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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Jessica S25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 4: page count ends in either 1, 7, or 8
Perfectly Imperfect Pixie by M.J. May (New to me author)
Option 5: read a book that is #1, 2, or 12 in a series by a favourite author.
Cronin's Key by N.R. Walker (one of my fave authors despite me rating this book 1 star 😂)
Points this task: 25
Previous total: 300 Updated total: 325
Tasks completed: 20 Books read: 26
Mai25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1 - I rolled a 6: Book where the title/ subtitle contains the letters in "Whale"
Postphenomenological Methodologies: New Ways in Mediating Techno-Human Relationships by Jesper Aagaard
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Book 2 - I rolled a 3: Book whose title and/or subtitle contains an exclamation point, question mark, colon, or hyphen.
Postphenomenology and Media: Essays on Human-Media-World Relations by Yoni Van Den Eede
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
NF Tickets: 7
Jessica C20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 1: author's first and last initials can be found in FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE (FARMHOUSE)
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Points this task: 20
Previous total: 325 Updated total: 345
Tasks completed: 21 Books read: 27
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
I rolled 1 and 5
Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner by CeCé Telfer
(MPG Memoir, author last name starts with T)
This is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 NF
Total points: 330
BB: 4
GO: 1
NF: 3
Completed tasks: 16
Books read: 23
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
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
Points this Task: 5
Season Total: 230
Total GO Tickets: 1
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8
15.2; ...; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9
20.4; ...; 20.6
25.6
30.6
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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
STONE
Points this Task: 15
Season Total: 245
Total GO Tickets: 1
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8
15.2; ...; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.4; ...; 20.6
25.6
30.6
15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You ScreamOption 2: One-book task
Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
Read a book which is numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered books
Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor
Points this Task: 15
Season Total: 260
Total GO Tickets: 1
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8
15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.4; ...; 20.6
25.6
30.6
5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?ead a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
And the Rest Is History by Jodi Taylor
First published April 13, 2017
Points this Task: 5
Season Total: 265
Total GO Tickets: 1
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; 5.5; ...; ...; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8
15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.4; ...; 20.6
25.6
30.6
15.1 - Whodunnit?Book 1: Read a book with one of the iconic Cluedo murder weapons on the cover: candlestick, dagger (with visible hilt/pommel), lead pipe, revolver (with visible revolving chamber), rope or spanner/wrench.
by Agatha Christie**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for The Hollow(first published: 1946)**
Book 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Murder Mystery list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
page 25
Points this Task: 15
Season Total: 280
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total GO Tickets: 2
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; 5.5; ...; ...; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.4; ...; 20.6
25.6
30.6
slideshell15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020.
Murder in the Storybook Cottage
Paperback - 289pages
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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: 560/1045
Completed Tasks: 29/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 14640
Books read this season: 41
ROBIN P30.2 Book of Africa
Option 2 - 500 p +, set 70% in African country & author born in Africa
The Old Drift - Namwali Serpell
576 pages - set over 70% in Zambia, author is from there
**Claiming 1 BB**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 305
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:6
Jayme(theghostreader)15.8
Option A
Character with psychic powers
The Bartered Bridesby Mercedes Lackey
Task +15
Grand total: 70
LoraTask: 25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???, using options 3 and 4
Book 1:
Book/Author: I Need You to Read This / Jessa Maxwell
How it fits: published in 2024
Book 2:
Book/Author: Death in the Details / Katie Tietjen
How it fits: has 288 pages; new-to-me author
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 320
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
25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the SouthlandBook 1: Read a book with a word of five or more letters that can be made from the phrase "Fall is a Southerner's Reward for Having Survived Summer"
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
SOMEWHERE
Book 2 Option 2: Read a book by a single author where all the letters of the author's last name can be found in the phrase. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima
Points this Task: 25
Season Total: 305
Total GO Tickets: 2
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; 5.5; ...; ...; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.4; ...; 20.6
25.6; ...; ...; 25.9
30.6
HanneloreTask 5.4 Embrace the Season
Read a book off this list. State the page.
