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MOST POINTS
🍂🍂Linda C - 14
Amber - 9
🌻Mickslibrarian - 11
Tessa - 2
Marilyn - 7
The Adventures - 10
Diana S - 4
MOST PAGES
🍂🍂 Linda C - 4041
🌻Amber - 3503
Mickslibrarian - 3046
Tessa - 816
Marilyn - 2116
The Adventures - 2580
Diana S - 1041
1.9 (Tessa's task) Reading Jar Winner #2 AUTUMN / SPRINGRead a book by an author whose first and last initials are in AUTUMN SPRING. You may use both words
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks – Annie Spence (3 stars) 9/7/23 [244] – first letter in each word
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 244
Total points - 1
Total pages - 244
1.2 Authors BirthdaysThis month we celebrate Agatha Christie (9/15) and Stephen King (9/21)
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either S A T G E P H N and their LAST name begins with either K C I H N R G S T E
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand 09.06.23
Task points 1
Task pages 384
1.7 (Tessa's task) HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTHHispanic Heritage month begins Sept 15 and runs through Oct 15. To celebrate this mid-month event ...
Read a book that is in the "middle" of a series. (So, not the first, or the last.) Tell us the series name & the number.
Ever the Brave by Erin Summerill 09.05.23 (Clash of Kingdoms #2)
Task points 1
Task pages 456
Total points 2
Total pages 840
2.4 (Linda C's task) - Poughkeepsie & Hyde Park, NYa. Read a book with an ill character
Hamnet - A Novel Of The Plague – Maggie O'Farrell (5 stars) 9/11/23 [305] – 2 children get the plague
b. Read a book with a cook/chef character
Rosewater and Soda Bread (Babylon Cafe, #2) – Marsha Mehran (3 stars) 9/14/23 [292] – MC Marjan is chef at the Babylon Cafe
Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 597
Total points - 3
Total pages - 841
2.4 (Linda C's task) Poughkeepsie & Hyde Park, NY a. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's home is here - Read a book with a disabled or ill character
Ill Met by Murder by Elizabeth J. Duncan 9/10/2023 288 p.
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b. The Culinary Institute of America is located here - Read a book with the author's initials (first and last) in CULINARY
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon 9/3/2023 344 p.
Task Points: 2
Task Pages: 632
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 632
1.5 Fall Leaves - Read a book that has one of the following colors on its cover (60%+): RED (show cover). 
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip by Dayton Duncan 9/16/2023 192 p. Task Points: 1
Task Pages: 192
Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 824
1.7 (Tessa's task) HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH - Read a book that is in the "middle" of a series. (So, not the first, or the last.) Tell us the series name & the number. News for Dogs by Lois Duncan 9/4/2023 224 p. (Hotel for Dogs series, #2 of 3)
Task Points: 1
Task Pages: 224
Total Points: 4
Total Pages: 1048
1.3 Honey MonthSeptember is Honey month! Read a book with the word BEE(S) in the title OR bees on the cover (show cover).
by Sofía Segovia 09.14.23Task points 1
Task pages 471
Total points 3
Total pages 1311
1.10 (Mickslibrarian's task) Reading Jar Winner #3 INTERPOLThe International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL, was founded on September 7, 1923.
b. Read a book with MPG: Crime.
Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison 09.15.23
Task points 1
Task pages 304
Total points 4
Total pages 1615
TESSATask 1.7 - Tessa - HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Read a book that is in the "middle" of a series
Low Country Tales # 9 of 13 in the series
Bulls Island ✔ – 06Sep23 - 496 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 496 pg
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Task 1.10 - Reading Jar - Mickslibrarian - INTERPOL
Set in more than one country - England and Italy
The Little Italian Hotel ✔ – 05Sep23 320 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 320 pg
Total points earned to date - 2
Total pages read to date - 816 pg
5.1 There's Something in the Air: FALL 🍂Read 5 Books
• Pick five words from list
• One book per word
• Find the word in text, give the sentence and LOC#
🍂LEAVES--Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan--9/18/23--290 pages
"All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray."--loc. 2342
🍂BOOTS--Foster by Claire Keegan--9/7/23--128 pages
"'I think it's time,' he says, washing his boots with the hose."--loc. 507
🍂SCARECROW--A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Themby Timothy Egan--9/19/23--432 pages
"With his stick-out ears, suits that draped over him like hand-me-downs on a scarecrow,..." --loc. 3206
🍂SWEATER(S)--The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama--9/6/23--319 pages
"Maybe it's a soft crewneck sweater you gave your Hawaiian-born husband..."--loc.626
🍂BROWN--The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict--9/20/23--341 pages
"A slight man, with wispy brown hair and a kindly expression..."--loc. 134
Total points: 5
Total pages: 1510
Task 5.1 There's Something in the Air: FALLRead 5 Books
PUMPKIN(S) - Damnation Spring – Ash Davidson (4 stars) 9/19/23 [464] – p.20 “They’d flown over the dark waves of big pumpkins in Damnation Grove…”
BOOTS - All the Lonely People – Mike Gayle (4 stars) 9/10/23 [385] – p.201 “ She wore a brown fur coat, fur-lined boots, and a baseball cap...”
