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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!Ghost Stories Page 1
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 385
15.3. Time to Catch Up.Option 2 - Read a book from the Book 2 list that has also been on your TBR for at least 1 year. REQUIRED: Provide the required information from both parts of option 1.
Page 9 / Feb 18, 2016:
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 400
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie Option 1: For this option, read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD.
arOund The
Inland by Téa Obreht
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 420
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of FallOption 1: For this option, read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS.
bakED
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 440
30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood Book 1, Below
KAREN76
KARENKNITS
KARENSKITCHEN
karenskiTChen
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote
Book 2, Above
KAREN D
KAREN F
KAREN G
KAREN F in title: KNiFE leAR
There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do: Poems, 1963-1978 by Michael Ondaatje
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 470
30.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of ItBook 1: 352 pages
Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson
Book 2: 184 pages
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 500
30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot GrrlsBook 1: Read a book whose author shares a name with one of the musicians from this list: Riot grrl musicians.
Elizabeth Davis (bassist)
Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken
Book 2: Read a book whose title contains a word* found in one of the band names from this list: Riot Girrls Bands.
The Scissor Girls
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 510 (total adjusted down for double post mistake)
VAL TX15.10. What's New in 2019? - Read a book from one of these two 2019 lists:
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang
I chose the Most Anticipated Books of 2019 list. The book is listed for the month of February.
This post:
Points - 15
Total:
Points - 145
GO Tickets - 2
BB Tickets - 3
Jackie O. 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 1
For this option, read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD. All initials count and spaces determine names. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 215
SALLY M.REPLACING A BOOK
This post is to replace Sublime with Rogue Lies for Book 1 of task 30.2.
Points originally claimed in post #2361. Task totals remain the same.
30.6 Riot Grrls
Book 1: author name matches Riot grrrl musician, Kathleen Hanna
Rogue Lies by Kathleen Brooks
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Book 2: word in title/sub matches Riot grrrl band, Red Aunts
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Points this post: 30
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
5.1 MPG Action and/or Adventure Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
*Claiming GO pub 1872*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 585/905
Tasks completed: 37/54
Books Read: 48
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Kathy KS10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
A Savage Place, by Robert B. Parker
Read an ebook; mmpb=184 p.
*****
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 395
Tasks completed: 20
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Kathy KS10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Read a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present.
To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 405
Tasks completed: 21
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
5.4 Princess FionaEverythinG I NeveR TOld You by Celeste Ng
OGRE can be found in title.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
5.5 Princess LeiaThe Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
The word STARS is in the title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 165
Total BB tickets: 3
GO TICKETS: 1
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 18
Coralie50.1Brr!.....the “ber” months are upon us.
Book 1: September
Book with letters “ber” in author’s name RoBERt
Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett
Book 2: October
Book with MPG “mystery” with letters “RR” in author’s name GaRRy
The Dragon Man by Garry Disher
Book 3: November – Option 1
All the letters needed to spell COAT in the title
C, O, A in ClOckmAker, T in daughter
The Clockmaker's Daughter
Total to date 525 points
RAYNEBAIRTask # 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price
I listened to audio. Paperback is 285 pages.
The Perfect Dress by Carolyn Brown
I listened to the audio. Paperback is 291 pages.
House + Dress = housedress
285 + 291 = 576 pages total
Points this post: 25
Total points: 300
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
5.8 Ann DarrowShe Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 235
10.9 Portrait of A LadyAmerica's First Daughter
by Stephanie DrayI'd like a Big Book ticket. This has 606 pages.
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 245
Big Book Ticket: 1
15.10 What's New in 2019?
by Ann PatchettThis was on the Most Anticipated Books in the Second Half of 2019 list. It is listed in September.
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 260
CoralieI would like to replace a book
30.1 A Great Dame
Using Option 3: Radium for both books
book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order
Nexus by Ramez Naam (no change) RA in RAmez
Tierra del Fuego by Francisco Coloane, (replacement book) RA in fRAncisco
Total to date 525 points no change
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)15.8. A Parade - for me?
Read a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word PARADE.
Find Me by André Aciman
AA found in pArAde
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 810
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 7
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 3 (750) / 0 (1000)
Chris MD25.1 Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 1: Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos, or All Saint's Day features prominently in the story
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 255 pages.
