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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
EMurphy10.7 Guinness - Cover that is 70% or more black and white and gray
by Darcey Bell*98.4% gray
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket:
Total:
Points: 430
Books Read: 32
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 6
Tasks Completed: 19
Delicious Dee20.3 - Best Review - Michelle in Alaska’s Task: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.
Option 5 - Unholy Magic - found on pg7 and I listened to the audiobook (Bahni Turpin is a fav narrator of mine)
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 900
Its a Fact Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Andy P.Task # 15.1 Golden Age of Television
Book 1: Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these famous movie
End of the Tiger and Other Stories by John D. MacDonald John matches John Wayne
Book 2 : Read a book featuring a movie or television celebrity What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey Even I who rarely watches TV knows Oprah.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 880.
StaceyNC5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Book: Queen of Shadows
Completed: 9/22/23
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed: 23
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.4: Going Home:
Option 3B: Someone Else's Daughter: Book I by Linsey Lanier on adoption list page 1, #30. 284 pages.
Option 4A: Twelve Drummers Drumming by C. C. Benison. Page number 400 has 2 consecutive 0s.
Total pages - 284 + 400 = 684 > 500 required.
Totals: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 165
Books: 9
Tasks: 8
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
StaceyNC25.9 - Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 1: Horror
Read a book with the MPG Horror.
Book: How to Sell a Haunted House
Completed: 10/19/23
Pages: 419
Option 3: Psychological Thriller
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this shelf: Psychological Thrillers
Book: The Paris Apartment
Completed: 11/2/23
Page 2 of List
Pages: 360
Total Pages: 779
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed: 24
Theresa10.6 - Dictionary
A Cottage by the Sea by Ciji Ware
word - cottage
Points this post - 10
Total points - 90
Kristina Marie25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon Go
Choose an option
Required:Indicate the option you are using
Option 1: TWO book task
Book 1: A book where authors first and last initials can be found in “Pokémon Go”. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
I Feel Like the Morning Star by Gregory Maguire
Gregory Maguire's initials can be found in Pokémon Go.
Book 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
Force of Fire by Sayantani DasGupta
AR BookFinder Information: IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11.0
Force of Fire has the word fire for fire Pokémon.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 840
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.1: Board gaming in the fall:
Option 3: The Bat by Jo Nesbo is number 1 in the Harry Hole series.
Option 4: Cicada Spring by Christian Galacar has MPG Mystery.
Totals: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 195
Books: 11
Tasks: 9
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Theresa10.10 - Women In Sport
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this post - 10
Total points - 100
Theresa15.1 - Golden Age of Television
Book 1 - All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
name - James (James Stewart)
Book 2 - The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin
Points this post - 15
Total points - 115
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.10: It's my party:
Option 1: The Song of the Sirin by Nikolas Kotar. All 4+ letter words in title start with S: SONG SIREN.
Option 4: Waist Deep by Frank Zafiro has MPGs Suspense and Thriller.
Totals: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 220
Books: 13
Tasks: 10
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Kristina MarieUNCLAIMING
20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
C) Read a book where the main character is a teacher, a professor, or a student.
Required: If the character's occupation is not evident from the GR blurb, provide a reference.
Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman
The main characters are students, "in this volume we’ll see the Heartstopper gang go on a school trip to Paris."
Kristina Marie20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
For this task, read a book that satisfies one of the following options.
Required: State which option you chose when posting.
B) 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.
Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams
Audiobook. The MMPB has 277 pages.
Ellery Adams' initials can be found in TEACHING AND LEARNING.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 840
Kristina Marie5.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe In
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in ROSA PARKS.
Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman
Alice Oseman's initials can be found in ROSA PARKS.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 845
10.3 - Great ExhibitionChildren of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters
Author initials in CRYSTAL PALACE
Total points: 90
10.9 - Fahrenheit 451The Girl in His Shadow
#1 in the Nora Beady series
Total points for Fall: 100
Thanks, all!
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.4: Sailing Abaco:
Option 3: Dead Men Don't Crochet by Betty Hechtman, #2 in Crochet Mystery series.
Option 4: Mastering the Art of French Murder: A Charming New Parisian Historical Mystery by Colleen Cambridge has all letters ABACO in title and author name:
mAstering the Art of french murder, COleen camBridge.
Totals: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 245
Books: 15
Tasks: 11
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9: ChatGPT:
Option B: The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton has SNOW on the cover. Number of pages: 359 > 250 required.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 265
Books: 16
Tasks: 12
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Oops, one more I forgot to add.20.5 - Bigger is Better - Insiyah's Task: Pre-Loved
The Bandit Queens - 352 pages
3 and 5 in page count
Final total: 120
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.1: Earning a Ph.D.:
Option A: Stardoc by S. L. Viehl has all the title letters STARDOC in
DOCToRAte of philoSophy.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 285
Books: 17
Tasks: 13
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.9: Fahrenheit 451: An Act of Murder by Mary Angela is #1 in the Professor Prather series.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 295
Books: 18
Tasks: 14
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.7: Guinness: The Paris Package by A. W. Hartoin is 95+ % black, grey and white according to Tineye.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 305
Books: 19
Tasks: 15
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.6: Dictionary: The Cavanaugh House by Elizabeth Meyette has all letters of HOUSE in a dictiOnary of tHE engliSh langUage.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 315
Books: 20
Tasks: 16
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Delicious Dee50.1 Angela IL's Task: Sort by...
