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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Queen Bee Darlene20.6 Seasoned Reader - Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 2: Full bloomed flower on cover
Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White Such a Perfect Wife
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 165
Jasmiina F20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year:
Option 2: Read a book that was first published between 1605 - 1975:
Neljä suurta by Agatha Christie.
First published in 1927.
Golden Oldie.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Cordelia20.8 The Scents of Fall
Option 1: Deadmen Walking by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Authr's initials SK in BAKED GOODS
Points: 20
Total points: 180
Laurah3010.4- Give thanks
Thanksgiving is not only an American tradition. It's also celebrated in Australia, Canada, Grenada, Liberia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Saint Lucia. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries.
The Elephants in My Backyard: A Memoir by Rajiv Surendra
This is Rajiv's story of going from living in Toronto to visiting India in an effort to research the role of Pi, the main character in Life of Pi.
50% of this story takes place in Canada as he talks about his childhood and his relationship with his father.
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 60
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 4
Books read: 4
Diana K.20.1 - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Opt 1. For this option, read a book with a hill or a mountain on the cover
Total points: 105
Delicious Dee10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
The Turn of the Screw - #9 on the Ghost Stories list; GO Ticket - first published 1898
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 180
Sandra5.9 - Elizabeth Swann
Read a book with a bird on the cover or the name of a specific type of bird in the title/subtitle.
The Goldfinch
by Donna TarttPoints this post: 5
Total points to date: 60
Sandra10.3 - Listen Up
Read a book that has won or been nominated (a finalist) for an Audie Award.
The Witness by Nora Roberts
This book won the Audie Award for Romance in 2013 (appears on page #5 of Audie Award list)
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 70
StaceyNC5.4 - Princess Fiona
Read a book that has all the letters of OGRE (in any order) in the title/subtitle and/or the author's name.
Book: Sugar Cookie Murder
Author: Joanna Fluke
Completed: 9/2/19
How it Fits: suGaR cOokiE murder
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
StaceyNC5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter first name or nickname.
Book: Spell's Bells
Completed: 9/5/19
MC's name is Emma
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
StaceyNC10.2 - Here’s to Health
October is Health Literacy Month. Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health, standalone or embedded.
Book: Delay, Don't Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle
Completed: 9/9/19
MPG Health
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 3
StaceyNC10.7 - Strike!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K.
Book: Underneath It All
Completed: 9/5/19
Author: Kate Canterbary
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 4
StaceyNC15.5. Back to School.
Read a book with the main page genre Classics, standalone or embedded.
Book: The Alchemist
Completed: 9/11/19
MPG Classics
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 5
Joanne MITask 5.6 Princess Buttercup
Read a book where yellow letters are in the title
NOTE: I did not read the ebook-I read the hardcover, but I cannot get the HTML link for the copy to work here, thus I am posting a link to that hardcover-the picture goes to the ebook(covers are the same)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
color yellow approved in message # 14 of the Task Help ThreadPoints for this task 5
Total points 50
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10.2 - Here’s to Health
Health genre: The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep by Guy Leschziner
total = 120
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10.3 - Listen Up
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton, Audie Award for History/Biography (2017)
total = 130
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15.8. A Parade - for me?
Initials AA in pArAde: Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic by Ace Atkins
total = 155
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
option 1, letters in title ETAH > HEAT: Every Tool's a Hammer: Life is What You Make It by Adam Savage, 320 pages
total = 190
trishhartuk10.10 Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
At the Mountains of Madness, HP Lovecraft
Best Monster Books, page 1, #22
Golden Oldie: First published in 1936
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: Yes – first published in 1936
Big book: No
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 10
Golden oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: List_addict5.8: Ann Darrow
A title with two or more consecutive words starting with the same letter
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Points this post: 5
Points this challenge: 5
Readerboard Name: List_addict15.6: Inventors Day
A nonfiction book with a MPG of science or technology
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson
Science
Points this post: 15
Points this challenge: 20
Task 30.2 – Dlmrose – The People In Your NeighborhoodMy neighbors:
BMARIEB27
BOBBY DOWNEY
BONITA
.... BOOK CONCIERGE .... Me
BOOKBEVER
BOOKDRAGON
BOOKLEARNER
Use letters only. Ignore punctuation, symbols and numbers.
