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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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10.8 How Far I'll LeapTask: Time Travel essential
Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur
Paperback: Tomes Apprentice
MPG Time Travel
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 595 / 1045
Tasks Completed 27/59
Sarah H20.10 Group Reads
The Echo of Old Books
My comment in the discussion thread
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 90
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Total It's a Fact: 0
Tasks complete: 6
Books read: 6
CindyFTask 10.4 Once Upon A Crime
Book with MPG CRIME
Past Lying by Val McDermid
Points this post:10
Total points:10
Books read:1
Big books:0
Golden oldies:0
Non-fiction:0
Tasks completed:1
Cindy FTask 10.9 The Wonderful Thing About Dragons
Read a book from the list
On page 2 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Claim 1 BB Ticket 517 pages
Points this post:10
Total points:20
Books read:2
Big Books:1
Golden Oldies:0
Non-fiction: 0
Tasks completed:2
10.7 Let It GrowTask: Plant, bush, or flower on cover
The Virgin Manny by Amy Lane
Paperback: The Virgin Manny
Lanscaping / shrubs beyond pool.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 605 / 1045
Tasks Completed 28/59
Kai15.5 Oh No, Not Again…
Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020.
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Published 2020
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 18
Total Points: 280
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 5
IT'S A FACT: 0
10.6 On My HikeTask: Title word from NATIONAL PARKS
Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
MMPB: Iron Kissed
Iron: NatIOnal paRks
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 615 / 1045
Tasks Completed 29/59
10.3 It's a Whole New TownTask: Anthology
The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston
Paperback: Изгубената гробница: и други истински истории за кости, погребения и убийства
It's an anthology of nonfiction essays.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 625 / 1045
Tasks Completed 30/59
10.1- Do You Wanna Build a RailwayTask: Set in a country in which I do not live.
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
MMPB: Hamlet
I live in the U.S. - Hamlet is set in Denmark.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 635 / 1045
Tasks Completed 31/59
Mai5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Book with the word "fall" in the title.
Fall of the House of X/Rise of the Powers of X by Gerry Duggan
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 27
NF Tickets: 10
Mai5.4 Embrace the Season
Book from page 4 of the list
Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: Ghoul Goblin by Jim Butcher
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 28
NF Tickets: 10
5.9 It's Fall Y'allTask: First published in September, October, or November,.
Bond by Piper Scott & Virginia Kelly
Paperback: Bond
Originally published 11/11/2018.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 640 / 1045
Tasks Completed 32/59
Tea25.3 - Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Option 1
Read a book where the first word in title begins with I OR V
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
- title starts with letter I
- MMP edition Illuminae
**claiming 1 BB ticket for 602 pages**
Option 2
Read a book from Best of 1920's list.
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
- on page #1 of the list (#68)
- MMP edition The Murder on the Links
**claiming 1 GO ticket for first published in 1923**
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Points this thread: 25
Claims this thread: 1 BB; 1 GO
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Total BB tickets: 1
Total GO tickets: 1
5.8 Footprints in the ForestTask: Animal / insect from list
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
MMPB: Un salmo per il robot
There are butterflies near the robot.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 645 / 1045
Tasks Completed 33/59
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25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 1: TRead a book by a single author where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) appear in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.
The Frozen River. Ariel Lawhon - this author was new to me
Option 5: Read a book that is #2 in a series from one of your favorite authors.
This author is a favorite.
A Deadly Cliché. Ellery Adams
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 56
Total This Season
Points: 790/1045
Books read: 63
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
5.7 Too Precious to ForgetTask: Cover a combination of pink and blue - 50%+
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
MMPB: Grave Sight
49.4 %#d8a5bfPink
15.5 %#373b42Grey
11.6 %#8d82b1Violet
10.3 %#948280Grey
3.8 %#abce8aGreen
2.7 %#a6625cBrown
2.4 %#433d90Blue
2.0 %#d57b5eOrange
1.3 %#dba887Brown
1.0 %#e5aa49Orange
51.8% pink and blue
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 650 / 1045
Tasks Completed 34/59
Sue T5.3 -Autumn Whodunits
Book with MPG of Cozy Mystery
Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 25/1045
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?Task: 31 or 13 intact in page count or pub date
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
Paged count: 136 (edition read)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 655 / 1045
Tasks Completed 35/59
5.4 Embrace the SeasonTask: From Best Books to Read in Autumn
Parnassus On Wheels by Christopher Morley
MMPB: Eine Buchhandlung auf Reisen
Found on page 4 of Best Books to Read in Autumn list.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 670 / 1045
Tasks Completed 36/59
Task 5.5 - Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?31 in page count
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
318 pages
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805 points
Katrisa20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Opt 2 - choose a book that features at least one adult person on the cover.
I read Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 965
Katrisa25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
Opt 4 - Read a book from the first 20 pages of the Humor list
I read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency from P1 of the list
Opt 5 - Read a book set at least 70% in India
I read The Bangalore Detectives Club which is set in 1920s India
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 990
Julia10330.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
Letter Frequency in the English Language
The 5 least frequently occurring letters in English words are: K X J Q Z
Book 1:
Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title. Ignore subtitles.
Trickster's Queen
(K and Q in title)
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.
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
(author last name starts with K. The task description says graphic novel is allowed for one book.)
