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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Sunshine5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Book: Steel by Terry Bolryder 9/10/19
How it Fits: MC is Liam Steel
Approved SRC ebook Verification @ line #2735
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 5
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Read a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present.
Approved in Help Thread Comment #34
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 365
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Sunshine20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 3:
Book: Irresistible by Lisa Lace 9/30/19
How it Fits: J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do NOT appear in the title, subtitle, or author’s names
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 6
Diana K.20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Opt 2 Read a book with one or more full-bloomed flowers on the cover. At least some petals need to be fully expanded and visible.
Total points: 260
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowlOption 3: Read a book identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series.
Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge
Book is #1 in the Seven of Spades series.
Book #2 in this series was published on January 29th 2018
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
15.6. Inventors DayA non-fiction book with MPG Science: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Points this post: 15
Total points: 205
Sunshine5.4 - Princess Fiona
Book: Raising Innocence by Shannon Mayer 9/28/19
How it Fits: all the letters of OGRE in the title
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 7
Sunshine5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Book: Crossing Over Easy by Nova Nelson 9/9/19
How it Fits:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 8
Sunshine5.8 - Ann Darrow
Book: His Human Rebel by Renee Rose 9/29/19
How it Fits: Two consecutive words start with H
Approved SRC ebook Verification @ line #1370
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 9
SandyL10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Waiting on You by Kristan Higgins
read and rated 5 stars by Berit
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL10.3 - Listen Up
Read a book that has won or been nominated (a finalist) for an Audie Award
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Audie Award 2012
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins
480 Pages
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 16
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL15.2. Falling?
Option 1: Read a book where a major character is a doctor
Hotshot Doc by R.S. Grey
MC is a doctor
Option 2: Read a book with one or more human feet on the cover
The Best Man by Kristan Higgins
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 18
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS.
My Forever Home by Debbie Burns
BakeD goods
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 19
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Sports
Superfan by Sarina Bowen
MPG Sports
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY
Harder Than Words by Carrie Ann Ryan
blACk fRiday
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
10.9 - Portrait of a LadyA book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone: A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori
Points this post: 10
Total points: 215
Marina H10.6 - Birth of the Internet
Love Overboard by Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 8
Marina H20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 1: Offergaven by Dolores Redondo
592 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 9
Marina H30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Option 1: Under bjælken: Et portræt af Kronprins Frederik by Jens Andersen
Option 3: En helt normal familie by Mattias Edvardsson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 10
Marina H30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
Book 1: For Milena by Kathrine Assels
Initials found in Marika
Book 2: Det lille bageri på strandpromenaden by Jenny Colgan
All letters in Marilia found in title
Readerbord names:
MARIKA
MARILIA
MARINA
MARINA H
MARIT
MARIYA
MARIZZAMALOO
Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 11
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Read a book that has yellow letters on the cover.
by Neil GaimanIL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5.0
Author's Name is Yellow
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 370
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.2Option 3: the last or most recently published book in a series
A Better Man by Louise Penny
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #15
Option 4: MPG fantasy
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1
By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 200/ 905
Tasks completed: 15/54
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.7 - Strike!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K.
You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 380
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Erin NY15.6. Inventors Day
September 29 is Inventors Day. Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
* MPG Science
Science 67 users
Total Points: 155
Joanne MITask 15.2 Falling
Option3 -Too tired: Read the last or most recently published book in a series.
Quintana of CharynBook three of the Lumatere Chronicles Trilogy
Claiming 1 BB at 516 pages
Option 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
The Poppy War-MPG of Fantasy
Claiming 1 BB at 530 pages
Points this task 15
Total Points 65
BB's this task 2
Total BB's 2
perletwo 20.6 - 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.
Lowcountry Book ClubPoints this task: 20
Total points: 360
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 19
Bookwrm526Task #20.3 - We Didn't Start the Fire
Option 1: Read a book first published between 1949 and 1989 (inclusive), where the author’s initials can be found in “WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE”. I read Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (R and A in start), first published in 1972, 290 pages.
Total points so far: 325
Coralie20.1 A walk through the glens
Option 2: a book that contains all the letters of FAIRY in the title
Dragonfly Falling
F, A, I in FAllIng, R, Y in dRagonflY
Total to date 175 points
HELEN A.Task 20.5 3 9's in book, at least 299 pages
I Know This Much is True
First published 6-14-1998
Number of pages: 928
I Know This Much Is True
I claim one Big Book ticket (750+) for this book.
This post: 1 book, 20 points, BB (750+)
Total books: 20
Total tasks: 13
Total points: 245
BB=1
GO=1
Teresa Jo10.1 I'll Be There For You
Read a book that a friend has rated five stars
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Rebekah
Read Shelf -5-star rating
>it is showing for me about the 7th item in the listing
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 340
Brooke TX5.5 - Princess Leia
Read a book with the word STAR or WARS intact in the title/subtitle or series name.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Books Read: 23
Brooke TX5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter first name or nickname. With MC "Mark Grayson":
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 23
Brooke TX10.4 - Give Thanks
Read a book set at least 50% in Australia, Canada, Grenada, Liberia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, or Saint Lucia. Set in Canada:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 23
Brooke TX10.6 - Birth of the Internet
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork consecutively.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 23
Brooke TX10.7 - Strike!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 5
Books Read: 23
Brooke TX10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
Read a book from Best Monster Books. Found on page 1:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 6
Books Read: 23
Brooke TX15.8. A Parade - for me?
Read a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word PARADE.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 65
Completed Tasks: 7
Books Read: 23
5.10 - No Need for DistressNaked Cruelty (Carmine Delmonico #3) by Colleen McCullough
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 430
30.6 BrookTX task: Riot Girls1.If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster Jen Smith
2. Cold Fall Cold Cold Heart
60
30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia1 OPtion 2 Anomaly
word is Anomaly
2 Option 4 Rock Bottom Word is Bottom
90
Jen K20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 3: MPG Autobiography and Biography
Heavy: An American Memoir
256 pages > 250 pages
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 10
30.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It1. Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
2. From the Earth to the Moon
120
Readerboard Name: Absurda30.4- 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.
Old Bones by Douglas Preston
Two word title, 384 pages
Book 2. Read a short book, fewer than 200 pages, with a long title, at least 5 words.
How the West Was Worn: Bustles and Buckskins on the Wild Frontier by Chris Enss
Five word title (without subtitle), 144 pages
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 200
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
trishhartuk25.6 TraceyL’s task: Princess Peach
Option 1: Read a book written by an author using a pen name or alias.
Minor Mage, T. Kingfisher (pen name of Ursula Vernon)
Verified for length in message #7589: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 4: Read a book with a building on the cover.
Building approved in help thread message #36: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 21
Golden oldies: 4
JUKKA25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 2: Book originally published in 1985.
Vesimiehen lapset by Leena Huima. The title means "Children of the Aquarius".
Option 3: Book with MPG Romance.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone.
Total Points: 170/905
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 13/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Coralie5.8 Ann Darrow
Book with two consecutive words in title that start with the same letter
An Absent
In an Absent Dream
Total to date 180 points
Marina H - repost30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
Book 1: For Milena by Kathrine Assels
Initials found in Marika
Book 2: Det lille bageri på strandpromenaden by Jenny Colgan
All letters in Marit found in title
Readerbord names:
MARIKA
MARILIA
MARINA
MARINA H
MARIT
MARIYA
MARIZZAMALOO
Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 11
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10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
From Katy's 5-star:
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
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10.9 Portrait of a Lady
Read a book with a female figure on the cover - no other humans present
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 330