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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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15.2 Falling?Option 1:
A Spark of Light, by Jodi Picoult. Set in a women's health clinic, with an injured doctor and a nurse both figuring heavily in the story.
Option 2:
Brave Face, by Shaun David Hutchinson.
(feet)+15 = 170 points total.
15.9 - Time to RevisitElla Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
❁ found on p. 1 ❁
Total points: 380 + 15 = 395
babbling c10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Trapped - Audible Trapped paperback pg 290 by Kevin Hearne
friend: Sandra rated it 5 stars.
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points:160/905
Completed Tasks: 11/54
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 4,265
Books read this season:13
Julia10310.5 - Zero In
Whatever It Takes
I read Kindle edition. Paperback Whatever It Takes is 107 pages.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 490
BB: 5
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 34
APRILLEIGH20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the Fire
Option 2: Read a book of at least 175pg named in the song, or related to one of the topics mentioned.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (242 pages > 175 pages)
IL: MY - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
The book was approved for the "Peter Pan" topic in the help thread because it is the original work the Walt Disney adaptation and the stage musical broadcast live on NBC (detailed in the Wikipedia article for 1955) were based on.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (375)
Golden Oldie: 1 (5)
Big Book: 0 (6)
Books Read: 1 (30)
Total Tasks: 23
MEGAN RAE15.8. A Parade - for me?
Read a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word PARADE - middle initials can be ignored. Single author books only.
- Completed 22nd OctoberHow it fits: Author initials RP found in PARADE
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!Select a list and read a book from that list
Ghost Stories
Book read: Odd Thomas
How it fits: #13 on the Ghost Stories List, page 1
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Total points: 350
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
15.6. Inventors DayRead a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
Book read: Why There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God
How it fits: Nonfiction, MPG Science (Science genre was noted in the genre verification thread in message 74)
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Total points: 365
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 26
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: List_Addict15.3: Time to Catch Up
Option 2: A book from the list ‘I Should Probably Read This Sometime’ that has been on your TBR for at least a year
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Page: 10; 968 - TBR since July 2017
Total this Post: 15
Total this Challenge: 35
Helen B5.5 - Princess Leia
A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Short Stories by Primo Levi
STAR in the title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 27
BB: 3
10.1 - I’ll Be There For YouRead a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Daytripper rated 5 stars by Goodreads friend Chaitra
Points this task: 10
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Total Golden oldies: 1
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 10
Kelly L5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Character: Rill
This post = 5 points
Total to date = 5 points
Kelly L15.7 - It's Halloween!
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
[[BONE]]
This post = 15 points
Total to date = 20 points
Kelly L20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
The Mothers by Brit Bennett contains no J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y or Z
This post = 20 points
Total to date = 40 points
Kelly L30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot Grrls
Book 1: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris [[Musician: HEATHER Lewis]]
Book 2: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston [[Band: RED Aunts]]
This post = 30 points
Total to date = 70 points
SandyL5.1 - Taking Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
Unexplored by Anna Hackett
MPG Adventure
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 22
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.4 - Princess Fiona
Read a book that has all the letters of OGRE in the title
Barefoot at Midnight by Roxanne St. Claire
baREfOot at midniGht
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 23
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter first name
Marriage for One by Ella Maise
Protaganist first name = JACK
***requesting Big Book Ticket - 518 pages****
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 24
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.8 - Ann Darrow
Read a book with two or more consecutive words in the title that start with the same letter
Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley
Motorcycle Man
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 25
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL10.6 - Birth of the Internet
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork consecutively
Just My Type by Tara Sivec
....projecTSagency......
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 26
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 2: Read a book originally published in 1985.
Playing The Odds by Nora Roberts
First published in 1985
Option 3: Read a book with Romance as a MPG.
Making Up by Helena Hunting
MPG Romance
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 28
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
RAYNEBAIR10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Making Merry by Alexa Land
I read the kindle edition. The paperback has 220 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR5.8 - Ann Darrow
read a book with two or more consecutive words in the title/subtitle that start with the same letter
Kel's Keeper by K.C. Wells
Points this post: 5
Total points: 150
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
Read a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia.
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
page 1 of list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 155
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
SandyL30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
SANDRA SSSNOO
SANDY
SANDY MN
SANDYL
SANKALP
SANZ
SAPHFYRE42
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE of that group’s Readerboard names.
Christian by Andria Large
AL found in SANKALP (below my name)
Book 2: Read a book with ALL of the letters of ONE of that group’s Readerboard names in the title
Searching for Someday by Jennifer Probst
SeArchiNg for someDaY = SANDY (above my name)
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 30
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL30.4- 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.
