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10.1- Do You Wanna Build a Railway
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In Ticket to Ride Players collect cards of various colors of train cars and will use those cards to claim railway routes in North America. Players earn points for connected cities and the length o the railroad. Since Ticket To Ride's release in 2004 many maps for multiple countries have been added to the series.
Read a book set in a country you do not live.
Rquired: State the country you live. If the setting is not evident from the main page, provide a reference.
10.2- Slay The Beast
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In the game Horrified, players work together to help villages and rid the monsters in town. There are four games in the series, with with their own set of monsters. Classic Monsters, American Monsters, Greek Monsters, and Monsters of the World.
Read a book with the word "Monster" in tact in the title
Examples:
Monsterland
Becoming Monsterous
Monstera
10.3 It's a Whole New Town
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In Tiny Towns players collect resources to construct buildings creating a tiny town on their individual player boards. The planning can be difficult as the right resources may not be at your disposal.
Read an Anthology of short stories, novellas or essays
10.4 Once Upon a Crime
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Chronicles of Crime is a cooperative game of crime investigation Using a board, cards, and an app, players work together to figure out whodunnit, how it happened, and the reason why.
Read a book with MPG Crime
10.5 Part of Your Collection
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Comic Hunters is a game about drafting cards to build a collection of comic books. With three different eras and 8 different heroes, will you have the best comic book collection?
Read a book with a main character as a superhero or vigilante.
Definitions to follow:
Vigilante is a self-appointed doer of justice when the law fails or is inadequate.
Superhero: a character in a film or story who has superpowers and uses it to do good things and help other people
Required: If it's not evident from the main page, provide a reference.
10.6 On My Hike
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Parks is a game in which players are hikers trekking the trails of the US national parks over the course of a year. Players will trek through the trails using resources to remember their hike. Players score points for each park they they visit during the game.
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word made for NATIONAL PARKS in the title.
Required State the word
10.7 Let It Grow
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Planted is a game about collecting your favorite house plants and nourishing them with light, food, and water to watch them grow making your home beautiful.
Read a book with a plant, bush or flower on the cover. The plant/bush/flower must show a stem, be in the ground or be in a vase or a pot.
Examples:
Required Post the cover
10.8 How Far I'll Leap
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In the game Trekking through History, players go on a three-day tour of history, traveling thousands of years in a time machine to experience great moments from our past. Along the way, you’ll also score points for visiting historical events in chronological order.
Read a book where time travel is essential to the story. The main plot or something the main character does often.
Required If time travel is not evident from the main page, provide a reference.
10.9 The Wonderful Thing about Dragons
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In Flamecraft, players take on the role of Flamekeepers, gathering items, placing dragons and casting enchantments to enhance the shops of the town. Points will be gained from enchanting shops making the town more reputable, and just maybe you can attract the most fanciest of dragons.
Read a book from the this list.
Dragons
Required State the page
10.10 Spaceship Pressure
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In the game Space Base, players assume the roles of Commodores of a small fleet of ships. In the game players will roll dice to earn resources to purchase cards and adding them to their play area. Each card will help improve your set ships earning your more resources and most importantly, victory points.
Read a book with a number at least one number of 1, 2,3,4,5,6, on the cover or in the title. The number doesn't need to be the only number but at least one of these numbers must be present. The number must be numerical and not spelled out.
Examples:
Required: if using cover choice, post the cover.
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15.1 - Whodunnit?
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Cluedo, known as Clue in North America, celebrates its 75th birthday this year. Originally released in 1949, the much-loved murder mystery game has endured through the years, spawning an entire franchise that includes a feature film, a stage play, and an entire series of books for younger readers (alas, none of which show in AR Bookfind, so you'll have to use 5.10 if you want to read those!).
This is a two-book task.
Book 1: Read a book with one of the iconic Cluedo murder weapons on the cover: candlestick, dagger (with visible hilt/pommel), lead pipe, revolver (with visible revolving chamber), rope or spanner/wrench.
Required: Post the cover
Book 2: Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Murder Mystery list: /shelf/show/...
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on.
15.2 - Don't Stop Me Now
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Can't Stop is a dice-rolling board game where players race to take control of columns of blocks before their opponents. Beware though: push your luck too far and you'll lose all the progress you've made in your turn! As readers, we face our own version of not being able to stop: getting so engrossed in a series that we madly try to finish the next book before the season finishes - but on the plus side, if we don't manage it, we don't have to go right back to book 1...
This is a two-book task.
Read two books from the same series. The books do not have to be consecutive in the series, but the series must appear in greyscale on the book GR pages.
15.3 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
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Nemesis is a semi-cooperative board game set aboard a spacecraft under assault by vicious creatures, led by an even deadlier queen. Players must find a way to survive long enough to get themselves into cryostasis or escape the ship before it self-destructs - while also fulfilling their own agendas, or those set by the shady company that sponsored the mission. Sound familiar? It's heavily inspired by the Alien film franchise, which saw its seventh mainline film release in August this year.
Choose an option.
Required: State the option
Option 1: Two-book task
Book 1: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction.
Book 2: Read a book which is numbered 1-7 in a series of at least three whole numbered books (no x.5 etc). The series must appear in greyscale on the GR book page.
Option 2: One-book task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1.
15.4 - Flight Risk
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In Hit the Silk!, players are members of a group of plane hijackers whose heist has gone badly wrong. The plane is losing altitude, there aren't enough parachutes for everyone, and you need to make sure you bail out with enough money to pay off the mob who are waiting on your return to terra firma.
Choose an option.
Required: State the option
Option 1: two-book task.
Book 1: Read a book with a aeroplane on the cover. For the purposes of this task, an aeroplane is defined as a fixed-wing aircraft such as a glider, biplane, or jet. We are not looking for helicopters, microlights or paper planes. Some portion of the wing, nosecone or tail must be visible.
Examples:
Required: post the cover.
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in HIT THE SILK. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Option 2: one-book task.
Read a book which satisfies both criteria for option 1.
15.5 - Oh No, Not Again...
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Pandemic is, as the name suggests, a board game about working together to stop a global pandemic. Designed in the wake of the 2002 SARS outbreak, it's become one of the most successful mainstream co-operative boardgames, with multiple spin-offs and a legacy campaign edition of the game. Somehow, the reality of the Covid-19 pandemic in the early part of this decade didn't dull its popularity!
