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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Deborah5.10 Free For Fall
Blissful Masquerade
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 3
15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You ScreamOption 2, MPG Science Fiction and #1-7 in a series: A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor (The Chronicles of St Mary's #3)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
MEGSCL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
OPTION 3: EMILY: RENO in title
The End and Everything Before It
TOTAL
40 points
MEGSCL10.10 Spaceship Pressure
Number 5 on the cover
TOTAL
50 points
25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To RideOption 2: Read a book with the MPG Mystery, either stand-alone or combined ('Cozy Mystery', 'Mystery Thriller', etc.)
Stalking Ground (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery #2) by Margaret Mizushima
Option 4: 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
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham #2) by Benjamin Stevenson
Target word: TRAIN
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 100
JUKKA30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
Book 1: Book with at least two of the least common letters in English.
Harmaan Jumalan hetki by Petri Hiltunen has K and J. The title translates as "The Grey God's Hour".
Book 2: A book whose author has an initial that is one of the five least common letters in English.
Syytös — Muuan akateeminen komitragedia by Hanna Kuusela, who has the initial K. The title translates as "Accusation - An Academic Come-Tragedy". It is a work of nonfiction, for an It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 75/1045
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
Joanne MIBigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
Rolled 6-History
Rolled 1- A B C D - Used letter A
On That Day: The Definitive Timeline of 9/11 by William M. Arkin
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 20
IAF this task 1
Season Total 45
IAF Total 1
JEN B20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE.
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
SR in faRmhouSe
TOTAL POINTS: 165
EMurphy5.10 Free For All Book of your Choice - Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Mai10.3 It's a Whole New Town
An anthology of essays
Postphenomenological Investigations: Essays on Human–Technology Relations by Multiple Authors
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
NF Tickets: 2
Mai20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge
Option 3 – Read a book with MPG of Religion
Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley by Carolyn Chen
*Claim 1 Nonfiction Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
NF Tickets: 3
Mimi Michele15.8 Read My Mind
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty. Read 9/14/24
Cherry Lockwood, raised by her fortune telling mom, gets aboard a flight and tells all of the passengers the day they will die and how.
Points: 25
Precious points 15
Total-40
SHEMAC 5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Read a book with one of these words in the title: pumpkin
Pumpkin Cream Pie
Approved for length #251 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
This task points: 5
Total season points: 120
20.10 Group ReadsI read The Echo of Old Books and I posted on the discussion thread.
Points: 20
Books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 431
JUKKA15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
Two books from the same series.
Hellboy, Vol. 5: Conqueror Worm and
Hellboy, Vol. 6: Strange Places by Mike Mignola.
Total Points: 90/1045
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
5.9 It's Fall Y'allRed Knife by William Kent Krueger
First published in September
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 5
15.10 That's Not Trivial PursuitThink Twice by Harlan Coben
THEGREATPENGUINBOOKCHASE
Think is the word
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 20
Katrisa20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge
Option 3 – Read a book with MPG of Religion or Theology
I read Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 160
slideshell20.1 - 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: https://monopoly.fandom.com/wiki/Street
Required: State the word and the street it matches. - Pacific=Pacific Avenue
92 Pacific Boulevard
Hardback - 510 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 115/1045
Completed Tasks: 9/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 3888
Books read this season: 10
Mimi Michele5.4 Embrace the Season
Read a book off the list Best Books to Read in Autumn
Page 2-#152
book:Pumpkinheads|40864790] by Rainbow Rowell. Read 9/14/24
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Bookwrm526Task #5.3 Autumn Whodunits
Read a book with MPG Cozy Mystery. I read The Secret of Seaside by Agatha Ball.
Total points so far: 50
HanneloreTask 5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
Book: The Artful Goddaughter
How it fits: page number is 136
Points this task: 5
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 5.8 Footprints in the Forest
Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover
Required: Post the cover and name the animal
Book: Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection, Vol. 1
How it fits: Butterfly on the cover
Points this task: 5
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Read a book that has hybrid genres as MPGs either as a compound genre or two different genres.
Required: State the two MPGs used to make the hybrid.
Book: Wie adverteert een moord!
How it fits: Has the MPG Mystery Triller, combining the MPGs Mystery and Thriller.
** This book was first published in 1950. I'd like to claim one GO ticket, please. **
Points this task: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
JUKKA5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Book where a haunting or ghosts are important to the story.
Ghostbusters, Volume 1 by Erik Burnham.
Total Points: 95/1045
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
trishhartuk30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the Grandkids
3) For this option, read a book by an author whose initials may be found in AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST.
The Story of My Life, Helen Keller
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (240pg)
aaaabcccccadeggHKlmmnrst
Golden Oldie: First published in 1902
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
5) Read a book that takes place in Hawai’i.
Murder at Midnight (Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery #7), Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (155pg)
The Oahu setting is established in book one of the series: Murder at Dolphin Bay
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Story of my Life is Nonfiction
Golden Oldie: 1 The Story of my Life was first published in 1902
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 8
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
SHEMAC25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Choose two different options and read a book for each option. One of the books must be from a New-to-You author.
