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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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10.10 - Women in SportMPG Sports, about a female athlete: Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team by Elise Hooper
Points this post: 10
Total points: 775
Kim O15.1 Golden Age of Television
Book 1: Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these famous movie/television stars: James Stewart, John Wayne , Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Kirk Douglas, Shirley McClaine, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Natalie Wood, Doris Day, Lucille Ball, Susan Hayward.
Life is Messy Non-fiction. The star is Grace Kelly.
Book 2 : Read a book featuring a movie or television celebrity
All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business Non-fiction
Points this task: 15
It's a Fact tickets: 2
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Totals:
Points: 155
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 2
It's a Fact: 4
Task 30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn MonthsOption 1: TWO book task - OCTOBER
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles).
The End of October: A Novel
Date Read: 14/11/23
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
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh - T & O are in October
Date Read: 30/11/23
485 Points
7 GO
Correction of original post #1773Task 25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)
Option 3: Hopelessly Devoted To You
PINKLADIES
Discount Armageddon
Date Read: 04/11/23
Option 5: Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay
It's Raining On Prom Night - word NIGHT
Night Shield
Date Read: 18/11/23
510 points
7 GO
EMurphy5.10 As Easy as Falling off a Log - Book of your choice Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 460
Books Read: 35
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 7
Tasks Completed: 22
All done! Thank you moderators!
Barbara ★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 - in the table on this page.
Twelve Angry Librarians - Miranda James 11/6
(English mad - British angry)
Book 2: 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. It doesn't have to be one of the example words given (e.g. you can use any word that ends in -our in British and -or in American, not only color/colour), but it must relate to one of the 8 rules listed below. You can use the word from either language. "variations that maintain the rule and meaning of the word are allowed, e.g. coloured, colorful, analysing, kilometer"
Required: state the word and rule used.
Belle Manor Haunting - Cheryl Bradshaw 11/30
(MANOR fits -our (British) vs. -or (American) rule)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 685
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.9 - How to Save a Language
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
Title contains a word of 4 or more letters in One million wELSH SPEakers.
Link to MMP edition: Hopeless: Tocando el cielo
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 320 points
Tasks completed: 20
I would like to unclaim post 1774Task 5.6 - We've Got Reading Down to a Fine Art
Word:Death
Art piece: Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio
Death in Her Hands
Date Read: 12/11/23
470 points
6 GO
Points 505
Task 25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon GoOption 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.
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh - O & M are in pokémon
Date Read: 12/11/23
Book 2: Read a book with a type* of Pokémon in the title (no subtitle). The word must match exactly. - Word: fire
Diamond Fire
Date Read: 11/11/23
530 points
7 GO
Task 10.3 - Great ExhibitionRead a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Date Read: 22/11/23
540 points
7 GO
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.1 - Earning a Ph.D.
Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Option A - Title contains a word of 3+ letters that can be formed from the letters docTorATe of pHilosophy (THAT)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Well, That Was Unexpected
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 340 points
Tasks completed: 21
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.6 - In Pursuit of Trivia
The Coworker by Freida McFadden
Opt 1 - The cover has six distinct different colours (Blue, Grey, Red, Violet, Brown, Green) -
76.6% Blue
12.3% Grey
2.5% Red
2.4% Red
1.9% Grey
1.8% Blue
0.8% Violet
0.7% Brown
0.7% Brown
0.3% Green
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 360 points
Tasks completed: 22
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.10 - It's My Party!
Book 1 -
Mouth to Mouth by Erin McCarthy
Option 1 - The title contains at least two words of four or more letter that begin with the same first letter. (M)
Book 2 -
The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden
Option 4 - Thriller MPG
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 385 points
Tasks completed: 23
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger
This is a book of my choice that meets SRC rules.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 390 points
Tasks completed: 24
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 – Back to School
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Dark Academia shelf. I read Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, from page 1 of the list.
Total points so far: 850
Bookwrm526Task #25.5 - Lois' Task: Hear! Here!
Choose a set of homophones and read two books, each with one of your chosen homophones in the title. I chose the homophones TWO and TOO.
Book 1: TOO - I read You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat.
Book 2: TWO - I read It Takes Two to Mango by Carrie Doyle.
Total points so far: 875
Amy B30.5 - Nick KY's Task: True Chills
Read two books from two different options. The total page count must be 500+ pages.
Required: state the options.
Opt. 1. Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir. The book must be nonfiction (NOT a biographical novel).
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X - 466 pages
Opt. 2. Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list:
Psychological Horror Books
Required: State what page of the list your book is found on.
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh - 304 pages - on page 5 of the list
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 690 Points
Amy B30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
For this task you will be reading 2 books based on the postal abbreviations for US states listed here: https://www.50states.com
Choose either Option 1 or Option 2 and read both books for that option.
Required: State the option.
Required: Identify the STATE and Abbreviation when posting.
