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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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I chose option 3 and listened to an audiobook of Walk the Wire, linked to the paperback. This is #6 (out of a total of 7) in the Memory Man series.
total points: 315
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I lisstened to an audiobook of Old Man's War, linked to the MMPB.
Space>Space Opera is 3d listed MPG and the book takes place at least 50% on a spaceship or space station. Approved in the help thread at message 14
total points: 335
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I read a kindle ARC of Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout, linked to the hardcover. Author name Elizabeth matches Queen Elizabeth from Henry VI, Part III.
total points: 355
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read a kindle ARC of The Shadow Murders, #9 in the Department Q series. The top paperback is Natriumchloride - 400 pages.
For my second book, I used option 2 and listened to an audiobook of Divided in Death by J.D. Robb, linked to the MMPB. J.D. Robb is a pseudonym for Nora Roberts. The MMPB has 371 pages.
400 + 371 = 771 pages, exceeding task requirements.
total ponts: 380
ROBIN P15.9 - And Toto Too
Book with the letter sequence TOO found intact in the title or subtitle
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction
Points this post: 15
Total points: 410
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:1
**correction to total points - should be 430**
Rockynook20.2 - For Jules
Option 3 - Read a book from a series with a minimum of five whole-numbered books in the series.
Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster
8 whole number books in the Witness series
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Bookwrm526Task#10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year. I read Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, first published September 2022.
Total points so far: 300
Lisa MD25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Option 1: Australian author / book published in the past year (on or after September 1st, 2021).
🍁Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks - Australian author
Horse first published June14, 2022
401 pages
Option 2: On the first 10 pages of Book club Books
🍁Verity by Colleen Hoover
Read ebook. Linked to MMPB
364 pages
On Page 3
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 255/960
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 17/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
Barbara ★20.9 - 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.
The Starless Crown - James Rollins 10/14
(James Gurney from King John)
BIG BOOK: 560 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points: 505
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9Option 1 - Read a book that has a number 9 in its series number
The Widow (Serenity's Plain Secrets #9) by Karen Ann Hopkins
231 pages
Option 2 - Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
The Body on the Doorstep (Hardcastle & Chaytor Mysteries #1) by A.J. MacKenzie
Reference on pseudonym: https://ajmackenzienovels.com/about-a...
272 pages
Total pages read: 503
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 445
ED15.5 - It Was There All Along
Border Districts by Gerald
Murnane
I already had this book in my possession before August 17, 2022.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 150
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 9/56-
5.2; 10.7; 15.5; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.7; 20.9
Amy B20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Choose one option.
Required: State the option.
Option 1: Read a book by an author attending the 2022 National Book Festival. All authors are listed at this site:
https://www.loc.gov/events/2022-natio...
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds (IL: MG+)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 145 Points
Task 30.4 - The First of the Months600+ pages
option 1: female author, first and last names same length (5 letters)
NW by Zadie Smith
416 pages
option 2: coffee cup on cover (waiter is holding a couple of coffee cups)
Maigret and the Loner
I read the kindle linked, MMPB: Maigret et l'homme tout seul
224 pages
416+224 = 640 pages
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600 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
1 NF tix
Jen K15.10 - Give and Take
The City of Brass
5 star by Deedee, message 19 on Help page, page 2 of her linked list
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
***Requesting 1 BB ticket @ 533 pages ***
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 155
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Jen K20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3: Nona the Ninth
Word: Nona- glObAl positioNiNg
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 175
BB: 1
IAF: 3
Jen K25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1- How Beautiful We Were - 384 pages
hOw bEAUtIful
Book 2: The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast by Kirk W. Johnson - 368 pages
initials: KWJ
***Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
384+368 > 500 pages
*****
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 200
BB: 1
IAF: 4
StaceyNC10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
Book: Desperation in Death
Completed: 9/29/22
Published: 9/6/22
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
StaceyNC15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Mystery
Book 2: Read a book that is a whole numbered book in a series.
Book: A Stranger in Town
MPG Mystery AND #6 in Rockton Series
Completed: 9/5/22
Points this Post: 15
Total Points 25
Tasks Completed: 2
StaceyNC15.5 - 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.
Book: Savage Lands
Completed: 9/20/22
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 3
StaceyNC15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series.
Book: Ruby Fever
Completed: 9/10/22
Book #6 in Hidden Legacy
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option B: M&M’s
Read a book whose title or subtitle contains either an ampersand (&) or an apostrophe (') symbol.
Book: Say It's Forever
Completed: 9/13/22
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 5
StaceyNC20.2 - 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.
Book: The Wheel of Darkness
Completed: 9/25/22
Book #8 in Pendergast
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 6
StaceyNC20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title.
Book: City of the Lost
Completed: 9/21/22
Points this Post: 20
Total Points 115
Tasks Completed: 7
StaceyNC20.9 - 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.
Book: In Her Tracks
Completed: 10/5/22
Author: Robert Dugoni
Character: Robert Shallow (Merry Wives of Windsor)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 8
LAUREN JODI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 2: Word in LADILATTE
Lead by Kylie Scott
Word: Lead
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100/960
Total Books Read: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 10/56
Chris MD UNCLAIM
20.7 Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in Global Positioning System.
