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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Delicious Dee5.4 Embrace the Season
The Summer Before the War - found on pg3
Points This Task: 5
Points Total: 70
Golden Oldies: 1
Task 25.5 - Bookopolyrolled 2 & 5
book 1: 2 = SHIP in title
The Spire
book 2: 5 = author initials PE in -PEDIA (both words work)
The Trees by Percival Everett
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85 points
brooke4.05.3 Autumn Whodunits
Read a book with MPG Cozy Mystery
Horribly Haunted in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker; audio read, no MMP, next paperback is 174pgs 9/10
Points this Post: 5pts
Total Points: 55/1045pts
Tasks Completed: 5/59
Big Book Total: 3
Nick KY10.6 Hike I read The Armored Saint by Myke Cole. Title word “SAINT” has letters from “NATIonal parkS."
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 125
ROBIN P30.3 XBM's Task: Celebrating the Grandkids
Option 2: book whose main character is an active member or veteran in any branch of the military.
Required: If occupation is not clear from the main page, provide a reference
A Farewell to Arfs - Bernie, the main character, is an army veteran. There are multiple references to his war wound and a scene with fellow veterans whose lives he saved who insist on buying him drinks.
3) book by an author whose first and last initials may be found in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST. Letters may be used as many times as they appear in the list.
A Song for Arbonne - author Guy Gavriel Kay - listened to audiobook, linked mmpb
**Claiming 1 BB point - 511 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 55
BB:1 GO:0 IAF:1
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10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live. (England)
Required: State the country you live. If the setting is not evident from the main page, provide a reference. (I live in the United States)
The Last Bookshop in London. Madeline Martin
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 6
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 75/1045
Completed Tasks: 6/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...Title word made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE: Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
The word is Song.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Delicious Dee15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Annihilation - found on pg1
Points This Task: 15
Points Total: 85
Golden Oldies: 1
brooke4.015.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020.
Little Bookshop of Murder by Maggie Blackburn audio read; no MMP, next paperback is 336pgs 9/10
Points this Post: 15pts
Total Points: 70/1045pts
Tasks Completed: 6/59
Big Book Total: 3
Rockynook20.4 - Gilmore Girls
Option 3: Emily
RENO letters in title
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
tOwER of dawN
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Rockynook30.6 - Fall Zodiac
Option 3:
Book 1 - author initials in DEATHSTALKER
An Unexpected Peril by Deanna Raybourn
DeathstalkeR
Book 2 - shapeshifter in book
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
The character Lysandra is a shapeshifter. Noted in the physical description linked here: https://throneofglass.fandom.com/wiki...
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 50
slideshell5.1- 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
Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant by Darci Hannah
Paperback - 330 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: 65/1045
Completed Tasks: 6/59
Big Book: 1
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 2229
Books read this season: 6
slideshell5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover https://www.animalfunfacts.net/knowle...
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles
Paperback - 331 pages
Animal/Insect from list - Fox, Hare & Beetle
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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: 70/1045
Completed Tasks: 7/59
Big Book: 1
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 2560
Books read this season: 7
Katrisa10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live
I read Elektra it is set in Troy and Ancient Greece. I live in the U.S.
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 95
Katrisa30.2 Cat's Task: Books of Africa
Opt 1
Book 1 - Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Africa, or is about one or more countries in Africa (if Non-Fiction).
I read In Morocco set in/about Morocco
Book 2 - Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Africa.
I read The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna who was born in Sierra Leone
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 125
Bookwrm526Task #5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story. I read Ghost in the Wind by E.J. Copperman - the ghosts are mentioned in the Goodreads description.
Total points so far: 35
trishhartuk20.3 Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 5: Read a book with a cover that depicts a snowy scene
The Grudge, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (179pg)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
LoraTask: 10.7 Let It Grow
Book/Author: The Island / Natasha Preston
How it fits: two flowers (lily pad flowers) on the cover
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 50
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: 0
20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading RetreatBook: My Hygge Home: How to Make Home Your Happy Place
How it fits: option 3 - drink on cover
I listened to the audio book, the paperback edition has 272 pages.
I’d like to claim one It’s a fact ticket.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
It’s a fact tickets: 1
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore GirlsBook: Dragon's Heat
How it fits: option 3 - letters RENO in title
I listened to the audio book. The paperback edition has 346 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...Book: Dark Rise
How it fits: the word RISE can be made from the letters
I’d like to claim one big book ticket.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Big book tickets: 1
JEN B25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
2. Monopoly - Read a book with one of the original 10 Monopoly tokens on the cover: Racecar (any car is acceptable)
by Sarah Goodman Confino3. Mystery Date – Read a book with MPG Romance AND one of the following: Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense
In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber
MPGs Romance, Mystery
TOTAL POINTS: 110
JUKKA10.2- Slay The Beast
Book with MONSTER intact in the title.
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris.
Total Points: 45/1045
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Nick KY25.8 Shelby’s Football. Go Seahawks!
Opt. 2. "To honor Pete Carroll, read a book published prior to the year he was born in 1951." I read The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, 1st pub’d 1898.
Opt. 3. "Hailed as the newest defensive guru he (Mike McDonald) is now the youngest head coach in the NFL. Read a book first pub’d in 2024." I read The Anthropologists by Aysegül Savas, an author who is NEW-TO-ME.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 150
SHEMAC15.1 - Whodunnit? (two-book task)
Book 1: Read a book with one of the iconic Cluedo murder weapons on the cover: dagger (with visible hilt/pommel),
Miss Marple's Final Cases
Required: Post the cover.
