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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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EMurphy20.6 Seasoned Reader-Roxana's Task: Well-seasoned fowl
3: Leaving the nest-#1 in a series The Fifth Season by NK Jemison
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
EMurphy20.9 Moderator's Pet-Coraline's Task: The Gentle Ones
1: Author whose name includes a J and an M The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemison
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 40
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
15.2. Falling?Option 3: Read the last or most recently published book in a series.
Book read: The Mortal Word
How it fits: The Invisible Library #5, next book in series hasn't been published yet
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Book read: Moonflower
How it fits: MPG Fantasy
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Total points: 240
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 17
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.5 Princess Leia
Misadventures with a Rock Star by Helen Hardt.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 34/54
Books read: 42
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.2 Falling?
Option 1: Every Note Played by Lisa Genova.
The man has ALS.
Option 3: The Girl Who Lived Twice by David Lagercrantz.
It is #6 in the MIllennium series.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 35/54
Books read: 44
Diana K.5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress. Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
Three Flames by Alan Lightman
Total points: 265
MEGAN RAE20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option 1: Corn Maze
For this option, read a book and use the initial letters of the title (all words count but subtitles should be ignored) to create a word. The initial letters of every word in the title must be used in your word. The word should be at least 3 letters long, and should be found in Official Scrabble Words. You may also choose to include the author’s initials to create your word.
Growing Things and Other Stories - Completed 5th OctoberHow it fits: First letter of each word in title (GTAOS) can make the word GOATS
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Mod
I read Defense for the Devil. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB). The book was first published in 1999, so all 3 9's come from the first publication date. Book has 448 pages, so >299.
Total points: 235
Helen B25.2 - A Visit to the Castle
Option 2: Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen
MPG of humor
Option 4: A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain
Time found in gIanT flying hElMet
Points this post: 25
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 19
Delicious Dee10.6 - Birth of the Internet
The Right Swipe - Alisha Rai - AR found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 300
Delicious Dee30.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It
Book A - The Siren
Book B - Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 330
Lisa MD5.1 - Taking Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick 302 pp
*MPG Adventure
*Listened to audio. No MMPB. Linked to PB
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 5
Total Points: 200/905
Tasks Completed: 13/54
Books Read: 15
BB Tickets:
GO: 2
Task 5.5 - Princess LeiaRead a book with the word STAR or WARS (plural) intact in the title/subtitle or series name.
Double Star (1956) by Robert A. Heinlein (Paperback, 224 pages)
Hugo Award for Best Novel (1956)
Locus Award Nominee for All-Time Best SF Novel (1987)
80 + 05 = 85
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 80 + 05 = 85
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,553
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
JUKKA30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia
Option 2: Book with a word in title of at least five letters, ending in Y.
Warcry: The Anthology by David Annandale et al.
Option 4: Book with a word in the title matching a word in a Flavia de Luce novel title.
Storm of the Dead by Lisa Smedman. The word is DEAD, matching both The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches and The Golden Tresses of the Dead.
Total Points: 215/905
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 16/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
15.7. It's Halloween!The word I chose was "Devil". I read The Devil's Punchbowl.
This book has 736 pages and I am claiming 1 Big Book Ticket.
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Big Books: 500 (3 tickets)
5.10 - No Need for DistressRead a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Book read: Agu Sihvka annab aru
How it fits: meets SRC rules, MPG Childrens, can't be found in AR Bookfinder.
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Total points: 245
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 18
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Mary P20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 3: Vintage Classics List ( page 1 )
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
Points this task: 20
Total points: 125
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books YearOption 1: Countries
read a book with one of following MPG:
Cultural > Russia
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 455
Julia10315.5. Back to School.
The Railway Children
AR Bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
Claiming one GO ticket - This book was originally published 1906
This post: 15 points, 1 GO
Total points: 245
BB: 0
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 18
Julia10310.8 - Forget-Me-Not
The Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley
GR author page says she died September 25, 1999
Claiming one BB ticket - this book is 688 pages.
