Natasha’s Comments (group member since Sep 29, 2022)

Natasha’s comments from the The Lost Challenges group.

Roll #4
Start Space: 12
Number Rolled: 2
Space Landed On: 14
14. You forgot to put the cat out before you left. GO HOME.
Book Read: N/A

Sad Face

Roll #3
Start Space: 8
Number Rolled: 4
Space Landed On: 12
12. Pass the SCHOOL - Read a book with a main character who is under 18 years old.
Book read: Famous Last Words (Samantha is 16) by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
Date Finished: 9/23/24

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge

Duration: September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Single: Read 3-4 books

3/4 books

1. Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee 9/15/24
2. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark 9/19/24
3. Famous Last Words by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski 9/23/24
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Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Duration: September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024

1/3 books

1. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 9/11/24
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Ebooks Are My Thing

Duration: September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024

Object: Read ebooks each month.

🖥️ List all of your reads using an e-reader/phone/computer, etc. each month. Earn a badge for your level of participation each month.

🖥️ Levels 🖥️
Level One: 1-10 books

0/5 books

Belated completion post

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

3/3 books

1. The Sword Defiant by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan 8/20/24 (Lands of the Firstborn #1)
2. What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher 8/29/24 (Sworn Soldier #2)
3. Calamity by Brandon Sanderson 8/31/24 (The Reckoners #3)

Belated completed post

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Single: Read 3-4 books

Books: 3/3 books

1. The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi 8/4/24
2. A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir 8/13/24
3. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury 8/13/24

Renassiance Faire

Duration September 1, 2024 - November 30, 2024

Read a book for each task.

1/10 tasks

TASKS

1. One of the favorite things of the faire is the joust. Two knights in full armor fight with the crowds cheering their favorites and two rebel rousers egging the crowd on by dissing the knight they weren't for.
🛡️ Read a book where a fight takes place or where a character goes to cheer someone on or about a knight.

2. Of course every good faire has to have a King and Queen and a royal court. At different times during the faire they royals will actually knight people.
👑 Read a book about royalty or about a person who has been knighted or where the authors initials can be found in ROYAL COURT.

3. Then you have all the entertainers like the jugglers, dancing faeries, stilt walkers. minstrels, fire eaters, acrobats, and Aerialists,.
👺 Read a book where someone juggles a lot of things (Your interpretation) or with a character who goes dancing or with a fire on the cover (Show cover).

4. Don't forget the other fun characters you will run into like the beggars, washing well wrenches, the jesters, faeries, nymphs and druids even.
🧚‍♀️ Read a book that is tagged Paranormal or where a character has to beg for something or where the authors initials can be found in WRENCHES.
This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada 9/13/24 - The author's initials E and S are found in WRENCHES

5. Of course then there are games you can play and skills you can hone, You can take part in a live chess game, try your hand at axe throwing or knife throwing, There is also Jacob's ladder, darts, archery and hide n seek in the maze.
🏹Read a book where a character plays chess or darts or with a character called Jacob or where a maze features in the story line.

6. Lets not forget the crafting booths where you can see people making baskets, handmade leather shoes, candles, glassware, weapon makers and more.
🕯️ Read a book with a basket on the cover (show cover) or where a character makes candles or where the MC's initials can be found in CRAFTING.

7. You can also buy memories of your day at the faire with swords, shields, headdresses, jewelry, hair ornaments, pottery and instruments.
🥁Read a book where a character plays an instrument or where a character wears something in their hair or where the first letter of each title word can be found in RENAISSANCE FAIRE. (Three word minimum).

8. Now if you get the munchies while you are walking around try the special food of the faire. Turkey legs, Dragon wings and fryes, The Kings Saucy Balls, Peasant Bread, and Squires Dog basket.
🦃Read a book where a character eats turkey, or with a dragon in the story line or with a character who is "saucy",

9. Now you might need to wet your whistle so if you are in the mood for an adult drink you can try Witches Brew, Dragon's Nest, Pirate's Pop, and of course a pint of ale.
🍺 Read a book with a character who drinks ale/beer or where a character whistles (Tell us whom) or where the author's initials can be found in PIRATE.

10. Throughout the day make sure you check out the different shows like the puppets, the trained dog show, a pub sing, and don't miss the parade of the Royal court.
🐶 Read a book with a dog on the cover (Show cover) or where a character sings or a character watches a parade.

