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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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LAUREN JODI 25.3 - SandyL's Task - Thanksgiving!
Option 3: Sports
Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Page #: 385
Confirmed in post #8
Option 4: Shopping
Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen
Page #: 304
Total page #: 689
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 770/905
Total Books Read: 55
Tasks Completed: 37/54
Task 10.3 - Listen Upread a book that won an Audie Award (Original Work, 2017)
The Dispatcher
I listened to the audio, there's no PB, hardback: The Dispatcher 130p
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855 points
babbling c5.9 - Elizabeth Swann
Why is the rum gone? Elizabeth Swann might be more courageous than Captain Jack Sparrow, but she certainly gets captured a lot! In honor of Swann and Sparrow, read a book with a bird on the cover or the name of a specific type of bird in the title/subtitle.
The Real Macaw - kindle The Real Macaw - paperback pg 336 by Donna Andrews
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points:395/905
Completed Tasks: 25/54
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 10,561
Books read this season: 30
Task 10.2 - Here’s to Healthread a non-fiction book with MPG Health
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
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865 points
Julia103 15.9 Time to Review
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
This is on page 1 of the list.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 805
BB: 8
GO: 2
Tasks Completed: 47
Books read: 62
Readerboard Name Kathy P10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Sandy's shelf
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Points this post 10
Totals
Points: 185
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 18
Total Books read: 18
Readerboard Name Kathy P10.3 - Listen Up
The Martian
Points this post 10
Totals
Points: 195
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 19
Total Books read: 19
Readerboard Name Kathy P10.5 - Zero In
Daughter of Moloka'i
309 pages
Points this post 10
Totals
Points: 205
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 20
Total Books read: 20
Readerboard Name Kathy P10.6 - Birth of the Internet
SpinningTillie Walden
Points this post 10
Totals
Points: 215
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 21
Total Books read: 21
Readerboard Name Kathy P10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
Points this post 10
Totals
Points: 225
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 22
Total Books read: 22
Readerboard Name Kathy P5.5 - Princess Leia
Light from Other Stars
Points this post 5
Totals
Points: 230
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 23
Total Books read: 23
perletwo25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach - Option 1: Read a book written by an author using a pen name or alias.
Wolf to the Slaughter: An Inspector Wexford Novel by Ruth Rendell
Option 4: Read a book with a building on the cover.
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of PsychoPoints this task: 25
Total points: 605
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 31
Amy FL20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones
Option 1: Blink and Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (tiM wynne-Jones)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 770
Diana K.25.4 Diana K's Task: Two (or Three) Nations Divided by a Common Language
Book 1. Chose a word pair from one of the lists. Read a book with one of those words in the title or subtitle.
In the Café of Lost Youth Café
Book 2. Read a book with the other word from the word pair in the title or subtitle
The Never-Open Desert Diner
Total points: 830
Diana K.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.
Sweet Bean Paste
A Heart in a Body in the World
The word is sweetheart.
Total points: 855
Diana K.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
Munich by Robert Harris The ber is in the author's ame
Book 2. the book must “b” one that has a MPG, standalone or embedded, of: mystery, thriller, crime, suspense, romantic suspense, psychological thriller or horror.
AND The book must also contain the double letters, “rr,” intact in the title, subtitle, series name or author's name
What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr The rr is in the author's name.
Book 3. 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
The man is wearing a coat.Total points: 905
Happy Thanksgiving!
SweetMelissa5.4 - 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. Books must be written by a single author
City of Girls, Elizabeth Gilbert, 11/28/19
Points: 5
Total points: 265
30.2 - Dlmrose’s Task: The People in Your NeighborhoodANGIE TX
ANITA
ANJA
ANN A
ANN A-M
ANN H
ANNA E
Book 1, above, initials EG in ANGIE TX: Playing for the Ashes by Elizabeth George
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 678 pages
Book 2, below, ANN H in title: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Final points total: 320
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Giving thanks today for another fun SRC!
MEGSCL10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
Page 2 of Ghost Stories list - The House of the Spirits
TOTAL TO DATE
320 points
2 big books
Task 15.3 - Time to Catch Upone book option
read a book from the list AND that has been on my TBR (however I manage it) for at least 1 year
Carry On
on p13, #1209 of the list
this has been on my kindle TBR since I bought it in Feb 2018 (it's a collection on my kindle, not managed thru GR)
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880 points
Chris MD30.2 The People in Your Neighborhood
My neighborhood:
CHERYL B
CHERYL Z
CHEYA
CHRIS MD
CHRISEVEREST
CHRISSY
CHRISTIE TX
Book 1: Author's initials in one of the names from the group BELOW my name
A False Mirror by Charles Todd
CT in CHRISEVEREST
Book 2: All of the letters from one of the names in the ABOVE group found in the
A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry
CHEYA in A CHristmas journEY
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 125 pages.
Total points: 445
Chris MD30.3 Picture This
Option 1: Camera on the cover
by Elise HooperOption 4: Author's initials in FLOWER or INSECT
A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd
CT in inseCTs
Total points: 475
Chris MD30.4 The Long and the Short of It
Book 1: At least 350 pages long, title of no more than two words
Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness
This book is 436 pages
Book 2: Fewer than 200 pages, title of at least five words
Small Kingdoms and Other Stories by Charlaine Harris
This book has 176 pages.
