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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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TessaVanessaChallenge 25.3 MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9
Option 1: The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes
Haunting Danielle #29
256 pages
Option 3: Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly
340 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135/960
Tasks completed: 10/56
Books read: 11
Joanne MI15.5 - It Was There All Along
A book you have on hand
The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
Claiming 1 IAF
I had this book out from the library
Points this task 15
Total Points 45
IAF this post 1
Total IAF 2
Joanne MI10.10 - Lost in the Museum
Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
found on page 7
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 10
Total Points 55
IAF this post 1
Total IAF 3
Delicious Dee10.9. Lots Going On!
Catherine House - found on pg1 of the list
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 125
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets:
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - No Tricks, All Treats
Option C: Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC. I read Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.
Total points so far: 90
Nick KY5.7. It’s Not Easy Being Green.
I read My Friend Maigret by Georges Simenon. All letters in the words “My Friend Maigret” are in green.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 75
Mai5.1-Exiled to the Land of Oz
Book with a MPG of Crime.
Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
*Claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket: first publication year 1933*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
✔️ Pat20.3 ~ Forever Autumn
Choose one option.
REQUIRED ~ State the option
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”.
Playing with Myself by Randy RainbowRead ~ 9.15.22
Pages ~ 256
How it Fits ~ published 4.19.22 ~ fo(R)eve(R)
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Points this Task ~ 20
Total Points ~ 95
Total Books ~ 6
Total Pages ~ 2,061
Mary P5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
Read a book set at least 50% in a fictitious locale.
Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
Takes place on the planet Not-Hoth
Points this task: 5
Total points: 30
ROBIN P20.3 Best Review- Trishhartuk's Task: Forever Autumn
Option 3 - Word in title from song lyrics
Love Medicine
Word is "love" - Lyric - Like the sun through the trees you came to love me
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:0
Andy P.Task # 5.2 - Millennium Magic
Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
The Art of Purring by David Michie 209 p,
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN.
by Kerry TuckerAll the title letters are green
Points this post:5
Total points: 85
LaureY30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months
Option 1: Read a book written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters.
The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne
Pages: 373
Option 2: Read a book with a cup or mug that would typically hold a cup of coffee on the cover.
by Ann WarnerPages: 296
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110/960
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
10.10 - Lost in the MuseumRead a book from the first 25 pages of the following list Museum Books.
I listened to an audio version of An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
This book is found on page 8 of the list
New Points: 10
Total Points: 60
BB: 1
IaF 1
Amy FL10.4-It's a Tool, Not a Weapon
Notes on an Execution - AXE in An eXEcution
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Amy FL10.8.-Mexican Independence Day
Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr - LB in BattLe
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Amy FL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3: Nail on the Head - Detective Kate Rosetti Mystery #5 (of 7)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
JEN B5.2 - Millenium Magic
Read a book with a page count that contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
191 pages (1, 9)
TOTAL POINTS: 145
Amy FL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
In the Blood by Jack Carr - Jack Cade from Henry VI, Part II
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Amy FL30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster Mash
Book 1: The Night Swim - Night (I was working in the lab, late one night)
Book 2: End Time - Zombies
From the GR description:
A highly contagious microbe is spreading unchecked through the streets killing everyone in its wake, only to bring them back again as the ravenous undead.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Mod
Lost and Found Family by Jennifer Ryan / LOST spelled from phrase
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Mod
Beyond the Play by Kaylee Ryan / MPG of Sports
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Mod
Option 2-
Red on the River by Christine Feehan / MPG of Mystery and #2 in series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Angela IL20.9 - 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.
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney- 9/16
Alice from Henry V
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Ticket: 0
NF Ticket: 0
ED20.2 - 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.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
(James Bond (Original Series) #11)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 3/56: 10.7; 20.1; 20.2; 20.7
✔️ Pat30.1 ~ America’s National Parks
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
The combined total of the two books must be at least 500 pages.
No books with the genre Childrens or Kids may be used.
REQUIRED ~ Identify which option or options you select when you post.
Option 3 ~
A: Read a book with the word HORSE intact in the title/subtitle or series title;
REQUIRED ~ Include the cover when you post.
Horse by Geraldine BrooksRead ~ 9.15.22
Pages ~ 401
How it Fits ~
Option 4 ~ Read a book with a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
The Red Ribbon by Lucy AdlingtonRead ~ 9.16.22
Pages ~ 288
How it Fits ~
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Points this Task ~ 30
Total Pages This Task ~ 689
Total Points ~ 125
Total Books ~ 8
Total Pages ~ 2,750
Katrisa5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN
I read
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 175
Katrisa20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Opt 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.
