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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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15.4 I Spy Fall PieOption 1. Read one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a one of these words can be found intact the title: APPLE
Apple Cider Slaying (A Cider Shop Mystery #1) by Julie Anne Lindsey
Book 2: Read a book with at least 2 page numbers from 314. Order does not matter
Hunted by Meagan Spooner
384 pages
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 475
Amy B20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-Loved
Read a book that has 3 and 5 in the page count. The book must be new to you.
Required: State the book is new to you.
My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi (352 pp) - book is new to me
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 155 Points
Task 25.9 - My Favourite Fall Genres500+ pages
option 1: MPG Horror
How to Sell a Haunted House
I read the kindle, no MMPB, PB Cómo vender una casa encantada 440 pages
option 2: author initials in FANTASY (AY)
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
368 pages
440 + 368 > 500 pages
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640 points
5 BB Tix
5 GO tix
5 NF tix
Delicious Dee5.3 - Hot off the Press
The World Set Free - first published 1914; claiming 1 golden oldies
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 310
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Nick KY10.8 Coronation I read Spare by Prince Harry and J.R. Moehringer (ghostwriter)
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 440
Nick KY20.8 Julia 103s Loose Change I read The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush by Susan Wittig Albert, coin money unit “Silver Dollar” in title.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 460
trishhartuk30.3 Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
OPTION 1: BOTH books require single authors only and use FIRST and LAST initials only (ignore any other names).
Using Maine: ME
a) Author initials are the state's abbreviation
The Neverending Story, Michael Ende
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (Italian): here (436pg); MMPB (English): here (445pg)
UK AR Quiz No. 211157 EN Fiction, IL: UY
b) Author's initials reverse the state's abbreviation
Ocean's Echo, Everina Maxwell
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (480pg)
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 370
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Kristina Marie15.7 Pink and Blue
Read a book where all the letters from PINK and BLUE can be found in title/subtitle/series name/author name.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 386 pages.
PINK and BLUE can be found in Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Points this post: 15
Total points: 305
Kristina Marie20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
C) Read a book where the main character is a teacher, a professor, or a student.
Required: If the character's occupation is not evident from the GR blurb, provide a reference.
Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman
The main characters are students, "in this volume we’ll see the Heartstopper gang go on a school trip to Paris."
Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
MAZZA15.3 - Hot off the Press
Read a book first published in 1927 or earlier.
Two on a Tower
first published 1882 and I am claiming 1 x GO ticket
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 760
GO tickets this post = 1
GO tickets to date = 2
MAZZA115.5 It’s a Barbie World
Read a book with a cover that is at least 59% pink
See You Yesterday
Tin eye info
85.0 % #f29aac Pink
11.1 % #f8dee3 Pink
2.5 % #a66c79 Violet
0.9 % #150a09 Black
0.6 % #4a33 Violet
https://labs.tineye.com/color/912a89a...
Points this post = 15
points to date = 775
Angela IL15.3 Rock ‘N’ Roll is born
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements from option 1. (Initials in ROCK N ROLL & 3 letters from a song title from Elvis' first released record.
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan- 10/12
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ attaching PB version: Before I Let Go
WORD: LET
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 1
Angela IL20.2 - 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.
Souvenir by Therese Anne Fowler- 10/4
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 1
Angela IL25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 4: For this option, read a book with all the letters of ABACO found in any combination of the title/subtitle/series name/author's name.
Between Here and April by Deborah Copaken Kogan- 9/28
Read Kindle version/No MMPB/ attaching PB: Between Here and April
Option 5: For this option, read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the locations listed (Choose Georgia).
Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson- 10/7
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ attaching PB: Between, Georgia
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 1
Angela IL25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 2: Read a book by a single author where the author's first and last initials can be found in URBAN FANTASY.
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney- 10/13 (306 pgs)
Option 3: Psychological Thriller
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this shelf: Psychological Thrillers
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain- 10/2 (336 pgs)
On Page 23
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 9
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 1
Bookwrm526Task #15.3 Rock ‘N’ Roll is born
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements from option 1, Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters from a song title from Elvis’ first released record in the title AND with an author whose initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL.
I chose the song I Love You Because and the word LOVE and read Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann (roCKnroll).
