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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Madison U25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
- choose two options
Option 2: Read a book on the first 10 pages of the Book Club Books list
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
*page 1 of list*
Option 4: Read a book on Women's Prize for Fiction list 2013-present
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Points this task = 25
Total points = 180
Tasks complete = 7/56
trishhartuk25.5 Andy P’s Task: By the Number
Book 1. Read a book whose title contains a number written as such.
12 Birds to Save Your Life, Charlie Corbett
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (304pg)
It’s a Fact: shelved as Non-fiction by 17 users
Book 2. Read a book whose title contains a number written in letter form.
ONE Fell Sweep, Ilona Andrews
Read the kindle edition. PB here (326pg)
Total pages: 304 + 326 = 630pg
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – 12 Birds to Save Your Life is Non-fiction
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 13
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Creynard15.9 - And Toto, Too
Read a book with the letter sequence TOO found intact in the title or subtitle.
Too Charming by Kathryn Freeman
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 290/960
Tasks completed: 22/56
Books read: 29
Nick KY10.3 Shiny Things I read Gold Web by Vicki Delany. Gold is the metal.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 260
Nick KY10.5 Anniversary I read Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh, Wood is the 5th anniversary gift and silver is the 25th anniversary gift in both the U.S. and U.K. lists.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 270
5.1 Exiled to the Land of OzThis is a re-post so I can claim an It's A Fact Ticket. Nothing else has changed, the points have already been added to my total.
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness
25.7 It's Duolingo TimeOption 3:
Book A: Little by Edward Carey
Book B: Hardball by Sara Paretsky
Both books exceed 237 pages.
Hardball is 576 pages so I'd like a BB ticket.
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 130
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.7 - Get Happy
Return to Sender
This is Book #4 in the Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery series
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Return To Sender
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 60 points
Tasks completed: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.4 - Follow the Clues
22 Seconds by James Patterson
Option 2 - This book has a MPG of Mystery AND is Book #22 on the Women's Murder Club Series
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Tasks completed: 4
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.1 - The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
1997 by Kirsty McManus
This book (and the series) is set in Australia. From an interview with the author she states the following about the first book in the series: "With 1996, I was worried it might not translate to a wider audience, because I set it in a small Australian coastal town in the nineties — but I think the music and pop culture were pretty similar, and some experiences are universal." (https://www.thefussylibrarian.com/new...)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): 1997
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 85 points
Tasks completed: 5
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.6 - Empty Nest (NOT!)
Book 1 -
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Option 3 - From the book description - "Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains....Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California"; the meta data also records both Texas and California as locations.
Link to MMP edition: De fyra vindarna
Book 2 -
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Option 4 - This author has a double letter in their FIRST name - saLLy.
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Tasks completed: 6
Task 5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass OzWATER made from the target phrase
Faces in the Water
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335 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix
5.8 - Wizard of OzziePB for page count (no mmpb): The Avant-Guards, Vol. 1 by Carly Usdin
I read the Kindle edition: The Avant-Guards, Vol. 1
🎃 MPG Sports 🎃
Total points: 325 + 5 = 330
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
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Chase Wilde Comes Home by Jennifer Ryan / PB copy has 400 pgs
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
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Option C-
Unexpected Reality by Kaylee Ryan / author last name starts with R
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
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Option 3-
Unexpected Fight by Kaylee Ryan / #2 in 5 book series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
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Option 3-
Love of a Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan / LOC in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
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Option 3-
True Love Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan / LOVE is in lyrics
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Katrisa10.5. Happy Anniversary!
Read a book with a word in the title that exactly matches one of the traditional annivrsary gifts for years 1-10.
I read The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
SUGAR is the year 6 (U.K.) gift
Children's is on the MPG - IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 385
Shiraloo15.10 - Give and Take
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
REQUIRED: Read and rated 5 stars by SRC Member, SandyL.
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Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 65
25.1 Use Your Alphabet (Sandy)Book 1 (All vowels in title): The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang (675 pages - claiming a Big Book Ticket)
Book 2 (Author Initials all Consonants): The Burning God by R.F. Kuang (570 pages - claiming a Big Book Ticket)
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 175
BB Tickets: 5
Barbara ★5.1 - Exiled to the Land of Oz
Read a book with a MPG of Crime.
Leave No Trace - Mindy Mejia 10/3
Points this task: 5
Total points: 405
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For JulesOption 1, a horse on the cover: Ransom Canyon by Jodi Thomas
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
DOM15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
The Verge Practice by Barry Maitland
This book satisfies both requirements of Option 1
1, MPG Mystery and
2. Book 7 in the Brock and Kolla series
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 9
It's a Fact: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
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2books 500pg+
Option 1:Read a book with the word WOLF or WOLVES intact in title/subtile/series title or author’s name.
