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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Task 30.2 - The Monster Mashbook 1: NIGHT in title / lyrics
The Night Shift
book 2: witches are main characters
Her Majesty's Royal Coven
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655 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
1 NF tix
5.1-Exiled to the Land of OzMPG of Crime
PB for page count (no mmpb): Rivers of London: Body Work by Ben Aaronovitch
I read the ebook: Rivers of London: Body Work
Total points: 455 + 5 = 460
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 3
Lisa MD25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
One book for 2 different options. Must be at least 501 pages.
Option 1 - Has a number 9 in its series number
🍁Stay Hidden by Paul Doiron
Series:Mike Bowditch (#9)
Listened to audio. No MMPB. Linked to PB
352 pages
Option 2 - Author who uses a pseudonym.
🍁The Edge of Summer by Viola Shipman
Viola Shipman - pseudonym for Wade Rouse
400 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 365/960
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 23/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
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I rolled a 1: Author Name
I used Ryan as a last name since I had read two authors already earlier in the season with this name.
Book 1-
Emphatic by Kaylee Ryan / 256 pg
Book 2-
Surrendering to Hunt by Jennifer Ryan / 384 pg
Book 3-
Love Bound by Rebecca Ryan / 324 pg
Total pages: 964 > 750
Points this post: 50
Total points: 250
25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the PosthumanOption 2, MPG Technology: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Option 3, author initials in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr
Points this post: 25
Total points: 590
JEN B25.8 - 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.
One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke
LC in artifiCiaL
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
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Word = AFTER
AFTR in ARTiFicial
E in intElligence
TOTAL POINTS: 450
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
2 different options 501+ pages. No Children's genre
Option 2-Author who uses a pseudonym.
Page Count: 256 Listened to audiobook link to PB Mrs Jeffries Plays the Cook
Pseudonym/Real Name: Emily Brightwell/ Cheryl Lanham(real name)
Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook
Option 3- word “TEEN” intact in its title or subtitle
Page Count: 384 Listened to audiobook link to PB Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Word: thirTEEN
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date:875/960
Tasks Completed: 52/56
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 - If I Only Had a Heart
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains all the letters in HEART. I read Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (HT in smith, EAR in alexander) (227p).
Read a book that contains a word in the title that can be found in the lyrics of Tin Man. I chose the word REAL and read Real Life by Brandon Taylor (329p).
227+329=556p
Total points so far: 400
Joanne MI15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book that is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series.
The Price of Spring -4th book in series
Points this task 15
Total Points 215
BB's 1
IAF 6
Maria Jo15.5 - It Was There All Along
Summa Domestica: Order and Wonder in Family Life Vol. 2 - Education
**Claiming IAF ticket***
IAF Ticket: 3
GO Ticket: 1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
EMurphy25.4 Nick KY's Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1: Author whose first and last name begin with the same letter Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro
Option 2: Both a B and a J in the title/subtitle/author's name Broken by Jenny Lawson
*It's A Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 235
Books Read: 17
BB Ticket +500: 2
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 10
ROBIN P30.6 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 (subtitles excluded).
Required:state the word.
The Library at the Edge of the World
Word is WORLD from Been All Around This World
4. Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
On Maggie's Watch - author Ann Wertz Garvin has double n in Ann
Points this post: 30
Total points: 530
BB:3 GO:3 IAF:2
Sue T5.1 - Exiled to the Land of Oz
The Confession of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35/960
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
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25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Choose two options and read one book for each.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
The Cigar Factory: A Novel of Charleston. Michele Moore
Option 2: Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name. (B in title, J in author's name).
The Widows of Malabar Hill. Sujata Massey
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 295/960
Tasks completed: 13/56
Books read: 18
GO: 1
BB: 3
Maria Jo30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2: The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
Option 4: The Christie Affair
IAF Ticket: 3
GO Ticket: 1
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
15.6 - LegendaryEverything Under by Daisy Johnson
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 560
10.6- It's in There SomewhereManners & Mutiny (Finishing School #4) by Gail Carriger
"TIN" found in word in title, muTINy
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 570
MEGSCL5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Evvie Drake Starts Over (genre noted in task help thread)
TOTAL
385 points
3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
MEGSCL10.3 - I Love Shiny Things
Spinning Silver
TOTAL
395 points
3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
MEGSCL15.3 - High-Five!
