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FALL CHALLENGE 2019
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Readerboard Name: Absurda10.8 - Forget-Me-Not
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased. It can be assumed that an author of a book published before 1920 is deceased.
Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner
William Faulkner died in 1962.
Go Down, Moses originally published in 1942, claim one golden oldies ticket.
Points this task: 10
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 1
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 55
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 20.10 Group Reads
I chose to read Non-Fiction Sports
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
My post is message 5 in the Fly Girls group reads discussion
Total Points: 40/905
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3/54
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Task 15.3 Time to Catch Up
Book 1: First Grave on the Right...I read the Kindle edition, the MMP edition is here First Grave on the Right
This book was added to my Kindle on May 9, 2017 according to my digital purchases on Amazon.com
Book 2: Little Women located on page 1 of the provided list
Total Points: 55/905
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 4/54
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
LAUREN JODI 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame
Two books from option 3: Radium
Book #1
Double Exposure by Erin McCarthy
Book #2
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue by Victoria Thompson
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 110/905
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5/54
5.4 - Princess FionaRead 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.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 3: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now by Ryan North
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: 0
Big book: 0
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 2
CYNBAXTER# 15.08 – A Parade - for me?
Task: Read a book whose author's first and last initials appear in the word PARADE
Book: Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat – whose initials “E.D.” can be found in the word “PARADE”
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 35 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Jen K25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Option 4: Fight or Flight
"FLIGHT" found in GIant FLying HelmeT
Option 5: King Leopold's Ghost
over 50% set in what is now the DRC
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 4
Big Books Tickets: 3
Bookwrm526 -- REPOSTINGTask #20.1 - A Walk Through the Glens
Option 3: For this option, read a book where the letters J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z do NOT appear in the title, subtitle, or author’s names. I read Dreadnought by April Daniels. This book is completely text, not a comic or graphic novel, and it has been approved as such in the thread at posts 57 and 58.
Total points so far: 130
Bookwrm526Task #20.6 - Well-seasoned fowl
Option 2: Read a book with one or more full-bloomed flowers on the cover. I read All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva, approved as a flower in bloom in the task help thread posts 12 and 13.
Total points so far: 150
Nick KY30.2 DLMRose’s People in Your Neighborhood My List:
NAVI
NEPHELE
NIC
NICK KY
NICKI NZ
NICOLA
NICOLA T
Book 1. Below. I read The Sky Unwashed by Irene Zabytko, inits in NICKI NZ.
Book 2. Above. I read The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill. Letters NAVI in title.
“the VArIous hauNts of men”
Total Points = 150
Mod
I read The Paris Diversion, with the protagonist named Kate, a 4 letter name. I read the kindle edition, linked to the paperback (no MMPB).
total points: 95
30.6 - BrookeTX's task: Riot GrrlsBook A - Archangel's Legion - Nalini Singh - for Nalini Cheriel
Book B - Bad Blood - for Blood Sausage (band)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
AlisonBigs (readerboard name)Repost
Task 15.3 Time to Catch Up
Book 1: First Grave on the Right...I read the Kindle edition, the MMP edition is here First Grave on the Right
This book was added to my Kindle on May 9, 2017 according to my digital purchases on Amazon.com
Book 2: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
AR Bookfinder - IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 15.0
Little Women was located on page 1 of the provided list
Cordelia10.3 Listen up
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Audie Award for Literary Fiction and Classics 2017
Points: 10
Total Pints: 140
Mod
I read The Collectors. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB. MPG Action verified in post 20 in the help thread.
total points: 100
5.4 OGRE (in any order) in the title/subtitle and/or the author's name Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 75/905
Tasks completed: 7/54
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
20.10 - Group ReadsI read Every Heart a Doorway
My comments are in the discussion thread in post #15
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 75
GO's:1
babbling c25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
Read two books, one from each of two different options. REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Option 1. Approaching the castle. AS we approach we notice the Gothic style and we are reminded of the spooky atmosphere of the “Gothic” genre. Read a book with a main page genre of “Gothic,” alone or embedded: “Gothic” “Horror > Gothic” “Gothic Romance” etc.
The Moon-Spinners - audible The Moon-Spinners paperback pg 223 by Mary Stewart
Gothic 51 users
Option 4. We travel through the corridor behind the secret panel and come out the other side to find --- a Giant Flying Helmet! Yes, there is a giant flying helmet in The Castle of Otranto. Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title/subtitle which has letters found in the phrase: GIANT FLYING HELMET. (Do not use the words “that” “than” or “then.”)
