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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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Louise B15.3 - Let's Play!
I chose Option 2.
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Each first letter of the title can be found in “Star Wars Action Figures”: STAr wArS Action fIgures
Author initials are found in “Slinky”: sliNkY
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 455
Number of tasks completed: 23
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 3
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.7: The Serpents Trail by Sue Henry. There are 288 pages listed, meeting requirement of only having digits 0 2 5 8 in page count.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 305
Books Posted: 18
Tasks Completed: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Louise B15.8 - Spell it Out
The highest scoring tiles in the game of Scrabble are Q and Z. Read a book with one of these letters in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Q in author’s name:
The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
I read the ebook but have linked to the MMPB.
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 470
Number of tasks completed: 24
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 3
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.7: Option 2: The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood. The initial letters of title (TGMM) can be found in Little Green Army Men; author's initials (KG) can be found Rocking Horse.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 320
Books Posted: 19
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Louise B10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
I J K are the 9th, 10th and 11th letters of the alphabet. Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
A Toxic Trousseau by Juliet Blackwell
I read the ebook but have linked to the paperback.
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 480
Number of tasks completed: 25
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 3
Elizabeth BBook substitution:
Task 15.1
Pool C
Set in Australia Lights and Sirens, (e-book only, approved for length at post #7079 of the length verification thread)
Set in USA: Substituting Shelter the Sea for Promises Part 1, set in Atlanta, Georgia
Elizabeth BTask 20.9
Option 3
A book that is part of a trilogy and is identified as such by Goodreads
The Prisoner of Zenda (The Ruritania Trilogy #2)
Points 20
Total 335
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.6:
Option 1: Mew Is for Murder
by Clea Simon. The cover is more than 50% blue according to Tineye: Curious blue (61.2%) + 3 other blues (4.8% + 4.5% +3.4%).Option 3: Mojado: A Navajo Nation Mystery by R. Allen Chappell. The author's initials RAC can be found in the conservatory.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Summary Totals:
Points: 350
Books Posted: 21
Tasks Completed: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Elizabeth BTask 50.1
Step 1. Squirtle bucket (genre Romance) Planet Dragos: A Novella of the Elder Races, MPG Romance - 164 pgs
Step 2. stand alone book, not part of a series, MPG Romance
not author's 1st book first book (it was Point of No Return, published in 2012)
On Davis Row, published in 2018 - 328 pgs
Step 3. (MPG Romance), avg. rating 4.49 > 4.0,
award winner RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance (2018)
Shelter the Sea, 265 pgs
Total pages: 164+328+265=757 >750
Points 50
Total: 385
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.10: Rolled a 4, and spun green: Yesterday's Gone: Season One
by Sean Platt & David W. Wright. MPG Horror is listed. The cover is more than 80% green according to Tineye: Racing green (41.1%) + Bitter green (19.2%) + waiouru green (13.4%) + viridian green (4.9%) + shadow green (3.3%), for a total of 81.9% green.Claim 1 Big Book Ticket for 590 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Summary Totals:
Points: 365
Books Posted: 22
Tasks Completed: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Elizabeth BTask 30.5
Read 2 books with the same number of characters in their titles.
Total pages 464+176= 640 >600 pgs
The Legacy, 9 characters- 464 pgs
The Chosen, 9 characters -176 pgs
Points 30
Total: 415
FANDURY25.9 - Delicious Dee's task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
Option 2: Read a book first published in 2014.
Echopraxia by Peter Watts
Book was first published in 2014
Option 4: Read a book from one of these lists:
Kickass women in superhero comics
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu
The book is on page 1, #80 on the Kickass women in superhero comics list
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 385
Books Read: 28
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kayla C25.4 Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs
Option 1
Setting Free the Kites by Alex George
approved in help tread message 41
Option 6
by Phoebe Foxanimal: Fox
total points: 520
GO: 1
BB: 5
Joanne MITask 10.4 -Rad a book whose authors initials can be found in
Mickey Mouse
Circe by Madeline Miller
Initals MM
Points this task 10
Total points 395
Total BB's 9
Kayla C25.5 Rina's task: In Memory of Denis Ten
Option 3
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
joSh aNd hazEl'S guidE to Not DaTing
309 pages
Option 5
by Beth Harbisoncar mirror on cover
342 pages
309 + 342= 661 >600
total points: 545
GO; 1
BB: 5
FANDURY20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Beater 3: Read a book that nearly fits one of the requirements for task 20.5 of the Summer Challenge, but not quite.
For this option, you may read a book by an author that has one initial (either first or last) in the phrase FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA and one initial that is one letter off from a letter in the phrase.