Option 1 - Monk's Hood - this was my oldest book shelved - I added it to Goodreads on June 1, 2010
Option 4 - In Farleigh Field
Option 5 - About a Girl
Points this Post: 50
Points Total: 950
Its a Fact Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.3: Great exhibition: Death in the English Countryside by Sara Rosett. Author intials SR can be found in cRyStal palace.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 325
Books: 21
Tasks: 17
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.2: Audrey Hepburn: Baby, Species Intervention #6609 by J. K. Accini. Word in title BABY can be found in movie title monte carlo BABY.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 335
Books: 22
Tasks: 18
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.10: As easy as falling off a log: The Weedless Widow by Deborah Morgan.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 340
Books: 23
Tasks: 19
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.9: How to save a language: Real Murders by Charlaine Harris. Word in title REAL can be found in one million weLsh spEAkeRs.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 345
Books: 24
Tasks: 20
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.8: Sit down for what you believe in: Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina. Author initials SA can be found in roSA parks.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 350
Books: 25
Tasks: 21
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.6: We've got reading down to a fine art: Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings. Word in title DYING can be found in DYING slave by Michelangelo.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 355
Books: 26
Tasks: 22
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
25.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and MoreBook 1, a word of 4 letters in the title: Sand Dollar Lane by Sheila Roberts
The word is Sand.
Book 2, a title word of 5 or more letters that contains the 4 letters in the word from the title of Book 1: The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry
The word is Muscadines.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 735
25.7 - MegSCL's Task: It's Called Autumn!!Book 1, a term in the title from the list of differences between American and British English (https://www.thoughtco.com/american-en...
Sweet Tea B&B by Rachel Hanna
The word is Sweet.
Book 2, title word spelled differently in the two languages: The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
Both Neighbor and Favor qualify under the -our vs. -or rule.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 760
Kim O20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
C) Read a book where the main character is a teacher, a professor, or a student.
Painting Time
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 140
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 2
It's a Fact: 2
PAULA S20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 3: Read a book with MPG Halloween
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/900
PAULA S30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Option 1: Read a new-to-you book from the first 20 pages of the Fae Book Shelf
found on page 2 of list
I have never read this book before - it is new to me
I read the Kindle edition; PB link for reference (no MMPB): Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Paperback, 352 pages
Option 4A - San Diego: Read a book with a page count that has two of the same digits next to each other
I read the Kindle edition; MMPB link for reference: Artists in Crime
Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages
Total page count of the two books must be at least 500 pages: 352 + 288 > 500
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 50/900
Inge199025.1 - Andy P.’s Task: “Eat Your Words”
In hope this goes correctly as this task even with the help thread had me bamboozeld :P
hungry word: cage The Gilded Cage
eaten word: our
new word: courage The Book of Courage
total pages count: 606 pages
point this post: 25
Total points: 335
PAULA S30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
Option 3: Read a book that is part of series.
Roderick Alleyn #8
I read the Kindle edition: MMPB link for reference: Overture To Death
Option 4: Read a book with MPG Mystery or any MPG with Mystery included (cozy mystery, Mystery Thriller, Murder Mystery)
I read the Kindle edition; PB link for reference (no MMPB): Elementary, She Read
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80/900
PAULA S25.10 - RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
books with MPG comics/manga/etc are okay for this task
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.
Chapter and Curse
both 4+ letter words start with C
I read the Kindle edition; MMPB for reference: Chapter and Curse
Option 2: It's my party! Read a book by the author of a book I've rated 5 stars
Using Brian K. Vaughan (comics)
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 105/900
trishhartuk10.1 Singing in the Rain
Read a book with an umbrella on the cover.
The Paper Magician, Charlie N. Holmberg
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (Japanese): here (334pg). Top PB (English): here (222pg)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 770
Tasks Completed: 44
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 4
Kathy KS20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2023 season.
I read: Books Turned Into TV Shows: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
My discussion is found at Message 22
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-509
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket** Pages: 509
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 620
Tasks completed: 27/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 5
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
EMILYGRACER15.4 I spy a pie
Option 1: word: SWEET. I read Sweet Talk by Cara Bastone
Option 2: Begin Again by Helly Acton 416 pages
Mod
Read a book set at least 50% in China
read The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan
points this post 5
total points 890
Mod
Read a book with coffee beans or a cup/mug on the cover. This may be a ceramic, glass, or takeaway coffee cup
read
points this post 5
total points 895
Mod
ead a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
read Carrie Soto Is Back
points this post 10
total points 905
Mod
Read a book set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station
read Immunity
points this post 15
total points 920
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10.6 Dictionary - Word of 4 or more letters in the title that can be made from A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
*Word used is LETTERS
**GO Ticket - published in 1942
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 420
Books Read: 31
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 6
Tasks Completed: 18