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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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LoraTask: 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise, with roll 5 for genre (Fantasy or Science Fiction) and roll 4 for initials (author's first OR last initial M, N, O, or P)
Book/Author: Prince of Song & Sea / Linsey Miller
How it fits: MPG Fantasy and author's last initial M
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 170
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
Joanne MI10.1 Do You Wanna Build a Railway
I live in the U.S. the story takes place in the English countryside.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Points this task 10
Season Total 70
IAF 1
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
REQUIRED: State the genres and letters you rolled.
I rolled 2) Mystery or Suspense AND 1) A, B, C, or D
The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn.
MPG: Mystery
Author name: both C and D fit
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=254 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 285
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Katrisa10.6 On My Hike
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title
I read The Sport of the Gods
SPORT in naTiOnal PaRkS
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 410
Katrisa25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Opt 1 - Read a book where the first word in title (excluding the words: the, a, an) OR author's initial (first or last) begins with I OR V
I read I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call
Opt 2 - Read a book from laughter list
I read Naked from P 1
Points his Post: 25
Points Total: 435
FLY Task #30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!
task: Option 2: Read a book from one of the lists
book: 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers = 384 pages
how it fits: #32 (page one) on Non-fiction Disaster Books
task: Option 3: A - author’s initials in FEMA
book: The White Dragon
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 468 pages
how it fits: author Anne McCaffrey initials AM in FE(MA)
other: **Claiming IAF ticket for 102 Minutes
600 page minimum: 384 + 468 > 600
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 13/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 1 + 1 = 2
Kai25.8 Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
OPTION 2: Read a book published prior to 1951
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
Published: 1948
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket**
OPTION 3: Read a book first published in 2024.
The Examiner by Janice Hallett
Published: 2024
Both authors were new to me.
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points: 95
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 2
IT'S A FACT: 0
FLY Task #20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
task: Option 3: "93" can be found intact in the page count
book: Dragondrums
how it fits: 193 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 14/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My MindOption 3: Read book with a single author whose first and last name initials are found in the word KHACHAPURI.
The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable
author's initials, HC, found in khaCHapuri
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 305
MaryPDX30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
Letter: W
Option 1: Author: Read a book by an author whose LAST name begins with the letter you’ve spun.
The Turn of the Key Ruth Ware
Option 2: Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter.
Wayward
Points this task: 30
Total points: 90
ZOEYCAT25.6 RedSycamore's Task: Ready to ride
option 2: Read a book with the MPG Mystery, either stand-alone or combined ('Cozy Mystery', 'Mystery Thriller', etc.): NONE OF THIS IS TRUE BY LISA JEWELL
None of This Is True
option 3: Read a book with at least one of the MPGs Horror, Weird Fiction, New Weird, or Speculative Fiction: LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY BY KIM FU
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
points this post: 25
points total: 85
Deborah20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 2: History
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
MPG: HISTORY
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 8
Tasks Done: 6
SHEMAC 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
This is a one book task. Please choose an option and read a book that meets the requirements.
REQUIRED: State the option. OPTION 3: Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
Forging the Future
This task points: 20
Total season points: 245
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of SurpriseRoll 1: 5) Fantasy or Science Fiction
Roll2: 2) E, F, G, or H
A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood #1) by S.T. Gibson
MPG: Fantasy & author's last initial G
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 325
Task 10.8 - How Far I'll LeapTime travel important
blurb references going up & down the timeline
MPG Time Travel
The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal
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400 points
Mod
15.7 - Whose Side Are You On? (Love this game!)
Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
Cakewalk. Rita Mae Brown
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 26
Total This Season
Points: 395/1045
Books read: 34
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 2
Golden Oldie: 1
LAUREN JODI20.10 - Group Reads
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Comment in post #7 of the Group Read thread.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 65/1045
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 4/59
Nick KY5.3. Autumn Whodunits. I read The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis, GR genre of Cozy Mystery.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 350
Task 15.8 - Read My MindRead a book in which a main character exhibits (or pretends to have - we'll accept charlatans for this task!) some sort of psychic ability, e.g. clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis, mediumship etc.
Required: if the ability is not obvious from the GR book description, provide a reference.
Goodreads description of novel includes this description of our heroine:
….a burnt-out Millennial medium must utilize her ability to see ghosts….
Grave Expectations (Grave Expectations #1) (2023) by Alice Bell (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 340 pages)
00 + 15 = 15
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 00 + 15 = 15
Books read: 01
Pages read: 340
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
trishhartuk5.3 Autumn Whodunits
Read a book with MPG Cozy Mystery
Rueful Death, Susan Wittig Albert (275pg)
Cozy Mystery is the second MPG
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 14
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Note to the mods: I realised I got the wrong total in #664 - I put 205 instead of 215.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I've corrected it in this post - 215 + 5 = 220
Readerboard name: List_Addict5.2: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
An author’s initials found in PUMPKIN SPICE
Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn
Total this challenge: 20
Delicious Dee10.10 Spaceship Pressure
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claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points This Task: 10
Points Total: 265
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 2
Kristen IA20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills
This is a one-book task. Choose an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option.
