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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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zoeycat25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1: rolled 5 (horse)
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
Book 2: rolled 5 (knowledge card)
Used Wikipedia (DK, author David Kipen)
Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters
Points this task: 25
Total points: 180
>>>Claiming 2 It's a Fact>>>>
FLY Task #30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
task: Option 1: all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name
book: For Love of Evil
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: NHRA in author Pie(r)s (An)t(h)ony
task: Option 5: author shares a name with one of the winning drivers
book: Myth Conceptions
how it fits: author - Robert Lynn Asprin, driver - Robert Vodnik
Points this post: 30
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 21/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 On My Hike
Lost Boy by Jay Martin
LOST is the word
Points this post: 10
Total points: 475/1045
Task completed: 29/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 Let It Grow
by Alison CochrunPoints this post: 10
Total points: 485/1045
Task completed: 30/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.1 Whodunnit?
Book 1:
by Robert B. ParkerBook 2: Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Found on page 5 of list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500/1045
Task completed: 31/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 1:
Book 1: Doctor Who Archives: Prisoners of Time by Scott Tipton
Book 2: Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 3 by James Tynion IV
Points this post: 15
Total points: 515/1045
Task completed: 32/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1: I rolled a ONE-worm
He Who Dreams by Melanie Florence
Book 2: I rolled a SIX
High Note by Jeff Ross
NOTE is the word
Points this post: 25
Total points: 540/1045
Task completed: 33/59
EMurphy30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Option 1a: Book in the Maisie Dobbs series Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
*I loved this book and I cannot wait to continue the series!!
Option 1b: Author's initials can be found in Jacqueline Winspear Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 155
Books Read: 11
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
Nick KY5.9 It’s Fall Y’All. I read Aesthetics and Art Theory: An Historical Introduction by Harold Osborne, 1st pub’d in September 1970.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 575
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20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail
Read a book whose title includes one word (that is not "the") from this list of Monopoly street names: https://monopoly.fandom.com/wiki/Street (Park Place)
Earth's the Right Place for Love. Elizabeth Berg - word is Place
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 49
Total This Season
Points: 640/1045
Books read: 52
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Elizabeth PTask 20.5 - The Element of Surprise
I rolled a 2 for the genre (mystery, suspense) and a 1 for the author initials (ABCD)
Tripwire by Lee Child
MPG of mystery, lee Child
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
IAF: 2
Total Books: 14
Nick KY20.10 Group Read. I read the Gugenheim selection. I read it on the Gugenheim site. The MMPB is 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. Comment in message 8 of the Help Thread. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 595
slideshell25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!
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
The Christmas Wager
Paperback - 352 pages
6.6 %#3faa8dGreen
22.7 %#8ac0ddBlue
10.0 %#f9f9f9White
8.9 %#c3000eRed
6.1 %#e89f7cOrange
5.3 %#4f1f18Brown
5.3 %#e4d737Yellow
2.0 %#ad3e35Red
1.5 %#90c161Green
1.5 %#968380Grey
Option 3: Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series
The Kiss Curse
Paperback - 306 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: 600/1045
Completed Tasks: 31/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 15694
Books read this season: 44
ROBIN P15.1 Whodunnit?
Book 1: Clue weapon on cover - Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man
- gun by woman's feet, approved in Help threadBook 2: Book from list - The Marlow Murder Club on p 3 of list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 320
BB:2 BO:2 IAF:6
Kai15.1 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, rope or spanner/wrench.
True Grit by Charles Portis
Revolver
BOOK 2
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Murder Mystery list
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
Page 9
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 12
Total Points: 215
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 5
IT'S A FACT: 0
15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You ScreamOption 2: One-book task - MPG of Science Fiction and Read a book which is numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered books (no x.5 etc).
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Book 1 in a 3 book series and it was Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2015)
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks Completed: 15
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
Beth NC5.4 Embrace the Season -
book off list Best Book To Read In Autumn
Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
Page 8 #789
Task Points: 5
Task Pages: 368
Total Points: 155
Total Tasks: 9
Total Books: 12
Total Pages: 5115
Big Book Tickets: 2
Jecca15.8 - Read My Mind
Read 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.
