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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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MAZZA120.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil Simon
Option 1: Neil Simon was well known for writing comedic plays. Read a book with a main page genre of Comedy or Humor.
Deaf Sentence
Genre noted in post of genre verification https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 20
Total points to date = 865
Books read = 67
Tasks completed =48
Golden Oldies =3
Big Books = 5
Elizabeth B20.4 Option 1 all of the letters RESPECT in the title
A Perfect Passion (a PERfECT paSsion)
Points 20
Total 295
Nick KY30.5 Sandy’s Equinox
Book 1. I read The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons. 709 pp
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK
Book 2. I read The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. 115 pp
Both books have 17 characters in their titles, and Book 1 alone is greater than the required 600 pp.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 495
Total Big Books So Far: 500+ (3)
babbling c10.6 - Original Six
Small Favor - Audible Small Favor - paperback pgs.541 by Jim Butcher
setting Chicago
This is a big book: 541 pages
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total This Season
Points: 180/1010
Completed Tasks: 14/58
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
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Pages read this season: 5,845
Books read this season: 14
babbling c20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 4 - Campaign
Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Middle names should be ignored. If a book has multiple authors, all authors' initials must fit.
On the Meldon Plain - kindle On the Meldon Plain paperback pg.356 by Pam Brondos
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 200/1010
Completed Tasks: 15/58
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
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Pages read this season: 6,201
Books read this season: 15
Kristen IA30.1 - 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. (Examples: 1845, 1942, 1944, 2014)
The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams - first published in 2014
I listened to the audiobook so have also linked to the MMPB for page count
MMPB: La vie secrète de Violet Grant - 568 pages
******I claim 1 BB Ticket - 568 pages******
Option 3: Tailgating
Read a book with a picture of food on the cover. It must be food that is ready to eat.
REQUIRED: include cover in post
The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones
I listened to the audiobook so have also linked to the PB for page count. The cover is from the audiobook that I listened to.
PB: The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 160/1010
Tasks Completed: 7/58
GO: 0
BB: 2
Andy P.Task # 20.4 - 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
Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
QUEENOF SOuL
Points this post: 20
Total points: 425
Melissa BTask 15.6 Checkmate: Read a book at least 80% black, white, and/or grey.
Read: An Unkindness of Magicians - pages 384
Cover of edition read:
TinEye
#dcdcd2 89.5 %Aqua Haze (Grey)
#bbbba 56.1 %Ash (Grey)
BB Tickets this post: 0
Total BB Tickets to date: 2
Points this post: 15
Total Points to date: 35
Amber10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Book FIRST published in 2009 or 2018
Archie, Vol. 5 by Mark Waid
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
Big Book Tickets: 3
Megan Rae10.6 - Original Six
Task: 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.
- Completed 22nd OctoberHow it fits: Set in New York City
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 45
Tasks Complete: 5
Amber20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
Book with a title that, if laid down on the Scrabble board, would give you more than 25 points:
C=2x3=6; R=2x1=2; A=3x1=3; Z=1x10=10; Y=1x4=4; I=2x1=2; H=1x4=4; S=2x1=2; N=1x1=1, for a total of: 6+2+3+10+4+2+4+2+1=34 > 25
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Big Book Tickets: 3
Amber20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Option 3C - 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 FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA - the author's initials, JA, meet the requirement with J being one letter removed from K and A being in the target phrase
Giant Days, Vol. 4 by John Allison
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Big Book Tickets: 3
15.10 - Ticket to RideRead 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.
Number rolled: 1 (Romance)
Color spun: Purple
Book read: Frostblood
How it fits: MPG Romance, cover is 80% violet according to TinEye
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Total points: 340
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 22
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
Brooklyn30.1 – Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Option 3: Read a book with a picture of food on the cover.
by Carolyn BrownOption 4: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the SEC states.
Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey
100% set in Florida
Points this post: 30
Total points: 230/1010
Tasks completed: 16/58
Books read: 17
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Brooklyn30.3 – Listmaker
Option 1: Read a book from “1001 Books to Read Before You Die.”
Emma by Jane Austen
Found on page 1
Originally published in 1815 **Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket**
Option 2: Read a book from a series you have already started but are not caught up on the latest release.
Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead
#2 in the Georgina King series. There are 6 books in the series to date.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 260/1010
Tasks completed: 17/58
Books read: 19
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Amber20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
Book with a cover featuring a person without a head - this book was approved in the help thread and listed in post #2
by Pat BarkerPoints this post: 20
Total points: 235
Big Book Tickets: 3
Brooklyn30.4 – The Chunkster
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG of historical fiction and longer than 750 pages.
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
MPG of historical fiction
870 pgs **Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290/1010
Tasks completed: 18/58
Books read: 20
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn30.5 – Celebrate the Equinox
Read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
Death Masks by Jim Butcher – 10 characters (413 pages)
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher – 10 characters (452 pages)
413 + 452 = 865 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 320/1010
Tasks completed: 19/58
Books read: 22
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2
SALLY M.25.10 #LitsyLove
Option A #ASwapOfIceAndFire
Book 1: Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018 page 1
Legendary by Stephanie Garber
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Book 2: initial E.
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 27
Pages read: 9906
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Cordelia5,3 International Football
The White Book by Han Kang
Book set in South Korea
Points this task 5
Total points 490
Cordelia20.7 Sweeter is shorter.
Option 2: The shore birds.
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
BIRD in title.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 510
SandyL5.6: Simon Says
Read a book where the title/subtitle contains at least 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter.
Tall, Tatted and Tempting by Tammy Falkner
Two consecutive words, "Tall" and "Tatted", begin with a T
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 35
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL10.6 - Original Six
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the home cities of the NHL “Original Six” teams:
Manwhore by Katy Evans
Book is set 100% in Chicago (metadata confirms location as does book description)
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 36
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL15.2 - Spring and Fall
Read a book in which the word SPRING can be found intact in the title
Read a book in which the word AUTUMN can be found intact in the title
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
"Spring" in title
Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker
"Autumn" in title
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 480
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 38
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL25.8 - Bluemoon's task: FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
Option B - BLUE SKY MAUSOLEUM
For this option read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters from the quote below in the title
Heart of Stone by Tess Oliver
"Stone" is in the quote
Option C - HAIL TO THE CHIEF
Choose a pair of antonyms from this list - read a book whose title and/or subtitle includes both words.
Light After Dark by Marie Force
LIGHT/DARK are on the list of antonyms
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 505
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 40
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON
Step 1: Choose Your Starter
Squirtle
Romance
Historical-Fiction
Pucked Over by Helena Hunting
MPG - Romance
350 pgs
Step 2: Elite Four
The Real Deal by Lauren Blakely
*MPG - Romance
*Standalone Book
*NOT the author's first book
*368 pages
Final Step: Champion
One in a Million by Jill Shalvis
*MPG - Romance
*Rating - 4.18 on Goodreads
*RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Best Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length (2015)
368 pgs
Total pages = 1086
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Points This Task: 50
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 43
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
ED20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil Simon-
Opt. 2- Read a book first published between 1965 and 1970, inclusive.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
First published 1967
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Completed 15.2-Option 2read Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
The title matches the toy ALphBet BLocks and the authors ititials are in the toy MarbLes
Task points 15
total points 65
Tiffani 25.6 - Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
Option B: read a book first published in 1992
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
***Claiming a Big Book ticket as this book was 559 pages long***
Option E: read a book with the main page GoodReads genre of "Cozy Mystery"
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
Points this task: 25
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 30
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Creynard15.6 - Checkmate
by Kate QuinnTin Eye has this cover as 84.3% grey and 11.5% black.
***The Alice Network is a Big Book with 503 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.***
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 500
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 47
BB this Post: 1
Total BB: 1
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) FootballOption 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.
