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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Julia10315.10 - Give and Take
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
This was rated 5 stars by SRC member Kristina Simon.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 480
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 27
Books completed: 35
Mod
Book 1 - Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
The War Girls of Goodwill House
This book contains all the vowels in the title:
thE wAr girls of goodwIll hOUse
I read the kindle version but the paperback exists The War Girls of Goodwill House & is listed as 286 pages
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). We will count Y as a consonant for this task.
The It Girls
The author is Karen Harper & the initials KH are consonants
I listed to the audiobook but the paperback The It Girls is listed as 384 pages
286 + 384 = 670 pages which meets the 500pg+ requirement
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 360 + 25 = 385
Total Tasks Completed: 21
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 6
15.4 - Follow the CluesOption 2 - ONE fulfills both requirements.
Fair Isle and Fortunes by Nancy Warren
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 715
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
trishhartuk25.8 Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm, Isabella Tree
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (362pg)
InTelligence
It’s a Fact: listed as Nonfiction, Science and Memoir on the new book page
Option 4: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title that can be made by the letters in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot (552pg)
The word is GREAT: ARTificial intElliGence
It’s a Fact: listed as Nonfiction and Memoir on the new book page
Big Book: 552pg = 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 2 – both books are non-fiction
Big Book: 1 – All Creatures Great and Small is 552pg = 500+ x 1
Total Points: 390
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
CYNBAXTER
Task: 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
Task Description: 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.
Book: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Requirement: Julia from “Two Gentlemen of Verona”
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 150 points
NF tickets this post: 0
Total NF tickets to date: 0
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 0
Total "GOLDIE" tickets to date: 0
Christine V20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Author's first name matches Richard Plantagenet the Younger from the play "Henry VI, Part II."
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 1
15.6 - LegendaryMPG Mythology: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Points this post: 15
Total points: 605
Mai20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 2. Book with a word of four letters or more in the title or subtitle that can be made from LADILATTE
"Data"
The Phantom Pattern Problem: The Mirage of Big Data by Gary Smith
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 410
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 31
NF Tickets: 10
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 2
10.7 An Autumn DebutWish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Published in November 2021
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 195
25.8 Reading the PosthumanOption 3 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
LE are in Artificial Intelligence
Option 4 - The Fell by Sarah Moss
The letters for the word FELL are found in ArtiFicial IntELLigence
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 220
JEN B20.3 - 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”.
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Published 2022, initials AM in AutuMn
TOTAL POINTS: 470
Delicious Dee15.3 - High-Five!
Confessions of a Naughty Librarian - 5 word title, with a librarian as the main character
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 510
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Lisa MD20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
MPG that contains "space - set at least 50% in space on a space station or spaceship.
🍁Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
478 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 385/960
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 24/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)Book #1
Option 3. Read a book where a main character moves (not visits) to a new state, province, country, or planet during the course of the book. The starting location and the resulting location must both be a setting in the book.
Required: If the move is not evident on the GR main page, include a reference.
North and South
Book #2
Option 4. Jennifer and Cassidy both have double letters in their names. Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
**I'd like a Golden Oldie and a Big Book for North and South (first published: 1854, hardcover version 656 pages )**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 4/56
Books read: 6
GOs this post: 1
BBS this post: 1
Total GOs to date: 3
Total BBs to date: 1
5.4 - Ease On Down The RoadAuthor who shares a name with Diana Ross.
Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
AR: IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 720
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
10.3 - I Love Shiny ThingsRead a book with the name of a metal in the title
I used nickel
I listened to an audio version of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America MMPB edition is Una paga da fame: Come (non) si arriva a fine mese nel paese più ricco del mondo
***Claiming an Its a Fact Ticket for non-fiction***
New Points: 10
Total Points: 255
BB: 1
IaF: 2
LAUREN JODI20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3
Into the Storm by Suzanne Brockmann
Required word: INTO
***Claiming a Big Book ticket as this book has 528 pages***
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 165/960
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 17/56
Mod
For my first book, 9 letters in title, I listened to an audiobook edition of Wise Blood, linked to the pb edition.
For my second book, 9 letters in author's name, I read a kindle ARC of Lessons by Ian McEwan, linked to the pb edition. Author, Ian McEwan, has 9 letters in his name.
total points: 395
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I chose option 2 and listened to an audiobook of Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939, linked to the top pb. 3d listed MPG is Spain, 5th is Spanish Civil War.
This book is new to me.
total points: 415.
Mod
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
I read a kindle ARC of Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout, linked to the hardcover. Author name Elizabeth matches Queen Elizabeth from Henry VI, Part III.
new total: 395
Mod
I read an audio edition of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, linked to the top paperback. Author name Elizabeth matches Queen Elizabeth from Henry VI, Part III.
total points: 415
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik - both parts of author's name begin with N.
For my second book, I chose option 2 and read a kindle ARC of The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham, linked to the hardcover. B in "Boys," J in "John."
total points: 440
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson - both of the author's initials are found in yosemite pArK. 416 pages.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read an audiobook of The Last Tudor, linked to the top pb. Top MPG is historical fiction. 544 pages.
Total pages 960, exceeding required 500.
total points: 470
Mod
For my first book, I chose option A and read Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones - top genre is nonfiction, 2d is self-help.
For my second book, I chose option D amd listened to an audiobook of Orchid Beach, linked to the paperback. Flower name is Orchid.
total points: 500
Readerboard name: List_Addict5.5: From O … Z
An author’s initials found in the letter O to Z only (both different)
Kissing Galileo by Penny Reid
Total this challenge: 35
Delicious dee20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 2 - Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel - shelved as both Spain and Spanish Civil War
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 530
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Amy B10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA. (all initials count). Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 195 Points
50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!I rolled 6, FIRST published in the same year, 2022.
