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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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5.9 - Elizabeth SwannTequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle
❁ mockingbird in title and bird on cover ❁
Total points: 75 + 5 = 80
Cordelia15.2 Falling
Option 3: Intensity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
#8 and most recent book in "Chronicles of Nick" series.
Option 4: The Wall by John Lanchester
Points: 15
Total points: 105
Nick KYI just realized that I did not include the silhouette cover before. So I will repost.
Nick KY
30.3 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
MELLY15.8 a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word PARADE
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
Points this post: 15
Points total: 45
BB: 1
GO: 0
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.3 Not So Helpless After All
Read a book from the list "Bad ass Female Leads
Anna Dressed in Bloodby Kendare Blake
#53 on the list as of September 1, page 1
Task +5
Grand Total: 10
Helen B25.6 -: Princess Peach
Option 1:
Purity in Death by J.D. Robb. J.D. Robb is a pseudonym used by Nora Roberts
Option 3:
Catalyst by Rachel Grant
MPG Romance.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 3
Books Read: 5
Alaina5.5 - Princess Leia
Read a book with the word STAR or WARS (plural) intact in the title/subtitle or series name.
The Dog Stars-Peter Heller
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
5.6 - Princess ButtercupDead Man Switch (A Billie Walker Mystery #1) by Tara Moss
I read an uncorrected proof courtesy of publisher
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 65
ElaineL5.3 Not So Helpless After All
Read a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia.
Magic Bites
Required: State the page of the list on which your book is found when you post.
Page 1 (#58 at time of posting)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
ElaineL20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Required: State the option chosen when you post.
Option 3: Read a book identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series.
959 Brenton Street
Required: Include in your post the date of publication of Book #2 in the series.
Book 2 (Finding His Home) published Feb. 26, 2016
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
ElaineL5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter name or nickname.
Becoming Rafe "Rafe"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
DeborahPost #5
30.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It
1) Missing 384 pages
2) The War of the Worlds 192 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 85
Books read: 6
Tasks Done: 5
Mary P20.6 - 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.
Savage Autumn by Constance O'Banyon Book #2 in the series published in 1985
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
MELLY15.6 Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 60
BBs: 1
GOs: 0
Coralie10.6Birth of the Internet
Book by an author whose initials can be found in advancedresearchprojectsaGEncynetwork
Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan
Total to date 80 points
20.8 - The scents of fallOption 2
I read I'm Travelling Alone by Samuel Bjørk. (The author initials can be found in Baked goodS.)
Points: 20
Total points: 135
LAUREN JODI 20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option #1: Corn Maze
Double Exposure by Erin McCarthy
Scrabble word: Title and author initials
D + E + E + M = DEEM
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100/905
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5/54
Sophie10.1 5* rating from a GR friend
Imager's Challenge by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
544 pages - claiming 1 BB
Friend: Amanda link
Total: 30
BB: 1
Sophie20.2 Opt 1. Word from title and author initials
A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole
Word: Cab
Total 50
Sophie20.4 opt 2. Published 1605-1975
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
Published 1950
Total: 70
Readerboard: JENBENT30.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It
Book 1
The Submission
2 word title, 387 pages
Book 2
Men Explain Things to Me
5 word title, 130 pages
Points this post: 30
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 55
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Sandra5.4 - Princess Fiona
Read a book that has all the letters of OGRE (in any order) in the title/subtitle and/or the author's name.
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
OGRE: LITTLE DARLINGS MELANIE GOLDING
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 50
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books YearOption 1. read a book with one of following MPGs:
... Cultural > Australia ...
Book read: Picnic at Hanging Rock
How it fits: MPG Cultural > Australia
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Total points: 100
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
trishhartuk20.9 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.
Academic Curveball, JaMes j cudney
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Golden oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - My Big Classics Book Year
Option 2: Read a book that was first published between 1605 - 1975 (inclusive). I read Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, first published in 1955.
