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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.4 - Princess Fiona
I read Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong. O in UNTOLD, G in GIRLS, and RE in DEAR.
Previous point total: 110
New points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Total tasks completed: 10
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Andy P.Task # 15.9. Time to Revisit
SRC Recommended Books. Let's refresh it!
Read a book from this list.
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Found on page 1 # 71
Points this post: 15
Total points: 350
Zach20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
For this task I read Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. The three nines can be found in the publication year (1990 and page count 491.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 70
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
APRILLEIGH25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 1: Read a book about cooking, baking or chefs from one of the provided lists.
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (246 pages)
At time of posting, this book is #42 on the first page of Foodie Romance.
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY.
Last Summer by Kerry Lonsdale (302 pages)
Both initials appear in bLacK.
246 + 302 = 548 > 500 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (310)
Golden Oldie: 0 (3)
Big Book: 0 (6)
Books Read: 2 (26)
Total Tasks: 20
Brooke TX25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 1: Read a book where Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos, or All Saint's Day features prominently in the story.
Option 3: Read a book with leaves in their fall colors (red, orange, yellow) on the cover. Approved in help thread message 2:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 350
Completed Tasks: 21
Books Read: 30
SALLY M.30.3 Picture This
Option 1: camera on the cover
From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 3: page 4 of Silhouette Covers list
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Points this post: 30
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 29
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 11
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
Queen Bee Darlene15.1 Knock Knock!
Book 1: same word appears at least twice in title/sub
I am, I am, I am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
I and AM occur 3 times each
Book 2: title/sub contains the word who or who's
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 410
Diana K.Task 30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture this
Opt 3. Choose a book from this list of Silhouette Covers.
On page 3Opt 4 Read a book by a single author where the initials of the author's first and last name (ignore middle names/initials) can be found in either FLOWERS or INSECTS.
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune
Total points: 360
Mod
I used the Australian-American word list and used the word pair Shop-Store.
I read The Shooting in the Shop - "shop" and Convenience Store Woman - "store." (I read the kindle edition, linked to the paperback.
total points: 410
10.1 - I’ll Be There For YouThe Yield by Tara June Winch
rated 5 stars by GR friend, Brona's Books
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 585
EMurphy25.3 SandyL's Task: Thanksgiving!
Option 1: The Food - Book about cooking, baking, or chefs from one of the lists Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
*Found on Great Books about Food list, page 1)
Option 4: Shopping - Author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 95
Books Read: 6
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great DameOption 1: Read a nonfiction book with the mpg biography. These should be standalone genres.
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order.
The Technologists by Matthew Pearl
RA found in author's last name, peARl
1x Bigger is Better tix (576p)
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 615
Kathryn CA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
Read a book that contains three (or more) number 9s
Redeeming Love
*First published in 1991 (two 9s)
*479 pages (one 9)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 165
Sarah H5.4 - 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 Drowning Girl
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 290
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 19
Books read: 23
Laurah3025.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 2. Entering the castle, we hear spooky laughter in the foyer. Read a book with “Humor” as a main page genre, alone or embedded.
Rick Mercer Final Report
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.
How to Stop Time
TIME is found in phrase
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 215
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 13
Books read: 15
MEGSCL10.2 - Here’s to Health
Pain and Prejudice: A call to arms for women and their bodies
TOTAL TO DATE
100 points
Pamela326520.10 - Group Reads
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O’Brien – My posts are #9 and #10
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
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
MEGSCL10.3 - Listen Up
Beauty Queens - Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors (2012)
TOTAL TO DATE
110 points
Pamela326530.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It
Book 1: “The LacemakerThe Lacemaker by Laura Frantz – 414 pages
Book 2: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margaretta Magnusson – 128 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 130
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
DeborahPost #10
10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
Died: January 12, 1976
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 205
Books read: 15
Tasks Done: 10
DeborahPost #11
10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
Remember Me by Christopher Pike
Ghost Stories List on page 1 #64
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 215
Books read: 16
Tasks Done: 11
APRILLEIGH15.3 - 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.
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
This book has been on my GR shelves since January 8, 2016.
At time of posting, this book is #329 on page 4 of I Should Probably Read This Sometime.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (325)
Golden Oldie: 0 (3)
Big Book: 0 (6)
Books Read: 1 (27)
Total Tasks: 21
Kathryn CA10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
The Prince by Jillian Dodd
*290 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 175
Task 15.10 - What's New in 2019?read a book from the Most Anticipated Second Half 2019 list
The Wedding Party
month: July
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570 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
September: The German Room by Carla Maliandi.
October: Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 720
Tasks completed: 46/54
Books read: 61
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the CastleOption 2. Entering the castle, we hear spooky laughter in the foyer. Read a book with “Humor” as a main page genre, alone or embedded.
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Option 4. We travel through the corridor behind the secret panel and come out the other side to find --- a Giant Flying Helmet! Yes, there is a giant flying helmet in The Castle of Otranto. 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.
