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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Ana20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb.
V 1x4pt=4
E 4x1pt=4
N 3x1pt=3
G 1x2pt=2
A 2x1pt=2
C 1X3pt=3
I 1x1pt= 1
D 1x2pt=2
T 1x1pt=1
H 1x4pt=4
Total: 26 Points
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks Completed:7
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages: 2110
Sophie15.4
Option 2 - book 2-10 of series; Jack, queen, king or ace in title, series or author name
Without Fail by Lee Child
Book 6 of Jack Reacher series
Total
370
Diana K.Task 30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Listmaker
Option 1: Work On It- Read a book from 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die
Half of a Yellow Sun on page 3
Option 2: Catch-up- Read a book from a series that you have already started, but have not yet caught up to the latest release.
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party There now are 18 books in the series.
Total points: 505
Claiming 1 BB ticket
Nick KY30.1 Ava Catherine’s SEC Football I read the following:
Signs in the Blood by Vicki Lane, takes place in North Carolina, author lives in North Carolina (Opt 4)
Little League Confidential: One Coach's Completely Unauthorized Tale of Survival by William Geist, “Sports” as GR genre (Opt. 5)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 675
Nick KYOops! -- Only North Carolina has no SEC schools in it. So I'm back to the drawing board on this one.
Total Points So Far: 645
Alycia 5.6: Simon Says
Bed, Breakfast & Bones by Carolyn L. Dean
Points this post: 5
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 23
Beth_NC5.4 Hiking - Lowcountry Punch by Boo Walker
aPaLachian trail
Points: 545
Tasks: 27
Books: 40
Pages: 14488
Big Books: 3
Beth_NC 10.1 These Are the Droids - Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Cinder is a cyborg
Points: 555
Tasks: 28
Books: 41
Pages: 14875
Big Books: 3
Beth_NC 10.10 9,10,11 - Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Author name begins with I
Points: 565
Tasks: 29
Books: 42
Pages: 15102
Big Books: 3
Andy P.Task # 25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLove
Option B: #FallingForFall
Book 1: Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein
First published October 2017
Book 2: Read a book from this list: Best Books to Read in Autumn
Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield Page 2 # 101
Points this post: 25
Total points: 530
Beth_NC 15.1 Dig It - Pool C
Book 1 - Blood Kissed by Keri Arthur
Set in Australia
Book 2 - Burn by James Patterson
Set in USA
Points: 580
Tasks: 30
Books: 44
Pages: 15870
Big Books: 3
Beth_NC 15.5 Nonfiction November - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Page 1
Points: 595
Tasks: 31
Books: 45
Pages: 16127
Big Books: 3
Beth_NC 20.1 Scrabble - Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
A 2x1=2
B 1X3=3
E 3X1=3
G1X2=2
H 2X4=8
K 1X5=5
N 1X1=1
R 1X1=1
S 2X1=2
T 2X1=2
U 1X1=1
Y 1X4=4
TOTAL OF 34
Points: 615
Tasks: 32
Books: 46
Pages: 16301
Big Books: 3
Janice CA15.7 - Pay Up
Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8.
Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady by Vikki Warner
pages: 280
+15
total: 40
tasks: 3
books: 3
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In MemoriamOption 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.
I listened to audio version, linked to paperback Recipes for a Beautiful Life: A Memoir in Stories
RESPEC in Recipes, and T in Beautiful
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 515
Cordelia30.3 Listmaker
Option 1 Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee (No 509 On page 6 of list)
Option 2 The Last Colony by John Scalzi #3 0f "Old Man's War Series.
There are 6 books in the series.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 570
JUKKA20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
Option 1: Book set in 1914-1918 in one of the warring countries in Europe.
Mr. Britling Sees it Through by H.G. Wells is set in 1914-1915 in England. It was also first published in 1916, so Golden Oldie.
Total Points: 455/1010
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 33/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
StaceyNC15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 1: Read TWO books.
Book 1: 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
Book: Off the Record
Completed: 10/31/18
Toy: Erector Set
AND
Book 2: 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.
Book: Off Sides
Author: Sawyer Bennett
Completed: 9/17/18
Toy: Bubbles
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 230
Task 25.5- In Memory of Denis TenOption 1: Read a book that was first published in 1993.
The Summoning (1993) by Bentley Little (Mass Market Paperback, 542 pages)
** The Summoning is a Big Book, pagecount: 542 pages **
Option 3: Read a book with all letters from DENIS TEN in the title and/or subtitle.
The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion (2006) by Loren D. Estleman (Hardcover, First Edition, 272 pages)
The A d v ent ur es of Johnny Verm i llio n
Pagecount: 542 + 272 = 814 > 600 pages
150 + 25 = 175
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 150 + 25 = 175
Books read: 11
Pages read: 3,057
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and OutdoorsOption B. GOLD MEDAL
The English Patient (published in 1992)
Option E. COZY
Death of a Scriptwriter (Cozy Mystery)
Total points: 190
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: ScrabbleA Guide for Murdered Children by Sarah Sparrow
400 pages
A = 1
Guide = 8
for = 6
Murdered = 12
Children = 14
Total = 41 points
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 545
KATRINA T15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2.
