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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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trishhartuk10.10 Spaceship Pressure
Read a book with at least one number of 1, 2,3,4,5,6, on the cover or in the title.
The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End, Neil Gaiman
There’s a “3” in the 30 in the top right-hand corner. There’s also a #1 in the top line of text above Neil Gaiman’s name, although that’s harder to see.
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 22
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
5.6 A Hauntingly Good TimeRead a book where a haunting or ghosts are essential to the story.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Task points: 5
Total points: 20
5.8 Footprints in the ForestRead a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover https://www.animalfunfacts.net/knowle...
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Foxes on cover
Task points: 5
Total points: 25
5.9 It's Fall Y'allRead a book first published in September, October, or November
The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe
Published in October
Task points: 5
Total points: 30
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Read a book off this list
Best Book To Read In Autumn
Looking for Alaska by John Green / pg 2 #156 on list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 750
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Option 2-
Read a book from one of the two following lists:
Non-fiction Disaster Books, Natural Disaster Books
**First 15 pages only**
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn / #42 on Nonfiction Disaster Books List, NONFICTION; 696 pg PB
Option 3B-
all the letters of FEMA are found in the title (subtitle excluded).
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo / FEMA in title; 640 pg PB
Total pages: 1336 > 600
Points this post: 30
Total points: 780
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Option 3-
Book 1 - Read a book whose main character is an artist
Now That I've Found You by Bella Andre / artist as main character; 306 pg PB
Book 2 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in DRAW
Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan / RD in phrase; 317 pg PB
Book 3 - Read a book with a writing utensil (pen, pencil, crayon, paintbrush, chalk, etc) on the cover.
by AJ Finn / pen on cover; 416 pg PBTotal pages: 1039 > 750
Points this post: 50
Total points: 830
25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To RideOption 2, MPG Mystery: One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
Option 4, "Ride" intact in title: Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
EMurphy25.8 Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 1: Author's initials appear in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Option 3: Published in 2024 This Girl's a Killer by Emma C. Wells
*This is a new-to-me author
GO BILLS!!! :)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 235
Books Read: 17
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
EMurphy25.7 Lois' Task: Sorry!
Option 2: At least 2 of the colors on the cover
by Mia P. Manansala*Green 44.7%, Yellow 16.4%, Blue 5.6%
Option 3: #2 or #4 in a series Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
(#2 The Indian Lake Trilogy)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 260
Books Read: 19
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
Kathy KS30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
total pages combine must exceed 500 (501 or more)
Option 1
Book A – Read a book in the Maisie Dobbs series
An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
SERIES: Maisie Dobbs #5
I listened to an audiobook; pb-352 p. (no mmpb)
Book B – Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in Jacqueline Winspear.
Parting Breath by Catherine Aird
CA=jACqueline
I read as an ebook; mmpb=164 p.
Total pages: 352+164=516 p. (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 445
Tasks completed: 20/59
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 7
slideshell30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1: Read a book with a variable of the number 9, 10 or 11 in the TITLE ONLY
Nine Month Contract
Paperback - 343 pages
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "BER"
The Truth According to Ember
Paperback - 382 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 760/1045
Completed Tasks: 40/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 19773
Books read this season: 57
30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!This is a two book task, pick two different options, 600+ pages.
Task: Book 1, Option 1 - Disaster word in title - Eruption
Eruption by Michael Crichton & James Patterson
Paperback: Eruption - 424 pages
Task: Book 2, Option 2: From one of two lists
Island on Fire by Alexandra Witze & Jeff Kanipe
Page 2 of the : Non Fiction Disaster Books list.
MPG Nonfiction, 224 pages
Total pages: 648
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 395 / 1045
Tasks Completed 15/59
Katrisa20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail
Read a book whose title includes one word (that is not "the") from the list of Monopoly street names
I read Road of Bones
ROAD matches Old Kent Road
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 870
Katrisa30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Opt 1
Book 1 - Read a book with a main character who is an unmarried woman aged 15 - 29 inclusive.
I read The Inheritance Games
The MC Avery Grambs is 17
Reference: Age17 (in The Inheritance Games and The Hawthorne Legacy) from https://the-inheritance-games.fandom....
My book was audio PB 448 pages
Book 2 - Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven.
