The Lost Challenges discussion

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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.

Please keep a record of your points total at the top of your post.




Leaves are falling, Autumn is calling.

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex.

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Ex.

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.


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Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

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Allison FINISHED - 36 pts.

Aminko

✩Anna✩ FINISHED - 18 pts.

Anne FINISHED - 23 pts.

Bonita FINISHED -39 pts.

☮️❤️Celia❤️☮️ FINISHED - 40 pts.

Chelsea

DenXXX FINISHED - 37 pts.

Ferenc FINISHED - 33 pts.

Frankie FINISHED - 21 pts.

Genevieve FINISHED - 55 pts.

Jess

Jessica FINISHED - 39 pts.

Joann FINISHED - 47 pts.

JoAnne FINISHED -106 pts.

JoAnne - mod FINISHED - 63 pts.

Johanna FINISHED - 74 pts.

Kellene FINISHED - 29 pts.

Kendra FINISHED - 92 pts.

Mary-Megan FINISHED - 45 pts.

Mave

Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)

Sandra FINISHED - 162 pts.

SANDYE FINISHED - 12 pts.

Sarah E

Shash FINISHED - 110 pts.

Suzanne

Tari FINISHED - 42 pts.

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
63/31+

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
1 pt. Dangerous in a Kilt Anna Durand 10/5/20
1 pt. Catch Me Lisa Gardner 11/23/20
1 pt. Down for the Count Christine Bell 12/8/20

-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
3 pts. Fatal Identity Marie Force 9/25/20
3 pts. SECRET: A Novel L. Marie Adeline 10/27/20

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.
1 pt. The Fallen David Baldacci 10/17/20
1 pt. Angels Fall Nora Roberts 10/31/20
1 pt. Bitter Falls Rachel Caine 12/18/20

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
1 pt. The Lost and Found Bookshop Susan Wiggs 10/20/20

-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
1 pt. How to Walk Away Katherine Center 10/14/20

-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
1 pt. The Weight of Silence Heather Gudenkauf 10/26/20

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.
3 pts. Lucy Gimme Some Sugar Molly Harper 11/18/20
3 pts. AnnieUnder the Christmas Tree Robyn Carr 12/20/20

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
1 pt. patch Lie to Me J.T. Ellison 10/19/20

-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
1 pt.- woods Searching for Beautiful Jennifer Probst 11/15/20

-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
3 pts. The Cottages on Silver Beach RaeAnne Thayne 10/10/20

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
1 pt. - Beer Jordan Lori Foster 10/9/20

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
1 pt. The Blue Bistro Elin Hilderbrand 10/18/20
1 pt. Genesis Robin Cook 10/23/20

-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
1 pt. The Fix David Baldacci 10/8/20
1 pt. A Witch in Time Madelyn Alt 10/21/20
1 pt. Dead of Night: Dancers in the Dark / The Devil's Footprints Charlaine Harris 10/30/20
1 pt. The One John Marrs 11/3/20
1 pt. The Sun Down Motel Simone St. James 11/6/20
1 pt. Fear Nothing Lisa Gardner 12/6/20

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
1 pt. The House Christina Lauren 12/2/20
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.
3 pts. Sunrise on Half Moon Bay Robyn Carr 10/7/20
3 pts. The Christmas Bargain Shanna Hatfield 12/8/20

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 pt. Family Restored Kate Canterbary 9/26/20
1 pt. Firefighter Things You Save in a Fire Katherine Center 10/6/20
1 pt. Mystery Amnesia Cambria Hebert 10/12/20
1 pt. Fiction Winter Wishes At Swallowtail Bay Katie Ginger 10/13/20
1 pt. Mystery Best Day Ever Kaira Rouda 10/20/20
1 pt. Fiction The Honey-Don't List Christina Lauren 10/30/20
1 pt. New Adult Sincerely, Carter Whitney G. 11/10/20
1 pt. Adult The One You Can't Forget Roni Loren 11/14/20
1 pt. New Adult Dirty Secret Emma Hart 11/19/20

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 pt. Girls of Summer Nancy Thayer 10/8/20
1 pt. The Friendship List Susan Mallery 11/11/20
1 pt. SECRET Shared: A SECRET Novel L. Marie Adeline 11/12/20
1 pt. Love and Other Words Christina Lauren 12/16/20

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
1 pt. Dec 2, 2014 A Newport Christmas Wedding Shelley Noble 9/24/20
1 pt. Oct 19, 2014 Underneath It All Kate Canterbary 9/26/20
1 pt. Nov 18, 2014 The Space Between Kate Canterbary 9/28/20
1 pt. Nov 1, 1985 Night Moves Heather Graham Pozzessere 10/9/20
1 pt. November 12th 2019 Twisted Twenty-Six Janet Evanovich 11/1/20
1 pt. Dec 4, 2018 My Favorite Half-Night Stand Christina Lauren 11/4/20
1 pt. Dec 16, 2015 Gifted Cari Quinn 11/7/20
1 pt. November 17th 2016 The Library at the Edge of the World Felicity Hayes-McCoy 11/20/20

-->BONUS: Published in 2020.

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Level:
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points

21/16-30pts. Completed.

13/11+ Completed

Finish!!

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count). 3pts.
01.Arsen-Mia Asher. 10/16/20


2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title. 1pt.
02.Autumn Skies Over Ruby Falls-Holly Martin 10/02/20


3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover. 3pts.
03.Love In the Red Zone-Love Belvin 11/24/20


4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery. 1pt.
04.The Sweetness of Life-Kathryn Andrews 11/15/20


9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character spends time outdoors. 1pt.
05.Instant Attraction-Jill Shalvis 10/11/20


11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation. 1pt.
(MCs go to Belize)
06.Take Me Back-Meghan March 10/01/20


12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer. 1pt.
(pg.127: "I spotted an amber beer bottle beside the sink so I helped myself..")
07.The Bribe-Willa Nash 10/16/20


13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover. 3pts.
08.Vicious Cycle-Katie Ashley 9/23/20


14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller. 1pt.
09.Without Her Consent-McGarvey Black 11/12/20


16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at. 1pt.
10.Into The Green-Jessica Gadziala 9/22/20


18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN. 1pt.
(Thriller)
11.Unholy Union-Natasha Knight 10/12/20


19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN. 1pt.
12.Karina Halle-A Nordic King 10/10/20


20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020. 3pts.
(10/13/20)
13.Officially Over It-Lani Lynn Vale 10/21/20

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: Sept. 22nd, 2020 - Dec. 21st, 2020

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

92/31

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
1 point: Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari - Oct. 20th

1 point: Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs - Nov. 26th

1 point: The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum - Nov. 29th


2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.
1 point: Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis - Oct. 2nd
1 point: Rainy Day Friends by Jill Shalvis - Nov. 14th

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.
1 point: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - Nov. 9th

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.
3 points: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - Sept. 30th
Perry Smith.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
3 points: Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews - Sept. 27th
Characters go hunting, planet on cover.

3 points: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer - Oct. 14th
The baseball scene, pomegranate on cover

3 points: Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis - Oct. 22nd
Several scenes on the dock, on the beach etc. Paddles on cover.

3 points: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer - Nov. 5th
Hunting, Final showdown, etc. Pawn on cover.

1 point: Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - Nov. 28th
Hiking.
3 points: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis - Nov. 29th
Traveling on foot, Snow Festival etc. Pitchforks on cover.

3 points: River Marked by Patricia Briggs - Dec. 13th
Camping. Pictogram on cover.


