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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Andy P.Task # 20.10 - Group Reads
Genre Fiction>Adventure The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
My comments can be found in Message 6 of discussion Thread
or here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Brooke TX5.2 - The Tour de France
Read a book from this list: Wanderlust. Found on page 2:
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.10 9, 10, 11...
I read Slay It with Flowers by Kate Collins.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Original Six
I read Rundown: A Pratt & Ellis Mystery by Rick Blechta. It takes place in Toronto.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriam
OPTION 2: I read Yellow Line by Sylvia Olsen.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
CelesteR5.9 - Boggle!
Bónd by Touko Kawai
GN: 177 > 100+
BOND can be found with one letter touching another and no repeated letters.
Total: 55 points
CordeliaTask 5.2 The Tour de France
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
This book was on p7 of the "Wanderlust" list.
Points 5
Total points:85
10.6. - Original Sixa book set at least 50% in ONE of the home cities of the NHL “Original Six” teams: Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, New York (city of), and Toronto.
Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb
Link for location verification - https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40/1010
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Creynard5.7: Settlers of Catan
Issued to the Bride One Navy Seal (Brides of Chance Creek) by Cora Seton
Author's initials: CS=Settlers of Catan.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
20.6Option 2: genre Business or Finance
The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life by Bernard Roth
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50/1010
Tasks completed: 4/58
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
LISA NZ20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
For this task choose one option based on these categories and read a book that fits the requirements.
Option 1. Fame – For this option, read a book with the main page genre Biography.
Book read: The Final Days by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
LISA NZ20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
This is a one book task. Your book must contain more than 300 pages (301+ pages).
Read a book with a title that, if laid down on the Scrabble board, would give you more than 25 points.
Book read: All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
pages = 368
scrabble points = 27
A = 1
L = 1
L = 1
T = 1
H = 4
E = 1
P = 1
R = 3
E = 1
S = 1
I = 1
D = 2
E = 1
N = 1
T = 1
S = 1
M = 3
E = 1
N = 1
Total points: 40
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
CelesteR10.4 - K and I in MICKEY MOUSE
Oz No Kakashi Tsukai by Koma Ichiharu
GN: 174 > 100+
Total: 65 pts.
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: ListmakerOption 1: Read a book from 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Found on page 9 of the list in spot #851
Option 2: 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.
R is for Ricochet Book #18 in a 25 book series and I have previously read the earlier books in the series.
Total New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 40
Sara G15.6 - Checkmate
In many chess sets, black and white pieces move across a black and white checkered board. Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye.
by Paul French95.3% black/white/grey
#d9d5d2 24.6 %Timberwolf (Grey)
#0d0d0d 23.4 %Black (Black)
#666563 21.1 %Storm Dust (Grey)
#343332 13.6 %Gondola (Grey)
#9a9795 12.6 %Delta (Grey)
#b6767b 1.7 %Tapestry (Pink)
#ceb161 1.3 %Tacha (Brown)
#ac9258 1.2 %Teak (Brown)
#e3bebf 0.6 %Melanie (Violet)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Erin NY20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil Simon
Option 3: Some of my favorite movie adaptions are Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues, which along with Broadway Bound make up “The Eugene Trilogy.” For this task, read a book that is part of a trilogy and is identified as such by Goodreads.
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
* part of the Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy
Points this post: 20
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Tasks in progress: 2
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 3,072
25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against HumanityOption A
2) Why do I hurt all over?
Cat's Claw
Option B
3) Wes Anderson’s new film tells the story of a precocious child coming to terms with
A World Without Heroes MG+ on ARBookfinder
Points this post 25
Total points 25+ 55=80
Completed 5.3-read The Other Woman by Sandie Jones. Takes place in EnglandTask points 5
total points 5
Completed 10.8-read The 17th Suspect by James PattersonTask points 10
Total points 15
good reads author 1
25.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and OutdoorsOption C. REWARDS
The Wall Page 1
Option D DANGER
The Wandering Fire
Points this post 25
Total points 25+ 80=105
Alycia10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Sennefelder (published 2018)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Tasks completed: 5
SlayermelTask 5.7 Settlers of Catan
I read The Troop by Nick Cutter. Both First and Last Initial of Author are found in Settlers of Catan (NC)
This book also qualifies for 1 big book ticket 520 pages.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 15
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Tiffani 20.4 Golden Oldies: 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.
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:0
Elizabeth BRe-post
Elizabeth B
15.6 Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey
(88% grey, white and black)#94908634.3 %Heathered Grey (Grey)
#0a060025.6 %Black (Black)
#d3cfc416.1 %Westar (Grey)
#f9f7f58.1 %White Smoke (White)
#524e447.5 %Mondo (Brown)
#2b271e4.7 %Maire (Grey)
#cbcad63.6 %Link Water (Blue)
Points 15
Total 150
Amy the book bat15.4 - It's a Deal
Option 1: Read TWO books.
Book 1: Read a book with "Ace" or the name of a face card (King, Queen, Jack) in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name. Plurals and possessives will work but no other variations.
AND
Book 2: Read a book that is #2-#10 in a series. The series must be included in the Goodreads metadata.
Book 1: Queen of Babble
Book 2: Dead Bolt (Haunted Home Renovation Mystery, #2)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 85
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the EquinoxNumber of characters in each title: 8
Huntress by Malinda Lo - 416 pages
Follow Me (The Amateurs #2) by Sara Shepard - 288 pages
Total pages read: 704
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 80
Alaina,
5.10: Our favorite recreation!
Read a book of your choice
The Husband's Secret-Liane Moriarty
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
JUKKA10.7 - Before Autocorrect
Book with a word in the title/subtitle from the list of commonly misspelled words.
Thor: Across All Worlds by Dan Jurgens. The word is ACROSS.
Total Points: 40/1010
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Coralie20.3 11 am on 11 November 1918
Option 3. The Armistice.
Book which is #1 in a series
The Man of Property
This post 20 points
Total to date 55 points
15.6 - CheckmateRead a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye.
Book read: Sinful Cinderella
How it fits: 92.8% Black + grey
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Total points: 95
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
Laurah3020.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: Scrabble
This is a one book task. Your book must contain more than 300 pages (301+ pages).
Read a book with a title that, if laid down on the Scrabble board, would give you more than 25 points.
Truly Madly Guilty
415 pages
A - 1 x 1 pt = 1
D - 1 x 2 pt = 2
G - 1x 2 pt = 2
I - 1 x 1 pt = 1
L - 3 x 1 pt = 3
M- 1 x 3 pt = 3
R - 1 x 1 pt = 1
T - 2 x 1 pt = 2
U - 2 x 1 pt = 2
Y - 3 x 4 pt - 12
29 points
Nick KY20.4 Ana A’s In Memoriam
Option 2. I read The Midnight Bell by Francis Lathom, initials in “queen oF souL.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 70
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - The Chunkster
Option 1: The ONE BOOK OPTION - read ONE book with a MPG of Historical Fiction and is at least 750 pages long. I read The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (979p).
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 30
Mod
I read Picnic at Hanging Rock - I read the kindle edition, linked to the MMPB.
Initial letters of all title words - PAHR - found in
APpalacHian tRail.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
10.6 - Original Six
Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies by Ace Atkins(Spenser #45)
(Boston)
Total Points = 65
15.3 - Let's Play!Option 2: A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
- initial letters of the words in the title (ASIC) in "playing cards"
- author initials BC in "alphabet blocks"
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 321 pages.
points this post: 15
total points: 60
Katrina H30.4 – Schatzie’s task: The Chunkster
Option 2: Read two books, both with a MPG of Historical Fiction, and with a combined page length of at least 750 pages.
I read:
Wolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden. 458 pages.
Lords of the Bow also by Conn Iggulden. 452 pages.
910 pages total.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
**reposting**25.3: Cards Against Humanity
Option A: The Immortalists (#3)
Option B: Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain (#2)
This post: +25
Total: 55
15.6 CheckmateRead a book that's cover is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye.
State the percentages of black, white, and grey added together.
Book Read:
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
TinEye Results: #0d0d0d 76.6 % Black (Black)
#ecebeb 11.2 % Lily White (Grey)
#787375 5.0 % Dove Grey (Grey)
#c3bfc0 4.7 % Silver (Grey)
#673c44 0.9 % Tawny Port (Red)
#d73f53 0.8 % Cerise (Red)
#b73e53 0.8 % Hippie Pink (Brown)
Black and Grey combined: 76.6 + 11.2 + 5 + 4.7 = 97.5%
Points This Task: 15
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks: 5
Queen Bee Darlene5.9 Boggle - title/sub includes word that can be made from Boggle board
TIME
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay No Time for Goodbye
5 points
10.7 Before autocorrect - word in title/sub from commonly misspelled word list
FRIEND
Friend Request by Laura Marshall Friend Request
10 points
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
20.2 Option 3: number in the title or subtitle
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70/1010
Tasks completed: 5/58
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Ava Catherine5.2 - The Tour de France
Read a book from this list:
Wanderlust.
page 1; #15
Under The Tuscan Sun - At Home In Italy by Frances Mayes
total 135
Ava Catherine5.6: Simon Says
Read a book where the title/subtitle contains at least 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter.
The Dirty Duck by Martha Grimes
total 140
Ava Catherine5.1 - Baseball
Read a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation - 3, 4, 9, 13, etc...
The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury #3) by Martha Grimes
total 145
Ana15.7 - Pay Up
When Comes the Spring by Janette Oke. This book has 252 pages.
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 35
Tasks Completed:2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages: 596
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25.8 - Bluemoon's task: FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
A. NATURE
Read a book that has that has LAKE, POND, CREEK, GEESE, SWAN, DUCK, DEER in the title,
Swan Song
B. BLUE SKY MAUSOLEUM
read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters from the quote in the title
Word used is FOREST
"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
Forest Ghost: A Novel of Horror and Suicide in America and Poland
Points this post = 25
Total points to date = 175
Books read = 11
Tasks completed =8
Golden Oldies =0
Big Books = 3