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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Task 5.9 - Number 9, Number 9 .....9+ word subtitle
The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes
non-fic - claiming 1 NF tix
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730 points
7 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
Task 15.3 - High-Five!one book option
LIBRARY in title (and central to plot), 5 word title
The Liar in the Library
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745 points
7 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
Task 20.8 - On the Periodic Tableoption C: 50 in page count
Cold Reign
350 pages
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765 points
7 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
Task 30.5 - Back to Schoolboth books a new to me
book 1: on 66 Campus Novels list
The Maidens
book 2: on Year 13 list
Nervous Conditions
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795 points
7 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
Task 50.1 - Monopoly!750+ pages
rolled a 4: set of 3 matching MPGs - all Fantasy MPG
book 1: Intrigues
391 pages
book 2: Other Birds
I read the kindle; the PB is a ARC, but I assume that still what we use:
PB ARC: Other Birds 290 pages
book 3: Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
I read the kindle, MMPB: Sechzehn Wege, eine befestigte Stadt zu verteidigen 432 pages
391 + 290 + 432 = 1113
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845 points
7 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.2 - Millenium Magic
Pumpkin Everything by Beth Labonte
Page numbers contain a 1 and a 9 (192)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Pumpkin Everything
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 150 points
Tasks completed: 11
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Street can be made from the letters in Oswald State Penitentiary (STE in STatE; RET in pEniTentiaRy)
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 155 points
Tasks completed: 12
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.5 - From O....Z
Crave by Tracy Wolff
Author's initials (all of them) can be found using the letters from O to Z (inclusive) T/W
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Anhelo
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 160 points
Tasks completed: 13
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This book has a MPG of Sports > Sports shelved by 234 users.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 165 points
Tasks completed: 14
5.9- Number 9, Number 9The Life of St. Catherine of Siena: The Classic on Her Life and Accomplishments as Recorded by Her Spiritual Director
**Claiming It's A Fact Ticket
**Claiming Golden Oldies Ticket
IAF Ticket: 4
GO Ticket: 2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 230
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.1 - Into the Wood
Book 1 (Pumpkin) -
Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice by Becky Monson
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice
Book 2 (Pumpkins) -
Pumpkins, Paws & Murder by Kathy Manos Penn
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Pumpkins, Paws & Murder
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 180 points
Tasks completed: 15
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.3 - High-Five!
Option 2 -
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
The reading room at the Boston Public Library is central to the plot and the word 'library' is in title AND this book has 5 words in the title.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Woman in the Library
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 195 points
Tasks completed: 16
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.1 - No Tricks, All Treats
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
Option C - Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC. (first name starts with "R")
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 215 points
Tasks completed: 17
5.1 Exiled to the Land of OzI read All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers (crime as MPG)
New Total: 40
5.3 Go To Jail I read The Red Road by Denise Mina - "road" made from OswAlD state penitentiaRy
New Total: 45
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.2 - For Jules
Christmas in Paradise by Kathi Daley
This is book #4 in the TJ Jensen Mystery Series which currently has 10 books in the series.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Christmas in Paradise
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 235 points
Tasks completed: 18
10.5 Happy Anniversary!I read Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina - salt is the 8th year on the UK list
New Total: 55
10.6 It's In There Somewhere I read Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. Austin - TIN found in ausTIN
New Total: 65
20.6 National Book Festival I chose option 2 and read Bookish People by Susan Coll - set entirely in DC
New Total: 85
20.7 All Who Wander... I chose option 2 and read Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (initials found in gEoCaching)
New Total: 105
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - 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. I read Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry (407p).
Option 2: Read a book with a cup or mug that would typically hold a cup of coffee on the cover. I read Grounds for Murder by Tara Lush (320p), mug in lower left corner or on table in back.
Total points so far: 610
Amy B30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and state which options you choose.
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). Word must match exactly. For this task hyphenated words can be separated. Required: state the word.
Jack-A-Roe
Jack by Marilynne Robinson
4. Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name. Initials do not count (so no e.e. cummings).
Agency by William Gibson
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 225 Points
Sarah E20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 3: South Riding - on page 2 of the list, currently #181
This book is new to me.
Golden Oldie, first published January 1, 1936. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
I listened to an audio, MMP is South Riding - 510 pages
Big Book, 510 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 60
Total BBs: 1
Total GOs: 1
Sarah E20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option D: Ascension: A Science Fiction Novella
I read the kindle edition, the only print edition is the paperback - Ascension: A Science Fiction Novella - 178 pages
Total points: 80
15.9 - And Toto, TooToo High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution by Doug Fine; a book with the letter sequence TOO found intact in the title.
