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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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trishhartuk5.6 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 the list
Death by Beach Read, Eva Gates
"Death" from Death of the Virgin, Caravaggio and Death of Sardanapalus, Eugène Delacroix
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 660
Tasks Completed: 38
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Mod
Book 1
Sunrise by Susan May Warren / SUSAN in list
Book 2
Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other by Bethany Turner / TV celebrity main character
Points this post: 15
Total points: 385
Mod
Option 4
Sunburst by Susan May Warren / MPG Suspense
Option 4
Reykjavík: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jonasson / MPG Thriller
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410
Mod
Option 1-1
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs / OCTOBER in title
Option 1-2
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree / TB in October
Points this post: 30
Total points: 440
25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)Book 1: Carry Me Home
Option 1: MPG Romance & only 2 people on the cover
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 372 pages.
Book 2: Touch the Lightning
Option 5: Lightning is in the song title Greased Lightnin‘
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 244 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 170
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPTOption B
Book: Into the Tempest
How it fits: lightning on the cover
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 234 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Rockynook10.2 - Audrey Hepburn
Read a book that has a word matching a Hepburn film
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
Film: Secret People; Word: Secret
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Rockynook20.1 - Earning a Ph.D.
Option B: read a book with author initials in TEACHING AND LEARNING
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
teaching and leARning
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Rockynook20.5 - Pre-Loved
Read a new-to-you book that has 3 and 5 in the page count.
She Started It by Sian Gilbert
This book is new to me
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Rockynook20.6 - In Pursuit of Trivia
option 2: read a book with author initials in TRIVIAL PURSUIT
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
trivial puRSuit
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing AbacoBook 1: Rule of Wolves
Option 3 - #2 in the King of Scars series
I read the ebook. The paperback edition has 592 pages.
Book 2: King of Scars
Option 4 - abaco in king Of sCArs by leigh BArdugo
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 528 pages.
I’d like to claim 2 big book tickets.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 215
Big book tickets this post: 2
Total big book tickets: 4
Rockynook30.1 - Board Gaming in the Fall!
option 3: read a book that is part of a series
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
option 4: read a book with MPG mystery
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 100
30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!Book 1: The Extraordinaries
Option 3 - part of The Extraordinaries series
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 400 pages.
Book 2: My Sister's Grave
Option 4 - MPG Mystery
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 410 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 245
Kristina Marie5.3 - Hot off the Press
Read a book first published in 1927 or earlier.
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
First published in 1918.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 715
Task 5.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe InRead a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in ROSA PARKS. - S.S.
The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia
Date Read: 03/11/23
480 points
7 GO
30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn MonthsOption 1: TWO book task (SEPTEMBER)
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles).
a week in SEPTEMBER by Peter Rees & Sue Langford
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
The Suitcase Baby by Tanya Bretherton
author's initials, TB, found in sepTemBer
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 690
Barbara ★25.10 - RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
Option 1: In honor of Dear Dead Days, read a book with a title that contains at least two words of four or more letters. All of the 4+ letter words must begin with the same first letter.
Hidden Huntress - Danielle L. Jensen 11/20
(Hidden and Huntress, 4+ letters, both starts with H)
Option 4: Keep in the Halloween spirit by reading a book with MPG Paranormal, Horror, Suspense, or Thriller
Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy - Hailey Piper 9/24
(MPG Horror)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 465
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
ROBIN PNickels and Dimes - Julia 103's Task: Loose Change
Name of monetary unit in title
One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America - quarter
**Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 865
BB:6 GO:9 IAF:11
MEGS20.2 - 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. (Historical OK as per help thread post message 14)
Us Conductors - MPG Historical
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
GO Tix: 1
5.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe InAuthor's initials in ROSA PARKS: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Points this post: 5
Total points: 585
10.3 - Great ExhibitionAuthor's initials in CRYSTAL PALACE: Once Upon a Grind by Cleo Coyle
Points this post: 10
Total points: 595
15.10 Fall BackFirst published in September, October, or November 2022: The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken, published October 4, 2022
Points this post: 15
Total points: 610
25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)Option 1, MPG Romance and 2 people on the cover: The Starfish Sisters by Barbara O'Neal
Option 4, title word with from this list of words with multiple meanings https://word-lists.com/word-lists/100...
The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
The word is Club.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 635
Mod
Read a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
Jog On: How Running Saved My Life
The book has MPG Sports and was written by/is about Bella's running
The book is non-fiction so I claim an It's a Fact ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 340+ 10 = 350
Total Tasks Completed: 22
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 10+1=11
Amy B5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
System Collapse by Martha Wells
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 580 Points
Amy B25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)
Choose two books that fit the options below:
Option 3: Hopelessly Devoted To You
Read a book with a two word title, where the first letters of both words can be found in either TBIRDS or PINKLADIES
Required: state which of the phrases TBIRDS or PINKLADIES you used.
The Idiot by Elif Batuman (TBIRDS)
Option 5: Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay
Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that matches a word in one of the song titles.
https://www.discogs.com/master/97901-...
Required: State the word and the song.
Violets Are Blue by James Patterson (Blue Moon)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 605 Points
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
I chose option 3 and spun a FOUR.
Book A: read a book with AT LEAST a three-letter word in the title (excluding the, and) that shares a word with one of the seasons episodes from this list. I chose Season 4, Episode 6, "The Irish Pub Formulation". Using the word IRISH, I read Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor.
