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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Nick KY15.2 Falling?
Book 1. Opt. 2. Feet on the cover. I read The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood.
Book 2. Opt. 4. Sci fi genre. I read A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick.
Previous Points: 10
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 25
Sandra5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley
Author initials are MS and appear in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 45
Jen K15.6. Inventors Day
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
MPG Non-Fiction and Science
****** qualifies for a Big Book Ticket****** (636 pages)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 15
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Erin NY5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
Not all damsels are distressed. Read a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia. If previous book(s) in a series are on the list, subsequent books in the same series may be substituted. Series books must be identified on Goodreads as part of the same series.
Required: State the page of the list on which your book is found when you post. If substituting a series book, include the title of the series, the name of the book found on the list, and what page the book can be found on when you post.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
* IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
Book is on page 1 on on the list, position 42 at the moment
Total points: 10
Erin NY5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Move over Rose, let Jack on the door. In honor of one of Hollywood's most iconic romantic pairs, read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter name or nickname. The character's name or nickname must be mentioned in the book's description. Ex: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary), Who Is Vera Kelly? (Vera), Killing Floor (Jack)
Required: State the character's name when you post.
Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
* Protagonist is Emma
Total points: 15
Erin NY10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
The tv show Friends debuted in the US 25 years ago on September 22, 1994.
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars. If you need a friend, you may use a moderator's list: Dlmrose, Kristina Simon, Sandy
Required: State the GR friend or moderator.
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
* List of my friend Kimberly https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9...
Total points: 25
Erin NY10.5 - Zero In
Zero Tasking Day is the day we get an extra hour when daylight savings time changes. Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Note: Ebook, audiobook and large type page number rules apply. See the Rules.
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
* My exact edition has 408 pages: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Total points: 35
Erin NY10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Read a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present. Obvious facial or body features and/or traditionally female clothing must be seen.
Required: Include the cover.
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Total points: 45
Erin NY20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Romanian wisdom claims autumn is the time to count your hatchlings: "Toamna se numără bobocii". This proverb is of a feather with the more familiar "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched" - with a couple of twists. First of all, it requires you to wait for the little'uns to grow a bit (cracking the shell is not enough - let's see how they fare from spring to autumn!). Additionally, it specifically targets duck or goose chicks, rather than chickens. Generally, it states that the best time to evaluate an attempt or an effort is after its completion.
Select one of the options below and read one book.
Required: State the option chosen when you post.
Option 3: Leaving the nest
I used to think this saying was about going back to school in autumn - because "boboc" also means rookie, or freshman!
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.
Required: Include in your post the date of publication of Book #2 in the series.
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
* (The Dark Artifices #1)
Total Points: 65
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Read two books, one from each of two different options. REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Option 1. Read a book with a main page genre of “Gothic,” alone or embedded: “Gothic” “Horror > Gothic” “Gothic Romance” etc.
Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase
MPG - Gothic
Option 5. Read a book with a setting in Africa. The setting must be clear from the GR description or “Setting” indication. At least 50% of the book should take place in Africa, and it may be fiction or nonfiction.
A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Set in Kenya
Points this task: 25
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 25
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Queen Bee Darlene25.1 Bookwrm526's Task: Fall has ALL the Best Stuff
1) Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos, or All Saint's Day features prominently in the story
A Catered Halloween by Isis Crawford A Catered Halloween
Halloween featured
3) leaves in their fall colors on the cover
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks A Walk to Remember
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 40
10.2 - Here’s to HealthOctober is Health Literacy Month. Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health, standalone or embedded.
Extreme Transformation: Lifelong Weight Loss in 21 Days by Chris Powell
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
LAUREN JODI 25.5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
Book #1: Death
Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb
Book #2: Like
In Like Flynn by Rhys Bowen
Compound word: Death+Like = Deathlike
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 60/905
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3/54
Task: 30.5 All Hail FlaviaOption 2: Chemistry Please
Book read: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Read a book with a word of at least five letters in the title or subtitle that ends in Y. (word: westaway).
Option 4: Fabulous Titles
Book read: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that matches exactly a word in a Flavia title.
(The word "fine" is found in The Grave's a Fine and Private Place)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
Breanna10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Barak rated it 5 stars
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 2
10.1 a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson
My best GR friend & husband James rated this book 5 stars
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40/905
Tasks completed: 3/54
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Sara G15.10. What's New in 2019?
The Millions (an online magazine) publishes a list of "most anticipated" books for the year. 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
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
This book is on the Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019 list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Laurah3020.7 - 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.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 1
Books read: 1
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Laurah3010.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Read a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present.
Daisy Jones & The Six
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 2
Books read: 2
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Northline Audiobook
Northline MMPB 204 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 35
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 3: Read a book where the letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do NOT appear in the title, subtitle, or author’s names.
