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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board GamesThis is a two book task, from two options.
Task: Book 1, Option 2 - Monopoly: Original Monopoly token on cover
Nerve by Dick Francis
MMPB: Nerve
Multiple horses with riders on cover.
Task: Book 2, Option 4 - Mousetrap: from Humor list
Candide by Voltaire
MMPB: Candide
Found on page 3 of the Humor list.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 450 / 1045
Tasks Completed 17/59
Double post - sorry. Internet issues since the hurricane....This is a two book task, from two options.
Task: Book 1, Option 2 - Monopoly: Original Monopoly token on cover
Nerve by Dick Francis
MMPB: Nerve
Multiple horses with riders on cover.
Task: Book 2, Option 4 - Mousetrap: from Humor list
Candide by Voltaire
MMPB: Candide
Found on page 3 of the Humor list.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 450 / 1045
Tasks Completed 17/59
Bookwrm526Task #10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live in. I live in the United States. I read The Cannonball Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu, which is set in Singapore.
Total points so far: 205
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Lovecraftian list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... I read The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher, from page 2 of the list.
Total points so far: 220
Katrisa20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Opt 5 - Read a book with a cover that depicts a snowy scene
I read The Final Hunt
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 920
25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the SouthlandBook 1: Lessons in Chemistry
The word "Lessons" is in the phrase "FaLl iS a SOuthErNer's Reward for Having Survived Summer"
Book 2, Option 2: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Author initials in "FAll is a Southerner's Reward for HavinG Survived Summer"
Total points: 180
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & ThrillsOption 2, an adult person on the cover: Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
Deborah30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Option 2
Book A –Coached to Death by Victoria Laurie Life Coach Mystery #1
Female author, first in series (5 so far), MPG Mystery, 352 pages
Book B –Track of the Cat 218 pages
First book in a mystery series by a female author
352+218=570 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 18
Tasks Done: 12
30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkidsBook 1: Claim
How it fits: option 2 - MC is an army veteran
Reference: „I was in the Army“ - p 92
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 270 pages.
Book 2: Iced Out
How it fits: option 3 - by C.E. Ricci, author initials C, E, R can be found in the list
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 394 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 195
Task 30.9 Be Prepared!This is a two book task, with a combined 600 page minimum. One book MUST be nonfiction.
Option 2: Read a book from one of the two following lists:
Non-fiction Disaster Books or Natural Disaster Books (**First 15 pages only**)
List:
Non-fiction Disaster Books
On October 26, 2024:
Page One #28
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 (2006) by Daniel James Brown (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 288 pages) [623.9618]
** Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 is an
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
Option 3:
B - all the letters of FEMA are found in the title (subtitle excluded).
All thosE explosions were soMeone else’s Fault
All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark #1 of 2) (2017) by James Alan Gardner (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 382 pages)
Pagecount: 288 + 382 = 670 > 600 pages
95 + 30 = 125
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 95 + 30 = 125
Books read: 09
Pages read: 2,541
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard name: List_Addict10.8: How Far I’ll Leap
A book where time travel is essential to the story
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Total this challenge: 30
slideshell25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Option 1:
Read a book where the author's initial (first or last) begins with I OR V
Morbidly Yours
Paperback - 332 pages
Option 2: Read a book from:
laughter
Finding Mr. Write
Paperback - 368 pages
Required: State the page - page 2
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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: 785/1045
Completed Tasks: 40/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 20473
Books read this season: 57
ROBIN P20.1 Jenny H's Task: Go To Jail
Word in title from a Monopoly property
North Woods - North from North Carolina Ave
Points this post: 20
Total points: 410
BB:2 GO:3 IAF:7
Julia10320.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 4: Read a book that is at least 50% set in India
Midnight at Malabar House
(totally set in India)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 420
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 3
Completed tasks: 21
Books read: 30
Julia10320.1 - 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
A Traitor in Whitehall
(Whitehall is #7 on the list)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 440
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 3
Completed tasks: 22
Books read: 31
Task 50.1 - 'Bored' Games750+ pages
option 2A: HOUSE in title
In the Shadow of Spindrift House
197 pages
option 2B: proper name in title - MARA DYER
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
464 pages
option 2C: city in title - CHARLOTTE - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlot...
