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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Task 5.10 - There's no place like the SRC!free book
The Descent of Monsters
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875 points
8 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
Task 5.1 - Exiled to the Land of OzCrime MPG (last, embedded genre old style page)
Leaving Everything Most Loved
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880 points
8 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
Angela IL15.8- B Positive
Read a book that has been shelved as Body Positivity
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London-11/9
On Page 1
Read Kindle/ No MMPB/ attaching PB: One to Watch
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 490
Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 21
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
Angela IL10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris- 11/7
Published October
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 500
Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 22
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
Cindy FTask 5.1 Exiled to the Land of Oz
MPG CRIME
Listen To Me by Tess Gerritsen
Points this post :5
Total points:5
Books read:1
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:1
Cindy FTask 5.10 There's No Place Like Home
Book of choice that meets SRC rules
The Reckoning by Jane Casey
Points this post:5
Total points:10
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big books:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:2
Cindy FTask 15.4 Follow the Clues
Option 2: 1 book option
MPG Mystery and Whole # book in series
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
Points this post:15
Total points:25
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:3
Cindy FTask 5.6 How can you be here when you're not anywhere at all?
Set in Fictional Locale (verified in message 8 in help thread)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Claim 1 BB Ticket 528 pages
Points this post:5
Total points:30
Books read:4
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:1
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:4
Task 15.2 – Double NineBook 1: Exactly nine characters in title
Home Front
Audiobook / No MMPB / PaperBack Home Front - 432 p
Book 2: Exactly nine characters in author name
Rich People Problems – 541p
*** BIG BOOK *** 2 tickets – 1015 pages
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 15 points
NONfiction Books read: 0
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
trishhartuk25.3 MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
Option 2. Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Murder at the PTA, Laura Alden
Read the kindle edition. PB here (320pg)
Laura Alden also writes as Laurie Cass, but the GR author bios are pretty scanty.
The following Fantastic Fiction links confirm the connection:
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/la...
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/la...
Option 3. Read a book which contains the word “TEEN” intact in its title or subtitle.
The Thirteen Problems, Agatha Christie (315pg)
Golden Oldie: First published in 1932
Total pages: 320 + 315 = 635pg
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – The Thirteen Problems was first published in 1932
Total Points: 415
Tasks Completed: 24
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Task 15.4 – Follow the CluesOPTION 2 – One Book fits both tasks
Book 1 – Mpg MYSTERY
Book 2 – Book from a Series (Sir John Fielding # 2)
Murder in Grub Street
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 30 points
NONfiction Books read: 0
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Task 15.5 – It Was There All AlongI’ve owned this book since 1991
The House on Mango Street
IL: UG
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 45 points
NONfiction Books read: 0
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Cindy FTask 25.2 If I Only Had a Heart
1 Book Option
Option 1: HEART in title
Option 2: HEART letters in authors name (robERT galbrAitH)
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
Claim 3 BB tickets 1024 pages
Points this post:25
Total points:55
Books read:5
Golden Oldies:0
Big books:4
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:5
Cindy FTask 10.7 An Autumn Debut
Book published in Sept/Oct/Nov
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
Published Oct 1/19
Points this post:10
Total points:65
Books read:6
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:6
Cindy FTask 30.7 Chicken Love
Option A: MPG Self Help
Claim 1 Non-Fiction
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
Option D: Food in title (chocolate)
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
Points this post:30
Total points:95
Books read:8
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:7
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.6 MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Option 2: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Found on page 3
Option 4: Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Points this post: 25
Total points: 895/960
Tasks completed: 53/56
Books read: 69
CYNBAXTER
Task: 25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Task Description: Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
Book 1: The Ransomware Hunting Team by Renee Dudley & Daniel Golden
Task Description: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants
Book 2: After the Hurricane by Leah Franqui
Combined total page count must be at least: 500 pages
Book 1: 368 pages + Book 2: 368 pages = 736 total pages
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 205 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
CYNBAXTER
Task: 30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Task Description: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
Book 1: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Requirement: Matching the word “Dark” from the song “Dark Hollow”
Task Description:Option 4 - Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
Book 2: The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James & Rachel McCarthy James
Requirement: An author has a double letter in their First Name: Bill James
*This is a Non-Fiction Book. Claiming 1 It's A Fact! (NF) ticket
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 235 points
NF tickets this post: 1
Total NF tickets to date: 1
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 0
Total "GOLDIE" tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTER
Task: 5.4 - Ease On Down The Road
Task Description: Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in the film.
Book: Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner
Requirement: State the Actor: Michael Jackson
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 240 points
NF tickets this post: 0
Total NF tickets to date: 1
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 0
Total "GOLDIE" tickets to date: 0
babbling c5.2 - Millenium Magic
The first Wizard of Oz book was written in 1900. Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
Rock Redemption - kindle Ich will alles von dir - paperback 400 pages by Nalini Singh
400 pages
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 220/960
Completed Tasks: 12/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 6,008
Books read this season: 17
CYNBAXTER
Task: 20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Task Description: Option C - Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC.
Book: Denial by Jon Raymond
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 245 points
NF tickets this post: 0
Total NF tickets to date: 1
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 0
Total "GOLDIE" tickets to date: 0
babbling c 15.5 - 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.
By completing this task, you assert that you already had this book.
