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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!Help Choose two different categories and read a book for each.
Letter spun T
Option 1 - Author: Read a book by an author whose LAST name begins with the letter you’ve spun - Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another - 08/09/24
Option 2- Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter.
Three to Get Deadly - 02/09/24
Task points - 30
Total points - 30
Books read - 2
PegW5.1- 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.
Using the word fall, I read: Whale Fall
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
BB: 0
NF: 1
GO: 0
Delicious Dee25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Option 1 - City Under One Roof - Iris Yamashita
option 3 - The Garden Party and Other Stories - found on pg1 of the 1920's list (position 40); claiming 1 golden oldies, book first published 1922
Points This Task: 25
Points Total: 45
Golden Oldies: 1
Mai15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
Read a book first published in 2020.
The Digitalisation of InterSubjectivity byJan de Vos
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
NF Tickets: 1
Janice CA10.4 Once Upon a Crime
MPG: crime
Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist by Jane Rosenberg
+10
total: 10
books: 1
tasks: 1
SHEMAC10.5 Part of Your Collection
Read a book with an MC as a vigilante.
The Last Dance
Definitions: Vigilante is a self-appointed doer of justice when the law fails or is inadequate.
Required: If it's not evident from the main page, provide a reference. Chapter 22 - "If you leave the boy alone, then I won’t take you down. I won’t make the destruction of everything you own and everything you are my primary goal" (MC Martin Dance, retired government operative threatening Mrs Miller, the Pimptress from Hell.)
This task points: 10
Total season points: 70.
Katrisa15.9 - 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.
Desert: Great Basin
Country: United States
I read Children of Darkness and Light: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell: A Story of Murderous Faith set in the U.S.
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 85
FLY Task #15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
task: Read a book from the Lovecraftian list
book: John Dies at the End
how it fits: currently at the very bottom of page 1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 6/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0
Andy P.Task # 5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson 213 p.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
*** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M ***Task 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.
The Athena Protocol by Shamim Sarif
State the word: ATHENA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Andy P.Task # 5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story.
The Haunting of Brynn Wilder by Wendy Webb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
slideshell10.8 How Far I'll Leap
Read a book where time travel is essential to the story. The main plot or something the main character does often.
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Hardback - 304 pages
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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: 40/1045
Completed Tasks: 4/59
Big Book: 1
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 1574
Books read this season: 4
Andy P.Task # 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3. Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title
Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
RE in You're
ON in Only
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
Barbara ★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".. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase. Titles only, ignore subtitles.
The Lights of Sugarberry Cove - Heather Webber 9/1
(Lights in falL Is a SouTHerner's reward for havinG)
Book 2 Option 2: Read a book with a single author where the author's last name can be found in the phrase.
Run Run as Fast as You Can - Willow Rose 9/5
(W & R in ReWard)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 25
Barbara ★15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Read a book with a single-word title
Alone - Robert J. Crane 9/4
Points this task: 15
Total points: 40
Nick KY5.5. Eerie Equation. I read The Mind and Work of Paul Klee by Werner Haftmann, 213 pp. [13 in pagination]
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 75
Nick KY15.2 Don’t Stop Me Now. Two books from the same series,
I read Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany, # 1 in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series
And I read Body on Baker Street by Vicki Delany, # 2 in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 90
brooke4.015.8 - 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.
Plague by Michael Grant; audio read, MMP shows 0pgs, so next paperback is 526pgs 9/9
How it fits; Caine has the power of telekinesis. With this power he is able to move objects of great weight and size without touch. His range is roughly eighty feet, although he can throw objects weighing tons much further.
*claiming 1 big book ticket 526pgs*
Points this Post: 15pts
Total Points: 25/1045pts
Tasks Completed: 2/59
Big Book Total: 3
Joanne MI10.2- Slay The Beast
Read a book with the word "Monster" in tact in the title
The Descent of Monsters
Points this task 10
Season Total 15
brooke4.015.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Read a book with a single-word title
September by Hilari T. Cohen; 209pgs 9/8
Points this Post: 15pts
Total Points: 40/1045pts
Tasks Completed: 3/59
Big Book Total: 3
trishhartuk15.10 That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
Word in the title of four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE.
