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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Bookwrm526Task #5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN. I read Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House by M.C. Beaton.
Total points so far: 675
Bookwrm526Task 5.9- Number 9, Number 9 .....
Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words. Spaces determine words. I read Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (15 words in title + subtitle).
Total points so far: 680
50.1 MonopolyI rolled a 6
Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett 384 pages
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson 496 pages
The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica
416 pages
All were published in 2020.
Caste is NF and I would like an It's A Fact Ticket
Hollywood Park is NF and I would like an It's A Fact Ticket
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 330
Mod
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.
Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain
The book is written by Charles R Cross
Charles is listed as a character in As You Like It
This book is NonFiction, so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 690 + 20 = 710
Total Tasks Completed: 37
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 10+1=11
Andy P.Task # 30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
Both books are new to me.
Option 1: Read a book from GR's 66 Campus Novels for Back to School The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Option 3: Read a book from School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 13:
The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
Points this post: 30
Total points: 700
Task 25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the NumberThe combined total of pages for both books must equal 500 or more pages.
Book 1. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written as such.
14 (Threshold #1) (2012) by Peter Clines (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 352 pages)
Book 2. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written in letter form.
One Poison Pie (Kitchen Witch Mysteries #1) (2021) by Lynn Cahoon (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback 272 pages)
Pagecount: 352 + 272 = 624 > 500
245 + 25 = 270
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 245 + 25 = 270
Books read: 19
Pages read: 6,167
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mod
JAYNE
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
Both of these books were new-to-me.
Points this task: 30
Season total: 90
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
Cindy FTask 50.1 Monopoly
Dice Roll 4 MPG Thriller >750 pages
Book 1: Innocence by Dean Koontz
338 pages
Book 2: The City by Dean Koontz
482 pages
Book 3: Livid by Patricia Cornwell
368 pages
Points this post:50
Total points:175
Books read:13
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:5
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:9
Cindy FTask 20.7 All Who Wander Are Not Lost.....Some Are Geocachers
Option 1: First Published in 2000
The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell
Points this post:20
Total points:195
Books read:14
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:5
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:10
Cindy FTask 5.3 Go To Jail, Directly To Jail, Do Not Pass Oz
Word in title of more than 4 letters from oswald stATe peNitENtiaRy
(TANNER)
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
Points this post:5
Total points:200
Books read:15
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:5
Non-Ficion:2
Tasks completed:11
Task:20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival Option:3- a book with the letters LOC found in the title
Book read:John Donne A Selection of His Poetry by John Donne
I claim 1 golden oldie as this was first published in 1950.
Required: LOC in jOhn donne a seLeCtion of his poetry
Points this task:20
Total points:355
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:26
Tasks completed:19
10.4-It's a Tool, Not a WeaponTitle and/or subtitle contains the letters AXE: Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli
Points this post: 10
Total points: 860
MEGSCL20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
Project Hail Mary
TOTAL
685 points
8 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 2 big book
MEGSCL25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the Number
Book 1 - The Furphy Anthology 2021
Book 2 - Ready Player Two
TOTAL
710 points
8 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 2 big book
MEGSCL30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 1 - three generations - Florence Adler Swims Forever
Option 3 - character moves - Night
**It’s a fact**
TOTAL
740 points
9 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 2 big book
Becky C30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 4 (used for both) - Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly **it's a fact**
Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald
Points this task: 30
Total points: 370
Becky C50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Number rolled: 4
Read three books that share the same main page genre.
Chosen MGP: Science Fiction
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
Points this task: 50
Total points: 420
Becky C30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option A: Read a nonfiction book with a MPG of SELF HELP.
The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills by Daniel Coyle
Option D: Read a book that has a word in the title that is food or flower related that would make a great name for a chicken
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Word: Honey
Points this task: 30
Total points: 450
Becky C10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
Points this post: 10
Total points: 490 (I got off by 30 on my recent posts, sorry!)
Amy B25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
This is a two book task. Choose two of three options.
Required: State the options.
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Sunburn by Laura Lippman
Option 2. Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 430 Points
Theresa10.10 - Lost in the Museum
Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Found on pg 1 of the list
Points this post - 10
Total points - 145
Theresa20.1 - Most Improved - Lisa MD's Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
Option C - Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
Author's last name starts with C
Points this post = 20
Total points - 165
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Option 3. Read a book with a 4+-letter word found in the lyrics provided.
Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente (103 p.) *
*word is 'with'
➸ Total Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 20
MEGSCL30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 4 - historical fiction - Small Things Like These
Option 4 - historical fiction - The Natural History of Love
TOTAL
770 points
9 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie - 2 big book
Brooklyn 5.1 – Exiled to the Land of Oz
Read a book with a MPG of Crime
The Burn by Kathleen Kent
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/960
Tasks completed: 1/56
Books read: 1
Brooklyn 5.2 – Millenium Magic
Read a book with at least 2 of the numbers 1,9,0,0 in the page count
Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory
400 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/960
Tasks completed: 2/56
Books read: 2
Brooklyn 5.3 – Go To Jail, Go Directly To Jail. Do Not Pass Oz.
