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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Sarah E10.4 - Give Thanks
Along the Broken Bay - over 50% set in the Philippines
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Along the Broken Bay
Total points: 75
Sarah E15.4. The Perils of Pauline
Option 2
The Sweet Smell of Decay by Paul Lawrence
Paul Lawrence matches Paul Panzer
Of is in The Sweet Smell Of Decay and Goddess Of The Far West
Total points: 90
Sarah E50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
Book 1: Blueberry Spangled Murder - "ber" in Blueberry
I read the kindle edition, paperback is 218 pages
Book 2: Cherry Dream Murder - MPG Mystery; "rr" in Cherry
I read the kindle edition, paperback is 208 pages
Book 3, Option 1: The Great Zoo Of China
COAT in the greAT zoo Of China
I read the kindle edition, top paperback is 452 pages
218 + 208 + 452 = 878 pages
Total points: 140
LAUREN JODI30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
Book #1: Neighbor above - Laurasia
Unmasked by Stefanie London
Book #2: Neighbor below - Laurie
Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue by Victoria Thompson
Neighbors:
LAURAJAY
LAURASIA
LAUREL CA
LAUREN JODI - Me
LAUREN MARIE
LAUREY
LAURIE
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 590/905
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 26/54
Mod
I used option 1 and read Revolt in 2100 by Robert A. Heinlein. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB.
Author initials, RAH, found in we didn't stARt tHe fire.
Book first published in 1953 (between 1949 and 1989). 336 pages, exceeding required minimum of 175 pages.
total points: 800
JUKKA20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 1: A book with MPG Cultural > Russia / France / Australia / Spain.
A Morte de Stálin by Fabien Nury has Cultural > Russia.
Total Points: 435/905
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 31/54
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
LAUREN JODI5.10 - No Need for Distress
Edge of Danger by Cherry Adair
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 595/905
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 27/54
Nick KY30.5 Mazza1/Sara E’s All Hail Flavia!”
Opt. 1. What’s in a Name. I read # 114, p. 2, on the Historical Novels of Ancient Rome listhttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... , The Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor.
Opt. 2. Chemistry please.
Read a book with a word of at least five letters in the title or subtitle that ends in Y.
The word is CHEMISTRY. I read Chemistry by Weike Wang.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 690
Andy P.Task # 25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 2. Read a book with “Humor” as a main page genre
Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo Humor (83 users)
Option 4. Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the
title/subtitle which has letters found in the phrase: GIANT FLYING HELMET. Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi T in Giant, A in Giant, L in Flying, E in Helmet
Points this post: 25
Total points: 620
Jen K5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
IR in damsel-In-distRess
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 435
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 25
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
I read Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. The main character is Galaxy "Alex" Stern. From the first paragraph of the book's main page description:
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?
Previous point total: 235
New points this post: 5
Total points: 240
Total tasks completed: 16
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia
Option 2: Chemistry please. Read a book with a word of at least five letters in the title or subtitle that ends in Y.
Bunny by Mona Awad
Bunny ends in Y
Option 4: Fabulous titles. 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.
The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
"Golden" matches the title "The Golden Tresses of the Dead"
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 750
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 5
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 2 (750) / 0 (1000)
Mod
I chose option 3 and read To the Lighthouse. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top MMPB. The book is on page 1 of the Vintage Classics Red Spine list.
total points: 820
Stephanie1275.6 - Princess Buttercup: Read a book that has yellow letters on the cover. Required: Include the cover when you post.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85/905
Tasks completed: 6/54
Books read: 8
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot Grrls
Book 1: Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the musicians from this list: Riot grrl musicians.
The Nightingale Before Christmas
by Donna Andrews
Donna matches the singer Donna Dresch
Book 2: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word* found in one of the band names from this list: Riot Girrls Bands.
