HOB Series Surfing: November 2023

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

November 2023
Individual

Welcome to the monthly HOB Series Surfing challenge. Remember all those pesky series that you started during all your other challenges but never got back to (even though you really wanted to). In this challenge, you are going to surf through those series by rolling the 99-sided die. Whatever you roll determines the number in any series that you are going to read.

For example:
🏄If you roll a 3, you would read the third book in any series
🏄If you roll a 12, you can read a first, second, or twelfth book in any series.
🏄0s can be used to read a book of choice (this can also be a standalone book).
🏄The series you read from is always up to you.
🏄Standard Rules Apply

To sign up, grab a spot to track your progress, and let's surf through those series! I am scrapping the group goal since many of you are not participating in it. You can just post your personal goals in your spot. Let us know at the end of the month if you achieve your goal!


To Roll Die
Open link below and click on "roll"
https://rolladie.net/roll-a-d20-die#!...

Completions
Post your completions in this format:

Roll:
Book:
Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Fits:

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[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Participants


Truitt 17/20
Sammy 9/15
Angie 0/10
Elizabeth 4/8
Heather 1/15

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Don't forget to fill out the HOB survey

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

[Truitt_T]

I saw your posts about ending this challenge and about people wanting a challenge like it, lol.

I've been trying out new to me challenges this year, so I'll give it a shot.

Hmmm...I have no idea how this will go, so how about 8 10?

10/10

I've completed my original 10, so I'm going to roll for five more.

15/15

And I've completed 15, so I'll roll for another 5.

19/20

✔️Roll #1: 34
Book: The Robots of Dawn
Author: Isaac Asimov
Pages: 449 per GR
Date Read: 11/10
Fits: It's the 3rd book in the Robot series.

✔️Roll #2: 56
Book: Curses!
Author: Aaron Elkins
Pages: 198 per GR
Date Read: 11/19/23
Fits: It's the 5th book in the Gideon Oliver series.

✔️Roll #3: 20
Book: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Pages: 398 per GR
Date Read: 11/3/23
Fits: It's a standalone.

✔️Roll #4: 21
Book: The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Author: Laurie R. King
Pages: 370
Date Read: 11/1
Fits: It's #1 in the series.

✔️Roll #5: 44
Book: Knife Children
Author: Lois McMaster Bujold
Pages: 148 per GR
Date Read: 11/18
Fits: It's book #4.5 in The Sharing Knife series.

✔️Roll #6: 73
Book: System Collapse
Author: Martha Wells
Pages: 248 per GR
Date Read: 11/17
Fits: It's the 7th book in the Murderbot series.

✔️Roll #7: 16
Book: Night at the Vulcan
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Pages: 263 per GR
Date Read: 11/2
Fits: It's the 16th book in the series. :)

✔️Roll #8: 12
Book: Wool
Author: Hugh Howey
Pages: 594 per GR
Date Read: 11/5
Fits: It's the first book in the Silo trilogy.

✔️Roll #9: 57
Book: Dead as a Doornail
Author: Charlaine Harris
Pages: 304 per GR
Date Read: 11/6
Fits: It's the 5th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series.

✔️Roll #10: 70
Book: A Little Princess
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pages: 240 per GR
Date Read: 11/2
Fits: It's a standalone.

✔️Roll #11: 28
Book: Home
Author: Nnedi Okorafor
Pages: 168 per GR
Date Read: 11/22
Fits: It's the second book in the Binti series.

✔️Roll #12: 21
Book: Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Pages: 401 per GR
Date Read: 11/21
Fits: It's book 1.5 in the Twilight series.

✔️Roll #13: 50
Book: This is How You Lose the Time War
Author: Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Pages: 209 per GR
Date Read: 11/22
Fits: It's a standalone.

✔️Roll #14: 73
Book: The Night Masquerade
Author: Nnedi Okorafor
Pages: 205 per GR
Date Read: 11/23
Fits: It's the third book in the Binti series.

✔️Roll #15: 81
Book: Arrivals and Arrests
Author: Diana Xarissa
Pages: 258 per GR
Date Read: 11/21
Fits: It's the first book in the Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy series.

✔️Roll #16: 32
Book: Reliquary
Author: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Pages: 487 per GR
Date Read: 11/28
Fits:

Roll #17: 34
Book:
Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
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✔️Roll #18: 1
Book: His Quiet Agent
Author: Ada Maria Soto
Pages: 130 per GR
Date Read: 11/24
Fits: It's the first book the The Agency series.

✔️Roll #19: 84
Book: ISO: In Search Of
Author: Lucy Lennox & Molly Maddox
Pages: 280 per GR
Date Read: 11/29
Fits: It's the fourth book in the After Oscar series.

✔️Roll #20: 97
Book: Make No Bones
Author: Aaron Elkins
Pages: 204 per GR
Date Read: 11/23
Fits: It's the 7th book in the Gideon Oliver series.