10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.
1 point: The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones by Kim Renfro - Oct. 23rd
"[Sophie and Maisie] dressed as 'Hash Brownies', wearing Girl Scout uniforms decorated with weed leaves" pg. 306
1 point: Fangs by Sarah Andersen - Dec. 6th

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
1 point: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer - Oct. 27th
3 points: Hot Winter Nights by Jill Shalvis - Nov. 25th

1 point: Calling on Quinn by Blue Saffire - Dec. 9th

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
1 point: American Gods by Neil Gaiman - Oct. 15th
MC drinks beer many times in the book.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.
1 point: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - Oct. 20th
1 point: Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - Dec. 17th

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
1 point: Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - Nov. 11th

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.
1 point: Haunted Nights edited by Ellen Datlow - Nov. 12th
1 point: Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs - Nov. 28th
1 point: Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - Dec. 15th

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.
1 point: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - Sept. 28th
1 point: Hunting Kat by Kelley Armstrong - Oct. 2nd
1 point: About That Kiss by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 3rd

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 point: A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 4th
Urban Fantasy
1 point: The Good Luck Sister by Jill Shalvis - Oct. 4th
Novella
1 point: Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter - Oct. 5th
Music
1 point: The Old Guard, Book One: Opening Fire by Greg Rucka - Oct. 5th
Urban Fantasy
1 point: Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews - Oct. 6th
Urban Fantasy
1 point: The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal - Nov. 18th
Language
1 point: Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - Nov. 21st
Urban Fantasy
1 point: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs - Nov. 23rd
Urban Fantasy
1 point: The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland - Nov. 24th
Non-fiction
1 point: Home by Nnedi Okorafor - Dec. 2nd
Novella
1 point: Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs - Dec. 5th
Urban Fantasy
1 point: The Marriage Bureau: True Stories of 1940s London Match-Makers by Penrose Halson - Dec. 13th
Non-fiction

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 point: What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan - Sept. 30th
1 point: Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed - Oct. 24th
1 point: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer - Oct. 28th
1 point: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane - Oct. 29th
1 point: When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann - Nov. 2nd
1 point: The Far Side Gallery by Gary Larson - Nov. 5th
1 point: Laughing All the Way to the Mosque by Zarqa Nawaz - Nov. 10th
1 point: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli - Nov. 16th
1 point: Book Love by Debbie Tung - Nov. 19th
1 point: The Far Side Gallery 2 by Gary Larson - Dec. 21st

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
3 points: Well Played by Jen DeLuca - Sept. 22nd
Sept. 22nd, 2020
3 points Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series by James Hibberd - Oct. 11th
Oct. 6th, 2020
3 points: The Archive of the Forgotten by A.J. Hackwith - Oct. 12th
Oct. 6th, 2020
1 point: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer - Oct. 17th
Oct. 5th, 2005
1 point: In Flanders Fields: And Other Poems of the First World War edited by Brian Busby - Nov. 15th
Nov. 30th, 2005
1 point: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - Nov. 26th
Sept. 22nd, 2015
3 points: World's Dumbest Criminals, The by Jack Kirchhoff - Dec. 6th
Dec. 1st, 2020
3 points: Mistletoe in Paradise by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 9th
Dec. 1st, 2020
1 point: One Snowy Night by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 10th
Nov. 8th, 2016
1 point: The Far Side Gallery 3 by Gary Larson - Dec. 14th
Oct. 4th, 1988
1 point: The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 15th
Sept. 27th, 2016
3 points: Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West - Dec. 16th
Oct. 20th, 2020
1 point: Deadly Class, Volume 6: This is Not the End by Rick Remender - Dec. 18th
Oct. 24th, 2017

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: Sept. 22nd, 2020 - Dec. 21st, 2020

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

45/31+

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
(+1) Redshirts by John Scalzi (10/4)
(+1) Redemption Bay by RaeAnne Thayne (11/30)
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
(+3) Shadows in Time by Julie McElwain (10/7)
(+3) Shutter by Courtney Alameda (10/17)


2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
(+3) Under the Lights by Shannon Stacey (9/28) [attends a football game and football on cover]


4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
(+1) Crush on You by Christie Ridgway (12/17)
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.


5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
(+1) The Opposite of Wild by Kylie Gilmore (9/30)
(+1) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (12/4)
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.


6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
(+1) Circe by Madeline Miller (11/18)


7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
(+1) The Cowboy of Valentine Valley by Emma Cane [spend time outdoors] (10/16)
(+1) Wrapped Up in You by Jill Shalvis [spends time outdoors] (10/25)
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.


10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
(+1) Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan (11/8)
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.


12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
(+1) Met Her Match by Jude Deveraux [drinks beer] (11/23)
(+1) Yours After Dark by Marie Force (11/29)


13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.
(+3) The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett (10/29)


14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
(+1) The Gallery of the Dead by Chris Carter (9/29)
(+1) When You See Me by Lisa Gardner (12/9/20)
(+1) The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker (12/15)


15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
(+1) Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick (10/8)
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.


17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
(+1) The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman [Fiction/Mystery] (10/15)
(+1) Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams [Fiction/Mystery] (10/30)


19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
(+1) Evergreen Springs by RaeAnne Thayne (10/15)
(+1) Zombies Don't Cry by Rusty Fischer (10/30)
(+1) I Want to Hold Your Hand by Marie Force (11/25)
(+1) The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren (12/9)


20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
(+3) The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult [September 22, 2020] (10/11)
(+3) The Resistance Girl by Jina Bacarr [October 27, 2020] (10/20)
(+3) Things We Didn't Say by Amy Lynn Green [November 3, 2020] (11/14)
(+3) One More for Christmas by Sarah Morgan [October 6, 2020] (11/19)

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020
42/31+ points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ 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.

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points <---starting with
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
Actual fall leaves on cover, starts with F, First-First Class Killer Tonya Kappes 10/3/20 2 pts.
Colors only no bonus-A Waffle Lot of Murder Lena Gregory 10/27/2020 1 pt. no bonus
Tonya Kappes 11/1/20 1 pt. no bonus
Lynn Cahoon 11/2/20 1 pt no bonus

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.
Gobble-Gobble, Gobble Murder Leslie Meier 10/11/20

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
Murder at the PTA Lee Hollis 9/27/20 1 pt.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
Brenda-Mrs. Morris and the Ghost of Christmas Past Traci Wilton 9/30/20 1 pt.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
(no bonus) All She Wrote Tonya Kappes 9/24/20 (no bonus) (Bernie knits)
Sally Goldenbaum 11/10/20 (All four main friends knit) 2 pts (Yarn on cover)
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.
Betty Hechtman 10/28/20 (2 pts yarn on cover)

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
Georgia-Sunsets, Sabbaticals & Scandal Tonya Kappes 9/22/20 1 pt.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover
Kathi Daley 10/31/20. 1 pt
Patti Benning 11/3/20 1 pt
Lynn Cahoon 11/6/20 1 pt
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
Little Bookshop of Murder Maggie Blackburn 9/25/20 1 pt.
Homicide and Honeycrisps Summer Prescott 11/15/20 1 pt for this
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.
1 pt if this counts-In this book Homicide and Honeycrisps Summer Prescott 11/15/20 the MCs name is Mackenzie Appleton, first or last wasn't really specified. I thought the idea of it being Appleton really fit ;)

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
Porch or package (both items are the same book, 2 pts) Tonya Kappes 9/26/20

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.
1. Murder Says 'I Do' Thea Cambert 9/28/20
2. Murder with Sprinkles Rosie A. Point 10/24/20
3. A Jug of Murder Belinda J Evaline 11/11/20

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Carolyn Keene 10/5/20 2 pts.

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
Delta-For Letter or Worse Vivian Conroy 10/2/20 1 pt.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
Mystery-Tents, Trails & Turmoil Tonya Kappes 10/4/20

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.
Haunted Hamlet Kathi Daley 10/8/20
Flip That Haunted House Rose Pressey 11/7/20

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
M-Mystery-The Mystery in Tornado Alley Carolyn Keene 10/6/20
F-Fiction-Deadman's Float Christy Barritt 10/8/20
Mystery, Fiction-Bought the Farm Jeff Shelby 10/20/20
Fantasy-Southern Magic Amy Boyles 10/23/20
Fiction, Mystery-Turkeys, Tuxes and Tabbies Kathi Daley 11/16/20 1 pt.

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Meadows-Peppermint Chocolate Murder Wendy Meadows 10/19/20

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
1 pt. Ice Cream Floater Sara Bourgeois 10/30/20 Dec. 19, 2019
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
2 pts. Christmas Cupcake Murder Joanne Fluke 10/16/20 pub. Sept. 29, 2020
2 pt. On Borrowed Crime Kate Young 10/22/20 pub. Oct. 6, 2020
2 pts. Murder Strikes at Midnight Thea Cambert 10/25/20 pub. Oct 6, 2020
2 pts. Masquerade Murder: A Victoria Town Mystery Novella Mollie Cox Bryan 10/26/20 Pub. Sept. 29, 2020
2 pts. A Sip of Murder Belinda J Evaline 11/4/20 Pub. Oct. 4, 2020

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Levels:
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

39/31

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).

+ A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley 11/23/20

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex. Playing to Win (Play by Play, #4) by Jaci Burton

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

+ Dyeing Up Loose Ends 10/5/20
Kelly knits
+ The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren 10/20/20
The Vampires knit

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Ex. A Merciful Promise (Mercy Kilpatrick, #6) by Kendra Elliot

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.

Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen 9/29/20
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 10/2/20
The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen 10/17/20
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 11/3/20
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 11/3/20
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman 11/13/20
Organized for Murder by Ritter Ames 11/15/20

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

Adult
Game Saver by B.J. Harvey 9/23/20
Nikolai by Roxie Rivera 10/4/20
Christmas Nights by J.H. Croix 10/12/20
The Hot One by Lauren Blakely 10/24/20
Rainbows Ever After: A Black Rainbow Happily Ever After Novella by J.J. McAvoy 10/28/20
Tomorrow's Promise by Sandra Brown 10/28/20
The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson 11/10/20

Apocalyptic
Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi 10/26/20

Fantasy
Healing of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair 9/23/20
Human and Freakn' by Eve Langlais 10/9/20
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 10/10/20
Merry Chris Witch by C.K. Dawn 10/16/20

Mystery
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/9/20
The Ghost Who Came for Christmas by Bobbi Holmes 11/7/20
The Ghost of Valentine Past by Bobbi Holmes 11/8/20

Nonfiction
Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe by Lee Smolin 11/17/20

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake 9/27/20
Amanda Usen - Seducing the Playboy 9/29/20
Amanda Usen - Make Me, Take Me 11/9/20
Arthur W. Upfield - The Sands of Windee 11/12/20
Mac Flynn - Dragon Spell 11/21/20

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.

Passionate Addiction by Eden Summers 9/25/20
pub 10/25/2013
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine 11/10/20
pub 11/1/2008

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: Sept. 22nd, 2020 - Dec. 21st, 2020

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
Leland Gregory. 10/24/20
. Agatha Christie 11/9/20
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
Six Cats a Slayin' Miranda James 11/19/20

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
Claws for Concern Miranda James. 11/6/20. Azalea bakes pecan pies p. 262
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Charles M. Schulz. 10/31/20
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
Livia J. Washburn. 10/10/20 poker chips
Denise Swanson. 12/13/20. purse

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.
The Spook in the Stacks Eva Gates 10/25/20. the library staff dresses up for Halloween

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
Double Shots, Donuts, and Dead Dudes. Harper Lin. 10/27/20. Matt has beer at the Mexican restaurant p. 17

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
Bewitched and Betrothed Juliet Blackwell 10/2/20. Sailor rides a motorcycle
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.
Jessica Fletcher 9/26/20

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
The Whole Cat and Caboodle Sofie Ryan
Dead Man's Folly Agatha Christie 11/21/20
How to Wash a Cat Rebecca M. Hale. 11/29/20
Wagging through the Snow Laurien Berenson 12/14/20

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.
Mrs. Morris and the Ghost Traci Wilton 10/5/20. Mrs Morris lives in one
In Hot Water J.J. Cook 11/4/20. Stella's cabin is haunted by the former fire chief

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.
The Diva Runs Out of Thyme Krista Davis 10/21/20. dinner is at Sophie's house

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Larceny And Lace Annette Blair 10/21/20. genre- mystery
North Carolina Ghosts and Legends Nancy Roberts. 11/8/20. genre- Fantasy-Paranormal
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle 12/9/20. genre-Fantasy

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
The Quick and the Thread Amanda Lee 10/17/20
The Real Macaw Donna Andrews 12/5/20

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
Murder of a Barbie and Ken Denise Swanson 11/8/20. published Nov. 2003

-->BONUS: Published in 2020.

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
106/31+ Read 40 books DONE!

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
Nuts and Dolts (Silicon Valley Mystery #0) by Marc Jedel 10/25/20 3stars (red, yellow, black, blue)

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex. Playing to Win (Play by Play, #4) by Jaci Burton

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives by Josie Brown 10/10/20 4stars (Lyssa, Harry and their daughters bake cookies together; Lyssa makes pecan pie; apple pie and pumpkin pie) Bonus name starts with L

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
Dwell in Possibility (Worcester Nights #1) by Ophelia Sikes 9/22/20 3stars (motorcycle rides; looking at views - bonus - pecs)
The Christmas Star (Christmas Hope #9) by Donna VanLiere 10/27/20 4stars (at the gazebo - a wedding and singing)
A Wedding in Springtime (Marriage Mart, #1) by Amanda Forester 10/31/20 4stars (Genie, Mr. Grant and others spend time in the gardens; bonus pecs and (rose) petals)
Springtime at Hope Cottage (Sweetwater Springs, #2) by Annie Rains 11/3/20 4stars (by the creek, on Tuck's deck, with his horses, on nature trail by the B&B; bonus - porch, panes of glass)
Secret Lover (Secret Agents, #1) by Fiona McGier 11/8/20 4stars (Cory and Sheena on the beach; in the water and on his deck; bonus - pearls)

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Ex. A Merciful Promise (Mercy Kilpatrick, #6) by Kendra Elliot

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
One Dangerous Night (Tall, Dark, and Deadly, #2.5) by Lisa Renee Jones 10/25/20 3stars (Blake nurses a beer he didn't want)

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
On Edge (Decorah Security #1) by Rebecca York 10/25/20 3stars (Fantasy)

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Christmas Sisters (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge #1) by Tammy L. Grace, Tess Thompson, Judith Keim, Ev Bishop, Violet Howe 9/29/20 4stars (T - Thompson)
COVID Diaries by Joi Copeland, Rebekah Rodda, Sara Beth Williams, Audrey Appenzeller 10/25/20 4stars (A - Appenzeller)
Undercover Lovers, (Female Secret Agents #2) Author's Newly-Revised Version by Fiona McGier 11/9/20 4stars (M - McGier)

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew by Denise Heinze 9/23/20 3stars (9/29/20)
Christmas Ever After by Karen Schaler 9/26/20 4stars (9/29/20)
Friends to Lovers: A Secret Pregnancy Romance (Heart of Hope Book 6) by Ajme Williams 9/27/20 4stars (9/26/20)
Happily This Christmas: A Novel (Happily Inc #6) by Susan Mallery 9/28/20 5stars (9/29/20)
Christmas Kisses (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge #2) by Judith Keim 9/30/20 4stars (10/1/20)
Tools of Engagement (Hot & Hammered #3) by Tessa Bailey 10/2/20 4stars (9/22/20)
Wildflower Road (Madison River Romance #2) by Janine Rosche 10/3/20 4.5stars (10/13/20)
Endeared (The Accidental Billionaires #5) by J.S. Scott 10/4/20 4stars (10/6/20)
The Christmas Table (Christmas Hope #10) by Donna VanLiere 10/4/20 4stars (10/6/20)
Her Christmas Cowboy (The Wyoming Cowboy #5) by Jessica Clare 10/6/20 4stars (10/13/20)
A Family For Christmas (The Burlesons of Texas #2) by Nola Cross 10/8/20 4stars (10/8/20)
Admit You Miss Me: A Surrogate Pregnancy Romance (Irresistible Billionaires Book 1) by Ajme Williams 10/10/20 4stars (10/10/20)
A Princess by Christmas (A Royal Wedding #3) by Julia London 10/13/20 4stars (10/13/20)
Baby for Brother's Best Friend by Sofia T Summers 10/14/20 3.5stars (10/14/20)
A Whisker's Breadth (Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator Book 9) by P.D. Workman 10/17/20 4stars (10/16/20)
A Sheriff's Star (Home to Oak Hollow) by Makenna Lee 10/18/20 4stars (10/27/20)
The Amish Christmas Gift (Hidden Springs #2) by Laura V. Hilton 10/19/20 4.5stars (10/27/20)
Crazy Stupid Bromance (Bromance Book Club #3) by Lyssa Kay Adams 10/20/20 4stars (10/27/20)
Her Christmas Wish (Crooked Halo Christmas Chronicles Book 2) by Kathy Coatney 10/21/20 4stars (9/29/20)
A Siren’s Song to Mend the Wounded Earl: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Hazel Linwood 10/24/20 4stars (10/17/20)
Amish Christmas Twins by Shelley Shepard Gray, Rachel J. Good, Loree Lough 10/24/20 4.5stars (9/29/20)
Admit You Love Me: A Secret Baby Romance (Irresistible Billionaires Book 2) by Ajme Williams 10/29/20 4.5stars (10/29/20)
The Great Diamond Caper (Whispering Bay Mystery, #6) by Maria Geraci 10/18/20 4stars (10/30/20)
Second Chance with Brother's Best Friend: A Single Mom Secret Baby Romance by Sofia T Summers 11/5/20 3.5stars (11/5/20)
His Castilian Hawk (The Castilian Saga #1) by Anna Belfrage 11/7/20 5stars (9/28/20)
Under the Mistletoe (Crooked Halo Christmas Chronicles #3) by Kathy Coatney 11/1/20 4stars (11/4/20)
The Viscount's Wayward Son: A Regency Romance (Ladies of the North Book 2) by Isabella Thorne 11/7/20 4stars (11/6/20)
Admit You Want Me: An Enemies to Lovers Romance (Irresistible Billionaires Book 3) by Ajme Williams 11/11/20 4stars (11/12/20)

I'M IN!

Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
POINTS - 162

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
Inferno - Dan Brown - 3 OCT - 1
Lost - James Patterson - 5 OCT - 3
After Sundown - Linda Howard - 13 OCT - 3
Shades of Twilight - Linda Howard - 19 OCT - 3
Winter Counts - David Heska Wanbli Weiden - 4 NOV - 1
Luke - Barbara Freethy - 14 NOV - 3
Enemy Mine - Katie Reus - 21 NOV - 3
The Stationery Shop of Tehran - Marjan Kamali - 27 NOV - 1


3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Smart Tass - Mimi Jean Pamfiloff - 17 NOV - 3
Oh, Henry - Mimi Jean Pamfiloff - 19 NOV - 3


5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.
Casting Spells - Barbara Bretton - 23 SEPT - 3


6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
Buried Lies - Kaylea Cross - 12 OCT - 1


8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.
Pecan Pie Predicament - Addison Moore (Lottie Lemon) - 19 OCT - 3


13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.
Good Girls Do - Cathie Linz - 2 DEC - 3
Fury - Cat Porter - 9 DEC - 1


14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
A Killer's Mind - Mike Omer - 22 SEPT - 1
I Found You - Lisa Jewell - 24 SEPT - 1
The Brethren - John Grisham - 30 SEPT - 1
Never Say Die - Tess Gerritsen - 10 OCT - 1
Silent Scream - Angela Marsons - 16 OCT - 1
Origin - Dan Brown - 17 OCT - 1
The Partner - John Grisham - 21 OCT - 1
Hidden - Rebecca Zanetti - 24 OCT - 1
The Boy from the Woods - Harlan Coben - 27 OCT - 1
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James - 31 OCT - 1
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Brash Blonde - Gemma Halliday - 9 NOV - 1
Masks and Malice in Las Vegas - A.R. Winters - 15 NOV - 1
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler - 28 NOV - 1


15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 5 NOV - 1


18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Inside Out - Demi Moore (Autobiography) - 2 OCT - 1
American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins (Fiction) - 30 OCT - 1
Eragon - Christopher Paolini (Fantasy) - 10 NOV - 1
The Color Purple - Alice Walker (Fiction) - 11 NOV - 1
Utopia Avenue - David Mitchell (Fiction) - 30 NOV - 1
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell - Marilyn Manson (Autobiography) - 10 DEC - 1


19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - 28 SEPT - 1
Resisting the Hero - Cindi Madsen - 10 OCT - 1
Under Her Skin - Susan Mallery - 14 OCT - 1
How to Raise an Honest Rabbit - Amy Lane - 15 OCT - 1
Hungry Like the Wolf - Paige Tyler - 22 OCT - 1
The Silence of the Snakes: Mystery - Ruby Loren - 23 OCT - 1
Chattering Chipmunks - Mildred Abbott - 26 OCT - 1
Adulthood Is a Myth - Sarah Andersen - 27 OCT - 1
Breaking News - Ella Frank - 6 NOV - 1
Big Ben - Nana Malone - 29 NOV - 1
Once Upon a Wish - Danyelle Ferguson 30 NOV - 1


20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
Butchered After Bark - Addison Moore (24 Sept 20) - 4 OCT - 3
Dreaming Death - Heather Graham (29 Sept 20) - 7 OCT - 3
Catch - Deborah Bladon (9 Oct 20) - 12 OCT - 3
Lord of London Town - Tillie Cole (11 Oct 20) - 25 OCT - 3
The Searcher - Tana French (6 Oct 20) - 28 OCT - 3
One Exquisite Touch - Lauren Blakely (16 Oct 20) - 28 OCT - 3
The Midnight Library - Matt Haig (29 Sept 20) - 29 OCT - 3
Cold as Ice - Allison Brennan (27 Oct 20) - 29 OCT - 3
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab (6 Oct 20) - 1 NOV - 3
The Once and Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow - (13 Oct 20) - 3 NOV - 3
Jeopardy in High Heels - Gemma Halliday (20 Oct 20) - 5 NOV - 3
Nice Werewolves Don't Bite Vampires - Molly Harper (28 Sept 20) - 7 NOV - 3
Headlines - Ella Frank (28 Sept 20) - 8 NOV - 3
Vengeful Vellum - Mildred Abbott (26 Oct 20) - 8 NOV - 3
Whiskey Lullaby - Liliana Hart (29 Sept 20) - 12 NOV - 3
Fortune and Glory - Janet Evanovich (10 Nov 10) - 12 NOV - 3
One Breath After Another - Bethany-Kris (5 Oct 20) - 13 NOV - 3
One Second After Another - Bethany-Kris (9 Nov 20) - 13 NOV - 3
Eggnog Trifle Trouble - Addison Moore (12 Nov 20) - 19 NOV - 3
Guardian's Grace - Rebecca Zanetti (13 Oct 20) - 20 NOV - 3
Darklight - Nicola Claire (22 Oct 20) - 22 NOV - 3
A Frightening Fangs-giving - Addison Moore (22 Oct 20) - 23 NOV - 3
Deadly Cross - James Patterson (23 Nov 20) - 28 NOV - 3
Buried in Secrets - Denise Grover Swank (24 Nov 20) - 2 DEC - 3
A Christmas to Dismember - Addison Moore (17 Nov 20) - 3 DEC - 3
Return Billionaire to Sender - Annika Martin (20 Oct 20) - 5 DEC - 3
Dashing Through the No - Tara Sivec (17 Nov 20) - 5 DEC - 3
Playing Dirty - Liliana Hart (24 Nov 20) - 6 DEC - 3
A Warm Heart in Winter - J.R. Ward (1 Dec 20) - 6 DEC - 3
Maybe This Time - Lauren Blakely (27 Oct 20) - 7 DEC - 3
One Time Only - Lauren Blakely (18 Nov 20) - 8 DEC - 3
Silent Night, Deadly Night - Kaylea Cross (1 Dec 20) - 10 DEC - 3

Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
1 pt - - Chaim Potok - 10/23/20
1 PT - - Herman Melville - 11/02/20
1 pt - - Lisa Gardner - 11/06/20
1 pt - - Ashley Gardner - 11/10/20

-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex. Playing to Win (Play by Play, #4) by Jaci Burton

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
1 pt - Like Water for Chocolat - Laura Esquivel - 10/27/20
1 pt - Girls on the Line - Aimie K Runyan - 11/03/20
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
1 pt - Little Broken Things - Nicole Baart - 10/21/20
1 pt - Every Day Is a Holiday - George Mahood - 11/24/20

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
1 pt - Inspector Spector - E. J. Copperman - 9/25/20
1 pt - The Girl on the Cliff- Lucinda Riley - 11/13/20
1 pt - Death of a Dreamer - M.C. Beaton - 11/15/20
1 pt - Winter Sisters - Robin Oliveria - 11/19/20
1 pt - Death of a Maid - M.C. Beaton - 11/20/20
1 pt - Death of a Gentle Lady - M.C. Beaton - 11/22/20
1 pt - How Much of these Hills is Gold - C. Pam Zhang - 11/25/20
1 pt - An Incomplete Revenge - Jacqueline Winspear - 11/27/20
1 pt - Prayers for Sale - Sandra Dallas - - 11/30/20
1 pt - Death of a Witch - M.C. Beaton - 12/5/20
1 pt - Death of a Valentine - M.C. Beaton - 12/8/20
1 pt - When We Danced on the End of the Pier- Sandy Taylor - 12/9/20
1 pt - Christmas At Little Beach Street Bakery - Jenny Colgan - 12/20/20
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
3 pt - 4:50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie - 10/5/20 pocket watch on cover & spends time outdoors

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.
1 pt - 1929 - M.L. Gardner - 10/29/20

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Ex. A Merciful Promise (Mercy Kilpatrick, #6) by Kendra Elliot

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer
1 pt - Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand - 10/9/20
1 pt- The Little Shop of Found Things- Paula Brackston - 10/19/20
1 pt - The Sudbury School Murders - Ashley Gardner - 10/24/20
1 pt - Hostile Witness - Rebecca Forster - 10/25/20
1 pt - A Covent Garden Mystery - Ashley Gardner - 11/15/20
1 pt - Unforgivable- Laura Griffin - 12/6/20

or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
1 pt - Forgotten - C. J. Carmichael 9/27/20
1 pt - Front Page Affair - Radha Vatsal - 9/30/20
1 pt - Nine Coaches Waiting - Mary Stewart - 10/2/20
1 pt - Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn - 10/11/20
1 pt - One Night Gone - Tara Laskowski - 10/13/20
1 pt - The Glass house - Ashley Gardner - 10/16/20
1 pt - All the Devils are Here - Louise Penny - 11/08/20
1 pt - Among the Mad - Jacqueline Winspear - 12/3/20
1 pt - Mrs. Jeffries Delivers the Goods - Emily Brightwell - 12/4/20
1 pt - Callander Square - Anne Perry - 12/9/20
1 pt - The Mapping of Love and Death - Jacqueline Winspear - 12/13/20
1 pt - The Next Accident - Lisa Gardner - 12/16/20
1 pt - Mrs. Jeffries and the Alms of the Angels - Emily Brightwell - 12/18/20

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 pt - The Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom - 10/12/20 - Adult
1 pt - You Can Be Happy No Matter What- Richard Carlson - 11/04/20 - Non-fiction

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
1 pt - The Silent Companions - Laura Purcell - 10/14/20 - Oct 5/17
-->BONUS: Published in 2020

Welcome Frankie, Kendra, Mary-Megan, Tari, Bonita, Kellene, JoAnne, Sandra and Joann!

