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Reading the Seasons - Fall 2022
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Amanda A
Anne FINISHED - 31 pts.
Ariel FINISHED - 13 pts.
Christene Paula✨
Cindy III
Diana H. FINISHED - 19 pts.
Dita
Elle
Ferenc FINISHED - 27 pts.
Frankie FINISHED - 49 pts.
Genevieve FINISHED - 60 pts.
Grace FINISHED - 33 pts.
Hina ♡
JoAnne FINISHED - 104 pts.
Katelyn FINISHED - 7 pts.
Kellene FINISHED - 49 pts.
Kendra FINISHED - 130 pts. - WINNER
Kimberly FINISHED - 16 pts.
Mary-Megan FINISHED - 31 pts.
Melissa FINISHED - 102 pts.
Moondance FINISHED - 39 pts.
Natasha
Nell FINISHED - 12 pts.
Olivermagnus FINISHED - 69 pts.
Shannon FINISHED - 90 pts.
Shash FINISHED - 128 pts.
Shelly
Suzanne
Tara
Tari FINISHED - 46 pts.
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Duration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Read: 104/31+
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
3 - Falling Home Karen White 9/25/22
3 - Falling Forward Danni Roan 9/27/22
3 - Falling Fast J.H. Croix 10/7/22
3 - The Fall of Legend Meghan March 10/15/22
3 - The Fall of Us Kennedy Fox 10/20/22
3 - Fall For Me J.H. Croix 10/21/22
3 - Down to Fall Jodi Watters 10/25/22
3 - A Sweet Alaskan Fall Jennifer Snow 10/28/22
3 - Canadian Fall Kimberly Ann 10/30/22
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
Autumn in Sycamore Park C.P. Ward 10/6/22
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
1 -
Echoes From The Heart Shirley Wine 9/26/225. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
1 -
Murder Most Pumpkin Stella Berry 10/13/221 -
Making the Match Kristen Ashley 10/17/221 -
A Vineyard Blessing Katie Winters 11/16/227. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
3 -
Soul of the Witch Deanna Chase 10/5/223 -
Heart of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/8/223 -
Dreams of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/11/223 -
Courage of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/11/223 -
Love of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/12/223 -
Power of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/14/223 -
Essence of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/19/223 -
Muse of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/19/22 3 -
Vision of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/21/223 -
Waking of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/21/223 -
Honor of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/22/228. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
1 - pancakes Tempted by Love Melissa Foster 9/30/22
1 - pancakes Wild Ride Breezie Bennett 10/9/22
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
1 - town map Marry Me Mad Katy Regnery 10/2/22
1 - author Too Good to Be True Susan Coventry 10/4/22
1 - author Getting Lei'd Ann Omasta 11/4/22
1 - author The Memory of You Catherine West 11/13/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
1 - J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis Katy Regnery 10/14/22 chapt 10
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
1 - True to You Jodi Watters 10/11/22
1 - Have a Heart Jodi Watters 10/23/22
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
1 - Brown-Eyed Girl Lisa Kleypas 10/1/22
1 - Breaking Up with Barrett Katy Regnery 11/3/22
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
1 - Harvest Moon Denise Hunter 10/19/22
3 - dog in vehicle
Shadow Canyon Vickie McKeehan 10/31/221 - Spirit of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/9/22
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
1 - A Medium's Thanksgiving Table Chariss K. Walker 10/13/22
1 - A Match Made for Thanksgiving Jackie Lau 11/6/22
1 - Fierce-Jade Natalie Ann 11/7/22
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
1 - Noah Take The Shot Danica Flynn 9/28/22
1 - Jasper Keep Me Close J.H. Croix 10/22/22
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
1- Gin and Tonic His Miracle Baby B.B. Hamel 11/3/22
1 - Margarita Healing Tides Katie Winters 11/23/22
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
1 -
His Pumpkin Pie Alexa Riley 11/22/2218. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 - Fiction Sweet Trouble Susan Mallery 9/24/22
1 - Firefighters Heat Karen Foley 10/8/22
1 - Mystery The Newcomer Mary Kay Andrews 10/16/22
1 - Fantasy When Gracie Met The Grump Mariana Zapata 10/18/22
1 - Mystery Death of a Crafty Knitter Angela Pepper 10/26/22
1 - Football Easy Ride Breezie Bennett 10/29/22
1 - Mystery Spirit Lake Vickie McKeehan 11/2/22
1 - Family A Vineyard Blizzard Katie Winters 11/17/22
1 - Family The Vineyard Bride Katie Winters 11/18/22
1 - Fiction Stay With Me J.H. Croix 11/21/22
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 - 4152 Witchwood Lane Katie Winters 10/12/22
1 - Mountain Hearts Jill Haymaker 10/24/22
1 - After the Rain Karen White 11/10/22
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
1 - published October 8, 2019 The Keto Longevity Diet: Reset Your Clock in 21 Days and Live a Longer, Healthier Life Mark Sisson 10/3/22
1 - November 8, 2019 Slow Ride Breezie Bennett 10/10/22
1 - December 7th 2021 A Vineyard Christmas Guest Katie Winters 11/16/22
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
SCORING: Score 1 point for each book read that fits a task PLUS an additional 2 points for each bonus task. The book must work for the task and the bonus to receive the 2 extra points.
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Read: 20/31+ BOOKS
POINTS: 20
BONUS: 16
TOTAL POINTS: 36
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
📌2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
🎅🏻1. Twisted Threads - Lea Wait 12/08/22 {Dave Percy, high school biology teacher, member od Mainely Needlepoint}
📌3. Equinox POINTS: 1
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or
publication date. Share the number.
🧙🏻♀️1. The Time Machine - H.G. Wells 10/13/22 {122 pages}
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
🍗1. The Cure for What Ales You - Ellie Alexander 11/12/22 {Maifest parade}
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze POINTS: 2
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
🧙🏻♀️1 ORANGE COVER: Caught Bread Handed - Ellie Alexander 10/18/22
🧙🏻♀️2. Halloween Party Murder - Leighann Dobbs 10/25/22
📌7. Halloween frights POINTS: 3
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
🧙🏻♀️1. Fair Isle and Fortunes - Nancy Warren 10/31/22 {Both women on the cover are witches}
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
✔️1. Fair Isle and Fortunes
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival POINTS1
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it
OR where the town votes on something
OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
👩🏼🏫1. {EW} Ellie Alexander - Without a Brew 09/27/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month POINTS: 1
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
🧙🏻♀️1. Batter Off Dead - Maddie Day 10/06/22 {Abe}
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day POINTS: 6
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
����🏻♀️1. Word to the Wise - Jenn McKinlay 10/21/22 {Lindsey has Heathcliff}
🍗2. One for the Books - Jenn McKinlay 11/10/22
🐶--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
✔️1. Word to the Wise
✔️2. One for the Books
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
📌15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
🧙🏻♀️1. Crimes and Covers - Amanda Flower 10/29/22 {Violet Waverly}
🍗2. A Treacherous Tale - Elizabeth Penney 11/13/22 {Molly Kimball}
🍗3. Elementary, She Read - Vicki Delany 11/20/22{Gemma Holmes}
🎅🏻4. Twelve Angry Librarians - Miranda James 12/03/22 {Charlie Harris}
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
✔️1. Crimes and Covers
✔️2. A Treacherous Tale
✔️3. Elementary, She Read
✔️4. Twelve Angry Librarians
16. Bartender Appreciation Day POINTS:1
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
Bayou Book Thief - Ellen Byron 10/01/22 {Ricki & Pimm’s Cup}
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
🍗1. Lace and Lies - Nancy Warren 11/26/22
18. FALL/AUTUMN POINTS: 1
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
👩🏼🏫1. {F: Fantasy} Mrs. Morris and the Pot of Gold - Traci Wilton 09/23/22
19. FALL/AUTUMN POINTS: 1
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
🍗1. {T} Tears of the Giraffe{audio} - Alexander McCall Smith 11/16/22
🍗2. {F}Fudge and Jury - Ellie Alexander 11/26/22
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books POINTS: 3
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
🍗1. Postcards From Stella Maris: Five Liz Talbot Short Stories - Susan M. Boyer 11/16/22
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
✔️Postcards From Stella Maris: Five Liz Talbot Short Stories
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: September 23 2022 - December 21 2022
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Read: 31/31+
COMPLETED!!
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall11/1/2022
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
Death of a Knit Wit by Peggy Ehrhart 10/22/2022
Dr. Robert Greer-Gordon Critter is our victim and a professor.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
Riding the Bullet by Stephen King 10/30/2022
Set in Maine
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman 11/30/2022
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
Murder Under the Covered Bridge by Elizabeth Perona 10/13/2022
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle 11/6/2022
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 12/8/2022
Viktor is a retired KGB general.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
The Millionaire's Revenge by Wendy Byrne11/4/2022
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
Death on the Green by Catie Murphy 11/2/2022
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
Turkey Trot Murder by Leslie Meier 12/2/2022
Lucy and Bill celebrate Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James 11/25/2022
Charlie reads.