[Sammy]

Go on then! I wasn't going to join any more challenges until some of the ones I'm doing finish, but as I just completed Murder she wrote I need something else to give me a bonus boost for Listopia! 😂

I'll start with 5 and go from there :)

1. 56

Roll: 56
Book: From Russia With Love
Author: Ian Fleming
Pages: 259
Date Read: 17 nov
Fits: #5 in series

2. 2

Roll: 2
Book: Bear Head
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Pages: 400
Date Read: 19 nov
Fits: 2 in series

3. 65

Roll: 65
Book: A Dance with Dragons
Author: George R.R. Martin
Pages: 1123
Date Read: 28 nov
Fits: #5 in series

4. 80

Roll: 80 -
Book: Starter Villain
Author: John Scalzi
Pages: 336
Date Read: 2 nov
Fits: stand alone

5. 28

Roll: 28
Book: A Monstrous Regiment of Women
Author: Laurie R. King
Pages: 316
Date Read: 22 nov
Fits: #2 in series

6. 62

7. 20

Roll: 20
Book: The Turn of the Screw
Author: Henry James
Pages: 121
Date Read: 19 nov
Fits: stand alone

8. 70

Roll: 70
Book: Babel
Author: R.F. Kuang
Pages: 544
Date Read: 21 nov
Fits: stand alone

9. 13

Roll: 13
Book: The Making of a Marchioness
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pages: 198
Date Read: 8 nov
Fits: #1 in series

10. 15

Roll: 15
Book: Me Before You
Author: Jojo Moyes
Pages: 369
Date Read: 10 nov
Fits: #1 in series

11. 11

12. 57

13. 20

Roll: 20
Book: The Violin Conspiracy
Author: Brendan Slocumb
Pages: 345
Date Read: 22 nov
Fits: stand alone

14. 98

15. 71

[Truitt_T]

Sammy wrote: "Go on then! I wasn't going to join any more challenges until some of the ones I'm doing finish, but as I just completed Murder she wrote I need something else to give me a bonus boost for Listopia!..."

LOL! I knew you'd join in too, Sammy!

[Sammy]

I'm nothing if not a challenge addict 😂

[Angie ☯]

These bonus temptations!! They suck you right in!! Wouldn't have anything to do with me being a challenge whore..... 😂

[Angie ☯]

November 2023 ~ Series Surfing
Goal: 10

1. Roll ~ 12

2. Roll ~ 94

3. Roll ~ 80

4. Roll ~ 25

5. Roll ~ 38

6. Roll ~ 64

7. Roll ~ 19

8. Roll ~ 5

9. Roll ~ 20

10. Roll ~ 13

[Elizabeth]

Elizabeth Sofia
Hooked on Books Series Surfing November 2023
4/8
Update 11/27/23: 5/8
Update 11/30/23: 6/8
1. Roll #10
Book: Mistletoe Murder
Author: Leslie Meier
Pages: 209
Dates Read: 11/2-5/23
Fits: 1st book in series: Lucy Stone

2. Roll #38
Title: Moon Spinners
Author: Sally Goldenbaum
Pages: 299
Dates Read: 11/11-14/23
Fits: 3rd book in series: Seaside Knitters

3. Roll #15
Title: The Promise of Dawn
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Pages: 375
Dates Read: 11/7-8/23
Fits: 1st book in series: Under Northern Skies

4. Roll #6
Title:A Fatal Fleece
Author:Sally Goldenbaum
Pages:317
Dates Read: 11/27/23
Fits: 6th book in series: A Seaside Knitters Mystery

5. Roll #8
Title:
Author:
Pages:
Dates Read:
Fits:

6. Roll #95
Title: The Wedding Shawl
Author: Sally Goldenbaum
Pages: 299
Dates Read: 11/21-25/23
Fits: 5th book in series: Seaside Knitters

7. Roll #78
Title:
Author:
Pages:
Dates Read:
Fits:

8. Roll #24
Title:Patterns in the Sand
Author:Sally Goldenbaum
Pages: 294
Dates Read: 11/5-6/23
Fits: 2nd book in series: Seaside Knitters


This is one of my favorite challenges, and one I missed doing this past summer

[Truitt_T]

Donna -

Would a book 4.5 in a series count as a book 4, book 5, or not count at all?

Thanks!

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Truitt_T wrote: "Donna -

Would a book 4.5 in a series count as a book 4, book 5, or not count at all?

Thanks!"

You can count it as a 4

[Truitt_T]

Donna wrote: "Truitt_T wrote: "Donna -

Would a book 4.5 in a series count as a book 4, book 5, or not count at all?

Thanks!"

You can count it as a 4"

Thank you, Donna!

[Elizabeth]

Thank you Truitt_T for asking a question that I didn't know I had, and thank you Donna for answering it . A little information can add a tremendous amount of pleasure and success when completing a challenge.
May both of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, and may all of have the opportunity to read to our heart's content.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Don't forget to update!

[Truitt_T]

Elizabeth wrote: "Thank you Truitt_T for asking a question that I didn't know I had, and thank you Donna for answering it . A little information can add a tremendous amount of pleasure and success when completing a ..."

I must have missed your post before, Elizabeth. You are very welcome - and Donna is great about answering questions.

I hope your Thanksgiving weekend has been a joyous one - with plenty of time for reading, too!