Clean It Out
Duration: August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

1. Read one book from your TBR OR from the pile you have at home.
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 8/2/24

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Calamity by Brandon Sanderson 8/31/24 (The Reckoners #3)

3. Read one book that you bought or borrowed but have not yet read.
A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir 8/13/24

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X)
The Uncouth Duke of Longford by Sally Forbes 8/30/24

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Completed

3/3 books

1. The Sword Defiant by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan 8/20/24 (Lands of the Firstborn #1)
2. What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher 8/29/24 (Sworn Soldier #2)
3. Calamity by Brandon Sanderson 8/31/24 (The Reckoners #3)

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Completed

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Single: Read 3-4 books

Books: 3/3 books

1. The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi 8/4/24
2. A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir 8/13/24
3. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury 8/13/24

I probably won't get this finished, but it'll be interesting to see how far I get.

2024 Colossal Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025

Being a group dedicated to challenges, it seems only fitting to make a challenge of the challenges themselves. To accomplish this challenge you will need to complete ALL the tasks in each category using challenges from any group, just tell us the challenge's name and the group's name. OR you can list any 50 challenges that begin after August 1, 2024 and you finish before July 31, 2025. When you finish you will have completed 50 challenges for the year. Good luck!

Monthly
Ducks in a Row can only count every other month. Music Challenges will only count if started after August 1st.

August:
1. Stand Alone Challenge
2. Easy as 1-2-3
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September:
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October:
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November:
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December:
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Miscellaneous (Any other challenges that begin after August 1, 2024 and you finish before July 31, 2025.)
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This looks fun and I'm already reading a 3.5 book.

Series: Half Books and Numbered Stories

Duration: July 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024

Level:
Level One: 3-11 books

Books: 1/5

1. Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson 7/7/24

Roll #2
Start Space: 4
Number Rolled: 4
Space Landed On: 8
8. Pass the SCHOOL – Read a book that takes place in a school.
Book read: A Great and Terrible Beauty (takes place at a finishing school) by Libba Bray
Date Finished: 5/16/24

Purge That Pile 2024

Duration: 1/1/2024-12/31/2024

Books read: 3/12

Months:
January
📚 Read a book that is a first in a series.

February
📚 Read a book with a heart on the cover (Show cover).

March
📚 Read a book where the word GREEN can be found in the title.

April
📚 Read a book set in SPRING.

May
📚 Read a book that has a character who is a Mother.

June
📚 Read a book that is a Series book.
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson 6/20/24 - Number 3 in the Stormlight Archives series

July
📚 Read a book with SAND on the cover. ( Show cover).

August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.

September
📚 Read a book whose genre starts with a letter in SCHOOL.
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 9/17/24 - Classics

October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in HALLOWEEN (all words count).
Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer 10/25/24 - title starts with H

November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U and last name begins with a vowel.

December
📚 Read a book with presents on the cover. (Show cover.)

166. Sternius
167. Stupefy
168. Surgito
169. Tarantallegra
170. Tentaclifors
171. Tergeo
172. Titillando
173. Ventus
174. Vera Verto
175. Verdillious
176. Verdimillious
177. Vermiculus
178. Vermillious
179. Vipera Evanesca
180. Vulnera Sanentur
181. Waddiwasi
W - Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan 11/23/23
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W - White Holes by Carlo Rovelli 2/3/24
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182. Wingardium Leviosa
W - The White Queen by Philippa Gregory 2/18/24
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M
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151. Repello Muggletum
152. Revelio
153. Reverte
154. Rictusempra
155. Riddikulus

156. Salvio Hexia
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H - The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe 5/8/25
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157. Scourgify
158. Sectumsempra
159. Serpensortia
160. Silencio
161. Skurge
162. Slugulus Eructo
163. Sonorus
164. Specialis Revelio
165. Spongify

136. Protego
137. Protego Diabolica

138. Protego Horribilis
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H - The Huntress by Kate Quinn 4/26/25
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139. Protego Maxima
140. Protego Totalum

141. Quietus
Q - Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland by Susan Fraser King 7/4/25
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142. Redactum Skullus
143. Reducio
144. Reducto
145. Relashio
146. Rennervate
147. Reparifarge
148. Reparifors
149. Reparo
150. Repello Inimicum

121. Orchideous
122. Oscausi
123. Pack
124. Papyrus Reparo
125. Partis Temporus
126. Periculum
127. Peskipiksi Pesternomi
128. Petrificus Totalus
129. Piertotum Locomotor
130. Piscifors
131. Point Me
132. Portus
133. Prior Incantato
134. Priori Incantatem
135. Pullus

106. Mobiliarbus
107. Mobilicorpus
108. Molliare
109. Morsmorde
110. Mucus ad Nauseam
111. Muffliato
112. Multicorfors
113. Mutatio Skullus
114. Nox
115. Nebulus
116. Oculus Reparo
117. Obliviate
118. Obscuro
119. Oppugno
120. Orbis