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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: CareersOption 3. Happiness –Read a book with more than one person on the cover.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories about My Family You Might Relate to (2017) by Annabelle Gurwitch (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 302 pages) [818.602]
130 + 20 = 150
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 130 + 20 = 150
Books read: 09
Pages read: 2,243
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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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.
Astonishing X-Men, Volume 4: Unstoppable by Joss Whedon
(200 pages)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 95
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Mai20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Option 3. Beater:
Requirement A. Read a book that is 2, 4, 12, or 14 in a series.
Astonishing X-Men, Volume 2: Dangerous by Joss Whedon
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Mai5.6: Simon Says
Book where the title/subtitle contains at least 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 120
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Mod
I read Robert B. Parker's Colorblind. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the top hardback edition (no MMPB or PB).
This series is given as an example of a continuation novel in the task description.
Total points: 425
JUKKA5.4 Hiking
Book whose title's first letters can be found in APPALACHIAN TRAIL.
A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire.
Total Points: 325/1010
Total Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 27/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
5.7: Settlers of CatanRead a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
Book read: Fellowship of Fear
How it fits: Author's (Aaron Elkins) initials are AE.
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Total points: 360
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 24
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
Laurah3025.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
Opt D Read a book that has the word “FIRE” or the word “SMOKE” intact in the title/subtitle or series title.
The Hellfire Club
Opt E Read a book with the main page GR genre of “Cozy Mystery.
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast
10.2 The Great WarRead a book that has been shelved as "World War I" from the Popular World War I list
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
#6 on the list, as of 10/28.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 350/1010
Total tasks: 29/58
Total books: 33/79
MIKE DENNIS5.7 - Settlers of Catan:
The Secret of Terror Castle
Author Robert Arthur has initials in “settleRs of cAtan”
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Current Post: Points: 5
Total: Points: 165 GO: - BB: 1
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.6,5.7; 10.6,10.7,10.10; 15.3,15.6,15.8; 20.2, 50.1 using 14 books.
Task 10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking ForExit Strategy
MurderBot is a human/machine mix, and utterly brilliant
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625 points
Task 5.4 - Hikingread a book with two word title, initial letters in TRAIL
The Lowland
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630 points
25.4 - Country Fairsoption 1: spin to get some random titles, read a book with a matching word in the title
I got: Living Wild / Heroin for Breakfast, Cold Turkey for Tea.: this is for you if the cap fits. / Camp Cookery
I read one of the random books: Living Wild and claim my human-sized stuffed pineapple! (which I deserve, for reading about a male werewolf getting pregnant)
option 2: read a book with a ferris wheel on the cover
All the Missing Girls
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655 points
Sara G25.1 - 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 as indicated on the GRs main page of the book.
These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
Book 2. In honor of Okaasan to isho which has three different vowels when transliterated into English, 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.
Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-1945 by Barbara W. Tuchman
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 794 pages.
**Stilwell and the American Experience in China is a Big Book (794 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets (book is over 750 pages).**
Vowels are AEI - Stilwell and the American Experience in China
Points this post: 25
Total points: 380
MIKE DENNIS10.9 - International Sudoku Day: (single author, exactly 9 letters in last name)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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Current Post: Points: 10
Total: Points: 175 GO: - BB: 1
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.6,5.7; 10.6,10.7,10.9,10.10; 15.3,15.6,15.8; 20.2, 50.1 using 15 books.
Megan Rae5.7: Settlers of Catan
Task: Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN. Middle initials can be ignored
- Completed 28th OctoberHow it fits: Author's initials (AC) are in SETTLERS OF CATAN
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 65
Tasks Complete: 7
Ava Catherine50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON
Step 1: Choose Your Starter
Read a book with one of the Main Page Genres (MPGs) listed.
Bulbasaur:
Mystery
Non-Fiction
The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin
317 pages
mpg nonfiction 87 users
Step 2: Elite Four
Read a book that meets ALL four of the stated requirements .
Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin
527 pages
mpg nonfiction 147 users
not part of a series
book read for task first published in 2011; The author has at least two previous books Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, first published in 2002 and The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens first published in 1990.
