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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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Kathy KS30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Total page count of the two books must be at least 500 pages.
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” Death at Charity's Point by William G. Tapply
Beach: Point Loma (POINT approved in task help message 9)
I read as an ebook; mmpb-240 p.
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: 240+343=583 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 525
Tasks completed: 24/52
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
ROBIN P10.2 Audrey Hepburn
4+ ltr word from movie title in book title
American Love Story
listened to audio, linked mmpb
Points this post: 10
Total points: 875
BB:6 GO:9 IAF:11
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2023 SRC
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
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).
snow on coverPoints this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 325
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 8
ROBIN P10.4 America's Cup
Set at least 70% on boat/ship/sea
The Plover - almost exclusively on a boat in the Pacific
Points this post: 10
Total points: 885
BB:6 GO:9 IAF:11
Andy P.Task # 25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon Go
Book 1: A book where authors first and last initials can be found in “Pokémon Go”
Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter K and P in Pokeman
Book 2: Read a book with a type* of Pokémon in the title
[book:Haunted Ground by Erin Hart
Ground is one of the types.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 755
Angela IL25.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and More
Book 1 – There is at least one word of exactly 4 letters in the title (not subtitle).
Nearer Than The Sky by T.Greenwood- 11/22
Read Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB version: Nearer Than the Sky
Word: Than
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.
Sweethand by N.G. Peltier- 11/18
Read Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB version:Sweethand
Word: Sweethand
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 400
Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 19
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
Barbara ★25.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 1
Book A: The Big Bang Theory introduced us to the characters of Sheldon Cooper, Leonard Hofstadter, Penny, Howard Wolowitz, Bernadette Rostenkowski and Amy Farrah Fowler.
Read a book where the MAIN character shares a name part with one of the BBT bunch.
Fragile - Lisa Unger 9/19
(MC is Maggie Cooper as shown in the character list)
(Matches Sheldon Cooper)
Book B: The BBT bunch were played by Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Simon Helberg, Melissa Rauch
Read a book by a SINGLE author, who shares a name part with one of the main actors from the Big Bang Theory.
Abounding Might - Melissa McShane 11/22
(matches Melissa Rauch)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 490
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
trishhartuk15.6 Classic Horror VS New Horror
Read a book that appears in one of these blog posts...The 60 Most Popular Horror Books of the Past Five Years.
Bunny, Mona Awad (373pg)
First book on the second row of the “60 Most Popular Horror Books of the Past Five Years” post.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 695
Tasks Completed: 40
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
5.3 - Hot off the PressRead a book first published in 1927 or earlier.
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
First published in 1910
Point this Post: 5
Total Points: 350
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for The Getting of Wisdom (first published: 1910)**
GOs this post: 1
Total GOs to date: 3
Total IAFs to date: 3
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.
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
365 pages
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 370
Total GOs to date: 3
Total IAFs to date: 3
25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)Option 1: Summer Nights
Read a book with the MPG Romance that has exactly TWO people on the cover. Animals, etc. are okay, but only two people
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
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.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
BORN to Hand-Jive
Point this Post: 25
Total Points: 395
Total GOs to date: 3
Total IAFs to date: 3
Mary P25.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 3: Book 1: 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.
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
The word used- Pirate Season 3. The Pirate Solution
Book 2: Read a book whose number in a series corresponds to the season number you spun.
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
Book 3 in the series, Season 3
Points this post: 25
Total points: 205
Amy B30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
For this 2 book task choose two different options (for options with an A or B you must choose only one sub-option). Total page count of the two books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 3
Required: State the sub-option.
A - Read a book from this list of “Must Read Books About Sisters”
https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-bo...
Required: state the number your book was on the list
Wise Children by Angela Carter- #16 on list (234 pages)
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)
Required: State the sub-option.
Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett (288 pages)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 635 Points
Christine V20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-Loved
Storm Front
I read the indicated Kindle edition. The top MMPB Storm Front has 355 pages. This book was new to me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 0
Kai15.4 I Spy Fall Pie
OPTION 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
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
BOOK 2
Read a book with at least 2 page numbers from 314. Order does not matter.
