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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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Mai25.10 - RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
Option 1: Title has at least two words of four or more letters, all of which begin with the same first letter.
The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes
Option 4: MPG Horror
Monstress, Vol. 6: The Vow by Marjorie M. Liu
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 20
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2023 SRC
5.4 - Apocalypse Not
Read a book with the MPG Post Apocalyptic or Apocalyptic.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 26: Call to Arms - MPG Post Apocalyptic
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 185
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2023 SRC
10.3 - Great Exhibition
Read a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
Doing Diabetes Differently by Chad T. Lewis
claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 195
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 5
Julia10315.4 I Spy Fall Pie
Book 1: The Body in the Big Apple
(Apple is in the title and is one of the required words)
Book 2: Wartime for the District Nurses (416 pages)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 390
BB: 1
GO: 6
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 22
Books completed: 29
Kathy KS10.7 - Guinness
Read a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye
by David Hackett FischerTineye counts include:
62.1 %#1a1917Black
15.5 %#ede8e6Grey
5.2 %#817f81Grey
82.8% (>70%)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
**Claiming 2 (two) Big Book tickets** Pages: 946
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 315
Tasks completed: 15/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 2
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
Amy FL5.6 - We've Got Reading Down to a Fine Art
Ceremony in Death - Death (Death of the Virgin)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
Amy FL10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
The Final Reckoning - McMurtrie and Drake #4
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
Amy FL30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Option 1 - Month: October
Book 1: The Secret Book of Flora Lea - OCTOBER (sECReT BOOk)
Book 2: Rich Blood by Robert Bailey - RB in octoBeR
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
Amy FL30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
Option 1
a) After That Night by Karin Slaughter - KS (Kansas)
b) The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley - SK
Points this post: 30
Total points: 205
20.1 - 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.: option B
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.
I read Dood van een danseres - Agatha Christie
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Dood van een danseres (first published: 1942)**
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 295+20=315/950
Tasks completed: 15/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 9
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.Option 5: For this task, LISTEN to a book from this list of “Best Audio Narrations”
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
on page 2, #183 at time of posting
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Listened to linked Audiobook
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 165
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for A Shilling For Candles (first published: 1937)**
GOs this post: 1
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 1
Delicious Dee5.5 - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 340
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Andy P.Task 3 15.4 I Spy Fall Pie
Option 2. One book option (Type of Pie and two numbers from 314)
The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred Sweet and 34
Points this post: 15
Total points: 335
Bookwrm526Task #10.7 - Guinness
Read a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye. I read Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe, which is 99.7% black and grey according to Tineye.
Total points so far: 515
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
Option 2. Read a book from the "Books About Books" list.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (652 p.) * **
Option 3. Read a book that is part of a series.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (759 p.) ***
* Found on Page 2 of the list
** I would like to claim 1 BB ticket for this book, please.
*** I would like to claim 2 BB tickets for this book, please.
➸ Total Points: 75
➸ Total Pages: 2,445
Delicious Dee5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
The Power of One - claiming 1 big book ticket - paperback is 544pgs
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 345
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
10.5 - Calendar Changes A day of the week in the title: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
Points this post: 10
Total points: 335
Lisa MD25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 4 - ABACO in Title/Subtitle/Series Name/Author Name
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley
341 pages
ABACO found in title: the invisible husBAnd Of friCk islAnd
Option 5 - Set in Massachussetts
Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur
320 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 200
Total Books Read: 17 / 77
Total Tasks Completed: 15 / 56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee5.7 – The Evolution of PopSci
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America - science is the 3rd from top genre; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non fiction and 1 big book ticket - book was 575pgs
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 350
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Mai15.10 Fall Back
Book first published in September 2022
Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer by Marjorie M. Liu
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Delicious Dee25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 2 - Resonance Surge - Nalini Singh - NS found in URBAN FANTASY
Option 3 - I See You - found on pg1
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 375
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Laurah3020.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
opt 1 Read a book with six distinct different colours (i.e. not merely different shades of the same colour) on the cover according to Tineye.
Small Great Things
Points this post: 20
Total points 135
BB: 0 GO:0 IAF:1
5.7 – The Evolution of PopSciGastrophysics: The New Science of Eating by Charles Spence
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 485
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-LovedVigil (Verity Fassbinder #1) by Angela Slatter
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 505
delicious dee25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: “Eat Your Words”
Eating Word: MAP
Eaten Word: INTO
Resulting Word: MAINTOP - a platform at the head of the lower mainmast
Book A - The Karma Map - MAP
Book B - Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love - INTO; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 400
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee10.4 - America's Cup
A Cruise to Murder
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 410
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Task 5.3 - Hot off the Presspublished 1924
Ukridge
pub 1924 - claiming 1 GO tix
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730 points
7 NF tix
6 GO tix
6 BB tix
Task 5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Logfree choice
Aurora Burning
512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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735 points
7 NF tix
7 BB tix
6 GO tix
Julia10315.2 State of Induction
Book 1: Welcome to the School by the Sea (coastal setting is "by the sea")
Book 2: The Word for World Is Forest
(approved in task help thread post 25)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 405
BB: 1
GO: 6
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 23
Books completed: 31
FLY Task #25.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and More
task: Book 1 – a word of exactly 4 letters in the title
book: Lamb
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: word = LAMB
task: Book 2 – a word of 5+ letters in the title containing the 4 letters in the first title.
book: Blame It on the Dog: A Modern History of the Fart
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first paperback here)
how it fits: word = BLAME
other:
**claiming 1 BB ticket for Lamb, MMPB = 560 pages
**not sure if I can claim IAF for Blame It on the Dog? It's nonfiction but that doesn't show as a MPG
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6/54
BB: 3+1=4 / GO: 0 / IAF: ?
