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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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trishhartuk15.7 Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series.
Finding Motive (Rescue Alaska Mystery #6), Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Inge10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year
De jongen die zijn vader zocht
first published september 26th 2013
UK AR bookfinder thanks to a dear friend in Scotland:
MY, atos booklevel: 5.3, AR points: 9.0
Points this task: 10
total points: 45
Bookwrm526Task #15.3 - High-Five!
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1 - with a library or librarian central to the subject, setting or plot AND with a 5-word TITLE. I read By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates, which is set in the Bodie Island Light House Library.
Total points so far: 35
Nick KY15.1 - Into the Wood
The "Tin Woodman" is sometimes mistakenly called the "Tin Woodsman”
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1 Read a book of your choice, but choose carefully, the title determines your book 2 choice.
I read Light of the Moon by Luanne Rice.
Book 2 Read a book with a word in the TITLE that includes a word from your book one TITLE with the addition of a single letter S. The S may be in any position.
I read TThe Moons of Jupiter bvIsaac Asimov
Required: State the words: Moon and Moons.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 25
15.7 - Get Happy#4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series
PB for page count (no mmpb): Out of Circulation by Miranda James
I listened to the Audiobook: Out of Circulation
🎓 Cat in the Stacks #4 🎓
Total points: 65 + 15 = 80
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 - Millenium Magic
Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0). I read Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente, which has 103 pages.
Total points so far: 40
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)Correction Post for post # 72
10.7 - An Autumn Debut
First published in September, October, or November of any year.
Page count: 176
First Published: September 23rd 2008
Jane in Love
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 115/960
Tasks Completed: 11/56
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Meets SRC rules. MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile NOT found in ARBF may be used.
Page Count: 256
Not Found in ARBF
Anne of West Philly
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 120/960
Tasks Completed: 12/56
Creynard10.4-It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Read a book whose title and/or subtitle contains the letters AXE.
Nyxia Unleashed
nyXiA unlEashed
Points this post: 10
Points total: 10
Tasks completed: 1/56
Creynard5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Read a book with a MPG of Sports.
Dirty Player
Points this post: 5
Points total: 15
Tasks completed: 2/56
Creynard15.5 - It Was There All Along
Read a book already in your possession as of August 17th.
Keeping Mr. Right Now
Points this post: 15
Points total: 30
Tasks completed: 3/56
Creynard20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option A: Snickers
Read a book whose title or subtitle contains a word that begins and ends with the same letter.
Scandal Above Stairs
My word is "stairs".
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Tasks completed: 4/56
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.4-It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Read a book whose title and/or subtitle contains the letters AXE. The letters need not be found sequentially.
Page Count: 354 Listened to audiobook link to PB edition Felix Ever After
Letters AXE: FeliX Ever After
Felix Ever After
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 130/960
Tasks Completed: 13/56
Creynard20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
read a book with a main page genre that contains "space", that is set at least 50% in space on a space station or spaceship.
Nyxia
Opens on Earth, but 90% of the book happens on a space ship or space station headed to a planet called Eden.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70
Tasks completed: 5/56
Creynard10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the top tin-producing countries.
Playing It Cool
Set entirely in Sydney, Australia. Australia is on the list of top tin-producing countries.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
Tasks completed: 6/56
ED20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3-title contains a word of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in Global Positioning System.
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
"NAME" found in "globAl positioNing systEM"
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks completed: 1/56
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
ED20.1 - 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.
Playing with Myself by Randy Rainbow
*****I CLAIM 1 IT'S A FACT TICKET*****
(I couldn't find any reference in the Fall rules to these tickets, I'm assuming it is for all NF works? Could someone please point me to the appropriate reference so and can clarify the rule for these points? Thanks!)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks completed: 2/56
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
ROBIN P25.1 Sandy's Task: Use Your Alphabet
2 books - 500+ pages
Book 1 - Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
A Most Efficient Murder: A 1920s Country House Mystery A mOst EffIcient mUrder - 314 pages
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants - Bandbox - author Thomas Mallon - 305 pages
Total pages 619
Points this post: 25
Total points: 70
Sara G15.10 - Give and Take
Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Joanne MI rated this book 5 stars.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 544 pages.
**Cutting for Stone is a Big Book (544 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Katrisa5.5 - 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).
I read Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel - initials VP
Points this post: 5
Points Total: 25
5. 9- Number 9, Number 9 .....Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words.