Option 1 – “BELOW” neighbors - Author Initials in BOOKBEVER - R.O.
Robin Oliveira / I Always Loved You
I listened to the audio / No MMPB / Paperback; I Always Loved You – 368 pg
Option 2 – “ABOVE” neighbors - All letters of BMARIEB27 in title (numbers ignored)
sumMER hours At the RoBBers lIbrary
Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
I listened to the audio / No MMPB / Paperback: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library – 368 pg
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Ava Catherine5.5 - Princess Leia
Read a book with the word STAR or WARS (plural) intact in the title/subtitle or series name.
The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson
total=250
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - The Scents of Fall
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS. I read The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette (both initials in GooDs).
Total points so far: 190
Stormie5.5 Princess Leia - finished 09.11.19
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
the word "STAR" intact in title
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Ava Catherine10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Read a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present.
The Aftermath
byRhidian Brooktotal=260
LaureY10.7 - Strike!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K.
Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105/905
Total Books: 9
Total Tasks: 6/54
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Nick KY10.8 Forget-Me-Not I read One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez who died in 2014.
Total Pages So Far: 170
Ava Catherine10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
Read a book from the given list:
Ghost Stories
page 1; #3
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
total=270
Stormie20.9 Moderator's Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones:
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Both of the letters "J" and "M" in the Author's Name
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Ava Catherine15.1. Knock Knock!
Book 1. Read a book in which the same word appears at least twice in the title/subtitle.
Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory
AND
Book 2: Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains the word "who" or "who's."
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
total=285
Andy P.Task # 10.6 - Birth of the Internet
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork
A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books YearOption 2: For this option, read a book that was first published between 1605 - 1975
I listened to an audio version of O Pioneers! First published in 1913
***Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket for being published in 1913***
New Points: 20
Total Points: 95
GO's: 2
30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail FlaviaOption 1: What's in a name?
by Kate QuinnPage 1, Book 1
Option 4: Fabulous titles
by H.P. LovecraftFrom the book, I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 60
10.4 - Give ThanksMighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee
❁ set in Liberia ❁
Total points: 100 + 10 = 110
Jackie O. 10.2 - Here’s to Health
October is Health Literacy Month. Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health, standalone or embedded.
Extreme Transformation: Lifelong Weight Loss in 21 Days by Chris Powell
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
Jackie O. 20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 3
For this option, read a book where the letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do NOT appear in the title, subtitle, or author’s names.
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Jackie O. 15.2. Falling?
4. I was staring up at a strange thing in the sky and lost my balance! – Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 115
5.9 - Elizabeth Swanna bird on the cover or the name of a bird in the title/subtitle.
Approved in help thread for birds on the cover and approved for length (conditionally to a 5 pt task) on post 7605
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
10.5 - Zero InRead a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Hated You Then by M. Robinson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall Option 2: author’s initials can be found in APPLE CIDER, One qualifying contributor in a work by multiple authors will work.
Cursed Angels by Dani René and Anna Edwards
ApplE ciDeR
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
5.10I read Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed.
points: 15
books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 1379
Queen Bee Darlene5.9 Elizabeth Swann - bird on the cover or name of a specific type of bird in title/sub
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHale The Secret to Hummingbird Cake
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 170
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 (other topics)The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (other topics)
The Hush (other topics)
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-up Years (other topics)
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
John Hart (other topics)Ronan Farrow (other topics)
Kate Quinn (other topics)
Dan Abrams (other topics)
Daphne du Maurier (other topics)
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Option 2: MPG “Humor”
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Option 4: word of 4+ letters in the title/subtitle found in: GIANT FLYING HELMET
The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
Word: GAME
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 100/905
Tasks completed: 8/54
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)