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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Barbara ★10.1 - Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live.
The Teacher - Katerina Diamond 10/4
(set in England, I live in the US)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 400
Barbara ★5.2 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE
Curiosity Thrilled the Cat - Sofie Kelly 10/6
(S & K in pumpKin Spice)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 405
slideshell10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live.
A Cyclist's Guide to Crime & Croissants
Hardback - 340 pages
State the country you live: United States
Setting of book: France
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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: 500/1045
Completed Tasks: 26/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 13343
Books read this season: 36
slideshell20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 2: Read a book that has a cover with at least 50% Orange.
I've Got My Mind Set on Brew
Paperback - 310 pages
52.2 %#e76e2bOrange
13.7 %#d99d2fOrange
10.7 %#831d74Violet
10.2 %#e0d0bfGrey
4.5 %#d5926dPink
3.0 %#3c424bGrey
2.1 %#9d3060Violet
1.4 %#9d5f58Brown
1.4 %#8b6b80Violet
0.7 %#f8c8d4Pink
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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: 520/1045
Completed Tasks: 27/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 13653
Books read this season: 38
Lisa MD20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail
North Woods by Daniel Mason
372 pgs
Title Word: "North" matches Monopoly word: "North" Carolina Avenue
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 400 / 1045
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 21/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 4
Jasmiina F15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...:
Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab.
Published: 2020
*Big Book Ticket with 560 pages*
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
JEN B20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 2: History
Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction.
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
TOTAL POINTS: 340
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5.1- It's the most wonderful time of the year
For this task read a book with fall, sweater, blanket, pumpkin, or candle, in the title or subtitle.
We All Fall Down by Natalie D Richards
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
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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.
by Natalie D. RichardsPoints this post: 10
Total points: 15
Task 5.5 - Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?13 in page count
Fugitive Telemetry
PB: Télémétrie fugitive
139 pages
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555 points
PegW25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1: Roll the 6-sided die to see which token you will be playing with, then read a book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece.
I rolled a 4 - Bee
I read: Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Book 2: Roll the 6-sided die to see what property or action your token lands on, then read a book to satisfy the description.
I rolled a 6- Read a book whose title contains a word of four or more letters that can be made from the phrase, “President of the Book Club.”
I read: The History of Sound: Stories
with the word SOUND made from the above phrase.
**Claiming one NF ticket for Bite by Bite.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
BB: 0
NF: 3
GO: 0
Janice CA15.4 - Flight Risk
I completed the two book option.
Book 1: airplane on the cover
Air Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
and
Book 2: Author's initials found in "hiT the Silk".
Animals I Want To See: A Memoir of Growing Up in the Projects and Defying the Odds by Tom Seeman
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total: 30
tasks: 3
books: 4
15.6 Lovecraftian books list Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard
Page 1 of the list
Points: 75/1045
Completed Tasks: 7/59
Big Book:
Its a fact: 2
Golden Oldie:
Ana20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
The Housemaid. The authors initials can be found in Farmhouse.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 45
LAUREN JODI25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
Option 2: Monopoly
Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris
Confirmed in post 52 of the task help thread.
Option 3: Mystery Date
Fatal Threat by Marie Force
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 90/1045
Total Books Read: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 5/59
LAUREN JODI10.7 - Let It Grow
Simply Magic by Mary Balogh
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 100/1045
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 6/59
Delicious Dee30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
Option 3 - Lucy on the Wild Side - Kerry Rea
Option 4 - The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir - Caster Semenya - Caster is a runner out of South Africa and subject of significant controversy regarding gender testing and athletics; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points This Task: 30
Points Total: 445
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Joanne Mi5-9 It's Fall Y'all
Red Country published October 2012
Points this task 5
Season Total 80
IAF 1
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 Too Precious to Forget
Read a book that is at least 50% combination of pink and blue. according to tineye. I read Clammed Up by Barbara Ross (52.5% blue + 1.2% pink = 53.7% combined).
Total points so far: 190
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3: Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Points: 100
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total books: 8
Total tasks: 8
Katrisa10.10 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.
I read 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life: Identifying and Dealing with Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other High-Conflict Personalities
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 575
Katrisa20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Opt 3 - Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle)
I read The Iron Trial
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13.0
RENO in thE iRON trial
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 595
Delicious Dee10.7 Let It Grow
- there are 2 plants in pots in the left midpoint of the coverPoints This Task: 10
Points Total: 455
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Task 20.5 - The Element of Surpriserolled 4 (M initial) and 4 (MPG Classics)
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
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575 points
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5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover - there are several bees on the cover
A Beeline to Murder. Meera Lester
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 36
Total This Season
Points: 570/1045
Books read: 47
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
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5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story.
A Vision of Murder. Victoria Laurie
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 37
Total This Season
Points: 575/1045
Books read: 48
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Nick KY5.7 Too Precious. I read The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein with a cover that is 86% pink according to tineye: https://labs.tineye.com/color/b0255d1...
