Monthly Challenges discussion

POST the Tasks you have completed here.

SCOREBOARD Name (if different from GR Name
TASK Number & Name (short description if needed)
AUTHOR'S NAME (Link)
POINTS for the Task (Points Earned: )
PAGES for the Task (Pages Read: )
TOTAL POINTS : (not required for 1st Completed Task)
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SCOREBOARD
update post #21

Most Points
🍄Marilyn - 5
🍂🍂🍂Linda C - 12
🌻🌻Amber - 11
Tessa - 2

Most Pages
🍄Marilyn - 1362
🌻🌻Linda C - 3046
🍂🍂🍂 Amber - 3640
Tessa - 597

Task 1.7 - TESSA - HELLO, BABY GIRL
My niece will be giving birth this month to a little girl.
my three tasks are in her honor.

Read a book written by a female author.

Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life by Abigail Thomas--9/3/25--192 pages

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 192

2.1 THE LOTTERY
Read 2 Books

1. How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery--9/2/25--200 pages

6. Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King--9/9/25--434 pages

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 634

Total points: 3
Total pages: 836

2.3 (Amber's Task) Book Clubs

Read two books recommended by a book club. Tell us what clubs the suggestions came from and where the clubs are located i.e. real life, Goodreads, etc.

1. Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso--9/8/25--208 pages
This book was suggested in a real life club, Third Thursday Book Club held at a library in San Antonio. We've been meeting since January, 2010!

2. The Dry by Jane Harper--9/15/25--328 pages
This book was suggested in a real life club, Braun Station West Book Club, held at our neighborhood club house. We've been meeting since September, 2007!

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 536

Total points: 5
Total pages: 1362

1.5 READ THE ALPHABET: LETTER N
Read a book that starts with the Letter N (exclude A, An, or The)

Nectar in a Sieve - Kamala Markandaya (4 stars) 9/3/25 [179]

1.8 (Tessa's Task) HELLO, BABY GIRL #2
Read a book that shows a light on the cover (must be "on" ,,, so a lamp that is not lit doesn't work) /OR/ with the word LIGHT in the title (can be embedded, eg: LIGHThouse)
If using the cover option be sure to link to the cover image)


The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway (2 stars) 9/12/25 1926 Paris/Spain [247] – Huge orange sun in sky is the light (let me know if this does not work)

Points these tasks: 2
Pages these tasks: 426

Total points: 2
Total pages: 426

1.9 (Diana S's Task) (9/21) NATIONAL CHAI DAY
Read a book with one of the following words in its text: ANISE, CINNAMON, CARDAMOM, CLOVES, or NUTMEG. (Give page # & sentence word is in ).

A Moment of War – Laurie Lee (4 stars) 9/15/25 [178] – p.117 “a brew strangely flavored with sage and cinnamon”

1.10 (Tessa's Task) HELLO, BABY GIRL #3
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials are in HELLO BABY GIRL.

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning – Laurie Lee (4 stars) 9/14/25 [192] – LL in HELLO

Points these tasks: 2
Pages these tasks: 370

Total points: 4
Total pages: 796

3.1 (Linda’s Task) Life Changes
Read 3 books
1. Read a book where the book title starts with a letter in NEW (can exclude A, An, or The)
Words Get In the Way – Nan Rossiter (3 stars) 9/6/25 [228] – W in NEW

2. Read a book where a character is ending a long term activity, e.g. retirement, career change, major location move, personal relationship, etc (tell us what’s ending) OR where the author’s first and last initials are in ENDING
The Blind Contessa's New Machine – Carey Wallace (3 stars) 9/5/25 [207] – MC goes blind half way thru the book

3. Read a book that has a birth or death as a component of the plot. It can have occurred before the story begins but has to be a feature of the plot. (tell us which is featured)
The Bookshop Murder (A Flora Steele Mystery, #1) – Merryn Allingham (3 stars) 9/3/25 [256] – murder victim found in MC’s bookshop

Points this task: 3
Pages these tasks: 691

Total points: 7
Total pages: 1487

Linda C wrote: "1.5 READ THE ALPHABET: LETTER N
Read a book that starts with the Letter N (exclude A, An, or The)

Nectar in a Sieve - Kamala Markandaya (4 stars) 9/3/25 [179]

1.8 (Tessa's Task) H..."

Yes, Linda, the huge orange sun in sky works for my task 1.8.