Book: Magische praktijken
How it fits: Book is #59 on page 1 of the list.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 13
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
JUKKA15.4 - Flight Risk
Option 1: Two-book task.
Book 1: Book with an airplane on the cover.
The Complete Battlefields, Volume Two by Garth Ennis
Book 2: Book whose author's initials are in HIT THE SILK.
Money Shot Vol. 2 by Tim Seeley
Total Points: 195/1045
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 16/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
HanneloreTask 15.4 - Flight Risk
Option 1. Book 1: Read a book with a aeroplane on the cover.
Book:
Moord in het vliegtuigHow it fits: A plane on the cover.
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in HIT THE SILK.
Book: Reading Up On Murder
How it fits: Author is Elodie Hart. EH in "tHE"
** Book 1 was published in 1935. Claiming 1 GO ticket for this, please. **
Points this task: 25
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 14
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
Opt. 1. Read book off list. State the page.
Book: Jane Eyre
How it fits: Book is #4 on page 1 of the list.
Opt. 3. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials may be found in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST.
Book: The Goddaughter's Revenge
How it fits: Autor is Melodie Campbell. MC can be found in sequence of letters above.
** Book 1 has 532 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket. **
** Book 1 is published in 1847. Claiming 1 GO ticket too. **
Points this task: 30
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 15
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 5.9 It's Fall Y'all
Read a book first published in september, october, or november.
Book: Heart and Brain: Body Language
How it fits: This book was first published in october.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 16
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live.
Book: Shakespeare's Champion
How it fits: Book takes place in the USA (see main book page text). I live in the Netherlands.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 17
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 1
Task 5.8 - Footprints in the ForestBAT on the cover
Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop
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630 points
Barbara ★15.9 - 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.
Exiles - Jane Harper 10/12
(Great Australian Desert)
(set 100% in Australia)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 420
Barbara ★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.
Murder at the Blarney Bash - Darci Hannah 10/11
(BASH - BookcHASe)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 435
Mai20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
OPTION 3: EMILY: Book with all the letters in RENO in the title
Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power by Tiziano Bonini
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
NF Tickets: 8
Lisa MD30.6 - Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Option 1:
Book 1: Female MC between 15 - 29 y/o
Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck
326 pgs
MC: Mariella Bennett is 19 years old as stated in book
Link to source of age: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780...
Book 2: Title Word in Stairway to Heaven Lyrics
No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
336 pgs
Title Word: "Know" in lyrics to Stairway to Heaven
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 430 / 1045
Total Books Read: 29
Total Tasks Completed: 22/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2024 SRC
5.9 It's Fall Y'all
Read a book first published in September, October, or November
The Lost World first published in October 1995
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2024 SRC
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
OPTION 2: RORY: Read one book from the Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List. All other SRC rules apply (not all books on the list may be eligible).
REQUIRED: State the list page your book was found on.
Night page 1
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
Book 1: Read a book with a word of five or more letters that can be made from the phrase "Fall is a Southerner's Reward for Having Survived Summer
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak word is Hunter
H in Hidden
U in Pictures
N in Hidden
T in Pictures
E in Hidden
R in Pictures
Book 2 Option 2: Read a book by a single author where all the letters of the author's last name can be found in the phrase.
Zero Days by[author:Ruth Ware
WARE in reward
Points this post: 25
Total points: 350
Andy P.Please disregard post #1129. book 1 does not work
babbling c 5.4 Embrace the Season
Sometimes we just need to read fall books to get into the fall mood
Read a book off this list
Best Book To Read In Autumn
Required:State the page
Babel: An Arcane History - audiobook. Babel - paperback pgs 545 by R.F. Kuang
Page 4 #311
This is a big book 545 pages
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 115/1045
Completed Tasks: 8/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 3,497
Books read this season: 9
Andy P.[Task # 25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
Book 1: Read a book with a word of five or more letters that can be made from the phrase "Fall is a Southerner's Reward for Having Survived Summer"
[book:The Hunter|174156145] byTana French
Hunter can be found made from the letters in Southerner's
Book 2 Option 2: Read a book by a single author where all the letters of the author's last name can be found in the phrase.
