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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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EMurphy30.1 JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall
Option 3: Part of a series Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
*Number 1 in St. Rosetta's Academy series
Option 4: MPG Mystery Contest by Matthew Reilly
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 60
Books Read: 4
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 2
Christiana L10.10 - Women in Sport
Book: Carrie Soto Is Back
Points this post: 10
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points: 50
5.9 How To Save A LanguageSmall Great Things by Jodi Picoult
The word is SMALL
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 10
20.5 Pre-LovedBlowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump
Page number is 352. This book is new to me.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 40
Kristina Marie30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
For this task you will be reading 2 books based on the postal abbreviations for US states.
Required: State the option.
Required: Identify the STATE and Abbreviation when posting.
OPTION 1
Choose one state's abbreviation and read:
a) A book whose author initials are also the state's abbreviation and
b) A book whose author's initials reverse the state's abbreviation
a) Women Talking by Miriam Toews
State: Montana- MT
b) Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 384 pages.
Tobly McSmith has the reverse TM.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
Edited: made a mistake.
Nick KY5.6 Fine Art I read Ghost Ship by P.J. Alderman, “Ship” in painting title “Ship of Fools.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 210
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An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo / LC in phrase
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
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Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner / MPG Sports about female athletes
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
ROBIN P15.4 I Spy Fall PIe
Option 2 - one book that meets both conditions
Word in title from list - I picked Chocolate
Book page # contains at least 2 of the numbers 3,1, 4
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris - 384 p
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:1
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Option B
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood / AH in phrase
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
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Option 2
Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews / IA in phrase
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
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Option C
A Reluctant Bride by Kathleen Fuller / set in Amish community
320pg PB > 250 pg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
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Option 3
The Bookbinder by Pip Williams / TB in Tbirds
Option 4
Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score / LEFT is in list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
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Book 1
Dare Me by Samantha Chase / DARE in title
Book 2
Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay / DARE spelled from READING
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
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Read a book with an umbrella on the cover. The umbrella must be a full sized one
read
points this post 10
total points 140
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Read a book that shares a word of 4 letters or more in the title with one of her movies
word used : SEVEN from Dutch in Seven Lessons
read The Seven Year Slip
points this post 10
total points 150
PegW20.10 - Group Reads
I read Magpie Murders
and my contribution to the discussion is post 17
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: 0
IF tickets: 0
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Option 3: Read a book with MPG Halloween
read A Pumpkin and a Patch
points this post 20
total points 170
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Read a book with BLACK in the title, subtitle, series name or author’s name.
read The Family by P.R. Black
points this post 20
total points 190
RACHEL CA10.05 Calendar Changes: day of the week in the title (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday - or their equivalent in a different language)
Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom, Note: TuesdayClaiming one IAF ticket
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
10.9 - Fahrenheit 451Read a book that is number 4, number 5 or number 1 in a series.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - number 5 in Harry Potter series
*******Claiming A Big Book Ticket. Pages Total = 912 pages*******
Points this post: 10
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Totals:
Points: 10/950
Task completed: 1/56
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Jen K30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
Option 1: State- Mississippi (MS)
Book 1: The Sense of Wonder by Matthew Salesses (MS)
Book 2: Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso (SM)
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 180
BB: 1
Jen K20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
Option A: Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett- 288 pages
Nominated for The Goldsmiths Prize 2021
288>250 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 200
BB: 1
20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of TriviaOption 1:
According to TinEye, there are seven distinct different colors on the cover
36.7 %#2b8a6dGreen
31.3 %#1f1611Black
9.3 %#cae2d6Grey
8.0 %#c47d2eBrown
4.7 %#c1c372Green
4.4 %#e4cd2fYellow
2.0 %#73472aBrown
1.9 %#de5520Orange
1.1 %#62becdBlue
0.6 %#474819Brown
Total points: 40
Julia10320.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
Option 4:
This post: 20 points
Total points: 235
BB: 0
GO: 4
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 14
Books completed: 18
Task 5.6 - We've Got Reading Down to a Fine ArtLIBERTY in title matches the work: Liberty Leading the People (Delacroix)
Liberty Bar
first pub 1932 - claiming 1 GO tix
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380 points
4 NF tix
3 GO tix
3 BB tix
Amy B15.5 It’s a Barbie World
Read a book with a cover that is at least 59% pink according to https://labs.tineye.com/color/
REQUIRED: post the cover.
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou (87.3% pink)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 40 Points
trishhartuk20.2 Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX's Task: Open to Interpretation
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG tag of Romance...
Pilgrim in the Parlor, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (210pg)
MPGs include Romance.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 12
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that matches one of the “beaches in the city of San Diego” beaches from this wiki list. I chose the word BLACK from Black's Beach and read The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta.
