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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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APRILLEIGH10.3 - Listen Up
Read a book that has won or been nominated (a finalist) for an Audie Award.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (870 pages)
*** Big Book - two tickets for 750+ pages ***
This book won an Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year (2004), which is listed on the books main GR page, as well as showing up about two-thirds of the way down page 11 of the award list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (145)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 2 (3)
Books Read: 1 (12)
Total Tasks: 10
APRILLEIGH10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
Read a book from one of the provided lists.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (652 pages)
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
This book is #104 on page 2 of the Ghost Stories list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (155)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 1 (4)
Books Read: 1 (13)
Total Tasks: 11
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
Read a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia. If previous book(s) in a series are on the list, subsequent books in the same series may be substituted.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
#49 on the List.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 165
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Nick KY30.4 Sandy’s Long and Short
Book 1. Short title, long book. I read Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson. 2 word title, 843 pp
CLAIM TWO BIG BOOKS for Deadhouse Gates. I had 200 pp of this book read before the challenge began.
Book 2. Long title, short book. I read On Being Black and Reformed: A New Perspective on the African-American Christian Experience by Anthony J. Carter. 5 word title, 153 pp
Total Points So Far: 280
Big Books So Far: 750+ (1) = 2 BB tickets
APRILLEIGH5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
Read a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (759 pages)
*** Big Book - two tickets for 750+ pages ***
This book is #23 on page 1 of the Badass Female Leads! list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (160)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 2 (6)
Books Read: 1 (14)
Total Tasks: 12
Queen Bee Darlene25.5 Andy P.'s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
Read two books with titles each containing a word of 4+ letters that can be combined to form one compound word..
The total number of pages for both books must be at least 500 pages.
The GOOD Luck Sister by Jill Shalvis The Good Luck Sister
144 pages
The Chocolate Maker's WIFE by Karen Brooks The Chocolate Maker's Wife
608 pages
144 + 608 = 752
Good + Wife = goodwife
from Dictionary.com: goodwife[ goo d-wahyf ]
noun, plural good·wives [goo d-wahyvz] .
Chiefly Scot. the mistress of a household.
(initial capital letter) Archaic. a title of respect for a woman.
Would like to claim a Big Book Ticket for The Chocolate Maker's Wife (608 pgs)
Points this post: 25
Big Book Ticket claimed: 1
Total Points: 240
HELEN ATask 25.3 2 books, 500 pages total
Option 1 The food
The Language of Food from Great Books about Food List, page 2, #117 246 pages The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
Option 2 Family & Friends FAMILY in title
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 257 pages Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Pages total for this post: 503
This post: 2 books, 25 points
Total tasks with this: 5
Total points with this: 120
Total books with this: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
APRILLEIGH10.4 - Give Thanks
Read a book set at least 50% in Australia, Canada, Grenada, Liberia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, or Saint Lucia.
A Curve in the Road by Julianne MacLean
As indicated on this book’s main GR page, the story is set entirely in Nova Scotia, Canada.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (170)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (6)
Books Read: 1 (15)
Total Tasks: 13
30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot GrrlsBook 1: Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the musicians from this list: Riot grrl musicians
I read an ebook version of My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth matches Elizabeth Davis
Book 2: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word* found in one of the band names from this list: Riot Girrls Bands.
I listened to an audio version of The Wild Boys
Wild is found in the band name Wild Flag
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 180
GO's: 2
Blueberry20.2 Opt 1: read a book and use the initial letters of the title (all words count but subtitles should be ignored) to create a word.
As I Lay Dying A I L D from the title can be scrambled to make the word: DIAL.
This book has 288 pgs.
This book is a Golden Oldie. First published in 1930.
