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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's Task: Neil Simon.
Option 3. Read a book that is part of a trilogy.
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (436 p.)
➸ Points: 90
➸ Total Pages: 2,279
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Read a book by an author whose first or last initial starts with I, J or K.
The Choices We Make by Karma Brown (316 p.)
➸ Points: 100
➸ Total Pages: 2,595
SandyL10.7 -Before Autocorrect
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of commonly misspelled words
Beautiful Beginning by Christina Lauren
Word - Beginning
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 565
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 44
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
Fresh Catch by Kate Canterbary
Author first name begins with K
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 575
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 45
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2
Read a book with a title of at least 3 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:
Read a book written by a single author whose every initial (including middle, if listed on GRs) can be found in the name of a DIFFERENT inducted toy.
Her Halloween Treat by Tiffany Reisz
1st letters of title - HHT in eTcH-a-sketcH
Initials of author name - TR in eRecTor set
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 590
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 46
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
Read a book with a cover featuring a person without a head
Can't Touch This by Tess Hunter
358 pages
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 610
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 47
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
MIKE DENNISI'd like to change-up the book I used for 5.1 back in Post 864
5.1 Baseball:
Worlds' Finest, Vol. 4: First Contact is #4 in the Worlds' Finest Vol. I Series series.
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Current Post: Points: 5 "replacement" points
Total: Points: 80 GO: - BB: -
Tasks: 5.1, 5.6; 10.7, 10.10; 15.3, 15.6; 20.2 using 6 books.
MIKE DENNISNOW I can reuse Worlds' Finest, Vol. 3: Control Issues for
10.6 Original Six: (set 50+% in home city of NHL (Original 6) team New York Rangers)
Worlds' Finest, Vol. 3: Control Issues
Refs:
Vol. 3 collects issues 13-18:
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Finest:_Control_Issues_(Collected)
Issues 16-18 (50%) are set in NYC:
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Finest_Vol_1_16
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Finest_Vol_1_17
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Finest_Vol_1_18
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Current Post: Points: 10
Total: Points: 90 GO: - BB: -
Tasks: 5.1,5.6; 10.6, 10.7, 10.10; 15.3, 15.6; 20.2 using 8 books.
25.1 - A QUICK LOOK AT ASIAN SPORTBOOK 1 - Hide Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez
BOOK 2 - Next Year in Havana
TOTAL POINTS - 425
Tiffani5.9 - Boggle
Read a book in which the title/subtitle of which includes a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the Boggle board.
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. The word used from the Boggle board is bones.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 34
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
KarolynTask 15.6
A Thin Dark Line
Total Black/White/Grey = 96.5%
83.9 %Black (Black)
5.9 % Armadillo (Grey)
4.4 % Athens Grey (Grey)
2.3 % Taupe Grey (Grey)
1.7 % Red Berry (Red)
1.0 % Bordeaux (Red)
0.9 % Falu Red (Red)
Also claiming 1 Big Book - 574 pages
Points This Post = 15
Total Points to Date = 150
Books Read = 9
Tasks Completed = 5
Golden Oldies = 2 tickets
Big Books = 4 tickets
15.2 Spring and FallRead a book in which the word SPRING can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name.
The Price of Spring, by Daniel Abraham
Read a book in which the word AUTUMN can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War, by Stephen R. Platt
Points this post: 15
Total points: 340/1010
Total tasks: 28/58
Total books: 32/79
15.1 - Dig ItRead TWO books, each set at least 50% in two different countries that are in the SAME pool.
Pool: C
Country: Australia
Book read: Force of Nature
How it fits: Set entirely in Australia
Country: USA
Book read: Magic Triumphs
How it fits: Set entirely in the USA
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Total points: 355
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 23
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
DULCINELLA✔️5.2 - The Tour de France
A great road trip!
Read a book from this list:
Wanderlust.
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho 192 p. 27 october 2018 2 starsFound on P.2 192 the alchemist
Points in this post: 5 points
Total points: 945 points
5 tickets GO
12 tickets BB
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite HikeOption 3: A Werewolf in Manhattan
25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against HumanityOption A: 3) Money can’t buy me love, but it can buy me The Kingdom
Option B: 2) Well, what do you have to say for yourself Casey? This is the third time you have been sent to the principal’s office for A Love of Vengeance
25.8 - Bluemoon's task: FOREST LAWN CEMETERYOption A: The Duck Commander Family
Option B: My Soul to Keep - Keep is in quote
Total Points: 1,010
5.3: International FootballErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
takes place in England, "Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a "creative writing" course at the community center in the beating heart of London’s close-knit Punjabi community." From the metadata
points: 255
BB: 4
GO: 0
25.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian SportOption 1
Murder Strikes a Pose by Tracy Weber
SUMO is not in TRACY WEBER
274 pages
Option 2
Picture Perfect by Catherine Clark
vowels IUE
pages 352
274 + 352 = 626
total points: 275
BB: 4
GO: 0
Nick KY50.1 Shree’s Task I read the following:
Book 1. Charmander Bucket. Planetfall by Emma Newman. 336 pp. Science Fiction genre
Book 2.
