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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Option 2: Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You by Clive Wynne
DOG Beach
272 pages
Option 4B: But Knot for Me: A Yarn Retreat Mystery #8 by Betty Hechtman
230 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 480
Task completed: 30
Andy P.Task # 50.1 Angela IL's Task: Sort by...
Option 1: Read the book that has been on your TBR the shortest
Saving Emma by Allen Eskens
304 p.
Option 2: Read the book that has the highest rating on your TBR
The Essay by Robin Yocum
rating is 4.56 256 p.
Option 5.: Read a book that starts with a Z
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives by Thomas French 288p.
page count 304 +256 + 288 = 848
Points this post: 50
Total points: 680
trishhartuk20.3 Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
OPTION 6: Read a book that is at least 75% (i.e., 75%+) green
Yule Be Sorry, Kim M Watt
Read the kindle edition (which has the green cover). Top PB: here (320pg)
Total Green: 86.1%
65.2% #60a963 Green
14.0% #417144 Green
11.3% #000900 Black
3.4% #8bb98d Green
2.6% #e8f0e9 Grey
1.8% #b6d0b8 Green
1.7% #20321f Green
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 545
Tasks Completed: 32
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
ROBIN P25.8 - Tien's Task: Pokemon Go
Option 1
Book 1 - author initials in POKEMON GO - The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O'Farrell initials MO
Book 2 - Type of Pokemon in title - Water
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
Points this post: 25
Total points: 720
BB:5 GO:6 IAF:8
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
25.10 - RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
2 books to read from the options below, the same option may be repeated.
Option 4: read... a book with MPG Paranormal, Horror, Suspense, or Thriller
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
MPG: Paranormal
I listened to an audiobook; pb-430 p. (Los chicos del cementerio) (no mmpb)
Repeat of Option 4:
Inheritance by Nora Roberts
MPG: both Suspense AND Paranormal
I listened to an ARC audio version of this title. hb=432 p. (no mmpb or pb with pagination)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 465-25=440
Tasks completed: 22/52-1=21/52
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: 5
Amy FL10.10 - Women in Sport
As Fast As Her: Dream Big, Break Barriers, Achieve Success by Kendall Coyne - MPG Sports, author is a pro hockey player
Points this post: 10
Total points: 680
Kathy KS25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Combined page count must total 500 pages or more.
Option 2: Urban Fantasy
Read a book by a single author where the author's first and last initials can be found in URBAN FANTASY.
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
AT=fAnTasy
I listened to an audiobook; pb-430 p. (Los chicos del cementerio) (no mmpb)
Option 3: Psychological Thriller
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this shelf: Psychological Thrillers
Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
Found on page 19 of the list
Total pages: 430+304=734 (>500)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 465
Tasks completed: 22/52
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: 5
Amy FL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - KSMary's Task: Season of Change
Option 1: Rich Waters - main character is an attorney
Points this post: 20
Total points: 700
Mod
You will have a task in the Winter challenge!
Delicious Dee20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
- according to tineye, the cover has 7 distinct colors: blue, grey, brown, green, violet, pink and yellow - https://labs.tineye.com/color/4b19ee5... - ebook only, approved in line 667 of the excel spreadsheetPoints this Post: 20
Points Total: 665
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Mod
You will have a task in the Winter challenge!