Book 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Murder Mystery list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Shadows in Death
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on. #24
This task points: 15
Total season points: 90
Andy P.15.10 - 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
Word is THERE
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
T in Pictures
H in Hidden
E in Pictures
R in Pictures
E in Hidden
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Andy P.Task # 5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover https://www.animalfunfacts.net/knowle...
by Jennifer Ackerman # 4 owlPoints this post:5
Total points: 50
Mimi Michele5.9 Read a book first published in September, October or November.
The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford. Read 9//9/24
Published September 16, 20216
10.1 Read a book set in a county you do not live in.
The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths. Read 9/11/24🇺🇸 I live in the USA and this book is set Norfolk, England
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
trishhartuk25.8 Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 1: Book by a single author where the initials appear in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives, Hisashi Kashiwai
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): here (288pg). PB that matches the English kindle: here (201pg)
seaHawKs
Hisashi Kashiwai is a new-to-me author
Option 3: Read a book first published in 2024.
The Masquerades of Spring, Ben Aaronovitch
Read the kindle edition. Top HB (no PB): here (192pg)
First published 1 September 2024
Ben Aaronovich is an author I've read before.
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
CHANDNI20.10 Group Reads
I read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
My comment is here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
JenJ IA15.10 - 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.
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
Required: State the word. - PERSON
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 20/1045
Tasks Completed: 2/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Katrisa5.4 Embrace the Season
Read a book off this list
Best Book To Read In Autumn
I read The House on the Strand from P1 of the list
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 130
Katrisa5.9 It's Fall Y'all
Read a book first published in September, October, or November
I read Faith, Hope and Carnage published in September
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 135
FLY Task #15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
task: - 4+ letter title word made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE
book: Being a Green Mother
how it fits: Green in (GRE)AT P(EN)GUIN
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 7/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country where you do not live.
I live in the USA and the book is set in Japan
Before Your Memory Fades
Totals
Points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF:
Total books: 1
Total tasks: 1
Zoeycat5-9- First published in September, October, or November
Pathetic Literature by Eileen Myles published 11/15/22
Pathetic Literature
claiming big book ticket--747 pages
This post:
total points: 5
HanneloreTask 30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
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.
Required: State the letters.
Book:De Volksjury 2
How it fits: Title has K and J in it.
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. For multiple authored books, only one author needs to work.
Required: State the letters.
Book:Fairy Tale
How it fits: Author is Stephen King, last initial is K.
*** Book 1 is non-fiction. I'd like to claim a IAF ticket for that one, please. ***
*** Book 2 has 788 pages, I would like to claim a 750+ BB ticket.***
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Option 2
Book A – Read a book that meets the requirements: female author, first in series, mystery MPG- Series must contain at least 3 books published or publishing within this season (sept 1- Nov 30 2024)
Book: Shakespeare's Landlord
How it fits: Female autor: Charlaine Harris.
First in series.
Has MPG Mystery and 5 primary publised works in the series.
Book B – read a book from one of the three nominated categories from that season of SRC
Book: Eerste steen rechts
How it fits: Is in the list with RITA Award Winners. I read the translated version of "First stone on the right".
The total pages combined must exceed 500. Book A has 216 pages, book B has 317 pages. Together 533 pages, so they meet this requirement.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 5.7 Too Precious to Forget
Read a book that is at least 50% combination of pink and blue
Faking with Benefits by Lily Gold
All Pinks + Blues = 84.9% according to Tineye
Points this post: 5
Points to date: 40
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1: Read a book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece.
Die rolled: 6 -Whale
Hitting thE WALl
Hitting the Wall by Cate C. Wells
Book 2: Die rolled: 1
1 –Property: Read a book from one of these genres listed on the board: Romance, Mystery, Humor, Sci-Fi, or Fantasy.
Against a Wall by Cate C. Wells
MPG Romance
Points this post: 25
Points to date: 65
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Delicious Dee5.3 Autumn Whodunits
A Useful Woman - cozy mystery is a main page genre (first expansion to show top 10)
Points This Task: 5
Points Total: 90
Golden Oldies: 1
Mod
10.8 How Far I'll Leap
Read a book where time travel is essential to the story.
The Time Machine. H.G. Wells
First published in 1895 - claiming one GO ticket
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 7
Golden Oldie: 1
Total This Season
Points: 85/1045
Completed Tasks: 7/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Option 2: History.
The Jacobite Rebellion: 1745–46, Gregory Fremont-Barnes (144pg)
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction, History, and Military History
It does randomly have Military Fiction as an MPG, but the GR description definitely specifies that it’s a history: “Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to one of history's most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns.”
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Jacobite Rebellion is Nonfiction
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 7
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Kai15.7 Whose Side Are You On?
Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
Rattlebone by Maxine Clair
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Points: 40
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 0
Janice CA5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book about ghosts.
Ghosts of the Old West: Desert Spirits, Haunted Cabins, Lost Trails, and Other Strange Encounters by Earl Murray
+5
total: 15
tasks: 2
books: 2
Mod
Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE.
word is bitch
read Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch
points this post 15
total points 30
Mod
option 3 Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title
read The Family Reunion
points this post 20
total points 50
Mod
Option 3-
Stay Real by Kaylee Ryan / KR in phrase; 269 pg PB
Total pages: 269 > 200 pg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
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5.4 Embrace the Season
Book off the Best Books To Read In Autumn list.
Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba is on page 1.
Total Points: 35/1045
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0