TIOLI Sept. 2019 Challenge #9 CFF Mystery Challenge Challenge

Challenge #9: Read a book for the September CFF Mystery Challenge Challenge

NOTE: List is done! Bwhahaha.



There will be 10 different book challenges. (The challenges change each month.) They include everything from genres/subgenres to well known (inter)national challenges, from something about a cover to the book's setting, from LT tools to title quirks. You won't know what your particular challenge will be until you roll a random number.

You can use https://www.random.org/ (the widget at the top right) or simply Google "random number 1 to 10."

NOTE: After a certain number of challenges have been given out, I will re-randomize the list. So you really will not know what you will get!

Post the number and I will give you your challenge. For any questions, please ask here or in a PM. Embedded words, as a rule, are allowed but partial words are not. For instance, in one case, a word like "walked" must include the entire word and not just the word "walk." Tags must be first level, i.e. do not click on "show all." I'll allow *some* leeway in interpretation of the challenges, but try not to push it. When I say "significant" or "major" or "main" I will be strict. This is me, being strict:



Shared reads ARE allowed. Shared challenges ARE NOT allowed. That is, if someone reads a book published in 2019. You can read the SAME book. You can't read a different book published in 2019 (unless you get that challenge yourself.)

Post books in the wiki alphabetically since, as I said above, I will, at random, re-randomize the list. So placing them in numerical order will not work.

You can have two uncompleted challenges at one time. If you roll a repeat number, you cannot reroll. If you reroll the same number a second time, all I can say is "ouch" and maybe you can plead your case.

UPDATED: Please share how your book fits your challenge on the wiki at minimum. Please keep it short there, e.g. "subject twins - MC is a twin" or "animal on cover - anteater." (NEW) You should *not* repeat the entire challenge.

Also, it would be nice if you shared how it fit more at length here, if applicable.

NOTICE: Please note where I updated above.

Also, if I give a link to a list of books, it does not mean they *all* qualify for the challenge. The lists are simply starting points. I'm letting a few books slide this month because I hadn't made this clear, but in the future, even if a book is on a referred list, it will not be accepted if it doesn't fit the challenge.

Okay, I'm the first one out.

I got 3 and 8.

>2 PawsforThought:



Get the Picture?*: Read a book with an original historical painting on the cover



If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me: Read a book with a title that starts with a two letter word

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* I was going to use "Happy Little Accidents" but figured it would be too obscure.

Can someone roll for me?

>4 Morphidae: I rolled a 3 for you.

Rolled a 2 for myself.

I rolled a 6 for me.

I rolled a 4.

I rolled a 1.

4 and 5 for me, Morphy.

9 and 10 for me

>3 Morphidae: Thanks. I should be able to find books that fit these. Just going to scroll through my TBR collection.

And while I'm not American so have never watched him myself, I've been around the internet enough to get the happy little accidents reference - though others might not.

I rolled a 5.

I rolled 9, Thanks for doing this again - it really is so enjoyable!

I rolled a 3. Thanks for your efforts.

>5 lindapanzo: Dang it, you would get that one! LOL. I'm going to have to really dig for that challenge.

I got 10. Thanks si much for your work.

I rolled 6 and 10. Fingers crossed.

I got...



Get the Picture?*: Read a book with an original historical painting on the cover

>5 lindapanzo:



I'm Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: Read a book with a black and red cover

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/92254.Black_Gray_and_Red_covers

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/red-cover

The cover should be predominately (75%?) black and red.

Forgot to add for those with the historical painting challenge:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/90259.Novel_Covers_Using_Historical_Painting...

>19 Morphidae: Got it. Thanks.

>6 SqueakyChu:



Spell Trouble: Read a book with an author whose initials are in the word "CHALLENGES"

Both initials need to be in the word CHALLENGES. For instance, you cannot use the author Graham Greene as there is only one "G" but you could use Lorna Landvik because there are two "L's."

>7 LizzieD:



Starry, Starry Night: Read a book about a celestial body

Can be set on another planet/the moon, non-fiction about astronomy/mythology behind constellations, something has to happen before the sun sets/rises, there is a solar/lunar eclipse, etc. Must be significant to the story/book.

>8 DeltaQueen50:



Tooth and Nail: Book from the Read Harder Challenge

https://bookriot.com/2018/12/12/2019-read-harder-challenge/

>21 lindapanzo: Added some links and info.

>24 Morphidae: Got it, thanks, Morphy!

>25 Morphidae: Thanks. That’s helpful. I think I’ve got a few books that fit the bill.

>22 Morphidae: Thanks, Morphy!

>20 Morphidae: Thanks for that.

>9 Dejah_Thoris:



Starry, Starry Night: Read a book about a celestial body

Can be set on another planet/the moon, non-fiction about astronomy/mythology behind constellations, something has to happen before the sun sets/rises, there is a solar/lunar eclipse, etc. Must be significant to the story/book, i.e. not someone just noticing the moon in passing.