Total points so far: 110
Delicious Dee30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot Grrls
Book A - Wolf Rain - Nalini Singh - for Nalini Cheriel
Book B - Red, White & Royal Blue - for Red Monkey (band)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 125
Diana K.Task 10.1 - I’ll Be There For You. Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
The Things They Carried My friend Janet Dahl rated it 5 stars.
Total points: 10
Diana K.Task 10.6 - Birth of the Internet. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork consecutively.
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat.
Total points: 20
25.2. A VISIT TO THE CASTLEOPTION 3 - MONK - The Monk of Mokha
OPTION 4 - GIFT - The Holiday Gift
TOTAL POINTS - 30
MEGAN RAE15.2. Falling?
Option 4. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded.
- Completed 11th SeptemberHow it fits: MPG Fantasy
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Ava Catherine5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
Read a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia.
page 1; #77
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
total=5
Ava Catherine5.4 - Princess Fiona
Read a book that has all the letters of OGRE (in any order) in the title/subtitle and/or the author's name.
The Lost Book of the Grail by Charlie Lovett
thE Ost book of the GRail
total=10
Ava Catherine5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Read a book that has yellow letters on the cover.
Wednesday's Child
by Peter Robinsontotal=15
Ava Catherine10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
GR friend: Lawyer Stevens
The Fighter by Michael Farris Smith
total=25
Ava Catherine10.2 - Here’s to Health
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health.
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker mpg health and mpg nonfiction
total=35
Ava Catherine15.2. Falling?
1 . I was sick! – Read a fiction or nonfiction book where a major character is a doctor or nurse or in which illness/medicine is a major part of the story.
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
2. I tripped over my own feet! - Read a book with one or more human feet on the cover.
The House of Blue Mangoes
by David Davidartotal=50
Kim O5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
Vintage 1954
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Queen Bee Darlene30.1 Ava Catherine's task: A Great Dame
Option 2) WWI, WWII, medical or medicine genre
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys Salt to the Sea
WWII Genre
Option 3) single author whose name contains letters RA in any order
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza A Place for Us
Middle name fARheen
Points this post: 30 points
Total points: 70
Ava CatherineTask 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
Read two books each of which has a title which contains a word of four or more letters which can be combined to form one compound word.
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann 531 pages
The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie 320 pages
531+320=851 total pages
compound word: meat+ball=meatball
total=75
10.7 - Strike!Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K
Vi by Kim Thúy
New Points: 10
Total Points: 55
GO's: 1
Ava Catherine30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
Book 1 -Using either your group of “above” or “below” neighbors: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in ONE of that group’s Readerboard names.
Berlin Game by Len Deighton
author's initials LD found in Aylajade (readerboard name below mine)
Book 2 - Using the OTHER group not used in Book 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters of ONE of that group’s Readerboard names in the title and/or subtitle.
Ava in title: Above All Things by Tanis Rideout
Readerboard names saved post #21 of help thread
AUNTIE
AURANEE
AVA
AVA CATHERINE
AYLAJADE
BABBLING C
BALLETBOOKWORM
total=105
Ava Catherine15.5. Back to School.
Time to read something that might be assigned reading - read a book with the main page genre Classics, standalone or embedded.
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne mpg classics
total=120
Ava Catherine5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson
author's initials MTE found in daMsel in disTrEss
total=125
trishhartuk20.6 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.
A Twist in the Tail (The Oyster Cove Guesthouse #1), Leighann Dobbs
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Book two (A Whisker In The Dark) was published on 31 July 2019
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Golden oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)15.1. Knock Knock!
Book 1. Read a book in which the same word appears at least twice in the title/subtitle.
In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper
"IN" Appears Twice in the Title
Book 2: Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains the word "who" or "who's."
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
"WHO" in the Title
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 100
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - Not So Helpless After All
Read a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia.
Postmortem by Patricia Daniels Cornwell found on page 2 # 115
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Cordelia5.6 Princess Buttercup
Wolf on a String by Benjamin Black
Some yellow letters on cover
Points: 5
Total points: 110
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Total points: 90