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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
SandyDREPOSTING - number of pages updated for paperback copy of Hold On
Task 30.4 Jonquil's Task
Book 1: Music of the Heart by Katie Ashley
be ASHaMEd TO dIE Until you Have won some viCToRy For HUMANITY
M in ashamed, U in Until, S in ashamed, I in Die, C in Victory, O in To, F in For, T in To, H in Ashamed, E in Ashamed, H in Have, E in Die, A in Ashamed, R in Victory, T in Victory
Book 2: Hold On by Kristen Ashley
a HOuse withOut books is Like a room without wiNDows
H in house, O in house, L in Like, D in Windows, O in without, N in Windows
Task points = 30
Total points = 30
SandyDTask 10.5 Penmanship Practice
Holding on to Georgia by Courtney Giardina
Task points = 10
Total Points = 40
MonkeypoxTask 15.7 - By the numbers
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
(published 2007, 270 pages)
Totals
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Delitealex5.10 Create your own world- Read a book of your choice
Riding Passion by D. Jackson Leigh
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks finished: 2
Books read: 2
TASK NUMBER :10.2 - Happy HourTASK DESCRIPTION: Book # 4-7 in series
BOOK #1 READ:
AUTHOR:Kristen Ashley
DATE READ: 9/4/2015
REQUIRED INFO: #6 in The 'Burg Series
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TOTALS
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Morgan Faeriesfolly5.6 Four Cords
REQUIRED: Read a book with a four word title. Subtitles may be used or ignored.
Approval/Verified: Similar title verified in thread.
Captain Marvel Volume One = 4 words. Ignore subtitle.
Selection: Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: In Pursuit of Flight -- Kelly Sue DeConnick
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 95/1100
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 8/61
Pages Read: 1730
Mod
5.1. Five Suns.
subject is a tsunami: The Raging Sea: The Powerful Account of the Worst Tsunami in U.S. History by Dennis M. Powers
15.1 - The Twins
Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann
Breaking Point by Dana Haynes
15.4 - The World Without End
one book option
Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
Published July 7, 2015
Dystopia genre
M1NKS5.6.Four Cords - Read a book with a four word title.
Taken at the Flood
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket - Published 1948)
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 40
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 1] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 3
M1NKS25.5 - Sirena's Task: All About My Dad!
Option 2. A & B
A Clash of Kings - 778 pages
Clash of Kings is the 2nd book in the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series #5 on the list.
* I Claim 2 x Big Book Tickets *
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 65
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 2] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 4
Morgan Faeriesfolly5.7 Raven the Trickster
REQUIRED: Read a book with the main page genre humor or funny.
Selection: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Scott Pilgrim #1) -- Bryan Lee O'Malley
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 100/1100
Books Read: 9
Completed Tasks: 9/61
Pages Read: 1898
Jonquil5.7 Raven the Trickster
Humor 5 users
Lord of the Wings
Donna Andrews
Hardcover, 320 pages 9/5
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Books posted: 7
Tasks complete: 7
Pages this post: 320
Total pages as of this post: 1852
Delitealex15.5 Act (on) Your Age
38=3+8=11=1+1=2
Read a book with this number of words in the title
Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 25
Tasks complete: 3
Books read: 3
Jonquil5.8. Four Worlds
"white" in title
White Witch
Trish Milburn
Paperback, 188 pages 9/5
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Books posted: 8
Tasks complete: 8
Pages this post: 188
Total pages as of this post: 2040
Ava Catherine20.3 Best Review Contest: Catie's Task: Moving House
Option 1
Read a book from the 121 on Catie's list. I selected #13 on page 1.
Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham
20.8 Nickles and Dimes-Fandury's Task: Happy Anniversary
Option A: His Birth Country
Read a book set in a country that belonged to the first Persian Empire.
I read a book set in Afghanistan.
The Pearl that Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
Points this post: 40
Total points: 120
Task # 15.3 – Past and PresentONE-book option / book with “historical fiction” on main page AND first published in 2015
Go Set a Watchman
Approved for ONE-book option here: /topic/show/...