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
144 pages
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 18
Total Points: 300
Mai10.2 - Audrey Hepburn
Book's title has a word of >=4 letters in the title of one of her movies: "Secret" as in "Secret People"
Secret Invasion by Brian Michael Bendis
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 500
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 40
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai5.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe In
Author’s first and last initials in ROSA PARKS
Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 505
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 41
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Sarah E25.5 - Lois' Task: Hear! Here!
Homophone #71: AIR/HEIR
Book 1: Castle in the Air
AR Bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 11.0
Book 2: The Heir
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is La heredera
Total Points: 315
Sarah E25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon Go
Option 1: TWO books
Book 1: Author initials in “POKémon Go”.
Marzahn, Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Marzahn, mon amour
Book 2: DARK in title
A Shot in the Dark
I read kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is A Shot in the Dark
Word used: DARK
Total Points: 340
Andy P.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
Mad River by John Sandford Mad is the American word for what the British call Angry
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. Spelling rules:
-our (British) vs. -or (American) eg. colour vs. color
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
Points this post: 25
Total points: 780
Amy FL25.5 - Lois' Task: Hear! Here!
#64 - See and Sea
See It End
The House by the Sea
Points this post: 25
Total points: 895
25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: “Eat Your Words”THIS eats EVE to make THIEVES
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir - 320 pages
Hungry word: THIS
****Requesting 1 IAF for non-fiction****
City of Thieves- 248 pages
320+258>500
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 625
BB: 7
IAF: 7
10.2 - Audrey HepburnBook: The Housemaid's Secret
How it fits: „secret“ - movie: Secret People
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 307 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 255
Mai20.10 - Group Reads
I read Dracula by Bram Stoker
Discussion post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*Golden Oldie ticket requested: Book first published 1897*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 42
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Inge199015.10 Fall Back
Read a book first published in September, October, or November 2022
How to Excavate a Heart
point this post: 15
Total points: 310
Mod
Read three books, each from different options. The three books must total at least 750 pages.
Option 1: Read the book that has been on your TBR the longest or the shortest.
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman
I added this to my TBR on 1st Sept 2023
This is non-fiction do I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Pagecount: 480pgs
Option 2: Read the book that has the lowest rating on your TBR or the highest.
Love Him Not
This book was rated 2.85 - and unfortunately it was pretty bad, with the only saving grace being the excellent innovative use of the ebook format to jump around the story. This book is a "choose your own adventure" style, but there is a handy chart on the website which I used to keep track of what I had read and it was quite satisfying to cross of the last few!
I read the ebook, but the Love Him Not paperback has 530 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.
A Christmas in Cornwall
This book is ebook only, but appears in the "approved for length" spreadsheet at line 48. The book came up as the shortest on my list with 109 pages indicated.
480 + 530 + (100?) >750
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 350 + 50 = 400
Total Tasks Completed: 23
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 11+1=12
Mod
Read a book that appears in one of these blog posts.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
This book actually appears on both blogs!
I listened to the audiobook, the MMPB is:
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 400 + 15 = 415
Total Tasks Completed: 24
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 12
Aimee G30.5 - Nick KY's Task: True Chills
Read two books from two different options. The total page count must be 500+ pages.
Option 1: Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir.
What's That Lady Doing? by Lou Sanders
I read the audiobook linked above; no MMP but top rated PB is What's That Lady Doing? at 288 pages
**Claiming one It's a Fact ticket for this book**
Option 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list: Psychological Horror Books
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix, p.3 of the list
Total pages: 288 + 404 = 692
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Points for this task: 30
Total points: 310
BB: 5
GO: 3
IaF: 4
Angela IL50.1 Angela IL's Task: Sort by...
Option 1: Read the book that has been on your TBR the shortest.
Leftovers by Laura Wiess- 11/18
Date Added: January 13, 2008
Option 4: Read a book chosen randomly by the GR generator.
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake- 11/23
Option 5: Read a book that starts with an A or starts with a Z.
I had no Z titles in my TBR and the next book is still on hold at the library and unavailable to me at this time.
