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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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SHEMAC 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...
The Owl, the Zebra, and Their Bear Omega 211p
Required: Post the cover and name the animal - Owl
This task points: 5
This season points: 150
Rhiannon30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option #1 Book with Nine, Ten, Eleven or Twelve In title Eleven on Top
Option #4 9, 10, 11 or 12th in Series Caramel Crush #9 in series
Points Claimed this post: 30
Total Points: 60/1085
Books Read: 4/83
Tasks Completed: 2/60
FLY Task #10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
task: Read a book set in a country you do not live in.
book: This Winter
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: I live in the U.S., book is set in the U.K.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 9/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0
15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?Read a book with a single-word title
Clean by Juno Dawson
Dutch edition
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 20
5.8 Footprints in the ForestRead a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover https://www.animalfunfacts.net/knowle...
by Richard OsmanFox, from the herbaceous layer
Points this Task: 5
Season Total: 75
5.8; 5.9
10.5; ...; ...; 10.8
15.5; 15.6; ...; ...; 15.9
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore GirlsOPTION 3: EMILY: Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for The Secret of Chimneys (first published: 1925**)
Points this Task: 20
Season Total: 95
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total GO Tickets: 1
5.8; 5.9
10.5; ...; ...; 10.8
15.5; 15.6; ...; ...; 15.9
20.4
Susan A15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE
The Pirate by Jayne Ann Krentz
MMPB
pirate - THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE
previous total: 265
points this task: 15
new total: 280
Susan A20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 5: Auntie Carol - Read a book with a cover that depicts a snowy scene
Snow by Michelle M. Pillow
NO MMPB, paperback here
snow on cover - approved in QA
previous total: 280
points this task: 20
new total: 300
Susan A20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
OPTION 3: EMILY - letters RENO in the title
Where You Run by Rylie Dark
WherE YOu RuN
previous total: 300
points this task: 20
new total: 320
Susan A20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
Roll 4 - Classics
Roll 1 - A, B, C, or D
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
MPG Classics
author first name starts with A
previous total: 320
points this task: 20
new total: 340
Susan A20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading
Option 1: Where
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE
Unnatural by Alessandra Hazard
No MMPB,
paperback here
author initials AH found in FARMHOUSE
previous total: 340
points this post: 20
new total: 360
Susan A20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Option 1: Transcontinental - hybrid genre
From Below by Darcy Coates
NO MMPB, paperback here
page count: 469
hybrid genre: mystery thriller
previous total: 360
points this task: 20
new total: 380
Susan A20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Option 2: The Grown-Up Life. adult on cover
Kingdom of Needle and Bone by Mira Grant
NO MMPB, no paperback, Hardcover
adult on cover
previous total: 380
points this task: 20
new total: 400
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - Back To School
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction. Variations are acceptable. I read Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward (MPG Historical Fiction).
Total points so far: 70
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10.5 Part of Your Collection
Read a book with a main character as a superhero or vigilante.
Weekend Warriors. Fern Michaels
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 13
Total This Season
Points: 170/1045
Completed Tasks: 13/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise.
Roll the die and read a book with the MPG genre and the author initial assigned.
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (484 p.) *
* The genre was #2 - mystery
The author's initial was #3 - L
➸ Total Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 484
slideshell20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Option 2: Read a book with an MPG of World War II.
