FA 24 Task Overview

[Joanna]

10.1 Exception to the Rule:
Here is the place for that book that only has 96 pages and won't fit other RwS tasks. Read a book with 75-150 pages, or a combination of shorter works by the same author that total 75-150 pages.
This task may only be completed one time.

10.2 Gothic Fiction:
Read on of the top 200 books on this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

10.3 Thankful for Family:
Read a book shelved at least 15 times as family-saga.

10.4 - Significant Year (Karen Michele's task):
Read a book that was first published in a year that has significance to you. Name the year and the significant event. Each year and event pairing can only be used once, but a year can be repeated with another paired event.
For Example:
1953 - my birth year
1987 - my son’s birth year
2023 - my grandson’s birth year
Note: This task may not be used for combos.

10.5 Lucky Sevens (Rosemary's task):
Read a book with 7 words in the title (including subtitle if there is one), or with 7 letters in the author’s last name, or whose year of first publication ends in 7. Say which option you are claiming when you post.

10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Mary's task):
Read a book that mentions an element from the periodic table (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...). Provide a quote that mentions the element name in your post. No plurals or other forms of the element name. Using an element name that does not refer to a physical substance, e.g., “copper” referring to a police officer not the metal, is allowed.

10.7 - Helicopter Season (Coralie's task):
I call this time of year helicopter season because extra tourists in town mean more joy flights which we see from our windows.
Read a book whose title (or subtitle) includes a word of at least four letters which can be made from the letters in HELICOPTERS. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in helicopters (i.e., only the E can be used more than once).

10.8 - BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival (Tien's task):
The countdown is on! I've been exploring attending crime authors who are new to me. Read a book whose author is new to you AND has MPG of Crime, Thriller, or Mystery.
Note: This task may not be used for combos.

10.9 - Keep it Short! (Valerie's task):
Read a book of short stories, either by one author or a compilation.

10.10 Group Reads:
Read one of the following books OR any book by the author of one of these books recommended by fellow RwS readers:
Apple - Audition by Pip Adam
Marie - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Katy - The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
Tawallah - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Norma - A Wicked Mercy by Bilinda P. Sheehan
Joanne - The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Joanna - Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Anika - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

[Joanna]

20.1 Back to School:
Time to head back to school. Read a book written by an author who is or has been a teacher or professor.

20.2 Math:
Pi is the ratio of the circumference of any circle to the diameter of that circle. Regardless of the circle's size, this ratio will always equal pi. In decimal form, the value of pi is approximately 3.14. Read a book whose title (not including subtitles) contains a three-letter word, a single-letter word, and a four-letter word. Other words are allowed and the designated words need not be in order in the title.

20.3 Chemistry:
Choose any four elements from the periodic table (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/peri...). Read a book by an author whose name includes all four elements. (Examples: STepHen KIng = S, Sulfur; Te, Tellurium; He, Helium; In, Indium; AgAtHA christie = Ag, Silver; At, Astatine, H, Hydrogen; Ac, Actinium). Note: only one of the four elements can have a one-letter abbreviation; for two-letter elements, the letters must be in order in the author's name.

20.4 Home Economics:
Read a book that contains a recipe but is NOT a cookbook.

20.5 Speech and Debate:
The 2024 Big Questions resolution is "Resolved: Belief in the supernatural is incompatible with belief in science." Investigate this further by reading a book that either has MPG Science or one that features a supernatural element (ghosts, magic, etc.).

20.6 Literature:
Experts compile some "best of" book lists. Others are crowd-sourced. This season, read one of the top 400 "Best Books Ever" as selected by over 250,000 goodreads voters on this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

20.7 Art:
"The rule of thirds" is used in composing visual images (designs, films, paintings, and photographs) to make them more pleasing to the human eye. Read a book that is one-third of a complete story (so: read a book that is part of a trilogy).

20.8 Fall Authors (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task):
The Fall months are the 9th, 10th, and 11th months of the year. Read any book whose author was born in a year ending in 9, 0, or 1.

20.9 - haLLowEEn (Anika's task):
Find a book both a double consecutive consonant and double consecutive vowel in the author's name, title, or a combination of the two. Ex: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover; Cool Girl Summer by Amber Eve; The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom.

20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):
Read a book whose title contains at least three words that appear in reverse alphabetical order. For this task, all words count, including "The" or "An" or similar articles. You may use a two-word title if and only if the letters are consecutive.