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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Lisa MD20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option I: MPG - Hybrid Genre
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn
384 pgs
MPG: Mystery Thriller, Historical Mystery
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 280 / 1045
Total Books Read: 19
Total Tasks Completed: 14 / 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 2
PegW25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore Galore
Option 4:Ghostface from Scream
Book 1: Read a book from one of the provided lists:
I read from the "A Book with a Black and White Cover" found on page one: My Dark Vanessa 373 pages
Book 2: Book 2. Read a book with a knife on the cover. I read
which has several knives on the cover. 371 pages.Total pages: 744
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
BB: 0
NF: 2
GO: 0
SHEMAC 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.
Required: State the word. BAIT
This task points: 15
Total season points: 275
The Bait
Delicious Dee30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Option 3 - Scorpius October 23-November 21
Book A - Love, Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood - AH found in DEATHSTALKER
Book B - Magic Claims - Curren, one of the main characters is a lion shapeshifter
Points This Task: 30
Points Total: 300
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 2
Katrisa10.8 How Far I'll Leap
Read a book where time travel is essential to the story.
I read The Ministry of Time
The Ministry of Time is a time travel agency that brings certain historical figures through time.
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 475
Amy FL5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
The Elite by Kiera Cass - author's initials KC in pumpKin spiCe
Points this post: 5
Total points: 345
Katrisa20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Opt 3 - Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG of Science
I read Braintenance: A scientific guide to creating healthy habits and reaching your goals
MPG Nonfiction and Science
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 495
Amy FL5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
The Vacuum of Space - First published July 31, 2018
Points this post: 5
Total points: 350
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail
Central Park West - Park is in Park Place
Points this post: 20
Total points: 370
Amy FL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge
Option 2: Saints and Misfits - Saints in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 390
Amy FL30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
Book 1: The Quick and the Dead - Q and K in Quick
Book 2: The 24th Hour by James Patterson - J in James
Points this post: 30
Total points: 420
slideshell30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 4: Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024
Required: State the date of first publication: August 30, 2022
The Final Gambit
Hardback - 368 pages
Option 5: Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with one of the winning professional drivers found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHRA_U....
Required: State the name of the driver and which class they race in: Richard Tharp - Professional Class 1976
The Thursday Murder Club
Paperback - 463 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: 365/1045
Completed Tasks: 19/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 9819
Books read this season: 26
DOM15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
Bear by Julia Phillips
(one word title)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
DOM15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020.
Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare
Book first published March 6, 2020
Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming ManDOM10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live.
Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man by Jonathan D. Spence
I live in Australia. This book is set in China.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Its a Fact: 1
10.10 Spaceship Pressure
The numbers 1, 5, and 6 are on the cover (in '1956')
Total points: 65
30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall ZodiacOption 3 - Scorpius October 23-November 21
Book 1 - T Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in DEATHSTALKER.
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
Book 2 - Read a book featuring a shapeshifter of some kind.
Required: If not evident from the main page, provide a reference
Heartsong by T.J. Klune
Points this Task: 30
Season Total: 2255
Total GO Tickets: 1
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10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8
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20.4; ...; 20.6
25.6
30.6
5.7 Too Precious to ForgetRed Queen by Juan Gómez-Jurado
37.2 %#155b6dBlue
31.5 %#140a0dBlack
12.8 %#cb97a5Pink
6.6 %#bd282cRed
3.1 %#481513Brown
3.0 %#b0bec1Grey
2.1 %#7f1a1dRed
1.5 %#654850Violet
1.2 %#75747bGrey
1.0 %#577081Grey
Blue + Pink = 50%
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 400
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30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!
Option 1: Read a book with one or more of the following disaster related words in the title and/or subtitle
Fire and Bones. Kathy Reichs - 288 pages
Option 2: Read a book from one of the two following lists:
Non-fiction Disaster Books - page 1
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. Erik Larson - 430 pages
**Nonfiction, claiming 1 IAF ticket**
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 30
Total This Season
Points: 470/1045
Books read: 39
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 3
Golden Oldie: 1
20.6 Op1: initials in FARMHOUSE
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Points: 50/1045
Completed Tasks: 5/59
Big Book:
Its a fact: 1
Golden Oldie:
Nick KY30.3 XBM’s Grandchildren.
Opt. 2. Main character in the military. I read Salonika Burning by Gail Jones. The book is about the WWI burning of the city of Thessalonika in Greece while British and Australian soldiers and volunteers are stationed there. In addition to info from the GR blurb, the link below reads: “…the novel’s narrative centre is this hospital and those working in and around it. Here, not Salonika, is where our four main characters are based — Stella, an assistant cook/hospital orderly; Olive, an ambulance driver; surgeon Grace; and Stanley, an orderly with the Royal Army Medical Corps.” https://whisperinggums.com/tag/war-li...
Opt. 6. Title word of the book is a month. I read The September House by Carissa Orlando.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 405
5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything NiceRead a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
spiCE
No Thanks by E.E. Cummings
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 95
10.4 Once Upon a CrimeRead a book with MPG Crime
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 105
10.7 Let It GrowRead 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.
The plants are in the ground.
The Hacienda by Isabel CañasTask Total: 10
Season Total: 115
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.
