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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Task:30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)Option:2 [book with a word of at least 4 letters from one of the tracks on the album Reckoning in the TITLE ]
Book read:The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary
Required:Road matches On the road again
Option:4-[author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name]
Book read:When We Were Friends by Holly Bourne
Required: Holly has a double L
Points this task:30
Total points:255
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:19
Tasks completed:14
Shiraloo10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
From Thailand with Love by Camilla Isley
REQUIRED: Country is Thailand, featured 100% in this book.
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Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 260
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 3
5.10 I read Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: 'A candid, darkly funny book' New York Times
points: 150
books read: 12
tasks completed: 9
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 3
pages read: 4526
Andy P.Task # 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 1. Read a book with the word WOLVES intact in title
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Option 3. A: Read a book with the word HORSE intact in the title
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
page count: 256 + 401 = 657>500 p. minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 520
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the Number
Book 1: 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons
Book 2: Trust No One by Paul Cleave
Points this post: 25
Total points: 920/960
Tasks completed: 54/56
Books read: 71
MARGO5.3 - 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".
An Island
- chosen word is ISLAND
OSWALD STATE PENITENTIARY
- Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 5
Total points: 670
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 47
GO: 3 // BB: 1 // NF: 3
Lisa MD15.5 - It Was There All Along
I picked up this book at Goodwill in 2011. Glad to finally get it off my to-read list.
🍁The Perfect Love Song by Patti Callahan Henry
228 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 505/960
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 30/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
Angela IL30.4 - 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.
The Collective by Alison Gaylin- 11/1 (338 pages)
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Books About Books
The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka- 11/10 (317 pages)
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 530
Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 23
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
Mod
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
link to comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435
Julia10325.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1: A Sunlit Weapon
Book 2: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
This post: 25 points
Total points: 595
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 33
Books completed: 44
Amy B30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
The combined total of the two books must be at least 500 pages.
No books with the genre Childrens or Kids may be used.
REQUIRED: Identify which option or options you select when you post.
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
-Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK. The letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase. Middle names/initials may be ignored.
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch (252 pages)
Option 4: Grand Canyon National Park
-Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje (256 pgs)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 255 Points
Task 30.1 – Ava Catherine – America’s National ParksRequired: Total pages 500+ = 895 + 384 = 1279 pg
Option 1 – Author initials in YOSEMITE PARK - K I
Kazuo Ishiguro / The Unconsoled
Audiobook / MMPB: L'Inconsolé 895 p
*** Big Book Tickets *** - 2 tickets - 895 p
Option 4 – Mpg HISTORICAL FICTION
The Turtle Warrior - 384 p
Confirmed in Genre verification thread
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 100 points
NONfiction Books read: 0
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Task 50.1 – Jen B – Monopoply!REQUIRED: 750+ pages total: 400 + 320 + 272 = 992
Single die rolled - # 6 – Originally published in same year - 2020
Book 1: Hidden Valley Road - 400 p
Book 2: The Coyotes of Carthage
Audiobook / No MMPB / Paperback: The Coyotes of Carthage – 320 p
Book 3: The Paris Hours
Audiobook / no MMPB / Paperback: The Paris Hours: A Novel – 272 p
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This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 150 points
NONfiction Books read: 0
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
REPOST JUST to claim IAF ticket Task 50.1 – Jen B – Monopoply!
REQUIRED: 750+ pages total: 400 + 320 + 272 = 992
Single die rolled - # 6 – Originally published in same year - 2020
Book 1: Hidden Valley Road - 400 p
*** IT’S A FACT *** - Nonfiction
Book 2: The Coyotes of Carthage
Audiobook / No MMPB / Paperback: The Coyotes of Carthage – 320 p
Book 3: The Paris Hours
Audiobook / no MMPB / Paperback: The Paris Hours: A Novel – 272 p
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This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 150 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
15.10 – Give And TakeA book that a fellow member of SRC has rated 5*****
Jammin Jenny’s 5-star review
The Gunslinger
Audiobook / MMPB: The Gunslinger - 300 p
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 165 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Task 20.9 – Moderator’s Pet – DeeDee – What’s In a NameOption 1: Author shares name with a character in a Shakespeare play
“Alice” in Henry V
Alice Hoffman / Blackbird House
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 185 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Jen K25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1. Hawkeye.
