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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Queen Bee Darlene30.7 Diana K's task: Hadrian's Wall
Option 2) total # of pages includes 8 & 4
Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Basherdoust Girls Made of Snow and Glass
384 pages
Option 5) all ltrs of either ONCE BREWED in title/subtitle
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
30 points
Total points: 195
25.3 - Beth NC's task: Cards Against HumanityOption A (one or two word title): Why can't I sleep at night? Great Expectations, Charles Dickens, published 1860 (1 GO), 11/4/18
Option B (three or more words in title): Next time on Dr. Phil, how to talk to your child about The Paris Secret, Lily Graham, 11/17/18
This task = 25 points, 1 GO
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TOTALS
Points: 290
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
30.1 - Ava Catherine's task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) FootballOption 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the words SEC CONFERENCE
Next Year in Havana, Chanel Cleeton, 10/19/18
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the SEC states (book is set in Louisiana and Georgia)
An American Marriage, Tayari Jones, 11/9/18
This task = 30 points
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TOTALS
Points: 320
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Coralie5.4 Hiking
Book with a title of at least two words in which the initial letter of each word can be found in appalaCHian trail
Celia's House
This post 5 points
Total to date 690 points
Joanne MITask 10.8 Happy Anniversary SRC Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
The Book of Hidden Things published June 2018
Points this task 10
Total Points 355
Total BB's 8
loafer10.6 - Original Six
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the home cities of the NHL “Original Six” teams: the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York (city of) Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
set in NYC
claiming "big book"
mmpb no pages listed, paperback Free Food for Millionaires is 624 pages
points: 705
BB: 8
GO: 4
tasks completed: 40
Kristen IA20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Genre: Fiction > Adventure - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book. - I posted in the discussion thread - post #31
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 345/1010
Tasks Completed: 16/58
GO: 0
BB: 3
SALLY M.25.4 Country Fairs
1 - Carnival Games (word = “guide”)
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Random Shots:
Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
Bitcoin How To - Short Guide For Beginners - hit the target!
The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q"
3 - Carnival Food (page 1 of Food-Related Fiction)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 625
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 46
Pages read: 16,797
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
25.9 Delicious Dee's Task: Women of American Ninja WarriorOption 2 - Read a book first published in 2014.
Book Read: Symbiont by Mira Grant
Published Nov 25th 2014.
**518 pages Claiming One Big Book Ticket**
Option 5 - Read a book in which the first letter of every word of the title can be found in one of the outdoor climbs Meagan Martin has completed (list). Minimum two word titles.
Book Read: Riot Act by Zoe Sharp
RA found in Snapdragon.
Points This Task: 25
BB: 1
GO:
Total Points: 750
Total BB: 9
Total GO: 5
Total Tasks: 41
20.5 Bigger is Better - Cat's Task: Bookish Quidditch2. Chaser: 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.
Book Read: An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
Points This Task: 20
BB:
GO:
Total Points: 770
Total BB: 9
Total GO: 5
Total Tasks: 42
30.6 Amanda A's Task: The Game of ClueOption 1: Suspects
Read a book with a suspect's game piece colour found in the title or predominantly on the cover. Include the cover in your post.
Miss Scarlet - Red
Book Read: The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
Option 3: Rooms
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in one of the rooms listed.
Dining Room
Book Read: Feed by Mira Grant
**599 pages Claiming One Big Book Ticket**
Points This Task: 30
BB: 1
GO:
Total Points: 800
Total BB: 10
Total GO: 5
Total Tasks: 43
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2:
Option 3B: Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters, Initials EP are in NaPolEon Bonaparte.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 195
Books Posted: 11
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Shala5.7: Settlers of Catan
Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
The Subway Girls By Susie Orman Schnall
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Shala30.5 - Sandy's Task: Celebrate the Equinox
Your books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
To celebrate the equinox, read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
Book 1: Death Threads 280 pgs.
Book 2: I Remember You 320 pgs.
12 letters each
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.3:
Option 3: The Enigma Strain by Nick Thacker is the first book in the Harvey Bennett series.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 215
Books Posted: 12
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.4:
Option 3: The President's Doctor by William Woolfolk. All letters in RESPECT are in the title: ThE PRESident's doCtor. I read mass paperback edition, which does not have a page count on GR, I own a copy of the book, which has 314 pages. There is another edition listed on GR (The President's Doctor) which lists 309 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 235
Books Posted: 13
Tasks Completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.9: Option 1: The Witch of Agnesi by Robert Spiller. The book has MPG Mystery. The name in the title is Agnesi, Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi.
From wikipedia, here is a definition: In mathematics, the witch of Agnesi (Italian pronunciation: [a.ˈɲe.zi]) is a cubic plane curve defined from two diametrically opposite points of a circle. It gets its name from Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi, and from a mistranslation of an Italian word for a sailing sheet.
