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Fall 23 Read-a-Thon: Individual Challenge Completion
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Megan S.
Christene Paula
Kathy E.
LeahS
Verity H
Rae P
Kat
Alicia
Joy D
Kendra
Brittany H
Pam S
Bec S
Chrissy
Meg L
Irene
Sue S
catsalive
MJ
Nancy J
Edie
Charlsa
Amy C
Katherine P
Daniel J
LYNN
Misty D
Martha G
Velvet V
Judy
Roxana S
Pearl
Robin H-R
Vicky
Nancy T
Caitie H
Other Amy
Kristina C
Rose
Sophia Z
Sue F
Megan S. Fall Read-A-ThonFinished:
The Piece You Stole: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance -- 476 pages -- Sept 9
The Piece You Saved: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance -- Murder -- Sept 9
Signal Fires -- 240 pages -- Sept 9
Save Me -- Red -- Sept 10
Christene Paula's Fall Readathon (Individual) 5/5
Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages
Cassandra in Reverse 9/9 4.5⭐ (434 pages)
Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s
Two for the Dough 9/11 4⭐ (1996)
States Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries
The Golden Enclaves 9/10 4.5⭐ (New York, Bangkok, Dubai, India)
New York Avenue: A book set in New York City
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York 9/12 4⭐
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
Murder at the Mansion 9/9 3.5⭐ (226pp)
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Kathy EFinished
Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages
✅The Kitchen Front - Jennifer Ryan 408p
Vermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors
✅Angel
Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s
✅Zuleika Dobson - Max Beerbohm 1911
New York Avenue: A book set in New York City
✅All Grown Up - Jami Attenberg
LeahSMediterranean Avenue: A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean:
The Women of the Souk (A Mamur Zapt Mystery) by Michael Pearce
Set in Egypt
Vermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colours:
New York Avenue: A book set in New York City:
Harlem Shuffle
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages:
The Fastest Boy in the World
Broadwalk: A book where the initial title letters are found in BROADWALK:
Olive, Again
Verity H✅ States Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries: Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology finished 11 September
✅ Marvin Gardens: A book with a green cover The Holly King finished 12 September
✅ Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s Full Moon finished 13 September
✅ Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement 160 pages, finished 15 September
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Rae PVermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors
New York Avenue: A book set in New York City Family Lore
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages And Put Away Childish Things
Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture
Reading Railroad - a book over 400 pages Bullet Train was 432 pages
Go to Jail - a book involving a crime
The Sisters Brothers involves murder, theft and bodily harm.
Electric Company - a book published in the 1900s
Stardust published in 1999
Free Parking - a book with less than 250 pages
The Magpie Lord was 204 pages
Completed: A book with 400+ pages - The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies 464 pages
A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
A book set in NYC - The Age of Innocence
A book with less than 250 pages - Things We Lost in the Fire 192 pages
Joy D✅Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang - 9/11/23 - 3* - My Review (545 pages)
✅Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime
The Fraud by Zadie Smith - 9/16/23 - 3 stars - My Review
✅Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s
Ice by Anna Kavan - 9/10/23 - 4.5* - My Review (1967)
✅States Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries
The Magician by Colm Tóibín - 9/13/23 - 4* - My Review (Germany, Switzerland, France, US, Czechia)
✅Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein - 9/9/23 - 4.5* - My Review - 208 pages
I was waiting to see how many of the places I could get, but I don't think I'm going to get any more.Raffle entry
8/11
🔹Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
Even Though I Knew the End - Sept. 14th (136 pages)
🔹Boardwalk: A book with a title where each letter is found in the word BOARDWALK
Longbourn - Sept. 12th
🔹Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime
Golden Girl - Sept. 15th
🔹Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages
Swing - Sept 12th (448 pages)
🔹Kentucky Ave: A book where food plays a role
Almost Just Friends - Sept. 12th
🔹Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s
The Bootlegger Blues - Sept. 10th (1991)
🔹Vermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors
Magic Binds - Sept. 16th
🔹Marvin Gardens: A book with a green cover
The Good Neighbors - Sept. 10th
Brittany H- 6 prompts completedReading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages-
Has 400 pagesVermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors-
Yellow CoverGo to Jail: A book featuring a crime-
features murderElectric Company: A book published in the 1900s-
published 1969 originally New York Avenue: A book set in New York City-
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages-
240 pages
Pam SCompleted:
✅Vermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors
Patina by Jason Reynolds
✅Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime
Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll
2 different crimes- Kidnapping & an attempted murder
✅Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s
Moonraker by Ian Fleming
✅Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way: A Graphic Novel (224 pages)
Bec SCompleted 4
Vermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors
The Three of Us
finished 10/3/2023 Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime The Maid finished 9/9/2023
Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s The Queen's Gambit finished 15/9/2023
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages The Karma Map finished 13/9/2023
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Kat
Alicia
Joy D
Kendra
Brittany H
Pam S
Bec S
EricaReading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages Jane Eyre
Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime Golden Girl
States Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries Barely Functional Adult: It’ll All Make Sense Eventually
New York Avenue: A book set in New York City The Love Theorem
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse
Kentucky Avenue: A book where food plays a role Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances
Marvin Gardens: A book with a green cover Tastes Like Shakkar
Chrissy J:Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages Tears of Amber Sept 9
Vermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors In the Distance Sept 10
Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime LaRose Sept 16
Marvin Gardens: A book with a green cover The Narrowboat Summer Sept 16
Meg (L)Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages - Mini Shopaholic
Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime - The Death of John Lacey
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages - The Crying Room
Boardwalk: A book with a title where each letter is found in the word BOARDWALK - Always
Irene's 4 completed prompts:☑ Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages
Illusion by Martina Boone | read on 9/12/23
480 pages.