Books this post: 1
Books read total: 44
Points this post: 15
Points total: 655
25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your AlphabetBook 1: The Journals of Lewis and Clark
**Claiming It's a Fact ticket
**Claiming Big Book ticket
**Claiming Golden Oldies ticket
Book 2: Light on the Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska's Pioneer Days by Nancy Plain
**Claiming It's a Fact ticket
IAF Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 3
BB Ticket: 1
Points this post: 25
Total points: 255
Mary P50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Rolled #4
Roll a 4: MPG
Read three books that share the same main page genre.
Stargazey Point by Shelley Noble
384 pages
Dark River Roadby Virginia Brown
512 pages
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
274pages
Genre-American > Southern
Points this task: 50
Total points: 135
Lisa MD5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
At least one letter on the cover that is all GREEN.
🍁The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
251 pages
Title is all green
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 435/960
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 27/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
Task 50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!Rolled a 4: MPG
Read three books that share the same main page genre.
MPG: SCIENCE FICTION
Book One:
The Space Between the Stars (2017) by Anne Corlett (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 368 pages)
Book Two:
The Kaiju Preservation Society (2022) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 264 pages)
Book Three:
Firewalkers (2020) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 184 pages)
Page count: 368 + 264 + 184 = 816 > 750
130 + 50 = 180
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 130 + 50 = 180
Books read: 3,803
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
MAZZA1 5.4 - 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.USING Actor Mabel King,
Christine Stephen King
This book has 768 pages and I am claiming 2 x BB tic kets
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 520
BB tickets this post = 2
BB tickets to date =5
MAZZA15.5 - 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). You may only use each letter once.
Letters of Note: Fathers Shaun Usher
This book is non fiction and I am claiming n Its a fact ticket
points this post = 5
Points to date = 525
IAF ticket this post = 1
IAF tickets to date = 1
MAZZA1Task 10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
Devil's Day first published October 2017
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 535
MAZZA115.1 - Into the Wood
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
Mr Atkinson's Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance
This is both Non Ficition and 512 pages I am claiming 1 IAf ticket and 1 BB ticket
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.
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Required: State the words. Mr and Mrs
Points this post = 15
Points to date =550
IAF tickets this post = 1
IAF to date = 2
BB tickets this post = 1
BB to date = 6
MAZZA115.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
which are
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Mystery
Book 2: Read a book that is a whole numbered book in a series.
Shadows in Death MPG Mystery #51 in series
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 565
MAZZA120.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 1: I want to celebrate the authors who attended, shared their work and signed books for massive queues of fans. Read a book by an author attending the 2022 National Book Festival.
https://www.loc.gov/events/2022-natio...
USING Nicola Yoon
Instructions for Dancing
points this post = 20
points to date = 585
MAZZA120.7 - 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.
Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North
ANGEL can be made from target phrase
points this post = 20
Points to date = 605
MAZZA120.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option A: Read a book with a word in the title (not subtitle) that starts with the letters Sn.
Snapped
points this post = 20
Points to date = 625
MAZZA120.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
Here's the list of Shakespeare's characters:
https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org...
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 Marlow Murder Club Robert Thorogood
Line 897 Character Robert Shallow matches first name of author
points this post = 20
Points to date = 645
MAZZA115.5 - 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.
Had since July of this year
Little Boxes
points this post = 15
Points to date = 660
Joanne MI15.1 - Into the Wood
Book 1-Horse
Book2 - Horses of God
Points this task 15
Total points 250
6 IAF
1BB
10.7 - An Autumn DebutEjaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
Published in October, 2022
Total points: 165
Lisa MD50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Total at least 750 pages.
I rolled a 5: Setting - Maine
All three books are set in Maine and are part of a series based on Maine game warden, Mike Bowditch. "One Last Lie" opens in FLA, but less than 5% of the book takes place there.
🍁Almost Midnight by Paul Doiron
336 pages
🍁One Last Lie by Paul Doiron
336 pages
🍁Dead by Dawn by Paul Doiron
320 pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 485/960
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 28/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
Mod
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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 RinellaNot really a kid verified in message #346
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Point totals from 1830 (posting after this)
Total Points: 525/965
Tasks completed: 24/56
Books read: 36
GO: 1
BB: 4
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For JulesOption 2. Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig; a book with a word of four letters or more in the title or subtitle that can be made from LADILATTE.
Lila - LadILAtte
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 45
Points this post: 20
Points total: 675
Task 10.8 - Mexican Independence Dayauthor initials in BATTLE
Side quest: Happy by Travis Bagwell
624 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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865 points
8 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
UNCLAIMING 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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835 points
7 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
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
A Dangerous Place
336 pages
545 + 336 >500 pages
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865 points
8 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
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720 points
7 BB tix
4 GO tix
1 NF tix