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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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PegW25. 5 - Andy P. ‘s Task: Create Your Own Compound Word
2 books 500+ pages
Compound word: Handout
The Other Hand 355 pages
Knock Out 417 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 320
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Sue T5.7 - Rose DeWitt Bukater
book with a protagonist with a four letter name
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth E. Wein
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70/905
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
StaceyNC10.3 - Listen Up
Read a book that has won or been nominated (a finalist) for an Audie Award, an award recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.
Book: Watchers
Completed: 11/21/19
How it Fits: Audie Award for Best Male Narrator (2019)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 580
Tasks Completed: 35
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15.2. Falling?Option 2, a book with one or more human feet on the cover: Same Beach, Next Year by Dorothea Benton Frank
Option 3, the most recently published book in a series: The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne #2) by Anthony Horowitz
Hawthorne Series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 780
Sue T5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Book that has yellow letters on the cover
The Crazy Old Lady Omnibus
by Kathleen ValentineApproved in ebook only thread - post #7676
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 75/905
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Readerboard Name Kathy PReposting with correct edition
10.5 - Zero In
Daughter of Moloka'i
309 pages
Points this post 10
Totals
Points: 230
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 23
Total Books read: 23
25.3 SandyL's TaskOption 2:
Conversations with Friends (FRIEND)
Option 4:
The Wrath and the Dawn, by Renee Ahdieh
+25 = 685 points total
Queen Bee Darlene15.7 It's Halloween! - Word from Halloween Word list in title
Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay Disappearance at Devil's Rock
Devil is the word on the list, according to rules possessive form is ok
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 650
perletwo15.4. The Perils of Pauline - Option 2 - Read 1 book that satisfies both requirements of Option 1.
1: Read a book whose author matches the first or last name of the cast members of the serial.
2: Read a book with a word in its title/subtitle that matches a word in one of the episode titles.
Dark Serpent by Paul Doherty = cast member Paul Panzer; Serpent = ch. 8, Serpent In the Flowers
Points this task: 15
Total points: 620
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 32
Kristen IA5.4 - 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.
Mama Bear Apologetics™: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies by Hillary Morgan Ferrer
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 250/905
Tasks Completed: 17/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA10.7 - Strike!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that begins with a K.
Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 260/905
Tasks Completed: 18/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Stephanie12710.10 - Scooby-Dooby-Doo! Select a list and read a book from that list: Ghost Stories
Horrorstör, found on page 4
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145/905
Tasks completed: 11/54
Books read: 13
Stephanie12720.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Option 1: 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.
Ferocity by Nicola Lagioia
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165/905
Tasks completed: 12/54
Books read: 14
Elizabeth P Task 20.9 - The Gentle Ones
Option Two - Book with word in title of 3+ letters that can be made from letters in MARGARET
The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
Word ART can be made from Margaret - mARgareT
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
ZachFor task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Brooklyn's Task: Two Truths and a Lie I chose option 1 and read Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie whose initials can be found in AROUND THE WORLD.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 145
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 1
Elizabeth PTask 20.1 - A Walk Through the Glens
Option One - Book with hill/mountain on the cover
by Tamora PierceAt 608 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB Link: Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 2
Elizabeth PTask 20.7 - Two Truths and a Lie
Option One - Book by single author whose initials are in AROUND THE WORLD
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
arOunD the world
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 3
15.7. It's Halloween!Read a book with a word from this Halloween Word List in its title/subtitle.
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Word: Magic
Total points: 115
10.2 - Here’s to HealthRead a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health, standalone or embedded.
Book read: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
How it fits: Nonfiction, MPG Health, approved in help thread in message 52
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Total points: 880
Books read: 69
Tasks completed: 53
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 4
Laurah3015.2. Falling?
opt 1 . I was sick! Read a fiction or nonfiction book where a major character is a doctor or nurse or in which illness/medicine is a major part of the story.
After the End
opt 4. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy, standalone or embedded.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 610
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 32
Books read: 43
ED15.3. Time to Catch Up.
Option 1- Volpone by Volpone
On my own TBR since 9/11/2017
pub. 1606
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Option 2- The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
on p. 12 of the list
Points= 15
Total Points= 425
Books Read=31
Tasks Completed=26
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=14
ED15.2. Falling?
Option 1- Saturday by Ian McEwan
The main character, Henry Perowne is a surgeon.
Option 2- Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein
Points= 15
Total Points= 440
Books Read=33
Tasks Completed=27
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=14
ED5.9 - Elizabeth Swann
A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell
small penguin for Penguin Paperbacks approved in help thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points= 5
Total Points= 445
Books Read=34
Tasks Completed=28
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=14
Readerboard Name Kathy P10.2 - Here’s to Health
Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of Medicine That Can Transform Our Future
Points this post 10
Totals
Points: 240
BB: 0
GO:1
Total Tasks completed: 24
Total Books read: 24
ED5.10 - No Need for Distress
Tamburlaine the Great, Part II by Christopher Marlowe
pub. 1590
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points= 5
Total Points= 450
Books Read=35
Tasks Completed=29
Big Books=0
Golden Oldies=15
Readerboard Name: List_addict20.6: Seasoned Reader - Roxana’s Task: Well-Seasoned Fowl
Option 3: A book that is #1 in a series (#2 must have been published before 1/9/2019)
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke *
#2 Published March 2001
Total this post: 20
Total this challenge: 55
Readerboard Name: List_Addict10.7: Strike!
