Take It or Leave It Challenge - October 2025
Talk 75 Books Challenge for 2025
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1SqueakyChu
For those new to this challenge: More info and monthly index can be found in post #1 of this thread or this TIOLI FAQS wiki.
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Your challenge for October, 2025, is to
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Read a "Northwest Book"
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Rules:
1. You can read any book that is on the very top of any book pile in your house.
2. You can read any book that is the farthest left on any bookshelf in your home.
3. Don't go rearranging your bookshelf now! If someone else rearranges your books without you telling them to, they just might make some other books available! :D
4. You can read any book that has the word "north" or "west" in the book title, the subtitle or the author's name.
5. You can share a read.
6. That's it. Nothing else! :D
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Other Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. @FAMeulstee's 2025 TIOLI Sweeplette Meter
2. @FAMeulstee's Our TIOLI Sweeps
3. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges (2010-2016) - A reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it. (Exception: Any challenge previously entered by FAMeulstee)
4. The October 2025 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. Not competitive--- just fun!
...logo by cyderry
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Your challenge for October, 2025, is to
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Read a "Northwest Book"
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Rules:
1. You can read any book that is on the very top of any book pile in your house.
2. You can read any book that is the farthest left on any bookshelf in your home.
3. Don't go rearranging your bookshelf now! If someone else rearranges your books without you telling them to, they just might make some other books available! :D
4. You can read any book that has the word "north" or "west" in the book title, the subtitle or the author's name.
5. You can share a read.
6. That's it. Nothing else! :D
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Other Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. @FAMeulstee's 2025 TIOLI Sweeplette Meter
2. @FAMeulstee's Our TIOLI Sweeps
3. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges (2010-2016) - A reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it. (Exception: Any challenge previously entered by FAMeulstee)
4. The October 2025 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. Not competitive--- just fun!
2SqueakyChu
Index of Challenges:
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a "Northwest" book - msg #1
2. Read a book with a 2 word only title in which both words can be used as nouns - msg #3
3. Read the second book in a series - msg #5
4. Read a book that uses a US State Nickname Word - msg #8
5. Read a book whose title implies a scary or disturbing read - msg #10
6. Read a book where the title words are in alphabetical order - msg #12
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book translated from a language that is not one of the 15 most spoken languages in the world - msg #14
8. Read a book with a title word that is equal to or could be a substitution for the word “ troublesome” - msg #17
9. Read a book whose author's surname is also used as a first name - msg #18
10. Read a book with something Halloween costume-related on cover/in title - msg #32
11. Read a book that has some connection with a book you've read in the last 3 months - msg #33
12. Read a book with an ugly cover - msg #34 - thread
Challenges #13-17
13. Read a book a book with a word in the title starting with the letters in SEATTLE MARINERS - msg #39
14. Read a book with a cover featuring the backs of people - msg #40
15. Read a book with a red cover, one with blood on it or both - msg #47
16. Read a book from the PEN American School Bans (2024-25) List - msg #70
17. Read the 8th or 10th book in a series in honour of October - msg #88
Please hold your challenge until the November TIOLI challenge thread is posted. Thank you!
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a "Northwest" book - msg #1
2. Read a book with a 2 word only title in which both words can be used as nouns - msg #3
3. Read the second book in a series - msg #5
4. Read a book that uses a US State Nickname Word - msg #8
5. Read a book whose title implies a scary or disturbing read - msg #10
6. Read a book where the title words are in alphabetical order - msg #12
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book translated from a language that is not one of the 15 most spoken languages in the world - msg #14
8. Read a book with a title word that is equal to or could be a substitution for the word “ troublesome” - msg #17
9. Read a book whose author's surname is also used as a first name - msg #18
10. Read a book with something Halloween costume-related on cover/in title - msg #32
11. Read a book that has some connection with a book you've read in the last 3 months - msg #33
12. Read a book with an ugly cover - msg #34 - thread
Challenges #13-17
13. Read a book a book with a word in the title starting with the letters in SEATTLE MARINERS - msg #39
14. Read a book with a cover featuring the backs of people - msg #40
15. Read a book with a red cover, one with blood on it or both - msg #47
16. Read a book from the PEN American School Bans (2024-25) List - msg #70
17. Read the 8th or 10th book in a series in honour of October - msg #88
Please hold your challenge until the November TIOLI challenge thread is posted. Thank you!
3alcottacre
Challenge #2: The “Is it Abstract or Concrete?” Challenge: Read a book with a 2 word only title in which both words can be used nouns
The words in the title do not have to be used as nouns in it, they just need to be words that can be nouns in another context.
The words in the title do not have to be used as nouns in it, they just need to be words that can be nouns in another context.
4SqueakyChu
>3 alcottacre: That didn't take you long, Stasia! Two minutes!! :O
5lindapanzo
Challenge #3: Read the second book in a series
As with most of my challenges, this is a very self serving challenge. In September, I discovered so many wonderful first in a series books that I now want to read the second book in the series. Most notably, I'd say, was The Marlow Murder Club, which I absolutely loved, so now I want to read the second one. Pretty quickly, too, since I've now recorded all six episodes in season 2 on PBS Mystery and I want to get cracking on those. #2 in a lovely Icelandic Romance series is also calling my name.
Note that you don't need to have read the first book in a series in order to count a second in the series for this challenge.
As with most of my challenges, this is a very self serving challenge. In September, I discovered so many wonderful first in a series books that I now want to read the second book in the series. Most notably, I'd say, was The Marlow Murder Club, which I absolutely loved, so now I want to read the second one. Pretty quickly, too, since I've now recorded all six episodes in season 2 on PBS Mystery and I want to get cracking on those. #2 in a lovely Icelandic Romance series is also calling my name.
Note that you don't need to have read the first book in a series in order to count a second in the series for this challenge.
6PaulCranswick
>5 lindapanzo: So the ones we read in September we can read the sequel in October! Great idea, Linda.
7lindapanzo
>6 PaulCranswick: Absolutely.
8PaulCranswick
Challenge #4 - Read a book using a word that is a US State Nickname
Reasonably straightforward but should be based on the list as provided and compiled by Britannica.com
https://www.britannica.com/place/list-of-nicknames-of-US-States-2130544
Some minor rules:
1. The word "state" on its own is not permissible
2. Conjunctions such as "of", "and" and "the" do not count.
3. Descriptive words such as "blue", "big" etc do not count unless put together with the state nickname being described - e.g. Big Sky qualifies; "big" alone does not.
4. Imbedded words allowed
Reasonably straightforward but should be based on the list as provided and compiled by Britannica.com
https://www.britannica.com/place/list-of-nicknames-of-US-States-2130544
Some minor rules:
1. The word "state" on its own is not permissible
2. Conjunctions such as "of", "and" and "the" do not count.
3. Descriptive words such as "blue", "big" etc do not count unless put together with the state nickname being described - e.g. Big Sky qualifies; "big" alone does not.
4. Imbedded words allowed
9scdoster
>8 PaulCranswick: To make sure that I am understanding correctly, the title of the book does not need to include the entire nickname? So for instance, Golden State does not need to be in the title, just the word Golden?
10DeltaQueen50
It's time for pumpkins, witches and ghosts!
Challenge #5: Read a book whose title implies a scary or disturbing read
As everyone has different things that scare them, the book doesn't have to be a horror book, but the title should make you feel that you are going to be walking the dark side.
Challenge #5: Read a book whose title implies a scary or disturbing read
As everyone has different things that scare them, the book doesn't have to be a horror book, but the title should make you feel that you are going to be walking the dark side.
11PaulCranswick
>9 scdoster: Yes that is correct dear lady. Golden would suffice.
12Helenliz
Challenge #6: Read a book where the title words are in alphabetical order
I've got A Grain of Wheat to read this month, where the title words beginning with A, G O & W, which are in alphabetical order.
The title does need to include a minimum of 2 words.
You do need to use all words, even the pesky little ones.
You may ignore a subtitle.
You cannot ignore preceding articles.
So Black dogs is fine. If the title were "The Black Dogs" or "Black and Dogs" that would not be fine as that would fail lines 3 & 2 respectively.
