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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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20.4 Gilmore Girls I chose option 3 ("Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.")
I read NO morE "look up the list" vocabulaRy instruction by Ellin Oliver Keene
Claiming It's a Fact ticket
Total Points: 55
20.8 Back to School I chose option 3 ("Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG of Science.")
I read What the Fact?: Finding the Truth in All the Noise by Seema Yasmin - MPG Science
Claiming It's a Fact ticket
Total Points: 75
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.5 - Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny
This book was originally published April 13, 2021.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 8
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.3 - It's a Whole New Town
Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays.
Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
This book is a collection of essays about motherhood, daughterhood, and womanhood.
Link to PB edition (MMP edition shows 0 pages): Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Tasks completed: 9
Jessica S20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3: book with all of the letters RENO in the title
The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian
Points this task: 20
Previous total: 565 Updated total: 585
Tasks completed: 38 Books read: 47
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.10 - 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.
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Pictures can be found in: The gREat PengUIn bookChaSe.
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 90 points
Tasks completed: 10
Beth NC30.2 Books of Africa -
Option 1
Book 1: book that is set in one or more countries in Africa
Khu: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by Jocelyn Murray
Set in Egypt
Book 2: book that is written by an author born in a country in Africa
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
Born in Bulawayo (formerly the British colony of Southern Rhodesia), Zimbabwe
Task Points: 30
Task Pages: 567
Total Points: 640
Total Tasks: 35
Total Books: 50
Total Pages: 20871
Big Book Tickets: 13
Beth NC25.6 Ticket to Ride -
Book 1 Option 1: book that is numbered 18-33 in a series
Angel of Vengeance by Douglas Preston
Aloysius Pendergast #22
Option 2 Book 2: book with the MPG Mystery
Open Season by C.J. Box
MPG Mystery
Task Points: 25
Task Pages: 630
Total Points: 665
Total Tasks: 36
Total Books: 52
Total Pages: 21501
Big Book Tickets: 13
Beth NC5.5 13+31 = Spooky Holiday -
book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date
No Way Back by Andrew Gross
published in 2013
Task Points: 5
Task Pages: 341
Total Points: 670
Total Tasks: 37
Total Books: 53
Total Pages: 21842
Big Book Tickets: 13
Beth NC20.5 Element of Surprise -
Roll one 6-sided die to determine which genre - Rolled 2 - Mystery or Suspense
Then roll again to determine one of the author's initials - Rolled 6 - V, W, X, Y, Z
The One That Got Away by Simon Wood
MPG Mystery and Author name is Woods
Task Points: 20
Task Pages: 289
Total Points: 690
Total Tasks: 38
Total Books: 54
Total Pages: 22131
Big Book Tickets: 13
Beth NC25.1 Killer Reads and Gore Galore -
Option 3: Chucky from Child's Play
Book 1: Read a book with Doll intact in the title.
The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver
Book 2: book by an author whose name is a variant of Charles.
Summit Lake by Charlie Donlea
Task Points: 25
Task Pages: 940
Total Points: 715
Total Tasks: 39
Total Books: 56
Total Pages: 23079
Big Book Tickets: 13
***I chose Chucky because I lost my grandson a year ago and Chucky was always his favorite . His invisible friend when he was younger was JJ or John Jr who was Chuckiy's cousin(at least according to Michael)***
Beth NC15.7 Whose Side Are You On -
book with a single-word title
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Task Points: 15
Task Pages: 310
Total Points: 730
Total Tasks: 40
Total Books: 57
Total Pages: 23389
Big Book Tickets: 13
Mod
Option 3- Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ingnored) initials use only the letters "BER" For the purposes of this task You can use the letters more than once
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell / RR from phrase; 400 pg PB > 250
Option 4- Read a book that is # 9,10 or 11 in a series the number must be shown in Greyscale on GR record.
Betrayal Road by Christine Feehan / #9 in series; 400 pg MMPB > 250
Points this post: 30
Total points: 900
Mod
Option 2-
Book A: Read a book that meets the requirements: female author, first in series, mystery MPG
Her Darkest Nightmare by Brenda Novak / female author, #1 in series, MPG Mystery; 407 pg PB
Book B: read a book from one of the three nominated categories from that season of SRC
First book in a mystery series by a female author: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/7...
