Monthly Challenges discussion

Please post the tasks you have completed in this thread.

The following format is greatly appreciated:

Scoreboard name (if different from GR name)
Task # and Title
Link to book AND Author
Date book was completed
Points for this task
Pages for this task
Total Points
Total Pages
Rating (optional)
Review (optional)
Total Books (optional)

Scoreboard
(updated #25)

Most Points
Linda C - 5
**Marilyn - 8
Tessa - 9
Amber - 9
Diana S - 5
Bethany - 6

Most Pages
Linda C - 1546
Marilyn - 2670
Tessa - 3727
**Amber - 3133
Bethany - 2166
Diana S - 1751

Task 1.6 Business Women's Day (9/22)
Read a book whose MC is a woman that owns a business. (state her business)
The Quick and the Thread (An Embroidery Mystery, #1) – Amanda Lee (3 stars) 9/4/18 [324] - Marcy owns an embroidery shop, named Seven-Year Stitch

Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 324

Total Points - 1
Total Pages - 324

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

Thank you, Amber, for your picks:

1. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik--9/1/2018--353 pages

2. White Nights by Ann Cleeves--9/5/18--392 pages

Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 745

Total points - 2
Total pages - 745

TESSA

Task 1.7 - Linda C - Grandparents' Day
Character is a grandparent

Cici in Shelter in Place ✔ - 06Sep18 - 438 p

THIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 438

Total points earned to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 438

1.3 Reading Rainbow
Celebrating Cheese Pizza Day (9/5)
Read a book that is predominately YELLOW, RED, or BROWN.

A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley - 9/1/2018 - 288 pages

Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 288

Total points - 3
Total pages - 1033

1.5 International Talk Like a Pirate Day (9/19)
Read a book with a character that's a pirate. -OR- the first letter of each word in title is found in DAVEY JONES LOCKER ( a 3 word min. title)

Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller 09.07.18

Points 1
Pages 352

1.7 (Linda C's task) National Grandparents Day (Sept 8)
Read a book that includes a grandparent (doesn't have to be the MC)

Stuck in the Middle by Virginia Smith 09.08.18

Task points 1
Task pages 337

Total points 2
Total pages 689

Task 2.2 (Marilyn's Task) We Bought A Zoo - Lions and Kangaroos.

1. Lion
b. Read a book with a 1 or 5 in its publication date. (ex, 08/15/2006, 1/1/2015, or 1/26/2005)
Murder on the Rocks (Mack's Bar Mystery, #1) – Allyson K. Abbott (4 stars) 9/13/18 [352] – 8/6/2013

2. Kangaroo
c. Read a book whose main character has a baby or toddler aged from birth to 1 year old.
The Magnolia Story – Chip & Joanna Gaines (3 stars) 9/14/18 [208] – 1 chapter deals with their becoming parents and incidents concerning the baby

Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 560

Total Points - 3
Total Pages - 884

2.3 (Tessa's task) Back to School
Read two books

1. Read a book with at least one scene set in a school (any level up to and including college/university)--Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage--Hannah's mom keeps trying to put her dysfunctional daughter in school, each time with disastrous results!--9/10/2018--304 pages

2. Read a book whose author’s first and last initial are in: TEACHER.--The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz--9/19/18--390 pages

Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 694

Total Points - 5
Total Pages - 1727

TESSA

Task 2.1 Surprise Me - Bethany picked for me:
2.1 The Chilbury Ladies' Choir ✔ - 09Sep18 - 371 p
2.1 The Trouble with Goats and Sheep ✔ - 19Sep18 - 354 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 725 p

Total points earned to date - 3
Total pages read to date - 1163

TESSA

We Bought a Zoo - (Marilyn) - Lion & Kangaroo
2.2 B) Lion - Live in prides - Pub date incl 1 or 5 - 1998 - Black and Blue ✔ - 22Sep18 - 369 p

2.2 b) Kangaroo - Auth F & L in M O B S - O.B. Olive Ann Burns / Cold Sassy Tree ✔ - 03Sep18 - 391 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 760

Total points earned to date - 5
Total pages read to date - 1923

5.1 Sweet Music

Spell-out: MUSIC

Madeline Given's The Apple Cider Vinegar Cure: Essential Recipes & Remedies to Heal Your Body Inside and Out (9/8/18) 250 pp.
Unholy (The) by Heather Graham (9/20/18) 400 pp.
Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler (9/13/18) 375 pp.
Insatiable Appetites by Stuart Woods (9/19/18) 320 pp.
Clive Cussler's The Rising Sea (9/5/18) 406 pp