If you are reading a book in a foreign language, the title words can be in alphabetical order in that language. P;ease say that in the wiki so I don't think you don't know your alphabet!
I will be interested to see how long a title we can find that fits. 2 words title should be easy enough
I've got A Grain of Wheat to read this month, where the title words beginning with A, G O & W, which are in alphabetical order.
The title does need to include a minimum of 2 words.
You do need to use all words, even the pesky little ones.
You may ignore a subtitle.
You cannot ignore preceding articles.
So Black dogs is fine. If the title were "The Black Dogs" or "Black and Dogs" that would not be fine as that would fail lines 3 & 2 respectively.
If you are reading a book in a foreign language, the title words can be in alphabetical order in that language. P;ease say that in the wiki so I don't think you don't know your alphabet!
I will be interested to see how long a title we can find that fits. 2 words title should be easy enough
13PawsforThought
>1 SqueakyChu: Bahaha! That's a great challenge! Navigating through the piles (both book and otherwise) in my bedroom is about as easy as finding the northwest passage.
14wandering_star
Challenge 7 - Read a book in or translated from a language that is not one of the 15 most spoken languages in the world:
- English
- Chinese*
- Hindi
- Spanish
- Arabic*
- French
- Bengali
- Russian
- Portuguese
- Urdu
- Indonesian
- German
- Japanese
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Marathi
*There are several variants of both Arabic and Chinese but it might be hard to find out what variant of Arabic the book was originally written in, and arguably all written Chinese is Mandarin, so I'm going to amalgamate these.
Also, I'm sure there are other lists of the most spoken languages but please use this one.
ETA: this was originally just "translated from" as I was thinking of my own language abilities, but then it occurred to me there are several Club Readers who read in multiple languages
- English
- Chinese*
- Hindi
- Spanish
- Arabic*
- French
- Bengali
- Russian
- Portuguese
- Urdu
- Indonesian
- German
- Japanese
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Marathi
*There are several variants of both Arabic and Chinese but it might be hard to find out what variant of Arabic the book was originally written in, and arguably all written Chinese is Mandarin, so I'm going to amalgamate these.
Also, I'm sure there are other lists of the most spoken languages but please use this one.
ETA: this was originally just "translated from" as I was thinking of my own language abilities, but then it occurred to me there are several Club Readers who read in multiple languages
15PawsforThought
>14 wandering_star: In the one month I don't have a book in Swedish planned...
16wandering_star
>14 wandering_star: oh no, what bad luck!
17dallenbaugh
Challenge #8: Read a book with title words that equate with the word “ troublesome” (as in difficult)
18Chatterbox
CHALLENGE #9: Read a book by an author whose surname also is used as a first name
Completely self-serving, as I have the new mystery novel by Elizabeth George on my Kindle, and want to re-read another mystery by Michael Gilbert. Those are pretty obvious examples, but if you're picking something a little less clear, pls throw a line into the wiki with an example or supporting data. For instance, I may read a book by Tim Mason, and after a quick search I discover that Mason is actually #42 or something on the list of popular boy's names. Or if I wanted to read Bog Queen by Anna North, well, Kanye West named his daughter "North"...
In the case of people with double barreled surnames (eg Constance Beresford-Howe), use the second of those names (Howe).
Completely self-serving, as I have the new mystery novel by Elizabeth George on my Kindle, and want to re-read another mystery by Michael Gilbert. Those are pretty obvious examples, but if you're picking something a little less clear, pls throw a line into the wiki with an example or supporting data. For instance, I may read a book by Tim Mason, and after a quick search I discover that Mason is actually #42 or something on the list of popular boy's names. Or if I wanted to read Bog Queen by Anna North, well, Kanye West named his daughter "North"...
In the case of people with double barreled surnames (eg Constance Beresford-Howe), use the second of those names (Howe).
19SqueakyChu
>13 PawsforThought: Navigating through the piles (both book and otherwise) in my bedroom is about as easy as finding the northwest passage.
LOL!
LOL!
20alcottacre
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21antqueen
>1 SqueakyChu: This is convenient, because I took out a book to read this month but I didn't get to it, and so, of course, it's now right on top of the nearest pile.
22jeanned
>17 dallenbaugh: Does it have to be a synonym for troublesome? For example, I entered A Most Wanted Man for this challenge, thinking a man that is most wanted would also be troublesome, or that if I substituted 'wanted' for 'troublesome', the title would still have meaning.
23alcottacre
>22 jeanned: Jeanne, I do not want to mislead you. I posted the synonyms list in case people needed it. Sorry for any confusion that I caused.
24alcottacre
>11 PaulCranswick: Thanks for the clarification, Paul!
25dallenbaugh
>22 jeanned: Yes, this fine.
26dallenbaugh
>20 alcottacre: A synonym can be used but I wanted a more free form definition of troublesome as in Jeanned's example.
27alcottacre
>26 dallenbaugh: Ah, OK. My apologies. Do I need to take my book, Troubling the Waters off the list then, Donna?
28dallenbaugh
>27 alcottacre: Yes, this is a little off topic. I wanted to make the definition as broad as possible while keeping with the main theme of being difficult.
29dallenbaugh
>27 alcottacre: I will try to reword my challenge to make it clearer.
30alcottacre
>28 dallenbaugh: OK, no problem, I will remove it.
>29 dallenbaugh: I am probably the only person confused over it, lol.
>29 dallenbaugh: I am probably the only person confused over it, lol.
32Morphidae
Challenge #10: Read a book with something Halloween costume-related on cover/in title
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Read a book where a person could duplicate the costume (not every day clothes^) of a person/creature on the cover.
^ "Everyday clothes" from certain jobs are acceptable if they are stereotypical of the profession like chef, medical personnel, police, sports player, astronaut, fire fighter, judge, etc.
OR
...could create a costume of a person/creature from a description in the title - one noun is fine.
Examples (in no particular order):
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig (knight/title)
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (Celaena Sardothien/cover)
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (octopus/cover)
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (housemaid/title)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot/cover)
Dracula by Bram Stoker (Dracula/vampire/cover & title)
Persuasion by Jane Austen (Recency-era gentleman/cover)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (thief/title)
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (Anne/title)
The Serviceberry by Robin Wall (cedar waxwing or bird/cover)
The Martian by Andy Weir (astronaut/cover)
The Handmaid's Tail by Margaret Atwood (handmaid/cover & title)
Clown Town by Mick Herron (clown/title)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (demon or copperhead/cover)
Animal Farm by George Orwell (pig/cover)
Rambling about why I didn't do "items" as well:
I was going to do "items" too if an example of a costume could be found. But, dang. I found costumes of everything I could think of from a fork to an eraser! Couches, whoopie cushions, fire hydrants and alarms, sneakers and crocs, charcuterie boards and PB&Js, heck, every food, condiment, household item, or flower you can think of plus more. So, yeah, just people or creatures. 😆
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Read a book where a person could duplicate the costume (not every day clothes^) of a person/creature on the cover.
^ "Everyday clothes" from certain jobs are acceptable if they are stereotypical of the profession like chef, medical personnel, police, sports player, astronaut, fire fighter, judge, etc.
OR
...could create a costume of a person/creature from a description in the title - one noun is fine.
Examples (in no particular order):
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig (knight/title)
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (Celaena Sardothien/cover)
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (octopus/cover)
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (housemaid/title)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot/cover)
Dracula by Bram Stoker (Dracula/vampire/cover & title)
Persuasion by Jane Austen (Recency-era gentleman/cover)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (thief/title)
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (Anne/title)
The Serviceberry by Robin Wall (cedar waxwing or bird/cover)
The Martian by Andy Weir (astronaut/cover)
The Handmaid's Tail by Margaret Atwood (handmaid/cover & title)
Clown Town by Mick Herron (clown/title)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (demon or copperhead/cover)
Animal Farm by George Orwell (pig/cover)
Rambling about why I didn't do "items" as well:
I was going to do "items" too if an example of a costume could be found. But, dang. I found costumes of everything I could think of from a fork to an eraser! Couches, whoopie cushions, fire hydrants and alarms, sneakers and crocs, charcuterie boards and PB&Js, heck, every food, condiment, household item, or flower you can think of plus more. So, yeah, just people or creatures. 😆
33Citizenjoyce
Challenge #11: Read a book that has some connection with a book you've read in the last 3 months, state how it's related
I think we've done this before, but I always like books that lead to other books.
