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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo TimeOption 3
Book A. French setting and author
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief by Maurice Leblanc
First published 1907 for 1 GO Point.
Book B. #4 in series with over 20 books.
Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
Task Points: 25 + 1 GO
Total Points: 635
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
15.5 - It Was There All AlongOwned as of August 17.
Bait and Witch by Angela M. Sanders
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 650
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the MonthsOption 1: Female author, first and last names with same number of letters.
Miss Whittier Makes a List by Carla Kelly
Opton 3: MPG of Books About Books
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
252 + 357 = 609 pages.
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 680
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
Laurah3020.3 - 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”.
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
pub 2022
Points this post:
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact ticket: 0
Alexxy5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Should meet SRC rules
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Points This Task: 5
Points Total: 70
Creynard25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Page total of the two books combined must be at least 500 pages.
Book 1 - Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan = 336 pages
thE lOve And lIes of rUksana ali
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants.
Upgrade by Blake Crouch = 352 pages
Author's Initials: B.C.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 450/960
Tasks completed: 32/56
Books read: 43
MARGO15.10 - Give and Take
Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
Animal Farm
- Sandy rated this 5 stars.
- claiming one GOLDEN OLDIE ticket - published 1945
- posted and read paperback edition
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 37
GO: 1 // BB: 1 // NF: 1
Sara G15.9 - And Toto, Too
Read a book with the letter sequence TOO found intact in the title or subtitle.
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump
**Too Much and Never Enough is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
MAZZA115.10 - Give and Take
September 10 is Swap Ideas Day.
Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the SRC member.
Joan rated 5 stars by Ava Catherine
points this post = 15
Points to date = 515
Readerboard name: List_Addict20.6: It’s a Fact - Jen K’s Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: A title containing the letters LOC
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Points this challenge: 30
Barbara ★5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
Read a book set at least 50% in a fictitious locale.
When Demons Walk - Patricia Briggs 10/22
(set 100% in the fictitious province of Landsend in Southwood)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 555
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Shiraloo25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Book 1: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
REQUIRED: Option 3, member is Judy, who started the book on September 01 and finished it on September 02, 2022.
Book 2: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
REQUIRED: Option 2, book is on page 6 of the list.
*Claiming 1 It’s a Fact Ticket for this book*
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Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 185
It’s a Fact Ticket This Post: 1
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 2
Mai10.10 - Lost in the Museum
Book from page 1 of the Museum list
Kraken by China Miéville
*Claim 1 big book ticket: 509 pages*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 390
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 30
NF Tickets: 9
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 2
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 - Lost in the Museum
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the following list Museum Books. I read Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron, from page 6 of the list.
Total points so far: 350
Katrisa15.2 - Double Nine
Book 1: Read a book with exactly nine characters in the title.
I read The Colony
Book 2: Read a book with exactly nine characters in the author's name.
I read Find Laylaby Meg Elison
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 875
Katrisa15.3 - High-Five!
Book 1: Read a book with a library or librarian central to the subject, setting or plot.
I read The Lost Plot which is the 4th book in the Invisible Library series. The MC is an interdimensional librarian
Book 2: Read a book with a 5-word TITLE.
I read Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 890
Julia10320.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Option 3: The Autumn Throne
The word Autumn is in the lyrics.
This book is 505 pages so claiming one BB ticket
This post: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 465
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 26
Books completed: 34
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
discussion post #26
Points this post: 20
Total points: 545
Barbara ★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.
Annabel Lee - Mike Nappa 10/24
(the entire title is printed in green)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 560
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Sara G20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option B: Read a book by an author with first and last initials SN. The initials must be in this order.
The Devil's Door by Sharan Newman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 330
Deborah30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews 370 pages
IA: YOSEMITE PARK
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay 288 pages
PT: YOSEMITE PARK
370 +288= 658 (500 min required)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 115
Books Read:10
Tasks Done: 8
Mod
25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Choose two options and read one book for each.
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
West with Giraffes. Lynda Rutledge
Option 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. Required: State the word (Learning)
Learning to Talk. Hilary Mantel
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 270/960
Tasks completed: 12/56
Books read: 16
GO: 1
BB: 3
30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the MonthsOption 1: female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters
I listened to the audiobook: In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins
🎃 female author; 7 letters in Kri/sta/n; 7 letters in Hig/gin/s 🎃
MMPB for page count: In Your Dreams - Pria Impian
📖 584 pages 📖 Big Book - claiming 1 BB ticket
Option 2: cup or mug that would typically hold a cup of coffee on the cover
🎃 coffee cup lower right-hand corner 🎃
📖 222 pages 📖
📖📖 584 pages + 222 pages = 806 total pages 📖📖
Total points: 410 + 30 = 440
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 3
Joanne MI20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3-letters LOC found in title
The Social Graces all three letters are in sOCiaL
Points this task 20
Total points 200
BB's 1
IAF 6
Andy P.Task # 30.4 - 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.
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 341 p.
Option 3. Read a book with an MPG of Books About Books
The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong 375 p. Page count: 341 + 375 = 716> 600 p. minimum
Points this post : 30
Total points: 370
15.6 - Legendary MPG Mythology
Norse Mythology, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Total points: 440 + 15 = 455
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 3
Bookwrm526Task #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. I read Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia (AIOU in mountain, E in queer) (168p).