Mod
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
Death of a Salesman
The word DEATH is shared with Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio
This book was published in 1949 so I claim a "Golden Oldie" ticket
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 320 + 5 = 325
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 2 + 1 = 3
It's a Fact: 10
Barbara ★15.10 - Fall Back
Read a book first published in 2022 September, October, or November
City of Ruin - Charissa Weaks 11/15
(published September 27, 2022)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 410
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Christiana L15.3 - Rock N Roll is Born
Book 1: Someone Else's Shoes
Word: Shoes
Book 2: Identity by Nora Roberts - Rock N roll
Points this post: 15
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Points: 105
ROBIN P25.10 RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party
Option 2 - 5-star author from list
The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde
**Claiming 1 GO point, orig pub. 1887
Option 3 - published in your birth year or that of task creator
The Currents of Space - pub 1952, which is my birth year as you can see from my GR profile
Points this post: 25
Total points: 720
BB:5 GO:7 IAF:8
ROBIN P5.8 Sit Down For What You Believe In
author initials in ROSA PARKS
The Penguin Pool Murder - Stuart Palmer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 725
BB:5 GO:7 IAF:8
CathyG25.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
For this task you will pick one of the THREE options. Options 1 and 3 have a Book A and Book B option. Option 2 allows you to pick 2 books from a series of shelves.
No Children’s Books or Graphic Novels allowed.
Option 1
Book A: The Big Bang Theory introduced us to the characters of Sheldon Cooper, Leonard Hofstadter, Penny (no last name, at least at the beginning of the series), Howard Wolowitz, Raj Koothrappali, Bernadette Rostenkowski and Amy Farrah Fowler.
Read a book where the MAIN character shares a name part with one of the BBT bunch.
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
Required: State the character names. Sheldon Cooper
Book B: The BBT bunch were played by Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, and Mayim Bialik
Read a book by a SINGLE author, who shares a name part with one of the main actors from the Big Bang Theory.
All the Time You Need by Melissa Mayhue
Required State the actor name. Melissa Rauch
Points this post: 25
Total points : 325
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 21
Big Book tickets total: 2
Its a Fact tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Bookwrm526Task #25.7 - MegSCL's Task: It's Called Autumn!!
Book 1: Read a book with a term in the title or subtitle from this list of differences between American and British English. I chose the word COOKIE and read Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke.
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that is spelled differently in the two languages using one of the rules below. I chose the rule "our (British) vs. -or (American)" and the word COLOR and read Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola.
Total points so far: 650
CathyG15.1 Golden Age of Television
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these famous movie/television stars listed below…The names may be found in any position
Not That Duke by Eloisa James
REQUIRED:State the Name James Dean/ James Stewart - Eloisa James
Book 2 : Read a book featuring a movie or television celebrity
Act Like It by Lucy Parker
approved message#14
Points this post: 15
Total points : 340
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 23
Big Book tickets total: 2
Its a Fact tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
CathyG30.5 - Nick KY's Task: True Chills
The total page count must be 500+ pages.
Opt. 1. Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir. The book must be nonfiction (NOT a biographical novel).
Bossypants by Tina Fey
250pp
It's a Fact Ticket
Opt. 4. Truly Cold. Read a book with the word “Cold” or the word “Frozen” in the title/subtitle.
A Cold Highland Wind by Tasha Alexander
304pp
Points this post: 30
Total points : 370
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 25
Big Book tickets total: 2
Its a Fact tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Mai20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Julia103's Task - Loose Change
Book in which a denomination of coin is found in the title
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
"Bob" is a common British slang term for a shilling
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 36
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing AbacoOption 1: For this option, read a book written by an author found on this list: Books by Australian Authors
Remembering Babylon byDavid Malouf
pg 5 of nominated list
Option 3: For this option, read a book that is #2 in a series.
