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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Task 10.5 - Happy Anniversary!SALT is UK 8th
Of Women and Salt
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935 points
8 BB itx
4 GO tix
4 NF tix
ROBIN P50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
3 books, 750+ pages
I rolled a 5 - 3 books in same setting
1. Glass Houses - 391 p
2. Kingdom of the Blind - 389 p
3. A Better Man - 437 p
Total pages 1217
All 3 books are set in Quebec, mostly around the village of Three Pines
Points this post: 50
Total points: 700
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:4
LAUREN JODI25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book #1: All vowels included in title
A Perilous Perspective by Anna Lee Huber
Book #2: Authors initials are consonants only
Skirt Chaser by Stacey Kennedy
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 235/960
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 22
Total Tasks Completed: 21/56
Joanne MI5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
word found in "Oswald State Penitentiary".
Last Train to Istanbul /the word is last
Points this task 5
Total Points 280
2 BB's
6 IAF
trishhartuk5.9 Number 9, Number 9…
Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words. Spaces determine words.
The Man Who Never Was: The Remarkable Story of Operation Mincemeat, Ewen Montagu
It’s a Fact: tagged on the new book page as History, Nonfiction, War, World War II, Espionage, Military History, Biography
The tags are confusing, as they include “military fiction”, but the book is a non-fiction account of a real life event by one of its planners. From the GR description: “The Man Who Never Was provides an exciting and accurate record of the counter-intelligence conspiracy, Operation Mincemeat, which paved the way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943.”
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Man Who Never Was is non-fiction
Total Points: 530
Tasks Completed: 31
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 2
Bookwrm526Task #30.7 - Chicken Love
Option B: Read a book that has all the letters CHICKEN PAPA in the title and/or subtitle. I read The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer (CA in race, HIE in their, CNPA in manuscripts, K in timbuktu, P in precious).
Option C: Read a book with all the letters LAVENDER in the author’s name. I read The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan (DERVLA mctiErNan).
Total points so far: 660
30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster MashBook 1, a word in the title from the lyrics of The Monster Mash https://tinyurl.com/yecxrpcx
The Summer Guests by Mary Alice Monroe
The word is Guests
Book 2, a book that features witches: A Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth Bass
The three witches of the title are Gwen, Trudy, and Milo, among other witches in the book.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 770
Andy P.Task # 5.10 There's No Place Like SRC
Don't Look Behind You! A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos by Peter Allison
Points this post: 5
Total points: 590
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10.5. Happy Anniversary!
Read a book with a word in the title that exactly matches one of the traditional annivrsary gifts for years 1-10.
Iron House
Iron is the gift for 6 years on the US list.
Points this task: 10
Season total: 60
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
MEGSCL10.4-It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Legitimate Sexpectations: the power of sex-ed
**IT'S A FACT
TOTAL
615 points
7 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 1 big book
MEGSCL20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option C: Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC.
Reached by Ally Condie
**512pp - 1 big book
TOTAL
635 points
7 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 2 big book
MEGSCL25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
Option 2. Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella gr states: Sophie wrote her first novel under her real name, Madeleine Wickham
Option 3. Read a book which contains the word “TEEN” intact in its title.
The New Teen Age: How to support today's tweens and teens to become healthy, happy adults
**IT'S A FACT
TOTAL
660 points
8 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 2 big book
Sue T30.3 - 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
Kelly's Koffee Shop by Dianne Harman
Option 3: Book set at least 50% in coffee producing country
Shadow of the Moon by M.M. Kaye
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 75/960
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3:Voices from the Rust Belt
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket
Totals
Points: 160
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Completed: 11
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2:
WarlightAuthorMichael Ondaatje
290 Pages
Option 4: The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
512 Pages
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket for The Lost
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket for The Lost
Totals
Points: 190
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Completed: 13
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to CataloniaOption 3, a book from Best Books of the Decade: 1930s page 2 #192: Big Money by P.G. Wodehouse
This book was new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 790
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I read an audio version of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, linked to the top pb (no mmpb). Sports is the 9th listed genre.
total points: 645
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I read a kindle edition of San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats - approved for length for one 5 point task in line 2725 of the ebook only spreadsheet.
total points: 650
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I read a kindle edition of Coming to You Live, which I have owned for several years. Ebook only, approved for length in post 8630.
total points: 665
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I read a kindle edition of Too Many Clients, linked to the top MMPB. word "Too" is first word of title.
total points: 680
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I read an audiobook of How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them, linked to the pb. This book was rated 5 stars by SRC member Katy
total points: 695
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read an audiobook of What Happened to the Bennetts, linked to the pb (no mmpb).
double "n" and double "t" in "bennetts."
for my second book, I used option 2 and read a kindle ARC of Cradles of the Reich, linked to the hardcover.
book is set about 99% in Germany.
total points: 725
delicious dee20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option A - Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café - SN in snowflakes
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 635
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Madison U25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
choose two options
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Option 4: Read a book with a 4+ letter word in the title that can be made up of the letters in ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
(word = fine)
Points this task = 25
Total points = 420
Tasks complete = 18/56
Task 10.8-Mexican Independence DayRead a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA. (all initials count).