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 15 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
SandyDTask 15.6 The Name Game
Love Garage by Liz Crowe
Crowe = Crow
Task points = 15 points
Total points = 55 points
Becky P repost for post 7110.2 - Happy Hour!
The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
IL- MY
BL- 6.6
AR- 7.0
Jasmiina F15.6 - The Name Game:
Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last name contains a NOUN of 4 or more letters intact within the name:
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
Miller.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Jonquil5.9. Spider Grandmother
SPIDER GRANDMOT her
Malevolent
E.H. Reinhard
Kindle Edition, 246 pages 9/5
Approved for length 5009
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Books posted: 9
Tasks complete: 9
Pages this post: 246
Total pages as of this post: 2286
Bookwrm526Task 30.9 - Players 3 & 4 have joined the game
I rolled a four.
Book A: a book that is #1 in a series. I read
A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie, which is #1 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series.
Book B: a book where the title contains a repeating word of at least four letters. I read
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Sam F:30.9 Morgan FaeriesFolly’s Task : Players 3 & 4 Have Joined the Game
This is a TWO BOOK task. REQUIRED: State what number you rolled when you post your task.
I rolled a 6
3. If you rolled a THREE or SIX:
(Book A) Read a book where the title contains the phrase "_____ and _____" or " ______ & ______".
Oranges and Lemons
(Book B) Read a book where there are consecutive double letters found in a single word in the title/subtitle.
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells - Wells has a double L
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Becks5.3. What are We Made of?
Read a book that is #4 or #8 in a series.
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants by Louise Rennison
Louise Rennison is a GRA.
Points this post: 5
카지노싸이트 Authors this post: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Points: 5
Total 카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0, 750+: 0, 1000+: 0
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - QuetzalcoatlOption 1: Read a book with one of the following words in its title or subtitle: feather, plume, snake, serpent, calendar, star, wind: Wind in title:
Wind/Pinball: Two Novels by Haruki Murakami
+20 Points
Grand Total: 20
10.4 - Ten-Four DayI completed Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
3937 5* ratings
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books Read:3
BB:
GO:
Emsreviewsbooks5.3. What are We Made of?
I read a publisher's advance copy of Bella and the Beast by Olivia Drake. It is identified as book #4 in the Cinderella Sisterhood series.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
BARBARA ★5.5 - Esaugetuh Emissee
Crossfire - Joann Ross 9/4카지노싸이트 Author
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15.7 - By the Numbers
Hope Flames - Jaci Burton 9/4
(Pub 2013, 320 pages)
카지노싸이트 Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
카지노싸이트 Authors: 2
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
20/0 POINTS
Julia10320.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - Quetzalcoatl
Queen's Gambit
Post Total: 20 points
Challenge total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Andy P.Task # 5.2.The Sun and the Moon
Read a book with the sun or the moon on the cover
by Randy Wayne White Moon to the left above the trees against the orange background.Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads
I chose
by Hilary Mantel and my comments are herePoints this post: 20
Total points: 40
20.3 Best Review Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Option 1: Found on bookshelf of owned books
Golden Oldie: originally published in 1814
Big Book (1 ticket): The mass market paperback is 510 pages.
20.5 Bigger is Better
Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews
Option 4: #7 in the Kate Daniels series
20.8 Nickels and Dimes
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
Option 1: set in Georgia, which belonged to the first Persian empire
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 60
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Jen UT15.6 - The Name Game
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Noun: mark
Points this post: 15
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Total points: 15
20.5. Bigger is Better - Mary P's Task: Into the WildernessOption 4: Read a book from one of your own favorite series. The book may be any # in the series. Or you may start a new favorite with #1 of a series.
I read Princess Elizabeth's Spy, which is #2 in the Maggie Hope Series
Points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
books read: 3
GR authors: 1
pages read: 986
Emsreviewsbooks10.4 - Ten-Four Day
I read The Gathering Storm by Bodie Thoene. On 9/7/15, it had 207 5-star ratings.
10.8 - Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
I read A Good Rake is Hard to Find by Manda Collins. The word from the song is GOOD.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
Michele C10.10 "Dreamcatcher"
Read book with word "dream" in title.