OPTION 1
BOTH books require single authors only and use FIRST and LAST initials only (ignore any other names).
Choose one state's abbreviation and read:
a) A book whose author initials are also the state's abbreviation
The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela (LA - Louisiana)
and
b) A book whose author's initials reverse the state's abbreviation
Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie (AL - Alabama)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 720 Points
Kristen IA30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
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 1 - Read a new-to-you book from the first 20 pages of the Fae Book Shelf https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fae
Required: State the page of the list the book is on and that the book is new-to-you.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett - 324 pages - Page 2 of list
This book is new to me.
Option 4 -
B - Salt Lake City: Read a book with a page count that has two consecutive numbers in its digits (ex. 236 or 412)
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith - 236 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have posted the PB edition.
324 + 236 = 560 pages > 500 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 490/950
Tasks Completed: 24/56
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 5
I'm so sorry I forgot to post my readerboard name before in post 2137. I've included it here in this re-post.RACHEL CA
5.10 As Easy as Falling Off a Log Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Night Raven by Johan RundbergPoints this post: 5
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 14
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 2
RACHEL CA15.01 Golden Age of Television:
a) 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, but must match exactly. James Stewart, ...etc.
Last Night at the Lobster, by Stewart O'Nan: Stewart O'Nan shares a name with James Stewartb) Book 2 : Read a book featuring a movie or television celebrity
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, by Alan Rickman: Alan Rickman, actorPoints this post: 15
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.6 - It's A Fact - EmilyGraceR's Task: In Pursuit of Trivia
Option 1: She Wouldn't Change a Thing
29.8 %#ccc8ddGrey
27.4 %#e7b9b7Pink
21.0 %#000c09Black
13.6 %#113931Green
4.6 %#616869Grey
1.1 %#622f6aViolet
0.9 %#8d706bBrown
0.9 %#3d2345Violet
0.5 %#195868Blue
0.3 %#885264Violet
Totals
Points: 220
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Completed: 19
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RACHEL CA15.06 Classic Horror vs. New Horror: Read a book that appears in one of these blog posts. Scary Reading Recommendations Based on Classic Horror Novels, The 60 Most Popular Horror Books of the Past Five Years
Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia from Scary Reading RecommendationsPoints this post: 15
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 2
RACHEL CA20.07 Shorter is Sweeter - KSMary's Task: Season of Change
Option 2: Read a book with red, gold, purple, gray, white, black or silver in the title, subtitle, series name or author’s name.
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World, by Christian Cooper, black is in the subtitle. Claiming "It's a Fact" ticket for this memoir.Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 18
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 3
Readerboard Name: Kathy P25.5 - Lois' Task: Hear! Here!
Book 1: Which Witch?
Accelerated Readings Information
Which Witch?
Ibbotson, Eva
AR Quiz No. 48260 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP
Book 2:
How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great NewsWords are Witch and Which
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket for How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great News
Totals
Points: 245
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Completed: 21
Readerboard Name: Kathy P25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon Go
Option 1:
Book 1: Rediscover the Saints: Twenty-Five Questions That Will Change Your Life
Author: Matthew Kelly
Book 2: River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey
Word used is FIRE.
Claiming 2 It's a fact tickets (1 for each book)
Totals
Points: 270
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 12
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Total Books Completed: 23
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
Wholehearted FaithClaiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 275
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books Completed: 24
RACHEL CA5.09 How to Save a Language: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title found in ONE MILLION WELSH SPEAKERS. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus Lessons is the wordPoints this post: 5
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 3
RACHEL CA10.03 Great Exhibition: authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
A World of Curiosities, by Louise Penny LPPoints this post: 10
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 3
Lisa MD20.3 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to Interpretation
Option 2 - New State
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
360 pages
Set almost entirely in Virginia
(Virginia is not listed in the metadata or book description, but it is listed as the setting in the first book in this series, here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...}
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 265
Total Books Read: 21 / 77
Total Tasks Completed: 18 / 56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing AbacoOption 1, author from Australian Authors list (page 7, #641): Paper Chains by Nicola Moriarty
Option 3, #2 in a series: The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis (Sunrise Cove #2)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 800
Final post for the season. THANK YOU, moderators!
Lisa MD20.2 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to Interpretation
Option 1:
The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey
368 pages
MPG: Romance
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 285
Total Books Read: 22 / 77
Total Tasks Completed: 19 / 56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Lisa MD5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
Listen To Me by Tess Gerritsen
307 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 290
Total Books Read: 23 / 77
Total Tasks Completed: 20 / 56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Lisa MD5.9 - How to Save a LanguageAs Easy as Falling
The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
302 pages
Title Word: Lies - found in ONE MILLION WELSCH SPEAKERS
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 295
Total Books Read: 234/ 77
Total Tasks Completed: 21 / 56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
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Book of choice: Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Points this post: 5
Total points: 765