Book 1: Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs
Book 2: Wyoming Winter Rescue by Juno Rushdan
Book 3: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
388+248+336=972 pages
Task Points: 50
Total Points: 770
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
ROBIN P25.5 Andy P's Task: By the Number
2 books - total 500 or more pages
Book 1. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written as such.
14 - 352 pages
Book 2. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written in letter form.
Six Feet Under - 192 pages
Total pages - 544
Points this post: 25
Total points: 555
BB:3 GO:3 IAF:2
Julia10350.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
I rolled 3 and chose the dog token.
This post: 50 points
Total points: 530
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 28
Books completed: 38
EMurphyBest Review-Trishhartuk's Task: Forever Autumn
Option 1: First publsihed in or after 1972 AND where the single author's first and last initials can be found in FOREVER AUTUMN The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 255
Books Read: 18
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 11
15.2 - Double NineBook 1: Nine characters in the title.
Priceless by Shannon Mayer
Book 2: Nine characters in the author's name.
The Road to Love by Linda Ford
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 785
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 5
Task 30.1 - America’s National Parks500+ pages total
option 3b: horse on cover
The Sport of Kings
I read kindle linked above, no MMPB, PB: The Sport of Kings 545 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
option 4: Historical Fiction MPG
Leaving Everything Most Loved
368 pages
545 + 368 >500 pages
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685 points
6 BB tix
4 GO tix
1 NF tix
Angela IL25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Its Duolingo Time
Option 1:
Book A. Read a book that was FIRST published between November 27, 2011 and June 19, 2012.
Happily Ever After by Harriet Evans- 10/28
Book B. Read a book where the letters DUO or OWL can be found in the title (not subtitle).
Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Koomson- 9/13
Letters Used: OWL
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 17
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
Mod
Barbara ★10.10 - Lost in the Museum
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the following list Museum Books.
Ice Blue - Anne Stuart 10/29
(found on page 6)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 600
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
5.5 - From O....Zauthor's initials can be found using the letters from O to Z (inclusive)
PB for page count (no mmpb): Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends by Tim Seeley
I read the digital edition: Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends
Total points: 490 + 5 = 495
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 3
Andy P. 25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the Number
Book 1. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written as such.
1979 by Val McDermid 432 p,
Book 2. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written in letter form Child Zero by Chris Holm 342 p.
page count: 432 + 342 = 774> 500 p. minimum
Points this post: 25
Total points: 395
Katrisa25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Its Duolingo Time
Opt 2 -
A - Choose one of those three languages: Japanese, Ukrainian and Greek, and read a book where the author's initials (all) appear in that single language word.
I chose Japanese and read Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
JA - JApannese
B - sing the two remaining language words, read a book where a word of at least 4 letters in the title can be made with the letters of those languages.
I read The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
NINE - grEek ukraNIaN
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 960
5.2 - Millenium MagicPeace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life - 160 pages
Page count contains a 1 and a 0
Total points: 90
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National ParksOption 2: The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons - 810 pages
Author initials in YOSEMITE PARK
*** Two Big Book Tickets claimed - 810 pages
Option 4: Sag Harbor - 273 pages
Historical Fiction
810 + 273 = 1083 pages
Total Points: 120
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - On the Periodic Table
Option C: Read a book where the page count includes 50 intact. I read Flowers Over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti (350p).
Total points so far: 420
25.2 - Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a HeartOption 1, HEART in the title: The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
paperback edition The Heart Principle 339 pages
Option 2, author's name contains the letters HEART: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
mass market paperback edition Meilleurs Ennemis 489 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 630
ROBIN P5.4 Ease on down the road
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in the film The Wiz
Actor is Michael Jackson
Smallbone Deceased: A London Mystery by Michael Gilbert
**Claiming 1 GO point, first published 1950
Points this post: 5
Total points: 560
BB:3 GO:4 IAF: 2
20.5 Well Hello Number 9Read a book with MPG Space Opera
Second Wave: Acorna's Childrenby Anne McCaffrey
Space Opera on MPG
Task +20
Grand Total: 70/960
5.5 - From O....ZLapse (Clementine Jones #1) by Sarah Thornton
author's initials, ST, found in between O-Z
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 615
15.2 - Double NineBook 1: Read a book with exactly nine characters in the title.
Third Girl (Hercule Poirot #31) by Agatha Christie
Book 2: Read a book with exactly nine characters in the author's name.
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 630
30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to SchoolBoth books are new to me.
Option 2: List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 12:
I listened to the audiobook, no mmpb, pb here: The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson
Claiming 1 NF Point.
Option 3: List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 13:
The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works Of Richard P. Feynman by Jeffrey Robbins
Claiming 1 NF Point.
Task Points: 30 + 2 NF
Total Points: 815
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 1
NF Points: 7
Mai20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3. Book whose title contains a 4-letter word made from the letters in Global Positioning System: "Glen"
Glen Park Library: A Fairy Tale of Disruption by Pamela M Lee
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 32
NF Tickets: 11
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 2
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Read a book that you already have in your possession, from any source- borrowed, owned, etc., as of August 17.
The Officer Girl in Blue
Rather embarrassingly, this was a book I received as an advance reader copy in August 2021 & never got round to reading (can I blame the pandemic?)
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 345 + 15= 360
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 6