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

23/ 18-30 Level 2: Amazing Autumn
COMPLETED

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
All the Flowers in Paris 11/20/2020


2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex. Playing to Win (Play by Play, #4) by Jaci Burton

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.
The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel 12/2/2020


5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.
by Nancy Warren 12/16/2020


6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
Gun in the Gardenias by Dale Meyer 11/30/2020

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
Magnolias, Moonlight, and Murder by Sara Rosett 11/29/2020


8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.
Turkey Day Murder by Leslie Meier 12/11/2020
Lucy is a letter in apple.
She also backed 12 pumpkin pies for the coat and mitten fund fundraiser. She served one pumpkin, one pecan, and one mince for Thanksgiving.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier 10/26/2020
Lucy takes her kids to the pumpkin patch and the cover has a pumpkin.


10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween.
Strange Brew 10/23/2020
Callahan dresses up as Cher for a Halloween party.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Ex. A Merciful Promise (Mercy Kilpatrick, #6) by Kendra Elliot

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna 10/22/2020
Jamie drinks way too much light beer at the bar.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger 9/24/2020
Nell rides her Dad's Harley home from his funeral. (He died in a motorcycle accident, too.)

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
Peach Clobbered by Anna Gerard 9/27/2020

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.
The Ride That Was Really Haunted by Steve Brezenoff 10/30/2020

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
The German Heiress by Anika Scott 11/7/2020

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
One for the Books by Jenn McKinlay 10/6/2020
Mystery

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
8/31+

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
1 pt Waffles and Weekends - Leena Clover 9/22/20

1 pt The Outsider - Stephen King 10/4/20


2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.
1 pt Five Days in November - Clint Hill 10/2/20

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex. Playing to Win (Play by Play, #4) by Jaci Burton

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
3 pts Bargaining With a Rake - Julie Johnstone 9/24/20 {Spends time outdoors; item on cover: pants}


10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Ex. A Merciful Promise (Mercy Kilpatrick, #6) by Kendra Elliot

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
1 pt Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid - Maureen Driscoll 9/26/20 {Drinks Beer}

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 pt Dark Union - S.M. Reine 9/30/20 {Fantasy}

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.

Welcome Anne and Chelsea!

40 points

1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
1. by RaShelle Workman 10/23 - fall colors - 1 point
2. by Andrea Pearson 11/4 - fall colors AND starts with F - 3 points
3. by Chris Crutcher 11/20 - fall colors - 1 point
4. by Kalynn Bayron 11/25 - fall colors - 1 point
2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
1. by J.D. Winters 12/20
7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
1. by Lucy Tempest 9/27 - set mostly outdoors AND palace on cover - 3 points
2. by Ramona Nehring-Silver 10/11 - Kean spends time outside with Calvin AND people on cover - 3 points
3. by Rick Riordan 10/29/20 - battles take place outside AND Percy Jackson/pegasus on cover - 3 points
4. by Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom 11/30/20 - MC visits a pumpkin patch AND pumpkins on cover - 3 points
5. by Jennifer G. Edelson 12/2 - most of the book takes place outdoors AND pine trees on cover - 3 points
6. by Kim Michele Richardson 12/4 - MC spends time outside on her book drop off trips AND pink skirt on cover - 3 points
10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
1. by Willow Rose 9/29 - 1 point
2. by W.L. Knightly 11/12 - 1 point
15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.
1. by Addison Moore 11/17 - 1 point
17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1. by Robert Louis Stevenson 10/16 - MPG fiction - 1 point
2. by Sam Cheever 11/22 - MPG fantasy - 1 point
3. by Elizabeth McGivern 12/14 - MPG LGBT - 1 point
19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1. by Liz Tolsma 11/11 - 1 point
2. by Matias Faldbakken 11/28/20 - 1 point
3. by Lucky Stevens 12/11 - 1 point
4. by Lucy Tempest 12/12 - 1 point
20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
1. by Harper Lin 11/24 - first pub. 12/8/2013 - 1 point
2. by Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom 12/6 - first pub. 11/7/2019 - 1 point
3. by Erica Ridley 12/13 - first pub. 10/9/18
4. by Gregory Maguire 12/18 - first pub 10/6/20 - 3 points

Welcome Celia!

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

34/31+
Goal:
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman- 10/4/2020 = 1 pt
No Other gods: Confronting Our Modern Day Idols by Kelly Minter- 11/1/2020 = 1 pt
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones- 11/20/2020 = 3 pts

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.
Doing Busy Better: Enjoying God's Gifts of Work and Rest by Glynnis Whitwer (as a college counselor, fall is very BUSY. College deadlines all happen between October 15-January 1, with most happening before Thanksgiving. Definitely my BUSY season)- 10/19/2020 = 1 pt

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Intercepted by Alexa Martin (lots of fooball games, and there is a football on the woman's necklace)- 10/24/2020 = 3 pts

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
by Portia MacIntosh (character spends a lot of time outside at the beach & a purse is on the cover)- 11/22/2020 = 3 pts

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.
by Talia Hibbert (MC rides a motorcycle)- 12/1/2020= 1pt

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Letters to the Church by Francis Chan (genre: Nonfiction)- 10/28/2020= 1pt
Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities by John Warner(genre: Langauge)- 10/30/2020 = 1pt
Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety by Alli Worthington (Genre: Nonfiction)- 10/2/2020 = 1pt
Love Without Walls: Learning to Be a Church In the World For the World by Laurie Beshore (nonfiction)- 10/18/2020 = 1pt
Back Roads to Belonging: Unexpected Paths to Finding Your Place and Your People by Kristen Strong (Nonfiction)- 11/20/2020 = 1 pt
Hidden Potential: Revealing What God Can Do through You by Wendy Pope (nonfiction)- 11/22/2020 = 1 pt
Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One by Jenny Blake (Leadership) -11/30/2020 = 1 pt
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey J. Selingo(Academic- College)- 12/6/2020 = 1pt

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Restless: Because You Were Made for More by Jennie Allen (author's last name starts with A)- 10/08/2020 = 1 pt
If There's No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout (author's last name starts with A)- 10/28/2020 = 1 pt
Free of Me: Why Life Is Better When It's Not about You by Sharon Hodde Miller (author's last name starts with M)- 12/1/2020 = 1pt
A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living by Emily Ley (author's last name starts with L)- 12/5/2020 = 1 pt

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult (published September 22, 2020)- 10/17/2020 = 3 pts
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh (published September 22, 2020)- 10/21/2020 = 3 pts
How to Quit Your Job & Travel: Everything You Need to Travel Long Term by Lia Garcia (published Dec 8, 2020)- 12/8/2020 = 3 pts

Welcome Allison!

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020
Date Started: September 22, 2020
Date Completed: December 21, 2020

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points

Tasks Done: 10 Bonus Tasks Done: 2
Total Points: 12

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
1. Reindeer & Robberies (Cruise Ship Mysteries 15) by Hope Callaghan - 12/5/20


2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.
1. Foliage and Fatality (Mystery Sisters 2) by Karen Musser Nortman - 10/3/20

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
1. Strawberries and Sweet Lies (Bakers and Bulldogs 1) by Rosie Sams - 10/31/20 - MC Melody and her friend Kerry run a bakery together and are constantly baking together to fulfill orders

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character spends time outdoors.
1. Chicken Pesto Murder (Darling Deli 5) by Patti Benning - 9/30/20 - MC, Moira, spends an afternoon casually walking down Main Street, shopping and browsing store windows
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. - Pesto sauce -


14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
1. Pineapple Upside Down Murder (Cast Iron Skillet 1) by Jodi Rath - 10/5/20

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1. Dead Wrong (Blackmoore Sisters 1) by Leighann Dobbs - 9/28/20 - tagged as Fantasy
2. Jingle Buried Cookies (Black Cat Cafe 9) by Lyndsey Cole - 12/21/20 - tagged as Mystery

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1. Love at First Bark (Love Unleashed 0.5 Prequel) by Dana Mentink - 10/17/20

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date. -
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
1. Love Me Like You Mean It by Laura Burton - 11/16/20 - Published 11/6/2020

Welcome SANDYE!