Sapphire Flames - kindle Sapphire Flames - paperback pg 393 by Ilona Andrews
FLAME
FL in flying
A in giant
ME in helmet
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 75/905
Completed Tasks: 4/54
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,884
Books read this season: 6
DeborahPost #6
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: A Visit to the Castle
1) Carmilla MPG: Gothic
4) Thyme of Death Using THYME
T: Giant
H: Helmet
Y: Flying
ME: Helmet
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 110
Books read: 8
Tasks Done: 6
5.8 - Ann DarrowToo Many Murders (Carmine Delmonico #2) by Colleen McCullough
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 95
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Peg W's Task: The Scents of FallOption 1. read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the words BAKED GOODS.
Book read: Upholding the Paw
How it fits: Author's (Diane Kelly) initials are DK
Approved for length in line 3618
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Total points: 120
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
JUKKA5.2 - Damsel-in-Distress
Book whose author's initials are in DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
Maggy Garrisson by Lewis Trondheim.
Total Points: 30/905
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
ElaineL15.3 - Time to Catch Up
Option 2: Read a book from the list I Should Probably Read This Sometime that has also been on my TBR for more than a year.
Touch the Dark
Required: Include in your post the page of the list on which your book is found. Page 18 (#1704 as of posting)
Required: Specify what list/pile this book comes from and the date it was added to the list or pile.
This book has been on the "For Later List" (found under my account number at Daniel Boone Regional Library) since May 6, 2018
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45
ElaineL15.10 - What's New in 2019
Read a book from Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2019
The Proposal
Required: State in your post which list your book was found on and the month for which it was listed. If you read another book mentioned in the review, other than the listed book, include in your post the name and listing information of the book that was reviewed in the list.
The Proposal is mentioned in the month of July under the review for Jasmine Guillory's The Wedding Party
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
15.5. Back to School.Classics MPG
Sonata Kreutzer şi alte povestiri by Leo Tolstoy
first published in 1889 - also claiming GO ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45/905
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2/54
BB: 1
GO: 2
Helen B20.8 - The Scents of Fall
Option 1
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Author’s initials in bakED goods.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
5.6 - Princess Buttercupyellow letters on cover
by Carolina Hospitalthis is my 80-99p 5.x book (85 pages)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50/905
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3/54
BB: 1
GO: 2
Jasmiina F20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Coralie's Task: The Gentle Ones:
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose name on Goodreads includes both a J and an M:
Undead and Unfinished by MaryJanice Davidson.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
SALLY M.10.10 Scooby-Dooby-Doo: page 1 of Ghost Stories list
The Shining by Stephen King
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**The Shining is a Big Book (659 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
BB tix this post: 1
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.15.5 Back to School: MPG Classics
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Golden Oldie (first published 1890). Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 1
GO tix this post: 1
Total GO tix: 1
SALLY M.30.1 A Great Dame
Option 2: MPG World War II (verified)
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 3: single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**The Paying Guests is a Big Book (720 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
BB tix this post: 1
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
SALLY M.30.4 The Long and the Short of It
Book 1: 350+ pages, short title (no more than 2 words)
440 pages, 2 words
American Royals by Katharine McGee
Book 2: <200 pages, long title (at least 5 words)
112 pages, 6 words
How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care by Marlee Grace
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Queen Bee Darlene25.7 Cat's Task: Literary Months
September: Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019 list
Small Country by Gael Faye Small Country
#7 on list
October: 1st pub between 1949 and 2019 with title of at least 3 words with title initials found in CHELTENHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL
Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser Not That I Could Tell
ChelTeNham lITerary festival
Points this post: 25
Total points: 125
Lisa MD20.1 - Most Improved Player - LaureY's task: a Walk Through the Glens
Option 2: Read a book that contains all the letters of FAIRY in the title/subtitle.
Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff 304 pp
* F in deFinitive
* A in stAy
* I in defInitive
* R in muRdered
* Y in sexY
📕📙📒📗📘📕📙📒📗📘📕📙📒📗📘📕📙📒📗📘
TOTALS:
Current Points: 20
Total Points: 80/905
Tasks Completed: 5/54
Books Read: 6
BB Tickets:
GO:
Andy P.Task # 5.6 - Princess Buttercup
Read a book that has yellow letters on the cover.
by Dana CameronTitle has yellow letters. Approved here
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Andy P.Task # 10.4 - Give Thanks
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Canada
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese set entirely in Canada
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
MEGAN RAE10.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Read a book that a Goodreads friend has read and rated 5 stars.
- Completed 14th SeptemberHow it fits: 2 friends have read and rated this book 5 stars (friends Rebecca and V Nerd)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Julia10310.1 - I’ll Be There For You
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
This was rated 5 stars by my GR friend Eilonwy.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 55
BB: 0
GO:0
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Lisa MD10.2 - Here’s to Health
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre Health
The Essential Oils Hormone Solution: Reclaim Your Energy and Focus and Lose Weight Naturally by Mariza Snyder 400 pp
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TOTALS:
Current Points: 10
Total Points: 90/905
Tasks Completed: 6/54
Books Read: 7
BB Tickets:
GO:
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70/905
Tasks completed: 6/54
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)