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Canavan¡¯s 2024 Panels 100+ Graphic Novels & Wheel of Themes Challenges

The goal is to (a) read at least 100 graphic novels during 2024 and (b) enumerate those graphic novels read that match the monthly theme (see here for details).
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? = romance entry (June Wheel of Themes, total = 6)
? = comedy entry (July Wheel of Themes, total = 3)
? = horror entry (October Wheel of Themes, total = 8)
? = history entry (November Wheel of Themes, total = 10)
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Entries 34-66
Entries 67-100

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Canavan¡¯s 2024 Scrabble Scramble

I¡¯m participating in the 2024 Scrabble Scramble challenge, but, since I¡¯m playing against myself, I have opted to depart in a number of key aspects from Doc¡¯s suggested procedures (see here for Doc¡¯s guidelines). In a nutshell, I¡¯m using a virtual Scrabble board and abiding (well, sorta) by all of Scrabble¡¯s official rules.
My rules are:
1. Every graphic novel read generates a tile as specified by Doc¡¯s rules.
2. Even though I may at any point have an arbitrarily large ¡°pool¡± of tiles available (e.g., 15 tiles corresponding to the first 15 graphic novels that I read), in attempting to play a word I need to restrict myself to a rack containing 7 tiles. (Thus, in the forgoing example, in order to play a word, I would have to first transfer 7 of the 15 tiles in my pool to my rack for immediate use, leaving 8 in the pool for future use/transfer.) Once a tile has been transferred to the rack, it cannot be re-transferred back to the pool.
3. Words played need to build off of already-existing words on the board according to the rules of Scrabble.
4. Points are awarded for word play (tile placement) as per the rules of Scrabble.
5. I can substitute a blank tile for any letter tile that¡¯s in my pool. But once a letter has been transferred from the pool to the rack, it cannot then be changed into a blank. I can only produce 2 blanks over the course of this game/challenge (because, of the 100 Scrabble tiles, only 2 are blanks).
6. Graphic novels continue to generate tiles until 100 tiles are produced.
7. Game play continues until all 100 tiles are played or until play is no longer posible with the remaining tiles.
Board at game outset:

@ 11 graphic novel entries:
Rack: emptyTransfer 7 tiles to rack:
Pool: H, I, G, G, K, W, L, Y, H, C, L
Rack: H, I, G, H, L, Y, W
Pool: G, K, L, C

Play HIGHLY (40 points)
Rack: W
Pool: G, K, L, C

@ 14 graphic novel entries:
Rack: WTransfer 6 tiles to rack:
Pool: G, K, L, C, S, I, L (adding S, I, L)
Rack: G, L, I, W, C, K, S (adding G, L, I, C, K, S)
Pool: L

Play WICKS (28 points, 68 total points)
Rack: G, L, I
Pool: L

@ 19 graphic novel entries:
Rack: G, L, ITransfer 4 tiles to rack:
Pool: L, M, W, T, L, H (adding M, W, T, L, H)
Rack: G, L, I, W, T, L, H (adding W, T, L, H)
Pool: L, M

Play LIGHTLY (16 points, 84 total points)
Rack: W
Pool: L, M

@ 32 graphic novel entries:
Rack: WTransfer 6 tiles to rack:
Pool: L, M, C, M, S, H, M, B, B, A, B, F, H, H, H (adding C, M, S, H, M, B, B, A, B, F, H, H, H)
Rack: W, M, F, S, H, B, A (adding M, F, S, H, B, A)
Pool: L, C, M, M, B, B, H, H, H

Play WHAMS (54 points, 134 total points)
Rack: F, B
Pool: L, C, M, M, B, B, H, H, H

@ 36 graphic novel entries:
Rack: F, BTransfer 5 tiles to rack:
Pool: L, C, M, M, B, B, H, H, H, H, H, H, H (adding H, H, H, H)
Rack: F, B, L, C, M, B, H (adding L, C, M, B, H)
Pool: M, B, H, H, H, H, H, H

Play CLIMB (14 points, 148 total points)
Rack: F, H, B
Pool: M, B, H, H, H, H, H, H