This is my one book of 80-100 pages in the 5 pointer section as it is 81 pp.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 550
Nick KY20.1 Jenny H’s Go to Jail. I read
In the Tennessee Country by Peter Taylor. The word is "Tennessee." Tennessee Ave. is a street in Monopoly.Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 570
Andy P. Task # 30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 1: NHRA: Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name Blue Adept by Piers Anthony
NHA in Anthony
R in Piers.
Option 4: Labor Day Weekend
Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive) An Honorable Assassin bySteve Hamilton published August 27, 2024
Points this post: 30
Total points: 265
Ana15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Middle Ground and Maddie - Immer das Ziel im Blick. Both books are in the same series.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Task 25.5 - BookopolyBook 1: Rolled a 4
4 - Bee
i want to die but i want to Eat ttEokBokki
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Conversations with My Psychiatrist (2018) by Baek Se-hee (female); translated from Korean by Anton Hur (Paperback 208 pages) [616.89]
** I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Conversations with My Psychiatrist is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
Book 2: Rolled a 4
4 – Trade Your Bookstores for a Library:
Read a book that features a bookstore or library in the story. The bookstore or library must be essential to the storyline.
Our main character, Carrie Singleton, works at the town library, as do several of the other main characters. Many scenes in the novel occur at the library.
Buried in the Stacks (The Haunted Library Mysteries #3) (2019) by Allison Brook (Hardcover 313 pages)
15 + 25 = 40
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 15 + 25 = 40
Books read: 03
Pages read: 861
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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15.9 - Shifting Sands
I chose Great Basin Desert in the USA
Now That I've Found You by Bella Andre / set in New York state
Points this post: -15
Total points: 540
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I chose Great Basin Desert in the USA
Wildest Dreams by Kristen Proby / set in Montana
Points this post: 15
Total points: 555
Mod
Tempting by Bella Matthews / one word title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 570
Task 20.10 - Group Readscomment on book: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
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595 points
Andy P.Task # 30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Option 2 - Libra September 23-October 22
Book 1 - The symbol for libra is a woman with a set of scales. Read a book with MPG Social Justice
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong byJames W. Loewen
Book2 Read a legal thriller from the first 20 pages of this list:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Required: state the page
The Defence by Steve Cavanagh page 1
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Andy P.Task # 30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Option 1
Book A – Read a book in the Maisie Dobbs series
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
Book B – Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in Jacqueline Winspear.
The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves
AC in JACQUELINE
Points this post: 30
Total points; 325
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Optioin 2-
Book A: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore / set in camp setting/cabin in woods; 476 pg PB
approval: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book B:
by Tessa Bailey / hockey stick on cover; 384 pg PBTotal pages: 860 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595
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Option 5-
by Alex Pine / snowy scene on coverapproved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 615
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Option 2-
Saints of the Household by Ari Tison / SAINTS in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 635
Delicious Dee10.8 How Far I'll Leap
The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal - the main characters are time traveling bounty hunters
Points This Task: 10
Points Total: 465
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
1) Biography or Memoir, 6) V, W, X, Y, or Z (Biography - Vance)
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. Ashlee Vance
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 38
Total This Season
Points: 595/1045
Books read: 49
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
EMurphy30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 3: Author's initials use only the letters "BER" Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl
*266 pages
**It's a Fact Ticket
Option 4: #9, 10, 11 in a series Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie - Poirot #9
*352 pages
**Golden Oldies Ticket (published 1933)
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 95
Books Read: 7
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
Theresa15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 2 - 1 book task
The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
MPG - Science Fiction
Last Survivors #4 of 4
Points this post - 15
Total points - 45
Theresa15.4 - Flight Risk
Option 2 - 1 book task
by Lisa ScottolineAirplane on cover - upper right corner
Author initials in hit the SiLk
Points this post - 15
Total points - 60
slideshell25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1: Roll the 6-sided die to see which token you will be playing with, then read a book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece. (SHIP)
Required: State the number of the die you rolled. 2
Silence in the Library
Hardback - 341 pages
Book 2: Roll the 6-sided die to see what property or action your token lands on, then read a book to satisfy the description. (Read a book originally published in April or June of any year.)
Required: State the number of the die you rolled. 2
A Novel Love Story
Hardback - 357 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: 545/1045
Completed Tasks: 28/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 14351
Books read this season: 40
Katrisa25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
Opt 3
Book A - Read a book that is set at least 50% in Florida
I read The Orchid Thief mostly set in Florida where Laroche lives
Book B - Read a book with an MPG Books About Books
I read No Two Persons it has MPG Books about Books
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 625
Elizabeth PTask 30.4 - US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option One: Book with all letters NHRA in author's first/last name
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
kAtHeRiNe center
Option Four: Book published in August or September of year 1991-2024
Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
Published August 2019
At 508 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
IAF: 1
Total Books:12
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15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 1: Two-book task
Book 1: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
The Blighted Stars - Megan E. O'Keefe 10/8
Book 2: Read a book which is numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered books.
May Day Murder - Jennifer David Hesse 9/25
(#5 in A Wiccan Wheel Mystery which has 6 books currently)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 390