This is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This post: 30 points, 1 NF
Total points: 470
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 4
Completed tasks: 23
Books read: 33
Mai15.9 - Shifting Sands
Book set at least 50% in a nation listed for one of the largest deserts
Great Basin Desert from the US
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 29
NF Tickets: 10
Jessica S10.4 Once Upon a Crime
book with MPG Crime
Madison Square Murders by C.S. Poe
Points this task: 10
Previous total: 485 Updated total: 495
Tasks completed: 34 Books read: 41
slideshell10.6 On My Hike
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made from NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
Wreck My Plans
Kindle - 301 pages
Required State the word PLANS
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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: 800/1045
Completed Tasks: 42/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 21162
Books read this season: 59
Mai15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
Book with a word in the title of four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE: "Speak"
How Scientific Instruments Speak: Postphenomenology and Technological Mediations in Neuroscientific Practice by Bas de Boer
*Claim 1 Non-fiction ticket*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 30
NF Tickets: 11
ROBIN P30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 1: NHRA - all those letters in author name
Clara lit Proust - Stéphane Carlier
Option 2: Meeting the family - 3 and 0 in page count
The Chinese Groove - 304 p
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
BB;2 GO:3 IAF:7
10.3 It's a Whole New TownAn anthology of short stories, novellas or essays: The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
Points this post: 10
Total points: 390
30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing ChallengeOption 1, NHRA in author's first and last name: Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan
Option 3, book cover any combination of at least 75% of blue, yellow, green, red: The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
Tineye = 85.8% blue
Points this post: 30
Total points: 420
LoraTask: 5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
Book/Author: Rooted in Deceit / Wendy Tyson
How it fits: published August 31, 2018
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 440
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
Jessica S30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
Book 1: Book with at least 2 of the five letters K X J Q Z in the title. (J,K,X)
The Jerk Next Door by Mia Monroe
Book 2: Book by author whose first, last or middle initial is one of the letters K X J Q Z
The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes
Points this task: 30
Previous total: 495 Updated total: 525
Tasks completed: 35 Books read: 43
Jessica S25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
Option 1
Book 1: Authors initials found in COOL BREEZE
Guarding His Heart by R. Cayden
Book 2: Book that with 80% any combination of any of these colors: Red, orange, yellow, brown, and green according to Tineye. (86.7%)
Consorting with Dragons by Sera TrevorPoints this task: 25
Previous total: 525 Updated total: 550
Tasks completed: 36 Books read: 45
30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian GamesOption 1: Read a book with a variable of the number 9, 10 or 11 in the TITLE ONLY
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
Option 3: Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ingnored) initials use only the letters "BER"
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth by Ben Rawlence
author's initials, BR, found in BeR
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 595
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 Free For Fall
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Ghost Roast by Shawnelle Gibbs
Points this post: 5
Total points: 715/1045
Task completed: 44/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 It's a Whole New Town
Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays:
Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings by Anne Frank
Points this post: 10
Total points: 725/1045
Task completed: 45/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.8 How Far I'll Leap
Read a book where time travel is essential to the story:
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor, Vol 1: Weapons of Past Destruction by Cavan Scott
Points this post: 10
Total points: 735/1045
Task completed: 46/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.3 Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Option 1:
Read a book where the first word in title (excluding the words: the, a, an) OR author's initial (first or last) begins with I OR V
Vanish by Karen Spafford-Fitz
Option 2:
Read a book from: Laughter
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Found on page 5 of Laughter List
Points this post: 25
Total points: 760/1045
Task completed: 47/59
trishhartuk20.4 Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
OPTION 3: EMILY: Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle).
Coming Up Roses, Kim M. Watt
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (356pg)
RENO: cOmiNg up RosEs
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 24
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Jasmiina F15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?:
Read a book with a single-word title: Ambrosia by Carita Forsgren.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Jasmiina F5.10 Free For Fall:
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules: The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Kai15.8 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.
The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 19
Total Points: 295
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 5
IT'S A FACT: 0
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads Non-Fiction: Journalism - The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
My comment is number 17 in the discussion link.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 445
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Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover https://www.animalfunfacts.net/knowle...
by Emmeline Duncan / bat (tree layer on list) on coverapproval: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 835
Mod
Book 1-Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund / MPG 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).
Pretty Relentless by Lacey Black / #4 in series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 850
Mod
Roll the dice to determine the genre of book, then to determine the author initial, graphic novels may be used for this task
I rolled 5 (Fantasy or Science Fiction) and then 2 (E,F,G,H)
Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games by Joe Hill / MPG Fantasy and H in author
approved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 870
TessaVanessa Challenge 20.3 Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 5:
Read a book with a cover that depicts a snowy scene
by Rebecca ZanettiPoints this post: 20
Total points: 780/1045
Task completed: 48/59
Task 30.2 - Books of Africatwo book option
book 1: set in African country
Afterlives
set in Tanzania, as per the metadata
book 2: by an African born author
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi
author born in Sudan, Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeinab_...
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835 points
slideshell15.1 - Whodunnit?
Book 1: Read a book with one of the iconic Cluedo murder weapons on the cover: dagger
Curtsies & Conspiracies
Hardback - 310 pages
Book 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Murder Mystery list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The Man Who Died Twice
Hardback - 368 pages
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on: page 1
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Total This Task
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 815/1045
Completed Tasks: 43/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 21840
Books read this season: 61
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task: Book from the Dragon list
Clutch by Piper Scott & Virginia Kelly
Paperback: Clutch
Found on page 14 of the Dragons list.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 585 / 1045
Tasks Completed 26/59