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria 10/8/2022
Lots and lots of margaritas
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
The Black Cloister by Melanie Dobson 9/30/2022
Mystery
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder by Dianne Freeman 10/8/2022
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese 10/29/2022
Published 10/4/2022
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Level:
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
26/26 Completed. 49pts. Finished
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title. 1+3+3+3+3=19pts.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
A Lie for a Lie-Helena Hunting 10/13/22
When It Falls Apart-Catherine Bybee 10/29/22
Falling Stars-Fern Michaels 11/09/22
Fall Into Temptation-Lucy Score 11/10/22
Falling into You-A.L. Jackson 11/24/22
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character. 1pt.
Wild, Crazy Hearts-Melissa Foster 10/02/22
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number. 1pt.
(12/04/12)
She Can Tell-Melinda Leigh 10/27/22
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover).1+1=2pts.
The Girl Next Door-A.J. Rivers 10/12/22
The Murders in Beacon Hill-Elle Gray 11/06/22
OR set in Maine. 1pt.
Soaring-Kristen Ashley 10/26/22
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).1+1=2pts.
Be My Pumpkin-Elysia Lumen Strife 10/04/22
Power-Debra Webb 10/28/22
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR
the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.1+1+1=3pts.
Willow Rose-Black Jack 10/15/22
Odette Stone-Puck Me Secretly 12/10/22
Colleen Coble-One Little Lie 12/17/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog. 1+3+3=7pts.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
Primal Vengeance-Piper Davenport 9/23/22
The Lemon Sisters-Jill Shalvis 10/14/22
The Mutt and the Matchmaker-J.B. Lynn 11/14/22
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink. 1+1=2pts
Margarita:Chaser-Charity Ferrell 10/03/22
Martini:Only You-Melanie Harlow 10/03/22
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.1+1=2pts.
Adult Fiction:Tattered on My Sleeve-Autumn Jones Lake 10/17/22
Action & Adventure:Reckless-Aurora Rose Reynolds 11/26/22
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter. 3pts.
Mine To Love-Natasha Madison 11/04/22
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.3+3+3+3=12pts
9/26/22:Give Me Love-Corinne Michaels 10/13/22
10/04/22:Never Trust the Living-Lani Lynn Vale 10/23/22
10/31/22:Deeper You Dig: A Lost Kings MC Halloween-Autumn Jones Lake 11/01/22
10/25/22:Fractured Sky-Catherine Cowles 11/02/22
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: September 23, 2022 - December 21, 2022
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Completed: 16 points
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
1 pt. - Marriage Can Be Mischief - Amanda Flower - several scenes take place at a covered bridge - 12/14
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
1 pt. - How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America - Clint Smith - CS initials - 10/4
1 pt. - Salt and Sugar - Rebecca Carvalho - RC initials - 11/4
1 pt. - The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan - RR initals - 11/17
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
1 pt. - Yes & I Love You - Roni Loren - Hollyn orders a hurricane - 12/7
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 pt. - The Blackbird Girls - Anne Blankman - middle grade tag - 10/28
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 pt. - Familiar Motives - Delia James - 10/23
1 pt. - Floral Depravity - Beverly Allen - 11/21
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
1 pt. - Brewed Awakening - Cleo Coyle pub. Dec. 3. 2019 - 10/13
1 pt. - Body and Soul Food - Abby Collette - pub. Nov. 9, 2021 - 11/15
3 pt. - The Christmas Trip - Sandy Barker - pub. Nov. 10, 2022 - 11/27 - (BONUS)
3 pt. -Steeped in Secrets - Lauren Elliott - pub. Nov. 29. 2022 - 11/30 - (BONUS)
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Current # of points: 90
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
+3 Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty 11/1/22
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
+1 The Night Shift by Alex Finlay 10/6/22 - Dale Steadman is a teacher in 1999, and a principal in 2015.
+1 A Country Affair by Debbie Macomber 10/7/22 - Kate Logan
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
+1 Crashed by Timothy Hallinan 11/21/22 Published Nov. 13, 2012
+1 The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith, 12/12/22 Published July 22, 2012
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
+1 Flying Solo by Linda Holmes 10/25/22 (set in Maine)
+1 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, 11/4/22 (set in Maine)
+1
The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson 11/10/22+1
The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch 11/16/22+1
by Lynette Eason 12/5/22+1
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson 12/20/22 (also partly set in Maine)5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
+1 The Restoration of Celia Fairchild by Marie Bostwick 10/11/22 - Several characters learn to knit, and Polly owns a yarn shop called Sheepish.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
+1
Fudge Bites by Nancy CoCo 9/29/227. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
+1
Masterminds by Gordon Korman 10/11/22 (shadowy, claw-like grabbing hands)+1
A Bittersweet Murder by Kaz Delaney 11/8/22 (skull on the cake and x-ed out faces on the photograph)8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
+1 The Wedding Planner's Daughter by Coleen Murtagh Paratore 11/6/22 - Willa and Mr. Tweed go to a father-daughter pancake breakfast.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
+1 Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge 10/25/22 (author's initials)
+1 Death Times Three by Rex Stout, 11/11/22
+1 Ties That Bind by Carolyn Arnold 11/30/22
+1 August Heat by Andrea Camilleri 12/16/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
+1 Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren 10/5/22 (Audiobook, 3:27:30 - "That feels a little more pumpkin spice latte")
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
+1 The House by the Lake by Ella Carey 10/18/22 - Max and the other men in his family were in the German army.
+1 The Cat of the Baskervilles by Vicki Delany 11/3/2022
+1 The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton 11/24/22 (military characters in several of the stories)
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
+1 The Lost Girls of Rome by Donato Carrisi 9/27/22
+1 Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan 10/20/22
+1 The Cat of the Baskervilles by Vicki Delany 11/3/2022 - Sir Nigel Bellinghamwears a cravat.
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
+1 The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg 10/20/22 (Three characters have dogs.)
+3
Have Yourself a Fudgy Little Christmas by Nancy CoCo 10/30/22 (Allie has a dog named Marshmallow, shown on the cover.)+1 The Late Show by Michael Connelly 11/9/22 Renee Ballard has a dog named Lulu.
+3
Here Comes the Fudge by Nancy CoCo 11/20/22 (Marshmallow, "Mal," again!)+3
A Midsummer Night's Fudge by Nancy CoCo 11/22/22 (Mal once more)+1 Charm City by Laura Lippman 12/8/22 (Spike gives Tess a dog named Esskay.)
+1 A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany 12/14/22 - Gemma has a dog, Violet
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
+1 Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean, 11/11/22 (Izumi & her parents have a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas celebration because they're apart for Thanksgiving.)
+1 Five and Dime Christmas: Four Historical Novellas by Cynthia Hickey, Susanne Dietze, Patty Smith Hall, & Christina Lorenzen 11/20/22 -The residents at Maggie's mother's boarding house celebrate Thanksgiving.
+1 This May End Badly by Samantha Markum 12/13/22 - Doe goes home with Wells for Thanksgiving at his cousin's house.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
+1 Peeled by Joan Bauer 9/30/22 - Hildy the article she's written out loud; the townspeople read her underground newspaper.
+3
(BONUS!) Body on Baker Street by Vicki Delany 10/3/22 - Gemma reads These Honored Dead+3
The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson 11/3/22 Several characters read, including the main character, June Jones, who reads War and Peace, Pride and Prejudice, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.+1 Once Upon a Dickens Christmas: 3 Charming Christmas Tales Set in Victorian England by Michelle Griep 12/3/22 - Mina reads Dickens novels.
