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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
option 3, Vintage Classics pg 2 #119:
Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
total = 650
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
First published 1999: Plainsong by Kent Haruf, 301 pages
total = 670
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25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
option 2, pumpkin cover:
Howls and Hallows: A Steampunk Fairy Tale by Melanie KarsakPB: Howls and Hallows: A Steampunk Fairy Tale
option 3, fall foliage cover:
Firstborn Academy: Shadow Trials by Isla FrostPB: Firstborn Academy: Shadow Trials
total = 695
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30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
option 1, non-fiction science genre: Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban
option 2, medicine genre: Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik
total = 725
15.7. It's Halloween!Help Thread
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.
I read The Last Days of Night, in which the Halloween Word "night" appears.
points: 90
books read: 7
tasks completed: 6
Big Books : 1
Pages read: 2747
Nick KY5.9 Elizabeth Swann I read Fools Crow by James Welch, with a specific bird name, crow, in the title.
Total Points So Far: 470
Task 25.3 - Thanksgiving!500+pages
option 1: read a book on the Mysteries in Good Taste list
Dying for Chocolate
p1, #4 of list
320pages
option 4: read a book with author initials in BLACK
Recursion by Blake Crouch
BC initials
336pages
320 + 336 >500
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595 points
JUKKA15.7. It's Halloween!
Book with a word from the list of Halloween words in the title/subtitle.
Hellboy, Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others by Mike Mignola. The word is "coffin". Read as part of Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories Volume 1.
Total Points: 315/905
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 24/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Book that a friend has rated five stars.
Hellboy, Vol. 4: The Right Hand of Doom by Mike Mignola. Rated five stars by Jukka Sorsa. Read as part of Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories Volume 1.
Total Points: 325/905
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 25/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Sandra5.6 - Princess Buttercup
The Perfect Stranger
by Megan MirandaCover was approved in msg #19 of the Task Help Thread.
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 125
Sandra5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
The protagonist's name is FINN.
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 130
Sandra10.5 - Zero In
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
This book has 290 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 140
Sandra30.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It
Book 1. Read a long book, at least 350 pages, with a short title, no more than 2 words
Obscura by Joe Hart
Title with 1 word and 352 pages (>350).
Book 2. Read a short book, fewer than 200 pages, with a long title, at least 5 words.
The End We Start from by Megan Hunter
Title with 5 words and 144 pages (<200).
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 170
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 3: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming.
Found on pg 1 of Vintage Classics Red Spine.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 780
Tasks completed: 49/54
Books read: 64
CEELEETask 10.1
I'll Be There For You
To honor the 25th anniversary of the TV show "friends" that debuted on September 22 1994, read a book one of your Goodreads friends rated five stars.
My Facebook friend is Linda O'Donnell who rated THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK by Kim Michele Richardson five stars on Aug 18, 2019.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
I gave the same rating on October 16, 2019. It is an excellent read! I pronounce it hugable and yes, it did make me cry! (I have a shelf for that)
Total Points for Task: 10
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points Earned for Fall Challenge 2019: 15
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2019: 2
Total Books Read for Fall Challenge 2019: 2
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2019: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2019: 0
SALLY M.15.1 Knock Knock!
Book 1: same word appears at least twice in the title/subtitle (Blue & Lily)
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Book 2: title/subtitle contains "who" or "who's"
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 32
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 12
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
5.3 Not So Helpless After AllShadow and Bone
Page 1 of Badass Female Leads listopia.
+5 = 150 points total.
Andy P.Task # 30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
Below are my neighbors:
ANDIE B
ANDREA
ANDY IE
ANDY P
ANGEL **BOOK JUNKIE**
ANGELA IL
ANGELASUNSHINE
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.
"Below" using ANGEL **BOOK JUNKIE** The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna byJuliet Grames J in junkie, G in ANGEL
Book 2 - Using "Above" ANDIEB: Read a book with ALL of the letters of ONE of that group’s Readerboard names in the title and/or subtitle The Burning Island by Hester Young
AND and I in ISLAND,
E in THE
B in BURNING
Points this post: 30
Total points: 400
Jen K30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture this
Option 3: “A good cover has a distinct silhouette” --J. C. Leyendecker
The Girl With All the Gifts Silhouette Covers pg 4 #341
Option 4: Zoom In
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
SN found in iNSects
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 315
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 16
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
Woman 99 - 99 in title and first published in 2019
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 410
JUKKA10.6 - Birth of the Internet
Book whose author's initials are consecutively in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork.
Hitman, Vol. 1: A Rage in Arkham by Garth Ennis.
Total Points: 335/905
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 26/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)20.9 - Moderators' Pet - 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.
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
J&M appears in John wyndhaM
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 500
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
HELEN A20.1 Scotland
#2 FAIRY in title/subtitle
The Family (F) Next Door (R) The Heartbreaking (I) Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and (A) Their Extraordinary (Y) Rescue
The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue
This post= 1 book for 20 points
Total tasks: 22
Total books: 33
Total points: 445
Big Books= one at 500+ and one at 750+= 2
GO=1
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)5.8 - Ann Darrow
In honor of the giant ape and his damsel-in-distress, read a book with two or more consecutive words in the title/subtitle that start with the same letter.
