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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of TriviaOption 1: A Caribbean Mystery
colors: blue, grey, black, green, orange, red, brown
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - KSMary's Task: Season of ChangeOption 1: Beartown
MC Kira is an attorney
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!Option 3: The Unusual Suspects
(IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9.0)
Option 4: All That Is Mine I Carry with Me
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Mod
This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson / DESCENT spelled from phrase
Points this post: 10
Total points: 170
Mod
Option 1
Mulberry Hollow by Denise Hunter / MPG Romance
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Mod
Option 3
Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh / #7 in series
Option 4
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter / MPG Mystery
Points this post: 30
Total points: 235
Nick KY30.5 True Chills
Opt. A. Biography. I read Sontag: Her Life and Work: A Pulitzer Prize Winner by Benjamin Moser. 837 pp. I had 400 pp of the book read before the challenge began.
CLAIM TWO BIG BOOK TICKETS for Sontag at over 750 pp.
Opt. B. From p. 1 of the Psychological Horror list, I read The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. 127 pp.
Total pp = 964 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 430
Total Big Books So Far: 500+ (2), 750+ (1) = 4 BB’s
Delicious Dee10.3 - Great Exhibition
Tom Lake - Ann Patchett - AP found in CRYSTAL PALACE
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 220
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.1 - Board Gaming in the Fall!
Book 1 -
Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
Option 1 - With the exception of a brief trip to Florida, this book is set in Trenton NJ.
Link to MMP - Turbo Twenty-Three
Book 2 -
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
Option 3 - This book is book #8 in the Stephanie Plum series.
Link to MMP edition: Hard Eight
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Tasks completed: 8
Bookwrm526Task #20.3 - Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
Option 5: LISTEN to a book from this list of “Best Audio Narrations”: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4... LISTENED to 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith from page two of the list (325p).
Total points so far: 425
MAZZA110. 5 Calendar changes
Read a book with a day of the week in the title
I listened to the audio edition of Good Friday
this is PB edition Good Friday
points this post = 10
Points to date = 685
Mai5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
The Flight of the Prince by James Tynion IV
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai15.7 Pink and Blue
Book where all the letters from PINK can be found in the title and author name
The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up by Marie Kondō
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Task 25.7 - It's Called Autumn!!book 1: ANGRY in title, from mad/angry pairing
Maigret Gets Angry
pub 1947 - claiming 1 GO tix
book 2: COLOUR in title, from the -our / -or ending rule
The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder
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585 points
5 GO tix
4 BB tix
4 NF tix
Amy B10.10 - Women in Sport
Read a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace (MC is a competitive figure skater)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 115 Points
Delicious Dee30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Book 1 - Hunting November - NOVEMBER Is my chosen month
Book 2 - Chick Magnet - Emma Barry - EB found in NOVEMBER
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 250
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
trishhartuk15.5 It’s a Barbie World
Read a book with a cover that is at least 59% pink
A Fatal Family Feast, Lynn Cahoon
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (192pg)
Total Pink: 64.0% - 58.5 + 2.7 + 1.4 + 1.0 + 0.4
58.5% #dbb8b3 Pink
17.4% #d59e6d Brown
14.6% #7f5a4a Brown
2.7% #dc8299 Pink
2.5% #3c312d Grey
1.4% #d32863 Pink
1.0% #b9525d Pink
0.8% #ddb05c Orange
0.7% #eccf43 Yellow
0.4% #f26466 Pink
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 19
Big book Tickets: 2
Kristina Marie10.10 - Women in Sport
Read a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
Grand Slam Romance by Ollie Hicks
MPG Sports. This book is about several female softball players.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 290
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-Loved
Read a book that has 3 and 5 in the page count.
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Pages: 325
The book is new to me.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 250
Tasks completed: 12/52
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
10.6 - DictionaryRead a book with a word of 4 letters of more in the title that can be made from "A Dictionary of the English Language"
The word I made was loathing
I listened to an audio version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
New Points: 10
Total Points: 105
BB: 3
GO:1
PegW20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Julia103's Task - Loose Change
Read a book in which a denomination of coin is found in the title.
I read Demon Copperhead
*Claiming one BB ticket - 546 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: 1
IF tickets: 2
Katrisa30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Opt 1 - Read a new-to-you book from the first 20 pages of the Fae Book Shelf
I read A Court of Wings and Ruin from p 1 of the list and was new to me
My book was audio - MMPB 728 pages
Opt 4A - Read a book with a page count that has two of the same digits next to each other
I read After Sappho
My book was audio - PB pages 288 (no MMPB)
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 770
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in SwedenOption 1: Read a book with one of the words RAIN, RAINY, RAINS, RAINING or RAINED in the title or subtitle. Only these words work, no variations.
Montana Rain by Josie Jade
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 420
30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going StatesideOPTION 1
BOTH books require single authors only and use FIRST and LAST initials only (ignore any other names).
