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FALL CHALLENGE 2024
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Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
OPTION 1: LORELAI: Read a book that features characters staying in or working at a hotel or inn.
The Evil That Men Do by Hugh Pentecost
This series revolves around the staff and guests of the stately Beaumont Hotel; see GR description for this one.
I read as an ebook; mmpb=160 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 145
Tasks completed: 6/59
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
Readerboard Name: PriyaTask 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
Option 3: Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
REcord Of a spaceborN few
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 85
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Sarah H25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To Ride
Read One Book: Read one book of at least 500 pages that satisfies the criteria from two different options.
Options 2 and 3: MPG Mystery, MPG Horror
Different Seasons
**Different Seasons is a Big Book (588 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket**
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 50
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets This Task: 1
Total Big Books: 2
Total It's a Fact: 0
Tasks complete: 3
Books read: 3
ROBIN P25.7 Lois's Task: Sorry!
Option 2: at least 2 red/blue/green/yellow on cover
- per TinEye 7.0% blue, 5.8% redOption 3: #2 or 4 in series
Shadows in Bronze - # 2 in Marcus Didius Falco series
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:1
HanneloreTask 5.3 Autumn Whodunits
Read a book with MPG Cozy Mystery.
Book: Body in the Book Drop
How it fits: Book has the MPG Cozy Mystery. I'm using this book as the one exception to the 100 page rule.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 7
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
Read a book where a haunting (imagined, faked, or real) or ghosts are essential to the story.
Required: If it's not evident on the Goodreads main page provide a reference
Book: A Hundred Billion Ghosts
How it fits: Book with a lot of ghosts. Goodreads main page is clear enough I think.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Read a book with MPG Crime.
Book: De Cock en de dode harlekijn
How it fits: Book has the MPG Crime.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 9
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
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5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
The Summer Getaway. Susan Mallery
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Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 14
Total This Season
Points: 175/1045
Completed Tasks: 14/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids2) Read a book whose main character is an active member or veteran in any branch of the military.
Old Man's War (Old Man's War #1) by John Scalzi
3) All of my grandchildren have four names. For this option, read a book by an author whose initials may be found in this list AAAAABCCCCCADEGGHKLMMNRST.
Nothing to Envy: Life, Love and Death in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 185
JEN B25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
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".
With Love from London by Sarah Jio
Word = LOVE
L in faLl
O, E in sOuthErner
V in haVing
Book 2 Option 2: Read a book by a single author where all the letters of the author's last name can be found in the phrase.
Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe by Carole Boston Weatherford
WEA in rEWArd
THER in souTHERner
F in Fall
O in sOutherner
R in Reward
D in surviveD
TOTAL POINTS: 200
SHEMAC5.10 Free For Fall
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Cowboy's Texan
This task points: 5
Total season points: 155
10.4 - Once Upon a Crime MPG of Crime - Read A Lovely Way to Burn by Louise Welsh
Points these task: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
It's A Fact ticket requests: 0
Books read and claimed: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Mimi Michele 5.9 Book first published in Sept, Oct or November
The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford. Read 9/9/24
First published September 16, 20216
Points this challenge-5
Total points:30
Mimi Michele10.1 Read a book in a country in which you do not live
I reside in the USA
The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths. Read 9/11/24
Takes place in North Norfolk, England
Points this task: 10
Total points: 40
Jessica S15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!: from first 25 pages of Lovecraftian list - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Page 9)
Unhallowed by Jordan L. Hawk
Points this post: 15
Previous total: 85 Updated total: 100 Tasks completed: 6 Books read: 9
Sarah H10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Read a book set in a country you do not live.
I live in the USA. This book is set in Scotland.
Clear
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 60
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Total It's a Fact: 0
Tasks complete: 4
Books read: 4
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30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Option 1: NHRA
Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name
The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession. Jennifer Chiaverini
Option 4: Labor Day Weekend
Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (First published August 1, 2014).
Season of the Dragonflies. Sarah Creech
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Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 15
Total This Season
Points: 205/1045
Completed Tasks: 15/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Joanne MIRepost of message 233 to report RB name
10.4 Once Upon a Crime
Read a book with MPG Crime
Fatal Pursuit MPG Crime
Points this task 10
Season Total 25
CHANDNI15.9 - 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.