Points Earned: 5
Pages Read: 1751

Task 2.3 (Tessa's task) Back to School

1. Read a book with at least one scene set in a school
Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School, #4) – Gail Carriger (4 stars) 9/23/18 [326]

2. Read a book whose author’s first and last initial are in: TEACHER
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free – Hector Tobar (5 stars) 9/16/18 [336]

Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 662

Total Points - 5
Total Pages - 1546

TESSA


Task 1.1 Fall Hat Month - Hat on the cover

✔ - 25Sep18 - 592 pg

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 592


Total points earned to date - 6
Total pages read to date - 2515

1.7 (Linda C's task) National Grandparents Day (Sept 8)
Read a book that includes a grandparent (doesn't have to be the MC)

The Round House by Louise Erdrich--Moosham is Joe's grandfather, who tells tales about early Indian lives--9/26/18--323 pages

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 323

Total points: 6
Total pages: 2050

2.2 (Marilyn's Task) We Bought A Zoo
Read Two Books

1. Lion
Complete one of the following tasks.
(b)Read a book with a 1 or 5 in its publication date:
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley--published 3/31/2016--read 9/13/18--391 pages

2. Kangaroo
Complete one of the following tasks.
(c) Read a book whose main character has a baby or toddler aged from birth to 1 year old:
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi--even though he's dying, he and his wife decide to have a baby, who is the light of his remaining life--9/16/18--229 pages

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 620

Total points: 8
Total pages: 2670

TESSA


Most Pages - Tessa - BACK to SCHOOL
2.3 At least one scene in a school -Educated: A Memoir ✔ - 19Sep18 - 352 p
2.3 Auth F & L in T E A C H E R - E A Emmy Abrahamson / How to Fall In Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush ✔ - 28Sep18 - 244 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 796 pg


Total points earned to date - 8
Total pages read to date - 3311

TESSA

Task 1.6 Business Women's Day
Main char is a woman who owns a business - Idgie owns the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe ✔ - 27Sep18 - 416 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 416


Total points earned to date - 9
Total pages read to date - 3727

Sorry,everyone! I've been really behind on my reading the past few months and definitely behind on posting!

1.2 (Amberly's task) Pick A Genre
1984 by George Orwell 9/23 (237 pgs)

1.3 Reading Rainbow
by John Hersey 9/2 (152 pgs)

2.2 (Marilyn's Task) We Bought A Zoo
Read Two Books
1.b. Read a book with a 1 or 5 in its publication date.
by Kurt Vonnegut 9/27 (224 pgs) This edition published 1999.
2. Kangaroo
a.Read a book whose cover shows an animal in motion: walking, running, or hopping. (show cover)
by Larry McMurtry 9/17 (945 pgs)

2.3 (Tessa's task) Back to School
1. nby Jewell Parker Rhodes 9/7 (240 pgs)
2. by Elizabeth Acevedo 9/26 (368 pgs)

Total points: 6
Total pages: 2166

1.2 (Amberly's task) Pick A Genre
Read a book with CLASSIC listed in its main page genre.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 09.17.18

Points 1
Pages 264

Total Points 3
Total Pages 953

1.6 Business Women's Day (9/22)
Read a book whose MC is a woman that owns a business. (state her business)

Pecan Pies and Homicides (owns Pie Shoppe) by Ellery Adams 09.20.18

Points 1
Pages 304

Total points 4
Total pages 1257

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews 09.28.18

pages 464

If I'm Found by Terri Blackstock 09.07.18

pages 384

Task points 2
Task pages 848

Total points 6
Total pages 2105

2.2 (Marilyn's Task) We Bought A Zoo
Read Two Books

This month we're learning some fun facts about our Lions and Kangaroos.

b. Lions are the most social of all big cats and live together in “prides” of about 15 animals.
Read a book with a 1 or 5 in its publication date.
Asking for Truffle by Dorothy St. James (published 09.12.17) Read 09.12.18 (didn't plan this at all LOL)

pages 326

b. Kangaroos live and travel in organized groups called “mobs”.
Read a book whose author’s first and last names start with one of the letters in “mobs”.
Going Organic Can Kill You by Staci McLaughlin 09.26.18

pages 297

Task points 2
Task pages 623

Total points 8
Total pages 2728

1.4 (Amber's task) Remembrances: Banned Book Week
Read a book with a Book(s) on the cover. (show cover)

by Jodi Picoult 09.06.18

Task points 1
Task pages 385

Total points 9
Total pages 3113