So the three months covered are September, August, and July. Books can be related in any way - same author, same series, same or similar characters, same theme, even the same cover.
I just read a biography of Octavia Butler, Positive Obsession so I plan to reread many books by her.
I think we've done this before, but I always like books that lead to other books.
So the three months covered are September, August, and July. Books can be related in any way - same author, same series, same or similar characters, same theme, even the same cover.
I just read a biography of Octavia Butler, Positive Obsession so I plan to reread many books by her.
34Kristelh
Challenge 12: Read a book with an ugly cover.
Is there a way a person is suppose to show the cover? I'm not familiar enough to know this so let me know if I need to do more.
Is there a way a person is suppose to show the cover? I'm not familiar enough to know this so let me know if I need to do more.
35jeanned
>25 dallenbaugh: Thank you!
36Citizenjoyce
>12 Helenliz: Can we ignore the subtitle?
37alcottacre
>34 Kristelh: What has been done in the past, Kristel, is that a separate thread is set up strictly for the purpose of showing the covers.
38SqueakyChu
>34 Kristelh: We've done this before...but a very, very long time ago. As Stasia noted, a separate thread was set up to post the images. It's a very fun challenge. So glad you revived it! After you post a separate thread, I'll link it to the index above.
39susanna.fraser
Challenge #13: Read a book a book with a word in the title starting with the letters in SEATTLE MARINERS
Another rolling sports challenge this month, this time in honor of my hometown Seattle Mariners gaining their first AL West division title since 2001 and getting the chance to play October baseball!
Usual rolling challenge rules apply: "A," "An," and "The" don't count for the A and T slots, don't start a new set until there are only two slots left in the previous set, and no more than two open sets at one time.
Another rolling sports challenge this month, this time in honor of my hometown Seattle Mariners gaining their first AL West division title since 2001 and getting the chance to play October baseball!
Usual rolling challenge rules apply: "A," "An," and "The" don't count for the A and T slots, don't start a new set until there are only two slots left in the previous set, and no more than two open sets at one time.
40avatiakh
Challenge #14: Read a book with a cover featuring the backs of people
Can be one person or multiple people.
This seems to be a current trend in book covers, especially historical novels.
Can be one person or multiple people.
This seems to be a current trend in book covers, especially historical novels.
41avatiakh
>39 susanna.fraser: Thanks for this challenge, was able to slot in some library books finally.
42Kristelh
>38 SqueakyChu: So I would go to the group page, then post “new topic” and would I call it “Post your Ugly covers here? Or is there a better wording?
43Chatterbox
>42 Kristelh: Maybe something like "TIOLI October Ugly Covers Challenge"? And yes, just do it as if you were creating a new thread of your own, via post new topic :-)
44Helenliz
>36 Citizenjoyce: Yes. I should have thought of that. I'll add it to the post.
45Kristelh
>43 Chatterbox:,Thanks!
46Kristelh
@Madeline, here’s the link for the ugly cover thread. https://www.librarything.com/topic/374201 Thanks
47Carmenere
Challenge #15: Read a book with a red cover, one with blood on it or both (indicate on wiki)
48alcottacre
>47 Carmenere: Would The Blood Card by Elly Griffiths qualify for your challenge, Lynda? It has the word 'blood' in red on the cover.
49SqueakyChu
>46 Kristelh: Thx! It's linked to the index now!
50Carmenere
>48 alcottacre: I'm sorry, Stasia but that really doesn't meet the criteria. Keep trying, I know you have a lot more to chose from ;)
ETA! You know what, I changed my mind. Your book does have blood on it. I accept.
ETA! You know what, I changed my mind. Your book does have blood on it. I accept.
51alcottacre
>50 Carmenere: Thanks, Lynda! I appreciate it.
52Morphidae
>32 Morphidae: ARRRRRGH!
I "completed" the edit of my post 15 to 30 minutes after I started it yesterday early evening. Or so I thought.
I just went to look to see how many people had signed up for my challenge and what costume ideas people came up with.
WTH? None?
I don't know if I forgot to hit send after preview or if there was a glitch or what, but my edit wasn't there! Arrrgh!
Anyway, it's there now.
I "completed" the edit of my post 15 to 30 minutes after I started it yesterday early evening. Or so I thought.
I just went to look to see how many people had signed up for my challenge and what costume ideas people came up with.
WTH? None?
I don't know if I forgot to hit send after preview or if there was a glitch or what, but my edit wasn't there! Arrrgh!
Anyway, it's there now.
53Citizenjoyce
My planned reads this month, I probably bit off more than I can chew.
Challenge #1: Read a "Northwest" book - started by SqueakyChu
*✔West - Carys Davies (4)
Challenge #2: The “Is it Abstract or Concrete?” Challenge: Read a book with a 2 word only title in which both words can be used nouns - started by AlcottAcre
✔Love Lies by Cynthia St Aubin (3)
*Salt Lick - Lulu Allison
Challenge #3: Read the second book in a series - started by lindapanzo
✔A Darker Domain: A Novel- Val McDermid (3.5)
✔'I Hear the Sirens in the Street - Adrian McKinty (4)
Trader's Honour - Patty Jansen
Challenge #4: Read a book that uses a US State Nickname Word - Started by PaulCranswick
*✔The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley: An Elemental Masters Novel - Mercedes Lackey (4)
Silver Nitrate - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Challenge #5: Read a book whose title implies a scary or disturbing read - started by DeltaQueen
✔Blood Kissed - Keri Arthur (3)
✔Down Cemetery Road - Mick Herron (4)
✔The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume Two - Paula Guran (4)
Challenge #6: Read a book where the title words are in alphabetical order - started by helenliz
✔Love Sucks by Cynthia St Aubin (3.5)
Watcher's Web: Return of the Aghyrians - Patty Jansen
Challenge #7: Read a book translated from a language that is not one of the 15 most spoken languages in the world - started by wandering_star
*✔Jerusalem Beach - Iddo Gefen (4)
Challenge #8: Read a book with title words that equate with the word “ troublesome” (as in difficult) - started by dallenbaugh
Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories - Dan SaSuWeh Jones
✔Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care by Claudia Rowe (5)
Challenge #9: Read a book whose author's surname is also used as a first name - started by Chatterbox
✔Play Nice by Rachel Harrison (3.5)
✔Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden (3.5)
*✔The Story of a Heart - Rachel Clarke (4)
Challenge #10: Read a book with something Halloween costume-related on cover/in title - PLEASE see thread for more info - started by Morphidae
Hell's Bell - Keri Arthur
✔Joust - Mercedes Lackey (4)
✔Mongrels: A Novel by Stephen Graham Jones (4)
Of Steel and Scale (The Drakkon Kin Trilogy) - Keri Arthur abandoned
Challenge #11: Read a book that has some connection with a book you've read in the last 3 months, state how it's related - started by Citizenjoyce
✔Bloodchild: And Other Stories - Octavia Butler (5)
✔Fledgling - Octavia Butler (4)
✔Kindred - Octavia Butler (5)
*✔Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler (4.5)
Patternmaster - Octavia Butler
Survivor - Octavia Butler
✔Unexpected Stories - Octavia Butler (4)
✔A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy - Tia Levings (4)
✔Wild Seed - Octavia Butler (4)
Challenge #12: Read a book with an ugly cover - started by Kristelh
✔My Heart Is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham Jones (1)
Challenge #13: Read a book a book with a word in the title starting with the letters in SEATTLE MARINERS - started by susanna.fraser
✔Parable of the Talents - Octavia E. Butler (4)
✔Slow Horses - Mick Herron (5)
*✔The Witches of El Paso - Luis Jaramillo (3.5)
Challenge #14: Read a book with a cover featuring the backs of people - started by avatiakh
✔The Cold Cold Ground: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel by Adrian McKinty (5)
✔The Good Liar: A Novel - Denise Mina (4)
*✔Sisters of the Great War - Suzanne Feldman (4.5)