Sleep No More by Jayne Ann Krentz
From the description: an experience that has somehow enhanced the psychic abilities already present in each woman.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 350
Total Tasks Completed: 16
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
Jecca20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Option 4: Need a Laugh.
read a book with a MPG of Humor
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 370
Total Tasks Completed: 17
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
Beth NC15.10 That's Not Trivial Pursuit -
Word in title can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Bone the great peNguin BOkchasE
Task Points: 15
Task Pages: 374
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks: 10
Total Books: 13
Total Pages: 5489
Big Book Tickets: 2
Beth NC10.5 Part of Your Collection -
Main Character is a Vigilante or a Superhero
Southern Man by Greg Iles
Penn Cage goes against Racist Town Leaders to stop a Civil War
2 Big Book Tickets 966 pages
Task Points: 10
Task Pages: 966
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks: 11
Total Books: 14
Total Pages: 6455
Big Book Tickets: 4
Jessica S10.2- Slay The Beast
book with the word "Monster" in tact in the title
Monsters within Men by T.J. Rose
Points this task: 10
Previous total: 345 Updated total: 355
Tasks completed: 22 Books read: 28
DOM30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options.
Option 1: NHRA:
Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name (middle name can be ignored)
The Wiregrass by Adrian Hyland
NHRA are in the author's first and last name
adRiAN Hyland
Option 2: Meeting the family
Read a book with a 3 and a 0(zero) in the page count. The numbers do not need to be consecutive.
Cherrywood: The imaginative and moving new literary novel from an award winning author, for readers of Trent Dalton, Robbie Arnott and Daniel Mason by Jock Serong
This book has 304 pages (paperback version)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 220
It's a Fact: 1
CHANDNI10.10 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.
419 by Will Ferguson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 290
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20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 6: Read a book from one of these lists:
Second Chances (page 1)
The Bromance Book Club. Lyssa Kay Adams
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 50
Total This Season
Points: 660/1045
Books read: 53
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Katrisa10.9 The Wonderful Thing about Dragons
Read a book from the dragons list
I read The Color of Magic from P2 of the list
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 705
Kathy KS30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
The 5 least frequently occurring letters in English words are: K X J Q Z
Book 1: Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title. .
The Jayhawk: The Story of the University of Kansas's Beloved Mascot by Rebecca Ozier Schulte
LETTERS: J, K=JayhawK
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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.
Finding Your Ancestors’ Obituaries: The Complete Genealogy Guide to Obituaries by Kenneth R. Marks
LETTERS: K=Kenneth
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 350
Tasks completed: 15/59
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: 2
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
slideshell5.9 It's Fall Y'all!
Read a book first published in September, October, or November
Blameless
Paperback - 379 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 605/1045
Completed Tasks: 32/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 16073
Books read this season: 45
Kai5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Hare (bunny)
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 13
Total Points: 220
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 5
IT'S A FACT: 0
Schatzie5.9 - It's Fall Y'all
---a book first published in September, October, or November
Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health by Marty Makary
How it fits: first pub. in September
Points this post: 5
TOTAL POINTS: 5
Amy FL10.8 How Far I'll Leap
This Time Tomorrow - Time Travel is the theme
Points this post: 10
Total points 530
Amy FL15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Two books from the same series:
Loyalty in Death - In Death, #9
Witness in Death - In Death, #10
Points this post: 15
Total points: 545
Amy FL15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
The Immaculate Void - page 3 of the Lovecraftian list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 560
Amy FL15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
The Great Transition - GREAT in "the GREAT penguin bookchase"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 575
Amy FL25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1 - rolled 5: The House on Cold Creek Lane - HORSE in HOuSE on cold cReek lane
Book 2 - rolled 4: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore - Main character works in a bookstore
Points this post: 25
Total points: 600
Deborah25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To Ride
Read One Book: Read one book of at least 500 pages that satisfies the criteria from two different options.
