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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Teresa Jo25.4 Diana K's task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
Read two books - choose a pair of words from the lists provided
British v American word list
City (UK)
Downtown (US)
Book 1: Read a book with the word "CITY" in the title
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
Book 2: Read book with the word "DOWNTOWN" in the title
Downtown: Hilarious Tales from a fictional Adirondack town by Ginger Henry Kuenzel
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 415
RAYNEBAIR5.10 - No Need for Distress
read a book of your choice
Wild Pitch by Sloan Johnson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
20.2Option 2: author initials in APPLE CIDER
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 255/ 905
Tasks completed: 19/54
Books Read: 23
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
SALLY M.30.2 The People in Your Neighborhood: Readerboard neighbors
SALEM
SALLY906
-SALLY BOOKUMS-
SALLY M
-SAM-
SAM F
SAM ID
Book 1: author initials in SALLY BOOKUMS
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**Doctor Sleep is a Big Book (672 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book 2: letters SAM in title
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 26
BB tix this post: 1
Total BB tix: 11
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
Anna K30.3 TessaVanessa’s Task: Picture this
(2 book task)
Option 3: Read a book from Silhouette Covers list
The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern (Page 1 of list:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
Option 4: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials are found in either FLOWERS or INSECTS
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cherl Strayed (C and S found in INSECTS)
Points this post: 30
Points this challenge: 90
Thank you!
30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture thisOPTION 3 The Lake of Dead Languages number 303 page 4
Option 4 Adept by Robert Finn
345
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the FireOption 1, a book first published between 1949-1989, whose author's initials can be found in WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE: The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton, published 1958
mass market paperback 619 pages The Winthrop Woman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310
Suzannesea25.4 Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
My word pair is FALL/AUTUMN which I found in the British vs American Words List.
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 340
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 Taking Action
North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek
MPG Adventure
Points this post: 5
Total points: 605
Tasks completed: 41/54
Books read: 52
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Party Like It's 1999!
Read a book that contains three (or more) number 9s, using only the number of pages, date of first publication, title/subtitle, and series number. I read Plainsong by Kent Haruf, all three nines are in the original publication date, 1999. (301p).
Total points so far: 480
Readerboard: JENBENT30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture this
Option 2
author who has written a children’s picture book that is on Goodreads and has a MPG of Picture Books alone or imbedded
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood has also written Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut.
Option 4
initials of the author's first and last name can be found in INSECTS
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Points this post: 30
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 165
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard Name: Absurda20.8 - 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. All initials must be found in the target phrase.
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry by Bryan Sykes
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 275
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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...
Book Two published 5-5-15
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
This post: 1 book, 20 points
BB= one at 500 and one at 750 =2
GO =1
Book Two published 5-5-15
Sarah H10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo! - Select a list and read a book from that list.
The Little Stranger - on list Ghost Stories on page #1.
**The Little Stranger is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 265
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books this post: 1
Total Big Books to date: 1
Tasks complete: 17
Books read: 21
APRILLEIGH25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
I chose the word pair CALL-RING from the first list.
Book 1: Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle.
The CALL of the Wild by Jack London
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1903 ***
Book 2: Read a book with the other word from the word pair in the title or subtitle.
The Fellowship of the RING by J.R.R. Tolkien
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (285)
Golden Oldie: 1 (3)
Big Book: 0 (6)
Books Read: 2 (24)
Total Tasks: 19
Task 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound WordMy word is BOOKCASE=Book + Case
People of the Book 372 pages
I listened to an audio version of A Case of Exploding Mangoes 297 pages
New points: 25
Total Points: 280
GO's: 2
Tasks completed:2Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
10.5
Number of pages - 120
Pagan Cornwall: Land of the Goddess
Anja15.3. Time to Catch Up.
Option 2 - Read a book from the Book 2 list that has also been on your TBR for at least 1 year.
In the Woods by Tana French
book has been on my tbr since November 1st, 2017
book is found on page 19 of the list
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 105
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Andy P.Task # 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
read a book that contains three (or more) number 9s, using only the following data.
- Numbers in First Publish date
- Series Number
Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell
First Published July, 1998
# 9 in the Kay Scarpetta Series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 285
Queen Bee Darlene25.4 Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
word pair from British v. American Word List - I chose Fall/Autumn
Book 1) read book with one of those words in title/sub
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Before I Fall
Book 2) read book with other word in title/sub
Autumn Falls by Bella Thorne Autumn Falls
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 360
Andy P.Task # 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 James Runcie both car and paved surface on cover. Approved in message 2 of help Thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
Mod
I read The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep - Nonfiction and Science are the top two MPGs.
Total points: 305
**Resposting from post 1545 due to not mentioning AR bookfinder data**15.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
The Dark Prophecy
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14.0
The word is dark.
