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FALL CHALLENGE 2018
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10.8 Happy Anniversary SRC
Read a book that was FIRST published in 2009 or 2018.
Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh
First published in 2018.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets:0

10.2 - The Great War - Read a book that has been shelved as "World War I" from this list: Popular World War I books Required: State the page.
A Lonely Death - page 4
Points this task: 10
Total points: 060
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 06
Tasks completed: 06

10.9 - International Sudoku Day
Read a book written by a single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters.
London Bridges by James Patterson
Points this task: 10
Total points: 40
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4

Read a book that is at least 80% black, white, and/or grey

Farside Paperback Edition
Black 84.5
Storm Dust 5
Night Rider 3.5
Foggy Grey .8
= Black 84.5 Grey 9.3
= 93.8 Black and Grey
Points Total 15

Read a book from this list: Wanderlust.
Cork Boat Audio
Cork Boat: A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built Paperback edition.
Book is on Page 3 of the list.
Points this post 5
Total points 5+ 15= 20

10.7 -Before Autocorrect
A book with a title on the commonly misspelled words list
Word: completely
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Points this task: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Total points to date: 10

20.4 In Memoriam
Option 1 : a book with all the letters RESPECT in the title
R, E & S in mERchantS, P, E & C in sPaCE, T in The
The Space Merchants
This post 20 points
Total to date 20 points

Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle
Author initials in SETTLERS OF CATTAN
Total points: 5

Task 10.9 Read a book written by a single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian
Total points: 25

15.3 - Let's Play!
Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2.
Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia
LNT found in Blanket
MM found in Atari 2600 Game System
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1

15.10 - Ticket to Ride
Read a book that has the MPG genre that cooresponds to the number you rolled and has a cover that is at least 50% the color you spun according to TinEye.
I got number 2 (mystery) and grey.

According to TinEye, this book is 76% grey.
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2

5.7: Settlers of Catan
Read a single author book whose author's first and last initials are found in SETTLERS OF CATAN.
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1

15.8 spell it Out
Book with a Z in the author’s name
Head On by John Scalzi
This post 15 points
Total to date 35 points

Post 1
15.6 - Checkmate

I Hunt Killers
#e2e2e2 25.5 % Zircon (Grey)
#252423 22.4 % Nero (Black)
#9b9a9a 15.7 % Shady Lady (Grey)
#6b6b6b 15.5 % Scarpa Flow (Grey)
#464646 15.2 % Charcoal (Grey)
#da2227 4.2 % Alizarin Crimson (Red)
#8c5556 1.4 % Rose Taupe (Violet)
94.3% Grey, Black, White 25.5+22.4+15.7+15.5+15.2
Points this post:15
Total Points:15
Books read:1
Tasks Done: 1

Post 2
20.10 - Group Reads
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Discussion thread #4
Points this post:20
Total Points:35
Books read:2
Tasks Done: 2

15.8- Z in author's name
Shax's War by Angel Martinez
e-book only, approved for length at post#6998 of the verification thread
Points: 15
Total: 55

Challenge 10.4 Hey There, Hi There, Ho There!
I read Charmed by Carrie Mac.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

Challenge 10.7 -Before Autocorrect
I read Let's Play Make Believe by James Patterson. Believe is on the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

Challenge 15.6 Checkmate
I read

79.4 %Black (Black)
4.1 %Shuttle Grey (Grey)
0.8 %Pampas (Grey
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

Challenge 15.8 Spell it Out
I read Search and Rescue by Gail Anderson-Dargatz. The author's name has a Z in it.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

Read a book at least 50% set in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, New York, or Toronto.
Book Read: Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Further Evidence: No 9 on the Best SF & Fantasy set in Chicago List
Points This Task: 10
Golden Oldies:
Big Book:
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 1

10.1 – These ARE the Droids You’re Looking For
Read a fiction book with a robot, android or cyborg as an important character.
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
One of the two main characters, Cinder, is a cyborg.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10/1010
Tasks completed: 1/58
Books read: 1

15.7 – Pay Up
Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5 and 8.
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
208 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25/1010
Tasks completed: 2/58
Books read: 2

15.8
Q or Z in title/author's name
Fool's Quest by Robin HobbRobin Hobb
Q in quest
p757
Total 15
BB 2

20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK's task: 11am on 11 November 1918
I chose Option #3
Option 3: The Armistice. To commemorate the time and date the Armistice came into force, read a book which is #1, #8, #9, #11, #18 or #19 in a series.
Seeking the Sheriff by Calle J. Brookes
Book #2276 on e-verification spreadsheet
Total Points-25/1010
Total Tasks-2/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-500+(1 750+(),1000+()