Battle of pUebla
Land of Marvels (2009) by Barry Unsworth (Hardcover 287 pages)
235 + 10 = 245
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 235 + 10 = 245
Books read: 5,543
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 11
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
INSIYAH50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Dice Roll: 4 (Same MPG)
Book 1: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Book 2: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Book 3: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
MPG: High Fantasy
Claiming two Big Book Tickets for The Fellowship of the Ring (527 pages) and The Return of the King (554 pages).
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Jen K50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Rolled: 4 MPG
MPG chosen: Fantasy
Book 1: The Stardust Thief - 468 pages
Book 2: Cemetery Boys - 344 pages
Book 3: The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer - 321 pages
468+344+321 > 750 pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 475
BB: 4
IAF: 6
Jen K20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 1: Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 495
BB: 4
IAF: 6
Jen K5.9- Number 9, Number 9 .....
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
****Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction****
*****
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 500
BB: 4
IAF: 7
Jasmiina F5.2 - Millenium Magic:
Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of digits from 1900:
Suorittajan mieli: vapaudu ylikontrollista by Emilia Kujala.
Pages: 192.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
line5.4
read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in The Wiz
i read Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson who shares a last name with Michael Jackson
points for this task: 5
total points: 35
books read: 6
tasks done: 5
Andy P.Task # 25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 2.
Read a book that has both a B and a J in the author's name.
The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian
Option 3.
Read a book from one o the following lists:
Medicine and Literature
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
Page 1 # 28 as 0f 11/17/22
Points this post: 25
Total points: 615
Nick KY20.4 Margo’s Homage to Catalonia
Opt. 3. From the Best Books of the 1930s listopia, I read Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood, from p. 2:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Mr. Norris Changes Trains is new to me.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 835
Sarah E15.2 - Double Nine
Book 1: Messenger - Mes / sen / ger
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Messenger
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5.0
Book 2: Racing and Robberies by Cindy Bell - Cin / dyB / ell
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Racing and Robberies
Total points: 175
INSIYAH30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 3: MC moves to another place
Book: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney (ebook)
Note: MMPB has 326 pages.
How it fits: Alice moves to the seaside cottage.
Option 4: Double Letter in AFN
Book: Want by Lynn Steger Strong (ebook)
Note: Top PB has 224 pages.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2
Sarah E15.10 - Give and Take
Whispers Under Ground
I listened to an audio, MMP is Murmures souterrains
Rated 5 stars by Cat
Total points: 190
INSIYAH20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
Book: Old Man's War by John Scalzi (ebook)
Note: Top MMPB has 355 pages.
How it fits: MPG Space Opera, set on multiple space stations and spaceships.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 3
Big Book Tickets: 2
ROBIN P5.3 Go to Jail. . .
Word in title found in OSWALD STATE PENITENTIARY
Hope Never Dies
Word is DIES
Points this post: 5
Total points: 705
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:4
Madison U25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
choose two options
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last name start with the same letter
A Stranger's Game by Colleen Coble
Option 3: Read a book from one of the lists given
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
(on page 1 of the Medicine and Literature list)
Points this task = 25
Total points = 445
Tasks complete = 19/56
10.7 - An Autumn DebutWhen Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin, a book first published in October 2004.
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 50
Points this post: 10
Points total: 740
Angela IL10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Australia
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth- 11/17
(On GR metadata: Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 595
Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 27
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
Amy B25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Choose two options and read one book for each.
Required: State the option.
Option 2: Read a book shelved on the first 10 pages of Book club Books
Required: State the page number.
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (page 4)
Option 4: Read a book that has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 to the present.
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson (2020)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 380 Points
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Option 2
Man Fast by Krista Sandor / KS in phrase, PB=258pg
Option 4
A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I Lin / MPG Historical Fiction, PB=368pg
Total pages: 626 > 500 pgs
Points this post: 30
Total points: 470
MEGSCL5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
Dark Eden (EDEN in oswalDstatEpENitentiary)
TOTAL
665 points
8 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 2 big book
Barbara ★25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
Option 2: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym. Your book may be written under any of the pseudonyms (or the real name) used by the author.
Long Live the Queen - Kate Locke (308 pages) 9/10
NOTE: As shown at bottom of author profile...
Kate Locke is pseudonym for Kathryn Smith aka Kate Cross/Kady Cross
Option 3: Read a book which contains the word “TEEN” intact in its title or subtitle
Thirteen Chances - Cindy Miles (336 pages) 11/17
Total Pages = Book 1 (308 pages) + Book 2 (336 pages) = 644 > 501
Points this task: 25
Total points: 780
Big Book Tickets: 500 (4) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Bookwrm526Task #5.5 - 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). I read Sense & Second-Degree Murder by Tirzah Price.
Total points so far: 665
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.5: It was there all along: The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. I've had this book on my shelves for more than a year and finally read it. Whished I had done it sonner, I really liked it.
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 15
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 0(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.6: Legendary: The Blue Djinn of Babylon by P.B. Kerr has MPG Mythology.
IL: MG BL: 5.9 AR points: 14.0
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 30
Books: 2
Tasks: 2
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 0(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.7: Get Happy: A Cry of Honor by Morgan Rice is #4 in the Sorcerer's Ring series. Please note an alternate title for this book is A Clash of Honor.
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 45
Books: 3
Tasks: 3
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 0(1,000)
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Into the Riverlands
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925 points
8 BB itx
4 GO tix
4 NF tix