I read Lessons in Chemistry
LESSONS - gLObal poSitioNing SyStEm
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 195
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.2 - Millenium Magic
Page count contains TWO of those digits (1, 9, 0, or 0).
Digits: 1,9 and 0
Page Count: 190 listened to audiobook link to PB edition A Good Man Is Hard To Find
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 260/960
Tasks Completed: 21/56
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.5 - From O....Z
Author's initials (all of them) found using the letters from O to Z (inclusive). You may only use each letter once.
Page Count: 238
Letters/author: S & P--Sarah Palin
Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 265/960
Tasks Completed:22/56
30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee FirstOption 1: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson; the word tattoo contains 2 sets of double consecutive letters.
Option 3: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Set in India.
Books read this post: 2
Books read total: 6
Points this post: 30
Points total: 70
Edit post 337 to include GO and BB tickets:30.3 - Dlmrose's TasK: Coffee First
Option 1: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson; the word tattoo contains 2 sets of double consecutive letters.
**Mass Market Paperback has 644 pages, claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
Option 3: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Set in India.
**First published in 1922, claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
Books read this post: 2
Books read total: 6
Points this post: 30
Points total: 70
trishhartuk20.7 Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in GEOCACHING.
Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor
geOcachiNg
UK AR Quiz No. 242079 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: MY+
US AR Quiz No. 143032 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: MG+
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 8
Big book Tickets: 1
Alexxy5.4 - Ease On Down The Road
Task: The author should share a name with one of the actors of the film, the Wiz.
I read The Haunting of Hill House, the author Shirley Jackson shares a name with Michael Jackson
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 5
Julia10330.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months
Option 2:
(cover approved in task help thread post 22)Option 3: The Messy Lives of Book People (MPG Books About Books)
total pages: 291 + 327 = 618
This post: 30 points
Total points: 185
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 9
Books completed: 13
JEN B5.9- Number 9, Number 9 .....
Read a book with a title and/or subtitle of 9 or more words. Spaces determine words.
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate
12 words in title/subtitle
TOTAL POINTS: 150
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!Option 2: Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
Author initials in GEOCACHING
Total points: 20
Katrisa5.4 - Ease On Down The Road
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in the film.
I read The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion by Diana Greene Foster
Actor - Diana Ross
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 200
babbling c15.4 - Follow the Clues
October 2-8 is Mystery Series Week.
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
Razzmatazz - Audible Razzmatazz - paperback pgs 400 by Christopher Moore
1: MPG Mystery
2: Noir Chronicles #2
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 50/960
Completed Tasks: 3/56
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 1,184
Books read this season: 3
Andy P.Task # 5.8 - Wizard of Ozzie
Read a book with a MPG of Sports
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
MPG sports>sports
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
LaureY5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
Read a book set at least 50% in a fictitious locale.
The book is set on the continent of Eldrasia.
Charmcaster by Sebastien de Castell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115/960
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 30.4 - The First of the MonthsOption 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.
Author:
Joyce
Carol
Oates
The Falls (2004) by Joyce Carol Oates (Hardback, 481 pages)
Option 2 - October 1: National Coffee Day
Read a book with a cup or mug that would typically hold a cup of coffee on the cover.
Cackle (2021) by Rachel Harrison (Hardcover 293 pages)
481 + 293 = 774 > 600 pages
00 + 30 = 30
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 00 + 30 = 30
Books read: 02
Pages read: 774
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
KatrisaRead a book from the Dark Academia list
I read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie from page 1 of the list
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 210
25.5 By the NumbersBook 1: 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
305 pages
Book 2:
by Jim Fergus434 pages. This book was approved in the help thread.
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 40
Coralie5.7 It’s not easy Being Green
The title is in various shades of green
Total to date 35 points
Shawn H.20.1 - Most Improved– Lisa MD’s Task: No Tricks, All Treats
Option C: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup - author whose first or last name starts with a letter in RPBC
Shadowman: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling by Ron Franscell
Ron starts with letter in RPBC
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact**
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
It's A Fact: 2
ROBIN P20.4 Golden Oldies - Margo's Task: Homage to Catalonia
Option 3 - Book from 1930's list
The Documents in the Case - on page 9, tied for last spot on list (#891)
**Claiming 1 GO ticket, originally pub 1930
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:0
Deborah15.10 - Give and Take
The Tenderness of Wolves
SRC: Nick KY rated it 5 stars
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read:4
Tasks Done: 4
Task: 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For JulesOption:3-a book from a series with a minimum of five whole-numbered books in the series
Book read:The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
Required: number 41 in the disc world series.
Children’s mpg IL: MY - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points this task:20
Total points:105
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:7
Tasks completed:6
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