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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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TessaVanessaChallenge 30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
Above: TERRI FL, TERRI UK, TESLA
Below: THEIALIN, THEREANDBACKAGAIN, THERESA
Book 1; used bottom
Formerly Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham.
KB found in THEREANDBACKAGAIN
Book 2: used top
Coaltown Jesus by Ron Koertge.
TESLA is found in coALTown jESus
Points this post: 30
Total points: 395
Tasks completed:27/54
Books read:33
perletwo 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie - Option 2: For this option, read a book with a car or a paved road on which a car could drive on the cover.
Somebody Owes Me Moneycover approved here
Points this task: 20
Total points: 270
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 15
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)15.5. Back to School
Read a book with the main page genre Classics, standalone or embedded.
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Claim 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (1897)
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 205
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.2. Falling?
For this task, choose two different reasons why you might fall this fall, and read a book for each of those two options.
Option 3. Read the last or most recently published book in a series. The book must be identified as part of a series on Goodreads (series, #).
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
Third and final book in the U.S.A. Trilogy
Option 4. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
MPG Fantasy and Fantasy -> Magic
Points this task: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date:115
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Mary P20.7 - 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.
Freedom Road by William Lashner
Points this task: 20
Total points: 85
5.6 Princess ButtercupYellow Letters:
+5 = 55 points total
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.3. Time to Catch Up.
Option 2 - Read a book from the Book 2 list that has also been on your TBR for at least 1 year. REQUIRED: Provide the required information from both parts of option 1.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
This is on the Book 2 list, page 1 #49. It has been in my TBR pile forever, I don't remember exactly when I bought it but I know it's been on my shelves for several years.
Points this task: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 130
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
DeborahPost #8
25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
1) Touch Not the Cat
e-book verification approval post 7575
2/3)
A Killer CropPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 165
Books read: 12
Tasks Done: 8
DeborahPost #9
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
1) Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
Approved in task help thread for main page genre: Science post #11
3) Captivated by Nora Roberts
RA in Nora
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 195
Books read: 14
Tasks Done: 9
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books YearOption 2: Publishing year - book first published between 1605 - 1975 (inclusive)
Însemnări din subterană by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
first published in 1864
also claiming a golden oldies ticket please
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
BB: 1
GO: 4
Laurah3015.3 Time to Catch Up
Option 2 - Read a book from the Book 2 list that has also been on your TBR for at least 1 year.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
This book has been on my TBR since Dec 2, 2017 and is #615 (p7) on the I should probably read this some time list.
This book was published in 1920 and I am claiming 1 GO ticket.
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 105
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 7
Books read: 7
Mod
I read Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken. I listened to the audiobook, linked to top paperback (no MMPB). Author initials, EM, are found in daMsEl.
Total points: 135
5.10 - No need for distressI read Kinderen van Moeder Aarde by Thea Beckman. This book has the MPG childrens but cannot be found on AR bookfinder.
Points: 5
Total points: 140
10.6 - Birth of the internetI read The Single Hound by Emily Dickinson. The letter ED can be found in advancED.
Points: 10
Total points: 150
20.2 - Fabulous FallOption 2:
I read Gouden Kooi by Camilla Läckberg. (C in Cider and L in Apple, the book has 368 pages)
Points: 20
Total points: 170
20.4 - My big classics book yearOption 2:
I read The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll by H.G. Wells. (This book was first published in 1896).
Points: 20
Total points: 190
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 2
For this option, read a book that contains all the letters of FAIRY in the title/subtitle.
I read Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "The View", which has all the letters of "fairy" in the title and subtitle
points: 35
books read: 4
tasks completed: 3
task in progress: 1
pages read: 1699
Laurah3025.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 1
Read a book about cooking, baking or chefs from one of the following lists.
Mysteries in Good Taste
#30 They Do It with Mirrors
published 1952. Claiming a GO ticket
Option 4: Shopping
Read a book written by an author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY.
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 130
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 8
Books read: 9
LaureY20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.
Option 1 - Read a book by a single author whose name on Goodreads includes both a J and an M. The letters can be found in any part of their name.
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas
*I claim a Big Book ticket for this book as it is 660 pages long.*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165/905
Total Books: 12
Total Tasks: 9/54
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
Lisa MD15.6. Inventors Day
Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology,
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach 352 pp
*MPG Science
*Listened to audio. No MMPB. Linked to PB.
📕📙📒📗📘📕📙📒📗📘📕📙📒📗📘📕📙📒📗📘
TOTALS:
Current Points: 15
Total Points: 175/905
Tasks Completed: 11/54
Books Read: 13
BB Tickets:
GO: 2
Sarah H10.7 - Strike! - Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K.
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
Read the ebook, linked to the paperback
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 155
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 10
Books read: 11
Mod
I read Wilder Girls by Rory Power. Author initials, RP, found in PaRade.