Read a book first published in 2002 or 2020.
15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
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Cthulhu (and the extended Lovecraft mythos) is a perennial theme in the world of board gaming, making appearances in so many games (Lovecraft Letter, Arkham Horror, and Shadows Over Normandie to name but a few) that we'd go insane from the horror of trying to count them all. Still, it's spooky season, so let's dive into the madness anway.
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Lovecraftian list: /shelf/show/...
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on.
15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?
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Codenames is a game where two teams compete to find their field agents on a board of tiles, each of which has a word on it. The team's spymaster must attempt to guide their teammates to the correct tiles by providing a single-word clue which connects the words on the tiles by their meaning. Be warned though: among the agents (of either alignment) and innocent bystanders, there lurks an assassin. Discover them, and your team loses!
Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).
15.8 - Read My Mind
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The Mind is a very simple game about playing numbered cards in the correct order. Easy, right? There's just one catch: players can't speak or communicate with each other, relying instead on intuition (and possibly some low-level psychic abilities) to know when to play their cards.
Read a book in which a main character exhibits (or pretends to have - we'll accept charlatans for this task!) some sort of psychic ability, e.g. clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis, mediumship etc.
Required: if the ability is not obvious from the GR book description, provide a reference.
15.9 - Shifting Sands
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In Forbidden Desert, players are survivors of a airship crash in the desert. In order to win, they must explore a board of tiles to find the broken parts of their vessel and get back to the launch site. At the same time, they must fend off the dual threats of the relentless sun and the looming sandstorm, which risks stopping them in their tracks, or worse - burying them under the dunes.
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. For example, if you pick the Kalahari, you can read a book set in either Botswana, Namibia, or South Africa. As we're specifically looking for sandy deserts, the Antarctic and Arctic deserts are excluded for this task.
Required: State the desert and the country setting. If the setting is not obvious from the GR book description or metadata, provide a reference.
15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...
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Imagine a game where you roam around a board, trying to collect a full set of colour-coded tokens to fill the space in your playing piece, before racing to the centre of the board to win. No, it's not Trivial Pursuit: this is The Great Penguin Bookchase, possibly one of the most apt board games for bookworms everywhere. Instead of your typical general knowledge categories, each book for your bookshelf represents a different genre of books.
Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word.
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20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail
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One of my favourite boardgames is Monopoly. I remember playing it with my mum a lot when I was a kid - and getting my butt kicked! I was so proud the first time I managed to beat her. The original Monopoly board takes its inspiration from the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA with 22 streets lining the board. There is also a UK version which uses London street names.
Read a book whose title includes one word (that is not "the") from this list of Monopoly street names:
The word in your book title needs to be an exact match to the word on the list.
Graphic novels that meet SRC requirements may be used for this task.
Required: State the word and the street it matches.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Catherine's Task: All Hallow's Challenge
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November 1st is All Saints' Day. Pick an option from the choices below and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option.
Option 1 - Read a book whose author is recognised as a saint.
Required: If not explicitly part of the ŷ author page, then provide a reference to their status as a saint
Examples: The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine of Hippo
The Rule of Saint Benedict by Benedict of Nursia
Catherine of Siena: The Dialogue by Catherine of Siena
Option 2 � Read abook with the word ‘saint� in the title or subtitle. Possessive and plural forms are allowed. The abbreviation “St.� is also allowed, but only if it stands for 'saint'. Can also be part of a larger word. Can be in another language, but if it is, then identify the word and the language.
Examples: Saints and Sinners: Stories
St. Elmo's Fire
Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds
They Hanged My Saintly Billy: The Life and Death of Dr. William Palmer
Option 3 � Read a book with MPG of Religion or Theology.
Examples: The Great Divorce
Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History
Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion
Orthodoxy
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Family Farewells
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During the Summer season, I had the heartbreak of having to say my final goodbyes to two much-loved members of my family: my Great-Uncle Gordon and my Auntie Carol. This task is in tribute to them.
Choose an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option.
Option 1: Uncle Gordon was the youngest of four children, the others being my grandad, Harold, and their two middle brothers, Ronnie and Terrence. By all accounts they were very close to each other - although knowing how much Uncle Gordon and my grandad loved to play tricks on each other (and on anyone else nearby, for that matter), it was probably havoc for their parents to keep up with!
Read a book from this siblings list: /list/show/4...
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on.
Option 2: Born in 1931, Uncle Gordon was one of the countless child evacuees during the onset of World War II, as his hometown of Hull (a major port city) was a prime target during the Blitz. He was relocated to Foxholes in rural North Yorkshire, and seemed to have fond memories of the place, all things considered, as in later life he continued to enjoy visiting the region when on holiday with his own children and grandchildren.
Read a book with an MPG of World War II.
Option 3: On the whole, my family seem to have an uncanny knack for longevity. Uncle Gordon made it to the impressive age of 93, and was still living independently when he left us.
Read a book in with "93" can be found intact in either the page count or year of first publication.
Option 4: My Auntie Carol was a keen traveller, and it was on one of her many holidays that she met my Uncle Peter. There was much amusement among my family when we discovered that despite the pair living only an hour away from each other when at home in the UK, they'd had to go all the way to India to meet!
Read a book that is at least 50% set in India.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the GR book description or metadata, provide a reference.
Option 5: Auntie Carol officially joined the family a year after meeting my uncle, with the pair marrying in December 2000. Despite her insistence that she didn't want a white wedding (her outfit was a gorgeous shade of purple), the Winter weather didn't get the memo, promptly covering the venue in a heavy blanket of snow just in time for the ceremony.
Read a book with a cover that depicts a snowy scene (i.e. snow is either visible in the air, or on the ground or other surfaces such as windowsills or tree branches).
Examples:
Required: Post the cover
Option 6: Sadly, Auntie Carol was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2002, and her condition would only deteriorate from then on. In 2021 she was admitted to hospital in a critical state, and the doctors gave a prognosis of her only having a few days left. Carol apparently had other ideas. Defying all expectations, she rallied and made enough of a recovery to return home a few weeks afterwards, going on to grace us with another three years of her company.
Read a book from one of these lists:
Second Chance At Life
Second Chances
Required: State which list your book is found on.