Zero Days by Ruth WareWare can be made with the letters in reward
Points this post: 25
Total points : 350
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2024 SRC
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Choose one option and read a book for that option.
Option 1: English
Required Reading in High School
Required: State which page your book is found on.
The Hound of the Baskervilles on page 1
claiming 1 GO ticket, initially published in Mar 1902
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 45
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
SHEMAC25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!
This is a two book task. Choose two of the following options.
Required: State the options you chose. Options 2 and 3
Option 2. Game pieces are red, yellow, blue, and green. Read a book with at least two of these colors on the cover, according to TinEye.
Stand in Place
Required: Post the cover and state the colors with their TinEye percentages.
blue 92.9% yellow 2.1%Option 3. Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series.
The Muscle The Long Con series #2
This task points: 25
Total season points: 380
Barbara ★30.3 - XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
Option 3: read a book by an author whose initials may be found in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST.
Moving is Murder - Nellie H. Steele 9/2
(N H S found in above list)
Option 6: Read a book containing any month in the title/subtitle or author’s name.
Murder of a Werewolf - April Fernsby 10/13
(April in author's name)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 465
10.4 Once Upon A CrimeTo Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer by John Coston
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 75
30.1 Letter FrequencyBook 1: Mrs Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn
Q and K are in the title.
Book 2: Den of Iniquity by J.A. Jance
The letter is J
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 120
10.4 Once Upon a CrimeMPG Crime: Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
10.6 On My HikeFour-letter word in the title made from NATIONAL PARKS in the title: The Museum of Lost Quilts by Jennifer Chiaverini
The word is Lost.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 210
10.10 Spaceship PressureA book with a number 1 2 3 4 5 or 6 on the cover: For the Love of Summer by Susan Mallery
Above the author's name "#1 New York Times Bestselling Author"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
Mai10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Book with MPG Crime
Criminal, Vol. 1: Coward by Ed Brubaker
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 16
NF Tickets: 8
Task 20.4 - Gilmore GirlsOPTION 3: EMILY:
Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
whEN among cROws
When Among Crows (2024) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 166 pages)
40 + 20 = 60
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 40 + 20 = 60
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,027
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
MEGSCL5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Fox on cover
TOTAL
155 points
1 IAF ticket
Mai15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Read two books from the same series.
Void Rivals, Vol. 1: More than Meets the Eye
and
Void Rivals, Vol. 2: Hunted Across the Wasteland
by Robert Kirkman
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 18
NF Tickets: 8
slideshell15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Read a book with a single-word title
Bride
Hardback - 396 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: 575/1045
Completed Tasks: 30/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 15036
Books read this season: 42
Mai10.2- Slay The Beast
Read a book with the word "Monster" in tact in the title
Where Monsters Lie by Kyle Starks
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 19
NF Tickets: 8
Delicious Dee5.9 It's Fall Y'all
Jack, the Giant Killer - first published November 1987
Points This Task: 5
Points Total: 470
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Delicious Dee10.4 Once Upon a Crime
A Killer in King's Cove - Crime is the very last genre on the list
Points This Task: 10
Points Total: 480
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
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25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
Option 1: name appearing on list http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/listofw... in author's name or book title (Walker)
Touch the Lightning by N.R.Walker
Option 3: book with MPG Romance AND one of the following: Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense
Not Dead Yet by Jenn Burke
Points this task: 25
Previous total: 275 Updated total: 300
Tasks completed: 19 Books read: 24