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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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20.10 - Group ReadsLink to my post:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 25
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Checkmate
Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye. I read I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells.
TinEye results: 79.4 % White Smoke (White)+11.3 % Nero (Black)+ 4.4 % Storm Dust (Grey)+4.4 % Foggy Grey (Grey) = 99.5%Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 45
MAZZA125.1 - Andy P's task: A Quick Look at Asian Sport
The page number total for both books must exceed 600 i.e. must be 601 or greater.
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.
Shadow Karin Alvtegen 311 pages
Book 2. read a book whose TITLE contains 3 different vowels and no more than that.
The Silence of the Girls 304 pages
Total page count = 615
Points this post = 25
Total points to date = 205
Books read = 14
Tasks completed =10
Golden Oldies =0
Big Books = 3
REPOST20.1 - Scrabble
I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling.
This book would be worth 64 points on a Scrabble board.
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
Points this task: 20
Total points: 45
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
25.2 - Game on!Book 1 - Option 3: I read The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King.
This book was first published in 1987.
Book 2 - Option 4: I read North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both by Cea Sunrise Person.
All of the letters in SEASON can be found in CEA SUNRISE PERSON.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 70
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 4
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Kathy P's Task: CareersOption 3: Happiness - Read a book with more than one person on the cover. Include the cover when you post.
Book Read:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Points This Task: 20
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 6
Sara G15.9 - Get a Clue
Clue, or Cluedo outside the U.S., is a popular murder-mystery board game. Read a book that meets one of the following 3 characteristics AND has the MPG Mystery.
1. Contains a person's name in the title/subtitle. The name should be used in reference someone in the book (a main character or the subject of the book, for example).
Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen
Riley is the murder victim in this one.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
**reposting**25.3: Cards Against Humanity
Option A:
3) Money can’t buy me love, but it can buy me: The Immortalists.
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 Proust and the Squid.
This post: +25
Total: 65
Kim O5.7: Settlers of Catan Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
Coffee with Groucho
Points this task: 5
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Books read: 2
JUKKA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
Option 3A: Book that is #2, #4, #12, or #14 in its series.
Star Trek Classics Vol. 2: Enemy Unseen by Keith R.A. DeCandido et al. is #2 in Star Trek Classics.
Total Points: 60/1010
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard Name: Amarie10.10 - Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
Book: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 45
15.6 - Checkmate Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey according to TinEye.
Verslaafd aan God by Peter Rollins.
According to TinEye the cover is 85.2% White (White) + 3.1% Scorpion (Grey) + 1.8% French Grey (Grey) + 1.6% Nero (Black) = 91.7%
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Tiffani 20.6 Careers
Option 3. Happiness - read a book with more than one person on the cover. Include the cover when you post.
by Melissa de la CruzPoints this task: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:0
JUKKA10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Book by an author whose last name starts with I, J, or K.
Star Trek: Ongoing, Volume 2 by Mike Johnson
Total Points: 70/1010
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
MAZZA125.6 - Nick KY’s task: Autumn Indoors and Outdoors
Option A. SWIMMING --
Read any biography or autobiography of an athlete or team who competed in the Olympic Games.
Believe: Boxing, Olympics and My Life Outside the Ring Autobiography Gold medal winner 2012 and 2016
Option E. COZY -- Go back indoors where it is cozy and read a book with the main page GR genre of “Cozy Mystery.”
Fruit Cake and Fear MPG Mystery> Cozy Mystery
Points this post = 25
Total points to date = 230
Books read = 16
Tasks completed =11
Golden Oldies =0
Big Books = 3
Megs20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Karen Michele's task: The Ozette Loop: A Favorite Hike
I choose Option #3: Twilight
For this option, read a book that features vampires or werewolves.
Timeless
MPG: Paranormal > Vampires
Points this post: 20
Total point: 35
BARBARA ★ 5.10 - Our favorite recreation!
