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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: For Julie Option 3: Multiple Motives by Kassandra Lamb. The series Kate Huntington mysteries has 11 primary works.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 85
Books: 5
Tasks: 5
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 0(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.3: Forever Autumn - Option 1: Tapped Out by Natalie M. Roberts, first published in2007. Author first and last initial NR> are in foRever autumN.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 105
Books: 6
Tasks: 6
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 0(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.6: National Book Festival - Option 3: Room with a Clue by Kate Kingsbury. Title las all letters in LOC: rOom with a CLue.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 125
Books: 7
Tasks: 7
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 0(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: All who wander are not lost ... - Option 3: Lion of Senet by Jennifer Fallon. The word LION in title can be found in: gLObal pos ItioNg system.
***Claim 1 Big Book ticket for 561 pages
Points: 20
Books: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500)
Summary Totals: 145
Books: 8
Tasks: 8
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0(750) 0(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9: What's in a name? : Lost in Space Novelization by Joan D. Vinge.
Joan from Joan la Pucelle in Henry VI, Part I
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 165
Books: 9
Tasks: 9
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0(750) 0(1,000)
Task:15.1 - Into the WoodBook 1- a book of my choice
Book read:The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
I claim 1 golden oldie as this was first published in 1623.
Book 2- 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
Book read:Tales of the Supernatural by H.G. Wells
Required: the winters TALE + S = TALES of the supernatural
Points this task:15
Total points:280
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:22
Tasks completed:16
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask:10.3 - I Love Shiny Things [metal in title]
Book read:The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Required:iron is a metal
Points this task:10
Total points:265
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:20
Tasks completed:15
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask:50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
I rolled a 4: MPG
MPG chosen: contemporary
Book 1: The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
256 pages
Required: mpg contemporary
I claim 1 It's a fact ticket as this is nonfiction {mpg nonfiction present]
Book 2:The It Girl by Ruth Ware
423 pages
Required: mpg contemporary
Book 3:The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah
368 pages
Required:mpg contemporary
total page count: 256+ 423 + 368 =1047
Points this task:50
Total points:195
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:14
Tasks completed:11
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask:15.5 - It Was There All Along [a book that you already have in your possession]
Book read: How Hard Can Love Be? by Holly Bourne
Required: I have owned this book for a couple of years.
Points this task:15
Total points:60
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:4
Tasks completed:3
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask:15.10 - Give and Take [a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.]
Book read:The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood and Renée Nault
Required:Book Concierge rated this 5 stars
Graphic novel, 240 pages
Points this task:15
Total points:45
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:3
Tasks completed:2
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask:15.1 - Into the Wood
Book 1- a book of my choice
Book read:The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
I claim 1 golden oldie as this was first published in 1623.
Book 2- 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
Book read:Tales of the Supernatural by H.G. Wells
Required: the winters TALE + S = TALES of the supernatural
Points this task:15
Total points:280
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:22
Tasks completed:16
Task:50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!I rolled a 4: MPG
MPG chosen: contemporary
Book 1: How Hard Can Love Be? by Holly Bourne
480 pages
Required: mpg contemporary
Book 2:The It Girl by Ruth Ware
423 pages
Required: mpg contemporary
Book 3:The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah
368 pages
Required:mpg contemporary
total page count: 480+ 423 + 368 =1271
Points this task:50
Total points:225
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:17
Tasks completed:12
Task:25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo TimeOption:2
Book A- authors initials in UKRAINIAN
Book read:The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
page count: 256/237
Required: initials RK in uKRainian
I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket as this has an mpg of nonfiction
Book B-word in the title made from JAPANESEGREEK
Book read:As Seen on TV by Meredith Schorr
page count: 352/237
Required: seen from japaNESEgreek
Points this task:25
Total points:250
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:19
Tasks completed:13
Alexxy25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Option 3: Read a book from one of the following lists...
Book Chosen from Medicine and Literature, Page 1
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 100
Task:15.10 - Give and Take [ a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.]Book read:The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Required:Kristen Harvey rated this book 5 stars
Points this task:15
Total points:265
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:20
Tasks completed:14
Task:15.1 - Into the WoodBook 1- a book of your choice
Book read:The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Renée Nault and Margaret Atwood
[graphic novel, 240 pages]
Book 2- 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.
Book read:Tales of the Supernatural by H.G. Wells
Required:tale + s = tales
Points this task:15
Total points:280
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:22
Tasks completed:15
Task:15.5 - It Was There All Along [a book that you already have in your possession]Book read:Mushroom Magick: Ritual, Celebration, and Lore by Shawn Engel
Required: I already had this as I was given it as a present in July
I claim 1 It's a fact! ticket as this has an mpg of nonfiction
Points this task:15
Total points:295
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:23
Tasks completed:16
Task:20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?[a book written by a solo writer whose FIRST name is identical to one of the names of a Shakespearean character]Book read:[rather appropriately!] The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
Required: William matches William from As you like it [and several more]
I claim 1 golden oldie ticket as this was first published in 1623
Points this task:20
Total points:315
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:24
Tasks completed:17
Mod
Option B: Read a book by an author with first and last initials SN.
The Punch and Judy Girl
The author is Sheila Newberry whose initials are SN
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 670 + 20 = 690
Total Tasks Completed: 36
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 10
Angela IL25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the Number
Book 1. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written as such.
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard- 10/4 (305 pgs)
Book 2. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written in letter form.