Challenge #15: Read a book with a red cover, one with blood on it or both (indicate on wiki) - started by Carmenere
*✔The Dead Husband Cookbook - Danielle Valentine
✔Love Bites - Cynthia St. Aubin (3.5)
Challenge #16: Read a book from the PEN American School Bans (2024-25) List - started by bell7
*✔The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science - Joyce Sidman (5)
Challenge #17: Read the 8th or 10th book in a series in honour of October - started by humouress
*✔Hang On, St. Christopher- Adrian McKinty (5)
Challenge #1: Read a "Northwest" book - started by SqueakyChu
*✔West - Carys Davies (4)
Challenge #2: The “Is it Abstract or Concrete?” Challenge: Read a book with a 2 word only title in which both words can be used nouns - started by AlcottAcre
✔Love Lies by Cynthia St Aubin (3)
*Salt Lick - Lulu Allison
Challenge #3: Read the second book in a series - started by lindapanzo
✔A Darker Domain: A Novel- Val McDermid (3.5)
✔'I Hear the Sirens in the Street - Adrian McKinty (4)
Trader's Honour - Patty Jansen
Challenge #4: Read a book that uses a US State Nickname Word - Started by PaulCranswick
*✔The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley: An Elemental Masters Novel - Mercedes Lackey (4)
Silver Nitrate - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Challenge #5: Read a book whose title implies a scary or disturbing read - started by DeltaQueen
✔Blood Kissed - Keri Arthur (3)
✔Down Cemetery Road - Mick Herron (4)
✔The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume Two - Paula Guran (4)
Challenge #6: Read a book where the title words are in alphabetical order - started by helenliz
✔Love Sucks by Cynthia St Aubin (3.5)
Watcher's Web: Return of the Aghyrians - Patty Jansen
Challenge #7: Read a book translated from a language that is not one of the 15 most spoken languages in the world - started by wandering_star
*✔Jerusalem Beach - Iddo Gefen (4)
Challenge #8: Read a book with title words that equate with the word “ troublesome” (as in difficult) - started by dallenbaugh
Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories - Dan SaSuWeh Jones
✔Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care by Claudia Rowe (5)
Challenge #9: Read a book whose author's surname is also used as a first name - started by Chatterbox
✔Play Nice by Rachel Harrison (3.5)
✔Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden (3.5)
*✔The Story of a Heart - Rachel Clarke (4)
Challenge #10: Read a book with something Halloween costume-related on cover/in title - PLEASE see thread for more info - started by Morphidae
Hell's Bell - Keri Arthur
✔Joust - Mercedes Lackey (4)
✔Mongrels: A Novel by Stephen Graham Jones (4)
Of Steel and Scale (The Drakkon Kin Trilogy) - Keri Arthur abandoned
Challenge #11: Read a book that has some connection with a book you've read in the last 3 months, state how it's related - started by Citizenjoyce
✔Bloodchild: And Other Stories - Octavia Butler (5)
✔Fledgling - Octavia Butler (4)
✔Kindred - Octavia Butler (5)
*✔Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler (4.5)
Patternmaster - Octavia Butler
Survivor - Octavia Butler
✔Unexpected Stories - Octavia Butler (4)
✔A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy - Tia Levings (4)
✔Wild Seed - Octavia Butler (4)
Challenge #12: Read a book with an ugly cover - started by Kristelh
✔My Heart Is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham Jones (1)
Challenge #13: Read a book a book with a word in the title starting with the letters in SEATTLE MARINERS - started by susanna.fraser
✔Parable of the Talents - Octavia E. Butler (4)
✔Slow Horses - Mick Herron (5)
*✔The Witches of El Paso - Luis Jaramillo (3.5)
Challenge #14: Read a book with a cover featuring the backs of people - started by avatiakh
✔The Cold Cold Ground: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel by Adrian McKinty (5)
✔The Good Liar: A Novel - Denise Mina (4)
*✔Sisters of the Great War - Suzanne Feldman (4.5)
Challenge #15: Read a book with a red cover, one with blood on it or both (indicate on wiki) - started by Carmenere
*✔The Dead Husband Cookbook - Danielle Valentine
✔Love Bites - Cynthia St. Aubin (3.5)
Challenge #16: Read a book from the PEN American School Bans (2024-25) List - started by bell7
*✔The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science - Joyce Sidman (5)
Challenge #17: Read the 8th or 10th book in a series in honour of October - started by humouress
*✔Hang On, St. Christopher- Adrian McKinty (5)
54alcottacre
>52 Morphidae: I was beginning to wonder what was going on with your challenge, Morphy. Sorry to hear about your hard work going down the drain!
>53 Citizenjoyce: I probably bit off more than I can chew. I always do, Joyce!
>53 Citizenjoyce: I probably bit off more than I can chew. I always do, Joyce!
55SqueakyChu
>50 Carmenere: LOL! Lynda, you are soooo easy. That's okay, though.
56Morphidae
>54 alcottacre: And I was so excited about being relatively early for once!
57alcottacre
>55 SqueakyChu: Well, technically my book did qualify since she did not specify that it had to be blood drops or blood spatter or something like that on the cover, just 'blood.' Since 'blood' is in the title, it is on the cover :)
59alcottacre
>56 Morphidae: Well, it's the thought that counts, right?
60Helenliz
>32 Morphidae: Just to check I have understood this.
I could read The Cat who solved three murders because it would be possible for someone to attend a fancy dress party as a cat. Yes?
As long as *I* don't have to turn up dressed as a cat, I think we're fine!
I could read The Cat who solved three murders because it would be possible for someone to attend a fancy dress party as a cat. Yes?
As long as *I* don't have to turn up dressed as a cat, I think we're fine!
61Carmenere
>55 SqueakyChu: Haha, "easy" That's funny! That's not usually a word used to describe me. But when I reread my challenge, several times, I realized "blood on the cover" could be taken in a number of ways.
Technically, Stasia had another way of looking at it.
I gotta give points for her thinking out of the box.
I think in another life, Stasia must have been an amazing attorney.
Technically, Stasia had another way of looking at it.
I gotta give points for her thinking out of the box.
I think in another life, Stasia must have been an amazing attorney.
62Morphidae
>60 Helenliz: Or a kid could go trick or treating as a cat!
63alcottacre
>61 Carmenere: I just have a brain that is wired differently, I think. It tends to get me into trouble more often than not :)
64Helenliz
>62 Morphidae: thanks. As long as there no need for me to dress up I'm happy!!
65Chatterbox
>32 Morphidae: Would "Sherlock Holmes" in the title work? While it's a name, it also seems to be a description that would lead someone to conjure up the image of a costume, i.e. deerstalker hat, pipe, etc.
66Chatterbox
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67SqueakyChu
My wifi is out so no TIOLI updates (I do those on my desktop) until it comes back. I can access this website on my phone via cellular.
68SqueakyChu
>67 SqueakyChu: WiFi is back so all's good.
69Morphidae
>65 Chatterbox: Yep! Eponymous or cover pics of fictional characters with distinctive attire count.
70bell7
Challenge #16: Read a book from PEN America's School Ban List (2024-25)
Book challenges and banning have been going up over the last few years in the U.S., and libraries are celebrating the freedom to read with Banned Books Week from October 5 - 11.
To give readers an (unfortunately) long list of options, you can read any title from PEN America's Title Index of books that have been banned in school districts in the 2024-25 school year.
Book challenges and banning have been going up over the last few years in the U.S., and libraries are celebrating the freedom to read with Banned Books Week from October 5 - 11.
To give readers an (unfortunately) long list of options, you can read any title from PEN America's Title Index of books that have been banned in school districts in the 2024-25 school year.
71Citizenjoyce
>70 bell7: I want to read The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman for your challenge. It's on that long list of banned books, but I don't see how to find where it's banned.
72bell7
>71 Citizenjoyce: There's a bar at the bottom of the table that you can drag to the right to see more - it was banned by restriction in Clay County School District in Florida in July 2024.