The Chestnut Man
519 pages
Approved in task help thread #2
Option 2: Mystery Train main page genre Mystery and Mystery Thriller
Option 3: Ghost Train Main page genre of Horror
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 9
Tasks Done: 7
Jessica S5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
book with one of these words in the title: fall, sweater, blanket, pumpkin, or candle
Pumpkin Spice and Chill by F.A. Ray
Points this task: 5
Previous total: 355 Updated total: 360
Tasks completed: 23 Books read: 29
JUKKA15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 2: Book that satisfies both Option 1 criteria: MPG Science Fiction and part 1-7 of a series of at least three parts.
Money Shot, Vol. 3 by Tim Seeley
Total Points: 210/1045
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 17/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
Letter: D
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose LAST name begins with the letter you’ve spun.
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
Option 4: Read a book where a character’s name (first or last) begins with your letter. The character’s name MUST appear on the main page.
The character DONUT is mentioned in the description.
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 265
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
Beth NC10.4 Once Upon A Crime -
book with MPG Crime
Tombstone Courage by J.A. Jance
Task Points: 10
Task Pages: 408
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks: 12
Total Books: 15
Total Pages: 6683
Big Book Tickets: 4
Beth NC30.5 Gregorian Games -
Book 1: Option 3
Book with author initials found in BER
Brookland by Emily Barton
BEr
Book 2: Option 4
Book that is number 9,10 or 11 in series
Cursed Web by Yasmine Galenorn
#9 in Moonshadow Bay Series
Task Points: 30
Task Pages: 726
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks: 13
Total Books: 17
Total Pages: 7409
Big Book Tickets: 4
Beth NC20.8 Back to School -
Option 2: MPG Historical Fiction
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Task Points: 20
Task Pages: 304
Total Points: 240
Total Tasks: 14
Total Books: 17
Total Pages: 7589
Big Book Tickets: 4
Beth NC20.8 It's a Whole New Town -
Anthology of short stories
Heroic Hearts by Jim Butcher
An all-star urban fantasy collection featuring short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling authors
Task Points: 10
Task Pages: 368
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks: 15
Total Books: 19
Total Pages: 8261
Big Book Tickets: 4
Beth NC5.1 It6's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year -
Book with Fall/Sweaterr/BlanketPumpkin or Candle in title
A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris
Task Points: 5
Task Pages: 320
Total Points: 255
Total Tasks: 16
Total Books: 20
Total Pages: 858
Big Book Tickets: 4
Delicious Dee10.2- Slay The Beast
Monster
Points This Task: 10
Points Total: 490
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Beth NC5.2 Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice -
Author initials found in PUMPKIN SPICE
Damaged BY Pamela Callow
Pumpkin spiCe
Task Points: 5
Task Pages: 453
Total Points: 260
Total Tasks: 17
Total Books: 21
Total Pages: 9034
Big Book Tickets: 4
Beth NC10.6 ON My Hike -
book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
My Lost Mexico by James A. Michener
LOST
Task Points: 10
Task Pages: 278
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks: 18
Total Books: 22
Total Pages: 9312
Big Book Tickets: 4
Beth NC15.2 Don't Stop Me Now -
Two Books from same series
Book 1:
Dark Nightingale by Luanne Bennett
#4 in Katie Bishop series
Book 2:
Bayou Kings by Luanne Bennett
#5 in Katie Bishop Series
Task Points: 15
Task Pages: 578
Total Points: 285
Total Tasks: 19
Total Books: 24
Total Pages: 9890
Big Book Tickets: 4
Beth NC20.9 Feels and Thrills -
Option 2: book that features at least one adult person on the cover
Bloodlust Bites: An addictive and action-packed urban fantasy
Task Points: 20
Task Pages: 300
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks: 20
Total Books: 25
Total Pages: 10190
Big Book Tickets: 4
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.6Katrisa's task fall zodiac
Option 1: Virgo- MC single and 15-29
The Lost Bookshop
reference for age: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Bookshop-...
7% into the Amazon preview (linked above): "Twenty one years of age and my mother...."
Option 2: 4 letter word from Stairway to heaven
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
word: WHAT
points this task: 30
total points: 155