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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Barbara ★20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
Roll one 6-sided die - https://www.calculator.net/dice-rolle... - to determine which genre you will be reading. ROLLED 2
1) Biography or Memoir
2) Mystery or Suspense
3) Horror or Psychology
4) Classics
5) Fantasy or Science Fiction
6) History or Historical Fiction
Then roll again to determine one of the author's initials. The author's first OR last initial must start with one of the letters you rolled. If there are multiple authors, they also must have an initial in your rolled list of letters. ROLLED 4
4) M, N, O, or P
Murder in the Cookbook Nook - Ellery Adams 9/15
(has MPG Mystery)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 160
Nick KY5.4 Books for Fall.
I read The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton from p. 2 of the Best Books for Autumn list:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 170
Andy P.Task # 30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
Book 1:
Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title.
Reykjavík: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson JK
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. Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger K
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
carswiski Completed task 20.6 by reading a book with fire on its cover.
The book is called The Holy Spirit, Fire of Divine Love.
[bookcover:The Holy Spirit, Fire of Divine Love|1681497387]
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Julia10325.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
I rolled 6 for Book 1 and rolled 1 for Book 2.
Book 1: The Sweet Blue Distance
(WHALE: W in Sweet, H in The, A in Distance, LE in Blue)
This book is more than 750 pages, so claiming two Big Book tickets. (The copy I read has 777 pages, Goodreads book page says 800 pages.)
Book 2: The Truthsayer's Apprentice
(MPG Fantasy)
This post: 25 points, 2 BB
Total points: 125
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 1
Completed tasks: 7
Books read: 9
Mod
15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Lovecraftian list: Page 6
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
Points this task: 15
Season total: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
CHANDNI15.4 - Flight Risk
Option 2: one-book task.
Read a book which satisfies both criteria for option 1.
Read a book with a aeroplane on the cover and Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in HIT THE SILK.
by Laura HillenbrandPoints this post: 15
Total points: 70
slideshell30.6 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
Twisted Games
Paperback - 422 pages
Book 2: Read a book featuring a shapeshifter of some kind.
Changeless
Paperback - 432 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 145/1045
Completed Tasks: 10/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 4742
Books read this season: 12
Lindsey IL15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
Good Mourning: Moving Through Everyday Losses with Wisdom from the Other Side by Theresa Caputo
first published in 2020
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Lindsey IL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by William H. McRaven
option 1, self-help genre
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 35
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
CHANDNI20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 3: Read book with a single author whose first and last name initials are found in the word KHACHAPURI.
Siren's Song by Karen Chance
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Lindsey IL25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To Ride
Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne
option 2, mystery genre
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
option 4, "train" in title
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 60
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 2
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
All Things Reconsidered: How Rethinking What We Know Helps Us Know What We Believe
Author: Knox McCoy
Claiming 1 Its a fact ticket
Totals
Points: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total books: 2
Total tasks: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.10 - 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
The Heart PrincipleThe word is HEART
Totals
Points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total books: 3
Total tasks: 3
Susan A5.4 Embrace the Season - list
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
#38 page 1 of list
previous total: 135
points this task: 5
new total: 140
Susan A5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween? - 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
Lethal Control by Gregory Ashe
No MMPB paperback here
First published October 31st 2022
previous total: 140
points this task: 5
new total: 145
Susan A15.1 - Whodunnit? -
Book 1: Cluedo murder weapons on the cover
Dropping the Hammer by Joanna Wayne
MMPB here
Rope on cover
Book 2: list
Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
MMPB has page count 0
paperback here
PAGE 8 list
previous total: 145
points this task: 15
new total: 160
Susan A15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now - 2 books same series
Author: Rylie Dark
Where You Hide Kelly Cruz Mystery #2
Where You Sleep Kelly Cruz Mystery #3
Kelly Cruz Mystery series listed on main page as required
previous total: 160
points this task: 15
new total: 175
Susan A15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 2: One-book task
MPG of Science Fiction and numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered
Spark by Michelle M. Pillow
No MMPB paperback here
MPG science fiction
series < a href=https://www.goodreads.com/series/1896... Alien Mail Order Brides #1 - series 6 primary works, series appears on main page as required
previous total: 175
points this task: 15
new total: 190
Susan A15.4 - Flight Risk
Book 1: airplane on cover
Ryland’s Reach by Dale Mayer
paperback here, NO MMPB
airplane on cover
Book 2: First and last initials can be found in HIT THE SILK.
Rafe by Kathy Ivan
No MMPB paperback here
author initials K I found in HIT THE SILK
previous points: 190
points this task: 15
new total: 205
Susan A15.5 - Oh No, Not Again... - first published in 2002 or 2020
Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely
No MMPB. paperback here
First published October 13th 2020
previous total: 205
points this post: 15
new total: 220
Susan A15.7 Whose Side Are You On? - single-word title
Frost by Michelle M. Pillow
No MMPB. paperback here
one word title
previous total: 220
points this post: 15
new total: 235
Susan A15.8 - Read My Mind - MC with some sort of psychic ability
The Vanishing by Jayne Ann Krentz
MMPB
psychic ability - "other sight" from book description
previous total: 235
points this task: 15
new total: 250
ALICIAAA1 5.2 Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
Pageboy by Elliot Page
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Susan A15.9 - Shifting Sands
Colorado Plateau, USA
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
MMPB
setting NY listed on book main page
previous total: 250
points this task: 15
new total: 265
slideshell30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!
