NC3- BAT Outta Hell

[bamaace83]

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 1: Read a chain of 3 books that are 5th in any series
Book: Suite on the Boss by Olivia Hayle
Date Read: 9-8-24
How it fits: 5th in New York Billionaires series

[Bernadette]

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 3: Read a chain of 3 books with a tail on the cover
Book: The Thursday Murder Club/Richard Osman
Date Read: 9/11/24
How it fits: Fox with a tail on the cover

[Teddie]

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Trunk 1: Read a chain of 3 books with gray covers
Book: Grey / Kade Cook
Date Read: 9/13/24
How it fits: grey cover

[Bernadette]

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Trunk 1: Read a chain of 3 books with gray covers (min 50%)
Book: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents/Isabel Wilkerson
Date Read: 9/21/24
How it fits: 57% gray per TinEye

[Teddie]

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 3: Read a chain of 3 books with a tail on the cover
Book: The Sword of Summer
Date Read: 9.21.24
How it fits: tail on the cover

[Teddie]

Hi Ladies! Sorry for the holdup - I've picked books for the last 2 tasks, now I just need to read them. I've been dragging on my reading this month, but I'll pick it up.

Hope you both had a good September!

[bamaace83]

No worries! I'm sure you will catch up soon. I spent the weekend at a four day music festival and now am trying to get some of my challenges updated but have a feeling that I'm going to have to do catching up all week.

[Bernadette]

September was good. Time for fall, October & November are already filling up, starting with a Phillies playoff game on Saturday⚾😊🎫

[Teddie]

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Foot 1: Read a chain of 3 books that are 5th in any series
Book: Headliners by Lucy Parker
Date Read: 10/4/24
How it fits: London Celebrities #5

[bamaace83]

I don't know about y'all but I have challenges everywhere!

[Bernadette]

bamaace83 wrote: "I don't know about y'all but I have challenges everywhere!"

Same here!

[Teddie]

Monster: MOKELE-MBEMBE
Tail 1: Read a chain of 3 books with all the letters PYRAMID in the title/subtitle/Author (any combination)
Book: Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
Date Read: 10/17/24
How it fits: neAnDRethal seeks huMan by PennY reId

[Teddie]

TITANS

Godzilla
MUTOs
King Kong
Skull Devil
MothraM
Rodan
King Ghidorah
Methuselah
Scylla
Behemoth
Amhuluk
Na Kika
Mokele-Mbembe
Tiamat
Camazotz
Mechagodzilla

[Teddie]

Finally finished!! Thanks for your patience ladies :)

I requested MUTOs for our next Titan - hopefully won't be too much of a killer.

No more big team challenges for me until January - lol. When I'm playing those, I tend to read for the most points possible for those, and then fall behind in my other challenges. Ah well.

We've put off turning on the furnace so far this autumn - just got a cord of wood so using the fireplace as needed. Hope you all are having a wonderful Fall!

[Bernadette]

Teddie, drinker of the bitter invention of Satan wrote: "Finally finished!! Thanks for your patience ladies :)

I requested MUTOs for our next Titan - hopefully won't be too much of a killer.

No more big team challenges for me until January - lol. When ..."

The heat is not on in our house yet, but we have used the fireplace on a few chilly nights. I was in New York City yesterday and the weather was wonderful. I supposed to be in the 70's here for a week starting tomorrow with one day in the 80's🌞 - I'm right outside of Philadelphia.

[Teddie]

I heard this weekend is supposed to be a bit Indian Summerish here too - I'm in Buffalo, so similar weather to Philly. Fingers crossed - I don't usually trust weather forecasts more than 12-24 hours out around here ;)

[bamaace83]

We have a gas fireplace so we aren’t as lucky but we turned the heat on Tuesday night. We had a frost warning and it just got so cold but next week it will be almost 80. I think the weather is just nutsy right now.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

MUTOs


The MUTOs are prehistoric parasites. They survived by attacking and killing members of Godzilla's species and laying their eggs in the carcasses. A male & female MUTO that emerged from spores left in carcasses found each other in San Francisco. They built a nest together but Godzilla killed them to stop them from reproducing. The military destroyed the nest.

To capture the MUTOs, you will need 8 chains (there are 2 of them).

Complete the following tasks:
MUTO (male)
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books with the letters MUTO in the title
Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a man on the cover
Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books set in California
Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a military character
MUTO (female)
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books where someone tries to get pregnant or reproduce
Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a woman on the cover
Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books starting with a letter in MUTO (you must decide as a team which letter to use- you must all use the same letter)
Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a prehistoric animal (they do not have to be the same animal)

[Teddie]

MUTO (male)
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books with the letters MUTO in the title
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a man on the cover
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books set in California
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a military character
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


MUTO (female)
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books where someone tries to get pregnant or reproduce
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a woman on the cover
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books starting with a letter in MUTO (you must decide as a team which letter to use- you must all use the same letter)
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie


Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a prehistoric animal (they do not have to be the same animal)
Bernadette
Anna
Teddie

[Teddie]

8 tasks, but none with bats! :)

For the female Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books starting with a letter in MUTO (you must decide as a team which letter to use- you must all use the same letter)

I'm thinking T might be the simplest letter to pick?

[bamaace83]

Sure, I'm good with T.

[Bernadette]

bamaace83 wrote: "Sure, I'm good with T."

Me too!