BROWN - Wild Night Road (Kinraven, #1) – Kara Legend (2 stars) 9/21/23 [192] – p. 180 “Tasha sniffed, and tears welled in her brown eyes.”
APPLE(S) - The Lilac Bus – Maeve Binchy (4 stars) 9/17/23 [196] – p. 17 “No tea, no apple tart.”
SOUP - A Holiday by Gaslight – Mimi Matthews (4 stars) 9/4/23 [174] – p.56 “The ground was the consistency of pea soup.”
Points this task - 5
Pages this task - 1411
Total points - 8
Total pages - 2252
Task 1.1 Cozy Blanket and Fluffy SocksCelebrate "Read A Book Day" (9/6) by getting your favorite cozy blanket and favorite fluffy socks and read any book you like.
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation, #1) - Lauren Willig (3 stars) 9/18/23 [428]
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 428
Total points - 9
Total pages - 2680
Task 3.1 (Amber's task) Amber September Daily Holidays1. September 3 - Skyscraper Day
Read a book with a city scene on the cover. (Show cover)
Murder on Millionaires' Row (Rose Gallagher, #1) – Erin Lindsey (3 stars) 9/11/23 [390] – section of city in background2. September 6 - Fight Procrastination Day
Read a book from your TBR that has been on your list for > year. Tell us when you added it to your list.
Big Sky Country (Parable, MT, #1) – Linda Lael Miller (3 stars) 9/2/23 [384] – added 7/20/13
3. September 8 - International Literacy Day
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the book title.
Left Neglected – Lisa Genova (5 stars) 9/24/23 2011 [324] – LG in title
Points this task - 3
Pages this task - 1098
Total points - 12
Total pages - 3778
1.6 National Coffee Day (9/29)Read a book whose MC owns/works at a coffee shop/cafe
Dead to the Last Drop by Cleo Coyle 09.21.23
Task points 1
Task pages 464
Total points 5
Total pages 2079
1.8 (Mickslibrarian's task) Reading Jar Winner #1 Phillis Wheatleyc. Wheatley was greatly influenced by the Bible and Greek Mythology. Read a book that has MPG: Religion or MPG: Greek Mythology.
What Every Christian Ought to Know: Solid Grounding for a Growing Faith by Adrian Rogers 09.20.23
Task points 1
Task pages 288
Total points 6
Total pages 2367
1.10 (Mickslibrarian's task) Reading Jar Winner #3 INTERPOLb. Read a book with MPG: Crime.
Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison 09.15.23
Task points 1
Task pages 304
Total points 7
Total pages 2671
Task 1.2 Authors BirthdaysThis month we celebrate Agatha Christie (9/15) and Stephen King (9/21)
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either S A T G E P H N and their LAST name begins with either K C I H N R G S T E
The Portrait of Alatiel Salazar – Steven Katriel (1 star) 9/26/23 [138]
Task 1.7 (Tessa's task) HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Read a book that is in the "middle" of a series. (So, not the first, or the last.) Tell us the series name & the number.
Ice (Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides, #4) – Michelle M. Pillow (2 stars) 9/26/23 [125] – this is #4 in series of 6.
Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 263
Total points - 14
Total pages - 4041
I read the last 2 books quickly for another challenge, but would not recommend them to anyone. However they also worked for this challenge so there was a minor advantage to the reading.
2.1 THE LOTTERYRead 2 Books
#3 The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt by Audrey Clare Farley--9/10/23--304 pages
#6 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd--9/24/23--302 pages
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 606
Total points: 7
Total pages: 2116
1.5 Fall LeavesRead a book that has one of the following colors on its cover (60%+): RED, YELLOW, ORANGE, or BROWN (show cover).
by Brianna Labuskes09.27.23Task points 1
Task pages 416
Total points 8
Total pages 3087
1.1 Cozy Blanket and Fluffy SocksCelebrate "Read A Book Day" (9/6) by getting your favorite cozy blanket and favorite fluffy socks and read any book you like.
