The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

The Fall 2016 challenge will begin at 00:00, ET September 1, 2016, and end at midnight, 24:00, ET, November 30, 2016.

This is where you will need to post information about completed tasks - updates to the Readerboard will be based on what is posted HERE AND ONLY HERE.

Please do not delete or edit any post in this thread!! Even if the post is not reflected on the Readerboard yet, I've often logged the post on my spreadsheet already and I will not know that you've made the changes. I do not go backwards in this thread to pick up points. If you need to make a change, just make a new post.

Please refer to the posting requirements for what must be included, and to rules and FAQs that will help us keep the challenge running smoothly.


NOTES:
1. You MUST post a link to books claimed for a task. Be sure that you have linked to the correct edition. See How-to and links to books in your completed task posts. The links must be posted with the individual tasks - a list of links elsewhere in the post is not sufficient.
2. If you are claiming a Golden Oldies ticket you must specifically request a ticket along with the individual task by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. A list of titles or years elsewhere in the post is not sufficient.
3. If you are claiming a Big Book ticket, you must claim it along with the individual task post and specifically state that it is a Big Book ticket claim. You must include the number of pages in the book, and a link to the edition you used to establish page count. Simply including the number of pages or providing a list of books elsewhere in the post is not sufficient.
4. If you claim a book that only exists in e-book form, you MUST provide either a line reference to the approved book spreadsheet or the post number in which the book was approved. See the ebook only verification thread.
5. If the task requires a cover element, you MUST include the cover when you post.
6. Remember to include all "Required" task elements.
7. If your book was approved in the Help Thread for the task, the Genre Verification thread, the Not Really for Kids thread, or the Not Really a Graphic Novel thead, please indicate that in your post.
8. Post tasks in numerical order, from smallest to largest.

Any problems with task postings will be posted in the Questions/problems thread. Please post there if you have a question about your points, Golden Oldies or Big Books.

Good luck and have fun!

Lisa NZ

5.10 Diamond Free Choice
I read Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

This book was published in 1949 I claim 1 Golden Oldie Ticket

Points: 5
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
Big Book Ticket: 0

CYNBAXTER
Task # 5.06 – Candy

Book 1: Read a book by an author who has at least 2 Ms in their GR name

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer

Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 05 points

BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0

Jasmiina F


5.10 - Diamond:
Read a book of your choice:
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen.


Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
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

10.7 - Doing the Dewey
I rolled a 7 (4 + 3), so I chose The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 1: 1950-1952. DDC number is 741.5973.
Record link: http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/Cl...

Points this post: 10
Total: 10

Post #1

10.10 - The Apprentice

Up to This Pointe

Using the word THIS found in APPRENTICESHIP

Points this post:10
Total Points:10
Books read: 1
Tasks Done: 1

CYNBAXTER
Task # 5.10 – Diamond

Book 1: Read a book of your choice.

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 10 points

BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0

5.7 - Desk Set
O livro de Julieta by Cristina Sánchez-Andrade
Already approved in the help thread.

Points this post: 5
Total: 15

Nikki B.

5.1 Paper

More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason

Points for this task: 5
Total Challenge Points: 5

perletwo


30.4 - Dlmrose’s task: All in Order - Book 1. Read a book that contains an ordinal number* in its TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.


The Second Confession
First printed in 1949, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.


Book 2. Read a book in a series that is the SAME NUMBER in series as the ordinal number from Book 1. The book must be identified as a series (title, #) in the series metadata on GR.


The League of Frightened Men id'd as Nero Wolfe #2
First printed in 1935, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.


Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 1

Jonquil

5.1 - Paper
books on cover


The Forbidden Library
Django Wexler
Hardcover, 376 pages 9/1

IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11.0

Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books posted: 1
Tasks complete: 1
Pages this post: 376
Total pages as of this post: 376

Post #2

5.4 - Flowers

Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey

ML in CRANESBILL GERANIUM

Points this post:5
Total Points:15
Books read: 2
Tasks Done: 2

Oma1229

10.10 - The Apprentice

Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters of APPRENTICESHIP.

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Using the word She

Total Points-10/875
Completed Tasks 1/53
GO Books ()
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()

Lisa NZ

5.1 - Paper
Read a a book with a main page genre "Books about Books" or with book(s) on cover.

