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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Nick KY20.2 Catherine’s All Hallows
Opt. 3. I read Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagelswith a GR genre of “Religion.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 250
MEGSCL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Option 3: The Next Adventure. Set in Japan by Japanese author
Strange Weather in Tokyo
TOTAL
75 points
MEGSCL10.3 It's a Whole New Town
Anthology: Unlimited Futures: speculative, visionary blak+black fiction
TOTAL
85 points
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15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Read two books from the same series.
The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker. Susan Wittig Albert
The Darling Dahlias and the Voodoo Lily. Susan Wittig Albert
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Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 18
Total This Season
Points: 245/1045
Books read: 23
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to JailRead a book whose title includes one word (that is not "the") from this list of Monopoly street names
My word is ARCTIC from the Mega Edition and the Street is Arctic Avenue
The Arctic Curry Club
New Points: 20
Total Points: 45
CHANDNI 15.8 - Read My Mind
Read a book in which a main character exhibits some sort of psychic ability.
Shadowland by Jenny Carroll
Book approved here
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
slideshell30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
Option 1: Read a book off of this list:
Great Debut Novels (pg.5)
Four Weekends and a Funeral
Paperback - 350 pages
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials may be found in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST
Of Hoaxes and Homicide
Hardback - 295 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 270/1045
Completed Tasks: 15/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 7529
Books read this season: 20
30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall ZodiacOption 1 - Virgo August 23-September 22
Book 1 - Read a book with a main character who is an unmarried woman aged 15 - 29 inclusive.
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
150 pages
Book 2 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven. Word must match exactly - no exceptions.
Last One Alive (Maddie Ives #7) by Charlie Gallagher
word in title: LAST
414 pages
Total pages read: 564
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 205
10.1- Do You Wanna Build a RailwayThe Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer #1) by Jenny Han
I live in Australia & book is set in USA
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 215
15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit…High Wire by Candice Fox
word in title HIGH found in tHe Great penguIn bookcHase
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 230
Delicious Dee15.4 - Flight Risk
one book option
- Helen Simonson - plane on the cover; authors initials (HS) found in HIT THE SILKPoints This Task: 15
Points Total: 210
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 1
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30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1: Read a book with a variable of the number 9, 10 or 11 in the TITLE ONLY
It may appear as words or numbers; whole numbers or ordinals.
The Ten Thousand
Option 3: Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ignored) initials use only the letters "BER". You may use the letters more than once.
Armageddon: The Musical by Robert Rankin
Points this task: 30
Season total: 60
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
Susan A10.8 How Far I'll Leap - time travel
Angel of Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
No MMPB. paperback here
MPG time travel
previous total: 870
points this task: 10
New total: 880
Susan A20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail - Monopoly list word
Madison Square Murders by C.S. Poe
No MMPB. paperback here
Word from list: Square (Trafalgar Square)
Previous total: 880
points this task: 20
New Total: 900
Susan A20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 2: History
Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction
Think of England by K.J. Charles
No MMPB. paperback here
MPG Historical Fiction
Previous total: 900
points this task: 20
New total: 920
Susan A25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!
Option 2: book with at least two of these colors on the cover red, yellow, blue, and green
The Monster King by Eve Langlais
line 3695 - approved for length
colors - blue (25.88%) and red (0.5%) on cover
62.0 % #1c2233 Black
25.8 % #3d6b89 Blue
4.4 % #616870 Grey
4.0 % #aeb5bb Grey
1.1 % #321215 Brown
0.8 % #1e8495 Blue
0.8 % #7e4151 Violet
0.5 % #c3171f Red
0.4 % #6a5c6f Violet
Option 3. Read a book that is #2 or #4
The Adventurer by Jayne Ann Krentz
MMPB
#2 Ladies and Legends -- series listed on book page in grayscale
previous total: 920
points this task: 25
new total: 945
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 1: State the two MPGs used to make the hybrid from from two or more different genres. Read a book of at least 200 pages.
Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey
MPG Science Fiction + MPG Fantasy = Science Fiction Fantasy
532 pages, Hardcover
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 105
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
Genre: 5) Fantasy or Science Fiction
One of the author's initials: 5) Q, R, S, T, or U
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
Paragon
Approved for length here
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 140
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
LoraTask: 15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream, using Option 2
Book/Author: Cress / Marissa Meyer
How it fits: has MPG Science Fiction and is #3 in The Lunar Chronicles series
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket for 552 pages.
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 110
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
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
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 10.9 The Wonderful Thing about Dragons
Read a book from the this list.
Page 1 of the Dragons list
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 150
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
JEN B20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
I rolled a 2 and a 5
2) Mystery or Suspense
5) Q, R, S, T, or U
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
MPG Mystery, initial R
TOTAL POINTS: 220
Mai15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Neonomicon by Alan Moore
This book is from page 1 of the list
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
NF Tickets: 4
Mai15.8 - Read My Mind
X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong by Greg Pak
The main character Jean Grey/ Phoenix has telepathic and telekinetic powers
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
NF Tickets: 4
Jecca20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail
Read a book whose title includes one word (that is not "the") from this list of Monopoly street names- Park Place
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
*Place*
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Jecca20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge
Option 2 – Read a book with the word ‘saint’ in the title or subtitle.
