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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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Andy P.Task # 30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
Option 1. Read a book set at least 50% in New Jersey
Phantom byLaura DeLuca
From Listopia Best Books set in New Jersey list, page 1 # 2 on list as of 11/7/23
Option 2. Read a book off this list Books About Books
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman page 1 of list #23 as or 11/7/23
Points this post: 30
Total points: 555
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.5 - Pre-Loved
Blood Sisters by Jane Corry
This book has both 3 and 5 in the page count (352 pages) and the book is new to me.
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 260 points
Tasks completed: 15
Deborah50.1 Angela IL's Task: Sort by...
4) Daughters Unto Devils 266 pages
5) All She Wrote 272 pages
6) Darkroom 20 ratings, 256 pages
266+272+256=794 pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 11
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
Option 1: initials JS - Elektra by Jennifer Saint
TOTAL
405 points
3 IAF ticket
1 Golden Oldie ticket
2 big book ticket
MEGSCL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - KSMary's Task: Season of Change
Option 2 – white in authors name - Cut by Susan White
TOTAL
425 points
3 IAF ticket
1 Golden Oldie ticket
2 big book ticket
MEGSCL25.7 - MegSCL's Task: It's Called Autumn!!
Book 1: (mad/angry) Mad About the Boy
Book 2 : (our (British) vs. or (American) - colour vs. color) Notes on Her Colour
TOTAL
450 points
3 IAF ticket
1 Golden Oldie ticket
2 big book ticket
Erica H.Task 5.2 - Back to School
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Dark Academia shelf given
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
This book is on the first page of the list of books provided.
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 10
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
NF tickets: 2
Task 25.4 - Sailing AbacoOption 3: Read a book that is #2 in a series.
The Girl On Legare Street (Tradd Street #2) (2009) by Karen White (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 335 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.
Ragtime Cowboys (2014) by Loren D. Estleman (Hardcover 272 pages)
ABACO = loren d. estlemAn –rAgtime COwBoys
145 + 25 = 170
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 145 + 25 = 170
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3,526
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ROBIN P5.9 How to save a language
4+ ltr word found in ONE MILLION WELSH SPEAKERS
The Women in Black
Word Women is found in phrase
Points this post: 5
Total points: 555
BB:4 GO:4 IAF:8
Task 25.6 - Four and Morebook 1: four letter word in title - RING
Loki's Ring
512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
book 2: longer word containing ring - RISING
Niccolo Rising
592 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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850 points
BB (10)
GO (6)
NF (7)
trishhartuk30.4 Katrisa's Task: Going Home
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.
Late Eclipses, Seanan McGuire
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (372pg).
Late Eclipses is at the bottom of Page 2 of the list.
This book was new to me.
Option 4 - A - San Diego: Read a book with a page count that has two of the same digits next to each other
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker, Gerry Davis, Alison Bingeman (144pg)
Total pages: 372 + 144 = 516pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 28
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Task 5.5 - Wake Up and Smell the Coffeecoffee cup (takeaway) on cover
Black Buck
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855 points
BB (10)
GO (6)
NF (7)
Amy FL10.3 - Great Exhibition
Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline - LS in cryStaL
Points this post: 10
Total points: 470
Amy FL15.10 Fall Back
Dark of Night - First published Nov. 15, 2022
Points this post: 15
Total points: 485
Amy FL25.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and More
Book 1: Hide Away - Hide
Book 2: Hideout - Hideout
Points this post; 25
Total points: 510
30.1 - JennRenee's task: Board Gaming in the Fall!Option 3: book that is part of series
The Becoming by Nora Roberts
Option 4: MPG Mystery
Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
Total points: 340 + 30 = 370
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact tickets: 1
10.3 - Great Exhibitionauthor's first & last initials in CRYSTAL PALACE
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Total points: 370 + 10 = 380
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact tickets: 1
5.4 - Apocalypse NotMPG Post Apocalyptic or Apocalyptic
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Total points: 380 + 5 = 385
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Angela IL25.5 - Lois' Task: 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.