I read When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II. It meets both criteria



Points: 5
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
Big Book Ticket: 0

Total Points: 10
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0

perletwo


10.4 - Let's Build a House! - Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains at least one word from this list of rooms or areas that can be found in a house: attic, basement, bath, bedroom, craft, deck, den, dining, family, foyer, game, garage, guest, hobby, kitchen, laundry, living, lounge, master, nursery, office, pantry, parlor, porch, sewing, storage, study, television (TV), utility.


A Family Affair



Points this task: 10
Total points: 40
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2

loafer

10.8 - 26 Letters
Read a book in which the number of words or letters in the title match the numerical designation of the first letter of the title.

Invisible by Paul Auster
I = 9 letters in title

points: 10

total: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
tasks completed: 1

Delicious Dee

15.10. It's All About Family
Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad - pg2/92nd on the list of Best Books about Family Relationships

Points this post: 15
Points Total: 15

5.4 - Flowers
True Love and Other Disasters by Rachel Gibson
Author's initials found in 'CRANESBILL GERANIUM'

10.1 - Self-Taught
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling

POINTS: 15

10.1 Self Taught
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

Delicious Dee

15.4. From A... to Z
one book option
A Fortunate Blizzard - starts with A and has Z in Blizzard

Points this post: 15
Points Total: 30

Andy P.
Task # 5.4 - Flowers
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in the 4th wedding anniversary flower CRANESBILL GERANIUM.
True Evil by Greg Iles
GERANIUM

Points this post: 5
Total points: 5

Readerboard name MAZZA1

Tasks
5..4 Flowers
Steelheart Authors name first and last begins with letters from Cranesbill Geranium (B & S) completed on 02/09/2016
Points 5

5.10 Read a book of your choice
A Perfect Heritage
Completed 01/09/2016 768 pages
Point 5
Bigger is better tickets 2

Points this post 10
Tickets this post bigger is better 2
Points total 10

Nikki B

5.2 Cotton

No Country for Old Men

Takes place in Texas

Task Points:5
Total Challenge Points: 10

Pat

◎ Task 15.4 ~ From A... to Z

Task Description ~ Option #2 - one book
Read a book whose title begins with the letter "A" (and) whose title or author's name contains the letter Z

A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
Completed ~ 9.2.16
Pages ~ 357


Points this post : 15
Total Points : 15

Tasks Completed : 1
Books Read This Season : 1
Pages Read This Season : 357

Nikki B

5.4 Flowers

The Minnesota Road Guide to Haunted Locations

Total Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 15

Jonquil

5.2 - Cotton
set 100% in Texas

Black & White & Dead All Over
Anna Castle
Paperback, 288 pages 9/2

Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Books posted: 2
Tasks complete: 2
Pages this post: 288
Total pages as of this post: 664

Jonquil

5.3 - Leather
Travel 20 users

Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
Katherine Wilson
Hardcover, 304 pages 9/1

Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Books posted: 3
Tasks complete: 3
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 968

Jonquil

5.4 - Flowers
author initials in CR ANESBILL GERANIUM RC

Working Stiff
Rachel Caine
Paperback, 471 pages 9/2

Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Books posted: 4
Tasks complete: 4
Pages this post: 471
Total pages as of this post: 1439

Blueberry

20.7
opt. 1 Read a book that has a number in the TITLE.

Tricky Twenty-Two

Pts: 20
Total pts: 20

5.1 - Paper
The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

Points this post: 5
Total: 20

Nikki B

5.5 Wood

American Gods

Tree: American Beech

Claiming 1 BB ticket: 592 pages

Task Points:5
Total Challenge Points: 20
Total BB: 1

20.2 - Rookie at the Top
O-4: Perrault's Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
IL: MG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 10.0
*GO, first published in 1697*

Points this post: 20
Total: 40

perletwo


10.5 - Folk Art - Read a book in which all the letters of FOLK ART can be found in any order in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name.


The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The peRKs OF being A waLlflower



Points this task: 10
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3

LaureY

5.9 - Willow
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains an X.

Just the Sexiest Man Alive
Julie James
Mass Market Paperback, 296 pages

Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books posted: 1
Tasks complete: 1

BB: 0
GO:0

CHRISTINA PA

10.4: Let's Build A House!