A Study in Charlotte
I read the kindle, linked above. MMPB: Um Estudo Em Charlotte
384 pages
197 + 464+ 384 = 1045 pages
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800 points
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
Option 1: Read a book off of this list: Great Debut Novels
Page 2
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Option 3: Author whose first and last initials may be found in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST
Becky Chambers - B and C are both in the letter list
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 295
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
Kathy KS5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
Something the Cat Dragged in by Charlotte MacLeod
CM=puMpkin spiCe
I read as an ebook; pb-204 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 450
Tasks completed: 21/59
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
Christine V20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 1: Monk's Hood
MPG Historical Mystery
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 3
SHEMAC 25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
This is a two book task. Pick one option and read book A and book B.
Required: state the option: Option 1
Option 1: Seasonal Shift
Book A: Cool Breeze
Authors initials found in COOL BREEZE.
Stone Cold Obsidian by Lisa Oliver
Book B: Beautiful colors
Read a book that is at least 80% of any combination of any of these colors: (Red,) orange, yellow, brown, and green - 100% - according to Tineye
Required: Post the Cover
The Dragon and Dolphin's Bear OmegaThis task points: 25
Total season points: 555
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family FarewellsThis is a one book task.
Task: Option 1; book from the Siblings list
Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
MMPB: Grave Secret
Found on page 4 of the Best Sibling Books list.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 470 / 1045
Tasks Completed 18/59
PegW10.7 Let It Grow
Read a book with a plant, bush or flower on the cover.
I read
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
BB: 0
NF: 3
GO: 0
20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to JailThis is a one book task.
Task: Title word from Monopoly properties list
Possessive Park Avenue Prince by Brooke Blaine & Ella Frank
Paperback: Possessive Park Avenue Prince
Park appears on U.S. list - Park Place'
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 490 / 1045
Tasks Completed 19/59
15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...This is a one book task.
Task: Title word from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE
Ex On The Beach by Steve Milton
Paperback: Ex On The Beach
beach: thE greAt penguin BookCHase
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 505 / 1045
Tasks Completed 20/59
15.9 - Shifting SandsThis is a one book task.
Task: Set in desert country
The Station by Keira Andrews
Paperback: The Station
Desert: Great Australian Desert, Australia
Book is set 50%+ in Australia - see GR precis and metadata.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 520 / 1045
Tasks Completed 21/59
Katrisa25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To Ride
Opt 2 - Read a book with the MPG Mystery
I read Storm's Cage
MPG Mystery
Opt 3 - Read a book with at least one of the MPGs Horror, Weird Fiction, New Weird, or Speculative Fiction
I read American Rapture
MPG Horror
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 945
Kelly L 15.8 - 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...
The Diviners
The main character, Evie O'Neill, has psychic abilities she initially keeps concealed.
This post: 15 points
Season total: 15 points
Kelly L15.10 - 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.
Learned by Heart
{{THE}} G{{R}}E{{A}}T PENGUIN BOOKCHASE = HEART
This post: 15 points
Season total: 30 points
Kelly L20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
OPTION 1: LORELAI: Read a book that features characters staying in or working at a hotel or inn.
The Wedding People
From the GR description: "It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone." The main character and all other named characters are staying in the same inn for the duration of the book.
This post: 20 points
Season total: 50 points
Kelly L25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 1: Read a book by a single author where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) appear in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.
Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir by Anna Marie Tendler
Initials = AT, found in SE{{AT}}TLE
Option 3: Read a book first published in 2024.
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors, who is a new-to-me author. Published May 23. 2024.
This post: 25 points
Season total: 75 points
Kelly L30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 4: Labor Day Weekend
Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive).
Big Fan, published September 10, 2024.
Option 5: The Drivers
Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with one of the winning professional drivers found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHRA_U....
You can choose from the professional or the sportsman classes, names and location must match exactly. (ex. John Force–John Grisham)
Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
Last name LOMBARDO -- John Lombardo, Top Fuel Funny Car in 1985
This post: 30 points
Season total: 105 points
FLY Task #50.1 - Jen B's Task: ‘Bored’ Games
task: Option 1: read 3 books by 3 different authors who share the same name.
Name = Anne
book 1: Dragonsinger
240 pages, Mass Market Paperback
how it fits: author = Anne McCaffrey
book 2: Vision in Silver
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 511 pages
how it fits: author = Anne Bishop
book 3: Find Me
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here) = 271 pages
how it fits: author = Anne Frasier
other:
**claiming BB ticket for Vision in Silver, MMPB = 511 pages
min 750 pages: 240 + 511 + 271 > 750
Points this post: 50
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 28/59
BB: 0 + 1 = 1 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
Kelly L30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Option 1
Book A – Read a book in the Maisie Dobbs series
The Comfort of Ghosts, #18
Book B – Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in Jacqueline Winspear.
Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg
Initials ECE found in Ja{{c}}qu{{e}}lin{{e}} Winspear
This post: 30 points
Season total: 135 points
slideshell5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story.
Happy Medium
Paperback - 388 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: 790/1045
Completed Tasks: 41/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 20861
Books read this season: 58
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Option 4: For this option, read a book with a MPG of Humor.
Dear Committee Members
Points: 165
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total books: 13
Total tasks: 12
Mai10.7 Let It Grow
Book with flowers on the cover
Vampirella (2011-2014) Vol. 1: Crown of Worms by Eric TrautmannPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 25
NF Tickets: 10
Mai5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book where a haunting or ghosts are essential to the story.
New Mutants/X-Force: Demon Bear by Chris Claremont
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 26
NF Tickets: 10
Elizabeth PTask 15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Read two books in the same series
Book One: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Book Two: Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Both in the "Assistant to the Villain" series
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 235
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
IAF: 2
Total Books: 19
15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!This is a one book task.
Task: From the Lovecraftian Books list
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
MMPB: La Ballade de Black Tom
Found on : page 1 of the Lovecraftian Books list.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 535 / 1045
Tasks Completed 22/59
Delicious Dee15.8 - Read My Mind
Spirits, Stilettos and a Silver Bustier - the main character is described as being a medium - she gets "visions" of the future, as well as being able to commune with the dead
Points This Task: 15
Points Total: 620
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 4
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge
Option 3 - Faith: A Journey for All - shelved as religion; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points This Task: 20
Points Total: 640
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 5
Delicious Dee25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
Option 2 -
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claiming 2 big book tickets for 750+pgs
Option 5 - Independence - set more than 70% in India (approx 90% is set there)
Points This Task: 25
Points Total: 665
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 5
Big Book Ticket: 2 (750+pgs)
JennB8241220.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 3: Khachapuri--Read book with a single author whose first and last name initials are found in the word KHACHAPURI.
A Slow Fire Burning, Paula Hawkins (PH)
A Slow Fire Burning
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks Completed: 6
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 3: Read a book with a cover of any combination of at least 75% of the following colors: blue, yellow, green, red determined by TinEye.
67.9 % green + 8.9 % yellow = 76.8 %
The Invasion by K.A. Applegate
Option 5: Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with one of the winning professional drivers
Driver: Matt Hines, Professional Classes: Pro Stock Motorcycle
The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 325
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 24
JennB8241230.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!
Book 1: Option 2: Non-fiction Disaster Books - page 1
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
Book 2: Option 3: B - all the letters of FEMA are found in the title (subtitle excluded).
The Pumpkin Spice CaféPumpkin Spice Cafe
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks Completed: 8
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Andy p.Task # 25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1.
Roll the 6-sided die to see which token you will be playing with, then read a book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece.
Rolled a 5 so word horse in title
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
H in Thing
O in One
R in After
S in Just
E in one
Book 2 Rolled a 1
Property Read a book from one of these genres listed on the board: Mystery Genre The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
Points this post: 25
Total points: 425
15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...This is a one book task.
Task: Published in 2002 or 2022
Out on the Ice by Lane Hayes
Paperback: Out on the Ice
Originally published 3/15/2020
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 550 / 1045
Tasks Completed 23/59
15.4 - Flight Risk
Option 1 - two book task
Task: Book 1: Aeroplane on cover
The Layover by Roe Horvat
Paperback: The Layover
Plane is in background on the right side.
Task: Book 2: Author FL in HIT THE SILK
Spell Cat by Tara Lain
Paperback: Spell Cat
T, L: hiT the siLk
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 565 / 1045
Tasks Completed 24/59
10.10 Spaceship PressureTask: Number on cover - 1
Grumpy Fake Boyfriend by Jackie Lau
Paperback: Grumpy Fake Boyfriend
Number 1 on cover.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 575 / 1045
Tasks Completed 25/59
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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This is a two book task, pick one option, 500+ pages.
Option 3
Task: Option 3, Book 1 - Originally published 1910 - 1945.
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
MMPB: The Moving Finger - 224 pages
Originally published 1942.
Task: Option 3, Book 2: MPG WWI or WWII
The Son and Heir: A Memoir by Alexander Münninghoff
Paperback: The Son and Heir - 292 pages
MPG World War II
Total pages: 516
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 425 / 1045
Tasks Completed 16/59