Final Step: Champion
Read with a book that meets ALL three of the stated requirements.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin
768 pages
mpg nonfiction 449 users
not part of a series
Pulitzer Prize for History (1995), Ambassador Book Award for Biography (1995)
4.17 rating on Goodreads
total pages=1612>750
total=1005
SALLY M.20.7 The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Option 2: The word “bird” in title or subtitle
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 475
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 31
Pages read: 11,610
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
DULCINELLA10.3 - Happy Trails to You
Read a book with a main page genre of Nature or Travel.
Reizen zonder John: op zoek naar Amerika
Geert Mak 575 p. 28 october 2018 4 stars MPG travel
I claim a BB ticket for this task
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points: 975 points
6 tickets GO
13 tickets BB
Ava Catherine5.10: Our favorite recreation!
Read a book of your choice, that meets SRC rules.
Heresy by S.J. Parris
total=1010
Task 5.4 – Hiking1st letter of each title word in APPALACHIAN TRAIL - T.I.P.
The Iced Princess
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 250 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
EMurphy25.10 Brooke TX's Task: #LitsyLove
Option B: #FallingForFall
1) Published in September, October, or November Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Joe Biden (Published in November of 2017)
2) Best Books to Read in Autumn List We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (Page 1 of the list)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 140
Books Read: 10
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
MAZZA120.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Required: Indicate which option you chose when you post.
Option 3. Happiness – Read a book with more than one person on the cover. The people on the cover must look like humans.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Strangers on a Bridge
Points this post = 20
Total points to date = 950
Books read = 73
Tasks completed =53
Golden Oldies =3
Big Books = 4
30.4 – Schatzie’s task: The ChunksterOption 2: The TWO BOOK OPTION - read two books, both with a MPG of Historical Fiction, and with a combined page length that equals at least 750 pages.
Book 1: Romancing the Duke
How it fits: MPG Historical Fiction
Pages: 370 (MMPB edition: Romancing the Duke)
Book 2: Not Quite A Lady
How it fits: MPG Historical Fiction
Pages: 384 (MMPB Edition: Not Quite A Lady)
Total pages: 754
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Total points: 390
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
MIKE DENNIS10.3 - Happy Trails to You: (main page genre of Nature or Travel)
A Walk in the Woods – it’s Nature and Travel !!!
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Current Post: Points: 10
Total: Points: 185 GO: - BB: 1
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.6,5.7; 10.3,10.6,10.7,10.9,10.10; 15.3,15.6,15.8; 20.2, 50.1 using 16 books.
5.1 - BaseballWayward Children #3:
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 160
10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!Published August 2, 2018:
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 180
15.6 - Checkmate84.0 %Foggy Grey (Grey)
+ 1.9 %Nero (Black)
85.9% Total
Then She Was Gone by Lisa JewellTask Total: 15
Season Total: 195
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: BoardgamesOption 3 - Careers
Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle.
The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 215
DULCINELLA 10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking For
Read a FICTION book with a robot, android or cyborg as an important character.
The Cyborg's Stowaway. Eve Langlais 158 p. ( edition The Cyborg's Stowaway) 28 october 2018 3 starsThe cyborg is an important character
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points: 985 points
6 tickets GO
13 tickets BB
Kristi CO15.5 - Nonfiction November
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (page 3)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 4 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriam
Option 1 RESPECT
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Option 3C FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
Vox by Christina Dalcher (no 'C', but there is a 'B')
Points this post: 75
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
loafer25.8 - Bluemoon's task: FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
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
"If monuments must be, why not now extend the monument horizontally, keep it broad and low instead of pushing it upward to make the usual inane forest of stone posts."
Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss
word = forest
D. THE RESIDENTS
Chose one of the residents below and read a book by an author who has the same initials as the resident.