This might be a stupid question, but what would count as "the majority of the book?" Is 50% good enough? Or should be be more like 75%?

Mary-Megan wrote: "This might be a stupid question, but what would count as "the majority of the book?" Is 50% good enough? Or should be be more like 75%?"

50 is good. :)

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
0/31+

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex. Playing to Win (Play by Play, #4) by Jaci Burton

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Ex. A Merciful Promise (Mercy Kilpatrick, #6) by Kendra Elliot

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.

✅Done!!!✅

🍁🍁39 points🍁🍁


Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020


Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
~1pt: ~Fall Color~Nyxia ★★★ 24 October
~3pt: ~Fall Color & Bonus~ The Fountains of Silence ★★★★ 5 October
~1pt:~Fall Color~ The Deceivers ★★★ 3 December
~3pt: ~Fall Color & Bonus~ The Strangers ★★★★ 9 November
~3pt: ~Fall Color & Bonus~ The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of an Extraordinary Life ★★★★★ 3 December
~1pt: ~Fall Color~Homegoing ★★★★★ 12 December
~3pt: ~Fall Color & Bonus~ Fable ★★★★ 18 December
~3pt: ~Fall Color & Bonus~ Autoboyography ★★★★ 30 October


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2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Has a "FALL" word in the title.
~1pt: ~Fire~ Things You Save in a Fire★★★★ 23 October


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3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 A character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.

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4. Tour a winery.
🍁A character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

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5. Learn to knit.
🍁A character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

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6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 A character works in their garden.

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7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.
~1pt: ~Leaves~ Before the Ever After★★★★ 12 December


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8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 A character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.
~1pt: ~Madame is a baker~ All the Light We Cannot See★★★★ 29November


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9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 A character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.

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10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 A character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

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11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 A character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.

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12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 A character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
~1pt: ~Beer~ How to Find Love in a Bookshop ★★★★ 27 September
~1pt: ~Beer~ My Dark Vanessa ★★★ 21 October


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13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 A character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

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14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
~1pt:Neverworld Wake ★★★★ 10 October
~1pt:The Woman in Cabin 10 ★★★ 12 October
~1pt:Out of the Easy ★★★ 21 October
~1pt:Grown ★★★ 30 November


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15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 A character tours/visits a haunted house.
~1pt: Mexican Gothic★★★ 27 October


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16. Thanksgiving
🍁 The first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

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17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 A character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

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18. FALL
🍁 A genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
~1pt: ~Memoir~ Brown Girl Dreaming ★★★ 22 October
~1pt: ~Memoir~ Everything Sad Is Untrue ★★★★ 31 October
~1pt: ~Memoir~ Ugly ★★★ 3 November
~1pt: ~Memoir~ El Deafo ★★★★★ 21 November


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19. FALL
🍁 Author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
~1pt: ~Arnold~ What Girls Are Made Of ★★★★ 26 September
~1pt: ~Larson~ Dash ★★★ 7 October
~1pt: ~Tamaki~ Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me ★★★ 12 October
~1pt: ~Mortimore~ Oona Out of Order ★★★★ 7 December


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20. Fall Books
🍁 Published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
~1pt: ~26 September 2017~ Wishtree ★★★ 25 October
~1pt: ~October 2016~ Our Chemical Hearts ★★★★ 22 November
~1pt: ~October 2018~ Alaskan Holiday ★★ 28 November


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Welcome Sallie and Jessica!

Reading The Seasons - Fall completed
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020
37/31+

TASKS:
1. 🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
A thousand ships - Natalie Haynes 26.09.20

2. 🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.
Gingerbread – Oyeyemi – 26.09.20
City of ghosts Bali rai 09.10.20


3. 🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
The games James Patterson and mark Sullivan 21.11.20

6. 🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
Round about chatsworth Deborah Mitford 15.11.20


9. 🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch
or spends time outdoors.
Cloud nine - Luanne rice - 27.09.20
Molly’s zoo Molly badham 14.11.20
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
PILLARS - The Key to Rebecca Ken Follett 26.09.20
PLUMMAGE - Vesper flights Helen macdonald 26.09.20
PANTS - Torn Amanda hocking 26.09.20


14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
Nowhere on earth - Nick lake - 05.10.20
You belong to me - Mary higgins clark -10.10.20
Unsolved - James Patterson and David ellis -25.10.20
The catch - T m logan - 26.10.20
Humans, bow down - James Patterson & Emily Raymond - 27.10.20

16. 🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
The snow goose Paul gallico 23.11.20


18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Fantasy – one day: three ways – Amanda hocking 26.09.20


19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
How to Rob a Bank Tom Mitchell 02.10.20
White-out James vance marshall 03.10.20
On call Anita Burgh 03.10.20
Jet Black Heart Teresa Flavin 06.10.20
Lark Anthony mcgowan 10.10.20
Life of pi Yann martel 11.10.20
Twas the nightshift before Christmas Adam kay 13.10.20
The young elites - Marie lu 18.10.20
The Color Purple Alice Walker 21.10.20
Station Jim Louis de bernieres 23.10.20
Every year – a collection of short stories Cecelia ahern 25.10.20
The phone box at the edge of the world Laura imai messina - 26.10.20
Clownfish Alan Durant 26.10.20
The faceless ones - Derek landy 26.10.20

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
Trojan odyssey - Clive Cussler 27.09.20 – pub 24.11.03
Yvonne Goes To York - MC Beaton - 30.09.20 – pub 01.12.92

Can we have 'gingerbread' as a fall word (#2)? We eat warm gingerbread with our hot drinks during the autumn months

DenXXX wrote: "Can we have 'gingerbread' as a fall word (#2)? We eat warm gingerbread with our hot drinks during the autumn months"

Of course! :)

Welcome Den!

Count me in!

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

Points: 74

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
Uniin eksyneet - Nina George - 29.09.2020 1 p.

En sån som du - Gillian Flynn - 06.10.2020 3 p.

Prinsessapäiväkirjat - Meg Cabot - 07.10.2020 1 p.

Kasvoista kasvoihin - C. S. Lewis - 11.10.2020 1. p.

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman - 16.10.2020 1 p.

Vi ses i Havanna - Chanel Cleeton - 25.10.2020 3 p.

The Perfect Child - Lucinda Berry - 27.10.2020 1 p.

World War Z - Max Brooks - 28.10.2020 1 p.

Laitos - Stephen King - 01.11.2020 3 p.

Stormens öga - Leigh Bardugo - 02.11.2020 3 p.

Ihmeiden aika - Karen Thompson Walker - 04.11.2020 1 p.

Högt spel - Leigh Bardugo - 12.11.2020 1 p.

Laglöst rike - Leigh Bardugo - 20.11.2020 3 p.

Och sen var hon borta - Lisa Jewell - 21.11.2020 1 p.

Det nionde sällskapet - Leigh Bardugo - 27.11.2020 1 p.

Nocturna - Maya Motayne - 30.11.2020 1 p.

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic - Leigh Bardugo - 30.11.2020 1 p.

Aika taistelun ja tähtivalon - Laini Taylor - 05.12.2020 3 p.

King of Scars - Leigh Bardugo - 12.12.2020 1 p.

Sea Witch - Sarah Henning - 13.12.2020 3 p.

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl - Stacy McAnulty - 14.12.2020 1 p.