The Need by Helen Phillips
The Need matches song The Need
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 780
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 5
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 2 (750) / 0 (1000)
Jen K50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
Book 1: The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg 240 pages
"ber" in author's last name: "Ber"g
Books 2: The Queen Con by Meghan Scott Molin 336 pages
MPG Mystery and "rr" in the series name, The Golden A"rr"ow
Book 3: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell 245 pages
coat: the vanishing ACT Of esme lennox
240 + 336 + 245 = 821 pages > 750 pages
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Points this post: 50
Total points: 485
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Nick KY10.3 I read The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. The Audie winning edition was read by John Cleese and won the Classic Fiction award in 2000.
Total Points So Far: 700
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - Birth of the Internet
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in advancedreseaRChprojectsagencynetwork consecutively. I read Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi (IL: MG; BL: 5.1, AR: 13.0).
Total points so far: 760
ZachTask 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones. and chose Option 1. I read The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin. J and M appear in her last name.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 110
GOTs: 1
BBTs: 0
DeborahPost #17
30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
DEANNA NEBULA
DEB W
DEBBIE B
DEBORAH
DEBORAH M
DEBRAJEAN
DEBRA T
1) The Trouble With Magic by Madelyn Alt
MA in Deborah M (below neighbor)
2) The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Using "above neighbor" Deb W
DE) END
B) CABIN
W) WORLD
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 345
Books read: 25
Tasks Done: 16
Task 25.4 - Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common LanguageBook 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.
Required: State your word pair.
List: British v. American word list
Word Pair: Flat vs. Apartment
flat
Tortilla Flat (1935) by John Steinbeck (Paperback, Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics, 174 pages)
California Book Award for Fiction (Silver) (1935)
** Tortilla Flat is a Golden Oldie, published in 1935**
apartment
Apartment in Athens (1945) by Glenway Wescott (Paperback, 268 pages)
** Apartment in Athens is a Golden Oldie, published in 1945**
145 + 25 = 170
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 145 + 25 = 170
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,157
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
trishhartuk25.1 Bookwrm526’s task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 2: Pumpkins!! For this option, read a book with a pumpkin on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Cover confirmed for pumpkins in help thread message #66: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3: Colors!! Read a book with leaves in their fall colors (red, orange, yellow) on the cover (attached to a tree or not).
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Autumn foliage confirmed in the same help thread message.
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 29
Golden oldies: 6
Big Book tickets: 0
trishhartuk10.7 Strike!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K.
The Black Cat Steps on a Crack, Kay Finch
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 510
Tasks completed: 30
Golden oldies: 6
Big Book tickets: 0
Marina H30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot Grrls
Book 1: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Riot grrrl musician: Christina Billotte
Book 2: All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
Riot grrl band: The Scissor Girls
Points this post: 30
Total points: 415
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 25
Task 50.1 - Brr!...the “ber” months are upon us750+ pages total
book 1: read a book with BER in the author name
The Luxe by Anna GodBERsen
MMPB - 372 pages - Latidos
book 2: read a book with MPG Mystery and RR in the author name
The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose PaRRy
416 pages
book 3: read a book with the letters COAT in the title
Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy: A Parody
C - darCy
O - Of
A - dArcy
T - fifTy
192 pages
372+416+192 >750 pages
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750 points
delicious dee10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Fascism: A Warning - my GR friend Christine Nolfi gave Fascism 5 stars HERE in July 2018
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 455
Delicious Dee15.4. The Perils of Pauline
Book A - The Ghost and the Graveyard - Genevieve Jack - Genevieve Jack for Jack Standing as Lieutenant Summers
Book B - Never Trust a Pirate - Pirate for Chapter 3 - Pirate Treasure
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 470
Delicious Dee15.5. Back to School
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - shelved as classics by 20000+ ppl
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 485
10.8 - Forget-Me-NotThe Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
❁ as noted on her GRs author's page, Helene Hanff died April 09, 1997 ❁
Total points: 530 + 10 = 540
50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon usBook 1: Septem-"ber"
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
❁ Author: Becky Chambers ❁
📖 153 pages 📖
Book 2: Octo-"b-rr"
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
❁ MPGs: Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Suspense ❁
❁ Author: Tess Gerritsen ❁
📖 401 pages 📖
Book 3: Novem-"Brr!"