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
Cordelia30.2 The people in your neighbourhood
My top neighbours are: Colleens Connie Coralie
My bottom neighbours: Corrina Couby Creynard
Bk 1: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
Author's initials SC in COLLEENS
Bk 2: The Skin Is the Elastic Covering That Encases the Entire Body by Bjørn Rasmussen
The letters of CORRINA is in the title
Points: 30
Total points: 424
Jen K15.5. Back to School.
Dandelion Wine
MPG Classics
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Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 260
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Tasks complete: 14
Books read: 17
Pamela326520.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 1: The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do about It by Warren Farrell, John Gray
Word: Gosling
G-Struggling
OS-Boys
LING-Struggling
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
HELEN ATask 30.3
#2 Adult plus picture book Ogden Nash
Everyone But Thee and Me is adult
Everyone But Thee and Me
Adventures of Isabel is picture book
Adventures of Isabel
I read both, actually.
#4 Author's initials in FLOWERS
Oliver Sacks O and S are in FLOWERS
Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
This post: 2 books, 30 points
Total tasks: 19
Total books: 29
Total points: 375
Big books: one at 500+ and one at 750+ = 2
Golden Oldies =1
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the CastleRead two books, one from each of two different options.
As this is a colorful, autumn task, one of your books may be a graphic novel/comic book according to SRC rules.
Option 2. Read a book with “Humor” as a main page genre, alone or embedded.
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe.
MPGs = Nonfiction, Science, Humor
Option 4. Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title/subtitle which has letters found in the phrase: GIANT FLYING HELMET. (Do not use the words “that” “than” or “then.”)
REQUIRED: State the word.
Hornet Flight by Ken Follett.
FLIGHT > GIanT FLying Helmet
The version of Hornet Flight I read had 518 pages. I claim 1 Big Book ticket.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 95
Total BB tickets: 1
25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary MonthsChoose two different months and read one book for each.
October - Read a book first published between 1949 and 2019 (inclusive) with title of at least three words (ignore subtitles), where the title initials can be found in CHELTENHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.
Published in 2017.
LFE > chELtenham literary Festival
November is non-fiction month, and the month that the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction is announced (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize). Read any book shortlisted for the prize.
REQUIRED: Specify the year for which the book is listed.
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann.
Listed for 2009.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 120
Total BB tickets: 1
M1nks5.4 - Death of a Travelling Man
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1 (6) : 2 (0) : 3 (0)
M1nks5.9 -
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1 (6) : 2 (0) : 3 (0)
M1nks20.5 - Death of a Charming Man
2 9's in published year, 1 in page number
oints this post: 20
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1 (6) : 2 (0) : 3 (0)
Task 20.3 - We Didn’t Start the Fire175+pages
option 1: read a book published in 1980 with author initials in DIDNT FIRE
Reflex by Dick Francis
DF initials
304 pages
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505 points
M1nks 10.8 - The Just Men of Cordova - Pub 1917
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 1 (6) : 2 (0) : 3 (0)
M1nks30.4 - 1. Lethal White - 656 Pgs
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
2. The Case of the Late Pig -Pub 1937
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books: 1 (7) : 2 (0) : 3 (0)
Task 20.1 – Most Improved Player – LaureY – A Walk Through the GlensOption 3: NO letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z in title, subtitle or author name
Passing by Nella Larsen
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1929
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 20.8 – Nickels and Dimes – Peg W – The Scents of FallOption 2: First letter of each title word in F R A G R A N T - G A T
Grace Among Thieves
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 195 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 30.1 – Ava Catherine – A Great DameOption 1 – NONfiction book with Main page genre BIOGRAPHY
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: Empty Mansions - 470 p
Option 2 – Letters R A in author name (any order)
R in chRistopher / A in skAife
Christopher Skaife / The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 225 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
20.8 Nickels and DimesOption 1.
My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
+20 = 140 points total.
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 1: Witchcraft by Jayne Ann Krentz.
Option 3: Kiss and Tell by Suzanne Brockmann.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 630
Tasks completed: 42/54
Books read: 54
Mod
I read Hamilton: The Revolution, which won an Audie for Audiobook of the Year, 2017. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top hardback listed - no MMPB or PB.
total points: 315
Stephanie127Task 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
The total number of pages for both books combined must be at least 500 pages.
Read two books each of which has a title (subtitles are excluded) which contains a word of four or more letters which can be combined to form one compound word.
REQUIRED: State the compound word.
Friday Black, word is Black, page count is 194
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, word is Bird, page count is 607
Compound word is Blackbird, total page count is 801
Points this post: 25
Total points: 60/905
Tasks completed: 3/54
Books read: 5
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30.4 Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It
Read two books
Book 1: Read a long book with a short title
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Mass market edition was not in English
Paperback edition: 479 pages
Book 2: Read a short book with a long title
All My Friends are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman
Mass Market edition was not in English
Paperback edition: 120 pages
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 390