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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
EMurphy30.3 XBM's Task: Celebrating the grandkids
Option 1: Book from Great Debut Novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
*Page 4
Option 3: Author's initials found in the list (AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST) Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
*Big Book Ticket - 588 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 290
Books Read: 21
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???This is a two book task, from two different options.
Task: Book 1, Option 1: Author F/L in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
Vanilla Bean Vampire by Selina J. Eckert
Paperback: Vanilla Bean Vampire
S, E: SEattle seahawks
Selina J. Eckert is a new to me author.
Task: Book 2, Option 3: First published in 2024
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Paperback: La furia
First published 1/16/2024.
Alex Michaelides is also a new to me author. :)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 750 / 1045
Tasks Completed 39/59
MaryPDX25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore Galore
Option 5: Michael Myers from Halloween
Book 1. Read a book with a MPG of Halloween.
Hallowe'en Party
Book 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in HE CAME HOME.
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
Points this task: 25
Total points: 200
Sarah H20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 1: Transcontinental - Read a book that has hybrid genres as MPGs either as a compound genre or two different genres.
My Darling Dreadful Thing - Horror and Fantasy
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 110
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Total It's a Fact: 0
Tasks complete: 7
Books read: 7
Mod
Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover https://www.animalfunfacts.net/knowle...
read
Blackbird on cover
points this post 5
total points 340
Mod
Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
read 101 True Scary Stories to Read in Bed Tonight
points this post 10
total points 350
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option 1
. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in FARMHOUSE
read Happy Mediumby Sarah Adler
points this post 20
total points 370
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Read two books from the same series. The books do not have to be consecutive in the series, but the series must appear in greyscale on the book GR pages.
read Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts and Forests, Fishing & Forgery
points this post 15
total points 385
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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.
chose Sonoran Desert in us
read Holly Horror
points this post 15
total points 400
Mod
Option 4:Ghostface from Scream
book 1-
Read a book of of one these lists:
A Book with a black and white cover page 3
read The Night Sister 322 pages
and
book 2 Book 2. Ghostface's weapon of choice is a buck knife. Read a book with a knife on the cover- Must be able to see part of both blade and handle
read
points this post 25
total points 425
Mod
Option 2: Read a book from one of the two following lists:
Natural Disaster Books page 1
read
option 3 B - all the letters of FEMA are found in the title (subtitle excluded).
read
(Non-Fiction)points this post 3
total points 455
*REPOST*Post 1497
10.9 The Wonderful Thing about Dragons
Read a book from the this list: Dragons
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Page 1 of list
Points this Task: 10
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
Beth NC30.9 Be Prepared-
Book 1 Option 1 disaster related words in the title
Cold Fire by Dean Koontz
Fire
Book 2 Option 2 Read a book from Non-fiction Disaster Books
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle
Page 1
Task Points: 30
Task Pages: 788
Total Points: 455
Total Tasks: 26
Total Books: 35
Total Pages: 14557
Big Book Tickets 8
Beth NC25.2 Happy Fall Ya'll -
Option 2
Book1: Tombstone on cover
Amber Gambler by Hailey EdwardsBook 2 : book with three F's in the title/subtitle, and/or authors name
Praying for Sleep by Jeffery Deaver
praying For sleep jeFFery deaver
Big Book ticket 512 pages
Task Points: 25
Task Pages: 816
Total Points: 480
Total Tasks: 27
Total Books: 37
Total Pages: 15373
Big Book Tickets 9
Andy P.Repost of Post # 1132
Task # 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".
The Hunter by Tana French
Word is Hunter found in Southerner's
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.
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
Ware can be found in REWARD
Points this post: 25
Total points : as of 10/30/24 :470
Beth NC25.7 Sorry! -
Book 1 Option 1: book with Start, Home, or Slide intact in the title
Come Home to Me by Liz Talley
Home
BOok 2 Option 3: book that is #2 or #4 in a series.
Love and War by John Jakes
#2 in North and South
3 Big Book Tickets 1087 pages
Task Points: 25
Task Pages: 1419
Task Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Points: 505
Total Tasks: 28
Total Books: 39
Total Pages: 16792
Big Book Tickets 12
Andy P.Task # 25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore Galore
Option 5: Michael Myers from Halloween
Book 1 Read a book with a MPG of Halloween.
Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop by Emmeline Duncan
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in HE CAME HOME
Above the Fire by Michael O'Donnell MO in Home
Points this post:25
Total points: 470
MaryPDX50.1 - Jen B's Task: βBoredβ Games
Option 2: MASH
Book 1 - Read a book with the word Mansion, Apartment, Shack, or House in the title.
The House of Eve 384pg
Book 2 - Read a book with a personβs name in the title
Grace Grace is the name of MC 186pg
Book 3 - Read a book with a city name in the title
The Cat Who Went to Paris 208pg
total pg: 778
Points this task: 50
Total points: 250
Beth NC25.5 Bookopoly -
Book 1 read a book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece. Rolled a 3 - Horse
The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel
valley of the Horses
Big Book Ticket 564 pages
Book 2 rolled a 6:
book whose title contains a word of four or more letters that can be made from the phrase, βPresident of the Book Club"
Sleep No More by Seanan McGuire
PrESidEnts of the bookl cLub
Task Points: 25
Task Pages: 996
Task Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 530
Total Tasks: 29
Total Books: 41
Total Pages: 17788
Big Book Tickets: 13
Beth NC5.69 A Hauntingly Good Time -
book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story.
Ghost Walk by Heather Graham
Task Points: 5
Task Pages: 400
Total Points: 535
Total Tasks: 30
Total Books: 42
Total Pages: 18188
Big Book Tickets 13
Beth NC5.3 Autumn Whodunit -
book with MPG Cozy Mystery
Murder Boogies with Elvis by Anne George
Task Points: 5
Task Pages: 275
Total Points: 540
Total Tasks: 31
Total Books: 43
Total Pages: 18463
Big Book Tickets 13
Beth NC25.9 Fall in the Southland -
Book 1 Option 1: 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"
Scarred Resolve by K.N. Banet
Resolve faLl is a sOutheRnErS reward for having surVivEd summer
Book 2 Option 2: book by a single author where all the letters of the author's last name can be found in the phrase
Lying Next to Me by Gregg Olsen
Olsen falL is a SOutherNEr's reward for having survived summer
Task Points: 25
Task Pages: 899
Total Points: 565
Total Tasks: 32
Total Books: 45
Total Pages: 19352
Big Book Tickets 13
Beth NC30.6 Fall Zodiac -
Option 3
Book 1: book where the authorβs first and last initials (you may ignore middle initials) can be found in DEATHSTALKER
Hidden by Lisa Sell
deathStaLker
Book 2 : book featuring a shapeshifter
Legends by K.N. Banet
From description in Bounty the 1st book in series "Kaliya Sahni.
Tribunal Executioner. Bounty hunter. The last nagini. ( a Nagini is a snake shifter)
Task Points: 30
Task Pages: 728
Total Points: 595
Total Tasks: 33
Total Books: 47
Total Pages: 20080
Big Book Tickets 13
Beth NC15.8 Read My Mind-
book in which a main character exhibits some sort of psychic ability
Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler
main character is a young ghetto telepath
Task Points: 15
Task Pages: 224
Total Points: 610
Total Tasks: 34
Total Books: 48
Total Pages: 20304
Big Book Tickets 13
Barbara β
15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020.
No Fixed Line - Dana Stabenow 10/30
(published January 9, 2020)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 620
Mai10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Book set in a country you do not live in. I live in the US. The book's set in Japan.
The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 31
NF Tickets: 11
MEGSCL25.9 - 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"
(Front) - The Kitchen Front
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.
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
TOTAL
295 points
3 IAF ticket + 1 BB ticket
MEGSCL15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
Published 2020 - Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
**ITβS A FACT
TOTAL
310 points
4 IAF ticket + 1 BB ticket
MEGSCL15.9 - Shifting Sands
Great Australian Desert (australia)
Stone Yard Devotional: Set in Australia
TOTAL
325 points
4 IAF ticket + 1 BB ticket
Lisa MD15.5 - Oh No, Not Againβ¦
Published in 2002 or 2020
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
340 pgs
Published January 6, 2020
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 600 / 1045
Total Books Read: 44
Total Tasks Completed: 35/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
30.9 Truitt_Tβs Task: Be Prepared!Option 1, a disaster word in the title (plurals OK): Home Fires: The Story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War by Julie Summers, 384 pages
The word is Fires.
This book is nonfiction.
