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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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CHANDNI25.9 - 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"
Night Shift by Stephen King
Word: Night
N, T from SouTherNer
IGH from HavInG
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.
Death Rites by Sarah Ward
WARD from reWARD
Points this post: 25
Total points: 445
JenJ IA15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Read two books from the same series.
Yours Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick - Pumpkin Falls #2
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
Really Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick - Pumpkin Falls #3
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13.0
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 420/1045
Tasks Completed: 27/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 5
FLY Task #15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 2: One-book task
task 1: MPG of Science Fiction
task 2: numbered 1-7 in a series
book: M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG Science Fiction, (Myth Adventures, #7)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 31/59
BB: 3 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
Janice CA20.4 - Gilmore Girls
Option #3 Emily - Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
book: EaRth tO mooN
Earth to Moon: A Memoir by Moon Unit Zappa
+20
total: 60
tasks: 5
books: 6
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
may use one book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga.
Option 1: NHRA:
Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name (middle name can be ignored)
Resident Alien, Volume 6: Your Ride's Here by Peter Hogan
NHRA=peteR HogAN
I read as an ebook; pb-152 p. (no mmpb)
Option 3: Christmas Tree
Read a book with a cover of any combination of at least 75% of the following colors: blue, yellow, green, red determined by TinEye.
by Anna St. JohnColors include:
56.4 %#647ffeBlue
17.6 %#6476ddBlue
5.7 %#9ca4dcBlue
3.4 %#ab3d41Red
3.2 %#c9272aRed
86.3% (>75)
I listened to an audiobook; pb-188 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 470-30=440
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 7
20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to JailThe Place on Dalhousie by Melina Marchetta
word in title: PLACE - St Charles Place
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 615
REPOST15.5 - Oh No, Not Again…
Tainted (Soul Chronicles #1) by Morgan L. Busse
Pub. 2020
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 630
Kai10.2 Slay the Beast
Read a book with the word "Monster" in tact in the title
The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 21
Total Points: 310
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 6
IT'S A FACT: 0
Andy P,Task 3 25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
Option 3: Fall Fun
Book A: Board Gaming in Florida
Read a book that is set at least 50% in Florida
Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country by Craig Pittman
set completely in Florida
Book B: Lots O' Books
Read a book with an MPG Books About Books
The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak
Points this post: 25
Total points: 495
Nick KY25.2 JennRenee’s Happy Fall Y’all!
Opt. B. Holidays. Book 1. With a skull on the cover, I read Thomas Graham Jackson's The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Thomas Graham Jackson-Six Ghost Stories-Two Novelettes and Four Shorter Tales to Chill the Blood.
Book 2. With three “F”s in the title, I read Off the Wild Coast of Brittany by Juliet Blackwell.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 835
Sanz30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book with a main character who is an unmarried woman aged 15 - 29 inclusive: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The main character, Esther is 19 and unmarried. Age reference is here – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bel...
Book 2: Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven: The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
Word used "lady". The book is 502 pages. Claiming 1 BB point.
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THIS POST
Points: 30
BB: 1
GO: 0
IAF: 0
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THIS SEASON
Points: 30/1045
Completed Tasks: 1/59
Books Read: 2
BB: 1
GO: 0
IAF: 0
SHEMAC 20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
This is a one book task. Read a book of at least 200 pages that satisfies one of the following three options.
Required: State the option you used. Option 2
Option 2: Wine
Read a book that has a cover with at least 50% Orange. Use Tineye to confirm the percentage. (56.4%)
Required: Include the cover in your post.
A Mage's Guide to Aussie Terrors(PB A Mage's Guide to Aussie Terrors 254pp)
This task points: 20
Total season points: 670
Mod
10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Read a book with MPG Crime
The Rooster Bar. John Grisham
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 58
Total This Season
Points: 805/1045
Books read: 65
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Mod
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". (Endings)
The Keeper of Happy Endings. Barbara Davis
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.