Going Off the Beaten Path: Read a book in a genre you have never read before

If you think there aren't any genres you want to try out, think again! Sub- and sub-sub-genres (even sub-sub-sub genres!) will count. Check out https://www.goodreads.com/genres/list. From 10th century literature to chick lit, from Irish literature to m-m-sports-romance, from women's studies to zombies, you have a gadzillion choices.

>10 susanna.fraser:



X Marks the Spot: Read a book by an author you picked from Literature Map

- Go to https://www.literature-map.com/
- Enter an author (Pick wisely, you can only do this once, no cheating! Unless, of course, the author isn't there.)
- Click on enter.
- Read a book by one of the authors that surround the author you picked. The closer they are, the more similar they are.



Do Not Pass Go: Read a book that relates in some fashion to the original Monopoly game

There are a lot of different ways it can relate. Examples: dice or a wheelbarrow (token) on the cover, takes place in a hotel or in Atlantic City, a character ends up in jail or works for the railroad, the author's name is Marvin (Gardens) or Chance (card), the word "house" or "money" is in the title. Try not too stretch it TOO much. There are plenty of choices.

Please keep the reference to the physical, original (no spin-offs except for language) boardgame. Not the history, such as the year first made (hard to say), or the company (Parker Brothers), the game it's derived from (The Landlord's Game), etc.

>31 Morphidae: Ooh, I’d forgotten all about the Literature Map! This will be fun.

Challenges re-randomized.

>12 FAMeulstee:



Do Not Pass Go: Read a book that relates in some fashion to the original Monopoly game

There are a lot of different ways it can relate. Examples: dice or a wheelbarrow (token) on the cover, takes place in a hotel or in Atlantic City, a character ends up in jail or works for the railroad, the author's name is Marvin (Gardens) or Chance (card), the word "house" or "money" is in the title. Try not too stretch it TOO much. There are plenty of choices.

Please keep the reference to the physical, original (no spin-offs except for language) boardgame. Not the history, such as the year first made (hard to say), or the company (Parker Brothers), the game it's derived from (The Landlord's Game), etc.

>13 Carmenere:



If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me: Read a book with a title that starts with a two letter word

>14 dallenbaugh:



Starry, Starry Night: Read a book about a celestial body

Can be set on another planet/the moon, non-fiction about astronomy/mythology behind constellations, something has to happen before the sun sets/rises, there is a solar/lunar eclipse, etc. Must be significant to the story/book, i.e. not someone just noticing the moon in passing.

>33 Morphidae: I have a title that contains "ons" and "dorp", every color group is a city in the Dutch edition, starting with "Ons Dorp". Is that acceptable?

(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopol... )

>16 Ameise1:

Ah! You got the last open challenge!



Big Girls Don't Cry: Read a book with a season in the title

For the purposes of this challenge, not only can you use spring, summer, autumn/fall and winter, you can use rainy, wet, monsoon, and dry.

>17 Citizenjoyce:



I'm Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: Read a book with a black and red cover

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/92254.Black_Gray_and_Red_covers

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/red-cover

The cover should be predominately (75%?) black and red.



Big Girls Don't Cry: Read a book with a season in the title

For the purposes of this challenge, not only can you use spring, summer, autumn/fall and winter, you can use rainy, wet, monsoon, and dry.

>36 FAMeulstee: The rule is no spin-offs, but I'll make an exception for language-based ones. So, yes, it's fine.

>11 PawsforThought: If I had seen it, I wouldn't have gotten the reference. The only reason I remembered is because I saw it while researching a phrase for the challenge!

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And with that, I think I'm all caught up. Did I miss anyone?

>39 Morphidae: Thank you, Morphy, it is the only version I am familiar with. We used to play it on Sunday afternoons in the 1970s, and my eldest brother always won :-)

>38 Morphidae: oh I found what looks like a good book on evolution: How To Tame a Fox (and build a dog) from the Goodreads list. The cover looks more orange and black than red and black, but that’s the way they list it, so I’m going for it. Speaking of color, Seth Meyers interviewed Yvonne Strzechowski, who played Serena Joy on The Handmaid’s Tale, and kept referring to the green dress she always wears. No one corrected him. Does anyone else see the wives’ clothes as green instead of blue?

>42 Citizenjoyce: I see what you mean about the orange but it was on the list. I'm not going to quibble.

Okay, I don't know yet what I'll read for the painting-cover challenge, but this is what I have fo far.

If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me: Read a book with a title that starts with a two letter word
My Man Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse

I have all the Jeeves & Wooster books but have only read about half of them. One of the unread ones is this.

>37 Morphidae: Thanks so much, Morphy. I found three books for autumn. I do not know yet which one I will read.

>38 Morphidae: I named my daughter Autumn, she was born in October, so you know I have to read a book about her season. I’m trying to decide between The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell, and Autumn by Ali Smith.

>46 Citizenjoyce: For what it's worth, I gave Mitchell's Cloud Atlas 8 stars originally (the more I thought about it and after the second time I read it, I bumped it to 9), and The Bone Clocks and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 7 stars. I can't remember what I gave The Slade House but remember not being as impressed with it, so perhaps a 5 or 6.

