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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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30.1 - 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
by Emelie Schepp
* This book is an ARC
Option 4: The South
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the SEC states
This book is set in Georgia
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 120/1100
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 8
Beth_NC5.9 Boggle - Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire
Used word AND
Total Points: 785
Total Tasks: 44
Total Books: 62
Total Pages: 22,685
Big Books: 3
Beth_NC15.7 Pay Up - Shivaree by J.D. Horn
288 pages
Total Points: 800
Total Tasks: 45
Total Books: 63
Total Pages: 22,973
Big Books: 3
Task 25.9 - Women of American Ninja WarriorI'm changing one of the books for this task, previously claimed in #255
option 4: read a book on the Kickass Women list
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
on page 1, #25
option 5: read a book with two word title, title initials can be found in a listed climb
Lies Sleeping
LS can be found in The Obelisk
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no point change
Task 30.7 - Hadrian's Walloption 1: read a book on the list
Medicus: A Crime Novel of the Roman Empire
on page 1, #25
option 2: read a book with page count including 4 & 8
The Rose Revived
(this book previously claimed in #255 for 25.9, but changed out as above)
448p
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910 points
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: ListmakerOption 1: Work On It- Read a book from 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die
This book is on page 5 of the list (#485)
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.
This is book #14 in the Commissario Brunetti series.
Currently the series has 27 books and #28 will be published in March 2019
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 150/1100
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 9
30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the EquinoxRead 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
13 letters
Book 1
Magpie Murders
512 pages
*Claiming a BB ticket
Book 2
Love Like Blood
422 pages
* This book is an ARC
Total pages read: 934
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 180/1100
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 10
30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of ClueOption 2: Weapons
Read a book with one of the weapons found in the title or on the cover
There's a rope on the cover.
Link to print edition:
In weißer Stille
* This book is an ARC
Option 3: Rooms
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in one of the rooms listed
by Robert Galbraith
R & G can be found in dininG Room
* Claiming a BB ticket as this book has 649 pages
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 210/1100
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 2
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 11
Beth_NC25.3 Cards Against Humanity -
Book 1 Why Can't I Sleep at Night? Sexy Witch
by Lasara Firefox Allen
Book 2 Well, what do you have to say for yourself Casey? This is the third time you have ben sent to the principal’s office for Shades of Wicked
by Jeaniene Frost
Total Points: 825
Total Tasks: 65
Total Books: 46
Total Pages: 23,671
Big Books: 3
Julia1035.7: Settlers of Catan
A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd (CT in CATAN)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 585
Total BB: 11
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 40
CYNBAXTER# 30.05 – Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
Task: Read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
Book 1: Flight or Fright by Stephen King – the title has 15 characters
Book 2: A Separate Peace by John Knowles – the title has 15 characters
Combined books must be over 600p
Book 1: 332 + Book 2: 288 = 620 combined pages
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date:360 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Amy FL15.2 - Spring and Fall
Book 1: Spring Fever
Book 2: Smothered by Autumn Chiklis
Points this post: 15
Total points: 295
Amy FL20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Option 3:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
Amy FL30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Option 3:
Option 4: The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter - set in Georgia where author is from
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
Suzannesea15.5 Nonfiction November
Read a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books list.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah is on page 2 of the list.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 445
Congratulations, TessaVanessa! Task 30.7 in the Winter Challenge is yours!
MIKE DENNIS25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLove Option A: #ASwapOfIceAndFire
Book 1: Saga, Vol. 8 is page 1, item 63 on the Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018 list.
PLEASE SEE 2 MESSAGES BELOW, TO FREE UP "SAGA"
Book 2: The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin, who has that middle-initial action going on.
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Current Post: Points: 25
Total: Points: 300 GO: - BB: 7
Tasks: 5.1,5.3-5.7,5.9-5.10; 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; 25.10;50.1 using 27 books.
