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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Christine V20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option C: Burn: New Science Reveals How Metabolism Shapes Your Body, Health, and Longevity by Herman Pontzer
This book is Nonfiction. ***Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket***
Points this post: 20
IAF tickets this post: 1
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 1
✔️ Pat20.7 ~ All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Select one option.
REQUIRED ~ State the option.
Option 3 ~ Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in Global Positioning System. Subtitles are excluded.
REQUIRED ~ State the word.
Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara AckermanRead ~ 9.21.22
Pages ~ 394
How it Fits ~ PIES
(P)os(I)tioning (S)yst(E)m
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Points this Task ~ 20
Total Points ~ 160
Total Books ~ 11
Total Pages ~ 3,727
Kaylee 20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option #3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets:
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in "Oswald State Penitentiary "
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America by
Bill Bryson
The word is Lost
LOS in Oswald
T in State
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
Amy FL5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
- Entire title is greenPoints this post: 5
Total points: 95
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
Space Murder - approved in message 2
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Amy FL20.6 - It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: Holy Chow - LOC (hOLy Chow)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
Amy FL25.2 - Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a Heart
One-book option: The Ink Black Heart
Option 1: Heart in the title
Option 2: Heart in author Robert Galbraith (RobErT gAlbraitH)
I linked to the audio version I completed, but there are over 1,000 pages in the paperback version.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
JEN B25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1. Hawkeye. -- Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Author initials MM
***Claiming one It's A Fact ticket***
Option 2. B.J. -- Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
The Liz Taylor Ring by Brenda Janowitz
Author initials BJ
TOTAL POINTS: 175
repost to claim BB ticketDelicious Dee
10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Termination Shock - first published October 27, 2021; claiming 1 big book ticket - i listened to audiobook, most popular paperback edition is 708pgs
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 205
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America - Linda Tirado - LT found in BATTLE OF PUEBLA;Claiming 1 Its a Fact Ticket for non=fiction
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 215
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Mod
20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option D: Kit Kat
Read a book with a two-word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Bluebird, Bluebird. Attica Locke
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70/960
Tasks completed: 3/56
Books read: 4
GO: 1
Katrisa5.2 - Millenium Magic
Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
I read Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
Paperback 192 pages
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 220
5.2 - Millenium Magic Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
189 pages
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Post Total: 5
Season Total: 5
5.5 - From O....Z Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found using the letters from O to Z (inclusive).
SW
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Post Total: 5
Season Total: 10
15.4 - Follow the CluesOption 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Mystery
Book 2: Read a book that is a whole numbered book in a series. #8
Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 25
Joanne MI15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
The Devil's Half Mile -MPG Mystery, #1 in a series
Points this task 15
Total Points 70
3 IAF
15.5 - It Was There All AlongRead a book that you already have in your possession, from any source- borrowed, owned, etc., as of August 17.
By completing this task, you assert that you already had this book.
I have had this book for a few years. It is Book 4 of a series I purchased in full. I finally got to Book 4.
Clea by Lawrence Durrell
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 40
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in GEoCAChING.
The Blue Room by Hanne Ørstavik
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 60
Katrisa25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1 - Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
I read Sea of Tranquility
sEA Of tranqUIlity
My book was audio - PB 255 pages (no MMPB)
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants
I read This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
Initials - JD
My book was audio - PB pages 271 (no MMPB)
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 245
ROBIN P15.2 - Double Nine
Book 1 - exactly 9 characters in the title
Blue Diary
Book 2 - exactly 9 characters in author name
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
author Malinda Lo
Points this post: 15
Total points: 250
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:0
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
Word in title 4+ letters made from letters in "Oswald State Penitentiary".
Page Count: 210 Listened to Audiobook link to PB Girl, Alone
Word: Alone--OswALd State PenitENtiary
Girl, Alone
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 310/960
Tasks Completed: 25/56
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.Option 1. Hawkeye.
Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Beta Test by Annabeth Albert
Option 2. B.J.
Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Black Dawn by LJ Smith
Black Dawn - LJ Smith
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 95
20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book FestivalOption 3: Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore; a book with the letters LOC found in the title (bLOodsuCking).
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 11
Points this post: 20
Points total: 160
LaureY20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title.
Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah McLean
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150/960
Total Books: 11
Total Tasks: 9/56
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Fact Book Tickets this post: 0
Fact Book Tickets Total: 1
Mod
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2022 season.
Gutenberg Classics - The Age of Innocence
I listened to the audiobook & posted a thought in the discussion thread (#4)
This was first published in 1920 so I claim a "Golden Oldie" ticket
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 55 + 20= 75
Total Tasks Completed: 4
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0 + 1 =1
It's a Fact: 0
Delicious Dee20.10 Group Reads
The Cartographers - made comments 8, 12 and 14
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 235
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
DOM10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
Gentlemen Formerly Dressed by Sulari Gentill
Book was first published 6 September 2013
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
15.7 - Get HappyDate with Deceit (The Dales Detective Series #6) by Julia Chapman
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 190
*REPOST Due to Forgotten Point Totals*Shiraloo
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Verity by Colleen Hoover
REQUIRED: I chose Option 2, as C & H are in GEOCACHING.
