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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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trishhartuk5.4 Embrace the Season
Read a book off this list: Best Book To Read In Autumn.
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte (page 1, #7)
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (324pg)
Golden Oldie: first published in 1847
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 19
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Andy P.Task # 25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 1: This whole task is really about my favorite team so, read a book by a single author where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) appear in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.
The Nurse's Secret by Amanda Skenandore
AS in SEATTLE
Option 3. Read a book first published in 2024.
The A strology House by Carinn Jade pub in 2024
Points this post: 25
Total points: 400
Readerboard Name: Marliese10.2- Slay The Beast: Read a book with the word "Monster" intact in the title
-Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery
Claims for GO, BB, of IAF: None
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Total This Season
Points: 90/1045
Completed Tasks: 4/59
Pages read this season: 2383
Books read this season: 6
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.Book: A Deal with the Elf King
How it fits: option 2 - adult people on the cover
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 317 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
SHEMAC30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
This is a two-book task. Choose two different categories and read a book for each.
Required: State your letter and the chosen options. C; Options 2 & 4
Option 2- Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter.
Controlled Burn
Option 4 - Character: Read a book where a character’s name (first or last) begins with your letter.
Balanced and Tied - Celso Harrington
This task points: 30
Total season points: 430
Lisa MD5.4 - Embrace the Season
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
305 pgs
Best Books To Read in Autumn List pg 6
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 510 / 1045
Total Books Read: 36
Total Tasks Completed: 28/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Lisa MD5.6 - A Hauntingly Good Time
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
308 pgs
A curse causes some spooky happenings to occur in the town of Glen Graves, complete with an angry ghost, a haunted cabin, and murderous wind up toys.
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 515 / 1045
Total Books Read: 37
Total Tasks Completed: 29/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Katrisa30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
Book 1:
Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title
I read Quick Service
Title has a Q and a K
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.
I read Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
Author's initials contain a J and a K
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 810
SHEMAC20.6 - 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 1
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE.
Required: State which word you used. FARMHOUSE
The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell by Mark Urban
This task points: 20
Total season points: 450
UNCLAIMING #610Task 15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
BONES in PENGUIN BOOKCHASE
Below the Bones
ebook verification https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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new total: 700
Task 10.10 - Spaceship Pressure5 on the cover ("...novella 5")
Below the Bones
ebook verification https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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total: 710
Task 15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...CHAOS in BOOKCHASE
Crucible of Chaos
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total: 725 points
Task 5.7 - Too Precious to Forget90.8% blue and 0.8% pink
The Road Trip
TinEye:
64.8 %#55c5f3Blue
23.0 %#9ed2e8Blue
4.7 %#e9ba1cYellow
3.0 %#515e9dBlue
2.2 %#50ae85Green
0.7 %#b28c3cBrown
0.7 %#c77b9bPink
0.5 %#9a9370Grey
0.3 %#bdd15eGreen
0.1 %#f49172Pink
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730 points
Task 10.7 - Let it Growplant: vines with stems on cover
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
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740 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.5 Part of Your Collection
The Invincible Iron Man, Volume 1: The Five Nightmares by Matt Fraction
Points this post: 10
Total points: 625/1045
Task completed: 39/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
An Impossible Thing to Say by Arya Shahi
Word=THING
Points this post: 15
Total points: 640/1045
Task completed: 40/59
slideshell20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 2: History
Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction
A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril
Paperback - 277 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: 730/1045
Completed Tasks: 39/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 19048
Books read this season: 55
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 1: The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie Ten Boom
Found on page 2 of the list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 660/1045
Task completed: 41/59
Elizabeth PTask 25.5 - Bookopoly
Book One: I rolled a 2
Title includes the letters in word SHIP
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
tHe ParadISe problem
Book Two: I rolled a 4
Book that features a library in the story
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
At 576 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB link: The Book That Wouldn't Burn
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
IAF: 2
Total Books: 17
15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Lovecraftian list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
from page 22:
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 420
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
Nick KY20.5 Lindsay IL’s Surprise I read Camouflage by Joe Haldeman. Roll of 5 -- genre SF, roll of 2 -- author’s last init H.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 705
30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie DobbsOption 2
Book A – Read a book that meets the requirements: female author, first in series, mystery MPG- Series must contain at least 3 books published or publishing within this season (sept 1- Nov 30 2024)
Still Life by Louise Penny
293 pages
Louise is a female, this is book one in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, there are 18 published book with a new one expected later October 2024
Book B – read a book from one of the three nominated categories from that season of SRC
I read a book from RITA Award Winners:
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
259 pages
Total pages is greater than 500
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 450
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
Nick KY20.8 Kathy P’s Back to School. Opt. 2. History. I read The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels with “History” as the third listed GR genre.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 725
Kai25.7 Lois' Task: Sorry!
OPTION 3
Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series.
The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Martin Beck #4
OPTION 4
Read a book with an exclamation point in the title.
Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 17
Total Points: 265
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 5
IT'S A FACT: 0
LoraTask: 30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac, using Option 3
Book 1:
Book/Author: The Engagement Party / Darby Kane
How it fits: initials DK; 416 pages
Book 2:
Book/Author: The Wolf Gate: A Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood / Hanna Sandvig
How it fits: pg 111 "Among our talents is the ability to shift between our cat form and fae form." 168 pages
Total pages: 584
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 380
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
30.7 - Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!This is a two book task, pick two different options.
My letter is T.
Task: Book 1, Option 2 - Read a book that begins with T.
Temporary Partner by Nicky James
Paperback: Temporary Partner
Task: Book 2, Option 3: MPG begins with T.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
MMPB: La Mystérieuse Affaire de Styles
MPG Thriller
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30 / 1045
Tasks Completed 1/59
ROBIN P20.6 It's a Fact - JenJ's Task: It's Booked! You're Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 4: NF w MPG Science, Animals or History
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? - has MPG History
**Claiming 1 IAF point for Nonfiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:7
25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: BookopolyThis is a 2-book task.