☑ Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime
Three Blind Mice: A Novella by Agatha Christie | read on 9/9/23
☑ Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia
Death in Kashmir by M.M. Kaye | read on 9/14/23
☑ Boardwalk: A book with a title where each letter is found in the word BOARDWALK
Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe | read on 9/13/23
Read:
Sue S✔︎ Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime: Telling Tales 13/9
✔︎ States Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 13/9
✔︎ Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages: Huda and Me 14/9
✔︎ Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia: The Siege of Krishnapur 17/9
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Chrissy
Meg L
Irene
Sue S
Individual Readathon4/4
Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages - 518p
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 15/9 4★
Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells 11/9 4★
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells 10/9 4★
Marvin Gardens: A book with a green cover
by Erin McCarthy 12/9 2★
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- your name and last initialMJ R
Reading Railroad: a book with 400+ pages
Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
Marvin Gardens: a book with a green cover
Of Women and Salt
States Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries
Rue des Rosiers set in Canada and France
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MJ R
BOARDWALK: a book where first letters in title words appear in this word
Rue des Rosiers.."
Hey MJ, for Rue des Rosiers to work for BOARDWALK you would need a second R. The description makes it sound like it takes place in Paris; if so, you could use it for a book set in a country that boarders the Mediterranean Sea.
Jackie wrote: "MJ wrote: "- your name and last initialMJ R
BOARDWALK: a book where first letters in title words appear in this word
Rue des Rosiers.."
Hey MJ, for Rue des Rosiers to work for BOARDWALK you woul..."
Wait, so the letter needs to appear more than once for it to count? Dang. That means I likely won't finish the individual challenge because I was going to use The Last Letter for BOARDWALK.
Jackie wrote: "MJ wrote: "- your name and last initialMJ R
BOARDWALK: a book where first letters in title words appear in this word
Rue des Rosiers.."
Hey MJ, for Rue des Rosiers to work for BOARDWALK you woul..."
I’ve changed the prompt I’m using it for to States Avenue, since it is set half and half in Canada and France
NancyJ Fall 2023 ReadathonSeptember 9 - 17, complete at least 4 prompts
✅1. Mediterranean Avenue: A book set in a country that boarders the Mediterranean Sea
The Marriage Portrait, Set in Italy
✅2. Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, 536 pages
✅5. Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s
The Door by Magda Szabo, Published 1987
✅8. Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
The Reader, by Bernard Schlink, 216 pages
✅11. Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra, Set in Asia - Siberia and Chechnya
Completed:
September 9 - Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver. 536 pages (approx 150 pages left at the start of the readathon). #2 Reading Railroad
September 11 - The Tsar of Love and Techno, by Anthony Marra, 354 pages. #11 Pacific Ave.
September 13 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell, 355 pages. #1 Mediterranean Ave
September 15 - The Door by Magda Szabó- #5 Electric Company
September 17 - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink - #8 Free Parking
Mediterranean Avenue: A book set in a country that boarders the Mediterranean Sea Red Queen (Spain) by Juan Gomez-Jurado 9/9/2023Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill 9/17/2023
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages Everyone in this room will someday be dead (243 pages) by Emily Austin 9/11/2023
Marvin Gardens: A book with a green cover Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 9/14/2023
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MJ R
BOARDWALK: a book where first letters in title words appear in this word
Rue des Rosiers.."
Hey MJ, for Rue des Rosiers to work for BOA..."
Sorry Nancy! But we've always used that rule for these prompt types. We'll make sure that's more clear going forward!