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut, 1st pub'd 1985
1 – GR genre of Science Fiction
2 – not author’s first book -- 1st book was Player Piano, 1952
3– not in a series
4 – at 324 pp > required 300
Book 3.
Starship Troopers, 335 pp
1 – GR genre of Science Fiction
2 – 4.00 rating-- fits required 4.0 or higher
3 – Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel 1960
Page numbers:
Planetfall = 336 pp
Galapagos = 324 pp
Starship… = 335 pp
Total pp = 995 > required 750
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 615
Sarah E15.5 - Nonfiction November
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened - page 3 of the list
I read the ebook but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 115
MIKE DENNIS5.3 International Football: (set at least 50% in a country… England)
The Anubis Gates
Metadata lists “United Kingdom” but (see the book description), the setting is London.
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Current Post: Points: 5
Total: Points: 95 GO: - BB: -
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.6; 10.6,10.7,10.10; 15.3,15.6; 20.2 using 9 books.
SALLY M.15.9 Get a Clue (MPG Mystery + person’s name in title)
The Case for Jamie by Brittany Cavallaro
(Jamie is the main character)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 30
Pages read: 11,373
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Elizabeth BTask 15.1
Pool C
Set in AustraliaLights and Sirens ) e-book only, approved for length at post #7079 of the verification thread)
Set in Iowa, USA: Shelter the Sea
Points 15
Total 310
Diana K.Task - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
Option C. - Read a book from this listopia devoted to the Banff Mountain Book Festival Awards: Banff Mountain Book Festival Award Winners
Into the Wild on page 1
Option E Go back indoors where it is cozy and read a book with the main page GR genre of “Cozy Mystery.”
Cream of Sweet
Total points: 470
Sarah E25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs
Option 1
My three random books were:
1: The Slaver's Association: Revelation
2: Crimson
3: Little Flower Yoga for Kids: A Yoga and Mindfulness Program to Help Your Child Improve Attention and Emotional Balance
I used the word Little from book three.
The Little Café in Copenhagen
I read the kindle edition, the paperback (no MMP) is Egy csésze kávé Koppenhágában with 516 pages
Big Book - 516 pages. I claim 1 BB ticket.
Option 2
I read the kindle edition, the paperback (no MMP) is Murder at Rocky Point Park: Tragedy in Rhode Island's Summer Paradise
Total points: 140
Total BB tickets: 6
DULCINELLA10.7 -Before Autocorrect
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of commonly misspelled words .
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher Hilary Mantel 304 p. (Edition The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher ) 27 october 2018 4 starsWord: assassination in title
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points: 955 points
5 tickets GO
12 tickets BB
Amy the book bat20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriam
Option 1: Read a book with all of the letters RESPECT in the title and/or subtitle. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the title/subtitle.
Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin
claiming 1 Big Book ticket (528 pages)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 450
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 32
Amy the book bat15.3 - 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.
(radio flYer WagOn) Waiting on You by (etch-a-sKetcH) Kristan Higgins
Points this task: 15
Total points: 465
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 33
FANDURY20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Option 3: Read a book that features vampires or werewolves.
Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs
The book features werewolves.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 25.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
Option 1. Read a book where the author shares first and last initials with one of the qualifiers Abby Clark(AC)
The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri
Option 2. Read a book first published in 2014.
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens First published in 2014
Points this post: 25
Total points: 505
Diana K.Task 5.8 - Go and Parcheesi. Read a book set at least 50% in China or India.
What We Were Promised Set almost entirely in China
Total points: 475
DULCINELLA10.2 - The Great War
Read a book that has been shelved as "World War I" from this list: Popular World War I books
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan 128 p. 27 october 2018 3 starsCan be found on P. 4 of the list
Originally published in 1915 so I claim a GO ticket
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points: 965 points
6 tickets GO
12 tickets BB
Coralie30.1 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Option 1 – Book first published in a year containing the numerals 1 and 4
The Shadow Throne first published 2014
Option 45 – Nonfiction book with mpg History
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
This post 30 points
Total to date 590 points
Cordelia20.3 Option 2
Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke
Author was born in 1917
Points this task: 20
Total points 530
MIKE DENNIS15.8 - Spell it Out: Q or Z in title/subtitle or author's name
Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
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Current Post: Points: 15
Total: Points: 110 GO: - BB: -
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.6; 10.6,10.7,10.10; 15.3,15.6,15.8; 20.2 using 10 books.
EMurphyDelicious Dee's Task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
Option 1: Author shares first and last initials with one of the qualifiers Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris (Anna Shumaker)
Option 5: First letter of every word in the title can be found in one of the outdoor climbs completed Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Whispers of Wisdom, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 115
Books Read: 8
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
25.3 Cards Against HuumanityOption A - 3: Money can't buy me love but it can buy me Bearskin
Option B - 1: Next time on Dr. Phil, how to talk to your child about The Magdalen Girls
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 185
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2. Escape from Colditz
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
4. Kick the Can
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 22