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus 09.29.23
Task points 1
Task pages 416
Total points 9
Total pages 3503
2.1 THE LOTTERYRead 2 Books
#3
by Bonnie Garmus - 400 p. - 09/23#6
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - 120 p. - 09/16Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 520
1.9 (Tessa's task) Reading Jar Winner #2 AUTUMN / SPRINGRead a book by an author whose first and last initials are in AUTUMN SPRING. You may use both words
Uncorked: My Year in Provence Studying Pétanque, Discovering Chagall, Drinking Pastis, and Mangling French by Paul Shore - 176 p. - 09/25
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 176
Total points - 3
Total pages - 696
1.2 Authors BirthdaysThis month we celebrate Agatha Christie (9/15) and Stephen King (9/21)
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either S A T G E P H N and their LAST name begins with either K C I H N R G S T E
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan - 09/28 - 266 p.
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 266
Total points - 4
Total pages - 962
1.10 (Mickslibrarian's task) Reading Jar Winner #3 INTERPOLThe International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL, was founded on September 7, 1923.
b. Read a book with MPG: Crime.
Our Fathers by Rebecca Wait - 261 p - 09/20
Task points 1
Task pages 261
Total points 5
Total pages 1223
Task 1.1 Cozy Blanket and Fluffy SocksCelebrate "Read A Book Day" (9/6) by getting your favorite cozy blanket and favorite fluffy socks and read any book you like.
My Antonia by Willa Cather - 272 p - 09/08
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 272
Total points - 6
Total pages - 1495
1.5 Fall LeavesRead a book that has one of the following colors on its cover (60%+): RED, YELLOW, ORANGE, or BROWN (show cover).
by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen - 192 p. - 09/05Task points 1
Task pages 192
Total points 7
Total pages 1687
1.8 (Mickslibrarian's task) Reading Jar Winner #1 Phillis WheatleyOn September 1, 1773 (250 years ago), Phillis Wheatley published her first book of poems. This was the first book published by a American black woman, ensuring Wheatley's place in literary history.
b. Many of Wheatley's poems begin with "On" or "To". Read a book whose title begins with a preposition. BONUS if the preposition is either "ON" or "TO".
On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey by Paul Theroux - 448 p. - 09/15
Task points 2 (1 + 1 bonus)
Task pages 448
Total points 9
Total pages 2135
1.4 National COMIC BOOK Day (9/25)Read a book with MPG: GRAPHIC NOVEL (must be 100+ pp.)
The Customer is Always Wrong by Mimi Pond - 445 p. - 09/20
Task points 1
Task pages 445
Total points 10
Total pages 2580
1.1 Cozy Blanket and Fluffy Socks - Celebrate "Read A Book Day" (9/6) by getting your favorite cozy blanket and favorite fluffy socks and read any book you like. The School for Whatnots by Margaret Peterson Haddix 9/16/2023 304 p.
Task Points: 1
Task Pages: 304
Total Points: 5
Total Pages: 1352
1.4 National COMIC BOOK Day (9/25) - Read a book with MPG: GRAPHIC NOVEL (must be 100+ pp.)Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson 9/28/2023 240 p.
Task Points: 1
Task Pages: 240
Total Points: 6
Total Pages: 1592
5.1 There's Something in the Air: FALLLEAVES
Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer by Duncan J. Watts 9/19/2023 352 p. (In the end, the only honest explanation may be the one given by the publisher of Lynne Truss's surprise bestseller, Eats, Shoots and Leaves, who, when asked to explain its success replied that "it sold well because lots of people bought it". - pg. 81)
BOOTS
Among the Departed by Vicki Delany 9/30/2023 250 p. (Everyone's boots and pants legs were thick with dirt. - pg. 61)
SWEATER(S)
Untimely Death by Elizabeth J. Duncan 9/9/2023 278 p. (It was the yellow sweater draped over his shoulders and tied around his neck, not to mention the glasses on top of his head. - pg. 15)
BROWN
Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder by Catherine Lloyd 9/23/2023 304 p. (Mrs. Froggerton looked up, her brown eyes sparkling. - pg. 5)
SOUP
Negative Image by Vicki Delany 9/26/2023 270 p. (Mrs. Steiner had ordered a bowl of clear vegetable soup - pg. 147)
Task Points: 5
Task Pages: 1454
Total Points: 11
Total Pages: 3046
Mod
(Brown Cover)
My Ántonia by Willa Cather(9/6/23) 272 pp ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
PAGES Read: 272
Mod
SC - Susannah Cahalan - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (9/21/23) 266 pp ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
PAGES Read: 266
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 538
Mod
MPG: Graphic Novel
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol (9/27/23) 256 pp ⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 256
Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 794
Mod
(Friends meeting at a cafe)
Turkey Trot Murder by Leslie Meier (9/26/23) 247 pp 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 247
Total Points: 4
Total Pages: 1041
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