This post: 10 points, 1 BB
Total points: 255
BB: 1
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
Laurah3015.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
"death" is on the list
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 145
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 10
Books read: 10
PegW5.9 - Elizabeth Swann
In honor of Swann and Sparrow, read a book with a bird on the cover or the name of a specific type of bird in the title/subtitle.
Using the cover option, I read
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 80
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Sophie5.10 Free choice
Outfox by Annabel Chase
Ebook page verification https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total 160
Anja10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
The Ghost by Robert Harris (400 pages)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 90
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
ANGIE CA10.7 - Strike!
Book: The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
Notes: Kiersten
Total Points: 180
Queen Bee Darlene15.3 Time to Catch Up
Option 2) Book that has been on my TBR for at least 1 year and is also on I Should Probably Read This Sometime list
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards The Memory Keeper's Daughter
This book has been on my TBR since April 28, 2015 and is #100 on the I should probably read this sometime list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 330
Kim O15.3. Time to Catch Up I chose the one-book option.
Lolita
Book 1 requirement: added to my Goodreads Want to Read list on March 5, 2018
Book 2 requirement: Found on page 1 of the I Should Probably Read This Sometime list
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 7
Jen K15.4. The Perils of Pauline
Option 2
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"of" can be found in Episode 2: Goddess OF the Far West
by Jose Antonio Vargas
Jose matches Edward Jose (approved in help thread #21)
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Points this Post: 15
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 11
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
Shawn H.10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
- cover depicts female figure alone
by Sheldon LordPoints this Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Big Ticket Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Sarah H25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 2: Read a book originally published in 1985.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Option 3: Read a book with Romance as a MPG.
Unnatural
Read the ebook, linked to the paperback.
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 250
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 15
Books read: 19
Task 15.7 – It’s HalloweenTitle word GHOST
Love and GHOST Letters
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 135 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Task 20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Jen K – Fabulous FallREQUIRED – 250+ pages
Option 1: Use the 1st letters of each title word to form a word; can scramble, can add author initials if needed
Title initials: B I D …. Spells BID
Before I Die - 336 pg
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 155 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Cordelia10.6 Birth of the Internet
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Author's initials PR in advancedresearchPRojectnetwork
Points : 10
Total points: 360
Brooke TX20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
Read a book that contains three (or more) number 9s in the number of pages, numbers in first published date, title/subtitle, and series number. With a 9 in the first published year, and 99 in the page count:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 23
Brooke TX20.10 - Group Reads
My discussion post can be found here.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 23
Mod
For my first book, I read Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know - word "know" appears twice in subtitle.
For my second book, I read Who? - the title is the word "who."
Total points: 250
Pamela32655.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
War Storm by Victoria Aveyard – Name: Mare
Big Book - 662 pages
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture thisOption 2: A picture is worth a thousand words
Read an adult book (one that does not have the children's/kids genre) written by a single author who has also written a children’s picture book that is on Goodreads and has a MPG of Picture Books alone or imbedded.
The Chance by Karen Kingsbury
author has written a number of children's picture books & one of them is Let Me Hold You Longer
Option 4: Zoom in
Read a book by a single author where the initials of the author's first and last name (ignore middle names/initials) can be found in either FLOWERS or INSECTS.
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
author's initials, NS, found in iNSects
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 485
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Huntress by Kate Quinn
discussion post #7
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
Queen Bee Darlene5.5 Princess Leia
STAR intact in title/sub/series name
Cook Like a Rock Star by Anne Burrell Cook Like a Rock Star: 125 Recipes, Lessons, and Culinary Secrets
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 335
APRILLEIGH5.8 - Ann Darrow
Read a book with two or more consecutive words in the title/subtitle that start with the same letter.
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (230)
Golden Oldie: 0 (2)
Big Book: 0 (6)
Books Read: 1 (20)
Total Tasks: 17
5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Total Points: 15
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Task 20.5 Party Like It's 1999! Read a book that contains three (or more) number 9s
Longest Day: June 6, 1944- 9 in 1949 and 2 9's in first published year 1959
Points this task 20
Total Points 85
BB's 2