The Jade Suit of Death by Joshua Reynolds
The author initials JR have one initials (R) in the phrase and one inital (J) one letter of from I in the phrase.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 405
Books Read: 29
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kayla C50.1 Shree's task: POKEMON
Bulbasaur
Book 1: The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel
272 pages, MPG Non-Fiction
Book 2:Bunk: The True Story of Hoaxes, Hucksters, Humbug, Plagiarists, Forgeries, and Phonies by Kevin Young
560 pages > 300 pages
Bunk is 12/13 books published by Kevin Young
MPG Non-Fiction
**claiming one BB ticket 560 > 500**
Book 3: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
rating 4.09
Award: Pultizer Prize for Autobiography and Biography 1997
452 pages
MPG: Non-Fiction
272 + 560 + 452= 1,284 > 750
total points: 595
GO: 1
BB: 6
Andy P.Task # 5.10: Our favorite recreation!
Read a book of your choice, that meets SRC rules.
City of Endless Night by Douglas Preston
Points this post: 5
Total points: 955
BARBARA ★ 15.5 - Nonfiction November
Read a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books list
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America - Erik Larson (#4 on first page) 10/27
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 430
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (0), 750+: (1); 1000+: (0)
BARBARA ★ 15.1 - Dig It OTHER OPTIONS IN LAST POST
Read TWO books, each set at least 50% in two different countries that are in the SAME pool.
POOL C:
Australia - Water and Fire- Demelza Carlton 11/19
USA - Running Hot - Jayne Ann Krentz (Hawaii) 9/26
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 445
BARBARA ★ 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
Option 2: Read a book with the word "bird" or the name of a specific bird in the title
Pelican Point - Donna Kauffman 10/31
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 465
BARBARA ★ 20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
Read a book with a cover featuring a person without a head. No part of the head (anything above the neck) may be visible but, at least 50% of the torso must be shown.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli (303 pages)11/17
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points:485
BARBARA ★ 25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs
Option 2: Read a book that an amusement park ride appears on the cover
My Bluegrass Baby - Molly Harper 11/23
Option 3: Read a book from the first 3 pages of this list: Food-Related Fiction
Sprinkle with Murder - Jenn McKinlay (#128, page 2) 11/10
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 510
BARBARA ★ I'd like to remove
5.8 - Go and Parcheesi
Read a book set at least 50% in China or India
The Risk Agent - Ridley Pearson (China) 11/13
AND apply this book to this task
25.7 - M1nks's task: The Games We Played
Option 3: read a book with the main page genre 'Humor'
The Pursuit - Janet Evanovich/Lee Goldberg 11/8
Option 4: read a book with a cover that is at least 50% black according to TinEye.
The Risk Agent - Ridley Pearson (54.3% black) 11/13
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 530 (deduct 5 and add 25)
BARBARA ★ 25.9 - Delicious Dee's task: 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.
No One Heard Her Scream - Jordan Dane (Jeri D'Aurelio (JD)) 11/14
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:
Wicked Nights With a Lover - Sophie Jordan 11/16
WNWAL = Whispers of Wisdom Rocky Mountain National Park
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 555
BARBARA ★ 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s task: Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football
Option 1: SEC Teams
Read a book FIRST published in a year containing the numerals 1 and 4 in the publication date.
Hope Ignites - Jaci Burton (March 2014) 10/6
Option 4: The South
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
Magic Triumphs - Ilona Andrews (Georgia) 10/4
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 585
BARBARA ★ 30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of Clue
Option 1: Breath of Fire - Amanda Bouchet (Mrs. Peacock - 79.8 % Blue) 10/11
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in one of the rooms listed below.
Endless Knight - Kresley Cole (KitChen)(320 pages) 11/15
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (432 pages) + Book 2 (320 pages) = 652 > 600 pages
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 615
BARBARA ★ 5.3 - International Football
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup: Russia, Belgium, Germany, England, Spain, Poland, Iceland, Serbia, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru.
The Hypnotist - Lars Kepler (Sweden) 11/9
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 620
BARBARA ★ 5.4 - 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.
A Catered Halloween - Isis Crawford (APPALACHIAN TRAIL) 10/29
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 625
BARBARA ★ 5.6 - Simon Says
Read a book where the title/subtitle contains at least 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter.
Somewhere in the Shallow Sea - Dennis Macaraeg 11/8
(somewhere, shallow and sea all start with S)
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 630
BARBARA ★ 5.7 - Settlers of Catan
Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN. Middle initials can be ignored.
Sweet Home - Tillie Cole (seTtlers of Catan) 11/18
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 635
BARBARA ★ 5.9 - Boggle
Using this Boggle board, read a book the title/subtitle of which includes a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the board.
Dead End Dating - Kimberly Raye (END) 11/10
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 640
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.6 - Checkmate.