An author with ‘K’ as one of their initials
Sex, Not Love by Vi Keeland
Total this post: 10
Total this challenge: 65
Brooklyn5.2 – Damsel-in-Distress
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan
Points this post: 5
Total points: 675/905
Tasks completed: 37/54
Books read: 51
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
Brooklyn5.3 – Not So Helpless After All
Read a book found on the ‘Badass Female Leads’ listopia.
Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb
This is #11 in the ‘In Death’ series. #1 in the series, Naked in Death, is found on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 680/905
Tasks completed: 38/54
Books read: 52
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
Brooklyn5.6 – Princess Buttercup
Read a book that has yellow letters on the cover.
by Lisa ReganPoints this post: 5
Total points: 685/905
Tasks completed: 39/54
Books read: 53
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
Janice CA20.8 - The Scents of Fall
Option 1: Author's initials found in "Baked Goods".
Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America by Bill Geist
+20
total: 100
tasks: 7
books: 8
Brooklyn30.4 – The Long and Short of It
Book 1: Read a book at least 350 pages long with a title of 2 or fewer words.
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer – 629 pages
**Claiming 1 Big Book ticket**
Book 2: Read a book fewer than 200 pages long with a title of at least 5 words.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson – 146 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 715/905
Tasks completed: 40/54
Books read: 55
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 4
5.2 - Damsel-in-DistressRead a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
I listened to the audio (english) version of
Belle by Robin McKinley
New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 655
GO's: 3
That's it for me, thanks for a great challenge!,
perletwo *************REPOST*************25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach - Option 1: Read a book written by an author using a pen name or alias.
Festive in Death by J.D. Robb
Option 4: Read a book with a building on the cover.
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Points this task: 25
Total points: 605
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 31
CathyG15.6. Inventors Day
September 29 is Inventors Day. Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Science or Technology, standalone or embedded.
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Points this post: 15
Total points: 905
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 71
Golden Oldie: 1
PegW15.9. Time to Revisit
Read a book from the SRC recommended list.
I read The Other Hand, which is the original title for Little Bee, from page 4 of the list.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 310
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 20
PegW20.2 - Rookie at the Top
Read a book and use the initial letters of the title to create a word. You may also choose to include the author’s initials to create your word.
Knock Out by Catherine Coulter
to make the word cock and had 417 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 330
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.8: Scents of Fall: Option 2: Rosemary for Remembrance
by Felicity Pulman. The first letters of the 3-word title Rosemary For Remembrance RFR can be found in FRagRant.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 180
Books Posted: 10
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Readerboard Name: List_addict25.6: TraceyL’s Task - Princess Peach
Option 1: An author using a pseudonym
Glory in Death by JD Robb
Real Name: Nora Roberts
Option 3: An MPG of ‘romance’
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
Total this post: 25
Total this Challenge: 90
(Thanks!!!)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.7: It's Halloween!: Black Flagged Alpha
by Steven Konkoly. The word from the list in the title is BLACK.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 195
Books Posted: 11/i>
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Sarah E5.10 - No Need for Distress
El árbol de las brujas
I read an ebook but have linked to the top MMP
Total points: 800
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.5: Zero in: Dr. Nightingale Rides the Elephant by Lydia Adamson. The number of pages 208 has a 0
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 205
Books Posted: 12
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.4: Princess Fiona: The Dream Stalker by Margaret Coel. The author's name has all the letters of OGRE: maRGarEt Oel.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 210
Sarah E10.3 - Listen Up
Le livre de la jungle
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top MMP
Audie Award for Excellence in Production (2016)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
Golden Oldie, first published 1893. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 810
Total GO tickets: 5
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.6 - TraceyL's Task: Princess Peach
Option 1: Read a book written by an author using a pen name or alias.
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
CS Harris is the pen name of Candice Proctor
Option 4: Read a book with a building on the cover.
by J. North ConwayPoints this task: 25
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 560
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.7: Rose DeWitt Bukater: Bad Medicine by C. Q Yarbro. The character's last name has a four letters: MOON.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 215
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.9. Time to Revisit
Read a book from SRC Recommended books list
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Page 1, post 21
Points this task: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 575
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
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50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Brr!......the “ber” months are upon us.
For this task, read 3 books, one from each option. The combined page total must equal at least 750 pages.
Book 1: Septem-"ber"
🍂 Read a book with the letters “ber” intact in the title, subtitle or author's name. If author name is used, the book must be written by a single author.
Book: Black Rose
Author: Nora RoBERts
Completed: 11/17/19
Pages: 303
Book 2: Octo-"b-rr"
🍂 Read a book that gives you the shivers. To meet this criteria, 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.
Book: Hot Mess
Author: Lynn Raye HaRRis
MPG Romantic Suspense
Completed: 11/29/19
Pages: 137
Book 3: Novem-"Brr!"
🍂 Option 1: Read a book with a title containing all the letters needed to spell the word COAT. Only the title can be used - no subtitles.
Book: The Crooked Staircase
Completed: 11/17/19
Pages: 491
How it Fits: CrOoked sTAircase
Total Pages: 931p
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 570
Tasks Completed: 34