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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Scooter&Siam20.2 - 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.
Option 4 chosen.
Read Traitors Gate by Anne Perry
AP in Napoleon
Points: 20
Total: 140
Big Books: 2
StaceyNC5.6: Simon Says
Read a book where the title/subtitle contains at least 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter.
Book: The Haunting of Hill House
Completed: 10/27/18
Points: 5
Total Points: 205
SandyL5.4 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.
Croc's Return by Eve Langlais
C and R are found in appalaChian tRail
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 615
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 48
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL15.6 - Checkmate
Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey
The Removers: A Memoir by Andrew Meredith
100% white, black and gray per Tineye
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 630
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 49
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
Read a book with a title that, if laid down on the Scrabble board, would give you more than 25 points.
Rocky Mountain Freedom (Six Pack Ranch) by Vivian Arend
37 points // 370 pages
R x 2 - 2
O x 3 - 3
C x 1 - 3
K x 1 - 5
Y x 1 - 4
M x 2 - 6
U x 1 - 1
N x 2 - 2
T x 1 - 1
A x 1 - 1
I x 1 - 1
F x 1 - 4
E x 2 - 2
D x 1 - 2
Total = 37
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 650
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 50
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL25.2 - 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.
The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton
324 Pages
Option 2 - Read a book that has the word SINGLE, OLD, or MAID in the title or subtitle AND that is written by a single (one) author
Maid for the Billionaire by Ruth Cardello
MAID in title
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 675
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 52
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
TessaVanessa5.4 Hiking
I read Picture This by McClintock. PT are found in Applachian Trail.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 585
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 48
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.2 - Spring and Fall
Book 1: Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews.
Book 2: Under the Autumn Sky by Liz Talley.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 50
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
10.3 - Happy Trails to YouRead a book with a main page genre of Nature or Travel. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
I read Bella Figura: How to Live, Love, and Eat the Italian Way, which has a main page genre of Travel.
Points: 145
books read: 14
tasks completed: 8
Big Books: 5
pages read: 4839
TessaVanessa25.8 - Bluemoon's task: FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
Option A: I read Cemetery Lake by Paul Cleave. LAKE is in the title.
Option B: I read The Killing Forest by Sara Blaedel. FOREST is found in the quote.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 625
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 52
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIES
Option 1: Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen. MPG = Humor. 420 pages. Male author.
Option 2:
by Michael Phillips. 464 pages. Male author. GREEN on the cover.Points this post: 30
Total points: 655
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Cordelia10.7 Before autocorrect
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
Word used: TOMORROW
Points this task: 10
Total points: 540
Jenifer20.8 All Hallow's Eve
Cover has person with no head and is 300+ pages long
Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist
This book is 363 pages long.Task Points: 20
Total Points: 235
Jenifer30.3 Listmaker
Option 1: book from 1001 books Goodreads list
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
This book is found on page 1 of the list.
Option 2: book from a series I am already reading
Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 265
Amber20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriam
Option 1 - Book with all of the letters RESPECT in the title - the SECRET keePer
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
**The Secret Keeper is a Big Book (top MMPB=696 pgs) - claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Big Book Tickets: 4
DeborahPost 14
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
3) Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1)
Points this post:20
Total Points:265
Books read:19
Tasks Done: 14
25.7 M1nks's Task: The Games We PlayedOption 1: Read a book which has 'Autobiography' or 'Biography' as a main page genre.
, by Janet ToddOption 4: read a book with a cover that is at least 50% black according to TinEye.
, by Timothy B. Tyson60.8% Black
Points this post: 25
Total points: 375/1010
Total tasks: 30/58
Total books: 35/79
JUKKA25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
Option 1: Book with main page genre Biography or Autobiography.
Kuolet vain kahdesti by Valtteri Suomalainen has Biography. The title translates as "You Only Die Twice", and it's the humorous memoir of a forensic autopsy assistant.
Option 3: Book with the main page genre Humor.
How to Attract the Wombat by Will Cuppy. It was first published in 1935, so a Golden Oldie.