Option 2 - The Library at Mount Char
TOTAL
410 points
3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
trishhartuk5.5 From O....Z
Read a book where the author's initials can be found using the letters from O to Z.
A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee FirstOption 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.
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
100% Slovenia
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that produces the most coffee: Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Uganda, Mexico, Guatemala.
The Fish Girl by Mirandi Riwoe
100% Indonesia
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 600
10.2 - Call Me Nick.Author's name found on the list.
"Kay"
Dead in the Water by Janice Kay Johnson
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 690
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
MARGO20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 1 - Read a book by George Orwell.
Homage to Catalonia
- this book is new to me
- claiming one NONFICTION ticket
- claiming one GOLDEN OLDIE ticket - pub. 1938
Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 585
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 41
GO: 2 // BB: 1 // NF: 3
LAUREN JODI5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
Siren's Call by Jayne Castle
Setting: Rainshadow Island, Harmony. A parallel world the Earth.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 145/960
Total Books Read: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 16/56
Angela IL30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option A: Read a nonfiction book with a MPG of SELF HELP.
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig- 10/9
Read kindle/ no MMPB/ PB: Reasons to Stay Alive
Option D: Read a book that has a word in the title that is food or flower related that would make a great name for a chicken.
Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith- 10/26
Flower: Rose
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 16
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
Anja20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3. Read a book from a series with a minimum of five whole-numbered books in the series.
Archangel's Resurrection (Guild Hunter #15) by Nalini Singh
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 95
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 6
30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster MashBook 1: 4+ letter word in title from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash": https://tinyurl.com/yecxrpcx
MMPB for page count: Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire
I listened to the audiobook: Late Eclipses
🎃 LATE = "I was working in the lab, late one night" 🎃
Book 2: features vampires, ghouls, zombies, ghosts, werewolves, witches
PB for page count (no mmpb): The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
I listened to the audiobook: The Sentence
🎃 From GR description (of the audiobook): "a wickedly funny ghost story" 🎃
Total points: 460 + 30 = 490
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 3
5.1 Exiled to the Land of OzRead a book with a MPG of Crime.
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Note: Not sure if this one qualifies for BB Ticket. I read this edition of 508 pages, but I don't yet know how to check for the most popular edition.
Task Points: 5
Season Points: 5
BB Ticket: 1?
5.9 Number 9, Number 9 .....Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words. Spaces determine words.
The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music by Victor L. Wooten
Points: 5
Season Points: 10
BB Ticket: 1? (awaiting confirmation)
5.10 There's no place like the SRC! Read a book that meets SRC rules.
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
Task Points: 5
Season Points: 15
BB Ticket: 1? (awaiting confirmation)
10.5 Happy Anniversary!Read a book with a word in the title that exactly matches one of the traditional anniversary gifts for years 1-10. You may use the U.S. or U.K. list.
Word chosen: Paper (Anniversary #1)
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
Task Points: 10
Season Points: 25
BB Ticket: 1? (awaiting confirmation)
✔️Pat10.7 ~ An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
American Boy by Larry WatsonRead ~ 10.25.22
Pages ~ 224
How it Fits ~ Published September 13th, 2011 by Milkweed Editions
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Points this Task ~ 10
Total Points ~ 340
Total Books ~ 25
Total Pages ~ 8,648
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Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Mystery
I read Mørke rom
Book 2: Read a book that is a whole numbered book in a series.
