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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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ED20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.
Option 1- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
"J&M" found in "JaMie"
Points= 20
Total Points= 150
Books Read=10
Tasks Completed=6
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=5
ED20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1- I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
"AB" found in "BAked"
Points= 20
Total Points= 170
Books Read=11
Tasks Completed=7
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=5
ED20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 1-Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
"DO" found in "arOunD"
Points= 20
Total Points= 190
Books Read=12
Tasks Completed=8
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=5
30.6Book 1:
Headstrong Like Us by Krista and Becca Ritchie - Becca Albee
Book 2:
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston - Red Aunts/Red Monkey
points this post: 30
points to date: 185
ED20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
Option 3- Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett
Book #2 in the series Johnny and the Dead was published in 1993
Points= 20
Total Points= 210
Books Read=13
Tasks Completed=9
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=5
ED20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 2- The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont
pub. 1619
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points= 20
Total Points= 230
Books Read=13
Tasks Completed=9
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=6
ED20.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option 1- Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini
The word "MOW" is made from the title initials "WOM"
pub. 1949
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points= 20
Total Points= 250
Books Read=14
Tasks Completed=10
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=7
ED20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 3- J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do NOT appear in the title, subtitle, or author’s names.
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton
Points= 20
Total Points= 270
Books Read=15
Tasks Completed=11
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=7
5.10I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal
points this post: 5
points to date: 190
ED15.9. Time to Revisit
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
#692 on page #7of the list
pub. 1925
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points= 15
Total Points= 285
Books Read=15
Tasks Completed=11
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=8
ED15.7. It's Halloween!
The White Devil by John Webster
pub. 1612
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
The word "devil" is on the list.
Points= 15
Total Points= 300
Books Read=16
Tasks Completed=12
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=9
ED15.6. Inventors Day
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog
Has MPG of "Science"
Points= 15
Total Points= 315
Books Read=17
Tasks Completed=13
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=9
ED15.5. Back to School.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford
pub. 1633
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points= 15
Total Points= 330
Books Read=18
Tasks Completed=14
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=10
ED10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher
Points= 10
Total Points= 340
Books Read=19
Tasks Completed=15
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=10
ED10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy
Author died in 1955
pub. 1935
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points= 10
Total Points= 350
Books Read=20
Tasks Completed=16
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=11
Queen Bee Darlene10.1 I'll Be There For You - Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars
Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center by Adele Levine Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Roxy rated it 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 605
ED10.7 - Strike!
A House at the Edge of Tears by Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Points= 10
Total Points= 360
Books Read=21
Tasks Completed=17
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=11
Queen Bee Darlene15.9 Time to Revisit - From SRC Recommended Books List
Doc by Mary Doria Russell Doc
On page 3, #282
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 620
ED10.5 - Zero In
The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella
book has 100 pages
pub. 1623
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points= 10
Total Points= 370
Books Read=22
Tasks Completed=18
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=12
ED10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
pub. 1846
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
My GR friend Luis C has read and rated this book with 5 stars.
Points= 10
Total Points= 380
Books Read=23
Tasks Completed=19
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=13
ED5.8 - Ann Darrow
The Complete Tilling Tales: Mapp and Lucia Short Stories by Geoff Martin
"Tilling Tales" both begin with "T"
Points= 5
Total Points= 385
Books Read=24
Tasks Completed=20
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=13
10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!A book from Ghost Stories list (p. 2 #168): Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Points this post: 10
Total points: 720
ED5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
One of the protagonists "John" Williamson is listed on the GR Description
Points= 5
Total Points= 390
Books Read=25
Tasks Completed=21
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=13
ED5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley
Points= 5
Total Points= 395
Books Read=26
Tasks Completed=22
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=13
ED5.4 - Princess Fiona
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
"OGRE" found in "nEil patRick harris: chOose your own autobioGraphy"
Points= 5
Total Points= 400
Books Read=27
Tasks Completed=23
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=13
ED5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
"AS" found in "dAmSel"
Points= 5
Total Points= 405
Books Read=28
Tasks Completed=24
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=13
ED5.1 - Taking Action
Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen
MPG of "Adventure"
Points= 5
Total Points= 410
Books Read=29
Tasks Completed=25
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=13
TraceyL (Readerboard Name)Task 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
The total number of pages for both books combined must be at least 500 pages. Read two books each of which has a title (subtitles are excluded) which contains a word of four or more letters which can be combined to form one compound word.