+3
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill 12/15/22 - Leo reads Hannah's manuscript; Freddie reads Whit's framed article.+3
The Secret, Book, & Scone Society by Ellery Adams 12/19/22 - Nora and several of her customers read. (Books include Looking for Alaska and Ender's Game.)16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
+1 Friday Night with the Girls by Shari Low 9/30/22 - cosmos
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
+1 The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk 11/28/22
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
+1 The Drop by Michael Connelly 9/29/22 -- Thriller
+1 Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer 10/2/22 - Adventure
+1 Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman 10/4/22 - Mystery
+1 Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr 11/15/22 - Art
+1 Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him by Jackie Hill Perry 11/20/22 Faith
+1 Why We Kiss under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained by Michael P. Foley 11/29/22 Nonfiction
+1 Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan 12/6/22 Family
+1 Red Herring byArcher Mayor 12/9/22 - Adiobook
+1 The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton 12/17/22
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
+1 Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean 9/25/22
+1 The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 10/15/22
+1 The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 10/17/2
+1 Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy. by Bob Goff 10/20/22
+3 The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 10/21/22
+1 All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward 10/24/22
+1 Murder On Sea by Jane A. Adams 11/23/22
+1 Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge 12/9/22
+1 Nothing to Lose by J.A. Jance 12/12/22
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
+1 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 10/18/22 Published Sept. 25, 2018
+1 Diamond Dust by Peter Lovesey 10/26/22 Published Nov. 28. 2002
+1 The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly 10/27/22 Published Nov. 10, 2020
+3 Santa's Little Yelpers by David Rosenfelt 11/18/2022 Published Oct. 11, 2022
+1 Colorado Christmas Magic by Caitlin McKenna 12/7/22 Published Oct. 5, 2021
+1 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 12/12/22 Published December 17, 1843
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
COMPLETED: 33
FINISHED
TASKS:
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 4-Sui Ishida 10/11 BONUS
鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理 1 Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 1 -Akira Amano 10/28 BONUS
Velvet, Vol. 1: Before the Living End-Ed Brubaker 10/30 BONUS
Goodbye, Eri-Tatsuki Fujimoto 11/1 BONUS
Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 1-Kafka Asagiri 11/13 BONUS
Velvet, Vol. 2: The Secret Lives of Dead Men-Ed Brubaker 11/27 BONUS20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022
The Gravity of Existence-Christina Sng 9/25 (DEC 5 2022) BONUS
Sensory: Life on the Spectrum: An Autistic Comics Anthology-Schnumn 10/3 (OCT 2022) BONUS
What the Moon Gave Her-Christi Steyn 11/13 (OCT 2022) BONUS
We Find Our Way-Reyna Biddy 11/16 (OCT 2022) BONUS
Bedding Rose-Ann Denton 11/23 (NOV 2022) BONUS
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
⚡Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Points: 19
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
Home Front by Kristin Hannah - 12/10/22 - 1 point - published January 31, 2012
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
The Obsession by Nora Roberts - 10/06/22 - 1 point - Naomi and Xander have a pancake breakfast together
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - 11/15/22 - 1 point - Septimus served in the World War I
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides - 10/17/22 - 1 point - Mr Lisbon was wearing a tie on the school ball
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy - 11/07/22 - 1 point - Duncan has a dog
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith - 11/08/22 - 1 point - The Mortmains have a dog, Heloise
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
The Royal We by Heather Cocks - 11/28/22 - 1 point - Nick and Bex celebrate Thanksgiving together
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles - 10/12/22 - 1 point - Katey is reading Dickens through the whole novel
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - 10/25/22 - 1 point - John has read The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis - 11/28/22 - 1 point - Beth drinks Gibson a lot
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin - 12/17/22 - Fantasy - 1 point
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
Animal Farm by George Orwell - 09/26/22 - 1 point
The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd - 10/27/22 - BONUS (Madman's and Megan) - 3 points
The Leavers by Lisa Ko - 12/08/22 - BONUS (Leavers and Lisa) - 3 points
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg - 11/20/22 - 1 point - published November 21, 2017
Mod
🍂 🎃 🦃 🍂 Reading the Seasons - Fall 🍂 🦃 🎃 🍂Duration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Total Points: 31
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
(+1) Smitten by the Brit by Melonie Johnson (12/5)
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
(+1) My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand [512 pages] (12/9)
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
(+1) A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn [parade] (10/13)
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
(+3) Sold on Love by Kathleen Fuller [parade/title] (11/30)
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
(+1) Highland Guardian by Melissa Mayhue (9/28)
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
(+1) Mr. Malcolm's List by Suzanne Allain [initials] (11/11)
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
(+1) Those Who Are Saved by Alexis Landau (12/17)
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
(+1) When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn (10/31)
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
(+1) The Woman in the Mirror by Rebecca James (10/22)
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
(+3) Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez (11/19)
(+3) The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis (12/15)
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
(+1) The Lost and Found Girl by Maisey Yates (11/27)
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
(+3) Isn't It Bromantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams [all of the characters] (9/25)
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
(+1) The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman [Black Rabbit Martini] (10/27)
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
(+1) The Orphans of Mersea House by Marty Wingate [Fiction/Family] (10/6)
(+1) Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole [Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure]
(+1) Wedding Season by Michelle Major [Fiction] (11/8)
(+1) It Started With a Kiss by Marina Adair [Fiction/Adult] (11/7)
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
(+1) Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (11/3)
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
(+1) Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish [November 2, 2020] (11/2)
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
(+3) The Matchmaker and The Cowboy by Robin Bielman [October 25, 2022] (10/21)
Mod
Duration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Read: 60/31+
TASKS:
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover)
by J.M. Barrie 10/26/2022 (1)7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
by Amy Boyles 10/19/2022 (1)
by Amy Boyles 11/3/2022 (1)
by Amy Boyles 12/11/2022 (1)--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
by Amy Boyles 10/19/2022 (2)
by Amy Boyles 11/3/2022 (2)
by Amy Boyles 12/11/2022 (2)13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
by Dianne Harman 11/29/2022 (1)
by Dianne Harman 12/10/2022 (1)--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
by Dianne Harman 11/29/2022 (2)
by Dianne Harman 12/10/2022 (2)18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
LGBT
You & Me by Tal Bauer 9/24/2022 (1)
Life After Joe by Harper Fox 9/26/2022 (1)
Mr. Perfect by Aimee Nicole Walker 10/17/2022 (1)
Fish Out of Water by Amy Lane 10/30/2022 (1)
Red Fish, Dead Fish by Amy Lane 11/10/2022 (1)
Honestly Yours by Jaime Reese 11/28/2022 (1)
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan 11/30/2022 (1)
A Few Good Fish by Amy Lane 12/1/2022 (1)
Candy Man by Amy Lane 12/9/2022 (1)
Non fiction
What Is LEGO? by Jim O'Connor 9/25/2022 (1)
Who Was Pablo Picasso? by True Kelley 10/24/2022 (1)
Who Was Alexander Hamilton? by Pam Pollack 11/28/2022 (1)
Queen Elizabeth II: A Very Brief History by Mark Black 12/15/2022 (1)
Food
Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party by Kimberly Dean 9/28/2022 (1)
One Watermelon Seed by Celia Barker Lottridge 9/30/2022 (1)
Mystery
Chaos in Little Leaf Creek by Cindy Bell 10/4/2022 (1)
Chocolate Most Deadly by Mary Maxwell 10/12/2022 (1)
15 Minutes of Flame by Christin Brecher 11/12/2022 (1)
The Pint of No Return by Ellie Alexander 11/12/2022 (1)
Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly 11/16/2022 (1)
Trouble Is Brewing by Ellie Alexander 11/28/2022 (1)
Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay 11/28/2022 (1)
A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn 12/14/2022 (1)
Murder at the Manor by Catherine Coles 12/16/2022 (1)
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich 12/16/2022 (1)
Aged for Death by Fiona Grace 12/19/2022 (1)
Medical
Single Dad's Triple Trouble by Fiona Lowe 10/10/2022 (1)
Fiction
Jump by Ginger Rue 10/24/2022 (1)
Mary Ingalls on Her Own by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel 11/28/2022 (1)
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 12/12/2022 (1)
Tea with Milk by Allen Say 12/18/2022 (1)
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Murphy's Slaw by Elizabeth Logan 9/30/2022 (1)
Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey 9/30/2022 (1)
Forever Fudge by Nancy CoCo 9/30/2022 (1)
Murder with Cherry Tarts by Karen Rose Smith 10/2/2022 (1)
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman 10/16/2022 (1)
Mrs. Claus Doesn't Climb Telephone Poles by Debbie Dadey 10/21/2022 (1)
Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story by Oliver La Farge 10/31/2022 (1)
Look Inside a Log Cabin by Mari Schuh 11/13/2022 (1)
Final Price by J. Gregory Smith 11/19/2022 (1)
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman 10/16/2022 (2)
Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story by [author:Oliver La Farge|148613 (2)
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: Sept. 23rd, 2022 - Dec. 21st, 2022
Levels:
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
130/31
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
🍁Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
1 point The Awakening by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti - Nov. 12th
1 point Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman - Nov. 24th
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
1 point Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult - Sept. 27th
Published in 2012
1 point Firefly: River Run by David M. Booher - Oct. 26th
112 pages
1 point Uncle Wally's Old Brown Shoe by Wallace Edwards - Nov. 23rd
Published in 2012
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
1 point Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories by Norma Dunning - Nov. 5th
1 point The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo - Dec. 18th
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
🍁BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
1 point The Once and Future King by Ryan Ferrier - Oct. 31st
Parade
3 points Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - Nov. 12th
MC knits, and the book includes a knitting pattern.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
1 point Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Dec. 8th
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
🍁Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
3 points The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman - Sept. 26th
3 points A Game of You by Neil Gaiman - Sept. 27th
3 points Apocalypse Taco by Nathan Hale - Oct. 6th
3 points The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman - Oct. 8th
3 points The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling - Oct. 22nd
3 points The Absolute Sandman, Volume Three by Neil Gaiman - Oct. 25th
1 point DUNE: Muad’Dib, Book 2 by Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson - Nov. 14th
3 points The Absolute Sandman, Volume 4 by Neil Gaiman - Nov. 16th
3 points Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer by Marjorie M. Liu - Dec. 1st
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
🍁Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
1 point Canadian Pie by Will Ferguson - Dec. 15th
One of the stories is about the covered bridges of New Brunswick
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
1 point Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson - Nov. 9th
map
1 point The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis - Nov. 28th
The town sets up a online poll about which guy the MC should pick.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
1 point Firefly: Return to Earth That Was Vol 2 by Greg Pak - Nov. 22nd
1 point Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 21st
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
🍁BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
🍁BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
1 point Sufferance: A Novel by Thomas King - Oct. 3rd
1 point Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman - Oct. 15th
1 point Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman - Nov. 25th
3 points The Summer Deal by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 7th
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
1 point Frankly in Love by David Yoon - Oct. 28th
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
🍁BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
3 points Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 14th
Toby, Quentin & Tybalt all go to the library to do research for their various problems.