Book 1: Read a book from one of the two following lists:
Non-fiction Disaster Books
Natural Disaster Books
Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in An Age of Innocence
Hardback - 336 pages
Required: state which list, and on which page the book is found. - Non-fiction Disaster books page 1
Book 2: Read a book for which:
A - the author’s first and last initials are in FEMA
Written in Stone
Paperback - 294 pages
Claiming one Non-fiction ticket for:
Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in An Age of Innocence
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 1
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Total This Season
Points: 175/1045
Completed Tasks: 11/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 5372
Books read this season: 14
25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games2. Read a book with one of the original 10 Monopoly tokens on the cover: Horse with Rider (must have a person riding)
Emily Goes to Exeter (The Traveling Matchmaker #1) by Marion Chesney
3. 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.)
Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 125
5.3 Autumn WhodunitsRead a book with MPG Cozy Mystery
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Points this post: 5
Points total: 5
SHAUNA W25.8 Shelby's Task: Are You Ready for Some Football???
Option 2: Read a book published before 1950
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
This author is new-to-me
Option 3: Read a book whose page number ends in either 1, 7, or 8
This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl
Claiming 2 It's a Fact Tickets
Total Points: 25
Total Completed Tasks: 1
Total Completed Books: 2
Total It's a Fact Tickets: 2
Total Big Books Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
SHAUNA W***REALIZED THAT I FORGOT TO CLAIM A GOLDEN OLDIES TICKET***
25.8 Shelby's Task: Are You Ready for Some Football???
Option 2: Read a book published before 1950
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
This author is new-to-me
Option 3: Read a book whose page number ends in either 1, 7, or 8
This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl
Claiming 2 It's a Fact Tickets
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket
Total Points: 25
Total Completed Tasks: 1
Total Completed Books: 2
Total It's a Fact Tickets: 2
Total Big Books Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Task 20.7 - Georgia On My Mindoption 3: author initials in KHACHAPURI (ignore middle) KC
Think of England by K.J. Charles
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150 points
Task 5.9 - It's Fall Y'allpublished October 2019
Close to the Bone
verified on ebook sheet row #782
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155 points
Christine V15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Option 2: Bear Head
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 2
Mod
30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
(This was a fun task for me, the hard part was deciding which two of the grandkids to celebrate in books!)
4) My youngest grandson is a college runner. Read a fiction or nonfiction book about running. (for Arian)
Racing the Rain. John L. Parker Jr.
6) My granddaughters are named August and November. Read a book containing any month in the title/subtitle or author’s name. (for August)
The Dry Grass of August. Anna Jean Mayhew
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 11
Total This Season
Points: 155/1045
Completed Tasks: 11/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
5.9 pub in September, October, or November The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
Published Oct '21
Points: 5/1045
Completed Tasks: 1/59
Big Book:
Its a fact:
Golden Oldie:
trishhartuk5.2 Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
A New History of the Picts, Stuart McHardy (192pg)
S in Spice, M in puMpkin
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction and History
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – A New History of the Picts is is Nonfiction
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 9
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Joanne MI5-7 Too Precious to Forget
Cover is 49.3 Blue, 2.0 Pink per TInEye
Arrow's Fall
Points this task 5
Season Total 30
IAF 1
Mod
Option 1-
Just My Luck by Lena Hendrix / LH in SCHOOLHOUSE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
PegWRead one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2024 season
I read The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland and in the discussion group I posted message #10.
Claiming one Non-fiction ticket for this book.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
BB: 0
NF: 2
GO: 0
Mod
Book 1-
Sterling Clay by LB Dunbar / STERLING in phrase
Book 2-Option 2:
Take a Chance by Natalie Ann / ANN in phrase
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
The Secret Land by Christofer Emgard
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/1045
Task completed: 1/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 Autumn Whodunits
It Had to Be You by Mary Higgins Clark
Cozy Mystery locked in on Post 9 of help thread just in case it falls off.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/1045
Task completed: 2/59
Elizabeth PTask 10.1 - Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Book set in a country you don't live in
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Book is set in Spain; I live in the United States
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 2
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5.3 Autumn Whodunits
Read a book with MPG Cozy Mystery
Memories and Murder. Lynn Cahoon
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 12
Total This Season
Points: 160/1045
Completed Tasks: 12/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
Book Love by Debbie Tung
137 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15/1045
Task completed: 3/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
A Haunted Girl by Ethan Sacks
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20/1045
Task completed: 4/59
Elizabeth PTask 10.4 - Once Upon a Crime
Book with MPG Crime
Die Trying by Lee Child
At 567 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
MMPB edition: Die Trying
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
IAF: 0
Total Books: 3
Elizabeth PTask 20.8 - Back to School
Option 3: Nonfiction book with MPG Science
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
*Claiming one It's a Fact (IAF) Ticket for the nonfiction book*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
IAF: 1
Total Books: 4
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Option 3: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.)
Coming Home
Option 4: Read a book from the first 20 pages of this Humor list:
The Martian Found on Page 2 of the list
New Points: 25
Total Points: 25