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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
10.7 - Strike!A book by an author who has an initial K in her name: That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
Points this post: 10
Total points: 660
25.5 Create Your Own Compound WordBook 1: Evvie Drake Starts Over (OVER) (304 pages)
Book 2: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (LONG) (518 pages)
total pages: 822.
word: OVERLONG.
+25 = 475 points total.
Cordelia10.10 Scooby dooby do0
The Very Thought of You by Lynn Kurland
On page 3 of "Ghost stories" list
Points: 10
Total points: 810
SandyL30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Option 2: Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) with the mpg World War I, World War II, medical or medicine
Doctors by Erich Segal
MPG Medical
**requesting big book ticket - 675 pages****
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order.
Wait for It by Mariana Zapata
maRiAna zapata
**requesting big book ticket - 670 pages****
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 635
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 51
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 2: Read a book with “Humor” as a main page genre
The Marrying Kind by Ken O'Neill
MPG Humor
Option 4: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title which has letters found in the phrase: GIANT FLYING HELMET
Filthy Beautiful Forever by Kendall Ryan
Filthy - giant FLYIng HelmeT
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 660
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 53
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
DeborahPost #19
25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
2) The Bean Trees (Greer Family #1)
232 pages
4) Pines by Blake Crouch
BC in Black
309 pages
232+309=541/500 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 375
Books read: 28
Tasks Done: 18
trishhartuk25.2 Nick KY’s task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 2. Read a book with “Humor” as a MPG
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, Fannie Flagg
Shelved as humour by 187 users
Humour locked in help thread message #19: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 5. Read a book with a setting in Africa.
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine, Alexander McCall Smith
Set in Gaborone, Botswana
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 620
Tasks completed: 34
Golden oldies: 7
Big Book tickets: 0
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess PeachThis is a two book task. Choose two options and read one book for each.
Required: State which options you choose when you post.
Option 2: Read a book originally published in 1985.
Reasons to Live
Option 4: Read a book with a building on the cover.
Points this task: 25
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task:0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11
Total Golden oldies: 2
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 14
Julia10325.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 2 -
(pumpkins on cover)Option 3 -
(fall leaves on cover, approved in post 74 of task help thread)This post: 25 points
Total points: 720
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 53
5.6 - Princess Buttercupread a book that has yellow letters on the cover
by Janet EvanovichTotal points: 35
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle OnesOption 1. Read a book by a single author whose name on Goodreads includes both a J and an M.
Dark Chocolate Demise by Jenn McKinlay
Total points: 55
Joanne MI20.1 - Most Improved Player - Laurey's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 1 Read a book with a hill or a mountain on the cover
The American Indian: From Colonial Times To The Present
NOTE: If you enlarge the cover you will see the hill/mountain on the right side
Points this task 20
Total Points 335
Total BB's 6
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess PeachOption 1: Read a book written by an author using a pen name or alias.
Brush With Death by Hailey Lind
Option 3: Read a book with Romance as a MPG
I Belong to You by Lisa Renee Jones
Total points: 80
Queen Bee DarleneREPOST - forgot to link cover
5.6 Princess Buttercup - Yellow letters on cover
Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir of Appalachia Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir of Appalachia
Broke and Goats are both in yellow
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 515
I'd like to make a change on post 1721:Please remove Inland by Téa Obreht
and replace it with:
15.10. What's New in 2019?
Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019: August
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
Post Total: 15
Season Total: no change
Sarah E20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.
Option 1: J and M in author name
Temples, Tuks-Tuks and Fried Fish Lips by Jason Smart
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 205
Flutterby15.4. The Perils of Pauline
One of the early damsels in distress appeared in the 1914 weekly movie serial melodrama, The Perils of Pauline
Book 1: Read a book whose author matches the first or last name of the cast members of the serial.
Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff by Dana K. White
Name match of White for cast member Pearl White
Book 2: Read a book with a word in its title/subtitle that matches a word in one of the episode titles, following the list of cast members in the Wikipedia article.
Deadly Summer by Denise Grover Swank
Deadly is a match for Chapter 4: Deadly Turning
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 350
Golden Oldies total: 2
Total Tasks: 30
Flutterby15.8. 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.
Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid
PaRade
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 365
Golden Oldies total: 2
Total Tasks: 31
Flutterby15.9. Time to Revisit
Read a book from SRC Recommended Books
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
page 1 (#50 at time of posting)
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 380
Golden Oldies total: 2
Total Tasks: 32
Flutterby15.10. 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
Lot by Bryan Washington
List: Most Anticipated Books of 2019
Month: March
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 395
Golden Oldies total: 2
Total Tasks: 33
Flutterby30.4- 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.
Midnight by Derek Landy
418 pages
Book 2. Read a short book, fewer than 200 pages, with a long title, at least 5 words.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
181 pages
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 425
Golden Oldies total: 2
Total Tasks: 34
Cindy FTask 5.2 Damsel-In -Distress
Authors initials in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (I,A)
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Points this post:5
Total points:135
Tasks completed:13
Books read:14
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:3
Cindy FTask 10.5 Zero In
Zero in number of pages
The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly (707 pages)
Claim 1 BB ticket 707 pages
Points this post:10
Total points:145
Tasks completed:14
Books read:15
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books;4
25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary MonthsSeptember: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
❁ found on p. 1 ❁
October: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
❁ first published 2019; initial title letters (AAY) found in CHELTENHAM LITERARY ❁
Total points: 730 + 25 = 755
Bookwrm526Task #5.10 - No Need for Distress
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. I read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Total points so far: 840
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 2. Read a book that contains all the letters of FAIRY in the title Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
F in Fruit
A in Oranges
I in Fruit
R in Fruit
Y in Only
Points this post: 20
Total points: 810
Cordelia25.5 Compound Word
Bk 1: Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
Word NIGHT
512 pages
Bk 2: A Dance Through Time by Lynn Kurland
Word TIME
356 pages
Compound word: NIGHTTIME
Points: 25
Total Points: 835
JUKKA15.3. Time to Catch Up.