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories Audiobook
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories PB 336 Pages
Word: Love
The Birds and Other Stories Audiobook
The Birds and Other Stories MMPB 239 Pages
Word: Birds
Love + Birds = Lovebirds
336 + 239 = 575
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 890
30.3 Picture ThisOption 3: Silhouette Covers
Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater (page 1)
Option 4: FLOWERS
The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
+30 = 535 points total.
Mary PTask 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word:
Read two books each of which has a title (subtitles are excluded) which contains a word of four or more letters which can be combined to form one compound word.
No Turning Back by Tiffany Snow (424 pgs)
Cold Woods by Karen Katchur (332 pgs)
Compound Word = Backwoods
Points this post: 25
Total points: 285
Cordelia20.3 We didn't start the fire
Option 1: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
Author's initial (SRD) in "We didn't start the fire"
First published: 1966
Points: 20
Total points: 875
SALLY M.Note: I tried to claim points for this task in post 3161 and was thwarted by the Children’s MPG
20.5 Party Like It's 1999!: 3 or more 9s
I Thee Wed by Amanda Quick
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
First Published 1999
362 > 299 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 880
Tasks completed: 52
Books read: 69
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 13
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 7
DeborahPost #20
5.10 - No Need for Distress
Frozen 2: Forest of Shadows
Not found on AR Bookfinder as of this post
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 380
Books read: 29
Tasks Done: 19
Alaina5.9 - Elizabeth Swann
Read a book with a bird on the cover or the name of a specific type of bird in the title/subtitle.
Bird Box-Josh Malerman
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Laurah3010.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
Commonwealth
I found this on Sandy's list.
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 455
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 25
Books read: 30
MAZZA125.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
This is a two book task. No books with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used for this task.
Book 1. Chose a word pair from one of the lists. Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle.
An Event in Autumn using the word Autumn
Book 2. Read a book with the other word from the word pair in the title or subtitle.
How Far We Fall using the word Fall
Both words appear in British v American wordlist identified in the task
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 905
Challenge complete
25.4 - Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common LanguageChosen word pair: Can - Tin from the British v. American word list
Book 1. Chose a word pair from one of the lists. Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle.
Book read: Two Can Keep a Secret
How it fits: The word Can in the title
Book 2. Read a book with the other word from the word pair in the title or subtitle.
Book read: Tin Man
How it fits: The word Tin in the title
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Total points: 765
Books read: 61
Tasks completed: 47
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 4
Mod
15.4 The Perils of PaulineOption 1, Book 1:
Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services, Edward J. Walters (Edward)
Option 1, Book 2:
Things You Save in a Fire (Fire)
+15 = 550 points total.
15.1 - Knock Knock!Book 1: I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
❁ the word YOU appears twice in the title ❁
Book 2: Doctor Who Archives: Prisoners of Time Omnibus by Scott Tipton
❁ WHO in the title ❁
Total points: 780 + 15 = 795
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
Read a book that has a protagonist with a 4-letter first name or nickname. I read The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal, where the main character's first name is Nora.
Total points so far: 860
PegW20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year
Option 2: Publishing year
For this option, read a book that was first published between 1605 - 1975
How to Cook a Wolf
First published in 1942
Claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 285
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 18
5.8 - Ann DarrowTeen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia
❁ Teen Titans both start with T ❁
Total points: 795 + 5 = 800
trishhartuk20.2 Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option 2: Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the phrase APPLE CIDER.
Dead Man Talking, Casey Daniels (304pg)
CiDer
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 670
Tasks completed: 36
Golden oldies: 8
Big Book tickets: 0
Jen K25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 2: Family and Friends
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
(258 pages) includes "Family"
Option 3: Sports
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
(287 pages ) MPG Sports
258 + 287 = 545 > 500
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Points this Task: 25
Total points: 580
Tasks completed: 32
Golden oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 4
Queen Bee Darlene15.6 Inventors Day - Non-fiction book with science genre
Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA by Bridget Heos Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA
Non-fiction & Science genre
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 635
Jen K15.9. Time to Revisit
Olive Kitteridge
Page 2 on list currently at #135
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Points this Task: 15
Total points: 595
Tasks completed: 33
Golden oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 4
SandyLRead a book found on the Badass Female Leads! Listopia
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Pg 2 #148 on Badass Female Leads
***requesting Big Book Ticket - 553 pages****
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 665
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 54
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Read a book by an author who is deceased.
The Silver Ghost by Charlotte MacLeod
Author died in 2005 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlot...
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 675
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.10. What's New in 2019? Read a book from one of these two 2019 lists:
To Keep the Sun Alive On the list Most Anticipated Books of 2019
Total points: 580