Porch Lights
by Dorothea Benton Frank
319 pages

Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Books posted: 1
Tasks complete: 1

Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

Louise

20.7: The Cheekies

Option 2: Read a book that is 2nd in a series.


Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
Date Read: 02/09/16
Rating: 4☆
How It Fits: #2 Black Dagger Brotherhood

Points this Post : 20
Total Points : 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1

BB Claimed: 0
GO Claimed: 0

Andy P.
Task # 10.10 - The Apprentice
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least three letters that can be made from the letters of APPRENTICESHIP
The Fireman byJoe Hill
APPRENTICESHIP The is the three letter word

Points this post: 10
Total points: 15

trishhartuk

30.3 Jonquil’s Task: May all of your ups and downs in life be with a needle and thread

This is a TWO book task. Design a quilt theme for two of the less-well-known quirky holidays that occur during the fall listed at Fun Holidays. Read a book that has a cover with any object or scenario that you think could be used to represent that quirky holiday’s celebration. Be creative; push the envelope; this is Folk Art.

Book 1. 6 September is Read A Book day

My quilt would have the look of a book case – brown fabric edges and stripes, with rectangles of fabric in different colours for the books.

Book 2: 8 October is International Observe The Moon night (and apparently also Astronomy day)
Read the kindle edition. PB reference edition here
My quilt would be black or dark brown, hinting as if you're looking out of a window at, a central white disk in the middle for the moon, with smaller white or silver stars around it, approximating constellations, and a dark brown cat watching from one corner.

Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No

Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0

Reader Name: Daphne

15.4 From A... to Z
1: Title begins with A
2: Z in title/author
(1 book 4 both)
Azure Bonds

Total Points: 15

Reader Name: Daphne

15.5 Autumn Reads
Best Books To Read In Autumn
Murder on the Orient Express Page 1

Total Points: 30

Reader Name: Daphne

15.7 Sing Along!
Musical: Around the World
Around the World in Eighty Days

Total Points: 45

Janice CA

15.3. October 28 is Frankenstein Day!

option 2: single book

part A: Author shares a name with a Frankenstein actor.

author: David Spade
actor: David Prowse (1970)

and

part B: Book's title words begin with letters found in "frAnkensteIn".

Almost Interesting by David Spade

+15
total: 15
books: 1
tasks: 1

JUDY

Task # 15.10 It's All About Family
Hot Water - from the list Best Books about Family Relationships - page 4, #359
I listened to the audiobook, the mmpb is here Sous pression

Points this post 15

Total points 15

Tasks completed 1
Books Read 1

Kait

10.6 - Three of the Same
A book with a title/subtitle that contains at least 2 different words that end with same 3 letters.
Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden -- Hotter After Midnight



Points This Post: 10
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0

Total Points: 10
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0

Nick KY

15.4 From A…to Z Book 1) the title begins with the letter A – I read An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe.

Book 2) the author’s name contains a Z. I read Silvermane: A Western Quartet by Zane Grey.

Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 15

Jonquil

5.5 - Wood
Black Cherry--black

Harmony Black
Craig Schaefer
Paperback, 322 pages 9/3

Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Books posted: 5
Tasks complete: 5
Pages this post: 322
Total pages as of this post: 1761

15.3. October 28 is Frankenstein Day!


Option 2, a book whose author's name matches one of the actors who played Frankenstein (Christopher Lee 1957) and a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in FRANKENSTEIN: The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee

Points this post: 15
Total points: 15

SarahBR

5.10 - Diamond
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

10.10 - The Apprentice
On the Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher The Word The can be made from the letters in ApprenTicEsHip meeting the requirements of the task.



Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Books posted: 2
Tasks complete: 2
Pages this post: 490
Total pages as of this post: 490

VAL TX

15.7. Sing Along! - Read a book that has been turned into a musical, from the following list: Books that have been turned into musicals
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
AR Info: IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0
Book first published in 1908, claiming a GO Ticket.


This post and total:
Points - 15
GO Tickets - 1

Oma1229

5.4 - Flowers

Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in the 4th wedding anniversary flower CRANESBILL GERANIUM. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the words-

The Edge of the Earth by Christina Schwarz

Total Points-15/875
Completed Tasks-2/53
GO Books ()
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()