Us Against You found in dUncAn Yo yo
Fredrik Backman found in FrisBee
Points this task: 15
Total points: 175
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 12
Anja15.6 - Checkmate
Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye.
Forever My Girl by Heidi McLaughlin
(99,1% grey)POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 155
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 10
Anja20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
Option 3: The Armistice. Read a book which is #1, #8, #9, #11, #18 or #19 in a series.
Salvatore (Benedetti Brothers #1) by Natasha Knight
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 175
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 11
Anja20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
3. Beater: The original task requires reading a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the term FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. For this option, you may read a book by an author that has one initial in the phrase and one initial that is one letter off from a letter in the phrase.
Trust by Jana Aston
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 195
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 12
Anja30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Option 2: Author
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words SEC CONFERENCE.
Archangel's Prophecy by Nalini Singh
Option 4: The South
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the SEC states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida. Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.
Siren in Waiting (Texas Sirens #5) by Sophie Oak
Book is set in Texas, as it can be seen from the series name.
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 225
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 13
Didi30235.1 - Baseball
Read a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation - 3, 4, 9, 13, etc...………
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 5
Didi30235.2 - The Tour de France
Read a book from this list: Wanderlust.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
page 1
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 10
Didi30235.3: International Football
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup...
My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
setting: Iceland
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 15
Didi30235.7: Settlers of Catan
Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 20
Didi30235.9: 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.
Soon
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 25
Didi30235.10: Our favorite recreation!
Read a book of your choice.
The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 30
25.2 - 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.
Book read: In Pursuit of Miss Eliza Cynster
How it fits: 528 pages (MMPB edition: Précieuse Eliza)
Claiming 1 BB Ticket
Option 4: read a book that includes all the letters of one of the tiles in the author's first and last name.
Book read: Fever 1793
How it fits: Author's (Laurie Halse Anderson) name has all letters from season.
Children MPG: IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7.0
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Total points: 435
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 27
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 3
DULCINELLARepost 2588
20.10 - Group Reads
Genre: 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
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Rina's task: In Memory of Denis Ten
Option 1: I read Along Came a Spider by James Patterson. It was first published February 1st, 1993. 449 pages
Option 3: I read Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked by James Lasdun. 224 pages
D=stalkeD
E=givE
N=everythiNg
I=gIve
S=Stalked
T=sTalked
E=mE
N=oN
224+449=673 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 680
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 56
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
15.7 - Pay UpMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (288pp)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 24
50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMONBulbasaur, I choose you!!
Bob Woodward
Step 1: Choose Your Starter -BulbasaurThe Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNeal
◾MPG: mystery
Step 2: Elite Four - Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
◾MPG: nonfiction
◾not part of a series
◾not author's 1st book All the Presidents Men published in 1974
◾420 pages = >300 pages
Final Step: Champion - Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George
◾ MPG: nonfiction (and mystery)
◾ 4.08 rating = >4.0 average
◾Agatha Award winner for Best First Novel 1996
All books were approved on the help thread.
points: 185
Books read: 15
tasks completed: 9
tasks in progress: 1
BIg Books: 5
pages read: 4839
Mod
I read Assassination Vacation - I read the kindle edition, but linked to the top paperback edition. "Assassination" is on the list of commonly misspelled words (2nd line of list in help thread).
Total points: 495
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.
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 592 pages.
**Lair of Dreams is a Big Book (592 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
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 is a Big Book (794 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets (over 750 pages).**
This book title Stilwell and the American Experience contains AEI, no O or U.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410
5.7 Settlers of CatanRead a single author book were the author's first and last initials can be found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
Book Read: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Points This Task: 5
BB:
GO:
Total Points: 545
Total BB: 5
Total GO: 4
Total Tasks: 29
Joanne MITask 20.6-Careers-Relationships often bring happiness. Read a book with more than one person on the cover. The people on the cover must look like humans.
Devil's Brood
Claiming 2 BB's at 730 pages
Points this task 20
Total points 220
BB's 9
MIKE DENNIS15.4 - It's a Deal: Option 2: ONE book
Green Arrow, Vol. 3: The Trial of Oliver Queen
Part 1: has the face card "Queen" in the subtitle
Part 2: is #3 in series Green Arrow (1988) Collected Editions
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Current Post: Points: 15
Total: Points: 255 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;
15.3,15.4,15.6,15.8,15.9; 20.2,20.5; 50.1 using 22 books.
Joanne MITask 25.10 Listy Love
Option A-#ASwapOfIceAndFire
Book 1 Read a book from this list of Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018.
Age of War # 5 on page 1
Book 2 In honor of George R.R. Martin, read a book by a single author who uses at least one initial in their name as it appears on Goodreads.
Age of Myth Michael J. Sullivan
Points this task 25
Total points 245
Total BB's 9
Amy FL20.10 - Group Reads
Nonfiction Award Winners - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women - my review is in post #29
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
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10.6 - 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.
Brief Cases by Jim Butcher
Book is set more than 50% in Chicago.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)