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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Lisa MD25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the Number
Must equal 500 or more.
Book 1. Title contains a number written as such.
🍁November 9 by Colleen Hoover
320 pages
Book 2. Title contains a number written in letter form.
🍁The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas by James Patterson
Title Word: Twelve
288 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 560/960
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 33/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
JEN BREPOST
5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Read a book that meets SRC rules.
Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood
This book has been approved for length in post 8629 of the ebook verification thread
TOTAL POINTS: 540
Amy B25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo Time
For this task, you will pick ONE option and read Book A and Book B for that option.
Each of your books must exceed 237 pgs.
Option 2:
Book A. Choose one of those three languages: Japanese, Ukrainian and Greek, and read a book where the author's initials (all) appear in that single language word.
In the Shadow of Time by Kevin Ansbro (K and A in Ukranian) - 388 pgs
Book B. Using the two remaining language words, read a book where a word of at least 4 letters in the title can be made with the letters of those languages. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Japanese/Greek - I Shall be Near to You by Erin Lindsay McCabe (near) - 304 pgs
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 405 Points
JEN B15.6 - Legendary
Read a book with a MPG Mythology
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno Garcia
TOTAL POINTS: 555
APRILLEIGH20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
Read a book by a solo author whose first name matches a Shakespearean character from the list, https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org....
The Bullet That Missed by RICHARD Osman
As will likely surprise no one, there are five RICHARD’s on the list: 593 (King RICHARD II), 893 (RICHARD III), 894 (RICHARD Plantagenet), 895 (RICHARD Plantagenet the Younger), and 1073 (Sir RICHARD Ratcliff).
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (80)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (4)
Total Tasks: 4
Chris MD 10.8 Mexican Independence Day
Author initials in battLE of puebla
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Total points: 130
Chris MD 15.4 Follow the Clues
One book option:
1. MPG of Mystery
2. Any whole-numbered book in a series
A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander
This is book #3 in the Lady Emily Ashton series.
Total points: 145
Chris MD 30.1 America's National Parks
Option 2: single author whose initials appear in yOsemite paRk
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 408 pages.
Option 4: MPG of history or historical fiction
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil by Tina Brown
History is the third MPG listed
This book has 571 pages. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
This book is nonfiction. Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
408 + 571 = 978 total pages
Total points: 175
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50.0 Monopoly!
I rolled a 6 and read three books published in the same year.
Book 1: My Oxford Year by Julian Whelan
This book was first published April 24, 2018
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 329 pages.
Book 2: The Gate Keeper by Charles Todd
This book was first published February 6, 2018. It has 307 pages.
Book 3: Death of a Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery by Laurie Lowenstein
This book was first published October 2, 2018
I read the Kindle edition but linked to the only paperback. It has 320 pages.
329 + 307 + 320 = 956 total pages
Total points: 225
APRILLEIGH20.6 - It's a Fact - Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC in the title.
In the Ballroom with the Candlestick by Diana Peterfreund
LO found in baLlrOom
C found in Candlestick
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (100)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (5)
Total Tasks: 5
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30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
Option 2: Read a book from the Year 12 reading list.
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Option 3: Read a book from the Year 13 reading list.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Points this task: 30
Season total: 90
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
ROBIN P30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
Option 1: List of campus novels
All's Well
Option 2: Year 12 reading list
Under the Udala Trees
**Both books are new to me**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 760
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:4
20.6 National Book FestivalOpt 1 - book by author attending - Nicola Yoon
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 225
50.1 Monopoly - Rolled 6 Year published. Chose 2021Book 1 - The Paper Palace - 400 pgs
Published July 6, 2021
Book 2 - Project Hail Mary - 476 pgs
Published May 4, 2021
Book 3 - Klara and the Sun - 303 pgs
Published March 2, 2021
400+476+303=1179 pgs
Points: 50
Total/challenge: 280
Sarah E5.4 - Ease On Down The Road
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
I listened to an audio, top MMP with a page count is O Clube do Crime das Quintas-Feiras
Richard matches Richard Pryor
Total points: 215
Sarah E5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Between Sea and Sky
I read an ebook, paperback - no MMP - is Between Sea and Sky
Has MPG Middle Grade, and is not found on AR Bookfinder, US or UK.