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Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 20
Creynard20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3: Read a book from a series with a minimum of five whole-numbered books in the series.
Return Billionaire to Sender (Billionaires of Manhattan #5) by Annika Martin
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240/960
Tasks completed: 18/56
Books read: 23
Task 5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Greenauthor name in light green
A Lesson in Secrets
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210 points
2 BB tix
2 GO tix
Edit post 337/338 to correct link in order to fix Big Book Ticket:30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee First
Option 1: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson; the word tattoo contains 2 sets of double consecutive letters.
**In the version I read, which is now also the version linked above, the story ends on page 590. I am claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
Option 3: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Set in India.
**First published in 1922, claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
Books read this post: 2
Books read total: 11
Points this post: 30
Points total: 160
Golden Oldies Ticket: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
ED20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
John of Gaunt from Richard the II
In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
pub.1936
*****I CLAIM ONE GO TICKET*****
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 3/56: 10.7; 20.1; 20.2; 20.7; 20.9
MARGO25.2 - Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a Heart
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains all the letters in HEART.
Door and Other Twisted Tales
- author Catherine McCarthy
- HEART in CATHERINE
- top paperback has 208 pages
Option 3: Read a book that contains a word in the title that can be found in the lyrics of Tin Man.
The Dressmaker's Gift
- chosen word is GIFT (line 2)
- top MMPB has 336 pages
Combined word count is 544 pages.
- Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 25
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 13
GO: 0 // BB: 1 // NF: 0
Nick KY5.3Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz.
Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in "Oswald State Penitentiary". Requ’d: State word.
I read Ill Wind by Nevada Barr.
The word is “WIND”: “osWalD state peNInitentiary.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 140
30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee FirstOption 1, a word in the title that contains 2 sets of double letters: Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse (Cape Bay Cafe Mystery, #1) by Harper Lin
The word is Cappuccinos
Option 3, set in a coffee-producing country: Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
Set in India
Points this post: 30
Total points: 180
Lisa MD5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
Word in title of 4 or more letters made from the letters in "Oswald State Penitentiary".
🍁The Low White Plain by Paul J. Garth
Ebook verification: Line 3540
Title Word: Plain
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 70/960
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
Mod
30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
1.Read a book that includes three generations of ONE family as characters or subjects. (The Haydens are town aristocracy, the grandfather, the retired sheriff, his two sons, the town doctor and current sheriff. It is told from the perspective of twelve year old David Hayden)
Montana 1948. Larry Watson
4. Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
The Godmothers. Camille Aubray
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 100/960
Tasks completed: 4/56
Books read: 6
GO: 1
Lisa MD5.2 - Millenium Magic
Page count contains TWO of these digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
🍁The Bone Orchard by Paul Doiron
Listened to Audiobook. No MMPB. Linked to PB.
319 pages
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 75/960
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
Kathy KS15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series.
Wet Grave by Barbara Hambly
Series: Benjamin January #6
I listened to an audiobook; pb=384 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 100
Tasks completed: 5/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
ROBIN P15.4 Follow the Clues
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1. - MPG Mystery & whole number book in series
The Saturday Morning Murder
Book 1 of Michael Ohayon mystery series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265
BB:3 GO: 1 IAF: 0
20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All TreatsOption B: Read a book whose title or subtitle contains either an ampersand (&) or an apostrophe (') symbol.
Smoke & Summons (Numina #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 210
Shiraloo30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Book 1: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
REQUIRED: Option 2, as World is in the title of "Been All Around This World".
Book 2: The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor
REQUIRED Option 4, Jillian has 2 "L"s
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Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 50
LAUREN JODI10.7 - An Autumn Debut
In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster by Stephanie Laurens
First published in September, 2011
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 15/960
Total Books Read: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2/56
Amy B5.2 - Millenium Magic
Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (390 pgs)
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 70 Points
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For JulesOption 3. Read a book from a series with a minimum of five whole-numbered books in the series.
Murder Uncorked (A Wine Lover's Mystery #1) by Michele Scott
7 books in series
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 230
30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken LoveOption A:read a nonfiction book with a MPG of SELF HELP.
Ten To Zen: Ten Minutes a Day to a Calmer, Happier You by Owen O'Kane
1x It's a Fact tix
Option D: read a book that has a word in the title that is food or flower related that would make a great name for a chicken .
Lily's Promise: Holding on to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond—A Story for All Generations by Lily Ebert & Dov Forman
flower related word in title, LILY
1x It's a Fact tix
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 3
Season Total: 260
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Book 2 - Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
State of the Union has 532 pages. I'd like a BB ticket for it.
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 65