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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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slideshell20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
Dice Roll 1 for Genre - 2 (Mystery/Suspense)
Dice Roll 2 for Author Initials - 4 (M,N,O or P)
Read a book with an MPG of Mystery written by an author with an initial of M.
Murder on the Rocks
Paperback - 274 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: 450/1045
Completed Tasks: 23/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 11849
Books read this season: 32
FLY Task #5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
task: one of the listed words in the title
book: Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: 'Candles'
other: **Claiming IAF ticket for nonfiction memoir
Points this post: 5
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 18/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2 + 1 = 3
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 Part of Your Collection
Read a book with a main character as a superhero or vigilante. I read Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn, where the main characters are heroes and heroines!
Total points so far: 165
Katrisa15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Read two books from the same series.
I read Of Thieves and Shadows and
Of Songs and Silence
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 535
Katrisa20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Opt 1 - Read a book that also crosses borders and has a hybrid genres as MPGs either as a compound genre or two different genres.
I read The Hawthorne Legacy
MPG Mystery Thriller
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 555
JUKKA10.7 Let It Grow
Book with a plant, bush or flower on the cover.
Vampirella (2011-2014) Vol. 1: Crown of Worms by Eric Trautmann.
Total Points: 160/1045
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 13/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
JUKKA5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Book with one of the listed forest animals on the cover.
Vampirella (2011-2014) Vol. 2: A Murder of Crows (Vampirella by Eric Trautmann et al. has bats.
Total Points: 165/1045
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 14/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family FarewellsOption 2: Read a book with an MPG of World War II.
Love & War In The Apennines by Eric Newby
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 450
JUKKA15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
Book with a word in the title that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE.
2000 AD's Greatest: Celebrating 40 Years of Thrill-Power! by John Wagner et al. The word is GREATEST.
Total Points: 180/1045
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 15/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
Lisa MD30.7 - Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
I spun the Scattegory Wheel and got the letter "H."
Option 2: Title Word starts with an "H"
Holmes, Marple & Poe by James Patterson
368 pgs
Option 3: MPG: Horror - starts with an "H"
Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
411 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 360 / 1045
Total Books Read: 24
Total Tasks Completed: 18 / 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 3
Mod
5.4 Embrace the Season
Read a book off this list
Best Book To Read In Autumn (page 2)
Plum Spooky. Janet Evanovich
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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 34
Total This Season
Points: 535/1045
Books read: 44
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Andy P.Task # 30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option1.Read a book with a variable of the number 9, 10 or 11 in the TITLE ONLY
Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain byMatthew Engel
Option 2
All these months end with BER read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "BER"
Remember Her Name by Lisa Regan
Points this post: 30
Total points:235
Task 30.9 - Be Prepared!600+ pages; one non-fiction
option 2: on the Non-fiction Disaster list p1
Ghosts Of The Tsunami
non-fiction book
304 pages
option 3A: author initials in FEMA
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
400 pages
304+400 = 704
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525 points
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover. I read The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles, which has a fox in the upper left corner and a rabbit in the upper right corner.
Total points so far: 170
Jecca15.9 - 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.
I chose: #5 The Great Australian Desert
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
From the main page: Setting: Sydney, New South Wales (Australia)
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks Completed: 8
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Jecca20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
I rolled a 6 and 4
6) Genre - History or Historical Fiction and 4) Author initial M, N, O, or P
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks Completed: 9
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Jecca25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Option 1:
Read a book where the author's initial (first or last) begins with I OR V
Gallant by Victoria Schwab
Option 2:
Read a book from the list laughter
Page 5
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 10
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!The letter I spun was B
Option 3, MPG starting with B: The Swan's Nest by Laura McNeal
The MPG is Books About Books.
Option 4, character's name begins with B: The World After Alice by Lauren Aliza Green
The character's name is Benji.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 180
Jecca30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1
Read a book with a variable of the number 9, 10 or 11 in the TITLE ONLY
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Option 2 read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "BER"
*numBER
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 240
Total Tasks Completed: 11
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Jecca30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!
Option 2: Read a book from one of the two following lists:
I used Non-fiction Disaster Books page 1
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Nathaniel Philbrick
CLAIMING IAF
Option 3: B - all the letters of FEMA are found in the title
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks Completed: 12
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
babbling c Disregard
babbling cDisregard
MaryPDX20.1 Group Reads
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
my comment
Points this task: 20
Total points: 140
babbling c 10.9 The Wonderful Thing about Dragons
Read a book from the this list. Dragons
Darkfire Kiss - kindle. Darkfire Kiss - mass market paperback pg. 394 by Deborah Cooke
Required State the page: page 11, #1085
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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 65/1045
Completed Tasks: 5/59
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 1,877
Books read this season: 5
slideshell25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
Option 3:
Book 1: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Florida
The Fine Print
Paperback - 440 pages
Required: If setting is not evident from main page provide reference: from Bing Copilot "Yes, “The Fine Print” by Lauren Asher is set in Orlando, Florida."
Book 2: Read a book with an MPG Books About Books
The Spellshop
Hardback - 377 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 475/1045
Completed Tasks: 24/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 12666
Books read this season: 34
DOM10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Read a book with MPG Crime
The Solace Farm Killings by Simon McCleave
MPG Crime
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 115
It's a Fact: 1
JennB8241220.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
OPTION 3: EMILY: Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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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:
DOM20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Required: Choose one option and state your choice.
