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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against HumanityOption A – 1) Why can’t I sleep at night?
The Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett
Option B – 2) Well, what do you have to say for yourself Casey? This is the third time you have been sent to the principal’s office for
Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
IL: MY - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9.0
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 945
25.2 TessaVanessa's Task: Game On!Opption 1: Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 28, 84, or 87 in order in number of pages.
The Glorious Heresies, by Lisa McInerney
The Glorious Heresies has 384 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.
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over, by Nell Irvin Painter
"Old" is the first word in the title, and Nell Painter is the only author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 775/1010
Total tasks: 49/58
Total books: 63/79
25.9 Delicious Dee's Task: Women of American Ninja WarriorOption 1: Read a book where the author shares first and last initials with one of the qualifiers.
American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church, by Alex Beam
Alex Beam has the same initials as Alyssa Beird.
Option 2: Read a book first published in 2014.
The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin, by Steven Lee Myers
The New Tsar was first published on January 14, 2014.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 800/1010
Total tasks: 50/58
Total books: 65/79
Jasmiina F20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames:
Option 3: Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle:
NOS4R2 by Joe Hill.
*Big Book Ticket with 689 pages.*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Jasmiina F20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ann A's task: In Memoriam:
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in QUEEN OF SOUL:
Tosiasioita Suomesta by Erlend Loe.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Delicious Dee30.2 - MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIES
Option 1 -
- shelved as humor by 9 ppl, male author, green trees on coverOption 4 - The Devil's Punchbowl - Greg Iles - male author initials GI; Big Book Ticket - 500+ pgs (hardcover is 580)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 630
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
Readerboard Name: Absurda5.9 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.
The word is "one"
One Book in the Grave
Points this task: 5
Total Points to date: 550
loafer5.7: Settlers of Catan-
Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
sEttLers of catan
points: 710
BB: 9
GO: 4
tasks completed: 41
loafer30.2 - 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
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison
CenTRe court roOF
no mmpb. pb: The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving: A Novel 304 pp
Option 4
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.
The Charm School by Nelson DeMille
Nelson DeMille
mmpb no page listed. pb: The Charm School 816 pp
claiming 2 "big book" tix for this
304 + 816 > 600 pages
points: 740
BB: 11
GO: 4
tasks completed: 42
loafer30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Listmaker
Option 1: Work On It- Read a book from 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die
Queer by William S. Burroughs
on page 12 of list, #1184
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.
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
#2 in series of 14 books
points: 770
BB: 11
GO: 4
tasks completed: 43
25.5 Rina's Task: In Memory of Denis TenBooks must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1993.
Book Read: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
#pages = 307
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in Kazakhstan or South Korea.
Book Read: bThe Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Yearsy Chingiz Aitmatov
#pages = 368
Total #pages: 307 + 368 = 675
Points This Task: 25
BB:
GO:
Total Points: 875
Total BB: 11
Total GO: 5
Total Tasks: 47
Task 25.8 – Bluemoon – Forest Lawn CemeteryOption A: NATURE – Title word: LAKE
Iron Lake
Option D: THE RESIDENTS - Author initials match: Rick James
Rhoda Janzen / Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress - 241 p
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 500 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
10.6 Original SixSocial Creature by Tara Isabella Burton
Set entirely in New York City
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 240
25.1 A Quick Look at Asian SportBook 1: Suicide Club by Rachel Heng 339 pages
November Road by Lou Berney 336 pages
AEO are the only vowels in the title.
Page total is 675
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 275
CYNBAXTER# 15.03 – Let’s Play
Option 2, Book: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
Task: 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 AND is 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.
Initials letters of title (MAD) can be found in Mr. Potato Head and author’s initials (GT) can be found in Nintendo Game Boy
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 395 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Andy P.Task # 25.2 - TessaVanessa's task: Game on!
Option 2. Read a book that has the word SINGLE in the title AND that is written by a single (one) author.
A Single Pebble by John Hersey
Option 3. Read a book first published in the 1980s
Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
First published in 1983
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1005
10.10 9,10,117th Heavenby James Patterson
Read a book by an author whose name starts with I,J, K
Task +10
Grand Total: 45
Ana15.10 - Ticket to Ride
by Anne Rice. I rolled a 4 and got black. The cover is 88% black according to tineye.Points this Post: 15
Total points: 335
Tasks Completed:17
Total Books Read:20
Total Pages:6690
Big Book Ticket: 1
Bookwrm526Task #25.3 - Cards Against Humanity
Book One: Read a book with a one or two word title (subtitles ignored) that answers one of the following questions or completes the phrase. 1) Why can’t I sleep at night? Forgotten Voices: Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida.
