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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Amy B15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Lovecraftian list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on.
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (page 1)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 40 Points
Lisa MD25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 1: Author Initials in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
416 pgs
Author Initials: TK found in seaTtle seahawKs
Option 3: Published in 2024
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
352 pgs
Author, Coco Mellors, is new to me.
Published on May 23, 2024
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 1020 / 1045
Total Books Read: 77
Total Tasks Completed: 56 / 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 11
Amy B15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
Held: A Novel by Anne Michaels
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 55 Points
Lisa MD10.6 - On My Hike
Title word found in NATIONAL PARKS
Lessons from Tara: Life Advice from the World’s Most Brilliant Dog by David Rosenfelt
240 pgs
Title Word: "TARA" found in nATionAl paRks
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 1030 / 1045
Total Books Read: 78
Total Tasks Completed: 57 / 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 12
Kim O20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 1: Transcontinental - Read a book that also crosses borders and has a hybrid genres as MPGs either as a compound genre or two different genres.
The Grey Wolf Hybrid genre: Mystery Thriller
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 185
Big Book - 500+: 1
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Amy B20.7- 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 3: Khachapuri
Read book with a single author whose first and last name initials are found in the word KHACHAPURI. Letters may only be used as often as they are found in the word.
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson (320 pages)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 75 Points
Lisa MD5.10 - Free Choice
Dog Eat Dog by David Rosenfelt
304 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 1035 / 1045
Total Books Read: 79
Total Tasks Completed: 58 / 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 12
EMurphy20.4 Golden Oldies-Kali's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3: All the letters RENO in the title The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 570
Books Read: 38
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 3
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 24
Amy B10.10 Spaceship Pressure
Read a book with a number at least one number of 1, 2,3,4,5,6, on the cover or in the title. The number doesn't need to be the only number but at least one of these numbers must be present. The number must be numerical and not spelled out.
Required: if using cover choice, post the cover.
Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson (in the stopwatch on the cover)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 85 Points
MEGSCL15.1 - Whodunnit?
Book 1: Read a book with one of the iconic Cluedo murder weapons on the cover: rope
Book 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Murder Mystery list: p4
The Secret Place
**541pp big book ticket
TOTAL
625 points
5 IAF ticket + 3 BB ticket
MEGSCL10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live.
The Blue Flower Set in Germany, I live in Australia
TOTAL
635 points
5 IAF ticket + 3 BB ticket
MEGSCL30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
I got letter R
Option 2- Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter. Runaway: Stories
Option 3 - MPG: Read a book with a MPG that starts with your letter. Clap When You Land (realistic fiction)
TOTAL
665 points
5 IAF ticket + 3 BB ticket
Amy B10.6 On My Hike
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
Required State the word
Last Woman: Stories by Carleigh Baker (LAST)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 95 Points
Amy B25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
Choose 2 different options and read 1 book from each option.
2. Read a book with one of the original 10 Monopoly tokens on the cover.
These are: Racecar (any car is acceptable)
Required: Post the cover.
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner (car)
3. Read a book with MPG Romance AND one of the following: Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense.
Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson (Romance and Mystery)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 120 Points
30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall ZodiacOption 2, book 1, MPG Social Justice: Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People by Tracy Kidder
paperback edition Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People 320 pages
Option 2, book 2, a book from Legal Thriller Books page 4: The Truth about the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline
paperback edition The Truth about the Devlins 400 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 885
Last post of the season. Thank you moderators, moderator helpers, task creators, and fellow readers!
Barbara ★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
It Takes a Witch - Heather Blake 10/15
(title starts with I)
Option 2:
Read a book from: laughter
Backpacking Through Bedlam - Seanan McGuire 11/30
(found on Page 4)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 830
Lisa MD10.7 - Let It Grow
plant, bush, flower, in ground, in vase, or shows stem on cover
Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Flowers in vase on cover
240 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 1045 / 1045
Total Books Read: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 59 / 59
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 12
Bookwrm526Task #15.9 - Shifting Sands
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. I chose the Thar Desert, which includes the country India, and read Blue Skinned Gods by S.J. Sindu. The book is at 60% before the action leaves India.
Total points for challenge: 340
EMurphy50.1 Jen B's Task: 'Bored' Games
Option 2a: Mansion, Apartment, Shack, or House in title The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
*360 pages
Option 2b: Person's name in the title After Alice by Gregory Maguire
*273 pages
Option 2c: City name in the title The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle
*304 pages
**360+273+304=937 pages
This Task:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 620
Books Read: 41
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 3
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 25
All done!! Thank you for a great Challenge!
FLY Task #5.10 Free For Fall
task: Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
book: Curtain
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: meets SRC rules
Points this post: 5
Total points: 1045
Tasks completed: 59/59 ... Boo-yah!!
BB: 5 / GO: 5 / IAF: 4
Amy B25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
This is a two book task. Pick one option and read book A and book B.
Required: state the option
Option 1: Seasonal Shift
Book A: Cool Breeze
Authors initials found in COOL BREEZE. Letters may be used as many times as they appear middle initials may be ignored.
The Employees by Olga Ravn
Book B: Beautiful colors
Read a book that with 80% any combination of any of these colors: Red, orange, yellow, brown, and green according to Tineye
Required: Post the Cover
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant (84.2% red, 3% brown)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 145 Points
Amy B20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Required: Choose one option and state your choice.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Required State which word you used.
Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin (Schoolhouse)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 165 Points
Amy B20.9 - 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 3: The Next Adventure.
My next trip will likely be to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan or/and China. For this option, choose a book where at least 50% of the setting is in one of these countries, or by an author from one of these places.
Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin (set in Sokcho, South Korea)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 185 Points
Amy B25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!
This is a two book task. Choose two of the following options.
Required: State the options you chose.
Option 2. Game pieces are red, yellow, blue, and green. Read a book with at least two of these colors on the cover, according to TinEye. Any percentage is acceptable as long as it is present.
Required: Post the cover and state the colors with their TinEye percentages.
High Society by Daniel Kalla (4.7% red and 0.7% green)
Option 4. Read a book with an exclamation point in the title (disregard subtitle).
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 210 Points
Kathy KS10.6 On My Hike
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
See Also Deception by Larry D. Sweazy
ALSO=natiOnAL parkS
I listened to an audiobook; pb-240 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 775
Tasks completed: 34/59
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 11
That's it for this Season!
Amy B30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
For this task, you will pick one of the THREE options before and read book A and book B for that option. The total pages combine must exceed 500 (501 or more) You may read ONE book in the Maisie Dobbs series to meet requirements.
Option 1
Book A – Read a book in the Maisie Dobbs series
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (292 pages)
Book B – Read a book where the authors initials can be found in Jacqueline Winspear. All initials count. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Cross My Heart by James Patterson (544 page)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 215 Points
Amy B25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To Ride
Read Two Books: Read two books from the options below. You may use the same option twice.
Required: State the options you used
Option 3: Ghost Train
Read a book with at least one of the MPGs Horror, Weird Fiction, New Weird, or Speculative Fiction
Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada (Speculative Fiction)
Option 4: Rails and Sails
Read a book that has any of the following Ticket to Ride related words found intact in the title or subtitle: Conductor, Engine, Freight, Industrial, Magnate, Master, Rail, Ride, Sail, Station, Steam, Ticket, or Train
Required: State the Ticket to Ride word.
Snow Road Station by Elizabeth Hay (Station)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 240 Points
Amy B20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
This is a one book task. Please choose an option and read a book that meets the requirements.
REQUIRED: State the option.
Option 1: Read a book that features characters staying in or working at a hotel or inn. A Bed and Breakfast does not count, because Lorelai hates a B&B. All other types of inns/hotels are acceptable (guest lodge, pension, hostel, etc.), but not house rentals (like Airbnb).
REQUIRED: If the setting is not evident from the description or the GR metadata, provide a reference.
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune (lakeside resort - guest stay in the lodge)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 260 Points
Amy B20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
Choose one option and read a book for that option.
Required: State which option you choose.
Option 1: English
Read a book off this list:
Required Reading in High School
Required: State which page your book is found on.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
(page 1)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 280 Points
Amy B15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
This is a two-book task.
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.
Cross Justice by James Patterson
Cross the Line by James Patterson
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 295 Points
Amy B30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
This is a two book task, pick one book for two different options
Required: State the options
1) For this option, read a book off of this list :
Great Debut Novels
Required: State the page
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (page 13)
3) For this option, read a 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.
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 325 Points
Amy B30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options.
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)
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Option 2: Meeting the family
Read a book with a 3 and a 0 (zero) in the page count. The numbers do not need to be consecutive.
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (320 pages)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 355 Points
Amy B25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
Required: State which option you used for book 2.
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"..Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase. Titles only, ignore subtitles.
Required: State the target word.
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton (mirror)
Book 2 Option 2: Read a book with a single author where the author's last name can be found in the phrase. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 380 Points
Amy B15.10 - 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.
Required: State the word.
Hope to Die by James Patterson (HOPE)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 395 Points
Amy B10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Read a book with MPG Crime
The People vs. Alex Cross by James Patterson
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 405 Points
Sue T15.10 - 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
We Three Queens by Rhys Bowen
Word is Three
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 80/1045
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Sue T25.3 - Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges
Option 1: book where the first word in title OR author's initial (first or last) begins with I OR V
The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters
Option 3: Read a book from: Best of 1920's
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie from page one of the list
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100/1045
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
That''s it for me this round. As always, my thanks to the mods and task creators for another great season.
20.6 Fall Reading RetreatOpt 1 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE
Do You Remember? by Freida McFadden
FM in FarMhouse
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 490
50.1 Bored Games 750 pgsOpt 2- MASH
Book 1 - Read a book with the word Mansion, Apartment, Shack, or House in the title. Plurals and possessives are ok, but no other variations.
The House Across the Lake 349 pgs
Book 2 - Read a book with a person’s name in the title
The Death of Mrs. Westaway 368 pgs
Book 3 - Read a book with a city name in the title
The Paris Library 368 pgs
349+368+368 =1085 pgs
Points: 50
Total/challenge: 540
LoraTask: 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge, using Option 3
Book/Author: A Week in the Fall of Jerusalem / Ben Witherington III
How it fits: MPG Religion
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 715
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: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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The Paris Library (other topics)
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
OPTION 3: EMILY
Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
Crimes and Covers
RE O in cOvERs
N in aNd
I read the kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): Crimes and Covers
Points this task: 20
Points total: 125
GO: 1