The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
"Who Wouldn't"
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 505
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Teresa Jo15.3 Time to Catch Up
Read two books
Book 1: Read a book that has been TBR for at least one year
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
This has been on my Amazon wish list since 11/22/2017
Book 2: Read book from the list: I Should Probably Read This Sometime
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
position #76
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 430
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIESOption 2: For this option, read a book that was first published between 1605 - 1975 (inclusive)
Died In The Wool published in 1945
*Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket (first published in 1945)*
Points this task: 20
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 1
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 7
Total Golden oldies: 1
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 9
Sarah H20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1: For this option, read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS.
The Institute by Stephen King
**The Institute is a Big Book (561 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 310
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Big Book tickets to date: 2
Tasks complete: 20
Books read: 24
Coralie20.9 The Gentle Ones
Option 1 Book by an author whose name includes both J & M
Empty Space: A Haunting by M. John Harrison
Total to date 310 points
HELEN ATask 20.9 Gentle Ones
#1 Single-author name has J & M
Josh KilMer-Purcell has J & M
The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir
This post: 1 book, 20 points
Total tasks: 23
Total books: 34
Total points: 465
BB= one at 500, one at 750=2
GO =1
Cordelia5.8 Ann Darrow
War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
First published 1935
I would like to claim 1 GO ticket
Points: 5
Total points: 540
Total GO tickets: 4
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great DameBoth books from Option 3:
Empire Falls
By RichARd Russo
The Italian Teacher
By Tom RAchman
Total points: 105
LAUREN JODI 15.7 - It's Halloween
Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean
Word from list: Wicked
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 405/905
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 19/54
15.9. Time to RevisitThe Dark (Guardians of Time #2) by Marianne Curley
page 8
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 630
***REPOST DUE TO BOOK CHANGE***TraceyL (Readerboard Name)
15.1. Knock Knock!
Book 1. Read a book in which the same word appears at least twice in the title/subtitle.
Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity by Felicia Day
"Your" appears twice
ook 2: Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains the word "who" or "who's."
Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Points Earned This Post: 0 ***Points already earned***
Total Points Earned: 505
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)5.4 - 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.
In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper by Lawrence Block
"OGRE" found in sunliGht OR in shadow: storiEs
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 510
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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I chose option 1 and read The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out by William Dameron. Author initials, WD, found in around the WorlD.
286 pages >required 250 page minimum.
total points: 485
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 1: Countries. Read a book with one of following MPGs.
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
MPG of Cultural>Russia
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 530
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Mary P25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 2: Read a book with a pumpkin on the cover.
by Joyce LaveneOption 3: Read a book with leaves in their fall colors (red, orange, yellow) on the cover.
by Jennifer GracenPoints this post: 25
Total points: 175
5.10 book of choiceLet's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 335/905
Tasks completed: 24 /54
Books Read: 30
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)5.1 - Taking Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
Deliverance by James Dickey
MPG of Adventure
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 535
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Ava Catherine50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
Book 1: Septem-"ber"
Read a book with the letters “ber” intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg 304 pages;
"ber" in author's last name Berg
Book 2: Octo-"b-rr"
Read a book that has a MPG, standalone or embedded, of: mystery, thriller, crime, suspense, romantic suspense, psychological thriller or horror.
AND
The book must also contain the double letters, “rr,” intact in the title, subtitle, series name or author's name.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie 351 pages; mpg mystery
"rr" located in title word "Mirror"
Book 3: Novem-"Brr!"
Option 2: Read a book with one of these things on the cover: coat, jacket, scarf, mitten, blanket, outdoor bonfire (a controlled recreational/utility fire), or fireplace.
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
by Kathleen Rooney 287 pagescoat on cover
total pages=942
total=905
Marina H30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia
Option 2:Every Wild Heart by Meg Donohue
Word ending in Y = every
Option 4: Elsey Come Home by Susan Conley
The word COME found in titel "As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust"
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 17
Laurah3015.9. Time to Revisit
Read a book from this list. REQUIRED: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found.
Still Alice
page 1 #72
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 250
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 15
Books read: 17
LAUREN JODI 15.1 - Knock-Knock
Book #1: Repeated word in title
Loves Me, Loves Me Knot by Heidi Betts
Book #2: Who's in title
Who's the Boss? by Jill Shalvis
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 420/905
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 20/54
Sara G20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 1: Countries
All 4 books have been set in 4 different countries. For this option, read a book with one of following MPGs:
Cultural > Russia
Cultural > Spain
Cultural > Australia
Cultural > France
Cathedral of the sea by Ildefonso Falcones
This book has Cultural > Spain 114 users on the main page genres list.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 640 pages.
**Cathedral of the Sea is a Big Book (640 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
Sara G30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
My "neighborhood" is:
SAPHFYRE42
SAPPHIREDDRAGON
SARA EG
SARA G
SARA ITA
SARA UK
SARA2
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.
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Katherine Arden's initials can be found in SARA UK.
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 Lady Travelers Guide to Deception with an Unlikely Earl by Victoria Alexander
SARA EG can be found in this title: The Lady Travelers Guide to Deception with an Unlikely Earl
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
5.3 - Not So Helpless After AllRead a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia.
Book read: Burn for Me
How it fits: #103 on the list, page 2
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Total points: 315
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 23
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Challenge 20.5 Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
Heartthrob by Suzanne Brockmann.
First published in 1999.
368 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 760
Tasks completed: 48/54
Books read: 63