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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 I Spy Fall Pie
Option 1:
Book 1: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
WORD=Pumpkin
Book 2: The Secrets We Bury by Debra Webb
432 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 275
Task completed: 18
Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 1: Read a book with one of the words RAIN, RAINY, RAINS, RAINING or RAINED in the title or subtitle.
Hard Rain by Barry Eisler
Word: RAIN
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 385
Tasks completed: 19/52
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
Erica H.Task 25.4 - Kristina Simon's Task for Wanda - Sailing Abaco
Option 3 - Read a book that is #2 in a series
Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell This is the second book in The Diary of a Bookseller series
I read an ebook of this. There is no MMP version of this book. The paperback version has 328 pages.
Option 4 - Read a book with all the letters of ABACO found in any combination of the title/subtitle/series name/author's name
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel The letters ABACO appear in the title to the book.
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 8
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
NF tickets: 2
Bookwrm526Task #10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Read a book that is number 4, number 5 or number 1 in a series. I read Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke, #5 in the Hannah Swensen series.
Total points so far: 570
Delicious Dee15.10 Fall Back
Travel by Bullet - first published Sep 1, 2022
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 585
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
10.8 - CoronationEmpress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 560
Delicious Dee15.6 Classic Horror VS New Horror
Malice House - from the Scary Reading Recommendations Based on Classic Horror Novels blog; found listed with If you liked The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 600
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Chris MD 10.8 Coronation
Book about royalty
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crownby Katie Nicholl
Royalty not listed as an MPG, but subtitle and cover show it's clearly about the British royal family.
Total points: 10
Chris MD 15.4 I Spy Fall Pie
On book option: Book has "Chocolate" in the title and has 416 pages. The 4 and 1 match two of the numbers in 314.
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan
Total points: 25
Chris MD 20.2 Open to Interpretation
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG tag of Romance, History, Business or War.
Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century by Stephen Galloway
Has MPG of History
This is a nonfiction book. Claiming one It's a Fact ticket
Total points: 45
Chris MD 25.4 Sailing Abaco
Option 3: Book is #2 in a series
Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris
This book is the second in the Lily Bard series.
Option 5: Book set at least 50% in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia
At First Light by Vanessa Lafaye
The book is set entirely in Florida.
Total points: 70
Chris MD 25.6 Four or More
Book One: Title contains a four-letter word
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
The word I chose is LAST
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The paperback has 432 pages.
Book 2: Title contains a five-letter word that includes all the letters from the word in book 1.
Telling Tales by Anne Cleeves
The word is TALES. L-A-S-T add an E and you can form T-A-L-E-S
Total points: 95
Chris MD 30.1 Board Gaming in the Fall
Option 3: Book that is part of a series
Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart
This book is the first in the Harriet Gordon series.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The paperback has 367 pages.
Option 4: Book with an MPG of Mystery
An American in Scotland by Lucy Connelly
"Mystery" is the top MPG.
Total points: 125
Chris MD 30.3 Going Stateside
Option 1: Two books with single authors.
Book 1: First author's initials match a US state abbreviation
When We Were Strangers by Alex Richards
AR is the abbreviation for Arkansas
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The paperback has 304 pages.
Book 2: Author's initials are the reverse of author 1
River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
AR - RA
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 480 pages.
Total points: 155
Jen K20.10 - Group Reads
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
Comment/ Message 16 on thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 320
Big Books: 2
Jen K20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
Option 2: Pod by Laline Paull
triviaL Pursuit
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 340
Big Books: 2
Jen K20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-Loved
The World We Make 357 pages
This book is New to me
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 360
Big Books: 2
10.8 Coronation - NF book about royaltySpare by Prince Harry
*Claiming It's a Fact ticket
Points: 10
Total/challenge: 220
20.3 Not in Alaska >250 pgsOpt 1 read a book by a single author whose first and last initials match 2 of the 3 initials of my new favorite author: “SJM” Initials can occur in any order
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 240
20.4 Autumn in SwedenOption 3: Read a book with MPG Halloween
The Cottage on Pumpkin and Vine
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 260
25.3 Grease is the WordOpt 1 MPG Romance that has exactly TWO people on the cover.
Three Masks and a Marquess: A Regency Romance Novel
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
Love on the Brain
"Love" in title matches the song – Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (Instrumental)
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 305
25.8 Pokemon Go Bk 1 Author's initials in poKeMongo
The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris
Bk 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.
Fire Study - used Fire
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 330
MAZZA110.2 - Audrey Hepburn
Read a book that shares a word of 4 letters or more in the title with one of her movies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_...
Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair
Using my FAIR Lady
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 945
Angela IL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 3: Read a book with MPG Halloween
Midnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead- 11/4
Read Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB: Midnight Is the Darkest Hour
No longer on Main Page but here is approval link/ Messages 5 & 9: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 15
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
Jen K20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 3: Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
MPG Halloween
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 380
Big Books: 2
Jen K20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
OPTION 1: NEW OBSESSION.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 400
Big Books: 2
Boston Kate
5.2 Back to School
The Final Gambit
on page 5 of the list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Boston Kate
30.4 Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Option 3B: The House in the Cerulean Sea
on page 1 of list
396 pages (I read the audiobook, this is the most popular paperback)
Option 4A: Jazz
229 pages
total pages = 625
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
OceaneMontaneaTask 25.4- Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 2: ...read a book that was first published in 2000
A Moça do Internato
Option 4: ...read a book with all the letters of ABACO found in any combination of the title/subtitle/series name/author's name.
Doze reis e a moça no labirinto do vento
ABACO found-> doze reis e A moÇA no laBirintO do vento ("," is a graphic signal, but the letter is C anyway)
Points for this task: 25
Total points for the challenge: 25
OceaneMontanea20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 1: ...one of the words RAIN, RAINY, RAINS, RAINING or RAINED in the title or subtitle
A ORQUESTRA DA CHUVA
"Chuva" means rain in portuguese
Google translator link-> https://translate.google.com.br/?hl=p...
Points: 20
Total for this challenge: 45
OceaneMontanea20.2 - 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.
Longa Pétala de Mar
MPG Romance and History
Points: 20
Total for this challenge: 65
OceaneMontanea20.1 - 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
Sotto il sole giaguaro by Italo Calvino
I and C are found in TEACHING
Points for this task: 20
Total for this challenge: 85
OceaneMontanea10.6 - 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"
Antonio
A dIcTiONary Of the ENglish Language
Points for this task: 10
Total for this challenge: 95
OceaneMontanea10.4 - America's Cup
Read a book that is set at least 70% on a boat/ship/at sea
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
These caracthers fly above the sea, they need to save the sea of stories from dying, they swim at the sea, they go into a ship. It's a lot of sea things going on...
Points for this task: 10
Total for this challenge: 105
OceaneMontanea10.1 - Singing in the Rain
Read a book with an umbrella on the cover.
Points for this task: 10
Total for this challenge: 115
Andy P.Task # 30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Option 2. read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that matches one of the “beaches in the city of San Diego
matches the word Street
Marine Street Beach
A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets by James Bowen
Option 3. B - Read a book from this list of books with adopted characters
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins page 1 # 13 as of 11/4/23
Points this post: 30
Total points: 495
MAZZA15.5 - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
Read a book with coffee beans or a cup/mug on the cover.
I read the kindle edition
this is PB edition Morning Cup of Murder
points this post = 5
Points to date = 950
That is me done Thanks for a great challenge
Julia10310.5 - Calendar Changes
Friday's Child
This was first published in 1944 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
This post: 10 points, 1 GO
Total points: 435
BB: 1
GO: 7
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 25
Books completed: 33
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2023 SRC
10.7 - Guinness
Read a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye
- 84% black & white & gray, claiming 1 It's a Fact TicketPoints this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 225
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 6
Kathy KS10.6 - 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"
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir by Wil Wheaton
STILL=dicTionary...engLISh Language
I read as an ebook; pb-436 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 395
Tasks completed: 20/52
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Joanne Mi10.2 - Audrey Hepburn A book that shares a word of 4 letters or more in the title with one of her movies
The word is Story, from The Nun's Story
Nerilka's Story
Points this task 10
Total Points 160
BB's 4
IAF 5
Joanne Mi30.1 JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
Option 3-A book in a series
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Option 4 - MPG Mystery
A Curious Beginning
Points this task 30
Total Points 190
BB's 4
IAF 5
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.6 - Dictionary
Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders
There's a word of 4 letters or more in the title that can be made from "A Dictionary of the English Language" (STAY - S in english, TAY in dictionary)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 240 points
Tasks completed: 14
Task 10.7 - GuinnessRead a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye
pgs 372Date Read: 25/09/23
TinEye gives the following percentages for black and grey
53.4 % Black & 25.2 % Grey for a total of 78.6%
350 points
6 GO
Task 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).
The Cold Dish
Date Read: 27/09/23
It is first in th Walt Longmire series. And it's very good.
360 points
6 GO
Amy FL10.6 - Dictionary
The Last Lie Told - TOLD in "DicTiOnary engLish"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 410
Amy FL25.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 3: Spun 10
Book A: The Long Shadow - Season 10, LONG, The LONG Distance Dissonance
Book B: One Last Kill - Season 10, Tracy Crosswhite #10
Points this post: 25
Total points: 435
Amy FL25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)
Option 3: Trapper Road - TR in TbiRds
Option 4: Cross Down - CROSS
Points this post: 25
Total points: 460
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Challenge 10.5 Calendar Changes
Blue Monday by Nicci French
Points this post: 10
Total points: 260
Task completed: 17