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
published 2014
1 x Bigger is Better tix (544 pages)
Option 3: Tailgating
Read a book with a picture of food on the cover.
A Taste for Love by Marita Conlon-McKenna
-cherries on coverTotal this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 485
Coralie30.6 The Game of Clue
Option 1 Suspects – book with colour Blue in title
Option 3 – book by an author whose initials appear in ballRooM (among others)
Chalice by Robin McKinley
This post 30 points
Total to date 535 points
Elizabeth PTask 5.2 - The Tour de France
Book from list Wanderlust
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Page one on list, number 56 as of this posting
At 544 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB link: Daughter of the Forest
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 265
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 18
Kim O25.2 - TessaVanessa's task: Game on!
Option 1: Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 28, 84, or 87 in order in number of pages.
News of the World
Option 4: Pick one of the special Mah Jong tile names: dragon, flower, season, or wind and read a book that includes all the letters of one of the tiles in the author's first and last name.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson - season
Points this task: 25
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
25.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja WarriorOption 1, a book whose author shares initials with a qualifier (BH—Brittney Hanks): Hope in a Jar by Beth Harbison
Option 4, a book from Teachers Featured list, p. 2 #145: The Whole Town's Talking: A Novel by Fannie Flagg
Points this post: 25
Total points: 265
15.7 - Pay UpI read The Headmaster's Wife. It has 288 pages.
Task points:15
Total Points:65
Tasks completed:5
Books read:6
10.3 Happy Trails to YouRead a book with a main page genre of Nature or Travel.
In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond, by Robert D. Kaplan
This book has a main page genre of Travel.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 295/1010
Total tasks: 24/58
Total books: 26/79
Scooter&Siam15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2. Ex: Mayhem at the Orient Express by Kylie Logan -- initial letters of title (MATOE) can be found in The Game of Life; author's initials (KL) can be found in Alphabet Blocks.
Option 2 chosen
Read Light It Up - toys: Paper Airplane - Author's Initials (NP); Silly Putty - First letter of each word in title (LIU)
Points: 15
Total: 120
Big Books: 2
Nick KYReplacing 10.10 -- 9, 10, 11… I am taking away Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James, author’s last name begins with “J.”
replacing with The Turn of the Screw (which I read every October) by Henry James, author’s last name begins with “J.”
No Change in Points for Substitution.
Nick KY25.10 Brooke TX’s Option A A Swap of Fire and Ice: I read the following:
Book 1 – Semiosis by Sue Burke, # 123, p. 2 of the Most Awaited 2018 list.
Book 2 – Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James, the author uses initials. (moved from 10.10)
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 520
Mod
5.5: Capture the Flag
flag in title: Under The Blue Flag: My Mission in Kosovo by Philip Kearney
total = 570
Mod
10.6 - Original Six
set in Montreal: Asylum by Jeannette de Beauvoir
"Martine LeDuc is the director of PR for the mayor's office in Montreal." from the description
total = 580
Mod
15.2 - Spring and Fall
Book 1, Spring in title: Spring by Karl Ove Knausgård
Book 2, Autumn in title: Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgård
total = 595
Mod
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriam
option 2, initial SO in SOul: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
total = 615
Alycia15.9 - Get a Clue
Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Tasks Completed: 20
Oma122920.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
I choose Option #4-Campaign
Option 4 - Campaign
Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
The Devil's Novice by Ellis Peters
Total Points-255/1010
Total Tasks-12/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-()500+(1 )750+(),1000+()
Oma122920.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
I chose Option #2
2. Chaser: -For this option, indulge my private joke, and read a book with at least three words in the title, where the first letters of each word can be found in MRS FIX-IT, KADIN, and/or VANILLA.
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
The letters can be found in KADIN
Total Points-275/1010
Total Tasks-13/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-()500+(1 )750+(),1000+()
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Points this task: 25
Total points: 605
Golden Oldies tickets: 8
Big Book tickets: 2