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Kai's Task: Gilmore Girls
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No other show makes me think of Fall as much as Gilmore Girls. This task is an ode to three of my favorite TV characters of all time.
This is a one book task. Please choose an option and read a book that meets the requirements.
REQUIRED: State the option.
OPTION 1: LORELAI: After giving birth to Rory at age 16, Lorelai left the home of her wealthy and controlling parents to live in a potting shed and work as a maid at the Independence Inn. From there, she worked her way up to Executive Manager and eventually became the co-owner and operator of the Dragonfly Inn with her best friend Sookie.
Read a book that features characters staying in or working at a hotel or inn. A Bed and Breakfast does not count, because Lorelai hates a B&B. All other types of inns/hotels are acceptable (guest lodge, pension, hostel, etc.), but not house rentals (like Airbnb).
REQUIRED: If the setting is not evident from the description or the GR metadata, provide a reference.
OPTION 2: RORY: It seems like all fictional teenagers these days easily get into Ivy League schools despite never opening a book or even appearing remotely studious. The same cannot be said for Rory Gilmore: dedicated student and avid bookworm. One of my favorite things about the series are the number of literary references they throw in.
Read one book from the Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List. All other SRC rules apply (not all books on the list may be eligible).
REQUIRED: State the list page your book was found on.
OPTION 3: EMILY: The matriarch of the family has a battle-axe exterior and can be both calculating and cold-hearted, but she's also one of the most insecure characters on the show. While her daughter and granddaughter blaze their own trails through life, Emily belongs to a class of women who were seen as ornamental and supportive, never truly independent. Her most vulnerable moments usually involved some great freak-outs and classic quotes. My favorite is when she is told by her husband Richard, "Only prostitutes have two glasses of wine at lunch" and Emily responds, "Well then, buy me a boa and drive me to Reno because I am open for business!"
Read a book with all of the letters RENO in the title (not subtitle). Letters can be in any order.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Element of Surprise
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It was a pleasant surprise to find an invitation to design a task in my inbox today. So, I decided that surprise will be the theme of the task. I've found lately that it adds some fun and excitement to life to add an element of surprise and random-ness. For example, once a week I will use a random number generator to decide what to make for dinner out of my cookbook collection - generating numbers for shelf and then book and then page number. Or sometimes I will go to my local library and generate random numbers for section (fiction, nonfiction, biography, young adult, middle grade, etc.) and then generate more numbers to drill down into either subject or author's initials. With these mini games I've added to my life, I've ended up having some great meals, and I even found a new favorite author. I always seem to really enjoy the tasks in this challenge that include a die roll, wheel spin, or some other randomness. So that's what we'll do here...
Roll one 6-sided die - - to determine which genre you will be reading. The genre must appear on the Main Page. Genre must be standalone and match exactly, i.e. if you roll "Mystery", you cannot use "Mystery Thriller".
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.
1) A, B, C, or D
2) E, F, G, or H
3) I, J, K, or L
4) M, N, O, or P
5) Q, R, S, T, or U
6) V, W, X, Y, or Z
Graphic novels may be used for this task.
REQUIRED: State the genres and letters you rolled.
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20.6 - It's A Fact - JenJ IA's Task: It’s Booked! You’re Invited to a Fall Reading Retreat
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My book club started with a group of friends from work and has branched out to other friends and family over the past year. We are planning a Fall Reading Retreat and just booked our vacation house. We can’t wait! It will be a fun weekend of reading, relaxing, and fun with friends! While we know you can’t all make it to the reading retreat, you’re INVITED to read lots of books with us!
Required: Choose one option and state your choice.
Books with the genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" may be used for this task.
Option 1: Where - We tossed around many ideas and were torn between a schoolhouse loft apartment and a farmhouse with lots of different spaces to read, both indoors and outdoors. We ultimately decided on the farmhouse because it was hard to turn down the outdoor spaces, even if it might be too cold to use them. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in either FARMHOUSE or SCHOOLHOUSE. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. If there are multiple authors, only initials of one author must fit the task.
Required State which word you used.
Option 2: When - The reading retreat is planned for November 8-10th. Read a book in a series numbered 8, 9, 10, or 11. Whole numbers (no x.5 etc). The series must appear in greyscale on the GR book page.
Option 3: The Vibes - Fall seems like the perfect time of year to be cozy and have nothing to do but read. To set the scene, you need a fire, a cozy blanket, snacks, and your beverage of choice. Read a book with a fireplace, campfire, blanket, food, or drink on the cover.
Examples:
Required: Post the cover
Option 4: Who - We are a group of eight women who mostly work together in the Science field. This year we also added a friend, who works in Animal Science, and my sister, who works at a History Museum. Read a NONFICTION book that has the MPG of Science, Animals or History.
Option 5: The Books - We take turns picking books and have read some really good ones this year. They have mostly been hits for everyone. We have read the following books in 2024:
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Love of my Life by Rosie Walsh
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Read one of these books, OR read a book whose title or subtitle shares a 4+ letter word with one of these titles. Words must match exactly (punctuation may be ignored).
Required: If using the title match option, state the word and which book it matches with.
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Georgia On My Mind
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Realizing that all my tasks are about travel and yet doing it again. Summer gets a bit crazy with the crowds and heat and so I rarely manage a summer vacation. This year, I’m very excited to take time off in the fall to visit the beautiful country of Georgia. Explore with me.
This is a one book task. Read a book of at least 200 pages that satisfies one of the following three options.
Required: State the option you used.
Option 1: Transcontinental
Georgia is a transcontinental country bridging both Europe and Asia with influences from both continents. Read a book that also crosses borders and has a hybrid genres as MPGs either as a compound genre or two different genres.
A hybrid genre blends themes and elements from two or more different genres such as Historical Mystery, Fantasy Romance or Space Western.
Required: State the two MPGs used to make the hybrid.
Option 2: Wine
Georgia is one of the oldest wine producing countries with tons of vineyards to visit. Fall is a great time to visit to watch the harvesting of the grapes. One specialty from Georgia is orange or amber wine which is a tradition in Georgia. Read a book that has a cover with at least 50% Orange. Use Tineye to confirm the percentage.
Required: Include the cover in your post.