Book 1:The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman- 10/29
Book 2: Too Lateby Colleen Hoover- 11/8
Homophones: Too/ To
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 16
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
Andy P.Task # 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
by Jasmine GuilloryOption 3. Read a book with a two word title, where the first letters of both words can be found in PINKLADIES
Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino PINKLADIES
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 580
ZachFor Task 20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore. I chose OPTION 1: NEW OBSESSION and read Gods of Jade and Shadow who shares the initials SM.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 40
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
IAFs: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.2 - The Big Bang Theory
Option 3 - I spun the wheel and got a "3" so I will be using Season 3 for the tasks below.
Book 1 -
Cruel Candy by Mildred Abbott
This book's title contains AT LEAST a three-letter word in the title that shares a word with one of the seasons episodes. - Season 3, Episode 5 - "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" (CANDY)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Cruel Candy
Book 2 -
Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower
This book is #3 in the An Amish Candy Shop Mystery series.
Link to MMP edition: Premeditated Peppermint
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 285 points
Tasks completed: 16
ROBIN P25.4 Kristina Simon's Task: Sailing Abaco
Option 3- Bk that is #2 of a series
The Naked Sun Robot #2
Option 5 - set in coastal state
The House Behind the Cedars -
From Wikipedia - The story occurs in the southern American states of North and South Carolina a few years following the American Civil War.
**Claiming 1 GO point, pub. 1900**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 580
BB:4 GO:5 IAF:8
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - 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. I read Peril at the Exposition by Nev March (352p).
This book is new to me.
Total points so far: 590
Bookwrm526Task #25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon Go
Option 2: ONE book task. Read a book with more than 500 pages where authors first and last initials can be found in “Pokémon Go” AND with a type* of Pokémon in the title. I chose the Pokemon type STEEL and read Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger (PoKemongo) (528p).
Total points so far: 615
PegW15.4 I Spy Fall Pie
Option 1:
Book 1: 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
I read Sputnik Sweetheart using the word Sweet.
Book 2: Book 2: Read a book with at least 2 page numbers from 314.
I read: Jingo which has 414 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: 1
IF tickets: 2
Delicious Dee15.4 I Spy Fall Pie
Book A - Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice - pumpkin off the provided list
Book B - Murder at the Mena House - has 304pgs, 2 of which appear in 314
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 615
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
10.3 - Great ExhibitionRead a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Point this Post:10
Total Points: 225
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 3
15.9 Space ExplorationRead a book set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Point this Post:15
Total Points: 240
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 3
20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.DB) 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.
Sleep Like a Baby by Charlaine Harris
Point this Post:20
Total Points: 260
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 3
Mod
The month is OCTOBER
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book
The Comfort Book
the letters of October are in thE COmfORT Book
This is non fiction so I claim an It's a Fact ticket
Book 2: The author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
Handle With Care: My life as a young carer, the loss of my parents and how I learned to live again
The author is Rochelle Bugg - RB is in octoBeR
This is non fiction so I claim an It's a Fact ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 230 + 30 = 260
Total Tasks Completed: 16
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 7+2 = 9
5.1 – For the Horde!Read a book set at least 50% in one of the above countries. For Korea, both North and South Korea are acceptable.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
Point this Post:5
Total Points: 265
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 3
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"
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Word is DAYS
Point this Post: 10
Total Points: 275
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 3
20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of TriviaOption 2:
Read a book whose authors first and last initials can be found in the word TRIVIAL PURSUIT
The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
https://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail...
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 295
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 3
Task 10.8 - Coronationnon-fiction about royalty
The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul
about how royals lived and died with the use of poisonous substances
non-fic - claiming 1 NF tix
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865 points
BB (10)
GO (6)
NF (8)
Joanne MI15.2 State of Induction
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in a coastal setting.
The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific -Claiming 1 IAF
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in wooded, forest , or jungle territory.
