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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Lisa MDRepost with readerboard name
5.6 - We've Got Reading Down to a Fine Art
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
384 pages
Title Word: "Young" matches "A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother"
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 145
Total Books Read: 12 / 77
Total Tasks Completed: 11 / 56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
MAZZA15.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe In
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in ROSA PARKS.
Home Body Rupi Kaur
points this post = 5
points to date = 650
Katrisa25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Opt 2 - Read a book by a single author where the author's first and last initials can be found in URBAN FANTASY
I read Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
AN in urbAN
My book was audio. Paperback pages 400 (no MMPB)
Opt 3 - Read a book from the first 25 pages of Psychological Thrillers shelf
I read Verity from p1 of the list
My book was audio. MMPB pages 364
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 705
Mod
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in ROSA PARKS.
Tales From the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess
The author is Amanda Owen, whose initials can be found in rOsA parks
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an It's a fact ticket
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 120 + 5 = 125
Total Tasks Completed: 8
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 5+1=6
10.6 - Dictionary1755 - A Dictionary of the English Language is published by Samuel Johnson
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"
I read Hello Beautiful. You can make the word "hello" from "a dictiOnary of the EngLisH Language"
points:60
books read: 3
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 1177
Required: State the word
JEN B10.6 - 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"
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Word = HEART
H, E in EnglisH
A, R, T in dicTionARy
TOTAL POINTS: 145
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to Interpretation
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG tag of Romance, History, Business or War. I read He's Not My Boyfriend by Jackie Lau, with MPG Romance.
Total points so far: 405
Christine V30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
Option 3: Into the Riverlands
Option 4: Rose/House
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.3 - Great Exhibition
In Praise of Wasting Time
Author: Alan Lightman
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 50
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Completed: 6
Ana25.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 3.
Book A. Love Code. I got season 4. The Love Car Displacement is the Episode and Love is the shared word.
Book B. Vanguard. I spun Season 4 and this book is number 4 in the series.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 140
10.3 - Great ExhibitionDisplaced by Cristina Sanders
author's initials, CS, found in CryStal palace
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 390
Julia10315.5 It’s a Barbie World
Tineye has
59.7% #f29fc3 pink
21.5% #c876a3 pink
This post: 15 points
Total points: 365
BB: 1
GO: 6
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 20
Books completed: 26
trishhartuk25.2 Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
Hopefully I've got it right this time.
Option 3.
I spun Season 8
Book A – read a book with AT LEAST a three-letter word in the title that shares a word with one of the season's episodes
First Case, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (265pg)
Using “First” from The First Pitch Insufficiency, Season 8 episode 3
Book B – read a book whose number in a series corresponds to the season number you spun.
Deadly Ever After (Lighthouse Library Mystery #8), Eva Gates
The series has 11 primary works: https://www.goodreads.com/series/1460...
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 16
Big book Tickets: 2
EMurphy25.10 RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
Option 1: Title that contains at least 2 words of four or more letters where all of the 4+ letter words begin with the same letter People Person by Candice Carty-Williams
Option 4: MPG Paranormal, Horror, Suspense, or Thriller The Dilemma by B.A. Paris
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 140
Books Read: 10
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 5
trishhartuk25.3 Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)
Option 2: Read a book that meets SRC rules from one of the stated lists.
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton (224pg)
Books Set in High School list, Page 1 #40
Also 6th on the Barnes and Noble list.
UK AR Bookfinder: AR Quiz No. 200074 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: UY (US bookfinder: UG)
Option 3: Two word title, where the first letters of both words can be found in either TBIRDS or PINKLADIES.
Deadly Patterns, Melissa Bourbon
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (301pg)
PinklaDies
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 17
Big book Tickets: 2
Nick KY30.3 Mazz1’s Going Stateside
Opt. 2. Choose one state's abbreviation and read:
a) Read a book with a two word title whose title words begin with the letters of the state abbreviation going forwards (IA – Iowa):
I read In America by Susan Sontag.
b) Read a book with a two word title whose title words begin with the letters of the state abbreviation going backwards (AI):
I read An Island by Karen Jennings.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 380
Mary P15.6 Classic Horror VS New Horror
Read a book that appears in one of these blog posts.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Found on the blog Most Popular Horror Books of the Past Five Years.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Delicious Dee10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Fireball - #1 in the Bridges and Bitters series
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 210
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
ROBIN P20.7 KSMary's Task: Season of Change
Option 2 - color in title/subtitle/series name/author name
Frost in May - Antonia White
**claiming 1 GO point, orig pub 1933
Points this post: 20
Total points: 280
BB:1 GO:3 IAF:2
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
🎃 discussion post #7 🎃
Total points: 145 + 20 = 165
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Task 10.5 - Calendar ChangesTUESDAY in title
Grim Tuesday
IL: MY - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 10.0
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560 points
4 BB tix
4 GO tix
4 NF tix
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Read a book that is number 1 in a series
Ratking by Michael Dibdin
Points this post: 10
Total points: 265
Katrisa10.2 - Audrey Hepburn
Read a book that shares a word of 4 letters or more in the title with one of her movies
I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle
word - ALWAYS movie title - Always
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 715
10.5 - Calendar ChangesSweet Thursday (Cannery Row #2) by John Steinbeck
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 400
Barbara ★20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
Option 1: read a book by a single author whose first and last initials match 2 of the 3 initials of my new favorite author: “SJM”.
