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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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DOM5.5 - From O....Z
Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found using the letters from O to Z (inclusive).
Keeping Up Appearances by Tricia Stringer
Author's initials are T and S.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 13
DOM15.3 - High-Five!
I chose Option 2 and read one book that fulfils both the requirements of Option 1
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
1. The reading room at the Boston Public Library is central to the plot and the word 'library' is in title.
2. This book has 5 words in the title
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 14
Kathy KS20.9 - 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.
Dandelion Iron (The Juniper Wars) by Aaron Michael Ritchey
AARON = Aaron IN: Titus Andronicus
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 175
Tasks completed: 10/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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
ROBIN P30.4 Wayne's Task: The First of the Months
Choose 2 of the 3 available options. The page total must be at least 600 pages.
Option 1 - a book written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters.
American Dreamer- author Adriana Herrera - 7 letters in each name - 384 pages
Option 3 - a book with an MPG of Books About Books
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II - 267 pages
Total pages 651
Points this post: 30
Total points: 460
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:1
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. First published 1920. **Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
Post #6 in discussion thread.
Golden Oldies Tickets this post: 1
Total G.O. Tickets: 3
Books this post: 1
Total books read: 27
Points this post: 20
Total points: 395
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?FIRST name like Shakespearean character. - Anne Bullen, Henry VIII
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Points: 20
Total Points: 90
GO Points:
BB Points:
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic TableOption C: Page count includes 50.
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
Points: 20
Total Points: 110
GO Points:
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NF Points:
5.5 - From O....ZAuthor's initials between O - Z.
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Claiming NF ticket .
Points: 5
Total Points: 115
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
15.1 - Into the Wood2 books, word in title + S.
Book 1: CAT The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
Book 2: CATS Cupid Cats byKatie MacAlister
Points: 15
Total Points: 130
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
JEN B15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1. (MPG Mystery, a whole numbered book in a series)
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
MPG Mystery, #16 in the Hercule Poirot series
***Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket (first published 11/1/1937)***
TOTAL POINTS: 325
30.6 Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)Option 1 Three Generations
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher - Hoarder Grandmother dies, dad asks MC to clean out grandmother's house, Main Character (daughter/granddaughter)
Option 4: Double letters in author's first name
The Night Country by Melissa Albert
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 235
BB Tickets 5
Barbara ★15.3 - High-Five!
Book 1: Read a book with a library or librarian central to the subject, setting or plot.
A Night's Tail - Sofie Kelly 10/15
(MC is a librarian. This is noted in the GRs description)
Book 2: Read a book with a 5-word TITLE. Spaces determine words.
One of Us Is Dead - Jeneva Rose 9/16
Points this task: 15
Total points: 540
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
JEN B20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title. All three letters must be found in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
The Lucky Dog Matchmaking Service by Beth Kendrick
L and C in LuCky
O in dOg
TOTAL POINTS: 345
ZachFor Task 20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All I chose Option C: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC. For this task, I used the combined books of poetry rule to get over the 100 pages and read Junk and Feed by Tommy Pico. Last name starts with P.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 35
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
IAFs: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.6 - National Book Festival
Option 1: Read a book by an author attending the 2022 National Book Festival. I read Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu.
Total points so far: 320
LAUREN JODI5.2 - Millenium Magic
A Forbidden Affair by Yvonne Lindsay
Page #: 199
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 115/960
Total Books Read: 12
Total Tasks Completed: 12/56
Katrisa25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Opt 2 - Read a book with a main page genre Technology.
I read The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains with technology on MPG
Opt 4 - Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title or subtitle that can be made by the letters in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
I read The Room in the Attic
ATTIC - ArTIfiCial inTelligence
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 560
MARGO20.10 - Group Reads
The Cartographers
- posted in group reads discussion message 24
- Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 27
GO: 0 // BB: 1 // NF: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
* Posted in Group Reads Discussion Message 23
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 255
BB Tickets 5
babbling c50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Monopoly is a classic board game in which players try to collect and build as many properties as they can so they can charge their fellow players "rent." The goal is to collect 2-3 of the same color properties to create a "monopoly."
Let's bend the rules and play with books!
Roll one six-sided die to determine your reading category. Roll only ONCE.
https://virtualdiceroll.com/1/en/one-die
Then, create your monopoly by reading three different books that share this connection.
The three books must total at least 750 pages.
Roll a 4: MPG
Read three books that share the same main page genre. The genres should appear the same way for all three books, such as standalone genre "Mystery" or embedded genre "Mystery > Cozy Mystery" on each of the traditional GR book pages,
or genres "Mystery" or "Cozy Mystery" on the beta GR book pages.
