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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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CathyG5.10 - No Need for Distress
Relax and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
The Talking Parcel by Gerald Durrell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 31
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG5.1 - Taking Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 450
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 32
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
The Naked Prince by Sally MacKenzie
Points this post: 5
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 33
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
Read a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia. page 1
Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Points this post: 5
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 34
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG5.4 - Princess Fiona
In honor of 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.
Kiro's Emily by Abbi Glines
Length approved Post #7583
Points this post: 5
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 35
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG5.6 - Princess Buttercup
In honor of Princess Buttercup, read a book that has yellow letters on the cover.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Don't Call Me Ishmael! by Michael Gerard Bauer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 470
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 36
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter name or nickname. The character's name or nickname must be mentioned in the book's description.
Required: State the character's name when you post. Emma
Their Kidnapped Bride by Vanessa Vale
Points this post: 5
Total points: 475
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 37
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG5.8 - 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 Traitor in the Tunnel by Y.S. Lee
Points this post: 5
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 38
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG20.8 - 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.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Points this post: 20
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 39
Big Book Ticket:
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Too Many Cooks. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top MMPB - 237 pages. This book is found on page 1 of the Mysteries in Good Taste list, currently #33.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read Recursion by Blake Crouch. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). 326 pages. Author initials, BC, found in BlaCk friday.
total pages read 237 + 326 = 563, greater than the required 500.
total points: 640
Sarah H30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia - Read two books from two different options.
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least five letters in the title or subtitle that ends in Y.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - word is "bloody"
Option 4: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that matches exactly a word in a Flavia title.
Dead Sea - "dead" matches title "The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches"
Points this task: 30
Total points to date: 400
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Tasks complete: 23
Books read: 30
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of FallOption 1: read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
New Points: 20
Total challenge Points: 420
GO's: 3
Cordelia15.8 A Parade for me
Vulcan's Hammer
Author'd 1st and last initials (PD) in PARADE
Points: 15
Total points: 640
Chris MD30.1 A Grand Dame
Option 2: MPG of WWI, WWII, or medicine
The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear
The bottom=listed MPG is War > World War II
I listened to the audioversion of this book. There is no MMP. The paperback has 350 pages.
Option 3: Author's name contain A and R in any order
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A and R are found in tAyloR
I listened to the audioversion of this book. There is no MMP. The paperback has 368 pages.
Total points: 160
MEGSCL25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
Read a book from the list Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Read a book first published between 1949 and 2019 (inclusive) where the title initials can be found in CHELTENHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL
The Electric Hotel
TOTAL TO DATE
140 points
MEGSCL10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
*544 pages - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
150 points
1 big book
5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress In the Bedroom: Seven Stories by Andre Dubus
Initials in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
Total points: 135
Lisa MD15.10. What's New in 2019?
Read a book from one of The Millions 2019 lists:
*Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019 - July
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 224 pp
📕📙📒📗📘📕📙📒📗📘📕📙📒📗📘📕📙📒📗📘
TOTALS:
Current Points: 15
Total Points: 280/905
Tasks Completed: 18/54
Books Read: 20
BB Tickets: 1
GO: 3
PegW20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 2: For this option, read a book of at least 3 words in the TITLE only, subtitles do not count, where each initial letter can be found in the word FRAGRANT.
I read Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
Claiming one Big Book Ticket also at 518 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 185
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 13
10.1 - I’ll Be There For YouThe Haunting of Hill House
My GR friend, Connie (Ava Catherine), gave this 5 stars
Total points: 145
30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot GrrlsBook 1: The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters
The author shares a name with musician Elizabeth Davis
Book 2: Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story
From the band name Skinny Girl Diet, the matching word would be "Girl"
Total points: 175
Readerboard name Kathy P5.10 - No Need for Distress
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
Points this post 5
Totals
Points: 125
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 11
Total Books read: 11
Readerboard Name Kathy PReposting
5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
The Oracle Year
Character: Will
Points this post 5
Totals
Points: 130
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 12
Total Books read: 12
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a LieOption 1:
For this option, read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD. All initials count and spaces determine names. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
I read The Dollmaker by Nina Allan, whose initials are found in ArouNd the world.
points: 125
books read: 11
tasks completed: 10
Big Books: 2
pages read: 4060
Task 15.6 Inventors Day September 29 is Inventors Day. Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature (2004) by Tim Flannery (Hardcover, 258 pages) [599.222]
130 + 15 = 145
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 130 + 15 = 145
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2,715
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.10. What's New in 2019?The White Book by Han Kang
The great 2019 book preview
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 725
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
Book 1. Chose a word pair from one of the lists. Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle.
Book 2. Read a book with the other word from the word pair in the title or subtitle.
