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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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5.3 - Hot off the PressRead a book first published in 1927 or earlier.
I read Catherine: complete vertaling van Northanger Abbey first published 1817.
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Catherine: complete vertaling van Northanger Abbey (first published: 1817)**
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 200+5=205/950
Tasks completed: 10/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Amy B25.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and More
Read 2 books as described below:
Book 1 – There is at least one word of exactly 4 letters in the title (not subtitle).
Required: State the word.
Chasing the King of Hearts by Hanna Krall (KING)
Book 2 – There is one word of 5 or more letters in the title (not subtitle) which contains the 4 letters in your first title.
Required: State the word.
All the letters must be within one specific word of 5 or more letters.
The Reign of the Kingfisher by T.J. Martinson (KINGFISHER)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 65 Points
INES25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 3: read a book that is #2 in a series.
He who drowned the world (The Radiant Emperor #2) by Shelley Parker-Chan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Option 5: read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the locations listed (here South Carolina)
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 25
15.1 Golden Age of Televisionbook 1 Crucible by James Rollins
name: James
book 2
Here We Go Again: My Life in Television
Previous points 145
This post: 15
Total 160
trishhartuk25.10 RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
Option 5: Read one book that of 500 pages or more that meets the requirements of two different options.
Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (512pg)
512pg = Big Book: 500+ x 1 = 1tkt
Confirmed for Option 5 in help thread messages #6: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Satisfies Option 1: Two words of four or more letters starting with the same letter - Nona, Ninth and Option 4: MPGs include Horror.
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 1
Big Book: 1 – Nona the Ninth is 512pg = 500+ x 1 = 1 ticket
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 14
Big book Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.1 - For the Horde!
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
This book was set in China (the setting is identified on the book page)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Lady Tan's Circle of Women
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 85 points
Tasks completed: 6
MAZZA115.4 I Spy Fall Pie
Option 2
One book with:-
one of these words can be found intact the title
USING APPLE
AND
at least 2 page numbers from 314. (using 1 and 4)
Apple Tree Yard 417 pages
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 540
Nick KY15.6 Classic Horror I read Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar, from the 60 most popular horror books of the last five years list. https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2424
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 295
Andy P.Task # 15.3 Rock ‘N’ Roll is born
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements from option 1.
Someone You Trust by Rachel Ryan
You from Counting on You lyric , RR (Author's initials found in RocknRoll
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
Option C) Read a book where the main character is a teacher, a professor, or a student. I read Sweetest in the Gale by Olivia Dade (teacher connection verified in help thread message 19 and 20.
Total points so far: 335
Nick KY15.8 Suburbia
I read That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung, p. 1 of list. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 310
Task 5.4 - Apocalypse NotMPG Post Apocalyptic
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480 points
4 NF tix
4 GO tix
3 BB tix
Nick KY5.10 Easy as Falling.
I read The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, trans. Tom Murphy. 96 pp.
This is my one 5-pointer of between 80 and 100 pp in length.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 315
Nick KY10.3 Great Exhibition
I read Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, inits in “CrystAl palace.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 325
PegW10.7 - Guinness
Read a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye
I read
*Claiming on IAF ticket - non-fiction science
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: 0
IF tickets: 1
Katrisa15.5 It’s a Barbie World
Read a book with a cover that is at least 59% pink according to Tineye.
I read
82.1% pink according to tineye
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 570
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-Loved
The War Librarian (375 pages)
This book is new to me.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 300
BB: 1
GO: 5
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 17
Books completed: 22
15.2 State of InductionBook 1: Dark Harbor Set on an island on the coast of Maine
Book 2; Death on the River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon Adventure
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5.0
Previous points 160
This post: 15
Total 175
20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.OPTION 2: read a book set at least 50% in Virginia.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1) by Jenny Han
422 pages
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 335
Mary P20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
Option A: Read a book that has won an obscure literary award or was a finalist in a lesser-known book prize.
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Walter Scott Prize Winner, 464 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
15.6 - Classic Horror VS New HorrorRead a book mentioned in The 60 Most Popular Horror Books of the Past Five Years
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks
Total points: 105 + 15 = 120
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 15.9 Space Exploration
Read a book set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station
Endeavor by Scott McElhaney
over 50% , almost entirely
Points this post: 15
Total points: 200
trishhartuk25.2 Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 1, Book B: Read a book by a SINGLE author, who shares a name part with one of the main actors from the Big Bang Theory.
Deadly Patterns, Melissa Bourbon
Read the kindle edition Top MMPB: here (301pg)
The author’s first name matches Melissa Rauch
Option 3. Book B – read a book whose number in a series corresponds to the season number you spun.
I spun Season 8
Deadly Ever After (Lighthouse Library Mystery #8), Eva Gates (295pg)
The series has 11 primary works: https://www.goodreads.com/series/1460...
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 15
Big book Tickets: 2
Kai10.10 Women in Sport
Read a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points: 95
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 3: Option 3: Read a book with MPG Halloween. I read A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny.