Required: State the MPG.
Booked on a Feeling - Audible Booked on a Feeling - paperback pg 320 by Jayci Lee
Romance 375 users
It Happened One Summer - audible It Happened One Summer - paperback pg 397 by Tessa Bailey
Romance 5,561 users
Love on the Brain -audible Love on the Brain - paperback pgs. 354 by Ali Hazelwood
Romance 3,466 users
320 + 394 + 354=1,068>750
THIS POST
Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 140/960
Completed Tasks: 7/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 3,456
Books read this season: 10
50.1 MonopolyRoll a 6: Year of publication
Read three books that were all FIRST published in the same year..
Required: State the year.... 2022
Over Her Dead Body by Susan Walter 305 pages
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 356 pages
The Maid by Nita Prose 280 pages
Points this task: 50
Total Points: 305
BB Tickets 5
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever AutumnOption 3: Leaves of Grass - The First Edition 1855 by Walt Whitman; a book with a word of four or more letters found in the lyrics in the title. Word is Leaves. First published in 1855. **Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
Golden Oldies Tickets this post: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets total: 4
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 28
Points this post: 20
Points total: 415
MEGSCL5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
TOTAL
270 points
3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie
MEGSCL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Opt 2 - mpg spain noted on task help thread - The Moon Sister
*742 pp - 1 big book
TOTAL
290 points
3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
MEGSCL30.4 - 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.
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Option 2 - Read a book with a cup or mug that would typically hold a cup of coffee on the cover.
TOTAL
320 points
3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
MEGSCL20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: LOC found in the title. The Secret Life of Bees
TOTAL
360 points
3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.1-Exiled to the Land of Oz
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Totals
Points: 45
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Completed: 4
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.6- It's in There Somewhere
Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts—Becoming the Person You Want to BeTIN in creaTINg
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Totals
Points: 55
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Completed: 5
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Totals
Points: 75
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Completed: 6
Kathy KS15.10 - Give and Take
Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the SRC member.
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
SRC Member: Robin P
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 190
Tasks completed: 11/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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
Inge20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 3 - Read a book from this list of Best Books of the Decade: 1930s.
Brave New World
Found on page 1
Points this task: 20
total points: 170
Inge30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK.
Ga gewoon wat leuks doen
initials AR
#pages: 288
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK.
De verborgen apotheek
initials: SP
#pages: 320
total #pages: 608
Points this task: 30
total points: 200
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.5 From O....Z
Breathless by Pam Withers
Points this post: 5
Total points: 410/960
Tasks completed: 29/56
Books read: 32
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.8 Mexican Independence Day
Beyond Repair by Lois Peterson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 420/960
Tasks completed: 30/56
Books read: 33
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.1 Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1: Bone Deep: Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case by Charles Bosworth Jr.
376 pages
Book 2: How Secrets Die by Marta Perry
384 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 445/960
Tasks completed: 31/56
Books read: 35
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 2: The Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker
Option 3: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg
Found on page 1 of Medicine and Literature
Points this post: 25
Total points: 470/960
Tasks completed: 32/56
Books read: 37
Julia10320.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option 1: Ships of Merior (Ships starts and ends with the same letter)
This book has 637 pages - claiming one BB ticket
This post: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 395
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 22
Books completed: 30
20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book FestivalOption 3: LOC found in the title.
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Points: 20
Total Points: 150
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
5.2 - Millenium MagicPage count included 1 & 9.
How To Marry A Werewolf by Gail Carriger.
198 pp.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 155
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
5.9- Number 9, Number 9 ....Title and subtitle of 9 or more words.
The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline Dale E. Bredesen
NF points: 1
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 160
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 2
10.6- It's in There Somewhere"TIN" in title/subtitle. "KNITTING"
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
NF Points: 1
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 170
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 3
Boston Kate
15.1 Into the Wood
Book 1: It Won't Always Be Like This (It)
Book 2: Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays (Sit)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Mai5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Book with MPG "Sports"
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 27
NF Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass OzWord made from "Oswald State Penitentiary". "LADY"
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 175
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 3
5.7 - It's Not Easy Being GreenOne green letter.
by Patricia BriggsApproved in help thread, message #32.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 180
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 3
20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats Option D: Kit Kat
Two-word title begins with the same letter.
by Patricia BriggsTask Points: 20
Total Points: 200
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 3
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15.9 - And Toto, Too
Read a book with the letter sequence TOO found intact in the title or subtitle
I read You Exist Too Much
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 535