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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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MAZZA15.1 – For the Horde!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the stated countries USING TURKEY
Snow setting on GR data
points this post = 5
Points to date = 810
Task 25.5 - 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.
Required: State the set of homophones.
Row 86: KNOW NO
KNOW
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska (2005) by Heather Lende (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 281 pages) [979.82]
** If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
NO
Murder's No Votive Confidence (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery #1) (2019) by Christin Brecher (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 285 pages)
110 + 25 = 135
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 110 + 25 = 135
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2,689
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Katrisa25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon Go
Opt 1
Book 1 - A book where authors first and last initials can be found in “Pokémon Go”.
I read Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Secrets by Kahlil Gibran
KG in poKemon Go
Book 2 - Read a book with a type* of Pokémon in the title
I read Steel Tide
STEEL in title
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 815
Katrisa25.10 - RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
Opt 1 - 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.
I read Seven Steeples
Opt 4 - Keep in the Halloween spirit by reading a book with MPG Paranormal, Horror, Suspense, or Thriller
I read Small Mercies
MPG - Thriller
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 840
Nick KY10.9 Fahrenheit 451. I listened to The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein and read by Blair Brown, # 5 in the “Alexandra Cooper” series. The most common MMPB is The Bone Vault.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 470
Nick KY15.10 Fall Back I read White Horse by Erika T. Wurth, 1st pub’d Nov. 2022.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 485
Nick KY25.3 Jen B’s Grease
Opt. 3. Hopelessly Devoted to You. I read No Accident by Steven F. Havill, a two word title, the first letters of each word in:
“piNk lAdies.”
Opt. 5. Rock n Roll is Here To Stay. I read Want by Lynn Steger Strong. The title word “Want” is also in the song title, “You’re the One that I Want.”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 510
Kristina Marie20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
No children's books. Your book must be at least 250 pages.
Choose one of the following options.
Required: state the option.
Option D: read a book where AI is a key theme.
Required: If the AI theme is not obvious from the GR metadata or book description, provide a reference.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 387 pages.
The main character's best friend/sidekick is an android that has AI, and this is a future where AI is a daily and integral part of society.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340
Kristina Marie15.3 Rock ‘N’ Roll is born
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements from option 1.
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters from a song title from Elvis’ first released record.
https://genius.com/albums/Elvis-presl...
REQUIRED: State the word
Book 2: Read a book with an authors initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL
All initials must be used.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Audiobook. The MMPB has 268 pages.
AR BookFinder Information: IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8.0
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" shares the word "and" with Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.
Robert C. O'Brien's initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 355
5.7 – The Evolution of PopSciRead a book with an MPG of Science or Popular Science.
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
MPG of Science
Point this Post: 5
Total Points: 145
Total GOs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 1
Kristen IA5.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe In
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in ROSA PARKS.
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/950
Tasks Completed: 1/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kristen IA10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Read a book that is number 4, number 5 or number 1 in a series (the series name must show in the GR record).
Spy x Family, Tome 1 by Tatsuya Endo
****I read the ebook and linked the MMPB edition****
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 15/950
Tasks Completed: 2/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kristen IA10.10 - Women in Sport
Read a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
****I listened to the audiobook and linked the PB edition****
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25/950
Tasks Completed: 3/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kristen IA20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
For this task, read a book that satisfies one of the following options.
Required: State which option you chose when posting.
B) Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in TEACHING AND LEARNING. Letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase.
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45/950
Tasks Completed: 4/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - America's Cup
Read a book that is set at least 70% on a boat/ship/at sea. I read Murder, Curlers, and Cruises by Arlene McFarlane (goodreads description states it is set on a cruise ship).
Total points so far: 505
Barbara ★25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG Romance that has exactly TWO people on the cover.
You Deserve Each Other - Sarah Hogle 10/18
(MPG romance AND has two people on cover)
Option 3: Read a book with a two word title, where the first letters of both words can be found in either TBIRDS or PINKLADIES. plurals and possessives are acceptable.