Read a book with a 4+ letter title word that can be made from the letters in OSWALD STATE PENITENTIARY
Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett
Word is SISTER
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15/960
Tasks completed: 3/56
Books read: 3
5.4 - Ease On Down The RoadRead a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in The Wiz.
I chose the actor Michael Jackson and read Strange Invasion by Michael Kandel.
Total Points: 160
Brooklyn 5.4 – Ease on Down the Road
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in The Wiz
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Richard matches Richard Pryor
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20/960
Tasks completed: 4/56
Books read: 4
Brooklyn 5.5 – From O…to Z
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found between O and Z
This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25/960
Tasks completed: 5/56
Books read: 5
Brooklyn 5.6 – How Can You Be Here When You’re Not Anywhere At All?
Read a book set at least 50% in a fictional location
A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris
Set in an alternate version of the U.S.; approved in help thread (mssg #9)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30/960
Tasks completed: 6/56
Books read: 6
Brooklyn 5.7 – It’s Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with at least 1 letter on the cover that is completely green
by Claire AllanPoints this post: 5
Total points: 35/960
Tasks completed: 7/56
Books read: 7
Brooklyn 5.8 – Wizard of Ozzie
Read a book with a MPG of Sports
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40/960
Tasks completed: 8/56
Books read: 8
Brooklyn 5.9 – Number 9, Number 9….
Read a book with a title/subtitle of 9 or more words
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil by Tina Brown
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45/960
Tasks completed: 9/56
Books read: 9
Brooklyn 5.10 – There’s No Place Like the SRC!
Read a book of your choice
The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50/960
Tasks completed: 10/56
Books read: 10
20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All TreatsI chose Option A (Read a book whose title or subtitle contains a word that begins and ends with the same letter).
I read A Memory Called Empire, where "Empire" begins and ends with the same letter.
Total Points: 180
Barbara ★25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo Time
Option 1
Book A: Read a book that was FIRST published between November 27, 2011 and June 19, 2012.
This Same Earth - Elizabeth Hunter 11/21
(originally published December 2, 2011)
Book B: Read a book where the letters DUO or OWL can be found in the title
Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault - Candace Robinson (260 pages) 9/13
(OWL in WOLfe's)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 815
Big Book Tickets: 500 (4) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
15.5 - It Was There All AlongThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
I already owned this book prior to August 17
Total points: 200
trishhartuk10.6 It's in There Somewhere
"TIN" is found in a word in the title
PlotTINg for Murder, Tamra Baumann
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 570
Tasks Completed: 35
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
Mod
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Australia
Sunshine
This book is set entirely in Australia
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 710 + 10 = 720
Total Tasks Completed: 38
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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I read a kindle edition of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, linked to the pb. "Tin" is the traditional 10th anniversary gift in both the US and the UK.
total points: 840
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For my first book, I read Victim 2117 - 468 pages. Number "2117" in title.
For my second book, I listened to the audio of Ready Player Two, linked to the top paperback (no MMPB) - 384 pages. Number "Two" in title.
total pages - 468+384 = 852, >500.
total points: 865
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I chose option 1.
For my first book, I read a kindle edition of The Lola Quartet, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). 268 pages, >237..
Book was first published 5/1/2012, so between 11/27/11 and 6/19/12.
For my second book, I listened to an audio version of Long Shadows, linked to the hardcover. 448 pages, >237.
Letters OWL found in LOng shadoWs.
total points: 890
Nick KY20.7 XBM’s GEOCACHERS!
Opt. 3. I read A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury .
The word “POISON” has letters in global POSItiONing systems.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 895
Nick KY25.7 Delicious Dee’s Duolingo
Option 3.
Book A. I read The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen, set in France. 240 pp > required 237.
Book B. I read The Deep Blue Good-By by John D. MacDonald, # 1 in the Travis McGee series which has 21 whole numbered books. 310 pp > required 237.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 920
Joanne MI30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 3- a main character moves
The Thousand Names, claiming 1 BB 513 pages
The fates of both these soldiers and all the men they lead depend on the newly arrived Colonel Janus bet Vhalnich Vhalnich moves from the Kingdom to the sleepy outpost -stated in last paragraph on the MP
Option 4 First name of author has double, consecutive letters
The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden
Points this task 30
Total Points 335
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 3
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Mai10.2 - Call Me Nick
Author whose name is/ is related to Nick
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 695
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 51
NF Tickets: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 4
LAUREN JODI15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2: MPG Mystery + Book #11 in the series
Force of Nature by Suzanne Brockmann
***Claiming a Big Book ticket as this book has 512 pages***
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 270/960
Big Book Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 22
Total Tasks Completed: 23/56
Sarah E30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
Both books are new to me
Option 1: From GR's 66 Campus Novels for Back to School - 2021
The Plot
I read an ebook, top paperback that is not an ARC - no MMP - is The Plot
Option 2: From School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 12
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Prisoners of Geography
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 250
Total NF: 1
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20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Opt C last name starts with a letter in RPBC.
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
Points this task 20
Total points 305
BB's 2
IAF 6