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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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25.8 - Bluemoon's task: FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
option A, creek in title: Lone Creek by Neil McMahon
option B, "Stone" from quote in title: Styx & Stone by James W. Ziskin
total = 660
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25.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
option 1, Allyssa Beird (AB) initials: Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
option 4, Kickass women, page 1 #63:
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson
total = 685
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25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLove
option B,
Book 1, first published in September: Button Man by Andrew Gross
book 2, Best books to read in Autumn, page 2, #104:
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
total = 710
Joanne MITask 20.1 Scrabble
In the Time of the Butterflies
I 3X1. 3
N 1X1 1 4
T 5x1 5 9
H 2x4 8 17
E 5X1 5 22
M 1X3 3 25
O 1X1 1 26
F 2X4 8 34
B 1X3 3 37
U 1X1 1 38
R 1X1 1 39
L 1X1 1 40
Points this task 20
Total points 175
BB's 7
Joanne MICorrection to post 2398 TASK TOTALS
Points task 20.1 20
Total Points 200
BBs 7
Delicious Dee15.4 - It's a Deal
1 book option
American King - KING in title; #3 in the New Camelot series
Points this task: 15
Total points: 480
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
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I read The Collapsing Empire. I listened to the audio book but linked to the MMPB for page purposes - 372 pages.
A X 1 = 1
C X 1 - 3
E X 3 - 3
G X 1 - 2
H X 1 - 4
I X 2 - 2
L X 2 - 2
M X 1 - 3
N X 1 - 1
O X 1 - 1
P X 2 - 6
R X 1 - 1
S X 1 - 1
T X 1 -1
31 points total in title
total points: 385
Tiffani5.8 - Go and Parcheesi
Read a book set at least 50% in China or India.
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. This book is set in India.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 33
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Brooklyn20.6 – The Games We Played
Option 3: Read a book with more than one person on the cover.
by Laura LippmanPoints this post: 20
Total points: 340/1010
Tasks completed: 20/58
Books read: 23
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn25.6 – Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
Option A: Read a biography or autobiography about an Olympic athlete
Forward: A Memoir by Abby Wambach
In the author's profile it states she is an Olympic gold medal winner.
Option D: Read a book with “fire” or “smoke” intact in the title.
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth E. Wein
Points this post: 25
Total points: 365/1010
Tasks completed: 21/58
Books read: 25
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2
VAL TX20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames - This is a one book task. Choose one option from those listed below.
Option 4 - Campaign - Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Honeydew by Edith Pearlman
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 30
BB Tickets - 1
Brooklyn30.6 – 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 Laila Ibrahim'Yellow' in title matches Colonel Mustard
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in one of the rooms listed.
The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle
RS found in conSeRvatory
Points this post: 30
Total points: 395/1010
Tasks completed: 22/58
Books read: 27
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2
SCHATZIE10.5 - Picking Up the Pen
--a continuation series by different author
Enemy of the State
reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_F...
or
Enemy of the State hc page
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.9: This is a 2 book task and you are required to use TWO different options.
Option 2: Read a book first published in 2014. Annihilation
Option 3: Read an anthology/compilation that was written by FOUR (and only four) authors.
Hexed with works by
Ilona Andrews
Yasmine Galenorn
Allyson James
Jeanne C. Stein
Points this task: 25
Total Points to date: 355
KarolynTask 50
All books added together must at least total 750 pages. 279 + 307 + 416 = 1002 pages
Step 1: Squirtle Romance or Historical-Fiction
Pride and Prejudice 279 pages, MPG - Historical Fiction Also claiming 1 Golden Oldie
Step 2: Elite Four Read a book with an MPG in your starter bucket that meet the four requirements below.
Ordinary Grace MPG Historical Fiction
At least 300 pages - 307 pages
Must be a standalone book (not part of series) - Standalone novel
Must not be the author's first book - published Iron Lake in 1998 and this book in 2013
Must be rated 4.0 or higher on Goodreads - 4.16 rating
Final Step: Champion Read with a book with an MPG from your starter bucket that meets the below requirements
Salt to the Sea MPG Historical Fiction
Meets all 4 requirements from step 2
At least 300 pages - 416 pages
Must be a standalone book (not part of series) - Standalone novel
Must not be the author's first book - published Between Shades of Grey in 2011 and this book in 2016
Must be rated 4.0 or higher on Goodreads - 4.36 rating
Has won an award per its Goodread's page - Goodreads Choice Award 2016 and others
Points This Post = 50
Total Points to Date = 135
Books Read = 8
Tasks Completed = 4
Golden Oldies = 2 tickets
Big Books = 3 tickets
DeborahPost 12
5.10: Our favorite recreation!
