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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Christine V20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option B: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.4 It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Maxed Out by Daphne Greer
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35/960
Tasks completed: 3/56
Books read: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9 Lots Going On!
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsey
Found on page 1.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45/960
Tasks completed: 4/56
Books read: 4
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 Get Happy
Fair Isle and Fortunes by Nancy Warren
Vampire Knitting Club #6
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60/960
Tasks completed: 5/56
Books read: 5
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option C: A Killer Christmas Wish: A Cat Latimer Mystery by Lynn Cahoon
150 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80/960
Tasks completed: 6/56
Books read: 6
Task 15.4 - Follow the Cluesone book option: MPG Mystery, #44 in series
Echoes in Death
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105 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
trishhartuk30.1 Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in YOSEMITE PARK.
The Wonder Engine, T. Kingfisher
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (364pg)
T in yosemiTe, K in parK
Option 4: Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
The Devil and the Dark Water, Stuart Turton (576pg)
Historical > Historical Fiction: 1,053 users
Big Book: 576pg = 500+ x1 ticket
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Big Book: Yes – The Devil and the Dark Water is 576pg = 500+ x1 = 1tkt
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Big book Tickets: 1
Madison U30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
Option 2: Read a book whose author's initials are in YOSEMITE PARK
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Option 4: Book with MPG of Historical Fiction
Everything I Never Told You
Points this task = 30
Total Points = 30
Task = 1/56
Madison U20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3: book with title containing 4+ letters made from letters in "Global Positioning System"
Leaving Time (word: TIME)
Points this task = 20
Total points = 50
Task = 2/56
Kai20.3 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 Colony by Audrey Magee
First Published 2022
New Points: 20
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Claimed for Challenge: 3
Mai15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2: Book with MPG Mystery that is also a whole numbered book in a series.
Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout
*Claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket: book first published in 1934*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Creynard5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN.
(approved in help thread)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145/960
Tasks completed: 11/56
Books read: 14
Mod
XBM
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
This book is new to me.
Option 3 - Read a book from this list of Best Books of the Decade: 1930s. PAGE 1
Out of the Silent Planet. C.S. Lewis
Published in 1938, claiming 1 Golden Oldies ticket
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20/960
Tasks completed: 1/56
Books read: 1
GO: 1
Shawn H.20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide by Miranda Devine
Miranda from The Tempest
***Claiming 1 It's a Fact***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Mai30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster Mash
Book 1: Book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash"
Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk about What They Do--And How They Do It by Moira Weigel
The word is "From"
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Book 2: Book that features zombies
Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely
The character Lyle in the book is established from the start to have been bitten and infected with a zombie virus.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
10.4 - It's a Tool, Not a Weapontitle/subtitle contains letters AXE
PB for page count (no mmpb): Alex + Ada, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Luna
I read the Kindle edition: Alex + Ada, Vol. 1
🎓 AXE in Alex 🎓
Total points: 110 + 10 = 120
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
15.5 - It Was There All Alongbook already in your possession as of August 17
MMPB for page count: Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
I read the Kindle edition: Just One Damned Thing After Another
🎓 added to my Kindle library December 2021 🎓
Total points: 120 + 15 = 135
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of SpaceMPG contains "space," set at least 50% in space
I listened to the audiobook: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
MMPB for page count: Nous sommes Légion 📖📖 504 pages - claiming BB ticket 📖📖
🎓 MPG Space Opera; set more than 50% in space 🎓
Total points: 135 + 20 = 155
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task #20.10 - Group Read
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Posted in the group discussion - message #9.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Julia10315.7 - Get Happy
Decisions (Rymellan #4)
Ebook length verified in post 8591 of ebook verification thread, line 954 of spreadsheet
This post: 15 points
Total points: 140
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 7
Books completed: 9
MARGO15.1 - Into the Wood
Book 1 Read a book of your choice, but choose carefully, the title determines your book 2 choice
Shortbread and Sorrow
- Chosen word is "SORROW"
Book 2 Read 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. The S may be in any position.
A Whisper of Sorrows
- Chosen word is "SORROWS"
- Posted and read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 8
GO: 0 // BB: 1 // NF: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 It's in There Somewhere
The Record Keeper by Charles MarTIN
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90/960
Tasks completed: 7/56
Books read: 7
Mai20.10 - Group Reads
I posted in the thread
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
*Repost of 182 with username*LaureY
25.1 - 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.
Dreaming of You by Lisa Keyplas
Pages: 373
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).
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
Pages: 294
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45/960
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: o
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Fact Book Tickets this post: 0
Fact Book Tickets Total: 0
LaureY20.10 - Group Reads
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Post in Group Reads thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*I claim a Fact Book ticket for this book*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65/960
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Fact Book Tickets this post: 1
Fact Book Tickets Total: 1
Nick KY5.5 From O to Z. I read Destiny by Tim Parks, inits T and P lie between O and Z in the alphabet.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 30
Nick KY5.9 Number 9, Number 9 ..... The Wizard of Oz's actual name is "Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs". Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words. Spaces determine words.
