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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the GlensOption 3
- no J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z in title and author's name
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Total points: 390
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 22
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Jen K's Task: Fabulous FallOption 2
- author's initials in APPLE CIDER
White Hot by Ilona Andrews
APPLE CIDER
- paper edition has 389 pgs
Total points: 410
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 23
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of FallOption 1
- author's initials in BAKED GOODS
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
- BAKED GOODS
Total points: 430
Books read: 32
Tasks completed: 24
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.Option 1
- read book with M & J somewhere in author's name
Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
McMaster Bujold
Total points: 450
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 25
10.7 - Strike!Help Thread
The 2019 Major League Baseball World Series is set to begin on October 22 and a potential Game 7 would be played on October 30. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by a K. Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K, ex, Karen M. McManus, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Kent Krueger
I read Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, whose first name starts with a K.
points: 170
books read: 17
tasks completed: 13
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 2
pages read: 6714
Laurah3025.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
option 1: For this option, read a book where Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos, or All Saint's Day features prominently in the story.
The Haunting of Hill House
found on list 3
Option 3: For this option, read a book with leaves in their fall colors (red, orange, yellow) on the cover (attached to a tree or not).
What Was Mine
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 505
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 27
Books read: 34
Re post of post 336810.2
I read OMD: Swap One Meal a Day to Save the Planet and Your Health which has a main pain genre of health.
points: 160
Jen K5.5 - Princess Leia
Evvie Drake Starts Over
Star in Starts
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Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 625
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
The book has a cover that depicts a female figure alone with no other human forms present.
Link to MMP edition: AMOURS DE LARA JEAN (LES) T.02 : P.S. JE T'AIME TOUJOURS...
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 40 points
Tasks completed: 7
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
SandyL15.10. What's New in 2019?
Read a book from one of these two 2019 lists:
Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Wildest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer
List for May on Most Anticipated Books of 2019
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 810
Tasks Completed: 48
Books Read: 65
Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL20.3 - 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”.
Fellowship of Fear by Aaron Elkins
First published in 1982
wE didn't stArt the fire
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 830
Tasks Completed: 49
Books Read: 66
Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - Give Thanks
Read a book set at least 50% in Australia, Canada, Grenada, Liberia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, or Saint Lucia. I chose Australia and read Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood, set entirely in Australia.
Total points so far: 890
SandyL25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 2: Read a book with a pumpkin on the cover.
Death of a Pumpkin Carver by Lee Hollis
Option 3: read a book with leaves in their fall colors on the cover
Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 855
Tasks Completed: 50
Books Read: 68
Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Cindy FTask 50.1 Brrr!...the "ber" months are upon us.
Book 1: "ber" in authors name The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
Book 2: Mystery/Thriller MPG and double "RR" in title. Sorrow Without End by Priscilla Royal
Book 3: letters COAT in title Never Saw it Coming Linwood Barclay
Points this post:50
Total points:195
Tasks completed:15
Books read: 18
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:4
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.2 - Falling?
Book 1 -
The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich
This book is the latest book (#6) in the Fox and O'Hare Series
Link to PB edition: The Big Kahuna
Book 2 -
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
This book has a main page genre shelved by 684 users.
Link to PB edition: Stepsister
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Tasks completed: 8
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.1 - a Walk Through the Glens
Remembrance by Meg Cabot
Option 3 - The letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do NOT appear in the title, subtitle, or author’s names.
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Tasks completed: 9
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
30.6 Riot GirlsBook 1- Autumn by Ali Smith
Author shares surname with Erin Smith
Book 2- Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida
Book shares “7” with 7 year bitch
Points this task: 30
Total points: 370
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 20
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.2 - Fabulous Fall
Out of the Picture: A Shepherd Sisters Mystery by Tracy Gardner
Option 1 - O O T P from the title can be scrambled to make the word: TOPO which is an official Scrabble Word.
This book contains more than 250 pages (302 pages)
Link to PB edition: Out of the Picture: A Shepherd Sisters Mystery
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 95 points
Tasks completed: 10
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.6 - Well-seasoned fowl
If She Knew by Blake Pierce
Option 3 - This is book #1 in the series. Book 2 was published December 11, 2018.
Link to PB edition: If She Knew
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Tasks completed: 11
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.8 - The Scents of Fall
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
Option 1 - This book was written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS (B in baked and G in goods).
Link to PB edition: All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 135 points
Tasks completed: 12
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
ANGIE CA20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones.
Book: The Complete Yoga Book by James Hewitt
Notes: 1) JaMes
Total Points: 475
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.6 - Princess Peach
Book 1 -
Believe Me by J.P. Delaney
Option 1 - This book was written by an author using a pen name or alias. J.P. Delaney is one of Anthony Capella's pseudonyms (see Fantastic Fiction)
Link to MMP edition: Believe Me
Book 2 - Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Option 4 - This book has a building on the cover.
Link to PB edition: Never Have I Ever
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 160 points
Tasks completed: 13
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
DeborahPost #21
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowl
2)
Black-Eyed SusansPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 400
Books read: 30
Tasks Done: 20
Amy FL10.9 - Portrait of a Lady
Points this post: 10
Total points: 650
Amy FL30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your Neighborhood
AMBERLY
AMY C
AMY D
AMY FL
AMY MK
AMY N
AMY O
Book 1: above - A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay (amBerLy)
Book 2: below- Heretics Anonymous - AMY N (ANonYMous)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 680
Amy FL30.5 - Mazza1's Task (passed to Sarah E): All Hail Flavia
Option 2: Homer's Odyssey (Odyssey)
Option 4: A Place for Us (the grave's a fine and private PLACE)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 710
Julia1035.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
A Just Determination
The main character's first name is Paul.
