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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 1: Reread a book that you have read in the past. Any book that you had read prior to Sept. 1, 2022 counts.
Page Count: 627 Listened to audiobook link to PB Tricks
Book is a reread-- first time read March 22, 2016
Tricks
Option 3: Single author initials (all) found in phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Page Count: 320 Listened to audio link to MMPB Courting Can Be Killer
Author: AmandA Flower
Courting Can Be Killer
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 400/960
Tasks Completed: 30/56
25.1 - Sandy's Task; Use Your AlphabetBook 1: Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle
Out of Mesopotamia by Salar Abdoh OUt of mEsopotAmIa. Audio, no MMP, 240 pg only paperback.
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are all consonants
Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement by Toufah Jallow, paperback, 320 pages
240 + 320 = 560 pages
I'm claiming a IAF ticket for Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
Points this post: 25
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 4
Bookwrm526Task #5.4 - Ease On Down The Road
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in the film. The names may be found in any position, but must match exactly. I chose Richard Pryor and read The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman.
Total points so far: 135
Lisa MD10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
All author's initials are in BA TTLE OF PUEBLA.
🍁In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
Read ebook. No MMPB. Linked to PB.
I claim a NF ticket
227pages
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 125/960
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10/56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
Task 10.7 - An Autumn Debutpublished in Sep 2014
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
688 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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305 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix
Andy P.Task # 10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx
AP in PUEBLA
Points this post: 10
Total points: 165
ZachFor Task 10.4-It's a Tool, Not a Weapon I read Mexican Gothic which contains the letters AXE.
Points this post: 10
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Totals:
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Points: 10
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
IAFs: 0
25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9Option 1: Read a book that has a number 9 in its series number
Destined 325 pages
Option 2: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews 308 pages
New Points: 25
Total Points: 115
BB: 1
IaF: 1
Madison U30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
- read two books from two options (options 1 & 3)
*both books are new to me*
Option 1: Read a book from GR's 66 Campus Novels for Back-to-School Reading
The Plot
Option 3: Read a book from School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 13: https://tinyurl.com/bdxjymh5
Purple Hibiscus
Points this task = 30
Total points = 125
Tasks completed = 5/56
Mai10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
Book set at least 50% in China
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Amy MK15.7 - Get Happy,
#4, 5, 6, or 7 in series
Murder at Chateau Sur Mer
#5 in a series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Amy MK20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: LOC found in title
Killers of a Certain Age
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Mai10.9. Lots Going On!
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Book is found on page 2 of the list
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Amy MK10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
Unnatural Habits
Set in Australia
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Amy MK15.10 - Give and Take
Nine Lives
Member Aprilleigh rated this book 5 stars.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Creynard10.9. Lots Going On!
Read a book from this list: Dark Academia
REQUIRED: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
on page 1 of the Dark Academia List
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 280/960
Tasks completed: 21/56
Books read: 28
Amy MK20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3:
Just Another Love Song
SONG is found in Global Positioning System
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Andy P.Task # 10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Australia
All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
Entirely set in Australia
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 175
Task 20.1 - No Tricks, All Treatsoption C: author surname initial in RPBC
Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb
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325 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task 10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Autumn Whispers by Yasmine Galenorn
First published September 24, 2013
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 110
MEGSCL25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo Time
Option 2:
A (GreeK) Women I Know by Katerina Gibson
B (japaneSeuKraINian) - skin - Salt and Skin
TOTAL
180 points
2 It’s a Fact
Katrisa30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Opt 1 - .Read a book that includes three generations of ONE family as characters or subjects.
I read Memphis
(Hazel->Miriam->Joan is the lineage of the three generations)
Opt 4 = Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
I read The Candy House by Jennifer Egan - double Ns
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 315
DOM5.1-Exiled to the Land of Oz
Read a book with a MPG of Crime.
Cutters End by Margaret Hickey
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 6
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Barbara ★30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months
Option 1: Read a book written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters.
Marked for Life - Emelie Schepp (506 pages) 9/28
(Emelie = 6 letters, Schepp = 6 letters)
BIG BOOK = 506 pages
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Books About Books
Written in Stone - Ellery Adams (294 pages) 9/24
Total Pages = Book 1 (506 pages) + Book 2 (294 pages) = 800 > 600
Points this task: 30
Total points: 330
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
HanneloreTask 20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option A: Snickers
Read a book whose title or subtitle contains a word that begins and ends with the same letter.