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Bookwrm526Task #5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules. For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used. I read Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison, which is marked Childrens but is not in AR Bookfinder.
Total points so far: 520
MaryPDX25.10 RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
*****1 Big Book Point*****
The Talisman
Option 5: Combo of Option 3 (published in 1984) and Option 4 (MPG Horror) 656 pages
This Task:
BB: 1
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 25
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 2
GO: 0
Tasks: 10
Books: 12
Points: 200
ROBIN P20.9 Moderator's Pet- Terri FL's Task: ChatGPT
Option C - Pie on cover OR set in rural or Amish community
over 250 p
Land of Wolves: A Longmire Mystery - series is set in a rural area of Wyoming, this one involves shepherds up on the mountains in very isolated places.
336 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
BB:2 GO:3 IAF:4
20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of TriviaOption 1, six different colors on the cover: Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
The colors are:
Orange
Violet
Yellow
Red
Brown
Pink
Blue
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
Amy B30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
This is a two book task read one from each option
Required: State the options
4. Read a book with MPG Mystery or any MPG with Mystery included (cozy mystery, Mystery Thriller, Murder Mystery)
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
5. Read a book with a City name in the title/subtitle. City must be real not fictional.
Required: State the City
Not All Bastards Are from Vienna by Andrea Molesini - Vienna
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 285 Points
Amy B20.1 - 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.
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. Letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase.
Required: State the word.
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom (HOPE and CHOOSE)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 305 Points
Delicious Dee10.7 - Guinness
- according to tineye, the combo of white/black/gray is 85% of the cover - https://labs.tineye.com/color/0020651... claiming 1 big book ticket - book is 624pgsPoints this Post: 10
Points Total: 420
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Nick KY15.4. An Adventure
Book A. I read Don't Die Under the Apple Tree by Amy Patricia Meade, the word “Apple” is in the title.
Book B. I read Witness for the Prosecution: A Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie, 114 pp. uses digits 1 and 4.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 525
trishhartuk10.10 Women in Sport
Read a book with MPG Sport(s) that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
Unbelievable From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold, Jessica Ennis
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (288pg)
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction, Biography, Sports, Autobiography and Memoir
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – Unbelievable is Nonfiction
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 24
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Nick KY20.10 Group Read. I read the book for nonfiction: Medicine, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe. My comment is in Message 13 of the thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK at 535 pp.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 545
Big Books So Far: 500+ (3) 750+ (1) = 5 BB tickets
Nick KY25.6 Robin P’s 4 and More
Book 1. I read The Bees by Laline Paull. The 4-letter word is BEES.
Book 2. I read In the Absence of Miracles. The word “aBSEncE” contains the 4 letters of the word from Book 1.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 570
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 Audrey Hepburn
Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag
WORD= Road found in movie: Two for the road
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Task completed: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9 Fahrenheit 451
Misadventures of a City Girl by Meredith Wild
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Task completed: 4
30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going HomeOption 3B: book from list of adopted characters https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Silas Marner by George Eliot
🎃 found on p. 1 🎃
Option 4B: page count that has two consecutive numbers in its digits (ex. 236 or 412)
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García
🎃 245 pages -- 4 and 5 are consecutive 🎃
📖📖📖 Total page count: 262 pages + 245 pages = 507 pages 📖📖📖
Total points: 200 + 30 = 230
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 0
30.5 - Nick KY's Task: True ChillsOption 1: nonfiction biography, autobiography, or memoir
Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang
Option 4: “Cold” or “Frozen” in title/subtitle
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons ***published 1932 - requesting 1 GO ticket***
📖📖📖 Total page count: 288 pages + 233 pages = 521 pages 📖📖📖
Total points: 230 + 30 = 260
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1 + 1 = 2
It's a Fact tickets: 0
25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)Option 1: MPG Romance that has exactly TWO people on the cover
by Barbara DelinskyOption 4: Word from list of words with multiple meanings in the title. Plurals are acceptable.
Love Letters by Debbie Macomber
🎓 LETTER - a written message, or a character in the alphabet 🎓
Total points: 260 + 25 = 285
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Kathy KS20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
must have a minimum of 250 pages.
OPTION 2: NEW STATE. read a book set at least 50% in Virginia.
Front Page Fatality by LynDee Walker
Setting: Richmond, Virginia
I read as an ebook; pb-292 p. (no mmpb) (pages >250)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 335
Tasks completed: 16/52
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 P20.3 Best Review - Michelle in Alaska's Task: Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Option 1: Author initials combination of M, J, and/or S - 250 p+
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash - Jean Shepherd - 264 p
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400
BB:2 GO:3 IAF:4
15.2 State of Induction Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in a coastal setting.
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in wooded, forest , or jungle territory.
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Set on and island off the coast of Finland. As per help thread, post 7, books set on islands approved
The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Approved post 25 in help thread
Point this Post: 15
Total Points: 180
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 1
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Fall 2023 SRC
10.8 - Coronation
Read a non fiction book about Royalty
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power - the book is about Catherine de Medici Queen of France, her daughter Elizabeth Queen of Spain, and her granddaughter Mary, Queen of Scots
claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 180
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 4