"Dreamer" by Charles R. Johnson
Points this post: 10
Total points:10
Emsreviewsbooks20.8. Nickels and Dimes - Fandury's task: Happy Anniversary!
I chose option D, and read a publisher's advance copy of Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins. The author's name has exactly 12 letters in it.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 5
CYNBAXTERTask # 30.02 – Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Book 1 – Option 2: Pretty Little Mistakes: A Do-Over Novel by Heather McElhatton* which is #2 on the AdultChooseYourOwnAdventureBooks List, page 1
**This is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Book 2 – Option 4: Into the Forest by Jean Heglund*. Author’s first name is found on this list: Catherine, Daniel, Evan, Jean, Melissa or Seth
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 55 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Morgan Faeriesfolly5.4 Earth and Water
REQUIRED: Use the letters in "Trenten Caicai Vilu" to make a word of at least 3 letters. Read a book with the word you made in the title/subtitle. Letters may be used as many times as they appear in the combination of the 3 words.
Created Word: Real -- Trenten Caicai Vilu
Selection: In Real Life In Real Life -- Cory Doctorow
10.3 Inti
REQUIRED: Read a book by an author with a name that starts and ends with the same letter. The name may be in any position- first, middle, other, last.
Name: EllE
Selection: Shine Not Burn (Shine Not Burn #1) -- Elle Casey
[POINTS]
This Post: 5 + 10 = 15
Total Points: 115/1070
Books Read: 11
Completed Tasks: 11/60
Pages Read: 2451
Julia10320.10 - Group Reads
March: Book One
My comments are post #12 in the group read thread for this book.
Post Total: 20 points
Challenge total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Jonquil5.10. Create Your Own World!
Crybaby Falls
Paula Graves
Paperback, 288 pages 9/6
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Books posted: 10
Tasks complete: 10
Pages this post: 288
Total pages as of this post: 2574
Readerboard Name: Whitnie I15.4 - The World Without End
Read TWO books, one from Book 1 AND one from Book 2.
Book 1: read a book that was first published in December 2012 or any time afterward.
Book 2: Doomsday-smoomsday. Read a book with the genre "Post-Apocalyptic" or "Dystopia" on its main page. Reasonable variations of these genres will also be accepted
Book 1: The Serpent Papers
Book 2: The Kill Order
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Books posted: 4
Tasks complete: 3
SarahBR30.2. Ms Anderson's Task: My Own Words
Option 1: The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan has poetry listed as a main page genre as it is written in Verse completeing the requirement for this task. 210 pages
Option 3: The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz Has a main page genre listed as Childrens-Middle Grade. Its AR rating is IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10.0. This fulfills the requirements for this task. 320 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60/1100
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 2/61
Pages Read: 1252
20.6 Seasoned Reader The Quickie by James Patterson
Option 2: "Q" in title (The Quickie)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee5.1. Five Suns
The Escape Diaries - there is a tornado early on in the book which allows the main character to escape from jail; ebook only approved #5008 of the approval thread
10.4 - Ten-Four Day
Servicing the Target - 796 5-star reviews
points this post: 15
points total: 20
15.6 - The Name GameNOUN of 4 or more letters intact within author's name
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Noun: char
Task total=15
Grand total=15
15.6 - The Name GameAn author whose name contains a NOUN of 4 or more letters intact within the name.
Love Anthony by Lisa Genova. Noun is nova.
Lisa Genova is a GRA.
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Points this post = 15
Total points = 15
GRA total = 1
BB tickets = 0
perletwo20.6. Seasoned Reader - Amy O's - Quetzalcoatl - Option 2: Read a book with the letter “Q” somewhere in the main title. Subtitles or series names may not be used for this option – only the main title of the book.
Beauty Queens
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 08
Tasks completed: 07
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Option 1: Alicanto
For this option, read a book that shows a winged creature on the cover. The wing(s) must be clearly visible. The creature may be real (e.g., a bird) or a fantasy creature (e.g., a dragon).
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Points this post:20
GRA:1
Total
Points:40
GRA:1
Golden Oldie:1