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 55
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Jen K20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1: author initials in BAKED GOODS
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
baKed goodS
*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 35
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets total: 1
raynebair10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
GR friend Lori read and rated 5 stars
points this post: 10
Total points: 15
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
HELEN A30.1 Read...two books from one option.
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order.
Both: G.B.Trudeau== tRudeAu
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... AND
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
This post= 30 points
This post= 2 books
Total points= 45
Total books =4
G.O.=0
B.B.=0
Coralie15.8 A Parade – for me?
Book by an author whose initials appear in pARade
Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds
Total to date 60 points
JEN B.10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
One Day in December by Josie Silver (9/5/19)
This book has 409 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 20
15.7 word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle: DeathThe Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 55/905
Tasks completed: 4/54
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Jen K20.10 - Group Reads
Urban Fantasy: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Message #11 on the Discussion Thread
*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 55
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets total: 1
Nick KY10.4 Give Thanks I read Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood, set in Canada as evidenced by “Cultural>Canada” in the GR genres on the book’s main page.
Total Points So Far: 35
Oma12295.4 - Princess Fiona
Read a book that has all the letters of OGRE (in any order) in the title/subtitle and/or the author's name.
The Double-A Western Detective Agency by Steve Hockensmith
"O"=Double
"G"=Agency
"R"=Western
"E"=Detective
Total # of Tasks=3/54
Total # of Points read=25/905
Total # of GO Books=(1)
Total # of BB=500+=(),750+=(), 1000+()
Oma122920.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
I chose 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 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.
A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith
The word CRAFT was created using the first letters of the title of the book.
"C"=Crown
"R"= Rose
"A"=A
"F"=For
"T"=The
Claiming A Rose for the Crownas Big Book as it has 672 pages.
Total # of Tasks=4/54
Total # of Points read=45/905
Total # of GO Books=(1)
Total # of BB=500+=(1),750+=(), 1000+()
Task: 10.9 Portrait of a Lady"Read a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present. "
Book read:
by Becky AlbertalliPoints this task: 10
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
15.5 - Back to SchoolThe Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
❁ main page genre Classics ❁
Total points: 25 + 15 = 40
Helen B20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 1
Julia PhillipsThere’s a mountain on the cover.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Helen B30.1 - A Great Dame
Option 1:
by Lawrence GoldstoneMPG: Science and Biography
Option 3:
byRachel GrantAuthor’s name contains RA: RAchel Grant
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 3
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5.4 - Princess Fiona
OGRE in title: Rough Trade by Todd Robinson
PB: Une affaire d'hommes
Total = 5
Mod
15.3. Time to Catch Up.
option 2, 1 book
condition 1: On my TBR since December 17, 2009
condition 2: List page 2, #193: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 23.0
total = 20
Stephanie12715.2. Falling?
1 . Read a fiction or nonfiction book where a major character is a doctor or nurse.
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
4. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15/905
Tasks completed: 1/54
Books read: 2
Mary P30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot Grrls
Book 1: Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the musicians from this list: Riot grrl musicians.
All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger Shares a name with Elizabeth Davis
Book 2:Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word* found in one of the band names from this list: Riot Girrls Bands.
A Country Year: Living the Questions by Sue Hubbell Contains the word year from 7 Year Bitch
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 30
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - Taking Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
White Fang by Jack London
Adventure mpg ( 630 users)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle. I chose the word moon and read A Mansion on the Moon: A Guam Love Story by C. Sablan Gault.
Total points so far: 65
Andy P.Task # 20.10 - Group Reads
I chose Non Fiction - Sports:Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien
My comments appear here
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season. I read Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien. I commented on the discussion thread at post #3.
Total points so far: 85
MELLY30.4 (two book task)
1st book: Read a long book, at least 350 pages, with a short title, no more than 2 words.
Possession 555 pages
**Claiming one Big Book ticket for Possession. Page count above.**
2nd book: Read a short book, fewer than 200 pages, with a long title, at least 5 words.
How to Suppress Women's Writing 160 pages
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 30
BB: 1
GO: 0
JEN B.20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 2: Read a book with a car or a paved road on which a car could drive on the cover.
by Kate Quinn (9/7/19)TOTAL POINTS: 40
Sarah H15.6. Inventors Day - Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
The Order of Time
Read the ebook, linked to the paperback
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 35
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 3
Books read: 3
JEN B.5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Help Thread
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
Conviction by Denise Mina (9/7/19)
TOTAL POINTS: 45
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
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The Hush (other topics)
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-up Years (other topics)
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership (other topics)
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Task #20.9 - 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. I read Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem (J in first name, M in last name).
Total points so far: 50