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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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10.7 Autumn Debut - pub in Sept, Oct, or NovThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Published Oct. 6, 2020
Points: 10
Points/challenge: 345
20.7 GeocachingOpt 3 4 letter word in title made from Global Positioning System
The Dictionary of Lost Words - Lost
L,O in gLObal
S,T in poSiTioning
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 365
5.1-Exiled to the Land of OzRead a book with a MPG of Crime.
Al Capone: A Biography
***Claiming an Its a Fact Ticket for Non-Fiction***
New Points: 5
Total Points: 395
BB: 1
IaF: 3
Kim O5.10. - There's no place like the SRC! Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Golden Oldie -- first published May 17th 1900
ISBN search in AR Bookfinder yielded no result.
Points this task: 5
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 205
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Delicious DeeReposting - hopefully book shows as having a print edition now
50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
I rolled 6 - all books first published in same year
Book 1 - Four Daddies for Christmas: A Military Reverse Harem Romance - first published Nov 22, 2022
Book 2 - The Saint - first published Oct 16, 2022
Book 3 - Something Sweet - first published Nov 15, 2022
Points This Post: 50
Points Total: 915
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
EMurphy20.1 Most Improved-Lisa MD's Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option 1 - Title contains a word that begins and ends with the same letter Arcadia by Lauren Groff
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 440
Books Read: 31
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 3
IAF Ticket: 6
Tasks Completed: 19
All done! Thank you mods!
Shiraloo15.3 - High-Five!
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
REQUIRED: Option 2, fits both options.
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Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 370
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 3
Line30.6
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. I read The Dark Half . Dark can be found in the track Dark Hollow
option 4
Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name. I read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins . Who has two N's after eachother in her first name
points for this task: 30
total points: 85
books read: 9
tasks done: 7
Final postBarbara ★
25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts
Option 1: Read a book first published in the past year (on or after September 1st, 2021) written by an Australian author.
The Path of Thorns - A.G. Slatter 11/30
(Australian author, published June 28, 2022)
Option 2: Read a book shelved on the first 10 pages of Book club Books
Once Upon a River - Diane Setterfield 11/25
(found on page 10)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 885
Big Book Tickets: 500 (4) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Delicious Dee25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo Time
Option 2
Book A - japanese - Venom - JE found in Japanese
Book B - greek/ukrainian - The King of Lies - KING - KG found in Greek; IN found in Ukrainian
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 940
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
Kristi CO50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Roll a 5: Setting
Book 1: The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
Book 2: The Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz
Book 3: A Line To Kill by Anthony Horowitz
England is mentioned specifically in the Goodreads descriptions for books 1 & 3. Here is a link to establish the setting for book 2. https://anthonyhorowitz.com/books/tit...
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option C: RPBC
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 5
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3: book from a series
Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey
*Big book ticket* Babylon's Ashes is 538 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Forever Autumn
Option 1: FOREVER AUTUMN
The Measure by Nikki Erlick, published in 2022
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
25.4 - 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 Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Option 3. Read a book from one o the following lists:
I used the list Medicine and Literature
I listened to an audio version of Man's Search for Meaning
Found on first page of the list at #28
***Claiming an Its a Fact ticket for non-fiction***
New Points: 25
Total Points: 420
BB: 2
IaF: 4
Last post from me, thanks for a great season!
Kristi CO20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of Space
Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey
*Big Book Ticket* Persepolis Rising is 549 pg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival
Option 3: LOC
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power
*Big Book Ticket* The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir is 592 pg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3: Global Positioning System - the word is 'last'
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO25.1 - Sandy's Task - Use Your Alphabet
Book 1: AEIOU
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald
Book 2: Consonant Initials
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
CathyG30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months
Help Thread
The page total must be at least 600 pages.
Option 1 - September 1: Emma M Nutt Day
Read a book written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters.
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown287pp
Option 3 - November 1: Family Literacy Day
Read a book with an MPG of Books About Books
Beach Read by Emily Henry 361pp
Points this Post30
Total Points: 430
Books Read: 27
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
CathyG25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the Number
No book with Children's genres can be used for this task.
The combined total of pages for both books must equal 500 or more pages.
Book 1. Read a book whose title contains a number written as integer(s) 0-9.
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger 368pp
Book 2. Read a book whose title contains a number written in letter form.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 355 pp
Points this Post 25
Total Points: 455
Books Read: 29
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Kristi CO30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option A: Self Help
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Option D: flower - the word is 'violet'
Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore
Points this post: 30
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
CathyG20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2022 season.
Non Fiction - Becoming
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
claiming an "It's a Fact" point
Points this Post 20
Total Points: 475
Books Read: 30
It's a Fact: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the PosthumanOption 3: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Initials in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Option 4: A Girl Returned
Word in title/subtitle from ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Word is "girl"
Final points total: 260
Thanks, mods and task creators, for another great challenge!
5.7 - It's Not Easy Being GreenAt least one green letter on the cover: Death Come Quickly by Susan Wittig Albert
Points this post: 5
Total points: 905
5.10. - There's no place like the SRC! Book of choice: Take No Names by Daniel Nieh
Points this post: 5
Total points: 910
That's it for me this season. Thank you, moderators!
Lisa MD5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
🍁Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
542 pages
I claim a NF ticket
I claim a big book ticket.
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 595/960
Total Books Read: 46
Tasks Completed: 35/56
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets: 4
Thanks mods for the Fall seasonal challenge! I appreciate all the work you put into challenge.
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3 - Murder on Red Mesa Road - #32 in a series; ebook only approved 8639 of the approval thread
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 960
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
Theresa20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3 - Series with at least 5 whole numbered books
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot #10
Points this post - 20
Total points - 185
Theresa20.4 - Golden Oldie's - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 2 - MPG Spain or MPG Spanish Civil War
Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel by Mario Escobar
MPG Spain and Spanish Civil War
Points this post - 20
Total points - 205
Andy P.Task # 20.3 - 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”
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
2 R's in Forever, First published in 2020
Points this post: 20
Total points: 895
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Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10. - There's no place like the SRC!
Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History
Claiming 1 it's a fact ticket.
Totals
Points: 240
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Completed: 19
Kathy KS30.2 - 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." Required: State the word.
We're Working On It by Richard Norway
Word: working
"I was working in the lab, late one night"…
Book 2: Read a book that features one of these specific characters: ... ghosts...
Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton
Character: Aunt Dimity
from description: ... "a mystery-and a ghost story-in an improbably cozy setting, as Aunt Dimity's indomitable spirit leads Lori on an otherworldly quest to discover"...
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 530
Tasks completed: 26/56
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 7
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30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
1.Read a book that includes three generations of ONE family as characters or subjects.
Book: Kingdom of the Wicked
Completed: 10/25/22
MC Emilia, her mother Nicoletta and her Nonna Maria are all involved in the story.
4. Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
Book: Paths
Completed: 10/1/22
Author: Brynne Asher
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 405
Tasks Completed: 24