I read Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
EVERYTHING in the line "how everything still turns to gold"
My book was audio top non large print PB 208 pages
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 900
25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!Option 1: Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Author's initial begins with I or V
Option 3: Mrs. Dalloway
On page 1 of the Best of the 1920's list
Total points: 155
LoraTask: 25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland, using Option 2 for book 2
Book 1:
Book/Author: A Sweet Love / Caroline McIntosh
How it fits: word "sweet"; fall is a SouThErner's rEWard for having survived summer
Book 2:
Book/Author: We Were There With Jean Lafitte at New Orleans / Iris Vinton
How it fits: fall is a sOuTherNer's reward for haVINg survived summer
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 435
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
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.4 Embrace the Season
Read a book off this list
Best Book To Read In Autumn
Persuasion: An Annotated Edition
Book is on page 1
Points: 145
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total books: 12
Total tasks: 11
ROBIN P20.10 Group Read - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - my comment is in Msg 9
**Claiming 1 GO point - orig. pub. 1869
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
BB:2 GO:3 IAF:7
ROBIN P10.1 Do You Wanna Build a Railway?
Book set in country you don't live in
Long Live the Post Horn! - set in Norway, I like in the U.S.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 390
BB:2 GO:3 IAF:7
25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!Option 1. Read a book with Start, Home, or Slide intact in the title.
Walking HOME by Simon Armitage
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.
Red Sauce Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey by Felicity Cloake
55.8 %#cce7f4Blue
11.3 %#73abc8Blue
8.7 %#e3ddd5Grey
7.0 %#e64210Orange
6.0 %#a35f45Brown
3.2 %#e0b483Brown
2.9 %#dc5f4bOrange
2.5 %#a2bc54Green
1.8 %#a6ca9cGreen
0.8 %#bebe23Yellow
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 565
Jessica S5.7 Too Precious to Forget
book that is at least 50% combination of pink and blue. according to tineye.
The Duality of Swans by Lilly AtlasPoints this task: 5
Previous total: 480 Updated total: 485
Tasks completed: 33 Books read: 40
DOM25.9 - 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"
White Noise by Mercedes Mercier
fall IS a sOuthErNer's reward for having survived summer
The target word is 'noise', the letters of which are found in the above phrase.
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.
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
Fall is A sOutheRNer's reward for having survived summer
The letters of the author's surname 'Forna' are found in the above phrase.
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 295
It's a Fact: 1
DOM10.6 On My Hike
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
Devil's Lair by Sarah Barrie
The 4 or more letter word in title is 'lair'
The word lair can be made from:
natIonAL paRks
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 305
It's a Fact: 1
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15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020. - Published in 2002
True to Form. Elizabeth Berg
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 54
Total This Season
Points: 755/1045
Books read: 60
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
SHEMAC 25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore Galore
This is a two book task- Pick one option and read two books from that option. Combined pages must equal 500 pages or more. (260 + 244)
Option 4: Ghostface from Scream
Book 1. Read a book from this list:
Required: State list and page: A Book with a black and white cover; page 3
Switched
Book 2. Read a book with a knife on the cover- Must be able to see part of both blade and handle
Required: Post the cover
Fit to be TiedThis task points: 25
Total season points: 530
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10.9 The Wonderful Thing about Dragons
Read a book from the this list. - Page 1
Dragons
The Hero and the Crown. Robin McKinley
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 55
Total This Season
Points: 765/1045
Books read: 61
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
JUKKA10.6 On My Hike
Book with a word in title from letters in NATIONAL PARKS.
Paranoia: Red Clearance Edition by James Wallis et al. The word is PARANOIA.
Total Points: 240/1045
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 19/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
trishhartuk10.2 Slay The Beast
Read a book with the word "Monster" in tact in the title
M J Bikie Meets the Loch Ness Monster, Neil Cockburn (177pg)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 23
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.3 - Autumn Whodunits
Read a book with MPG Cozy Mystery
Gag Me With a Spoon, Major Bummer Murders #1 by Melrose McFadden
Cozy mystery is a MPG.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Gag Me with a Spoon: Major Bummer Murders #1
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 10 points
Tasks completed: 2
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Read two books from the same series.
Book 1 -
The Ash Moon by Michelle Dare
This is Book 1 in the The Ariane Trilogy
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Ash Moon
Book 2 -
The Somber Call by Michelle Dare
This is Book 2 in the The Ariane Trilogy
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Somber Call
Both books are part of the The Ariane Trilogy
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
Roll 6-sided die to determine MPG genre. Rolled 2 (Mystery or Suspense).
Roll 6-sided die to determine one of the author's initials. Rolled 2 (E, F, G or H).
Ward D by Freida McFadden
This book has mystery as a MPG and the author's first initial starts with F.
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 45 points
Tasks completed: 4
10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway Read a book set in a country you do not live.