Choose one state's abbreviation and read:
a) A book whose author initials are also the state's abbreviation
Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
author's initials, MT, for Montana
b) A book whose author's initials reverse the state's abbreviation
The Ghosts Of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery #2) by Tara Moss
author's initials, TM, reversal of MT for Montana
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 450
15.10 Fall BackMidnight Storm Moonless Sky: Indigenous Horror Stories
Previous points 265
This post: 15
Total 280
Task 25.8 - Pokémon Gobook 1: GHOST is listed and in title
Ghost Story
581 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
book 2: author initials MG in POKEMON GO
Last First Snow by Max Gladstone
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610 points
5 BB tix
5 GO tix
4 NF tix
Delicious Dee30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
Option 4 - And There He Kept Her - mystery is the second genre listed
Option 5 - Rome Is Where The Heart Is - Rome is a city in Italy (as well as in New York)
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 280
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
ROBIN P30.4 Katrisa's Task: Going Home
2 books, 500+ pages
Option 2 - 4+ ltr word from names of beaches
Pineapple Street - from Marine Street Beach - 304 p
Option 4A - page count has 2 of same number next to each other
The French Art of Living Well: Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World - 224 p
**Claiming 1 IAF point, this book is nonfiction**
Total pages - 528
Points this post: 30
Total points: 310
BB:1 GO:3 IAF:3
trishhartuk5.5 Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
Read a book with coffee beans or a cup/mug on the cover.
Brought to Book, Liz Hedgecock
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (178pg)
Cup on the cover
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 20
Big book Tickets: 2
MAZZA110.8 - Coronation
Read a non fiction book about Royalty
Princes at War: The British Royal Family's Private Battle in the Second World War
this book is a biograpghyy of King George VI and his brothers during WWII. The title identifies it is about royalty
This book is Non fiction I am claiming 1 x IAF ticket
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 695
IAF tickets this post = 1
IAF tickets to date = 4
JP5.2 Back to School
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the linked Dark Academia shelf.
Bardugo: Ninth House
This book is on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 170
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
Option B: Read a book with cover art that includes any of these weather phenomena, storms, or natural disasters: rain, tidal wave, tornado, snow, or stormy skies (lightning or dark clouds). I read Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas, which has lightening and dark clouds in the background (371p).
Total points so far: 445
Andy P.Task # 15.6 Classic Horror VS New Horror
Read a book that appears in one of these blog posts.
Scary Reading Recommendations Based on Classic Horror Novels
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Points this post: 15
Total points:280
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
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
The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos
word is PAST PS in Philosophy, A T in Doctorate
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300
Katrisa20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
Opt B - Read a book with cover art that includes any of these weather phenomena, storms, or natural disasters: rain, tidal wave, tornado, snow, or stormy skies (lightning or dark clouds).
I read Vampires of El Norte
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 790
20.1 Earning A PhDA) After That Night by Karin Slaughter
The word is THAT
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 90
20.2 Open To InterpretationOption 1: Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
War is a MPG
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 110
20.10 Group ReadsEmpire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
My comment is post 9
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 130
EMurphy25.9 Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 1: MPG Horror The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart
*242 pages
Option 3: First 25 pages of Psychological Thrillers list The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
*Page 1 of list
**346 pages
242+346=588 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 165
Books Read: 12
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 6
StaceyNC5.9 – How to Save a Language
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in ONE MILLION WELSH SPEAKERS.
Book: One Pink Rose
Completed: 9/18/23
Word: Pink
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
StaceyNC15.5 It’s a Barbie World
Read a book with a cover that is at least 59% pink according to https://labs.tineye.com/color/
Book:
Completed: 10/13/23
97.4% pink on tineye.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 95
Tasks completed: 6
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
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.
Book: Games of the Heart
Completed: 10/7/23
Word: Heart
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 7
StaceyNC25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)
Option 1: Summer Nights
Read a book with the MPG Romance that has exactly TWO people on the cover.
Book:
Completed: 9/10/23
MPG Romance
Option 3: Hopelessly Devoted To You
Read a book with a two word title, where the first letters of both words can be found in either TBIRDS or PINKLADIES
Book: Indigo Ridge
Completed: 9/18/23
Word: TBirds
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 8
StaceyNC25.10 - RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
Option 1: In honor of Dear Dead Days, read a book with a title that contains at least two words of four or more letters. All of the 4+ letter words must begin with the same first letter.
Book: Liars Like Us
Completed: 10/11/23
Option 4: Keep in the Halloween spirit by reading a book with MPG Paranormal, Horror, Suspense, or Thriller
Book: Naked in Death
Completed: 10/3/23
MPG Thriller
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 9
Task 5.7 - The Evolution of PopSciMPG Science
Ancestors: A History of Britain in Seven Burials
Non-fic - claiming 1 NF tix
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615 points
5 BB tix
5 GO tix
5 NF tix
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BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20