Option 3: Khachapuri
One of Georgia’s traditional foods is khachapuri which is a cheese filled bread and absolutely delicious. There are over 50 varieties and we only have about 10 days to try them all. Luckily there is also gorgeous hiking in the Caucasus mountains to offset the bread and cheese. Read book with a single author whose first and last name initials are found in the word KHACHAPURI. Letters may only be used as often as they are found in the word.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Kathy P's Task: Back To School
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September will always remind me of school so I have designed this task around some school subjects.
Choose one option and read a book for that option.
Required: State which option you choose.
Option 1: English
Read a book off this list:
Required Reading in High School
Required: State which page your book is found on.
Option 2: History
Read a book with a MPG of History or Historical Fiction. Variations are acceptable. Ex: American History
Option 3: Science
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG of Science.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jasmiina F's task: Feels & Thrills.
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This is a one-book task. Choose an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option.
Option 1: Emotional Skills Matter!
I'm currently working on my thesis, which is about emotional skills and how they play a crucial role in adulthood. For this task, read a book with a MPG of Self-Help or Personal Development.
Option 2: The Grown-Up Life.
Because of my thesis I've been thinking a lot about adulthood, and also how I want to live my life as an adult (although I don't always feel like one). For this task, choose a book that features at least one adult person on the cover. The book can be any genre, but the cover should clearly depict an adult character.
Examples:
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Option 3: The Next Adventure.
I haven't been traveling nearly enough because of school, but my next trip will likely be to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan or/and China. For this option, choose a book where at least 50% of the setting is in one of these countries, or by an author from one of these places. The book can be any genre, but it should give you a taste of the culture or landscape of East Asia.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the GR blurb or metadata, or author's residence/birthplace is not obvious from the GR author page, provide a reference.
Option 4: Need a Laugh.
I’ve been stressed lately with all the demands of school and life, so let’s lighten the mood. For this option, read a book with a MPG of Humor. The book can be fiction or nonfiction.
20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2024 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Fiction: Musicals - Dear Evan Hansen
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Fiction: Magical Realism - The Echo of Old Books
Discussion Thread
Non-Fiction: Journalism - The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Discussion Thread
Gutenberg Classic - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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25.1 Ash's Task: Killer Reads and Gore Galore
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I am SO excited that I got to create a task for the Fall reading challenge because my absolute favorite holiday is during fall... Halloween! I am a horror fanatic, a gore whore, a scream queen if you will and my favorite horror subgenre is slashers. I love campy movies and I love gore. Scary right?
Optional: Watch the horror movie for the option you pick
And even better if at least one of the books is horror! Not required of course.
This is a two book task- Pick one option and read two books from that option. Combined pages must equal 500 pages or more.
Required: State which option you chose when you post. If you watched the movie that goes with the option let me know what you thought of it.
Option 1:Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street
Book 1. Freddy's sweater is red and green striped. Read a book whose cover is at least 75% red and green (Any combination as long as it adds up to 75%) according to Tineye
Required: Post the cover.
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Book 2. In Nightmare on Elm Street Freddy kills people in their dreams. Read a book with sleep or dream intact in the title. Sleeping, sleepy, dreaming, dreams, etc are fine as long as sleep or dream is intact.
Option 2: Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th
Book 1. Friday the 13th is set at Camp Crystal Lake, Jason was a camper who was killed during Summer camp. Read a book in a camping setting, at a campsite, or a cabin in the woods.
Required: If the setting is not evident from the description or the GR metadata, provide a reference.
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Book 2. Jason's signature look is a hockey mask. Read a book with a hockey mask, stick, or any sports jersey on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
Option 3:Chucky from Child's Play
Book 1. Chucky is a killer doll who is possessed by a dead mass murderer. Read a book with Doll intact in the title. Dolls, dollhouse, dolly, etc are okay as long as doll is intact.
and
Book 2. Chucky's full name is Charles Lee Ray. Read a book by an author whose name is a variant of Charles. Variants can be found on this website
Female and Male variants are both accepted.
Option 4:Ghostface from Scream
Book 1. Ghostface's signature look is black robes with a black and white scream mask. Read a book of of one these lists:
A Book with a black and white cover
Books with Black and White Covers or Something Close
Required: State list and page
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Book 2. Ghostface's weapon of choice is a buck knife. Read a book with a knife on the cover- Must be able to see part of both blade and handle
Required: Post the cover
Option 5: Michael Myers from Halloween
Book 1. Michael kills on Halloween night. Read a book with a MPG of Halloween.
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Book 2. One of the most famous lines from Halloween is "He came home". Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in HE CAME HOME. Middle initials can be ignored, and letters can only be used as often as they appear.
25.2 JennRenee's Task: Happy Fall Y'all
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Fall is favorite time of year. The weather is good (most of the time, it is still Texas), fun is to be had, good food happens. It's all around a great time.
This is a two book task. Pick one option and read book A and book B.
Required: state the option
Option 1: Seasonal Shift
I love the way the breeze becomes cool and the leaves change color, even if they don't change as much in Texas.
Book A: Cool Breeze
Authors initials found in COOL BREEZE. Letters may be used as many times as they appear middle initials may be ignored.
Book B: Beautiful colors
Read a book that with 80% any combination of any of these colors: Red, orange, yellow, brown, and green according to Tineye
Required: Post the Cover
Option 2: Holiday Happiness
Great holidays happen in the Fall. Halloween and Thanksgiving are both great days to spend time with friends and family. (and yummy treats)
Book A Happy Halloween
Read a book with a witches hat, black cat, skull/bones, tombstone or jack-o-lantern on the cover.
Required: Post the Cover
Book B: Family, Friends, and Feasts
Read a book with three F's in the title/subtitle, and/or authors name. Any combination
Option 3: Fall Fun
Every year I look forward to two Fall events, my gaming retreat in Florida and the October Readathon.
Book A: Board Gaming in Florida
Read a book that is set at least 50% in Florida
Required: If setting is not evident from main page provide reference
Book B: Lots O' Books
Read a book with an MPG Books About Books
25.3: Tien's Task: Completing (other) reading challenges!
Help Thread
I'm struggling with these tasks but they are the last one of different sets which has been languishing in the corner so please help me finish these off
This is a two-book task. Please select one book from two different options.
Required: State the option
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
Option 2:
Read a book from:
laughter
Required: State the page.
Option 3:
Read a book from:
Best of 1920's
Required: State the page.
25.4 - Robin P's Task: �60’s Board Games
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My brother and I played a lot of board games growing up. Here are a few of them.
