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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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30.7 Schatzie's Task: Chicken LoveOption C: Read a book with all the letters LAVENDER in the author’s name.
What Happens at Christmas by Victoria Alexander
L, A, E, N, D, E, R found in Alexander
V found in Victoria
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.
Word = Apple (going on premise that one chicken was name Peaches)
An Apple for the Creature by Charlaine Harris
Task Points: 30
Season Points: 290
BB Ticket: 2
trishhartuk10.10 Lost in the Museum
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Museum Books list Museum Books.
Relic, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here
Page 1, about #8
Which I think is my last Nickel and Dime.
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 615
Tasks Completed: 40
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
50.1 Jen B's Task: Monopoly!Roll one six-sided die to determine your reading category. Roll only ONCE.
Rolled a 4.
Option 4: Read three books that share the same main page genre.
MPG = Cozy Mystery
Book 1: Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander
Book 2: Just Desserts by G.A. McKevett
Book 3: Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman
Must total 750 pages. 307 + 294 + 325 = 926
Task Points: 50
Season Points: 340
BB Ticket: 2
Task:5.5 - From O....Z [author's initials O....Z]Book read:Hansard by Simon Woods [96 pages] and Julie: After Strindberg by Polly Stenham [62 pages] [combining 2 plays to meet the 100 page count]
Required: initials SW and PS all fall between O and Z
Points this task:5
Total points:370
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:29
Tasks completed:21
Amy B15.3 - High-Five!
Option 1. Read one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a library or librarian central to the subject, setting or plot. The library or librarian connection must be present in the title, subtitle, series title or GR description.
Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith
Book 2: Read a book with a 5-word TITLE. Spaces determine words.
Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine by Diane Williams
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 525 Points
Sarah E5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Open: An Autobiography
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Open: An Autobiography
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total points: 445
Total NF: 2
Sarah E5.9- Number 9, Number 9 .....
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe
I read a kindle edition, top hardcover - no MMP or paperback - is The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe - 304 pages
There are many photos, but over 50% of the book is text, which comes to over 100 pages of text for the hardcover.
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total points: 450
Total NF: 3
Inge30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
option a read a nonfiction book with a MPG of SELF HELP.
How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
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
Land of the Golden Apple
word: apple
Points this task: 30
total points: 515
Inge20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
De tweeling van Highgate
name Audrey, play: as you like it
Points this task: 20
total points: 535
Inge30.5 - Cat's Task: Back to School
Option 2: Read a book from School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 12:
The Midnight Library
book is new to me
Option 3: Read a book from School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 13:
Daar waar de rivierkreeften zingen
(where the crawdads sing)
book is new to me
Points this task: 30
total points: 585
Cindy FTask 5.5 From O...Z
Authors initials found in letters O to Z (O,P)
The Council of Twelve by Oliver Pötzsch
Points this post:5
Total points:205
Books read:16
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:5
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:12
Sarah E15.5 - It Was There All Along
A School Inspector Calls or "OfsDead!" - I already owned this on 17 Aug
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is A School Inspector Calls or "OfsDead!"
Total points: 465
Sarah E15.7 - Get Happy
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Harry Potter #6
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 768 pages
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
Big Book, 768 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Total points: 480
Total BBs: 4
Jen K30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option A: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
MPGs Nonfiction and Self Help
**** Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
Option D: Honey & Spice
Word: Honey
*****
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 630
BB: 4
IAF: 9
Jen K15.5 - It Was There All Along
The Gilded Ones
I purchased this book on May 29, 2022.
*****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 645
BB: 4
IAF: 9
Jen K15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2: The Merry Misogynist
MPG Mystery and #6 in series
*****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 660
BB: 4
IAF: 9
Jen K10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
battLE
*****
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 670
BB: 4
IAF: 9
Jen K10.3 - I Love Shiny Things
The Kingdom of Copper
Metal: Copper
***Requesting 1 BB for 625 pages***
*****
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 680
BB: 5
IAF: 9
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Option 1: The Allingham Minibus by Margery Allingham
First published 1973, author initials in AUTUMN
I read a kindle edition, MMP is The Allingham Minibus
Total Points: 500
5.1-Exiled to the Land of OzNuclear Jellyfish by Tim Dorsey, a book with a MPG of Crime.
Books read this post: 1
Books read total: 62
Points this post: 5
Points total: 855
Sarah E20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: Letters LOC in title
A Fatal Crossing - a fataL CrOssing
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is A Fatal Crossing
Total Points: 520
Andy P.Task # 30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
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
Out of the Dark by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Dark Hollow is the sound track matching Dark in the book's title
Option 4. Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name
Haven by Emma Donoghue
Points this post: 30
Total points: 875
30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!) Option 2: word of 4+ letters from one of the tracks on the album Reckoning in the TITLE
I listened to the audiobook: The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker
PB for page count (mmpb doesn’t have page count): El cuarto mono
🦃 MONKEY - Monkey And The Engineer 🦃
Option 4: author who has a double letter in their FIRST name
PB for page count (mmpb doesn’t have page count): The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
I listened to the audiobook: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
🦃 NN in Marianne 🦃
Total points: 710 + 30 = 740
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 4
25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your AlphabetBook 1: A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour - 498 pages
a,e,i,o,u in title/subtitle
Book 2: Fight Night by Miriam Toews - 255 pages
Author initials are consonants
Total points: 235
15.4 Follow the Clue - one book optionThe Bishop's Pawn - (Cotton Malone #13)
Bk 1 - mystery genre and
Bk 2 - whole number in series
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 295
Becky C25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Option 2: Read a book shelved on the first 10 pages of Book club Books
Required: State the page number.