Total Points: 350/1010
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 28/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
M1nks5.2 - My Family and Other Animals (1)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 640
Golden Oldies tickets: 8
Big Book tickets: 3
M1nks 5.4 - Lonesome Road Pub 1939 (Lonesome Road - length)
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 5
Total points: 645
Golden Oldies tickets: 9
Big Book tickets: 3
M1nks 10.6 - Jill the Reckless - Pub 1920 (This book is set at least 50% in New York)
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 10
Total points: 655
Golden Oldies tickets: 10
Big Book tickets: 3
M1nks15.6 - The Case Is Closed Pub 1937 (The Case Is Closed - length)
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
49.7 %Oil (Grey)
40.7 %Silver Chalice (Grey)
5.4 %Dove Grey (Grey)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 670
Golden Oldies tickets: 11
Big Book tickets: 3
M1nks15.9 - Behold, Here's Poison Pub 1937 (2. Poison)
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 15
Total points: 685
Golden Oldies tickets: 11
Big Book tickets: 3
M1nks25.1 - 1. A Twist in the Tale
2. Cecilia - 1056 Pgs/Pub 1782
* I Claim 3 x Big Book Tickets *
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 25
Total points: 710
Golden Oldies tickets: 12
Big Book tickets: 6
JUKKA20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
Book whose title is over 25 points in Scrabble.
Role-Playing Game Studies: Transmedia Foundations by Sebastian Deterding et al.
A 2× 1 pt = 2
D 1× 2 pt = 2
E 3× 1 pt = 3
G 2× 2 pt = 4
I 2× 1 pt = 2
L 2× 1 pt = 2
M 1× 3 pt = 3
N 1× 1 pt = 1
O 1× 1 pt = 1
P 1× 3 pt = 3
R 1× 1 pt = 1
S 2× 1 pt = 2
T 1× 1 pt = 1
U 1× 1 pt = 1
Y 1× 4 pt = 4
Total: 32 points
Total Points: 370/1010
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 29/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
JUKKA25.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Book 1: Book whose author's name contains none of the letters SUMO.
Alligators by Andrew Keatley.
Book 2: Book whose title contains only three of the five vowels.
London Fields by Martin Amis. Has EIO, no A or U. At 526 pages, Big Book.
Total Points: 395/1010
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 30/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Readerboard Name: Absurda50.1
Step 1: Choose Your Starter
State which bucket you're using when you post: NonFiction
Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
Step 2: Elite Four
Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
416 pages
Previous works by the author includes: Polio: An American Story
Note: The edition I read is listed under the author David Oshinsky, Polio: An American Story also has an addition under this name so I liked to that. Other editions of both books (as well as more works) are listed under David M. Oshinsky
Final Step: Champion
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
This was the example given in the task.
Points this task:
Total Points to date:
Nick KY30.4 Schatzie’s Chunkster
I chose the one book option and read a book with “Historical fiction” as an MPG,
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber. 835 pp
CLAIM 2 Big Book Tickets
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 645
Big Books So Far: 500+ (3) 750+ (1) = 5 BB tickets
Kim O25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLove
Option B: #FallingForFall
Book 1: Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
Pirate Latitudes
Book 2: Read a book from this list: Best Books to Read in Autumn.
This House is Haunted Found on page 4
Points this task: 25
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Option 2, specific bird (starling) in title: Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
total = 730
25.3 Beth NC's Task: Cards Against HumanityChoose one question/phrase from Option A and one from Option B. Read a book that meets the criteria and provides an answer or completes the phrase. Include the question with your answer when you post.
Option A
Read a book with a one or two word title.
3) Money can't buy me love, but it can buy me
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Option B
Read a book with three or more words in the title.
1) Next time on Dr. Phil, How to talk to your child about
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Points This Task: 25
BB:
GO:
Total Points: 540
Total BB: 5
Total GO: 4
Total Tasks: 28
Mod
25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Book 1, 2 word title:
1) Why can’t I sleep at night?
Midnight Sun
Book 2, 4 word title:
3) Wes Anderson’s new film tells the story of a precocious child coming to terms with Letters from the Dead
I read the kindle: Letters from the Dead
total = 755
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25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
option A, Olympic athlete: Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream by Ibtihaj Muhammad
option C, from page 2 #163:
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits by Tommy Caldwell
total = 780
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30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
option 1, first published 2014: Hangman by Stephan Talty
option 5, sports genre non-fiction: Take Your Eye Off the Puck: How to Watch Hockey By Knowing Where to Look by Greg Wyshynski
total = 810
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30.2 - MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIES
option 3, title words COF in COurt RooF, male author: City Of Fire by Robert Ellis, 357 pages
option 5, nonfiction Transport genre, male author, purple P, E in title and green T, R in title on the cover:
Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile by Taras Grescoe, 336 pages357 + 336 = 693
total = 840
20.10 - Group ReadsGenre: Fiction > Adventure - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Discussion Thread
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah 435 p. 29 october 2018 3 stars (440 p. Edition
)Discussion post
Points in this post: 20 points
Total points: 1010 points
6 tickets GO
13 tickets BB
Laurah3025.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
Opt 2 Read a book first published in 2014.