1 point Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Nov. 14th
The ghost sits and reads all day.
3 points Book Love by Debbie Tung - Nov. 23rd
3 points God Isn't Here Today by Francine Cunningham - Dec. 3rd
Stephanie, the MC of the short story 'Last'
3 points Book Lovers by Emily Henry - Dec. 12th
The MCs are book editors.
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 point Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 7 by Naoko Takeuchi - Oct. 3rd
Fantasy
1 point One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 7th
Urban Fantasy
1 point Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 8 by Naoko Takeuchi - Oct. 17th
Fantasy
1 point The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 19th
Urban Fantasy
1 point Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo - Oct. 20th
Fantasy
1 point Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire - Nov. 14th
Urban Fantasy
1 point In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Standup Comedy by Shawn Levy - Nov. 21st
Nonfiction
1 point A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire - Nov. 24th
Urban Fantasy
1 point Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 9 by Naoko Takeuchi - Nov. 30th
Manga
1 point Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 10 by Naoko Takeuchi - Nov. 30th
Manga
1 point Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire - Dec. 4th
Urban Fantasy
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
🍁BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 point Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire - Sept. 30th
3 points Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer - Oct. 6th
1 point Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 11th
1 point Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman - Dec. 5th
1 point Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood - Dec. 9th
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
🍁BONUS: Published in 2022.
1 point Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming - Oct. 4th
Oct. 26th, 2021
1 point Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth - Oct. 29th
Oct. 6th, 2020
3 points Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe - Oct. 31st
Oct. 11th, 2022
3 points Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother by Norma Dunning - Nov. 3rd
Oct. 29th, 2022
3 points The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik - Nov. 5th
Sept. 27th, 2022
3 points Honor and Shadows by Jessie Mihalik - Nov. 6th
Nov. 1st, 2022
3 points Making a Scene by Constance Wu - Nov. 9th
Oct. 4th, 2022
3 points Scars and Stars: Poems by Jesse Thistle - Nov. 16th
Oct. 18th, 2022
3 points The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty - Nov. 18th
Oct. 11th, 2022
3 points Everything Is OK by Debbie Tung - Nov. 22nd
Sept. 27th, 2022
3 points The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar - Nov. 24th
Nov. 22nd, 2022
3 points Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely - Nov. 28th
Oct. 11th, 2022
1 point Spy x Family, Vol. 8 by Tatsuya Endo - Nov. 29th
Nov. 4th, 2021
3 points Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell - Dec. 2nd
Nov. 1st, 2022
3 points The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu - Dec. 11th
Oct. 11th, 2022
3 points Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Dec. 12th
English translation was published Nov. 15th, 2022
3 points Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca - Dec. 14th
Dec. 6th, 2022
1 point The Stone Collection by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm - Dec. 16th
Oct. 15th, 2015
3 points Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 19th
Dec. 5th, 2022
1 point Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 21st
Dec. 1st, 2011
Mod
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
39 points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
Cold Wind Paige Shelton 10.04.22 5 stars published 12/01/2020
Venom in the Veins Jennifer Estep 10.06.22 4 stars published 06/12/2018
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
Heather Blake 10.01.22 4 stars5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
Keri Arthur 10.18.22 4 stars Lizzie Grace is a witch8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
Auralee Wallace In the Company of Witches 10.01.22 4 stars AW
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
Be My Ghost Carol J. Perry 10.24.22 4 stars Finn is a failed guide dog
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
Mystery
'Til Dirt Do Us Part Edith Maxwell 09.27.22 4 stars 25 tags
Bookman Dead Style Paige Shelton 10.03.22 4 stars 69 tags
Hooked on a Feline Sofie Kelly 10.15.22 4 stars 48 tags
Bleeding Tarts Kirsten Weiss 10.22.22 3.5 stars 33 tags
Carrots Colleen Helme 10.24.22 4 stars 152 tags
Fatal Affair Marie Force 10.27.22 4 stars 194 tags
Fatal Justice Marie Force 10.30.22 4 stars 90 tags
Fatal Consequences Marie Force 11.01.22 4 stars 59 tags
You Can't Get Blood Out of Shag Carpet Juliette Harper 11.04.22 3 stars 13 tags
Desperation in Death J.D. Robb 11.06.22 5 stars 205 tags
A Catered Costume Party Isis Crawford 11.08.22 3 stars 25 tags
At the Drop of a Hat Jenn McKinlay 11.13.22 4 stars 152 tags
Shots in the Dark Allyson K. Abbott 11.26.22 4 stars 27 tags
Fatal Flaw
Marie Force 11.25.22 4 stars 50 tags
Irish Knit Murder Peggy Ehrhart 12.04.22 3.5 stars 2 tags
Fantasy
Mercy Blade Faith Hunter 10.11.22 3 stars 377 tags
Xan's Feisty Mate Elle Boon 10.11.22 3 stars 28 tags
Ruby Fever Ilona Andrews 11.03.22 5 stars 411 tags
The Trouble with Twelfth Grave Darynda Jones 11.11.22 5 stars 301 tags
Not His Dragon Annie Nicholas 11.20.22 3 stars 42 tags
Apocalyptic
This World We Live In Susan Beth Pfeffer 10.12.22 3 stars 233 tags
Autobiography
A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming Kerri Rawson 11.30.22 3.5 stars 104 tags
Fiction
Juliette and the Monday ManDates Becky Doughty 11.27.22 3.5 stars 12 tags
Remembering Christmas Dan Walsh 12.10.22 3 stars 41 tags
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
A Bramble House Christmas C.J. Carmichael 10.24.15 3 stars Published 10/24/2015
Fate's Edge Ilona Andrews 11.17.22 5 stars published 11.29.11
The Christmas Backup Plan Lori Wilde 11.22.22 4 stars published 10.27.2020
Marriage Can Be Mischief Amanda Flower 12.03.22 4 stars published 11.30.21
A Garland of Bones Carolyn Haines 12.07.22 3 stars published 10.13.2020
Raising Grace Mia Pride 12.14.22 3 stars published 12.14.18
Bonus
Bread Over Troubled Water Winnie Archer 11.28.22 5 stars published 11.29.22
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
**COMPLETE**
Points: 13
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
3 pts. How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan (Parade in Story-Gay Pride Parade) 10/13/22
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
3 pts. Stranger Things Library Edition Volume 1 by Jody Houser (Something Scary on Cover-Demogorgon) 10/24/22
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
1 pt. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Shea Ernshaw (Author's Initials) 10/2/22
1 pt. Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature by Steven Rinella 11/19/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
1 pt. The Odd Sisters by Serena Valentino (Fantasy) 11/18/22
1 pt. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Autobiography) 12/21/22
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
3 pts. Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton (Published 10/17/22) 12/17/22
Reading the Seasons - FallSeptember 23, 2022 - December 21, 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
128 Total Points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
1 - The Best Friend's Billionaire Brother by Bree Livingston (11/4/22)
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
1 - A Pumpkin and a Patch by Jennifer Peel (10/4/22)
1 - John Eyre by Mimi Matthews (11/16/22)
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
1 - Romance with a Side of Green Chile by Marcia Lynn McClure (10/14/22) - 129 pages
1 - The Stand-in Christmas Date by Rachel John (12/13/22) - 12/12/2020
1 - Soldier Under the Mistletoe by Lacy Williams (12/14/22) - 128 pages
1 - The Rancher's Unexpected Gift by Lacy Williams (12/15/22) - 120 pages
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
1 - The Valentine Inn by Jennifer Peel (12/7/22) - set in Idaho
1 - A Yorkshire Carol by Jennie Goutet (12/11/22) - character has sheep
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
1 - Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice by Becky Monson (10/10/22)
1 - Alone Together by Lindsey Jesionowski (10/13/22)
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
1 - Confessions of the Girl Next Door by Danyelle Ferguson (10/26/22) - pancake breakfast
1 - Heart of Gold by Kate Marie Clark (11/26/22) - pancake breakfast
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
1 - Crown of Moonlight by K.M. Shea (10/4/22) pg 57
1 - The House at Homecoming Cove by Ginny Baird (10/19/22) pg 109
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
1 - The Lady of Larkspur Vale by Kasey Stockton (9/23/22)
1 - The Beginning by Jess Mastorakos (11/7/22)
1 - Christmas Ever After by Lacy Williams (12/16/22)
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
1 - The Smuggler of Camden Cove by Kasey Stockton (10/1/22)
1 - Games in a Ballroom by Jentry Flint (10/13/22)
3 - Falling in Somerset by Jenny B. Jones (10/16/22)
3 - Her Last First I Love You by Brittany Larsen (10/25/22)
1 - The Dreaming Beauty by Anneka R. Walker (11/13/22)
1 - The Santa Swap by Ruth Pendleton (12/12/22)
3 - Faking Christmas Love at the Doggy Spa by Elsie Woods (12/17/22)
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
1 - The Recluse of Wolfeton House by Kasey Stockton (9/29/22)
1 - Her Last First Date by Jenny Proctor (10/11/22)
1 - Courtshipped by Savannah Scott (10/18/22)
3 - Blame it on Mistletoe by Noelle Fox (11/6/22)
