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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Sara G30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture this
Option 3: “A good cover has a distinct silhouette” --J. C. Leyendecker
Choose a book from this list of Silhouette Covers.
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
This book is on page 1 of the list.
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback here has 576 pages.
**Bitter Greens is a Big Book (576 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
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.
Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling
Lynn Flewelling can be found in FLOWERS.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 415
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 - Back to School
Read a book with the main page genre Classics, standalone or embedded. I read The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
Total points so far: 635
SALLY M.25.4 Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language:
British/Australian v. American word pair, Holiday = Vacation
Book 1
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
Book 2
The Tycoon's Vacation by Melody Anne
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 555
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 46
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 12
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 3
PAULA S5.4 - 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
- OGRE in ROGuE protocolI listened to the audio book. PB for reference (no MMPB): Kaçak Protokol
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
GO: 1
BB: 2
Brooke TX5.1 - Taking Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure. Approved in help thread message 43:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 375
Completed Tasks: 24
Books Read: 44
Brooke TX5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Read a book that has yellow letters on the cover.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 380
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 44
Brooke TX5.9 - Elizabeth Swann
Read a book with a bird on the cover. With a peacock in the lower right corner:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 385
Completed Tasks: 26
Books Read: 44
Helen B* Repost with cover included for book 3*
Apologies for getting it wrong in my previous post.
50.1 - Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
1. The Stranger by Albert Camus
123 pages
Ber in Albert
*published 1942 claiming 1 GO ticket
2. The Devils of Cardona by Matthew Carr
MPG mystery and thriller. RR in Carr
464 pages
3.
by Kathleen RooneyCoat on the cover.
287 pages
Total pages 874
Points this post: 50
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 32
BB: 3
GO: 1
Cordelia5.7 Rose DeWitt Bukater
Rebel by Marie Lu
Protagonist - EDEN (or JUNE)
Points: 5
Total points: 670
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
Book 1: Read a book with the letters “ber” intact in the title, subtitle or author's name. I read The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh (ber in author's name, 382p).
Book 2: Read a book that has a MPG, standalone or embedded, of: mystery, thriller, crime, suspense, romantic suspense, psychological thriller or horror. AND contain the double letters, “rr,” intact in the title, subtitle, series name or author's name. I read The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas, which has the MPG mystery and rr in the author's name (297p).
Book 3, Option 1: Read a book with a title containing all the letters needed to spell the word COAT. I read Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs (CT in incidents, A in slave, O in of) (176p).
382+297+176 = 855p
Total points so far: 685
Boston Kate
5.6 Princess Buttercup
yellow letters on cover
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Boston Kate
15.5 Back to School
The Secret Garden
"Classics" on main page
AR Bookfinder data: IL: MG, BL: 6.3, AR: 13.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Pamela326515.5. Back to School.
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1854
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 180
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+:
PegW10.4 - Give Thanks - Thanksgiving is not only an American tradition. It's also celebrated in Australia, Canada, Grenada, Liberia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Saint Lucia. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries.
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves set in Canada
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 195
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 14
JUKKA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1: Book whose author's initials are in BAKED GOODS.
Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch.
Total Points: 365/905
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 28/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.Book 1:
by Violet Haberdasher ber in the author's name, haBERdasher
Book 2:
by Jonathan Maberryrr in the author's name, mabeRRy
Book 3:
by Simon R. GreenCoat on the cover
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 355
Laurah3020.9 - 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.
Blindness by José Saramago
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 320
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 18
Books read: 21
RAYNEBAIR15.2. Falling?
Option 3: Read the last or most recently published book in a series.
The Alchemist and an Amaretto by Annette Marie
book 5 in series, just published this month
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded.
The Mage on the Hill by Angel Martinez
MPG Fantasy
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanEnlarged cover of the audiobook cover which I listened to.
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 310
10.2 - Here’s to HealthHealthy Habits Suck: How to Get Off the Couch and Live a Healthy Life… Even If You Don’t Want To by Dayna Lee-Baggley
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 320
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.Option 1. My sister's name was Judith Melinda and my aunt's was Margaret June. Read a book by a single author whose name on Goodreads includes both a J and an M. The letters can be found in any part of their name.
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 355
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great DameOption 1: A Woman of Science
Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow
❁ nonfiction; MPG Biography ❁
Option 3: Radium
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
❁ RA found in Richardson ❁
Total points: 455 + 30 = 485
Sandra 15.6. Inventors Day
Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
The genre 'Science' appears on the main book page in third place (shelved by 716 users).
