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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Jen K10.4 Give Thanks
The Rosie Result
set almost 100% in Australia
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Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 160
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Tasks complete: 9
Books read: 11
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great DameOption 2: Applied Science
Marie Curie’s achievements included the development of the theory of radioactivity, a term she coined, techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements: polonium and radium. During WWI she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals.
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.
I read Girls on the Line:, which is about women who ran switchboards during WWI for the US Army Signal Corps.
Option 3: Radium
Radium is a chemical element with the symbol Ra and the atomic number 68.
Read a book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order.
I read Howard Stern Comes Again. The author, Howard Stern, has the letters RA in his first name. This book is 560 pp and is a **********BIG BOOK ************
points: 65
books read: 5
tasks completed: 4
big Books: 1
pages read: 2079
Sarah Ruth20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of biography or autobiography. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Educated
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 115
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
Cordelia25.7 Literary months
Sept: Tokyo Ueno Station by Miri Yū
Oct: A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
Title initials AMIF are in CHELTENHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL
First published 1998
704 pages. Could I please claim 1 BB ticket
Points: 25
Total points: 325
Total BB tickets: 3
25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common LanguageBook 1. Chose a word pair from one of the lists. Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle.
Book 2. Read a book with the other word from the word pair in the title or subtitle.
I used the word pairing closet/cupboard from the British vs American list.
Book 1: The Burglar in the Closet 290 pages
Book 2: I listened to an audio version of A Cupboard Full of Coats 261 pages
New Points: 25
Total Points: 205
GO's: 2
SALLY M.15.9 Time to Revisit: page 1 of SRC Recommended Books list
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a Big Book (774 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
BB tix this post: 2
Total BB tix: 4
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
APRILLEIGH25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 1:
Read a book written by an author using a pen name or alias.
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
(real name Cicely Isabel Fairfield - as indicated in 1st line of GR author bio)
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1918 ***
Option 4:
Read a book with a building on the cover.
The Unexpected Guest by Charles Osborne(silhouette of mansion between first and second tree)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (210)
Golden Oldie: 1 (2)
Big Book: 0 (6)
Books Read: 2 (18)
Total Tasks: 15
Amy FL15.6. Inventors Day
Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? - Science
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
Julia10320.10 - Group Reads
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
My comments are in post 7 of the discussion thread.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 200
BB: 0
GO:0
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15
5.9 - Elizabeth SwannParrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 320
Amy FL20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 1: Lights All Night Long (approved in message 2 for Cultural > Russia)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
Envy (first published 1999)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Sarah H10.1 - I’ll Be There For You - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
The Silent Patient - rated 5 stars by Amy
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 195
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 12
Books read: 14
Lisa MD20.9 - 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.
Vendetta by Jack McSporran 182pp
*Listened to the audio. No MMPB. Linked to PB
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 20
Total Points: 195/905
Tasks Completed: 12/54
Books Read: 14
BB Tickets:
GO: 2
Readerboard name Kathy P20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 2 The Brooklyn Follies
Points this post 20
Totals
Points: 75
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 5
Total Books read: 5
Readerboard name Kathy P20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 2
One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them BothF in Family
A in Family
I in Family
R in Dream
Y in Family
Points this post 20
Totals
Points: 95
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 6
Total Books read: 6
20.6 - WELL SEASONED FOULOPTION 3 - Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions
The second book Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna was published in May 2016.
TOTAL POINTS - 200
MELLY20.4 option 2: book published between 1605 - 1975
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
**This book was published in 1820. Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 135
BB tickets to date: 1
GO tickets to date: 1
MELLY20.1 option 3: a book where the letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do NOT appear in the title, subtitle, or author’s names
Circe by Madeline Miller
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 155
BB tickets to date: 1
GO tickets to date: 1
perletwo 20.1 - 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.
Where'd You Go, Bernadettecover approval
Points this task: 20
Total points: 320
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 17
Sarah H5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater - Read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter name or nickname.
