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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Amy FL15.6 - Legendary
The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi - approved in message 5 for MPG Fantasy > Mythology
Points this post: 15
Total points: 850
Amy FL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option A: The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep - Snow
Points this post: 20
Total points: 870
5.4 - Ease On Down The RoadAuthor shares a name with an actor who appeared in The Wiz: Wyoming Heart by Diana Palmer
The actor's name is Diana Ross.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 875
Amy FL25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 3: The Good Lie by A.R. Torre - ART (ARTificial)
Option 4: Twenty Years Later - LATER (ARTificiaL intElligence)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 895
10.8.-Mexican Independence DayRead a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss. (baTtLe of puebla). Non-fiction.
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket**
It's a Fact tickets this post: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 6
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 57
Points this post: 10
Points total: 805
50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!I rolled a 4
Roll a 4: MPG
I read all mysteries:
Book 1
A Better Man p. 417
Book 2
Glass Houses p.391
Book 3
All the Devils Are Here p 442
417+ 391+ 442=1250
1250>750
points; 205
books read: 16
tasks completed: 11
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 3
pages read: 6048
Mai5.5 - From O....Z
Author's initials can be found using the letters from O to Z
Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 760
Tasks Completed: 45
Books Read: 58
NF Tickets: 27
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 4
Lisa MD30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
🍁The Mistletoe Inn by Richard Paul Evans
Author Initials: RE found in yosEmite paRk
300 pages
Option 4: Grand Canyon National Park
MPG: Historical Fiction.
🍁Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
384 pages
300 + 384 = 684 pages > 500
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 590/960
Total Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 34/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
10.6- It's in There SomewhereRead a book in which the 3 letter sequence "TIN" is found in a word in the title.
The Tin Box and What it Contained by Horatio Alger Jr.
First published 1882.
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
Golden Oldies Tickets this post: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets total: 13
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 58
Points this post: 10
Points total: 815
PAULA S10.3 - I Love Shiny Things
Read a book with the name of a metal in the title.
Använd aldrig arsenik
word by word translation of the title: Never use arsenic
arsenic is on the list of metals, listed as a semimetal
I read the ebook. PB link for reference (no MMPB): Arsenikkia aamuisin
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Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 30
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
PAULA S50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
I rolled a 4: MPG
Read three books that share the same main page genre.
Using mpg Science Fiction
I read the kindle edition, MMPB link for reference: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
The MMPB has 880 pages
This is a big book, I claim 2 big book tickets
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): The Kaiju Preservation Society
The PB has 264 pages
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Un psaume pour les recyclés sauvages
The PB has 136 pages
The three books together has 880+264+136 = 1280 pages > 750p
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Points Earned This Post: 50
Total Points Earned: 80
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
PAULA S5.9- Number 9, Number 9 .....
Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words. Spaces determine words.
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
The title is exactly 9 words
I read the kindle edition. Hardcover link for reference (no MMPB or PB): The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
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Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 85
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
PAULA S10.2 - 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
by Nic StoneI read the kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Dear Justyce
Name Nic is found listed under Equivalents, English: Kai, Nic, Nick, Nicky, Nik
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Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 95
It's A Fact Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
PAULA S5.2 - Millenium Magic
Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
I read the Kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Crisis in the Red Zone
The PB has 400 pages, the page count contains two 0s from the list of digits
This is a non-fiction book. I claim 1 It's a fact ticket.
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Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 100
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
PAULA S20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3. Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in Global Positioning System.
Using the word POTIONS, made from letters found in POSiTIONing
Pumpkin Pies & Potions
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference: Pumpkin Pies & Potions
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 120
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
DOM50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
I rolled a 4
Read three books that share the same main page genre.
Choice: Historical Fiction
1. Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman
544 pages
Claim a big book ticket for this book
2. The Spy's Wife Fiona McIntosh
448 pages
3. Sweet Wattle Creek by Kaye Dobbie
480 pages
1472 total pages for the 3 books:
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 17
It's a Fact: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
MAZZA125.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.
Option 1. Hawkeye. --
Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
The Golden Enclaves Naomi Novik
Option 2. B.J.
Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Hush Little Baby Joanna Barnard B and J in Author name
points this post = 25
Points to date = 680
MAZZA150.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
I Rolled one six-sided die and rolled a 5
Tasks = Option 5 Setting
Read three books that all have the same setting. For books set in the U.S., the books should be in the same U.S. state.
All books are set in New YorK
Faithless in Death 416 pages (setting in GR data)
The Secret Runners of New York 341 (setting in title & GR blurb)
The Cloisters i read an ARC of this book via netgalley There is no MMP the PB edition is here The Cloisters 320 pages (setting in GR blurb)
All 3 approved here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
416 +341+320 = 1077 pages exceeds requirement
Points this post = 50
Points to date = 730
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National ParksOption 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK.
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Option 4: Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
Iron Widow
Total point: 130
StaceyNC5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
Read a book set at least 50% in a fictitious locale.
Book: Hold
Completed: 10/29/22
Takes place on Prison Planet Genus 6
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 19
StaceyNC5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Read a book that meets SRC rules
Book: Extreme Honor
Completed: 10/11/22
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 20
StaceyNC50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Roll: 6
Roll a 6: Year of publication
Read three books that were all FIRST published in the same year..
Year: 2020
Book 1: Aurora Burning
Completed: 11/19/22
Pub: 5/5/2020
Pages: 495
Book 2: Crave
Completed: 10/17/22
Pub: 4/7/2020
Pages: 592
Book 3: Betwixt
Completed: 11/6/22
Pub: 2/16/2020
Pages: 256
Total pages: 1343
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 21
MARGO15.3 - High-Five!
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
The Quest for Eternal Life
- Book 1 criteria - main theme of the book is the Great Library of Alexandria.
- Book 2 criteria - title has 5 words
- Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 735
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 51
GO: 3 // BB: 1 // NF: 3
Mod
I read a kindle edition of Arsenic and Adobo, linked to the paperback.
"Arsenic" is on the list, under the category "semimetals."
total points: 900
Mod
I read the kindle edition of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, linked to the paperback.
AXE found in lillian boXfish tAkEs
total points: 910
ROBIN P15.10
Give and Take
Book rated 5* by an SRC member
The Admiral's Penniless Bride
rated 5* by member Teri-K
Points this post: 15
Total points: 810
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:5
trishhartuk10.8 Mexican Independence Day
Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
The Bookshop, Penelope Fitzgerald
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here
P in Puebla, f in oF
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 585
Tasks Completed: 37
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
Mai30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months
Total pages: 198+448 = 646 pages > 600
Option 1 - female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle
448 pages
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Option 3 - November 1: Family Literacy Day
MPG of Books About Books
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
198 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 790
Tasks Completed: 46
Books Read: 60
NF Tickets: 28
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 4
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
I rolled a 1.
Roll a 1: Author Name (first or last)
Book 1. The Last Chairlift by John Irving 889 p.
Book 2. The Claverton Affair by John Rhode 274 p.
Book 3. Castle Skull by John Dickson Carr 238 p.
All first name John
page count 889 + 274 + 238 = 1401 p.
Points this post:50
Total points 775
MAZZA130.2 - 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" :
I received an ARC of this book via Negalley The Night Watch
This is HB editionThe Night Watch
matched word is NIGHT
Book 2: Read a book that features one of these specific characters: "zombies,"
Deadline
The presence of Zombies is identified in the GR Blurb
this book is 584 pages and I am claiming 1 x BB ticket
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 760
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 7
10.5. Happy Anniversary!Read a book with a word in the title that exactly matches one of the traditional anniversary gifts for years 1-10.
6th Anniversary (US) = Iron
Men of Iron by Howard Pyle. IL: MG - BL: 9.0 - AR Pts: 13.0
First published 1891
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
Golden Oldies Tickets this post: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets total: 14
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 57
Points this post: 10
Points total: 815
PAULA S20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
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.
by Maria LangAuthor name Maria matches Maria from Twelfth Night
I read the ebook, hardcover link for reference (no MMPB or PB): Klappa inte katten
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 140
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
(Edit to fix total points earned calculation)
PAULA S10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Read a book whose author's initials are in BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
by Alice Osemanauthor intials AO in bAttle Of puebla
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Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 150
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
PAULA S20.2 - 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.
