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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a LieOption 1: read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD.
Book read: A Week to Be Wicked
How it fits: Author's (Tessa Dare) initials are TD, 356 pages (MMPB Edition: A Week to Be Wicked)
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Total points: 265
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 19
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Ava Catherine30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Option 1: A Woman of Science
Read a nonfiction book with the mpg science or biography.
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos by Dava Sobel
mpg science and mpg biography
Option 2: Applied Science
Read a book with the mpg World War I, World War II, medical or medicine. These genres may stand alone or be embedded.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande mpg medical and mpg medicine
total=850
Ava Catherine5.10 - No Need for Distress
Relax and read a book of your choice.
Flying Shoes by Lisa Howorth
total=855
Cordelia30.3 Picture this.
Opt 2: Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Graham Greene also wrote a picture book called The Little Fire Engine
Opt 3: Maurice by E.M. Forster
On page 2 of the "Silhouette Covers" list
Brighton Rock was first published 1938. So I would like to claim 1 GO ticket
Points: 30
Total Points: 395
GO tickets: 2
HELEN ATask 20.10 Group read
Every Heart a Doorway Comment #33
Every Heart a Doorway
This post: 1 task, 1 book, 20 points
Total tasks now: 13
Total books: 19
Total points: 235
BB=1 of 500, 1 of 750=2
GO=1
Kathryn CA10.3 - Listen Up
Read a book that has won or been nominated (a finalist) for an Audie Award
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I am claiming a Big Book Ticket for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. It has 734 pages (so close to 750 :( )
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 125
Brooke TX30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
My neighbors:
BRITTANYCIGNA
BRITTNEY
BRITTNIE
BROOKE TX
BROOKLYN
BRYONY
BUCKET
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE of the Readerboard names. With NN found in BRITTANYCIGNA:
Book 2: Read a book with ALL of the letters of ONE of the Readerboard names in the title and/or subtitle. With all of the letters of BUCKET found in the title:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 220
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 25
HELEN ATask 20.6 #3 first in a series
Call the Nurse
First in The Country Nurse series
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
This post: 1 book, 20 points
Total tasks now: 14
Total books: 20
Total points: 255
BB= one at 500 and one at 750 =2
GO =1
***Repost Due To Wrong Book Link***TraceyL (Readerboard Name)
10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
The Box: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson
Died June 23, 2013
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 415
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
HELEN ATask 30.2 Readerboard Neighbors
My group:
HEATHERJB
HEATSO
HELEN
HELEN A
HELEN B
HELI
HEVABEAN
Part 1: Single author, initials found in one name:
Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
Uncommon Type
Initials TH found in both HEATHERJB and HEATSO, above
Part 2: All letters of one name in the title/subtitle
19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam
All letters of HELI, below, in Helicopter
19 Minutes to Live - Helicopter Combat in Vietnam: A Memoir by Lew Jennings
This post: 2 books, 30 points
Total tasks now: 15
Total books: 22
Total points: 285
BB= one 500 and one 750=2
GO=1
HELEN ATask 25.5 Create Compound Word, 500 pages total
Book 1: Step on a Crack by James Patterson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Hardcover, 383 pages
Book 2: We Wish to Inform..Families
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
Paperback has 356 pages
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ste...
Listed with plural as stepfamilies
STEP + FAMILIES= STEPFAMILIES
over 600 pages
This post: 2 books, 25 points
Total tasks now: 16
Total books: 24
Total points: 310
BB= 1 at 500, 1 at 750=2
GO=1
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the FireOption 1 Star Born by Andre Norton 1957
295
HELEN ATask 25.4 Common Language
bar pub Places. Abbreviation for Public House.
Book 1: A Horse Walks into a Bar
A Horse Walks into a Bar
Book 2: The Pub Across the Pond
The Pub Across The Pond
This task: 2 books for 25 points
Total tasks now: 17
Total books now: 26
Total points: 335
BB= one at 500 and one at 750=2
GO=1
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the CastleOption 2, a book with Humor as a main page genre: I See Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses: True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline
Option 5, a book set in Africa: Aya by Marguerite Abouet
Points this post: 25
Total points: 290
20.6 Seasoned ReaderOption 3.
The Kiss Quotient, by Helen Hoang.
#1 in series.
#2 in the series was published May 7, 2019.
+20 = 100 points total
20.7 Shorter is SweeterOption 3: autobiography
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me
+20 = 120 points total
Suzannesea30.4 Sandy's Task: The Long and the Short of It
Book 1
A long book with a short title
Emma by Jane Austen
474 pages
Book 2
A short book with a long title
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
150 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points to date:315
Mod
I am moving Bowlaway from task 5.2. It will be replaced later.
15.10. What's New in 2019?
I read Bowlaway - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
This is found on Most Anticipated Books for First Half of 2019, 10th book listed in February.
total points: 290 (280 minus 5 and plus 15)
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.1 Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Option 2: Ortona Street Fight by Mark Zuehlke.
verified for genre in post 56 fo WWI
Option 3: Like Water on Stone by Dana Walrath.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 40/54
Books read: 51
JUKKA5.9 - Elizabeth Swann
A book with a bird on the cover or the name of a bird in the title.