Total points so far: 355
MEGSCL5.3 - Hot off the Press
Three Men in a Boat
Published 1889 - 1 golden oldie
TOTAL
200 points
1 IAF ticket
1 Golden Oldie ticket
Katrisa15.6 Classic Horror VS New Horror
ead a book that appears in one of these blog posts.
Scary Reading Recommendations Based on Classic Horror Novels
The 60 Most Popular Horror Books of the Past Five Years
I read Run Time from "Scary Reading Recommendations Based on Classic Horror Novels"
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 585
Christine V15.7 Pink and Blue
Clay's Ark
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
Christine V10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Patternmaster
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
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
Task 10.6 - Dictionary Read a book with a word of 4 letters of more in the title that can be made from "A Dictionary of the English Language"
Required: State the word
Book:
Thornhedge (2023) by T. Kingfisher
Word:
Thornhedge
THORNHEDGE = a DictiOnaRy of THE ENGlisH language
65 + 10 = 75
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 65 + 10 = 75
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,472
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Christine V20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
Option 1: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-LovedBook: The Housemaid
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 325 pages - 3 & 5 in the page count.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Ana10.3 - Great Exhibition
Horde.Ann Aguirre initials can be found in Crystal Palace.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 105
MAZZA125.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and More
Book 1 – There is at least one word of exactly 4 letters in the title No Place to Hide
USING the word HIDE
Book 2 – There is one word of 5 or more letters in the title (not subtitle) which contains the 4 letters in your first title.
Rotherweird Letters of HIDE in rotHErwIerD
points this post = 25
Points to date = 565
PegW20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - KSMary's Task: Season of Change
Option 2: Read a book with red, gold, purple, gray, white, black or silver in the title, subtitle, series name or author’s name.
I read I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains
* *Claiming one It's a Fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: 0
IF tickets: 2
Task 30.2 - Books of the Autumn Monthsmonth: OCTOBER
book 1: OCTOBER in title
A Night in the Lonesome October
book 2: author initials ET in OCTOBER
Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
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510 points
4 NF tix
4 GO tix
3 BB tix
JP20.1 Earning a Ph.D.
Option B: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in TEACHING AND LEARNING.
Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife
AN found in "teaching ANd learning"
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
MAZZA110.1 - Singing in the Rain
Read a book with an umbrella on the cover.
points this post = 10
Points to date = 595
Amy B15.8 It’s A Suburban life
Read a book from the list below
Suburban Fiction
REQUIRED: state the page.
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier (page 1)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 80 Points
Task 10.3 - Great Exhibitionauthor initials LT in CRYSTAL
Snake Inside by Lisa Tuttle
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520 points
4 NF tix
4 GO tix
3 BB tix
EMurphy30.4 Katrina's Task: Going Home
Option 3a: Book from list "Must Read Books About Sisters" The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
*#78 on the list
Option 4b: Page count that has 2 consecutive numbers in its digits Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur
*256 pages
**It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 115
Books Read: 8
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 4
Joanne MI25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon Go
Book 1 Author's initials in “Pokémon Go”.
River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Claiming 1 BB with 630 pages
Book 2 A type* of Pokémon in the title
The House Is on Fire
Points this task 25
Season Total 100
BB's this post 1
Total BB's 2
Total IAF 2
20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of TriviaOption 2:
Read a book whose authors first and last initials can be found in the word TRIVIAL PURSUIT
Reykjavík Nights (Young Inspector Erlendur #2) by Arnaldur Indriðason
author's initials, AI, found in trivIAl pursuit
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 355
Katrisa20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
Opt 3 - Read a NON-FICTION book with one of the following MPGs: History, Geography, Entertainment, Art, Science or Sports
I read How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
It is non-fiction and has MPG of both science and history
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 605
Katrisa25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: “Eat Your Words”
Read two books that satisfy the following conditions:
Select a word that is “hungry” enough to “eat” another word Your word must “eat” another word (minimum of two letters, not a proper noun such as a name) in its entirety.
My words: BE eats ON to make BONE
Book 1 - Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (word is BE) My book was audio MMPB 259p
Book 2 - Shadow and Bone (word is BONE)
My book was audio - MMPB 352p
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 630
Inge19905.6 - We've Got Reading Down to a Fine Art
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title that matches a word in the name of an art piece at the Louvre from this list
word: dying
art piece: Dying Slave by Michelangelo
A Song for the Dying
point this post: 5
total points: 100
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
I chose the month OCTOBER
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles). I read The October Country by Ray Bradbury.
Book 2: The author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month. I read The Thrill of the Haunt by E.J. Copperman (oCtobEr).
Total points so far: 385
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option 1: MC (Perry Mason) is a trial lawyer
The Case of the Sulky Girl
pub 1933 - claiming 1 GO tix
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475 points
4 NF tix
4 GO tix
3 BB tix