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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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15.2. Falling?1 . I was sick! - Private Lesson
3. I was too tired from staying up late reading! - Lilac Lane
Total Points: 120
20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the GlensOption 1 - Snowfall on Haven Point
Total Points: 200
20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous FallOption 1: Corn Maze - Leader of the Pack - plot
Total Points: 220
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowlOption 3: Darkness Dawns
Book 2 published December 6, 2011
Total Points: 240
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a LieOption 2: Redwood Bend
Total Points: 260
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of FallOption 1: Southern Potions - Amy Boyles
Total Points: 280
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.Option 1. The Queen's Gambit - Jessie Mihalik
Total Points: 300
25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best StuffOption 1: Wicked Fog
Option 2: The Vampire's Fake Fiancee
Total Points: 345
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the CastleOption 2. Just My Type
Option 4. The Kiss Thief - Thief
Total Points: 370
25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!Option 3: Nothing But Trouble
Option 4: To Catch a Leaf - Kate Collins
Total Points: 395
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess PeachOption 1: Burning Lamp - Amanda Quick
Option 3: Wrapped Up in You
Total Points: 420
25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary MonthsOctober: After This Night
November: Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms - 2018
Total Points: 445
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great DameOption 2: The Girls of Pearl Harbor
Option 3: Wine and Punishment - Sarah Fox
Total Points: 475
30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your NeighborhoodAbove:
ALYSSA
ALYSSA W
ALYSSIA
Below:
AMANDA D
AMANDA PEARL
AMANDA VA
Book 1 - Someone We Know - Shari Lapena (above, ALYSSA)
Book 2 - Midnight at the Blackbird Café (below, AMANDA D)
Total Points: 505
30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture thisOption 1: Welcoming Seas
Option 4: Biting Cold - Chloe Neill
Total Points: 535
30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot GrrlsBook 1: Girl in Pieces - Kathleen Glasgow (Kathleen Hanna)
Book 2: Forever Blue (Kitten Forever)
Total Points: 565
MEGSCL10.4 - Give Thanks
Set in Australia (main page description of ebook edition Gravity Is the Thing states she is “a cafe owner in sydney”) - Gravity Is The Thing
TOTAL TO DATE
75 points
Flutterby10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Blonde Date by Sarina Bowen
104 pages in paperback (no MMP available)
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 6
Flutterby15.6. Inventors Day
Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character By Richard P. Feynman
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks: 7
20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the GlensOption 3: Death of a Dreamer by M.C. Beaton
J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do not appear in title or author's name
Total points: 35
Flutterby15.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin
Word: darkness
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks: 8
Flutterby5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter name or nickname
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
Protagonist: Kate
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 9
Flutterby10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Goodreads friend: Heather
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 10
LAUREN JODI 25.2- Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option #1: Gothic MPG
Dark Prince by Eve Silver
Confirmed in Post #24
Option #3: Baron in title
Baron by Joanna Shupe
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 280/905
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 13/54
Coralie30.6 Riot Grrls
Book 1 : Book by an author who shares a name with Stella Corkery
Hazard by Stella Riley
Book 2: Book which has a word in the title from band - sister from Sister George
Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog
Total to date 210 points
Laurah3025.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 1: The Food
Lord Edgware Dies
published 1933; 1 GO ticket claimed
260 pages, #33 on Mysteries in Good taste
Option 4: Shopping
Read a book written by an author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY.
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
RD in Black Friday; 274 pages
Total pages 534
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 170
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 11
Books read: 12
Readerboard: JENBENT30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Option 1: Nonfiction book with the mpg science or biography. These should be standalone genres.
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
SCIENCE MPG
Option 3: book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order
The Passengers by John Marrs
RA = mARrs
Points this post: 30
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 130
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 It's Halloween!
The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace.
WITCH is found on the list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 36/54
Books read: 45
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
Word pair: Garden and yard
Book 1: The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Novel by Jefferson Bass.
Book 2: Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 540
Tasks completed: 37/54
Books read: 47
KatrinaH10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Lady on the front cover.
The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg.
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Points this post: 10
Total this season: 20
Readerboard name Kathy P5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
Author: Daniel Tammet
Points this post 5
Totals
Points: 100
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 7
Total Books read: 7
Task 25.7 - Literary MonthsSeptember: read a book from the International Book 2019 list
Tentacle
#49, p1 of the list
October: read a book with a 3 word title, title word initials found in CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
An Accidental Murder
AAM
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395 points
Task 30.6 - Riot Grrlsbook 1: read a book whose author shares a name with a listed artist
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Sara matches Sara Marcus
book 2: read a book with a 4 letter word in the title that matches a listed band
Beck Bear
BEAR matches Huggy Bear
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425 points
Helen B20.5 - Party Like It's 1999!
Splendid by Julia Quinn
Book published in 1995
MMPB 396 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 20
Bookwrm526Task #15.8 - A Parade - for me?
Read a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word PARADE. I read The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld.
Total points so far: 370
Task 5.2 -Damsel-in-Distressread a book whose title initials are found in DAMSEL IN
The Billionaire's Pursuit by Nadia Lee
NL initials
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430 points
Nick KY25.3 Sandy L’s Thanksgiving
Opt. 1.I read Clammed Up by Barbara Ross from p. 2 (# 115) of the Mysteries in Good Taste listopia.
Opt. 4. With the author’s inits in BlaCk Friday, I read Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian.
Total Points So Far: 370
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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