Total points: 220
babblin c25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo Time
For this task, you will pick ONE option and read Book A and Book B for that option.
My current Duolingo learning streak is 237 days (as of September 1). So each of your books must exceed 237 pgs.
Option 1:
Book A. Duolingo was launched as a private Beta service on November 27, 2011 and went public June 19, 2012. Read a book that was FIRST published between November 27, 2011 and June 19, 2012.
Glamour in Glass - Audible Glamour in Glass - paperback pgs 336 by Mary Robinette Kowal
336>237
first published April 10th 2012
Book B. Throughout your lessons on Duolingo, Duo (an Owl) helps you through. Read a book where the letters DUO or OWL can be found in the title (not subtitle).
Required: State which letters you are using.
Something Wilder - audible Something Wilder - paperback pgs. 384 by Christina Lauren
384>237
Something Wilder OWL
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 320/960
Completed Tasks: 17/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 8,561
Books read this season: 24
Delicious Dee15.4 - Follow the Clues
One book option
Chocolate Cream Pie Murder - shelved as mystery in the new GR book format and is #24 in the Hannah Swenson series
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 685
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
20.10 - Group ReadsBecoming by Michelle Obama
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1x Its a Fact tix
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 7
Season Total: 900
10.4-It's a Tool, Not a WeaponThe Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko, a book whose title contains the letters AXE. (millionAire nEXt door)
Non-fiction. **Claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket**
It's a Fact tickets this post: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 51
Points this post: 10
Points total: 750
Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 3 - Read a book from this list of Best Books of the Decade: 1930s.
Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer
Found on page 5 of the list
This book is new-to-me
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1935
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 415
Tasks completed: 21/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 6
Amy FL15.5 - It Was There All Along
Into the Darkness
Kindle Unlimited (with audible narration) download borrowed on May 15, 2022
Points this post: 15
Total points: 720
Amy FL25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1: Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe (IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9.0)
Option 2: Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne MacLean - B in Beyond and J in Julianne
Points this post: 25
Total points: 745
ED10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed
"TA" found in "bATtle"
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 205
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 14/56-
5.2; 5.3: 5.10; 10.7; 10.8; 15.5; 15.10; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4;20.6; 20.7; 20.9
Amy FL25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Option 1: Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor - https://hayleyscrivenor.com/bio-and-p...
Option 2: The Lincoln Highway - Page 4 of Book Club Books list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 770
Barbara ★10.4 - It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Read a book whose title and/or subtitle contains the letters AXE
Blood of an Exile - Brian Naslund 11/20
Points this task: 10
Total points: 790
Big Book Tickets: 500 (4) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.Option 1. Emotional Yoga: How the Body Can Heal the Mind, by Bija Bennett, a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter (BB).
Option 2. The Liar's Tale: A History of Falsehood by Jeremy Campbell, a book that has both a B and a J in the author's name (Jeremy campBell).
Books read this post: 2
Books read total: 53
Points this post: 25
Points total: 775
Delicious Dee10.3 - I Love Shiny Things
The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II - metal = silver; claiming 1 its a fact ticket
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 695
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 2
Amy FL50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Rolled 3 - Token - Scottie dog/dog
Book 1:
(approved in message 40)Book 2:
Book 3:
I linked to the audio versions I completed; there are 1,003 combined pages in the paperbacks.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 820
Kristen IA20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Choose one option.
Required: State the option.
Option 3: Read a book with the letters LOC found in the title. All three letters must be found in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 95/960
Tasks Completed: 7/56
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
10.10 - Lost in the MuseumKing Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain #1) by H. Rider Haggard
page 11
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub 1885)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 7
Season Total: 910
Kristen IA25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
This is a two book task, and the page total of the two books combined must be at least 500 pages. No books with the tags Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade, Juvenile, and related synonyms may be used.
Book 1 - Read a book that includes all of the vowels, A E I O U, in its title/subtitle.
