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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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StaceyNC10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
Book: It Happened One Summer
Completed: 11/15/22
Author: Tessa Bailey
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 15
StaceyNC20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in Washington, DC.
Book: Unbreakable
Completed: 11/11/22
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 16
Amy FL15.8 - B Positive
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight - Page 1 of Body Positivity list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 675
10.3 - I Love Shiny ThingsRead a book with the name of a metal in the title.
I read Wonder Woman Black & Gold, which has Gold in the title.
Total Points: 135
StaceyNC25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Book: The Fine Print
Completed: 11/17/22
Author: Lauren Asher
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.
Book: Scarlet Angel
Completed: 11/6/22
Word: Angel
Approved for length: Post 8618
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 17
Amy FL30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option B: Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness - CHICKEN PAPA (just Pursuit: A blACK ProsECutor's fIgHt for fairNess)
Option C: The War Girls by V.S. Alexander - LAVENDAR (V. s. ALExANDeR)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 705
5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?I read Invisible Kingdom, Vol. 3: In Other Worlds, which takes place in a fictional space system called The Point of No Return.
Total Points: 140
StaceyNC30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK.
Book 1: Shatter Me
Completed: 11/3/22
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Book 2: City of the Lost
Completed: 9/29/22
Author: Kelley Armstrong
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 18
5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass OzRead a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in "Oswald State Penitentiary".
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History, which has the word PARTY in the title that can be made from those letters.
I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket for this non-fiction book.
Total Points: 145
15.5 It Was There All Along Dracula by Bram Stoker
CLAIMING Golden Oldie Ticket (first published in 1897)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
GO tickets: 1
20.7 All Who Wander Are Not Lost...Some Are Geocachers#3.
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
MOTEL can be made from letters in GLObaL posiTioning systEM
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
GO tickets: 1
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Read a book with an 4 or more letter word can be made out of
"Oswald State Penitentiary"
used the word STORY
read This Is Not a Ghost Story
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
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Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in the film.
used the name Ted Ross
read Ski Weekend by Rektok Ross
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
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read a book that meets SRC Rules
read The Apartment
Points this post - 5
Total Points- 15
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Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
read You'll Be the Death of Me
first published November 30, 2021
Points this post - 10
Total Points- 25
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Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
read Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry
Points this post - 10
Total Points- 35
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Read a book from this list: Dark Academia
read Truly Devious
listed on Page 1 number 12
Points this post - 10
Total Points- 45
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Read a book that you already have in your possession, from any source- borrowed, owned, etc., as of August 17.
read Horror Hotel
bought the book in February 2022
Points this post - 15
Total Points- 60
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Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the SRC member.
SRC member Ash gave this book a 5 star rating
Hidden Pictures
Points this post - 15
Total Points- 75
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Option A: Snickers
Read a book whose title or subtitle contains a word that begins and ends with the same letter.
read The Wicked and the Dead
Points this post - 20
Total Points- 95
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option 3 Read a book from a series with a minimum of five whole-numbered books in the series.
read Grave New World
series has 7 books
Points this post - 20
Total Points- 115
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Option 3: There was a lot of love for the Library of Congress and librarians in general. Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title
Word LOCal in title
read Local Woman Missing
Points this post - 20
Total Points- 135
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Option 2: Yosemite National Park
-Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK.
read Dare Me by Megan Abbott
and
Option 4: Grand Canyon National Park
-Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction
read The Vanishing Stair
historical fiction is the 10th on the page under more
Points this post - 30
Total Points- 165
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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
used the word DARK from the track Dark Hollow
read Dark Room Etiquette
and
option 4 - Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
read The Hand on the Wallby Maureen Johnson
Points this post - 30
Total Points- 195
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rolled a 6
Roll a 6: Year of publication: used year 2022
read
Don't Let in the Cold 320 pages
and Big Bad 307 pages
and Pretty Dead Queens 336 pages
Points this post - 50
Total Points- 245
Sue T50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Rolled a 5: Three books with the same setting - New York City
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb
Connections in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 125/960
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 9
Deborah30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months
1) This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian
Author photo:
https://www.xixiwrites.com/
368 pages
3) Bookmarked for Death
Writing > Books About Books
297 pages
368 + 297 =665 out of 600 min needed
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 225
Books Read:18
Tasks Done: 14
Deborah5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Saga, Volume 4
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 230
Books Read:19
Tasks Done: 15
Kathy KS10.2 - 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
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
Colin is found under "Diminutives and Short Forms, English" for Nick
I listened to an audiobook; pb-272 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 395
Tasks completed: 20/56
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 6
Jasmiina F25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet:
Book 1: Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle:
Operaatio Zuckerberg by Jussi Lehmusvesi.
