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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Coralie15.9 Get a Clue
Book with a person’s name in the title and with MPG Mystery
The Late Monsieur Gallet
This post 15 points
Total to date 680 points
KarolynTask 15.3 Let's Play
Option 2 - One book that fits both criteria
The Golden Acorn - T, G, and A found in Atari 2600 Game System
Catherine Cooper - C, C found in Crayola Crayons
Points This Post = 15
Total Points to Date = 360
Books Read = 22
Tasks Completed = 13
Golden Oldies = 4 tickets
Big Books = 6 tickets
KarolynTask 10.7 Before Autocorrect
Coming Up for Air by George Orwell
Coming is on list of commonly misspelled words
Published in 1939 - Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket
Points This Post = 10
Total Points to Date = 370
Books Read = 23
Tasks Completed = 14
Golden Oldies = 5 tickets
Big Books = 6 tickets
Cordelia15.4 Its a deal
Option 1
Book 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Word used : KING
Book 2: Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
No 4 in Old man's War Series
Points: 15
Total: 680
JUKKA30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of Clue
Option 1: Book with a Clue suspect's colour found predominantly on the cover.
Sexuality in Role-Playing Games by Ashley ML Brown is predominantly blue, as per Mrs. Peacock.
Option 3: Book whose author's initials are in one of the Clue rooms.
King of Chaos by Dave Gross. The room is the dining room.
Total Points: 490/1010
Total Books Read: 41
Tasks Completed: 35/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and OutdoorsOption D, a book that has the word FIRE intact in the title: Home Fires by Luanne Rice
Option E, a book with main page genre of Cozy Mystery: Dead Man's Bones by Susan Wittig Albert
Points this post: 25
Total points: 460
Readerboard name: witchygal15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2.
I read The Cursed Wife by Pamela Hartshorne.
- Initial letters of title found in - sTar Wars aCtion figure.
- Author's initials found in - alPHabet blocks.
Points for this task: 15
Total points for Fall 2018: 290
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
30.2 - MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIESOption 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
The Real Thing (Les Norton, #2) by Robert G. Barrett
Title with 3 words beginning with TRT & can be found in cenTRe courT
255 pages
Option 4 - Read a Book written by a single author that shares first and last initials with one of the players we saw: AC
The Terra-Cotta Dog (Commissario Montalbano #2) by Andrea Camilleri
Male author with initials, AC
352 pages
Total pages read: 607
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 785
KATRINAT##Editing comment 3375 - I'd put the books in the wrong order!##
25.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
Overall guidelines for this task:
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.
Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
PAGES 336
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.
Then She Was Gone
thEn she wAs gOne, Lisa Jewell
PAGES 359
Total pages: 695
Points this task: 25
Total points: 295
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 18
20.5 Bigger Is Better -- Cat's Task: Bookish QuidditchOption 2: Read a book with at least three words in the title, where the first letters of each word can be found in MRS FIX-IT, KADIN, and/or VANILLA.
The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future, by Victor Cha
mrS fIx-iT -> TIS -> The Impossible State
Points this post: 20
Total points: 625/1010
Total tasks: 41/58
Total books: 51/79
Laurah3020.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Option 2. Read a book with a main page genre Business or Finance. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
Shannon South Africa20.3 11am on 11 November 1918
#1 in a series
Stormbird by Conn Iggulden
Wars of the Roses #1
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 175
Delicious Dee5.9: Boggle
One Life at a Time: An American Doctor's Memoir of AIDS in Botswana - word - TIME - T on the first line, connects to I directly below, connects to M to the right and E on the diagonal in the top line
Points this task: 5
Total points: 585
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee15.3 - Let's Play!
Scent of Evil - Archer Mayor - SoE found in Alphabet Blocks; AM found in Marbles
Points this task: 15
Total points: 600
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 10.6 - Original Six
The Ninth Hour: A Novel
Takes place in New York City (Brooklyn in particular)
Totals
Points: 230
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 15
Total Books read: 16
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
Book 1: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
450 pagesBook 2 Fishbowl
304 pagesTotals
Points: 260
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 16
Total Books read: 18
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Option 3 - Twilight: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge. The MP summary includes .. dead werewolves started showing up, .... MPG includes Paranormal > Vampires.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 20
Books Posted: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Cait S10.10- 9, 10, 11...