I read Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country - 13 words in title/subtitle
Points this post: 5
Points Total: 30
Task 20.9 - What's In A Name?author first name is a Shakespearian character name
Ex-Purgatory by Peter Clines
PETER is in The Taming of the Shrew. Also Friar Peter in Measure for Measure
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70 points
1 GO tix
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in GEOCACHING
The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician #2) by Charlie N. Holmberg
author's initials, CNH, found in geoCacHiNg
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 50
5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz4+ letter word in title made from the letters in "Oswald State Penitentiary"
MMPB for page count: Dawn by Elie Wiesel
I listened to the Audiobook: Dawn
🎓 Dawn: DAW in Oswald; N in Penitentiary 🎓
Total points: 80 + 5 = 85
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Amy B15.8 - B Positive
Read a book that has been shelved as Body Positivity
Required: State the page.
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown (pg 5)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 20 Points
✔️Pat10.2 ~ 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 - https://www.behindthename.com/name/ni...
Names must match exactly, but may be found in any position.
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina GeorgeRead ~ 9.7.22
Pages ~ 392
How it Fits ~ NINA - Bulgarian Feminine Form of Nick
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Points this Task ~ 10
Total Points ~ 25
Total Books ~ 2
Total Pages ~ 791
ROBIN P10.9 - Lots Going On!
Book from Dark Academia list
A Deadly Education - on page 1 of list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Creynard20.10 - Group Reads
Post in the discussion - done!
The Cartographers
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100/960
Tasks completed: 7/56
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15.8 - B Positive
Read a book that has been shelved as Body Positivity.
The House in the Cerulean Sea (appears on page 2 of the shelf)
Points this task: 15
Season total: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
MEGSCL5.5 - From O....Z
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
**Non fiction It’s a fact ticket
TOTAL
50 points
1 It’s a Fact
DOM15.5 - 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.
Awakened Cosmos: The Mind of Classical Chinese Poetry
Purchased kindle version from Amazon on 26 July 2022
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries-My book is set in Australia
Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery
The setting isn't listed, but the description states: In 1948 a man was found dead on an Adelaide beach. . Somerton Man remains one of Australia’s most mysterious cold cases.
***Claiming an Its a Fact ticket for Non-fiction***
New Points: 10
Total Points: 10
IaF: 1
JEN B10.6- 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.
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
TIN in commuTINg
TOTAL POINTS: 70
Mai20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
Book with a main page genre Space
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
This book is set entirely in space.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
5.7 - It's Not Easy Being GreenRead a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton The author's name is completely in green
I'm claiming a BB ticket for The Forgotten Garden, 650 pg
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
Julia10330.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 1: Penmarric
This book is 704 pages so claiming one BB ticket
Option 3: Sisters in Arms
Both of these are approved in the task help thread.
This post: 30 points, 1 BB
Total points: 45
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books completed: 3
Julia10320.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3: Disobedience Means Death
(Means is in the target phrase: ME in System, A in Global, N in Positioning, S in System)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 65
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Books completed: 4
Lisa MD10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Published in September, October, or November of any year.
🍁A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson
First published October 27, 2020
308 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30/960
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
10.10 - Lost in the MuseumA book from Museum Books page 8: All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)Correction Post for post # 110
10.7 - An Autumn Debut
First published in September, October, or November of any year.
Page count: 176
First Published: September 23rd 2008
Janes in Love
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 130/960
Tasks Completed: 13/56
5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!The Pretenders (The Cemetery Girl Trilogy #1) by Charlaine Harris
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 55
Inge30.3 - 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
De minnaar
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
VerpleegThuis
Points this task: 30
total points: 75
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 An Autumn Debut
A Good Dog's Guide to Murder by Krista Davis
First published in September 2022.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10/960
Tasks completed: 1/59
Books read: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.5 It Was There All Along
The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25/960
Tasks completed: 2/56
Books read: 2
ROBIN P20.1 Most Improved - LisaM's Task: All Treats, No Tricks
Option C: Author first or last name starts with R, P, B, or C
Midnight Marriage by Lucinda Brant
read ebook, linked pb, no mmpb
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Legendary
Read a book with a MPG Mythology. I read The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas.
Total points so far: 55
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20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in GEOCACHING.
Craft: An American History (non-fiction)
Points this task: 20
It's a Fact tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 20
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1