Mockingbird, Vol. 2: My Feminist Agenda by Chelsea Cain.
Total Points: 220/905
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 17/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA15.1. Knock Knock!
Book 1: A book in whose title/subtitle the same word appears twice.
Deadpool Corps, Volume 2: You Say You Want A Revolution by Victor Gischler.
Book 2: Book whose title/subtitle has the word "who" or "who's".
Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini by Cynthia von Buhler.
Total Points: 235/905
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 18/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Task 25.1 - Fall Has ALL the Best Stuffoption 2; read a book with a pumpkin on the cover
Catering to Nobody: A Culinary Murder Mystery
option 3: read a book with autumn leaves on the cover
The Winter of the Witch
red leaves on RHS tree; approved in help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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485 points
Nick KY20.1 LauryY’s Walk through the Glen Opt. 1. I read Winter of Secrets by Vicki Delany, with mountains on the cover.
Total Points So Far: 420
Nick KY10.2 Health I read It's All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great by Gwyneth Paltrow, “Health” as a GR genre.
Total Points So Far: 430
EMurphy20.6 Seasoned Reader-Roxana's Task: Well-seasoned fowl
3: Leaving the nest - #1 in the series The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemison
Next book in series, The Obelisk Gate was published in August of 2016
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 40
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
EMurphy30.2 Dlmrose's Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
Book 1: Written by an author whose initials can be found in ONE of the Leaderboard names The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Top group - EMSREVIEWSBOOKS)
TOP GROUP:
EMQUEUE
EMSREVIEWSBOOKS
EMTECIA
Book 2: Book with ALL of the letters of ONE of the Leaderboard names in the title and/or subtitle It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright (Bottom group - ENARIA)
BOTTOM GROUP:
ENARIA
ENID
ERICA H
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 70
Books Read: 4
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Sophie20.10
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
Discussion link
BB claim - paperback is 530p (I read the ebook)
Total 180
BB 3
Diana K.20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Opt 1 - read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD.
There There by Tommy Orange
Total points: 330
PegW10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Read a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 7
JUKKA5.6 - Princess Buttercup
A book with yellow letters on the cover.
Battlestar Galactica, Volume 1: Memorial by Dan Abnett
Total Points: 240/905
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 19/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Book whose cover depicts a female figure alone.
Battlestar Galactica Vol. 1 by Greg Pak.
Total Points: 250/905
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 20/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - All Hail Flavia
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least five letters in the title or subtitle that ends in Y. I read Woman at the Devil's Door: The Untold True Story of the Hampstead Murderess by Sarah Beth Hopton, STORY is a five letter word ending in Y.
Option 4: 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. I chose the Flavia title The Golden Tresses of the Dead, and read A Trifle Dead by Livia Day (matching word is DEAD).
Total points so far: 450
Janice CA5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Read a book with a protagonist, who has a four letter name, mentioned in the description.
name: Rain
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor by Rain Pryor
+5
total: 10
books: 2
tasks: 2
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
Select a list and read a book from that list. I chose the Ghost Stories list and read First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones, from page two of the list, #139 at time of posting.
Total points so far: 460
LAUREN JODI 20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option #1: Corn Maze
All Summer Long by Susan Mallery
Word from title and author initials - SLAMS
#pages: 376
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 325/905
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 15/54
15.7. It's Halloween!Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
The Dark Prophecy
Points this task: 15
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: 0
Big book: 0
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 5
Chris MD20.1 A Walk Through the Glens
by M.C. BeatonThe big house in on a hill behind the homes along the waterfront.
Total points: 20
Chris MD20.2 Fabulous Fall
Option 1. Initial letters of title words can be anagrammed into a word of at least three letters
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
A D S M can be anagrammed to DAMS
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The paperback has 398 pages, which exceeds the 250 page minimum.
Total points: 40
Chris MD20.9 The Gentle Ones
Option 1: Author's name includes M and J
The Silence of the Library by Miranda James
Total points: 60
Chris MD25.5 Create Your Own Compound Word
Book 1
Out of Circulation by Miranda James
Book 2
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Out + Lay = Outlay
As I Lay Dying was first published in 1930. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
Book 1 289
Book 2 288
Total 577
Total points: 85
HELEN ATask 10.2 Nonfiction HEALTH
Anticancer: A New Way of Life
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
This post is 1 book, 10 points
Total tasks now: 18
Total books: 27
Total points: 345
BB=one 500, one 750=2
GO=1
Coralie20.3 We Didn’t Start the Fire
Option 1: book published between 1949 and 1989 where the initials of the author can be found in WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE
The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov I in dIdn't, A in stArt, published 1952
Total to date 230 points
Brooke TX5.8 - Ann Darrow
Read a book with two or more consecutive words in the title/subtitle that start with the same letter.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 225
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 27
Brooke TX20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 3: Read a book identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series. Book #2 (I See You) was first published in December 2015:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 245
Completed Tasks: 17
Books Read: 27
Brooke TX25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 1: Read a book written by an author using a pen name or alias. Written by Cassandra Clare/Judith Lewis:
Option 3: Read a book with Romance as a MPG.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 270
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 27
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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The Leavers, by Lisa Ko.
Rated 5 stars by Pauline.
+10 = 90 points total.