Pts this post: 20
Total pts: 80
GO: 1
Books read: 4
HELEN ATask 15.9 SRC Recommended Book List, page 1 #38
The Art of Racing in the Rain
This post: 1 book, 15 points
Total tasks: 6 with this one
Total books: 11 with this one
Total points: 135
BB=0
OG=0
Coralie15.5 Back to School
Book with MPG classics
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet
Total to date 135 points
HELEN ATask 5.6 Yellow letters on the Cover Miracle PetsMiracle Pets: True Tales of Courage and Survival
This task: 1 book, 5 points
Total tasks: 7 with this one
Total books: 12 with this one
Total points: 140 with this one
BB=0
GO=0
HELEN ATask 15.7 Halloween Vocabulary Word List CAT
The Cat on My Lap: Stories of the Cats We Love
This task: 1 book, 15 points
Total tasks: 8 with this one
Total books: 13 with this one
Total points: 155 with this one
BB=0
GO=0
5.8 - Ann DarrowA book with two or more consecutive words in the title that start with the same letter: My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Points this post: 5
Total points: 180
Helen B20.6 - Well-seasoned fowl
Option 3: Virgin River by Robyn Carr
First book in the Virgin River series. Book 2 Shelter Mountain was published in 2007.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 15
HELEN ATask 5.10 A book of my choice
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
An adult book about a woman with two suitors. Mystery.
85 pages. The one book allowed for 5 points with only 85 pages.
I read the version published in 1921. I claim one Oldie but Goodie ticket for it.
This task: 5 points, 1 book, one 85-page book
Total tasks: 9 with this one
Total books: 14 with this one
Total points: 160 with this one
BB=0
OG =1 with this one
Anna K30.2.
Book 1 - Using above/below 3 readerboard-adjacent names, read book by author whose initials are found in one of that group’s names
Book 2 - Using other group of names, read a book with all the letters of one name in the title/subtitle
ANN A-M
ANN H (used for book 1)
ANNA E
ANNA K (me!)
ANNA R
ANNA T (used for book 2)
ANNAPOORNI
Book 1: Eyes Wide Open, by Noreena Hertz (A, N, H in author’s name - Ann H)
Book 2: The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats, by Daniel Stone (A, N, T in title - Anna T)
Points this post: 30
Points this challenge: 60
Thank you!
Teresa Jo30.1 Ava Catherine's Task: A Great Dame
Read two books
Option 2: Applied Science - read a book with the MPG of Medical (genre verified, post 52)
Didn't Get Frazzled by David Z. Hirsch
Option 3: Radium - read a book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA
chARlaine hARris - she has RA in both her first and last name
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 215
Diana K.25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Opt 1 Read a book about cooking, baking or chefs from one of the following lists.
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany On page 1 of the Great Books about Food list
Option 2: Read a book with the word FAMILY, FAMILIES, or FRIEND found intact in the title, subtitle or series title.
Passion on the Vine: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italy
Total points: 185
Diana K.20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Opt 1. read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS.
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
Total points: 205
perletwo 30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia - Option 2: Chemistry please - Read a book with a word of at least five letters in the title or subtitle that ends in Y.
The Impossible Knife of Memory - memorY
Option 4: Fabulous titles - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that matches exactly a word in a Flavia title. Note: All the Flavia books that meet SRC requirements are eligible for this option. Required: State the word
The Golden Tresses of the Dead - all the words, as this is a Flavia title
Points this task: 30
Total points: 250
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 14
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great DameOption 1 or 2:
by Rebecca Skloot(MPG science as well as biography)
Option 3:
by Lucinda bRAntPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 120
trishhartuk10.8 Forget-Me-Not
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Nine Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny
Zelazny died on 14 June 1995
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 18
Golden oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Marina H10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
by Elsebeth Egholm Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 6
Readerboard: JENBENT20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option 1: Corn Maze
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
initial letters of the title create a word = BOAT
Points this post: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 100
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the GlensOption 3: letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do NOT appear in the title, subtitle, or author’s names
Saga lui Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf
first published in 1891 - claiming it as a golden oldie please
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
BB: 1
GO: 3
APRILLEIGH15.10. What's New in 2019?
Read a book from one of two 2019 lists.
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
This title is found under the month of May on the first list, Most Anticipated Books of 2019.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (185)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (6)
Books Read: 1 (16)
Total Tasks: 14
Delicious Dee10.2 - Here’s to Health
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine - shelved as health>medicine by 99ppl
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 205
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones
option 1 - Ayesha at Last - Uzma Jalaluddin
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 225
Kim O20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD.
