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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Kristina Marie30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
This is a two book task read one from each option.
Required: State the options
3. Read a book that is part of series.
Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch by Julie Abe
This is book number 2 in the Eva Evergreen series.
AR Information: IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12.0
4. Read a book with MPG Mystery or any MPG with Mystery included (cozy mystery, Mystery Thriller, Murder Mystery).
Sticks & Scones by Diane Mott Davidson
MPG: Mystery
Audiobook. The MMPB has 368 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 125
Kristina Marie10.6 - Dictionary
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"
Required: State the word
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 512 pages.
Into can be found in A Dictionary of the English Language.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Kristina Marie10.8 - Coronation
Read a non fiction book about Royalty.
If the book does not have MPG of Royalty, please state how it meets the criteria/give a reference.
The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson and Martin Dugard
Audiobook. The MMPB has 288. pages.
Tutankhamun was a Pharaoh and was the last of his royal line.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
Andy P.Task # 5.1 – For the Horde!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the above countries. For Korea, both North and South Korea are acceptable.
Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi by Jennifer Barclay
Takes place about 90% in South Korea with the rest in North Korea
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
RACHEL CA20.10 Group Reads Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2023 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz My comment is #14 in the discussion, I think.Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
Nick KY30.1 Jenn Renee’s Board Games
Opt. 4. “Mystery” as GR genre. I read The Alibi Club: A Novel by Francine Mathews.
Opt. 5. City name in the title. I read The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 165
5.5 - Wake Up and Smell the Coffeecoffee beans or a cup/mug on the cover
Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
🎓 she's holding a coffee mug 🎓
Total points: 75 + 5 = 80
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 0
JP15.5 It's a Barbie World
Read a book with a cover that is at least 59% pink.
Moore: Island of the Sequined Love Nun
90.3% pink
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
10.6 - DictionaryThe Secret Pilgrim
Word in title from "A Dictionary of the English Language"
Word is "secret"
Total points: 20
10.3 - Great ExhibitionBook: Muse of Nightmares
How it fits: written by Laini Taylor, initials L, T in crysTaL palace
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 683 pages: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
I’m claiming another big book ticket.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Big book ticket this post: 1
Total # of big book tickets: 2
EMurphy30.5 Nick KY's Task: True Chills
Option 1: Biography, autobiography, or memoir Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
*324 pages
**It's a Fact ticket
Option 2: First 25 pages from Psychological Horror Books list Sundial by Catriona Ward
*Page 1 of list
**320 pages
324+320=644 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Read a book that has 3 and 5 in the page count. The book must be new to you.
I read De onverwachte gast with a page count of 157.
I state the book is new to me
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 105+20=125/950
Tasks completed: 6/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
READ 60 15.3 Rock N Roll One book that fulfills both 1 and 2..Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry The word BLUE from Blue Suede Shoes and the LL
from ROLL
points; 15
total 15
15.9 - Space Exploration Set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station - Read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I don't know the exact percentage that was set on a spaceship, but it seemed like more than 50%. The beginning was on earth and the end was on the planet Magrathea, but the whole main part of the book was on 2 different spaceships, so hopefully this will count.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
Katrisa10.6 - Dictionary
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"
I read Shattered
SHATTERED in A DictTonaRy of THE EngliSh language
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 280
Task 10.4 - America's CupRead a book that is set at least 70% on a boat/ship/at sea - if the setting is not obvious from the GR description, provide a reference.
Over 90% of the novel is set on a pirate ship that is sailing the world’s seas.
Cinnamon and Gunpowder (2013) by Eli Brown (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 336 pages)
35 + 10 = 45
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 35 + 10 = 45
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,052
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.3 - Great ExhibitionTomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters
Previous points 45
This post: 10
Total 55
Task 15.4 - I Spy Fall Pieone book option
APPLE in title, 1 and 3 in page count
Comfort Me with Apples
103 pages
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340 points
4 NF tix
3 BB tix
2 GO tix
MAZZA125.10 - RedSycamore's Task: It's My Party!
Option 1: 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
Canticle Creek
Option 4: Read a book with MPG Paranormal, Horror, Suspense, or Thriller (exact genres only,
Good Girl, Bad Blood MPG Thriller
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 295
Kai25.9 Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
OPTION 2
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.
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
SB
OPTION 3
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this shelf: Psychological Thrillers
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
Page 16
Combined page count must total 500 pages or more.
Old God's Time - 272 pages
The Wicked Girls - 378 pages
Total = 650
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points: 85
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Julia103's Task - Loose ChangeI read De gulden: Geschiedenis van Nederlands nationale munt a Dutch non-fiction book about the history of the Dutch coin "gulden" used in the country The Netherlands.
