
Total Tasks: 21
Total Books: 34
Total Pages: 14247
Big Book Tickets: 2
Beth_NC20.8 All Hallows Eve -
For a Few Demons More by Kim HarrisonNo Head
Big Book Ticket 512pp
Total Points:505
Total Tasks: 22
Total Books: 35
Total Pages: 12659
Big Book Ticket: 3
Beth_NC20.9 Neil Simon - The Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1) by Mary Stewart
Option 2 Published in 1970
Total Points: 525
total Tasks: 23
Total Books: 36
Total Pages: 13123
Big Book Tickets: 3
Nikki B30.3 Dlmrose's task: Listmaker
Option 1:The Plague
#99 on the list
Option 2: Hardcore Twenty-Four
Most recent book in the series, book 25 is scheduled to be released in November
Task Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 295
Nikki B10.7 Before Autocorrect
Cemetery Girl
The word is cemetery
Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 320
Nikki B10.8 Happy Anniversary SRC!
The Outsider
Published in 2018
Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 330
Jasmiina F20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch:
Option 3. C: The original task requires reading a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. For this option, you may read a book by an author that has one initial (either first or last) in the phrase and one initial that is one letter off from a letter in the phrase:
Early Riser by Jasper Fforde.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
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
15.3 - Let's Play!Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2.
The Killing Hour (Quincy & Rainie #4) by Lisa Gardner
The Killing Hour (TKH) can be found in "Etch a Sketch" & Lisa Gardner (LG) can be found in "Big Wheel"
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 385
Janice CA10.3 - Happy Trails to You
Read a book with a MPG of travel.
Sleeping Around: A Couch Surfing Tour Of The Globe by Brian Thacker
+10
total: 25
tasks: 2
books: 2
FANDURY30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of Clue
Option 1: Read a book with a suspect's game piece color found in the title or predominantly on the cover
by Jeffrey FordBook is more than 50% green according to TinEye:
#333e1a 44.8 % Turtle Green (Green)
#142008 25.2 % Nero (Black)
#5a5a26 21.2 % Saratoga (Green)
#958b45 8.8 % Highball (Green)
Option 2: Read a book with one of the weapons found in the title or on the cover.
by Max GladstoneKnife on cover
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Diana K.15.7 - Pay Up Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8.
Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge
288 pages
Total points: 360
Louise B25.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Book 1. 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.
Spellcasting In Silk by Juliet Blackwell
I read the ebook but have linked to the paperback.
Book 2: a book whose TITLE contains 3 different vowels and no more than that. The three vowels may appear any number of times. Y is not considered a vowel for the purpose of this task. Subtitles should be ignored.
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Vowels: e,o,i
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 275
Number of tasks completed: 15
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 2
trishhartuk15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 1: Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the initial letters of every word in the title can be found in the name of a toy inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K Le Guin
rAdiO flyEr Wagon - inducted 1999
AND Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose every initial can be found in the name of a DIFFERENT inducted toy.
The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting, Mark Roseman
MaRbles - inducted in 1998
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
MAZZA15.2 - The Tour de France
Read a book from this list: Wanderlust.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Page 1 of list
Points this post = 5
Total points to date = 740
Books read = 56
Tasks completed =40
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 4
MAZZA15.4 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.
Concrete Island
Points this post = 5
Total points to date = 745
Books read = 57
Tasks completed =41
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 4
MAZZA115.1 - Dig It
Read TWO books, each set at least 50% in two different countries that are in the SAME pool.
Using Pool A and countries Italy and Japan
Book 1 The Shape of Water Set in ITALY
Book 2 The Housekeeper + The Professor set in JAPAN
Points this post = 15
Total points to date = 760
Books read = 59
Tasks completed =42
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 4
MAZZA1Task 50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON
Step 1: Choose Your Starter
Bulbasaur
Mystery
Non-Fiction
The Way of All Flesh pages 416 MPG Mystery
Step 2: Elite Four
Read a book that meets ALL four of the requirements below.
MPG Mystery
Standalone
not first book
>300 pages
The Woods 404 pages
Final Step: Champion
MPG Mystery
rated 4.0 or higher on Goodreads.
Has won an award - Prix des Lectrices
Shutter Island 414 pages
all books approved for chosen steps in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Page count 416 +404+414 = 1234
Points this post = 50
Total points to date = 810
Books read = 62
Tasks completed =43
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 4
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish QuidditchOption 4:For this option, read a book with a food/drink item in the title
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
New points: 20
Total challenge points:325
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil SimonOption 3: Read a book that is part of a trilogy
Key of Valor ( Key trilogy #3)
New points: 20
Total challenge points: 345
20.10 Group ReadThe Great Alone
I commented in the discussion thread in message #19
New points: 20
Total challenge points: 365
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.1
Overall guidelines for this task:
1. This is a two book task. Please choose a book that fits the criteria for Book 1, and another which fits the criteria for Book 2.