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune (305 pages)
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 6
Stormie5.3 - Not So Helpful After All
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo finished 09.25.19
Big Books Ticket: 0 Book
Big Books Ticket Points To Date: 1
Points this Post: 5
Total Points To Date: 50
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
StaceyNC5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
Book: The Tycoon's Revenge
Author: Melody Anne
Completed: 9/27/19
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 6
StaceyNC15.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
Book: Vampire's Kiss
Completed: 9/27/19
Word: Vampire
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 7
babbling c15.9. Time to Revisit
Several years ago, we set up this list - SRC Recommended Books. Let's refresh it!
Read a book from this list. REQUIRED: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found.
The Luxe - Audio Latidos - paperback pgs. 372 by Anna Godbersen
Pg. 4 #365
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points:115/905
Completed Tasks:7/54
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 3,010
Books read this season:9
Suzannesea25.6 TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 3
Read a book with Romance as an MPG.
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Option 4
Read a book with a building on the cover.
by Kate RacculiaPoints this post: 25
Total points to date: 210
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 1
Read a book with a hill or a mountain on the cover.
Book:
Completed: 9/22/19
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 8
StaceyNC25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
This is a two book task. Choose two options and read one book for each.
Required: State which options you choose when you post.
Option 3: Mario and Peach are a classic video game couple. Read a book with Romance as a MPG.
Book: Throb
Completed: 9/22/19
Option 4: The princess is in another castle! Read a book with a building on the cover.
Book:
Completed: 9/12/19
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 9
babbling c20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 3: Leaving the nest
I used to think this saying was about going back to school in autumn - because "boboc" also means rookie, or freshman!
Read a book identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series. Book #2 in the series needs to have been published before September 1st, 2019.
Required: Include in your post the date of publication of Book #2 in the series.
To Brew or Not to Brew - kindle To Brew or Not to Brew -paperback pgs. 304 by Joyce Tremel
Published December 1st 2015
Tangled Up in Brew Book #2 in the Brewing Trouble series was published October 4th 2016
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points:135/905
Completed Tasks:8/54
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 3,314
Books read this season:10
Sunshine5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Book: Immune by Shannon Mayer 9/18/19
How it Fits: Author's initials are SM
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Sunshine30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia
Option 2:
Book: Until Lilly by Aurora Rose Reynolds 9/24/19
How it Fits: Word is Lilly
Option 4:
Book: Fashionably Dead by Robyn Peterman 9/13/19
How it Fits: Word is Dead - "The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches"
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
trishhartuk5.6 Princess Buttercup
Read a book that has yellow letters on the cover.
Yellow letters confirmed in help thread message #33: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 19
Golden oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
MEGAN RAE15.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween word List in its title/subtitle.
- Completed 27th SeptemberHow it fits: Word "Dark" found on the list and found in the title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Jackie O. 15.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch by Serena Valentino
Word - Witch
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 120
Jackie O. 10.5 - Zero In
Zero Tasking Day is the day we get an extra hour when daylight savings time changes. Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Mistress of All Evil: A Tale of the Dark Fairy by Serena Valentino
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 130
10.5 zero in the number of pages Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
470 pgs
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 135/905
Tasks completed: 12/54
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Sarah H25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
Read a book from the list Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019:
La Cresta de Ilion - number 20 on list (English title is The Iliac Crest)
Read the ebook, linked to the paperback
Read a book first published between 1949 and 2019 (inclusive) with title of at least three words (ignore subtitles), where the title initials can be found in CHELTENHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL:
Life Among the Savages
Read the ebook, linked to the MMPB
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 145
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 9
Books read: 10
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - What's New in 2019?
Read a book from one of the two lists. I chose the list Most Anticipated Books of 2019 and read A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers edited by Victor LaValle which was featured for February (near the end of the February list).
Total points so far: 265
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 1: Read a book written by an author using a pen name or alias.
A Planet for Rent by Yoss
Real Name José Miguel Sánchez Gómez
Option 4: Read a book with a building on the cover.
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 190
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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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 1: Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay
❁ author's initials are JM ❁
Total points: 225 + 20 = 245