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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best StuffOption 2: Pumpkins!!
❁ pumpkins on cover ❁
Option 3: Colors!!
❁ red, orange, yellow leaves on cover ❁
Total points: 705 + 25 = 730
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. The letters can be found in any part of their name.
After Dark, My Sweet by Jim Thompson.
JiM thompson
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Total BB tickets: 1
10.5 - Zero InRead a book with a zero in the number of pages.
The Griff: A Graphic Novel by Christopher Moore.
160 pages.
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 170
Total BB tickets: 1
Helen A.30.5 All Hail Flavia
#2 Word in title 5 letters ends in Y
Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe Infinity
#4 Flavia word in title
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Total posts: 33 with this one
Total points: 635 with this one
BB=2
GO=2
Helen A.Task 5.1 Action /Adventure MPG
Adventure:
The River
Total tasks: 34 with this one
Total points: 640 with this one
BB=2
GO=2
Helen A.Task 5.8 Consecutive words same letter
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do
Total tasks: 34 with this one
Total points: 645 with this one
BB=2
GO=2
Queen Bee Darlene5.6 Princess Buttercup - Yellow letters on cover
Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir of Appalachia
Broke and Goats are both in yellow
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 510
Helen A.Task 20.2
250 page book
#2 Author initials in APPLE CIDER
Murder With Puffins
Total tasks: 36 with this one
Total points: 665 with this one
BB=2
GO=2
20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous FallOption 1: Corn Maze
by Emma DonoghueRoom + Emma + Donoghue = RED
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 500
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
September includes International Translation Day.
Read a book from the list Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
The Governesses by Anne Serre
Page 1, #30 on the list
October finds the Cheltenham Literary Festival in full swing, and celebrating its 70th Anniversary
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
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz
Points this task: 25
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 475
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
LAUREN JODI25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuffl
Option 1: Holidays!!
Oh, Naughty Night! by Leslie Kelly
Option 3: Colors!!
Her Halloween Treat by Tiffany Reisz
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 675/905
Total Books Read: 48
Tasks Completed: 31/54
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a LieOption 1, a book by an author whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD: Tony's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
paperback edition Tony's Wife: A Novel 512 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 650
Pat Task 20.2 - Fabulous Fall
Read a book of at least 250 pg that satisfies one of the following three options. REQUIRED: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 1: Corn Maze
Read a book and use the initial letters of the title (all words count but subtitles should be ignored) to create a word. The initial letters of every word in the title must be used in your word. The word should be at least 3 letters long, and should be found in Official Scrabble Words.
GLOSS - Garden O f S tones || Sophie Littlefield
Garden of Stones by Sophie LittlefieldCompleted ~ 11.11.19
Pages ~ 301
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Points this post ~ 20
Previous Total ~ 20
Total Points ~ 40
Tasks Completed ~ 2
Books Read This Season ~ 2
Pages Read This Season ~ 294 + 301 = 596
Coralie10.3 Listen Up
Audie Award for audiobook of the year 2019
Children of Blood and Bone
Total to date 475 points
RAYNEBAIR20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 3: Leaving the nest
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.
Rescued (Alphabits #1) by Susi Hawke and Crista Crown
Book #2 (Abduction) was published on March 7, 2019
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 0
Joanne MI15.9. Time to Revisit
Read a book from this list. REQUIRED: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found.
Skeletons at the Feast
The book is on page 4 #384
Points this task 15
Total Points 315
Total BB's 6
Julia10315.2. Falling?
Re-posting to change second book, no additional points
Option 2: Old Baggage
Option 3: The Christmas Boutique (newest in Elm Creek Quilts series, published October 2019)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 690
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 50
Julia1035.3 - Not So Helpless After All
In Fury Born is on page 2 of list
(moved from task 15.2, BB tickets for 864 pages already claimed)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 695
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 51
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.6 - Birth of the Internet
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork consecutively.