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for De gulden: Geschiedenis van Nederlands nationale munt (nonfiction)** (translation: The guilder: History of the Dutch national currency)
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 105+20=125/950
Tasks completed: 6/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Task 15.7 - Pink and BluePINK and BLUE in title & series title (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery)
Killer Pancake: A Culinary Murder Mystery
PNK in PaNcKe
I in kIller
B in Bear
LE in kilLEr
U in cUlinary
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355 points
4 NF tix
3 BB tix
2 GO tix
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 Fall Back
Read a book first published in September, October, or November 2022. I read Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk, first published 11/7/22.
Total points so far: 200
MAZZA130.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
USING OCTOBER
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles).
The Bookbinder of Jericho
OC in jeriChO T in the The OBER in BOokbindER
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 Last Devil to Die Richard Osman
Points this post = 30
points to date = 325
Lisa MD20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - KSMary's Task: Season of Change
Option 1: MC in military
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Total Books Read: 5 / 77
Total Tasks Completed: 5 / 57
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
Lisa MD15.4 - I Spy Fall Pie
Option 2: Title contains the word: Pecan, and page count has 2 of the numbers in 314
The Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck
144 pages
🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂🦉🍂
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 85
Total Books Read: 6 / 77
Total Tasks Completed: 6 / 57
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
Andy P.Task # 5.7 – The Evolution of PopSci
Read a book with an MPG of Science
Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future by Gloria Dickie
MPG Nonfiction Science
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
Mod
Read a book that is set at least 70% on a boat/ship/at sea
read The Blue
70 percent or more setting on yacht that is sailing.
pointes this post 10
total points 110
Mod
OPTION 1: NEW OBSESSION
read a book by a single author whose first and last initials match 2 of the 3 initials of my new favorite author: “SJM”.
read Lucky by Marissa Stapley
points this post 20
total points 130
Katrisa10.7 - Guinness
Read a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye
I read Staked
75.2% grey 6.8% white according to Tineye
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 290
Katrisa5.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
Free Choice
I read Scourged
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 295
15.3 Rock ‘N’ Roll is bornOption 1
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 3 letters from a song title from Elvis’ first released record.
The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant #3) by Josephine Tey
word in title, AFFAIR, found in song title, one-sided love AFFAIR
Book 2: Read a book with an authors initials can be found in ROCK N ROLL
Fractured Tide by Leslie Lutz
author's initials, LL, found in rock n roLL
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 150
Mod
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Dark Academia shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The Midnight Library
This is found on page 4 of the list
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45 + 5 = 50
Total Tasks Completed: 4
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Mod
Read a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye
According to TinEye this is 100% grey!
49.7 %#ab9c93Grey
36.7 %#7e6f6bGrey
11.4 %#4f4c41Grey
2.2 %#eae6e1Grey
This is non-fiction so I claim an It's a Fact ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 50 + 10 = 60
Total Tasks Completed: 5
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2+1=3
MEGSCL30.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
Option 1 —- Arkansas ----- AR
The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
TOTAL
155 points
1 IAF ticket
Delicious Dee5.1 – For the Horde!
The Mountains Sing - set entirely in Vietnam
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 75
Boston Kate
25.9 Mary P's Task: My Favorite Fall Genres
Option 1: Becoming the Boogeyman
"Horror" on main page
Option 2: Bookshops & Bonedust
author Travis Baldree's initials (TB) found in URBAN FANTASY
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Erica H.Task 20.1 - Earning a Ph.D.
Option C. Read a book where the main character is a teacher, a professor, or a student.
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Claiming an NF ticket for this book.
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
NF tickets: 1
NAVI15.2 State of Induction
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in a coastal setting.
How it fits: The Wrong Mr. Right is set in Queen's Cove, BC which is a coastal town.
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in wooded, forest , or jungle territory.
How it fits: The Vaster Wilds is set in the wilderness.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
NAVI15.10 Fall Back
Task: Read a book first published in September, October, or November 2022
How it fits: Killers of a Certain Age was first published in September 2022.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Jen K30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Month: November
Option 1:
Book 1: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
EVERyONe in this rooM will someday Be dead
Book 2: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
NoVember
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80
NAVI10.3 - Great Exhibition
Task: Read a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
How it fits: Roomies is by Christina Lauren whose first and last initials can be found in C RYSTA L PALACE
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Readerboard Name: SashaMaeTask# w/ description: 30.4- 2 options
Option 1: Fae Book from List
Book Read With Link:The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
Posting Requirements: Page #1
Option 3B: Book about adopted characters From List
Book: The Language of Flowers
posting requirements: suboption b
BOTH books are new to me
Current Points Total:10
Christiana L10.9 - Fahrenehit 451
A Court of Thorns and Roses (#1 in series)
Points this post: 10
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points: 40
Readerboard Name: SashaMaeTask# w/ description: 15.5 Its a Barbie World: 59% pink
Book Read With Link: The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
Posting Requirements:
Current Points Total:10
Pending Points: 30
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For 20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D. I chose Option A and read One Last Stop. The word LAST is made up of the requisite letters.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 20
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
IAFs: 0