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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Delicious Dee30.4 – Schatzie’s task: The Chunkster
one book option
Morgan's Run - shelved as historical fiction by 164 ppl (as of 12 Nov); paperback is 848pgs - 2 big book tickets
Points this task: 30
Total points: 580
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
Louise B20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
A book with a cover featuring a person without a head.
Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 405
Number of tasks completed: 20
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 3
Kim O25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs
1. Carnival Games - Use the Goodreads Book Randomizer 3 times. Record your first 3 generated hits. Choose a word from the title, subtitle or series of one of the books. The following words may NOT be used: a, an, and, the, to. Read a book with your chosen word in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Year of Wonders Chosen word is year
Hit 1
Hit 2
The one I chose
5. Craft Building - Read a book with the MPG of art or crafts, stand alone or embedded.
Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo
Points this task: 25
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Suzannesea50.1 Shree's Task
I'm using the Bulbasaur (Mystery/Nonfiction) bucket.
Book 1.
To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear has Mystery as an mpg.
326 pages
Book 2.
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward has Nonfiction as an mpg. It is a standalone book and is not the author's first book.
420 pages
Book 3
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson has Nonfiction as an mpg. It is a standalone book and is not the author's first book. It is rated 4.08 and has won the Goodreads Choice Award for History and Biography (2015) and the Washington State Award for Nonfiction (2016).
430 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 415
Diana K.Task 5.3 International Football Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup:
The Hired Man Set in Croatia.
Total points: 715
KATRINAT10.3 - Happy Trails to You
Read a book with a main page genre of Nature or Travel. The genre may be standalone or embedded
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe, Bill Bryson
Points this task: 10
Total points: 240
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 16
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 - The Great War
I read War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. It is found on pg 1 of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 950
Tasks completed: 55
Books read: 75
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Scooter&Siam20.9 Moderator's Pet Option 1 - Book with mpg Humor
Read The Jesus Cow
Points: 20
Total: 235
10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Book read: Trick or Treat
How it fits: first published in 2018; ebook verified for length in line 3254 in the doc
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Total points: 540
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 32
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLoveOption C: #WitchPlease
Book 1: Read a book with MPG Witches
Book read: Miss Spelled
How it fits: MPG Witches
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)
Book read: The Matchmaker's Playbook
How it fits: Author's (Rachel Van Dyken) has the same first name as Rachel True
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Total points: 565
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 33
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words SEC CONFERENCE .
Book read: Courting Catherine
How it fits: Author's (Nora Roberts) initials are NR.
Option 4: 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.
Book read: All We Ever Wanted
How it fits: Set 100% in Tennessee
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Total points: 595
Books read: 44
Tasks completed: 34
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
Andy P.Task # 30.7 - DianaK's task: Hadrian's Wall
Option 1 Read a non-fiction book about the Roman Empire.
The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization byBryan Ward-Perkins
Option 2. Read a book whose total numbers of pages include both the number 8 and the number 4. Bastards by Mary Anna King (248 p.)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 700
Andy P.Task # 25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
Option 1. Read a book which has 'Autobiography' or 'Biography' as a main page genre.Find a Way by Diana Nyad Biography(30 users),
Option 2 Read a book which has 'World War II' or which has 'Spy' or 'Espionage' as a main page genre. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett Spy Thriller> Espionage (181 users)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 725
MIKE DENNIS5.10 - Our favorite recreation:
Saga, Vol. 8
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Current Post: Points: 5
Total: Points: 260 GO: - BB: 4
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.4,5.6-5.7,5.9,5.10; 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 23 books.
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 - Game On!
Option 1: Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 28, 84, or 87 in order in number of pages. I read The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter, which has 128 pages.
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. I picked DRAGON and read The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston (DOGA from Douglas and RN from Preston).
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 620
DANIELLE M20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 4: The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky
Author's initials found in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 3
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
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 GirlThe German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
Total points: 715
Christine V15.10 - Ticket to Ride
I rolled a 2 and spun the color brown.
Heartstone
The top MMPB has 640 pages. ***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 15
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
15.3 - Let's Play!Option 2: The Moment of Everything by Shelly King
TMOE = The Game of Life
SK = Etch A Sketch
Total points: 240 + 15 = 255
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: ScrabbleMurder with Ganache by Lucy Burdette
A 2× 1 = 2
C 1× 3 = 3
D 1× 2 = 2
E 2× 1 = 2
G 1× 2 = 2
H 2× 4 = 8
I 1× 1 = 1
M 1× 3 = 3
N 1× 1 = 1
R 2× 1 = 2
T 1× 1 = 1
U 1× 1 = 1
W 1× 4 = 4
Total: 32 points
320 pages
Total points: 255 + 20 = 275
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918Option 3: Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell
Gilded Newport Mysteries #1
Total points: 275 + 20 = 295
Louise BRepost for correct edition
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
A book with a cover featuring a person without a head.
Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 405
Number of tasks completed: 20
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 3
Didi30235.4 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.
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 35
Karolyn20.2 Boardgames
Down and Out in Paris and London
MPG Travel
Golden Oldie - Published in 1933
Points This Post = 20
Total Points to Date = 345
Books Read = 21
Tasks Completed = 12
Golden Oldies = 4 tickets
Big Books = 6 tickets
Didi302310.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
The Honey Farm by Harriet Alida Lye
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 45
Didi302320.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil Simon
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Comedy or Humor.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 65
MIKE DENNIS10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There:
It’s author Stephen King has first and last name initials found in MICKEY MOUSE
Request 3 Big Book tickets on this one – 1504 pages in this MMPB.
It is 3 tickets, for anything over 1.000 pages, right?
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Current Post: Points: 10
Total: Points: 270 GO: - BB: 7
Tasks: 5.1,5.3,5.4,5.6-5.7,5.9-5.10; 10.1,10.3, 10.4, 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 24 books.
Didi302325.1 - 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.
Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti
Book 2. Read a book whose TITLE contains 3 different vowels and no more than that. Subtitles should be ignored.
Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter's Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy by Elizabeth Rynecki AIO
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 90
Didi302325.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
2. Escape from Colditz - Read a book which has 'World War II' or which has 'Spy' or 'Espionage' as a main page genre.
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
3. The Smiling Game - Read a book with the main page genre 'Humor.'
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 115
MIKE DENNIS5.5: Capture the Flag:
American Flagg!: The Definitive Collection
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Current Post: Points: 5
Total: Points: 275 GO: - BB: 7
Tasks: 5.1,5.3-5.4,5.5,5.6-5.7,5.9-5.10; 10.1,10.3,10.4, 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 25 books.
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: I read an ebook, and lnked to most popular MMP
The Remains of the Day 245 pages
Book 2: The Boleyn Inheritance 518 pages
New points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 590
trishhartuk25.4 - Shanna Redwind’s Task: Country Fairs
3. Carnival Food. Read a book from the first 3 pages of this list: Food-Related Fiction.
The Kitchen God's Wife, Amy Tan (page 1, #24)
Big book - 532pg
5. Craft Building. Read a book with the MPG of art or crafts, stand alone or embedded.
Cut, Crop & Die, Joanna Campbell Slan
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Art > Crafts (7 users) locked in Genre Verification thread message #73: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: No
Big Book: 1 – the Kitchen God’s Wife is 532pg
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 2
5.8: Go and ParcheesiA Hero Born (Legends of the Condor Heroes #1) by Jin Yong
approx 60% im China
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 670
25.8 - Bluemoon's task: FOREST LAWN CEMETERYB. BLUE SKY MAUSOLEUM
For this option read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the quote below.
"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." - Frank Lloyd Wright
STONE Girl by Eleni Hale
D. THE RESIDENTS
Mary Burnett Talbert (MT)
The Master Key by Masako Togawa
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 695
M1nks10.2 - Mrs. Dalloway (pge 3) Pub 1921
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 10
Total points: 780
Golden Oldies tickets: 15
Big Book tickets: 6
M1nks5.8 - Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 (Set in China obviously...)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 790
Golden Oldies tickets: 15
Big Book tickets: 6
M1nks10.7 - The Siege of Krishnapur (Siege)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 800
Golden Oldies tickets: 15
Big Book tickets: 6
20.10 Group ReadsRead ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
Zorro, by Isabel Allende
My post is post #10 in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 545/1010
Total tasks: 38/58
Total books: 46/79
M1nks10.10 - Consider Phlebas
Points this task: 10
Total points: 810
Golden Oldies tickets: 15
Big Book tickets: 6
M1nks25.4 - 1. A; Notes on Alexander Pallis' Romaic Version of the New Testament Canticles; B; Lady of the Forest; C; King Silky
Lady Susan (Lady of the Forest) Pub 1873
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
6. Phineas Finn - Ant - 776 Pages/Pub 1876
* I Claim 2 x Big Book Tickets *
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 25
Total points: 835
Golden Oldies tickets: 17
Big Book tickets: 8
M1nks25.5 - 1. The Shipping News
4. Vintage Murder Pub 1937
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 25
Total points: 860
Golden Oldies tickets: 18
Big Book tickets: 8
M1nks25.7 - 3. A Breath of French Air
4.
Pub 1934#0e0d09 68.0 %Black (Black)
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 25
Total points: 885
Golden Oldies tickets: 19
Big Book tickets: 8
M1nks30.2 - 1.
3.
Pub 1864* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this task: 30
Total points: 1015
Golden Oldies tickets: 20
Big Book tickets: 8
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30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Option 2 - Dry - Neal Shusterman - NS found in SEC CONFERENCE
Option 3 -
Points this task: 30
Total points: 550
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)