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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Shiraloo20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Birds of California by Katie Cotugno
REQUIRED: Option 3, the word is “Birds”
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Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 250
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 3
Inge10.5. Happy Anniversary!
ead a book with a word in the title that exactly matches one of the traditional annivrsary gifts for years 1-10
Rock Paper Scissors
year 1 gift: Paper
Points this task: 10
total points: 305
Inge5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN
Points this task: 5
total points: 310
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever AutumnOption 3:
Read a book with a word of four or more letters found in the lyrics of Forever Autumn in the title.
Once Upon a Time by Alessandra Hazard
Word used was time = "You always loved this time of year"
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 355
Bookwrm526Task #25. 7 - It's Duolingo Time
Option 2 Book 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 read Recipes for Love and Murder by Sally Andrew. SA are found in jApaneSe. (384p)
Option 2 Book B. Using 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 Kink: Stories edited by R.O. Kwon. KINK can be found in uKraINian and greeK (288p).
Total points so far: 495
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - 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. The name must match exactly. I chose Adriana from Comedy of Errors and read A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera.
Total points so far: 515
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
My comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
First published 1920 for 1 GO point.
Task Points: 20 + 1 GO
Total Points: 925
BB Points: 1
GO Points: 4
NF Points: 8
Delicious Dee5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics - the letters from PARTON can be found in Oswald State Penitentiary
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 535
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee15.10 - Give and Take
The Indian Bride - SRC member Ava Catherine gave it 5 stars in 2012
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 550
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From SomewhereRussia
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 935
BB Points: 1
GO Points: 4
NF Points: 8
Nick KY15.2 Double Nine.
Book 1. I read Black Dogs, by Ian McEwan, 9 characters in the title.
Book 2. I read Filter House, by Nisi Shawl, 9 letters in the author’s name.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 635
Nick KY15.5 There All Along
I read Incarnate by Ramsey Campbell, a book I own.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 650
Angela IL25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1 - Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead- 9/3
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).
Her Mother's Shadow by Diane Chamberlain- 11/2
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 450
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 19
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
Amy FL5.2 - Millenium Magic
Girl, Alone - 210 pages (contains 1 and 0 from 1900)
I completed the audio version of Girl, Alone, but linked to the paperback for purposes of page count
Points this post: 5
Total points: 395
Amy FL5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
The Shattered Castle - Carthya
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 400
Sue T10.3 - I Love Shiny Things
Book with the name of a metal in the title.
Fields of Iron by Shelley Adina
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 45/960
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Amy FL15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2: Shattered - MPG Mystery and Michael Bennett #14
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415
CHANDNI30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
1.Read a book that includes three generations of ONE family as characters or subjects.
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
"a young man’s life spurs three generations of the Owens women" in the description
4. Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 250
Amy FL20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 2: Impossible to Forget by Imogen Clark - IC in geoCachIng
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435
Amy FL25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
Option 1: What She Found - Tracy Crosswhite, #9
Option 2: Heartbreak Bay by Rachel Caine - from the author's page on GR: Rachel Caine is a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad.
I linked to the audios I completed, but in the paperbacks there are 368 pages + 336 pages (704 total)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 460
Mod
10.7 - An Autumn Debut
The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas. James Patterson
Published October 3, 2022
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 425/960
Tasks completed: 18/56
Books read: 27
GO: 1
BB: 3
Mod
5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
The Christmas Spirit. Debbie Macomber
Spirit found in Oswald State Penitentiary
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 430/960
Tasks completed: 19/56
Books read: 28
GO: 1
BB: 3
Laurah3025.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13.0
option 2 Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
Points this post: 25
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact ticket: 0
15.10 - Give and TakeLet Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
SRC member and moderator, Sandy, gave this book 5*
Total points: 135
✔️ Pat25.4 ~ Hawkeye and B.J.
This is a two book task. Choose two of three options.
REQUIRED ~ State the options.
Option 1 ~ Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Noah's Wife by T.K. ThorneRead ~ 11.3.22
Pages ~ 352
Relevance ~ (T).K. (T)horne's first name is (T)eresa
Verification ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.K._Th....
Option 2 ~ Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
The Shaman's Bones by James D. DossRead ~ 10.27
Pages ~ 352
How it Fits ~ (B)ones ~ (J)ames
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Points this Task ~ 25
Total Points ~ 385
Total Books ~ 28
Total Pages ~ 9624
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 Give and Take
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
Read by Robin (Saturndoo)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 690/960
Tasks completed: 44/56
Books read: 54
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.5 Cat's Task: Back to School
These books are new to me.
Option 1: They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
Option 2: Shtum by Jem Lester
Points this post: 30
Total points: 720/960
Tasks completed: 45/56
Books read: 56
TessaVanessaChallenge 50.1 Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
I rolled a #1
Book 1: Bones by JOHN Wilson
117 pages
Book 2: The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals by JOHN Douglas
432 pages
Book 3: The Passengers by JOHN Marrs
352 pages
The common name is JOHN.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 770/960
Tasks completed: 46/56
Books read: 59
Laurah3010.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
Albatross by Terry Fallis
Points this post: 10
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact ticket: 0
Task:5.10. - There's no place like the SRC! [ a book that meets SRC rules]Book read:The Truth Is Dead by Marcus Sedgwick
Required:meets src rules
Points this task:5
Total points:200
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:15
Tasks completed:12
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.1 The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Points this post: 10
Total points: 780/960
Tasks completed: 47/56
Books read: 60
Mod
Read a book set at least 50% in a fictitious locale.