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all of them) are only consonants (that is, not the vowels listed for book 1): Asioita jotka saavat sydämen lyömään nopeammin by Mia Kankimäki.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 155
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Shiraloo20.10 - Group Reads
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
REQUIRED: I am post #33 in the Group Reads chat.
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Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 280
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 3
Angela IL10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur- 11/19
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 630
Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 29
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book FestivalOption 1: Read a book by an author attending the 2022 National Book Festival
I listened to an audio version of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
New Points: 20
Total Points: 340
BB: 1
IaF : 2
GO:
Julia10315.6 – MPG Mythology
The Orphans of Raspay
This post: 15 points
Total points: 640
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 37
Books completed: 49
Sarah E10.1. The Tinman's Body Had to Come From Somewhere!
The Good Earth - completely set in China
I read an ebook, top MMP is The Good Earth
Golden Oldie, first published 1931. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 200
Total GOs: 2
Sarah E10.10 - Lost in the Museum
Reliquary - on page 1 of the list
I read an ebook, top MMP is Reliquary
Total points: 210
EMurphy50.1 Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Rolled a 1 - three books by 3 different authors who share the same first or last name
Book 1 Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
Book 2 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
*Big Book Ticket 531 pages
Book 3 American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson
*It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 375
Books Read: 26
BB Ticket +500: 3
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 5
Tasks Completed: 15
ROBIN P25.3 - Mazza1's Task: Well, Hello Number Nine
2 books, >500 pages
Option 1 - 9th in series - Cetaganda 302 p
Option 2 - Author uses pseudonym - Crowned and Dangerous - 320 p
Rhys Bowen is a pseudonym for Janet Quin-Harkin per Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Q...
Points this post: 25
Total points: 730
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:4
Andy P.Task # 30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option B: Read a book that has all the letters CHICKEN PAPA in the title and/or subtitle.
Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It by John Abramson ( given as an example in task)
Option C, Read a book with all the letters LAVENDER in the author’s name Need to Know by Karen Cleveland (given as an example for task)
Points this post: 30
Total points:670
Delicious Dee5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 640
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Delicious Dee10.2 - Call Me Nick.
Trackers - Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 650
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Delicious Dee20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 2 - Dodge the Bullet - Christy Hayes
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 670
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
5.1-Exiled to the Land of OzRead a book with a MPG of Crime.
I read the Kindle edition of The Maid.
Total Points: 150
babbling c 25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Break the Day - Audible Les secrets de minuit - paperback pgs 285 by Lara Adrian
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill - audible The Bookish Life of Nina Hill - paperback pg 333 by Abbi Waxman
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LIFE
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 260/960
Completed Tasks: 14/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 7,185
Books read this season: 20
babbling c 20.3 - 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”.
Two Spies in Caracas - kindle Two Spies in Caracas - paperback pg 348 by Moisés Naím
first published January 10th 2019
FOREVER AUTUMN
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 280/960
Completed Tasks: 15/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 7,533
Books read this season: 21
babbling c15.8 - B Positive
October 6 is National Plus Size Appreciation Day
Read a book that has been shelved as Body Positivity
Required: State the page.
All the Feels - kindle All the Feels - paperback pg 398 by Olivia Dade
page 1
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 295/960
Completed Tasks: 16/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 7,931
Books read this season: 22
5.5 - From O....ZRead a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found using the letters from O to Z (inclusive).
I read New Teeth by Simon Rich.
Total Points: 155
20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book FestivalOption 3: The Black Tower
LOC in title: The BLaCk TOwer
Total points: 185
Coralie25.6 Bookish Podcasts
Option 2 – from page 6 of Book club books
The Overstory
Option 4 – book that has been longlisted for Women’s Prize for fiction 2013
Honour
Total to date 575 points
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 660