Never Lie - Freida McFadden 10/2
(N & L in piNkLadies)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 375
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
5.6 - We've Got Reading Down to a Fine ArtKillers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Matching word is 'flower' from The Exaltation of the Flower
Total points: 45
25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon GoOption 1
Book 1: The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters
Author initials in 'PokEmon Go'
Book 2: The Covenant of Water
word used: water
Total points: 70
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to InterpretationOption 1, MPG Romance: The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Deborah25.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 3
Rolled #1
Book A) Big Little Lies Using BIG
Season 1, episode 2: The Big Bran Hypothesis
Book B) The Body Finder The Body Finder #1
Season 1, so first in a series
Book series has 4 books out of the minimum 3 required
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 9
Tasks Done: 7
Deborah20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
B) Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in TEACHING AND LEARNING.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 10
Tasks Done: 8
Task 10.1 - Singing in the RainRead a book with an umbrella on the cover. The umbrella must be a full sized one (not a cocktail umbrella!)
The English Experience (Jason Fitger #3) (2023) by Julie Schumacher (Hardcover, 230 pages)
135 + 10 = 145
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 135 + 10 = 145
Books read: 11
Pages read: 2,919
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe InLimberlost by Robbie Arnott
author's initials, RA, found in RosA
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 480
Mai10.10 - Women in Sport
Book with MPG Sport that is written about a female athlete/sportswoman.
Do a Powerbomb by Daniel Warren Johnson
Fictional story about a female pro-wrestler wannabe whose mom was a pro-wrestler as well
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 16
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Task 30.5 - True Chills500+ pages
option 3: Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
on p2 of Postcolonialism list
342 pages
non-fiction - claiming 1 NF tix
option 4: COLD in title
Cold Days
649 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
342 + 649 >500 pages
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675 points
6 BB tix
6 NF tix
5 GO tix
Kristina Marie25.1 - 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.
For this task you will 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.
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.
Required: State your hungry word, your eaten word, and the word it has created.
The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 384 pages.
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 267 pages.
384 pages + 267 pages= 651 pages
Words: or eats the and makes other
Other can be found in The Other Side of Perfect
The can be found in The Woman in the Library
Points this post: 25
Total points: 380
Boston Kate
10.4 America's Cup
Drowning
approved in message 10 of help thread
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
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).
I read De giftige pen, number 4 in a series.
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for De giftige pen (first published: 1942)**
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 285+10=295/950
Tasks completed: 14/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 8
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Andy P.Task # 15.8 It’s A Suburban life
Read a book from the list below
Suburban Fiction
Say When by Elizabeth Berg
Page 1 of list, # 25 as of 10/20/23
Points this post: 15
Total points: 320
Kathy KS30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Total page count of the two books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 1 - Read a new-to-you book from the first 20 pages of the Fae Book Shelf https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fae
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Page 19 of List ; this book is new to me
I read as an ebook; pb=296 p. (no mmpb)
Option 4B - Read a book with a page count that has two consecutive numbers in its digits
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Pages: 343
Total pages: 296+343=639 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 305
Tasks completed: 14/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 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: 1
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.5 Calendar Changes
Read a book with a day of the week in the title
The Tuesday Night Club: A Short Storyby Agatha Christie
Tuesday
Task +10
Grand Total: 70
Erica H.Task 15.2 - State of Induction
Read 2 books - one set at least 50% in a coastal setting and one set at least 50% in a wooded, forest, or jungle territory
Book 1: Rabbits by Terry Miles (9/27)(book is set in Seattle, Washington - a coastal city. Seattle is not mentioned in the meta data of the book but throughout the book there are references to sights you see only in Seattle, like the famous concrete troll under one of the bridges and the Space Needle)
Book 2: The Winners by Fredrik Backman (10/20)(book is set in the north woods of Sweden, Sweden is listed as the setting in the book's meta data)
I listened to the audiobook for The Winners. The MMP has 688 pages.
Claiming a Big Book ticket for The Winners
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 7
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
NF tickets: 2
Lisa MD15.10 - Fall Back
Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala
270 pages
First published October 4, 2022
🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 175
Total Books Read: 15 / 77
Total Tasks Completed: 14 / 56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
30.5 - Nick KY's Task: True ChillsOption 1, a biography, autobiography or memoir: These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
paperback edition These Precious Days: Essays 336 pages
Option 4, "Cold" in the title: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
mass market paperback Tant que le café est encore chaud 238 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 325
Laurah3025.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)
opt 5 Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that matches a word in one of the song titles.
song - Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee
word is "look"
Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls
Option 1 Read a book with the MPG Romance that has exactly TWO people on the cover. Animals, etc. are okay, but only two people.
Never Fall for Your Back-Up Guy
Points this post: 25
Total points 115
BB: 0 GO:0 IAF:1
Amy B20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Required: State the options chosen.
