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Big Book Tickets Final

Aimee G 3
Apple 1
Barbara ★ 1
Brigia 7
Cat 3
Chris MD 3
Christine V 3
Delicious Dee 3
Ed 3
Emurphy 1
Erica H 1
Florence 3
Fly 4
Heather (Gibby) 1
Jammin Jenny 4
Jen B 3
JenJ IA 4
Jenny H 5
Joanne MI 4
Joop 9
Julia103 8
Kathy KS 1
Katy 2
Kristen IA 2
KSMary 1
Lisa MD 4
LisaMD 2
Lora 2
Lucy- Bookworm 2
Lys 2
Marie-Anne 3
MaryPDX 2
Mazza1 5
MEGSCL 3
Michelle in Alaska 9
Nick KY 3
PAULA S 1
RedSycamore 4
Robin P 2
Sarah E 1
Shelby 1
trishhartuk 1

If the totals here don't match your records, first check the folder Completed Tasks with ? or Problems to see if there's a message there about your post(s). If that doesn't resolve the issue, please post a message there and I'll investigate. Thanks!

ALPHA READERBOARD Final

Aimee G 160
AMANDA VA 215
Amy B 765
Amy FL 775
Amy O 340
Andy P 770
Angela IL 630
Ann A 110
Apple 610
Barbara ★ 545
Bookwrm526 775
Boston Kate 30
Brigia 420
Candace Woods 50
Cat 775
CathyG 330
CelesteR 40
Chris MD 775
Christine V 130
Cindiee 125
Cindy F 5
D 30
Deborah 325
Deedee 315
Delicious Dee 775
Ed 160
EMurphy 345
Erica H 190
Florence 255
Fly 595
Gangee 20
Gita 140
Hannelore 200
Heather(Gibby) 400
hoodoomends 20
Jammin Jenny 145
Janice CA 40
Jasmiina F 150
Jayme(the ghostreader) 80
Jayne 90
Jen B 270
Jen K 775
JenJ IA 670
JennRenee 775
Jenny H 340
Joanne MI 335
Joop 200
JP 135
Julia103 695
Kai 400
Karen Michele 610
Kathy KS 775
Kathy P 175
Katrisa 775
Katy 135
Keli 300
Kelly L 85
KmarieD 775
Kristen IA 440
Kristina Marie 775
Kristina Simon 300
KSMary 405
Laurah30 310
Lauren Jodi 100
Line 120
Lisa MD 440
List_Addict 55
Lois 755
Lora 775
Lucy-Bookworm 465
Lys 225
Mai 355
Marie-Anne 455
Mary P 160
Maryn 35
MaryPDX 455
Mazza1 775
Megs 105
MEGSCL 775
Mel S 575
Michelle in Alaska 220
Molly 10
Natalie CH 25
Nick KY 775
PAULA S 140
Paxenarion 20
Rebecca NJ 330
RedSycamore 545
ROBIN P 775
Rockynook 270
SandyL 50
Sarah E 540
Shauna W 35
Shelby 775
Stephanie127 80
Stormie 85
Sue T 75
Susan A 775
Tammy AZ 215
TessaVanessa 775
Theresa 160
Tien 775
trishhartuk 605
Truitt_T 775
Vivian 10
XBM 100

If the totals here don't match your records, first check the folder Completed Tasks with ? or Problems to see if there's a message there about your post(s). If that doesn't resolve the issue, please post a message there and I'll investigate. Thanks!

