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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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5.2 - The Tour de FranceI read Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham.
This book is on page 2 at position #138.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 120
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 9
MIKE DENNIS15.9 - Get a Clue: Mystery MPG & Characteristic 3 (name in title)
The Bourne Supremacy
Request a Big Book ticket, as MMPB (I ‘read’ the audio) comes in at 688 pp.
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Current Post: Points: 15, BB
Total: Points: 225 GO: - BB: 2
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.6-5.7,5.9; 10.3,10.6,10.7,10.9,10.10;
15.3,15.6,15.8, 15.9; 20.2,20.5; 50.1 using 19 books.
MIKE DENNIS5.4 - Hiking: “APPALACHIAN TRAIL”
The Algebraist
Request TWO Big Book tickets, as MMPB (I ‘read’ the audio) comes in at 789 pp.
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Current Post: Points: 5, 2x BB
Total: Points: 230 GO: - BB: 4
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.4,5.6-5.7,5.9; 10.3,10.6,10.7,10.9,10.10;
15.3,15.6,15.8,15.9; 20.2,20.5; 50.1 using 20 books.
Suzannesea30.3 Dlmrose's Task
Option 1. Read a book from 1000 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx is on page 2 (#157).
Option 2. Read a book from a series that you have already started (not the first or the latest book).
Cruel as the Grave by Sharon Kay Penman is the second of four books in the Justin de Quincy series.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 310
10.6 Original SixRead 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.
The Devoted, by Blair Hurley
The Devoted is set in Boston and New York (both of which were among the Original Six). GR Description: "Nicole Hennessy’s life revolves around her Zen practice at the Boston Zendo. . . . Even as she reinvents herself in New York City, . . . ."
Points this post: 10
Total points: 385/1010
Total tasks: 31/58
Total books: 36/79
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1 and read
. I read and linked to the kindle edition for cover purposes - the top paperback, for page purposes, is
- 288 pages.The 4th MPG is Humor, and the book has a whole line of green trees on the cover. Male author.
For my second book, I used option 4 and read
by Jim Butcher - author initials "JB." I listened to the audio book, but linked to the MMPB for page purposes - 541 pages.Both male authors, one book with green on the cover, page total 288 + 541 = 829 (>600)
Total points: 455
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1, and read
. Suspect, Mrs. White - name "White" in title.For my second book, I used option 3, and read
by Elly Griffiths. I read a kindle ARC of this book, linked to the top paperback edition (no MMPB). Author's initials, EG, appear in lounGE.Total points: 485
Jasmiina F10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!:
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials are found in MICKEY MOUSE:
Pila by Milan Kundera.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike:
Option 3. C: Read a book that features vampires or werewolves:
Undead and Uneasy by MaryJanice Davidson.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 105
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
REPOSTM1nks
15.6 -
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: 710
Golden Oldies tickets: 12
Big Book tickets: 6
Bookwrm526Task 15.9 - Get a Clue
I chose option 1, read a book with the MPG mystery that contains a person's name in the title/subtitle. The name should be used in reference someone in the book. I read Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit by Amy Stewart. Miss Kopp is the main character.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 455
Megan Rae5.9: Boggle
Task: 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.
- Completed 30th OctoberHow it fits: Word "Bones" found in Boggle board and in title
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70
Tasks Complete: 8
20.7 - Shorter is SweeterOption 2: I read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling.
The book has phoenix in the title, which is a mythical bird.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 140
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 10
loafer15.7 - Pay Up
Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8.
Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
no mmpb. pb: Dad Is Fat 288 pages
points: 510
BB: 4
GO: 3
tasks completed: 28
Beth_NCREPOST
15.10 Ticket to Ride -
Thicker Than Water by Maggie ShayneRolled a 2 and Brown.
Genre is Mystery and cover is 70.3% Brown
loafer25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLove
Option B: #FallingForFall
Book 1: Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
published November 2009
claiming "big book" - mmpb: The Lacuna 688 pages
Book 2: Read a book from this list: Best Books to Read in Autumn.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
found on page 1 of list (#15)
claiming "big book" at 516 pages
points: 535
BB: 6
GO: 3
tasks completed: 29
Beth_NC5.1 Baseball - Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper
Book is #3 in Bishop/Special Crimes Unit
Points: 530
Tasks: 24
Books: 37
Pages: 13643
Big Book Tickets: 3
Beth_NC5.2 Tour de France - Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Page 1
Points: 535
Tasks: 25
Books: 38
Pages: 13864
Big Book Tickets: 3
15.10Rolled a 5 = mpg Fantasy
Spun Black
The Hazel Wood
55.6% black (black)
9.9% nero (black)
New total: 410
Beth_NC5.3 International Football - Scandalous Behavior by Stuart Woods
Set in England
Points: 540
Tasks: 25
Books: 38
Pages: 14216
Big Book Tickets: 3
MIKE DENNIS10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking For:
Dreadnought
The cyborg codenamed Utopia is identified in the GR book description
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Current Post: Points: 10
Total: Points: 240 GO: - BB: 4
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.4,5.6-5.7,5.9; 10.1,10.3,10.6,10.7,10.9,10.10;
15.3,15.6,15.8,15.9; 20.2,20.5; 50.1 using 21 books.
MAZZA120.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
Help Thread
Your book must be at least 300 pages in length.
Read a book with a cover featuring a person without a head. No part of the head (anything above the neck) may be visible but, at least 50% of the torso must be shown. For the purposes of this task, the torso is defined as the area from the shoulder to hip.
