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

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

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20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind

Option 1: Transcontinental
A hybrid genre blends themes and elements from two or more different genres such as Historical Mystery, Fantasy Romance or Space Western.

Redemption Bay. RaeAnne Thayne - Contemporary Romance

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Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 28

Total This Season
Points: 435/1045
Books read: 36
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 2
Golden Oldie: 1

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20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat

Option 3: Read a book with a fireplace, campfire, blanket, food, or drink on the cover.
The Museum of Lost Quilts. Jennifer Chiaverini


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Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 27

Total This Season
Points: 415/1045
Books read: 35
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 2
Golden Oldie: 1

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15.7 - Whose Side Are You On? (Love this game!)

Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
Cakewalk. Rita Mae Brown

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Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 26

Total This Season
Points: 395/1045
Books read: 34
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 2
Golden Oldie: 1

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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.

Option 2: The Grown-Up Life.
For this task, choose a book that features at least one adult person on the cover.
The Paper Magician. Charlie N. Holmberg


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Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 25

Total This Season
Points: 380/1045
Books read: 33
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 2
Golden Oldie: 1

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25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore Galore

Option 5: Michael Myers from Halloween
Book 1. Read a book with a MPG of Halloween. 336 pages
Hallowe'en Party. Agatha Christie

Book 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in HE CAME HOME. 192 pages
Letter to My Daughter. Maya Angelou

**Nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF ticket **

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Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 24
NONFICTION : 1

Total This Season
Points: 360/1045
Books read: 32
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 2
Golden Oldie: 1

Truitt_T wrote: "Greetings, all!

I may be offline for a few days. Hurricane Helene is on its way toward me, and I may lose power / internet service for a few days.

Apparently, I was prescient in selecting this t..."

Hope you come out of this safely!

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30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games

Option 2
Read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "BER"
Remember Me. Deborah Bedford - 304 pages

Option 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last initials use only the letters "BER"
No Two Persons. Erica Bauermeister - 314 pages

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Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 23

Total This Season
Points: 335/1045
Books read: 30
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
Golden Oldie: 1

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10.10 Spaceship Pressure

Read a book with a number at least one number of 1, 2,3,4,5,6, on the cover or in the title.

1st to Die. James Patterson

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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 22

Total This Season
Points: 305/1045
Books read: 28
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
Golden Oldie: 1

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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls

Option 3: Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle).
Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully. Julie McFadden

***This is nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF ticket.**

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Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 21
NONFICTION : 1

Total This Season
Points: 295/1045
Books read: 27
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
Golden Oldie: 1

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15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Lovecraftian list: (page 1)
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft. Joe Hill


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Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 20

Total This Season
Points: 275/1045
Books read: 26
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

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15.1 - Whodunnit?

Book 1: Read a book with one of the iconic Cluedo murder weapons on the cover
Girl Waits with Gun. Amy Stewart


Book 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Murder Mystery list: (page 1)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Holly Jackson

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Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 19

Total This Season
Points: 260/1045
Books read: 25
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

Does this work?

Thanks!

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15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now

Read two books from the same series.

The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker. Susan Wittig Albert

The Darling Dahlias and the Voodoo Lily. Susan Wittig Albert

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Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 18

Total This Season
Points: 245/1045
Books read: 23
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

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15.8 - Read My Mind

Read a book in which a main character exhibits some sort of psychic ability.

Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye. Victoria Laurie

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Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 17

Total This Season
Points: 230/1045
Books read: 21
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

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10.3 It's a Whole New Town

Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays

Almost Home. Debbie Macomber

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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 16

Total This Season
Points: 215/1045
Completed Tasks: 16/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

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30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge

Option 1: NHRA
Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name
The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession. Jennifer Chiaverini

Option 4: Labor Day Weekend
Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (First published August 1, 2014).
Season of the Dragonflies. Sarah Creech

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Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 15

Total This Season
Points: 205/1045
Completed Tasks: 15/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

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5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.

The Summer Getaway. Susan Mallery

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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 14

Total This Season
Points: 175/1045
Completed Tasks: 14/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

I've never used a graphic novel before, and horror is definitely a genre I never read, so could you confirm that Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft would work for this task? Thanks.

Thanks, everyone!

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10.5 Part of Your Collection

Read a book with a main character as a superhero or vigilante.

Weekend Warriors. Fern Michaels

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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 13

Total This Season
Points: 170/1045
Completed Tasks: 13/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1