[Bernadette]

Monster: MUTO (male)
Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books set in California
Book: The Final Girl Support Group/Grady Hendrix
Date Read: 10/22/24
How it fits: set in Los Angeles, CA

[Teddie]

Monster: MUTO
Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a woman on the cover
Book: The Road Trip
Date Read: 10/20/24
How it fits: woman in the back left seat


Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a man on the cover
Book: Pudd'nhead Wilson
Date Read: 10/22/24
How it fits: man on cover

[Bernadette]

Monster: MUTO (male)
Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a military character
Book: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Date Read: 10/26/24
How it fits: The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain

[Bernadette]

Monster: MUTO (female)
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books where someone tries to get pregnant or reproduce
Book: Hidden Pictures/Jason Rekulak
Date Read: 10/24/24
How it fits: Caroline Maxwell attempts to get pregnant but is unsuccessful

[bamaace83]

Monster: MUTO (male)
Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a military character
Book: Pulse by Adriana Locke
Date Read: 10/27/24
How it fits: Troy is an ex military character.

[bamaace83]

Monster: MUTO
Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a woman on the cover
Book: The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary
Date Read: 10/27/24
How it fits: woman on front

[bamaace83]

Monster: MUTO (male)
Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books starting with a letter in MUTO (you must decide as a team which letter to use- you must all use the same letter)
Book: The Rules of Dating My Best Friend's Sister by Vi Keeland
Date Read: 10/22/24
How it fits: Starts with T

[bamaace83]

Monster: MUTO
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books with the letters MUTO in the title
Book: You Really Got Me by Erika Kelly
Date Read: 10/23/24
How it fits: MUTO in title

[bamaace83]

Monster: MUTO
Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a man on the cover
Book: My Beautiful Neighbor by Piper Rayne
Date Read: 10/26/24
How it fits: man on cover

[Teddie]

Monster: MUTO (male)
Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books starting with a letter in MUTO : T
Book:
Date Read: 10/24/24
How it fits: Starts with T

[Bernadette]

Monster: MUTO
Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a woman on the cover
Book: A Cold Dark Place/Toni Anderson
Date Read: 10/28/24
How it fits: woman on cover


Monster: MUTO (male)
Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books starting with a letter in MUTO : T
Book: The Dream Daughter/Diane Chamberlain
Date Read: 10/29/24
How it fits: Starts with T

Monster: MUTO (female)
Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a prehistoric animal
Book: Jaws/Peter Benchley
Date Read: 10/30/24
How it fits: The first sharks appeared on earth about 420 million years ago and their descendants have survived down to the present day.

[Bernadette]

Monster: MUTO (male)
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books with the letters MUTO in the title
Book: One for the Murphys/Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Date Read: 11/8/24
How it fits: MUTO in title - One for The MUrphys

Arm 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a man on the cover
Book: Gwendy's Button Box/Stephen King
Date Read: 11/10/24
How it fits: man on cover

[Teddie]

Monster: MUTO (female)
Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a prehistoric animal
Book:
Date Read: 11.15.24
How it fits: Mungo is a dinosaur chicken

Monster: MUTO (male)
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books with the letters MUTO in the title
Book:
Date Read: 11.17.24
How it fits: MUTO in title - The Many cOloUred land * also has dinos *

[bamaace83]

Monster: MUTO (female)
Arm 1: Read a chain of 3 books where someone tries to get pregnant or reproduce
Book: Broken by Sadie Kincaid
Date Read: 11-16-24
How it fits: Melanie attempts to get pregnant in this book and is successful.

[bamaace83]

I'm going to work on the other two books this week.

[Teddie]

I know what I'm reading for two of the three tasks I have left - other timed challenge tasks just keep getting in the way. On that note, I'm reading my first Trollope this week - fingers crossed that someone in there is trying to get pregnant ;)

[bamaace83]

I think that's a strong possibility. My hardest one left is the prehistoric animal but I'm going to find one. I just finished a short Cali book.

[bamaace83]

Monster: MUTO (male)
Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books set in California
Book: Without a Net by Jill Blake
Date Read: 11-24-24
How it fits: set in Santa Monica, CA

[Bernadette]

bamaace83 wrote: "I think that's a strong possibility. My hardest one left is the prehistoric animal but I'm going to find one. I just finished a short Cali book."

I thought prehistoric animal was going to be hard, and then I happened to the be reading Jaws and thought sharks must be prehistoric.

Have a good Thanksgiving ladies. We will have 24 at our house for dinner, 19 adults and 5 kids.

[bamaace83]

Hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving! So many people at your house. How did it go? We stayed here because of work schedules and had 5 people here. It was nice and this year we didn't have too many leftovers which was nice. I'm going to prioritize that prehistoric animal this week.

[Teddie]

I ended up picking The Many-Coloured Land for my prehistoric - then listened to The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook in the meantime, and Donut's pet Mungo is a dinosaur chicken - lol. (btw, I know the premise for this series sounds ridiculous, but the audiobooks are hilarious.)

I hope you both had a yummy Thanksgiving - I hope you survived Bernadette! wow. :)

[Teddie]

Monster: MUTO (male)
Leg 1: Read a chain of 3 books set in California
Book: Tea with the Black Dragon
Date Read: 12.4.24
How it fits: set in San Francisco, California

[bamaace83]

I found a dragon book that I'm reading this week. :)

[bamaace83]

Monster: MUTO (female)
Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a prehistoric animal
Book: Dragon Fall by Katie MacAlister
Date Read: 12-13-24
How it fits: Dragons are in the book.

[bamaace83]

I read the pregnant book up above but it was buried in my ramble. I'm glad to get that book done. Sorry for holding everyone up on it.

[Teddie]

I'm the hold up - I keep hoping to read a book with someone trying to get pregnant - arg.

[Teddie]

Monster: MUTO (male)
Leg 2: Read a chain of 3 books with a military character
Book: Louisiana Longshot
Date Read: 12.10.24
How it fits: Troy is an ex military character.

[bamaace83]

You just gotta toss in a quick steamy romance book and I bet in the epilogue there is a baby.