The Right Sort of Man
Hardback - 320 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: 195/1045
Completed Tasks: 12/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 5692
Books read this season: 15
ROBIN P 25.6 RedSycamore's Task: Ticket to Ride
Option 1. Book 18-33 of series - Hell and Back - Book 18 of Walt Longmire series - 336 p
Option 4. Word in title
The Master of Ballantrae - MASTER is one of the words - 388 p
Total pages 724 > 500
**Claiming 1 GO pt for The Master of Ballantrae, orig pub 1899
Points this post: 25
Total points: 80
BB:1 GO:1 IAF: 1
Zoeycat30.4 TessaVanessa's US National's drag racing challenge
Option 4: Published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive).: WOMEN TALKING by Miriam Toews August 2018
Option 5: An author that shares a first or last name with one of the winning professional drivers found here: THE UTILITY OF BOREDOM By Andrew Forbes (Andrew Hines, professional)
Claiming 1 IAF for The Utility of Boredom
Points this post: 30
Total points: 35
BB: 1 IAF: 1
LoraTask: 10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Book/Author: Everyone Is Watching / Heather Gudenkauf
How it fits: MPG Crime
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 75
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
Task 15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Screamone book option
MPG Science Fiction and #1 in series
Ender's Shadow
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170 points
30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter FrequencyBook 1: Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title. Ignore subtitles.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter #1) by Jeff Lindsay
letters found in title: K X
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.
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami
author's last initial: K
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 155
Bookwrm526Task #10.8 How Far I'll Leap
Read a book where time travel is essential to the story. The main plot or something the main character does often. I read Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. The main premise of the series, including this book, is that it takes place in a cafe where it is possible to travel in time, but your travel cannot change the present and you cannot leave the cafe!
Total points so far: 80
Joanne MI10.9 The Wonderful Thing about Dragons
Page 2 on the last
The Dolphins of Pern
Points this task 10
Season Total 40
1 IAF
Jessica S30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids (2 book challenge)
Option 1: Book off the Great Debut Novels list. As of posting (page #11)
Book Let Your Heart Be Light by J.R. Lawrie
Option 3: First and last initials found in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST ( R, H)
Book The Realist by Riley Hart
Points this post: 30
Previous total: 20 Updated total: 50
Tasks completed: 3 Books read: 5
Jessica S5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time: A haunting or ghosts are essential to the story.
Spirited Situation by Louisa Masters
Points this post: 5
Previous total: 50 Updated total: 55
Tasks completed: 4 Books read: 6
Jessica S30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge (2 book challenge)
Option 1 (N,H,R,A can be found in author's first and last name)
Book: The Cowboy and the Outcast by Jackie North
Option 4 (published in August or September)
Book: Whiskey Neat by Mia Monroe Published August 14th 2024
Points this post: 30
Previous total: 55 Updated total: 85
Tasks completed: 5 Books read: 8
Nick KY10.5 Part of Your Collection. I read Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, Vol. 1: Sinestro's Law by Robert Venditti, a superhero as the main character. [From the Rules of the Challenge: “2.5. Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Graphic Novels, Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may only be used for 5, 10, and 15 point tasks….”]
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 180
Nick KY30.2 Cat’s Africa
Book 1. Set in Africa. I read Nairobi Heat by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, set in Kenya.
Book 2. Author born in Africa. I read Devil on the Cross by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, born in Kenya.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 210
Elizabeth PTask 15.7 - Whose Side are you On?
Book with one word title
Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
IAF: 1
Total Books: 5
Delicious Dee15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
Iron Widow - IRON
Points This Task: 15
Points Total: 160
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 1
Kathy KS30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
My spin: I
Option 2- Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter.
If She Fled by Blake Pierce
I listened to an audiobook; pb-166 p. (no mmpb)
Option 3 - MPG: Read a book with a MPG that starts with your letter.
Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Reardon
MPG=Indigenous (Approved in task help message 15)
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-208 p.
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 45
Tasks completed: 2/59
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
MadelynTask 30.7- Let’s play Scattergories!
I rolled letter "R"
Option 1: Author's last name: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Option 2: Book begins with: Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
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Total points this task: 30
Total points this season: 30
Kathy KS20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
Books with the genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" may be used for this task.
Option 1: Where - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE.
My Body in Pieces by Marie-Noelle Hébert
MH=farMHouse
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 65
Tasks completed: 3/59
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Julia10325.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Option 2: A Mirror Mended
(on page 5 of laughter list)
Option 3: Beauvallet
(on page 3 of Best of 1920s list)
Beauvallet was first published in 1929 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
This post: 25 points, 1 GO
Total points: 150
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 1
Completed tasks: 8
Books read: 11
Susan A25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore Galore
Option 2: Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th
Book 1: setting cabin in the woods.