Book 1: Book that's been on my TBR list for at least a year.
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives Volume 2 by Len Wein et al. On my TBR since 29th of June, 2016. The list is my personal electronic comics reading list and the date added was when I bought the Humble Bundle this was in.
Book 2: Book off the I Should Probably Read This Sometime list.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov. The book is on page three.
Total Points: 470/905
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 33/54
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Laurah3020.3 - 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”.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend published 1982; ST in "we didn'T Start the fire"
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7.0
272 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 390
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 22
Books read: 25
Queen Bee Darlene30.4 Sandy's Task: The Long and the Short of It
Book 1) Long book - at least 350 pages with short title of no more than 2 words
Life Support by Robert Whitlow Life Support
400 pages
Book 2) Short book - fewer than 200 pages with long title of at least 5 words
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future by Michael J. Fox A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future...: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned
100 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 545
perletwo 25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months - 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
How to Forget: A Daughter’s Memoir
November is non-fiction month, and the month that the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction is announced (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize). Read any book shortlisted for the prize - the list is here
The Lost City of Z - shortlisted in 2009
Points this task: 25
Total points: 515
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 26
Brooke TX20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 2: Read a book that was first published between 1605 - 1975 (inclusive).
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 825
Completed Tasks: 48
Books Read: 66
30.2ERIN NY
ERINJ
ERINVA
ESHAY
ETWATSON
EUNICE
EVELYNE
Book 1: author whose initials can be found in ONE of that group’s Readerboard names (Below - EUNICE)
Armada by Ernest Cline
Book 2: ALL of the letters of Readerboard name in the title and/or subtitle
*Reassigned from task 5.10*
(Above - ERIN NY)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 580/905
Tasks completed: 36/54
Books Read: 47
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
5.10 Book of choice*Replacing Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir used above*
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Points this post: 0
Total Points: 580/905
Tasks completed: 36/54
Books Read: 47
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Brooke TX25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
Option 2: 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.
Read any book shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. From 2009:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 850
Completed Tasks: 49
Books Read: 67
SALLY M.20.8 The Scents of Fall
Option 1: author initials in BAKED GOODS
Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 765
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 62
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 13
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 6
Queen Bee Darlene50.1 Lisa MD's Task: Brr!.....the "ber" months are upon us
Minimum 750 pages
Book 1) September - letters "ber" intact in title/sub/author
The Witnesses by Robert Whitlow The Witnesses
ber in author's first name roBERt 400 pages
Book 2) October: mystery genre and contain double letters "rr" in title/sub/series/author
What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr What Rose Forgot
rr in author's last name baRR 291 pages
Book 3) title contains all letters needed to spell COAT
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain The Postman Always Rings Twice
the pOsTmAn always rings twiCe 116 pages
400 + 291 + 116 = 807 pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 595
ZachTask 15.7. It's Halloween!. I read The Magic Order, Vol. 1 which contains the word MAGIC also found on the Halloween vocabulary word list (https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wor...).
Points this post: 15
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Totals:
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Points: 125
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 1
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!The Wind And The Monkey (Les Norton #14) by Robert G. Barrett
3 x 9s in publication year: 1999
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 905
Janice CA10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
According to his author page, Mr. Anderson died in 2003.
The Great Bicycle Expedition: Freewheeling Through Europe with a Cockamamie Family, a Potted Plant, and Bicycleseatus by William C. Anderson
+10
total: 65
tasks: 5
books: 6
Mod
MAZZA1Task 5.2 Damsel in distress
Please can I remove the book
Three Little Truths
from this task for the moment this will deduct 5 points from my total
Adjusted total = 715
MAZZA 125.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Read two books, one from each of two different options. REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Option 3. Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle: “Castle” “Monk” “Italian” “Moor” “Baron” “Frankenstein” “Abbey” "Cobweb.”
Northanger Abbey
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. (Do not use the words “that” “than” or “then.”)
Three Little Truths
using the word LITTLE
L I in fLyIng ; T T in gianT and helmeT; LE in heLmEt
points this post = 25
Points to date = 740
MAZZA110.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
Select a list and read a book from that list
list selected was "Ghost Stories"
Blue Dahlia on page 1 of that list
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 750
MAZZA120.5 - Bigger is Better - Diane Whitney's Task: Party Like It's 1999!
Your book must be at least 299 pages in length.
Read a book that contains three (or more) number 9s, using only the following data. The word Nine does NOT work. Ordinal numbers (9th, 19th) will work if they are in numerical form.
- Number of Pages
- Numbers in First Publish date
- Title/Subtitle
- Series Number
Loyalty in Death #9 in "in death" series on GR data
First published 1999 on GR data
4 x9 in information Page numbers = 480 exceeds requirement
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 770
MAZZA115.7. It's Halloween!
Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
Plural, singular, and possessive forms for listed words may be used. No other variations.
word used = NIGHT
It Would Be Night in Caracas
points this post = 15
points to date = 785
Laurah3030.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Option 2: Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) with the mpg World War I, World War II, medical or medicine. These genres may stand alone or be embedded.
The Tuscan Child . WW2
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order.
The Only Story by Julian Barnes
"bARnes"
Points this task: 30
Total points to date: 420
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 23
Books read: 27
10.1 - I’ll Be There For YouRated 5 stars by Krista and Others:
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 365
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture this
Option 3: Read a book from this list of Silhouette Covers. Found on page 4:
Option 4: Read a book by a single author where the initials of the author's first and last name can be found in either FLOWERS or INSECTS.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 805
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 65