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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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10.2 - Call Me Nick.Read a book the author of which has a name found on the list of related names for Nick, on the Behind the Names website
Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner
Nicolas is the French name for Nick
New Points: 10
Total Points: 215
BB: 1
IaF: 1
10.10 - Lost in the Museumon first 25 pages of Museum Books
PB for page count (no MMPB): Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
I listened to the audiobook: Meet Me at the Museum
🎃 found on page 4 🎃
Total points: 340 + 10 = 350
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
20.10 - Group ReadsI listened to Becoming by Michelle Obama 🎓 nonfiction - claiming It's a Fact Ticket 🎓
MMPB for page count: Min Historia
🎃 post #4 in the discussion thread 🎃
Total points: 350 + 20 = 370
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 3
Andy P.15.3 - High-Five!
Option 2. : Read a book with a library or librarian central to the subject, setting or plot. and with a 5-word TITLE
The Librarian of Boone's Hollow byKim Vogel Sawyer
Points this post: 15
Total points: 340
EMurphy15.5 It Was There All Along - Book that you already have in your possession Lucky by Marissa Stapley
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 210
Books Read: 15
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 9
10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Australia
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 70
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of SpaceIn honour of the beauty that the James Webb telescope gives us, and the hope of exploring strange new worlds (get it?), read a book with a main page genre that contains "space", such as Space, Space Travel, or Space Opera that is set at least 50% in space on a space station (an orbiting artificial structure) or spaceship.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 90
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.7 It's Not Easy Being Green
by Lis WiehlPoints this post: 5
Total points: 525/960
Tasks completed: 36/56
Books read: 42
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3: Hooking for Trouble by Betty Hechtman
(Crochet Mystery #11)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 545/960
Tasks completed: 37/56
Books read: 43
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Roll a 4: MPG--3 books same MPG that appears the same way for all 3 books. 750+ pages.Required: State the MPG.
Rolled a 4--MPG
Book 1: MPG--Mystery
Page Count: 384
The Inn
Book 2: MPG--Mystery
Page Count: 544
Game
Book 3: MPG--Mystery
Page Count: 128
Big Easy Evil
Points Earned This Post: 50
Points Achieved to Date: 710/960
Tasks Completed: 46/56
Mod
25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Choose two options and read one book for each.
Option 2: Read a book shelved on the first 10 pages of Book club Books - Page 5
Peace Like a River. Leif Enger
Option 4: Read a book that has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 to the present
The Mirror & the Light. Hilary Mantel
759 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 245/960
Tasks completed: 10/56
Books read: 15
GO: 1
BB: 3
Katrisa20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 1 - Read a book by George Orwell.
I read Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
This book was new to me.
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 685
Katrisa20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
read a book with a main page genre that contains "space", such as Space, Space Travel, or Space Opera that is set at least 50% in space on a space station (an orbiting artificial structure) or spaceship
I read The Ghost Machine which has Space and Space Opera on MPG and is set in space aboard the spaceship Serenity
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 705
Kathy KS5.3 - 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 early years of Osage County by Roger Carswell
YEARS=...State penitEntiARY
EARLY also works!
This is my one book between 80 -99 pages! 88 pages
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 215
Tasks completed: 13/56
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Inge15.3 - High-Five!
option 2: read a book with library/ librarian central to the subject, setting or plot & a book with a 5 world title
The Library of the Dead
Points this task: 15
total points: 215
Inge20.1 - 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.
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
Points this task: 20
total points: 235
Inge5.9- Number 9, Number 9 ....
Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words
The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year
Points this task: 5
total points: 240
Nick KY15.3 High Five
Option 2: read a book with library/ librarian central to the subject, setting or plot & a book with a 5 world title
I read The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 470
10.6- It's in There SomewhereRead a book in which the 3 letter sequence "TIN" is found in a word in the title/subtitle or in the author's name.
The Tiny Wife
New Points: 10
Total Points: 225
BB:1
IaF: 1
20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All TreatsOption C: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC.
I listened to an audio version of Run by Rich Restucci
New Points: 20
Total Points: 245
BB: 1
IaF: 1
Delicious Dee5.1-Exiled to the Land of Oz
The Fifth To Die - shelved as crime as the third popular genre in the new format
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 400
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Nick KY20.9 Dee Dee’s What’s in a Name?
I read Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious by António R. Damásio. Antonio is a character in Twelfth Night.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 490
Nick KYSuddenly I am worried about the diacritical mark in the name Antonio in the author's name of 20.9 which I just posted. So I am going to do some shuffling around.
I will remove Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious from 20.9.
Points This Post: - 20
Total Points So Far: 470
Nick KYI will remove The Unvanquished by William Faulkner from 5.10
Points This Post: -5
Total Points So Far: 465
Nick KYReplacement:
5.10 No Place Like the SRC I will add Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious by António R. Damásio.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 470
Nick KYReplacement:
20.9 Dee Dee’s What’s in a Name?
I read The Unvanquished by William Faulkner. William Page is a character in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 490
30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee FirstOption 1: 2 sets of double consecutive letters,
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
Option 2: 50% in Austria
Prelude to Terror by Helen MacInnes
90% of the book takes place in Austria.