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
Point this Post: 25
Total Points: 320
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 3
25.10 - RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!Option 2: It's my party! Read a book by the author of a book I've rated 5 stars
Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Option 4: Keep in the Halloween spirit by reading a book with MPG Paranormal, Horror, Suspense, or Thriller
The Scent of Almonds and Other Stories by Camilla Läckberg
Thriller
Point this Post: 25
Total Points: 345
Total GOs to date: 2
Total IAFs to date: 3
MaryPDX20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
OPTION 5: NEW PREFERENCES. LISTEN to a book from this list of “Best Audio Narrations”: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
The Fault in Our Stars
Found on page 1, listened to audiobook version
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 20
Totals:
BB: 2
IF: 5
GO: 2
Tasks: 21
Books: 29
Points: 445
ROBIN P15.2 State of Induction
1. Book with coastal setting - The House at Sea's End - set on English coast with sea erosion as a theme
2. Book with woods/forest/jungle setting - Tarzan of the Apes - set entirely in jungle except for opening and closing chapters
**Claiming 1 GO point, orig pub 1912\
Points this post: 15
Total points: 740
BB:5 GO:7 IAF:8
ROBIN P5.10 As Easy as Falling Off a Log
Book of choice
I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land
**This is my one book between 80 -99 pages which may be used for a 5 point task. I read the hardcover which is 88 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 745
BB:5 GO:7 IAF:8
Amy B50.1 Angela IL's Task: Sort by...
Go to the My Books tab, select To Read on the left hand side. At the bottom of the page is an option to sort your TBR in multiple ways. Choose three different ways to sort your personal TBR and pick three options listed below.
Books must total 750 pages and SRC rules apply.
Option 1: Read the book that has been on your TBR the longest or the shortest. Sort by Date Added.
Required: State date added to your TBR list
Shortest: Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea (July 1st, 2023) (407 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. Sort by Num pages.
Shortest: The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark (103 pages - rest are too short)
Option 4: Read a book chosen randomly by the GR generator. Sort by Random and read the first book listed.
Watch Us Shine by Marisa de los Santos (320 pages)
This Task: 50 Points
To Date: 535 Points
20.10 - Group ReadsMy Post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 265
25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres500 Pages: 285p + 272p= 557
Option 1: Horror
Read a book with the MPG Horror.
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Option 2: Urban Fantasy
Read a book by a single author where the author's first and last initials can be found in URBAN FANTASY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
urBan fantaSy
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 290
30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!3. If you like Uno try Scout:
Read a book that is part of series.
Seven Dreams #6
The Rifles: A Book of North American Landscapes by William T. Vollmann
5. If you like Yahtzee try King of Tokyo:
Read a book with a City name in the title. City must be real not fictional.
Baghdad, Iraq
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 320
30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home500 Pages: + 330p + 200p = 530 Pages
Option 2 -
For this task 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” beaches from this wiki list.
Black's Beach - the 's
Black Skies by Arnaldur Indriðason
Option 4 -
A - San Diego: Read a book with a page count that has two of the same digits next to each other (ex. 117 or 266): 200 Pages
Cassandra by Christa Wolf
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 350
trishhartuk25.1 Andy P.’s Task: “Eat Your Words”
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.
BE Brilliant Every Day, Andy Cope, Andy Whittaker
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (240pg)
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction, Self Help, Psychology, Personal Development, Business
Using BE for the hungry word, then ON for the word it eats, to get BONE.
The BONE Orchard, Sara A. Mueller
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Tor Trade): here (432pg)
Combination allowed in help thread message #65: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total pages: 240 + 432 = 672pg
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – Be Brilliant Every Day is Nonfiction
Total Points: 570
Tasks Completed: 33
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Kristina Marie15.2 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.
REQUIRED: If the information is not clear from the GR description or the metadata, provide a reference.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Audiobook. The MMPB has 368 pages.
This book takes place at least 50% along the west coast of the US.
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in wooded, forest , or jungle territory.
REQUIRED: If the information is not clear from the GR description or the metadata, provide a reference.
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Audiobook. The MMPB has 277 pages.
AR BookFinder Information: IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
This book takes place at least 50% in the jungles of India.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 680
Kristina Marie20.2 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to Interpretation
Choose 1 book from either option below:
Required: State the option.
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG tag of Romance, History, Business or War.
