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💐💐💐Many Thanks! Marilyn - Great Tasks and Happy Birthday 🎂
💐💐💐 Many Thanks! Linda C - Great Tasks!
1.7 October is my birthday month, Oct 21Read a book with a senior citizen as a main character.
1.8. Coming of Age books
Read a book with the main character as a young person in his/her teen years, "coming of age".
1.9 Spies and Their Secrets
Read a book with a spy (or spies) as the main character, either fiction or nonfiction.
3.1 (Linda C’s Task) Reading Challenges3 books
Many of us are reading for other challenges on GR. I often find new groups and challenges by seeing what others are reading.
Read 3 books that work for other reading challenges – tell us the challenge and the group
2.4 (Linda C’s Task) Fall Favorites
2 books
1. Wine Tasting + Fall Colors = Drive through NY Finger Lakes Wine Country
Read a book where the cover includes something related to wine – e.g. the beverage, the glass, the grapes, the vineyard, the word wine (show cover) OR where the author’s initials are in FINGER LAKES
2. Apple Picking & Eating
Read a book where the cover includes something related to apples – e.g. apples, pie, candy apple, orchard, the word apple(s) (show cover) OR where title includes a word with a double letter
Tessa's taskTask 1.10 - Tessa - Happy Birthday, Paul
My nephew's birthday is this month. He's an army nurse.
Read a book featuring a main character who is a nurse or an active member of the military (any era, any country). (NO other medical professionals accepted. Nephew is a nurse, so if using that option must be a nurse ... though not necessarily an army nurse.)
2.3 (Amber's Task) PumpkinsWe painted pumpkins at work as a team building event. It was a lot of fun watching how each person transformed their pumpkins with paint and stickers. So really creative ideas.
1. Before:
Read a book with an unaltered pumpkin on the cover (show cover)
2. After:
Read a book with an altered pumpkin on the cover i.e. carved pumpkin, painted pumpkin, turned into pie etc. (show cover)
3.2 (Amber's Task) Spooky Season1. Read a book with a Murder
2. Read a Non-spooky Book with a Spooky Word in the Title
3. Read a book with a Night Sky on the cover (show cover)
One Point Tasks
1.1 (10/30) National Candy Corn Day
Read a book with a predominantly ORANGE, YELLOW, or WHITE (60%+) . Show cover
BONUS POINT: If bookcover is 90%+)
1.2 Main Page Genre (MPG)
Choose One:
a. (10/2) Groucho Marx's Birthday
Read a book with MPG:HUMOR
b. (10/14)) National I Love You Day ❤️
Read a book with MPG: ROMANCE
1.3 ((10/27) National Black Cat Day 🐈⬛
Read a book a cat on the cover. Show cover
BONUS POINT: If cat is Black
1.4 Read the Alphabet: LETTER O
Read a book that starts with the Letter O (exclude A, ,An, or The) -or- the Author's FIRST/LAST name begins with the Letter O.
BONUS POINT: If Title & Author's FIRST/LAST name
begins with the Letter O
1.5 (10/23) National CROC Day
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name start with C, R, or O.
BONUS POINT: If Author's FIRST & LAST name start with C.
1.6 (10/20) Bela Lugosi 's Birthday 🧛
Read a book with a MPG: PARANORMAL
BONUS POINT: MC is a vampire
1.7 (Marilyn 's Task) October Birthday 🎂
October is my Birthday month October 21.
Read a book with a Senior Citizen as a main character.
1.8 (Marilyn 's Task) Coming of Age Books
Read a book with the main character as a young person in his/her teen years, "coming of age".
1.9 (Marilyn's Task) Spies and Their Secrets 🔍
Read a book with a spy (or spies) as the main character, either fiction or nonfiction.
1.10 (Tessa's Task)
Two Point Tasks
2.1 THE LOTTERY 🎲🎲
Read 2 Books
GO to THE LOTTERY thread for details.
2.2 October 31 🎃
Read 2 Books
1. National Knock Knock Joke Day
Find a knock knock joke you want to share and then read a book that you think relates to the joke.
ex.
Knock, Knock!
Who There?
Olive
Olive Who?
OLIVE YOU!
2. Frankenstein Friday
Read a book that's a Frankenstein retelling or reminds you of the Frankenstein story.
2.3 (Amber's Task)
2.4 (Linda C's Task) Fall Favorites
Read 2 books
1. Wine Tasting + Fall Colors = Drive through NY Finger Lakes Wine Country 🍷
Read a book where the cover includes something related to wine – e.g. the beverage, the glass, the grapes, the vineyard, the word wine (show cover) OR where the author’s initials are in FINGER LAKES
2. Apple Picking & Eating 🍎
Read a book where the cover includes something related to apples – e.g. apples, pie, candy apple, orchard, the word apple(s) (show cover) OR where title includes a word with a double letter
Three Point Tasks
3.1 (Linda C's Task) Reading Challenges
Read 3 Books
Many of us are reading for other challenges on GR. I often find new groups and challenges by seeing what others are reading.
Read 3 books that work for other reading challenges – tell us the challenge and the group.
3.2 (Amber's Task)
Five Point Task
5.1 Shades of Orange 🧡
Read 5 Books
BASKETBALL
BURNT
CARROT(S)
GOLDFISH
MANGO
MARMALADE
MELON
MARIGOLD(S)
RUST
TANGERINE(S)
PERSIMMON(S)
ORANGE
PUMPKIN(S)
SHERBET
SUNRISE
• Pick 5 words from the list above.
• one book per word
• find word in text and LOC#.
🎃 Don't forget dates and page counts.