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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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HELEN A30.5 All Hail Flavia
#2 Word in title 5 letters ends in Y
Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe Infinity
#4 Word in title same as word in Flavia title
Flavia title: 308 An Imaginary Life by David Malouf
on page 4, #308 of Flavia List
my word Life in:
A Quiet Life In The Country Life
This post: 2 books for 30 points
Total tasks: 24
Total books: 38
Total points: 495
BB= one at 500 and one at 750=2
GO =1
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's Task: A Walk Through the Glens.
Option 3: Read a book whose title or author do not contain the letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z.
Sula by Toni Morrison
➸ Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 196
JUKKA10.4 - Give Thanks
Book set at least 50% in one of the other countries that celebrate Thanksgiving.
Alpha Flight Classic, Vol. 1 by John Byrne is mostly set in Canada.
Total Points: 345/905
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 27/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
HELEN ATask 20.4 Book first published 1605-1975
Maigret at the Coroner's
First published 1949 acc. to book's inside cover
I claim one Golden Oldie Ticket
This post= 1 book, 20 points
Total tasks: 25
Total books: 39
Total points: 515
BB= one at 500 and one at 750=2
GO= 2 including this one
Jen K15.2. Falling?
1 . I was sick!
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
4. I was staring up at a strange thing in the sky and lost my balance!
Severance by Ling Ma
MPG Science Fiction
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 330
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 17
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
10.1 - I’ll Be There For YouA book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars: Walking on the Ceiling by Aysegül Savas
My Goodreads friend is Susannah
Points this post: 10
Total points: 395
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I read Before We Were Yours - I read the kindle edition, the MMPB is Les enfants du fleuve.
Several of my GR friends rated this 5 stars, including Elyse
total points: 495
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I'd like to move Spider's Bite to task 25.6 from task 10.625.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 3: Read a book with Romance as a MPG.
Book read: Canyon
How it fits: MPG Romance
Option 4: Read a book with a building on the cover.
Book read: Spider's Bite
How it fits:
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Total points: 330
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 23
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
10.6 - Birth of the InternetRead a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork consecutively
Book read: Todesmal
How it fits: Author's (Andreas Gruber) initials are AG and can be found in Agency
592 pages (PB Edition: Todesmal), claiming 1 BB Ticket
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Total points: 340
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 24
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
Joanne MITask 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
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. both books combined must be at least 500 pages.
The word is Waterfall
Book 1 Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11-625 pages-Claiming 1 BB
Book 2 By Fire, By Water-284 pages
Total pages 909
Points this task 25
Total Points 125
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 3
LAUREN JODI 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option #2: Road on cover
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 440/905
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 21/54
Jasmiina F20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the Fire:
Option 1: Read a book first published between 1949 and 1989:
Huone numero 3 by Colin Dexter.
The books has 207 pages and it was first published in 1986.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Christine V10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
Sarah H30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
My Readerboard neighbors are:
SARADIANN
SARAH D
SARAH E
SARAH H
SARAH M
SARAH PA
SARAH PR
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE of that group’s Readerboard names.
How to Blow It with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall - author's initials found in SARAH M (below my name)
Read ebook, linked to the paperback.
Book 2: Read a book with ALL of the letters of ONE of that group’s Readerboard names in the title and/or subtitle.
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival - SARAH E (above my name) found in title
Points this task: 30
Total points to date: 340
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Tasks complete: 21
Books read: 26
Task 10.1 - I’ll Be There For Youread a book a GR friend rated 5*
Tigana
Victoria (among others) rated it 5*
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605 points
Task 15.8 - A Parade - for me?read a book whose author has initials in PARADE
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
RP initials
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620 points
Julia10350.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
Book 1: Uncompromising Honor by David Weber (BER in author's last name)
I read an ebook edition. The paperback edition is 1120 pages so claiming 3 BB tickets.
