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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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I chose option 3 and read The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine.
No J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y or Z in title or author name.
total points: 355
10.7 - Strike!Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K
Book read: Watcher in the Woods
How it fits: Author's (Kelley Armstrong) first name starts with K
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Total points: 275
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Task 15.2. Falling?2. I tripped over my own feet!
Book read:
by J.K. Rowling (Harrys foot can be seen)IL: MY - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
4. I was staring up at a strange thing in the sky and lost my balance!
by J.K. RowlingIL: UY - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
This has an MPG of fantasy.
This is 636 pages so I would like to claim 1 big book ticket please.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 150
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 10
15.5. Back to School.Read a book with the main page genre Classics, standalone or embedded.
Book read: The Big Four
How it fits: MPG Classics
First published in 1927, claiming 1 GO Ticket
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Total points: 290
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 21
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowlOption 3: Read a book identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series.
Book read: Confessions of a Queen B*
How it fits: The Queen B* #1; The Queen B* #2 (The Queen B* Strikes Back) was published September 29th 2015
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Total points: 310
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 22
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
MAZZA15.3 - Not So Helpless After All
Read a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia.
Rapture in Death First in series Naked in Death is on page 1 of the list
Points this post = 5
Points to date 250
MAZZA15.10 - No Need for Distress
Relax and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules
Beneath The Surface
points this post = 5
Points to date = 255
MAZZA 1 10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Temple of Dreams: A Novel of Now and Then 304 pages
points this post = 10
Points to date = 265
MAZZA110.6 - Birth of the Internet
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork consecutively
I read an ARC of this book the hardcover is the only one with page numbers included on GR
Dear Edward Ann Napolitano
an together in "advANced"
Points this post = 10
Points to date 275
MAZZA125.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
Read a book from the list Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man number 60 on that list
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
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 300
Kathryn CA20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option 3 - Read a book from one of these lists:
Great Debut Novels
Best Break Out
Outlander
This was on the first page of the Best Break Out List.
I am claiming two Big Book Ticket for Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. It has 850 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 145
MAZZA130.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
September 28 is Good Neighbor Day.
Book 1 -Using either your group of “above” or “below” neighbors: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE of that group’s Readerboard names. All of the author's initials must be used.
Sula Toni Morrison in MCCATHY below me in list
Book 2 - Using the OTHER group not used in Book 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters of ONE of that group’s Readerboard names in the title and/or subtitle.
The Day We Meet Again MAYA in group above me
my neighbourhood
MAVE
MAYA
MAYRA
MAZZA1 This is me
MB
MCCATHY
MCQUAID
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 330
MAZZA130.6 - 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. Names must match exactly, but can be found in any position.
The Museum of Broken Promises Elizabeth Buchan
name match is Elizabeth Davis (bassist)
Book 2: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word* found in one of the band names from this list: Riot Girrls Bands.
Ice Cold Heart match is Cold Cold Hearts
points this post = 30
Points to date = 360
JUKKA15.4. The Perils of Pauline
Option 1:
Book 1: Book whose author shares a name with a Perils of Pauline actor.
Captain Britain And MI13, Vol. 2: Hell Comes To Birmingham by Paul Cornell, who shares a name with Paul Panzer.
Book 2: Book whose title/subtitle shares a word with a Perils of Pauline episode title.
ODY-C, Vol. 1: Off to Far Ithicaa by Matt Fraction shares the word "far" with "Goddess of the Far West".
Total Points: 300/905
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 23/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Repost of 1653 with added info:15.10. What's New in 2019?
Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019: August
Inland by Téa Obreht
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 235
20.7 - Shorter is SweeterOption 3: read a book with a MPG of biography or autobiography.
Every Living Thing
374 pages in the paperback edition
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: 0
Big book: 0
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 6
Helen B5.4 - Princess Fiona
The Prize by Julie Garwood
Ogre in author’s name: juliE GaRwOod
Points this post: 5
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 25
BB tickets: 3
***REPOST DUE TO BOOK CHANGE***TraceyL (Readerboard Name)
10.7 - Strike!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K.
Joyland by Stephen King
Points Earned This Post: 0 ***Points Already Earned
Total Points Earned: 445
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Queen Bee Darlene15.10 What's New in 2019?
Book from either Most Anticipated Books of 2019 list or Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019 list
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood The Testaments
Book from Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019 List Month: September
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 395
Task 15.7 It's Halloween!Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
Plural, singular, and possessive forms for listed words may be used. No other variations.