Skip·Beat!, Vol. 41
Points this post:5
Total Points:220
Books read:16
Tasks Done: 12
Suzannesea20.2 Rookie at the Top
Option 4. Campaign
Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Fateful Mornings: A Henry Farrell Novel by Tom Bouman
napoleon BonaparTe
Points this post: 20
Totalpoints to date: 280
DeborahPost 13
25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
A1) Why can’t I sleep at night? Air Awakens
B3) Wes Anderson’s new film tells the story of a precocious child coming to terms with A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder
Points this post:25
Total Points:245
Books read:18
Tasks Done: 13
Anja10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Nobody Does It Better by Lexi Blake (Published February 20th 2018)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 140
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
5.9: BoggleSun Warrior (Tales of a New World #2) by P.C. Cast
SUN
1x Bigger is Better Tix (576 pages)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 490
25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and OutdoorsOption B. GOLD MEDAL: read a book first published in 1992.
Cosmo Cosmolino by Helen Garner
Option D. DANGER -- Read a book that has the word “FIRE” or the word “SMOKE” intact in the title/subtitle
Firespell (The Dark Elite #1) by Chloe Neill
FIREspell
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 515
Task 15.4 - It's a Dealone book option: read a book with KING in the title and #2 in series
King of Thorns
597 pages = claiming BB ticket
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615 points
15.1 Dig ItRead TWO books, each set at least 50% in two different countries that are in the SAME pool.
Madame Proust And The Kosher Kitchen, by Kate Taylor
This book is set largely in France (Pool B). GR description: "Marie Prévost is a contemporary Canadian who sets off for Paris to research Proust and escape a failed romance. Sarah Bensimon is a young Parisian Jew who marries into an orthodox family and takes refuge in her kitchen, recreating a kosher version of classic French cuisine. The third woman is madame Jeanne Proust herself. . . . "
Do Not Say We Have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien
This book is set in China (Pool B). GR description: "Madeleine Thien takes us inside an extended family in China, showing us the lives of two successive generations. . . . "
Points this post: 15
Total points: 325/1010
Total tasks: 27/58
Total books: 30/79
Sophie20.3 option 3
The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris
Book 1 in series (could be 1, 8, 9, 11, 18 or 19)
Total 335
Sophie20.6
Option 3 - happiness - more than 1 person on cover
On A Night Like This by Barbara Freethy
Total 355
MAZZA1 0.9 - International Sudoku Day
Read a book written by a single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters.
So Much Life Left Over
Louis de Bernières
Bernieres has 9 letters
Points this post = 10
Total points to date = 915
Books read = 71
Tasks completed =51
Golden Oldies =3
Big Books = 4
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For my first book, I chose option 1 and read The Skeleton Road, first published in 2014. I read the kindle edition, linked to the MMPB.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read Sing, Unburied, Sing, set completely in Mississippi (as shown in the description and in the GR metadata). I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb edition.
Total points: 415
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Option 2- 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
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Initials of title found in "mrs Fix kADin"; published 1928
***I claim one GO Ticket***
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
ED5.3: International Football-Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup: ... France,..
The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle
As seen in the title, more than 90% of the book is set in Marseille, France.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Alycia30.2 - MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIES
Option 2
A Call to Vengeance by David Weber (672 pp)
Option 4
This is also my book covering the green/purple requirement
by Jim ButcherPoints this post: 30
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 21
Nick KY15.3 Let’s Play I chose the one book option and read Slain in the Spirit by Melanie Tem.
First letters of the title are in “Star warS acTIon figures.”
Author’s inits are in “liTtle green army Men.”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 545
Nick KY20.8 Diane Whitney’s All Hallow’s Eve I readLove Finds You in Calico, California by Elizabeth Ludwig, no head on cover,
-- 320 pp > required 300.Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 565
MAZZA115.8 - Spell it Out
Read a book with Q or Z the title/subtitle or author's name.
Alternate Side
Anna Quindlen Q in author's name
Points this post = 15
Total points to date = 930
Books read = 72
Tasks completed =52
Golden Oldies =3
Big Books = 4
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.
Book Read: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Points This Task: 20
BB:
GO:
Total Points: 485
Total BB: 3
Total GO: 4
Total Tasks: 26
30.5 Sandy's Task: Celebrate the EquinoxRead two books with the same number of characters in their titles.
Book Read: Deadline by Mira Grant
584 pages **Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
Book Read: Blackout by Mira Grant
512 pages **Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
Points This Task: 30
BB: 2
GO:
Total Points: 515
Total BB: 5
Total GO: 4
Total Tasks: 27
Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - Country Fairs
Option 1: Use the Goodreads Book Randomizer 3 times. Record your first 3 generated hits. Choose a word from the title, subtitle or series of one of the books and read a book with your chosen word in the title, subtitle, or series title. My three random books were:
Dirty Word Coloring Book for Adults - Vol. 2,
Secrets of the A-List (Episode 1 of 12),
and Suburban America 1945-1970: Drawings of buildings and automobiles which changed the appearance of American suburbs : exhibit at Brigham and Women's Hospital ... Admitting Center September 2002 - March 2003.
The last one, Suburban America, was the one that hit the target, and I chose the word "appearance". I read The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen by Katherine Howe.
Option 6: Read a book which has been written by an author with an animal that appears intact in their name. This animal may appear in any position in the name. I read Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (horse).