Required: State the options and which book is by the New-to-You author. Options 1 and 3 and His Alpha Unlocked
Option 1: Read a book by a single author where the author’s initials appear in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS. (SL)
Mastered By Love by Stephanie Laurens
Option 3: Read a book first published in 2024. (1 April 2024)
His Alpha Unlocked by Anna Sparrows (New-To-Me-Author)
This task points: 25
Total season points: 145
Delicious Dee20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 1 - The Inheritance Games - has mystery and fantasy as 2 distinct genres to make hybrid fantasy-mystery
Points This Task: 20
Points Total: 145
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 1
JUKKA15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Book from the list of Lovecraftian books.
Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me by Ed Brubaker is on page 5.
Total Points: 110/1045
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
Mod
5.1- 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
Calling for a Blanket Dance. Oscar Hokeah
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 9
Total This Season
Points: 120/1045
Completed Tasks: 9/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
5.6 A Hauntingly Good TimeRead a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story.
The ghosts might be imagined or real. Read it to find out!
Last Date in El Zapotal by Mateo García Elizondo
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 20
5.8 Footprints in the ForestRead a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover
Lizard - Chameleon / ghecko
The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo AgualusaTask Total: 5
Season Total: 25
10.9 The Wonderful Thing about DragonsRead a book from the this list.
Dragons
Required State the page
Page 1
Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 35
15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?Read a book with a single-word title
Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 50
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's ChallengeOption 2 – Read abook with the word ‘saint’ in the title or subtitle.
Of Saints and Miracles by Manuel Astur
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 70
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.Option 2: The Grown-Up Life.
For this task, choose a book that features at least one adult person on the cover.
Sunburn by Laura LippmanTask Total: 20
Season Total: 90
Mod
5.9 It's Fall Y'all
Read a book first published in September, October, or November
First published October 27, 2020
I'll Be Seeing You: A Memoir. Elizabeth Berg
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 10
Total This Season
Points: 125/1045
Completed Tasks: 10/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Elizabeth PTask 5.6 - A Hauntingly Good Time
Book where haunting is essential to plot of book
Inheritance by Nora Roberts
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 1
Nick KY15.6 Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
I read The Book of Cthulhu from p. 2 of the Lovecraftian list.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK at 529 pp.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 165
BBs So Far: 500+ (1)
Amy FL5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Black Fall - Fall in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Amy FL30.2 Cat's Task: Books of Africa
Option 1:
Book 1: The Girl with the Louding Voice - set in Nigeria
Book 2: A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ - author was born in Lagos, Nigeria
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Amy FL30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 1: Camino Ghosts by John Grisham - NHRA in joHN gRishAm
Option 4: The Gray Man- first published September 29, 2009
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Amy FL30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
Spun D
Option 2 - Title: Dead Mountain - Title starts with "D"
Option 3 - MPG: Name of the Devil - MPG Detective (MPG confirmed in message 13)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Barbara ★15.8 - Read My Mind
Read a book in which a main character exhibits (or pretends to have - we'll accept charlatans for this task!) some sort of psychic ability, e.g. clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis, mediumship etc.
No Way Back - Rylie Dark 9/8
(MC is a psychic medium who can speak with the dead)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 55
Barbara ★30.6 - 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. Provide proof of age
Hunter of the Heart - Vanessa Jaye (208 pages) 9/10
(MC 28 and single)
(She was Tessa Samantha Archer and had been for all 28 years of her life), p2
Book 2: Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven. Word must match exactly - no exceptions.
Whispering Twilight -Melissa McShane (410 pages) 9/6
(Your stairway lies on the whispering wind? Oh)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (208 pages) + Book 2 (410 pages) = 618 > 500
Points this task: 30
Total points: 85
Amy FL30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Option 2:
Book A: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves- female author, #1 in Two Rivers series, Mystery MPG
Book B: The Various Haunts of Men - First book in a mystery series by a female author category
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170
Barbara ★30.4 - TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 1: Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name
Dressed to Kilt - Hannah Reed 9/13
(NHRA in HaNnAh Reed)
Option 2: Read a book with a 3 and a 0(zero) in the page count.
Flight from Death - Yasmine Galenorn 9/11
(300 pages)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 115
Barbara ★25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1:
Roll the 6-sided die to see which token you will be playing with, then read a book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece.
Hexed - Ilona Andrews 9/1
(rolled 5, horse)
Required: State the number of the die you rolled.
Book 2:
Roll the 6-sided die to see what property or action your token lands on, then read a book to satisfy the description.
2 – Buy a Bookstore:
Independent book stores are celebrated one day in the month of April across the United States and also for a week in June in the U.K. and Ireland. Read a book originally published in April or June of any year.
Stone Song - Tricia O'Malley 9/10
(rolled 2, published June 2, 2016)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 140
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5.3 Autumn Whodunits
See No Evil
MPG: COZY MYSTERY
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 2