Willis Carrier - Father of modern air conditioning
Shirley Chisholm - First African American woman elected to the US Congress
Kathleen Howard - Star of stage and screen
Rick James - Music Legend
William Letchworth - His estate became Letchworth State Park
Albert Myer - Founder of the national weather service
George Pierce - Founder of the Pierce Arrow Motor company
Mary Burnett Talbert - Civil Rights Pioneer
The Professor's House by Willa Cather
resident = Willis Carrier
claiming "golden oldie" as published in 1925
points: 465
BB: 4
GO: 3
tasks completed: 26
Pamela326520.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Option 3:
by Sarah M. EdenPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 150
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
JAMTOWN 8020.3 - 11 AM ON 11 NOV 1918
Option 2: Author born in 1918
Camilla by Madeleine L'Engle
(Also works for option 3 as first book in a series)
task total: 20
MIKE DENNIS20.5 - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch:
Option 3. Beater, Part C: almost FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
Now, there is an “H” for “Hopkinson” in “FRIGGA…PHOBIA”, but there is no “N” for “Nalo", although ther is the next letter -- "O"
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Current Post: Points: 20
Total: Points: 205 GO: - BB: 1
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.6,5.7; 10.3,10.6,10.7,10.9,10.10; 15.3,15.6,15.8; 20.2,20.5; 50.1
using 17 books.
loafer30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
To celebrate the equinox, read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
1. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
mmpb: De si jolies ruines 471 pages
2. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
mmpb: Practical Magic 317 pages
471 + 317 > 600 pages
points: 495
BB: 4
GO: 3
tasks completed: 27
Kayla C20.6 Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Option 3
by McKelle Georgetotal points: 300
BB: 4
GO: 0
Laurah3015.9 - Get a Clue
3. Contains an original or new room listed under "Rooms" on the Clue Wiki in the title/subtitle or series title.
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Library is on the list and the MPG is mystery.
Golden Oldie ticket claim- 1 as published in 1942
MEGSCL10.9 - International Sudoku Day
The Unexpected Education of Emily Dean by Mira Robertson
TOTAL TO DATE
105 points
2 BB
Julia10325.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
Option 4: Old Men at Midnight (on page 3 of Teachers Featured list)
Option 5: Gypsy Spirit (GS in Green 45 Stand)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 405
Total BB: 8
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 27
10.3 - Happy Trails to YouThe Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A "Walk" in Austin by Kinky Friedman
Points this post: 10
Points in total: 180
Tasks completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2
Julia10310.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
Once A Hero by Elizabeth Moon
(EM in MickEy)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 415
Total BB: 8
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 28
Congratulations, Amanda A! Task 30.2 in the Winter challenge is yours.
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Option 2: A Knight's Tale: Kenilworth (AK in KADIN, T in MRS FIX-IT; subtitle ignored since not mentioned in the task)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 435
Total BB: 8
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 29
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918Option 1: On a Wing and a Prayer: The Untold Story of the Pioneering Aviation Heroes of WWI, in Their Own Words by Joshua Levine
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 200
Tasks completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2
DULCINELLA5.5: Capture the Flag
Read a book with the word "flag" found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Last Flag Flying Darryl Ponicsan 224 p. (Edition Last Flag Flying ) 29 october 2018 3 stars Points in this post: 5 points
Total points: 990 points
6 tickets GO
13 tickets BB
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
by Gail HoneymanPoints this post: 20
Points in total: 220
Tasks completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books tickets: 2
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50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON:
Step 1: Pick your starter: Charmander -- Science-Fiction & Fantasy
The Slow Regard of Silent Things (Fantasy)
Step 2: Elite Four -- Certain Dark Things
◾ Fantasy
◾ Standalone
◾ Not the author's first book (Signal to Noise was)
◾ 336 pages
Final Step: Champion -- Tigana
◾ Science Fiction Fantasy
◾ rated 4.12 on Goodreads
◾won Prix Aurora Award for Best Long Form in English (1991)
(need 750 total pages and have over 1000)
(Request a Big Book for Tigana, at 673 for MMPB)
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Current Post: Points: 50, 1 BB
Total: Points: 160 GO: - BB: 1
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.6; 10.6,10.7,10.10; 15.3,15.6,15.8; 20.2, 50.1 using 13 books.