Scarlet Odyssey - Kindle Scarlet Odyssey - paperback pg 559 by C.T. Rwizi
June 24, 2020 – Shelved as: to-read An Amazon First read pick
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 235/960
Completed Tasks: 13/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 6,567
Books read this season: 18
Jen K30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
The Off Limits Rule by Sarah Adams - 284 pages
yoSemite nAtional
Option 4: Grand Canyon National Park
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - 401 pages
MPG Historical Fiction
284+401 > 500 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 380
BB: 4
IAF: 4
Jen K15.2 - Double Nine
Book 1: The Colony
Book 2: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
*****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 395
BB: 4
IAF: 4
Jen K5.4 - Ease On Down The Road
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
Matches: Nipsey RUSSELL
*****
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 400
BB: 4
IAF: 4
MARGO20.8 - 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.
The Snowdonia Killings
- Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 655
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 45
GO: 2 // BB: 1 // NF: 3
trishhartuk5.6 How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At All?
Read a book set at least 50% in a fictitious locale.
Equal Rites, Terry Pratchett
Set 100% on the Discworld
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 420
Tasks Completed: 25
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Task 25.2 – Amy FL – If I Only Had a HeartREQUIRED: 500+ pages: 480 + 400 = 880 pg
Option 1 – Word “HEART” in title
The Heart Goes Last
Audio / MMPB: C'est le coeur qui lâche en dernier – 480 p
Option 2 – All letters HEART in author name
H E A R in cHEvAlieR
T in Tracy
Tracy Chevalier / A Single Thread
Audio / MMPB - La Brodeuse de Winchester – 400 p
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 70 points
NONfiction Books read: 0
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Amy FL10.9. Lots Going On!
The Swallows - Page 1 of Dark Academia List, #89
Points this post: 10
Total points: 470
Amy FL15.2 - Double Nine
Book 1: Shadow Man - 9 characters in title
Book 2: No Second Chances by Rio Youers - 9 characters in author's name
Points this post: 15
Total points: 485
Task 10.2 - Call Me NickNICOLA is listed as a Nick name
Spear by Nicola Griffith
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890 points
8 BB tix
4 GO tix
2 NF tix
Amy FL25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1: The Jailhouse Lawyer - AEIOU in jAIlhOUsE
Book 2: Sign of the Maker by Brian Christopher Shea - initials BCS are consonants
Points this post: 25
Total points: 510
Amy FL30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 2: The Deep Dark Descending - Dark (Dark Hollow)
Option 4: Listen To Me by Tess Gerritsen - TeSS
Points this post: 30
Total points: 540
Lisa MD5.4 - Ease On Down The Road
Author shares a name with: Richard Pryor
🍁The Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans
308 pages
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 490/960
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 29/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
JEN B10.2 - Call Me Nick
Read a book the author of which has a name found on the list of related names for Nick, on the Behind the Names website
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Nicola is on the list
TOTAL POINTS: 510
Kathy KS20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title.
A Tiny Home to Call Your Own: Living Well in Just-Right Houses by Patricia Foreman
LOC=... tO CaLl...
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 300
Tasks completed: 16/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9Option 1, #9 in series: Home On Apple Blossom Road by Sheila Roberts (Life in Icicle Falls #9)
paperback edition Home on Apple Blossom Road 384 pages
Option 2, author who uses a pseudonym: Cat Me If You Can by Miranda James 291 pages
Miranda James, pen name of Dean James
Points this post: 25
Total points: 725
**Reposting to claim BB and GO tickets**25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1: The Journals of Lewis and Clark
**Claiming It's a Fact ticket
**Claiming Big Book ticket: 576 pages
**Claiming Golden Oldies ticket: first published 1905
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
MEGSCL20.10 - Group Reads
The Cartographers
My post is #29
TOTAL
575 points
6 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
(sorry about all the incorrect totals, I think I’ve found the issue now)
MEGSCL10.5. Happy Anniversary!
The Paper Palace
TOTAL
585 points
6 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
MEGSCL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option B: Read a book by an author with first and last initials SN.
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
TOTAL
605 points
6 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
Coralie15.1 Into the Wind
Using the words STAR/STARS
Book 1 Fevered Star
Book 2 Light from Uncommon Stars
Total to date 450 points
Coralie15.4 Follow the Clues
Option 2 – one book that with MPG Mystery that is part of a series
A Grave Denied
Total to date 465 points
25.2 - Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a HeartOption 1: Read a book with the word HEART in the title. It must be standalone (no hyphenated words) and cannot be possessive. It may not be a plural since the Tin Man only needs one heart.
When Calls the Heart (Canadian West #1) by Janette Oke
220 pages
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains all the letters in HEART.
Another Christmas From Hell (Neighbor from Hell #13) by R.L. Mathewson
HEART found in R. L. mATHEwson
314 pages
Total pages read: 538
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 4
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 800
Anja5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in "Oswald State Penitentiary".
TREE - Underneath the Sycamore Tree by B. Celeste
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 160
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 10
MAZZA15.9- Number 9, Number 9 .....
Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words.
Mr Atkinson's Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance (10 words)
This is both Non Ficition and 512 pages I am claiming 1 IAF ticket and 1 BB ticket
points this post = 5
Points to date = 650
IAF tickets this post = 1
To date = 2
BB tickets this post = 1
BB to date = 6
MAZZA15.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Read a book that meets SRC rules.
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 655
MARGO10.9. Lots Going On!
Read a book from this list: Dark Academia
The Great Gatsby
- #33 on list
- claiming one GOLDEN OLDIE ticket - published 1925
- Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 10
Total points: 665
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 46
GO: 3 // BB: 1 // NF: 3
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