Total points: 505
That's it for me. Thanks to the moderators!
5.7 - Rose DeWitt BukaterPaper Girls, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
❁ main character's first name is Erin ❁
Total points: 900 + 5 = 905
Jasmiina F15.9. Time to Revisit:
Read a book from this list: SRC Recommended Books:
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.
The books is on page 1.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Mod
Mod
30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture thisOption 3: Choose a book from this list of Silhouette Covers.
Book read: The Girl with All the Gifts
How it fits: #343 on the list, page 4
Option 4: Read a book by a single author where the initials of the author's first and last name (ignore middle names/initials) can be found in either FLOWERS or INSECTS.
Book read: Here Be Sexist Vampires
How it fits: Author's (Suzanne Wright) initials are SW
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Total points: 870
Books read: 68
Tasks completed: 52
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 4
Sarah ETask 25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
Book 1: Under a Maltese Sky
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Under a Maltese Sky - 292 pages
Book 2: Half the World Away: A 27,000 km bicycle journey from Alaska to Argentina
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Half the World Away: A 27,000 km bicycle journey from Alaska to Argentina - 384 pages
UNDER + WORLD = UNDERWORLD
292 + 384 = 676 pages
Total points: 690
Sarah E30.3 - TessaVanessa's Task: Picture this
Option 2: Eric by Terry Pratchett
I listened to the audio but have linked to the top MMP
Sir Terry has also written Where's My Cow?
MPG Picture Book was noted in the help thread here
Option 4: Author's initials in INSECTS
Murder At The Jolly Jester by Ian Thompson
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 720
Sarah E30.4- Sandy's task: The Long and the Short of It
Book1: Talisman
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Talisman - 654 pages
Big Book, 654 pages. I claim 1 BB ticket.
Book 2: The Princess Saves Herself in this One
I read an ebook, top paperback (no MMP) is The Princess Saves Herself in This One - 156 pages
Total points: 750
Total BB tickets: 5
Sarah E20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of Fall
Option 1: Author's initials in BAKED GOODS
Peanut Butter Fudge Murder by Susan Gillard
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 770
Sarah E15.2. Falling?
Option 2: Feet on cover
I read an ebook, top paperback (no MMP) is Two Can Keep a Secret
Option 4: MPG Fantasy
River of Teeth
I listened to the audio but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 785
Sarah E5.4 - Princess Fiona
Chocolate Pomegranate Glaze Murder
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Chocolate Pomegranate Glaze Murder
OGRE in pOmEGRanate
Total points: 790
Julia103 5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Out in the Workplace: The Pleasures and Perils of Coming Out on the Job
("Out " and the subtitle are in yellow. A larger picture of the cover is on the Amazon link.)
This task: 5 points
Total points: 810
BB: 8
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 63
Laurah3025.7 - Cat's Task: Literary Months
September
Read a book from the list Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
Petit pays 2019 (Small country)
October
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 cheltAnhAM lIterary festival
A Murder Is Announced published in 1950
Claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 595
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 31
Books read: 41
EMurphy10.6 Birth of the Internet - Author whose initials can be found in AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork consecutively
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins ("SH" found in research)
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 250
Books Read: 17
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 12
EMurphy15.9 Time to Revisit - Book from SRC Recommended Books list
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
*#750 on page 8
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 265
Books Read: 18
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 13
Amy FL10.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
The Dead House (Ghost Stories list, #401, top of page 5 at time of post)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 780
Julia103 Repost of 3700
5.6 - Princess Buttercup
("Out" and the subtitle are in yellow; a larger picture of the cover is on the Amazon link)
This task: 5 points
Total points: 810
BB: 8
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 63
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30.1- A Great Dame
Option 1
Biography: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
Option: 4 R A in author name
Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Post: 30
Seasonal total: 215
Christine V15.7. It's Halloween!
The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom
Word: Queens
Thanks for another great challenge!
Points this post: 15
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
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30.5- All Hail Flavia
Option 1: Page 1
Medicus: A Crime Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie
Option 2:
Y word: Property
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Post: 30
Seasonal total: 245
Julia103 5.1 - Taking Action
Rule of Evidence
MPG Adventure was verified in post 104 of genre verification thread.
This post: 5 points
Total points: 815
BB: 8
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 64
SandyL10.2 - Here’s to Health
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health
Trauma Room Two by Philip Allen Green
MPG Health
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 900
Tasks Completed: 53
Books Read: 72
Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL5.10 - No Need for Distress
Read a book of your choice
Broken Dove by Kristen Ashley
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 905
Tasks Completed: 54
Books Read: 73
Thanks for an awesome challenge, Mods!!
Suzannesea15.5 Back to School
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen has Classics as a main page genre.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 555
Pamela326520.2 - Rookie at the Top – Jen K's task: Fabulous Fall
Option 1: A Song for the Stars by Ilima Todd – Word: FASTS
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 360
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+:
Coralie20.2 Fabulous Fall
Option 2: Book by an author whose initials can be found in aPple cIder
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
Total to date 610 points
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20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's task: We Didn’t Start the Fire
Option 1: Author's initials in WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
First published January 25th 1980, 187 pages
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top MMP
Total points: 665