Option 4: Need a Laugh.
IRead a book with a MPG of Humor. The book can be fiction or nonfiction.
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90/1045
Tasks Completed: 7/59
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 1
Amy FL5.4 Embrace the Season
First Grave on the Right - page 6 of list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 270
Amy FL5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Incidents Around the House - the haunting of the main character is the focus of the story
Points this post: 5
Total points: 275
JEN B20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 3: Khachapuri
Read book with a single author whose first and last name initials are found in the word KHACHAPURI.
The Widow by Kaira Rouda
KR in KhachapuRi
TOTAL POINTS: 240
Amy FL15.9 - Shifting Sands
City in Ruins - Mojave Desert; book is set in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 290
Amy FL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
- approved in message 2 for adult on coverPoints this post: 20
Total points: 310
Amy FL30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared
Option 1: The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story of America's Deadliest Hotel Fire - Fire in title and Nonfiction
Option 3B: The Instruments of Darkness - FEMA in instruMEnts oF dArkness
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
MaiOption 1: Emotional Skills Matter!
Book with genre "Self-help"
Self-Improvement: Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Mark Coeckelbergh
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
NF Tickets: 5
LoraTask: 30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!, using options 3 and 4 with letter D
Book 1:
Book/Author: The Book Censor's Library / Bothayna Al-Essa
How it fits: MPG Dystopia
Book 2:
Book/Author: American Royals
How it fits: character Daphne Deighton (listed in characters on main page)
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 200
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
Kai15.2 Don't Stop Me Now
Read two books from the same series.
BOOK 1
The Battle Lost and Won by Olivia Manning
The Levant Trilogy #2
BOOK 2
The Sum of Things by Olivia Manning
Levant Trilogy #3
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Points: 110
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 2
IT'S A FACT: 0
Mai10.5 Part of Your Collection
Book with a superhero main character
X-Men: Schism by X-Men: Schism
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
NF Tickets: 5
babbling c 15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
Argylle - audio. Argylle - mass market paperback pgs 472 by Elly Conway
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 55/1045
Completed Tasks: 4/59
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 1,483
Books read this season: 4
Katrisa30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!
Opt 1 - Read a book with one or more of the following disaster related words in the title and/or subtitle. Earthquake / Quake Fire/ Wildfire Flood Hurricane / Typhoon Volcano / Eruption
I read The Volcano Daughters
VOLCANO in title
my book was audio HC 368 pages
Opt 2 - Option 2: Read a book from one of the two following lists:
Non-fiction Disaster Books or Natural Disaster Books
I read Wave from P1 of Non-fiction Disaster books
My book was audio PB 232 pages
This book is non-fiction
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 465
20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall ReadingOption 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE.
Required State which word you used."
The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork
author's first & last initials, FS, found in FarmhouSe
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 345
30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing ChallengeOption 1: Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name (middle name can be ignored)
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
NHRA found in NicHolas spARkrs
Option 4: Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive).
The Dragon's Promise (Six Crimson Cranes #2) by Elizabeth Lim
First published August 2022
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 375
Mai20.10 Group Reads
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
My discussion post is here
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
NF Tickets: 5
FLY Task #20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills
task: Option 2: at least one adult person on the cover
book: You, Me, and the Sea
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 15/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2
Delicious Dee5.7 Too Precious to Forget
- according to tineye, approx 75% of the cover is blue and pink - https://labs.tineye.com/color/9c6e5cd...Points This Task: 5
Points Total: 270
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 2
Amanda VA20.9 Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills
Option 2
Claiming one IAF ticket
Post total: 20
Season total: 20
Total IAF: 1
Total BB: 0
20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To SchoolOption 2
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
Claiming one IAF ticket
Post total: 20
Season total: 40
Total IAF: 2
Total BB: 0
20.4 Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore GirlsOption 3
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
8 livEs Of a ceNtuRy old trickster
Post total: 20
Season total: 60
Total IAF: 2
Total BB: 0
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
Option 3: Mystery Date – Read a book with MPG Romance AND one of the following: Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense.
MPG Romance & MPG Mystery
The Gravedigger's Brawl by Abigail Roux
Option 4: Mousetrap – Read a book from the first 20 pages of this Humor list
Page 1
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
Points this post: 25
Points to date: 210
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 16
25.7 Golden Oldies - Lois' Task: Sorry!Option 2
Blue: 31.8%
Green: 2%
Option 3: #2 in a series
Honey Cut by Sierra Simone
Post total: 25
Season total: 85
Total IAF: 2
Total BB: 0
5.8 Footprints in the ForestForest animal on the cover: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
The animal is fox.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
10.1- Do You Wanna Build a RailwaySet in a country in which I do not live: The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
The book is set in Italy.
I live in the US.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
This is a repost to fix error :-) Readerboard name: ALICIAAA1
5.4 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 Ask by Elissa Sussman
Cover:
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 20
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Book 1 - Southern Man by Greg Iles
My word is SOUTHERN
Book 2, Option 2 - Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
All the letters of SIMON are in the phrase.
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 65