Zach
For task 5.10
The book I read was. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step.
Points this post: 5
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Totals
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Total Points: 5
GOTs: 0
BBTs: 0

15.9 Get a Clue
Option 1
Read a book that contains a person's name in the title/subtitle and has the MPG Mystery.
Billy Boyle by James R. Benn
Points this post: 15
Total points to date; 15

5.7 Settlers of Catan
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
SEttlers of catan
points: 5

5.1- Baseball - Book is #3 in series
Book read: Fire Study
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5

15.3 Let's Play!
Option 2
Before and Again by Barbara Delinsky
Before And Again (BAA) found in eAsy BAke oven
Barbara Delinsky found in Baby Doll
total points; 20

Task # 10.2 - The Great War
Read a book that has been shelved as "World War I" from this list: Popular World War I books
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn Found on page 1 of list #4 from bottom.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45

5.3 - Set in Japan, which went onto the knockout round.
飴色パラドックス 2 Ameiro Paradox 2 by Isaku Natsume
GN: 190 > 100+
Total: 10 pts.

Capital by John Lanchester
528 pages - 1 big book ticket.
Points this post: 15
Points in total: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 1

Read a book in which the number of pages is made up only of the numbers 0, 2, 5, and 8.
Book read: Fairest: Levana’s Story
How it fits: 222 pages
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Total points: 35
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1

Read a book written by a single author whose last name is exactly 9 letters.
Brother by David Chariandy
Points this task: 10
Total Challenge Points: 10

5.10: Our favorite recreation! - Read a book of your choice, that meets SRC rules.
Leverage in Death
Points this task: 05
Total points: 065
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 07
Tasks completed: 07

Task 10.4 Hey there, Hi there, Ho there
Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze
Author's initials (E C) in "MICKEY MOUSE
Points: 10
Total Points: 35

15.3 - Option 2
意地悪な唇 Ijiwaru Na Kuchibiru by Ryou Sakurai
GN: 122 > 100+
I,N, and K in Rocking Horse.
R and S in Fisher-Price Little People.
total: 25 pts.

Option 3 - Careers: Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle.
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman
number in title: thousand
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 20

option 1: Read a book with a suspect's game piece color found in the title or predominantly on the cover (at least 50%). REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
I read

Option 3: Rooms
I
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in one of the rooms listed below. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Middle name initials may be ignored. REQUIRED: State which room was used when you post.
Conservatory - I read All the Names They Used for God, the author Anjali Sachdeva
initials are found in the word conServAtory.
points: 30
books read: 2
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 624

Task 5.2 Read a book from this list: Wanderlust.
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines It's on page 1
Total points: 30

5.7: Settlers of Catan
Long Journey Home by Sarah M. Eden - Author's first and last initials found in SEttlers of catan
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

15.3 - Let's Play! - Option 2: Read ONE book that fits the criteria for both Book 1 and Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the initial letters of every word in the title can be found in the name of a toy inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame: Inducted Toys Subtitles may be ignored. AND Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose every initial (including middle, if listed on GRs) can be found in the name of a DIFFERENT inducted toy. Spaces determine names.
Field of Thirteen by Dick Francis - first letters of the title found in "The Game of Life"; author's initials found in "Radio Flyer Wagon"
Points this task: 15
Total points: 080
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 08
Tasks completed: 08

Read a book with a title of at least two words, in which the initial letter of each word of the title is found in APPALACHIAN TRAIL.
Captive in Iran: A Remarkable True Story of Hope and Triumph amid the Horror of Tehran's Brutal Evin Prison Audiobook
Captive in Iran: A Remarkable True Story of Hope and Triumph Amid the Horror of Tehran's Brutal Evin Prison paperback
Points this post 5
Total points 5+ 20= 25

option 3: Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 240 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20

5.3 International Football
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that qualified for this summer's World Cup. Required: state the country in which the book is set
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
This book is set in London, England.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets:0

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5.6: Simon Says
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
AR BOOKFINDER IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points this post:5
Total Points:40
Books read:3
Tasks Done: 3
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Task 30.4-The Chunkster-Option 1
Read one book with a MPG of Historical Fiction and is at least 750 pages long.
When Christ and His Saints Slept Claiming 2 BB tickets 784 pages
Points this task 30
Total Points 30
BB's this task 2
Total BB's 2