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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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FLY Task #20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
task: Option 3: Read a Non-Fiction book with MPG Science
book: You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: nonfiction, MPG Science
other: **Claiming IAF ticket for nonfiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 12/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0 + 1 = 1
Susan A5.7 Too Precious to Forget - 50% combination of pink and blue.
Miss Lattimore's Letter by Suzanne Allain
No MMPB. paperback here
66.0 % #1bc6d8 Blue
11.5 % #f563b1 Pink
7.6 % #30b0c2 Blue
6.0 % #0e0e5b Blue
2.2 % #dc92be Pink
2.0 % #376997 Blue
1.6 % #e8d2e1 Pink
1.4 % #b9e2e5 Blue
1.1 % #9c5199 Violet
0.6 % #a182bb Violet
previous total: 845
points this task: 5
new total: 850
Susan A10.5 Part of Your Collection - main character as a superhero or vigilante.
A Hero in Hiding by Alice Winters
No MMPB. paperback here
MC is a superhero
MPG Superheroes
from book description: " I might be one of the most powerful supers alive"
previous total: 850
points this task: 10
new total: 860
Susan A10.10 Spaceship Pressure - Read a book with a number at least one number of 1, 2,3,4,5,6, on the cover or in the title.
Close to the Bone by Kendra Elliot
approved for length line 782 spreadsheet
Number 1 on the cover
previous total: 860
points this task: 10
new total: 870
5.3 Autumn WhodunitsThe Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C.L. Miller
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 175
Mai5.9 It's Fall Y'all
Book first published in November
Researching a Posthuman World: Interviews with Digital Objects by Catherine Adams
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
NF Tickets: 4
ROBIN P25.5 Lisa MD's Task: Bookopoly
Book 1: I rolled a 1 for Worm - letters to be found in title
Letters of a Woman Homesteader WOM in Woman, R in Letters
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Book 2:
Rolled 3 - Explore! title and/or subtitle contains an exclamation point, question mark, colon, or hyphen.
Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart - contains colon
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:3
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells.
Option 5. Read a book that depicts a snowy scene.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (256 p.)
➸ Total Points: 40
➸ Total Pages: 740
LoraTask: 25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry! using options 2 and 3
Book 1:
Book/Author: The Helsinki Affair / Anna Pitoniak
How it fits: 61.9 Blue, 15.9 Red cumulative
Book 2:
Book/Author: Prince of Thorns & Nightmares / Linsey Miller
How it fits: #2 in the Princes series
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 95
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Katrisa5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Read a book with one of these words in the title:
fall, sweater, blanket, pumpkin, or candle
I read Whale Fall
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 230
Katrisa5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE
I read In Defense of Troublemakers: The Power of Dissent in Life and Business by Charlan Jeanne Nemeth
CN in pumpkiN spiCe
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 235
Katrisa5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
I read Men Explain Things to Me
PB 130 pages
Points this Points: 5
Points Total: 240
Katrisa15.1 - Whodunnit?
Book 1: Read a book with one of the iconic Cluedo murder weapons on the cover
I read American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
Book 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Murder Mystery list
I read The Hunting Party from P1
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 255
10.6 On My HikeRead a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title. Required State the word
No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor
Past
Points this Task: 10
Season Total: 105
Total GO Tickets: 1
5.8; 5.9
10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8
15.5; 15.6; ...; ...; 15.9
20.4
15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
Brothersong by T.J. Klune
Points this Task: 15
Season Total: 120
Total GO Tickets: 1
5.8; 5.9
10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8
15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9
20.4
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Option 2 -
Points This Task: 20
Points Total: 195
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 1
Kai20.9 Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills
OPTION 2
Read a book that features at least one adult person on the cover.
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Points: 60
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 0
Lisa MD30.2 - Cat's Task: Books of Africa
Option 2:
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
543 pgs
Set entirely in Africa and author was born in Nigeria.
I claim an IAF ticket.
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 120 / 1045
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 6 / 59
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Mod
15.8 - Read My Mind
Read a book in which a main character exhibits some sort of psychic ability.
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye. Victoria Laurie
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 17
Total This Season
Points: 230/1045
Books read: 21
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.7 Let It Grow
Read a book with a plant, bush or flower on the cover. The plant/bush/flower must show a stem, be in the ground or be in a vase or a pot.
Before We Say Goodbye
Totals
Points: 40
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total books: 4
Total tasks: 4
Deborah15.1 - Whodunnit?
