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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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JP5.9 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.
Turgenev: Fathers and sons
SONS is in ONe ... SpeakerS
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Jen K30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home
Option 1: City of Glass
Page 2 of List, this book is new to me
****Requesting 1 BB @ 531 pages ****
Option 4: Thornhedge
116 pages
531+116 > 500
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 110
BB: 1
Jen K30.5 - Nick KY's Task: True Chills
Option 1: Pageboy
MPG: Memoir, 271 pages
Option 3: Exciting Times
“Postcolonialism” list: Postcolonialism Books, Page 3, 243 pages
271+243 > 500
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 140
BB: 1
Rhiannon20.2 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to Interpretation
Option 1 MPG Romance Ninth Key
Points Claimed this post: 20
Total Points: 125/950
Books Read: 8/74
Tasks Completed: 5/56
Jen K10.3 - Great Exhibition
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
cryStaL
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 150
BB: 1
JP20.6 In Pursuit of Trivia
Option 3: Read a NON-FICTION book with one of the following MPGs: History, Geography, Entertainment, Art, Science or Sports.
Harari: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
MPGs include History and Science
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 Golden Age of Television
Book 1: Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these famous movie/television stars listed below I chose the name John (for John Wayne). I read Starter Villain by John Scalzi.
Book 2: Read a book featuring a movie or television celebrity. I read Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade in which both of the main characters are television actors, as stated in the GR description.
Total points so far: 215
5.9 – How to Save a LanguageRead 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.
Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove
Word: MILES
Point this Post: 5
Total Points: 70
Total GOs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 1
10.2 - Audrey HepburnGhost Road Blues
Mpvie: Two for the Road
Word: Road
Previous points 65
This post: 10
Total 75
MaryPDX20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D
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
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Hank Green
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Tasks: 0
Books: 1
Points: 20
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Tasks: 0
Books: 5
Points: 95
ROBIN P30.2 Cat's Task: Books of the Autumn Months
Option 1 - I chose October
Book 1 - all letters of month in title
Sherlock Holmes and a Scandal in Batavia
OCER in Sherlock, O in Holmes, BT in Batavia
Book 2 - author initials in month
Angel - Elizabeth Taylor
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:1
Delicious Dee30.5 - Nick KY's Task: True Chills
Option 1 - Persist - shelved as memoir; claiming 1 Its a fact ticket
Option 3 - Pachinko - found on pg11; claiming 1 big book ticket for 500+ pgs, book is 527pgs
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 130
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Julia1035.10 - As Easy as Falling off a Log
More All-Of-A-Kind Family
(not in AR Bookfinder)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 140
BB: 0
GO: 2
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 9
Books completed: 12
Mai10.6 - Dictionary
book with a word of 4 letters in the title that can be made from "A Dictionary of the English Language"
Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez
The word is "Diner"
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai10.7 - Guinness
Book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey
The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IVPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Book that is number 1 in a series
DC vs. Vampires, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 4: The Secret of the Mansion (on page 3 of list)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8.0
This was first published in 1948 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 GO
Total points: 160
BB: 0
GO: 3
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 10
Books completed: 13
Katrisa5.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe In
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in ROSA PARKS.
I read The Immortal Circus: Act One by A.R. Kahler
ARK in pARKs
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 300
Katrisa15.10 Fall Back
Read a book first published in September, October, or November 2022
I read Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Published September 20, 2022
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 315
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.4 - Apocalypse Not
Malorie by Josh Malerman
Post Apocalyptic is a MPG.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Tasks completed: 2
Andy P.Task # 10.1 - Singing in the Rain
Read a book with an umbrella on the cover
by Jacqueline WinspearSeveral umbrellas on cover (setting is England of course)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Andy P.Task # 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 1: Read a book with one of the words RAIN in title
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - MaryPDX’s Task: Open to InterpretationThe word "fall" can have several meanings other than my favorite season. One could fall in love, empires could fall, or soldiers can fall in battle. Choose 1 book from either option below:
Required: State the option.
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG tag of Romance, History, Business or War.
I read Every Summer After which has an MPG of Romance.
points: 40
books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 761
MAZZA130.5 - Nick KY's Task: True Chills
The total page count must be 500+ pages.
Option 3 Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The Island of Missing Trees page 6 of the list
354 pages
Opt. 4. Read a book with the word “Cold” or the word “Frozen” in the title/subtitle.
The Book of Cold Cases 344 page
354 + 344 = 698 pages exceed requirements
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 355
5.3 - Hot off the PressBook: Persuasion
How it fits: published in 1817
I claim one Golden Oldies ticket, please.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska10.7 - Guinness.
Read a book whose cover is at least 70% black, white and/or grey.
Damage by Josephine Hart (208 p.) *
* According to Tineye, 44.8% black and 43.2% white, which makes 88.0% total
➸ Total Points: 10
➸ Total Pages: 208
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska10.9 - Fahrenheit 451.
Read a book that is #4, 5 or 1 in a series.
Priest by Sierra Simone (354 p.) *
* #1 in the Priest series
➸ Total Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 562
Katrisa10.10 - Women in Sport
Read a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman.
I read Western Lane
MPG Sports and is about a female squash player
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 325
ROBIN PMazza1's Task: Going Stateside
Option 1 - I chose Mississippi for the state - abbreviation MS
Book 1: author initials in state - Esrahaddon - Michael J. Sullivan
I listened to audio Esrahaddon, linked hardcover above, no pb yet
**Claiming 1 BB point, book has 736 pages**
Book 2: author initials in reverse abbreviation - SM
The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey
Points this post: 30
Total points: 195
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:1
RACHEL CA5.04 Apocalypse Not: MPG Post Apocalyptic or Apocalyptic
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel, MPG Post ApocalypticPoints this post: 5
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
Ana15.10 Fall Back
The Golden Enclaves. This book was published in September of 2022.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 65
20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.A) Read a book with a title word of 3+ letters (excluding the word "the") that can be formed from the letters in DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY. Letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase.
Revenge, Murder in Three Parts by S.L. Lim
word in title, PARTS, found in doctoRATe of PhiloSophy
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 170
READ 60 15.6 Classic Horror vs. New Horror The Lost Villageby Camilla Sten
Blog The 60 Most Popular Horror Books in the Past years by Sharon
Points 15
Total 30
Joanne Mi20.1 - 20.1 - Most Improved: Rockynook's Task: Earning a Ph.D.
Option A - Dark Academia List
The Lies of Locke Lamora Page # 23
the word is Lies-
Claiming 1 BB with 522 page
Points this task 25
Season Total 65
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 1
IAF 2
Julia10310.7 - Guinness
Tineye:
44.2 % #16141f Black
21.7 % #d2c0b9 Grey
15.5 % #4f6878 Grey
11.2% #a2b4b2 Grey
7.5% #fefefd White
This was first published in 1929 so I'm claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 10 points, 1 GO
Total points: 170
BB: 0
GO: 4
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 11
Books completed: 14
trishhartuk20.4 Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden
Option 2: Read a book with a lit candle on the cover.
Peril in Paperback, Kate Carlisle
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (304pg)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 10
MAZZA115.9 Space Exploration
Read a book set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
Set entirely on Spaceships The Eternity and The Infinity identified in GR blurb
points this post = 15
Points to date = 370
Aimee G10.1 - Singing in the Rain released
Read a book with an umbrella on the cover
Heatwave by Victor Jestin
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Points for this task: 10
Total points: 85
BB: 2
GO: 1
IaF: 1
Aimee G10.7 - Guinness
Read a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
90.4 %#f3f2efWhite
0.7 %#a39785Grey
**Claiming one Big Book ticket as the PB I read has 622 pages**
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Points for this task: 10
Total points: 95
BB: 3
GO: 1
IaF: 1
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.
South Korea
The Dog Who Dared to Dream by Sun-mi Hwang
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 5
5.3 - Hot off the PressRead a book first published in 1927 or earlier.
Published in 1836
The Captain's Daughter by Alexander Pushkin
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 10
5.9 – How to Save a LanguageRead 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.
Required: state the word: Like
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 15
10.2 - Audrey HepburnRead a book that shares a word of 4 letters or more in the title with one of her movies (exact match)
Green in "Green Mansions"
The Green Dwarf: A Tale of the Perfect Tense by Charlotte Brontë
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 25
MAZZA115.10 Fall Back
Read a book first published in September, October, or November 2022
The Vicious Circle: A Novel
First published September 27, 2022
points this post = 15
Points to date = 385
10.4 - America's CupRead a book that is set at least 70% on a boat/ship/at sea
Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 35
10.6 - DictionaryRead 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: Georges
dictiOnaRy EnGiSh lanGuagE
Childrens:
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9.0
The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 45
10.10 - Women in SportRead a book with MPG Sport that is written by, or about, a female athlete/sportswoman
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 55
15.5 It’s a Barbie WorldRead a book with a cover that is at least 59% pink according to https://labs.tineye.com/color/
28.5 %#e28891Pink
23.4 %#e9727bPink
6.3 %#e8c9caPink
2.1 %#da8171Pink
60.3 Pink
Hotel World by Ali SmithTask Total: 15
Season Total: 70
15.10 Fall BackRead a book first published in September, October, or November 2022
September 13, 2022
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Storiesby Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 85
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25.8 Tien’s Task: Pokémon Go
Book A - I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan - Katie Porter - KP can be found in Pokémon Go; 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Book B - Love Like Water - WATER
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 100
Its a Fact Tickets: 1