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FALL CHALLENGE 2022
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Maria Jo20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
Phantastes by George MacDonald
Character: George Bevis; Play: Henry VI, Part II
Claiming GO ticket; first published 1858
IAF Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)2. Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from one of the tracks on the album Reckoning in the TITLE (subtitles excluded). Word must match exactly.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
word in title, WORLD, found in "been all around this WORLD"
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1932)
4. Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
A Lesson In Dying (Inspector Ramsay #1) by Ann Cleeves
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 175
Barbara �25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Hong Kong - Luke Richardson 9/19
(L & R in aRtificiaL)
Option 4: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title or subtitle that can be made by the letters in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
A Merry Life - Sarah Branson 9/2
(LIFE in artiFIciaL intElligence)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 165
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
30.6 - Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)Option 2: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams; the word 'Dark' in the Title also found in Title of one of the tracks on the Grateful Dead album Reckoning, song is Dark Hollow.
Option 4: Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D by Lizzie Simon; author who has a double letter in her first name (ZZ).
Books read this post: 2
Books read total: 8
Points this post: 30
Points total: 100
Kaylee 5.1 Exiled to the land of Oz
Task: Read a book with a MPG of crime
The Lives of Diamond Bessie by Jody Hadlock
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets:
MEGSCL5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz
the word is LIST - The Reading List
TOTAL
105 points
2 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
TOTAL
110 points
2 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL10.10 - Lost in the Museum
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed - page 8 of list
TOTAL
120 points
2 It’s a Fact
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)Repost of Post #245
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: America’s National Parks
One book, two different options. 500+ pages
Option 2: Yosemite National Park
Single author first and last name initials in YOSEMITE PARK.
Page Count: 208 pgs
Author: Anne Perry
A Christmas Secret
Option 4: MPG History or Historical Fiction.
Page Count: 368
MPG: Historical Fiction
The Year of the Witching
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 305/960
Tasks Completed:24/56
HanneloreTask 30.2 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Monster Mash
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of "The Monster Mash".
Book: Living Dead in Dallas
How it fits: Word: Living
Book 2: Read a book that features one of these specific characters: vampires, ghouls, zombies, ghosts, werewolves, witches.
Book: Dead Until Dark
How it fits: Book is about vampires.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
Task:10.7 - An Autumn Debut [first published in September, October, or November]Book read:Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield
Required: Published October 13th 2009
Graphic novel - 120 pages
Points this task:10
Total points:115
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:8
Tasks completed:7
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?
Saga, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
Setting: Landfall and Wreath
Points this post: 5
Total points: 165/960
Tasks completed: 13/56
Books read: 14
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 Call Me Nick.
The Drifter by Nick Petrie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175/960
Tasks completed: 14/56
Books read: 15
Mod
2 books
Book 1 Read a book of your choice, but choose carefully, the title determines your book 2 choice
The Other Girl
This book has the word GIRL in the title
Book 2 Read a book with a word in the TITLE that includes a word from your book one TITLE with the addition of a single letter S. The S may be in any position.
The Girls in Blue
This book has the word GIRLS (GIRL + S) in the title
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 10 + 15 = 25
Total Tasks Completed: 2
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler; a solo writer whose FIRST name is identical to one of the names of a Shakespearean character: Octavia, a character in the play Antony and Cleopatra.
Books this post: 1
Total books read: 9
Points this post: 20
Points total: 120
trishhartuk15.3 High-Five!
Using Option 2 - one book with both a librarian central to the plot and a 5-word TITLE. Spaces determine words.
A Death at Seascape House, Emma Jameson
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
The POV character is a librarian: from the GR description - “When librarian Jemima Jago is offered the opportunity to catalogue Cornwall’s largest collection of antique shipwreck records it is a dream come true.�
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 9
Big book Tickets: 1
LaureY15.4 - Follow the Clues
Option 2 - Read a book with the MPG Mystery. Read a book that is a whole numbered book in a series.