In reference to the book, the main character is a high school mathematics teacher (Bonnie Pinkwater), and the sponsor of the math club. The math club and its members are what the book is about, including this problem.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 250
Books Posted: 14
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.4: Option 1: The Zodiac Killer by W. L. Knightly. The matching word is Killer, in the subtitle of my 3rd random pick.
My Random picks: Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad; The Master Key by L. Frank Baum; Jack the Ripper: First American Serial Killer, by Stewart P. Evans & Paul Gainey.
Option 6: Embryo by J. A. Schneider. The animal hidden in the author lastname Schneider is eider, a sea duck. Approved for length in SRC verification thread #7095.
Totals this posting:
Points: 25
Summary Totals:
Points: 275
Books Posted: 16
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.8: A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice. There is a Q in the title in the word QUEST.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 290
Books Posted: 17
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Shannon South Africa5.10 Our Favourite Recreation
Book of my choice
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
Task points: 5
Challenge points: 180
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Dulcinella's task: ScrabbleI read What We Were Promised. I tallied 33 points.
Edit- too many W's used-not credited, adjusting total.
Task points:0
Total Points:95
Tasks completed:6
Books read:7
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918Option 3: read a book which is #1, #8, #9, #11, #18 or #19 in a series.
I read Life After Life. It is first in a series.
Task points:20
Total Points:115
Tasks completed:7
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: CareersOption 3. Happiness-Read a book with more than one person on the cover.
I read
.Task points:20
Total Points:135
Tasks completed:9
Amy the Book Bat50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON
Step 1: Choose Your Starter
Pick your starter and read a book with one of the Main Page Genres (MPGs) listed.
Bulbasaur:
Mystery
Non-Fiction
Death Need Not Be Fatal MPG Nonfiction
Step 2: Elite Four
The Night Stalker (BBx1 592 pages)
MPG Nonfiction/MPG Mystery>Crime, stand alone, not author's first book
Final Step: Champion
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders (BBx1 689 pages)
MPG Nonfiction/MPG Mystery>Crime, rated 4.02, Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (1975)
**Claiming 2 total BB tickets for Night Stalker and Helter Skelter
Points this task: 50
Total points: 740
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 8
Books read: 61
Tasks completed: 47
30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of ClueOption 1-"Miss Peacock": I read
. On TinEye, it came up as 59% blue.Option 3: Rooms- "Conservatory". I read The Rules of Inheritance: A Memoir, by Claire Bidwell Smith.
Task points:30
Total Points:165
Tasks completed:9
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: ListmakerOption 1, a book from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, p. 1 #14: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
Option 2, a book from a series you have already started but have not yet caught up to the latest release: Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #12)
There are 15 books in the series.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 530
Coralie20.1 Pokemon
Step 1: I chose Charmander Science-Fiction/Fantasy and read
Words of Radiance, Part 2= Fantasy
Step 2: Standalone book, not author’s first book, over 300 pages
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson 624 pages, Science Fiction
Step 3: rating higher than 4.0, has won an award
rating verified in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rosewater
This post 50 points
Total to date 740 points
Mod
I chose option 3 and read a book with more than one person on the cover -
. I read and linked to the kindle edition - top paperback (no MMPB) is Losing Mum and Pup: A MemoirTotal points: 865
10.5 Picking Up the PenRead a continuation novel- a novel (FICTION) in the style of an established series, produced by a new author after the original author's death.
Foundation's Fear, by Gregory Benford
This is the first novel in a continuation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy, authorized by the Asimov estate.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 680/1010
Total tasks: 44/58
Total books: 55/79
FANDURY25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs
Option 2: Read a book that an amusement park ride appears on the cover
by Megan MirandaOption 6: Read a book which has been written by an author with an animal that appears intact in their name.
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
The author has the animal ant in his name: dANTe
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 26
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Laurah3050.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON
Step 1: Choose Your Starter - Bulbasaur
X - mystery, 403 pages
Step 2: Elite Four
Fear: Trump in the White House
non fiction, by Bob Woodward (who has written 12+ non-fiction books) 420 pages, stand alone book
Final Step: Champion
Rebecca
mystery, 4.22 rating, National Book Award for Fiction 1938
published in 1938, 410 pages
Total number of pages - 1233
claiming 1 golden oldie ticket
3 GO tickets now claimed
Laurah3030.3 - Dlmrose's task: Listmaker
Option 1: Work On It- Read a book from 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die
In Cold Blood
Found on page 1 #58
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 Moving Finger
Miss Marple #4. There are 15 books in the Miss Marple Series. I have read The Body in the Library and The Mirror Cracked.
published in 1942
Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket
Total GO claimed: 4
Sara G25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
1. Game of Life - An old childhood favourite. Here you start out and move through the board, getting married, having kids and retiring to a millionaires mansion. Or that is what is meant to happen!
To celebrate 'The Game of Life' read a book which has 'Autobiography' or 'Biography' as a main page genre.
Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life by Sally Bedell Smith
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 596 pages.
**Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life is a Big Book (596 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
4. Kick the Can -
To honour this game, played in the dark, read a book with a cover that is at least 50% black according to TinEye.
by Wendy Moore#0d0d0d 75.1 %Black (Black)
#4e402a 4.0 %Deep Bronze (Brown)
#666666 3.9 %Scorpion (Grey)
#a88d4b 3.8 %Teak (Brown)
#c9a142 3.7 %Sundance (Brown)
#b3b3b1 3.3 %Periglacial Blue (Green)
#7a663f 3.3 %Yellow Metal (Brown)
#f1f1ed 3.0 %Hint Of Red (Grey)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 520
30.7 DianaK's Task: Hadrian's WallOption 2: Read a book whose total # of pages include the numbers 8 and 4.
Book Read: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Number of Pages - 487
Option 3: Read a book with a 'word' to 'same word' phrase in the title.
Book Read: Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag
**566 pages Claiming One Big Book Ticket**
Points This Task: 30
BB: 1
GO:
Total Points: 830
Total BB: 11
Total GO: 5
Total Tasks: 44
Task 50 - PokemonI chose option Charmander - MPGs Fantasy / Sci Fiction
book 1 - read a book with Science Fiction genre
An Unkindness of Ghosts
351 pages
book 2 - read a book with fantasy genre, 300+ pages long, standalone & not a debut book
The Dark Descent Of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
304 pages
fantasy genre verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
book 3 - read a fantasy book with fantasy genre, 4.0 + rating, award winner
Stardust
333 pages
approved in thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
351 + 304 + 333 > 750pages
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960 points
trishhartuk 20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
Option 1: The war to end all wars. Read a novel (fiction) set at least 50% between 1914 and 1918, and taking place in one or more of the following countries - the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria and/or Hungary.
All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
The majority of the book is set in the trenches in France and Belgium from 1915-18, with a brief interlude in Germany during the same period.
Golden Oldie: First published in 1929
(And it also has a poppy on the cover for Option 4)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – All Quiet on the Western Front was first published in 1929
Big Book: No
Total Points: 415
Tasks Completed: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 2
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - Spring and Fall
Book 1: Read a book in which the word SPRING can be found intact in the titleParis Spring by James Naughtie
Book 2: Read a book in which the word AUTUMN can be found intact in the title Quartet in Autumn byBarbara Pym
Points this post: 15
Total points: 930
MIKE DENNIS10.2 - The Great War
Leviathan
On page 1 of Popular World War 1 Books
✂- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Message 3634
Current Post: Points: 10
Total: Points: 325 GO: - BB: 7
Tasks: 5.1-5.7, 5.9-5.10; 10.1,10.2,10.3,10.4, 10.6-10.10;
15.3,15.4,15.6,15.8,15.9; 20.2,20.5; 25.10;50.1 using 30 books.
MEGSCL50.1 - Shree's task: POKEMON
Step 1: Choose Your Starter - Squirtle {MPGs Historical Fiction} - Three Sisters, Three Queens
◾MPG: historical fiction
**556 pages - 1 big book ticket
Step 2: Elite Four - Circe
◾MPG: historical fiction
◾not part of a series
◾not author's 1st book - The Song of Achilles published in 2011
◾393 pages = >300 pages
Final Step: Champion - Pachinko
◾ MPG: historical fiction
◾ 4.26 rating = >4.0 average
◾ Litsy Award for Historical Fiction (2017)
TOTAL TO DATE
165 points
3 BB
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Published in 2018
Points this post: 10
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 280
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 18
Total Books read: 20
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 5.1 - Baseball
March: Book Three
Points this post: 5
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 285
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 19
Total Books read: 21
10.5 - Picking Up the PenThe Monogram Murders (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries #1) by Sophie Hannah
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 900
10.8 Happy Anniversary SRC!Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, by David Quammen
The Tangled Tree was published August 14, 2018.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 690/1010
Total tasks: 45/58
Total books: 56/79
Diana K.15.2 - Spring and Fall
Book 1: Read a book in which the word SPRING can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name
Spring
Book 2: Read a book in which the word AUTUMN can be found intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Vogliamo Tutto: The Novel of Italy's Hot Autumn
Total points: 895
Diana K20.1 - 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.
Crossing Ebenezer Creek
Total points: 915
Diana K.20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Danielle M's task: Neil Simon
Option 3 For this task, read a book that is part of a trilogy
Night
Total points: 935
Bookwrm526Task #25.8 - Forest Lawn Cemetery
Option A: read a book that has that has LAKE, POND, CREEK, GEESE, SWAN, DUCK, DEER in the title. I read Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine.
Option D: Chose one of the residents below and read a book by an author who has the same initials as the resident. First and last initials only. I chose Kathleen Howard and read The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley.
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 755
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 1 - read a book with an animal that can be found in a zoo on the cover
This task = 20 points
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TOTALS
Points: 265
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 2