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

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

I literally have nothing in my TBR that fits this task. Can you suggest some? Might there be a list somewhere?

XBM

5.3 Autumn Whodunits
Read a book with MPG Cozy Mystery

Memories and Murder. Lynn Cahoon

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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 12

Total This Season
Points: 160/1045
Completed Tasks: 12/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

XBM

30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
(This was a fun task for me, the hard part was deciding which two of the grandkids to celebrate in books!)

4) My youngest grandson is a college runner. Read a fiction or nonfiction book about running. (for Arian)
Racing the Rain. John L. Parker Jr.

6) My granddaughters are named August and November. Read a book containing any month in the title/subtitle or author’s name. (for August)
The Dry Grass of August. Anna Jean Mayhew

THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 11

Total This Season
Points: 155/1045
Completed Tasks: 11/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

XBM

5.9 It's Fall Y'all

Read a book first published in September, October, or November
First published October 27, 2020
I'll Be Seeing You: A Memoir. Elizabeth Berg

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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 10

Total This Season
Points: 125/1045
Completed Tasks: 10/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

XBM

5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Read a book with one of these words in the title:
fall, sweater, blanket, pumpkin, or candle
Calling for a Blanket Dance. Oscar Hokeah

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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 9

Total This Season
Points: 120/1045
Completed Tasks: 9/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

Drinks: Coffee, Tea, Wine, Water

XBM

30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs

Option 2
Book A – Read a book that meets the requirements: female author, first in series, mystery MPG
State of the Onion. Julie Hyzy - 325 pages

Book B – read a book from one of the three nominated categories from that season of SRC (RITA Award Winners:)
The Christmas Basket. Debbie Macomber - 240 pages

THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 8

Total This Season
Points: 115/1045
Completed Tasks: 8/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

Just a quick question. If I rolled 1, then 6, I would need one book that was a Biography or Memoir; whose author had a first or last initial of V, W, X, Y, or Z?

XBM

10.8 How Far I'll Leap

Read a book where time travel is essential to the story.
The Time Machine. H.G. Wells

First published in 1895 - claiming one GO ticket

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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 7
Golden Oldie: 1

Total This Season
Points: 85/1045
Completed Tasks: 7/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1

XBM

10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway

Read a book set in a country you do not live. (England)
Required: State the country you live. If the setting is not evident from the main page, provide a reference. (I live in the United States)
The Last Bookshop in London. Madeline Martin

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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 6
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0

Total This Season
Points: 75/1045
Completed Tasks: 6/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0

I'm confused about the examples provided for option 1:
Examples – Longbourn- Jo Baker
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
The Weaver Takes a Wife
Butcher's Crossing

I couldn't find Baker, Detective, Weaver or Butcher on the list, although Smith was. What am I missing?

XBM

15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream

Option 2: One-book task
Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction. AND which is numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered books (no x.5 etc). The series must appear in greyscale on the GR book page.

Heaven's River. Dennis E. Taylor (Audio book)
Heaven's River - Paperback edition - 621 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket


THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 5
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0

Total This Season
Points: 65/1045
Completed Tasks: 5/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0

XBM

15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...

Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE. (Shop)

At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities. Heather Webber

THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 4
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0

Total This Season
Points: 50/1045
Completed Tasks: 4/59
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0

XBM

10.2- Slay The Beast

Read a book with the word "Monster" in tact in the title

Little Monsters. Kara Thomas

THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 3
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0

Total This Season
Points: 35/1045
Completed Tasks: 3/59
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0

XBM

15.9 - Shifting Sands
Choose a desert from the Wiki list of the largest deserts by area and read a book set at least 50% in a nation listed for that desert.
Required: State the desert and the country setting. If the setting is not obvious from the GR book description or metadata, provide a reference. (Mojave Desert - United States)

The Days I Loved You Most. Amy Neff - takes place in New England (CT)


THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 2
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0

Total This Season
Points: 25/1045
Completed Tasks: 2/59
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0

XBM

10.6 On My Hike
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
Required State the word (Paris)

The Paris Novel. Ruth Reichl

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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0

Total This Season
Points: 10/1045
Completed Tasks: 1/59
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0

Brooke wrote: "just making sure since it's my first challenge here, for this one, i read ONE book, that fits TWO tasks at the same time? or it's TWO separate books that fit a different task each?"
Sometimes you are given the option of reading one book that meets the requirement for two options, but that would normally state a minimum page count of 500 or more pages. In this case, it's two options, two different books. I can see how the wording is confusing for a first time participant, though.

swaddle wrote: "I am so confused. I received an email about “The Day the World Came to Town:…” and I want to read the book and I thought I’d start the challenge for Fall (9/1) but cannot find that book mentioned a..."
It's the Group Read for the Fall 2024 Challenge in the category Non-Fiction - Journalism. I think that's task 20.10, which has not been posted yet.