Dept. of Speculation published in 2014.
Opt 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: Meagan Martin's Outdoor Climbs. Minimum 2 word titles.
Lady Susan (LS) can be found in Pamplemousse Brione, Switzerland
published in 1837 - claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket
GO Total - 2
15.10 - Ticket to RideRead a book that has the MPG genre that corresponds to the number you rolled and has a cover that is at least 50% the color you spun according to TinEye.
I rolled 5=fantasy and white
I read
which is 68.5% white. For purpose of page length verification , here is link to MMPB
New points: 15
Total challenge Points: 495
JUKKA25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLove
Option A:
Book 1: Book from the Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018 list.
Saga, Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan is on page 1.
Book 2: Book by an author who uses at least one initial in their name.
Justice, Inc. by Michael E. Uslan.
Total Points: 420/1010
Total Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 31/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
KarolynTask 20.7 The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Option 3 - Read a book that feature some vampires or Werewolfs
The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore
Also claiming 1 Golden Oldie - first published in 1933
Points This Post = 20
Total Points to Date = 170
Books Read = 10
Tasks Completed = 6
Golden Oldies = 3 tickets
Big Books = 4 tickets
Congratulations, Ava Catherine! Task 30.3 in the Winter challenge is yours.
StaceyNC10.6 - Original Six
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.
Brotherhood in Death by JD Robb
Completed: 10/29/18
How it Fits: Takes place in New York City
Reference: Eve is employed as a homicide detective in NYPSD (New York Police and Security Department)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 215
Pamela326520.10 - Group Reads
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - My post is #28.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 170
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
5.9: BoggleUsing 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.
Assault and Beadery
And
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against HumanityChoose one question or phrase from option A and one from option B. Read a book with a title meets the criteria and would provide an answer to the question or complete the phrase. The answer can be serious, sarcastic or funny.
Option A – Read a book with a one or two word title that answers one of the following questions or completes the phrase. Subtitles should be ignored.
2) Why do I hurt all over? Deadly Brew
Option B – Read a book with a title that has three or more words in the title that can complete the phrase. Subtitles should be ignored.
1) Next time on Dr. Phil, How to talk to your child about Of Murder and Men
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 235
Total Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Cait S25.3- Cards Against Humanity
Choose one question or phrase from option A and one from option B. Read a book with a title meets the criteria and would provide an answer to the question or complete the phrase.
Book #1
1) Why can’t I sleep at night?
Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione
Book #2
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
Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 85
Julia103REPOST
20.5 - 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 ebook was approved for length in post 7052 of the ebook verification thread.*
This post: 20 points
Total points: 435
Total BB: 8
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 29
Sara G25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A – Read a book with a one or two word title that answers one of the following questions or completes the phrase. Subtitles should be ignored.
3) Money can’t buy me love, but it can buy me...
The Turquoise by Anya Seton
**The Turquoise is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1946). I claim one GO ticket.**
Option B – Read a book with a title that has three or more words in the title that can complete the phrase. Subtitles should be ignored.
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 Winter Scandal by Candace Camp
Points this post: 25
Total points: 380
Sara G5.7: 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.
These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
SETTLERS OF CATAN
Points this post: 5
Total points: 385
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50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON
I’m using the Bulbasaur bucket – mystery and nonfiction genres.
Step 1: The Knowledge by Martha Grimes
I read the ebook but have linked to the hardcover. Paperback not expected until 2019.
Mystery genre, 364 pages.
Step 2: Hand In Glove by Robert Goddard
Mystery genre, 528 pages, stand alone, not author’s first book
I would like to claim one BB ticket.
Step 3: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
430 pages, Goodreads choice award 2015, Washington State book award 2016, Approved/locked in for nonfiction genre and 4.08 rating in Help thread, post #58
Total # of pages: 1322 > 750
Points this task: 50
Total points to date: 340
Number of tasks completed: 17
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 3