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
I live in the U.S. - book is set in England
Task points: 10
Total points: 40
10.3 It's a Whole New TownRead an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Task points: 10
Total points: 50
10.4 Once Upon a CrimeRead a book with MPG Crime
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
Task points: 10
Total points: 60
10.6 On My HikeRead a book with a 4 or more letter word made from NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
The Trial by Franz Kafka
"trial"
Task points: 10
Total points: 70
10.7 Let It GrowRead a book with a plant, bush or flower on the cover. The plant/bush/flower must show a stem, be in the ground or be in a vase or a pot.
A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey
Task points: 10
Total points: 80
Lisa MD5.9.- It's Fall Y'all
Published in September, October, or November
The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose
128 pgs
Published October 1, 2024
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 555 / 1045
Total Books Read: 41
Total Tasks Completed: 33/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Lisa MD30.3 - XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
Option 2: MC in military or a Vet
Make Me by Lee Child
428 pgs
MC, Jack Reacher, is a veteran.
Option 3: Author Initials in AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST
Night School by Lee Child
369 pgs
Author Initials: "LC"
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 585 / 1045
Total Books Read: 43
Total Tasks Completed: 34/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To RideOption 2: Mystery Train
Read a book with the MPG Mystery, either stand-alone or combined
The Club by Ellery Lloyd
Option 4: Rails and Sails
Read a book that has any of the following Ticket to Ride related words found intact in the title or subtitle: Conductor, Engine, Freight, Industrial, Magnate, Master, Rail, Ride, Sail, Station, Steam, Ticket, or Train
Station
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 475
Total Tasks Completed: 21
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!Rolled a P
Option 1 - Author: Read a book by an author whose LAST name begins with the letter you’ve spun.
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
Option 3 - MPG: Read a book with a MPG that starts with your letter.
Paranormal
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Claiming BB for this title with 592 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 505
Total Tasks Completed: 22
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
5.6 A Hauntingly Good TimeRead a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story.
Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts by Anthony Bourdain
Approved in help thread
Points this Task: 5
Season Total: 310
Total GO Tickets: 2
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; 5.5; 5.6; ...; ...; 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
10.1- Do You Wanna Build a RailwayRead a book set in a country you do not live.
The Night Man by Jørn Lier Horst
I live in Australia, book is set in Norway
Points this Task: 10
Season Total: 320
Total GO Tickets: 2
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.1; ...; ...; 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
10.9 The Wonderful Thing about DragonsRead a book from the this list: Dragons
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Points this Task: 10
Season Total: 330
Total GO Tickets: 2
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8; 10.9
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
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To SchoolOption 2: History
Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction. Variations are acceptable. Ex: American History
Quicksand by Nella Larsen
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Quicksand (first published: 1928)**
Points this Task: 20
Season Total: 350
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total GO Tickets: 3
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8; 10.9
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.4; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8
25.6; ...; ...; 25.9
30.6
Janet Evanovich10.1 Do you want to build a railway?Read a book set in a country you don't live
The Bartered Bridesby The Bartered Brides
I live in the US. This book is set in England
Book total-10
30.5 Gregorian Games
Option 1 9,10, 11 in the title
Eleven On Topby Janet Evanovich
Option 4 read a book #9,#10, #11 in a series
A Caribbean Mysteryby Agatha Christie
#9 in the Miss Marple series
Book total :30
Grand total: 125
Golden Oldie-1
Claim golden oldie ticket for A Caribbean Mystery.
25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!Option 2. Sorry! is played with 2-4 people. Game pieces are red, yellow, blue, and green. Read a book with at least two of these colors on the cover, according to TinEye. Any percentage is acceptable as long as it is present.
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi#fbf7f3White
31.6 %#8abd53Green
6.8 %#5a402dBrown
5.2 %#b2c471Green
2.4 %#b23e17Orange
1.8 %#cfe3b0Grey
1.2 %#84c72eGreen
1.1 %#69683aBrown
0.7 %#d4cf51Yellow
Option 3. Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series. Series must be indicated on the main page in grayscale.
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai
Points this Task: 25
Season Total: 375
Total GO Tickets: 3
5.1; ...; 5.3; ...; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8; 10.9
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.4; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8
25.6; 25.7; ...; 25.9
30.6
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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OPTION 1: LORELAI
Task: Characters working at hotel
Jonty's Halloween by Barbara Elsborg
Paperback: Jonty's Halloween
Per GR precis, Jonty is organizing a Halloween patry at the Dune's Hotel. Many people, including Jonty, work at the hotel and his partner works for the hotel ownership.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 365 / 1045
Tasks Completed 14/59