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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Erin NY20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Romanian wisdom claims autumn is the time to count your hatchlings: "Toamna se numără bobocii". This proverb is of a feather with the more familiar "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched" - with a couple of twists. First of all, it requires you to wait for the little'uns to grow a bit (cracking the shell is not enough - let's see how they fare from spring to autumn!). Additionally, it specifically targets duck or goose chicks, rather than chickens. Generally, it states that the best time to evaluate an attempt or an effort is after its completion.
Select one of the options below and read one book.
Required: State the option chosen when you post.
Option 3: Leaving the nest
I used to think this saying was about going back to school in autumn - because "boboc" also means rookie, or freshman!
Read a book identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series. Book #2 in the series needs to have been published before September 1st, 2019.
Required: Include in your post the date of publication of Book #2 in the series.
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
* (The Dark Artifices #1)
Book #2 was published May 23rd 2017
Total Points: 65
Erin NY5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Farm boy! Fetch me that pitcher. "As you wish!" In honor of Princess Buttercup, read a book that has yellow letters on the cover. Not all letters need to be yellow, but at least one must be entirely yellow. Outlines, shadows, and design elements, such as cracking or splitting, may be ignored.
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel
Total Points: 70
Erin NY5.10 - 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.
by Philippa GregoryTotal points: 75
Task 10.5 - Zero InRead a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Book read: The Joys of Jennifer: Finding Success for Your Child with Charge Syndrome or Other Challenges by Carolyn Siewicki (120 pages)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
Readerboard: JENBENT25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 2 - Humor MPG
Tales of the City
Option 4 - gIanT fLying hELmeT
This Little Light
The word LITTLE is found in gIanT fLying hELmeT
Points this post: 25
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 25
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Nick KY10.5 Zero In I read From Doon with Death by Ruth Rendell, with 208 pp, the page numbering has digit 0.
Total Points So Far: 45
Nick KY25.5 AndyP’s Compound Words
Book 1. I read Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett -- 355 pp
Book 2. I read Drop City by T. Coraghessan Boyle – 497 pp
Total pp = 852 > required 500
Rain + Drop = Raindrop
Total Points So Far = 70
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowlOption 3: Read a book identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series. Book #2 in the series needs to have been published before September 1st, 2019.
Required: Include in your post the date of publication of Book #2 in the series.
I read: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith which is #1 in the Cormoran Strike series.
Book #2 in the series was published June 19, 2014.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Readerboard Name: Absurda20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien
Post #4 in the thread
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 45
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Kim O5.8 - Ann Darrow Read a book with two or more consecutive words in the title/subtitle that start with the same letter.
An Artist of the Floating World
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 2
perletwo 5.10 - No Need for Distress - Relax and read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
A Night's Tail
Points this task: 05
Total points: 080
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 09
Tasks completed: 06
Mod
I read Madam Secretary: A Memoir by Madeleine K. Albright. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
total points: 50
30.4 Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of ItLong book, short title: Metamorfoze by Ovidiu
528 pages, first published year 8 - claiming 1BB + 1GO please
Short book, long title: Franța pe care uităm s-o iubim by Andreï Makine 120 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 1
BB: 1/1
GO: 1/1
20.10 - Group ReadsEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
❁ message 12 in the discussion thread is mine ❁
Total points: 55 + 20 = 75
Andy P.Task # 5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith DAMSEL
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Suzannesea20.6 Seasoned Reader - Roxana's Task: Well-Seasoned Fowl
Option 2 Feathers and Bloom
Read a book with one or more full-blossomed flowers on the cover.
by Lee ReichPoints this post: 20
Total points to date: 55
JUKKA5.10 - No Need for Distress
Any book.
Pathfinder Adventure Path #103: The Hellfire Compact by F. Wesley Schneider. Counts as my one 80-99-page book for the challenge.
Total Points: 25/905
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Suzannesea30.1 Ava Catherine's Task: A Great Dame
Option 1
Read a nonfiction book with the mpg Biography. . .
No Ordinary Time: Franklin Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin has Nonfiction and Biography as mpgs.
Option 2
Read a book with the mpg World War II. . .
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn has World War II as an mpg.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 85
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
Read and Rated 5 Stars by GR Friend "R."
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 85
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read The Memory Police - word "Memory" in title has 6 letters and ends in "y."
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read The Women of the Copper Country. The word "Copper" appears in both the title of this book and in the Flavia title Curious Case of the Copper Corpse.
Total points: 80
Cordelia15.7 Princess Peach
Option 2: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
First publised in 1985
Option 4: Mimi by Lucy Ellmann
Building on cover.