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 565
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.Option 1. First and last name begin with same letter.
Conagher by Louis L'Amour
Option 2. B and a J author's name.
Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 590
GO Points:
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
Lisa MD15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
Book 1: MPG: Mystery
Book 2: Whole numbered book in a series.
🍁Knife Creek by Paul Doiron
Read kindle. Linked to PB. No MMPB
368 pages
Series: Mike Bowditch #8
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 310/960
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 20/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to SchoolOption 1: Read a book from https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
The Last Graduate (The Scholomance #2) by Naomi Novik
2021
Option 2: Read a book from School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 12: https://tinyurl.com/3wv84ykx
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
books are new to me
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 530
Katrisa20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Opt 3 - Read a book with a word of four or more letters found in the lyrics of Forever Autumn in the title.
I read Broken Summer word is Summer
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 725
Katrisa25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Opt 2 - Read a book shelved on the first 10 pages of Book club Books
I read Where'd You Go, Bernadette from P1
Opt4 - Read a book that has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 to the present.
I read Home Fire which won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2018
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 750
Coralie30.5 Back to School
Option 2 book from Sixth Form year 12 list
Under the Udala Trees
Option 3 book from Sixth form Year 13 list
The Periodic Table
These books are new to me.
Total to date 330 points
Coralie5.5 From O…Z
Book where the author’s initials can be found using the letters from O to Z
Practice to Deceive by Patricia Veryan
Total to date 335 points
Shiraloo15.1 - Into the Wood
Book 1: By the Book by Amanda Sellet
REQUIRED: Word is BOOK
Book 2: Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson
REQUIRED: Word is BOOKS.
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Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 160
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 1
30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months.Option 1 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott a book written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters. 647 pages. **Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket** First published 1868. **Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
Option 2- Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse by Harper Lin; a book with a cup or mug on the cover. 286 pages.
Page total, both books: 933
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Big Book Tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets this post: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets total: 7
Books read this post: 2
Books read total: 34
Points this post: 30
Points total: 500
Jen K20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 2. Fairy Tale
Word: Tale - LAdilatTE
***Requesting 1 BB ticket @ 608 pages***
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 220
BB: 2
IAF: 4
Jen K20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Option 1. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Published in 2022; fOrever autuMn
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 240
BB: 2
IAF: 4
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
The Atrocity Archives - Charles Stross - Charles, King of France was a character in Henry VI, Part I
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 420
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Mai25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the Number
>500p for both
Book 1. Read a book whose title contains a number written as such.
97 Things about Ethics Everyone in Data Science Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts by Bill Franks
346 pages
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Book 2. Read a book whose title contains a number written in letter form."
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
288 pages
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 29
NF Tickets: 9
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to CataloniaOption 3: Read a book from this list of Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
And Then There Were None (page 1 on the list)
Total Points: 80
Delicious Dee15.6 - Legendary
Asterion - shelved as mythology in top3 genres in new format; ebook only approved post 8607 of the approval thread
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 435
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!Option 3.
Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in Global Positioning System.
Saint's Song by Garrett Leigh
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 310
Readerboard Name: List_addict10.8: Mexican Independence Day
An author’s initials found in BATTLE OF PUEBLA
The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer *
Points this challenge: 10
Katrisa30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee First
Option 1: Read a book with a word in the title that contains at least 2 sets of double consecutive letters
I read Hector and the Search for Happiness
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that consumes the most coffee per capita: Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Slovenia, Austria, Serbia, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Brazil.
I read A Ballad of Love and Glory set in Mexico
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 780
Pat50.1 ~ MONOPOLY
This is a three book task.
Roll one six-sided die to determine your reading category. Then, create your monopoly by reading three different books (total of 750+ pages) that share this connection.
Roll a 6 ~ Year of publication: Read three books that were all published in the same year according to GR metadata.
REQUIRED ~ State the year (2017)
Pages this Task ~ 949
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth HoganRead ~ 10.19.22
Pages ~ 278
How it Fits ~ Published February 21st 2017 by William Morrow
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardRead ~ 10.20.22
Pages ~ 285
How it Fits ~ Published September 5th 2017 by Scribner
D'Arc by Robert RepinoRead ~ 10.22.22
Pages ~ 386
How it Fits ~ Published May 9th 2017 by Soho Press
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Points this Task ~ 50
Total Points ~ 330
Total Books ~ 24
Total Pages ~ 8424
Delicious Dee30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
I opted to use Option 3 twice
Book A - horse on cover -
Book B - horse in title - Horse
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 465
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Lisa MD10.9. Lots Going On!
Dark Academia List - Page 1, #73
🍁In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
Listened to audio. Linked to PB. No MMPB
336 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 320/960
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 21/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
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Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found using the letters from O to Z (inclusive)
The Double Hook by Sheila Watson
New Points: 5
Total Points: 205
BB: 1
IaF: 1