Please check message >1 Morphidae: for an update and notice.

>47 Morphidae: Thanks.

My number is 7.

Get the Picture?: Read a book with an original historical painting on the cover

My second roll is a 2.

>52 FAMeulstee:

Your book doesn't fit this one either. :(



Spell Trouble: Read a book with an author whose initials are in the word "CHALLENGES"

Both initials need to be in the word CHALLENGES. For instance, you cannot use the author Graham Greene as there is only one "G" but you could use Lorna Landvik because there are two "L's."

>53 Morphidae: I have a book by George Catlin that is now in my own challenge, I will move it to yours :-)

My number is 7

Re-randomized challenges.

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>55 elkiedee:



Big Girls Don't Cry: Read a book with a season in the title

For the purposes of this challenge, not only can you use spring, summer, autumn/fall and winter, you can use rainy, wet, monsoon, and dry.

My second number: 2

Hi, Morphy - I'm in:

I got a 5.

>57 elkiedee:



X Marks the Spot: Read a book by an author you picked from Literature Map

- Go to https://www.literature-map.com/
- Enter an author (Pick wisely, you can only do this once, no cheating! Unless, of course, the author isn't there.)
- Click on enter.
- Read a book by one of the authors that surround the author you picked. The closer they are, the more similar they are.

>58 lyzard:



Spell Trouble: Read a book with an author whose initials are in the word "CHALLENGES"

Both initials need to be in the word CHALLENGES. For instance, you cannot use the author Graham Greene as there is only one "G" but you could use Lorna Landvik because there are two "L's."

>60 Morphidae:

Nice; thanks, Morphy!

I accidentally posted this on the main TIOLI thread. Whoops. *wince*

I'm working on October's challenges. They aren't coming from my long list but instead are all new. They are going to be SO MUCH FUN!

I also seemed to have forgotten that I also have a choice of a second roll. Someone want to roll for me? (All my books with historical painting covers are doorstoppers.)

>63 Morphidae: I rolled you a 2.

I rolled 5 and 3

>64 SqueakyChu: Thanks. This should be doable! I got...



X Marks the Spot: Read a book by an author you picked from Literature Map

- Go to https://www.literature-map.com/
- Enter an author (Pick wisely, you can only do this once, no cheating! Unless, of course, the author isn't there.)
- Click on enter.
- Read a book by one of the authors that surround the author you picked. The closer they are, the more similar they are.

>65 antqueen:

Time to re-randomize or you'd be getting what everyone else has been getting lately.



I'm Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: Read a book with a black and red cover

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/92254.Black_Gray_and_Red_covers

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/red-cover

The cover should be predominately (75%) black and red. The lists are for ideas only. Not all books on the above lists are acceptable for this challenge.



Starry, Starry Night: Read a book about a celestial body

Can be set on another planet/the moon, non-fiction about astronomy/mythology behind constellations, something has to happen before the sun sets/rises, there is a solar/lunar eclipse, etc. Must be significant to the story/book.

Folks, I've waited for a few days so no one person feels singled out. I've had to send out more than one PM about books not fitting the challenges. To be honest, it really stresses me out. After some coaching, I've decided that any books that don't fit the challenge will be moved to the bottom of the challenge in the wiki with an explanation of why they don't fit. This will be done instead of PMs. I don't want to point out when someone has a book that doesn't fit, unless there are a few, so please be sure to occasionally check the wiki. I hope you'll understand.

ETA: It's the writing of the PMs that stresses me. Not the ill-fitting books. I've had books that didn't fit before, too. It happens - everything from misunderstanding the challenge to a challenge needing clarification to tossing the book in and crossing my fingers that it fits.

I make another attempt to find a book to fit your challenge (I got some smaller books here I am to finish before the end of the month): with number 14

>69 paulstalder: I'd love to, but it needs to be between 1 and 10. :D

>70 Morphidae: umpf, I had the old thing in mind, okay, second trial: 5

What's up for 1?

>71 paulstalder:

After randomizing again...



I'm Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: Read a book with a black and red cover

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/92254.Black_Gray_and_Red_covers

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/red-cover

The cover should be predominately (75%) black and red. The lists are for ideas only. Not all books on the above lists are acceptable for this challenge.

>74 Morphidae:

Going Off the Beaten Path: Read a book in a genre you have never read before

If you think there aren't any genres you want to try out, think again! Sub- and sub-sub-genres (even sub-sub-sub genres!) will count. Check out https://www.goodreads.com/genres/list. From 10th century literature to chick lit, from Irish literature to m-m-sports-romance, from women's studies to zombies, you have a gadzillion choices.

>74 Morphidae: Is that pour moi? If so I choose as a sub-genre Ferries and the book, Ferry crossing : short stories from Goa which is certainly off mt beaten path (bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, easy chair, computer, easy chair.......)

>73 Morphidae: is that cover okay?

Liebesnacht = a night of love

>75 quondame: Whoops! Yes, that's yours.

>76 paulstalder: Perfect!

>77 Morphidae: great, thanks

Oops wrong thread. :)