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
The Dry by Jane Harper
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 170
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 10.3 - Happy Trails to You
Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
Points this post: 10
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 270
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 17
Total Books read: 19
Joanne MiTask 20.4 Golden Oldies-In Memoriam
Option 1 Read a book with all of the letters RESPECT
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
R-in relentless
E-in relentless
S-in pursuit
P-in pursuit
E-slave
C- in caught
T-in caught
Points this task 20
Total points 345
Total BB's 8
Task 25.9 – Delicious Dee – Women of American Ninja WarriorRESTRICTIONS: NO childrens / kids
ALLOWED: Manga / Comics / Sequential Art
Option 1: Author has the same initials as Tiana Webberly (TW)
Tara Westover / Educated
I listened to the audiobook / no MMP / Paperback; Educated: A Memoir – 334 pg
Option 5: 1st Letter of each title word in: I Think I Can (T.N. in ThiNk)
The Namesake
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: The Namesake - 291 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 475 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9: Option 2: De pottengenezer van de melkweg by Philip K. Dick
The book was first published in 1969, meeting the requirements of 1965..1970 inclusive. I read the book in translation (Dutch).
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 40
Books Posted: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.9 Read a book written by a single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters.
Omens by Kelley Armstrong
Points this task: 10
Total Points to date: 505
15.3 - Let's Play!Option 2: 1 book option that meets both requirments 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: Inducted Toys 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
The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan
Boyle
Title letters TTC found in Star Wars Action Figure
Author Initials TCB found in Jack-In-The-Box
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 645
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: ScrabbleRead a book with a title that, if laid down on the Scrabble board, would give you more than 25 points. Subtitles do not count.
Look Alive Twenty-Five
A 1 x 1pt = 1
E 3 x 1pt = 3
F 1 x 4pt = 4
I 2 x 1pt = 2
K 1 x 5pt = 5
L 2 x 1pt = 2
N 1 x 1pt = 1
O 2 x 1pt = 2
T 2 x 1pt = 2
V 2 x 4pt = 8
W 1 x 4pt = 4
Y 1 x 4pt = 4
Total: 38
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 415
Total Tasks: 28
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Andy P.Task # 20.3 - 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
Promise Me by Harlan Coben
# 8 in Myron Bolitar Series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 825
25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs4. Demolition Derby
Read a book in which a car or cars play a major role throughout the book.
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
6. Barns
Read a book which has been written by an author with an animal that appears intact in their name. This animal may appear in any position in the name: ant
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 335
20.2 Boardgames#4 Campaign
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Author's initials can be found in Napoleon Bonapart.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
Books read: 16
Tasks completed:14
20.6 Careers #3 Happiness
by Martha Hall Kelly (people on cover)Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 15
Bookwrm526Task #25.9 - Women of American Ninja Warrior
Option 1: Read a book where the author shares first and last initials with one of the qualifiers. Initials must be in the same order as the participant. Middle names should be ignored. I chose competitor Abby Clark (AC) and read Crooked House by Agatha Christie.
Option 5: Read a book in which the first letter of every word in the book's title (and subtitle, if there is one) can be found in one of the outdoor climbs she has completed: Meagan Martin's Outdoor Climbs. Minimum 2 word titles. I chose the climb Pamplemousse and read Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw.
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 705
CathyG 50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON
✔ All books added together must total at least 750 pages. 388+359+446
Step 1: Choose Your Starter
Pick your starter and read a book with one of the Main Page Genres (MPGs) listed.
Squirtle
Romance
Historical-Fiction
The Outlaw Viking by Sandra Hill
Step 2: Elite Four
Read a book that meets ALL four of the requirements below.
◾Has at least one of the MPGs that's in your starter bucket. Romance
◾Is a standalone book (not part of series)
◾Is NOT the author's first book.
◾Is at least 300 pages long. 359
Blow Me Down by Katie MacAlister
Final Step: Champion
read with a book that meets ALL three of the requirements below.
◾Has at least one of the MPGs that's in your starter bucket. Romance
◾Is rated 4.0 or higher on Goodreads. 4.17
◾Has won an award per its Goodread's page. Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Paranormal Worldbuilding (2012)
Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews
Points this post: 50
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 14
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
KarolynTask 25.8 Forest Lawn Cemetery
Option A - Book with LAKE in the title
Lost Lake by Phillip Margolin
Option B - Book with at least least 4 letters from quote (M, I, D, N)
Midnight Magic by Betina Krahn
Points This Post = 25
Total Points to Date = 380
Books Read = 24
Tasks Completed = 14
Golden Oldies = 5 tickets
Big Books = 6 tickets
CathyG 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 .
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Option 4: The South
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the SEC states: Alabama (Abbi Glines) or by an author born or currently living in one of these states.
