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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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50.1 Angela IL's Task: Sort by...Option 4, book randomly chosen by the GR generator: All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
paperback edition All That's Left Unsaid 352 pages
Option 5, book whose title starts with A: Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper 336 pages
Option 6, book with highest number of ratings: Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
mass market paperback edition Ugly Love - Wajah Buruk Cinta 448 pages
1,580,801 ratings
Points this post: 50
Total points: 495
Task 20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of TriviaOption 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.
pgs 320Colours according to TinEye: Pink, Black, Brown, Yellow, Grey, & Orange
Date Read- 13/09/23
260 points
3 GO
Task 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPTOption 1 - Dylan Thomas Prize Winners list
Kingdomtide pgs 291
Date Read- 28/10/23
280 points
3 GO
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-LovedRead a book that has 3 and 5 in the page count. The book must be new to you.
An Unkindness of Magicians pgs 352
Date Read- 20/10/23
300 points
3 GO
Task 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" - CASTLE
The Castle of Otranto pgs 125
Date Read- 10/10/23
Orignal Pub Date - 1764
310 points
4 GO
Task 5.3 - Hot off the PressRead a book first published in 1927 or earlier.
The Turn of the Screw pgs 121
Original pub date - 1898
315 points
5 GO
Barbara ★15.3 - Rock ‘N’ Roll is born
Option 2
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters from a song title from Elvis’ first released record.
Book 2: Read a book with an authors initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL.
Yes & I Love You - Roni Loren 11/1
(Song = I Love You Because)
(R & L in RocknrolL)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 390
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - 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". I made the word FLIGHT (f from of, LIGH from english, T from dictionary) and read Flight Risk by Cherie Priest.
Total points so far: 560
Jen K25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 1: Horror
White Horse
MPG Horror
Option 2: Urban Fantasy
Lease on Love by Falon Ballard
urBan Fantasy
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 275
Big Books: 1
Jen K25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 3: Jade War
The Green Bone Saga #2
***Requesting 1 BB ticket @ 587 pages***
Option 5: The Leavers
at least 50% set in New York
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 300
Big Books: 2
Mai20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
OPTION 5: NEW PREFERENCES.
I listened to the audiobook version of
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
which is 410 pages long in paperback. It can be found on page 4 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 26
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai10.1 - Singing in the Rain
Book with an umbrella on the cover
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas by Gerard WayThe umbrella icon is small and can be found within the letter U in the title word "Umbrella". You can see that it is a normal (i.e. not cocktail) umbrella if you zoom in.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 27
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to InterpretationOption 1: Read a book with a MPG tag of Romance, History, Business or War.
Hidden (Avena #1) by Marianne Curley
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 525
25.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and Morewords used: Book---> Booksellers
Book 1: The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime edited by Michael Sims
Book 2: The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London #2) by Garth Nix
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 550
Amy B30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Choose an option.
Required: Indicate the option and month you are using.
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. September, October, November) and read one book for each of the tasks below. There is no page minimum for the two book option.
I chose October.
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles).
The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho
Book 2: The author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month. Letters may only be used as often as they appear
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 405 Points
Aimee GTask 15.3 Rock ‘N’ Roll is Born
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters from a song title from Elvis’ first released record.
An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan
"Moon" in title found in the song "Blue Moon"
Book 2: Read a book with an authors initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL
The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor - N and O found in phrase
I read the kindle edition above; no MMP, top PB is The Night Masquerade
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Points for this task: 15
Total points: 245
BB: 4
GO: 3
IaF: 2
10.3 - Great ExhibitionRead a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
I read Brief van een dode by Agatha Christie. The A and C can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Brief van een dode (first published: 1937)**
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 360+10=370/950
Tasks completed: 18/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 10
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Mary P50.1 Angela IL's Task: Sort by...
Option 1: Read the book that has been on your TBR the longest or the shortest.
Midnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead
Shortest time on my list, added September 28, 2023. 400 pages
Option 3: Read the book that has the shortest page count (must follow SRC rules of length/ genre, etc.) or that has the longest page count.
The Last Girl by Kitty Thomas
Shortest page count, 163 pages
Option 4: Read a book chosen randomly by the GR generator.
Deadly Captive by Bianca Sommerland
326 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points155
Task 25.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and MoreBook 1 - TIME
The Time Machine pgs 103
Date Read- 05/09/23
Original pub date- 1895
Book 2
The Alchemist pgs 182
Date Read- 30/09/23
340 points
6 GO
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 For the Horde!
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
Setting: Baghdad, Iraq
Points this post: 5
Total points: 245
Task completed: 15
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 As Easy as Falling off a Log
Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Rainbow Rowell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 250
Task completed: 16
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to InterpretationOption 1: MPG Romance
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
Total points: 320 + 20 = 340
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact tickets: 1
INESTask 20.6 : It's a fact - in pursuit of trivia
Option 3: a non-fiction book with one of the following MPGs: history, geography, entertainment, art, science or sports
Sous-culture : le sens du style
Points this post = 20
Total points = 65
Delicious Dee10.8 - Coronation
In Search of Amrit Kaur: A Lost Princess and Her Vanished World - approved in the THT, the book details the search for an Indian princess who went missing during WW2; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 525
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
JP15.3 Rock 'N' Roll Is Born
Two books
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters from a song title from Elvis’ first released record.