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga
****Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction****
Option 2. B.J
White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall by Reece Jones
B- Borders J- Jones
****Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction****
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 425
BB: 4
IAF: 6
Task 5.3 – Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass GoTitle word of 4-letters made from oswaldStatEpEnitentiarY - EYES
The Eyes of the Dragon
Audiobook / MMPB:
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 190 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Task 5.6 – How Can You Be Here When You’re Not Anywhere At All?At least 50% in a fictitious place - Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the forest, etc
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34.0
Audiobook / MMPB: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – 831 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 2 tickets – 831 pages
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 195 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (2) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 5
Barbara ★20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
read a book with a main page genre that contains "space", such as Space, Space Travel, or Space Opera that is set at least 50% in space on a space station (an orbiting artificial structure) or spaceship
Daybreak - Cheree Alsop 11/11
(MPG space opera)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 695
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Inge5.4 - 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 names may be found in any position, but must match exactly.
Het mooiste meisje was een jongen
Name: Diane
Points this task: 5
total points: 340
5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?Read a book set at least 50% in a fictitious locale.
Dearly Despised by Alessandra Hazard
As indicated by the series title, the book is entirely set in Calluvia which is a fictional planet.
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 410
trishhartuk50.1 Jen B’s Idea: Monopoly!
I rolled a 4 - MPG monopoly
Roll a 4: MPG. Read three books that share the same main page genre.
Common MPG: Dystopia (and also, all have Science Fiction).
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): ici (285pg)
Top English MMPB: here (267pg)
The new-style book page has both Dystopia and Science Fiction
Golden Oldie: First published in 1932
The Testaments, Margaret Atwood
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Spanish): aquí (506pg)
Top English PB: here (415pg)
The new-style book page has both Dystopia and Science Fiction
Upgrade, Blake Crouch
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (not large print): here (337pg)
The new-style book page has Science Fiction on the front list and Dystopia when you click “more”
In addition, this combination was confirmed for Science Fiction > Dystopia on the old book page in help thread message #22: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total pages: Using the non-English editions of TT and BNW– 285 + 506 + 337= 1,128pg
Using the English versions of TT and BNW: 267 + 415 + 337 = 1,019pg
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldie: 1 – Brave New World was first published in 1932
Big Book: No (it doesn’t feel right claiming the Spanish BB)
Total Points: 470
Tasks Completed: 26
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Mod
20.10 Group Reads
Non-fiction:
Becoming. Michelle Obama
See message 6 in discussion post
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 545/965
Tasks completed: 25/56
Books read: 37
GO: 1
BB: 4
IAF: 1
EMurphy15.8 B Postitive - Book shelved as Body Positivity My Body by Emily Ratajkowski
*Found on page 4
**It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 325
Books Read: 23
BB Ticket +500: 2
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 14
Nick KY50.1 Jen’s Monopoly
I rolled a three. The token on the cover I chose is shoe/shoes.
Book 1. I read Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason. 336 pp
Book 2. I read Life Before by Michele Bacon. 288 pp
Book 3. I read Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz. 251 pp
Total pp = 875 > required 750
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 750
15.9 - And Toto, TooTOO intact in the title: Her Sister's Tattoo by Ellen Meeropol
Points this post: 15
Total points: 740
30.1 America's National ParksOption 2: Body Work by Sara Paretsky
The initials SP are in Yosemite Park
443 pages
Option 4 - The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer
This has a MPG of History.
305 pages
My total page count exceeds 500.
I'd like an It's A Fact Ticket for this one.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 280
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20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 1: Read a book by an author attending the 2022 National Book Festival.
Sing, Unburied, Sing. Jesmyn Ward
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 565/965
Tasks completed: 26/56
Books read: 38
GO: 1
BB: 4
IAF: 1
Task 25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the PosthumanOption 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
artificial iNteLligence
The Town House (House #1) (1959) by Norah Lofts (Hardcover 381 pages)
Option 4: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title or subtitle that can be made by the letters in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Letters can be used only as often as they are found.
Required: State the word.
alice = artifiCIAL intElligence
The Alice Network (2017) by Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 503 pages)
180 + 25 = 205
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 180 + 25 = 205
Books read: 4,687
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Cindy FTask 30.3 Coffee First
Option 1: Word in title with 2 double letters (TATTOO)
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Claim 1 NF ticket
Option 2: Set in Norway
The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø
Claim 1 BB ticket 528 pages
Points this post:30
Total points:125
Books read:10
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:5
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:8
ROBIN P25.4 Nick KY's Task: Hawkeye and BJ
Option 1. Hawkeye. -- In the series Hawkeye was played by actor Alan Alda.
Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain - Bill Bryson
**Claiming 1 IAF point, non-fiction
Option 2. B.J. -- Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Penric's Demon - Lois McMaster Bujold - B & J in author name
Points this post: 25
Total points: 640
BB: 3 GO:4 IAF:4
Kristen IA5.1-Exiled to the Land of Oz
Read a book with a MPG of Crime.
Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter - 512 pages
****I claim 1 Big Book Ticket****
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/960
Tasks Completed: 1/56
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kristen IA5.5 - 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.
PB edition: Creature luminose by Shelby Van Pelt
Audio edition: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10/960
Tasks Completed: 2/56
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kristen IA10.5. Happy Anniversary!
Read a book with a word in the title that exactly matches one of the traditional annivrsary gifts for years 1-10. You may use the U.S. or U.K. list.
Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild
I read the ebook and have linked the PB edition
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 20/960
Tasks Completed: 3/56
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kristen IA15.6 - Legendary
Read a book with a MPG Mythology.
Lovely War by Julie Berry
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 35/960
Tasks Completed: 4/56
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kristen IA15.9 - And Toto, Too
Read a book with the letter sequence TOO found intact in the title or subtitle.
Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 50/960
Tasks Completed: 5/56
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kristen IA25.2 - Amy FL’s Task: If I Only Had a Heart
Read one book that fulfills two different options, but that book must be at least 500 pages long.
Required: Specify the options.
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert - 501 pages
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose name contains all the letters in HEART. - ElizAbETH gilbeRt
Option 3: Read a book that contains a word in the title that can be found in the lyrics of Tin Man: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ameri....
The word must be at least four letters long and it must match exactly. - Things
****I claim 1 BB Ticket - 501 pages****
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 75/960
Tasks Completed: 6/56
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
MARGO20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: 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.
A Boy from the Streets by Maria Gibbs
- chosen name is Maria from Twelfth Night #693 on list
- Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 690
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 48
GO: 3 // BB: 1 // NF: 3
Barbara ★30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee First
Option 1: Read a book with a word in the title that contains at least 2 sets of double consecutive letters.
Tattooed - Pamela Callow 11/11
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that consumes the most coffee per capita: Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Slovenia, Austria, Serbia, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Brazil.
Victim 2117 - Jussi Adler-Olsen 10/8
(70% in Denmark, 30% in Germany)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 725
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever AutumnOption 2: Option 2: Read a book from this list: Best Books to Read in Autumn
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
This is on the first page of the list in slot #8
***Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket as first published in 1820***
New Points: 20
Total Points: 305
BB: 1
IaF: 2
GO: 1
✔️ Pat15.8 ~ B Positive
Read a book that has been shelved as Body Positivity
REQUIRED ~ State the page.
Dietland by Sarai WalkerRead ~ 11.10.22
Pages ~ 320
How it Fits ~ page 1
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Points this Task ~ 15
Total Points ~ 400
Total Books ~ 29
Total Pages ~ 10,024
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15.3 - High-Five!
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1. (Read a book with a library or librarian central to the subject, setting or plot. AND Read a book with a 5-word TITLE. )
The Plot and the Pendulum. Jenn McKinlay
Library Lover's Mystery (#13)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 580/965
Tasks completed: 27/56
Books read: 39
GO: 1
BB: 4
IAF: 1
Mod
Delicious Dee5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
Furies of Calderon - set in a fictional place called Alera, claiming 1 big book ticket, the MMPB is 673pgs
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 575
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Task 10.2 – Call me NickAuthor name “Nick” or related - Nicola
Nicola Upson / Angel with Two Faces
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 200 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Task 10.7 – The Autumn DebutFirst published in September - 29 Sept 2015
The Last Midwife
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 210 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Task 15.7 – Get HappySeries # 7 - Harry Potter # 7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34.0
Audiobook / MMPB: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – 831 p
*** BIG BOOK *** 2 tickets – 831 pages
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 225 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (2) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 5
Deborah5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
Saga, Volume 3
Setting: Alien worlds
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 175
Books Read:15
Tasks Done: 12
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Task: 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Task Description:Option 1:Read a book with either a horse or a crab on the cover.
Book:
Keli approved this cover – Message #14
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 260 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