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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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FLY Task #25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
Option 1: Seasonal Shift
task: Book A: Authors initials found in COOL BREEZE
book: The Girl from the Well
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author Rin Chupeco initials RC in (C)OOL B(R)EEZE
task: Book B: cover with 80% any combination of: Red, orange, yellow, brown, and green
book: Murder of Crows
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: cover is about 88% listed colors
66.3 % #382829 Brown
10.3 % #7a3c3d Brown
9.5 % #d19f86 Pink
4.0 % #a65d50 Brown
3.4 % #94665b Brown
2.4 % #91807f Grey
1.3 % #56462b Brown
1.3 % #aa883a Brown
1.0 % #7b6433 Brown
0.4 % #d6ab41 Orange
Points this post: 25
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 25/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs - Option 2
task: Book A – Read a book that meets the requirements: female author, first in series, mystery MPG
book: The Zig Zag Girl
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here) = 325 pages
how it fits: author Elly Griffiths is female, #1 of The Brighton Mysteries Series, MPG Mystery
task: Book B – a book from one of the three nominated categories from that season of SRC
book: The Eyre Affair
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 375 pages
how it fits: from category Books About books
Points this post:
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 26/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
Katrisa25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!
Opt 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.
I read How America Works... and Why it Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the US Political System
7.2% blue and 3.2% red
Opt 3 - Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series
I read Storm's Peril
#2 in Amelia Storm series
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 835
Lisa MD10.9 - The Wonderful Thing about Dragons
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
427 pgs
Dragons pg 1
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 525 / 1045
Total Books Read: 38
Total Tasks Completed: 30/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Deborah25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
Book 1: The Woman in the Library
WOMAN: Fall is a Southerner's Reward for Having Survived Summer
Book 2 Option 2: Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne
THORNE: Southerner's
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 12
Tasks Done: 9
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
Option 1: Sulfur Heart by Brooke Carter
Carter: made or sold carts, transported goods found on the Name Nerds list.
Option 3: Justice Buried by Patricia Bradley
Points this post: 25
Total points: 685/1045
Task completed: 42/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.9 Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
Book 1: Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis
Word=HEELS
Book 2 Option 2: One Last Chance by Susan May Warren
Points this post: 25
Total points: 710/1045
Task completed: 43/59
Angela IL25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To Ride
Read Two Books/ Both Opt. 2:
Option 2: Read a book with the MPG Mystery
Book 1:The List by Yomi Adegoke- 9/17
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: The List
Book 2: Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger- 10/8
Read via Kindle/ MMPB link: Confessions on the 7:45
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1
Angela IL25.9 - 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"
Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett- 9/30
Word: Missing
Book 2 Option 2: Read a book with a single author where the author's last name can be found in the phrase.
The Favor by Adele Griffin- 9/10
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 2
Angela IL20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 1: Read a book that also crosses borders and has a hybrid genres as MPGs either as a compound genre or two different genres.
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham- 9/13
Read via Kindle/MMPB link: All the Dangerous Things: A Novel
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
Kristen IA10.10 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. The number must be numerical and not spelled out.
Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly
Required: if using cover choice, post the cover.
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 195/1045
Tasks Completed: 14/59
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 4
Kristen IA15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 2: One-book task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1.
Book 1: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
Book 2: Read a book which is numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered books (no x.5 etc). The series must appear in greyscale on the GR book page.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 210/1045
Tasks Completed: 15/59
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 4
trishhartuk5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book where a haunting or ghosts are essential to the story.
The Hostess with the Ghostess (A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery #9), E.J. Copperman
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (352pg)
The MC talks to ghosts, and works as a PI to the departed. The GR description for the PB version explicitly mentions the ghosts. “If Alison Kerby really wanted peace and quiet, she never should have opened the Haunted Guesthouse. The Jersey Shore lodge's latest polter-guest is Richard Harrison, the recently murdered brother of long-time resident ghost PI Paul Harrison.”