And just a general fyi for folks who may not be familiar with the lingo -
Banned means taken off shelves
Banned by restriction is making it restricted - moving where it is shelved to be less accessible and requiring parental permission to check out
Banned pending investigation is taking it off shelves while it's under review - and the reason that's considered a ban is because library's collection development policies and best practices should continue to have a book on the shelf while it's being reviewed to determine if it really needs to go (or, yes, get moved as certainly no library would advocate shelving, say, adult titles in a section with picture books)
And just a general fyi for folks who may not be familiar with the lingo -
Banned means taken off shelves
Banned by restriction is making it restricted - moving where it is shelved to be less accessible and requiring parental permission to check out
Banned pending investigation is taking it off shelves while it's under review - and the reason that's considered a ban is because library's collection development policies and best practices should continue to have a book on the shelf while it's being reviewed to determine if it really needs to go (or, yes, get moved as certainly no library would advocate shelving, say, adult titles in a section with picture books)
73Citizenjoyce
>72 bell7: Thanks, good explanations.
74Chatterbox
So many piles of books, so many bookshelves (14 bookshelves, with actual shelves totaling anywhere from 4 to 6 per construction), so many choices....
75PaulCranswick
>74 Chatterbox: That was my thought too, Suz. I have 20 sets of shelves most of them double stacked and all six shelves each. I also have counted 18 piles of books in the living area and the bedroom. Technically I had a choice between 258 books.
76Chatterbox
>75 PaulCranswick: Yes, everywhere I turn there is a book stalagmite. It's the despair of my cleaner. But gives me lotsa options!!
77alcottacre
>75 PaulCranswick: >76 Chatterbox: I do not even want to know how many options from which I had to choose. I have 30 in my bedroom alone!
78SqueakyChu
>76 Chatterbox: A book stalagmite!! That is such a great description! 😂
79Chatterbox
>77 alcottacre: 46 possibilites in my bedroom. I'm not even thinking about the living room yet. Or the bookcase in the teeny tiny hallway.
80alcottacre
>79 Chatterbox: Or the bookshelves in the library. . .or the stacks on the end tables. . .Yeah, it just does not end :)
81PaulCranswick
Technically boxes and cupboards weren't mentioned so weren't included!
82SqueakyChu
>81 PaulCranswick: Paul, boxes would work because inside a box, there might be a book pile in which there is a book on top. Left side in a box, of course, would not count because a box can be moved 360 degrees.
Cupboards would work if the books were lined up because there would be a "left-most" book. That is like a bookshelf to me. If the books inside were piled up, there would be a "top-most" book.
Oops! Did I accidentallly add too many other optional books to be read for my challenge?! LOL!
Cupboards would work if the books were lined up because there would be a "left-most" book. That is like a bookshelf to me. If the books inside were piled up, there would be a "top-most" book.
Oops! Did I accidentallly add too many other optional books to be read for my challenge?! LOL!
83PaulCranswick
>82 SqueakyChu: OMG, Madeline then I truly have no idea how many options I have but it must be over 500.
84alcottacre
>81 PaulCranswick: I did not include them either, lol.
>82 SqueakyChu: STOP! Are you trying to kill us?! LOL! You do know that there are quite a few books hanging around my house, right? Only something like 8000, but still. . .
>82 SqueakyChu: STOP! Are you trying to kill us?! LOL! You do know that there are quite a few books hanging around my house, right? Only something like 8000, but still. . .
85alcottacre
It is that time of the month again - PRIZE TIME!!
Mini-Sweeplettes in September:
AnneDC for challenges 9-11
antqueen for challenges 7-10
avatiakh for challenges 7-10
bell7 for challenges 10-12
countrylife for challenges 8-10
dallenbaugh for challenges 4-6
DeltaQueen for challenges 1-5 and 7-10
helenliz for challenges 1-3 and 7-9
humouress for challenges 7-9
JeanneD for challenges 7-10
Kristelh for challenges 7-11
quondame for challenges 7-10 and 13-16
Sweeplettes in September:
AnneDC for challenges 1-6
antqueen for challenges 13-18
dallenbaugh for challenges 13-18
Kristelh for challenges 1-6
quondame for challenges 1-6
raidergirl3 for challenges 7-12
Sweeps in September:
AlcottAcre
Chatterbox
Citizenjoyce
Congratulations to all our prize winners!! Please note that there were at least 3 incomplete entries on September's challenges so I could not give credit where credit was due.
As always, if I made any mistakes, please let me know and I will correct my error.
Mini-Sweeplettes in September:
AnneDC for challenges 9-11
antqueen for challenges 7-10
avatiakh for challenges 7-10
bell7 for challenges 10-12
countrylife for challenges 8-10
dallenbaugh for challenges 4-6
DeltaQueen for challenges 1-5 and 7-10
helenliz for challenges 1-3 and 7-9
humouress for challenges 7-9
JeanneD for challenges 7-10
Kristelh for challenges 7-11
quondame for challenges 7-10 and 13-16
Sweeplettes in September:
AnneDC for challenges 1-6
antqueen for challenges 13-18
dallenbaugh for challenges 13-18
Kristelh for challenges 1-6
quondame for challenges 1-6
raidergirl3 for challenges 7-12
Sweeps in September:
AlcottAcre
Chatterbox
Citizenjoyce
Congratulations to all our prize winners!! Please note that there were at least 3 incomplete entries on September's challenges so I could not give credit where credit was due.
As always, if I made any mistakes, please let me know and I will correct my error.
86dallenbaugh
>85 alcottacre: thank you for your efforts in putting this together
89humouress
>88 humouress: >2 SqueakyChu: Blast ('scuse language). It's the weekend and the wiki Captcha is just spinning for me. Again.
I was hoping to sneak a last one in because Madeline hasn't closed the challenges yet.
I was hoping to sneak a last one in because Madeline hasn't closed the challenges yet.
90SqueakyChu
>84 alcottacre: LOL!!
91SqueakyChu
>85 alcottacre: Congrats to all the sweepers! Maybe one of these days I might join you. :D
>89 humouress: Nina, I'll let you sneak this one in, but in the future, try to get it in before 12 midnight on the fourth day of the month. If it's "spinning" for you, let us know, and I'll grant an extension.
Please enter your Challenge #17 onto the wiki (when the spinning stops) so I can add it to the index. Thank you! If the spinning doesn't stop, let us know and I (or anyone else can enter it).
October is also my birthday month so...Cheers! :D
>89 humouress: Nina, I'll let you sneak this one in, but in the future, try to get it in before 12 midnight on the fourth day of the month. If it's "spinning" for you, let us know, and I'll grant an extension.
Please enter your Challenge #17 onto the wiki (when the spinning stops) so I can add it to the index. Thank you! If the spinning doesn't stop, let us know and I (or anyone else can enter it).
October is also my birthday month so...Cheers! :D
92humouress
>91 SqueakyChu: Thanks Madeline :0) I checked and it wasn't closed yet but I didn't stop to calculate the time difference. Happy birthmonth to us - and any other October babies.
I'm afraid I just tried again but the captcha wheel is still spinning; it tends to happen on weekends. If someone could please enter it for me I'd be grateful:
====Challenge #17 :Read the 8th or 10th book in a series in honour of October - started by humouress====
I'm afraid I just tried again but the captcha wheel is still spinning; it tends to happen on weekends. If someone could please enter it for me I'd be grateful:
====Challenge #17 :Read the 8th or 10th book in a series in honour of October - started by humouress====
93humouress
>85 alcottacre: Ooh - another mini-sweeplette (even though I bookhorn in my reads retrospectively). Thanks Stasia!
94alcottacre
>86 dallenbaugh: >87 Kristelh: You are most welcome, Donna and Kristel!
>88 humouress: >89 humouress: This challenge has now been added to the wiki.
>90 SqueakyChu: Yep, comic relief. That's me. . .
>91 SqueakyChu: I would love to add your name to the sweepers, Madeline!
As noted above, I have added Nina's challenge to the wiki so the index can now be updated.
>93 humouress: Yay, Nina!
