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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Delicious Dee10.4 - Give Thanks
Playing by Her Rules - set in sydney australia
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 590
EMurphy5.10 No Need for Distress - Book of your choice
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 225
Books Read: 15
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
Sara G25.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
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
Libby's London Merchant by Carla Kelly
CHELTENHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL
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
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
This book was on the shortlist in 2010.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 520
Stephanie12720.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 1: Countries
All 4 books have been set in 4 different countries. For this option, read a book with one of following MPGs: Cultural > Russia, Cultural > Spain, Cultural > Australia, Cultural > France
Family Happiness, has MPG "Cultural>Russia"
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105/905
Tasks completed: 7/54
Books read: 9
Stephanie12720.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1: For this option, read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS.
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125/905
Tasks completed: 8/54
Books read: 10
Sarah E15.1. Knock Knock!
Book 1: Sing, Unburied, Sing
I read an ebook, top paperback (no MMP) is Sing, Unburied, Sing
Book 2: The Man Who Was Robinson Crusoe: A Personal View of Alexander Selkirk
I read the ebook, paperback (no MMP) is The Man Who Was Robinson Crusoe: A Personal View of Alexander Selkirk
Total points: 220
Sarah E25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 2: Pumpkin on cover
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Halloween Waffle Murder
Option 3: Orange leaves on cover
I read a kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Excellent Intentions
Golden Oldie, first published 1938. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 245
Total GO tickets: 1
Sarah E25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 4
Gideon the Ninth
I listened to the audio, paperback is Gideon the Ninth
Ninth is found in GIANT FLYING HELMET
Option 5
Tears of the Giraffe - 100% set in Africa
Total points: 270
5.1 - Taking ActionRead a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
I listened to an audio version of The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion
Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 515
GO's: 3
5.6 - Princess Buttercupread a book that has yellow letters on the cover
Everything Is Illuminated
New Points: 5
Total challenge points: 520
Sarah E25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 3: MPG Romance
My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel (I did read every path)
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Option 4: Building on cover
I read a kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse
Total points: 295
10.9 - Portrait of a LadyRead a book with a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present
Wandering Girl
New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 530
GO's:3
20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous FallOption 2: read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the phrase APPLE CIDER
Oblivion by Arnaldur Indriðason
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 550
30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail FlaviaOption 2: Read a book with a word of at least five letters in the title or subtitle that ends in Y.
I read an ebbok version of The Emissary
Option 3:Read a book with a bicycle on the cover.
The Third Policeman
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 580
GO's: 3
Nick KY15.6 Inventors I read The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Our Understanding of the Universe by Julian Barbour, nonfiction with MPG “Science”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 785
Task 25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess PeachOption 3: Read a book with Romance as a MPG.
Between the Lines (Between the Lines #1) (2012) by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) and Samantha van Leer (Young Adult) (Hardcover, 353 pages)
Option 4:
Read a book with a building on the cover.
Specifically approved in the help thread.
The Colossus of New York (2003) by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 158 pages) [974.7]
225 + 25 = 250
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 225 + 25 = 250
Books read: 18
Pages read: 4,644
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ED20.10 - Group Reads
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Discussion at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points= 20
Total Points= 20
Books Read=1
Tasks Completed=1
Big Books=0
Oldies=0
Julia1035.9 - Elizabeth Swann
This post: 5 points
Total points: 725
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 54
Andy P.Task # 5.8 - Ann Darrow
Read a book with two or more consecutive words in the title/subtitle that start with the same letter.
Molten Mud Murder by Sara E. Johnson Consecutive "M" in the title.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 820
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
Book 1. 🍂 Read a book with the letters “ber” intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
An Artless Demise by Anna Lee Huber BER intact author's last name.
Book 2. the book must “b” one that has a MPG, standalone or embedded, of: mystery and contain the double letters, “rr,” intact author's name. What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr mystery top MPG, Author has RR in her name.
Book 3. 🍂 Option 1: Read a book with a title containing all the letters needed to spell the word COAT. The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
C in Call, O in Long, A in Call, T in The
page total 372+291+376= 1037
Points this post: 50
Total points: 870
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)10.2 - Here’s to Health
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health, standalone or embedded.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 845
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)15.9. Time to Revisit
Read a book from this list.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Page 2 #181
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 860
20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the GlensOption 3:
by Mira GrantPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 520
ED30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
My three above=
ECARACAP
ECIAANNE
ECORTHELL
My Three below=
EEPA
EERIENIGHT
EHAWK
Book 1- The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese
pub. 1950
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
"CP" found in "ECARACAP"
Book 2= Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 by Christopher Marlowe
pub. 1597
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
"EEPA" found in "tAmburlainE thE great Part I"
the word "Part" was approved in the help thread
Points= 30
Total Points= 50
Books Read=3
Tasks Completed=2
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=2
Cordelia20.10 Group reads
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
See post 59 of Discussion thread
Points: 20
Total points: 855
CathyG25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
Translation Australian-American words
Required: State your word pair. holiday/vacation
Book 1. Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle.
