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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Kaylee20.10 Group Reads
Task: Read one of the books selected as a group read and make at least one post in the book discussion thread.
Murder/Mystery - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Discussion posted in the book’s thread on 9/23/22
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets:
30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster MashBook 1
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash"
Prince's Master by Alessandra Hazard
I used the word "master" ("To the master bedroom where the vampires feast")
Book 2
Read a book that features one of these specific characters: vampires, ghouls, zombies, ghosts, werewolves, witches.
Huntress by LJ Smith
There are a lot of vampires in this book, but just for ease I'll go for Morgead the vampire. This is established in the Goodreads description.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 125
Barbara ★15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series.
Ruby Fever - Ilona Andrews (Hidden Legacy #6) 9/22
Points this task: 15
Total points: 180
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Andy P.Task # 10.3 - I Love Shiny Things
Read a book with the name of a metal in the title
The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
Copper in title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Angela IL20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option C: Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC.
Sleeping Over by Stacey Ballis-9/23
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
BB Ticket: 0
NF Ticket: 0
ED5.2 - Millenium Magic
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
129p.
1 and 9 found in 1900
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 95
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 6/56: 5.2; 10.7; 20.1; 20.2; 20.7; 20.9
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE **Task 25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option #1 - Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
Option #3 - Read a book from one of the following lists.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
This book is on the 1st page of the Medicine and Literature list.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 100
JEN B10.9. Lots Going On!
Read a book from this list: Dark Academia
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
This book is on Page 1 of the list
TOTAL POINTS: 185
DOM20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn.
Option 3: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/moody...) Read a book with a word of four or more letters found in the lyrics in the title. The word must match exactly. Subtitles are excluded.
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
The matching word in the lyrics is 'leaves'.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 5
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Julia1035.1-Exiled to the Land of Oz
Settling scores: sporting mysteries (MPG Crime)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 225
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 12
Books completed: 17
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.
Clown in a Cornfield
MPG Mystery
Clown in a Cornfield #1
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 20
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Katrisa15.1 - Into the Wood
Book 1 - free choice
I read A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home
Book 2 - Read a book with a word in the TITLE that includes a word from your book one TITLE with the addition of a single letter S.
I read Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
Word - MAP->MAPS
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 260
5.2 - Millenium MagicRead a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present
192 Pages
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket - Nonfiction
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 25
It's A Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Nick KY10.9 Lots Going On!
Autumn has both back to school AND Halloween. Read a book from this list: Dark Academia
Required: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found. I read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, p. 2 of the list. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
I listened to the audiobook. As near as I can find the most common MMP is Nos étoiles contraires at 372 pp.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 150
10.4-It's a Tool, Not a WeaponRead a book whose title and/or subtitle contains the letters AXE.
All the Living and the Dead: from Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work
AXE appears in All EXploration
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket - Nonfiction
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 35
It's A Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
10.9. Lots Going On!Read a book from this list: Dark Academia
Magic for Liars
Page 2
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 45
It's A Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All TreatsOption C: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC.
The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike
C in Christopher
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 65
It's A Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Kathy KS10.9. Lots Going On!
Read a book from this list: Dark Academia
Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk
Page 3, #250 of the list
I read an ebook; pb=226 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 110
Tasks completed: 6/56
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
Jasmiina F15.5 - It Was There All Along:
Read a book that you already have in your possession, from any source- borrowed, owned, etc., as of August 17:
Vicious by V.E. Schwab.
I've got this book since 2020.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
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BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Julia1035.2 - Millenium Magic
The Dispatcher (130 pages)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 230
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 13
Books completed: 18
Angela IL25.2 - 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.
The Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg-9/24
Read the kindle version, no MMPB so attaching the paperback version- The Pull of the Moon (224 pgs)
Option 3: Read a book that contains a word in the title that can be found in the lyrics of Tin Man: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ameri....
The Men I Didn't Marry by Janice Kaplan and Lynn Edelman Schnurnberger- 9/21 (285 pgs)
Word Used: Didn't
Total pages: 509
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
BB Ticket: 0
NF Ticket: 0
LaureY15.8 - B Positive
Read a book that has been shelved as Body Positivity
Page 2 on the list.
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165/960
Total Books: 12
Total Tasks: 10/56
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
MARGO25.1 - 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.
A Hero Of Our Time
- AEIOU in AHEROOFOURTIME
- top paperback has 225 pages
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants (that is, not the vowels listed for book 1).
Replica by Lexi Revellian
- initials LR are consonants
- top paperback has 290 pages
Combined word count is 515 pages.