Joy: A Novel. Danielle Steel
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 59
Total This Season
Points: 830/1045
Books read: 67
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Lisa MD20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3: Letters of RENO in title
What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci
368 pgs
RENO found in title: what i ate in ONE yeaR
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 660 / 1045
Total Books Read: 48
Total Tasks Completed: 38/ 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 6
15.8 - Read My MindBook: Princess of Souls
How it fits: MC can foretell a person’s death - see the GR book description
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
20.3 Family FarewellsOption 2: When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon
MPG WWII
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 145
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.1 - 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
The House on Swiss Avenue
Word is AVENUE and found in Mediterranean Avenue
Points: 185
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total books: 14
Total tasks: 13
20.4 Gilmore GirlsOption 3: Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 165
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 4: Read a NONFICTION book that has the MPG of Science, Animals or History.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the WorldHas MPG of Science and History
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket.
Points: 205
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total books: 15
Total tasks: 14
30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall ZodiacThis is a two book task, from from one option.
Option 3 - Scorpius October 23-November 21
Task: Option 3, Book 1: Author F/L in DEATHSTALKER
How to Be a Movie Star by T.J. Klune
Paperback: How to Be a Movie Star - 384 pages
T, K: deaThstalKer
Task: Option 3, Book 2: Features shapeshifter
The Sumage Solution by G.L. Carriger
Paperback: The Sumage Solution - 313 pages
MPG Shapeshifters
Total pages: 697
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 780 / 1045
Tasks Completed 40/59
25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the SouthlandThis is a two book task - first task required, second from one of two options.
Task: Required, Book 1: 5+ letter word in title from phrase
Losing My Rejection by Blake R. Wolfe
Paperback: Losing My Rejection
Losing: falL IS a sOutherNers reward for survivinG summer
Task: Book 2, Option 2: Author's last name in phrase
Pressure Head by J.L. Merrow
Paperback: Pressure Head
Merrow: fall is a sOuthEReRs reWard for surviving suMmer
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 805 / 1045
Tasks Completed 41/59
25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To RideThis is a two book task, from the same or different options.
Task:Book 1, Option 1: One of #18 - 33 of a series
Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews
MMPB: Lord of the Wings
Lord of the Wings is book #19 in the Meg Langslow mystery series.
Task: Book 2, Option 2: MPG Mystery
Elusive Relations by Nicky James
Paperback: Elusive Relations
Elusive Relations is MPG Mystery.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 830 / 1045
Tasks Completed 42/59
25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: BookopolyThis is a two book task, based on rolls.
Task:Book 1, Roll #1: WORM in title
Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey
WORM: taste of MaRrOW
Task: Book 2, Roll 5: Author FL found in WIKIPEDIA
Defy the Future by Keira Andrews
Paperback: Defy the Future
K, A: wiKipediA
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 855 / 1045
Tasks Completed 43/59
Mod
You have a 30 point task in the upcoming Winter challenge.
Mai5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE
The Political Philosophy of AI: An Introduction by Mark Coeckelbergh
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 33
NF Tickets: 13
15.2 - Don't Stop Me NowThis is a two book task - two books from the same series.
Task:Book 1:
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
MMPB: Frost Burned
Book #7 in the Mercy Thompson series.
Task: Book 2:
Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
MMPB: Night Broken
Book #8 in the Mercy Thompson series.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 870 / 1045
Tasks Completed 44/59
15.1 - Whodunnit?This is a two book task.
Task:Book 1: Weapon from list on cover.
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Paperback: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Dagger on cover - approved on Help Thread for task, Message 55.
Task: Book 2: Book from list
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
MMPB: Death By Misadventure
Found on page 8 of the list.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 885 / 1045
Tasks Completed 45/59
EMurphy25.6 RedSycamore's Task: Ticket to Ride
Option 2: MPG Mystery Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
Option 3: MPG Horror, Weird Fiction, New Weird, or Speculative Fiction youthjuice by E.K. Sathue
*MPG Horror
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 315
Books Read: 23
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 12
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My MindThis is a one book task.
Task:Option 3: Author FL in KHACHAPURI
Kick at the Darkness by Keira Andrews
Paperback: Kick at the Darkness
K, A: KhAchapuri
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 905 / 1045
Tasks Completed 46/59
EMurphy25.3 Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Option 1: First word in title OR author's initials begin with I or V Vicious by Victoria E. Schwab
Option 2: Book from Laughter List Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
*Page 1 of list
**It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 340
Books Read: 25
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 13
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's ChallengeThis is a one book task.