Malfi - gIAnt FLying helMet
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 260
30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your NeighborhoodBook 1, Below
KAREN76
KARENKNITS
KARENSKITCHEN
karenSKitchen
Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King
Book 2, Above
KAREN D
KAREN F
KAREN G
KAREN F in title: KNiFE leAR
There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do: Poems, 1963-1978 by Michael Ondaatje
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 290
30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture thisOption 2: A picture is worth a thousand words
Read an adult book (one that does not have the children's/kids genre) written by a single author who has also written a children’s picture book that is on Goodreads and has a MPG of Picture Books alone or imbedded.
The Dutch House and Lambslide both by Ann Patchett
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Option 4: Zoom in
Read a book by a single author where the initials of the author's first and last name (ignore middle names/initials) can be found in either FLOWERS or INSECTS.
inseCTs
Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 320
Marina H5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Kød og blod by Elsebeth Egholm 16/10/19
Points this post: 5
Total points: 250
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 15
Nick KY15.3 Time to Catch Up Opt. 1 -- two books.
Book 1. I read The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie # 616, p 7 on the list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7... (304 pp), and
Book 2. How Musical Is Man? by John Blacking, on my TBR since Oct 2017 https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... (132 pp) Total pp = 436
Total Points So Far: 465
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire.
My post is 41 in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 740
Tasks completed: 47/54
Books read: 62
Joanne MITask 10.8 Forget-Me-Not-Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez -passed away in 2014
Points this task 10
Total points 100
Total BB's 2
StaceyNC10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Read a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present.
Book:
Completed: 10/15/19
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 16
Queen Bee Darlene5.3 Not So Helpless After All
Read a book from Badass Female Leads! list
The Duff: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
#182 on list, page 2
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 415
StaceyNC20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 2: Publishing year
For this option, read a book that was first published between 1605 - 1975 (inclusive)
Book:
Completed: 10/14/19
First Published: 1/1/1969
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 17
Task 30.5 – Mazza1 passed to Sarah E – All Hail FlaviaOption 2 – Title word of at least 5 letters that ends in ‘Y’ - Library
The Library Book
I listened to the audiobook / No MMP / Paperback: The Library Book - 336 pg
Option 3 - Bicycle on COVER
(lower left hand corner ... she's riding a bicycle)
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 255 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
StaceyNC20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Your book must have a minimum of 250 pages.
Option 2: Read a book with a car or a paved road on which a car could drive on the cover.
Required: Include the cover in your post.
Book:
Completed: 10/12/19
Pages: 370
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 18
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – Brooklyn – Two Truths and a LieRequired - 250+ pages
Option 2: Car or paved road on COVER
- pg 278Car is faint, to left of woman standing on sidewalk. Cobblestone street.
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 275 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
StaceyNC25.2 - 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 2. Read a book with “Humor” as a main page genre, alone or embedded.
Book: Rock Chick Rescue
Completed: 10/10/19
MPG Humor>Funny
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.”)
Book: Still Life With Crows
Completed: 10/22/19
Word: Life
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 19
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Three Men in the Dark: Tales of Terror by Jerome K. Jerome, Barry Pain and Robert Barr by Jerome K. Jerome
320 pages
Points this task: 10
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 295
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Task 5.6 – Princess ButtercupYELLOW letters on cover (every other author’s name is in yellow)
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This Post: 05 points
Total points to date: 280 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language❁ Using the word pair: can/tin from the British v. American word list ❁
Book 1: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
❁ the word Can is in the subtitle ❁
Book 2: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
❁ the word Tin is in the title ❁
Total points: 335 + 25 = 360
PegW5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
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.
Fairest
Book 3.5 in The Lunar Chronicles. Book 1, Cinder and Book 2 Scarlet on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 125
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Jen KTask 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
Book 1: The Overdue Life of Amy Byler (332 pages)
Book 2: Long Way Down (336 pages)
Life + Long = Lifelong
332 pages + 336 pages > 500 pages
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Points this post: 25
Total Points: 285
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 15
15.2. Falling?Choose two different reasons why you might fall this fall, and read a book for each of those two options.
3. Read the last or most recently published book in a series.
The Tyrant's Tomb Book # 4 in the series, publish September 2019.
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16.0
4. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy
The Burning Maze
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15.0
Points this task: 15
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: 0
Big book: 0
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 6
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 8
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Mann Booker International Prize Eligible Books #6 on list.
For my second book, I chose option 2 and read an ARC of A Very Scalzi Christmas. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the hardback copy. Title initials - AVSC - found in Cheltenham literary feStiVAl.
total points: 435
Cordelia20.5 Party like its 1999
The More I See You by Lynn Kurland
Book published in 1999.
There are 3 number nines in the pub date.
384 pages
Points: 20
Total points: 500
HELEN A20.8
Option #1 Author's initials in BAKED GOODS
Dave Barry D & B in BakeD goods
Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog
This post: 1 book, 20 points
Total tasks: 21
Total books: 32
Total points: 425
BB= one at 500+, one at 750+=2
GO =1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.10. What's New in 2019?
The Testaments
This book is found on the "Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019" list for the month of September.
I read the Kindle edition. The top paperback (no MMPB available) has 512 pages. ***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 15
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)