- Posted and read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 25
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 15
GO: 0 // BB: 1 // NF: 0
ROBIN P15.7 - Get Happy
#4, 5, 6, or 7 in a series
Murder in Park Lane, #5 in Detective Lavender Mysteries series
listened to audio, linked pb, no mmpb
Points this post: 15
Total points: 280
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:0
10.6 - It's in There Somewhere3 letter sequence "TIN" found in title/subtitle/author's name
PB for page count (no mmpb): Tin Stars by Jeff Lemire
I read the Kindle edition: Tin Stars
🎓 TIN in title 🎓
Total points: 245 + 10 = 255
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic TableOption B: author with first and last initials SN
I read the Kindle edition: Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel
MMPB for page count: Bara människa
🎓 author's initials SN 🎓
Total points: 255 + 20 = 275
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
Barbara ★30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster Mash
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash" :
Children of the Night - Zan Safra 9/3
(First line = I was working in the lab, late one NIGHT)
Book 2: Read a book that features one of these specific characters: vampires, ghouls, zombies, ghosts, werewolves, witches.
Dark Legacy - Christine Feehan 9/24
This series is about Carpathians (good guys) and vampires (bad guys)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 210
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
✔️ Pat10.8 ~ Mexican Independence Day
Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA. (all initials count). Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
The Sentence by Louise ErdrichRead ~ 9.24.22
Pages ~ 387
How it Fits ~ batt(LE) of puebla
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Points this Task ~ 10
Total Points ~ 170
Total Books ~ 12
Total Pages ~ 4,114
Bookwrm526Task #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". I read The Leper of Saint Giles by Ellis Peters, the word LEPER can be made from the target phrase, L in oswaLd, EPER in PEnEtentiaRy.
Total points so far: 115
ROBIN P20.5 Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
MPG contains "Space" and book is set at least 50% on space station or ship
The Vor Game - MPG Space and Space Opera
over 50% of the book is set on ships or in stations, 215 pages of 346
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300
BB:3 GO:1 IAF: 0
trishhartuk10.2 Call Me Nick
Read a book the author of which has a name found on the list of related names for Nick
Purrfectly Deadly, Nic Saint
Nic is one of the equivalents listed under English
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 12
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!Option 2, author's initials in GEOCACHING: The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
Coralie5.4 Ease On down the Road
Book by an author who shares a name with Michael Jackson
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Total to date 50 points
Coralie20.7 All Who Wander Are Not Lost … Some Are Geocachers!
Option 2 – book by an author whose initials are found in geocAChers
Thin Air by Ann Cleeves
Total to date 70 points
Mod
I read Marple: Twelve New Mysteries - Crime is the 7th listed tag.
total points - 115
Mod
I read an ARC of Pryor & Cummings: The GAIA Incident, linked to the paperback edition (no MMPB). Author is Rod Pennington - both initials , R and P, are found between O and Z.
total points: 120
Mod
I listened to an audobook of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Take Hold and Others Come Unstuck, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). The book is found on page 11 of the Museum Books list.
total points: 130
Mod
For book 1, I listened to an audiobook of Peril At End House, linked to the MMPB.
For book 2, I read a kindle ARC of Send Her Back and Other Stories, linked to the paperback (no MMPB).
Words - end and send
total points: 145
Mod
I chose option 1 and read a kindle edition of Let's Not Do That Again: A Novel, linked to the paperback edition (no MMPB). Author is Grant Ginder, who attended the National Book Festival - https://www.loc.gov/events/2022-natio....
total points: 165
Mod
I chose to read a kindle edition of The Cartographers, linked to the pb edition. My comment is in message 13 of the discussion thread.
total points: 185
Delicious Dee15.1 - Into the Wood
Book A - Want - Tell Me What You Want
Book B - Wants - Brooklyn Monroe Wants It All
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 250
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Alexxy5.9- Number 9, Number 9 .....
Task: Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words.
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 15
Julia1035.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series
(MPG Sports)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 10.0
This post: 5 points
Total points: 235
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 14
Books completed: 19
Task 15.2 - Double Ninebook 1: title of 9 characters
Heartburn
book 2: author name of 9 characters (ignore spaces)
At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop
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225 points
2 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 25.5 - By the Number500+ pages
book 1: number SIX written out in title
The Atlas Six
416 pages
book 2: number 1982 in numerals in title
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
176 pages
416+176>500 pages
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250 points
2 BB tix
2 GO tix
Katrisa20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
Read a book written by a solo writer whose FIRST name is identical to one of the names of a Shakespearean character from the list.
I read Dimiter by William Peter Blatty
William from As you Like It
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 280
Andy P.Task # 10.4-It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Read a book whose title contains the letters AXE
The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
AX in Paradox
E in Hotel
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Lisa MD15.9 - And Toto, Too
TOO found intact in title word: Tatooist
🍁The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
272 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 90/960
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
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10.2 - Call Me Nick
Read a book the author of which has a name found on the list of related names for Nick, on the Behind the Names website - https://www.behindthename.com/name/ni....
The Last Station by Nicole Alexander
Author's name 'Nicole' is on the list of related names for Nick
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 55
Books Read; 4
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0