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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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10.4 - 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
The Bone Snatcher by Charlotte Salter IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10.0
DeborahPost 18
30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
14 letters each
1) Blood of My Blood 468 pages
2) Just Call My Name 352 pages
468+352=820/600 pages
Points this post:30
Total Points:395
Books read:27
Tasks Done: 18
Coralie5.9 Boggle
Using the word ‘man’ from the second column
Nowhere Man
This post 5 points
Total to date 660 points
Readerboard name: witchygal10.4 - 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.
I read Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. Author's first and last initial (M. S.) is found in target phrase - Mickey mouSe.
Points for this task: 10
Total points for Fall 2018: 275
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Mod
I chose option 1 and read Robert B. Parker's Blood Feud (top hardcover edition is Robert B. Parker's Blood Feud - no MMPB or PB edition).
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley - anticipated publication date is November 27, 2018.
Total points: 715
Julia10310.9 - International Sudoku Day
The Adventuress by Tasha Alexander
This post: 10 points
Total points: 510
Total BB: 11
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 35
5.9 BoggleRead a book which includes a word of at least 3 letters from the supplied boggle board in its title/subtitle.
Used the word 'AND'.
Book Read: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
Points This Task: 5
BB:
GO:
Total Points: 615
Total BB: 5
Total GO: 5
Total Tasks: 36
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - All Hallow's Eve
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. I read Bodies in Motion by Mary Anne Mohanraj (304p)
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 595
30.5 Sandy's Task: Celebrate the EquinoxRead 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
Freshwater, by Akwaeke Emezi
Amberlough, by Lara Elena Donnelly
These two books each have 10 characters in their title.
Freshwater has 229 pages and Amberlough has 400 for a total of 629 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 525/1010
Total tasks: 37/58
Total books: 45/79
Sarah E20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
The Floating Admiral
I read the kindle edition, top MMP is The Floating Admiral - 320 pages
THE 1 + 4 + 1 = 6
FLOATING 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 12
ADMIRAL 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 10
28 points in total
T x 2
H x 1
E x 1
F x 1
L x 2
O x 1
A x 3
I x 2
N x 1
G x 1
D x 1
M x 1
R x 1
Golden Oldie (first published 1931). I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 180
Total GO tickets: 2
Sarah E30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
Book 1: Armada
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Armada - 384 pages
Book 2: The MEG
I read the ebook, the top MMP is Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror - 352 pages
384 + 352 = 736 pages
Total points: 210
25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against HumanityA3, Money can't buy me love, but it can buy me Small Blessings.
B1, Next time on Dr. Phil, how to talk to your child about Winter in Paradise.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410
20.4 - IN MEMORIAMOPTION 1 - [book:The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship|7994945
TOTAL POINTS - 480
loafer25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs
1. Carnival Games - Use the Goodreads Book Randomizer 3 times. Choose a word from the title, subtitle or series of one of the books. Read a book with your chosen word in the title, subtitle, or series title.
hits:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
**https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
word = YEAR
book: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
6. Barns - Read a book which has been written by an author with an animal that appears intact in their name.
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
liv constANTine
points: 620
BB: 7
GO: 4
tasks completed: 33
Stephanie1275.6: Simon Says: Read a book where the title/subtitle contains at least 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter.
Woman World
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110/1010
Tasks completed: 9/58
Books read: 10
5.6: Simon SaysA book whose title contains 2 consecutive words beginning with the same letter: About a Dog by Jenn McKinlay
Points this post: 5
Total points: 415
Diana K.Task 30.2 - MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIES
Opt 2. read a book whose page numbers include 2 of the numbers 2, 4, 6
Britt-Marie Was Here
Opt 4 read a Book written by a single author that shares first and last initials with one of the players we saw: AC, JB, MB, GI, JI, KA, RN, ND.
The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
Total points: 710
30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox600 Pages: 504 + 123 = 627 pages
11 letters each
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 310
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - 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
!.1) Why can’t I sleep at night?
