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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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trishhartuk25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
Option 3: Fall Fun.
Book A: Board Gaming in Florida. Read a book that is set at least 50% in Florida.
Topped Chef, Lucy Burdette
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (292pg)
100% set in Key West, Florida (stated in the GR settings data)
Book B: Lots O' Books. Read a book with an MPG Books About Books.
The Lost Bookshop, Evie Woods, Evie Gaughan (actually the same person!) (435pg)
Books About Books is the fifth MPG
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 10
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Lys20.4
Option 3. RENO in the title.
Deceiving the Corsair
Points completed: 90/1045
Completed Tasks: 8/59
NF: 3
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 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. If there are multiple authors, only initials of one author must fit the task.
Warrior's Cross by Madeleine Urban
farMhoUse
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 170
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Task 5.2 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Niceauthor initials KE in PUMPKIN SPICE
Bred in the Boneby Kendra Elliot
approved for 5 point only https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
this is my one below 100 page book
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175 points
Task 10.4 - Once Upon a CrimeMPG Crime
Buried Bones
ebook approved https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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185 points
Task 10.7 - On My HikeLOST in title, made from NATIONAL PARKS
The Lost Bones
ebook approved https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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195 points
Task 15.2 - Don't Stop Me Nowtwo books from the same series
A Bone to Pick
Whisper of Bones
both from Widow Island series
ebook verification for both https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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210 points
Task 15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...first pub 2020
A Broken Bone
ebook verification https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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225 points
Task 15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...BONES in PENGUIN BOOKCHASE
Below the Bones
ebook verification https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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240 points
Task 30.6 - Fall Zodiac500+ pages
option 1A: MC is unmarried woman teen: seniors at high school, 1st POV is Izzy, who's 17/18
Suddenly a Murder
308 pages
option 1B: GOLD in lyrics
Scales of Gold
544 pages
544+308> 500
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270 points
Task 25.8 - Are You Ready For Some Football???1 new-to-me author
option 3: published in 2024
Apprentice to the Villain
option 4: page count ends in 7
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying
387 pages
this author is new to me
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295 points
Task 15.8 - Read My MindMC is an "augur" (in the blurb) - she can work magic to see the past and communicate with the recent dead
Even Though I Knew the End
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310 points
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3: Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle).
Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully. Julie McFadden
***This is nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF ticket.**
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 21
NONFICTION : 1
Total This Season
Points: 295/1045
Books read: 27
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Joanne MI15.10 - 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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear
The word is HEARTS
Heart's Blood
Points this task 15
Season Total 60
1 IAF
trishhartuk10.7 Let It Grow
Read a book with a plant, bush or flower on the cover. The plant must show a stem, in the ground or be in a vase or a pot.
No Paw to Stand On, Laurie Cass
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (368pg)
Flowers in a vase, bottom left of the cover. Okayed in Help Thread message #26: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 11
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Lisa MD25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
Book 1:
Faithless by Karin Slaughter
549 pgs
Listened to audiobook. Linked to MMPB
I claim a BB ticket.
Title Word: FAITHLESS found in "FALl IS a SouTHErner's reward for having survived summer"
Book 2B:
The True Love Experiment
409 pgs
Author Last Name: LAUREN found in "fALl is a soUthERNer's reward for having survived summer"
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 175 / 1045
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 8 / 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Elizabeth PTask 10.8 - How Far I'll Leap
Book where time travel is essential to story
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Book has MPG time travel, and review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... shows book "in a nutshell... (combines) low fantasy and time travel". Other main page reviews also make note of time travel element
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
IAF: 1
Total Books: 6
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10.10 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.
1st to Die. James Patterson
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 22
Total This Season
Points: 305/1045
Books read: 28
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
Golden Oldie: 1
CHANDNI15.10 - 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.
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
CHAR - CHA from bookCHAse, R from gReat
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Delicious Dee10.3 It's a Whole New Town
The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries - shelved as short stories; this is a collection of 5 short stories in the Kurt Wallander world of mysteries
Points This Task: 10
Points Total: 220
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 1
Katrisa5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story
I read Model Home which centers around a haunted (?) house
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 310
Katrisa15.10 - 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 read Speaking of Race
RACE in thE gReAt penguin bookChase
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 325
Susan A20.2 Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge
Option 2 – Read a book with the word ‘saint’ in the title
Savage Saints MC Boxset Vol. 1 by Autumn Summers
Approved for length line 2821 of spreadsheet
Saints in title
Previous total: 945
points this task: 20
new total: 965
Katrisa20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Opt 1 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE
I read The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
MS in farMhouSe
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 345
Susan A25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
Option 2: Holiday Happiness
Book A Happy Halloween - skull/bones on cover
Subway Slayings by C.S. Poe
No MMPB. paperback here
skull/bones on cover
Book B: Family, Friends, and Feasts
Read a book with three F's in the title/subtitle, and/or authors name
Why Did The Alien Cross The Galaxy? To Find a Fake Boyfriend and Befriend a Vacuum Cleaner. by A.M. Rose
No MMPB. paperback here
3 F in title
Why Did The Alien Cross The Galaxy? To Find a Fake BoyFriend and Befriend a Vacuum Cleaner.
previous total: 965
points this task: 25
new total: 990
Susan A5.10 Free For Fall - choice
Seven Days: A Post-Apocalyptic Novel by G. Michael Hopf
No MMPB. paperback here
Meets general requirements.