Using the British/American list words are Fall/Autumn
Book 1: Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly
Book 2: Navajo Autumn by R. Allen Chappell
Points this task: 25
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 360
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your NeighborhoodKRISTIJ
KRISTIN
KRISTINA MARIE
********KRISTINA SIMON (me)***************
KRISTINE
KRISTOFER
KRISTY
Book 1: Above
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
❁ author's initials (SM) found in KRISTINA MARIE ❁
Book 2: Below
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara Ehrenreich
❁ all the letters of KRISTY can be found in title/subtitle
K in Killing
R in Natural
I in Epidemic
S in Causes
T in Natural
Y in Dying ❁
Total points: 405 + 30 = 435
Task 5.9 – Elizabeth SwannBird on the cover - on either side of the title in the banner
I listened to the audio / MMPB: La petite boulangerie du bout du monde - 496 pg
Cover approved in HELP thread
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This Post: 05 points
Total points to date: 340 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Andy P.Task # 20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 3. Read a book identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series.
Smoky Mountain Tracks by Donna Ball
Raine Stockton Dog Mystery #1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 480
Andy P.Task # 25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
Book 1. October finds the Cheltenham Literary Festival
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
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths
Book Published in 2019,
T in Cheltenham
S in Festival
C in Cheltenham
Book 2. November
2009 List for nonfiction
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Points this post: 25
Total points: 505
perletwo 10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo! - Select a list and read a book from that list: Ghost Stories; Best Monster Books. Required: State the list and the page.
20th Century Ghosts - Ghost Stories p. 1
Points this task: 10
Total points: 475
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 24
Bookwrm526Task #25.3 - Thanksgiving!
Option 2: Read a book with the word FAMILY, FAMILIES, or FRIEND found intact in the title, subtitle or series title. I read The Family Plot by Cherie Priest (365p).
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY. I read Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson (240p).
365+240=605p
Total points so far: 595
Helen B10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
by Jessie MihalikWoman alone on the cover.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 29
BB tickets: 3
SALLY M.10.8 Forget-Me-Not: deceased author
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**Pride and Prejudice is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1813). Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 42
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 12
GO tix this post: 1
Total GO tix: 3
Diana K.15.8. A Parade - for me? Read a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word PARADE
The Butterfly Girl
Total points; 455
Diana K. 20.2 20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Opt 2 read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the phrase APPLE CIDER.
The Dutch House byAnn Patchett
Total points: 465
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.4 - Give Thanks.
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Australia, Canada, Grenada, Liberia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, or Saint Lucia.
The River by Peter Heller
Set in Canada - Mentioned in Book's Summary
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 675
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 5
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 2 (750) / 0 (1000)
ANGIE CA25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Book 1: Delicious Temptation by Sabrina Sol
Notes: 1) Page #1 of Foodie Romance. 236 pages.
Book 2: Her Backup Boyfriend by Ashlee Mallory
Notes: 2) Friend in title, Family in series name. 274 pages.
Total Points: 315
Queen Bee Darlene5.8 Ann Darrow - 2 or more consecutive words in title/sub that start with the same letter
The Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson A Nearly Normal Family
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 470
Mod
I read The Cockroach by Ian McEwan. Author initials, IM, found in daMsel In distress.
total points: 645
EMurphy20.2 Rookie at the Top-Ken K's Task: Fabulous Fall
1: Corn Maze-Use the initial letters of the title to create a word
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
*Word created was TEA
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 145
Books Read: 9
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
VAL TX15.3. 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.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Has been on my Goodreads TBR list since 10/19/2013. Book is on page 1 of the list.
Book is 528 pages long, claiming one BB ticket. Book was first published in 1869, claiming one GO ticket.
This post:
Points - 15
GO Tickets - 1
BB Tickets - 1
Total:
Points - 110
GO Tickets - 2
BB Tickets - 3
MEGSCL15.1. Knock Knock!
There There
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
TOTAL TO DATE
165 points
1 big book
10.9 - Portrait of a LadyRead a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present. Include the cover in your post.
Something Greater
[POINTS]
This post: 10
Total points: 125
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
Task 15.7 - It's Halloween!read a book with a word from the list in the title
Queen of the Darkness
QUEEN is listed
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675 points
50.1 - THE -BER MONTHS ARE UPON USBOOK 1 - The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger
BER - Nell FreudenBERger
BOOK 2 - In Their Footsteps by Tess Gerritsen
RR - Tess GeRRitsen
BOOK 3 - OPTION 1 - Costalegre
TOTAL POINTS - 455
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.2 - Here’s to Health
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health, standalone or embedded.
Bare: A 7-Week Program to Transform Your Body, Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become the Bravest, Most Unstoppable Version of You by Susan Hyatt
Points this post: 10
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 30
Big Book Ticket: