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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 2 - Read a book with an MPG Spain or MPG Spanish Civil War.
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
MPG Spain
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 640 pages.
**The Fountains of Silence is a Big Book (640 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
This book is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 230
Sara G20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Option 1. Read a book first published in or after 1972, AND where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in the phrase “FOREVER AUTUMN”.
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language by Arika Okrent
FOREVER AUTUMN
This book was first published May 19th 2009.
**In the Land of Invented Languages is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
MARGO30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee First
*REPOSTING*
Option 1: Read a book with a word in the title that contains at least 2 sets of double consecutive letters.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- 2 x T and 2 x O in TATTOOIST
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries
The Girl from Berlin
- setting GERMANY
- Posted and read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 29
GO: 0 // BB: 1 // NF: 0
Creynard5.3 - 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".
Required: State the word.
Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan
My word = Lost
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 365/960
Tasks completed: 27/56
Books read: 38
Creynard10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen
First published in October 2019.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 375/960
Tasks completed: 28/56
Books read: 38
Creynard25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the Number
Book 1: title contains a whole number that stands alone comprised of integer(s) 0-9.
Document 1 by François Blais
Book 2: title contains a number written in letter form.
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
The combined total of pages for both books must equal 500 or more pages:
196+326=522 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 400/960
Tasks completed: 29/56
Books read: 38
25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the PosthumanOption 1:
Reread a book that you have read in the past.
The Captive by Lj Smith
This is a reread. I first read it in the early 2000s!
Option 3
Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Goldenhand by Garth Nix
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 290
Janice CA10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
book first published: September 1985
Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley
+10
total: 25
tasks: 3
books: 3
GO: 1
JEN B30.1 - 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.
Lucky by Marissa Stapley (232 pages)
MS in yoSeMite
Option 4: Grand Canyon National Park
Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel (400 pages)
232 pages + 400 pages = 632 pages > 500 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 375
Nick KY20.1 Lisa MD’s All Treats Opt. A. Snickers. One title word begins and ends with the same letter. I read That Night by Alice McDermott.
“That” begins and ends with “T.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 400
Nick KY30.6 Katrina’s Empty Nest NOT
Opt. 2. Title word “Dark” in song title “Dark Hollow” – I read In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware.
Opt. 4. Double letter in first name of author – I read Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author by Clifford Geertz. Double "F"
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 430
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3: Long Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen
Word=LONG
Points this post: 20
Total points: 490/960
Tasks completed: 33/56
Books read: 38
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.9 And Toto, Too
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
Points this post: 15
Total points: 505/960
Tasks completed: 34/56
Books read: 39
LAUREN JODI5.9 - Number 9, Number 9 .....
Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 120/960
Total Books Read: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 13/56
Lisa MD15.10 - Give and Take
SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
🍁The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
320 pages
SRC member: Brigia
Brigia's 5 star review
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 270/960
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 18/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
Maria Jo20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3: The Last Crusader: A Novel about Don Juan of Austria
LAST made from phrase
IAF Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Julia10325.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1: So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane (author first and last name both start with D)
AR Bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11.0
(I actually read this in the omnibus Support Your Local Wizard, pages 1-153)
Option 2: Resolute by Jack Campbell (J in Jack, B in Campbell)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 420
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 23
Books completed: 32
Maria Jo20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option A: Snickers - An Unspeakable Sadness: The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians
***Claiming IAF Ticket***
IAF Ticket: 2
GO Ticket: 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
10.4-It's a Tool, Not a WeaponExtracted (Extracted Trilogy #1) by R.R. Haywood
AXE found in EXtrActed
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 455
MEGSCL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Opt 2 - mpg spain noted on task help thread - The Moon Sister
THIS BOOK IS NEW TO ME
*742 pp - 1 big book
TOTAL
360 points
3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
MEGSCL20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Opt 3 (word is ANTS) Of Ants and Dinosaurs
TOTAL
380 points
3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
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
This book is new for me
Found on page 1
Points this task: 20
total points: 200
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.9. Lots Going On!
List: Dark Academia REQUIRED: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found.
Page Count: 470 listened to audiobook link to PB Ace of Spades
Page/Link: Page 1 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Ace of Spades
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 590/960
Tasks Completed:42/56
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
500 + pages. No Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade, Juvenile, and related synonyms may be used.
Book 1 - All vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
Page Count: 272
Vowels: StOrIEs from SUffrAgette City
Stories from Suffragette City
Book 2 - Single author all initials (all of them) are only consonants Y=vowel
Page Count: 288 read kindle book link to PB edition All These Bodies
Author:Kendare Blake
All These Bodies
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date:615/960
Tasks Completed: 43/56
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.8 - B Positive
Shelved as Body Positivity
Required: State the page.
Page Count: 320 Listened to audiobook link to PB Milk Fed
Page/Link: Page 6/ https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Milk Fed
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 630/960
Tasks Completed: 44/56
Repost of post 861 :)LaureY
5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Read 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
LaureY30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster Mash
Book 1
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash" : https://tinyurl.com/yecxrpcx in the title.
WORD: PARTY
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Book 2
Read a book that features one of these specific characters: vampires, ghouls, zombies, ghosts, werewolves, witches.
From Goodreads description: 'plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys,'
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
Points this post: 30
Total points: 230/960
Total Books: 17
Total Tasks: 14/56
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
Angela IL15.9 - And Toto, Too
Read a book with the letter sequence TOO found intact in the title or subtitle.
The Wife Who Knew Too Much: A Novel by Michele Campbell- 10/15
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 9
BB Ticket: 0
NF Ticket: 0
Angela IL20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title.
A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman- 10/17
Read kindle/ link to PB: A Cold Heart
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 210
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 10
BB Ticket: 0
NF Ticket: 0
Angela IL15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series.
Addicted After All by Krista & Becca Ritchie- 10/16
Read kindle/no MMPB/ link to PB: Addicted After All (558 pgs.)
Claiming a BB ticket
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 11
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster MashBook 1: Title word in "The Monster Mash" "NIGHT"
Night over Water by Ken Follett
526 pages for 1 BB point.
Book 2: WITCH
Immune by Shannon Mayer
Millie is a witch. "Millie, my best friend and the best damn witch I knew..." page 22
Task Points: 30 + 1 BB
Total Points: 245
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 3
10.8.-Mexican Independence DayAuthor's initials in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 255
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 3
10.7 - An Autumn DebutPublished in September.
Sweetwater and the Witch by Jayne Castle
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 265
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 3
Angela IL50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
I rolled a 4: MPG
Roll 4: Read three books that share the same main page genre.
MPG: Mystery
The It Girl by Ruth Ware- 9/10 (423 pgs)
The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding- 10/1 (352 pgs)
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan- 10/8 (464 pgs)
Points this Task: 50
Total Points: 275
Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 12
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
LAUREN JODI10.6 - It's in There Somewhere
Cutting Edge by Allison Brennan
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 130/960
Total Books Read: 14
Total Tasks Completed: 14/56
Anja10.6- It's in There Somewhere
Read a book in which the 3 letter sequence "TIN" is found in a word in the title/subtitle or in the author's name.
Asher Black by Parker S. Huntington
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 50
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 4
Anja25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 1: Reread a book that you have read in the past.
Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh - first read in 2014
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Nanny for the Neighbors by Lily Gold
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 75
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 5
ROBIN P10.10 - Lost in the Museum
Book from list - specify page
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
Currently near top of p 9 of list
**Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction
Points this post: 10
Total points: 470
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:2
babbling c30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
The combined total of the two books must be at least 500 pages.
No books with the genre Childrens or Kids may be used.
REQUIRED: Identify which option or options you select when you post.
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
-Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK. The letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase. Middle names/initials may be ignored.
Sisi: Empress on Her Own: A Novel - Audible Sisi: Empress on Her Own - paperback pgs 480 by Allison Pataki
PARK
Option 4: Grand Canyon National Park
-Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
Relative Fortunes - Kindle Relative Fortunes - paperback pgs. 320 by Marlowe Benn
Historical > Historical Fiction 139 users
480 + 320 = 800>500
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 170/960
Completed Tasks: 8/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 4,256
Books read this season: 12
Shiraloo30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months
Book 1: People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry
REQUIRED: Option 1: Emily and Henry both have 5 letters. I read Kindle edition, but no MMPB, so paperback edition has 373 pages.
Book 2: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
REQUIRED: Option 3: MPG of Books About Books. I read Kindle edition, but no MMPB, so paperback edition has 400 pages.
Total Pages Read:373 + 400 = 773, which is greater than 600 pages.
***
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 145
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 1
Lisa MD25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1. Hawkeye - Author first and last name begin with same letter.
🍁Gut Renovation: Unlock the Age-Defying Power of the Microbiome to Remodel Your Health from the Inside Out by Roshini Rajapaksa
288 pages
I claim a NF ticket
Option 3. - Required: State the list and the page number
Medicine and Literature - page 13, #1203
🍁Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
401 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 295/960
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 19/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
EMurphy25.1 Sandy's Task-Use Your Alphabet
Book 1: Includes all of the vowels in its title/subtitle The Woman in the Water: A Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series by Charles Finch
Book 2: Single author whose initials are only consonants Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
*Golden Oldies Ticket - published 1891
**Big Book Ticket +500 - 518 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 195
Books Read: 14
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 8
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to CataloniaOption 3 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie; A book from page 1 of the list of Best Books of the 1930s. First published 1934.
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
This book is new to me.
Golden Oldies Tickets this post: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets total: 5
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 29
Points this post: 20
Points total: 435
10.5. Happy Anniversary!Title word #6 on list. IRON
Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 275
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 3
10.4-It's a Tool, Not a WeaponTitle and subtitle contains the letters AXE.
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore by Paula Guran
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 285
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 3
10.3 - I Love Shiny ThingsMetal in the title.
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 295
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 3
15.9 - And Toto, TooTOO in subtitle.
At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Claiming 1 NF point.
Task Points: 15 + 1 NF
Total Points: 310
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 4
5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?Fictional location.
The River's Gift by Mercedes Lackey
Approved in Help Thread message #36.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 315
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 4
Katrisa30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months
Opt 1 - Read a book written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters.
I read Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo her first and last name have 8 letters.
My book was hardcover 416 pages
Opt 2 - Read a book with a cup or mug that would typically hold a cup of coffee on the cover.
I read Black Buck
My book was audio PB pages 400 (no MMPB)
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 590
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Option 1. Read one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Library or librarian
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Book 2: 5-word TITLE.
Once More Upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 215
GO Points:
BB Points:
NF Points: 3