READERBOARD Final

Susan A 775
Katrisa 775
Truitt_T 775
TessaVanessa 775
Cat 775
Mazza1
Amy FL
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ROBIN P 775
Tien 775
KmarieD 775
Nick KY 775
Jen K 775
Delicious Dee 775
Bookwrm526 775
Lora 775
Kristina Marie 775
MEGSCL 775
Shelby 775
Kathy KS 775
Chris MD 775
JennRenee 775
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Andy P 770
Lois 755
Amy B 765
Julia103 695
JenJ IA 670
Angela IL 630
Apple 610
Karen Michele 610
trishhartuk 605
Fly 595
Mel S 575
Barbara ★ 545
RedSycamore 545
Sarah E 540
Lucy-Bookworm 465
Marie-Anne 455
MaryPDX 455
Lisa MD 440
Kristen IA 440
Brigia 420
KSMary 405
Heather(Gibby) 400
Kai 400
Florence 380
Mai 355
Jenny H 340
Joanne MI 335
CathyG 330
Rebecca NJ 330
Deborah 325
EMurphy 345
Amy O 340
Deedee 315
Laurah30 310
Keli 300
Kristina Simon 295
Jen B 270
Rockynook 270
Michelle in Alaska 230
Lys 225
Tammy AZ 215
AMANDA VA 215
Hannelore 200
Joop 200
Erica H 190
Kathy P 175
Ed 160
Aimee G 160
Mary P 160
Theresa 160
Lauren Jodi 150
Jasmiina F 150
Jammin Jenny 145
Gita 140
PAULA S 140
JP 135
Katy 135
Christine V 130
Cindiee 125
Line 120
Ann A 110
Megs 105
XBM 100
Jayne 90
Kelly L 85
Stormie 85
Stephanie127 80
Jayme(the ghostreader) 80
Sue T 75
Candace Woods 50
SandyL 50
Janice CA 40
Maryn 35
Shauna W 35
List_Addict 55
CelesteR 40
Boston Kate 30
D 30
Natalie CH 25
Paxenarion 20
hoodoomends 20
Gangee 20
Molly 10
Vivian 10
Cindy F 5

If the totals here don't match your records, first check the folder Completed Tasks with ? or Problems to see if there's a message there about your post(s). If that doesn't resolve the issue, please post a message there and I'll investigate. Thanks!

Questions or problems with completed task posts will be posted here.

If you have questions about your points on the Readerboard:

1. Make sure that the Readerboard has been updated through the post that you are concerned about.
2. Please check your math.
3. Check to see if one of your posts is listed in this thread with a question. If so, please make a NEW POST in the Completed tasks thread to clear up the question. DO NOT go back and edit the original post. I will not go backwards in the completed task thread to pick up points.
4. To avoid further questions/problems, please refer to the TASK DESCRIPTIONS and The Rules of the Challenge.

Thank you for helping keep the record keeping for the challenge as manageable as possible.

The Fall 2023 Challenge has ended.
Thanks to all!

The Winter 2023 Challenge will begin at 00:00, ET December 1, 2023, and end at midnight, 24:00, ET, February 29, 2024.

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.

All books posted for points in the SRC must adhere to The Rules of the Challenge. This includes the Rules of the Challenge as well as the Default Rules and FAQs

All posts must adhere to the Posting Requirements.To avoid problems with your posts, please review these documents (even if you've read them before). They will not change mid-season, but they may be updated between seasons.

Any problems with task postings will be posted in the Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks thread. Please post there if you have a question about your points, Golden Oldies It's A Fact, or Big Book tickets.

Enjoy your reads!

This is the discussion thread for the Winter 2023 Group Read Ghost Stories of an Antiquary in the category Gutenberg Classic. Please post your comments here. This thread is not restricted to those choosing this book for task 20.10, feel free to join in the discussion. Warning- spoilers ahead!

The requirement for task 20.10: You must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.

This is the discussion thread for the Winter 2023 Group Read The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise in the category Fiction: Road Trips. Please post your comments here. This thread is not restricted to those choosing this book for task 20.10, feel free to join in the discussion. Warning- spoilers ahead!

The requirement for task 20.10: You must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.

This is the discussion thread for the Winter 2023 Group Read The Only Good Indians in the category Fiction: Indigenous. Please post your comments here. This thread is not restricted to those choosing this book for task 20.10, feel free to join in the discussion. Warning- spoilers ahead!

The requirement for task 20.10: You must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.

This is the discussion thread for the Winter 2023 Group Read The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story in the category Non-Fiction: Treasure Hunting. Please post your comments here. This thread is not restricted to those choosing this book for task 20.10, feel free to join in the discussion. Warning- spoilers ahead!

The requirement for task 20.10: You must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.