The Gate Keeper by Charles Todd
The word is Gate
GA in GobAl
TE in sysTEm
Brings point total down to 45
Chris MD 20.7 Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in Global Positioning System.
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
STATE can be made the the phrase globAl poSiTioning sysTEm
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 512 pages.
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket
Point total: 65
Chris MD 25.1 Use Your Alphabet
Book 1: Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
Thank You for Listening by Julie Whelan
A in thank
IE in lIstEning
OU in your
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 432 pages.
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants
She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Corfino
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 396 pages.
Total points: 90
Chris MD 30.6 Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 2: Read a book with 3 or more A's in the title/subtitle
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from one of the tracks on the album Reckoning in the TITLE
The Hanging at the Hollow Tree by Sarah M. Stephen
"Hollow" matches with the track title "Dark Hollow."
I read the Kindle version but linked to the paperback.
Option 4: Author has a double letter in first name
Resurrection Row by Anne Perry
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 320 pages.
Total points: 120
Task:5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green [a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN.]Book read:
Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Dragonsby Daniel BaylissRequired: the word "dragons" is in green.
Graphic novel: 144 pages
Points this task:5
Total points:145
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:11
Tasks completed:10
Task:50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!I rolled a 4: MPG
MPG chosen: contemporary
Book 1: The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
256 pages
Required: mpg contemporary
I claim 1 It's a fact ticket as this is nonfiction {mpg nonfiction present]
Book 2:The It Girl by Ruth Ware
423 pages
Required: mpg contemporary
Book 3:The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah
368 pages
Required:mpg contemporary
total page count: 256+ 423 + 368 =1047
Points this task:50
Total points:195
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:14
Tasks completed:11
ZachFor Task 5.10. - There's no place like the SRC! I read Elatsoe on ARBookfinder it has the following - IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11.0.
Points this post: 5
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Totals:
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Points: 15
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
IAFs: 0
LAUREN JODI10.8 - Mexican Independence Day
Midnight Unbound by Lara Adrian
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 110/960
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 11/56
Theresa10.3 - I Love Shiny Things
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Points this post - 10
Total points - 30
Theresa10.4 - It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Points this post - 10
Total points - 40
25.2 - Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a HeartOption 2: Author's name contains HEART letters.
Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter
Option 3: Word in title from song. "SMOKE"
Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs
Pages: 374+352=726
Points: 25
Total Points: 25
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points:
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever AutumnOption 3: Word in title: "FALLEN"
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
Points: 20
Total Points: 45
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points:
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of SpaceMPG Space Opera
Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet
Points: 20
Total Points: 65
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points:
5.1-Exiled to the Land of OzMPG Crime
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
Points: 5
Total Points: 70
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points:
Barbara ★20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option C: Read a book where the page count includes 50 intact.
Guarding the Mermaid - Eve Langlais (250 pages) 10/15
Points this task: 20
Total points: 525
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
✔️ Pat15.10 ~ Give and Take
Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
REQUIRED ~ State the SRC member.
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanRead ~ 10.15.22
Pages ~ 399
How it Fits ~ SRC Member Charlston Goch
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19.0
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Points this Task ~ 15
Total Points ~ 280
Total Books ~ 21
Total Pages ~ 7,475
Andy P.Task # 15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series.
Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon
# 6 in Commissario Brunetti series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 325
15.3 - High-Five!Option 2, a library/librarian central to the plot AND a 5-word title: By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates
Points this post: 15
Total points: 485
Delicious Dee5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Logan: A Fake Boyfriend Sports Romance - shelved as sports by 8ppl
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 365
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
APRILLEIGH20.1 - Most Improved - Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option A: Snickers
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word that begins and ends with the same letter.
How to Read and Do Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical Thought Processes by Daniel Solow
*** It’s a Fact — non-fiction ***
The word THOUGHT begins and ends with T.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (20)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 1 (1)
Books Read: 1 (1)
Total Tasks: 1
babbling c10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Sept 16 is Mexican Independence Day, when the Mexican Army defeated the French at the Battle of Puebla. 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.
Rumors - kindle Rumors - paperback pgs 288 by Louise Allen
BATTLE OF PUEBLA
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 90/960
Completed Tasks: 6/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,388
Books read this season: 7
APRILLEIGH20.2 - 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.
Murder in the Dunes by Bruce Hammack
(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)
Title is #7 of 8 in the Smiley and McBlythe series.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (40)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (2)
Total Tasks: 2
APRILLEIGH20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103’s Task: On the Periodic Table
Option D: Read a book where all numbers of the page count are found in 118.71.
Moonshine & Murder by Kathleen Brooks (118 pages)
(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)
Top paperback has 118 pages.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (60)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (3)
Total Tasks: 3
Katrisa10.4-It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Read a book whose title and/or subtitle contains the letters AXE.
I read Felix Ever After
fEliX ever After
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 520
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I listened to an audiobook of Shrill, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Book is found on page 1 of the list.
total points: 295