Read a book whose cover is at least 80% black, white and/or grey.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (104 p.) *
58.3 % Oil (Grey)
23.8 % Hint Of Red (Grey)
7.1 % Nobel (Grey)
2.0 % Double Pearl Lusta (Grey)
Total: 91.2% grey
* I would like to claim a GO ticket for this book, please.
➸ Points: 175
➸ Total Pages: 3,963
Amy the book bat30.2 - MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIES
Option 1: read a book with MPG Comedy/Humor.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Option 2: read a book whose page numbers include 2 of the numbers 2, 4, 6 OR includes 99 intact in the page numbers e.g. 249; 426 or 299 all fit
Cross 464 pagesPoints this task: 30
Total points: 770
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 8
Books read: 63
Tasks completed: 48
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
I chose Option 1. I read The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang. I read a paper ARC that I had requested from the publisher, Graywolf Press; the book will publish in February 2019.
Previous point total: 315
New points this post: 20
Total points: 335
Total tasks completed: 25
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
10.5 Picking Up The PenRead a continuation novel (fiction) in the style of an established series, produced by a new author after the original author's death.
Book Read: And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer
Named in the Help Thread.
Points This Task: 10
BB:
GO:
Total Points: 850
Total BB: 11
Total GO: 5
Total Tasks: 46
Amy the book bat30.3 - 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.
Don Quixote (p.1 #80) (GO & BBx3)
(first published January 16th 1605) 1023 pages
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.
Double Cross Alex Cross series #13 of 26 books
claiming 1 Golden Oldie and 3 Big Book tickets for Don Quixote
Points this task: 30
Total points: 800
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 11
Books read: 65
Tasks completed: 49
Karolyn15.3 Let's Play
Option 2
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
Book first letters (R I F R) are in Fisher-Price Little People
Author Initials (S G) in Dungeons & Dragons
Points This Post = 15
Total Points to Date = 420
Books Read = 29
Tasks Completed = 16
Golden Oldies = 7 tickets
Big Books = 6 tickets
Karolyn25.8 Forest Lawn Cemetery
Option A : Book with lake in the title
Lost Lake
Option B: Title includes "Stone" from the quote
Cutting for Stone
Big Book Ticket for Cutting for Stone (541 pages)
Points This Post = 25
Total Points to Date = 445
Books Read = 31
Tasks Completed = 17
Golden Oldies = 7 tickets
Big Books = 7 tickets
Karolyn5.10 Our Favorite recreation
The Golden Acorn
This has MPG Children, but no word count on AR Bookfinder
Points This Post = 5
Total Points to Date = 450
Books Read = 32
Tasks Completed = 18
Golden Oldies = 7 tickets
Big Books = 7 tickets
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's EveA Cruel Necessity (John Grey Historical Mystery, #1) by L.C. Tyler
- 320 pagesTotal this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 920
Elizabeth BTask 15.10
I rolled 6(Science fiction) and spun black
, e-book only, approved in line 1663 of the spreadsheetAccording to TinEye my bookcover has 75.6% black
Points 15
Total 440
Elizabeth BTask 20.6
Οption 3 a book with more than one person on the cover
Points 20
Total 460
Coralie30.2 Tennis Memories
Option 3 Book where the title has three words or more and all the words in the title start with a letter from CEntre courT roof
This book has green on the coverOption 4 Book by an author with initials JB
by Jim ButcherThis post 30 points
Total to date 770 points
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: CareersOption 1, a book with main page genre biography: Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
Points this post: 20
Total points: 555
Coralie30.4 The Chunkster
Two books with MPG Historical Fiction with total number of pages at least 750 pages
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter 402 pages
The Edwardians 352 pages
Total pages 4021 + 352 = 754
This post 30 points
Total to date 800 points
Amy the book bat25.8 - Bluemoon's task: FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
Option A. NATURE: Read a book that has that has LAKE, POND, CREEK, GEESE, SWAN, DUCK, DEER in the title, ignoring subtitles.
The Lady in the Lake (first published 1943)
Option B. BLUE SKY MAUSOLEUM: Read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters from the quote below in the title (not subtitle). Words must match exactly and be found in the quote itself (this does not include the author of the quote, Frank Lloyd Wright).
chosen word: monuments
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket for The Lady in the Lake
Points this task: 25
Total points: 825
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 11
Books read: 67
Tasks completed: 50
10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials are found in MICKEY MOUSE.
Book read: Die Braut des Meeres
How it fits: Author's (Kresley Cole) initials are KC.
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Total points: 620
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 37
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
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Task 5.10 Our Favorite Recreation!
Participate in our favorite recreation by reading a book of your choice.
I chose ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points Earned for Fall Challenge 2018: 5
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2018: 1
Total Books Read for Fall Challenge 2018: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2018: 0
Total Golden Oldies Book Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2018: 0