Option 4: Since this is the golden oldies task, read a book from this list of Great Children's Books Written Prior to the 1950s: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Required: State in your post the PAGE of the list on which your book is found.
NOTE: All SRC rules such as page length and the Childrens book rules apply, even if a book appears on the list.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (page 3 of list)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 175 Points
INES Task 10.10 : Women in sport
Read a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman
Carrie Soto Is Back
Points this post = 10
Total points = 45
Amy B25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon Go
Choose an option
Required:Indicate the option you are using
Option 1: TWO book task
Book 1: A book where authors first and last initials can be found in “Pokémon Go”. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Heaven by Meiko Kawakami
Book 2: Read a book with a type* of Pokémon in the title (no subtitle). The word must match exactly.
*There are 18 types of Pokémon: normal, fire, water, grass, electric, ice, fighting, poison, ground, flying, psychic, bug, rock, ghost, dragon, dark, steel, fairy.
Required: state the word used
Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories by Kate Atkinson (Normal)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 200 Points
Amy 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"
Required: State the word
Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky (Nice)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 210 Points
Amy B10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Read a book that is number 4, number 5 or number 1 in a series (the series name must show in the GR record).
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (House of Earth #1)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 220 Points
Task 50.1 - Sort by...750+ pages
option 2 - highest rating - 4.46
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, Death & Defiance in Ukraine
160 pages
non-fiction - claiming 1 NF tix
option 4 - random choosing
Cocktail Time
224 pages
option 6 - highest no of ratings - 200,187
Love, Theoretically
400 pages
160+224+400 = 784 pages >750 pages
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725 points
7 NF tix
6 BB tix
5 GO tix
Barbara ★UNCLAIM 25.4 (changing option 5)
25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
✔️Option 4: read a book with all the letters of ABACO found in any combination of the title/subtitle/series name/author's name.
You Betrayed Me - Lisa Jackson 9/5
AB in BetrAyed
A in lisA
CO in jaCksOn
✔️Option 5: Once the boat is in the water, we plan to cruise the Gulf Coast (Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas), the Eastern Seaboard (Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia), and the Bahamas. For this option, read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the locations listed.
Fragile - Lisa Unger 9/19
Original Post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Barbara ★RECLAIM 25.4 (updated Option 5)
25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
✔️Option 4: read a book with all the letters of ABACO found in any combination of the title/subtitle/series name/author's name.
You Betrayed Me - Lisa Jackson 9/5
AB in BetrAyed
A in lisA
CO in jaCksOn
✔️Option 5: Once the boat is in the water, we plan to cruise the Gulf Coast (Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas), the Eastern Seaboard (Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia), and the Bahamas. For this option, read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the locations listed.
Swamp Spirits - Jana Deleon 10/19
(set 100% in Louisiana)
Amy B20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
Choose one option, and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option
Option 2:
Read a book whose authors first and last initials can be found in the word TRIVIAL PURSUIT
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 240 Points
Amy B15.4 I Spy Fall Pie
Option 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, PUMPKIN, CRANBERRY, PECAN, SWEET, POTATO, MAPLE, PEAR, CHOCOLATE, BLACKBERRY, CHERRY
REQUIRED: state the word .
Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle
Book 2: Read a book with at least 2 page numbers from 314. Order does not matter
Smile: A Novel by Roddy Doyle (214 pgs)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 255 Points
Aimee GTask 10.4 - America's Cup
Read a book that is set at least 70% on a boat/ship/at sea
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
From Wikipedia: "a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames"
**Claiming one Golden Oldies ticket as the book was first published in 1889**
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Points for this task: 10
Total points: 190
BB: 3
GO: 2
IaF: 2
Mai15.2 State of Induction
Book 1: Book set at least 50% in a coastal setting.
Silverview by John le Carré
Most of the book is set in a small English seaside town
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in wooded, forest , or jungle territory.
The Secret of the Wings by James Tynion IV
The story takes place in a forest area called the Weird Woods
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 18
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2023 SRC
20.10 - Group Reads
Gutenberg Classic: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Link to post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
claiming 1 GO ticket, initially published in 1897
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 170
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
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10.4 - America's Cup
Read a book that is set at least 70% on a boat/ship/at sea -
Dangerous Crossing
cruise liner setting established in GR info
points this post = 10
Points to date = 805