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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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ED20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 2 - Read a book with an MPG Spain
A Heart So White by Javier Marías
This book is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
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; 20.4; 20.7; 20.9
Madison U30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Pick two options
Option C: Read a book with all the letters of LAVENDER in author's name
Need to Know by Karen Cleveland
Option D: Read a book with a word in the title that is food/flower related that would make a great name for a chicken
Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
(word = Rose)
Points this task = 30
Total points = 210
Tasks complete = 8/56
✔️ Pat5.3 ~ 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". Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
REQUIRED ~ State the word.
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane GilmanRead ~ 10.6.22
Pages ~ 505
How it Fits ~ STREET
o(S)wald
s(T)ate
penitentia(R)y
p(E)nitentiary
penit(E)ntiary
peni(T)entiary
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Points this Task ~ 5
Total Points ~ 210
Total Books ~ 16
Total Pages ~ 5,603
Barbara ★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 Man Burned by Winter - Pete Zacharias 10/6
WINTER - osWald state peNITEntiaRy
Points this task: 5
Total points: 430
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Katrisa30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Opt 2 - Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK.
I read Out of Darkness byAshley Hope Pérez
AP in yosemite PArk
My book was audio - PB pages 400 (no MMPB)
Opt 4 - Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
I read Carrie Soto Is Back has historical fiction on MPG
My book was audio - PB pages 384 (no MMPB)
Points this post: 30
Points Total: 415
Katrisa25.2 - Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a Heart
Option 1: Read a book with the word HEART in the title
I read This Rebel Heart
HC 433 pages
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains all the letters in HEART.
I read The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
HEATheR
My book was audio - PB pages 464
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 440
JEN B5.4 - 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: Michael Jackson
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
TOTAL POINTS: 270
Julia10320.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3: Black Powder War (#3 in Temeraire series, the series has 9 books)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 325
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 18
Books completed: 25
Inge25.1 - 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.
Terug naar Villa Rosa
#pages: 336
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). We will count Y as a consonant for this task.
No One Is Talking About This
#pages: 210
total #pages: 546
Points this task: 25
total points: 135
DOM10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
Read a book set at least 50% in China, one of the listed countries for task.
Celebrated Cases Of Judge Dee by Robert van Gulik
Book is set at least 50% in China
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 10
It's a Fact: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Amy B20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2022 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Gutenberg Classics - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Posted comment to Discussion on 10/7
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 110 Points
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 3; Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Found on page 1
This book is new-to-me
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340/960
Tasks completed: 24/56
Books read: 27
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy by Alastair Gee
Paradise is the word. Oswald State Penitentiary
Points this post: 5
Total points: 345/960
Tasks completed: 25/56
Books read: 28
trishhartuk15.6 Legendary
Read a book with a MPG Mythology.
Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (pretty sure this is the English PB, even though the description is in French.
Noted for Mythology in Help Thread message #16: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 16
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a Heart
Option 1 and Option 2:
Using one book for both options
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
1408 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370/960
Tasks completed: 26/56
Books read: 29
Task 10.4 - It's a Tool, Not a WeaponAXE in title
The Axeman's Jazz
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420 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix
Shiraloo30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
Book 1: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
REQUIRED: Option 1: On the GR's 66 Novels List. New to me.
Book 2: The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
REQUIRED: Option 3: On the Year 13 Book List. New to me.
*Claiming It's a Fact Ticket for this book*
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Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 95
Its a Fact: 1
trishhartuk5.3 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".
Pawing Through the Past, Rita Mae Brown
PAST: P in Penitentiary, AST in STAte
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 17
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Lisa MD30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!) .
4.Author who has a double letter in their FIRST name.
🍁Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
324 pages
3. Main character moves to a new state, province or country during the course of the book.
🍁Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Main character moves from Italy to California.
416 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 220/960
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 15/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
Barbara ★15.2 - Double Nine
Book 1: Read a book with exactly nine characters in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
Sweet Spot - Susan Mallery 10/7
Book 2: Read a book with exactly nine characters in the author's name. An apostrophe, dash, period, or any other symbol or punctuation counts as a character; spaces do not.
Dangerous Stakes - G.K. Parks 10/2
Points this task: 15
Total points: 445
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Bookwrm526Task #20.3 - Forever Autumn
Option 2: Read a book from this list: Best Books to Read in Autumn, which meets all the usual SRC requirements. I read Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, from page 1 of the list.
Total points so far: 205
5.8 - Wizard of OzzieRead a book with a MPG of Sports.
The Bone Cage
New Points: 5
Total Points: 155
BB: 1
IaF: 1
Barbara ★5.10 - There's no place like the SRC!
Read a book that meets SRC rules.
Digging Up the Remains - Julia Henry 10/7
Points this task: 5
Total points: 450
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - Homage to Catalonia
Option 3 - Read a book from this list of Best Books of the Decade: 1930s. I read Double Indemnity by James M. Cain, from page one of the list. This book is new to me.