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy / one of the nominate books on the above poll; 325 pg MMPB
Total pages: 732 > 500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 930
Lisa MD30.4 - TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 3:
Cover is 75% blue/green/red/yellow
What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
144 pgs
Cover is 93.4% blue and greeen per Tineye
Tineye:
69.9 %#092753Blue
17.1 %#34bd96Green
4.2 %#8acbbcBlue
2.2 %#ccdbddGrey
2.2 %#44777dBlue
1.6 %#f7d3b5Pink
1.0 %#81370aBrown
0.7 %#7b487cViolet
0.7 %#64758cGrey
0.3 %#462b2fBrown
Option 4:
Published in Aug/Sept 1991 - 2024
The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave
298 pgs
Published September 17, 2024
🍁🏈🍎🍄🟫🍁🏈🍎🍄🟫🍁🏈🍎🍄🟫🍁🏈🍎🍄🟫🍁🏈🍎🍄🟫
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 640 / 1045
Total Books Read: 47
Total Tasks Completed: 37/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
CHANDNI30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Option 3
Book 1 Read a book where the author’s first and last initials (you may ignore middle initials) can be found in DEATHSTALKER .
The Mole People by Kevin Landt
172 pages
Book 2 - Read a book featuring a shapeshifter of some kind.
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
359 pages
Main characters are all werewolves
Total pages: 531 pgs
Points this post: 30
Total points: 405
CHANDNI15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020.
The Living Dead by George A. Romero
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
ROBIN P30.7 Amy FL's Task: Let's Play Scattergories
I spun letter R
Option 2: title begins w letter - Real Americans
Option 3: MPG begins w letter - Dair Devil - MPG Romance
Points this post: 30
Total points: 490
BB:2 GO:3 IAF:8
Task 25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!Option 1. Some elements on the Sorry! game board are Start, Home, and Slide. Read a book with START, Home, or Slide intact in the title.
Starter Villain (2023) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 264 pages)
Option 3. Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series. Series must be indicated on the main page in grayscale.
God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) by Frank Herbert (Paperback 421 pages)
125 + 25 = 150
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 125 + 25 = 150
Books read: 11
Pages read: 3,226
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 5.10 Free For FallIf you don't like fall, you can leaf me alone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used
I read The Highway
Task Points: 5
Task Pages: 383
Total Points: 5
Task 25.3- Completing (Other) Reading Challenges!option 1: title starts with I (IN)
In Enemy Hands
option 3: on 1920s list p2 (#128)
Summer Lightning:
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890 points
Julia10325.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 3 - Read a book first published in 2024.
To Slip the Bonds of Earth
(published March 26, 2024)
Option 4 - Read a book whose page count ends in either 1, 7, or 8.
Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The top paperback Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons has 397 pages.
This post: 25 points
Total points: 495
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 4
Completed tasks: 24
Books read: 35
Jessica S5.10 Free For Fall
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
The Foxxxy Gentleman’s Club: Christian by Nik Knight
Points this task: 5
Previous total: 585 Updated total: 590
Tasks completed: 39 Books read: 48
Jessica S20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail
book whose title includes one word from this list of Monopoly street names: https://monopoly.fandom.com/wiki/Street
The Wulver's Bond by Edwina Lindsey (BOND)
Points this task: 20
Previous total: 590 Updated total: 610
Tasks completed: 40 Books read: 49
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 6: List of Second Chances
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 345
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 25
Readerboard: Josh (I forgot my RB initially)Task 5.10 Free For Fall
If you don't like fall, you can leaf me alone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used
I read The Highway
Task Points: 5
Task Pages: 383
Total Points: 5
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.6 - On My Hike
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Park can be found in: naTional PARks
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 100 points
Tasks completed: 11
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.4 - 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 by Alison Espach
From the book description - "Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight". The book is centered around a week long wedding event taking place at the Cornwall Inn
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 120 points
Tasks completed: 12
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
Author's initials are in faRmHouse
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 140 points
Tasks completed: 13
Nick KY30.6 Katrisa’s Fall Zodiac Option 3. Scorpio
Book 1. I read Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy by Dan Hooper, inits in “DeatHstalker,” 256 pp.
Book 2. I read Heart-Beast by Tanith Lee, shapeshifter in the plot, 356 pp.
Total pp = 612 > required 500.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 810
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.1 - Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
Book 1: Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title. (K X J Q Z)
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
K in looKing and Q in Queen
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
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.
The Arrangement by Kiersten Modglin
Author's first initial is K.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Arrangement
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Tasks completed: 14
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Option 2
Book A – Read a book that meets the requirements: female author, first in series, mystery MPG
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
This book is written by a female author, is first in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series, and mystery is a MPG. There are 4 published books in the series.
308 pages
Book B – read a book from one of the three nominated categories from that season of SRC
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy
This book was from the First book in a mystery series by a female author category from that season of SRC.
Link to MMP edition: State of the Onion
325 pages
The total pages combine must exceed 500 - 304+325 = 629 pages.
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 200 points
Tasks completed: 15
Task 15.9 - Shifting SandsI picked The Great Basin Desert -found in the United States
book set in Iowa, United States (per blurb)
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
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905 points
SHEMAC 25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
This is a two-book task. Please select one book from two different options.