Book 1:
Read a book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece.
Required: State the number of the die you rolled - 1 (Worm)
Warders Volume One
Book 2:
Required: State the number of the die you rolled - 4 (Trade Your Bookstores for a Library):
Read a book that features a bookstore or library in the story (the library is a key location within the plot).
Required: If this is not clear from the book description, then provide a reference. page 221/chapter 10 “He’s hanging out in Art History if you want to talk to him before you go searching the (library) basement. He did a lot of research on the family"
Woods of the Raven
This task points: 25
Total season points: 475
30.4 - TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing ChallengeThis is a two book task, pick two different options.
Task: Book 1, Option 1 - NHRA in author first/last.
Featherbed by Annabeth Albert
Paperback: Featherbed
Task: Book 2, Option 2 - 3 and 0 in page count
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
Page count of edition read / hardcover is 320.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60 / 1045
Tasks Completed 2/59
Jessica S5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE
Gary of a Hundred Days by Isabel Murray
Points this task: 5
Previous total: 460 Updated total: 465
Tasks completed: 31 Books read: 38
Jessica S15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 2: Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1 - book with an MPG of Science Fiction + book which is numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered books
The Earl and the Executive by Kai Butler (Imperial Space Regency #1)
Points this task: 15
Previous total: 465 Updated total: 480
Tasks completed: 32 Books read: 39
30.3 - XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkidsThis is a two book task, pick two different options.
Task: Book 1, Option 1 - From Great Debut Novels list.
One Coffee With by Margaret Maron
MMPB: One Coffee With
Task: Book 2, Option 2 - MC acrtive duty or vet
Connection Error by Annabeth Albert
Paperback: Connection Error: #Gaymers, T3
Per GR precis, MC Ryan is a Navy Seal.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 90 / 1045
Tasks Completed 3/59
REPOST5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland
author's first and last initials, KS, found in pumpKin Spice
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 525
30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter FrequencyThis is a two book task.
Task: Book 1 - at least 2 of K X J Q Z in title
A Silver Fox for Kinkmas by Colette Davison
Paperback: A Silver Fox for Kinkmas: MM Holiday Romance
Title includes X & K.
Task: Book 2 - Author f/m/l initial includes one of K X J Q Z.
Murder on the Lake of Fire by Mikel J. Wilson
Paperback: Murder on the Lake of Fire
Author middle initial is J.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 120 / 1045
Tasks Completed 4/59
Amy FL10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
The Hunter - set in Ireland; I live in the US
Points this post: 10
Total points: 610
Amy FL10.3 It's a Whole New Town
No Middle Name - Anthology of short stories
Points this post: 10
Total points: 620
Amy FL20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 1: The Seventh Girl by Andy Maslen - author's initials AM in fArMhouse
Points this post: 20
Total points: 640
Amy FL25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
Option 1: Seasonal Shift
Book A: I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay - author's initials LB in cooL Breeze
Book B:
- 100% brown and green per TinEyePoints this post: 25
Total points: 665
Amy FL25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
Option 1: Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner - Gardner on NameNerds.com list
Option 3: Judgment in Death - MPG Romantic Suspense
Points this post: 25
Total points: 690
25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!This is a two book task, from two different options.
Task: Book 1, Option 2 - from Laughter list
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Page one of the list
Task: Book 2, Option 3 - From Best of the 1920's list
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
MMPB: The Murder on the Links
Page one of list
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 145 / 1045
Tasks Completed 5/59
JennB8241220.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction. Variations are acceptable. Ex: American History
The Things We Leave Unfinished (Historical Fiction)
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 4
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
JennB8241220.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Option 2: The Grown-Up Life.
To Die For
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Total Tasks Completed: 5
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You ScreamOption 2: One-book task
Pyramids (Discworld #7) by Terry Pratchett
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 540
25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'allThis is a two book task, from one option.
Option 2
Task: Option 2, Book 1 - item from list on cover - skull
Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
MMPB: Grave Surprise
Skull on cover:
Task: Option 2, Book 2 - 3 Fs in title/author name
The Better Part of Valor by Tanya Huff
3 Fs: the better part oF valor / tanya huFF
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 170 / 1045
Tasks Completed 6/59
25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore GaloreThis is a two book task, from one option.
Option 5
Task: Option 5, Book 1 - MPG Halloween
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Page count: 336
Task: Option 5, Book 2 - author FL in HE CAME HOME
Off-Ice Behavior by Hannah Henry
Paperback: Off-Ice Behavior - 234 pages
H,H: HecameHome
570 pages total
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 195 / 1045
Tasks Completed 7/59
20.10 Group ReadsNon-Fiction: Journalism -
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
Paperback: The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
My discussion post: Message 16
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 215 / 1045
Tasks Completed 8/59
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.This is a one book task.
Option 3
Task: Set in 50% in Japan, China, Taiwan, or South Korea
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
Set in Japan - MPG Japan & Japanese Literature
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 235 / 1045
Tasks Completed 9/59
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To SchoolThis is a one book task.
Option 2 - History
Task: MPG History or Historical Fiction - variations ok
Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood
MPG Historical Fiction
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 255 / 1045
Tasks Completed 10/59
20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading RetreatThis is a one book task.
Option 2 - When
Task: Book 8, 9, 10, or 11 in a series
Insatiable by Rhys Everly
Paperback: Insatiable
#11 in the Vino & Veritas series.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 275 / 1045
Tasks Completed 11/59
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20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE.
Required State which word you used - FARMHOUSE
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 240/1045
Tasks Completed: 18/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4