The Smart One by Ellen Meister- 11/17
Read Kindle/ No MMPB/ attaching PB-The Smart One by Ellen Meister (384 pgs)
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 620
Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 28
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
trishhartuk5.10. There's no place like the SRC!
The Summer Book, Tove Jansson
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 535
Tasks Completed: 32
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 2
Alexxy15.6 - Legendary
Read a book with a MPG Mythology.
Ithaca by Claire North
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 115
Becky C20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title.
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Points this task: 20
Total points: 270
Becky C10.5. Happy Anniversary!
Read a book with a word in the title that exactly matches one of the traditional annivrsary gifts for years 1-10.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Salt is 8th anniversary gift (UK)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 280
Becky C20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in GEOCACHING.
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
Points this task: 20
Total points: 300
Becky C20.3 - 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”.
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (published 2018)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 320
Becky C10.2 - Call Me Nick.
Read a book the author of which has a name found on the list of related names for Nick.
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Points this task: 10
Total points: 330
Becky C20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3. Read a book from a series with a minimum of five whole-numbered books in the series.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Points this task: 20
Total points: 350
Becky C20.5 - 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
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Points this task: 20
Total points: 370
LAUREN JODI20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option C: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
Shadow by Janie Crouch
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 255/960
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 21
Total Tasks Completed: 22/56
Mod
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
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
10.9. Lots Going On!A book from Dark Academia page 1 #9: Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
Points this post: 10
Total points: 800
✔️ Pat30.4 ~ The First of the Months
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 of the 3 available options. A MPG of Childrens or Kids may NOT be used.
The page total must be at least 600 pages.
681 total pages this task
Option 1 ~ Read a book written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters.
The Muse by Jessie BurtonRead ~ 11.18.22
Pages ~ 393
How it Fits ~ 6 letters in each name
Option 2 ~ Read a book with a cup or mug that would typically hold a cup of coffee on the cover.
REQUIRED ~ Post the Cover
Buster Midnight's Cafe by Sandra DallasRead ~ 11.7.22
Pages ~ 288
How it Fits ~ Coffee Mug on the Cover
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Points this Task ~ 30
Total Points ~ 460
Total Books ~ 33
Total Pages ~ 11,274
Andy P.Task # 25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 1: Reread a book that you have read in the past.
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
I read this for the first time 10/1/15
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Attack in the Library by George Arion G in Intelligance, A in Artificial
Points this post: 25
Total points: 640
trishhartuk20.3 Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Option 1. Read a book first published in or after 1972, AND with the author’s first and last initials in “FOREVER AUTUMN”.
Beloved, Toni Morrison (324pg)
auTuMn
First published in 1987
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 33
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 2
Nick KY25.8 Mai’s Reading the Posthuman
Opt. 1. A re-read. I re-read The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams, last read Feb. 2011.
Opt. 4. I read Artificial Condition by Martha Wells, “ARTIFICIAL” has letters in ARTIFICIAL intelligence.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 860
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.8 - Mexican Independence Day
Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz
The author's initials are in battle of pueBLa
Link to MMP edition: Guilty as Cinnamon
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 245 points
Tasks completed: 19
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.8 - Reading the Posthuman
Book 1 -
Balancing in High Heels by Eileen Rendahl
Option 3 - This book is by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase aRtificial intElligence.
Book 2 -
Jagged Little Pill by Eric Smith
Option 4 - This book contains a word of at least four letters in the title that can be made by the letters in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. (little - LIT in arTIficiaL; TLE in inTELligence).
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 270 points
Tasks completed: 20
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.4 - The First of the Months
Book 1 -
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Option 1- This book was written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters. (7 letters)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition) - Monday's Not Coming (464 pages)
Book 2 -
A Brew to a Kill by Cleo Coyle
Option 2 - The cover contains people holding coffee mugs.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition) - A Brew to a Kill (384 pages)
The page total must be at least 600 pages. =
464 + 384 = 848 pages
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 300 points
Tasks completed: 21
Bookwrm526Task #5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Read a book that meets SRC rules. I read The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling.
Total points so far: 670
Nick KY15.4 Follow the Clues I chose Opt. 2, the one book option. The one book meets both requirements. It is a whole number in a series, and it has a GR genre of “Mystery.” I read If The Dead Rise Not, # 6 in the Bernard Gunther series by Philip Kerr. “Mystery” is the second listed genre.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 875
10.7 - An Autumn DebutRead a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots by Cat Sebastian
IAF tickets overall: 1
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 420
Coralie5.1 Exiled to the Land of Oz
Book with MPG Crime
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials
Total to date 500 points
Coralie10.7 An Autumn Debut
Book with first published in September
The Thing About December
Total to date 510 points
Coralie15.10 Give and Take
Kristina Simon gave this book five stars
The Complete Maus
Total to date 525 points
Coralie25.4 Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1 – book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
Option 2 – book with both a B and a J in the author’s name
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Total to date 550 points
Amy FL5.4 - Ease On Down The Road
As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson (Michael Jackson)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 640
10.10 - Lost in the MuseumRead a book from the first 25 pages of the following list Museum Books.
I read Neverwhere (on the Kindle). This book appears on Page 4 of the Museum Books list.
Total Points: 125
Amy FL10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
The Windup Girl (Thailand)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 650
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Task 20.1: No tricks, all treats - Option A: The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson. The word AZALEA in the title starts and end with A.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 65
Books: 4
Tasks:
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