Required: State the options : Option 1 and Option 3
Option 1:
Read a book where the author's initial (first) begins with V
Checking It Twice by V.L. Locey (PB Mon cœur amoureux (Une romance de l’auberge enneigée) 224pp)
Option 3:
Read a book from:
Best of 1920's
Required: State the page. 2
The Masqueraders (MMPB The Masqueraders 416pp)
This task points: 25
Total season points: 50
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.9 It's Fall Y'all
Read a book first published in September, October, or November
Robert B. Parker's Buzz Kill by Alison Gaylin
Published: September 10, 2024
Points this post: 5
Total points: 815/1045
Task completed: 50/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore Galore
Option 5:
Book 1:Read a book with a MPG of Halloween.
Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop by Emmeline Duncan
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in HE CAME HOME
Before the Frost by Henning Mankell
Points this post: 25
Total points: 840/1045
Task completed: 51/59
Repost from 1499Jayme(theghostreader)
10.1 Do You Want To B Build A Railway
Read a book set in a country you don't live
The Bartered Bridesby Mercedes Lackey
I live in the US. This book is set in England
Book total-10
Grand Total: 95
Repost from 1499Jayme(theghostreader)
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 Miss Marple series
Book total :30
Grand total: 125
Golden Oldie-1
Claiming a golden oldie ticket for A Caribbean Mystery
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - The Element of Surprise
Roll one 6-sided die - https://www.calculator.net/dice-rolle... - to determine which genre you will be reading and roll again to determine one of the author's initials.
I rolled a TWO (Mystery or Suspense) and a ONE (A, B, C, or D).
I read Boiled Over by Barbara Ross (MPG Mystery, first name begins with B).
Total points so far: 260
Mod
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
Savage Road by Christine Feehan / ROAD in Monopoly property 'Old Kent Road'
Points this post: 20
Total points: 950
FLY Task #30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
task: 1) read a book off the list Great Debut Novels
book: Eragon
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 754 pages
how it fits: on page 2 (currently #114)
task: 3) read a book by an author whose initials are in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST
book: Myth-ing Persons
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 208 pages
how it fits: author Robert Lynn Asprin initials RA in the list
other: **CLAIMING 2 BB tickets for Eragon MMPB = 754 pages
MPG childrens: AR Quiz Info - IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 25.0
Points this post: 30
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 30/59
BB: 1 + 2 = 3 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
Kai5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
Published 1931
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket**
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Points: 300
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 6
IT'S A FACT: 0
LoraTask: 5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Book/Author: Haunted Ladies Literary Club: A Hope Haunted Amateur Sleuth Mystery / Teri-Lynn Hope
How it fits: ghosts of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, and Charlotte and Emily Bronte are characters
approved for length (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 445
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
Theresa15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
One word title
Points this post - 15
Total points - 105
Theresa15.8 - Read My Mind
The Attic on Queen Street by Karen White
Main Character is Psychic Medium
Points this post - 15
Total points - 120
25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???Book 1: Lust & Lollipops by Lola Glass
How it fits: option 3 - first published in 2024; this author was new to me
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 314 pages.
Book 2: The Striker by Ana Huang
How it fits: option 1 - author initials in seAHawks
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 592 pages.
I want to claim 1 big book ticket, please.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
Big book tickets this post: 1
Total # of big book tickets: 3
Task 25.4 - ‘60’s Board Games1. Careers –Read a book with a job title in the author’s name or in the title
Occupation must be on one of these lists:
On list http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/listofw...
Harper played or made harps
The Doomsday Vault (Clockwork Empire #1) (2011) by Steven Harper (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 382 pages)
3. Mystery Date –Read a book with MPG Romance AND one of the following: Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense (or one MPG which is a combination, such as Romantic Suspense.)
MPG: Romance AND Mystery
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish (Hecate Cavendish #1) (2024) by Paula Brackston (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 356 pages)
150 + 25 = 175
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 150 + 25 = 175
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3,964
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.4 Once Upon a CrimeChronicles of Crime is a cooperative game of crime investigation Using a board, cards, and an app, players work together to figure out whodunnit, how it happened, and the reason why.
Read a book with MPG Crime
I read The Woman Who Lied which has an MPG of Crime.
points: 50
Books read: 3
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 1158
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
I read The House Is on Fire which has an MPG of historical fiction.
points: 70
books read: 4
tasks completed: 4
pages read: 1534
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task #20.6 - It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 2: Read a book in a series numbered 8, 9, 10, or 11. Whole numbers (no x.5 etc). The series must appear in greyscale on the GR book page. I read A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas (Lady Sherlock #8).
Total points so far: 240