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FALL CHALLENGE 2023
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Readerboard Name: SashaMaeTask# w/ description: 10.9 4,5 or 1 in a series
Book Read With Link: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Current Points Total:0
Readerboard Name: Fiona (Titch)Task: 15.10 Fall Back
Hallows End - Kristen Proby Was published in October 2022
Points: 15
Total Points: 15
Readerboard Name: WandaTask: 10.6 - 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"
The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies-Susan Wittig Albert
The word is Ladies
Point Total= 15/900
Mod
Option 2- 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 and with
least 2 page numbers from 314. Order does not matter.
read Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
word Pumpkin in title and 315 pages
points this post 15
total points- 15
Mod
book 1
Read a book set at least 50% in a coastal setting.
read She Started It
setting is the Caribbean
book 2 Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in wooded or forest territory.
read These Silent Woods
setting is northern Appalachian woods.
points this post 15
total points 30
Mod
15.9 Space Exploration
Read a book set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Set predominantly aboard the spaceship Discovery One.
Points this task: 15
Season total: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
Delicious Dee5.9 – How to Save a Language
To Heal an Earl - EARL can be found in ONE MILLION WELSH SPEAKERS
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 5
trishhartuk15.9 Space Exploration
Read a book set at least 50% on a space shuttle, spaceship, or a space station.
The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (TOR Trade): here (357pg)
Top normal PB: here (432pg)
100% set on a spaceship. From the GR Description: “Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between the Moon and Mars.”
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Julia10310.8 - Coronation
Spare
This does not have the MPG Royalty, but is Prince Harry's memoir of growing up in the royal family and the eventual decision to move to the United States and withdraw from being an active royal.
Claiming one It's A Fact ticket for non-fiction.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
5.9 – How to Save a LanguageI read Rapid Response: True Stories of My Life as a Paramedic by Lysa Walder.
Response can be found in the target phrase ONE MILLION WELSH SPEAKERS.
**Claiming one It's A Fact ticket for non-fiction**
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 5
Task completed: 1
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Task 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.
WILL = one mILLion Welsh speakers
One Day All This Will Be Yours (2021) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 144 pages)
00 + 05 = 05
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 00 + 05 = 05
Books read: 00
Pages read: 144
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ROBIN P10.9 Fahrenheit 451
Book is #4, 5 or 1 of series
The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen
# 1 in Austen Adventures series
Points this post: 10
Total points 10
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:0
Deborah20.10 - Group Reads
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
Discussion post #2
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
Julia1035.1 – For the Horde!
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
(set in Iraq)
Claiming one It's A Fact ticket for non-fiction book.
This post: 5 points, 1 NF
Total points: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Books completed: 2
Reader board name: AshheffTask 10.4 America’s Cup. 70% of setting on a boat or at sea.
“Daughter of a Pirate King” by Tricia Levenseller
Current points: 10
Total points: 10
Delicious Dee5.8 - Sit Down For What You Believe In
Portrait of the Duke - Alexa Aston - AA found in ROSA PARKS
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 10
SarahBR20.10 - Group Reads
Dracula by Bram Stoker
I am claiming one GO ticket
My comment is comment 2 on the group reads thread for the book
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points 20
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:0
Joanne MI5.1 For The Horde
Khan: Empire of Silver (GR's data shows China as a main setting-more than 50% of the story takes place there).
Points this task 5
Season Total Points 5
10.2 - Audrey Hepburn Title word from an Audrey Hepburn movie: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
The movie is Love in the Afternoon (1957).
The title word is Love.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
10.1 - Singing in the Rainumbrella on the cover
Soulless by Gail Carriger
Total points: 0 + 10 = 10
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Ana15.8 It’s A Suburban life
Little Fires Everywhere. It is found on the first page of the list.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
10.7 - GuinnessRead a book with a cover that is 70% or more black & white & grey according to TinEye
Yara İzleri (Scars) by Juan José Saer 9/3/23
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Earned Previously: 0
Total Points Earned: 10
10.2 - Audrey HepburnI read The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
The matching word is "Hill" found in the film title The Lavender Hill Mob.
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 15
Task completed: 2
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
SarahBR10.9 - Fahrenheit 451
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
The book is listed as Book 1 in the Inkworld Series
AR Bookfinder results: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 23.0
Claiming one BB ticket. Paperback edition/edition I read is listed as 563 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points 30
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:0
Mod
15.10 - Fall Back
Read a book first published in September, October, or November 2022
The Creeper
First published Sept. 15th 2022
Points this task: 15
Season total: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
trishhartuk10.3 Great Exhibition
Read a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE.
Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Read the kindle edition. HB (no PB): Ogres(159pg)
crysTAl
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
FLY Task #10.6 - Dictionary
task: 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"
book: Shanghai Girls
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: SHANGHAI is in tHe englISH lANGuAge
other:
**claiming 1 BB ticket for first MMPB = 509 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1/54
BB: 0+1=1 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
Barbara ★15.4 - I Spy Fall Pie
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
Pumpkin Spice Peril - Jenn McKinlay (PUMPKIN) 9/3
Book 2: Read a book with at least 2 page numbers from 314. Order does not matter
The Witch Collector - Charissa Weaks (343 pages) 9/1
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.3 - Great Exhibition
Read a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
Spells for Forgetting - Adrienne Young 9/2
(A & Y in crYstAl)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Julia103
(approved in post 16 of task help thread)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 3
Books completed: 3
Katrisa 10.3 - Great Exhibition
Read a book where the authors first & last initials can be found in CRYSTAL PALACE
I read A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
AA in crystAl pAlace
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 10
PegW5.3 - Hot off the Press
Read a book first published in 1927 or earlier.
I read Common Sense first published in 1776.
** Claiming one GO ticket
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 0
IF tickets: 0
Bookwrm526Task #15.4 I Spy Fall Pie
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements - has one of the words (I chose APPLE) in the title AND has at least 2 page numbers from 314. I read Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke (304 p).
Total points so far: 15
Kathy KS30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Board Gaming in the Fall!
3. Read a book that is part of series.
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer
SERIES: America: A Cultural History #1
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
**Claiming 2 (two) Big Book tickets** Pages: 946
4. Read a book with MPG Mystery
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
MPG: Mystery
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 30
Tasks completed: 1/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 2
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Deborah5.5 - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
Legends & LattesBook was approved in task help thread #5
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Done: 2
trishhartuk10.6 Dictionary
Read a book with a word of 4 letters of more that can be made from "A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE".
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Read the kindle edition. Second PB (the top PB says Large Print): here (326pg)
Doctor: D, O, C, T, R in DiCTiOnaRy; O in Of
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.4 - I Spy Fall Pie
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Option 2 - CHOCOLATE is found intact in the title AND the book the least 2 page numbers from 314 (340 pages)
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 15 points
Tasks completed: 1
Nick KY15.1 TV Celebrities
Book 1. I read The Fisherman by John Langan. The author has the same first name as screen celebrity John Wayne.
Book 2. I read If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating featuring and authored by TV celebrity Alan Alda.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 15
ROBIN P20.10 Group Reads
Dracula
My comments are in Msg 3 of the discussion.
**Claiming 1 GO point, pub in 1897
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
BB:0 GO:1 IAF: 0
Aimee GTask 5.9 – 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
Masks by Fumiko Enchi
"masks" found in "one Million welSh SpeAKers"
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Points for this task: 5
Total points 5:
BB: 0
GO: 0
IaF: 0
MAZZA125.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 3
I rolled the spinner and got a 1
Book A – 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.
Season1 Episode 7 - "The dumpling Paradox"
matching word is DUMPLING
I read Death by Dumpling
Book B Book B – read a book whose number in a series corresponds to the season number you spun
The Kamogawa Food Detectives Book 1 in series
this is series link https://www.goodreads.com/series/201420 showing 5 books in series
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 25
MAZZA130.3 - Mazza1's Task: Going Stateside
OPTION 1 Choose one state's abbreviation and read:
USING North Carolina abbreviation NC
a) A book whose author initials are also the state's abbreviation
The Winter Garden Nicola Cornick
and
b) A book whose author's initials reverse the state's abbreviation
Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 55
Julia103repost of post 31 (to include task number)
5.5 - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
(approved in post 16 of task help thread)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 3
Books completed: 3
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 Classic Horror VS New Horror
Read a book that appears in one of these blog posts. I chose Scary Reading Recommendations Based on Classic Horror Novels and read When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen, from the section of the blog about what to read if you liked The Haunting of Hill House.
Total points so far: 30
MAZZA125.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)
Option 3 Read a book with a two word title, where the first letters of both words can be found in TBIRDS
Summer Reading
Option 5
Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that matches a word in one of the song titles.
USING the Song BLUE Moon and the word Blue
I listened to the audio edition of Below the Big Blue Sky
This is the MMP Sous un grand ciel bleu
This book is 560 Pages and I am claiming 1 x BB ticket
Points this post = 25
Points to date =80
BB tickets this post =1
BB to date = 1
SarahBR10.7 - Guinness
by Stephenie MeyerTin Eye breaks down the cover as 65.4% one shade of grey 12.9% black and 11.3% another shade of grey meeting the 70% required for this challenge
Points this post: 10
Total points 40
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:0
Task 30.4 - Going Home500+ pages
option 2: SOUTH in title, matches SOUTH Mission Beach (also NORTH for NORTH Pacific Beach)
North and South
812 pages - claiming 2 BB tix
option 4A - two matching digits (33) next to each other in page count
Orlando
336 pages
pub 1928 - claiming 1 GO tix
812+336>>500 pages
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30 points
2 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 30.1 - Board Gaming in the Fall!option 3: is #13 in series
Shattered Bonds
option 4: name of city - KENSINGTON - in title
The Captive of Kensington Palace
whilst Kensington is mainly assumed to be the rich posh area in London, it is also a city in Kansas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensing...
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60 points
2 BB tix
1 GO tix
Task 10.6 - DictionaryGRAND in title can be made from DictioNARy enGlish
The Grand Sophy
first pub 1950 - claiming 1 GO tix
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70 points
2 BB tix
2 GO tix
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