1 - The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews (11/13/22)
3 - Never Fall for Your One That Got Away by Kate O'Keeffe (11/19/22)
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
1 - The Masked Baron by Anneka R. Walker (10/10/22) - Andalin
1 - Just One Word by Melanie Jacobson (10/18/22) - Emma
1 - It's You by Annette Lyon (10/31/22) - Anna
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
1 - A Christmas Date by Camilla Isley (12/2/22) - Bloody Mary
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 - Granting Wishes by Kaitlyn Davis (9/23/22) - Fantasy
1 - The Widow of Falbrooke Court by Kasey Stockton (9/26/22) - Fiction
1 - Magic Forged by K.M. Shea (9/27/22) - Fantasy
1 - Magic Redeemed by K.M. Shea (9/28/22) - Magic
1 - Magic Unleashed by K.M. Shea (9/29/22) - Fae
1 - Crown of Shadows by K.M. Shea (10/1/22) - Urban Fantasy
1 - The Queen's Crown by K.M. Shea (10/6/22) - Urban Fantasy
1 - Gathering Frost by Kaitlyn Davis (10/10/22) - Fairy Tales
1 - Jill Came Tumbling by Julie Christianson (10/15/22) - Novella
1 - Protecting The Princess by Lucinda Whitney (10/19/22) - Fiction
1 - Gladly Beyond by Nichole Van (10/21/22) - Time Travel
1 - All Hallows' Eve Collection by Sarah M. Eden, et.al. (11/1/22) - Fantasy
1 - Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen (11/8/22) - Fantasy
1 - Wedding Wagers by Donna Hatch, et.al. (11/10/22) - Anthologies
1 - The Sweet Spot by Anne Kemp (11/18/22) - Forced Proximity
1 - Roxy's Song by Ranee S. Clark (11/19/22) - Music
1 - Just a Girl by Becky Monson (11/25/22) - Fiction
1 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (12/1/22) - Fantasy
1 - Christmasland by Anne-Marie Meyer (12/4/22) - Love Story
1 - Dating Dru by Ranee S. Clark (12/9/22) - Novella
1 - Snowed in at Silver Lake by Stephanie Fowers (12/19/22) - Thriller
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 - The Fenton Case by Diana Xarissa (10/13/22)
1 - The Mostly Real McCoy by Julie Christianson (10/15/22)
1 - Moving Target by Lynette Eason (10/18/22)
1 - Love's Shadow by Nichole Van (10/23/22)
1 - Lightning Struck by Nichole Van (10/25/22)
1 - Lovers and Madmen by Nichole Van (10/27/22)
1 - A Madness Most Discreet by Nichole Van (10/29/22)
1 - An Unlikely Match by Sarah M. Eden (10/31/22)
1 - My Red, White, & Blue Christmas by Julie Christianson (10/31/22)
1 - My Own Best Enemy by Julie Christianson (11/4/22)
1 - Unmasking the Duke by Donna Hatch (11/9/22)
1 - Lovesick Cowboy's Fake Fiancée by Hanna Hart (11/9/22)
1 - A Mistletoe Mismatch by Sally Britton (12/8/22)
1 - The Merry Mishap by Ruth Pendleton (12/9/22)
1 - An Unexpected Kiss by Cindy Roland Anderson (12/14/22)
1 - The Nanny's Christmas Wish by Lacy Williams (12/15/22)
1 - Manor for Sale, Baron Included by Esther Hatch (12/19/22)
1 - Five Kisses by Rachael Anderson (12/21/22)
Fall (cont)20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
3 - Christmas Baggage by Deborah M. Hathaway (10/23/22) - 10/19/22
3 - Host for the Holidays by Martha Keyes (10/29/22) - 10/26/22
3 - Not Friends by Rachel John (11/3/22) - 10/24/22
3 - Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel (11/5/22) - 11/2/22
3 - His Third Second Chance by Julie Christianson (11/9/22) - 10/27/22
3 - A Newport Christmess by Jess Heileman (11/14/22) - 11/9/22
1 - Just a Name by Becky Monson (11/21/22) - 10/8/18
3 - The Holiduel by Hailey Gardiner (11/21/22) - 11/16/22
3 - A Not-So Holiday Paradise by Gracie Ruth Mitchell (11/24/22) - 11/16/22
1 - Christmas in Magnolia Glen by Catelyn Meadows (11/27/22) - 12/21/22
3 - Later On We'll Conspire by Kortney Keisel (11/29/22) - 11/22/22
3 - Cotswolds Holiday by Kasey Stockton (12/2/22) - 11/30/22
3 - Scrooge and the Girls Next Door by Melanie Jacobson (12/7/22) - 11/8/22
3 - UnLucky Christmas by Melissa Baldwin (12/8/22) - 10/5/22
1 - Just Her Luck by M.J. Padgett (12/10/22) - 11/26/21
3 - Christmas at Valentine Inn by Jennifer Peel (12/15/22) - 11/4/22
1 - Snowed In at Harper's Inn by Catelyn Meadows (12/16/22) - 11/16/21
1 - Yours By Christmas by Jennifer Youngblood (12/20/22) - 12/4/18
Reading the Seasons - FallSeptember 23, 2022 - December 21, 2022
69 Total Points
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
📍1pt. Gallery of the Dead - Chris Carter - 12/22
📍1pt. Foul Lady Fortune - Chloe Gong - 11/8/22
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
📍1pt. The Sinner - J.R. Ward - 10/1/22 - 512 pages
📍1pt. Paris Match - Stuart Woods - 10/12/22 - 312 pages
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
📍1pt. The Stars Are Fire - Anita Shreve - 10/11/22 - set in Maine
📍1pt. Back of Beyond - C.J. Box - 12/6/22 - Night Sky
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
📍1pt. Chaser - Kylie Scott - 11/13/22 - setin Idaho
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
📍3pts. The Ex Hex - Erin Sterling - 10/16/22
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
📍1pt. Never Envy an Earl - Regina Scott - 9/24/22 - RS
📍1pt. Undone - Rachel Caine - 10/9/22 - RC
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
📍1pt. Captain Riley - Fernando Gamboa - 1/11/22 - Alex Riley
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
📍3pts. Irresistibly Yours - Lauren Layne - 10/21/22
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
📍3pts. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski - 10/17/22
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
📍1pt. Nest of Vipers - Linda Davies - 9/23/22 - Mystery, Thriller
📍1pt. Borderline - Nevada Barr - 9/27/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Her Deadly Touch - Lisa Regan - 10/2/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Visions of Heat - Nalini Singh - 10/3/22 - Fantasy
📍1pt. Blood Truth - J.R. Ward - 10/3/22 - Fantasy
📍1pt. The Sinner - Tess Gerritsen- 10/10/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Ruby Red - Kerstin Gier - 10/13/22 - Fantasy
📍1pt. NOS4A2 - Joe Hill - 10/15/22 - Fantasy
📍1pt. Swamp Team 3 - Jana Deleon - 10/18/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. The Bride's Kimono - Sujata Massey - 10/19/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Desperation in Death - J.D. Robb - 10/22/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Caressed by Ice - Nalini Singh - 10/23/22 - Fantasy
📍1pt. Body Double - Tess Gerritsen - 10/24/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. What She Found - Robert Dugoni - 10/25/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Revenge in Rubies - A.M. Stuart - 10/26/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey - 10/27/22 - Fantasy
📍1pt. Save Your Breath - Melinda Leigh - 10/28/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. What Darkness Brings - C.S. Harris - 10/30/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro - 11/7/22 - Fantasy
📍1pt. Shakespeare's Trollop - Charlaine Harris - 11/9/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Simantov - Asaf Ashery - 11/10/22 - Fantasy
📍1pt. Bloodline - James Rollins - 11/15/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Into the Blue - Robert Goddard - 11/16/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Better Off Dead - Lee Child - 11/19/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Once There Were Wolves - Charlotte McConaghy - 11/20/22 - Fiction/Mystery
📍1pt. Pay Dirt Road - Samantha Jayne Allen - 11/23/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. Peril at the Exposition - Nev March - 11/25/22 - Mystery
📍1pt. The Dark Corners of the Night - Meg Gardiner - 11/28/22 - Mystery
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
📍1pt. Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle - Dorothy Gilman - 9/25/22 - M
📍1pt. The Apprentice - Tess Gerritsen - 9/28/22 - A
📍1pt. Life Is Short But Wide - J. California Cooper - 10/5/22 - L
📍1pt. Tularosa - Michael McGarrity - 10/6/22 - T
📍1pt. Forget Me Knot - Mary Marks - 10/8/22 - F
📍1pt. The Fortune Hunter - Daisy Goodwin - 10/9/22 - F
📍1pt. Lover Unveiled - J.R. Ward - 11/21/22 - L
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
📍1pt. Emma - Jane Austen - 9/26/22 - orig pub Sep 23, 1815
📍1pt. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver - 9/28/22 - orig pub Sep 24, 1998
📍1pt. The Dovekeepers - Alice Hoffman - 9/30/22 - orig pub Oct 04, 2011
📍1pt. Flight Behavior - Barbara Kingsolver - 11/5/22 - orig pub Nov 01, 2012
📍1pt. Wild Water - Jan Ruth - 11/17/22 - orig pub Nov 13, 2012
📍1pt. Murder on the Road - Adriana Licio - 11/27/22 - orig pub Sep 26, 2019
📍1pt. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen - 11/28/22 - orig pub Oct 30, 1811
📍1pt. Aftershock - Jill Sorenson - 11/30/22 - orig pub Dec 18, 2012
📍1pt. Mine Till Midnight - Lisa Kleypas - 12/1/11 - orig pub Oct 02, 2007
📍1pt. In a Holidaze - Christina Lauren - 12/2/22 - orig pub Oct 06, 2020
📍1pt. Tabitha: Bride of Missouri - Amelia C. Adams - 12/8/22 - orig pub Dec 12, 2015
📍1pt. The Confession - John Grisham - 12/9/22 - orig pub Oct 26, 2010
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
📍3pt. Righteous Prey - John Sandford - 11/6/22 - orig pub Oct 04, 2022
FINISHED!!!! Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 102/31+ points
Part One: 39
Part Two: 63
Total: 102
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
X 🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides (Mr. Lisbon) 11/06/22
Mayhem in Christmas River (Christmas River #2) Meg Muldoon (the director of the play is a teacher) 12/04/22
3. Equinox
X 🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
Coraline Neil Gaiman (Pub. April 24, 2012) 11/16/22
A Brew to a Kill (Coffeehouse Mystery #11) Cleo Coyle (Pub. 08/12/12) 12/07/22
Holiday Buzz (Coffeehouse Mystery #12) Cleo Coyle (Pub. 12/04/12) 12/10/22
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
X 🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover)
The One Night Meghan Quinn 10/13/22
Moon Signs (Moon Mystery #1) Helen Haught Fanick 12/06/22
Opposites Attract (Opposites Attract #1) Camilla Isley 12/13/22
X 🍂 OR set in Maine.