Word: Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow (2019) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 338 pages)
115 + 15 = 130
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 115 + 15 = 130
Books read: 09
Pages read: 2,457
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Pamela32655.8 - Ann Darrow
The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen - The and Tuscan both start with T
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70
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
Pamela326510.5 - Zero In
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey – 290 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
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
SALLY M.5.9 Elizabeth Swann: bird on the cover
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Points this post: 5
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 27
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 11
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
Breanna20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.
This is a one book task, choose either option 1 or option 2 and read a book that fits that option.
Option 1. My sister's name was Judith Melinda and my aunt's was Margaret June. Read a book by a single author whose name on Goodreads includes both a J and an M. The letters can be found in any part of their name.
Yakama Rising: Indigenous Cultural Revitalization, Activism, and Healing by Michelle M Jacob
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 85
Tasks completed: 6
Books Read: 7
PegW15.6. Inventors Day
Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 115
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 8
5.1 - Taking ActionBeneath the Dark Ice (Alex Hunter #1) by Greig Beck
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 575
PegW5.10 - No Need for Distress
Relax and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 120
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 9
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For my first book, I chose option 2, and read an ARC of Cilka's Journey: The sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz - I read a kindle ARC, linked to the top PB (no MMPB).
3d MPG is World War II>Holocaust.
For my second book, I chose option 3, and read They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie. Letters RA found in Agatha chRistie.
total points: 385
Task 5.4 - Princess Fionaread a book with OGRE in title & author name
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
OGE in GidEOn
R in muiR
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510 points
Task 5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukaterread a book with a protagonist with a 4 letter name
Exile
character: MARC DANE
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515 points
Task 20.5 - Party Like It's 1999!299+pages
read a book with 3 9s associated with it
Heir to the Shadows
published in 1999 - 3 9s in the date
MMPB: Heir to the Shadows - 428p
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535 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.1 Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 1: All I Want for Halloween by Marie Harte.
Option 3:
by Barbara Pym.Points this post: 25
Total points: 670
Tasks completed: 44/54
Books read: 57
CYNBAXTER - Repost of #1685# 15.02 – Falling?
Task 1, Option 2: Read a book with one or more human feet on the cover.
Book: Ice Land by Betsy Tobin -
Task 2, Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded
Book: The Farm by Joanne Ramos
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 80 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Delicious Dee25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
option 1 - Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire - Seanan McGuire also writes as Mira Grant
option 3 - Things You Save in a Fire - shelved as romance by 356ppl
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 380
Sunshine20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1:
Book: Bloodstone by Barbra Annino 9/26/19
How it Fits: BAKED GOODS.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 13
Sophie30.5
Opt 1 - Ancient Rome list p2
The Princess and the Pirates by John Maddox Roberts
Opt 2 - title ends in Y
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Total 215
Sunshine20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 3:
Book: Feral Gaze by Athena Wright 9/11/19
How it Fits: Feral Silence #1.
Hard Rock Voice Feral Silence #2 - Pub. March 27th 2016
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 14
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 4: A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman.
TIME= gIanT flying helMEt
Option 5: The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 695
Tasks completed: 45/54
Books read: 59
10.6 - Birth of the InternetThe Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman
❁ author's initials (RK) found in Network ❁
Total points: 325 + 10 = 335
Task 20.9 - The Gentle Onesoption 1: read a book with author name contains JM
The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
JasMine
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555 points, which is pleasing to see :)
trishhartuk20.8 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.
Heroine Complex, Sarah Kuhn
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
baKed goodS
Approved as “Not Comic Books/Graphic Novels” message #48: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 26
Golden oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
10.6 Birth of the InternetThe Other Mrs. Miller by Allison Dickson
Author's initials can be found in ADvanced
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
BB TICKETS: 2
Tasks completed; 9
Books read: 9
Nick KY10.9 Portrait of a Lady I read A New Lease of Death by Ruth Rendell, with one woman on the cover and no other humans or parts of humans.
Total Points So Far: 450
LAUREN JODI 30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia
Option #2: Chemistry please
A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas
Word: Conspiracy
Option #4: Fabulous titles
Cold in the Shadows by Toni Anderson
Word: Shadows
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 390/905
Total Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 18/54
Katrina H15.9 - Time to Revisit
A book from the SRC Recommended Books list.
Page 1 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer.
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Points this post: 15
Total this season: 40
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.8 - Ann Darrow
I read Last Letters: The Prison Correspondence, 1944–1945 by Freya and Helmuth Caspar von Moltke. The first two words start with L.
Previous point total: 100
New points this post: 5
Total points: 105
Total tasks completed: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
I read Bloodlust & Bonnets by Emily McGovern. E and M are in DAMSEL.
Previous point total: 105
New points this post: 5
Total points: 110
Total tasks completed: 9
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Book read: The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
Book has MPG classics.
I would like to claim 1 golden oldies ticket, book 1st published 1948.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9