Total points: 150
Marina H20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option 2: Selvrisiko by Elsebeth Egholm 28/09/19
354 pages - author initials found in APPLE CIDER
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 7
Queen Bee Darlene20.5 Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
Minimum 299 pages, 3 9's in either # of pages, # in 1st pub date, title/sub, series #
Chocolat by Joanne Harris Chocolat
1st published 1999, 306 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 260
perletwo 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame - Option 2: Applied Science - Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) with the mpg World War I, World War II, medical or medicine. These genres may stand alone or be embedded.
Pictures of the Mind: What the New Neuroscience Tells Us about Who We Are
Option 3: Radium - Read a book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order.
Tomorrow Never Dies by RAymond Benson
Points this task: 30
Total points: 300
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 16
10.2 - Here’s to HealthA book with. main page genre of Health: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Helen B30.4- The Long and the Short of It
Book 1. Read a long book, at least 350 pages, with a short title, no more than 2 words.
Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
MMPB 376 pages
Book 2. Read a short book, fewer than 200 pages, with a long title, at least 5 words
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith 128 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 17
Diana K.15.6. Inventors Day. Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
The Periodic Table
Total points; 220
Jen K30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Option 1: A Woman of Science
Heart Berries
MPG Non Fiction and Biography
Option 2: Applied Science
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
MPG War > World War II
513 pages
*********Big Book Ticket**********
Points this task: 30
Total points: 120
Sarah H30.4 - Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It
Book 1. Read a long book, at least 350 pages, with a short title, no more than 2 words.
Spinning Silver - 466 pages
Book 2. Read a short book, fewer than 200 pages, with a long title, at least 5 words.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - 181 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points to date: 185
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 11
Books read: 13
Suzannesea25.3 SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 1: The Food
Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay is listed in Mysteries in Good Taste on page 1, # 17.
222 pages
Option 4: Shopping
Read a book by an author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY.
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
blAcK
531 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 235
30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your NeighborhoodNeighbors:
Above MIDU
MICHELLE WI
MICHELLE-MARIE
MICKSLIBRARIAN (Rachel Caine)
by Rachel CaineBelow MIDU
MIELA583 (the MIstLetoE murder And other stories)
MIGUEL
MIKE DENNIS
by P.D. JamesPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 150
Jen K10.3 - Listen Up
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Audie Award Nominee for 2019
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 130
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Tasks complete: 7
Books read: 9
Jen K20.2 - Rookie at the Top
Option 2: APPLE CIDER
The Library of Lost and Found
352 pages > 250 pages
*************************
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 150
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Tasks complete: 8
Books read: 10
Ava Catherine5.9 - 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 Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
total=430
Ava Catherine15.3. Time to Catch Up.
Option 1:
Book 1 - Read a book that has been on your TBR list or pile for at least one year - that is, since at least 9/1/18. This can be on any of your Goodreads TBR lists, or from a physical pile you have at home.
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan on my TBR list; added July 10, 2014. This book may also be located on my Juno list.
AND
Book 2 - read a book from this list: I Should Probably Read This Sometime.
page 1; #29
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
total=445
Ava Catherine15.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
And the Dark Sacred Night by Julia Glass
title word=dark
total=460
Ava Catherine15.10. What's New in 2019?
Read a book from the given list: Most Anticipated Books of 2019.
April
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
total=475
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 3: 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.
Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw
Book #2 Published 2018
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 225
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Ava Catherine20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 1:
For this option, read a book with a hill or a mountain on the cover.
Lost Horizon
by James Hiltontotal=495
Ava Catherine25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 1: Holidays!!
Read a book where Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos, or All Saint's Day features prominently in the story.
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Option 2: Pumpkins!!
read a book with a pumpkin on the cover.
Hallowe'en Party
by Agatha Christietotal=520
Ava Catherine25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 1. Read a book with a main page genre of “Gothic,” alone or embedded.
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
mpg gothic
Option 3. Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle: “Castle” “Monk” “Italian” “Moor” “Baron” “Frankenstein” “Abbey” “Cobweb.”
title word=monk
The Monk by Matthew Lewis
total=545
ANGIE CA10.6 - Birth of the Internet
Book: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Notes: reseaRCh
Total Points: 170
Ava Catherine25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 1: The Food
Read a book about cooking, baking or chefs from the following list:
Great Books about Food
page 1; #21
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl 282 pages
Option 2: Family and Friends
Read a book with the word FAMILY, FAMILIES, or FRIEND found intact in the title, subtitle or series title.
Spies in the Family: An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War by Eva Dillon 336 pages
title word=family
282+336=618 total pages
total=570
5.3 - Not So Helpless After AllCinder by Marissa Meyer
Page 1, #25
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
15.7. It's Halloween!Halloween Word List - Blood
Blood Sky by S. Massery
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
15.9. Time to RevisitPage 2, #120
The Last Lecture
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the FireOption 2: Read a book named in the song, or related to one of the topics mentioned.
Mafia
Collateral by Natasha Knight
Mafia book (says it on the cover and in the description) both characters are from different mafia families.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Challenge 10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.
It was on Kristina Simon's List.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 365
Tasks completed:26/54
Books read:31