Second Chance Holiday by Aurora Rose Reynolds
Book 2. Read a book with the other word from the word pair in the title or subtitle.
Vegas Vacation by Crystal Jordan
Points this post: 25
Total points: 820
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 64
Golden Oldie: 1
ED30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Book 1-Option 3-
Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura
"RA" found in "AkiRa"
Book 2- Option 3
The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
"RA" found in "viRginiA"
pub. 1915
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points= 30
Total Points= 80
Books Read=5
Tasks Completed=3
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=3
Sara G20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1: For this option, 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.
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
BAKED GOODS
Points this post: 20
Total points: 540
10.3 - Listen UpA book that has won or been nominated for an Audie Award (Audie Award for Humor 2015): Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Points this post: 10
Total points: 670
10.6 - Birth of the InternetA book by an author whose initials can be found consecutively in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork: Astray by Emma Donoghue
Points this post: 10
Total points: 680
15.9. Time to RevisitA book from SRC Recommended Books (p. 4. #397): Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Points this post: 15
Total points: 695
20.8Option 1: initials in BAKED GOODS
The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 605/905
Tasks completed: 38/54
Books Read: 49
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Boston Kate
15.10 What's New in 2019
The Nickel Boys
Found on Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019, JULY
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Bookwrm526Task #10.7 - Strike!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K. I read Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett.
Total points so far: 850
EDED
25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Book 1- Option 1
Tartuffe by Molière
the author's main page on GR https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
includes the following-"Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his stage name, Molière"
pub. 1664
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Book 2-Option 4
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Approved in Help Thread
Points= 25
Total Points= 105
Books Read=7
Tasks Completed=4
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=4
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
The author's initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (AM in damsel)
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 5 points
Tasks completed: 1
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.4 - Princess Fiona
Proposal by Meg Cabot
OGRE can be found in the title and the author's name. (OR in Proposal; GE in Meg)
Link to PB edition: Proposal
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 10 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.6 - Princess Buttercup
The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
This book has yellow letters on the cover -
Link to PB edition: The Lager Queen of Minnesota
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 15 points
Tasks completed: 3
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal
This book has a protagonist with a 4-letter first name (Lena).
Link to HB edition: I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
perletwo 5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater - 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.
Karma - Jill Smith #1
Points this task: 05
Total points: 520
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 27
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.8 - Ann Darrow
Missing Molly by Natalie Barelli
This book has two or more consecutive words in the title/subtitle that start with the same letter (M).
Link to PB edition: Missing Molly
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.10 - No Need for Distress
Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot
Link to MMP edition: L'anniversaire d'une princesse
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 30 points
Tasks completed: 6
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 50.1: Brr!... the "ber" months are upon us:
Book 1: September: Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody. The sequence ber can be found intact in the title oBERnewtyn. Number of pages: 246.
Book 2: October: The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris has MPG mystery and the author has rr in the name: tessa haRRis. Number of pages: 310.
Book 3: November: option 1: The Legacy of the Key by S. L. Morgan. All the letters in coat are in the title: The legACy Of the key. Number of pages: 374.
Total # of pages 246+310+374 = 930 > than 750 required.
Totals this posting:
Points: 50
Books Posted: 3
Tasks Completed: 1
Summary Totals:
Points: 50
Books Posted: 3
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
10.5 - Zero InRead a book with a zero in the number of pages.
Butterfly in Frost
[POINTS]
This post: 10
Total points: 195
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 11
EMurphy15.10 What's New in 2019? Book from one of the lists of Most Anticipated Books
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Found on Most Anticipated Books of 2019 list, month of February
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 240
Books Read: 16
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.1: Walk through the glens:
Option 3: A Fate of Dragons by Morgan Rice. The letters JKQVWXYZ do not appear in author's name or title.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 70
Books Posted: 4
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.4: Big classic books:
Option 2: A Case for Appeal by Lesley Egan was first published in 1961, in required range of 1605-1975.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 90
Books Posted: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
>Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Two truths and a lie:
Option 3: Out of the Shoebox: An Autobiographic Mystery by Yaron Reshef has MPG Biography.
Pages 266 > than 250 required.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 110
Books Posted: 6
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.1 Ava Catherine's Task: A Great Dame
Option 1: Nonfiction with science or biography genre For You Mom, Finally by Ruth Reichl
Option 3: Radium-Author's name contains the letters RA in any order I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 220
Books Read: 14
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 9