Total points so far: 470
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
Option 1: Read a book with six distinct different colours on the cover
by Jordan IfuekoAccording to Tineye, cover includes seven (7) distinct colors: Grey, Violet, Brown, Orange, Blue, Yellow, Green
[I haven't received a reply to my Task Help question about whether 7 colors is OK. If NOT, the book above also fits the third possibility for Option 1: Read a book from the following list: Dazzling Multicoloured Covers (found on page 1)]
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 250-20=230
Tasks completed: 12/52-1=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
EMurphy25.1 Andy P's Task: "Eat Your Words"
1st book: Hungry word in title Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
*Word is WILDER
**384 pages
2nd Book: Newly formed word in title Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
*Word is WILDFLOWER (FLOW eaten by WILDER)
**288 pages
***It's a Fact Ticket
384+288=672 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 190
Books Read: 14
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 7
Kathy KS20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
Option 3: Read a NON-FICTION book with one of the following MPGs: History, Geography, Entertainment, Art, Science Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster, 1600–1800 by William J. Roulston
MPG: History
I read as an ebook; pb-606 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket** Pages: 606
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 250
Tasks completed: 12/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
Option D: read a book where AI is a key theme
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
Fits AI, as shown below. The entry is about the first book in the series, but the main character (Breq) remains the same throughout the series...
From: https://www.supersummary.com/ancillar...
“Ancillary Justice tells the story of Breq, the sole surviving “segment” of the artificial intelligence that once animated an interstellar troop ship, Justice of Toren, and its ancillary soldiers.”
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=381 p. (L'Épée de l'Ancillaire) (>250 pages)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 250-20=230
Tasks completed: 12/52-1=11/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
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: 2
Kathy KS20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
Option D: read a book where AI is a key theme
A Debt to the Stars by Kevin Hincker
Fits AI, as shown below:
From GR summary for paperback version-- "Diana Roark... [is] on a dangerous bio-prospecting mission in Earth’s deepest ocean when aliens orbit to make First Contact. She surfaces after a near fatal accident to find the aliens gone, and every human alive Augmented—except for her. Following Augmentation humanity completely stops aging, and all basic needs are dispensed free from alien Obelisks." The augmentation seems to utilize nano technology to regenerate bodies and/or injuries (AI). The obelisks provide food for the population based on their personal preferences (AI). There are other examples that would be harder to explain...
For discussion on types of AI, see: https://www.coursera.org/articles/typ...
I read an ARC ebook version of this title: pb=274 p. (no mmpb)
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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: 4
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: 2
Kathy KS25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 3: read a book that is #2 in a series
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
Series: Imperial Radch #2
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=381 p. (L'Épée de l'Ancillaire)
Option 4: read a book with all the letters of ABACO found in any combination of the title/subtitle/series name/author's name.
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
ABACO=pArker-chan (author); ...whO BeCAme... (title)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 275
Tasks completed: 13/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
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: 2
ROBIN P15.1 Pink and Blue
All letters of PINK and BLUE in title/subtitle/series/author
A Case of Murder in Mayfair
(Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures #2)
Clara Benson
PINK in Pilkington
B in Benson
L in Clara
U in Murder
E n Case
Points this post: 15
Total points: 350
BB:2 GO:3 IAF:3
MEGSCL5.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe In
Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin
TOTAL
215 points
1 IAF ticket
1 Golden Oldie ticket
MEGSCL10.7 - Guinness
85% grey on tineye
TOTAL
225 points
1 IAF ticket
1 Golden Oldie ticket
MEGSCL10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Heartstopper: Volume Four
TOTAL
235 points
1 IAF ticket
1 Golden Oldie ticket
MEGSCL25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 3: #2 in series - A Fatal Grace
Option 6: compound word - Landline
TOTAL
260 points
1 IAF ticket
1 Golden Oldie ticket
Mai10.3 - Great Exhibition
Book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
10.9 - Fahrenheit 451 Book: Choosing Theo
How it fits: #1 in series
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 369 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
ROBIN P10.7 - Guiness
Cover 70% black, white & gray
Poverty, by America
Per TinEye - 92.5% black, 6.2% gray
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 360
BB:2 GO: 3 IAF: 4
30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going StatesideFor this task you will be reading 2 books based on the postal abbreviations for US states listed here: https://www.50states.com
Required: State the option.: Option 1
Required: Identify the STATE and Abbreviation when posting: CA - is the abbreviation for California
a) A book whose author initials are also the state's abbreviation: I read De vrouw van de bankier, Cristina Alger
b) A book whose author's initials reverse the state's abbreviation: I read Drama in drie bedrijven; Agatha Christie.