Never Too Far by Abbi Glines
Points this post: 30
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 16
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
CathyG 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.
The Art of Running in Heels by Rachel Gibson 384 pages
Option 4: Pick one of the special tile names: dragon, flower, season, or wind (Ilona Andrews) and read a book that includes all the letters of one of the tiles in the author's first and last name.
Required: Specify which tile you are using when you post. wind
Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews
Points this post: 25
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 18
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
10.10 - 9, 10, 11..A book by an author whose first or last name begins with I, J, or K: Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
Points this post: 10
Total points: 470
Readerboard name: witchygal25.2 - TessaVanessa's task
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 Sellout which has 289 pages - 28 in number of pages.
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.
I read Last Watchman of Old Cairo. Has the word Old in the title. Written by one author - Michael David Lukas.
Points for this task: 25
Total points for Fall 2018: 315
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Task 20.5 - Bookish Quidditch(I previously claimed this task in #3026, but, as I don't think I'll be finishing this season, I'm changing for a big book)
option 3A: read a book #2 in series
Gemina
672p - claiming a BB ticket
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no point change
25.1 Andy P's Task: A Quick Look at Asian SportRead 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.
The Good People, by Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent -> 3 Ns, 2 Hs, 2 As, an E, a K, and a T -> no S, U, M, or O.
Read a book whose TITLE contains 3 different vowels and no more than that.
Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon, by Henry Marsh
Admissions -> AIO, no E or U
The Good People has 384 pages and Admissions has 288, for a total of 673 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 650/1010
Total tasks: 42/58
Total books: 53/79
CYNBAXTER# 20.07 – SHORTER IS SWEETER: Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Book: Option 2: The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński
Task: Read a book with the word "bird" or the name of a specific bird in the title or subtitle.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 380 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Nick KY25.5 Rina’s Denis Ten I read the following:
Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking by Woody Allen and Eric Lax. Letters DENIS TEN in title convErsaTIoNS with wooDy allEN (opt 3) 416 pp
The Car by Gary Paulsen car mirror on cover (opt 5) 192 pp
Total pp = 608 > required 600
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 870
Laurah3020.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriam
Option 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.
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
yEs! 50 SCiEnTically PRoven ways - ESCETPR = RESPECT
M1nks50.1 - Charmunder
1. Interesting Times
2. Artemis (This isn't his first book)
3. The Player of Games
Points this task: 50
Total points: 1095
Golden Oldies tickets: 21
Big Book tickets: 8
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.5: Fin Gall by James L. Nelson (288 pages) and Avenger by Robert J. Crane (338 pages). Both titles have exactly 7 characters (excluding spaces). Total page count = 288 + 338 = 626 pages > 600 pages required.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Summary Totals:
Points: 70
Books Posted: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K. I read Wrecked by Joe Ide.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 715
Alaina15.3 - Let's Play!
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
Flowers in the Attic-V.C. Andrews
Flowers in the Attic - STAR WARS ACTION FIGURES
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
Little Fires Everywhere-Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng - CANDY LAND
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Alaina20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
Read a book with a title that, if laid down on the Scrabble board, would give you more than 25 points
The Knife of Never Letting Go-Patrick Ness
T - 3x1
H - 1x4
E - 5x1
K - 1x5
N - 2x1
I - 1x1
F - 2x4
O - 2x1
V - 1x4
R - 1x1
L - 1x1
G - 1x2
Total: 38 points
Claiming a Big Book Ticket, as this book was 512 pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Queen Bee Darlene5.1 Baseball - Book 3, 4, 9, or 13 in series
Ashes to Dust ( Þóra Guðmundsdóttir #3) by Yrsa Sigurdardottir Ashes to Dust
#3 in series
5 points
Total Points: 95
Megan RaeCompletion
15.7 - Pay Up
Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8.
- Completed 19th NovemberHow it fits: 288 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
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30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of Clue
Please choose two different options and read a book for each.
REQUIRED: State which options you used when you post.
Option 1: Suspects
Read a book with a suspect's game piece color found in the title or predominantly on the cover (at least 50% according to TinEye). To extract colors in TinEye, use the picture on the book's main page (as-is, not enlarged) and uncheck the box that says "exclude background color from extracted colors," if it is checked.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Mrs. Peacock - Blue
A Beautiful Funeral by Jamie McGuire
I read the ebook and have linked to the PB edition.
Option 3: Rooms
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in one of the rooms listed below.
Lounge
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
I listened to the audio version and have linked to the PB for page count
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 325/1010
Tasks Completed: 15/58
GO: 0
BB: 3