Missy by Raghav Rao
Thar Desert - this book takes place over 50% in India
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Lys5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled
Claiming NF
Points completed: 5/1045
Completed Tasks: 1/59
NF: 1
Lys5.9 It's Fall Y'all
A Spindle Splintered
Published in October.
Points completed: 10/1045
Completed Tasks: 2/59
NF: 1
Lys10.2- Slay The Beast
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
Claiming an NF ticket
Points completed: 20/1045
Completed Tasks: 3/59
NF: 2
Lys10.3 It's a Whole New Town
Weird but Normal: Essays
Claiming a NF ticket
Points completed: 30/1045
Completed Tasks: 4/59
NF: 3
MaryPDX30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
Option 1
Book A – Read a book in the Maisie Dobbs series
Birds of a Feather
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.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Erik Larson
Points this task: 30
Total points: 60
Susan A25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Option 4: Read a book whose page count ends in either 1, 7, or 8
Star Wars: Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber
NO MMPB. paperback here
271 pages, page count ends in 1
Joe Schreiber is a new to me author
Option 5: read a book that is #1, 2, or 12 in a series from one of your favorite authors.
Spirited Situation by Louisa Masters
No MMPB. paperback here
#1 Ghostly Guardians series
Louisa Masters is a favorite author of mine
previous total: 525
points this task: 25
new total: 550
Susan A25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
Book 1: title word 5+ letters
The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
MMPB lists 0 pages. paperback here
eleventh - "FalL is a SouTHErNEr's Reward for Having SurviVEd Summer"
Book 2 Option 2: Read a book by a single author where all the letters of the author's last name can be found in the phrase.
The Cleaner by Kiersten Modglin
No MMPB. paperback here
Modglin - FalL is a SOutherner's RewarD for HavING Survived SumMer
previous total: 550
points this task: 25
new total: 575
Susan A30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
Book 1:
Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters K X J Q Z in the title
Zack's Zest by Dale Mayer
No MMPB. paperback here
letters Z and K in title
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.
The Cowboy by Jayne Ann Krentz
MMPB here
author initial: J
previous total: 575
points this post: 30
new total: 605
Susan A30.2 Cat's Task: Books of Africa
Option 1: Two Book Option
Read a book that is set (at least 70%) Africa
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
MMPB here
setting: Botswana listed as setting on book's main page
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Africa
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
paperback here
Author Oyinkan Braithwaite was born in Lagos and spent her childhood in both Nigeria and the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyinkan...
previous total: 605
points this task: 30
new total: 635
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.7 Too Precious to Forget
by Brian K. Vaughan45.0 %#0ea1c9Blue
15.2 %#ee7389Pink
14.3 %#011216Black
13.0 %#0e4f63Blue
5.9 %#f7f9f9White
4.1 %#ea4e90Pink
0.8 %#442921Brown
0.6 %#fbb85cOrange
0.5 %#be7a62Brown
0.5 %#fdd427Yellow
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25/1045
Task completed: 5/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.1 Do You Wanna Build a Railway
Onion Skin by Edgar Camacho
I lived in the United States. This is set in Mexico.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35/1045
Task completed: 6/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.4 Once Upon a Crime
The Milkman Murders by Joe Casey
MPG: Crime
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45/1045
Task completed: 7/59
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.2 Don't Stop Me Now
Book 1: Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 4 by James Tynion IV
Book 2: Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 5 by James Tynion IV
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60/1045
Task completed: 8/59
Jessica S30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac (Two book challenge)
Book 1 (Option 3: Author’s initials found in DEATHSTALKER (K, H)
Cold Hard Cash byK.L. Hiers
Book 2: book featuring a shapeshifter (MPG Shapeshifter)
Run to Him by Claire Cullen
Points this post: 30
Previous total: 100 Updated total: 130
Tasks completed: 7 Books read: 11
Jessica S5.8 Footprints in the Forest:book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover https://www.animalfunfacts.net/knowle... (FOX)
Run for Home by Claire Cullen
Points this post: 5
Previous total: 130 Updated total: 135
Tasks completed: 8 Books read: 12
TessaVanessa Challenge 5.8 Footprints in the Forest
by Stephen King.Insect is a moth.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65/1045
Task completed: 9/59
Nick KY15.1 Whodunit?