Book 2: Brat Farrar (MPG mystery, RR in title word faRRar)
Book 3 Option 1: Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice (C in prejudiCe, O in dOwn, A in And, T in Time)
This post: 50 points, 3 BB
Total points: 470
BB: 5
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 32
Disregard this post - I don't know why it posted twice.Julia103
50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
Book 1: Uncompromising Honor by David Weber (BER in author's last name)
I read an ebook edition. The paperback edition is 1120 pages so claiming 3 BB tickets.
Book 2: Brat Farrar (MPG mystery, RR in title word faRRar)
Book 3 Option 1: Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice (C in prejudiCe, O in dOwn, A in And, T in Time)
This post: 50 points, 3 BB
Total points: 470
BB: 5
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 32
Julia103This post is to change a book in a task that I already claimed - no additional points
30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia
Option 2: Hamilton and Philosophy (replacing City of Sorcery)
Option 3:
This post: 30 points
Total points: 470
BB: 5
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 32
Julia10310.9 - Portrait of a Lady
This post: 10 points
Total points: 480
BB: 5
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 33
Andy P.Task # 20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option 2. Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the phrase APPLE CIDER
A Better Man by Louise Penny
APPL CIDER
437 pages>250 page requirement
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420
Teresa Jo15.4 Perils of Pauline
Read two books
Book 1: Read a book whose author matches the first or last name of one of the cast members
The Sound of Glass by Karen White
Karen White (author) = Pearl White (cast member)
Book 2: Read book with a word in the title that matches a word from one of the episode titles
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Trial by Fire (episode) = Heavenly Fire
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 445
Teresa Jo25.1 Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Read two books
Option 2: Read a book with a pumpkin on the cover
Pumpkins in Paradise by Kathi Daley
Option 3: Read book with fall leaves on the cover
Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 470
Brooke TX5.4 - 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.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 370
Completed Tasks: 23
Books Read: 32
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a LieOption 2:
❁ paved road on cover ❁
❁ I read an ARC provided by the publisher. ❁
📖 336 pages 📖
Total points: 360 + 20 = 380
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I read The Brightest Fell, #11 in the October Daye series. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB.
Rosemary and Rue, #1 in the October Daye series, is on p.1 of the Badass Female Leads list.
total points: 500
Delicious Dee5.1 - Taking Action
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - shelved as adventure by 1200ppl; Children's genre was present - AR bookfinder info: IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 415
SALLY M.5.6 Princess Buttercup: yellow letters on the cover
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Points this post: 5
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 33
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 12
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
Cordelia15.4 The Perils of Pauline
Option 1
Bk 1: Echo by Jack McDevitt
Name used : "Jack"
Bk 2: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Episode title: "Serpent in the Flowers"
Points: 15
Total points: 555
5.3 - Not So Helpless After AllWicked Cravings
Series substitution for The Phoenix Pack series, Feral Sins is on page 1
Total Points: 575
15.3. Time to Catch Up.Option 1
Book 1: Roommates - my TBR list, added 11/28/15
Book 2: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - page 8
Total Points: 640
15.4. The Perils of PaulineOption 1
Book 1: A Duke Changes Everything - Christy Carlyle
Book 2: Deadly Brew
Total Points: 655
15.10. What's New in 2019?A Woman Is No Man - Most Anticipated Books of 2019, March
Total Points: 685
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the FireOption 1: A Matter of Choice - Nora Roberts
First published 1984
Total Points: 705
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books YearOption 1: Paris Time Capsule
Total Points: 725
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!Judgment - 390 pages and first published January 29, 2019
Total Points: 745
25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common LanguageWord Pair: Cremains and Ashes
Book 1: Cremains of the Day
Book 2: Ashes to Ashes
Total Points: 770
Task 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound WordNew Leash on Life
Rock the Boat
Compound word: lifeboat
Total Points: 795
30.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of ItBook 1: Notorious Pleasures
Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Total Points: 825
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30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture this
Option 1:
Option 3: The House Girl (on page 1 of list)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 420
BB: 2
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 29