Option 1: To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn
❁ C in Fetch; O in To; A in a; T in Thief ❁
📖 307 pages 📖
📖📖 153 pages + 401 pages + 307 pages = 861 pages 📖📖
Total points: 540 + 50 = 590
Laurah3015.10 What's new in 2019?
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
White Elephant
This book was in the first list Most Anticipated Books of 2019 in the March section.
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 370
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 21
Books read: 24
Mod
I read The ABC Murders. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB. Classics is the 4th listed MPG.
total points: 835
Andy P.Task # Task 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
Book 1. Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyler (305 p.)
Book 2. Blind Spot by Barbara A. Shapiro (432 p.)
Spot + Light = Spotlight, noun
page total 305 + 432 =737> 500 page requirement
Points this post: 25
Total points: 645
Chris MD20.6 Well-Seasoned Fowl
Option 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.
The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
This book is listed as #1 in the New Hercule Poirot Mysteries series. The second book in the series, Closed Casket was published in September 2016.
I listened to the audio version of the book. The MMP has 320 pages.
Total points: 180
Chris MD20.8 The Scents of Fall
Option 1: Author's initials found in bAKed goods
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Total points: 200
Chris MD25.5 Create Your Own Compound Word
Book 1:
Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 368 pages.
Book 2:
Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton
dead + beats = deadbeats
Found in dictionary.com here.
Book 1 368 pages
Book 2 247 pages
Total 615 pages
Total points: 225
15.10 What's New in 2019?**Please move: **
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me from 20.7 to 15.10. This book appears on the Second Half of 2019 list, in August.
285 -20 +15 = 280 points total.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter**replacement:**
Please add to 20.7, Know My Name, by Chanel Miller. autobiography > memoir. 368 pages.
280 + 20 = 300 points total.
Marina H25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 2: Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Option 4: Vold og magt by Elsebeth Egholm
Word: Magt
Points this post: 25
Total points: 440
Big book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 26
Mod
I used option 2, and read Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas.
Author's name, Jose, matches Edward Jose.
Title Word "of" matches chapter 2, Goddess of the Far West.
total points: 850
Mod
For book 1, I read Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the hardcover edition (no MMPB or pb).
"ber" in Robert in title. 320 pages.
For book 2, I read Robert B. Parker's The Bitterest Pill by Reed Farrel Coleman. Mystery and thriller are both main page genres, and the author's middle name contains a double r - faRRel. 368 pages.
For book 3, I read Once Broken Faith. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB. COAT found in title - OnC broken fAiTh. 420 pages.
320 + 368 + 420 = 1108 pages (>750).
total points: 900
Suzannesea20.4 Golden Oldies - Tien's Task: My Big Classics Year
Option 2: Publishing Year
Read a book first published between 1605 and 1975.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston was first published in 1937.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date:440
APRILLEIGH10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote
The Goodreads record states Truman Capote died on August 25, 1984.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (805)
Golden Oldie: 0 (16)
Big Book: 0 (7)
Books Read: 1 (64)
Total Tasks: 48
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.The book I read actually fits both Options for this task... I know it's still only worth 20 points, but I thought that was interesting!
Option 1. 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.
Option 2. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle of at least three letters that can be made from the letters in MARGARET. Letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the name.
The Obelisk Gate
Option 1 - Author: N. K. J e m ison
Option 2 - Title: The word Gate can be found in MAR GA R ET
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 185
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
Mod
I read San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats. Approved in ebook google doc, line 2451, as conditional, to be used for 1 5 point task.
total points: 905
APRILLEIGH15.5 - Back to School
Read a book with MPG Classics, standalone or embedded.
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1896 ***
Genre verified in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (820)
Golden Oldie: 1 (17)
Big Book: 0 (7)
Books Read: 1 (65)
Total Tasks: 49
Anna K10.7. Strike!
Read a book by an author with a name part that begins with K
Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century, by Charles King
K - King
Points this post: 10
Points this challenge: 130
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