Book Two: Read a book with a title that has three or more words in the title that can complete the phrase. 2) Well, what do you have to say for yourself Casey? This is the third time you have been sent to the principal’s office for The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 810
REPOSTING...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
Ebook approval: this book is listed on spreadsheet; line 1821
Link to approval thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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: 640
StaceyNC25.10 - Brooke TX's task: #LitsyLove
Option A: #ASwapOfIceAndFire
Book 1: Read a book from this list of Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018.
Book: Midnight Riot -- Book 7 of this series Lies Sleeping is #78 on Page 1 of this list
Completed: 11/26/18
Book 2: In honor of George R.R. Martin, read a book by a single author who uses at least one initial in their name as it appears on Goodreads.
Book: Dragon Actually
Author: G.A. Aiken
Completed: 10/5/18
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 400
CathyG 25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Choose one question or phrase from option A and one from option B. Read a book with a title meets the criteria and would provide an answer to the question or complete the phrase.
Required: Include the question with your answer in it when you post
Option A – Read a book with a one or two word title that answers one of the following questions or completes the phrase.
2) Why do I hurt all over?
Got Fangs? by Katie Maxwell
Option B – Read a book with a title that has three or more words in the title that can complete the phrase.
1) Next time on Dr. Phil, How to talk to your child about
Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt
Points this post: 25
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 18
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
CathyG 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
3. Beater: For this option, read a book that nearly fits one of the requirements for task 20.5 of the Summer Challenge, but not quite. Here are the tasks and your options:
B. The original task requires reading a book with the Goodreads main page genre Horror. For this option, read a book with the MPG Paranormal, but NOT Horror.
Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang by Katie MacAlister
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 19
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
CathyG 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
3. Twilight: For this option, read a book that features vampires or werewolves
True Colors: A Novella of the Elder Races by Thea Harrison
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 20
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
10.9 - International Sudoku DayThe Spotted Dog (Corinna Chapman #7) by Kerry Greenwood
9 letters in GREENWOOD
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 955
CathyG 20.1 - 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.
A Tale of Two Vikings by Sandra Hill = 31
357 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 21
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
CathyG 10.7 -Before Autocorrect
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of commonly misspelled words . The word must match exactly. The words are listed in post 2 of the Help Thread.
Required: State the word. until-
Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds
Points this post: 10
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 22
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
CathyG 10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
The 10-Day Belly Slimdown: Lose Your Belly, Heal Your Gut, Enjoy a Lighter, Younger You
Points this post: 10
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 23
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
CathyG 20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Diane Whitney's task: All Hallow's Eve
This is a one book task. Your book must be at least 300 pages in length. Read a book with a cover featuring a person without a head. No part of the head (anything above the neck) may be visible Required: Include cover in your post.
Tall, Dark and Kilted by Allie Mackay 352 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 24
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket:
REPOST for correct reader nameLouise B
5.10 Our Favourite Recreation!
A book of my choice.
French Exit by Patrick deWitt
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 485
Number of tasks completed: 26
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 3
Laurah3010.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: ListmakerOption 1: Sula
#359 on page 4 of the 1001 books list
Option 2: Death of an Addict
# 15 in the Hamish Macbeth series. There are 33 books in the series.
Total points: 375
Readerboard Name: List_addict20.8: Nickels and Dimes - Dianne Whitney’s Task: All Hallows’ Eve
A cover featuring a body without a head
The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar
Pages: 374
25.2: TessaVanessa’s Task - Game On!
Option 3: A book published in the 1980s
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
Published: May 15th, 1985
Option 4: An author’s name which contains all the letters from one of the words: dragon, flower, season or wind
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Dragon
Total this Post: 45
Total for Challenge: 65
>Andy P.Task # 5.2 - The Tour de France
Read a book from this list:
Wanderlust.
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer # 36 on list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 1010
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: BoardgamesOption 4- Campaigns
Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain.
nApoleon Bonaparte
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
25.4 - Shanna Redwind's task: Country Fairs3. Read a book from the first 3 pages of this list: Food-Related Fiction
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
#98 (page 2)
6. Read a book which has been written by an author with an animal that appears intact in their name.
Skin and Bone (Dr. Anya Crichton #3) by Kathryn Fox
Animal, fox, found in author's last name
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 980
DeborahPost 20
5.7: Settlers of Catan
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
NO in Of cataN
ONE BOOK BETWEEN 80-99 PAGES FOR 1 FIVE POINT TASK
Points this post:5
Total Points:415
Books read:29
Tasks Done: 20
Task 5.10: Our favorite recreation!Read a book of your choice, that meets SRC rules.