The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun
Points this post: 15
Total points: 130/960
Total Books: 10
Total Tasks: 8/56
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Fact Book Tickets this post: 0
Fact Book Tickets Total: 1
ROBIN P20.2 Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3 - Book from a series with a minimum of five whole-numbered books in the series
A Great Reckoning
This is book 12 of the Chief Inspector Gamache series with 17 published so far
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195 - Correction later in the day - 215!
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:0
Andy P.Task # 20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Option 3. Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in Global Positioning System
Little Known Facts by Christine Sneed
Word is Little
2 L's in Global
I in Positioning
T in Positioning
T in System
E in System
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Creynard15.1 - Into the Wood
Book 1: Read a book of your choice:
The Cake Therapist by Judith M. Fertig
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the TITLE that includes a word from your book one TITLE with the addition of a single letter S.
Cakes and Pains by Nancy Warren
my word is Cake (in book 1) and Cakes (in book 2)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 220/960
Tasks completed: 17/56
Books read: 21
Nick KY25.3 Mazza1’s # 9
Opt. 1. The digit "9" is in the series number. I read Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh, # 9 in the Roderick Alleyn series. 288 pp
Opt. 2. Author penned the book under a pseudonym. I read The Doomsters by Ross Macdonald, pseudonym of Kenneth Miller. 251 pp
Total pp = 539 > required 501.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 105
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - Get Happy
Read a book this is #4, #5, #6, or #7 in a series. I read In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan, book 4 in the Memoirs of Lady Trent series.
Total points so far: 105
ROBIN P20. Shorter is Sweeter - XBM's Task: Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in GEOCACHING
Husband Material by Alexis Hall - listened to audiobook, linked pb
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
BB:3 GO: 1 IAF:0
Delicious Dee10.7 - An Autumn Debut
Termination Shock - first published October 27, 2021; 1 big book ticket - edition is 500+pgs
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 205
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Insiyah's Task: In Awe of SpaceDouglas Adams's Starship Titanic by Terry Jones; MPG Space and set over 50% in a spaceship.
Books this post: 1
Books read total: 10
Points this post: 20
Points total: 140
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.6 How Can You Be Here when you're not anywhere at all
Read a book in a fictional place
Arrows of the Queenby Mercedes Lackey
Task +5
Grand Total: 30/960
Books read: 3
Lisa MD15.3 - High-Five!
Option 2 - Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
Book 1:Library or librarian central to the subject, setting or plot.
Book 2: 5-word TITLE.
🍁The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Setting: Boston Public Library
Read ebook. No MMPB. Linked to PB
265 pages
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 65/960
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
Kaylee20.1 Most Improved- Lisa MD’s Task: No tricks, All Treats
Option: B
Task: Read a book whose title or subtitle contains either an ampersand or an apostrophe symbol.
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets:
Kaylee *Repost* *Missing Book link*
5.1 Exiled to the land of Oz
Task: Read a book with a MPG of crime
The Lives of Diamond Bessie by Jody Hadlock
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
BB tickets:
GO tickets:
IAF tickets:
Mod
Beyond the Game by Kaylee Ryan / pub in Nov 2021
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
15.5 - It Was There All AlongRead a book that you already have in your possession, from any source- borrowed, owned, etc., as of August 17.
By completing this task, you assert that you already had this book.
I read House of Gold. This was loaned to me by a much faster reading friend than I could dream of being. She gave it to me at the end of July.
points: 50
books read: 3
tasks completed: 3
Big Books: 3
pages read: 2099
ERIN M.Task 10.7 - An Autumn Debut
First published in September, October, or November.
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement - published Sept. 10, 2019.
Claiming 1 It's a Fact/Nonfiction Ticket
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
IAF tickets: 1
Nick KY20.2 Kelli’s For Jules
Opt. 3. I read The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid, # 1 in the
Tony Hill & Carol Jordan series which currently has 11 whole-numbered books.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 125
trishhartuk30.7 Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love
Option A: Read a nonfiction book with a MPG of SELF HELP.
Happy Mind, Happy Life, Rangan Chatterjee (271pg)
Self Help: 7 users
Self Help > Personal Development: 3 users
Locked for Self Help in message #14: /topic/show/...
It's a Fact: shelved as non-fiction by 17 users.
Option D: Read a book that has a word in the title that is food or flower related that would make a great name for a chicken.