This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter
No MMPB. paperback here
From GR book description: A secluded cabin retreat
446 pages
Book 2: Read a book with a hockey mask, stick, or any sports jersey on the cover.
Second Shot with #76 by Piper Rayne
No MMPB. paperback here
hockey sticks on cover
258 pages
Total pages: 446 + 258 = 704 pages
Previous total: 400
points this task: 25
new total: 425
Susan A25.3: 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
Ice by Michelle M. Pillow
No MMPB. paperback here
title begins with I
Option 3: 1920's list
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
MMPB
page 2, #150
previous total: 425
points this task: 25
new total: 450
Susan A25.4 - Robin P's Task: ‘60’s Board Games
1. Careers – Read a book with a job title in the author’s name or in the title
Virus! by Shane Barker
NO MMPB. paperback here
author last name BARKER on Name Nerds list
3. Mystery Date - 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.)
Scorpius Rising by Rebecca Zanetti
approved for length line #2841 verification spreadsheet
MPG Romantic Suspense
Previous total: 450
points this task: 25
new total: 475
Delicious Dee15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
Almond
Points This Task: 15
Points Total: 175
Golden Oldies: 1
Its a Fact: 1
LoraTask: 5.3 Autumn Whodunits
Book/Author: A Murder Unscripted / Elizabeth Penney
How it fits: MPG Cozy Mystery
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 80
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
Lindsey IL20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
option 1, siblings list, pg. 1
So sorry for your losses, Jayne
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 2
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
FLY Task #10.2- Slay The Beast
task: Read a book with the word "Monster" intact in the title
book: Where Monsters Dwell
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: Where (Monster)s Dwell
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 10/59
BB: 0 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0
Katrisa10.5 Part of Your Collection
Read a book with a main character as a superhero or vigilante
I read The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Wonder woman is a super hero
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 170
Katrisa25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Opt 1 - read a book by a single author where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) appear in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
I read Icarus by K. Ancrum (a new to me author)
Opt 3 - Read a book first published in 2024.
I read Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics published in July 2024
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 195
Katrisa30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Opt 2
A - Read a book that meets the requirements: female author, first in series, mystery MPG
I read Last Breath by Mary Stone 1st in Emma Last FBI Mystery series
My book was an ebook - PB 260 pages
B - read a book from one of the three nominated categories from that season of SRC
I read Track of the Cat from the female 1st in mystery series category
My book was audio - MMPB 245 pages
Points this post: 30
Points Total: 225
Susan A25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
Book 1: 5 - Horse
book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece.
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll
No MMPB. paperback here
HORSE in title - A BriEf HiStORy of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Book 2: 1 –Property - SCI-FI MPG
Satan's Gate by Walt Browning
No MMPB. paperback here
MPG Science Fiction
previous total: 475
points this task: 25
new total: 500
slideshell15.8 - Read My Mind
Read a book in which a main character exhibits some sort of psychic ability, e.g. clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis, mediumship etc.
The Dead Guy Next Door
Paperback - 460 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 210/1045
Completed Tasks: 13/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 6152
Books read this season: 16
Susan A25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To Ride
Option 2: Mystery Train - MPG Mystery
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
No MMPB. paperback here
MPG mystery
Option 2: Mystery Train - MPG Mystery - You may use the same option twice.
Stray Fears by Gregory Ashe
No MMPB. paperback here
MPG mystery
previous total: 500
poinst this task: 25
new total: 525
Kathy KS30.4 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: 30
Total points : 95
Tasks completed: 4/59
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: 1
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30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
I got the letter “N”
Option #1 Last name author My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak
Option #2 Book that begins with letter New Moon
Points Claimed this post: 30
Total Points: 30/1085
Books Read: 2/83
Tasks Completed: 1/60