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 20
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Delicious Dee5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Her Silver Fox Bikers - FOX
Points This Task: 5
Points Total: 540
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Delicious Dee10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
The Door-to-Door Bookstore - set in Germany
Points This Task: 10
Points Total: 550
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Delicious Dee15.9 - Shifting Sands
Death in a Darkening Mist - set in Canada - which works for Columbia Plateau - Canada/USA
Points This Task: 15
Points Total: 565
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Delicious Dee20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3 - Boyfriend Goals - RENO in title
Points This Task: 20
Points Total: 585
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Delicious Dee20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 3 - The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean - MPG science - approved in THT; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points This Task: 20
Points Total: 605
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 4
Beth NC25..4 60's Board Games -
Book 1 Option 1 Careers:
book with a job title in the author’s name from namenerds list
Kane & Abel by Jeffrey Archer
Archer from Name Nerds list
Big Book Ticket 592 pgs
Book 2 Option 3 Mystery Date:
Book with MPG Mystery and MPG Romance
Naked Greed by Stuart Woods
Task Points: 25
Task Pages: 976
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Points: 330
Total Tasks: 21
Total Books: 27
Total Pages: 11166
Big Book Tickets: 5
Beth NC30.4 Us Nationals Drag Racing - Book 1 Option 2 Meet the Family
book with a 3 and a 0(zero) in the page count
Bloodlust Blues by Luanne Bennett
308 pages
Book 2 Option 5 The Drivers
Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with one of the winning professional drivers
Lace by Shirley Conran
Shirley Muldowney Top Fuel Dragster 1982
Big Book Ticket 2 751 pgs
Task Points: 30
Task Pages: 1059
Total Points: 360
Total Tasks: 22
Total Books: 29
Total Pages: 12225
Big Book Tickets: 7
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
The word is BRIGHT
To the Bright Edge of the World
New Points: 15
Total Points: 60
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To SchoolOption 1: Read a book off this list:Required Reading in High School
The Good Earth
Found on the first page of the list
New Points: 20
Total Points: 80
25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: BookopolyBook 1: I rolled a 1 for WORM
read a book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece.
Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
Book 2: 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.”
Silent Girl
The work SILENT is found in the phrase
New Points: 25
Total Points: 105
PegW15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Read 2 books from the same series.
I read Mort and Reaper Man Both part of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145
BB: 0
NF: 3
GO: 0
5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything NiceRead a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Task points: 5
Total points: 5
5.4 Embrace the SeasonRead a book off this list Best Book To Read In Autumn
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
On page 1
Task points: 5
Total points: 10
5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
Witchmark by C.L. Polk
318 pages
Task points: 5
Total points: 15
Janice CA10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live.
I live in the US. I read a book set in England. (Setting is stated in the book description.)
Gigolo: Inside the Secret World of the Super Rich by Ben Foster
+10
total: 40
tasks: 4
books: 5
CHANDNI20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Road matches Old Kent Road
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
CHANDNI20.6 - 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.
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
RH in FARMHOUSE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 375
SHEMAC 30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options.
Option 1: Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name
The Cook and the Gangster by Jackie North
Option 4: Labor Day Weekend
Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive).
Required: State the date of first publication. 10 September 2024
The Viscount's Rancher
This task points: 30
Total season loints: 505
Katrisa15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Lovecraftian list
I read The Ballad of Black Tom from P1 of the list
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 850
50.1 - Jen B's Task: ‘Bored’ GamesThis is a three book task, from one option.
Option 3 - Draw it!
Task: Option 3, Book 1 - Character is an artist
Beta Test by Annabeth Albert
Paperback: Beta Test: #Gaymers, T2 - 288 pages
MC Ravi is an artist / graphic designer - see GR precis.
Task: Option 3, Book 2 - author FL in DRAW
The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness by David Roberts
Hardcover: The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness - 322 pages
D, R: DRaw
Task: Option 3 , Book 3 - Writing implement on cover
Murder Between the Pages by Josh Lanyon
Paperback: Murder Between the Pages - 190 pages
Cover approved on Help Thread, Message 7.