Option 2: Cover shows a pumpkin
by Ray BradburyTotal points: 300
Chris MD25.3 Thanksgiving
Option 2: FAMILY, FAMILIES, or FRIEND found intact in the title, subtitle or series title.
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 323 pages.
Option 4: Author's initials in BlaCk friday
The Case for Jamie by Brittany Cavallero
Book 1 323
Book 2 349
Total 672
Total points: 325
Chris MD25.5 Princess Peach
Option 1: Written by an author who uses a pseudonym
Out of Circulation by Miranda James
According to Goodreads, James writes under a variety of names and his real name is Dean James.
Option 2: First published in 1985
Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager
Total points: 350
Coralie30.5 All Hail Flavia
Option 2: Chemistry Please
Book with a word in the title of at least five letters that ends in Y – legacy
Messenger's Legacy
Option 4: Fabulous titles
Book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that matches a word in a Flavia title – shadows
Where Shadows Dance
Total to date 555 points
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
September includes International Translation Day. Read a book from the list Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
Small Country by Gaël Faye
#7 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
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
THT appears in cHelTenham liTerary
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 835
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 7
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 3 (750) / 0 (1000)
BEKKA - 10.9 - Portrait of a LadyFor this task, I read American Royals by Katharine McGeebecause it depicts a female figure alone:
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 10
Pages Read this Challenge: 448
Total Pages Read to Date: 448
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 1
BEKKA - 20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowlOption 2: Feathers and bloom - For this task, I read The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adamsbecause it has fully bloomed daisies on the cover:
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 30
Pages Read this Challenge: 320
Total Pages Read to Date: 768
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 2
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.Option 2. For this task, I read Meg and Jo by Virginia Kantra because it has a word in the title that can be made from MARGARET. The word is “Meg.” I read this book as an advanced reader’s copy.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 50
Pages Read this Challenge: 400
Total Pages Read to Date: 1168
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 3
PegW30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
My Neighbors were as follows:
PAULDUSSEAU
PEAKLES
PEEBEE
PEG W
PEGGY
PENNY
PEPPERYPEPPER
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. All of the author's initials must be used
For neighbor Pepperypepper below me, I read The Golden Compass written by Phillip Pullman
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19.0
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.
For neighbor Peebee above me, I read People of the Blue Water: A Record of Life Among the Walapai and Havasupai
Indians
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 245
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Brooke TX15.6. Inventors Day
Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 865
Completed Tasks: 50
Books Read: 68
CathyG5.1 - Taking Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Golden Oldie ticket
Points this post: 5
Total points: 740
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 58
Golden Oldies: 1
CathyG30.4- 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.
Grave Memory by Kalayna Price
373 pages
Book 2. Read a short book, fewer than 200 pages, with a long title, at least 5 words.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
196 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 770
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 60
Golden Oldie: 1
CathyG25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
Read a book from the list Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
The Liar by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Read a book first published between 1949 and 2019 (inclusive) with a title of at least three words (ignore subtitles), where the title initials can be found in CHELTENHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL
Hot for the Holidays by Lora Leigh
Published September 29th 2009
Points this post:25
Total points: 795
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 62
Golden Oldie: 1
VAL TX10.1 - I’ll Be There For You - Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath
My friend Theresa read and rated the book 5 stars.
This post:
Points - 10
Total:
Points - 155
GO Tickets - 2
BB Tickets - 3
Coralie15.1 Knock Knock!
Book 1 – same appears twice in title/subtitle
Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch
‘bitch’ in title and subtitle
Book 2 – who in title
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13.0
Total to date 570 points
Brooke TX10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Read a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 875
Completed Tasks: 51
Books Read: 72
Brooke TX10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars. My friend Tracy rated this 5 stars:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 885
Completed Tasks: 52
Books Read: 72
Brooke TX5.10 - No Need for Distress
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 890
Completed Tasks: 53
Books Read: 72
Brooke TX15.2. Falling?
Option 2. Read a book with one or more human feet on the cover. With several pairs of feet in boots:
Option 4. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 905
Completed Tasks: 54
Books Read: 72
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Pamela326525.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 3: His Unexpected Return by Jessica Keller - Romance mpg
Option 4: Mission to Protectby Terri Reed – Building on cover
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 300
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+:
LAUREN JODI15.8 - A Parade - for Me?
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 690/905
Total Books Read: 49
Tasks Completed: 32/54
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Season Total: 375