Option 2:
Read a book in a series numbered 8, 9, 10, or 11. Whole numbers (no x.5 etc). The series must appear in greyscale on the GR book page.
The Menai Bridge Killings by Simon McCleave
This book is the 8th in the DI Hunter series. The series appears in greyscale on the GR book page.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 135
It's a Fact: 1
JennB8241220.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Lost in Time
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE.
Word used: FARMHOUSE
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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:
DOM20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
This is a one book task. Read a book of at least 200 pages that satisfies one of the following three options.
Required: State the option you used.
Option 1: Transcontinental
Read a book that also crosses borders and has a hybrid genres as MPGs either as a compound genre or two different genres.
Dark Corners by Megan Goldin
State the two MPGs used to make the hybrid:
Compound genre of Mystery/Thriller
343 pages (at least 200 pages)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 155
It's a Fact: 1
JennB8241220.10 Group Reads: Dear Evan Hanson
Dear Evan Hansen
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks Completed: 3
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
SHEMAC 10.3 It's a Whole New Town
Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
Dusty Boots
This task points: 10
Total season points: 340
EMurphy30.6 Katrisa's Task: Fall Zodiac
Option 1a: MC is unmarried woman aged 15-29 Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown
*320 pages
Option 1b: Title word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
*Word is ECHO
**416 pages
***320+416=736 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 65
Books Read: 5
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Lisa MD15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 2: One book satisfies both criteria
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
384 pgs
MPG: Science Fiction
Series: In Death #1 of 60 primary works
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 375 / 1045
Total Books Read: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 19/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 3
babbling c 30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
This is a two book task, pick one book for two different options
Required: State the options
1) My oldest grandson just had his first book published. For this option, read a book off of this list : Great Debut Novels
The Martian - Audible. The Martian - mass market paperback pgs 369 by Andy Weir
Required: State the page: pg 2, #103
3) All of my grandchildren have four names. For this option, read a book by an author whose first and last initials may be found in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST. Letters may be used as many times as they appear in the list.
Key of Valor - audio Key of Valor - mass market paperback 352 by Nora Roberts
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Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 95/1045
Completed Tasks: 6/59
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,598
Books read this season: 7
Katrisa10.7 Let It Grow
Read a book with a plant, bush or flower on the cover
I read The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might
My cover was
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 565
babbling c 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Option 2: The Grown-Up Life.
Because of my thesis I've been thinking a lot about adulthood, and also how I want to live my life as an adult (although I don't always feel like one). For this task, choose a book that features at least one adult person on the cover. The book can be any genre, but the cover should clearly depict an adult character.
The Viscount Who Loved Me - Audible. The Viscount Who Loved Me - mass market paperback pg 354 by Julia Quinn
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Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 115/1045
Completed Tasks: 7/59
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,952
Books read this season: 8
Lisa MD5.2 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings by Sy Montgomery
96 pgs
Author Initials: SM in puMSpice
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 380 / 1045
Total Books Read: 26
Total Tasks Completed: 20/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 4
slideshell15.4 - Flight Risk
Option 2:
Read a book with an aeroplane on the cover AND Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in HIT THE SILK
Planes, Trains, and All the Feels
Paperback - 337 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 490/1045
Completed Tasks: 25/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 13003
Books read this season: 35
Mai10.8 How Far I'll Leap
Book where time travel is essential to the story.
X-Men: Messiah Complex
Time travel occurs throughout the whole story here, with 2 characters traveling to the future to get answers and the true protagonist coming from the future.
Source (Spoilers): https://www.cbr.com/messiah-complex-g...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
NF Tickets: 5
Mai15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 1: Two-book task
Book 1: Book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
X-Men: Second Coming
Book 2: Book which is numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered books
All-New X-Men: Inevitable, Vol. 1: Ghosts of Cyclops
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
NF Tickets: 5
FLY Task #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge
task: Option 2 – Read a book with the word ‘saint’ in the title
book: Saint Mazie
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: ‘saint’ in the title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 19/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
10.2- Slay The Beast"Monster" intact in the title: Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
LoraTask: 20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat, using Option 1 (FARMHOUSE)
Book/Author: Death on the Rocks: A British cosy mystery / Hannah Ellis
How it fits: author's initials are HE (farmHousE)
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 255
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
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 25.7 - 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. Any percentage is acceptable as long as it is present.
1.6 % Red, 7.2 % Yellow according to Tineye
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Option 3: Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series.
#2 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
Points this post: 25
Points to date: 235
Tasks completed: 15
Books read:18
trishhartuk10.3 It's a Whole New Town
Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
Autumn Chills: Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Greek): here (312pg), HB (English): here (304pg)
From the GR description: “...in this collection of 12 supernatural mysteries and murderous plots featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Agatha Christie’s other favourite detectives...”
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 17
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
The Fall, Volume 1 by Jared Muralt
Points this post: 55
Total points: 400/1045
Task completed: 25/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 Whose Side Are You On?
Sunburn by Andi Watson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415/1045
Task completed: 26/59
JEN B15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
Starstruck by Lauren Conrad
TOTAL POINTS: 280
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10.2- Slay The Beast
Read a book with the word "Monster" intact in the title
A Monster for Two Bears
This task points: 10
Total season points: 330