We Met in December by Rosie Curtis
RC appears in reseaRCh
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 795
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 7
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 3 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.10 Group ReadsI read The Huntress, by Kate Quinn (and posted in the thread, message #14).
+20 = 450 points total.
EMurphy20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 3: Biography or autobiography genre Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
*285 pages
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 210
Books Read: 13
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
PegW20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: 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 Quiet Game
Book 1 in the Penn Cage series. Book 2 - Turning Angel was first published in 2005
Claiming one Big Book ticked - edition read was 580 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 215
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 15
CathyG5.9 - Elizabeth Swann
In honor of Swann and Sparrow, read a book with a bird on the cover or the name of a specific type of bird in the title/subtitle.
Required: If using the cover option, include the cover in your post.
The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters
Points this post: 5
Total points: 695
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 54
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
This is a two book task. Choose two options and read one book from each. The total number of pages for both books combined must be at least 500.
Option 3: Sports
Read a book with a main page genre of Sports (either standalone or imbedded.)
Back in Black by Lori Foster
281 pages
Option 4: Shopping
Read a book written by an author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY.
Once Upon a Ghost by Day Leclaire
240 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 720
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 56
Big Book Ticket:
CathyG15.4. The Perils of Pauline
Option 2 Read 1 book that satisfies both requirements of Option 1.
Book 1: Read a book whose author matches the first or last name of the cast members of the serial. AND Book 2: Read a book with a word in its title/subtitle that matches a word in one of the episode titles.
Chapter 4 - Deadly Turning/Clifford Bruce
Deadly Fall by Ann Bruce
Points this post: 15
Total points: 735
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 57
Big Book Ticket:
30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your NeighborhoodJEAN, JEANI, JEANNE, JECCA, JEMIMA, JEN A, JEN B
Book 1 -Using the group below: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE of that group’s Readerboard names.
Jen B
Covetous by Natalie Bennett
Book 2
Read a book with ALL of the letters of ONE of that group’s Readerboard names in the title and/or subtitle.
JEANI
Juniper Unraveling by Keri Lake
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 19
Pamela326530.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Option 2: The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker - WW II mpg
Option 3: The Other Side of the Bridge by Camron Wright - RA found in cAmRon
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 275
Golden Oldie books this post:0
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+:
MAZZA110.2 - Here’s to Health
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health, standalone or embedded.
The Way We Die Now
approved post 11 in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 635
MAZZA115.8. A Parade - for me?
Read a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word PARADE - middle initials can be ignored. Single author books only.
The Art of Dying Ambrose Parry
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 650
MAZZA120.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1:
read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS. All initials must be found in the target phrase.
So Lucky Dawn O'Porter
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 670
25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common LanguageAustralian-American words
Autumn - Fall
Book 1: The Fireflies of AUTUMN, and other tales of San Ginese by [ author:Moreno Giovannoni]
Book 2: The FALL (Anna Kronberg Thriller #2) by Annelie Wendeberg
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 885
Nick KY20.2 Jen K's Fabulous Fall
Opt. 3. First Snow. I read The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht, # 292, p. 3 on the Great Debuts list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6... 338 pp > required 250
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 770
I would like to change a book posted on message 605Message 605
Please Remove:
evERy rOr bainbridGe
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
and replace with
5.4 - Princess Fiona
GORgEous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Task Total: 5
Season Total: No change
15.1. Knock Knock!Book 1. Read a book in which the same word appears at least twice in the title/subtitle.
Book read: Love You Hate You Miss You
How it fits: The word You appears 3 times in the title
Book 2: Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains the word "who" or "who's."
Book read: The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds
How it fits: The word Who in the title
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Total points: 615
Books read: 49
Tasks completed: 39
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 4
25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!Option 2: Read a book with the word FAMILY, FAMILIES, or FRIEND found intact in the title, subtitle or series title.