Option 3A, author's initials in FEMA: The Intermission by Elyssa Friedland
hardcover edition The Intermission 368 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 455
Lisa MD10.4 - Once Upon a Crime
This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter
464 pgs
MPG: Crime
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 610 / 1045
Total Books Read: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 36/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
MaryPDX30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Option 3 - Scorpius October 23-November 21
Book 1 - Read a book where the authorβs first and last initials (you may ignore middle initials) can be found in DEATHSTALKER
A Spindle Splintered Alix E. Harrow
119pgs
Book 2 - Read a book featuring a shapeshifter of some kind.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
435pgs
They study a Boggart which is a shapeshifter that takes the form of what someone fears the most. Also one character turns into a werewolf.
total pages: 554
Points this task: 30
Total points: 280
Readerboard name: List_Addict5.10: A book of your choice
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
Total this challenge: 35
(The tally has me already at 35 but my reckoning puts me there with this book. Thanks guys!!!)
SHEMAC20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
This is a one-book task. Choose an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option. Option 2
Option 2: The Grown-Up Life.
Choose a book that features at least one adult person on the cover. The book can be any genre, but the cover should clearly depict an adult character.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Wolf in Gucci LoafersThis task points: 20
Total season points: 625
Task 30.1 - Letter Frequencybook 1: K and Z from the list in the title
Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?
book 2: author initial J from list
Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir by James Blunt
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865 points
Angela IL50.1 - Jen B's Task: βBoredβ Games
Option 1: Read 3 books by 3 different authors who share the same name.
Book 1:Beach Read by Emily Henry-9/20
Book 2:Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum- 10/10
Claiming It's a Fact Ticket
Book 3: Interesting Facts about Space by Emily R. Austin-10/26
Name:Emily
Points this Task: 50
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 4
It's a Fact: 1
Angela IL30.4 TessaVanessaβs US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 1: Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the authorβs first and last name
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt- 10/26
Claiming It's a Fact Ticket
Option 4: Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive).
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune-10/19
Date of first publication: Sept. 10, 2024
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 5
It's a Fact: 2
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.1 - 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
The Pumpkin Spice CafΓ© by Laurie Gilmore
The title contains the word PUMPKIN
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Pumpkin Spice CafΓ©
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 5
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.7 - Too Precious to Forget
Read a book that is at least 50% combination of pink and blue. according to tineye.
The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
36.7 %#6ae3f2Blue
2.5 %#7ca0d8Blue
1.1 %#3674e7Blue
= 40.3% Blue
32.5 %#f9a4a0Pink
4.6 %#e34082Pink
= 37.1% pink
Total Blue and Pink = 77.4%
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Tasks completed: 6
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.9 - It's Fall Y'all
Read a book first published in September, October, or November.
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
This book was first published in October 2024.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Boyfriend
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 60 points
Tasks completed: 7
trishhartuk25.9 Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
Book 1: Word of five or more letters from the phrase "Fall is a Southerner's Reward for Having Survived Summer".
Mocha and Murder, Tonya Kappes
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (176pg)
MURDER: sUMmER, RewarD
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.
The Lost Ancestor, Nathan Dylan Goodwin
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (265pg)
GOODWIN: fall Is a sOutherNer's reWarD fOr havInG survived summer
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 25
Itβs a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream MPG of Science Fiction - Read The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.
Book in a series - Read Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives by Jennifer Worth.
Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives is NF, so I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 1
Books read and claimed: 4
Tasks completed: 3
15.6 - IΓ€! IΓ€! Cthulhu Fhtagn! On the Lovecraftian list - Read Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales by H.P. Lovecraft
This is on the 1st page of the list, but for some reason it links to the Greek edition of the book.
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales has 878 pages, so I claim 2 Big Book tickets.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 2
It's A Fact ticket requests: 1
Books read and claimed: 5
Tasks completed: 4
5.5 Eerie Equation Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
I read Kill Joy by Holly Jackson - 130 pages
Total: 5
5.9 It's Fall, Y'all Read a book first published in September, October, or November
I read The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz - published October 2024
Total: 10
10.3 It's a Whole New Town Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
I read First-Year Orientation edited by Lauren Gibaldi - a lovely collection of short stories!
Total Points: 20
15.7 Whose Side Are You On? Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
I read Holly by Stephen King
Total points: 35
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10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Read a book with MPG Crime
The Naturals
Paperback - 308 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: 825/1045
Completed Tasks: 44/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 22148
Books read this season: 62