Grace to the Finish, Julie Hyzy (294pg)
GRACE: the GReAt penguin bookChasE
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Nick KY25.3 Tien’s Completing Challenges.
Opt. 1. I read Valerie; or, The Faculty of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg, title begins with a V.
Opt. 3. I read The Professor's House by Willa Cather from p 2 of the 1920s list, 1st pub'd 1925.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 115
Task 30.3 - Celebrating the Grandkidsoption 1: on p3 of list (#263)
The Country Girls
option 3: author initials EK in list
The Four
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60 points
Ana15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
The Shadows Between Us. This book was published in 2020.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
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Option 2: 1 book option
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / book set in Africa-Nigeria, author born in Africa-Nigeria, I listened to audio
MMPB 672pgs > 500 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Delicious Dee20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 1 - The Celebrants - Steven Rowley - SR found in FARMHOUSE
Points This Task: 20
Points Total: 65
Golden Oldies: 1
SHEMAC 5.4 Embrace the Season
Read a book off this list: Best Book To Read In Autumn
Dead Until Dark
from True Blood Omnibus
Required: State the page #107 on page 2
This task points: 5
Total season points: 75
JEN B15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Lovecraftian list
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
This book is on Page 10 of the list
TOTAL POINTS: 85
Mod
Read a book off this list
Best Book To Read In Autumn
read The Husband's Secret found on page 2
points this post 5
total points 5
Mod
Read a book where time travel is essential to the story
read In Five Years
points this post 10
total points 15
brooke4.010.10 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 doesn't need to be the only number but at least one of these numbers must be present. The number must be numerical and not spelled out.
the number 1 and 4 can be seen on the blocks in the lower left corner (4 is hard to see behind the author's name)
Traitorous Toys by Mildred Abbott; audio read, no MMP, next paperback is 280pgs 9/9
Points this Post: 10pts
Total Points: 50/1045pts
Tasks Completed: 4/59
Big Book Total: 3
Mod
Mind Games by Nora Roberts / character with psychic abilities
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Mod
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill / toward bottom of pg 1 on list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Mod
Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese / published in 2020
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Mod
Murder Road by Simone St James / haunting essential to story
"The nitty-gritty: A newlywed couple out of their element try to solve a murder involving an angry ghost in this fast-paced, emotional thriller." - excerpt from online review: https://booksbonesbuffy.com/2024/03/0...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
JUKKA5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Book with one of the autumn words in the title.
Gideon Falls, Vol. 1: The Black Barn by Jeff Lemire has FALL.
Total Points: 20/1045
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
JUKKA5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
Book with 13 or 31 in publication date.
Batman, Volume 2: The City of Owls by Scott Snyder first came out in 2013.
Total Points: 25/1045
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
JUKKA5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Book whose author's initials are in PUMPKIN SPICE.
Warhammer: Blood Bowl: More Guts, More Glory! by Nick Kyme.
Total Points: 30/1045
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
slideshell20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2024 season.
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Paperback - 425 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: 60/1045
Completed Tasks: 5/59
Big Book: 1
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 1999
Books read this season: 5
5.9 Read a book first published in September, October or November. The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford. Read 9//9/24
Published September 16, 20216
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Bookwrm526Task #5.4 Embrace the Season
Read a book off this list: Best Book To Read In Autumn. I read Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris from page 2 of the list.
Total points so far: 30
Kai5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story.
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket - First Published 1601**
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points: 25
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 0
LAUREN JODI20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3: Emily
Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/1045
Total Books Read: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1/59
LAUREN JODI20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 2. History
Simply Love by Mary Balogh
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40/1045
Total Books Read: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2/59
LAUREN JODI5.9 - It's Fall Y'all
First published in October
Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45/1045
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 3/59
Jessica S5.3 Autumn Whodunits
MPG Cozy Mystery
Cory and Jensen Shane K. Morton
Tasks completed: 2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Books read: 3
Jessica S30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
(2 book challenge)
Option 1: Book off the Great Debut Novels list. As of posting (page #11)
Book: Let Your Heart Be Light J.R. Lawrie
Option 3: First and last initials found in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST (R, H)
Book: The Realist Riley Hart
Tasks completed: 3
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Books read: 5
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Read a book with MPG Crime
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This task points: 10
Total season points: 60