Points: 25
Total Points: 75
Cordelia15.7 It's Halloween
Dark Legacy by Christine Feehan
Word used : DARK
Points:: 15
Total Points: 90
Ronda5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Tangled Like Us by Krista and Becca Ritchie
protagonist's name: Jane
points this post: 5
points to date: 5
Ronda 15.7 - It's Halloween!
American Queen by Sierra Simone
(Halloween word: Queen)
points this post: 15
points to date: 20
JEN B.20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option 1: Corn Maze: Read a book and use the initial letters of the title to create a word.
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (9/9/19)
E+ D+ S+ O = DOES
TOTAL POINTS: 65
10.8 - Forget-Me-NotI read Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz, who died in may of this year. His obituary is here: https://www.nytimes.com>2019/05/28....
Points: 10
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 406
15.10. What's New in 2019?I chose a book off the 1st list, for the month of April.
https://themillions.com/2019/01/the-great-2019-book-preview.html
The review I chose was for Women Talking by Miriam Toews. In the review, her previous book All My Puny Sorrows is mentioned, and that is what I actually read.
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
perletwo 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.
Self-Defense by Jonathan Kellerman
I read the kindle edition, but the top mmp ed. is 528 pages, qualifying for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 07
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 Princess Fiona
Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer.
O=fOr
G=vauGhn
R=tRacie
E=traciE
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 8/54
Books read: 9
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 - Strike!
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 9/54
Books read: 10
Marina H20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 1: Den usynlige vogter by Dolores Redondo
MPG: Cultural > Spain
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Marina H20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones
Option 1: Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
J and M found in author name
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Erin NY15.10. What's New in 2019?
The Millions (an online magazine) publishes a list of "most anticipated" books for the year. Read a book from one of these two 2019 lists:
Most Anticipated Books of 2019 or Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019
Many of the book reviews include information about earlier books by the author. You may choose to read one of the books mentioned in the review instead of the specific book reviewed.
REQUIRED: State in your post which list your book was found on and the month for which it was listed. If you read another book mentioned in the review, other than the listed book, include in your post the name and listing information of the book that was reviewed in the list.
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
* This is from Most Anticipated Books of 2019 - March
Total points: 90
trishhartuk30.4 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.
Warcross, Marie Lu (353pg)
Book 2. Read a short book, fewer than 200 pages, with a long title, at least 5 words.
The Merry Wives Of Windsor, William Shakespeare (112pg)
Golden Oldie: First published in 1597
Points this task: 30
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: Yes – The Merry Wives of Windsor was first published in 1597
Big book: No
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Golden oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Mod
5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
I read At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3)
From page 1, #12, Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress #1) is on the list.
total = 60
Mod
10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
From Best Monsters, page 1, #30: The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
total = 80
Mod
15.1. Knock Knock!
Book 1, Talk/Talk: What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading by Leah Price
Book 2, who title: The Man who Made Things out of Trees by Robert Penn
Total = 95
Mod
15.10. What's New in 2019?
From Most Anticipated Second Half, August publication
When the Plums Are Ripe by Patrice Nganang
total = 110
Amy FL10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
The Beautiful Mystery (Friend is Elvenn)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Amy FL10.3 - Listen Up
Sadie - Audie Award for Young Adult (2019)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Amy FL15.9. Time to Revisit
The Whistling Season (page 3 of list - #214)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Amy FL20.10 - Group Reads
Every Heart a Doorway (My comment is in message 9 of the thread.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
15.5 Back to SchoolThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
MPG is Classic
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 35
Delicious Dee25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
option 2 - All He Ever Needed - #4 in the Kowalski Family series
option 3 - On the Fly - shelved as sports by 74ppl
b>Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 85
5.9 - Elizabeth SwannOption 4. Read a book with a bird on the cover
Book read: The Alchemist
How it fits:
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Total points: 80
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
10.8 - Forget-Me-NotRead a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Book read: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
IL: MY - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7.0.
by Joan Aiken (Died
January 04, 2004)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
Nick KY30.3 TessaVanessa’s Picture This
Opt. 3. “A good cover has a distinct silhouette.” I read Sourland by Joyce Carol Oates, # 220 on the list, p. 3.
Opt. 4. Zoom in! I read The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice, author’s inits in “fLoweRs”. I listened to the audiobook.
With no mass market paperback ed, the most common paperback is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Total Points So Far: 100
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Challenge 25.5 Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
Book 1: Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones.
145 pages
Book 2: The Way the Light Bends by Cordelia Jensen.
400 pages
Stop + Light = stoplight
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 7/58
Books read: 8