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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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perletwo10.5 - Picking Up the Pen - Read a continuation novel- a novel (FICTION) in the style of an established series, produced by a new author after the original author's death.The books are commissioned by the deceased authors estate, written with its approval, and marketed using both authors brand associations, such as: New Hercule Poirot Mysteries "guardians of her legacy have approved.."
The Mystery of Three Quarters
Points this task: 10
Total points: 010
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 01
Tasks completed: 01
Elizabeth B5.6 title contains 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter D
Daddy, Daddy and Me
genre Childrens - approved for adult content here: /topic/show/...
Points: 5
Total: 5
perletwo10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There! - Read a book written by a single author whose first and list name initials are found in MICKEY MOUSE. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase. Spaces determine names.
The Breakers by Marcia Muller
Points this task: 10
Total points: 020
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 02
Tasks completed: 02
Nick KY5.1 Baseball I read Endymion, # 3 in the Hyperion Cantos series by Dan Simmons.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK at 563 pp.
I had 200 pp of this book read before the challenge began. I got up early this morning to finish it C the book was that much of a page-turner! I had read # 2 in the series and been disillusioned that the ideas and characters went too far away from the wonderful Book 1, Hyperion. But this, # 3 in the series, brought back a lot of those ideas to the point that C well, I was enthralled C enough so to finish it on the first day of the challenge (which Ive never done before)!
And how incredible that it fits the first task of the challenge!
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 5
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
Tiffani 15.8 - Spell It Out
Read a book with one of these letters (Q and Z) in the title/subtitle or author's name
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets:0
KatrinaT10.8 - Happy Anniversary SRC!
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Vox by Christina Dalcher published in 2018
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 01
Tasks completed: 01
Amy the Book Bat10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
I J K are the 9th, 10th and 11th letters of the alphabet.
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
CordeliaTask 15.8 Read book with Q or Z in tile or author's name.
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
Z in author's name.
Points this task 15
Total points 15
perletwo10.6 - Original Six - Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the home cities of the NHL Original Six teams: the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York (city of) Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Fade to Black - New York
Points this task: 10
Total points: 030
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 03
Tasks completed: 03
Erin NY5.3: International Football
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup: France
REQUIRED: State the country in which your book is set. If the setting is not shown in the metadata or book description, include a reference from the book or a link to an outside source to establish the setting.
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
* Country is France. The whole book takes place in Paris, then characters journey through France onto Provence
Points this post: 5
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Tasks in progress: 1
Books read: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 701
MELLY10.8 Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Wolf Hall
Big Book (653 pages)
*Published in 2009
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
BB: 1
GO: 0
Diana K.15.8 Read a book with Q or Z in the title/subtile or author's name.
Proof: The Science of Booze
Total points: 15
Amy the Book Bat5.7: Settlers of Catan
My family's favorite board game!
Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN. Middle initials can be ignored. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase. Spaces determine names.
Spider's Web by Charles Osborne
Points this task: 5
Total points: 15
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Elizabeth BTask 15.3
1 book option
An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride
A, U, W can be found in Star Wars Action Figures,
B, M can be found in Marbles
Points: 15
Total 5 +15=20
10.10 - 9, 10, 11...I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
The author's first name begins with a J.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Elizabeth BTask 10.1
Read a FICTION book with an android as a main character
All Systems Red
Points: 10
Total : 20+10=30
Shala15.7 - Pay it Up
Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8.
Bicycle Shop Murder - 228 pgs.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Delicious Dee5:4 Hiking
Turning Angel - TA found in APPALACHIAN TRAIL; Big Book Ticket - 500+pgs, paperback is 672pgs
Points this task: 5
Total points: 10
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
15.9 - Get a ClueRead a book that meets one of the following 3 characteristics AND has the MPG Mystery.
1. Contains a person's name in the title/subtitle.
Book read: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
How it fits: MPG Mystery, person's name in the title: Roger Ackroyd
First published in 1926, claiming 1 GO Ticket
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Total points: 15
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee10.10 - 9, 10, 11...
Branded Sanctuary - Joey W. Hill
Points this task: 10
Total points: 20
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
perletwo10.9 - International Sudoku Day - Read a book written by a single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters.
A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman
Points this task: 10
Total points: 040
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 04
Tasks completed: 04
Anna KTask 30.4 C Schatzies task: The Chunkster
Option 1 (1 book required) - "read ONE book with a MPG of Historical Fiction and is at least 750 pages long"
Outlander, by Diane Gabaldon (850 pages)
Points this post: 30
Points this challenge: 30
Big Book Tickets this post: 2
Big Book Tickets this challenge: 2
DULCINELLA15.2 - Spring and Fall
Book 1: Read a book in which the word SPRING can be found intact in the title/subtile, series title, or author's name.
Spring Torrents
Ivan Turgenev 239 p. 2 september 2018 4 starsSpring in the title
This is a 19 th. century novel, so U claim a GO ticket
Book 2: Read a book in which the word AUTUMN can be found intact in the title/subtile, series title, or author's name.
Autumn
Ali Smith 260 p. 2 september 2018 5 starsAutumn in the title
Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 15 points
1 GO ticket
Mary P15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2.