Choose 2 different options and read 1 book from each option.
1. Careers � Players choose paths for farming, business, law, or even going into space (it was the '60's!). You accumulate money but also fame and happiness.
Read a book with a job title in the author’s name or in the title (not subtitles.)
Occupation must be on one of these lists:
Plurals and possessives are allowed. Translated equivalents of names are permitted, but per SRC rules you must explain how it fits.
Required: Specify which list the name appears on.
Examples � Longbourn- Jo Baker
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
The Weaver Takes a Wife
Butcher's Crossing
2. Monopoly - Everyone knows this game which exists in many international formats.
Read a book with one of the original 10 Monopoly tokens on the cover.
These are:
Racecar (any car is acceptable)
Battleship (any large military ship is acceptable - not civilian vessels such as cruise liners or ferries)
Scottie Dog (any domestic dog is acceptable, but no foxes or wolves)
Cannon
Horse with Rider (must have a person riding)
Top Hat (must be a top hat, not just any hat)
Boot (can be on a foot or by itself, and can be any kind of boot - but not a shoe)
Wheelbarrow
Thimble
Iron (Were these last two intended for female players?)
Required: Post the cover.
3. Mystery Date � You have to assemble the necessities for a date � dress, shoes, flowers, and of course a boy. Heaven forbid you would get stuck with the nerdy Poindexter!
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.)
4. Mousetrap � You build a “better mousetrap� by assembling odd parts, like a boot that kicks a marble down a staircase to land on a seesaw to launch a figurine, etc. The idea was based on drawings by humor cartoonist Rube Goldberg, who depicted elaborate processes to accomplish simple task.
Read a book from the first 20 pages of this Humor list: /shelf/show/...
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on.
5. Parcheesi (also Pachisi, and other spellings) is based on an ancient game from India. The game Sorry is also a derivation of this race game where you can send your opponent back to Start. Read a book set at least 70% in India.
Required: If the setting isn’t obvious from the book page or GR metadata, provide a reference.
25.5 - Lisa MD’s Task: Bookopoly
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It’s game night for the SRC, so pull up your armchair, turn on your reading lamp, and prepare to turn some pages because we are going to play Bookopoly.
Bookopoly is a boardgame which allows players to glimpse inside the world of classic literature. Inspired by the classic boardgame, Monopoly, players roll dice to move their tokens around a board, where they can buy, sell, and trade properties. In this case, properties are books, and the player can buy bookstores and trade them in for libraries. Each property card has printed on its back facts about the book and author. To add to the fun, players may land on the space “Explore!� or “Knowledge,� which requires them to pick an action card and follow its instructions. Let’s begin and see who may win the title of President of the Book Club.
This is a 2-book task.
Dicer Roller:
Book 1:
Roll the 6-sided die to see which token you will be playing with, then read a book whose title and/or subtitle contain the letters of your game piece.
Required: State the number of the die you rolled.
1 � Worm
2 - Ship
3 - Glasses
4 - Bee
5 - Horse
6 -Whale
Book 2:
Roll the 6-sided die to see what property or action your token lands on, then read a book to satisfy the description.
Required: State the number of the die you rolled.
1 –Property:
You landed on a Genre property. Read a book from one of these genres listed on the board: Romance, Mystery, Humor, Sci-Fi, or Fantasy. Genre must appear on Main Page, standalone or embedded.
2 � Buy a Bookstore:
Independent book stores are celebrated one day in the month of April across the United States and also for a week in June in the U.K. and Ireland. Read a book originally published in April or June of any year.
3- Explore! Card:
Read a book whose title and/or subtitle contains an exclamation point, question mark, colon, or hyphen.
4 � Trade Your Bookstores for a Library:
Read a book that features a bookstore or library in the story. The bookstore or library must be essential to the storyline (e.g. a main character works there, or it's a key location within the plot), not merely a passing sentence where someone stops in a bookstore or library.
Required: If this is not clear from the book description, then provide a reference.
5 � Knowledge Card:
Read a book whose author’s first and last initials can be found in ENCYCLOPEDIA or WIKIPEDIA. Your book may have multiple authors, only one needs to meet the criteria.
Required: State which word you used.
6 � President of the Book Club:
Read a book whose title contains a word of four or more letters that can be made from the phrase, “President of the Book Club.� Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
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25.6 - RedSycamore's Task: Ticket To Ride
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Fall always makes me crave a long train ride through the woods as the colors change, so this task will be based on the 2004 board game, Ticket to Ride! It's a railway-themed, turn-based strategy board game that's won over a dozen awards. If you're looking for an easy-to-learn game with tons of replay value that's good for kids and adults, this is the one.
Since you're always looking for alternate routes in Ticket to Ride, you can complete this task by either of two methods:
Read Two Books: Read two books from the options below. You may use the same option twice.
OR
Read One Book: Read one book of at least 500 pages that satisfies the criteria from two different options.
Required: State the options you used
Option 1: The Original
In the 20 years since its original release, Ticket to Ride has sold 18 million copies and been translated into 33 languages!
Read a book that is numbered 18-33 in a series (inclusive, whole numbers only). The series must be apparent in greyscale on the GR book page.
Option 2: Mystery Train
This first, free mini-expansion came hot on the heels of the original release.
Read a book with the MPG Mystery, either stand-alone or combined ('Cozy Mystery', 'Mystery Thriller', etc.)
Option 3: Ghost Train
There are many more expansions for the game, but I can't pass up one that's so thematically appropriate to the season.
Read a book with at least one of the MPGs Horror, Weird Fiction, New Weird, or Speculative Fiction
Option 4: Rails and Sails
There were even expansions that added characters, new game piece designs, and new modes of transportation.
Read a book that has any of the following Ticket to Ride related words found intact in the title or subtitle: Conductor, Engine, Freight, Industrial, Magnate, Master, Rail, Ride, Sail, Station, Steam, Ticket, or Train
Required: State the Ticket to Ride word.
While the word must be found intact, it does not need to be stand-alone, so any of the following would work for this option: Deckhand: Life on Freighters of the Great Lakes (Freight), The Masterpiece (Master), Frailty (Rail), and Pride and Prejudice (Ride).
However, the task word may not be split between sub/title words as in Divine Conduct or the Mystery of Providence (Conductor), Appalachian Fall: Dispatches from Coal Country on What's Ailing America (Sail).
