The Challenge Factory discussion

September 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023
Fall Bookish ambitions time is here!

Levels:
Apple Cider - 1-2 goals
Hayride - 3-4 goals
Pumpkin Patch - 5-6 goals
Cornucopia - 7 or more goals

In setting your level of participation, please note that the first goal can only be used once. All other goals can be used as many times as you like.

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:
1. A book by an African author.
2. A book that has trees in their fall colors on the cover.
3. A book that has a MC who returns to school.
4. A book that has a football game in it.
5. A book whose cover is over 50% red.

*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:
1. Number of books to complete in the month - or number of books per week in the month. This goal can also be stated as the number of pages to read per month or week, or the number of hours to listen to audio books per month or week. This is the only goal that may be used just once in a quarter.

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.

3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Fall season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.

Participants

Christene Paula
D.L.
Erica
Jessica
LaurLa
Mrs W
Suzanne

I am one book away from finishing the summer ambitions challenge so I'll sign up for this now and be ready when September 1st rolls around.

Pumpkin Patch - 5-6 goals

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:
1. A book by an African author.
2. A book that has trees in their fall colors on the cover.
3. A book that has a MC who returns to school.
4. A book that has a football game in it.
5. A book whose cover is over 50% red.

*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:

1. Number of books to complete in the month - or number of books per week in the month. This goal can also be stated as the number of pages to read per month or week, or the number of hours to listen to audio books per month or week. This is the only goal that may be used just once in a quarter.

*** Goal: Read 24 books/1 month

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.

✔️ 3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!

*** Halloween Roundup 2.0
-- A Soldier's Family by Cheryl Wyatt (9/1/23)

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Fall season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

P: Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (9/3/23)
U
M: Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews (9/11/23)
P: Phoebe's Baby Bombshell by J.C. Harroway (9/4/23)
K: How to Steal the Lawman's Heart by Kathy Douglass (11/14/23)
I
N: Dark Witch by Nora Roberts (9/6/23)

P: The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike (11/7/23)
I
E: Emma: Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice by Coco Simon (10/9/23)

✔️ 8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.

-- Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan (10/3/23)

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.

*** Old Standlones:
-- The BFG by Roald Dahl (10/13/23)

My goal: Pumpkin Patch 5-6 goals

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:
1. A book by an African author.
2. A book that has trees in their fall colors on the cover.
3. A book that has a MC who returns to school.
4. A book that has a football game in it.
5. A book whose cover is over 50% red.

*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:
1. Number of books to complete in the month - or number of books per week in the month. This goal can also be stated as the number of pages to read per month or week, or the number of hours to listen to audio books per month or week. This is the only goal that may be used just once in a quarter.

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.

3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Fall season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

H
A
L
L
O
W
E
E
N

8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.

FALL BOOK AMITIONS

YES MET MY GOAL OF 7

September 1 - November 30

🍂 Cornucopia - 7 or more goals

In setting your level of participation, please note that the first goal can only be used once. All other goals can be used as many times as you like.

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:
1. A book by an African author.
2. A book that has trees in their fall colors on the cover.

3. A book that has a MC who returns to school.
Mary Jane
end of summer Mary Jane returns to school

4. A book that has a football game in it.
Doctor, Soldier, Daddy
Jamie, Kendry, and Sam attended Jamie's high school football game as a former player watching in the stands.
Double Cross
One of the killings took place in the press box overseeing the Redskins Football Game

5. A book whose cover is over 50% red.


*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:
✅1. Number of books to complete in the month -
4 Books per month
SEPTEMBER
1️⃣ ebook finished 9/3/23
2️⃣ The Girl in the Glass Box Lrg print finished 9/7/23
3️⃣ Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murderebook finished 9/10/23
4️⃣ The Hidden CorpseFinished 9/17/23
5️⃣ ebook finished 9/17/23
6️⃣ ebook finished 9/25/23

OCTOBER
1️⃣ finished 10/1/23
2️⃣ finished 10/7/23
3️⃣ finished 10/10/23
4️⃣ ebook finished 10/14/23
5️⃣ finished 10/18/23
6️⃣ finished 10/23/23
7️⃣ finished 10/27/23
8️⃣ ebook finished 10/30/23
9️⃣ audio book finished 10/30/23

November
1️⃣
2️⃣
3️⃣
4️⃣

✅2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.
✅ Marathon
Finished 10/7/23
Finished the long awaited race
✅Gift Registry
Finished on 9/17/23
Received all 18 Gifts on my Registry

✅Scavenger Hunt July - September
Finished 9/25/23
Found all 40 words and 8 bonus


✅➡3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!
Fall Ambitions

➡4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.
Shatter Me Series - Shadow Me 4.5 through Reveal Me 5.5
Shadow Me finished 9/17/23

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

✅6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.
Halloween Roundup 12 books for quarter
1️⃣The Girl in the Glass Box
2️⃣Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder
3️⃣The Hidden Corpse
4️⃣Egypt's Sister: A Novel of CleopatraHealer
5️⃣The SanatoriumHealer
6️⃣Knox
7️⃣Curse of the Mayfair Mummy
8️⃣Healer
9️⃣The Witch Is Back
🔟Tate
1️⃣1️⃣The Affair
1️⃣2️⃣Doctor, Soldier, Daddy
1️⃣3️⃣Ford
1️⃣4️⃣Three Weeks With Lady X
1️⃣5️⃣Double Cross
1️⃣6️⃣Vampire, Interrupted
1️⃣7️⃣Reckless in Red