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). I read Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper (340p).
168+340 = 508p
Total points so far: 375
Line 5.10
Read a book that meets SRC rules
I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34.0
points for this task: 5
total points: 10
books read: 3
tasks done: 3
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic TableOption A, a word in the title that starts with the letters SN: Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne
Points this post: 20
Total points: 565
Angela IL15.10 - Give and Take
Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman- 10/24
Aprilleigh gave it 5 stars
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 310
Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 14
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
Angela IL30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 2. Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from one of the tracks on the album Reckoning in the TITLE.
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez- 10/22
Word: World
Option 4: Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover- 10/25
Read kindle/ no MMPB/ PB: It Starts with Us
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 340
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 15
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
MARGO30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from one of the tracks on the album Reckoning in the TITLE
Candles and Roses
- chosen word is ROSES
Option 4: Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
Fate by Tallulah Grace
- 2 Ls in TaLLulah
- posted and read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 560
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 39
GO: 1 // BB: 1 // NF: 1
Amy B20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
Here's the list of Shakespeare's characters:
https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org...
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 name must match exactly, but need not be a first name of a character.
Required: State the character and play.
The Peripheral by William Gibson - William (As You Like It)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 185 Points
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.2 - Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a Heart
One book for two different options. 500+ pages.
Option 1: Word HEART in title. standalone (no hyphenated words) No plurals posessives
Page Count: 304
Heart in the Right Place
Option 3: 4+ letter exact word match in title found in lyrics: Tin Man
Page count: 448 Listened to audiobook link to PB Late Bloomer
Word: Late/ "Sometimes late when things are real"
Late Bloomer
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 850/960
Tasks Completed: 51/56
MARGO5.2 - Millenium Magic
The first Wizard of Oz book was written in 1900. Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
The Love That Keeps Us Sane: Living the Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux
- posted and read Kindle edition.
- top paperback has 104 pages (1 and 0 meet task criteria)
- claiming one NONFICTION ticket
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Points this task: 5
Total points: 565
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 40
GO: 1 // BB: 1 // NF: 2
ROBIN P25.8 Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Growing Up by Angela Thirkell
**Claiming 1 GO point, orig published 1943
Option 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. Letters can be used only as often as they are found.
Required: State the word.
La petite fille de Monsieur Linh - word is FILLE
Points this post: 25
Total points: 495
BB:3 GO: 3 IAF:2
Sue T15.4 - Follow the Clues
Book with MPG of mystery AND is a whole numbered book in a series.
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30/960
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Katrisa15.5 - 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.
By completing this task, you assert that you already had this book
I read my book Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 905
Katrisa30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Opt A - read a nonfiction book with a MPG of SELF HELP.
I read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking which is nonfiction and has MPG self help
Opt D - read a book that has a word in the title that is food or flower related
I read Of Women and Salt
Food word: SALT
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 935
Mod
Read a book the author of which has a name found on the list of related names for Nick
Believe: Boxing, Olympics and My Life Outside the Ring
The book is by Nicola Adams. Nicola is listed as a feminine English form of Nick
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 315 + 10= 325
Total Tasks Completed: 18
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 5+1=6
Coralie10.1 The Tinman’s body had to Come from Somewhere!
Book set in Australia
Terra Nullius
Total to date 345 points
Coralie15.2 Double Nine
Book 1. Book with nine characters in title
The Air War
Book 2. Book with nine characters in author’s name
Bluegate Fields by Anne Perry
Total to date 360 points
15.10 - Give and TakeLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott; 528 pages. First published 1868.
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
**Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
Trisha rated it 5 stars
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: 1
Books read total: 33
Points this post: 15
Points total: 485
ROBIN P5.5 From O to Z - author initials O-Z
The Marigold Chain by Stella Riley
listened to audiobook, linked pb, no mmpb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 500
BB:3 GO:3 IAF:2
trishhartuk25.4 Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1. Hawkeye. -- Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Clobbered by Camembert, Avery Aames
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Option 3. Read a book from one of the following lists...These Books Will Kill You...
Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): ici. Top PB (English): here
These Books Will Kill You list, page 1 #3
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 21
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Madison U30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee First
Pick 2 options and read a book from each
Option 1: Read a book that contains two sets of consecutive double letters
What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
Option 2: Read a book that is set 50% in one of the countries that consumes the most coffee per capita
The Third Man by Graham Greene
(country = Austria)
Points this task = 30
Total points = 320
Tasks complete = 12/56
Nick KY30.5 Cat’s Back to School
Opt. 1. From the 66 Campus Novels list I read Vladimir by Julia May Jonas. The book is new to me.
Opt. 2. From the 12 yr list I read Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear. The book is new to me.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 520
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic TableOption B: Read a book by an author with first and last initials SN.
A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel
Total Points: 100
Shiraloo25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1: The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
REQUIRED: AEIOU present in title. I read the Kindle Version, but the top paperback version has 208 pages.
*Claiming 1 It’s a Fact Ticket for this book*
Book 2: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
REQUIRED: All 3 of her initials are consonants. I read the Kindle Version, but the top paperback version has 419 pages.
419 + 208 = 627 pages, which is greater than 500
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Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 210
It’s a Fact Ticket This Post: 1
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 3
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The Vanishing by Jayne Ann Krentz
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 610
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BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5