@ 43 graphic novel entries:
Rack: F, H, BTransfer 4 tiles to rack:
Pool: M, B, H, H, H, H, H, H, A, A, A, H, L, A, H (adding A, A, A, H, L, A, H)
Rack: F, H, B, M, B, H, A (adding M, B, H, A)
Pool: H, H, H, H, H, A, A, H, L, A, H

Play AH (20 points, 168 total points)
Rack: B, M, B, F, H
Pool: H, H, H, H, H, A, A, H, L

Transfer 2 tiles to rack:
Rack: B, M, B, F, H, A, A (adding A, A)
Pool: H, H, H, H, H, H, L

Play FAB (24 points, 192 total points)
Rack: M, H, B, A
Pool: H, H, H, H, H, H, L

Transfer 3 tiles to rack:
Rack: M, H, B, A, H, H, L (adding H, H, L)
Pool: H, H, H, H

Play HAH (25 points, 217 total points)
Rack: B, H, L, M
Pool: H, H, H, H

@ 55 graphic novel entries:
Rack: B, H, L, MTransfer 3 tiles to rack: E, W, I
Pool: H, H, H, H, C, E, M, W, L, I, L, I, G, H, M, L (adding C, E, M, W, L, I, L, I, G, H, M, L)
Rack: M, H, B, A, E, W, I (adding E, W, I)
Pool: H, H, H, H, C, M, L, L, I, G, H, M, L

Play WHELM (26 points, 243 total points)
Rack: B, I, H
Pool: H, H, H, H, C, M, L, L, I, G, H, M, L

Transfer 4 tiles to rack:
Rack: B, I, H, C, M, L, I (adding C, M, L, I)
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, L

Play HIC (30 points, 273 total points)
Rack: B, M, L, I
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, L

Transfer 3 tiles to rack:
Rack: B, M, L, I, G, H, M (adding G, H, M)
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, L

Play LIMB (20 points, 293 total points)
Rack: G, H, M
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, L

@ 66 graphic novel entries:
Rack: G, H, MTransfer 4 tiles to rack:
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, L, H, Y, S, S, O, P, O, U, D, H, H (adding H, Y, S, S, O, P, O, U, D, H, H)
Rack: G, H, M, Y, S, O, U (adding Y, S, O, U)
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, L, H, S, P, O, D, H, H (adding H, Y, S, S, O, P, O, U, D, H, H)

Play MOTH (35 points, 328 total points)
Rack: Y, G, U, S
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, L, H, S, P, O, D, H, H

Transfer 3 tiles to rack:
Rack: Y, G, U, S, P, O, D (adding P, O, D)
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, L, H, S, H, H

Play SPY (45 points, 373 total points)
Rack: G, U, O, D
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, L, H, S, H, H

Transfer 3 tiles to rack:
Rack: G, U, O, D, L, H, S (adding L, H, S)
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, H, H

Play OLDISH (34 points, 407 total points)
Rack: G, U
Pool: H, H, H, H, L, G, H, M, H, H

Transfer 5 tiles to rack:
Rack: G, U, L, G, H, M, H (adding L, G, H, M, H)
Pool: H, H, H, H, H

Play GHOUL (39 points, 446 total points)
Rack: G, H, M
Pool: H, H, H, H, H

@ 72 graphic novel entries:
Rack: G, H, MTransfer 4 tiles to rack:
Pool: H, H, H, H, H, G, G, G, G, G, G (adding G, G, G, G, G, G)
Rack: G, H, M, H, H, G, G (adding H, H, G, G)
Pool: H, H, H, G, G, G, G

Play HM (13 points, 459 total points)
Rack: G, H, H, H, G, G
Pool: H, H, H, G, G, G, G

Transfer 1 tile to rack:
Rack: G, H, H, H, G, G, H (adding H)
Pool: H, H, G, G, G, G

No further moves possible. Final score 459 points.
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Canavan¡¯s 2024 Panels Challenges
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100+ Graphic Novels & Wheel of Themes Challenges
Final tallies: 100 graphic novels, 41 matches to wheel themes
Scrabble Scramble
Final score: 459