Scooter&Siam5.9 Boggle
Book with three or more words in title with word in puzzle
Read And Then There Were None
Word - None
Claiming Golden Oldie - Book 1st published in 1939
Points: 5
Total: 265
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldie: 1
OOPS!Before you ding me for double booking above on Message 3410,
Please REMOVE Saga, Vol. 8 from 5.10
and let me
MIKE DENNIS
use
5.10 - Our favorite recreation:
Batman/Superman, Volume 1: Cross World
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska25.3 - Beth NC's Task: Cards Against Humanity.
Read two books that can each complete a topic card.
Option A:
Why do I hurt all over? Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Option B:
Next time, on Dr. Phil, how to talk to your child about The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
➸ Points: 160
➸ Total Pages: 3,859
MIKE DENNIS5.2 - The Tour de France:
Sailing Alone around the World, p. 7 and (one of) #621 on the Wanderlust list..
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Current Post: Points: 5
Total: Points: 305 GO: - BB: 7
Tasks: 5.1,5.2,5.3-5.7,5.9-5.10; 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; 25.10;50.1 using 28 books.
MIKE DENNIS10.8- Happy Anniversary SRC!
(2018: Batman: White Knight)
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Current Post: Points: 10
Total: Points: 315 GO: - BB: 7
Tasks: 5.1-5.7, 5.9-5.10; 10.1,10.3,10.4, 10.6,10.7, 10.8,10.9,10.10;
15.3,15.4,15.6,15.8,15.9; 20.2,20.5; 25.10;50.1 using 29 books.
15.10 - Ticket to Ride6. Science Fiction & White
Year One (Chronicles of The One #1) by Nora Roberts
#f7f7f7 72.8 % White Smoke (White)
#9f9e9d 10.3 % Mountain Mist (Grey)
#161616 5.9 % Nero (Black)
#656664 3.9 % Storm Dust (Grey)
#383838 3.7 % Vulcan (Grey)
#c5c5c4 3.4 % Silver (Grey)
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 755
Cait S5.6- Simon Says
Read a book where the title/subtitle contains at least 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter.
The Pickled Piper by Mary Ellen Hughes
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 140
20.8
Have Mother, Will Travel: A Mother and Daughter Discover Themselves, Each Other, and the World
New total: 585
Nick KY10.5 Picking Up the Pen I read The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah, first in the New Hercule Poirot Mysteries (given as an example).
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 845
Louise B10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
A book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Emily Brontë: A Life in 20 Poems by Nick Holland
Published 2018
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 415
Number of tasks completed: 21
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 3
Sara G30.2 - MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIES
Option 3: Read a Book where the title has three words or more and all the words in the title start with a letter from CENTRE COURT ROOF (letters can be used only as many times as they appear in the phrase; subtitles can be ignored)
by Django WexlerCENTRE COURT ROOF
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 609 pages.
**The Thousand Names is a Big Book (609 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
This is my book cover with green/purple on it, per the task requirements. The upper portion of the sky is green.
Option 4: To celebrate all those fabulous sportsmen, 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. Initials may only be used in the order shown.
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck by Adam Cohen
AC
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 416 pages.
609 + 416 = 1025, more than 600 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 465
Cait S20.2- Boardgames
Option 4- Campaign
Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Dead Upon a Time by Elizabeth Paulson
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Sara G30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Listmaker
Option 1: Work On It- Read a book from 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die
Required: State the page.
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
This book is on page 2 (currently #111) of the list.
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 book may NOT be the first (#1) or the latest book in the series. Whole numbers only. The series information must appear in the GR metadata.
Required: State the total number of books in the series.
Rubicon by Steven Saylor
Rubicon is #7 in the Roma sub Rosa series, which currently has 13 books in it.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 495
Lara Rosen15.4 - It's a Deal Option 2
Read a book with the word Ace, King, Queen or Jack in the title AND that is number 2 to 10 of a series.
The Honor of the Queen, by David Weber (Honor Harrington #2)
Points for this Task: 15
Total points: 30
Task Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
30.1 Ava Catherine's Task: Southeastern Conference FootballOption 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words SEC CONFERENCE
Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years, by Nicholas Frankel
Nicholas Frankel -> NF -> sec coNFerence
Option 5: Read a non-fiction book with a mpg sports, sports and games, recreation, or history.