Book 1. Rope on the cover (one of the weapons in the board game CLUE). I read Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin.
Book 2. From p. 13 (near the bottom of the page) of the Murder Mystery list, I read White Nights by Ann Cleeves. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 225
30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall ZodiacOption 1 - Virgo
Book 1 - Read a book with a main character who is an unmarried woman aged 15 - 29 inclusive.
Silver in the Blood (MCs are 17) - 16/09/24
Book 2 - Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven.
Required state the word: "looking"
Looking For Jane: The deeply moving historical novel spanning five decades of powerful women 16/09/24
Total page count: 758
Task points - 30
Total points - 60
Books read - 4
30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing ChallengeOption 1: NHRA: Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name (middle name can be ignored) - Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the SunA Raisin in the Sun - 17/09/24
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.
The Hobbit - I listened to the unabridged audio, but the mass market pb is 306 pg - 09/09/24
Claiming one GO - orignal pub year 1937
Task points - 30
Total points - 90
Books read - 6
GO - 1
JUKKA10.3 It's a Whole New Town
Book with main page genre Short Stories, Novellas, or Essays.
Tales of Heresy by Nick Kyme et al. has Short Stories.
Total Points: 120/1045
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11/59
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
5.3 MPG Cozy MysteryWhat Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley
Points: 10/1045
Completed Tasks: 2/59
Big Book:
Its a fact:
Golden Oldie:
30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkidsOption 1) For this option, read a book off of this list :Great Debut Novels - State the page
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - Pg1 #33- 02/09/24
Claiming a GO - original pub date 1940
Option 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.
Allen Carr, Lose Weight Now - 15/09/24
Task points - 30
Total points - 120
Books read - 8
GO - 2
Kathy KS20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
Read a book of at least 200 pages that satisfies one of the following three options.
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.
Required: State the two MPGs used to make the hybrid.
Breach of Trust by DiAnn Mills
includes MPG: Mystery Thriller (and others)
I listened to an audiobook; pb-400 p. (no mmpb) (>200 p.)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 165
Tasks completed: 7/59
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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10.3 It's a Whole New Town
Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
Almost Home. Debbie Macomber
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Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 16
Total This Season
Points: 215/1045
Completed Tasks: 16/59
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Lisa MD25.5 - Lisa MD's Task: Bookopoly
Book 1: I rolled a 5 - My token is Horse
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
327 pgs
HORSE is found in Title: the HOuSEmaid's secRet
Book 2: I rolled a 6
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
466 pgs
Title Word: "COUPLE" found in PrEsident Of the book CLUb
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 70 / 1045
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 4 / 59
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
slideshell30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
Letter Rolled = A
Option 2: Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Paperback - 413 pages
Option 4: Character: Read a book where a character’s name (first or last) begins with your letter.
Murder in Masquerade
Paperback - 319 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: 240/1045
Completed Tasks: 14/59
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 1
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Pages read this season: 6884
Books read this season: 18
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Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn / MPG Crime
confirmation in case genre disappears: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 185
Mod
One book option:
Reckoning by Catherine Coulter / fits Option 1, #26 in series; fits option 2, MPG Mystery; MMPB more than 500 pgs
Total pages: 528 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
Mod
Option 1-
Embracing the Change by Kristen Ashley / KA in phrase
Option 3-
The Wedding People by Alison Espach / pub in 2024, new-to-me author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 235
CHANDNI20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
Option 2: book that features at least one adult person on the cover.
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
Book approved here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
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30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
Option 2) Read a book whose main character is an active member or veteran in any branch of the military.
To Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite
GR description shows MC Braithwaite was a Royal Air Force veteran
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-189 p.
3) read a book by an author whose first and last initials may be found in this list AAAAABCCCCCDEGGHKLMMNRST.
Murder after Midnight by Dianne Harman
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 125
Tasks completed: 5/59
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