Stardust
This book takes place predominantly in the land of Faerie - which is most definitely not a real place!
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 415 + 5 = 420
Total Tasks Completed: 24
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 7
Mod
Roll one six-sided die to determine your reading category. Read three different books that share this connection. The three books must total at least 750 pages.
I rolled a 4
Roll a 4: MPG
Read three books that share the same main page genre.
The Timber Girls
Victory for the Ops Room Girls
The Highland Girls at War
The shared Genre is Historical Fiction
This felt a little easy so I actually gave myself an added challenge to read 3 Historical Fiction Books that also had the same word in the title (actually I also had 3 with the same sub-genre, but one is pre-release so hasn't got an MPG yet :( )
My books therefore also meet:
Roll a 2: Word in the title: GIRLS
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 420 + 50 = 470
Total Tasks Completed: 25
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 7
Joanne MI10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
A book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown
Points this task 10
Total Points 225
BB's 1
IAF 6
Joanne MI10.9. Lots Going On!
A book from this list: Dark Academia
The Golden Enclaves - on page 3 # 187
Points this task 10
Total Points 235
BB's 1
IAF 6
30.3 Coffee FirstOption 1: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The word is COFFEE
Option 2: Phantom by Jo Nesbø
This book is set in Norway.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 250
25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo TimeOption 3A, set in France: Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan 320 pages
Option 3B, #1-#14 in a series with more than 20 books: Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #6 of 55 in series)
mass market paperback Vengeance in Death 357 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 695
Mai20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option B: M&M’s
Title contains an apostrophe (')
Heidegger's Technologies: Postphenomenological Perspectives (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy) (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy by Don Ihde
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 505
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 38
NF Tickets: 16
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 3
Amy MK25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1: All the vowels in title
About Time (470 pages)
Book 2: Author initials are consonants
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (365 pages)
Total pages=470+365=835 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 235
Amy MK50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Rolled a 2: Read three books whose titles share a common word of 4 or more letters.
Murder at Ochre Court (304 pages)
Murder at the Majestic Hotel (304 pages)
Murder and Mendelssohn (365 pages)
All 3 share the word murder.
Total pages+304+304+365=973
Points this post: 50
Total points: 285
Madison Unger25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo Time
Pick one option and read both books from that option
Option 1: Read a book published between 27Nov2011 and 19Jun2012 & a book with letters DUO or OWL in title
Defending Jacob first published on 31Jan2012
Death of the Black Widow OWL Death of the BLack WidOW
Points this task = 25
Total points = 350
Tasks completed = 14/56
Andy P.Task # 25.2 - Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a Heart
Option 1: Read a book with the word HEART in the title
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood].
Op. 3 Read a book that contains a word in the title that can be found in the lyrics of Tin Man . Word chosen never. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump 235 p.
Page count : 320 + 235 =555> 500 requirement.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 440
Alexxy5.2 - Millenium Magic
Task: Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0)
I read Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
The book has 1104 pages
Points This Task: 5
Points Total: 75
5.8 - Wizard of OzzieMPG Sports: Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this post: 5
Total points: 700
30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster MashBook 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash"
Only a Monster (Monsters #1) by Vanessa Len
word in title found in lyrics: MONSTER
Book 2: Read a book that features one of these specific characters: vampires
The Beautiful (The Beautiful #1) by Renée Ahdieh
while not speficifically referred to in the book description, it's on MPG
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 705
15.10 - Give and TakeThe Shadow Throne (The Shadow Campaigns #2) by Django Wexler
SRC member: Tani
1x Bigger is Better tix (641p)
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 4
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 720
CathyG30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
Option 1: Read a book from GR's 66 Campus Novels for Back to School
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
This book is new to me
Option 2: Read a book from School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 12: https://tinyurl.com/3wv84ykx
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
This book is new to me
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
It's a Fact: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CathyG25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Help Thread
Option 2: Read a book shelved on the first 10 pages of Book club Books
Required: State the page number. p6
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
IT'S A FACT ticket
Option 3:Read a book that another SRC member had begun to read, is reading, or has finished reading between August 25, 2022 and September 1, 2022 inclusive.
Required: State the SRC member and the date(s) they read the book.
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
Robin (Saturndoo)
Date Read: Aug 30, 2022
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
It's a Fact: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CathyG25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 2. B.J. -- Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Broken by Jenny Lawson
IT'S A FACT ticket
Option 3. Read a book from one of the following lists:
Medicine and Literature p2
The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 6
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
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20.4 Homage to Catalonia
Opt 3 book from list - found on page 2
Death in the Clouds
Published 1935. Book is new to me.
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 205