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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Task 10.8 – Forget-me-NotBy an author who is deceased
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (deceased, Sep 2, 1997)
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Man's Search for Meaning - 179 pg
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1946
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 440 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
SandyL15.6. Inventors Day
Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science
Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees by Barbara Bennett
MPG Science - verified Msg 87
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 44
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL15.8. A Parade - for me?
Read a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word PARADE
Tragic by Devney Perry
ParaDe
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 45
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose name includes both a J and an M.
The Color of Love by Julianne MacLean
Julianne Maclean
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 46
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
25.2 A Visit to the CastleOption 1: Gothic.
Foxlowe
Option 4: GIANT FLYING HELMET
Stay and Fight (Fight)
+25 = 350 points total.
5.10**removal request**
Please remove The Falls of the Wyona from 5.10.
Thank you!
-5 = 345 points total.
SandyL20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 1: Read a book with one of following MPGs:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
MPG Cultural >France - verified Msg 89
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 580
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 47
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Pat ~ refreshing my memory for Winter 201920.1 - A Walk Through the Glens
Task Description ~ Option 3
Read a book where the letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do NOT appear in the title, subtitle, or author’s names.
Shamed by Linda CastilloCompleted ~ 11.5.19
Pages ~ 294
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Points this post ~ 20
Total Points ~ 20
Tasks Completed ~ 1
Books Read This Season ~ 1
Pages Read This Season ~ 294
SandyL25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
September - Read a book from the Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Pg 1 #2 Man Booker Intl Prize Eligible Books
October: Read a book first published between 1949 and 2019 with title of at least three words where the title initials can be found in CHELTENHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL
Luna and the Lie by Mariana Zapata
cheLTenhAm Literary festival
****requesting Big Book Ticket - 626 pages****
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 605
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 49
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Readerboard: JENBENT15.4. The Perils of Pauline
Option 2
Break in Case of Emergency by Brian Francis
Author: Francis Carlyle & Brian Francis
Title: Chapter 8 - Serpent In The Flowers & Break in Case of Emergency
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 1: book by a single author whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD
The Expectations by Alexander Tilney
311 PAGES
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.
Option 1 - book by a single author whose name on Goodreads includes both a J and an M
The Farm by Joanne Ramos
30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia
Option 2: word of at least five letters in the title or subtitle that ends in Y
Reality Boy
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
Start Without Me
Title word is WITHOUT, matching A Red Herring Without Mustard
Points this post: 85
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 250
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORMPrincess Buttercup
I read
by Lindy West. The top three lines of text on the cover are yellow.Previous point total: 240
New points this post: 5
Total points: 245
Total tasks completed: 17
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
LAUREN JODI20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
Shadow Lover by Anne Stuart
9s found in original publication year: 1999
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 615/905
Total Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 28/54
15.6 Inventors' DayThe Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing
+15 = 360 points total.
5.2 Damsel-in-DistressThe Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Author's initials can be found in distReSs
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
10.4 Give ThanksWhite Fang by Jack London
Takes place in the Yukon, Canada
Claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket first published in 1905
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
BB TICKETS: 3
GO TICKETS: 1
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 16
Bookwrm526Task #10.1 - I'll Be There for You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars. I read The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman, which two friends (Kelly and Julie) have both rated 5 stars.
Total points so far: 780
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl Option 3:
by Kameron HurleySecond book published on 1st October 2011
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 420
Coralie30.4 The Long and the Short of It
Book 1: Long book with a short title
Quicksilver
Book 2: Short book with a long title
The Devil in the Flesh
Total to date 465 points
Julia10325.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 2: Amberwell (Series title Ayrton Family)
Option 3: A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History (MPG Sports)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 660
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 48
5.7 - Rose DeWitt BukaterMove over Rose, let Jack on the door. In honor of one of Hollywood's most iconic romantic pairs, read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter first name or nickname. The character's first name or nickname must be mentioned in the book's description. Ex: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary), Who Is Vera Kelly? (Vera), Killing Floor (Jack)
Required: State the character's name when you post.
I read The Only Woman in the Room, which is a novel about Hedy Lamar, her early life and subsequent life in Hollywood and as a little-known technology inventor.
points: 150
books read: 12
tasks completed: 11
task in progress: 1
Big Books: 2
pages read: 5057
ANGIE CA5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Book: An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker
Notes: Toby.
Total Points: 350
Anna K15.10 What’s New in 2019?
Read a book from one of two 2019 lists
The Farm, by Joanne Ramos
List: Most Anticipated Books of 2019 (https://themillions.com/2019/01/the-g...)
Month: May
Point this post: 15
Points this challenge: 145
Thank you!
Suzannesea50.1 Lisa MD'S Task: Brr!. . . .the 'ber" months are upon us.
Book 1
The letters "ber"are intact in the author's name.
Night Passage by Robert B. Parker
roBERt
324 pages
Book 2
The double letters"rr" are intact in the series name: Johnny Merrimon.
The Last Child by John Hart has mpg's of mystery, thriller, and suspense.
373 pages
Book 3
Option 1
The title contains all the letters needed to spell COAT.