Wodehouse: Right Ho, Jeeves
"Right" from "I'm going to sit right down and cry (over you)"
Book 2: Read a book with an authors initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL
Claire North: Ithaca
CN in roCk N roll
Points this post: 15
Total points: 255
Joanne MI5.10 As Easy as Falling off a Log
Conqueror: A Novel of Kublai Khan
Claiming 1 BB with 547 pages
Task 5
Season Total 150
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 4
Total IAF 5
Kathy KS15.3 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.
Book 2: Read a book with an authors initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL
You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo
Word: YOU (several Elvis titles, including: "I'm Counting on You")
CR=RoCk...
I listened to an audiobook; pb-304 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 365
Tasks completed: 18/52
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 P15.3 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.
Book 2: Read a book with an authors initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL
In Love and War: A Collection of Love Stories
Word: :LOVE from "I Love You Because"
Author Carla Kelly
Points this post: 15
Total points: 515
BB:4 GO:3 IAF:7
Aimee GTask 10.3 - Great Exhibition
Read a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
AS in cryStAl palace
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Points for this task: 10
Total points: 255
BB: 4
GO: 3
IaF: 2
Task 10.1 - Singing in the Rainumbrella on cover
Maigret Sets a Trap
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780 points
8 BB tix
6 GO tix
7 NF tix
Delicious Dee15.7 Pink and Blue
Murder in Blue Gingham: A Bridal Shop Cozy Mystery - Karen Sue Walker - BLUE in title; the letters in PINK can be found in P in Shop (series); IN in Gingham (title); K in Karen (author)
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 540
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
StaceyNC10.2 - Audrey Hepburn
Read a book that shares a word of 4 letters or more in the title with one of her movies (exact match)
Book: Juniper Hill
Completed: 10/29/23
Movie: The Lavender Hill Mob
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 10
Amy FL5.5 - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
- approved in message 8Points this post: 5
Total points: 350
StaceyNC10.6 - 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"
Book: Payback in Death
Completed: 9/30/23
Word: Death
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 195
Tasks completed: 11
StaceyNC10.7 - Guinness
Read a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye
Book:
Completed: 10/14/23
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 12
Amy FL10.7 - Guinness
Tineye:
38.4 %#130d17Black
14.7 %#777677Grey
13.1 %#4c494dGrey
8.8 %#9b9f8bGrey
5.8 %#e9e8ecGrey
5.2 %#382e43Violet
4.3 %#a6a4a9Grey
4.0 %#e5e3a7Yellow
3.6 %#d9d7beGrey
2.1 %#2e2714Brown
Points this post: 10
Total points: 360
StaceyNC10.10 - Women in Sport
Read a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
Book: Kiss Hard
MPG Sports, FMC is training for paralympics
Completed: 11/2/23
Points this Post: 10
Total Points 215
Tasks Completed: 13
StaceyNC20.2 - 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.
Book: Ice Planet Barbarians
Completed: 10/29/23
MPG Romance
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 14
Nick KY10.10 Women in Sport
I read an autobiography by a female athlete, All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 675
Amy FL25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 3: The Second Perimeter - Joe DeMarco #2
Option 5: Sleepless City - set in New York (in description)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 385
StaceyNC20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - KSMary's Task: Season of Change
Option 2 – Read a book with red, gold, purple, gray, white, black or silver in the title, subtitle, series name or author’s name.
Book: Powerless
Author: Elsie Silver
Completed: 10/17/23
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 15
StaceyNC25.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and More
Book 1 – There is at least one word of exactly 4 letters in the title (not subtitle).
Book: Like The Wind
Completed: 9/15/23
Word: Wind
Book 2 – There is one word of 5 or more letters in the title (not subtitle) which contains the 4 letters in your first title.
Book: One Dark Window
Completed: 10/25/23
Word: Window
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 16
StaceyNC30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
3. Read a book that is part of series.
Book: Wicked Games
Completed: 9/23/23
#1 in Games
4. Read a book with MPG Mystery or any MPG with Mystery included (cozy mystery, Mystery Thriller, Murder Mystery)
Book: All the Dangerous Things
Completed: 10/22/23
MPG Mystery
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 17
Amy B15.6 Classic Horror VS New Horror
Read a book that appears in one of these blog posts.
Scary Reading Recommendations Based on Classic Horror Novels
REQUIRED: State the Blog
The Changeling by Victor LaValle (Scary Reading)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 420 Points
MAZZA15.6 - We've Got Reading Down to a Fine Art
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title that matches a word in the name of an art piece at the Louvre from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
USING PORTRAIT from Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page
Unfinished Portrait
points this post = 5
points to date = 920
MAZZA15.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Apples Never Fall
Points this Post = 5
Points to date = 925
MAZZA110.6 - 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"
The Darkness Gathers GATHERS found in
A daRknESs of THe enGlish Language
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 935
Delicious Dee30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Option 1: - Rosemary and Rue - found on pg1 of the provided list; book is new to me
Option 2: - The Sandycove Sunset Swimmers - SUNSET for Sunset Cliffs
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 570
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Repost of 1267Task 30.5 - Nick KY's Task: True Chills
Option 2 - Psychological Horror Books (pg 2 about 10-15 down)
Flowers in the Attic pgs 389
Date Read- 03/10/23
Option 3 - Postcolonialism Books (pg 1 #10)
Heart of Darkness pgs 188
Date Read- 29/10/23
Original pub date - 1899
30 points
1 GO
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 1
Book 1 - Potato
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society pgs 290
Date Read- 27/09/23
Book 2 - 2 of 314 in page count
Zoo City pgs 416
Date Read - 15/10/23
240 points
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