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Drama in drie bedrijven (first published: 1934)**
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 255+30=285/950
Tasks completed: 13/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 7
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.9 - Space Exploration
Glitter in the Stars by Julia Huni
This book is set on a space passenger liner (cruise type space ship).
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Glitter in the Stars: Space Janitor Three
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Tasks completed: 10
JP15.7 Pink and Blue
Read a book where all the letters from PINK and BLUE can be found in title/subtitle/series name/author name.
Agatha Christie: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot #23)
PI in "PoIrot"
NKBLUE in "oNe ... BUcKLE"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210
Mai30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
3. Read a book that is part of series.
Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes
4. Read a book with MPG Mystery
Waypoint Kangaroo by Curtis C. Chen
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mary P20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
Option 2:Read a book whose authors first and last initials can be found in the word TRIVIAL PURSUIT
Belinda by Anne Rampling
Points this task: 20
Total points: 80
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 Great Exhibition
The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Task completed: 1
Aimee GTask 15.1 - Golden Age of Television
Book 1: Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these famous movie/television stars
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
Hannah GRACE matches GRACE Kelly
Book 2 : Read a book featuring a movie or television celebrity
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
MC is a - fictional - television chef (book confirmed in help thread)
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Points for this post: 15
Total points: 170
BB: 3
GO: 1
IaF: 1
Aimee GTask 10.8 - Coronation
Read a non fiction book about Royalty
The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III by Gemma Hollman
Doesn't have MPG royalty, but as the title suggests, it is about Kind Edward III of England, his wife Queen Philippa of Hainault and his mistress Alice Perrers
**Claiming one It's a Fact ticket for non-fiction book**
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Points for this task: 10
Total points: 180
BB: 3
GO: 1
IaF: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 10.6 - Dictionary
The Lies We Tell by Debra Webb
WORD= lies
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Task completed: 2
Sarah E10.4 - America's Cup
Killer Cruise - set completely on a cruise ship
Ebook only, approved for length in message 106
Total Points: 10
Sarah E10.10 - Women in Sport
Where Theres A Will by Emily Chappell - has MPG Sports
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 20
Total NF: 1
MAZZA120.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
Read a book that has won an obscure literary award or was a finalist in a lesser-known book prize Your book may be either a winner or a nominee.
Using Walther Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
The Romantic Nominee for the above prize 451 pages exceeds requirement
points this post = 20
Points to date = 795
25.8 - Tien’s Task: Pokémon GoOption 1: TWO book task
Book 1: authors first and last initials found in “Pokémon Go”
Deadline by Mira Grant ***584 pages - requesting 1 BB ticket
Book 2: type* of Pokémon in the title
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
🎃 ICE in title 🎃
Total points: 175 + 25 = 200
Big Book tickets: 1 + 1 = 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 0
EMurphy20.9 Moderator's Pet-Terri FL's Task: ChatGPT
Option 2: Cover includes rain, tidal wave, tornado, snow, or stormy skies (lightning or dark clouds)
by Peter Swanson*308 pages
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 210
Books Read: 15
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 8
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
25.5 - Lois' Task: Hear! Here!
choose a set of homophones and read two books, each with one of your chosen homophones in the title. You may include subtitles.
Homophones used: FOUR and FOR
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer
Homophone: FOUR
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
**Claiming 2 (two) Big Book tickets** Pages: 946
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
Homophone: FOR
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 275-25=250
Tasks completed: 13/52-1=12/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4-2=2
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: 2-1=1
Kathy KS25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: “Eat Your Words”
This is a two book challenge, and the combined page count for these books must total 500 pages or more.
Read two books, each of which has a title and/or subtitle that matches a different word selected from the three in your creative endeavor.
Hungry word: RING
Ate: IS
To become: RISING
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
Eaten word: IS
Pages: 387
Storm Rising by Sara Driscoll
Resulting word: RISING
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=336 p.
Total pages: 387+336=723 (>500)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 275
Tasks completed: 13/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4-2=2
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: 2-1=1
Bookwrm526Task #25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG Horror. I read A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (247p).
Option 3: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this shelf: Psychological Thrillers. I read The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware from page 1 of the list (337p).
247+337 = 584p
Total points so far: 495
Delicious Dee25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 4 - The Bookseller's Daughter - Daniela Sacerdoti - A in Daughter, B in Bookseller, A in Daniela, CO in Sacerdoti
Option 6 - Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her - WIND/FALL: 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 335
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
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Task #10.3 - Great Exhibition
Read a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE. I read A Troubling Tail by Laurie Cass (CrystaLpalace).
Total points so far: 455