Kim’s Comments (group member since Feb 10, 2021)

Kim’s comments from the The Seasonal Reading Challenge group.

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30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency

The 5 least frequently occurring letters in English words are: K X J Q Z

Book 1:
Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title. Ignore subtitles.
Required: State the letters. KX
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk. Kathleen Rooney

Book 2: Read a book by an author whose first, last or middle initial is any one of the letters K X J Q Z.
Yellow Wife. Sadeqa Johnson

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Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 61

Total This Season
Points: 910/1045
Books read: 72
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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50.1 - Jen B's Task: ‘Bored’ Games

Option 2: MASH
Book 1 - Read a book with the word Mansion, Apartment, Shack, or House in the title.
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House. Cherie Jones - 278 pages

Book 2 - Read a book with a person’s name in the title
Lottie's Legacy. Beth Durham - 263 pages

Book 3 - Read a book with a city name in the title
Savannah Blues. Mary Kay Andrews - 404 pages


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Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 60

Total This Season
Points: 880/1045
Books read: 70
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland

Book 1: Read a book with a word of five or more letters that can be made from the phrase "Fall is a Southerner's Reward for Having Survived Summer". (Endings)
The Keeper of Happy Endings. Barbara Davis

Book 2 Option 2: Read a book by a single author where all the letters of the author's last name can be found in the phrase.
Joy: A Novel. Danielle Steel

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Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 59

Total This Season
Points: 830/1045
Books read: 67
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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10.4 Once Upon a Crime

Read a book with MPG Crime
The Rooster Bar. John Grisham

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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 58

Total This Season
Points: 805/1045
Books read: 65
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?

Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date. (First published August 20, 2013)

Tamarack County. William Kent Krueger

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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 57

Total This Season
Points: 795/1045
Books read: 64
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???

Option 1: TRead a book by a single author where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) appear in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.
The Frozen River. Ariel Lawhon - this author was new to me

Option 5: Read a book that is #2 in a series from one of your favorite authors.
This author is a favorite.
A Deadly Cliché. Ellery Adams

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Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 56

Total This Season
Points: 790/1045
Books read: 63
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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10.9 The Wonderful Thing about Dragons

Read a book from the this list. - Page 1
Dragons
The Hero and the Crown. Robin McKinley

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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 55

Total This Season
Points: 765/1045
Books read: 61
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...

Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020. - Published in 2002
True to Form. Elizabeth Berg


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Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 54

Total This Season
Points: 755/1045
Books read: 60
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

For option 2, does the city need to be a real one? I'm thinking of the book Paradise Peak by Janet Dailey.

With a wildfire burning its way toward Paradise Peak, Tennessee, folks are drawing together to save the small mountain community.

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25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To Ride

Option 1: The Original
Read a book that is numbered 18-33 in a series (inclusive, whole numbers only).
Spirit Crossing. William Kent Krueger

Option 2: Mystery Train
Read a book with the MPG Mystery, either stand-alone or combined ('Cozy Mystery', 'Mystery Thriller', etc.)
Takedown Twenty. Janet Evanovich


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Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 53

Total This Season
Points: 740/1045
Books read: 59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories! - My letter was "T"

Option 1 - Author: Read a book by an author whose LAST name begins with the letter you’ve spun.
The Sweet Taste of Muscadines. Pamela Terry

Option 2- Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter.
The Tourist Attraction. Sarah Morgenthaler

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Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 52

Total This Season
Points: 715/1045
Books read: 57
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!

Option 1. Read a book with Start, Home, or Slide intact in the title.
Nantucket Homes. Pamela M. Kelley

Option 3. Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series. Series must be indicated on the main page in grayscale.
Murder at the Taffy Shop. Maddie Day


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Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 51

Total This Season
Points: 685/1045
Books read: 55
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells

Option 6: Read a book from one of these lists:

Second Chances (page 1)
The Bromance Book Club. Lyssa Kay Adams

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Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 50

Total This Season
Points: 660/1045
Books read: 53
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail

Read a book whose title includes one word (that is not "the") from this list of Monopoly street names: https://monopoly.fandom.com/wiki/Street (Park Place)

Earth's the Right Place for Love. Elizabeth Berg - word is Place

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Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 49

Total This Season
Points: 640/1045
Books read: 52
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!

Option 1:
Read a book where the author's initial (first or last) begins with I OR V
Beneath the Summer Sun. Kelly Irvin

Option 2:
Read a book from: laughter list (page 1)
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands. Chelsea Handler

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Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 39

Total This Season
Points: 620/1045
Books read: 51
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise

1) Biography or Memoir, 6) V, W, X, Y, or Z (Biography - Vance)
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. Ashlee Vance

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Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 38

Total This Season
Points: 595/1045
Books read: 49
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time

Read a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story.
A Vision of Murder. Victoria Laurie

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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 37

Total This Season
Points: 575/1045
Books read: 48
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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5.8 Footprints in the Forest

Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover - there are several bees on the cover
A Beeline to Murder. Meera Lester


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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 36

Total This Season
Points: 570/1045
Books read: 47
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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30.2 Cat's Task: Books of Africa

Option 1: Two Book Option

Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Africa, or is about one or more countries in Africa (if Non-Fiction). Required:state the country (Botswana)
The Double Comfort Safari Club. Alexander McCall Smith

Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Africa. (He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana.)
A Song of Comfortable Chairs. Alexander McCall Smith

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Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 35

Total This Season
Points: 565/1045
Books read: 46
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1

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5.4 Embrace the Season

Read a book off this list
Best Book To Read In Autumn (page 2)
Plum Spooky. Janet Evanovich

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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 34

Total This Season
Points: 535/1045
Books read: 44
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1