What God Has to Say about Our Bodies: How the Gospel Is Good News for Our Physical Selves by Sam Allberry - 208 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact Ticket for this book*****
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). We will count Y as a consonant for this task.
Dog on It by Spencer Quinn - 336 pages
208 + 336 = 544 page > 500 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 120/960
Tasks Completed: 8/56
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster Mash
Read one book for each option.
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash" : https://tinyurl.com/yecxrpcx in the title.
Word must be an EXACT match. - "Happened"
What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
Book 2: Read a book that features one of these specific characters: vampires, ghouls, zombies, ghosts, werewolves, witches.
Required: The main character is a witch.
Moonlight and Magic: Betwixt and Between Book 4 by Darynda Jones
I listened to the audiobook and posted the PB edition
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 150/960
Tasks Completed: 9/56
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 1
25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo TimeOption 2:
Book A. Choose one of those three languages: Japanese, Ukrainian and Greek, and read a book where the author's initials (all) appear in that single language word.
Death in Daylesford (Phryne Fisher #21) by Kerry Greenwood
author's initials, KG, found in GreeK
336 pages
Book B. Using the two remaining language words, read a book where a word of at least 4 letters in the title can be made with the letters of those languages. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
word in title: NINE found in japaNEseukraINian
240 pages
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 7
Season Total: 935
Kim O15.4 - Follow the Clues: one-book option (MPG mystery, #1 in the Aldre dam series)
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 105
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Task:20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn Option:1- published in or after 1972, authors initials in “FOREVER AUTUMN”
Book read:Bunny by Mona Awad
Required:published 2019, initials MA in AutuMn
Points this task:20
Total points:335
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:25
Tasks completed:18
trishhartuk5.8 Wizard of Ozzie
Read a book with a MPG of Sports.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): ici; MMPB (English): here
It's a Fact: the new book page includes Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography and Sports
Points this Task: 1
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – What I Talk About… is a Memoir
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed: 34
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
Julia1035.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Fugitive Prince
This book has 704 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 5 points, 1 BB
Total points: 645
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 38
Books completed: 50
10.9. Lots Going On!City of Dark Magic (City of Dark Magic #1) by Magnus Flyte
page 2
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 7
Season Total: 945
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I read a kindle edition of Tied Up In Tinsel, linked to the MMPB. "tin" found in "TINsel."
total points: 735
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I read a kindle ARC of Thistlefoot, linked to the paperback. "Mythology" is the 6th listed mpg.
total points: 750
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan - listened to the audiobook, linked to the paperback.
Book was first published May 10, 2022. " Dervla lives in Perth, Australia, with her husband and two children." - from her website, https://dervlamctiernan.com/about/.
For my second book, I used option 2 and read an audiobook of Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir, linked to the paperback.
Book is found on page 5 of Book Club Books.
Total points: 775
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For my first book, I used option 3 and read a kindle ARC of Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire. I linked to the paperback edition.
Author initials, AC, found in ArtifiCial.
For my second book, I used option 4 and read Killers of a Certain Age.
Title word, Certain, found in ARTIfiCial iNtElligence.
total points: 800
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read a kindle ARC of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, linked to the hardcover. 336 pages.
Author is Heather Fawcett, female author with 7 letters in each of her first and last names.
For my second book, I used option 3 and listened to an audio book of The Book Eaters, linked to the top paperback. 320 pages.
6th mpg is Books About books.
total pages - 336 +320 = 656, >600.
total points: 830
Mai20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option C: Book where the page count includes 50 intact: 150 pages
In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony by Darren Byler
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 685
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 50
NF Tickets: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 4
Mary P15.6 - Legendary
Read a book with a MPG Mythology.
Circe by Madeline Miller
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
Joanne MI5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Gay Lord Robert
Points this task 5
Total Points 285
2 BB's 5 IAF
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I rolled a 5, three books that all have the same setting:
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, set in California, 400 pages
Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman, set in California
paperback edition Adult Assembly Required 374 pages
The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson, set in California
paperback edition The Bookshop of Yesterdays 400 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 850