Strawberry Shortcake Murder, Joanne Fluke
Read the kindle edition. PB here (310pg)
"Strawberry" noted as fine in help thread message #32. /topic/show/...
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 � Happy Mind, Happy Life is non-fiction
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 10
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Task 20.7 - All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!option 2: author initials in GEOCACHING
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
GG in the word
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180 points
2 GO tix
1 BB tix
Task 25.1 - Use Your Alphabetbook 1: all vowels in title
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic
wOmAn's gUIdE
576 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
book 2: author initials are consonants
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
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205 points
2 BB tix
2 GO tix
Mod
2 books:
Option 2: Read a book from School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 12:
The Seven Sisters
This book is 622 pages, so I claim a "Big book" ticket
Option 3: Read a book from School Reading List UK's Books for Sixth Form Year 13:
Where the Crawdads Sing
Both books appear on the relevant lists
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 25 + 30= 55
Total Tasks Completed: 3
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Big Books: 0 + 1 = 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
EMurphy30.6 Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
Option 1: 3 generations of ONE family as characters or subjects Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance by John Waters
(Main character, her daughter, and her mother are all characters)
Option 4: Author has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
*It's A Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 40
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 2
Shiraloo20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!
Verity by Colleen Hoover
REQUIRED: I chose Option 2, as C & H are in GEOCACHING.
Angela IL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For Jules
Option 3: Read a book from a series with a minimum of five whole-numbered books in the series
Thrive by Krista & Becca Ritchie-9/20
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
BB Ticket: 0
NF Ticket: 0
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Keli's Task: For JulesOption 2: 4+ letter word in title/subtitle made from LADILATTE
Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha
🎓 DEAL found in LADILATTE 🎓
Total points: 225 + 20 = 245
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
Casey W5.1 Read a book with an MPG of Crime
A Flicker in the Dark
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Casey W5.3 Read a book with a word that can be made from the letters in Oswald State Penitentiary
They Drown Our Daughters
"Drown" is made from letters in Oswald State Penitentiary
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
5.7 - It's Not Easy Being GreenA key location in the Oz fantasies was Emerald City. Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN
Please Don't Eat the DaisiesNew Points: 5
Total Points: 65
BB: 1
IaF: 1
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!Option 3. Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters that can be made from the letters in Global Positioning System.
The word I made was POINT
Woman at Point Zero
New Points: 20
Total Points: 85
BB: 1
IaF: 1
Bookwrm526Task #5.1-Exiled to the Land of Oz
Read a book with a MPG of Crime. I read The Fourth Friend by Joy Ellis.
Total points so far: 110
Nick KY10.8 Mexican Independence Day
Sept. 16 is Mexican Independence Day, when the Mexican Army defeated the French at the Battle of Puebla. Read a book whose author’s initials are in BATTLEOFPUEBLA (all initials count).
I read Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear, inits in “puEB.�
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 135
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - XBM's Task: All Who Wander Are Not Lost…Some Are Geocachers!Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in GEOCACHING.
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Total Points: 20
trishhartuk30.6 Katrisa's Task: Empty Nest (NOT!)
2. Cassidy: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from one of the tracks on the album Reckoning in the TITLE (subtitles excluded).
Death of a Wandering WOLF, Julia Buckley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
The word is WOLF from the song Dire WOLF
4. Read a book with an author who has a double letter (must be next to each other) in their FIRST name.
Pawsibly Guilty, cEEcEE James
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 11
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
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15.1 ~ Into The Wood
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
REQUIRED ~ State the words.
GIRL
GIRLS
Book 1 ~ Read a book of your choice, but choose carefully, the title determines your book 2 choice
Read ~ 9.19.22
Pages ~ 247
How it Fits ~ GIRL
ARBF Info ~ IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11.0
Book 2 ~ Read a book with a word in the TITLE that includes a word from your book one TITLE with the addition of a single letter S. The S may be in any position.
Read ~ 9.17.22
Pages ~ 336
How it Fits ~ GIRLS
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Points this Task ~ 15
Total Points ~ 140
Total Books ~ 10
Total Pages ~ 3,333