The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
237 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 500
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.Option 1:
by Jim ButcherJiM butcher
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 440
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!Exiles at Home: Australian Women Writers 1925-1945 by Drusilla Modjeska
3 x 9s:
2 in subtitle: 1925-1945
1 in publication year: 1981
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 855
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.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.
Book read: When Dimple Met Rishi
How it fits: The word Met in the title
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Total points: 600
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 38
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 4
Task 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of FallOption 1: Books v. Cigarettes by George Orwell
book first published in 1946, may I please claim a Golden Oldie ticket.
Authors initials can be found in baked GOods
Points this task: 20
Total points: 270
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 14
Task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowlOption 3: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling
Book 2 in series is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Published June 2nd 1999
Points this task: 20
Total points: 290
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 15
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books YearOption 2: The Complete Poems of Emily Bronte by Emily Brontë
This was first published in 1941
I would like to claim 1 golden oldie ticket for this book.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 310
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 16
10.7 - Strike!Book read: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixby J.K. Rowling
This has 870 pages so I would like to claim 2 BB tickets.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 320
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 17
EMurphy25.2 Nick KY's Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 3: One of the words in the title Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
*has the word FRANKENSTEIN
Option 4: Word of 4 or more letters in the title which has letters found in the phrase GIANT FLYING HELMET As Old As Time by Liz Braswell
*Word is TIME
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 170
Books Read: 11
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 7
EMurphy20.1 Most Improved Player - LaureY's Task: A Walk Through the Glens
Option 3: The letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do not appear in the title/subtitle/author's name The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 190
Books Read: 12
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 8
10.1 - I’ll Be There For YouMooncakes by Suzanne Walker
❁ Goodreads friend Melanie rated it 5 stars (so did I!) ❁
Total points: 635 + 10 = 645
LAUREN JODI15.9 - Time to Revisit
Persuasion Jane Austen by Jane Austen
Found on the SRC Recommended Books list: Page 1 book #53
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 630/905
Total Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 29/54
***REPOST DUE TO MISSING AR BOOKFINDER INFOTraceyL (Readerboard Name)
10.3 - Listen Up
Read a book that has won or been nominated (a finalist) for an Audie Award.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Audiobook
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire MMPB 796 Pages
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
Request 2 BB Tickets (796 Pages)
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 765
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 7
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 3 (750) / 0 (1000)
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the Fire
Option 2: Read a book named in the song, or related to one of the topics mentioned.
North Korea Journal by Michael Palin
Approved in help thread post 58.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 785
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 7
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 3 (750) / 0 (1000)
Brooke TXReposting so that I can move City of Fallen Angels to a different task.
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 1: Read a book written by an author using a pen name or alias. Written by Cassandra Clare/Judith Lewis:
Option 3: Read a book with Romance as a MPG.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 420
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 57
Brooke TXReposting so I can move The Magicians to a different task.
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Option 1: Read a nonfiction book with the MPG science or biography.
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 420
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 57
Brooke TXReposting so I can move City of Heavenly Fire to a different task.
30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least five letters in the title or subtitle that ends in Y. With "Carry":
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. With "Shadows" as in I Am Half-Sick of Shadows:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 420
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 57
Brooke TX10.3 - Listen Up
Read a book that has won or been nominated (a finalist) for an Audie Award.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 430
Completed Tasks: 30
Books Read: 57
Brooke TX10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased. Written by Stan Lee (1922-2018):
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 440
Completed Tasks: 31
Books Read: 57
Brooke TX15.1. Knock Knock!
Book 1. Read a book in which the same word appears at least twice in the title/subtitle. With "Scott Pilgrim" appearing twice:
Book 2: Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains the word "who" or "who's."
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 455
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 57
Bookwrm526Task #25.6 - Princess Peach
Option 3: Read a book with Romance as a MPG. I read Can't Escape Love by Alyssa Cole (192p).
Option 4: Read a book with a building on the cover. I read The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash (378p).
192+378=570p
Total points so far: 805
Brooke TX15.3. Time to Catch Up.
Option 2 - Read a book from the I Should Probably Read This Sometime list that has also been on your TBR for at least 1 year. Found on page 13 of the list, added to my TBR July 23, 2014:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 470
Completed Tasks: 33
Books Read: 57
Brooke TX15.4. The Perils of Pauline
Book 1: Read a book whose author matches the first or last name of the cast members of the serial.
Book 2: Read a book with a word in its title/subtitle that matches a word in one of the episode titles. With "Of" in the subtitle:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 485
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 57
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 1: The Summer Country by Lauren Willig (LW in WORLD)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 680
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 49
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a LieOption 1:
by Laini Tayloraround The worLd = Laini Taylor
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 460
JEN B.20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 2: For this option, read a book that contains all the letters of FAIRY in the title/subtitle.
The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell (11/9/19)
TOTAL POINTS: 120
5.9 - Elizabeth SwannIn honor of Swann and Sparrow, read a book with a bird on the cover.
by Alice Hoffman (10/13/19)TOTAL POINTS: 125
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
Select a list and read a book from that list
Aunt Dimity Down Under by Nancy Atherton
Pg 12 #1133 Ghost Stories
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 43
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1