For the publication date option - are we just talking year, or does day of the month count, as well? Thanks.

5.1 Calling for a Blanket Dance OR Black Candle Woman
5.2 The Summer Getaway OR other book by Susan Mallery
5.3 A Killer Plot (Libby)
5.4 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd OR When Autumn Leaves
5.5 book with 13 or 31 intact, page # or pub year
5.6 The Saturday Night Ghost Club (Libby)
5.7 OR
5.8 OR
5.9 I'll Be Seeing You: A Memoir or November Road
5.10 Free Read

10.1 Read a book set in a country you do not live in - The Paris Novel
10.2 Read a book with the word "Monster" intact in the title - Little Monsters
10.3 Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays - Almost Home
10.4 MPG Crime - How to Solve Your Own Murder
10.5 Read a book with a main character as a superhero or vigilante. - Weekend Warriors
10.6 Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title - The Lost Bookshop
10.7 Read a book with a plant, bush or flower on the cover. - A Wedding on the Beach
10.8 Read a book where time travel is essential to the story - The Time Machine
10.9 From this List https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5... - His Majesty's Dragon OR The Hero and The Crown
10.10 Read a book with a number at least one number of 1, 2,3,4,5,6, on the cover or in the title must be numerical not spelt out - 1st to Die

15.1a Read a book with a cluedo weapon on the cover - Girl Waits with Gun
b From Murder mystery list - The Good Girl's Guide to Murder
15.2a Two books from Same series
The Darling Dahlias And The Voodoo Lily
The Darling Dahlias And The Red Hot Poker
15.3 MPG Science Fiction & Number 1 - 7 in series
Heaven's River
15.4 Aeroplane on Cover AND author initials in HIT THE SILK
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
15.5 Published 2002 OR 2020 - Savannah Blues
15.6 Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Lovecraftian list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Meddling Kids
15.7 Single word title - Cakewalk?
15.8 Read a book in which a main character exhibits some sort of psychic ability - Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye
15.9 Choose a desert from the Wiki list of the largest deserts by area and read a book set at least 50% in a nation listed for that desert. Free read, fit as needed
The Days I Loved You Most
15.10 Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE. At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

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20.10 Group Read The Echo of Old Books OR Dear Evan Hansen

25.1 Option 5 Book 1. Read a book with a MPG of Halloween. Halloween (AC) pea
Book 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in HE CAME HOME Aeddon's book? Letter to My Daughter (pea)
25.2 Book A: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Florida Checked out : a dead-end job mystery
Book B: Read a book with an MPG book about books The Last Bookshop in London
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30.1a Book with at least 2 of the letters JKQXZ in the title - The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
b. Author initials one of JKQXZ - Mary Kay Andrews OR Sadeqa Johnson

30.2a Set in Africa - The Double Comfort Safari Club
b written by African Author - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier OR another book by Alexander McCall Smith

30.3 MC in Armed forces
b Author initials in AAAAABCCCCCDEGGHKLMMNRST. - Aeddon's book?
c Containing any month in title/ subtitle / author's name
The Dry Grass of August

30.4a Author name (1st and last) contains NHRA - The Women's March
d. published august or September 1991- 2024 - Season of the Dragonflies

30.5 each book > 250 pages
c. word ending BER in title - November Road
d. Author initials in BER - No Two Persons
30.6 a. Single female aged between 15 and 29 is MC - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
b. Word of 4 + letter matches "stairway to heaven" lyrics - Knows
The Wind Knows My Name
30.7 - Spun T
1. Author Surname begins with T - French Braid
2. Title begins with T
3. MPG begins with T
4. Character name (first or last) on GR Page begins with T

30.8 TWO books from ONE option total page count 501+
Book A: 1st book in series, female writer, MPG mystery - State of the Onion
Book B: RITA Award Winners - The Christmas Basket

30.9 op 1 Read a book with one or more of the following disaster related words in the title and/or subtitle.
Fire and Bones
Option 2 - Non-fiction Disaster Books - Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

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