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover (Maine and Massachusetts) 10/18/22
Resting Scrooge Face Meghan Quinn 12/16/22
Pall Bearers and Pepperoni Patti Benning 12/18/22
Bacon Cheddar Murder Patti Benning 12/18/22
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
X 🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks (Anna Firth has sheep - p.67 she delivers a lamb) 10/09/22
X 🍂 uses wool in any way
Makoons (Birchbark House #5) Louise Erdrich (Two Strike uses her lamb’s wool to make a pillow) 09/26/22
A Deadly Yarn Maggie Sefton (set in a knitting shop) 12/21/22
X 🍂 where there is a parade in the story
The Santa Suit Mary Kay Andrews (p. 31 - photos of a Christmas parade are viewed) 12/02/22
X 🍂 or set in Idaho.
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech 12/22/22
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
**
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
X 🍂 Read a book with an orange cover
Wrong Place Wrong Time Gillian McAllister
10/01/22🍂 a pumpkin on the cover (show cover).
X 🍂 or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
Hallowe'en Party Agatha Christie 09/25/22
7. Halloween frights
X 🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
Granny Strikes Back (Secret Agent Granny #3)Harper Lin
(Knife) 10/08/22--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
The Kiss Curse (The Ex-Hex #2) Erin Sterling
(characters are witches) 11/16/22 8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
X 🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast
The Love of my Life Rosie Walsh (Leo makes Ruby pancakes) 10/08/22
🍂 play horseshoes
🍂 go to a quilt show
🍂 or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
X 9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it
A Merry Little Meet Cute Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone (a map of Christmas Notch, VT) 11/09/22
X 🍂 OR where the town votes on something
The Winners (Beartown #3) Fredrik Backman (Beartown has to vote about a merger) 11/29/22
X 🍂 OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery #1) Cleo Coyle 09/26/22
Latte Trouble (Coffeehouse Mystery #3) Cleo Coyle 10/03/22
Decaffeinated Corpse Cleo Coyle 10/20/22
French Pressed Cleo Coyle 10/28/22
Espresso Shot Cleo Coyle 11/04/22
Murder Most Frothy Cleo Coyle 10/06/22
Roast Mortem Cleo Coyle 11/14/22
Murder by Mocha Cleo Coyle 11/16/22
Stockholm (Getaway Collection #3) Catherine Steadman 12/02/22
Billionaire Blend Cleo Coyle 12/13/22
Shell Game (Getaway #6) Rumaan Alam 12/25/22
Once Upon a Grind Cleo Coyle 12/20/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
X 🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
Madness in Christmas River (Christmas River #3) Meg Muldoon (@5% Hoopla Audio) 12/06/22
Cont. on post #27
Part Two Cont. from Post #26 Part 2 - Post #27
11. Military Family Month
X 🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
All the Queen's Men: A Novel S.J. Bennett (Rosie was in the military before working for the queen) 10/16/22
Granny Bares It All (Secret Agent Granny #4) Harper Lin (Granny meets a befriends a female former military member) 10/09/22
Roasted in Christmas River (Christmas River 4.5) Meg Muldoon (Tobias was a Marine) 12/08/22
The Red Lotus Chris Bohjalian (Douglas was in the military as was Ken who served in Viet Nam) 12/08/22
War Party (The Sacketts 8.5) Louis L'Amour (Colonel Buchanan served in the American Civil War) 12/10/22
Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) Emiko Jean (Akio) 12/17/22
12. National Tie Month
X 🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
The Lies That Bind Emily Giffin (p. 32 “. . . and a red striped tie . . .”) 10/02/22
Granny Goes Rogue (Secret Agent Granny #8) Harper Lin (Octavian straightens his tie) 11/04/22
The Grownup Gillian Flynn (@40% maroon tie) 11/04/22
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
**
13. National Mutt Day
X 🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
Wrangled by Lilith (Stargazer Springs Ranch #1) Remi Carrington (Beau has Blue a dog) 09/27/22
Incense and Sensibility (Rajes #3) Sonali Dev (Chutney is India’s family dog) 10/04/22
Horse Geraldine Brooks (Theo’s dog is Clancy) 11/12/22
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson (Jeanette has a dog) (show cover) 11/04/22
Grand, Death, Auto Joanna Campbell Slan (Gracie) 12/20/22
14. Thanksgiving
X 🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
The Violin Conspiracy Brendan Slocumb (the family’s violin is discovered during a Thanksgiving visit at a grandmother’s house) 11/30/22
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Jo’s Scrapbook #6) Louisa May Alcott 12/13/22
15. Book Lovers Day
X 🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
S. John Updike (Sarah - @89% “. . . I’ve been driven to read a battered old college textbook . . .”) 09/24/22
Daisy Darker Alice Feeney (Daisy is a reader) 11/23/22
Mika in Real Life Emiko Jean (Penny reads some of On the Road) 12/04/22
Moon Signs (Moon Mystery #1) Helen Haught Fanick (Kathleen reads while her sister skis) 12/06/22
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
**
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
X 🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
The Emma Project (Rajes #4) Sonali Dev (Hari overindulges with Mimosas) 10/07/22
Just Desserts (A Savannah Reid Mystery #1) G.A. McKevett (Margarita) 10/11/22
Granny on Board (Secret Agent Granny #7) Harper Lin (Pina Colada) 10/13/22
Delilah Green Doesn't Care Ashley Herring Blake (p. 15 - Iris “. . . took a sip of her cocktail. . .” Not specified) 11/06 22
Pressure Head (The Plumber’s Mate Mystery #1) J.L. Merrow (p. 70 vodka martini) 11/17/22
On the Rooftop Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (gin and tonic - Tony and rum and coke - Chloe) 11/22/22
Honey & Spice Bolu Babalola (p. 88 - unnamed 2 for 1 cocktails) 12/12/22
Belle Mer (Getaway #4) Luanne Rice (Mount Gay - Liana) 12/14/22
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
**
18. FALL/AUTUMN
X 🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
I Must Betray You Ruta Sepetys (Fiction) 09/24/22
Snowflakes Ruth Ware (Thriller) 10/11/22
Catch Her in a Liev(Getaway #5) Jess Lourey (Thriller)11/04/22
Granny Gets Fancy Harper Lin (mystery) 10/12/22
I Found You Lisa Jewell (Thriller)11/27/22
Twister!: A Terrifying Tale of Superstorms Samone Bos (adventure) 12/09/22
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Ian Fleming (fantasy) 12/11/22
Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard mystery #1) Charlaine Harris (Mystery) 12/15/22
The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes (mystery) 12/16/22
Bread of the Dead (Santa Fe Cafe Mystery #1) Ann Myers (mystery) 12/18/22
19. FALL/AUTUMN
X 🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Through the Grinder (Coffeehouse Mystery #2) Cleo Coyle 10/01/22
Fairy Earmuffs Emily Martha Sorensen 12/06/22
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin 12/13/22
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
Murder in Christmas River (Christmas Ricer #1) Meg Muldoon 12/03/22
Mayhem in Christmas River (Christmas River
Malice in Christmas River (Christmas River #4)Meg Muldoon 12/07/22
Mischief in Christmas River (Christmas River #5) Meg Muldoon 12/20/22
20. Fall Books
X 🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
Beneath a Starless Sky Tessa Harris (pub. 12/09/20) 10/01/22
The Wives Tarryn Fisher(pub. 12/30/19) 11/02/22
Oh. What. Fun. Chandler Baker (pub. 11/30/2021) 12/02/22
X BONUS: Published in 2022.