30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor

The Wikipage for Murder Mystery Party game tells us: “The murder mystery fiction genre began in the first half of the nineteenth century. The party game, wink murder, dates back to at least the early twentieth century and sees one player secretly selected as a murderer, being able to "kill" other players by winking at them. A killed player must count to five before dying, and the murderer tries to avoid detection.”

Enh. In my arrogant opinion, I don’t know how much of that info is true. But the idea I am using here is that the “Murder” game started as an offshoot of fiction and involved parties set in Manor Houses.

This is a two book task. Read two books from two different options.

No books with the genre of “Children’s” may be used for this task.

Opt. A.
For this option read a book from one of the following “Manor House” lists:
Whodunit Mansions
Novels about Big Houses
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain

Required:State the list and the page

Opt. B. My favorite literary quotes about a country manor house comes from the first paragraph of Shirley Jakson’s The Haunting of Hill House. I have chills every time I read it: “…silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”

Read a book with an MPG of “Horror” – because you can still read horror over Christmas. Genre may be embedded IE Gothic Horror

Opt. C. If the murder mystery in fiction began in the early 19th century Britain, then it started out as an offshoot of Gothic literature. Because the stories often told narratives associated with prisoners who were goaled in Newgate Prison (or some other prison), the genre was called the “Newgate Novel.”

Read a book which has a three-letter-or-longer word in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in the phrase: NEWGATE PRISON.

Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.

Required: state the word

30.3 Cat : Books of the Winter Months

Choose an option.
Required: Indicate the option.

Note that for both options you are using the same month to meet your task requirements, not different months.

Required: State your month

Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. December, January, February) and read one book for each of the tasks below. There is no page minimum for the two book option


Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
Book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month. Letters may only be used as often as they appear

Option 2: ONE book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. December, January, February) and read a book that meets BOTH of option 1's requirements AND is 500+ pages

Task 1: All the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
and
Task 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.

30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac

This is a 2 book task. Please pick one option and read a book 1 and a book 2 for your chosen option. Total page count must be at least 500 pages. One children’s/middle grade book may be used.

Option 1 - Sagittarius - November 22-December 21
Book 1 - The symbol for these freedom-loving adventurers is a centaur with a bow and arrow. Read a book from this Archery list
Archery
or
Archery Books
Required: State the Page

Book 2 - The tarot card associated with this sign is Temperance. Read a book with a single author or multiple authors where all the author’s initials can be found in the word TEMPERANCE. Letters can be used only as often as they appear.

Option 2 - Capricorn - December 22- January 19

Book 1 - The Capricorn symbol is a goat-fish, a creature of both the mountains and the ocean. Read a book set in either the mountains or by the ocean (any coastal setting will do). If the setting is not obvious from the GR page please provide a reference.
and
Book 2 - The tarot card associated with this sign is The Devil. Read a book from the first 20 pages of this devilish list
Devil Books
Required: State the Page

Option 3: Aquarius - January 20- February 19

Book 1 - The symbol for this sign is the Water-bearer. Aquarius has been associated with Ganymede the cup-bearer for the gods of Olympus. Read a book with an MPG of Mythology. Genre may be stand alone or embedded. for example : Norse Mythology
and
Book 2 - The Tarot card associated with this sign is The Star. Read a book with a star or stars on the cover or with the word STAR/S in the title (not subtitle). They can be actual stars or stylized stars.
Required: Post the Cover

Examples:

Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon

I came across this verse in a book I read for the Fall challenge and it inspired me to create a task around it.

Solomon Grundy
Born on a Monday
Christened on Tuesday
Married on Wednesday
Took Ill on Thursday
Worse on Friday
Died on Saturday
Buried on Sunday
That was the end of Solomon Grundy

For this task:
• You may read either two books or ONE book of over 600 pages that fulfills both options- no children's books allowed.
• You will use ANY ONE LINE of the verse for BOTH options
• ACROSS BOTH OPTIONS Letters may be used only as Many times as they appear in the line of verse chosen

Option 1 Two book option
a) Read a book where the Author’s FIRST and LAST initials appear in the line of verse. Only books with a single author are allowed.
b) Read a book with a word of 4 OR MORE letters in the title made from the remaining letters in your chosen line of verse

Eg: Using the line “Christened on Tuesday” You could choose to read
Endless Night by Agatha Christie using A and C
& Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers - TONE being made from the remaining letters in the line

BUT you could not read You've Reached Sam by Dustin Theo with the Agatha Christie book as your 4 + letter word – REACHED has A and C in it which you have already used in your first book.