Highfire -takes place in the swamps of New Orleans (per Wikipedia: Bayous are usually shallow and sometimes heavily wooded.) Vern's cabin is hidden in a wooded bayou
Task totak 15
IAF this post 1
Season Total 175
IAF Total 6
BB's Total 4
Nick KY30.2 Cat’s Autumn Months I chose the Two-Book option and the month of October.
Book 1. I read The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams. The letters OCTOBER are in the title:
OC in sCOne
TO in sOcieTy
B in Book
ER in secREt
Book 2. 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. Author’s initials are in “OcTobEr”: I read The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng. Tan Twan Eng
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 810
Aimee GTask 5.7 – The Evolution of PopSci
Read a book with an MPG of Science or Popular Science
Quirkology: The Curious Science of Everyday Lives by Richard Wiseman
MPGs science and popular science
**Claiming one It's a Fact ticket as this is a non-fiction book**
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Points for this task: 5
Total points: 260
BB: 4
GO: 3
IaF: 3
15.10 - Fall Backfirst published in September, October, or November 2022
The Choice by Nora Roberts
🦃 first published November 22, 2022 🦃
Total points: 385 + 15 = 400
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Kristina Marie5.4 - Apocalypse Not
Read a book with the MPG Post Apocalyptic or Apocalyptic.
One Second After by William R. Forstchen
Audiobook. The MMPB has 511 pages.
This book has a MPG of Post Apocalyptic.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 620
15.2 - State of InductionBook 1: set at least 50% in a coastal setting
Ladies' Night: A Novel by Mary Kay Andrews
🎃 set 100% in a beach town; from GR's description "Moving in with her widowed mother, who owns and lives above a rundown beach bar called The Sandbox..." 🎃
Book 2: set at least 50% in wooded or forest territory
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
🦃 set entirely in the woods 🦃
Total points: 400 + 15 = 415
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's a Fact tickets: 1
20.10 - Group ReadsRead one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2023 season.
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Total Points: 125
MaryPDX30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
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
The Cruel Prince page 1
Option 3B: Read a book from this list of books with adopted characters https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
This Savage Song page 1
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 2
Points: 30
Totals:
BB: 2
IF: 4
GO: 1
Tasks: 19
Books: 25
Points: 375
Nick KY10.5 Calender Changes I read Saturday by Ian McEwan, day of the week in title.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 820
ROBIN P25.6 Robin P's Task: Four & More
Book 1 - 4-ltr word in title - ROAD - The Road to Lichfield
Book 2 - Longer word that includes 1st word - DRAGONFLIGHT
Dragonflight
Points this post: 25
Total points: 605
BB:4 GO:5 IAF:8
5.1 – For the Horde!The 1250s saw the spread of the Mongolian empire into parts of China, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Vietnam, Korea, Lithuania and Poland.
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the above countries. For Korea, both North and South Korea are acceptable.
Required: if the setting is not obvious from the GR metadata or description, provide a reference.
I read Moord in Mesopotamië with setting IRAQ
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Moord in Mesopotamië (first published: 1936)**
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 390+5=395/950
Tasks completed: 20/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 11
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Mod
Read a non fiction book about Royalty
read The Day Diana Died
points this post 10
total points 540
Mod
option B - Read a book with cover art that includes any of these weather phenomena, storms, or natural disasters: rain, tidal wave, tornado, snow, or stormy skies (lightning or dark clouds).
Rain on Cover
points this post 20
total points 560
Mod
choose a set of homophones and read two books, each with one of your chosen homophones in the title.
used words Two/To
read
Two Truths and a Lie
and
No Time To Be Alone
points this post 25
total points 585
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10.4 - America's Cup
book that is set at least 70% on a boat/ship/at sea
The Massive, Vol. 1: Black Pacific by Brian Wood
Almost the entire book occurs on the ship Kapital in a post-apocalyptic world where the sea level rose so much that it flooded the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mas...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 28
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0