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

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

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25.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Option 1: Their names were of course John, Paul, George and – Richard. Read a book whose author has one of those as a name part.
Playing for Pizza. John Grisham

Option 3: Read a book with a word or 4 or more letters found in the title of one of the songs on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band OR on Magical Mystery Tour – words must match exactly (With a Little Help from my friends - Little)
REQUIRED: State the name of the song & the word
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas. Vicki Delany

Points: 25
Total points: 150
IAF - 1
GO - 1

Lucy-Bookworm wrote: "Kim - post #140 & #160 & #165
Please include your readerboard name - we have several participants named Kim!"

Oops, I started off well (XBM). Do you need me to repost them?

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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option B: Read a book where the author’s first and last initial can be found in one of the show titles: “Bowling For Dollars” (LG)

Florida. Lauren Groff

Points: 20
Total points: 125
IAF - 1
GO - 1

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25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
Option 1: Road Trip
Read a book with a cover over 50% red according to Tineye.
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder. C.L. Miller. (304 pages)


Option 4: Putting ME first.
Read a book that has won an Audie Award in any category, https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...
REQUIRED: State the category & year that it won (Audie Award for Fiction and Nominee for Best Fiction Narrator and for Audiobook of the Year) 2024 (309 pages)
Tom Lake. Ann Patchett

Points: 25
Total points: 105
IAF - 1
GO - 1

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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
Read a book with MPG Romance that is #1, #2, or #3 in a series.
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead. Elle Cosimano

Points: 20
Total points: 80
IAF - 1
GO - 1

I'm wondering if Calder Brand will work for Option 3. Its page count is 252, which technically repeats the number 2, but it also has a 5, so it has 2 of the numbers required. Does having a second 2 in the page count disqualify it?

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30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search

Task 1:
Read a book that has a four letter or more word in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the author's name.
The word Maltese can be made from the letters of the author's name: dAShiEL haMmEtT
The Maltese Falcon. Dashiell Hammett - Published in 1930 Claiming a Golden Oldie

Task 2:
Read a book with an author whose first or last name is at least 4 letters long. Use the letters in the title (not subtitle) to spell the author's first or last name.
Heather can be found in THE ligHts of sugARbErry cove.
The Lights of Sugarberry Cove. Heather Webber

Points: 30
Total points: 60
IAF - 1
GO - 1

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30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
For this task, read two books, one from two different options. The two books must total a minimum of 700 pages.

Option 3: For this task, read a book set at least 50% in Las Vegas where James resides
What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas. James Patterson - Nonfiction, 368 pages

Option 4: Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter (Lisa Lutz, for example).
Fangirl. Rainbow Rowell - 438 pages

Claiming 1 It's a Fact
Points: 30
Total points: 30

Trish wrote: "Kim wrote: "Trish wrote: "Trish wrote: "Kim wrote: "For book 3 - would Absolution (with a Fantasy MPG) work, paired with At Weddings and Wakes - with a Contemporary M..."
Thank you for checking. Absolution was my reading book, I'll see if I can find a different contemporary one.

Trish wrote: "Trish wrote: "Kim wrote: "For book 3 - would Absolution (with a Fantasy MPG) work, paired with At Weddings and Wakes - with a Contemporary MPG?"

I see nothing in the..."

Thanks!

For book 3 - would Absolution (with a Fantasy MPG) work, paired with At Weddings and Wakes - with a Contemporary MPG?

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20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers

Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in one of these famous quotes:
“LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND”

The Unmaking of June Farrow. Adrienne Young. 1.24.24

Task total: 20
Season total: 150

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25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games

Option 2: Musical Chairs

Book A: Read a book with a chair on the cover. For this task a chair is defined as a seat for one person that has a seat & a back
Required: Post the cover
. Robyn Carr. 1.3.24

Book B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in MUSICAL CHAIRS. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
Just a Regular Boy. Catherine Ryan Hyde. 1.5.24

Task total: 25
Season total: 130

Robin P wrote: "Kim wrote: "Does show enough of the chair?"

Oh, tricky but there's nothing else that could be so it is ok."
Thanks!

Does show enough of the chair?

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30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon

Option 1 Two book option
That was the end of Solomon Grundy

a) Read a book where the Author’s FIRST and LAST initials appear in the line of verse. Only books with a single author are allowed. NS
At First Sight. Nicholas Sparks. 1.7.24

b) Read a book with a word of 4 OR MORE letters in the title made from the remaining letters in your chosen line of verse last
The Last Girls. Lee Smith. 12.29.23

Task total: 30
Season total: 105

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50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future

Book 1: The Past

Read a book that is set in, or is about a period, before 1950, AND has one of the MPGs “History”
Set in 1892 - 269 pages
The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang. Tom Clavin. 1.15.2024

Book 2: The Present

Read a book first published in 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024, which is set in the present day
Published in 2021 - 310 pages - MPG Contemporary
The Christmas Bookshop. Jenny Colgan. 1.13.2024

Book 3: The Future

Read a novel by an author who has published one or more novels with a "present day" setting relative to its publishing date, defined as within the same decade (for example, one published in 1985 that was set in the 1980s, or one published in 1928 that was set in the 1920s), and also one or more novels in the science fiction and/or fantasy genres.
MPG - Fantasy, also the author of The Land: Founding - MPG of Science Fiction, 650 pages

God's Eye: Awakening: A Labyrinth World Novel. Aleron Kong. 1.19.2024

Task total: 50
Season total: 75

For option 1, would Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? work?

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25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!

Option 1: Read a mystery set at least 50 years ago (before 1973). This one takes place in 1963.
Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger

Option 2. Female Protagonists. (Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida)
Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day

Task total: 25
Season total: 25

Emurphy wrote: "Does a collection of short stories works for this? 142 pages Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote"

I'm not seeing an option this would work for, sorry.