The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature, by Bill Goldstein
History is an MPG.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 605/1010
Total tasks: 40/58
Total books: 50/79
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish QuidditchOption 1: Keeper Quaffle
For this option, read a book you got as an ARC (an advanced reader copy, or proof copy, or a book available for review by the author, publisher or other distributor before the publication date). Books from NetGalley and Kindle First count. All books must be listed on Goodreads.
The Whispered Word
This is ARC I received from NetGalley
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks: 24
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Task 30.1 – Ava Catherine – Southeastern Conference (SEC) FootballRESTRICTION: No Childrens / Kids Genre
Option 1 – Original publication date includes BOTH 1 and 4
First published 2014
The Handsome Man's de Luxe Cafe
I listened to the audio / MMP: Le café de luxe pour beaux messieurs 312 p
Option 3 – Ready-to-eat food on cover
(Bowl of soup, slices of bread)* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 450 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
15.1 - Dig ItRead TWO books, each set at least 50% in two different countries that are in the SAME pool. For example, you may choose to read one book set in Argentina and one in Japan (Pool A) or you may choose a book set in Brazil and one set in China (Pool B). A list of pools is provided in post 2 of the Help Thread.
Book 1 - Black Diamond France
Book 2 - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan China
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 320
Total Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Ana20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Option 3. Twilight:
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong. Werewolf in book. Approved in help thread message 17.
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 225
Tasks Completed:12
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages:4005
50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMONStep 1: Choose Your Starter -Squirtle {MPGs Romance and Historical Fiction } - The Hawaiian Discovery
◾MPG: Romance
Step 2: Elite Four - The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen
◾MPG: Historical Fiction
◾not part of a series
◾not author's 1st book - Evans Above published in 1997
◾305 pages = >300 pages
Final Step: Champion - Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
◾ MPG: Historical Fiction
◾ 4.09 rating = >4.0 average
◾ Macavity Award for Sue Feder Historical Mystery (2006)
Points This Task: 50
Total Points: 370
Total Tasks: 26
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
SALLY M.10.4 Hey There, Hi There, Ho There! (author initials in Mickey mOuse)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 44
Pages read: 16,111
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
25.5Option 3:
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Option 4:
The Bright Side Of Disaster
New Total:
610
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
Option A. Swimming
Read any biography or autobiography of an athlete or team who competed in the Olympic Games.
Mark Spitz: The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic Champion by Richard J. Foster
Option D. Danger
Read a book that has the word “FIRE” or the word “SMOKE” intact in the title/subtitle or series title
Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves
Points this post: 25
Total points: 815
Kayla C25.9 Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
Option 1
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
AC the same initials as Abby Clark
*claiming 1 GO ticket, first published in 1934*
Option 2
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
first published in 2014
*claiming 1 BB ticket, 531 pages> 500*
points: 495
GO: 1
BB: 5
Louise B25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
I chose options 2 and 3
Option 2: a book with a main page genre of WWII
Genre locked in genre verification thread, post number 84.
Transcription by Kate Atkinson
Option 3: a book with a main page genre of humour.
Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse
As this book was first published in 1947, I would like to claim one golden oldie ticket.
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 440
Number of tasks completed: 22
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 3
25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country FairsOption 3 - Read a book from the first 3 pages of this list: Food-Related Fiction
Catering to Nobody
Found on Page 1
Option 5 - Read a book with the MPG of art or crafts, stand alone or embedded.
Dyeing Up Loose Ends
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 395
Total Tasks: 27
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Readerboard name: Vicki L.Task 10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC
A Way Out: A Memoir of Conquering Depression and Social Anxiety by Michelle Balge
Published Feb 27, 2018
Points for this task: 10
Readerboard name: Vicki L.Task 10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
Angels Flight by Michael Connelly
Points for this task: 10
Shala10.9 - International Sudoku Day
Read a book written by a single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters.
Grime and Punishment - by Jill Churchill
Points for task: 10
Total Points: 45
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Total Points: 780
Total Tasks: 43
Total Books: 61
Total Pages: 22,317
Big Books: 3