Book: Club Dead
How it fits: 'DeaD'
Points this task: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
Mod
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 Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes: And the Unwritten History of the Trans Experience
The word "EWAN" can be found in osWAld state pENitentiary
This book is categorised as non-fiction so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 140 + 5= 145
Total Tasks Completed: 9
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 2+1=3
Delicious Dee15.2 - Double Nine
Book A - Book Title - Widowland
Book B - Author name - The Rings of Grissom - Julia Huni
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 265
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Task # 10.2 - Call Me Nick.Read a book the author of which has a name found on the list of related names for Nick
The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
Points this post: 10
Total points: 185
Nick KY10.10. Lost in the Museum
Nov th is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. Most of the tomb’s goods are now in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. Read a book from the first 25 pages of the following list: Museum Books.
REQUIRED: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found.
I read The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene, p. 9 of the list.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 225
Nick KY25.1 Sandy’s Task: Know Your Alphabet
This is a two book task, and the page total of the two books combined must be at least 500 pages. No books with the tags Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade, Juvenile, and related synonyms may be used.
Book 1 – Read a book with all five vowels in the title/subtitle. I read Arthur Miller: His Life And Work by Martin Gottfried. 503 pp.
A and U in Arthur
E and I in Miller
O in Work
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Arthur Miller: His Life and Work.
Book 2 – Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants – I read Firestorm by Nevada Barr. 298 pp.
N and B are consonants.
Total pp = 801 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 250
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
Barbara ★15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 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.
A Stitch in Time - Kelley Armstrong 9/29
(has MPG mystery and is #1 in Thorne Manor series)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 345
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Mai15.3 - High-Five!
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements (5-word title with plot around a library)
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Lisa MD15.2 - Double Nine
Book 1: Exactly nine characters in the title.
🍁The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
Listened to Audiobook. Linked to MMPB
390 pages
Book 2: Exactly nine characters in the author's name.
🍁The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
Listened to Audtiobook. Linked to MMPB.
I claim a NF ticket
376 pages
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 140/960
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 11/56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
Mod
2 books:
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from one of the tracks on the album:
The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front
The word WOLF is in both the title and the song Dire WOLF
Note: I read an advance reader copy of this book. The hardback is listed both here on Goodreads & on the publishers website as being 232 pages, due to be published 30th Nov 2022.
Option 3: Read a book where a main character moves (not visits) to a new state, province, country, or planet during the course of the book.
Pachinko
The main character Sunja moves from Korea to Japan and later in the book her grandson Solomon moves to the USA.
(This book can also apply to option 1 as there are 4 generations of the family included in the storyline.)
I listened to the audiobook but the top rated paperback Pachinko has 527 pages - I therefore claim a "Big book" ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 145 + 30= 175
Total Tasks Completed: 10
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Big Books: 2+1=3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 3
5.2 - Millenium MagicRead a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
The Driver's Seat 103 pages
New Points: 5
Total Points: 120
BB: 1
IaF: 1
Kaylee 15.10 - Give and Take
Task: Read a book a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
I picked a random member, Jessica / Bookwrm526 and discovered she had given 5 stars to a book I had been meaning to read for ages!
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets: 1
DOM15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.
And Then There Were Nine by C.A. Larmer
Book is #4 in series and the series name (The Murder Mystery Book Club #4) is in graysale parenthesis following the title.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 7
It's a fact: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Barbara ★15.6 - Legendary
Read a book with a MPG Mythology.
The Taint of Midas - Anne Zouroudi 9/29
Points this task: 15
Total points: 360
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Katrisa10.2 - 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.
I read Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - middle name Nicholas
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 325
25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the NumberBook 1: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; a book whose title contains a whole number comprised of integers. 249 pages.
Book 2: The Two Assassins by Dr. Renatus Hertogs and Lucy Freeman; a book whose title contains a number written in letter form. 264 pages.
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket**
Total pages: 513
Books read this post: 2
Total books read: 17
Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
MEGSCL30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster Mash
Book 1 (night): The Night Ship
Book 2 (features ghosts - blurb states - The Billymil family are watched (and sometimes visited) by ancestral spirits and spirits of the recently deceased ): Song of the Crocodile
TOTAL
215 points
2 It’s a Fact
JEN B15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.
Smells Like Tween Spirit by Laurie Gelman
This book is #4 in the Class Mom series
TOTAL POINTS: 225
Katrisa10.3 - I Love Shiny Things
Read a book with the name of a metal in the title. The name of the metal must stand alone and match exactly.
I read The Devil in Silver
metal - silver
Points this Post - 10
Points Total - 335
JUKKA20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option B: Book whose author's first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC.
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre.
Total Points: 20/960
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/56
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Ana20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Option 2: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. It can be found on page 1 number 37.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Laure Y10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195/960
Total Books: 14
Total Tasks: 12/56
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
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option A: Word in the title (not subtitle) that starts with the letters Sn.
Page Count: 208 Listened to audiobook link to PB Wagging Through the Snow
Word:SNow
Wagging through the Snow
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 375/960
Tasks Completed:29/56