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 2
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Jecca20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 2: Read a book with an MPG of World War II.
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Claiming a big book
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks Completed: 3
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact
Jecca20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 5: The Books
The Love of my Life by Rosie Walsh
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 2
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact
Jecca25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore Galore
Option 4:Ghostface from Scream
Book 1 - A book with a black and white cover - Page 1 option 7
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Book 2 - Read a book with a knife on the cover- Must be able to see part of both blade and handle **approved on Help Thread**
by Hannah Nicole Maehrer~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks Completed: 5
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Nick KY5.10 Free for Fall I read two books of poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay for page length: Renascence and Other Poems 64 pp, and First Fig and Other Poems 50 pp totals 114 pp.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 255
Nick KY25.7 Lori’s Sorry!
Opt.1. I read The Duke Starts a Scandal by Sophie Jordan, with “START” intact in the title word “Starts.”
Opt. 2. I read The Only One Left by Riley Sager with Blue letters (19.2%), a red background (19.8%), and yellow light in the windows (TinEye's color extraction turns the yellow lights into grey -- but look at 'em: they're yellow):
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 280
JUKKA30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 4: Book published in August or September 1991-2024.
Wayward, Vol. 2: Ties That Bind by Jim Zub was first published in August 2015.
Option 5: Book by author who shares a name with one of the winning drivers on the list.
Chicago by Night by Andrew Greenberg, after Andrew Hines, Pro Stock Motorcycle 2016.
Total Points: 150/1045
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 12/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
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15.1 - Whodunnit?
Book 1: Read a book with one of the iconic Cluedo murder weapons on the cover
Girl Waits with Gun. Amy Stewart
Book 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Murder Mystery list: (page 1)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Holly Jackson
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Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 19
Total This Season
Points: 260/1045
Books read: 25
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Kathy KS25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
Book 1: Read a book with a word of five or more letters that can be made from the phrase "Fall is a Southerner's Reward for Having Survived Summer".
Doing Irish local history : pursuit and practice by Raymond Gillespie
Target word: DOING=... rewarD fOr havING...
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
Book 2 Option 2: Read a book by a single author where all the letters of the author's last name can be found in the phrase.
Hiding the Past by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
GOODWIN=... sOutherner's reWarD fOr havING...
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 265
Tasks completed: 12/59
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Kathy KSIGNORE THIS POST... I discovered I miscounted that "S" was there twice!
15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE.
Finding Your Ancestors’ Obituaries: The Complete Genealogy Guide to Obituaries by Kenneth R. Marks
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 280
Tasks completed: 13/59
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
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15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Lovecraftian list: (page 1)
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft. Joe Hill
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Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 20
Total This Season
Points: 275/1045
Books read: 26
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
10.7 Let It GrowBear
Flowers/plants on cover
Total points: 35
** Note to moderator - I just remembered I forgot to post the cover, so have reposted: #595
Ana10.7 Let It Grow
Plant on cover.Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE. I made the word RUST (ThegReatpengUinbookchaSe) and read What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley.
Total points so far: 115
Lisa MD30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Option 1: Book 1 - Maisie Dobbs series
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
292 pgs
Option 1: Book 2
James by Percival Everett
303 pgs
Author Initials: PE found in jacqueline winsPEar
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 150 / 1045
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 7 / 59
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore GirlsI love this task! And it inspired me to rewatch the original series!
OPTION 3: EMILY:
Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
I read Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, in which one can spell the word Reno: lady taN and the ciRclE Of women
points: 40
books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 774
Lindsey IL25.2 - JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe
option 2A, witch's hat on cover
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden
option 2B, 3 F's in title/subtitle
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 3
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
Repost of #58910.7 Let It Grow
Flowers/plants on cover
Total points: 35
Lindsey IL25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
Murder Tightly Knit by Vannetta Chapman
option 3, romance and mystery genres
You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
option 4, pg. 3 of the humor list
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 130
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 4
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 9
Lindsey IL20.10 - Group Reads
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich
Discussion Post #2
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 4
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
slideshell20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 3: Read a book with a fireplace, campfire, blanket, food, or drink on the cover.
The Secret Service of Tea and Treason
Paperback - 331 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 290/1045
Completed Tasks: 16/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 7860
Books read this season: 21
slideshell20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills
Option 2: Read a book that features at least one adult person on the cover
Pen Pal
Paperback - 306 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 310/1045
Completed Tasks: 17/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 8166
Books read this season: 22
Lys5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
In The Corsair's Bed
The book is [b]13[/b]4 pages.
Points completed: 50/1045
Completed Tasks: 6/59
NF: 3
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5.2 Pumpkin Spice. I read The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale, inits in “pumpKin Spice.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 230