Task:Option 3: MPG Religion
Faith: A Journey for All by Jimmy Carter
Paperback: Faith: A Journey For All
MPG Religion
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 925 / 1045
Tasks Completed 47/59
15.8 - Read My MindThis is a one book task.
Task:MC with psychic ability
Secrets by Jordan Castillo Price
Paperback: Secrets
MC Victor sees ghosts - he's a PsyCop. See GR precis.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 940 / 1045
Tasks Completed 48/59
15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?This is a one book task.
Task: Single word title
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 955 / 1045
Tasks Completed 49/59
15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You ScreamThis is a one or two book task.
Option 2 - one book
Task: MPG Science Fiction, #1-7 of series
Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff
Valor's Trial is MPG Science Fiction and #4 in the Confederation series.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 970 / 1045
Tasks Completed 50/59
10.4 Once Upon a CrimeThis is a one book task.
Task: MPG Crime
Shattered by Dick Francis
MMPG: Shattered
MPG Crime
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 980 / 1045
Tasks Completed 51/59
5.10 Free For FallThis is a one book task.
Task: Meets SRC standards
Home & Away by Samantha Wayland
Paperback: Home and Away by Samantha Wayland
MPG Crime
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 985 / 1045
Tasks Completed 52/59
5.6 A Hauntingly Good TimeThis is a one book task.
Task: A haunting / ghost essential
Criss Cross by Jordan Castillo Price
Paperback: Criss Cross: A PsyCop Novella
MC Victor sees ghosts - MPG Ghosts. See GR precis.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 990 / 1045
Tasks Completed 53/59
5.3 Autumn WhodunitsThis is a one book task.
Task: MPG Cozy Mystery
Mystery Magnet by Gregory Ashe
Paperback: Mystery Magnet
MPG Cozy Mystery
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 995 / 1045
Tasks Completed 54/59
5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything NiceThis is a one book task.
Task: Author FL in PUMPKIN SPICE
Fresh Catch by Kate Canterbary
K, C: pumpKin spiCe
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 1000 / 1045
Tasks Completed 55/59
5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!This is a one book task.
Task: Title word from list - Fall
Fall on Your Knees by J.A. Rock & Lisa Henry
Paperback: Fall on Your Knees
Fall in title
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 1005 / 1045 **I think I'm off by 10 points, but can't figure out where.....**
Tasks Completed 56/59
Mod
Option 1-
Book 1: Read a book with a aeroplane on the cover.
by Emma Rosenblum/ airplane on coverBook 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in HIT THE SILK.
Forever Enough by Kelly Elliott / KE in phrase
Points this post: 15
Total points: 965
Julia103repost (adding that author is new to me)
25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 3 - Read a book first published in 2024.
To Slip the Bonds of Earth by Amanda Flower
(published March 26, 2024)
This author is new to me.
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
FLY Task #20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
task: Option 3: Read book with a single author whose first and last initials are found in the word KHACHAPURI
book: Fool's Assassin
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here) = 667 pages
how it fits: author Robin Hobb initials RH in K(H)ACHAPU(R)I
other: **Claiming BB ticket for MMPB = 667 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550
Tasks completed: 32/59
BB: 3 + 1 = 4 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
MEGSCL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge
Option 2 – Read abook with the word ‘saint’ in the title or subtitle
Saint X
TOTAL
345 points
4 IAF ticket + 1 BB ticket
MEGSCL30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
Option 1 - Virgo August 23-September 22
Book 1 - Read a book with a main character who is an unmarried woman aged 15 - 29 inclusive.
Maame
Quote from P72:
"I'm twenty-five, mum"
"Yes of course. " she raises her eyebrows. "It's because you're not married, so my brain thinks you must be younger."
Book 2 - title word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven. Word = know
You Need to Know
TOTAL
375 points
4 IAF ticket + 1 BB ticket
MEGSCL15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
One word title - Rapture
TOTAL
390 points
4 IAF ticket + 1 BB ticket
MaryPDX30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ignored) initials use only the letters "BER"
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Option 4
Read a book that is # 9,10 or 11 in a series the number must be shown in Greyscale on GR record.
Elegy for Eddie Maisie Dobbs #9
Points this task: 30
Total points: 310
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20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 3: Book first published in a year with the number "93": This book was first published December 14, 1993
Postphenomenology: Essays in the Postmodern Context by Don Ihde
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 32
NF Tickets: 12