25.7 - Lois' Task: Sorry!
Help Thread
Sorry! is a classic board game, which I played as a child, I played with my children, and now I play with my grandchildren. It is a simple but competitive game that can be enjoyed by all ages!
This is a two book task. Choose two of the following options.
Required: State the options you chose.
Option 1. Some elements on the Sorry! game board are Start, Home, and Slide. Read a book with Start, Home, or Slide intact in the title.
Option 2. Sorry! is played with 2-4 people. Game pieces are red, yellow, blue, and green. Read a book with at least two of these colors on the cover, according to TinEye. Any percentage is acceptable as long as it is present.
Required: Post the cover and state the colors with their TinEye percentages.
Option 3. Drawing the Sorry! card is great, though risky if you are playing with a young child who does not like to be "sorried." In that case, I prefer the 2 Draw Again card, and sometimes the Backward 4 can be very advantageous. Read a book that is #2 or #4 in a series. Series must be indicated on the main page in grayscale.
Option 4. Sorry! has an exclamation point in its name. Read a book with an exclamation point in the title (disregard subtitle).
25.8 - Shelby's Task: Are You Ready For Some Football???
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So, I am a HUGE Seahawks fan, and I am ecstatic that it is finally time for football to start up again. Opening weekend cannot get here soon enough for me. I love talking football and often surprise people, ok let’s be honest mostly guys, with how much I know about the game. I am not your “oooh, I like their colors� fan. I can tell you pretty much all of the players on our 53-man roster and who’s going to start and how things look for the season. This year has a lot of budding hope developing in the Seahawks fan base. A large part of that is that we have a brand-new coaching staff this year. We moved on this season with our long time Hall of Fame coach for a new regime, but there’s a lot of momentum developing behind it. With that in mind I’m honoring my Seahawks and the potential for new exciting things this season with this challenge.
Choose two different options and read a book for each option. Also because the excitement for this all comes from the unknown and the hope for something great to come from all that newness, one of your books must be from a New-to-You author.
Required: State the options and which of your books is by the New-to-You author.
Option 1: This whole task is really about my favorite team so, read a book by a single author where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) appear in SEATTLE SEAHAWKS. You may only use a letter as many times as it appears.
Option 2. As I said above the Seahawks are moving on from one of the greatest coaches in franchise history. Pete Carroll will forever be beloved in Seattle and will always be respected for the Super Bowl Championship he brought to the city. He was the Seahawks coach for 14 years, but he was the oldest coach in the NFL. To honor Pete Carroll, read a book published prior to the year he was born in 1951 (i.e. a book from 1950 or earlier) or a book that is #14 in a series. The series must be apparent in greyscale on the GR book page.
Option 3: Needing to replace the legend the Seahawks are taking a big swing in the exact opposite direction with the hiring of Mike Mcdonald. Hailed as the newest defensive guru he is now the youngest head coach in the NFL. Read a book first published in 2024.
Option 4: The NFL season has recently gone to a 17-game season, which means it is actually 18 weeks long. Read a book whose page count ends in either 1, 7, or 8.
Option 5: The Seahawks fan base is famously known as the 12’s. They regularly cause false starts and other problems for the opposing offense with how loud they are at Lumen Field (they have actually registered as an earthquake on seismometers in the area). To honor the 12’s, read a book that is #1, 2, or 12 in a series from one of your favorite authors. The series must be apparent in greyscale on the GR book page.
Required: State that the author is a favorite.
Bonus: If you’re a football fan, shout out your favorite team and let us know how you think they’re going to do this year. The Seahawks I truly believe have a good shot at making the playoffs this year even though they play in one of the toughest division in football. :D
25.9 - Bookwrm256's Task: Fall in the Southland
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Fall is my absolute favorite season, and as a born and raised southerner, I feel this saying in my heart "Fall is a Southerner's Reward for Having Survived Summer". I'm basing this task around this phrase. For this task, read two books:
Required: State which option you used for book 2.
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".. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase. Titles only, ignore subtitles.
Required: State the target word.
Book 2 Option 1: Read a book with an anagram of your target word from book 1 in the title (ignore subtitles).
Required: State the word.
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. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
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30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency
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This is a two book task, read one book for each option.
Required: State the option
You may use one children's book/graphic novel for this task as long as it meets SRC guidelines.
Letter Frequency in the English Language
The 5 least frequently occurring letters in English words are: K X J Q Z
Book 1:
Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title. Ignore subtitles.
Required: State the letters.
Examples:
The Duke at Hazard - K, Z
Next of Kin - X, K
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. For multiple authored books, only one author needs to work.
Required: State the letters.
Examples:
Neon Prey by John Sandford - J
A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn - Q
Open Season by C.J. Box - J
30.2 Cat's Task: Books of Africa
Help Thread
We will be reading books associated with the continent Africa, and using the information on this link for reference:
Pick an option.
Required: state the option.
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Africa, or is about one or more countries in Africa (if Non-Fiction).
This list may be helpful: Africa Books
Required:state the country(/ies), and provide supporting evidence if it's not obvious from the GR metadata or blurb.
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Africa. Multiple authors are allowed, provided that ALL are born within Africa. The author(s) need not be from the country used for book 1.
Required:: provide a link to prove place of birth if it's not obvious from the GR metadata.
Option 2: One Book Option
Read one book of at least 500 pages that fits both criteria of Option 1.
30.3 XBM's task: Celebrating the grandkids
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My six grandchildren have brought me so much joy, so this task will celebrate them! I have four grandsons, all young men in their twenties, and after a long drought of 15 years, two beautiful granddaughters.
This is a two book task, pick one book for two different options
Required: State the options
1) My oldest grandson just had his first book published. For this option, read a book off of this list :
Great Debut Novels
Required: State the page
2) Grandson number 2 recently graduated college as a 2nd Lieutenant in the ROTC. Read a book whose main character is an active member or veteran in any branch of the military.
Required: If occupation is not clear from the main page, provide a reference
3) All of my grandchildren have four names. 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.
4) My youngest grandson is a college runner. Read a fiction or nonfiction book about running.
Required: If it's not clear from the main page, provide a reference
5) My long-awaited granddaughters live in Hawai’i, so we don’t get to see them as often as we’d like. Read a book that takes place in Hawai’i. This could be totally set there, or just a trip to visit it.