Washington's Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben by Josh Trujillo and Levi Hastings
This book has a MPG of history.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 700
30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going HomeOption 1: Read a new-to-you book from the first 20 pages of the Fae Book Shelf https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fae
Frost Burned 294 pages
Found on 2nd page of the list
This book is new to me
Option 4 B: Read a book with a page count that has two consecutive numbers in its digits (ex. 236 or 412)
A Daughter of the Snows page count 278
***Claiming A Golden Oldie Ticket as published in 1902***
New Points: 30
Total Points: 195
BB: 3
GO: 2
IaF1
5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a LogRead a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Sweat
New Points: 5
Total Points: 200
BB: 3
GO: 2
IaF:1
Andy P.Task# 25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Option 1. Read a book written by an author found on this list: Books by Australian Authors The Dead of Night by John Marsden The author's name is on the list with a different book, as specified in the task description.
Option 5. Read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the locations listed. Dead Man's Wake by Paul Doiron Book takes place more than 50% in Maine one of the states specified in the task description.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 705
Task 30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going StatesideOPTION 1 - Illinois IL
Book 1 - a) A book whose author initials are also the state's abbreviation
Diamond A Holiday With The Devil by Imani Lewis
Date Read: 16/11/23
Book 2 - b) A book whose author's initials reverse the state's abbreviation
The Prince of Darkness by Lee Isserow
Date Read: 19/09/23
410 points
6GO
Task 25.7 - MegSCL's Task: It's Called Autumn!!Book 1: Read a book with a term in the title or subtitle from this list of differences between American and British English. -AUTUMN
Navajo Autumn
Date Read: 21/09/23
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that is spelled differently in the two languages using one of the rules below.
Rule & Word - Double L in a verb conjugation (British) vs. single L (American) eg. travelled vs. traveled
My word is Traveler. Though not used as a verb in the title there was a previous approval for the use of Traveler in the help thread. See posts 13 &17 in the help thread.
The Time Traveler's Wife
Date Read: 14/11/23
435 points
6 GO
trishhartuk30.2 Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Option 1: TWO book task. Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles).
Using OCTOBER.
A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny (280pg)
(Using the month name was okayed in Help Thread message #11: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Book 2: The author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
Murphy's Law, Rhys Bowen
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (226pg)
octoBeR
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 600
Tasks Completed: 4
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
EMurphy15.3 Rock 'N' Roll is born
Option 1: Word of at least 3 letters from a song title from Elvis' first released record The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Word is LOVE from One-Sided Love Affair
Option 2: Author's initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 325
Books Read: 24
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 13
Mod
Read a book that has 3 and 5 in the page count. The book must be new to you.
read Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Grace: A True Story
352 pages
book is new to me.
points this post 20
total points 630
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
I chose to read The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais and commented in the discussion at post #23.
Total points so far: 670
Mod
Book 1: Read a book with a term in the title or subtitle from this list of differences between American and British English from list
used words Vacation and Holiday
read How to Ruin the Holidays
book 2
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that is spelled differently in the two languages
used word favor vs favour
read A Simple Favor
points this post 25
total points 655
Barbara ★30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Option 1:
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles).
The September House - Carissa Orlando 11/6
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
All the Crooked Saints - Maggie Stiefvater 11/5
(M & S in SepteMber)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 440
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Task 20.5 - Insiyah's Task: Pre-LovedRead a book that has 3 and 5 in the page count. The book must be new to you.
A Stopover in Venice (2008) by Kathryn Walker (Paperback 305 pages)
Pagecount: 305
This book is a new-to-me book.
225 + 20 = 245
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 225 + 20 = 245
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5,140
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ROBIN P30.5 Nick KY's Task: True chills
500 p minimum
Option 1. Biography, autobiography, memoir
Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
**Claiming 1 BB point, 672 p**
**Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction
Option 4. Cold or Frozen in title
An Old, Cold Grave - 352 p
Total pages - 1024
Points this post: 30
Total points: 775
BB:6 GO:8 IAF:9
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Challenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 3: A Halloween Homicide by Tonya Kappes
Points this post: 20
Total points: 450
Task completed: 29