Answer: Desert Shadows by Betty Webb
Option B – Read a book with a title that has three or more words in the title that can complete the phrase
1) Next time on Dr. Phil, How to talk to your child about ________________.
Answer The Man from Primrose Lane by James Renner
Points this post: 25
Total points: 670
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.10 Our favorite recreation!
I read Shipwreck Volume 1 by Warren Ellis and Phil Hester.
Previous point total: 255
New points this post: 5
Total points: 260
Total tasks completed: 21
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
I chose Option 3. I read Not the Duke’s Darling by Elizabeth Hoyt, book 1 in The Greycourt series. I read an ARC.
Previous point total: 260
New points this post: 20
Total points: 280
Total tasks completed: 22
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Ana20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
Option 3: Marrying Miss Marshal by Lacy Williams. It is the first book in the series Wild Wyoming Hearts.
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks Completed:8
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages: 2398
Cait S20.3- 11am on 11 November 1918
Option 3
Read a book which is #1, #8, #9, #11, #18 or #19 in a series.
Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: ScrabbleThe Story of the Trapp Family Singers (320 pages)
A 2× 1 pt = 2
E 3× 1 pt = 3
F 2x 4 pt = 8
G 1× 2 pts = 2
H 2× 4 pts = 8
I 2× 1 pt = 2
L 1× 1 pt = 1
M 1× 3 pts =3
N 1× 1 pt = 1
O 2x 1 pt = 2
P 2× 3 pts =6
R 3× 1 pt =3
S 3x 1 pt = 3
T 4× 1 pt = 4
Y 2× 4 pts = 8
Total: 56 points
*** One Golden Oldie claimed - published in 1949
Total points: 260
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Amy FL10.3 - Happy Trails to You
A House in the Sky - approved in message 6 for Travel
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
3. Beater, A. The Trust (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart series, #4)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Amy FL25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs
2. Rides:
- approved in message 26. Barns: Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard - "CAT"herine
Points this post: 25
Total points: 280
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: BoardgamesOption 4 - Campaign
Double-Booked for Death by Ali Brandon
author's initials (AB) found in BONAPARTE
Total points: 170 + 20 = 190
30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of ClueOption 1: Suspects
~ 77.0% yellow - matches Colonel MustardOption 3: Rooms
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
author's initials (EH) found in Kitchen
Total points: 190 + 30 = 220
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch2. Chaser: Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst
initial letters in title (LAF) found in VANILLA and MRS FIX-IT
Total points: 220 + 20 = 240
Nick KY30.2 Mazza1’s Tennis Memories
Book 1. Option 1 book has MP genre of “Humor.” I read Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt . 320 pp
Book 2. Option 3 Three word title, all words begin with a letter in CENTRE COURT ROOF. I read Uncle Tom's Children by Richard Wright. 301 pp -- “UTC” in “CoUrT”
All authors are male.
Uncle Tom’s Children has green in the cubistic portrait on the cover.
Total Page count = 621 pp > required 600
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 780
Amy the book bat25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLove
Option C: #WitchPlease
Book 1: Read a book with MPG Witches (genre may be embedded) or found on this list: Wicca and other Pagan-based Fiction. Required: If using the list option, state which page your book is found on when you post.
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the four main characters (or the actresses who played them) from the classic 90s witch movie The Craft: Sarah Bailey (played by Robin Tunney), Nancy Downs (Fairuza Balk), Bonnie Harper (Neve Campbell), and Rochelle Zimmerman (Rachel True). Names must match exactly, but can be found in any position.
Book 1: The Bone Witch MPG Paranormal > Witches
Book 2: Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake by Sarah Graves
(Sarah)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 635
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 6
Books read: 54
Tasks completed: 44
loafer10.2 - The Great War
Read a book that has been shelved as "World War I" from this list: Popular World War I books
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
found on page 1
points: 630
BB: 7
GO: 4
tasks completed: 34
20.4 - In MemoriamOption 1: I read The Moon Princess: Memories of the Shan States by Sao Sanda.