Option 2
Read one book that fits both options AND is over 600 pages

Eg: Using “That was the end of Solomon Grundy”
You could read
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Mass - uses EARTH and SM
BUT
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch using LAMORA would not work as there is only one L in the line of verse

Required:Identify the line of verse used when posting

20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies

For the past challenges I have read may so-called "golden oldies". This assignment is therefore all about old age. Choose one of the following options.
Required: state the option.

Option A: Read a book where 1 or more main characters is of old age. This should be clear from the book description or otherwise be made clear.
Requirement: If the character's age is not evident from the GR description, provide a reference.

Option B: Read a book published after the author's 65th birthday.
Requirement: State the author's year of birth and the book's original year of publication.

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special

I am getting too old to get excited by Christmas it seems, but when I was growing up it was magical. My favourite memories are from when I was quite young, and each night there would be shown on the television in the two weeks before Christmas would be one of the Rankin and Bass Christmas Specials. I love them so much that one of the few decorations I still display is my collection of figurines from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (not even the best of the specials!).

For this task, read a book that features a word of 4 or more letters from one of the television specials (not necessarily Christmas), from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Exact matches only, no plurals or possessives.

Required: State the word and the television special.

20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure

This past week I got to travel to New York City for the first time. This challenge will cover some of the highlights.

Pick an option and read a book for that option.
Required: State the option.

Option 1: While riding the boat over to the Statue of Liberty I was trying to figure out the first time I realized I wanted to visit NYC. I was 4 years old and watched Sesame Street everyday. I loved the streetscape and I think that is where the seed was planted. Read a book that has a title of at least 3 words, where the first letter of each word appears in SESAME STREET. Ignore subtitles.
Letters can only be used as often as they appear.

Option 2: How can you visit NYC and not go to a show? The show we had tickets for was Wicked. It was an amazing performance. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green according to TinEye. A guide to using TinEye can be found here.

Required: Post the cover.

Option 3: Seeing New York City portrayed in many television shows and movies, you see how the streets and roads are insanely crowded. We opted to take the subway everywhere (something else I always dreamed of doing.) Read a book with all of the letters of SUBWAY in the title (ignore subtitles).

Option 4: Our main reason for visiting (at least my husband’s) was to see the final show of KISS-The End of the Road Tour. He has been a fan since childhood. They celebrated 50 years as a band this year. Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with one of the four final members: Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, Eric Singer. Names must match exactly, but can be in any place.

Required: State the band member.

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game

A party game for all chocoholics, the chocolate game involves all the best bits of a party game: speed, dice, dressing up, and chocolate.

Read one book for one of the following options.
Required: State the option

Option 1: Roll a Six

The players sit in a big circle, in the middle of which is a large bar of chocolate (still in it's wrapper), and a selection of dressing up clothes. They take it in turns to roll a dice - when a six comes up, it's your turn.

Read a book which is #6 in a series. The series must be evident in greyscale on the GR book page.

Option 2: Get Dressed Up

Usually there will be at least a hat, scarf, and gloves to put on before you can begin on the chocolate, but there may be as many items as you like.

Read a book with a person wearing at least one of a hat, scarf, or glove(s) on the cover. One glove will work, it doesn't have to be a pair, but all items must be being worn by a person.

Required: Post the cover

Option 3: Chocolate Time

Once dressed up, you can now try to eat as much of the chocolate as you can - with a knife and fork - no fingers allowed! You only have until the next player rolls a six, so you may not actually manage to eat anything before having to remove the hat, scarf, gloves, etc. for the next player's turn.

Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in CHOCOLATE.

If you would like a place to plan or share what you'll be reading for the Winter 2023 Challenge you may post a list in this thread. You are NOT required to post here to participate in the challenge.

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