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 195
Repost20.6
Option 3: #1 in a series
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Book 2 A Court of Mist and Fury pub May 2016
10.3 won or been nominated for an Audie Award Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 410/905
Tasks completed: 29/54
Books Read: 35
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Brooke TX10.2 - Here’s to Health
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 395
Completed Tasks: 27
Books Read: 45
Brooke TX10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 405
Completed Tasks: 28
Books Read: 45
Brooke TX15.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle. With "soldiers":
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 420
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 45
Kristi CO20.10 - Group Reads
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
The Huntress discussion post
**Big Book ticket**The Huntress is 531 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Christine V30.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It
Book 1: Rosewater I read the Kindle edition. The top PB, Rosewater, has 432 pages. (No MMPB available.)
Book 2: Love Poems for Married People
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
Jasmiina F10.5 - Zero In:
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages:
Ei mitään uutta idän pikajunasta by Magnus Mills.
Pages: 240
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
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+:
Jasmiina F5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress:
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS:
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire.
*Big Book Ticket with 528 pages.*
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail FlaviaOption 3, a book with a bicycle on the cover: Swept Away by Robyn Carr
Option 4, a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that matches a word in a Flavia title: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Bones is found in the Flavia title Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce #5)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 505
Christine V15.5. Back to School
The Dead
This book was first published in 1914.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket***
Points this post: 15
GO tickets this post: 1
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
DeborahPost #16
30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot Grrls
1) Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
Using: Sara Marcus from list
2) Winter Kill
Using KILL: Bikini Kill
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 315
Books read: 23
Tasks Done: 15
ZachTask 20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year I chose Option 1: Countries and read Candide which has the MPG Cultural > France.
I am also claiming a Golden Oldie ticket as Candide was first published in 1759.
Points this post: 20
GOTs: 1
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Totals:
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Points: 90
GOTs: 1
BBTs: 0
Anna K5.4 Princess Fiona
Read a book that has the letters of OGRE in the title/subtitle.
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
O & E - Novel
G & R - Fitzgerald
Points this post: 5
Points this challenge: 95
Thank you!
5.2 REPOSTPlease replace current book (The Wrath and the Dawn) with:
Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
no change to points.
Janice CA15.5. Back to School
MPG: classic
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
***GOLDEN OLDIE, first published in 1948***
+15
total: 55
tasks: 4
books: 5
Andy P.Task # 15.2. Falling?
1 . I was sick! – Read a fiction or nonfiction book where a major character is a doctor or nurse or in which illness/medicine is a major part of the story.
Second Opinions: Eight Clinical Dramas of Decision Making on the Front Lines of Medicine byJerome Groopman
3. Read the last or most recently published book in a series. The book must be identified as part of a series on Goodreads (series, #).Killing with Confetti by Peter Lovesey Most recent # 18 in Peter Diamond Series published July 2019
Points this post: 15
Total points: 545
PAULA S10.2 - Here’s to Health
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health, standalone or embedded.
I read the ebook, PB for reference (no MMPB): Reasons to Stay Alive
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
GO: 1
BB: 2
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 - Zero In
Read a book with a zero in the number of pages. I read The Body Reader by Anne Frasier, which has 302 pages.
Total points so far: 695
Kathy KSThe Return was originally used for 20.1. It has been replaced and moved here.
30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
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.
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.
KATHY G
KATHY L
KATHY P
KATHYKS <--- me
KATI
KATIA
KATIE K
Book 1, above, initials PT in The Return by Peter Turnbull
Book 2, below, KATIA in title: old-fAshIoned economical cooKing: heAlThy culinary ideas on a budget
Old-Fashioned Economical Cooking: Healthy Culinary Ideas on a Budget, by Winifred Stuart Gibbs
***Old-Fashioned Economical Cooking: Healthy Culinary Ideas on a Budget was originally published in 1912. Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket***
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 305
Tasks completed: 16
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
PAULA S15.2. Falling?
Option 3. Read the last or most recently published book in a series.
- This is the 4th and most recently published book in the Murderbot Diaries series. I listened to the audiobook, hardcover for reference (no PB or MMPB): Exit Strategy
Option 4. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded
- mpg Science fictionPoints this post: 15
Total points: 100
GO: 1
BB: 2
Jen K5.8 - Ann Darrow
The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 430
Tasks completed: 24
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
20.6 -- REPOST (replace)Please remove the book that I'd previously posted (The Kiss Quotient), and instead enter this one:
Option 2
The Nest
(flower at the very top, just above the book)no change to points total.
Cordelia25.3 Nations Divided
Word pair: AUTUMN / FALL from British American Word list
Bk 1: Autumn by Ali Smith
Bk 2: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Points: 25
Total points: 695
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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I'm moving a book Remember Me from task 10.10 message #1778, and moving it into this task.
Post #15
50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
1) Remember Me
Using the word rememBER
272 pages
2) Do Not Disturb by A.R. Torre
MPG Thriller
RR in authors name toRRe
363 pages
3) Option 1: Threads of Evidence
C) evidenCe
O) Of
AT) ThreAds
304 pages
272 + 363 +304=939/750 pages required
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 285
Books read: 21
Tasks Done: 15