Monthly Challenges discussion

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SCOREBOARD NAME (If Different from GR Name)
TASK Number & Name (short description if needed)
BOOK TITLE (Link)
AUTHOR'S Name (Link)
DATE Book was finished
POINTS for task (Points Earned: )
PAGES for task (Pages Read: )
TOTAL POINTS: (not required for 1st Completed Task
TOTAL PAGES: (not required for 1st Completed Task)

SCOREBOARD

1.1 Relaxing in a Hammock
MPG: CLASSIC • HUMOR
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (9/10/26) 224 pp ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 224

1.1 RELAXING IN A HAMMOCK
Read a book in a genre that relaxes you. List GENRE.
A Patchwork of Clues by Sally Goldenbaum 09.02.26 (Cozy Mystery)

Task points 1
Task pages 157

1.9 (The Adventures Task) SPRING CLEANING
Read a book that is on your shelf for more than one year ;)
The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews 09.09.26 (on shelf since 2019)

Task points 1
Task pages 470

Total points 2
Total pages 627

1.1 Relaxing in a Hammock
MPG: FICTION (literary fiction)

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi - 400 p. - 09/10 - 3/5

Task Point: 1
Task Pages: 400

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1.9 (The Adventures Task) SPRING CLEANING
Read a book that is on your shelf for more than one year ;)
Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive by Eliot Stein - 336 p. - 09/14 - 3/5

Task Point: 1
Task Pages: 336

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1.4 (9/21) STEPHEN KING'S BIRTHDAY
Read a HORROR book.
Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders by Alicia Gaspar De Alba - horror is in the MPG - 09/02 - 2/5 - 346 p.

Task Point: 1
Task Pages: 346

Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 1082

1.3 (9/22) DEAR DIARY DAY
Read a book that is MPG:EPISTOLARY -or- a book containing diary entries.

Skin Contact by Elisa Faison (Diary entries from the MC's friend, Annie)

1.7 (Ava Task) RETURNING HOME
Read a book centered around a character returning home/rediscovering themselves (specify which one you are covering in one sentence).

The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill. Three sisters are returning home for Thanksgiving.

1.8 (Ava Task) FIRST SCHOOL QUARTER!
Read a book with College as the main setting
My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin

1.10 (Amber Task) September Birthdays!
We celebrate a lot of Birthdays in September for my family. My Mom, My Dad and My Niece all have birthdays this month. I have several friends and co-workers that also celebrate in September.
Read a book published in September any year or where a character celebrates a birthday (does not have to be the MC).
Awake by Jen Hatmaker
First published September 23, 2025

2.2 FALL VEGETABLE GARDEN
Read 2 Books

Complete TWO of the following:

a. PUMPKINS: Read a book with a predominantly (50%+) ORANGE cover.
by Imogen Binnie

e. EGGPLANT: Read a book with a predominantly (50%+) PURPLE cover.
by Baek Se-hee

5.1 I🧡 AUTUMN
Read 5 Books
• Pick 5 ALL-CAPPED words
• one book per word
• find word in text, give sentence and LOC#

LEAVES–I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern by ("The floor of the canyon was covered with dead leaves and some garbage: a few candy wrappers, leaves, and some garbage: a few candy wrappers, a few empty 7-Eleven cups, which I strongly suspected had been hurled there by my comrade." (Page 43 on online PDF LIBBY)

ORANGE- The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers (“On the other side of the river, a freight train churned by, car after car in muted shades of blue, teal, tan, and orange.” (page 272 on online PDF Libby)

YELLOW- A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers (“I sat in springtime’s thin, lavender-yellow light and thought about Andrew.” (page 134 online PDF on libby)

SWEATER(S)-Annie Bot by Sierra Greer ("Wearing a fuzzy white cropped sweater, black leggings, and thick cable socks, Annie feels like she's making the most of the season's tactile fabrics." (Page 291 online PDF on libby)

CINNAMON- The Children by Melissa Albert "Bottles of Penney's cumin and cinnamon and oregano, a dinged-up skilled sitting on her cold stovetop." (Page 359 Online PDF on Libby)

Total Points: 11
Total Pages: 3,112

1.10 (Amber Task) SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS!
Read a book published in September any year

Beyond the Night (Envy Chronicles, #1) – Colleen Gleason (aka, Joss Ware) (5 stars) 9/11/26 [357] – publ Sept 2000

Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 357

Total Points: 1
Total Pages: 357