800 pages total
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 325 / 1045
Tasks Completed 12/59
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of SurpriseThis is a one book task.
I rolled a 6 (History or Historical Fiction) and a 2 (E, F, G, or H)
Task: Read for the rolled options.
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood
MMPB: Flying Too High
MPG Historical Fiction
Author last name begins with G.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 345 / 1045
Tasks Completed 13/59
Deborah30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
Rolled the letter N
Option 1: Apartment 16 by Adam L.G. Nevill
Option 4 : Witches Get Stitches
Character Nico
And her business partner Nico needs help in the worst kind of way.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 14
Tasks Done: 10
Lisa MD15.9 - Shifting Sands
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
312 pgs
Kavir Desert - Set at least 50% in Iran
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 540 / 1045
Total Books Read: 39
Total Tasks Completed: 31/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Deborah30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Option 3
1) Rotters by Daniel Kraus
DK: DEATHSTALKER
2) Bride werewolves are shapeshifters
448+416=864 pages 500 min. required
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 11
Mod
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
read Fang Fiction
points this post 5
total points 245
Mod
Option 5:
Read a book with a cover that depicts a snowy scene
read
points this post 20
total points 265
Mod
Option 4: Need a Laugh.
read a book with a MPG of Humor
read The Faculty Lounge
Fiction
Contemporary
Audiobook
Humor
Adult
Romance
Adult Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Literary Fiction
Death
points this post 20
total points 285
Mod
Option 3: Fall Fun
Book A: Board Gaming in Florida
Read a book that is set at least 50% in Florida
Haunted Ever After
Book B:
Read a book with an MPG Books About Books
read The Haters
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Fiction
Audiobook
Books About Books
points this post 25
total points: 310
Mod
Option 1. . Read a book with Start, Home, or Slide intact in the title.
read Haunt Sweet Home
and
Option 3.Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series
read The Book of Magic
points this post 25
total points 335
FLY Task #5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
task: author first and last initial in PUMPKIN SPICE
book: Just the Nicest Couple
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author Mary Kubica initials MK in PU(M)P(K)IN
Points this post: 5
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 27/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
Lisa MD10.1 - Do You Wanna Build a Railway
The Year of What If by Phaedra Patrick
336 pgs
Setting: England, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France
I live in the United States
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 550 / 1045
Total Books Read: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 32/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
LoraTask: 30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids, using options 2 and 3
Book 1:
Book/Author: The Excitements / C.J. Wray
How it fits: the MCs are World War II veterans
Book 2:
Book/Author: Pralines and Creamed / Elizabeth Maria Naranjo
How it fits: author's initials are EN
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 410
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
trishhartuk10.5 Part of Your Collection
Read a book with a main character as a superhero or vigilante.
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal, G. Willow Wilson
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (120pg)
MPGs include Superheroes
Okayed by JennRenee in Help Thread message #49: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I don’t think it’s needed, but if it is: UK AR Quiz No. 240112 EN Fiction: Quiz Information IL: UY
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 21
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Julia10310.3 It's a Whole New Town
Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love
This is an anthology of short stories and novellas.
I read the Kindle Edition. The top MMP Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love is 643 pages so I'm claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 10 points, 1 BB
Total points: 400
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 3
Completed tasks: 20
Books read: 29
UNCLAIMING #1011Task 5.5 - Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
13 in page count
Fugitive Telemetry
PB: Télémétrie fugitive
139 pages
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updated total: 720 points
Task 5.5 - Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?book 1: dagger on RHS of cover
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
book 2: on p14 of list (very top one, so outside chance it moves to 12?)
Fugitive Telemetry
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735 points
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Task #5.9 It's Fall Y'all
Read a book first published in September, October, or November. I read Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas, first published September 2024.
Total points so far: 195