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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Coralie25.8 reading the Posthuman
Option 3: Book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase ArTificial intelligence
The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
Option 4: Book with a word in the title that can be made from the letters in the phrase aRtiFicIal intelliGEnce – GRIEF
The Grief of Stones
Total to date 435 points
50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!I rolled a 4
I read 3 books with the historical romance sub-genre
Book 1
Wanted, A Gentleman - KJ Charles
Book 2
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting - KJ Charles
Book 3
A Scandalous Deal - Joanna Shupe
The books had to be 750 pages together. 151 (Wanted, A Gentleman) + 244 (The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting) + 384 (A Scandalous Deal) = 779 pages total
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 50
Total Points: 405
Task:25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabetbook 1 (AEIOU in title)
Book read:Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Page count: 208
Required:Everyone dIes fAmOUs in a small town
Book 2 (Authors initials are consonants)
Book read:Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
Page count: 448
Required:Initials JD are consonants
Total Page count: 208+448=656/500
Points this task:25
Total points:225
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:17
Tasks completed:13
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.2 Double Nine
Book 1: Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan
Book 2: Dead Fall by Nancy Mehl
Points this post: 15
Total points: 795/960
Tasks completed: 48/56
Books read: 62
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 Legendary
Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
Points this post: 15
Total points: 810/960
Tasks completed: 49/56
Books read: 63
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 B Positive
If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
Found on page 1 of list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 825/960
Tasks completed: 50/56
Books read: 64
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Points this post: 20
Total points: 845/960
Tasks completed: 51/56
Books read: 65
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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.
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem. Imani Perry (296 pages)
Option 3 - Read a book with an MPG of Books About Books
Reading Up a Storm. Eva Gates (336 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 490/960
Tasks completed: 22/56
Books read: 33
GO: 1
BB: 4
Madison U5.4 - Ease on Down the Road
- Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in the 1978 reimagining of L. Frank Baum's classic "The Wiz" with the name being found in any position but matching exactly
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
name = Holly JACKSON, actor = Michael JACKSON
Points this task = 5
Total points = 355
Tasks complete = 15/56
Madison U20.6 - It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
- Choose one option and read a book for that option
Option 3: Read a book with the letters "LOC" in the title
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Points this task = 20
Total points = 375
Tasks complete = 16/56
LAUREN JODI10.4 - It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Heat Exchange by Shannon Stacey
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 190/960
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 19
Total Tasks Completed: 19/56
JEN B15.10 - Give and Take
Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the SRC member
Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan
Chris MD rated this book 5 stars
TOTAL POINTS: 500
Jasmiina F20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival:
Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title:
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young Black in America by Ibi Zoboi.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
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Jasmiina F20.3 - 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”:
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah.
First published in 2017.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
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Nick KY15.6 Legendary I read The Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus, GR genres of “Fantasy>Mythology” and "Mythology>Greek Mythology."
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 665
Nick KY15.10 – Give and Take
Sept. 10 is Swap Ideas Day.
Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the SRC member.
I read A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. Both Tammy AZ and Karen D gave it 5 *s.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 680
Nick KY20.6 Jen K’s National Book Fest Opt. 3. LOC in title. I read Archipelago by Monique Roffey.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 700
MARGO30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
Option 1: Read a book from GR's 66 Campus Novels for Back to School
Transcendent Kingdom
- in 2020 section of list
Option 2: Read a book from School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 12: https://tinyurl.com/3wv84ykx
The Midnight Library
- The link in the task description isn't working, but I had this one listed for Option 2, so hopefully it is there.
- Both books are new to me.
- Posted and read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 635
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 44
GO: 2 // BB: 1 // NF: 3
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30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)Option 2: Shadows of Pecan Hollow
Word: HOLLOW
Option 4: Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
IAF Ticket: 3
GO Ticket: 1
Points this post: 30
Total points: 225
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - 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 A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
A in A
E in River
I in River
O and U in Through 217 p.
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants Do No Harm by Robert Pobi R and B are consonants 432 p.
Page count: 432 + 217 =649 >500p minimum
Points this post: 25
Total points: 465
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
Option 1. Read a book that has a number 9 in its series number-
A Question of Belief by Donna Leon
# 19 in series
Option 3. Read a book which contains the word “TEEN” intact in its title or subtitle I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell Seventeen in subtitle.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 490
Sarah E5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
Dragonquest - set on the fictional planet of Pern
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Dragonquest
Total points: 35
Sarah E5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Total points: 40
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5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN.
. Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature. Steven RinellaPoints this post: 5
Total Points: 495/965
Tasks completed: 23/56
Books read: 34
GO: 1
BB: 4
25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the NumberBook 1. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written as such. The number must be a whole number that stands alone comprised of integer(s) 0-9.
Details at 10 (Georgia Barnett Mystery #1) by Ardella Garland
272 pages
Book 2. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written in letter form. It cannot be a word that represents a partial number (half, quarter), unit of measurement, or group (dozen).
Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift
368 pages
Total pages number: 640
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 4
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 745
Julia1035.4 - Ease On Down The Road
The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend: A Nancy Clue Mystery by Mabel Maney
(name matches Mabel King)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 565
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 31
Books completed: 41
Julia1035.5 - From O....Z
North to Paradise by Ousman Umar
(author initials O and U)
This book is non-fiction, claiming one It's a Fact ticket
This post: 5 points, 1 NF
Total points: 570
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 32
Books completed: 42
Barbara ★10.9 - Lots Going On!
Read a book from this list: Dark Academia
City of Dark Magic - Magnus Flyte 11/7
(found on page 2)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 675
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
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Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
Shanghai Girls
This book was read & rated as 5* by Susan https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
(Her 5* review is here)
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 500 + 15 = 515
Total Tasks Completed: 27
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 7
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Option 2: Read a book shelved on the first 10 pages of Book club Books
The Henna Artist
This is currently on Page 5 of the Book Club Books list
Option 4: Read a book that has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 to the present.
My Name Is Lucy Barton
This book was Longlisted in 2016 & appears on page 4 of the list
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 515 + 25 = 540
Total Tasks Completed: 28
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 7
30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken LoveOption C: . Read a book with all the letters LAVENDER in the author’s name.
Need to Know by Karen Cleveland
Option D: read a book that has a word in the title that is food or flower related
The word I chose is Peony
The Jade Peony
New Points: 30
Total Points: 285
BB: 1
IaF: 2
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 - Into the Wood
Book 1 Read a book of your choice, but choose carefully, the title determines your book 2 choice. I read Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London by Claire Harman, for the target word BOOK.
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 target word was BOOKS, so I read Books of a Feather by Kate Carlisle.
Total points so far: 580
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30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option A: Read a nonfiction book with a MPG of SELF HELP.
Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living. David Fideler
Option C: Read a book with all the letters LAVENDER in the author’s name.
Balm. Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 525/965
Tasks completed: 24/56
Books read: 36
GO: 1
BB: 4
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to CataloniaOption 3 - Read a book from this list of Best Books of the Decade: 1930s.
page 1
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
Book is new to me
1x Golden Oldies (pub. 1934)
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 4
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 765
Inge25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
Option 2 Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym
Déjà vu
#319 pages.
Also writes under Escobar
Option 3
Read a book which contains the word “TEEN” intact in its title or subtitle
Drag Teen
# 261 pages
total pages: 580
Points this task: 25
total points: 335
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Read a book whose title and/or subtitle contains the letters AXE.
My Thoughts Exactly
The letters AXE are in the title my thoughts EXActly
This book is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 540 + 10 = 550
Total Tasks Completed: 29
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 7+1=8
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I read a kindle ARC of The White Hare, linked to the pb edition - 400 pages. Contains 2 0's, from the required digits.
total points: 505
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I read a kindle ARC of Into the West, linked to the paperback edition. Book is set in Valdemar, an imaginary kingdom.
total points: 510
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I read Our Missing Hearts, first published October 4, 2022.
total points: 520
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I read a kindle ARC of Jackal, linked to the hardcover edition. Author is Erin E. Adams, whose initials, EEA are found in bAttlE of puEbla.
total points: 530
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I used Option 2, and read an audio version of The Murders of Richard III.
1. from the description: "Jacqueline Kirby, an American librarian on hand for the festivities, suddenly finds herself in the center of strange, dark doings."
2. 5 words in title.
total points: 545
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I chose option D and read Small Things Like These - 118 pages. All page numbers found in 118.71.
total points: 565
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Book 1 - About Time, listened to the audiobook, linked to the hardcover - 416 pages. A very efficient title for getting in all the vowels.
Book 2 - Robert B. Parker's Fallout by Mike Lupica - read the kindle ARC, linked to the hardcover. Author's initials, ML, are both consonants. 368 pages.
total pages 416+368 = 784, exceeding required page minimum
total points: 590
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I rolled a 1, so read 3 authors who shared the name Elizabeth.
1. I read a kindle ARC of Lucy by the Sea, linked to the hardcover (no pb or MMPB). Author is Elizabeth Strout - 304 pages.
2. The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken - 192 pages.
3. I listened to an audiobook of Naked Once More, linked to the paperback. Author is Elizabeth Peters - 360 pages.
total pages - 304+192+360 = 856
total points: 640
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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”.
Duty Calls at Goodwill House
The author is Fenella J Miller & the initials FM are found in Forever autuMn
The book was published in July 2022, which is after 1972!
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 550 + 20 = 570
Total Tasks Completed: 30
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 8
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.7 Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo Time
Option 1:
Book A: As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson
First published May 15, 2012
308 pages
Book B: Don't Call Me a Hurricane by Ellen Hagan
The letters from DUO are found in title.
400 pagse
Points this post: 25
Total points: 870/960
Tasks completed: 52/56
Books read: 67
10.3 - I Love Shiny ThingsPredator's Gold (Mortal Engines Quartet #2) by Philip Reeve
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 4
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 775
EMurphy25.8 Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 3: Single author whose initials can be found in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
Option 4: Word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle that can be made in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
*Word is EATING
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 310
Books Read: 22
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 13
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15.6 Legendary
Book with MPG mythology
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Total to date 410 points