This post: 5 points
Total points: 765
BB: 8
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 59
Laurah30Laurah30
5.8 - Ann Darrow
read a book with two or more consecutive words in the title/subtitle that start with the same letter.
The Haunting of Hill House
"Hill House"
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 485
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 27
Books read: 33
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Roxana's task: Well-seasoned fowlRead a book with one or more full-bloomed flowers on the cover.
Approval of cover here
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 235
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 15
Diana K. 15.10. 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
To Keep the Sun Alive It is on the Most Anticipated Books of 2019 list which came out in January.
Total points: 700
Diana K.15.7. It's Halloween! Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
Life and Death at Hoover Dam Death
Total points: 715
Anja10.4 - Give Thanks
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Australia, Canada, Grenada, Liberia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Saint Lucia
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 155
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 13
Anja15.2. Falling?
3. Read the last or most recently published book in a series.
Archangel's War (Guild Hunter #12) by Nalini Singh
4. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded.
The Blacksmith Queen by G.A. Aiken
Fantasy 271 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 170
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 14
Anja50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
Book 1: Septem-"ber" Read a book with the letters “ber” intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
Cold Blood by Robert Bryndza
Book 2: Octo-"b-rr" Read a book that gives you the shivers.
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Book 3: Novem-"Brr!" Read a book with one of these things on the cover: coat, jacket, scarf, mitten, blanket, outdoor bonfire (a controlled recreational/utility fire), or fireplace.
Look the Part by Jewel E. Ann
POINTS:
Points This Post: 50
Points Total: 220
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 15
Sarah E25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 2: FAMILY found in subtitle
The Council Of Dads: Family, Fatherhood, And Life Lessons To Leave My Daughters - 256 pages
Option 4: Author initials in BLACK FRIDAY
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
I read a kindle edition, MMP is La forêt sombre - 732 pages
Big Book (732 pages). I claim 1 BB ticket.
256 + 732 = 988 pages
Total points: 470
Total BB tickets: 2
Sarah E30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot Grrls
Book 1: The Last by Hanna Jameson
Hanna matches Kathleen Hanna
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Book 2: Morality for Beautiful Girls
Girls matches The Scissor Girls
Total points: 500
Laurah3025.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
option 1: For this option, read a book where Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos, or All Saint's Day features prominently in the story.
The Halloween Tree
Option 3: For this option, read a book with leaves in their fall colors (red, orange, yellow) on the cover (attached to a tree or not)
What Was Mine
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 510
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 28
Books read: 35
Taking a shot at posting while there's no "children's" on The Halloween Tree;)25.1 - Bookwrm526's Task: Fall Has ALL the Best Stuff
Option 2: Pumpkins!! While I'm not a huge fan of pumpkin SPICE everything, I do love pumpkins. For this option, read a book with a pumpkin on the cover.
The Halloween Tree by Ray BradburyOption 3: Colors!! There's just something about the quality of the light in the fall, combined with the colors of the changing leaves, that makes everything so vibrant. For this option, read a book with leaves in their fall colors on the cover (attached to a tree or not).
Olive, Again by Elizabeth StroutTask Total: 25
Season Total: 535
CEELEETASK 15.1 Knock! Knock!
Two Book Task
Book 1
In honor of National Knock Knock Day October 31, read a book with the same word appearing in the title twice.
I read In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Not put-downable! I understand now why Ruth Ware is so popular!
Book 2
Read a book where the title or subtitle contains the word "Who"
I read The Cat WHO Brought Down The House by the wonderful Lilian Jackson Braun.
The Cat Who Brought Down the House
I LOVE this series!!!!
Total Points for Task: 15
Total Books Read for Task: 2
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for task: 0
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2019: 30
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2019: 3
Total Books Read or Fall Challenge 2019: 4
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2019: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2019: 0
CEELEETask 20.1 A Walk Through The Glens
To honor the country of Scotland, read one book from options.
Option 3
Gaelic has only 18 letters in its alphabet. Read a book that does not contain any of these letteer: J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z
I read Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
Eligible
One of my favorite romance writers ever! Great book!
Total Points for Task: 20
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Books Claimed for ask: 0
Total Points for Fall Challenge 2019: 50
Total Tasks Completed for Fall Challenge 2019: 4
Total Books Read for Fall Challenge 2019: 5
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed or Fall Challenge 2019: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Fall Challenge 2019: 0
Nick KY20.8Peg W’s Scents of Fall Option 2. I read The Fainting Room by Sarah Pemberton Strong. The first letters of the three title words are in the target word “FRagranT.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 885
Nick KY20.9 Coralee’s Gentle Ones Opt. 1. Judith Melinda/Margaret June. Read a book whose author’s name contains both a J and an M. I read Effendi by Jon Courtenay Grimwood.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 905
10.2 - Here’s to HealthRead a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health, standalone or embedded.
I read an ebook version of
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
New Points: 10
Total Challenge points: 600
GO's: 2
Coralie5.6 Princess Buttercup
Book with yellow letters in the title
Total to date 575 points
Coralie10.7 Strike!
Book by an author with a name that begins with a K
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Total to date 590 points
Kristen IA5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Read a book that has yellow letters on the cover. Not all letters need to be yellow, but at least one must be entirely yellow.
Roomies by Christina Lauren
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 105/905
Tasks Completed: 8/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- book on page 1 (#1 on the list)
Total points: 370
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 21