2. All books must be written by a single author.
3. No book with children's or Kids as a main page genre may be used for this task.
4. The page number total for both books must exceed 600 i.e. must be 601 or greater.
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.
She by H. Rider Haggard. 368 pages
Book 2. Read a book whose TITLE contains 3 different vowels and no more than that. The three vowels may appear any number of times. Y is not considered a vowel for the purpose of this task. Subtitles should be ignored.
Mary Rose. 272 Pages.
Total pages: 640
Points this task: 25
Total Points to date: 305
Nick KY10.1 Drones I read The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov, robots in the plot.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 405
Nick KY25.8 Bluemoon’s Forest Lawn
Option A. NATURE. I read a book with the word “Creek” in the title, Angel Creek by Linda Howard. I listened to the audiobook. The most popular ppb edition is Angel Creek.
Option C. HAIL TO THE CHIEF. I read a book with the opposite pair “Old” and “New” in the title, Old New York: Four Novellas by Edith Wharton, approved in message 10 of the help thread.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 430
Cordelia25.9 Ninja warrior
Option 1: All Quiet On The Orient Express by Magnus Mills
Author intitials MM in MEAGAN MARTIN.
Option 2: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Book first published in 2014
Point this task 25
Total points 435
25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and OutdoorsOption D. DANGER - Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
*Heir of Fire has 565 pages and I am claiming a Big Book Ticket
Option E. COZY - Needled to Death by Maggie Sefton
MPG of Cozy Mystery
Points this post = 25
Total points to date = 150
Books read = 19
Tasks completed = 10
Golden Oldies = 4
Big Books = 2
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
discussion post
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 405
Karolyn30.1 SEC Football
Option 4: The Other Side of the Sun: A Novel by Madeleine L'Engle set in South Carolina
Option 5: The Essential Lewis and Clark by Landon Y. Jones MPG = History
Points this post = 30
Total points to date = 30
Books read = 2
Tasks completed =1
Golden Oldies =0
Big Books = 0
Karolyn25.7 - The Games We Played
Option 1: Bossypants by Tina Fey MPG = Biography
Option 2: The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman MPG = World War II
Points This Post = 25
Total Points to Date = 55
Books Read = 4
Tasks Completed = 2
Golden Oldies = 0
Big Books = 0
Coralie25.3 Cards Against Humanity
Option A
1) Why can’t I sleep at night? White Light
Option B
1) Next time on Dr Phil, How to talk to your child about News of the World
This post 25 points
Total to date 445 points
Task 10.3 - Happy Trails to Youread a book with MPG Nature (or Travel)
Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions
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525 points
5.8 Go and ParcheesiRead a book set at least 50% in China or India.
Empire of Glass, by Kaitlin Solimine
Empire of Glass is set in China.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 235/1010
Total tasks: 19/58
Total books: 20/79
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5.3: International Football
set in Iceland: The Darkness: A Thriller by Ragnar Jónasson
total = 510
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5.9: Boggle
column 5, row 4 B, then column 5 row 5 continuing left, BONES:
In Her Bones by Kate Moretti
total = 515
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10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
first published 2018: Stitch Up by William H.S. McIntyre
total = 525
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15.10 - Ticket to Ride
I rolled a 3, Historical Fiction and spun Grey:
November Road by Lou Berney#d2c1a5 38.2 % Double Spanish White (Grey)
#c3b9b7 28.5 % Pale Slate (Grey)
#201919 13.4 % Nero (Black)
#6f6765 10.1 % Scorpion (Grey)
#473e3c 3.6 % Jon (Grey)
#bb413e 2.2 % Medium Carmine (Red)
#c62528 1.2 % Persian Red (Red)
#d09995 1.1 % Rose (Red)
#c16764 1.0 % Contessa (Pink)
#99585c 0.8 % Rose Taupe (Violet)
80.4% Grey
total = 540
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25.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Book 1, no SUMO author: China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan, 378 pages
Book 2, only 3 vowel title AEI: The Fallen Architect by Charles Belfoure, 336 pages
378+226 = 714
total = 565
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.9 Get a clue
Option 1: Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. It has MPG of mystery and has person's name in title.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 40
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
MAZZA15.3: International Football
Help Thread
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup: England,
I received this as an ARC but am linking to the paperback edition
The Monastery Murders
Takes place in Yorkshire England which is identified in the book synopsis on GR
Points this post = 5
Total points to date = 815
Books read = 63
Tasks completed =44
Golden Oldies =2
Big Books = 4
SweetMelissa10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Small Town Rumors by Carolyn Brown, 9/26/18 (published 7/3/18)
Points: 10 this post/10 total
GO: 0 this post/0 total
BBT: 0this post/0 total
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5.7 - 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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase. Spaces determine names.
The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord
Points this task: 5
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 26
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1