Book B: read a book whose number in a series corresponds to the season number you spun. I read The Lights Go Out in Lychford by Paul Cornell, Book 4 in the Lychford series.
Total points so far: 795
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
A) Read a book with a title word of 3+ letters that can be formed from the letters in DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY.
A ROYAL Pain, Rhys Bowen (207pg)
ROYAL: doctORAte of phiLosophY
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 680
Tasks Completed: 39
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
MEGS20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
Option C: Read a book where the main character is a teacher, a professor, or a student.
Deephaven - main character is a student
MPG Graphic Novel - 288 pages
MPG Middle Grade - IL:MG, BL:6.0, AR:8.0
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Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 70
Golden Oldies: 1
MEGS10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Read a book that is number 4, number 5 or number 1 in a series.
Under the Never Sky - Under the Never Sky #1
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Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 80
Golden Oldies: 1
MEGS5.6 - 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
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two - "child" matches with "Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle"
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Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 85
Golden Oldies: 1
MEGS20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
Option 1: Read a book with six distinct different colours on the cover
- according to TinEye, the cover contains: black, grey, green, brown, blue and red.**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Becoming Kin (nonfiction)**
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Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 105
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Sarah E30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Option 1: Using SEPTEMBER
Book 1: September Song
I read an ebook, top hardcover - there are no PBs or MMPBs - September Song
Book 2: All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Total Points: 260
Sarah E30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
Using Mississippi - MS
OPTION 1
Book A: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Drhtaj
Book B: An Unwelcome Quest by Scott Meyer
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is An Unwelcome Quest
Total Points: 290
Kathy KS30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
Required: Identify the STATE and Abbreviation when posting.
OPTION 2- Choose one state's abbreviation and read:
a) Read a book with a two word title whose title words begin with the letters of the state abbreviation going forwards
System Collapse by Martha Wells
State: South Carolina - SC
I listened to an audiobook; pb-256 p. (no mmpb)
b) Read a book with a two word title whose title words begin with the reverse
City Spies by James Ponti
State: South Carolina - SC; Reverse: CS
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
I listened to an audiobook; pb-400 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 495
Tasks completed: 23/52
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
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2023 SRC
10.10 - Women in Sport
Read a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
Last Girl Breathing - the female MC is an Olympic athlete
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 305
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 8
30.2 – Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn MonthsChosen Month: SEPTEMBER
Option 2: Read one 500+ page book with September in the title and the author's initials in September.
September by Rosamunde Pilcher
Page count: 631
**Claiming 1 Big Book ticket**
New Points: 30
Total Points: 30
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(0), IaF(0)
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Total page count of the two books must be at least 500 pages.
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
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Page 19 of List ; this book is new to me
I read as an ebook; pb=296 p. (no mmpb)
Option 4B - Read a book with a page count that has two consecutive numbers in its digits
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Pages: 343
Total pages: 296+343=639 (>500)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 495-30=465
Tasks completed: 23/52-1=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
Kathy KS30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season and read one book for each of the tasks below.
Chosen Month: October
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles).
Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
OCTOBER= ORBiTal rEsOnanCe
Book 2: The author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
TB= ocToBer
I read as an ebook; pb=296 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 495
Tasks completed: 23/52
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
EMurphy30.2 Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months - Month being used is October
Option 1: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
*It's a Fact Ticket
Option 2: Author has first and last initials found in chosen month The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 375
Books Read: 27
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 5
Tasks Completed: 15
5.9 – How to Save a LanguageSimply Lies by David Baldacci
4-letter word in title, LIES, found in onE mILlion welSh speakers
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 695
INESTask 15.10 : Fall back
Read a book first published in Sept./Oct./Nov. 2022
Vivre Fluide: Quand les femmes s'émancipent de l'hétérosexualité (Sept. 2022)
Points this post = 15
Total points = 80
Joanne MI20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - KSMary's Task: Season of Change
Option 1 – Read a book with a main character who is a military service member, a veteran or who is an attorney (or equivalent legal role such as a barrister, advocate etc.) - the character may be actively practicing or retired. Books may be either fiction or non-fiction.
The Winds of War
Claiming 2 BB's @ 888 pages
Points this task 20
BB's this task 2
Season Points 245
Total BB;s 6
Total IAF 7
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Option 2: The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coats
Beach: WHISPERING Sands Beach
272 pages
Option 3B: But Knot for Me: A Yarn Retreat Mystery #8 by Betty Hechtman
230 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 620
Task completed: 38
Delicious Dee25.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 1
Book A - Killer Music - the main character is Cooper Harrington - Cooper for Sheldon Cooper
Book B - Academ's Fury - Jim Butcher - Jim Butcher for Jim Parsons; claiming 1 big book ticket - book was 702pgs
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 755
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Kai10.6 Dictionary
BOOK 1
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"
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M.C. Beaton
DEATH
ADicTionaryoftHeEnglishlanguage
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 17
Total Points: 285
Kristen IA15.3 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. - REQUIRED: State the word - Blue from Blue Suede Shoes
Book 2: Read a book with an authors initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL - All initials must be used.
Blue Hawaiian by Carla Luna
I read the ebook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 370/950
Tasks Completed: 20/56
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 5
Amy FL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 1: The Sound of Rain - RAIN in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 820
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-Loved
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook - 355 pages in paperback edition; book was new to me
Points this post: 20
Total points: 840
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Challenge 15.9 Space Exploration
Star Trek, Volume 1 by Mike Johnson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 590
Task completed: 37