I read Vinnerne which is #3 in the Bjørnstad series
points for this task: 15
total points: 30
books read: 5
tasks done: 4
10.10 - Lost in the MuseumMuseum list. PAGE 13
Loyalty in Death by J.D. RobbT
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 700
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months.Option 1 - Fanny Burney: A Biography by Claire Harman; a book written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters. 448 pages. Non-fiction. **Claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket**
Option 2- Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse by Harper Lin; a book with a cup or mug on the cover. 281 pages.
Page total, both books: 729
It's a Fact tickets this post: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
Books read this post: 2
Books read total: 35
Points this post: 30
Points total: 515
Barbara ★30.6 - 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 (subtitles excluded).
Wolf Dreams - Aimee Easterling 10/27
(using Dire Wolf)
Option 4: Read a book with an author who has a double letter in their FIRST name.
Girl One: Murder - Molly Black 9/8
Points this task: 30
Total points: 590
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.9 - And Toto, Too
Letter sequence TOO found intact in the title or subtitle.
Page Count: 224 Listened to Audiobook link to PB edition Too Bright to See
ARBF:IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7.0
Too Bright to See
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 890/960
Tasks Completed: 53/56
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
2 book task. Choose two of three options.
Required: State the options.
Option 1. Hawkeye. --Author first and last name begin with same letter.
Page Count: 224 Listened to audiobook link to HB Just Ash
Author: Sol Santana
Just Ash
Option 2. B.J. -- B and J in title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Page Count: 235 Listened to Audiobook link to PB Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi
Letter B AND J in title: Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing AliBi
Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 915/960
Tasks Completed: 54/56
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo Time
ONE option read Book A and Book B for option 237+ pgs/book.
Option 1:
Book A. FIRST published between November 27, 2011 and June 19, 2012.
Page Count: 504 listened to audiobook link to MMPB Dites aux loups que je suis chez moi
First Published: June 19,2012
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Book B.Letters DUO or OWL found in the title (not subtitle).
Page count: 288 Listened to audiobook link to MMPB Nubes de kétchup
Word:Duo/ ClOUDs
Ketchup Clouds
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 9400/960
Tasks Completed: 55/56
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 1. Read a book first published in the year 2000.
Midnight Come Again by Dana Stabenow
First published: 2000
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 235-20=215
Tasks completed: 14/56-1=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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2022 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Gutenberg Classics - The Age of Innocence
Discussion Thread--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Page Count: 293
The Age of Innocence
Link to Discussion Post Post # 7 :
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 960/960
Tasks Completed: 56/56
10.2 - Call Me Nick.Blue Light Yokohama (Inspector Iwata #1) by Nicolás Obregón
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 610
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20.9 - 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.
Richard III [IV, 2]/Sir James Tyrrel
Frankland. James Whorton
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 315/960
Tasks completed: 14/56
Books read: 19
GO: 1
BB: 3
Task 25.4 - Hawkeye and B.J.Option 1 Hawkeye. -- Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) (2018) by Rebecca Roanhorse (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 287 pages)
Option 2. B.J. -- Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
A Bad Day for Sunshine: A Novel (Sunshine Vicram #1) (2020) by Darynda Jones (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 416 pages)
B ad day for sunshine by darynda J ones
55 + 25 = 80
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 55 + 25 = 80
Books read: 04
Pages read: 2,021
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Deborah25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 1: Bitten
This book is a reread
Option 3: Proxy by Alex London
AL: ARTIFICIAL
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 140
Books Read:12
Tasks Done: 9
Kathy KS20.7 - 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. Required: State the word.
Yollop by George Barr McCutcheon
YOLLOP=gLObaL POsitioning sYstem
I listened to an audiobook; regular print pb-116 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1922
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 235
Tasks completed: 14/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
ED5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 170
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 11/56-
5.2; 5.10; 10.7; 15.5; 15.10; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.7; 20.9
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Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title.
Christmas with the Ops Room Girls
The letters LOC are found in C hristmas with the O ps room gir L s
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 325 + 20= 345
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 6
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5.5 - From O....Z
Read a book where all of the author's initials can be found using letters O through Z
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Points this task = 5
Total points = 325
Tasks complete = 13/56