>88 humouress: >89 humouress: This challenge has now been added to the wiki.
>90 SqueakyChu: Yep, comic relief. That's me. . .
>91 SqueakyChu: I would love to add your name to the sweepers, Madeline!
As noted above, I have added Nina's challenge to the wiki so the index can now be updated.
>93 humouress: Yay, Nina!
95Helenliz
>85 alcottacre: I managed a mini sweeplette of 7 to 9 as well. But in marking the book in challenge 8 completed, I managed to delete my name, so no wonder you missed that! Now corrected. >:-)
96humouress
>94 alcottacre: Thanks Stasia.
97SqueakyChu
>94 alcottacre: Thanks, Stasia.
98Helenliz
>10 DeltaQueen50: I feel the need to explain my entry. The 12:30 from Croydon refers to a flight. The cover has a picture of a small plane. I have an irrational fear of flying. So I started the book at an airport, waiting to fly to Germany for work, and finished it that evening at dinner.
As DeltaQueen says, everyone is scared of different things - flying is mine.
As DeltaQueen says, everyone is scared of different things - flying is mine.
99bell7
>5 lindapanzo: Linda, would you accept a "second" book that came out second but is actually a prequel? I'm looking for a place to put Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger.
100alcottacre
>95 Helenliz: I will update my post, Helen. Thank you for letting me know!
101alcottacre
>96 humouress: >97 SqueakyChu: No problem, ladies. It worked out well for me as I could place a book into the challenge almost immediately :)
102DeltaQueen50
>98 Helenliz: I'm right there with you Helen - I am terrified of flying as well!
103lindapanzo
>99 bell7: Sure, why not?
104Helenliz
>102 DeltaQueen50: Thanks for allowing the book in the challenge. And commiserations on being a fellow flying phobic. I can do it, but find popping a valium once I'm through security works wonders. As does a good book!
105SqueakyChu
TIOLI Stats for September 20205
In September, 2025, we read a total of 317 books, of which 70 (or 22%) were shared reads. We collected 38 TIOLI points for a total September YTD total of 279 TIOLI points.
The most popular book, read by 8 challengers (Nice!), was The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood.
The most popular challenge (with 37 books read) was the one by @lindapanzo to read the first book in a series.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points (ten!) was also the one by @lindapanzo to read the first book in a series.
Good stats for September. Ever onward, fellow challengers!
In September, 2025, we read a total of 317 books, of which 70 (or 22%) were shared reads. We collected 38 TIOLI points for a total September YTD total of 279 TIOLI points.
The most popular book, read by 8 challengers (Nice!), was The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood.
The most popular challenge (with 37 books read) was the one by @lindapanzo to read the first book in a series.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points (ten!) was also the one by @lindapanzo to read the first book in a series.
Good stats for September. Ever onward, fellow challengers!
106alcottacre
>105 SqueakyChu: Yay for all the shared reads! I absolutely love seeing the stats on those! Thanks, Madeline.
107SqueakyChu
TIOLI Awards for September, 2025
The X Marks the Spot Award goes to @paulcranswick and @raidergirl3 for reading Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga. For my (@SqueakyChu's) challenge to read a book by an author whose last name starts with X, Y or Z, this was the only book with an author's surname starting with X!
The Togetherness Award I goes to @humouress for the challenge to read a book discussed in any September on the BBC Worldservice Bookclub. This challenge was fully 90% shared reads! How cool is that?!
The Togetherness II Award goes to @lindapanzo for the challenge to read the first book in a series. This challenge listed a total of 19 (!) shared reads. All in one challenge! Amazing!
The Double Dare Award goes to @PawsforThought for reading Maigret och den dödsdömde and @antqueen for reading The Dark Deeps for the challenge by DeltaQueen to read a book where at least one title word begins with the letter “D”. Both of these challengers chose books with more than one title word starting with "D".
The Earworm Award goes to @countrylife for the challenge to read a book which brings a song to mind. I think this is the first time I actually sang songs while working on the wiki! LOL!
Congrats to our award winners! Feel free to add any additional awards at this time
The X Marks the Spot Award goes to @paulcranswick and @raidergirl3 for reading Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga. For my (@SqueakyChu's) challenge to read a book by an author whose last name starts with X, Y or Z, this was the only book with an author's surname starting with X!
The Togetherness Award I goes to @humouress for the challenge to read a book discussed in any September on the BBC Worldservice Bookclub. This challenge was fully 90% shared reads! How cool is that?!
The Togetherness II Award goes to @lindapanzo for the challenge to read the first book in a series. This challenge listed a total of 19 (!) shared reads. All in one challenge! Amazing!
The Double Dare Award goes to @PawsforThought for reading Maigret och den dödsdömde and @antqueen for reading The Dark Deeps for the challenge by DeltaQueen to read a book where at least one title word begins with the letter “D”. Both of these challengers chose books with more than one title word starting with "D".
The Earworm Award goes to @countrylife for the challenge to read a book which brings a song to mind. I think this is the first time I actually sang songs while working on the wiki! LOL!
Congrats to our award winners! Feel free to add any additional awards at this time
108countrylife
Cool! An award! Thank you, Madeline!
109lindapanzo
>107 SqueakyChu: Thanks for the award!! I hope everyone enjoyed The Marlow Murder Club, which was the book that accounted for most of the points. I wanted to read this first book before I saw the first season of the Marlow Murder Club on PBS. I've recorded both the first and second seasons and have a few more to watch on the first book from the first season. I've also read the second book, Death Comes to Marlow which I read for my read the second book in a series challenge this month.
Note that I do not intend to post a "read a third book in a series" challenge next month, however, though what I do post will likely be equally self serving.
Note that I do not intend to post a "read a third book in a series" challenge next month, however, though what I do post will likely be equally self serving.
110alcottacre
>107 SqueakyChu: Congratulations on great work, everyone!
112humouress
>107 SqueakyChu: Ooh, an award! Thanks Madeline.
113PawsforThought
Thanks for the award, Madeline!
114SqueakyChu
TIOLI Question of the Month:
Which book have you chosen for one of this month's TIOLI challenges that you are most excited about reading? Which book is it? Why the excitement about this particular book?
Which book have you chosen for one of this month's TIOLI challenges that you are most excited about reading? Which book is it? Why the excitement about this particular book?
115raidergirl3
For those who read The Girl Who Drew Butterflies, thank you for bringing my awareness to it. What a great book - history, art, science, all in one! Wonderful. I had the ebook, but I imagine the physical book would be gorgeous as it is filled with the art images.
I had previously read Finding Wonder by Jeannine Atkins which is also delightful. It covers three young scientist girls who were far ahead of their time, including Maria Merian. All three (Mary Anning, Marie Mitchell, Maria Merian) were supported and encouraged by their fathers, and the art side is also present here as the book is written in verse.
I had previously read Finding Wonder by Jeannine Atkins which is also delightful. It covers three young scientist girls who were far ahead of their time, including Maria Merian. All three (Mary Anning, Marie Mitchell, Maria Merian) were supported and encouraged by their fathers, and the art side is also present here as the book is written in verse.
116raidergirl3
>114 SqueakyChu: Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry is a paper library book I requested after a discussion on my thread about ferries. I had read Two Ferries Out last month which prompted a few stories about ferries. I live on an island which now has a bridge, but ferries were the only option for the first thirty years of my life. Someone recommended Night Boat to Tangier as their favorite ferry book, so I couldn't resist. I am enjoying it, and was delighted to discover it was written by an Irish author. I am partial to Irish writing.
118avatiakh
I was excited to read the 8th installment of Cormoran Strike, The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith.
119Chatterbox
>2 SqueakyChu: Stasia, I'm assuming that a proper noun would work for this? I'm thinking of adding Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory to the mix here... :-) Because I have too few other books to read and far too much time on my hands (cue hollow laugh)
120alcottacre
>114 SqueakyChu: For me, Epitaph was easily the book that I was looking forward to reading the most. I read Doc several years ago and loved it so reading the follow up book, Epitaph (finally), is definitely my pick.