This is book #39 in the Christer Wijk series. The series has 43 primary works, which is more than five.
I read the ebook. PB link for reference (no MMPB): Dødelig drama på Dramaten
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 170
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
PAULA S15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1: Read a book with the MPG Mystery & that is a whole numbered book in a series.
The Inspector de Silva Mysteries (#1)
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Trouble in Nuala
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Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 185
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.8 - B PositiveFattily Ever After: A Black Fat Girl's Guide to Living Life Unapologetically by Stephanie Yeboah
page 3
1x It's a Fact
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 7
It's a Fact: 8
Season Total: 960
Mai5.4 - Ease On Down The Road
Author who shares a name with Michael Jackson
We the Dead: Preserving Data at the End of the World by Brian Michael Murphy
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 795
Tasks Completed: 47
Books Read: 61
NF Tickets: 29
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 4
Barbara ★10.5 - Happy Anniversary!
Read a book with a word in the title that exactly matches one of the traditional anniversary gifts for years 1-10.
Bronze Gods - A.A. Aguirre 11/24
(8th Bronze (US) Salt (UK))
Points this task: 10
Total points: 825
Big Book Tickets: 500 (4) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
✔️ Pat25.3 ~ Well Hello Number 9
This is a 2 book task read one book for 2 different options.
Your total page count must be at least 501 pages. No books with a Children's genre are allowed.
Total Pages This Task ~ 566
Option 1 ~ Read a book that has a number 9 in its series number- whole numbers only- ex. #9, #19, #29. The series number must show in greyscale in the Goodreads record.
Self-Defense by Jonathan KellermanRead ~ 11.22.22
Pages ~ 390
How it Fits ~ #9 in the Alex Delaware series
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.
REQUIRED ~ If the pseudonym is not evident on the GR author page or GR metadata for your book, provide a reference link.
What Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherRead ~ 10.22.22
Pages ~ 176
How it Fits ~ T.Kingfisher
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Points this Task ~ 25
Total Points ~ 485
Total Books ~ 35
Total Pages ~ 11,840
Kathy KS30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
The combined total of the two books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 4: Grand Canyon National Park
-Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
The Road to Paradise:a Vintage National Parks novel by Karen Barnett
MPG: Historical > Historical Fiction 76 users
I listened to an audiobook; pb-334 p. (no mmpb)
Option 5: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
-Read a book first published in 1925, or read a book first published in 1992.
The Winter Widow by Charlene Weir
1st published: February 15, 1992
228 pages
Total pages: 334+228=562 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 460
Tasks completed: 23/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 7
Shiraloo30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee First
Book 1: Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1 by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
REQUIRED: Option 1, word is “Coffee”
Book 2: Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
REQUIRED: Option 3, country is Colombia. The GR description doesn’t really describe what the book is about, and why it is set more than 50% in Colombia. However, this link does a better job: https://www.supersummary.com/infinite...
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Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 310
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 3
PAULA S10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Read a book first published in September, October, or November of any year.
First published November 3, 1958
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Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 195
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
PAULA S5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN.
approved in the help thread message 35
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Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 200
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 2
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
Edited to fix points earned.
Amy B20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
This is a one book task, so choose one of the following options:
Required: State the option.
Option B: Read a book by an author with first and last initials SN.
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 480 Points
Task 25.6 - Bookish Podcastsoption 2: on p7 of list
The Golem And The Djinni
646 pages - claiming 1 (academic) BB tix
option 4: longlisted for 2013 Women's Prize
Alif the Unseen
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960 points
9 BB tix
4 GO tix
4 NF tix
Kim O20.3 - 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”.
Rabbits
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 145
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1
EMurphy15.2 Double Nine
Book 1-Exactly 9 characters in the title Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters by Dominique Crenn
*It's a Fact Ticket
Book 2-Exactly 9 characters in the author's name Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 390
Books Read: 28
BB Ticket +500: 3
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 6
Tasks Completed: 16
5.10 There's No Place Like SRCThe Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation into January 6th by Denver Riggleman
I'd like an It's a Fact ticket.
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 335
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15.3 - High-Five!
Book 1: The Library
Book 2: The Saints of Swallow Hill - 5 words in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 835