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
On page 8 of the list.
*BB ticket* (626 pp)
Option 4: Read a book that has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 to the present.
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth Mckenzie
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550
20.8 Periodic TableOpt A - read book where a title word begins with SN
Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You - SNoop
*Claiming It's a Fact ticket for NF book
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 315
20.9 What's In a NameRead a book written by a solo writer whose FIRST name is identical to one of the names of a Shakespearean character from the list.
The Rogue by Katharine Ashe
Katharine matches Katharine in Henry V
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 335
Barbara ★10.2 - 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.
Bait - Annie Nicholas 11/29
Points this task: 10
Total points: 860
Big Book Tickets: 500 (4) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Read a book with a MPG of Sports. I read 40-Love by Olivia Dade.
Total points so far: 730
Bookwrm526Task #15.9 - And Toto, Too
Read a book with the letter sequence TOO found intact in the title or subtitle. I read Two Bites Too Many by Debra H. Goldstein.
Total points so far: 745
5.8 - Wizard of OzzieRead a book with a MPG of Sports.
I read the Kindle edition of The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game.
I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket for this book.
Total Points: 245
CathyG50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Help Thread
Roll one six-sided die to determine your reading category. Roll only ONCE.
The three books must total at least 750 pages.
Required: State the number rolled. 4
Roll a 4: MPG
Read three books that share the same main page genre.
Required: State the MPG. Fantasy>Urban Fantasy
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs 388pp
Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews 370pp
Reflected by Rhiannon Held 336pp
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 15
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CathyG30.2 - 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" : https://tinyurl.com/yecxrpcx in the title.
Required: State the word. night
Charlie All Night by Jennifer Crusie
Book 2: Read a book that features one of these specific characters: werewolves
Unclaimed by Sara Humphreys
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 17
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CathyG20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Julia103's Task: On the Periodic Table
Option C: Read a book where the page count includes 50 intact.
Seeing Eye Mate by Annmarie McKenna 250pp
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 290
Books Read: 18
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CathyG15.10 - Give and Take
Read a book that a fellow SRC member has read and rated 5 stars.
Required: State the SRC member. bamaace83
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 19
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CathyG15.8 - B Positive
Read a book that has been shelved as Body Positivity
Required: State the page p1
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 20
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CathyG15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.
Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 21
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CathyG15.6 - Legendary
Read a book with a MPG Mythology.
Stygian by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket - 620pp
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 350
Books Read: 22
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
CathyG15.4 - Follow the Clues
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG Mystery
Book 2: Read a book that is a whole numbered book in a series.
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 365
Books Read: 23
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
CathyG15.3 - High-Five!
Book 1: Read a book with a library or librarian central to the subject, setting or plot.
Book 2: Read a book with a 5-word TITLE.
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 380
Books Read: 24
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
CathyG20.7 - 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
Required: State the word. going
Going Rogue by Janet Evanovich
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 400
Books Read: 25
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Delicious Dee30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 2 - He Who Fears the Wolf - Wolf for Dire Wolf
Option 4 - Web of Lies - Jennifer Estep - Jennifer has a double N in it
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 820
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
Delicious Dee25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 3 - Broken Bone China - Laura Childs - LC can be found in Artificial Intelligence
Option 4 - Red Hot Fate - FATE can be spelled from the letters in Artificial Intelligence
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 845
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
Sue T20.1 - Most Improved - Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option C: book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC
Legacy by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 145/960
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
This will most likely do it for me for the challenge. Thanks as always to the moderators and task creators for another great season.
DOM30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option C: Read a book with all the letters LAVENDER in the author’s name.
Blood-Tied by Wendy Percival
wENDy pERciVAL
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 .
Required: State the word.
Vanilla Bean Vengeance by Agatha Frost
I chose "Bean". This should fit as there are both black and white beans.
Points Ths Task: 30
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 20
Big Books: 1
It's a Fact: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
That's all for me. Thank you very much Moderators for all the work you put into setting up and checking these challenges. I enjoyed participating and am looking forward to the Winter Challenge.
10.3 - I Love Shiny ThingsA metal in the title: Platinum Doll by Anne Girard
Points this post: 10
Total points: 900
Julia10330.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option 1: Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness
(C in Prosecutor, HI in Fight, CK in Black, EN in Fairness, P in Pursuit, A in A, P in Prosecutor, A in Fairness)
This is non-fiction so claiming one It's a Fact ticket
Option 4: A Fall of Marigolds
(Chicken name: Marigold; plural approved in post 45 of task help thread)
This post: 30 points, 1 NF
Total points: 740
BB: 7
GO: 2
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 43
Books completed: 56
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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 (subtitles excluded).
Word - Doll (Song Title is China Doll)
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
Option 4: Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
The Wicked King by Holly Black
Author first name has double Ls.
Task Points: 30
Season Points: 260
BB Ticket: 2