It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover (October 18, 2022) 10/19/22
The Cloisters Katy Hays (11/02/22) 12/11/22
Mad Honey Jodi Picoult (Pub. 10/04/22) 12/14/22
Reading the Seasons - FallSeptember 23, 2022 - December 21, 2022
Levels:
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Points: 51
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 11/28/22
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
Fairest of All Serena Valentino 10/7/22
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
Booked for Death Victoria Gilbert 9/30/22 Charlotte Reed is a former teacher
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
Night Sky on Cover:
Mona Marple 11/15/22Set in Maine: Killer in the Kitchen Jessica Fletcher 10/5/22
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
Uses Wool: A Wicked Yarn. Emmie Caldwell 11/30/22
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
. Troy Taylor. 11/5/22--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
. Ellen Oh. 11/20/22
Alex Matsuo 10/10/22
. Carol J. Perry 12/16/22
David Clark 12/16/228. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
Author's initials: A Turn for the Bad Sheila Connolly 9/25/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
Murder With a View. Diane Kelly 11/9/22 Jimmy
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
Oolong Dead. Laura Childs. 11/9/22 Drayton always wears a bowtie
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
Turkey Trot Murder. Leslie Meier 11/3/22
The Burning Pages Paige Shelton 11/5/22
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
Jenn McKinlay. 10/31/22
. V.M. Burns. 12/17/2214. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder. Maria DiRico. 11/12/22. Piper
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
. Jessica Fletcher 11/12/22. Jessica16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
Bleeding Tarts Kirsten Weiss 10/16/22 Val drinks a choclotini
Bayou Book Thief Ellen Byron 10/20/22 Lyla drinks a margarita
Keepsake Crimes. Laura Childs. 12/12/22. Jekyl has a Bloody Mary
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Death in Castle Dark Veronica Bond 10/5/22 mystery
Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg 10/8/22 adventure
One Poison Pie Lynn Cahoon 10/26/22 fantasy
Calico Confusion. Katherine Hayton 11/4/22. animals
Die Like an Eagle. Donna Andrews. 11/27/22. fiction
Crimes and Covers. Amanda Flower 12/5/22. magic
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Long Island Iced Tina Maria DiRico 10/9/22
Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight. Emily Brightwell 11/16/22
Mrs. Jeffries Weeds the Plot. Emily Brightwell. 12/9/22
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder Maria DiRico 11/1/22. pub 10/26/21.
The Gift of the Magpie. Donna Andrews 11/21/22. pub 10/13/20
Plaid and Plagiarism Molly MacRae. 12/2/22. pub 12/6/2016
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
Mod
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Goal: 27/31+
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
1 point - Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares Vol. 2: Wrath - Pierce Brown - 11/17/22 - 125 pages
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
1 point - The Cleverness of Ladies - Alexander McCall Smith - 10/20/22 - Orange cover
1 point - People We Meet On Vacation - Emily Henry - 12/08/22 - Orange cover
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
1 point - Harbinger Renegade Vol. 1: The Judgment of Solomon - Rafer Roberts - 10/23/22 - Author's initials
1 point - Going Home: A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation - Raja Shehadeh - 11/06/22 - Author's initials
1 point - The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak - 11/16/22 - Author's initials
1 point - Szia, anya! - Schäffer Erzsébet - 11/23/22 - Author's initials
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
3 points - Quantum and Woody Vol. 1: The World's Worst Superhero Team (Quantum and Woody - James Asmus - 11/29/22
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
1 point - The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel - Renée Nault & Margaret Atwood - 09/28/22 - Feminism
1 point - Hadriana in All My Dreams - René Depestre - 09/30/22 - Magical Realism
1 point - Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Vol. 1: The Quest for the Dual Glaive - Jeffrey Addiss & Nicole Andelfinger - 10/30/22 - Fantasy
1 point - The Year of the Hare: A Novel - Arto Paasilinna - 10/30/22 - Finnish Literature
1 point - The Whale Rider - Witi Ihimaera - 10/24/22 - Mythology
1 point - Eszter hagyatéka - Sándor Márai - 11/04/22 - Literature
1 point - Golden State - Ben H. Winters - 11/09/22 - Thriller
1 point - The Hotel Nantucket - Elin Hilderbrand - 11/28/22 - Adult
1 point - Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel - 12/04/22 - Time Travel
1 point - Wash Day Diaries - Jamila Rowser - 12/07/22 - LGBT
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 point - Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases - Paul Holes - 09/23/22
1 point - Fehér farkas - Krisztina Tóth - 10/12/22
3 points - Miss Kane's Christmas - Caroline Mickelson - 11/18/22
1 point - The Night Tiger - Yangsze Choo - 12/21/22
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
1 point - Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo - 10/17/22 - Published October 8, 2019
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.Please keep a record of your points total at the top of your post.
Reading the Seasons - Fall
Duration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Goal: Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Points 8 + 4 = 12
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night. +1
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character. Jeanette Blevins, client
Sell Low, Sweet Harriet by Sherry Harris 12/11/22
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover.
Digging Up Love by Chandra Blumberg 12/21/22
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month +1
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military. Harriet Ballou, et al.
Absence of Alice by Sherry Harris 12/12/22
12. National Tie Month 1 + 2 = 3
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder by Dianne Freeman 11/24/22
13. National Mutt Day 1 + 2 = 3
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover.
Murder Comes to Call by Jessica Ellicott 12/03/22
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day +1
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail. martinis
Lyin' Eyes by Julie Mulhern 11/28/22
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN 1 + 1 = 2
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Mystery: Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris 11/12/22
Mystery: Southern Sass and Killer Cravings by Kate Young 12/19/22
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
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Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
💙POINTS: 7
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
1pt✅Nick and Charlie - Alice Oseman, 11/26/22 -- 120 pgs
1pt✅Better For You - Andy Gallo, 12/14/22 -- 120 pgs
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
1pt✅Hidden Waters - Catherine Cowles, 10/7/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
1pt✅The Archer and His Rosebud - Mindy Michele, 11/1/22
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
3pt✅Scattered Showers - Rainbow Rowell, 12/10/22 -- pub 11/8/22
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
36/31+
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
Gnome for Halloween Kathleen Suzette 10/29/22
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
Jane-A Christmas Candy Killing Christina Romeril 10/6/22
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
127-Hostile Taco-over Gretchen Allen 10/1/22
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
Emmie Lyn 10/3/225. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
Just parade-Dog Days of Summer Kathleen Y'Barbo 10/1/22 1 pt.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
Jack o'lanterns-
Raquel V. Reyes 10/17/227. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
2 pts, ghost flying and tagged Paranormal
Carol J. Perry 10/24/22 (this is as scary as it gets for cozy mysteries lol)8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
The Handmade Hoax Mel Morgan 10/14/22
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
Initials EA-None the Riser Emma Ainsley 10/4/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #. p. 6 “I’d love a large pumpkin spice latte too.”
Martina Dalton 10/19/2211. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
Noah's a former Marine-A Doomful of Sugar Catherine Bruns 10/21/22
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
Twisted Wedding Hazel Smith 10/17/22
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
2 pts-
Mary Lu Scholl 10/8/222 pts-
J.C. Eaton 11/11/2214. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
Trapping, Turkeys & Thanksgiving Tonya Kappes 11/24/22
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
Robbie-Christmas Scarf Murder Carlene O'Connor 10/2/22
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
Paloma cocktail-Sugar Cookies and Scandal Sue Hollowell 10/7/22
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
Tagged Art-Kill Them with Canvas Bailee Abbott 10/11/22
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
2 pts Lush-Live and Let Grind Tara Lush 10/12/22
1 pt. title T-Tiramisu and Turmoil Sue Hollowell 10/16/22
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
2 pts pub 10/4/22-Strikes of Murder Patti Benning 10/9/22
2 pts pub 10/11/22-Crime for the Books Kate Young 10/13/22
2 pts pub 10/11/22-Canter With a Killer Amber Camp 10/15/22
2 pts pub 9/22/22-Homicide at the Harbor Cindy Bell
2 pts pub 10/24/22Hands on the Wheel Karen C. Whalen 10/20/22
2 pts pub 10/25/22-A Trip with Trouble Diane Kelly 10/23/22
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Level:
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
3 points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character. - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 10/26/22 - Jason, the MC, is a college professor
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number. - Comic Women, Tragic Men: A Study of Gender and Genre in Shakespeare by Linda Bamber 11/23/22 - 212 pages
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher 10/16/22 - fantasy MPG
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
27 points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
• 1 point - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - 19/10/22
• 1 point - The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean by Alastair Humphreys - 2/11/22
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
• 1 point - The Clockwork Queen by Peter Bunzl - 5/10/22 - 112 pages
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
• 1 point - When the Dark Spoke to Me
by Christabelle Marbun - 5/10/22• 1 point - Mending the Mind
by Courtney Peppernell - 6/10/225. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
• 2 points - Ponies by Kij Johnson - 5/10/22
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
• 1 point -Pumpkinheads
by Rainbow Rowell - 5/10/22 - pumpkins on cover7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
• 1 point - The Deep
by Rivers Solomon - 4/10/22 • 2 points - Coraline
by Neil Gaiman - 21/10/228. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
• 1 point - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson - 12/10/22 - characters have a pancake breakfast
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
• 1 point - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - 1/10/22 - Town votes on many things
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
• 1 point - Self-Portrait with Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka - 5/10/22
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
• 1 point - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh - 8/10/22 - Reva reads self-help books
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
• 1 point - Healing the Heart by Courtney Peppernell - 10/2/22 - Adult
• 1 point - The Giver by Lois Lowry - 10/28/22 - Fiction
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
• 1 point - This World is Full of Monsters by Jeff VanderMeer - 10/5/22 - Letter T
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
• 1 point - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - 10/2/22 - Published November 5 2020
• 2 points - Unfamiliar by Haley Newsome - 10/30/22 - Published October 25 2022
• 2 points - Jokes to Offend Men by Allison Kelley - 10/29/22 - Published October 25 2022
• 2 points - The Six-Minute Memoir: Fifty-Five Short Essays on Life by Mary Helen Stefaniak - 10/29/22 - Published October 25 2022
• 2 points - This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk by Kevin Hart - 11/2/22 - Published November 1 2022
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Current Points: 9
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
✅ I Am Legend- finished 11/22- THREE POINTS
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
✅ The Golden Couple- finished 10/19- ONE POINT
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
✅ Some Mistakes Were Made (Genre: Fiction) - finished 9/23- ONE POINT
✅ Carrie Soto Is Back (Genre: Fiction) - finished 12/1 - ONE POINT
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
✅ The Family Game- finished 10/19- THREE POINTS- published October 18th, 2022
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
0/6-15
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
Reading the Seasons - FallSeptember 23 - December 21, 2022
Level: Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Points: 0/31+
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
The Lost ChallengesReading the Seasons - Fall 2022
Duration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Progress: 0 out of 31+
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Object: The aim of the challenge is to score as many points as possible by the end of the quarter. A special badge is given to the winner.