Bright: THe GReat penguIn Bookchase
Bright by Duanwad Pimwana
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 130
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family FarewellsOption 3: On the whole, my family seem to have an uncanny knack for longevity. Uncle Gordon made it to the impressive age of 93, and was still living independently when he left us.
Read a book in with "93" can be found intact in either the page count or year of first publication.
Published in 1993
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 150
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To SchoolOption 2: History
Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction.
Held by Anne Michaels
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 170
20.10 Group ReadsFiction: Magical Realism
My post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 190
Nick KY10.7 Let It Grow — I read The Road to Paradise Island by Victoria Holt, a roomful of potted ferns on the cover. You can see the stems of the potted plants that are behind the chair.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 415
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
First Roll=1 Biography or Memoir
Second Roll=5 Q, R, S, T, or U
Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey by Edel Rodriguez
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315/1045
Task completed: 20/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Option 1:
Book 1: If Only You by Chloe Liese
On page 5 of the book she says: I'm a twenty-two year old woman."
384 pages
Book 2: One Last Shot by Susan May Warren
320 pages
WORD=last
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345/1045
Task completed: 21/59
Sarah H10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Read a book with MPG Crime. Genre confirmed in the thread here.
The Enchanted
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 70
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Total It's a Fact: 0
Tasks complete: 5
Books read: 5
ROBIN P15.10 That's Not Trivial Pursuit
4+ ltr word found in THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE
The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
Word is PARENT, P and N in PeNguin, ARET in gREAT
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Points this post: 15
Total points: 230
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:5
Total points:
slideshell10.7 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.
Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places
Paperback - 386 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 375/1045
Completed Tasks: 20/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 10205
Books read this season: 27
JenJ IA30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!
This is a two book task, with a combined 600 page minimum. One book MUST be nonfiction
Choose two options and read one book from each.
Required: state which options.
Option 1: Read a book with one or more of the following disaster related words in the title and/or subtitle. Plurals are ok.
Earthquake / Quake
Fire / Wildfire
Flood
Hurricane / Typhoon
Volcano / Eruption
Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy by Alastair Gee - 256 pages
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
Option 3: Read a book for which:
B - all the letters of FEMA are found in the title (subtitle excluded).
My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki - 366 pages
256 +366 = 622 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 175/1045
Tasks Completed: 12/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Lisa MD15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
168 pgs
Lovecraftian list pg 1
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 295 / 1045
Total Books Read: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 15 / 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 2
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 1: English - page 1
The Things They Carried. Tim O'Brien
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 31
Total This Season
Points: 490/1045
Books read: 40
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 3
Golden Oldie: 1
Kai20.5 Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
I rolled a 4 and a 2: Classics and EFG or H
Medea and Other Plays by Euripides
First Published in 429 B.C.
** Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket **
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points: 155
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 4
IT'S A FACT: 0
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Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
Required State the word
word is lost
read The Night We Lost Him
points this post 10
total 60
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Read a book with a number at least one number of 1, 2,3,4,5,6, on the cover
read 49 Miles Alone
points this post 10
total points 70
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Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction. Variations are acceptable. Ex: American History
option 2 read A Family of Killers
Horror
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Young Adult
Audiobook
Mystery Thriller
Fiction
Historical
points this post 20
total points 90
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option 2 Read a book with the MPG Mystery, either stand-alone or combined ('Cozy Mystery', 'Mystery Thriller', etc.)
read On the Surface
Thriller
Mystery
Audiobook
Mystery Thriller
Fiction
Adult
Suspense
and
option 3 Read a book with at least one of the MPGs Horror, Weird Fiction, New Weird, or Speculative Fiction
read Bodies to Die For
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Audiobook
Fiction
Suspense
Horror
points this post 25
total points 115
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M is my letter
Option 1 - Author: Read a book by an author whose LAST name begins with the letter
read Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
and Option 2 -Option 2- Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter.
read My Vampire Plus-One
points this post 30
total points 145
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 1: Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name (middle name can be ignored). I read Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman (all letters in kAtHaRiNe).
Option 4: Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive). I read We Solve Murders by Richard Osman, first published September 2024.
Total points so far: 145
FLY Task #20.10 Group Reads
task: Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2024 season.
book: The Echo of Old Books
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: my post - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 17/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2
Kathy KS20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 2: History
Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction.
The Country Club District of Kansas City by LaDene Morton
MPG: HISTORY
I read as an ebook; pb-159 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 320
Tasks completed: 14/59
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
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.Option 3: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan or/and China. For this option, choose a book where at least 50% of the setting is in one of these countries, or by an author from one of these places.
We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
100% set in Kyoto, Japan
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 420
HanneloreTask 5.1- 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.
Book: A Case for the Candle Maker
How it fits: Book title has the word "Candle" in it.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 10
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
SHEMAC 30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
K X J Q Z
Book 1:
Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title. Ignore subtitles.
Kissing Alex
Required: State the letters. K, X
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose first, last or middle initial is any one of the letters K X J Q Z. For multiple authored books, only one author needs to work.
Doubling Down by Cari Z.
Required: State the letter. Z
This task points: 30
Total season points: 305
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25.1 Ash’s Killer Reads. Opt. 4—Ghostface from Scream.
Book 1. From p. 1 of the Book with a Black and White Cover list, I read
Book 2. With a knife on the cover, on the ground by the cake, I read The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis. 309 pp.
Total pp = 674 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 375