Book 1:
A Dark and Twisting Path DAGGER: Approved in task help thread #20
Book 2:
Page 3 of list
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 7
Tasks Done: 5
Julia10310.10 Spaceship Pressure
(numbers 4 and 5 in title/on cover)
This post: 10 points,
Total points: 160
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 1
Completed tasks: 9
Books read: 12
babbling c 5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
Letters may be used as many times as they appear.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - audio La sociedad secreta de brujas rebeldes - mass market paperback pgs 336 by Sangu Mandanna
PUMPKIN SPICE
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 35/1045
Completed Tasks: 3/59
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 1,011
Books read this season: 3
ROBIN P20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - JenK's Task: Georgia on My Mind
Option 3 - author initials in KHACHAPURI
The Resurrection Mystery - Karen Charlton - listened to audio, linked pb 295 p > 200
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:3
ROBIN P20.2 Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallows Challenge
Option 3 - MPG Religion
Bestest. Ramadan. Ever.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:3
Katrisa5.7 Too Precious to Forget
Read a book that is at least 50% combination of pink and blue
I read Quicker Than the Eye
44% blue
29.1% pink
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 260
Katrisa10.2- Slay The Beast
Read a book with the word "Monster" intact in the title
I read Sister, Maiden, Monster
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 270
Katrisa30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
My Letter: T
Option 2- Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter
I read The Butcher Game
Option 4 - Character: Read a book where a character’s name (first or last) begins with your letter.
I read A Short Walk Through a Wide World
MC is named Aubry Tourvel
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 300
Kristen IA10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Read a book with MPG Crime
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40/1045
Tasks Completed: 4/59
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 1
JenJ IA10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Read a book with MPG Crime
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 90/1045
Tasks Completed: 6/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
JenJ IA10.8 How Far I'll Leap
Read a book where time travel is essential to the story.
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 100/1045
Tasks Completed: 7/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
JenJ IA15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Choose an option.
Required: State the option
Option 1: Two-book task
Book 1: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Book 2: Read a book which is numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered books (no x.5 etc). The series must appear in greyscale on the GR book page.
The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 115/1045
Tasks Completed: 7/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Kathy KS25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!
Option 2. Red, yellow, blue, and green. Read a book with at least two of these colors on the cover, according to TinEye.
by Ashley Saunders75.6 %#f0e529Yellow
8.5 %#3c2824Brown
4.1 %#ada128Brown
3.9 %#706323Brown
3.7 %#d7cd28Yellow
1.4 %#c27568Brown
1.0 %#6eae2bGreen
0.7 %#558d3cGreen
0.6 %#b03791Violet
0.4 %#7a2860Violet
Option 3. Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series.
Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
Series: Dr. Siri Paiboun #2
I listened to an audiobook; pb-238 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 240
Tasks completed: 11/59
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My MindBook: Mile High
How it fits: option 1 - hybrid genre Sports Romance
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 603 pages.
I’d like to claim one big book ticket.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Big book tickets this post: 1
Total # of big book tickets: 2
Jasmiina F15.9 - Shifting Sands:
Choose a desert from the Wiki list of the largest deserts by area and read a book set at least 50% in a nation listed for that desert:
Missä lapset ovat? by Mary Higgins Clark.
Desert: Columbia Basin (Canada and the United States). Setting: USA.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
15.4 Flight Risk Option 2: One Book Task: Fits Both Criteria
Book 1: Read a book with a aeroplane on the cover.
Required: post the cover.
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in HIT THE SILK. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Funny You Should AskbyElissa Sussman
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 20
Mary P20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3: Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle).
Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Jayme(theghostreader)20.6 Fall Reading Retreat
Option 2 read a book #9,10, 11 in a series
Ten Big Onesby Janet Evanovich
10th in the Stephanie Plum series
Task +20
Grand total: 45
Barbara ★30.7 - Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
Option 1 - Author: Read a book by an author whose LAST name begins with the letter you’ve spun. If your book has multiple authors, only one must start with your letter.
A Call for Kelp - Bree Baker 9/19
(I spun B)
Option 3 - MPG: Read a book with a MPG that starts with your letter.
Murder on the Poet's Walk - Ellery Adams 9/22
(MPG Books About Books)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 215
Katrisa5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from the list on the cover
I read Let Us Descend
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 305
Barbara ★20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Option 4: read a book with a MPG of Humor
$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles - Parnell Hall 9/22
Points this task: 20
Total points: 235
Barbara ★20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE.
Risky Bisqueness - Elizabeth Rain 9/21
(E & R in faRmhousE)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 255
Barbara ★10.3 - It's a Whole New Town
Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
Naked City - Ellen Datlow 9/21
(anthology)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 265
Amy FL20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 6: Never Never - Second Chance at Life list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Amy FL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3: Red Sky Mourning - RENO in REd sky mOurNing
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Amy FL20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 3: Think Twice by Harlan Coben - author's initials HC in kHaChapuri
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
Amy FL30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
1) The Selection - Great Debut Novels list page 2
3) The Good Sister by Gillian McAllister - author's initials GM in list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST
Points this post: 30
Total points: 265
Bookwrm526Task #5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date. I read How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon (first published 2013).
Total points so far: 100
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30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!
Option 2: Non-Fiction Disaster
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
No MMPB. paperback here
page 1, #15
299 pages
non-fiction
Option 3B: B - all the letters of FEMA are found in the title
Forgotten Romance by Saxon James
No MMPB. paperback here
FEMA - ForgottEn RoMAnce
318 pages
total pages: 299 +318 = 617
previous total: 815
points this task: 30
new total: 845