Wildest Dreams by Kristen Ashley
494 pages - 2 words in title
Book 2. Read a short book, fewer than 200 pages, with a long title, at least 5 words.
Kiss a Girl in the Rain by Nancy Warren
196 pages - 5 words in title
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 32
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
HELEN ATask 15.8
Author's initials in PARADE DE in Dave Eggers
The Parade
This post: 1 book for 15 points
Total tasks: 25
Total points: 500
BB= one at 500, one at 750=2
GO=2
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1 and read Hallowe'en Party, with a Halloween party as a story setting. I read the kindle edition, linked to the paperback.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read
, with autumn leaves on the cover.total points: 525
Nick KY20.4 Tien’s Classics Opt. 3. I read Brighton Rock by Graham Greene, # 39, p. 1 on the Vintage Classics Red Spine list.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 515
SALLY M.A Parade - for me?: author initials in PARADE
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 35
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 12
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
CoralieRepost due to metadata update
25.2 A Visit to the Castle
Option 3: Book with Moor in the title
The Moor's Account
Option 5: Book set in Africa (Nigeria)
The Rosewater Insurrection
Total to date 355 points
Kathy KS20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season...
Urban Fantasy: Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire
My contribution to the Discussion message 49: by Kathy
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 260
Tasks completed: 14
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Lisa MD20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Military: The Huntress by Kate Quinn
The Huntress by Kate Quinn 530 pp
*I reviewed the book in the group read thread, comment #11.
*I claim 1 big book ticket
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 20
Total Points: 265/905
Tasks Completed: 17/54
Books Read: 19
BB Tickets: 1
GO: 3
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 4 and read Jack, the Giant Killer, with the 5 letter word "Giant" in both the title and in the target phrase.
For my second book, I read The Hundred Wells of Salaga, set completely in Africa (pre-colonial Ghana).
total points: 550
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.9. Time to Revisit
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.
It is found on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 860
Tasks completed: 52/54
Books read: 69
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15.6. Inventors Day
nonfiction science: A Rock and a Hard Place: An American Geologist's Adventures in Africa by George Zelt
HC: A Rock and a Hard Place: An American Geologist's Adventures in Africa
total = 740
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25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
option 2, humor genre: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty, genre verified post 56
option 5, set in Africa: Chasing the Devil: A Journey Through Sub-Saharan Africa in the Footsteps of Graham Greene by Tim Butcher
total = 765
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30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot Grrls
Book 1, Donna from musician Donna Dresch: Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon
Book 2, Sister from band Sister George: The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain
total = 795
Task 15.6 - Inventors Dayread a non-fiction book with MPG Science
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
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655 points
Oma122950.1-50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
#1-Read a book with the letters “ber” intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
Taken by Robert Crais(341 pages)
The 'ber" is found in the author's first name-Ro"ber"t.
#2-Read a book that gives you the shivers. To meet this criteria, the book must “b” one 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. If author name is used, the book must be written by a single author.
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen(401 pages)
The 'rr' is found in the author's last name Ge'rr'itsen
#3-Read a book with a title containing all the letters needed to spell the word COAT. Only the title can be used - no subtitles.
Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs by Blaize Clement(304 pages)
C=Cat
O=Dogs
A=Raining
T=Sitters
Total number of pages for all three books=1,046
Total # of Tasks=7/54
Total # of Points read=115/905
Total # of GO Books=(1)
Total # of BB=500+=(1),750+=(), 1000+()
Oma122930.2-Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
My Neighbors are as follows:
Above (Oma1229)
NYX
ODDESSA
OHMYMY
Below (Oma1229)
ORESTIS
OZIEM
PAIVI S
Book # 1-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 Secret Servant by Daniel Silva
The author's initials (DS) are found in ODDESSA which is in the Above group.
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.
Princess of the Silver Woods
by Jessica Day George
ORESTIS( is in the letters of the title)
O=Woods
R=Princess
E=Princess
S= Silver
T=The
I=Silver
S=Princess
ORESTIS is in the Below Group
Total # of Tasks=8/54
Total # of Points read=145/905
Total # of GO Books=(1)
Total # of BB=500+=(1),750+=(), 1000+()
Breanna5.10 - No Need for Distress
Relax and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Rent Girl by Michelle Tea
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 90
Tasks completed: 7
Books Read: 8
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.8 - Ann Darrow
Wicked Weaves kindle Wicked Weaves - paperback pgs 259 by Joyce Lavene
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points:150/905
Completed Tasks: 10/54
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 3,975
Books read this season:12