Ledge - Stacey McEwan 10/9
(S & M in SjM)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 315
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-Loved 3 and 5 in the page count: The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford
Hardcover edition The Farewell Tour 352 pages
This book is new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
15.3 Rock ‘N’ Roll is bornOption 2
Blue Moon by Lee Child
Song: Blue Moon
Word: Blue... or Moon.
Previous points 175
This post: 15
Total 190
15.6 Classic Horror VS New HorrorThe Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
blog: https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2424
Previous points 205
This post: 15
Total 220
15.7 Pink and BlueRobert B. Parker's Killing the Blues
(Previous points 235
This post: 15
Total 250) * Incorrect numbers*
*Edited to correct for my own notes*
Previous points 220
This post: 15
Total 235
10.2 - Audrey Hepburntitle word (4 letters or more) = word in title of her movies
The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass
🎃 TALE matches Young Wives' Tale (1951 film) 🎃
Total points: 165 + 10 = 175
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 0
5.6 word of 4+ letters in title that matches a word in an art piece at the Louvre Word: death from "Death of Sardanapalus" by Eugène Delacroix
Death of a Perfect Wife by M.C. Beaton
Total Points: 25/950
Books Read: 2/74
Tasks Completed: 2/56
Kristina Marie10.3 - Great Exhibition
Read a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE.
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 273 pages.
Ann B. Ross' first & last initial can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 225
Kristina Marie15.10 Fall Back
Read a book first published in September, October, or November 2022.
Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
Audiobook. There is no MMPB or paperback edition. The hardcover has 282 pages.
This book was first published November 8, 2022.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Kristina Marie20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
This is a ONE book task. Your book must have a minimum of 250 pages.
Choose ONE of the choices below.
Required: State which option you choose when you post.
OPTION 4: NEW HOBBY. Read a book with PLATED food on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Audiobook. The MMPB has 320 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
Kristina Marie15.9 Space Exploration
Read a book set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station.
REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear from the GR description or the metadata, provide a reference.
Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Ebook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 457 pages.
The majority of the book takes place on the sentient space station Eternity.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 275
MAZZA125.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 3: read a book that is #2 in a series.
Blessed Are Those Who Thirst Hanne Wilhelmsen #2
Option 4: Read a book with all the letters of ABACO found in any combination of the title/subtitle/series name/author's name.
Good Bad Girl Alice Feeney
AB and O in gOod BAd Aand C in AliCe
points this post = 25
Points to date = 675
Kathy KS20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
Option A) Read a book with a title word of 3+ letters (excluding the word "the") that can be formed from the letters in DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY.
Power Trip by Dom Testa
TRIP=docToRate of PhIlosophy
I read as an ebook; pb-314 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 230
Tasks completed: 11/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
10.9 - Fahrenheit 451Read a book that is number 4, number 5 or number 1 in a series (the series name must show in the GR record).
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
#1 in The Border Trilogy
Point this Post: 10
Total Points: 140
Total GOs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 1
Nick KY20.6 EmilyGraceR’s Pursuit of Trivia I read Exoplanets: Hidden Worlds and the Quest for Extraterrestrial Life, Opt. 3 “Science” as MPG. Nonfiction.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 400
Aimee GTask 15.10 - Fall Back
Read a book first published in September, October, or November 2022
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk, published 7th November 2022
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Points for this task: 15
Total points: 140
BB: 3
GO: 1
IaF: 1
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.2 - State of Induction
Book 1 -
The Beach Club by Elin Hilderbrand
This book is set on Nantucket (an island in Massachusetts).
Link to MMP edition: The Beach Club
Book 2 -
A Ghost of Caribou by Alice Henderson
This book is set in Selkirk mountains of northeastern Washington state which is described as "old growth forest".
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 100 points
Tasks completed: 7
Katrisa25.5 - Lois' Task: Hear! Here!
Using this list of 101 English homophones https://onlineteachersuk.com/english-... choose a set of homophones and read two books, each with one of your chosen homophones in the title. You may include subtitles.
My word pair - which/witch
Book 1 - The Near Witch
Book 2 - You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 740
MaryPDX10.8 - Coronation
************ 1 It's a Fact************
Spare
Not tagged royalty but written by Prince Harry and focuses on his time growing up royal.
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 1
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 10
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 2
GO: 0
Tasks: 7
Books: 8
Points: 125
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Witches of Moonshyne Manor
Discussion Comment
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 10
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 2
GO: 0
Tasks: 8
Books: 9
Points: 145
30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going StatesideOPTION 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
State: North Carolina (NC)
Book 1: Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng
Book 2: THE LAST DAUGHTER OF YORK Nicola Cornick
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 2
Points: 30
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 2
GO: 0
Tasks: 9
Books: 11
Points: 175
Amy B25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options.
Required: State the options.
Option 2: Read a book that was first published in 2000.
Roses Are Red by James Patterson
Option 5: Once the boat is in the water, we plan to cruise the Eastern Seaboard (Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia). For this option, read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the locations listed.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the GR metadata or description, provide a reference to establish location.
Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang (New York)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 105 Points
trishhartuk10.2 Audrey Hepburn
LESSONS in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here
LESSONS: from Dutch in Seven LESSONS, 1948 (her first movie)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 18
Big book Tickets: 2
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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.
Postmortem GR data shows Virginia setting 342 pages exceeds requirements
points this post = 20
Points to date = 645