Required: If the setting is not clear from the main page, provide a reference
6) My granddaughters are named August and November. Read a book containing any month in the title/subtitle or author’s name.
30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge
Help Thread
You may use one book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga.
This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options.
Option 1: NHRA:
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), the largest auto racing organization in the world, has come a long way since Wally Parks founded it in 1951. Though it has grown into a global sports-entertainment business, NHRA has not lost sight of Parks' original goal: to provide competitors a place to race.
Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name (middle name can be ignored)
Option 2: Meeting the family
My first experience with drag racing came when on our second date my husband took me along with his sister and brother’s family to the US Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was a marathon date but I fell in love with the sport and my husband. This happened to be the 30th running of the US Nationals.
Read a book with a 3 and a 0(zero) in the page count. The numbers do not need to be consecutive.
Option 3: Christmas Tree
Modern drag races are started electronically by a system known as a Christmas tree. A common Christmas tree consists of a column of seven lights for each driver or lane. Each side of the column of lights is the same. The tree consists of a blue LED light set (top and bottom halves), then three amber bulbs, then a green bulb and a red bulb. Often many race wins are determined by how quick the driver’s reaction time is to the lights.
Read a book with a cover of any combination of at least 75% of the following colors: blue, yellow, green, red determined by TinEye.
Required: post the cover.
Option 4: Labor Day Weekend
The US Nationals is the longest-running Labor Day motorsports event in the United States, a distinction it earned in 2004. This year will be the 70th running of the race. We’ve been going since 1991. Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive).
Required: State the date of first publication.
Option 5: The Drivers
When you go to the US Nationals you get the chance to get up close to the drivers and cars. Often you are able to get pictures and autographs. The drivers� personalities and willingness to interact with the fans is a bonus of attending the race.
Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with one of the winning professional drivers found here:
You can choose from the professional or the sportsman classes, names and location must match exactly. (ex. John Force–John Grisham)
Required: State the name of the driver and which class they race in.
30.5 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
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I am playing with an idea That Cat had in using the months of the challenge to create the task
For the purposes of this task books must be at least 250 pages each
No Childrens / graphic novels/ manga are allowed
Each task is related to the months of the fall challenge - September, October and November. This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options.
Option 1
September, October and November are the 9th, 10th and 11th month of the year
Read a book with a variable of the number 9, 10 or 11 in the TITLE ONLY
It may appear as words or numbers; whole numbers or ordinals so 9, 10, 11; Nine, ten or eleven; Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and 9th,10th and 11th all work
Expample:
The Tenth Circle
Station Eleven
November 9
Option 2
All these months end with BER read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "BER"
You can use the months themselves or words such as "chamber" "remember"
Examples:
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree
An Ember in the Ashes
Option 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ingnored) initials use only the letters "BER"
For the purposes of this task You can use the letters more than once
Examples:
Edward Rutherford ; Rachel Blackmore OR Beryl Bainbridge
Option 4
Read a book that is # 9,10 or 11 in a series the number must be shown in Greyscale on GR record.
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30.6 Katrisa's Task Fall Zodiac
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Let’s wrap up our journey through the Zodiac.
This is a 2 book task. Please pick one option and read a book 1 and a book 2 for your chosen option. Total page count must be at least 500 pages. One children’s/middle grade book may be used.
Required State the options
Option 1 - Virgo August 23-September 22
Book 1 - The symbol for Virgo is a young maiden with a sheaf of wheat. Read a book with a main character who is an unmarried woman aged 15 - 29 inclusive.
Required If the age/marital status of the MC isn’t clear from the main page, please provide a reference. If the main page mentions that the MC is a teenager that is acceptable even if the exact age isn’t mentioned.
Book 2 - The tarot card associated with Virgo is The Hermit. This card depicts an old man on top of a mountain holding a lantern. This card is part of the album art for Led Zeppelin IV. Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven. Word must match exactly - no exceptions.
Required state the word.
Option 2 - Libra September 23-October 22
Book 1 - The symbol for libra is a woman with a set of scales. Read a book with MPG Social Justice
Book 2 - The tarot card associated with Libra is Justice. This is the card of fairness, truth, cause and effect, law and also of Unfairness, lack of accountability, dishonesty if the card is reversed. Read a legal thriller from the first 20 pages of this list:
/shelf/show/...
Required: state the page
Option 3 - Scorpius October 23-November 21
Book 1 - The symbol for Scorpio is a scorpion. The deadliest scorpion in the world is the Deathstalker scorpion. Read a book where the author’s first and last initials (you may ignore middle initials) can be found in DEATHSTALKER . Letters may be used as many times as they appear.
Book 2 - The tarot card associated with Scorpio is Death, the card of transformation. Read a book featuring a shapeshifter of some kind.
Required: If not evident from the main page, provide a reference
30.7 Amy FL’s task: Let’s play Scattergories!
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Scattergories was a favorite board game in our house. It tests your ability to think quickly and creatively to find answers to categories using a letter determined by the roll of a letter cube.
For example, if the letter “R� was rolled, you would have to think of 12 things that start with that letter from a list you’re given. It can be things like birds, boy’s names, or things you shout.
This is a two-book task. Choose two different categories and read a book for each.
Using this Scattergories wheel, spin to determine which letter you will use.
Required: State your letter and the chosen options.
Option 1 - Author: Read a book by an author whose LAST name begins with the letter you’ve spun. If your book has multiple authors, only one must start with your letter.
Option 2- Title: Read a book with a title that begins with your letter. All words count, so you can’t ignore a, an, or the. If you spin a B, for example, you can use Blood Sisters, not The Briar Club. “The� only counts if you spin a T.
Option 3 - MPG: Read a book with a MPG that starts with your letter.
Option 4 - Character: Read a book where a character’s name (first or last) begins with your letter. The character’s name MUST appear on the main page.
30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Maisie Dobbs
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In June, after 21 years and 18 books, readers said farewell to Maisie Dobbs with the final book in the series, The Comfort of Ghosts. Maisie Dobbs is a series that I discovered from a group read in this very group back in 2012-2013.
For this task, you will pick one of the THREE options before and read book A and book B for that option. The total pages combine must exceed 500 (501 or more) You may read ONE book in the Maisie Dobbs series to meet requirements.
