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

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

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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

THIS POST
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

50.1

Kathy KS wrote: "Just checking about the list of letters. You say: AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST

They seem to be alphabetical, but an "A" is stuck there in the middle. Is it really supposed to be A, C or D?"

Good catch. Six grandchildren, each with four names, five of them starting with A. That's just an errant A in the middle.

For "Read a book with a main character who is an unmarried woman aged 15 - 29 inclusive," do either of these work?
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot - Lenni is a 17 year old girl, Margot, an 83 year old woman.
The Paris Library - Lily is a lonely teenager, Odile is an elderly woman.
In each case, one of the main characters is the correct age.

Also, for book 2 - is the word title missing from the description? "book with a word" - a title word, correct?

I'm not seeing this stated anywhere, but is this a 2 book task?

More than half of the books on page one have Children as one of the genres. Am I correct in assuming those are not usable?

Does The Fortunes of Jaded Women work?

- would this work?

Will Almost Home work?

Yes, they talk about being an officer in the navy.

Absolutely, Marie.

Reserved

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10.9 - Olympics: Pentathlon

Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle).

Sunday at the Sunflower Inn. Jodi Thomas

Points: 10
Total points: 850
Books read: 64
Tasks completed: 52
IAF points: 14
BB points: 1
GO points: 1

Thanks for a fun challenge!

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5.10 -Easy Breezy Summertime

Read a book of choice

Camino Ghosts. John Grisham

Points: 5
Total points: 840
Books read: 63
Tasks completed: 51
IAF points: 14
BB points: 1
GO points: 1

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50.1 -Ashlea's Task-Summer Storms

Book 1 - Option 2- Read a book where an authors first and last initial can be found in FINNLAN JAMES. SA
Happy Medium. Sarah Adler - 416 pages

Book 2 - Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in GREYSON NATHANIEL GLH
The Enchanted Barn. Grace Livingston Hill - 248 pages
Requesting 1 Golden Oldies ticket (Published in 1918)

Book 3 - Option 2- Read a book by an author who's first and last initial can be found in JUNIPER HENSLEY GRACE JG
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. John Grisham - 360 pages
Nonfiction - requesting 1 IAF ticket

Points: 50
Total points: 835
Books read: 62
Tasks completed: 50
IAF points: 14
BB points: 1
GO points: 1

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25.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Chronicles of St Mary’s and the Time Police

2. The Cast of Characters
Read a book, where the author shares a first or last name with one of the characters on the fan page (Jenny Fields)
The Christmas Surprise. Jenny Colgan (432 pages)

3. The Titles.
Read a book that shares a word of AT LEAST four letters with one of the books in the series. (A Trail Through Time)
City of Time and Magic. Paula Brackston (309 pages)

Points: 25
Total points: 785
Books read: 59
Tasks completed: 49
IAF points: 13
BB points: 1