We Live Next Door
The author is Laura WOLFe who has the word WOLF intact in her surname.
I read an electronic copy (a very late ARC!) but the paperback We Live Next Door is listed as having 290 pages
Option 4:Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
Carnegie's Maid
This book has an MPG of Historical Fiction
I listened to the audiobook but the paperback Carnegie's Maid is listed as 342 pages
290 + 342 = 632 which is greater than the 500pg requirement
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 205+ 30= 235
Total Tasks Completed: 12
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 4
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Option 2: Carrie by Stephen King
Found on page 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 280/960
Tasks completed: 21/56
Books read: 24
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: God Save The Child by Robert B. Parker
gOd save the ChiLd
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300/960
Tasks completed: 22/56
Books read: 25
Task 15.5 - It Was There All Alongbought Nov 2020
Under Solomon Skies
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350 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 20.3 - Forever Autumnoption 3: WITH in lyrics
Stuck with You
ebook verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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370 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 20.6 - National Book Festivaloption 2: set in DC (metadata confirms)
Under One Roof
ebook verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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390 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix
trishhartuk25.1 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.
Tall Tails Secret Book Club, CeeCee James
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (220pg)
A in tAll, I in taIls, E in sEcret, O in bOok, U in clUb
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials are only consonants
Soulstar, C.L. Polk
Read the kindle edition. PB here (304pg)
Total pages: 220 + 304 = 524pg
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 14
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #30.1 - America’s National Parks
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK. I read Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey by Richard Ayoade (303p).
Option 4: Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction. I read Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu (336p)
303+336=639p
Total points so far: 165
Delicious Dee30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
option 2 - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - new to me; claiming its a fact ticket
option 3 - Under the Udala Trees - new to me
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 300
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Mai20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 3 - Book from this list of Best Books of the Decade: 1930s (page 5)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
*Golden Oldie ticket: book first published 1934*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0
Mai25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
Option 1: Read a book that has a number 9 in its series number - This book is #19
Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
*Golden Oldie ticket: Book first published 1940*
Option 2: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym: Arkady Martine is AnnaLinden Waller's pen name - Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_...
Also, on her website arkadymartine.net
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 0
5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Date Read: 9/19
Rating: 4*
IL: UY - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7.0
How It Fits: STRIPED - oSwalD sTatE PenItentiaRy
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldie:
Big Book Tickets:
It's A Fact:
5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Power Plays & Straight A's by Eden Finley
Date Read:9/21
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: MPG Sports
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldie:
Big Book Tickets:
It's A Fact:
5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Strung by Victoria Ashley
Date Read: 9/21
Rating:3*
How It Fits: Book of Choice
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 15
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldie:
Big Book Tickets:
It's A Fact:
10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies by Aysha Akhtar
Date Read: 9/1
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Author initials AA
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 25
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
15.4 - Follow the Clues
Purity in Death by J.D. Robb
Date Read: 9/7
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Option 2: MPG Mystery; In Death #15
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 40
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
15.7 - Get Happy
Line Mates & Study Dates by Eden Finley
Date Read: 9/15
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: CU Hockey #4
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 55
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Joanne MI10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse published September 2010
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 10
Total Points 115
IAF this task 1
Total IAF 5
BB's 1
Andy P.Task # 10.9. Lots Going On!
Read a book from this list: Dark Academia
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio page 1 # 2 on list as of 10/4/22
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
Joanne MI30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2 Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK
Oath of Loyalty -By Kyle Mills (note: although Vince Flynn's name appears on the book, Flynn passed away in 2013 and Mills has taken up continuing the Mitch Rapp series. Kyle Mills is the sole author) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Mi...
Option 4-Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 30
Total points 145
I IAF this task
Total IAF 6
BB's 1
5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!Read a book that meets SRC rules.
The Initiation by LJ Smith
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 185
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.Option 1, author's first and last names begin with the same letter: Billionaire Blend by Cleo Coyle
Option 2, B and J in title and/or author's name: Rough Justice: Days and Nights of a Young D.A. by David Heilbroner
Points this post: 25
Total points: 315
25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the NumberBook 1, title contains a numeral: Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America by Sherrod Brown
paperback edition Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America 384 pages
Book 2, title contains a number spelled out: One More for Christmas by Sarah Morgan
paperback edition One More for Christmas 416 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
5.7 - It's Not Easy Being GreenRead a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN. Required:: Post the cover.
by Ben AaronovitchPoints this post: 5
Total points: 200/960
Total Books: 15
Total Tasks: 13/56
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
Nick KY10.1 Tin Man’s Body had to Come from Somewhere
I read The Witches of St. Petersburg
by Imogen Edwards-Jones, set in Russia.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 280
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Leverage in Death
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345 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix