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15.3 East to WestOption 2: One Book Task
Read a book whose page count or first published year with at least 2 numbers from 6800 AND Read a book that is book is number 1-15 in series of at least 3 published books.
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
First published 2008, 4th in series of 5
Task Toal: 15
Season Total: 395
Total IAF: 14
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; ...; ...; 20.5; 20.6
25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Trails of WalesOption 4: Offa’s Dyke Path: Read a book that was first published between April and October of a year since 1971 (inclusive).
Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou
First published August 2015
Task Toal: 20
Season Total: 415
Total IAF: 14
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; 20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6
25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ritika's Task: Dopamine for WinterB. KNITTING: For this task, read a book with a cover which shows someone wearing a hat/cap.
by David NichollsThe person in the rear is wearing a red beanie
Task Toal: 20
Season Total: 435
Total IAF: 14
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6
25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - TrishhartUK's Task: The Capital Ring3. Read a book with the MPG of Nature and/or Environment, either stand-alone or embedded.
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Nature is the final genre on main page
Task Toal: 20
Season Total: 455
Total IAF: 14
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8
25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7
Christine V15.5 I've Been Probed
Read a book with the MPG Alien or Aliens
Lords of Uncreation
I read the indicated Kindle edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) has 656 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 15
BB tickets this post: 1
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
It's A Fact: 1
25.2 Robin P's Task: The NATO AlphabetOption 2: This was not the first version of the code words! Here is the 1943 International Version: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-Ray, Yoke, Zebra
Read a book with one of the code words as a stand-alone word in the title or author's name.
Neuromancer by William Gibson
William
Option 3: Some earlier versions used names of places, for instance the 1927 US version is:
Amsterdam, Baltimore, Canada, Danemark, Edison, Florida, Gallipoli, Havana, Italia, Jerusalem, Kilogramme, Liverpool, Madagascar, New York, Oslo, Paris, Quebec, Roma, Santiago, Tripoli, Upsala, Valencia, Washington, Xanthippe, Yokohama, Zurich
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the named locations
Just Kids by Patti Smith
New York
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Just Kids (nonfiction)**
Task Toal: 25
Season Total: 480
IAF this Task: 1
Total IAF: 15
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8
25,2; 25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7
5.3 Santa Fe Trail After All these YearsRead a book whose title or series title includes a word of 4 letters or more that matches one of the words on this map: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/M...
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (nonfiction)**
Task Toal: 5
Season Total: 485
IAF this Task: 1
Total IAF: 16
5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8
25,2; 25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7
5.7 Spring FeverRead a book with a single author whose first and last initials appear in the phrase SPRING HAS SPRUNG.
M Train by Patti Smith
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for M Train (nonfiction)**
Task Toal: 5
Season Total: 490
IAF this Task: 1
Total IAF: 17
5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8
25,2; 25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7
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30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Read two books from a single series that have consecutive whole number series numbers.
Butcher & Blackbird - The Ruinous Love Trilogy Book 1
Leather & Lark - The Ruinous Love Trilogy Book 2
Points this post: 30
Total points: 750
FLY Task #10.3 These boots are made for walking ...
task: a book with one or more people walking on the cover
book: I Must Betray You
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here) = 336 pages
how it fits:
approved herePoints this post: 10
Total points: 795
Tasks completed: 48/54
BB: 12 / GO: 2 / IAF: 1
CathyG25.4 - KmarieD's Task: Readerboard Names
Help Thread
This is a 2-book task.
Choose two options and read one book for each.
Option 1:
Read a book where the single author's first and last initials can be found in YOUR Readerboard name- CathyG and/or mine, KMARIED. For this option, letters can be repeated. Demon's Bluff by Kim Harrison
Option 2:
Read a book with at least three words in the title where each word starts with a letter in YOUR Readerboard name- CathyG and/or mine, KMARIED. For this option, letters can be repeated. The Deep End by Julie Mulhern
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 320 /910
Tasks Completed: 13/54
CathyG20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Lois' Task: On the Trail of West Coast Writers
Read a book by an author who was born in or lives/lived in California, Oregon, or Washington. Cassandra Clare- California Required: Name the state that your author represents.
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 340 /910
Tasks Completed: 14/54
CathyG20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - TrishhartUK's Task: The Capital Ring
Choose an option and read a book for that option.
Required: State your option.
2. Read a book where the page count is made up of the numbers 1,1,2,5,6,7,8 (15 stages, 78 miles, 126km). Numbers can only be used as often as they appear.
The Pursuit Of... by Courtney Milan 152 pp
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 360 /910
Tasks Completed: 15/54
CathyG20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lisa MD's Task: Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Required: State the option you chose to take a walk on.
Option B: Forests - read a book from the 1st 25 pages of the "Forests Books" shelf: Forests Books
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on.
p18 The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 380/910
Tasks Completed: 16/54
CathyG20.6 - It's A Fact - Jen B's Task: Travels for Dad
Choose one of the options below and read a book for that option.
Option 1: New York City
Read a book set at least 50% in New York City
Beautiful Beloved by Christina Lauren
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 400/910
Tasks Completed: 17/54
PegW20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Masoodah's Task: Mother's Day
Option 3: Read a book where the original publication date consists of exactly two of the numbers from 1, 9, 0, 7.
I read Cat Gods, Goddesses, Deities, and Demons: A Guide to Feline Folklore and Mythology
with the first publication date of April 1, 2025, using the numbers 1 and 0.
**Claiming 1 IAF ticket for this book***
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310
IAF: 12
GO: 0
BB: 0
SHEMAC 25.6 - JenJ IA's task - Triple Crowns
This task requires that you choose TWO books, one from option 1 and one from option 2. Additionally, each book must either have a three word title (ignore subtitles), a page count including a 3, publication year ending in 3, OR a series # ending in 3 (whole numbers only, no 1.3, etc.).
Required: State the options you chose. Option 1C and 2B
Option 1:
C) Read a book with a horse on the cover. (Published 1983)
Required: Post the cover
The Danger
(MMP The Danger)
Option 2: Hiking
B) Read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the states that these trails pass through: New Mexico (3 word title)
The Cowboy's Texan
(PB The Cowboy's Texan)
Required: Provide a reference if the location is not obvious from the Goodreads book page (MPG precis)
This task points: 25
Total season points: 875
Jasmiina F20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Lois' Task: On the Trail of West Coast Writers:
Read a book by an author who was born in or lives/lived in California, Oregon, or Washington: The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King.
Author was born in California.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Amy B30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Nashfest 2024
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different tasks and read a book for each. No children’s (or related MPG) or graphic novels/comics allowed.
Required: Specify the options
Option 2 - Family
Read a book from the first 20 pages of one of these Family Saga lists
Required: State the list and page your book is found on.
Family Saga Books: The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom (page 14)
Option 4 - The Venue
Read a book where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in STAR PLUNGE.
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 315 Points
Andy P.Task # 15.4 The Big Three
Option 2: One Book Task
Book 1: Read a book with a three word title. All words count.
and
Book 2: Read a book that is first published in March of any year that ends in a 3.
Stars and Smoke byMarie Lu
Three word title and published March 28, 2023
Points this post: 15
Total points: 765
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.1: Be the Match
Option 3: Blind Fish Don't Talk by P. J. Peterson. MC Julia Fairchild is a (medical) doctor, on vacation on Saint Maarten.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 20
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: Mother's Day
Option 1: She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor. Author initials NO are in mOtheriNg.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 40
Books: 2
Tasks: 2
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.3:Trails of Wales
Option 3: In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran has MPG MYTHOLOGY.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 60
Books: 3
Tasks: 3
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.4: Dopamine for winter
Option 2: Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride by Lorenzo Carcaterra. A man leaning against a wall on left side of the cover is wearing a hat.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 80
Books: 4
Tasks: 4
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
JEN B20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Masoodah's Task: Mother's Day
Option 1: Mothers Day in the UK is known as Mothering Sunday.
Read a book with an author whose first and last initials appear in MOTHERING.
First Comes Love by Emily Giffin
EG in mothErinG
TOTAL POINTS: 165
JEN B20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Trails of Wales
Option 4: Offa’s Dyke Path
Read a book that was first published between April and October of a year since 1971 (inclusive).
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Published April 22, 2025
TOTAL POINTS: 185
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.5: Spring Growth
Option 1: Midnight in Everwood by Maria Kuzniar. There are leafy branches around both sides and top of the cover.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 100
Books: 5
Tasks: 5
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SHEMAC 5.5 New Life
Read a book whose cover has flowers on it. Flowers may be growing in the ground, in a bouquet, or just one single flower. However, the flower(s) must be identifiable as such.
Required:
Dead Ever After
(MMP Dead Ever After)
This task points: 5
Total season points: 880
Rockynook25.6 - Triple Crowns
Option 1B)
Read a book that has all of the letters of LOUISVILLE or BALTIMORE or ELMONT in the combined title/subtitle, series name, and author’s name.
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Location: ELMONT
TwicE iN a bLue MOon
**Page count contains a 3: 358
Option 2A) Read a book with a 4+ letter word in the title/subtitle that can be made out of the letters in SPRINGER and KATAHDIN. You can pick just one of the words or use a combination.
Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar
Word: TAKE
KATahdin springEr
**3 word book title**
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 595
10.1 It's Going to Be LongRead a book that is 500 pages or more
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn
I'd like a Big Book Ticket
I'd like an It's A Fact ticket
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 285
10.2 It's A Wonderful WorldRead a book with MPG Travel
A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith by Timothy Egan
I'd like an It's A Fact ticket
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 295
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30.5 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Compound Words
One book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may be used for this task. Chosen word is policeman, split into "police" and "man".
Book 1: The Memory Police (first half of chosen compound in title)
Book 2: The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman (second half of compound in author name).
The Complete Maus is non-fiction. One It's A Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 30
Season total: 50
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 1
Mod
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Trails of Wales
Option 4: Offa’s Dyke Path - Read a book that was first published between April and October of a year since 1971 (inclusive).
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (first published September 13th 2022)
This book is non-fiction. One It's A Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 70
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 2
Mod
30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Up and Grow
Book 1
Read a book with at least 2 words in the title, each word beginning with a letter in SPRING. Letters can be used multiple times
Perilous Pottery - PP (sPring)
Book 2
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, each word longer than its preceding word.
What Never Happened (First word is 4, second is 5, third is 8)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 820
slideshell5.2 Angel of the Battlefield
Read a book by an author named Clara or Barton or with the initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB
In the Weeds
Points this post: 5
Total points: 805
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 63
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=9, 750=1, 1000=0
It's A Fact: 0
slideshell10.3 These boots are made for walking
Read a book with one or more people walking on the cover
Throne of Glass
Points this post: 10
Total points: 815
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 64
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=9, 750=1, 1000=0
It's A Fact: 0
slideshell20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lisa MD's Task: Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Option A: Mountains
Read a book from the 1st 25 pages of the "Mountains Books" shelf
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on 4
All Rhodes Lead Here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 835
Tasks completed: 50
Books read: 65
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=9, 750=1, 1000=0
It's A Fact: 0
slideshell30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ignored) initials use only the letters in the name of ONE of the months of the Spring Challenge - March, April, or May
Fearless
*Claiming one Big Book Ticket for Fearless - 588 pages*
Option 4
Read a book that is # 3, 4 or 5 in a series
All In
Points this post: 30
Total points: 865
Tasks completed: 51
Books read: 66
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=10, 750=1, 1000=0
It's A Fact: 0
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Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.6: Travels for Dad
Option 3: Murder on Bainbridge Island by Dianne Harman has mountains (the Olympics) on the cover.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 120
Books: 6
Tasks: 6
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.8: The Capital Ring
Option 3: Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris. Number of pages 216 is in 1125678.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 140
Books: 7
Tasks: 7
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9 On Trail Westcoast Writers
Iceberg by Clive Cussler. The author was born in Alhambra, California.
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 160
Books: 8
Tasks: 8
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.1 Books of North America
Option 1 - Book 1: The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk is set entirely in Canada, mostly at the University of Toronto, and familiar places around campus are mentioned in the book:
Eva Jurczyk, the coordinator of humanities collections at U of T Libraries, has written a mystery novel set at the St. George campus. Her book, The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, features familiar landmarks such as Robarts Library and nearby shops.
https://thevarsity.ca/2021/10/24/eva-... for a reference.
Option 1 - Book 2: The Foulest Things by Amy Tector. The author was born in Quebec, Canada.
Points: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 185
Books: 10
Tasks: 9
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.6 Triple Crown
Option 1B: Fire and Ashes by Elaine Viets. Title firE aNd ashes, author name eLaine vieTs and series name angela richMan, death investigathOr has all the letters in elmont - has 3-word title.
Option 2A: Against the Brotherhood by Quinn Fawcett AGAINST in title can be found in SprInGer & kATAhdiN.
- has 3-word title.
Points: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 210
Books: 12
Tasks: 10
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Julia1035.6 Read the Months
Read a book with one of these words in the title or author's name.
The Other March Sisters
This post: 5 points
Total points: 670 points
BB: 10
GO: 3
NF: 2
Total books read: 49
Total tasks completed: 36
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lisa MD's Task: Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Option B: Forests - read a book from the 1st 25 pages of the "Forests Books" shelf
The Magician’s Daughter
This is on page 2 of the list.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 690 points
BB: 10
GO: 3
NF: 2
Total books read: 50
Total tasks completed: 37
5.3 Santa Fe Trail After All these YearsRead a book whose title or series title includes a word of 4 letters or more that matches one of the words on this map: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/M...
Point
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 400
5.10 World Book DayIn honour of World Book Day, please read a book of your choice that meets the SRC guidelines
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 405
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Read a book found on the first 25 pages of the Hiking Shelf
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Page 1
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for The Salt Path (nonfiction)**
Task Toal: 10
Season Total: 380
IAF This Post: 1
Total IAF: 14
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; ...; ...; 20.5; 20.6
25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7