Option 4A - San Diego: Read a book with a page count that has two of the same digits next to each other (ex. 117 or 266). I read The Silence of Bones by June Hur, which has 336 pages.
Total point so far: 245
Mary P25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 1:Read a book with the MPG Horror.
Holly by Stephen King
Option 2:Read a book by a single author where the author's first and last initials can be found in URBAN FANTASY.
Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
MAZZA115.3 Rock ‘N’ Roll is born
Option 2 - ONE book Option
Protecting You
YOU is word of 3 letters which appears in Elvis song "i love YOU because" AND
Author Claire Kingsley initials in target phrase
Points This post = 15
Points to date = 425
Moni30.5 True Chills
Option 1 -Autobiography Nothing is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life
Option 2 - The Silent Patient Found on pg 1 Psychological Horror Books
Points - 30
Total points = 30
ROBIN P15.9 Space Exploration
The Darkness Outside Us - takes place entirely on a spaceship except for the last chapter
Points this post: 15
Total points: 230
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:1
Moni 30.3 Going Stateside
Option 1
Arkansas - AK
a) Death By Bridle - Abigail Kean
b) What Happens in New York - Kristina Adams
Points - 30
Total Points= 60
Moni20.10 Group Read The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
Task: Comment at least once in the book's discussion thread √
Points this post - 20
Total points=80
25.7 - MegSCL's Task: It's Called Autumn!!Book 1: Read a book with a term in the title or subtitle from this list of differences between American and British English. https://www.thoughtco.com/american-en... - in the table on this page. You can use the term from either language. Plurals/singulars are allowed. No other variations - where a word on the list appears hyphenated, it must be hyphenated in the book title/subtitle; if a term is a two-word phrase, both words must be present.
I read Book 1: De lift op piazza Vittorio
Required: state the term. LIFT
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that is spelled differently in the two languages using one of the rules below. It doesn't have to be one of the example words given (e.g. you can use any word that ends in -our in British and -or in American, not only color/colour), but it must relate to one of the 8 rules listed below. You can use the word from either language. "variations that maintain the rule and meaning of the word are allowed, e.g. coloured, colorful, analysing, kilometer"
I read Book 2: Een duizend meter hoge kerstboom: een fietsreis door het land van de Maya's
Required: state the word and rule used. METER, -re (British) vs. -er (American) eg. metre vs. meter
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 125+25=150/950
Tasks completed: 7/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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: 2
Bookwrm526Task #30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
OPTION 1: Choose one state's abbreviation (I chose California, abbreviation CA).
1a: Read a book whose author initials are also the state's abbreviation (CA). I read Even Greater Mistakes: Stories by Charlie Jane Anders.
1b: Read a book whose author's initials reverse the state's abbreviation (AC). I read The Pyramid of Mud by Andrea Camilleri.
Total points so far: 275
Ana5.4 - Apocalypse Not
Enclave. This book has MPG Post Apocalyptic
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 90
Delicious Dee5.2 – Back to School
Immortality: A Love Story - found on pg9
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 145
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
RACHEL CA30.01 Board Gaming in the Fall!
Option 2: Read a book off this list Books About Books:
84, Charing Cross Road, by author:Helene Hanff|58918], from page 1 of the listOption 3: Part of a series:
Phineas Finn, by Anthony Trollope. Phineas Finn (Palliser, #2), 752 pages (claiming Big Book Ticket), published in 1869 (claiming Golden Oldie). Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
JP20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
Option 2: Read a book with red, gold, purple, gray, white, black or silver in the title, subtitle, series name or author’s name.
Wodehouse: The White Feather
"WHITE" in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Lisa MD20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
Option B: Author Initials in TEACHING AND LEARNING
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
384 pages
Author Initials: "AC" in teAChing and learning
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Total Books Read: 9 / 77
Total Tasks Completed: 9 / 56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
5.6 - We've Got Reading Down to a Fine ArtFaithless in Death
Work: Death of a Virgin
Word: Death
Previous points 75
This post: 5
Total 80
10.5 - Calendar ChangesMister Monday
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12.0
Previous points 80
This post: 5
Total 90
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*I saw the error in "this post" points but the total should be correct.
Katrisa5.3 - Hot off the Press
Read a book first published in 1927 or earlier
I read O Pioneers! published in 1913
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 385
Task 20.9 - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPTOption C: Read a book with a pie on the cover.
The Secret Ingredient of Wishes (2016) by Susan Bishop Crispell (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 304 pages)
Pagecount 304 > 250 pages
45 + 20 = 65
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 45 + 20 = 65
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,356
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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3 & 5 in page count, new to me book
The Spare Man
357 pages
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375 points
4 NF tix
3 BB tix
2 GO tix