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 440
25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLoveI chose Option C
Book 1: Read a book with MPG Witches (genre may be embedded) or found on this list: Wicca and other Pagan-based Fiction.
Book of Shadows which is on page one of the list is spot #3.
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the four main characters. I used Sarah Bailey.
I read ebook, linked to most popular MMPB
Amours et autres enchantements by Sarah Addison Allen
New Points: 25
Challenge Points: 480
Diana K.Task 5.9 - 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.
Ten Days One Guernsey Summer The word is one.
Total points: 435
Diana K.Task 10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking For. Read a FICTION book with a robot, android or cyborg as an important character.
A Robot in the Garden
Total points: 445
DULCINELLAThe 50 point task
50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON
Squirtle
Romance
Historical-Fiction
Drums of Autumn
Diana Gabaldon 1070 p. 22 october 2018 4 starsI claim 3 big book tickets for this one
Step 2: Elite Four
◾Has at least one of the MPGs that's in your starter bucket.
◾Is a standalone book (not part of series) (we brute forced with one starter)
◾Is NOT the author's first book. (because your starter has evolved ;) )
◾Is at least 300 pages long.
Het huis van de namen
Het huis van de namen
Colm Tóibín 320 p. 25 october 2018 5 starsHistorical fiction
Over 300 pages
Standalone book
Not the first book author (Before: Nora, The master, Brooklyn)
Final Step: Champion
◾Has at least one of the MPGs that's in your starter bucket.
◾Is rated 4.0 or higher on Goodreads.
◾Has won an award per its Goodread's page. The book must be an award winner, not a finalist or a nominee.
De officier Robert Harris 26 october 2018 4 stars (An Officer and a Spy 611 p. )
Winner Walter Scott Prize 2014
Rating 4.15
Historical fiction
I claim a BB ticket for this book (611 p.)
Points in this post: 50 points
Total points : 940 points
tickets GO: 5
Tickets BB: 12
BARBARA ★ 30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
Read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles. Punctuation marks count as characters. Spaces do not count. Subtitles can be used or ignored – your choice.
The Bad Luck Witch - Heather Hamilton 10/17
TITLE = 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15 characters
No One Left to Tell - Karen Rose 10/20
TITLE = 2 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 4 = 15 characters
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (251 pages) + Book 2 (544 pages) = 795 > 600 pages
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 300
BARBARA ★ 25.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Book 1. Read a book in which none of the letters in SUMO are in the author's name
Cure for the Common Breakup - Beth Kendrick 10/24
Book 2. read a book whose TITLE contains 3 different vowels and no more than that. Y does NOT count
Hot Ice - Cherry Adair (O,I,E) 10/5
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (336 pages) + Book 2 (384 pages) = 720 pages > 600 pages
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 325
BARBARA ★ 10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
Read a book written by a single author whose first and list name initials are found in MICKEY MOUSE.
Stygian - Sherrilyn Kenyon 10/13
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 335
BARBARA ★ 10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
Heart of the Season - Julianna Douglas 10/5
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 345
Oma122925 Point Tasks
25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
I chose #3 and #4
3. The Smiling Game
To (hopefully) being a smile to your face, read a book with the main page genre 'Humor'
4. Kick the Can -
Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% black according to TinEye. To extract colors in TinEye, use the picture on the book's main page (as-is, not enlarged) and uncheck the box that says "exclude background color from extracted colors," if it is checked.
by Bill ClintonTinEye Results
#03030369.3 %Black (Black)
#12233512.0 %Black Pearl (Blue)
#8b88604.1 %Granite Green (Green)
#6f89a74.0 %Bermuda Grey (Blue)
#7877783.3 %Monsoon (Grey)
#3d39292.4 %El Paso (Green)
#cecece2.4 %Very Light Grey (Grey)
#d8d3891.5 %Sandwisp (Yellow)
#c69a700.6 %Fallow (Brown)
#baa08f0.5 %Del Rio (Brown)
Claiming The President Is Missing as Big Book with 513 pages
Total Points-320/1010
Total Tasks-17/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-(1)500+(1 )750+(),1000+()
Oma122925.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
I chose #2 and #5
Option 2: To date, only 1 female has ever completed a City Finals course: Kacy Catanzaro in 2014. Read a book first published in 2014.
Run Girl by Eva Hudson
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. Minimum 2-word titles.
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
Lethal White can be found in the climb Devil's Work.
Claiming Lethal Whiteas Big Book with 656 pages.
Total Points-345/1010
Total Tasks-18/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-(2)500+(1 )750+(),1000+()
Congratulations, SCHATZIE! Task 30.1 in the Winter Challenge is yours!
EMurphy25.7 M1nks's Task: The Games We Played
1: Game of Life-Autobiography/Biography genre The Clancys of Queens: A Memoir by Tara Clancy
4: Kick the Can-Cover is at least 50% black according to TinEye
by Dan Chaon (68% black)This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 90
Books Read: 6
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
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This post: 20 points
Total points: 380
Total BB: 8
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 25