➡7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Fall season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.
T-The Girl in the Glass Box
U
R-Reckless in Red
K-Knox (The Montana Marshalls)
E-Egypts Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra (The Silent Years #1)
Y

✅➡8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
Valerie Burns
Sophie H. Morgan
Caro Carson
Lynsay Sands


✅9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.
Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra historical fiction
Curse of the Mayfair Mummy historical fiction
Ford audio book

My 2023 Fall Bookish Ambitions
September 2023 - November 2023

My Fall Bookish Ambitions Challenge (msg 6)

Level ➖Birds and Bees ➖ 7 or more goals
Books read ➖ 19
Goals met ➖ 9

Be on the lookout



✅1. A book by an African author
➖Most Eligible Bachelor ➖ 11.19 ★★★

✅2. A book that has trees in their fall colors on the cover
➖Her Halloween Treat ➖ 11.04 ★★★★

✅3. A book that has a MC who returns to school
➖Colt ➖ 09.22 ★★★★

✅4. A book that has a football game in it
➖Nightwork ➖ 09.09 ★★★★

✅5. A book whose cover is over 50% red
➖A Forever Thing ➖ 10.02 ★★★


Goals to work from




✅1. Number of books to complete in the month
➖Goal: 25 books each month
➖September ➖ 26
➖October ➖ 30
➖November ➖ 32

✅2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge
➖TCF Gift Registry
➖Ross ➖ 09.30 ★★★★

✅3. Start a challenge
➖September Quilt Block
➖All Good Things... ➖ 09.03 ★★★

✅4. Series catch up
➖#3 James Bay ➖ Lotto Lucy ➖ 09.06 ★★★★
➖#4 James Bay ➖ For I Have Sinned ➖ 10.04 ★★★★

✅6. Participate in a game challenge
➖Halloween Roundup 2.0
➖Riley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet ➖ 09.15 ★★★★

✅7. Spell out ➖ leaves
➖L: Lethal Nights ➖ 11.04 ★★★★
➖E: Eternal Kiss of Darkness ➖ 09.19 ★★★★
➖A: Aphrodite's Passion ➖ 11.08 ★★
➖V: The Virgin Next Door ➖ 11.20 ★★★★
➖E: Every Rose ➖ 09.29 ★★★
➖S: Secrets of Midnight ➖ 10.28 ★★★

✅8. New author
➖S.G. Lovell
➖The Mummy Trap ➖ 10.06 ★★★

✅9. New genre
➖classics
➖Treasure Island ➖ 11.18 ★★★

✅10. Clean up that TBR list
➖one of oldest on TBR
➖Stuck on You ➖ 09.22 ★★★★

September 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023
Erica's Fall Bookish ambitions


Going for
Hayride - 3-4 goals


*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:
1. A book by an African author. My Sister, the Serial Killer (9/10)
2. A book that has trees in their fall colors on the cover.
3. A book that has a MC who returns to school. The Apothecary (11/6)
4. A book that has a football game in it.
5. A book whose cover is over 50% red.

*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals:
1. Finish my Genre Pyramid Roulette challenge (carryover from Summer) - DONE!!!

2. Start the Dinosaur DNA Challenge and read for 3 dinosaurs.
Troodon
Diplodocus
Brachiosaurus
Gallimimus

3. Work on the Maisie Dobbs series. Try for 3 more books.


4. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.


5. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate 5 books from my TBR list.

September 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023
Erica's Fall Bookish ambitions


*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:
1. A book by an African author.
2. A book that has trees in their fall colors on the cover.
3. A book that has a MC who returns to school.
4. A book that has a football game in it.
5. A book whose cover is over 50% red.

*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:
1. Number of books to complete in the month - or number of books per week in the month. This goal can also be stated as the number of pages to read per month or week, or the number of hours to listen to audio books per month or week. This is the only goal that may be used just once in a quarter.

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.

3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Fall season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down

The Challenge Factory
My 2023 Fall Bookish Ambitions
Duration: September 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

Progress: 0 out of 10

Fall Bookish ambitions time is here!

Levels:
Apple Cider - 1-2 goals
Hayride - 3-4 goals
Pumpkin Patch - 5-6 goals
Cornucopia - 7 or more goals

In setting your level of participation, please note that the first goal can only be used once. All other goals can be used as many times as you like.

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:
1. A book by an African author.
2. A book that has trees in their fall colors on the cover.
3. A book that has a MC who returns to school.
4. A book that has a football game in it.
5. A book whose cover is over 50% red.

*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:
1. Number of books to complete in the month - or number of books per week in the month. This goal can also be stated as the number of pages to read per month or week, or the number of hours to listen to audio books per month or week. This is the only goal that may be used just once in a quarter.

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.

3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Fall season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.

Finished! Thanks for the challenge!
Updated post: My Fall Bookish Ambitions Challenge (msg 6)

Level ➖Birds and Bees ➖ 7 or more goals
Books read ➖ 19
Goals met ➖ 9