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex. Playing to Win (Play by Play, #4) by Jaci Burton

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

Reading The Seasons - Fall
September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

110 Total Points

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
3 - Loving a Lady by Nichole Van (10/11/20)

3 - Love Under Fire by Jennifer Youngblood & Sandra Poole (10/14/20)

3 - Falling Slowly by Julie Coulter Bellon (10/23/20)


2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.
1 - Don't Fall for a Fugitive by Cami Checketts (11/13/20)

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
1 - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
1 - Don't Chase a Player by Cami Checketts (11/20/20)

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
1 - Tales of Ever After by H.L. Burke, et. al. (10/28/20)

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.
1 - Only a Date with a Billionaire by Ellie Hall (10/13/20)
3 - Her Christmas Handyman by Laura Ann (11/30/20) - Enoch

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.
3 - To Love a Stranger by Colleen Coble (10/1/20) - time outdoors/person

1 - Love Bytes by Melanie Jacobson (10/12/20) - time outdoors
3 - A Foolish Game by Laura Beers (10/22/20) - time outdoors/person

3 - Chase by Debra Clopton (10/29/20) - time outdoors/people

3 - Her Hockey Superstar Fake Fiancé by Cami Checketts (11/14/20) - time outdoors/people

3 - Guarding Her Heart by Belle Calhoune (11/15/20) - time outdoors/people

3 - Don't Miss the Moment by Cami Checketts (11/18/20) - time outdoors/people

3 - Loving the Greek Billionaire by Lisa Swinton (11/23/20) - time outdoors/Parthenon

3 - Lacy by Shanna Hatfield (11/24/20) - time outdoors/person

3 - Love Right by Rebecca Rode (11/25/20) - time outdoors/people

3 - Oh, Come On, Be Faithful by Cami Checketts (12/2/20) - time outdoors/people

3 - Her Cowboy Billionaire Boss by Liz Isaacson (12/6/20) - time outdoors/pine trees

3 - It's a Wonderful Date by Sophia Summers (6/7/20) - time outdoors/pine tree

3 - Daring Dreamer by Kirsten Osbourne (12/9/20) - time outdoors/people

3 - The Christmas Groom by Taylor Hart (12/12/20) - time outdoors/present


10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
1 - Let Me Whisper in Your Ear by Mary Jane Clark (10/13/20) - drinks beer
1 - One Little Switch by Jennifer Youngblood (11/29/20) - drinks beer

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.
1 - Ashes Ashes by Julie Coulter Bellon (10/25/20)
1 - From the Ashes by Julie Coulter Bellon (10/26/20)

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
1 - Before I Say Goodbye by Mary Higgins Clark (10/6/20)
1 - No One to Trust by Lynette Eason (10/8/20)
1 - All Fall Down by Julie Coulter Bellon (10/19/20)
1 - Pocket Full of Posies by Julie Coulter Bellon (10/31/20)
1 - Forget Me Not by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/1/20)
1 - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.
1 - Trusting His Kiss by Jean C. Gordon (10/5/20)

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 - Rescuing Lord Inglewood by Sally Britton (10/1/20) - Fiction
1 - Loving the Movie Star by Jennifer Youngblood (10/3/20) - Mystery
1 - The Mapmaker's Wife by Kathy L. Wheeler (10/6/20) - Fiction
1 - Knight and Day by Elizabeth Johns (10/28/20) - Adventure
1 - Letters for Phoebe by Sally Britton (11/8/20) - Novella
1 - The Kiss of a Stranger by Sarah M. Eden (11/11/20) - Adult
1 - Don't Love an Army Ranger by Cami Checketts (11/19/20) - Fiction
1 - Don't Abandon the Superstar by Cami Checketts (11/21/20) - Fiction
1 - Promise of Love by Tamie Dearen (12/1/20) - Fiction
1 - Silver Bells Collection by Lucinda Brant, et. al. (12/9/20) - Anthologies
1 - Mistletoe Mayhem by Jo Noelle (12/11/20) - Time Travel

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 - Closing Time by Candice N. Toone (10/9/20)
1 - His Kissing Penalty by Anne-Marie Meyer, Lucy McConnell (11/11/20)
1 - Henry's Holiday Charade by Danielle Thorne (12/6/20)
1 - One Winter Night by Heather Tullis (12/8/20)
1 - Operation Mistletoe by Elizabeth Maddrey (12/20/20)

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
3 - A Geek Girl's Guide To Kissing A Video Gamer by Bree Livingston (10/2/20) - 9/23/20
3 - The Billionaire's (Not So) Fake Engagement by Kimberly Krey (8/17/20) - 10/15/20
1 - Her Loyal Protector by Cami Checketts (11/9/20) - 11/4/19
1 - Don't Ditch a Detective by Cami Checketts (11/16/20) - 12/9/19
1 - Her Country Star Fake Fiancé by Sarah Gay (11/17/20) - 10/16/18
3 - The Widow by Laura Beers (12/3/20) - 10/17/20
3 - The Headmistress by Elizabeth Johns (12/4/20) - 10/24/20
1 - Totally Scrooged by Carly Morgan (12/13/20) - 10/4/19
1 - The Proposal by Becky Wade (12/13/20) - 12/4/15
3 - Her Christmas Baker by Laura Ann (12/15/20) - 12/2/20
3 - Her Christmas Detective by Laura Ann (12/17/20) - 12/11/20

Welcome Johanna and Shash!

Question- would a character living in a haunted house work for "a character tours/visits a haunted house"? I suppose anyone who comes to see the MC there could be considered as visiting...

PART 2!

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.

Borrower of the Night - Elizabeth Peters - 06.10.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: MC goes to walk with different people so that they can discuss about the situation in private, she also goes to town for shopping or only for sight-seeing. On the cover: Pillars

I ljusets makt - Leigh Bardugo - 10.10.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: Sets mostly outdoor, or at least a big part of the story. On the cover: Person

Burn for Me - Ilona Andrews - 17.10.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: MC meets a man she is trying to capture in the park. On the cover: Pecs

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier - 21.10.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: Tee/coffee is often drank outdoors. On the cover: Plants

Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: Sets mostly outdoor, or at least a big part of the story. On the cover: Person

Karou, savun tytär - Laini Taylor - 08.11.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: One morning MC enjoys her morning cafe outdoors, on the roof, watching the sunrise. On the cover: Person

DEV1AT3 - Jay Kristoff - 09.11.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: Sets mostly outdoor, or at least a big part of the story. On the cover: Person

Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: Sets mostly outdoor, or at least a big part of the story. On the cover: Plants

Niin käy vain elokuvissa - Holly Bourne - 13.12.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: MC is filming a movie outdoor. On the cover: Popcorn

Tulenpunainen kabaree - Milja Kaunisto - 14.12.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: MC walks quite much on the Montmartre's streets. On the cover: Person

Neljän merkki - Arthur Conan Doyle - 14.12.2020 3 p.
Spends time outdoor: MC walks quite much on the streets. On the cover: Person

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Ex. A Merciful Promise (Mercy Kilpatrick, #6) by Kendra Elliot

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.
Orientation - Gregory Ashe - 18.10.2020 1 p.
Drinks beer

Den tysta patienten - Alex Michaelides - 14.11.2020 1 p.
Drinks beer

Eleanorille kuuluu ihan hyvää - Gail Honeyman - 06.12.2020 1 p.
Drinks beer

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.
28 Summers - Elin Hilderbrand - 04.10.2020 3 p.
MC spends Thanksgiving with her friend and her family members: they reserve private, tucked-away room at the resturant

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.

Johanna wrote: "If the title starts with numbers (28): does it count as a word starting with "T" (twenty-eight)?"

Yes. :)

Kellene wrote: "Question- would a character living in a haunted house work for "a character tours/visits a haunted house"? I suppose anyone who comes to see the MC there could be considered as visiting..."

Sure, that will work! :)

Question, for #12, would a state fair that is always in the fall count, or does it need to be called "Harvest Festival", "Fall Fest", etc?

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Goal: Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
Done: 33


TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
1 - Open Roads by Zach Bohannon – 10/19/2020
1 - Csipkerózsikák by Stephen King – 10/29/2020
1 - A Megmentő by Tamás Frei – 11/01/2020
3 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix – 11/02/2020
1 - Till There Was You by Iris Morland – 11/03/2020
1 - Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden – 11/18/2020
1 - Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano – 11/22/2020



2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex. Playing to Win (Play by Play, #4) by Jaci Burton

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
1 - The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf – 09/24/2020
1 - Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer – 09/25/2020
1 - Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong – 09/28/2020
1 - Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz – 10/04/2020
1 - A Pendragon-legenda by Antal Szerb – 10/07/2020
1 - The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle – 10/09/2020
1 - Every Fear by Rick Mofina – 10/21/2020
1 - The Good Girl by Mary Kubica – 11/06/2020

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 - The Dreaming, Vol. 2 by Simon Spurrier – 09/26/2020 - Fantasy
1 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang – 10/02/2020 - New Adult
1 - Lucifer (2018-) Vol. 2: The Divine Tragedy by Dan Watters – 10/14/2020 - Fantasy
1 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow – 10/16/2020 - Magical Realism
1 - Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep – 10/18/2020 - Nonfiction
1 - The Dreaming (2018-) Vol. 3: One Magical Movement by Simon Spurrier – 10/23/2020 - Fantasy
1 - Híd a Kwai folyón by Pierre Boulle – 11/13/2020 - Military Fiction
1 - Books of Magic (2018-) Vol. 2: Second Quarto by Kat Howard – 11/13/2020 - Fantasy
1 - Damnation by Zach Bohannon – 11/28/2020 - Apocalyptic

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
1 - Not Over You by Amanda Torrey – 10/11/2020
1 - The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero – 11/08/2020
1 - Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler – 11/24/2020

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
3 - In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren – 11/12/2020 - Published October 6th 2020
1 - A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting – 11/26/2020 - Published October 15th 2019

Chelsea wrote: "Question, for #12, would a state fair that is always in the fall count, or does it need to be called "Harvest Festival", "Fall Fest", etc?"