The Mage's Daughter ( Nintendo Game Boy ) by Lynn Kurland ( Alphabet Blocks )
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
CordeliaTask 10.8 Happy Aniversary SRC
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd - first published in 2018
Points this task: 10
Total points: 25
Erin NY5.9: Boggle
Using this Boggle board, read a book the title/subtitle of which includes a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the board. From the rules of Boggle - "Each player searches for words that can be constructed from the letters of sequentially adjacent cubes, where "adjacent" cubes are those horizontally, vertically, and diagonally neighboring. Words must be at least three letters long,... but may not use the same letter cube more than once per word."
Note that in the game, the words need not be constructed in a straight line as long as the letters are adjacent - so, for instance, starting in the upper left hand corner, you could make the word TIRE - T, straight down to I, diagonally up to R, straight to the right to E.
REQUIRED: State the word that you are using.
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
* Word used: TIME
Points this post: 5
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Tasks in progress: 2
Books read: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 1,334
Creynard5.3: International Football
A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
Set in England
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Creynard10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking For
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Linh Cinder, the main character, is a cyborg. Her best friend, Iko, is a robot.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Creynard10.7 -Before Autocorrect
Stars Across Time by Ruby Lionsdrake
"Across" is my word.
**approved for length**
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Stephanie1275.1 - Baseball: The numbers 3, 4, and 9 are important numbers in baseball - 3 strikes and 3 outs, 4 balls, 9 innings. Read a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation.
McSweeney's #13
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/1010
Tasks completed: 1/58
Books read: 1
Mai 5.1 - Baseball
Book that has number 4 in its series designation
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
(Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket - book first published in 1942)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Amy the Book Bat15.5 - Nonfiction November
Read a nonfiction book that can be found on the Popular Nonfiction Books list.
Required: State which page you found the book on when you post.
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales found on page 22 of the list
Points this task: 15
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
perletwo10.10 - 9, 10, 11... - Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with I, J or K.
Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear
Points this task: 10
Total points: 050
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 05
Tasks completed: 05
Elizabeth BTask 10.5 - Read a continuation novel
The Monogram Murders (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries #1) by Sophie Hannah
Points: 10
Total: 40
Delicious Dee5.8: Go and Parcheesi
The Tusk That Did the Damage - set entirely in India
Points this task: 5
Total points: 25
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
Nick KY5.4 Appalachian Trail I read Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie. First Letters of all words in title are also in aPpalaCHian trail.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 10
Stephanie1275.7: Settlers of Catan: Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN. Middle initials can be ignored.
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/1010
Tasks completed: 2/58
Books read: 2
Oma12295.2 - The Tour de France
Read a book from this list: Wanderlust
Hit the Road by Caroline B. Cooney
The book was found on Page 8 of the list.
Total Points-5/1010
Total Tasks-1/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-500+(1 750+(),1000+()
Alycia10.4 - Hey There, Hi There, Ho There! (book with author initials found in MICKEY MOUSE)
The Girl in the Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire
Points this post: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Total points: 10
15.9 - Get a ClueRead a book that meets one of the following 3 characteristics AND has the MPG Mystery.
3. Contains an original or new room listed under "Rooms" on the Clue Wiki in the title/subtitle or series title.
Past Due for Murder (Blue Ridge Library Mystery)
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - Baseball
Read a book that has one of these 3 numbers in its series designation, 4,
This Thing of Darkness by Harry Bingham This book is #4 in the Fiona Griffiths Series
Points this post: 5
Total points:5
Andy P.Task # 30.4 C Schatzies task: The Chunkster
Option 1: The ONE BOOK OPTION - read ONE book with a MPG of Historical Fiction and is at least 750 pages long.
Winter of the World by Ken Follett
Historical Fiction (2254 users) 940 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 35
ZachFor task 15.3 I did Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2.
The book I read was. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step. The first letters Y, T, L, and M appear in the toy Little Green Army Men. And the initials of the author's name, Brian K. Vaughn, appear in the toy Easy Bake Oven.
Points this post: 15
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Total Points: 15
GOTs: 0
BBTs: 0
5.6: Simon SaysRead a book where the title/subtitle contains at least 2 consecutive words beginning with the same initial letter.
Book read: Adventures of a Vegan Vamp
How it fits: The last two words (Vegan Vamp) begin with V.
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Total points: 20
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Sara G30.7 - DianaK's task: Hadrian's Wall
Option 1: The wall was the northern border of the Roman Empire in its province of Britannia and was built in less than 6 years beginning in AD 122 during Emperor Hadrian's reign. Read a book, from this list Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome OR read a non-fiction book about the Roman Empire.
Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
This book is on page 1 of the list.
Option 2: The hike totals 84 miles. Read a book whose total numbers of pages include both the number 8 and the number 4.
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
I read the Kindle edition. The most shelved paperback (no MMPB) here has 384 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Delicious Dee10.1 - These ARE the Droids You're Looking For
C791 - opening line of the description: Machines arent supposed to feel, but this cyborg cant help falling in love
Points this task: 10
Total points: 35
Big Book Tickets - 500+ (1)
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