RESPECT can be found in The Moon Princess.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 140
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
The Atomic Weight of Love
352 pages
T 3x1 pt = 3
H 2x4 pt = 8
E 3x1 pt = 3
A 1x1 pt = 1
0 3 x1 pt = 3
M 1 x3 pt = 3
I 2x1 pt = 2
C 1x3 pt =3
W 1x4 pt = 4
G 1x2 pt = 2
F 1x4 pt = 4
L 1x1 pt = 1
V 1x 4 pt = 4
Total 41 Points
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 220
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 14
Total Books read: 15
Shannon South Africa5.7 Settlers of Catan
Author initials in "Settlers of Catan"
Nlp Made Easy: How to Use Neuro-Linguistic Programming to Change Your Life by Ali Campbell
Task points: 5
Challenge points: 155
Cordelia Repost25'10 Litsy Love
Option B
Book 1:The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story by Stephen R. Donaldson
Published in November 1990
Book 2: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Book is on page 1 of list (no 68)
Points 25
Total points: 655
Coralie5.2 The Tour de France
From page 6 of the list
The Glass Palace
This post 5 points
Total to date 665 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.8: Go and Parcheesi
I read The Bhagavad Gita. It is set in India.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 905
Tasks completed: 52
Books read: 72
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 - Pay Up
I read The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. It has 288 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 920
Tasks completed: 53
Books read: 73
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
TessaVanessa\Challenge 20.1 Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
I read The Devil and Webster by Jean Hanff Korelitz. It has 368 pages
T=1x2=2
H=4x1=4
E=1x4=4
D=2x2=4
V=4x1=4
I=1x1=1
L=1x1=1
A=1x1=1
N=1x1=1
W=4x1=4
B=3x1=3
S=1x1=1
R=1x1=1
Total points 31
Points this post: 20
Total points: 940
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 74
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Task 10.8 – Happy Anniversary SRC!First published June 5, 2018
There There
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: There There 304 p
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 370 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Task 25.5 – RIna – In Memory of Denis TenREQUIRED: 600+ Pages: 384 + 256 = 640 pg
Option 3 – All letters DENIS TEN in title
D – window / E – year / N – window / I – climbed / S – disappeared / T – The /
E – climbed / N – and
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared - 384 pg
Option 4 – Total pages includes ‘25’ intact
Exit West - 256 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 395 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Task 25.7 – M1nks – The Games We PlayedOption 2: M.p.g. World War II
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
I listened to the audio / MMP: Damkören i Chilbury - 397 p
Option 4: At least 50% black cover
TinEye: #171014 59.7 % Seal Brown (Black)
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 420 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Megan Rae15.8 - Spell it Out
Task: The highest scoring tiles in the game of Scrabble are Q and Z. Read a book with one of these letters in the title/subtitle or author's name.
- Completed 12th NovemberHow it fits: Title begins with Z
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 90
Tasks Complete: 10
Shawn H.25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
1. Game of Life - 'Autobiography' or 'Biography' as a main page genre
The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights and Other Appreciations by John McCain
2. Escape from Colditz - 'Spy' or 'Espionage' as a main page genre.
From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 75
Big Ticket Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
JoAnne MI 20.2 Sophies Board Gamesoption 4 Campaign -Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NapoleaN bonaparte
Crucible of Gold Naomi Novik
Points this task 20
Total Points 325
BB's 8
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite HikeOption 3: Twilight. Read a book with werewolves.
Dead Heat
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Choose one task from the following four options and read a book that fits that task.
Required: State which option you used when you post.
2. Read a book with the word "bird" or the name of a specific bird in the title or subtitle. Plurals, possessives and compound words are allowed and the book does not have to be about birds.
The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley - 627 pages
I listened to the audio version and have linked to the MMPB for page count
******I claim 1 BB Ticket for 627 pages******
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 295/1010
Tasks Completed: 14/58
GO: 0
BB: 3