You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow- 11/15
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB version: You'd Be Home Now
232 pgs + 402 pgs + 416 pgs= 1050 pgs
Points this Task: 50
Total Points: 450
Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 20
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Terri FL's Task - ChatGPT
Option A - Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road - won the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for non-fiction in 2019; claiming 1 its a fact ticket
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 775
Its a Fact Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Jen K20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Julia103's Task - Loose Change
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Coin: Quarters, USA
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 645
BB: 7
IAF: 7
Jen K20.2 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to Interpretation
Iron Flame
MPG Romance
*** Requesting 1 Big Book ticket @ 623 pages ***
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 665
BB: 8
IAF: 7
Jen K15.10 Fall Back
Demon Copperhead
First published October 18, 2022
*** Requesting 1 Big Book ticket @ 560 pages ***
*****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 680
BB: 9
IAF: 7
Jen K10.10 - Women in Sport
Western Lane
MPG Sports - female squash player
*****
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 690
BB: 9
IAF: 7
Jen K10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
The Rage of Dragons
The Burning #1
*** Requesting 1 Big Book ticket @ 535 pages ***
*****
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 700
BB: 10
IAF: 7
Andy P.Task # 25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 1: Horror
Read a book with the MPG Horror.
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Option 3: Psychological Thriller
Option 3
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this shelf: Psychological Thriller
Verity by Colleen Hoover found on page 1
Points this post: 25
Total points: 805
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.5 Nick KY's Task: True Chills
Option 2: Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
336 pages
Found on page 6 of list
Option 4: Cold Pursuit by Nancy Mehl
336 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 650
Task completed: 39
Mai30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Option 1: TWO book task: September
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade by Peter Weiss
Book 2: The author of your book has first and last initials found in "September"
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 44
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels and Dimes - Julia103's Task - Loose Change
Read a book in which a denomination of coin is found in the title, either in current circulation or one that is no longer used
The ANGEL of the Crows, Katherine Addison
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Tor Trade): here (448pg)
The ANGEL was an English gold coin introduced by Edward IV in 1465 and last minted in 1642: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_(...
Okayed for the task in help thread message #38: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 715
Tasks Completed: 41
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
MaiUnclaim Post #131
15.9 Space Exploration
Read a book set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station
The Left Hand of Dog by Si Clarke
Most of the book takes place on the spaceship Teapot.
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Updated total: 540
Mai15.9 Space Exploration
Read a book set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station
System Collapse by Martha Wells
More than half of the book takes place on the spaceship ART in space as they explore different systems
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 44
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
OPTION 1: Author initials in SJM
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
I listened to an audio, top paperback is Starter Villain - 336 pages
Total Points: 360
Sarah E20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
Option 1: Six colours on cover
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is The Humans
Tineye has six distinct colours - green, yellow, pink, grey, black, and orange
60.5 % #066d70 Green
8.8 % #ede521 Yellow
8.3 % #efe7c5 Pink
8.1 % #44ac93 Green
4.9 % #97a395 Grey
3.7 % #b8b129 Yellow
3.2 % #222520 Black
1.2 % #7b8b38 Green
0.8 % #e95741 Orange
0.5 % #88b241 Green
Total Points: 380
Mai30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
OPTION 1:
State: South Carolina - SC
a) A book whose author initials are also the state's abbreviation
The Left Hand of Dog by Si Clarke
b) A book whose author's initials reverse the state's abbreviation
The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 585
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 46
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Mai25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 1: Horror
Read a book with the MPG Horror.
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
448 pages
Option 2: Urban Fantasy
Author's first and last initials can be found in URBAN FANTASY.
The Solar War by A.G. Riddle
498 pages
The total number of pages of both books is >500
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 610
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 48
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Joanne MI5-8 Sit Down For What You Believe In
first and last initials can be found in ROSA PARKS
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Points this task 5
Total Points 250
IAF 7
BB's 6
Task 15.1 Golden Age of TelevisionBook 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, but must match exactly.
Name: FRANK SINATRA
Wasp (1957) by Eric Frank Russell (Paperback 180 pages)
Book 2: Read a book featuring a movie or television celebrity
If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir (2023) by John Stamos (Hardcover 352 pages) [791.4502]
John Stamos starred on several TV shows, most famously as “Jessie” on “Full House”.
** If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
245 + 15 = 260
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 245 + 15 = 260
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,672
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ROBIN P10.10 Women in Sport
MPG Sport(s) - by or about women
We Ride Upon Sticks - girls' field hockey
approved in help thread
Points this post: 10
Total points: 895
BB:6 GO:9 IAF:11
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.10 - Group Reads
Books Turned Into TV Shows: Magpie Murders - my comment
Points this post: 20
Total points: 860