Read books for the tasks listed below. Some (but not all) tasks will have opportunities to collect bonus points.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
SCORING: Score 1 point for each book read that fits a task PLUS an additional 2 points for each bonus task. The book must work for the task and the bonus to receive the 2 extra points.
Please keep a record of your points total at the top of your post.
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
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Challenge Rules
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Reading the Seasons - Fall
Duration: 23 September 2022 - 22 November 2022
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Read: 104/31+
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
3 - Falling Home Karen White 9/25/22
3 - Falling Forward Danni Roan 9/27/22
3 - Falling Fast J.H. Croix 10/7/22
3 - The Fall of Legend Meghan March 10/15/22
3 - The Fall of Us Kennedy Fox 10/20/22
3 - Fall For Me J.H. Croix 10/21/22
3 - Down to Fall Jodi Watters 10/25/22
3 - A Sweet Alaskan Fall Jennifer Snow 10/28/22
3 - Canadian Fall Kimberly Ann 10/30/22
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
Autumn in Sycamore Park C.P. Ward 10/6/22
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
1 -
Echoes From The Heart Shirley Wine 9/26/225. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
1 -
Murder Most Pumpkin Stella Berry 10/13/221 -
Making the Match Kristen Ashley 10/17/221 -
A Vineyard Blessing Katie Winters 11/16/227. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
3 -
Soul of the Witch Deanna Chase 10/5/223 -
Heart of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/8/223 -
Dreams of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/11/223 -
Courage of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/11/223 -
Love of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/12/223 -
Power of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/14/223 -
Essence of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/19/223 -
Muse of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/19/22 3 -
Vision of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/21/223 -
Waking of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/21/223 -
Honor of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/22/228. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
1 - pancakes Tempted by Love Melissa Foster 9/30/22
1 - pancakes Wild Ride Breezie Bennett 10/9/22
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
1 - town map Marry Me Mad Katy Regnery 10/2/22
1 - author Too Good to Be True Susan Coventry 10/4/22
1 - author Getting Lei'd Ann Omasta 11/4/22
1 - author The Memory of You Catherine West 11/13/22
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
1 - J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis Katy Regnery 10/14/22 chapt 10
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
1 - True to You Jodi Watters 10/11/22
1 - Have a Heart Jodi Watters 10/23/22
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
1 - Brown-Eyed Girl Lisa Kleypas 10/1/22
1 - Breaking Up with Barrett Katy Regnery 11/3/22
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
1 - Harvest Moon Denise Hunter 10/19/22
3 - dog in vehicle
Shadow Canyon Vickie McKeehan 10/31/221 - Spirit of the Witch Deanna Chase 11/9/22
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
1 - A Medium's Thanksgiving Table Chariss K. Walker 10/13/22
1 - A Match Made for Thanksgiving Jackie Lau 11/6/22
1 - Fierce-Jade Natalie Ann 11/7/22
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
1 - Noah Take The Shot Danica Flynn 9/28/22
1 - Jasper Keep Me Close J.H. Croix 10/22/22
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
1- Gin and Tonic His Miracle Baby B.B. Hamel 11/3/22
1 - Margarita Healing Tides Katie Winters 11/23/22
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
1 -
His Pumpkin Pie Alexa Riley 11/22/2218. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 - Fiction Sweet Trouble Susan Mallery 9/24/22
1 - Firefighters Heat Karen Foley 10/8/22
1 - Mystery The Newcomer Mary Kay Andrews 10/16/22
1 - Fantasy When Gracie Met The Grump Mariana Zapata 10/18/22
1 - Mystery Death of a Crafty Knitter Angela Pepper 10/26/22
1 - Football Easy Ride Breezie Bennett 10/29/22
1 - Mystery Spirit Lake Vickie McKeehan 11/2/22
1 - Family A Vineyard Blizzard Katie Winters 11/17/22
1 - Family The Vineyard Bride Katie Winters 11/18/22
1 - Fiction Stay With Me J.H. Croix 11/21/22
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 - 4152 Witchwood Lane Katie Winters 10/12/22
1 - Mountain Hearts Jill Haymaker 10/24/22
1 - After the Rain Karen White 11/10/22
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
1 - published October 8, 2019 The Keto Longevity Diet: Reset Your Clock in 21 Days and Live a Longer, Healthier Life Mark Sisson 10/3/22
1 - November 8, 2019 Slow Ride Breezie Bennett 10/10/22
1 - December 7th 2021 A Vineyard Christmas Guest Katie Winters 11/16/22
Reading the Seasons - FallDuration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
COMPLETED: 33
FINISHED
TASKS:
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 4-Sui Ishida 10/11 BONUS
鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理 1 Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 1 -Akira Amano 10/28 BONUS
Velvet, Vol. 1: Before the Living End-Ed Brubaker 10/30 BONUS
Goodbye, Eri-Tatsuki Fujimoto 11/1 BONUS
Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 1-Kafka Asagiri 11/13 BONUS
Velvet, Vol. 2: The Secret Lives of Dead Men-Ed Brubaker 11/27 BONUS20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022
The Gravity of Existence-Christina Sng 9/25 (DEC 5 2022) BONUS
Sensory: Life on the Spectrum: An Autistic Comics Anthology-Schnumn 10/3 (OCT 2022) BONUS
What the Moon Gave Her-Christi Steyn 11/13 (OCT 2022) BONUS
We Find Our Way-Reyna Biddy 11/16 (OCT 2022) BONUS
Bedding Rose-Ann Denton 11/23 (NOV 2022) BONUS
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Object: The aim of the challenge is to score as many points as possible by the end of the quarter. A special badge is given to the winner.
Read books for the tasks listed below. Some (but not all) tasks will have opportunities to collect bonus points.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
SCORING: Score 1 point for each book read that fits a task PLUS an additional 2 points for each bonus task. The book must work for the task and the bonus to receive the 2 extra points.
Please keep a record of your points total at the top of your post.
Reading the Seasons - Fall
Duration: 23 September 2022 - 21 December 2022
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 6-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL in order in the title: So Fall, Fallen, Falling, etc.
2. Meet the teacher night.
🍂 Read a book with a teacher as a prominent character.
3. Equinox
🍂 Read a book that has a 12 (intact) in the page count or publication date. Share the number.
4. Acadia Night Sky Festival
🍂 Read a book with a night sky on the cover (show cover) OR set in Maine.
5. Trailing of the Sheep Festival
🍂 Read a book where a character has sheep, uses wool in any way, where there is a parade in the story or set in Idaho.
--->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in SHEEP.
6. Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze
🍂 Read a book with an orange cover, a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern on the cover (show cover).
7. Halloween frights
🍂 Read a book with a witch or something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->Bonus: The book is from the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genre.
8. Madison County Covered Bridge Festival
🍂 Read a book where characters have a pancake breakfast, play horseshoes, go to a quilt show or see a covered bridge.
--->Bonus: The word BRIDGE in the title.
9. Scarecrow Festival
🍂 Read a book that has a town map in it OR where the town votes on something OR the author's initials can be found in SCARECROW.
10. You can get pumpkin spice everything.
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text. Give us a page/loc #.
11. Military Family Month
🍂 Read a book with a character that is/was in the military.
12. National Tie Month
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a tie or cravat.
--->BONUS: A tie on the cover (show cover).
13. National Mutt Day
🍂 Read a book where a character has a dog.
--->BONUS: A dog on the cover (show cover).
14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.
15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).
16. Bartender Appreciation Day
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.
17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Ex. Fantasy begins with F.
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
-->BONUS: The author's first or last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
20. Fall Books
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2022.
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