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MJ
Nancy J
Edie
Charlsa H. completed challenge: 6/6- Mediterranean Avenue: A book set in a country that boarders the Mediterranean Sea: The Prisoner of Heaven
- Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages: The River We Remember
- Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages: The All of It
- Marvin Gardens: A book with a green cover: Now Is Not the Time to Panic
- Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia: As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
- Kentucky Avenue: A book where food plays a role: The Baker's Secret
Amy C***Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages Black Sun Completed 9/17, 454 pgs (151 pgs read during readathon)
***New York Avenue: A book set in New York City Several People Are Typing Completed 9/11, 256 pgs
***Marvin Gardens: A book with a green cover Turtle Under Ice Completed 9/14, 272 pgs
***Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia Tales from the Café Completed 9/16, 192 pgs, Tokyo
Katherine P's Fall Read-a-Thon (individual)**Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime
Good Kings Bad Kings -- several crimes occurring in a residence home
**States Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries
Solito --main character goes from El Salvador to US
**Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
The Disaster Tourist
**Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia
The Taste of Ginger - takes place in India
Daniel JGo to Jail: A book featuring a crime: Justice, Inc.
Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s: Funhouse
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages: Once a Hero
Boardwalk: A book where the first letter of each title word is found in the word BOARDWALK: The Rebel Doctor's Bride
AtY Fall 2023 Individual ReadathonSeptember 9-17
INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE WITH PRIZE TO CREATE A 2024 PROMPT!
Complete at least 4 prompts!
5/4 as of 9/17
(2) Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
454 pages
September 17
5 stars
(4) Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime
*The Secret Adversary (Tommy & Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie
September 14
5 stars
(8) Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
178 pages
September 10
5 stars
(11) Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia
The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo
KOREA
September 9
5 stars
(12) Boardwalk: A book with a title where the first letter of each word is found in the word BOARDWALK
Longbourn by Jo Baker
September 15
5 stars
Name: Misty D✅ Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair (448 pages, finished 9/15/23)
✅ Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross (kidnapping; finished 9/17/23)
✅ Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s
The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters (published June 1999; finished 9/16/23)
✅ Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
The Worthy Mind: Transform Your Mindset. Strengthen Self-Worth. by Meadow DeVor (240 pages; finished 9/9/23)
Name: Martha GFinished. Met my goal of reading 4 books in 4 categories.
Mediterranean Avenue: A book set in a country that boarders the Mediterranean Sea: Still Life
Vermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors: The Invisible Hour
Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime: Birnam Wood
Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia: In the Country: Stories
Name: Velvet VReading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages Spare by Prince Harry 410 pp
New York Avenue: A book set in New York City Miss Subways by David Duchovny
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages: Faith: A Journey For All by Jimmy Carter 194 pp
Boardwalk: A book where the first letter of each title word is found in the word BOARDWALK Bossypants by Tina Fey
JudyMediterranean Avenue: A book set in a country that boarders the Mediterranean Sea
A Master of Djinn Finished 9/14/23
Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages
An Officer and a Spy Finished 9/10/23
Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s
Veronika Decides to Die 1998 Finished 9/17/23
Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages
Elena Knows Finished 9/15/23
Roxana S. ☑️Mediterranean Avenue: A book set in a country that borders the Mediterranean Sea: The Hundred Days
☑️Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages: Pride and Prejudice (I think I've successfully linked the edition I have, but just in case, it's the clothbound Penguin with 435 pages.)
☑️Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime: The Secret Place
☑️States Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries: In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology
☑️Kentucky Avenue: A book where food plays a role: The Salt Grows Heavy
☑️Marvin Gardens: A book with a green cover: The Hike (I would call this green but it seems a bit in that ambiguous "is it green or is it blue?" space; but I have more than 4 prompts done without it, so it doesn't matter that much, I guess!)
☑️Pacific Avenue: A book set in Asia: Greek Lessons
Pearl's Fall 2023 Individual Readathon🌺Vermont Avenue: A book featuring a cover that contains fall colors
Nothing to See Here 9/10/23
🌺Go to Jail: A book featuring a crime
Hench 9/9/23
🌺Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 9/13/23
🌺States Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries
The Taste of Ginger
🌺New York Avenue: A book set in New York City
84, Charing Cross Road
Robin H-RGo to Jail: A book featuring a crime
A Bloody Hot SummerElectric Company: A book published in the 1900s (1903)
Betty ZaneStates Avenue: A book prominently set in multiple countries (USA and Mexico)
DillingerFree Parking: A book with less than 250 pages (127 pages)
20 Minutes Before The Wedding
Around the Year in 52 Books
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The Longmire Defense (other topics)Against the Wind (other topics)
Leaving (other topics)
The River We Remember (other topics)
Otherworld Barbara, Volume 2 (other topics)
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Tina Fey (other topics)Prince Harry (other topics)
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Jimmy Carter (other topics)
Jo Baker (other topics)
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- the prompts completed
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As a reminder, entries can be submitted through Sept 18th; the raffle draw will occur on Sept 19th.