121alcottacre
>119 Chatterbox: Since I did not exclude proper nouns, then Boleyn Traitor is fine, Suzanne. I know how it goes having too few other books to read and too much time on your hands (hollowly laughing alongside you)
122Chatterbox
>121 alcottacre: Thanks, Stasia, and apols for the misdirect, Ms. SqueakyChu!
123humouress
>121 alcottacre: There’s a whole chorus going here.
>114 SqueakyChu: I don’t have any books lined up at the moment that I’m more excited about than the others (well, there is Revenant Eve because I like the author but it’s the original last book in the series so I’d be sad to finish but I started it a couple of weeks ago and had to put it down for expiring library books, so now I’d have to get back into it again (breathe)) but I’m getting closer to the magic 75 and there’s a possibility I might make it this year.
I tend to pick my next read depending on my mood, which is why I book horn them into TIOLI challenges at the end of the month. Even if I have something lined up I may change my mind unless (or because) expiring library books which can’t be renewed force a choice.
>114 SqueakyChu: I don’t have any books lined up at the moment that I’m more excited about than the others (well, there is Revenant Eve because I like the author but it’s the original last book in the series so I’d be sad to finish but I started it a couple of weeks ago and had to put it down for expiring library books, so now I’d have to get back into it again (breathe)) but I’m getting closer to the magic 75 and there’s a possibility I might make it this year.
I tend to pick my next read depending on my mood, which is why I book horn them into TIOLI challenges at the end of the month. Even if I have something lined up I may change my mind unless (or because) expiring library books which can’t be renewed force a choice.
124Carmenere
>120 alcottacre: I loved Epitaph. Enjoy!
125alcottacre
>122 Chatterbox: No problem, Suzanne!
>123 humouress: Yeah, I know, Nina.
>124 Carmenere: I am right at the halfway point, Lynda, and while I am not loving it so far as much as I do Doc, I am certainly enjoying Epitaph.
>123 humouress: Yeah, I know, Nina.
>124 Carmenere: I am right at the halfway point, Lynda, and while I am not loving it so far as much as I do Doc, I am certainly enjoying Epitaph.
126Helenliz
>114 SqueakyChu: I wasn't planning on reading Every Brilliant Thing. I went to see it today and my mind was blown. It was extraordinary. I cried I laughed and found myself doing both at almost the same time. It's a single person play where the lead character starts a list of brilliant things, aged 7, after their mother attempts suicide for the first time. Which makes it sound really hard going, but it wasn't. Nothing I can say will do it justice. It's on in London at the moment, with 5 different people playing, I saw Minnie Driver in the role, which worked really well as we're of a similar vintage. 5 Crispy Pancakes (if you know, you know - and I did!)
I read it on the way home. There are notes in the script on the different customisations for place & person playing it that are really interesting.
Can't work out where to put it right now, but that's an entirely different question!
I read it on the way home. There are notes in the script on the different customisations for place & person playing it that are really interesting.
Can't work out where to put it right now, but that's an entirely different question!
127Citizenjoyce
>8 PaulCranswick: I'm reading Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care -by Claudia Rowe. The whole title suggests a troublesome aspect, but would the word 'wards' fit your challenge?
128DeltaQueen50
>114 SqueakyChu: I just finished Bel Canto by Ann Patchett which I was really looking forward to. It's been on my TR for 10 years and it was worth the wait. It certainly lived up to the hype surrounding it and well deserved all the awards it received!
130alcottacre
>128 DeltaQueen50: One of my all-time favorite books, Judy. I am so glad you enjoyed it!
131DeltaQueen50
>130 alcottacre: I'm, so glad that I finally picked it up. I think this will be one of my top books of 2025!
132PaulCranswick
>127 Citizenjoyce: I'm sorry, Joyce, but I don't see how it can possibly fit. I don't see that any state is nicknamed as the "ward state". If I am missing something that means I should allow it please let me know. Is there a "forward" state or an "outward" state?
133Kristelh
The one I am most excited about would be The Way West which I was excited for because it was also a Pulitzer winner. Not sure about Rosemary’s Baby but Paul (@PaulCranswick) suggested it and so I added it. I’m excited with some trepidation.
134bell7
>127 Citizenjoyce: Perhaps you meant the challenge in >10 DeltaQueen50:?
135DeltaQueen50
>127 Citizenjoyce: Joyce, I also think it would fit my challenge. Foster-care is not pleasant to think of, so I think this book would qualify as a disturbing read.
136alcottacre
>131 DeltaQueen50: Wonderful!
137Citizenjoyce
>132 PaulCranswick: >134 bell7:, >135 DeltaQueen50: Thanks all. I actually meant it for >17 dallenbaugh:, the Troublesome challenge, but I'll put it in yours DeltaQueen, if she doesn't accept it.
138dallenbaugh
>137 Citizenjoyce: It sounds like it would work in both challenges, so your choice.
139PaulCranswick
>137 Citizenjoyce: I'm so glad you have found a place for it Joyce, I always feel horrible if I disallow a particular book.
140PaulCranswick
>114 SqueakyChu: Probably the one I am reading right now - Buckeye as it alone prompted my challenge this month.
141Citizenjoyce
>138 dallenbaugh: Thanks.
142raidergirl3
>39 susanna.fraser: Best of luck cheering tonight! Game sevens are special, and may the best team win, and given that I am Canadian and a Blue Jays fan, you know who I am cheering for. But we can agree against the Dodgers, right?
143Kristelh
>142 raidergirl3:, I’m cheering for the Blue Jays myself. I have many friends from Canada. I will be watching the game.
144susanna.fraser
>142 raidergirl3: I'm sad, because I thought maybe just this once the Mariners finally weren't going to break my heart. But I'll definitely root for the Blue Jays over the Dodgers.
145jeanned
Finished my 100th book of the year last night. Haven't managed triple digits since 2019 so I'm pretty excited. (The book, Lullaby Town by Robert Crais, was a solid rogue PI story, 6/10. If I'd been thinking clearly, I would have swapped it with Somewhere Beyond the Sea since I loved the first book in this series.)
146raidergirl3
>144 susanna.fraser: it was a crazy game, and I was readying myself for the loss. The Jays did that to us all season, waiting to the end of the game to win. So hard on the nerves.
147PawsforThought
>145 jeanned: Congratulations! That’s a real achievement!
148Chatterbox
>146 raidergirl3: Yup, I'm blaming the Jays for a sudden resurgence of my high blood pressure! But soooooo excited by the win, and it was a very good game. (Jays fan since 1985, the year I moved to Toronto and they almost squeaked by the A's to get into the series; I had to wait several more years for them to pull it off, and have been waiting since 1993 for a repeat. And yes, I DO know that the Mariners have waited their entire franchise history and I would have been rooting for them against any other team in the world but my Jays.)
Not a fan of superstar-led teams (I don't put Guerrero in that category, conveniently), so I am not a big Dodgers fan. I think/hope they are beatable. Would really have preferred a Brewers matchup, as that team, like the Jays, has been in the midst of a comeback.
Such good playing and teamwork by these guys... *happy beams*
Not a fan of superstar-led teams (I don't put Guerrero in that category, conveniently), so I am not a big Dodgers fan. I think/hope they are beatable. Would really have preferred a Brewers matchup, as that team, like the Jays, has been in the midst of a comeback.
Such good playing and teamwork by these guys... *happy beams*
149alcottacre
>145 jeanned: Congratulations, Jeanne!
>148 Chatterbox: I am just happy it did not turn out to be a Dodgers-Yankees World Series. I sincerely hope that the Blue Jays can take the Dodgers!
>148 Chatterbox: I am just happy it did not turn out to be a Dodgers-Yankees World Series. I sincerely hope that the Blue Jays can take the Dodgers!
150lindapanzo
>145 jeanned: Congrats, Jeanne!!
Rooting for the Blue Jays, though I don't mind the Dodgers a bit.
If you're a praying sort, please keep my mother, Dorothy, in your prayers. As you may remember, she has been suffering from severe anemia for quite some time and has been rushed to the hospital twice in the past four months. She goes for frequent iron or blood infusions but feels very weak.