Read a book of your choice
Unloved - Katy Regnery 9/3
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
BARBARA ★ 15.8 - Spell it Out Read a book with one of these letters (Q & Z) in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Queen of the Tearling - Erika Johansen 9/2
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 40
Delicious Dee25.8 - Bluemoon's task: FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
Option B - The Killing Forest - forest
Option D - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - Susannah Cahalan - authors initials SC match Shirley Chisholm
Points this task: 25
Total points: 110
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
BARBARA ★ 10.6 - 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.
Sacred Evil - Heather Graham 9/13
(takes place 100% in New York City (Manhattan))
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Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 50
SALLY M.20.3 11am on 11 November 1918
Reckless Magic by Rachel Higginson (option 3 - The Armistice: #1 in the Star-Crossed series)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1823
SALLY M.20.5 Bookish Quidditch
The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert (4. Announcer: food/drink in the title, coconut cake)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
Pages read: 2141
Julia10315.8 - Spell it Out
Zoe's Tale (Z in title)
This post: 15 points,
Total points: 45
Total BB: 3
Total GO: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Ava Catherine5.4 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.
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
appalacHian TRail = initial letters of title TRH
total 165
Ava Catherine5.8: Go and Parcheesi
Read a book set at least 50% in China or India.
Women Of The Silk by Gail Tsukiyama
set entirely in China
total 170
Ava Catherine5.9: Boggle
Read a book the title/subtitle of which includes a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the Boogle board.
word=man
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
total 175
Ava Catherine10.4 - 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.
author's initials=KE found in micKEy mouse
The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson
total 185
Slayermel5.3 International Football
I read The Reader by Bernhard Schlink which takes place in Germany
Points this task: 5
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Kathy G.20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kathy P's task: Careers
Option 3- more than one person on the cover.
Total Points- 55
Ava Catherine10.7 -Before Autocorrect
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the list of commonly misspelled words .
word=tattoo
The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams
total 195
5.3: International FootballThis book is set in England
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Audio I listened to
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Mass Market Paperback 956 pages
I would like to claim 2 Big book tickets please.
Points this post 5
Total points 5+ 105=110
BB 2
Ava Catherine15.5 - Nonfiction November
Read a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books list.
page 1; book #4
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
total 210
Alycia20.2 Rookie at the Top
Option 3: Campaign
Shattered by Allison Brennan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 6
Mod
I read Split Second, with consecutive words beginning with "s." I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Elizabeth BTask 5.1 - #4 in a series
Beside A Black Tarn,(Brimstone #4), e-book, approved for length at post#6998
Points 5
Total 135
Elizabeth BTask 5.7
The Enlightenment of Daniel by Eli Easton
author's first and last initials (E,E) are found in SeTTLeRS OF CATAN
Points 5
Total 140
Elizabeth BTask 10.4 - book written by a single
The Well by Marie Sexton
author's first and list name initials (M, S) are found in MICKEY mOUsE
Points 10
Total 150
Amy the book bat10.6 - Original Six
The 102nd season of NHL hockey is scheduled to begin on October 3, 2018. 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.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the Goodreads description or metadata, please provide a reference.
New York City - You've Been Warned by James Patterson
Points this task: 10
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9
LISA NZ15.3 - Let's Play
Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2.
I read: Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt -- initial letters of title (ITAB) can be found in Jack in the Box; author's initials (AC) can be found in Alphabet Blocks.
Total points: 55
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
LISA NZ20.5 - Bigger is Better - Cat's task: Bookish Quidditch
I chose Option 3 (Beater)
C. FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. read a book by an author that has one initial (either first or last) in the phrase and one initial that is one letter off from a letter in the phrase.
I read: Milk and Honey By Rupi Kaur
RK will work for this task because K is found in the phrase and R is one letter off from S which can also be found in the phrase.
Total points: 75
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
5.1 - BaseballRead a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation - 3, 4, 9, 13, etc
Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn
#3 in the Daisy Dalrymple series
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task 20.2 - Boardgamesoption 4: read a book with author initials in BONAPARTE
Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
AR initials
976p - claiming 2 BB tickets
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110 points
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