Previous total: 990
points this task: 5
New total: 995
Kristen IA15.10 - 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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word - Once
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
*****I claim 1 Big Book ticket***** - 544 pages
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 55/1045
Tasks Completed: 5/59
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 1
Andy P.Task # 25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Option 1:
Read a book where the first word in the author's initial First begins with a V Past Lying by Val McDermid
Option 2:
Read a book from:
laughter:
Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres found on page 1
Points this post:25
Total points: 145
15.2 - Don't Stop Me Nowbook 1: Dead List (Calladine & Bayliss #3) by Helen H. Durrant
book 2: Dead Lost (Calladine & Bayliss #4) by Helen H. Durrant
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 245
Zoeycat25.8- Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 1: initials in Seattle Seahawks: EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES BY LYNN TRUSS
Option 2: Published before 1950: A DOLL'S HOUSE AND OTHER PLAYS BY HENRIK IBSEN
points this post: 25
points total: 60
------claiming one golden oldie (A Doll's House)----
------claiming one it's a fact (Eats, Shoots and Leave)------
LoraTask: 30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
Book 1:
Book/Author: Jaycee's Bakery / Leanne Stanfield
How it fits: J and K in the title
Book 2:
Book/Author: Sweet Sabotage / K.D. McCrite
How it fits: author's first initial is K
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 140
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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
Kai10.5 Part of Your Collection
Read a book with a main character as a superhero or vigilante.
Vigilante:
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points: 70
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 0
Task 30.5 - Let’s play Scattergories!I spun B
option 2: title starts with B
Butcher & Blackbird
option 4: MC surname Berrycloth-Young (in blurb on page)
The Masquerades of Spring
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340 points
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30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 2
Read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "BER"
Remember Me. Deborah Bedford - 304 pages
Option 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last initials use only the letters "BER"
No Two Persons. Erica Bauermeister - 314 pages
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 23
Total This Season
Points: 335/1045
Books read: 30
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Jecca20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 1: English - page 1
The Giver by Lois Lowry
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks Completed: 6
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Jecca25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 3: Read a book first published in 2024.
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire Swinarski
First published March 12, 2024
Option 4: Read a book whose page count ends in either 1, 7, or 8.
Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
358 pages
both of these authors are new to me
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks Completed: 7
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family FarewellsBook: Neuschnee
How it fits: option 5 - snowy scene on cover
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
trishhartuk5.1 It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Read a book with one of these words in the title: fall...
The FALL of the House of Usher And Other Tales, Edgar Allan Poe
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (109pg)
Using Fall
Sadly, I'm assuming I can't claim a Golden Oldie, as despite Poe dying in 1849, this particular collection is dated 2023?
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 12
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
ZoeycatREPOSTING #370 with links:
30.4 TessaVanessa's US National's drag racing challenge
Option 4: Published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive).: WOMEN TALKING by Miriam Toews August 2018
Women Talking
Option 5: An author that shares a first or last name with one of the winning professional drivers found here: THE UTILITY OF BOREDOM By Andrew Forbes (Andrew Hines, professional)
The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays
Claiming 1 IAF for The Utility of Boredom
Points this post: 30
Total points: 35
BB: 1 IAF: 1
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ZOEYCATREPOSTING #631 with links:
25.8- Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 1: initials in Seattle Seahawks: EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES BY LYNN TRUSS
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Option 2: Published before 1950: A DOLL'S HOUSE AND OTHER PLAYS BY HENRIK IBSEN
A Doll's House and Other Plays
------claiming one golden oldie (A Doll's House)----
------claiming one it's a fact (Eats, Shoots and Leave)------
points this post: 25
points total: 60
totals: BB 1 IAF: 2 GO: 1
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Nick KY15.10 Not Trivial Pursuit. I read Carpenter's Gothic by William Gaddis. Title word “GOTHIC” letters in the target phrase “The Great Penguin Book Chase”:
G in Great
O in bOok
TH in THe
I in penguIn
C in Chase
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 295
Nick KY20.9 Jassimina F's Thrills. Opt. 2. Cover shows several adult people. I read Chaos of Cults by Jan Karel Van Baalen --
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 315
Nick KY30.4 TessaVanessa’s Drag Racing.
Opt. 2. “3” and “0” in page enumeration, I read Family Meal by BBryan Washington. 320 pp.
Opt. 3. Cover is 75% some combination of blue, yellow, green, red. I read Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman, 91% Blue (with a little yellow and red): https://labs.tineye.com/color/eb7af94...
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 345
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 5.4 Embrace the Season
Read a book off this list Best Book To Read In Autumn
Page 1
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Points this post: 5
Points to date: 175
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 10.2- Slay The Beast
Read a book with the word "Monster" in tact in the title
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 185
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
Jessica S10.3 It's a Whole New Town:Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
Once Upon a Dream by Megan Derr
Points this task: 10
Previous total: 155 Updated total: 165
Tasks completed: 11 Books read: 15
Jessica S15.9 - Shifting Sands: Desert: Great Australian Desert -Set in Australia
Outrun the Rain by N.R. Walker
Points this task: 15
Previous total: 165 Updated total: 180
Tasks completed: 12 Books read: 16
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail
Mike's Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv by Jack Baxter
Monopoly Street: Park Place=PLACE in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240/1045
Task completed: 17/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.8 Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 1: Bonfires, Backpacks, & Brawls by Tonya Kappes
Option 4: While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students by J. Reuben Appelman
J. Reuben Appelman is a new to me author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 265/1045
Task completed: 18/59
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An adult person on the cover.
Points completed: 70/1045
Completed Tasks: 7/59
NF: 3