Orient Express (1932) by Graham Greene (Paperback, 197 pages)
** Orient Express is a Golden Oldies, published in 1932**
220 + 05 = 225
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 220 + 05 = 225
Books read: 17
Pages read: 4,405
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
trishhartuk25.9 - Delicious Dee’s Task: Women of American Ninja Warrior
Option 2: Read a book first published in 2014.
Nightblind, Ragnar Jónasson
PB: 9781910633113
First published 1 October 2014
Option 5: Read a book in which the first letter of every word in the book's title can be found in one of the outdoor climbs she has completed
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
V9 - CleoPaTra-cinderella traverse
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 26
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 2
30.2 - MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIESOption 1, a book with mpg humor: Insane City by Dave Barry
paperback edition Insane City 400 p.
Option 2, a book whose page numbers include 2 of the numbers 2, 4, 6: Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
mass market paperback Britt-Marie var här 362 p.
This is the book with green on the cover:
Points this post: 30
Total points: 585
30.6 - Amanda A's task: The Game of ClueOption 1, a book with a suspect's game piece color found in the title (Miss Scarlet=red): Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
I am not using the cover option, but posting the cover per requirement for option 1:
Option 3, a book by an author whose initials appear in one of the rooms (conservatory): The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Points this post: 30
Total points: 615
15.4 - It's a DealOption 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2.
All Aces (Circus Hearts, #3) by Ellie Marney
Aces in title & book is 3rd in series
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 995
25.4 Shanna Redwind's Task: Country FairsOption 1: Use the Goodreads Book Randomizer 3 times. Record your first 3 generated hits. Choose a word from the title, subtitle or series of one of the books.
See What I Have Done, by Sarah Schmidt
Three shots: Home Herbal, What Influence Did Margaret Thatcher Have on British Politics?, Two Friends and Me.
Matching "Have" from second book.
Option 6: Read a book which has been written by an author with an animal that appears intact in their name.
Breath, Eyes, Memory, by Edwidge Danticat
dantiCAT
Points this post: 25
Total points: 825/1010
Total tasks: 51/58
Total books: 67/79
Laurah3020.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames
Option 4
Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
Katrina H5.10: Our favorite recreation!
Read a book of your choice... Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King.
25.3 - Beth NC 's task: Cards Against Humanity
Option A 1: Why can't I sleep at night? Insomnia.
Option B 3: Wes Anderson’s new film tells the story of a precocious child coming to terms with The Management Style of the Supreme Beings.
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Listmaker
Option 2: Small Gods by Terry Pratchett; #13 in the Discworld Series, which is 41 books in total.
Option 3: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, listed on page 1 of The People's Library for Success list.
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Post total: 60
Cumulative total: 155
Task 5.3 – International FootballTakes place in Australia
The Hypnotist's Love Story
I listened to the audio / MMP: The Hypnotist's Love Story - 515 pg
The location isn’t mentioned on the GR main page, but Moriarty is a well-known Australian author who typically sets her books in Sydney, and there are numerous references to Sydney in the text.
Examples:
pg 63 – “…make the social pages of the Sydney papers.”
Pg 81 – “…after Sydney’s relentlessly cheery weather.”
Pg 145 – “…every place in Sydney I’d ever been…”
Pg 169 – “…get out of Sydney for a long weekend…”
And a couple of references to Australia:
Pg 264 - "...are in Australia at the moment."
pg 476 - "It's Australia's oldest surviving ..."
pg 486 - "...spring in Australia as compared..."
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 515 pages
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This Post: 05 points
Total points to date: 505 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (6) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 6
BARBARA ★ 10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Muse of Nightmares - Laini Taylor 11/22
(published October 2, 2018)
**BIG BOOK - 514 pages**
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 650
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (1); 1000+: (0)
Queen Bee Darlene50.1 Shree's task: POKEMON
Total of books at least 750 pages
Step 1: Bulbasaur: Mystery genre
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay The Cabin at the End of the World 272 pages
Step 2: Mystery genre, standalone book, not author's 1st book, at least 300 pages
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis The Female of the Species 352 pages
Step 3: Mystery genre, rated 4.0 or higher, has won an award
Iron House by John Hart Iron House 421 pages; rated 4.09 as of this posting; won the Pat Conroy Southern Book Award (Fiction) 2012
272 + 352 + 421 = 1045 Total pages
50 points
Total Points: 275
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20.2 Boardgames
Option 3 - Careers (number in title = thousand)
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas, Jennifer Graham
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 47
Pages read: 17,121
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1