Book read: A Family Affair
How it fits: The word Family in the title
Pages: 208 (MMPB Edition: A Family Affair)
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY.
Book read: Bitten
How it fits: Author's (Kelley Armstrong) initials are KA
Pages: 436 (MMPB Edition: Bitten)
Total pages: 644
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Total points: 640
Books read: 51
Tasks completed: 40
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgaard
"witch" is on the list.
Points this task: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 490
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooke TX20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the Fire
Option 1: Read a book first published between 1949 and 1989 (inclusive), where the author’s initials can be found in “WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE”.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 730
Completed Tasks: 44
Books Read: 64
Brooke TX20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 750
Completed Tasks: 45
Books Read: 64
Bookwrm526Task #5.9 - Elizabeth Swann
Read a book with a bird on the cover. I read My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, which has an owl on the cover in the upper left hand corner.
Total points so far: 835
Brooke TX25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 1: Read a book about cooking, baking or chefs from one of the following lists. Found on page 3 of Mysteries in Good Taste:
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose initials are included in BLACK FRIDAY.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 775
Completed Tasks: 46
Books Read: 64
Sarah E5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Contributing author initials in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
Band Together by Noelle Stevenson
I read the ebook, but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 145
Sarah E5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
Legend - page 1 of the list, #14
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the MMP
Total points: 150
Sarah E15.6. Inventors Day
Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity
I read the ebook but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 165
Sarah E20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 1: Author initials in AROUND THE WORLD
The Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen - 308 pages
Total points: 185
Queen Bee Darlene5.4 Princess Fiona - All letters of OGRE in title/sub/author's name
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
GiRl, wash yOur face
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 515
SALLY M.15.6 Inventors Day: nonfiction MPG Science (verified)
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
**The Great Bridge is a Big Book (636 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 745
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 61
BB tix this post: 1
Total BB tix: 13
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 6
Anna K5.10 No Need for Distress
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Give Me Your Hand, by Megan Abbott
Points this post: 5
Points this challenge: 150
Thank you!
MAZZA150.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
For this task, read 3 books, one from each option. The combined page total must equal at least 750 pages. No books with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used. Books must meet all SRC requirements.
Book 1: Septem-"ber"
🍂 Read a book with the letters “ber” intact in the title, subtitle or author's name. If author name is used, the book must be written by a single author.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the location of the "ber."
A Gift in December: The most heartwarming Christmas book of 2019 272 pages
BER at end of December
Book 2: Octo-"b-rr"
🍂 Read a book that gives you the shivers. To meet this criteria, the book must “b” one that has a MPG, standalone or embedded, of: mystery, thriller, crime, suspense, romantic suspense, psychological thriller or horror.
AND
The book must also contain the double letters, “rr,” intact in the title, subtitle, series name or author's name. If author name is used, the book must be written by a single author.
I Will Miss You Tomorrow MPG of both mystery and thriller
"rr " in tomoRRow
416 pages
Book 3: Novem-"Brr!"
🍂 Option 1: Read a book with a title containing all the letters needed to spell the word COAT. Only the title can be used - no subtitles.
I read the Kindle ARC copy from Harper Collins via net galley
Tuesday Mooney Wore Black C in blaCK O in MoOney A and T in Tuesday
The print edition Hardcover as no PB - is published under different title Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts and has 368 pages
Pages 272 + 416 + 368 = 1.056 and exceeds page requirements of 750
Points this post = 50
Points to date = 720
Andy P.Task # 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
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin JAMES
Points this post: 20
Total points: 795
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
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The Hush (other topics)
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-up Years (other topics)
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
John Hart (other topics)Ronan Farrow (other topics)
Kate Quinn (other topics)
Dan Abrams (other topics)
Daphne du Maurier (other topics)
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Option 3: Silhouette Covers
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
❁ found on p. 1 ❁
Option 4: Zoom in
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
❁ author's initials (RL) found in FLOWERS ❁
Total points: 675 + 30 = 705