I read The Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman, Vol. 2: The Devil is Not Mocked, and Other Warnings, nine words in tittle and eight words in subtitle for a total of 17.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 35
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever AutumnOption 2. from list: Best Books to Read in Autumn
MMPB for page count: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed 🎓 nonfiction - claiming It's a Fact Ticket 🎓
I listened to audiobook: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
🎓 found on page 1 🎓
Total points: 155 + 20 = 175
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
trishhartuk5.1 Exiled to the Land of Oz
Read a book with a MPG of Crime.
Death of an Eye, Dana Stabenow
Mystery > Crime: 6 users
Locked for Crime in help thread message #27: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Big book Tickets: 1
Amy MK20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3: Book from series with minimum of 5 whole-numbered books
Vampire Academy
Book is #1 of 6 in series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
Solo writer FIRST name exact match to character name in play
Page Count: 336 listened to audiobook link to HB A Million Quiet Revolutions
Character/Play: Robin # 898 /The Merry Wives of Windsor
Author: Robin Gow
A Million Quiet Revolutions
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 255/960
Tasks Completed: 20/56
Line5.3
Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in "Oswald State Penitentiary".
i read I tynn luft: Tragedien på Everest
«Tynn» can be made from peNiTeNtiarY
points for this task: 5
total points: 5
books read: 1
tasks done: 1
Mod
30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster Mash
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash" (For my monster from his slab)
With Love from London. Sarah Jio
Book 2: Read a book that features witches. (Approved message #3 in help thread)
Witchmark. C.L. Polk
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 50/960
Tasks completed: 2/56
Books read: 3
GO: 1
✔️ Pat20.8 ~ On the Periodic Table
This is a one book task, so choose one of the following options:
REQUIRED ~ State the option.
Option A ~ Read a book with a word in the title that starts with the letters Sn.
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little BadgerRead ~ 9.13.22
Pages ~ 352
How it Fits ~ (SN)ake
5☆
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Points this Task ~ 20
Total Points ~ 75
Total Books ~ 5
Total Pages ~ 1,805
Creynard20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option A: Read a book with a word in the title (not subtitle) that starts with the letters Sn.
Snapped by Alexa Martin
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 165/960
Tasks completed: 13/56
Books read: 16
Amy MK20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option B: M&M’s
Title contains either an ampersand (&) or an apostrophe (') symbol.
Dead Man's Chest
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Amy MK15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2: 1 book that has both MPG and is a whole numbered book in a series
A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Katrisa5.1-Exiled to the Land of Oz
Read a book with a MPG of Crime.
I read The Shining Girls
Crime MPG verified in Genre Verification Thread Message 19
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 100
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
500+ pages
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
Single author first and last name initials in YOSEMITE PARK.
Page Count: 208 pgs
Author: Anne Perry
A Christmas Secret
Option 4: MPG History or Historical Fiction.
Page Count:320
MPG: Historical Fiction
To the Lighthouse
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date:285/960
Tasks Completed: 21/56
LaureY15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series.
Ashes of Honor by Seanan Mcguire
#6 in the October Daye series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80/960
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Fact Book Tickets this post: 0
Fact Book Tickets Total: 1
Task:30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster MashBook 1: a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash"
Book read:What Magic Is This? by Holly Bourne
Required:Word: This, matches "For you, the living, THIS mash was meant too"
Children’s mpg MY+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3.0
Book 2:a book that features one of these specific characters: vampires, ghouls, zombies, ghosts, werewolves, witches.
Book read:The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 2 by Lize Meddings
Required: Full of ghosts, clear from title, cover and description. About a club of sad ghosts.
Graphic novel as allowed in the task description, 247 pages.
Points this task:30
Total points:30
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:2
Tasks completed:1
Task: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
Task: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
Task 20.4 - Homage to Cataloniaoption 2: Spain MPG verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Bird King
this book is new to me
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125 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task:20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All TreatsOption:C: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup-an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC.
Book read:Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne
Required: Bourne starts with B
Points this task:20
Total points:80
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:5
Tasks completed:4
Task:5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz [a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in "Oswald State Penitentiary"]Book read: Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës by Isabel Greenberg
Required: TOWN in OsWald sTate peNitentiary
Graphic novel, 220 pages
Points this task:5
Total points:85
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:6
Tasks completed:5
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 Ease On Down The Road
Ace's Basement by Ted Staunton
Ted Staunton author=Ted Ross actor
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95/960
Tasks completed: 8/56
Books read: 8
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 Follow the Clues
Option 2: Lace and Lies by Nancy Warren
Vampire Knitting Club (#7)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110/960
Tasks completed: 9/56
Books read: 9
Task 20.10 - Group Readscomment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Age of Innocence
pub 1920 - claiming 1 GO tix
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145 points
2 GO tix
1 BB tix
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15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 1. Read one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Mystery
Batman: The Long Halloween
Book 2: Read a book that is a whole numbered book in a series.
Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read:3
Tasks Done: 2