Down Among the Sticks and Bones - "Twin sisters Jack and Jill..."
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 200
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 13
Books read: 15
Task 15.10 What's New in 2019?Read a book from one of these two 2019 lists:
Most Anticipated Books of 2019 or Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019.
REQUIRED: State in your post which list your book was found on and the month for which it was listed.
From:
List:Most Anticipated Books of 2019
Month: February
Lost Children Archive (2019) by Valeria Luiselli (Hardcover, 385 pages)
Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)
Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2019)
45 + 15 = 60
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 45 + 15 = 60
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,035
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
initials AT in dAmsel disTress: The Honorary Jersey Girl by Albert Tucher
I read the ebook: The Honorary Jersey Girl
total = 300
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20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the Fire
option 2, The Bridge on the River Kwai, an adaptation of a the 1954 novel, is released and receives seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture:
The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle, 224 pages
total = 330
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
option 1, initials AS in bAked goodS: Kopp Sisters on the March by Amy Stewart
total = 350
Task# 10.6- Birth of the internetRead a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork consecutively
Milkman by Anna Burns
advANcedresearchprojectsagencynetwork--> ANna Burns
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 2
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20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.
option 1, JM in name: Casting Into the Light: Tales of a Fishing Life by Janet Messineo
total = 370
Task 10.8 - Forget-Me-Notread a book whose author is dead
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald died in 2000
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305 points (updated points)
Task 10.9 - Portrait of a Ladyread a book with a single female on the cover
The Black God's Drums
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315 points (updated points)
Ava Catherine25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
word pair: apartment: flat
Book 1. Chose a word pair from one of the lists: British v. American word list. Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle.
Apartment in Athens Glenway Wescott
Book 2. Read a book with the other word from the word pair in the title or subtitle.
The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
total=595
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.
Option 2: A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris
Rage: mARGarEt
Points this post: 20
Total points: 415
Tasks completed:28/54
Books read:35
LAUREN JODI 30.3- TessaVanessa's Task: Picture this
Option #1: Say Cheese!
Caught on Camera by Meg Maguire
Confirmed in Post #20
Option #2: Zoom In
A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd
Author initials in INSECTS
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 210/905
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 10/54
trishhartuk5.9 Elizabeth Swann
Read a book with a bird on the cover
Change of book from The Raven Tower (initially claimed in message #324 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) to:
Red eagle on the cover
Total points: 315 (unchanged)
Tasks completed: 19 (unchanged)
Golden oldies: 4 (unchanged)
Big Book tickets: 0
trishhartuk5.2 Damsel-in-Distress
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
The Raven Tower, Emma Miles
daMsEl
Book moved from task 5.9 in message #324
Ebook verified in message #7515: (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 20
Golden oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Absurda20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 2: Feathers and bloom
Read a book with one or more full-bloomed flowers on the cover. At least some petals need to be fully expanded and visible.
by J.M. GriffinVase of fully bloomed flowers on the counter in background.
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 150
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
Read a book that contains three (or more) number 9s.
Chocolat Audiobook
Chocolat Paperback 306 Pages
First Published 1999
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 245
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.6. Inventors DayMPG Science
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human by Noah Strycker
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 125
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a LieOption 1: For this option, read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD.
The wOrld
Inland by Téa Obreht
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 145
Task 20.9 - The Gentle Ones.Option 1Read 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.
JaMes lovegrove
The Stuff of Nightmares (Sherlock Holmes) (2013) by James Lovegrove (Paperback, 294 pages)
60 + 20 = 80
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 60 + 20 = 80
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,329
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
25.6Option 3: MPG romance
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Option 4: Building on the cover
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
For this one I listened to the audio with the building photo, but the paperback is linked to confirm page numbers (it has a different cover). I didn't see anything in the rules about this situation.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 160/905
Tasks completed: 13/54
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
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10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased. It can be assumed that an author of a book published before 1920 is deceased.
How it fits: Author Terry Pratchett died in 2015.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70