That will work!! :)

Welcome Ferenc!

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.
Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Levels:
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
55/31
TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
by Enid Blyton 12/12/2020 (1)
by Enid Blyton 11/19/2020 (1)
by Maddie Day 9/28/2020 (1)
by G.A. McKevett 10/20/2020 (1)
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
by G.A. McKevett 10/20/2020 (2)

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton 12/08/2020 (1)

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
by Cate Lawley 11/18/2020 (1)

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie.
Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke 11/15/2020 (1)
Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams 10/05/2020 (1)
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name. Ella Mae LaFaye
Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams 10/05/2020 (2)

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch
by Barbara Allan 11/30/2020 (1)
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item. pumpkin
by Barbara Allan 11/30/2020 (2)

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween
Southern Karma by Amy Boyles 11/29/2020 (1)

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
A Bodkin for the Bride by Patrice Greenwood 11/28/2020 (1)
An Aria of Omens by Patrice Greenwood 9/30/2020 (1)

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.
Mystery
Handmade Holiday Homicide by Joanna Campbell Slan 11/16/2020 (1)
G'Day to Die by Maddy Hunter 9/25/2020 (1)
Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer 9/26/2020 (1)
Murder in Devil's Cove by Melissa Bourbon 10/19/2020 (1)
Mascara and Murder by Cindy Bell 10/25/2020 (1)
Needled to Death by Annelise Ryan 10/31/2020 (1)
Death at a Diner by Nancy McGovern 10/31/2020 (1)
Murder, My Darling by Patti Benning 11/06/2020 (1)
Lowcountry Bombshell by Susan M. Boyer 11/12/2020 (1)
Santa Puppy by Lynn Cahoon 11/21/2020 (1)
Wags to Riches by Ally Roberts 11/22/2020 (1)
Christmas Cookies and Criminals by Cindy Bell 12/03/2020 (1)
Starboard Secrets by Hope Callaghan 12/8/2020 (1)
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich 12/10/2020 (1)
Thriller
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus 10/12/2020 (1)
One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus 10/21/2020 (1)

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Actor & Entertainer Biographies tagged on Amazon
Olivia Newton-John by Ann Morse 12/05/2020 (1)
Adult
Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse by John Lithgow 10/20/2020 (1)
The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson 11/24/2020 (1)
Adventure
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton 11/19/2020 (1)
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix 12/3/2020 (1)
American History tagged on Amazon
Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jinnow Khalid 11/23/2020 (1)
Family
Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee by Rita Williams-Garcia 10/24/2020 (1)
Fantasy
Kiss of Darkness by Brandon Alexander 12/14/2020 (1)
Fiction
Secrets of the Tulip Sisters by Susan Mallery 10/07/2020 (1)
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot 10/23/2020 (1)
The Good Egg by Jory John 11/23/2020 (1)
Unbridled by Diana Palmer 11/30/2020 (1)
Down by the Station by Will Hillenbrand 11/30/2020 (1)
LGBT
Jefferson Blythe, Esquire by Josh Lanyon 10/24/2020 (1)
In Plain Sight by Josh Lanyon 10/24/2020 (1)
Nonfiction
Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy 11/29/2020 (1)

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke 10/25/2020 (1)
Kneaded to Death by Winnie Archer 12/6/2020 (1)
20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date. Published 10/13/2020
An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts 11/3/2020 (1)
-->BONUS: Published in 2020. Published 10/13/2020
An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts 11/3/2020 (2)


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Welcome Genevieve!

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Points: 18/31+

1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).
Beach Read by Emily Henry, 09/22/20
The Infernal Device by Michael Kurland, 10/27/20
The Garden of Bewitchment by Catherine Cavendish, 12/01/20


2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller.

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, 10/13/20

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
- Pixie Me Up by Willow Mason, 10/07/20, Fantasy
- Dawn in Damnation by Clark Casey, 11/17/20, Fantasy

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
- The Attack by K.A. Applegate, 10/05/20
- The Exposed by K.A. Applegate, 10/06/20
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 10/08/20
- The Experiment by K.A. Applegate, 11/09/20
- Elfangor's Secret by K.A. Applegate, 12/08/20
- The Reunion by K.A. Applegate, 12/08/20

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.
Beneath the Canyons by Kyra Halland, 09/30/20, November 14
The Iron Duke by Maljean Brook, 10/03/20, October 5
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, 10/24/20, September 22, 2020
The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere, 12/13/20, October 28

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

Read: 5

TASKS:
🍁1. Collect colorful fall leaves - What You Need by Lorelei James

🍁2. Go leaf-peeping - Love Unscripted by Tina Reber

🍁3. Tailgate at your local football game - Jock Blocked by Jenika Snow (7/11/2020)

🍁4. Tour a winery - Nowhere but Here by Renee Carlino

🍁5. Learn to knit - Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis

🍁6. Plant some fall bulbs - The Best Man by Kristan Higgins

🍁7. Decorate your front porch - October Kiss by Kristen Ethridge

🍁8. Host an apple pie bake-off - A Taste of Romance by Roni Denholtz

🍁9. Visit a pumpkin patch - Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle (22/10/2020)

🍁10. Make your own Halloween costume - Trick or Treat Me by Sophie Brooks

🍁11. Rent a cabin in the woods - Broomstick Breakdown by Eve Langlais (22/11/2020)

🍁12. Celebrate Oktoberfest - Dirty by Kylie Scott

🍁13. Go for a bike ride - Knox by Savannah Rylan

🍁14. Host a Murder Mystery Party - Hard as You Can by Laura Kaye

🍁15. Get spooked in a haunted house - Love You to Death by Jenny Carroll

🍁16. Thanksgiving - Sin and Ink by Naima Simone (7/11/2020)

🍁17. Get your hygge on -

🍁18. FALL - Savage Prince by Meghan March

🍁19. FALL - Bastard Bachelor Society by Sara Ney

🍁20. Fall Books - This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman (31/10/2020)

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Welcome Anna and Aminko!

@Aminko, anything you've read after Sept. 22nd counts!! :)

Reading The Seasons - Fall
Duration: September 22, 2020 - December 21, 2020

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Amazing Autumn: 16-30 points
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points

TASKS:
1. Collect colorful fall leaves.
🍁 Read a book whose cover is a fall leaf color - various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in FALL LEAVES (all words count).

2. Go leaf-peeping.
🍁 Read a book that has a "FALL" word in the title.

3. Tailgate at your local football game.
🍁 Read a book where a character attends a football game or goes tailgating.
-->BONUS: A football item on the cover.
Ex. Playing to Win (Play by Play, #4) by Jaci Burton

4. Tour a winery.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a winery.
-->BONUS: Grapes or wine on the cover.

5. Learn to knit.
🍁 Read a book where a character knits.
-->BONUS: A sweater or yarn on the cover.

6. Plant some fall bulbs.
🍁 Read a book where a character works in their garden.

7. Decorate your front porch.
🍁 Read a book with fall decorations on the cover.
-->BONUS: A scarecrow on the cover.

8. Host an apple pie bake-off
🍁 Read a book where a character bakes a pie or friends bake together.
-->BONUS: The MC's name begins with a letter in APPLE PIE. Tell us their name.

9. Visit a pumpkin patch.
🍁 Read a book where a character visits a pumpkin patch or spends time outdoors.
-->BONUS: Read a book with an item on the cover that begins with P. Tell us the item.

10. Make your own Halloween costume.
🍁 Read a book where a character dresses up for Halloween or goes trick-or-treating.

11. Rent a cabin in the woods.
🍁 Read a book where a character goes on a vacation or weekend trip to the woods or mountains.
-->BONUS Read a book with a cabin on the cover.
Ex. A Merciful Promise (Mercy Kilpatrick, #6) by Kendra Elliot

12. Celebrate Oktoberfest.
🍁 Read a book where a character drinks beer or attends a fall festival.

13. Go for a bike ride.
🍁 Read a book where a character rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
-->BONUS: A bicycle or motorcycle on the cover.

14. Host a Murder Mystery Party.
🍁 Read a Mystery/Thriller

15. Get spooked in a haunted house.
🍁 Read a book where a character tours/visits a haunted house.

16. Thanksgiving
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in THANKSGIVING.
-->BONUS: Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Tell us whose house everyone is eating at.

17. Get your hygge on.
🍁 Read a book where a character has a perfect autumn evening.
-->BONUS: The character snuggles by a fire.

18. FALL
🍁 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

19. FALL
🍁 Read a book whose author's last name begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.

20. Fall Books
🍁 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2020.

Welcome Jess!

Welcome Sarah!