Required: Include cover in your post.
approved in post 2 of thread top linePoints this post = 20
Total points to date = 970
Books read = 74
Tasks completed =54
Golden Oldies =3
Big Books = 4
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: BoardgamesOption 4: Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Book read: The Dragonslayer's Sword
How it fits: Author's (Resa Nelson) initials are RN.
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Total points: 410
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 26
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
15.10 - Ticket to RideRolled: 2 - Mystery
Spun: Grey
~ 69.5 % grey
15.6 - Checkmate
~ 82.9% black & grey
25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLoveOption B: #FallingForFall
Book 1: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
first published October 1920
Book 2: Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb ~ p. 5
Total points: 80 + 25 = 105
Amy the book bat25.2 - TessaVanessa's task: Game on!
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. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
(OLD) The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Option 4: Pick one of the special 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. Middle names may be used if they appear in the Goodreads information. If the book has multiple authors, only one author must fit the task. However, all the letters of the tile must appear in one author's name.
Example: season = James Patterson
Required: Specify which tile you are using when you post.
season = James Patterson Mary, Mary
Points this task: 25
Total points: 490
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 34
Amy the book bat30.7 - DianaK's task: Hadrian's Wall
Option 4: Read a book about someone's hiking journey. The book should be about a particular person's journey. Examples include A Walk in the Woods, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Northern Soles: A Coast to Coast Walk, Sunrises to Santiago: Searching for Purpose on the Camino de Santiago, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Option 5: Read a book that has all the letters of either ONCE BREWED or TWICE BREWED in the title/subtitle.
Literary Starbucks: Fresh-Brewed, Half-Caf, No-Whip Bookish Humor (Twice Brewed)
Literary Starbucks: Fresh-Brewed, Half-Caf, No-Whip Bookish Humor
Points this task: 30
Total points: 520
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 35
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil Simon
I chose Option 1. I read American Housewife by Helen Ellis (paperback), MPG of Humor.
Previous point total: 210
New points this post: 20
Total points: 230
Total tasks completed: 18
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
I chose Option 3. I read
by Harper Lee and Fred Fordham. There are three people on the cover - Scout, Atticus, and Tom.Previous point total: 230
New points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Total tasks completed: 19
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Coralie15.7 Pay Up
Book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5 and 8
Kingyo Used Books, Vol. 2 208 pages
This post 15 points
Total to date 605 points
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)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 4 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.4 - 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
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.5 - 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: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Option 2 'bird'
Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kayla CRepost
5.3: International Football
Erotic 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
Kayla CRepost
25.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Option 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
Kayla C15.2 Spring and Fall
Book 1
The Spring Girls by Anna Todd
Book 2
Autumn Brides: A Year of Weddings Novella Collection by Kathryn Springer
total points: 320
BB: 4
GO: 0
Kayla C25.3 Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A, 3
Money can't buy me love, but it can buy me Everything, Everything
by Nicola Yoon
Option B, 3
Wes Anderson’s new film tells the story of a precocious child coming to terms with All We Ever Wanted
by Emily Giffin
total points: 345
BB: 4
GO:0
Shree15.10 - Ticket to Ride
I rolled 5: Fantasy and spun brown.
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
#e1b980 84.8 %Maize (Brown)
#9a846 35.5 %Sorrell Brown (Brown)
#cb493 13.3 %Trinidad (Brown)
#c9624 12.4 %Dark Coral (Orange)
#594d3b 2.3 %Metallic Bronze (Brown)
#35302c 1.7 %Acadia (Brown)
**pg 752 Claiming 2 BB Tickets**
Points in Post: 15
BB Tickets in Post: 2
GO Tickets in Post: 0
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Total Points: 110
BB Tickets Total: 3
GO Tickets Total: 2
SALLY M.15.1 Dig It
Pool B: Egypt
Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Pool B: France
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 33
Pages read: 12,426
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Task 30.5 - Celebrate the Equinoxtotal 600+ pages
read two books with title lengths the same (all chars except spaces count)
book 1:Captain's Fury
598p - claiming BB ticket
book 2: Princep's Fury
535p - claiming BB ticket
CAP / TAI / N'S / FURY
PRI / NCE / PS' / FURY
598 + 535 >>600
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685 points
JUKKA15.4 - It's a Deal
Option 1:
Book 1: Book with Ace, King, or Queen in title/subtitle.
The Spider, Vol. 1: Terror of the Zombie Queen by David Liss.
Book 2: Book that is #2-#10 in a series.
Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil by Mike Mignola is #2 in Hellboy.
Total Points: 435/1010
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 32/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!Wind Rider (Tales of a New World #3) by P.C. Cast
published 2018
1x Bigger is Better Tix (544 pages)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 525
Laurah3030.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
To celebrate the equinox, read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
Truly Madly Guilty 415 pages
The Quiet American 192 pages
16 characters in each title
Total # of pages = 607 pages
Delicious Dee5.5: Capture the Flag
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion - Fannie Flagg
Points this task: 5
Total points: 485
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
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5.9 - Boggle:
Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
It’s a cheesy victory, but AND is in the upper right corner of the given boggle board.
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Current Post: Points: 5
Total: Points: 210 GO: - BB: 1
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.6-5.7,5.9; 10.3,10.6,10.7,10.9,10.10; 15.3,15.6,15.8; 20.2,20.5; 50.1 using 18 books.