1.1 FALL LEAVES
Read a book that has a predominantly BROWN cover (60%+) show cover
by Colin Falconer 09.05.25

Task points 1
Task pages 328

1.4 MAIN PAGE GENRE (MPG)
Choose One:
a. National Read A Book Day
MPG: BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly 09.14.25

Task points 1
Task pages 336

Total points 2
Total pages 664

1 .5 READ THE ALPHABET: LETTER N
Read a book that starts with the Letter N (exclude A, An, or The) -or- Author's FIRST/LAST name both have the Letter N.
The Troop by Nick Cutter 09.18.25

Task points 1
Task pages 358

Total points 3
Total pages 1022

Task 1.7 - TESSA - HELLO, BABY GIRL
My niece will be giving birth this month to a little girl.
my three tasks are in her honor.

Read a book written by a female author.
The Teacher by Freida McFadden 09.18.25

Task points 1
Task pages 379

Total points 4
Total pages 1401

1.3 BUSINESS WOMEN'S DAY
Read a book whose MC is a woman that owns a business (state her business).
A Watery Death by Joyce Lavene 09.27.25 (she owns an antique store)

Task points 1
Task pages 266

Total points 5
Total pages 1667

2.3 (Amber's Task) Book Clubs
My church book club starts back this month. My friend group book club is currently celebrating 15 years. I love being a part of book clubs because it helps me find interesting books that I might never have read otherwise.

Read two books recommended by a book club. This can be an IRL club, a Goodreads Club or an internet club such as Oprah's Book club, Reese's Book Club, or Read with Jenna. Tell us what club the suggest came from and where the club is located i.e. real life, Goodreads, etc.
Blueberry Blunder by Amanda Flower 09.17.25 (Goodreads Cozy Mysteries Group - September Featured Author)

Pages 289

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry 09.24.25 (Reese's Book Club)

Pages 427

Task Points 2
Task Pages 716

Total Points 7
Total Pages 2383

2.4 (Amber's Task) Happy Fall Y'all
September 22 is the first day of Fall and I am ready for it. Fall is my favorite time of the year. I go to the beach a lot, there is pumpkin spice everything, the temperatures cool (at least some here in the South), the leaves change, and there are fun holidays. It just feels so clean to me when fall gets here and I just love the way it makes me feel.

1. Read a book where at least one of the author's initials is in FALL.
Strong Spirits by Alice Duncan 09.20.25

Pages 320

2. Read a book that looks like Fall from the cover even if it's not actually set in Fall. Your interpretation but if it's not obvious why let us know why you thought this looked like Fall (show cover).
by Leslie Meier 09.22.25 (typically apples are in season in the fall)

Pages 268

Task points 2
Task pages 588

Total points 9
Total pages 2971

Task 1.10 - TESSA - HELLO, BABY GIRL #3
My niece will be giving birth this month to a little girl.
my three tasks are in her honor.

Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials initials are in HELLO BABY GIRL.
The Wedding People by Alison Espach 09.17.25

Task points 1
Task pages 384

Total points 10
Total pages 3355

5.1 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

C - Carla Kelly - Paloma and the Horse Traders (Spanish Brand, #3) – (4 stars) 9/28/25 [256]
H - The Heart Principle (Kiss Quotient, #3) – Helen Hoang (5 stars) 9/7/25 [339]
E – Erdrich, Louise - The Mighty Red – (4 stars) 9/11/25 [384]
E - Elizabeth Logan - Mousse and Murder (Alaskan Diner Mysteries, #1) – ( 3 stars) 9/23/25 [295]
R - Resenting the Hero (Hero, #1) – Moira J. Moore (4 stars) 9/25/25 [285]

Points this task: 5
Pages these tasks: 1559

Total points: 12
Total pages: 3046

TESSA

Task 1.7 - Tessa - HELLO BABY GIRL

Read a book by a female author - Sarah Lohman / Eight Flavors ✔ – 12Sep25 - 304 pg

THIS TASK
points earned - 1
Pages read - 304


Total points to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 304

TESSA

Task 1.9 - Diana - NATIONAL CHAI DAY

Read a book with one of the following words in the text: ANISE, CINNAMON, CARDAMOM, CLOVES, NUTMEG

In Hot Water ✔ – 20Sep25 - 293 pg -
pg 205 - "cinnamon rolls that he'd thrown…"


THIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 293


Total points to date - 2
Total pages read to date - 597

1.2 INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE
Read a book that the 1st letter of each word in title is in DAVEY JONES LOCKER (3 word min.)
Eaves of Destruction by Kate Carlisle 09.30.25

Task points 1
Task pages 285

Total points 11
Total pages 3640