Total points so far: 225
15.8 - B PositiveA book from Body Positivity Books, page 1: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Points this post: 15
Total points: 405
Task 30.3 - Coffee Firstoption 1: double E and S in NEEDLESS
The Last House on Needless Street
option 2: set in Faroe Islands, part of Dnemark (approved in thread)
The Old Man and His Sons
first pub 1940 - claiming 1 GO tix
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450 points
5 BB tix
3 GO tix
MARGO30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 1: Read a book with the word WOLF or WOLVES intact in title/subtile/series title or author’s name.
Wolf by the Ears
- WOLF in titile
- top paperback is 272 pages
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK.
Recycling Jimmy by Andy Tilley
- initials AT in YOSEMITEPARK
- top paperback is 256 pages
- Total is 528 pages.
- Posted and read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 22
GO: 0 // BB: 1 // NF: 0
Julia1035.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
(title is in green)This post: 5 points
Total points: 330
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 19
Books completed: 26
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National ParksOption 1: The Wolves of Yellowstone National Park
Read a book with the word WOLF or WOLVES intact in title/subtile/series title
Wolf Island by Darren Shan
Option 4: Grand Canyon National Park
Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian
Books have to be 500 pages together. 351 pages (Wolf Island) + 336 pages (The Lawrence Browne Affair) = 687 pages overall
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 215
Nick KY20.5 Insiyah’s Awe of Space. I read Dauntless by Jack Campbell, mostly set on the spaceship “Dauntless” in outer space. Book has a second listed GR genre of "Space>Space Opera."
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 300
Nick KY25.2 Amy FL’s If I Only Had a Heart.
Opt. 2. The letters HEART are in the author’s name. I read All Systems Red by Martha Wells. 149pp
HART in "mARTHa"
E in "wElls"
Opt. 3. The word “Down” from the lyrics of “Tin Man” by America is in the title. I read The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James. 352 pp
Total pp = 501 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 325
Nick KY25.4 Nick KY’s Hawkeye and B.J.
Opt. 1. I read A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, the author’s 1st and last names begin w “V.”
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for A Fire Upon the Deep at 613 pp
Opt. 2. I read The Beast in the Jungle and Other Stories by Henry James. B and J in title.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 350
Big Books So Far: 500+ (3)
Andy P.Task # 15.9 - And Toto, Too
Read a book with the letter sequence TOO found intact in the title
Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering
Points this post: 15
Total points: 255
Katrisa5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Read a book with MPG of sports
I read The Winners it has sports on MPG
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 445
VAL TX10.7 - An Autumn Debut - Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
First published in October of 2006.
This post:
Points - 10
Total:
Points - 15
15.7 - Get HappySchool SpiritsbyRachel Hawkins. This book is #4 in the Hex Hall Series.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 65
Katrisa25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Opt 2 - Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
I read Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
B in Boy and J in Jonathan
Opt 3 - Read a book from one o the following lists:
Medicine and Literature
These Books Will Kill You
Health Aging
I read Station Eleven from page 1 of These books will kill you
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 470
5.4 Ease on Down the Road I read Suspect by Michael Robotham (shares a name with Michael Jackson)
Season Total: 10
5.8 Wizard of Ozzie I read Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America by Julie Dicaro (mpg Sports)
Claiming an "It's a Fact" ticket
Season Total: 15
10.7 An Autumn Debut I read Never by Ken Follett (published November 2021)
Claiming 2 Big Book tickets - 816 pages
Season Total: 25
ROBIN P10.6 It's in there somewhere
Title or author contains TIN
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge
listened to audiobook, linked hardcover, no pb for this brand new book
Points this post: 10
Total points: 365
BB:3 BO:2 IAF: 0
ROBIN P30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: America's National Parks
2 books - 500 p total
Option 3B - Horse on cover
The Siren of Sussex
- 400 pOption 4 - MPG History or Historical Fiction
The Beginning of Spring - 188 p
Total pages 588
Points this post: 30
Total points: 395
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:0
10.7 - An Autumn DebutEureka: The Unfinished Revolution by Peter FitzSimons
1x It's a Fact tix
1x Bigger is Better tix (704p)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 390
DOM25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
This is a two book task, and the page total of the two books combined must be at least 500 pages. Total pages read = 575
Book 1 - Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
255 pages
the sEA Of tranqUIlity. All vowels in title.
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants.
The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader
320 pages
Author's initals R and C are consonants
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 12
Coralie25.1 Use Your alphabet
Book 1: book that includes all of the vowels in the title
A Christmas Resolution
Book 2: book by an author whose initials are only consonants
Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
Total to date 165 points
Julia10315.3 - High-Five!
Option 2 - The Bodies in the Library
This post: 15 points
Total points: 345
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 20
Books completed: 27
Mary P15.2 - Double Nine
Book 1:Read a book with exactly nine characters in the title.
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Book 2:Read a book with exactly nine characters in the author's name.
Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon
Points this task: 15
Total points: 45
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20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option C: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
B in Backman
**Claiming one Big Book ticket (688 pages)
TOTAL POINTS: 265