No children’s books may be use for this task.
Option 1
Book A � Read a book in the Maisie Dobbs series
Book B � Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in Jacqueline Winspear. All initials count. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Option 2
Book A � The first book in the series won the nomination in the category “First book in a mystery series by a female author� � Read a book that meets the requirements: female author, first in series, mystery MPG- Series must contain at least 3 books published or publishing within this season (sept 1- Nov 30 2024)
Book B � read a book from one of the three nominated categories from that season of SRC
First book in a mystery series by a female author: /poll/show/7...
Books About books: /poll/show/7...
RITA Award Winners: /poll/show/7...
Option 3
Book A � The series features events that occur from 1910 to 1945. Read a book that was first published in this time period.
Book B � Read a book that has a MPG of either World War 1 or World War 2.
30.9 Truitt_T’s Task: Be Prepared!
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In the U.S., September is National Preparedness Month (NPM). Sponsored by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), the intent is to encourage individuals, families, businesses, and communities to prepare for natural and other hazards. In honor of NPM, I thought a few disaster books might motivate all of us to be more prepared.
This is a two book task, with a combined 600 page minimum. Children’s and middle grades books are NOT allowed, one book with MPG Graphic Novel(s) MAY be used. One book MUST be nonfiction.
****Again, one book MUST be nonfiction.****
Choose two options and read one book from each.
Required: state which options.
Option 1: Read a book with one or more of the following disaster related words in the title and/or subtitle. Plurals are ok.
Earthquake / Quake
Fire / Wildfire
Flood
Hurricane / Typhoon
Volcano / Eruption
Option 2: Read a book from one of the two following lists:
Non-fiction Disaster Books
Natural Disaster Books
**First 15 pages only**
Required: state which list, and on which page the book is found.
Option 3: Read a book for which:
A - the author’s first and last initials are in FEMA (letters used only as often as they appear) OR
B - all the letters of FEMA are found in the title (subtitle excluded).
Requied:state A or B.
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50.1 - Jen B's Task: ‘Bored� Games
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When my boys were little, entertaining them during long waits was always a challenge. So, we would play “Bored Games� � quick things that we could do with whatever pens and paper were in my purse. Now they are typical phone-wielding American teenagers, but occasionally I can get them to take a little trip down memory lane with me to play one of our old favorites.
This task requires three books totaling at least 750 pages.
No books with the genres children or kids on the main book page may be used.
Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may not be used.
Choose one of our Bored Games below and read 3 books to satisfy each option listed for that board game.
Required: State the option.
Option 1: Tic Tac Toe
Pretty much everyone knows this game in some form. The idea is to match three Xs or Os either horizontally, diagonally, or vertically in a grid of 9 squares.
For this option, read 3 books by 3 different authors who share the same name. The names must be in the same position (first, middle, or last) and must match exactly. So, if they are a nickname or variation, they must all be that nickname/variation. For example,
Jennifer Weiner and Jen Lancaster and Jenny Colgan would NOT work because they are all different variations.
However, Kate Quinn and Kate White, and Kate Spencer do work since they are the same variation.
Option 2: MASH
MASH was an 80s elementary school favorite that my thoroughly modern kiddos ended up finding hilarious. In this game, you “predict� your future life by listing multiple options in different categories, like marriage partners, cities to live, jobs, and whether your home will be a Mansion, Apartment, Shack, or House (hence, MASH). Then, you pick your magic number from 1-10 and count your way through all the options in your categories using that number, crossing off each option that you land on. Eventually, you are left with one option in each category and, voila! That’s your future! You can even play it online!
Book 1 - Read a book with the word Mansion, Apartment, Shack, or House in the title. Plurals and possessives are ok, but no other variations.
Book 2 - Read a book with a person’s name in the title
Book 3 - Read a book with a city name in the title
Required: If the city name is not obvious (i.e. it is a well known city), please provide a reference.
Option 3: Draw It!
For this one, I’d pull out my phone and someone would choose an object to Google a picture of. We’d land on a picture, and then we’d all have to draw whatever it was. This produced some good drawings, and some hilarious ones.
Book 1 - Read a book whose main character is an artist
Required: if not evident from the book's description, provide a reference
Book 2 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in DRAW
Book 3 - Read a book with a writing utensil (pen, pencil, crayon, paintbrush, chalk, etc) on the cover. This list may help (but your book does not have to be from the list) /list/show/3...
Required: Post the Cover
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.1- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
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The best thing about Fall is... Well.. Everything.
Nothing says Fall like wearing a sweater, cozied up in a blanket, drinking a pumpkin chai, and reading by those yummy fall candles.
Read a book with one of these words in the title:
fall, sweater, blanket, pumpkin, or candle
plurals and possessives allowed, no other variations.
5.2- Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
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Let's be honest everyone waits for Starbucks to come out with their pumpkin spice lattes, because it means that it's fall.
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in PUMPKIN SPICE.
Letters may be used as many times as they appear.
5.3 Autumn Whodunits
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There's nothing like curling up with a cozy mystery on a crisp fall day.
Read a book with MPG Cozy Mystery
5.4 Embrace the Season
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Sometimes we just need to read fall books to get into the fall mood
Read a book off this list
Best Book To Read In Autumn
Required:State the page
5.5 Eerie Equation: 13 + 31 = Spooky Halloween?
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Not only do we have a Friday the 13th in September but Halloween is on October 31st.
Read a book with 13 or 31 intact in the page number or original publication date.
5.6 A Hauntingly Good Time
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Fall is the perfect time for a spooky (Or not so spooky) read.
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 ŷ main page provide a reference
5.7 Too Precious to Forget
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October 15th is pregnancy and infant loss awareness day and October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. The awareness colors are pink and blue.
Read a book that is at least 50% combination of pink and blue. according to tineye.
Required: Post the cover
5.8 Footprints in the Forest
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Forest shuffle is a set collection game featuring beautiful trees and adorable forest critters perfect for fall.
Read a book with one of the forest animal/insect from following list on the cover
Exceptions: Hare= bunny/rabbit, Dormouse- mouse
Required: Post the cover and name the animal
5.9 It's Fall Y'all
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The Fall reading challenge falls in September, October, and November.
Read a book first published in September, October, or November
5.10 Free For Fall
If you don't like fall, you can leaf me alone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used