Last Friday, she had what was seemingly an all day blood infusion, though the hematologist had her come in to discuss next steps, including a bone marrow biopsy.
Anyway, after this long, long day, we got home. She got out of my car quickly and promptly fell on the cement garage floor. I called 911 and our village's rescue squad (aka the lift service) came to the rescue and got her up on her feet and into the house. She said she felt ok (she landed on her rear end).
Alas, she was not. The pain got worse every day to the point where she could no longer walk and the short trip from her Lazy Boy to the bathroom and back took her 20 minutes, using her rollator.
She thought she had a groin injury. Her primary care doc urged me to call 911 and have her transported to the hospital this morning. She said that she was worried something was seriously wrong.
Turns out she was right. Mom broke the two ring-like bones that connect the pelvis to the femur. Thankfully, no surgery is needed but Mom will have strong pain meds, some physical therapy and lots of rest.
Hopefully, she will be back to normal in a couple of months.
Rooting for the Blue Jays, though I don't mind the Dodgers a bit.
If you're a praying sort, please keep my mother, Dorothy, in your prayers. As you may remember, she has been suffering from severe anemia for quite some time and has been rushed to the hospital twice in the past four months. She goes for frequent iron or blood infusions but feels very weak.
Last Friday, she had what was seemingly an all day blood infusion, though the hematologist had her come in to discuss next steps, including a bone marrow biopsy.
Anyway, after this long, long day, we got home. She got out of my car quickly and promptly fell on the cement garage floor. I called 911 and our village's rescue squad (aka the lift service) came to the rescue and got her up on her feet and into the house. She said she felt ok (she landed on her rear end).
Alas, she was not. The pain got worse every day to the point where she could no longer walk and the short trip from her Lazy Boy to the bathroom and back took her 20 minutes, using her rollator.
She thought she had a groin injury. Her primary care doc urged me to call 911 and have her transported to the hospital this morning. She said that she was worried something was seriously wrong.
Turns out she was right. Mom broke the two ring-like bones that connect the pelvis to the femur. Thankfully, no surgery is needed but Mom will have strong pain meds, some physical therapy and lots of rest.
Hopefully, she will be back to normal in a couple of months.
151bell7
>150 lindapanzo: oh I'm so sorry, Linda. You've already been through so much and to have another setback like that is just awful. Praying for you and your mother.
152susanna.fraser
>150 lindapanzo: Praying for comfort and healing!
153lindapanzo
>151 bell7: >152 susanna.fraser: thank you. After 9 hours of laying on a bed in the hallway of the ER, Mom finally got a room.
Her reputation precedes her. Her injury is known to be painful so all the nurses are calling her the tough cookie.
Her reputation precedes her. Her injury is known to be painful so all the nurses are calling her the tough cookie.
154Kristelh
@Lindapanzo I am so sorry to hear of the troubles your mother is experiencing and will pray for her. She must be a fighter to earn the name touch cookie. I pray for good pain management and healing!
155Citizenjoyce
>153 lindapanzo: Omigosh, your mother is one tough cookie. I hope things get a bit easier for her soon.
How great that your village has a lift service. I haven't heard of such a thing. It fills quite a need.
How great that your village has a lift service. I haven't heard of such a thing. It fills quite a need.
156PaulCranswick
>150 lindapanzo: So sorry to hear about your mum, Linda. Will keep her and you in my prayers.
157SqueakyChu
>150 lindapanzo: What a rough setback for your mom, Linda! Prayers for her adequate pain relief and speedy, complete healing.
158Carmenere
>150 lindapanzo: OMG! Just what your mom needs, right? Glad no surgury is required but it will probably be a slow heal. Hoping for continued strength and patience for both of you.
159figsfromthistle
Sorry to hear about your mom. Glad she dosent need surgery though.
160lindapanzo
Thanks for all the good wishes. The pain meds seem to be helping her. She is more cheerful today.
Hoping that occupational therapy can help her in walking up and down two steps so she can get in and out of the house.
Yesterday, I brought my Kindle but didn't read a single page so you know I was upset. I think today will be better.
Hoping that occupational therapy can help her in walking up and down two steps so she can get in and out of the house.
Yesterday, I brought my Kindle but didn't read a single page so you know I was upset. I think today will be better.
161Carmenere
Forgot to add, I'm also rooting for Toronto. Many Cleveland Guardians are no Toronto Blue Jays!
Shane Bieber
Ernie Clement
Andres Gimenez
Nathan Lukes
Anthony Santander
Myles Straw
Shane Bieber
Ernie Clement
Andres Gimenez
Nathan Lukes
Anthony Santander
Myles Straw
162humouress
>150 lindapanzo: Ooh, sounds painful. Wishing her a speedy and minimally-painful recovery.
163humouress
For those who like to do the LT Treasure Hunts but are missing the notification banner, the 2025 Hallowe'en Treasure Hunt is on now.
164Chatterbox
>150 lindapanzo: Ooof, am so sorry, Linda. We all get so much more fragile as we age, and it's worse, I think, to see those we love go through all of this.
I'm hanging on by my fingernails awaiting a surgical consult in two weeks re spinal and hip severe arthritis. Hoping to avoid surgery, needless to say, but am worried that the less mobile I am, the more problems with balance will arise. Blech blech blech.
But the Jays WON! My fave Jays include Yesavage (because what's NOT to like about a 22 year old who goes from single A to pitching in the World Series in the same year, and besides -- that name!!), Mad Max (don't get between him and a pitcher's mound), Nathan Lukes, and the indefatigible Alejandro Kirk, who proves that short stumpy people can do great things.
They really are worthy successors to Cito Gaston's squad of the early 90s.
I'm hanging on by my fingernails awaiting a surgical consult in two weeks re spinal and hip severe arthritis. Hoping to avoid surgery, needless to say, but am worried that the less mobile I am, the more problems with balance will arise. Blech blech blech.
But the Jays WON! My fave Jays include Yesavage (because what's NOT to like about a 22 year old who goes from single A to pitching in the World Series in the same year, and besides -- that name!!), Mad Max (don't get between him and a pitcher's mound), Nathan Lukes, and the indefatigible Alejandro Kirk, who proves that short stumpy people can do great things.
They really are worthy successors to Cito Gaston's squad of the early 90s.
165raidergirl3
I am loving all the Blue Jay love! We will have some late nights here on the East Coast (atlantic time) when they play in LA, but my husband and i will stay up. We saw them play a few years ago, and got a Vladdy bobblehead at the game. At that game Teoscar Hernandez hit a HR to win the game; I still have a soft spot for Teoscar.
Everytime I start to think about who my favs are, I can't stop. Vladdy, George, Gausman, and Ernie Clemente start the list, but I can't argue with @chatterbox's list either.
OK. Blue Jays. Let's. Play. Ball.
Everytime I start to think about who my favs are, I can't stop. Vladdy, George, Gausman, and Ernie Clemente start the list, but I can't argue with @chatterbox's list either.
OK. Blue Jays. Let's. Play. Ball.
166humouress
No clue what all this Blue Jay talk is about but I see they’re Canucks from Toronto, where I have family, so yay Blue Jays!
I can talk football though; I was up late/ early watching my team, Liverpool FC, in the Champions League and theybeat Frankfurt 5-1 .
I can talk football though; I was up late/ early watching my team, Liverpool FC, in the Champions League and they
167Chatterbox
>165 raidergirl3: Well, Vladdy, because of course. and Ernie. And I love how George just shrugs off the booing he got in Seattle and some of the ugly behavior from opposing teams.
>166 humouress: I'm a Chelsea fan, but from early childhood and can't claim to follow them actively now! Yes, the Jays are Canada's ONLY major league baseball team (since the Montreal Expos disappeared...) I can claim to have seen them in their old quarters, a stadium by the lake that they shared with the Toronto Argonauts, before the Skydome, whoops, Rogers Centre, was built. I even watched a game once from a room at the hotel that was built into the stadium.
>166 humouress: I'm a Chelsea fan, but from early childhood and can't claim to follow them actively now! Yes, the Jays are Canada's ONLY major league baseball team (since the Montreal Expos disappeared...) I can claim to have seen them in their old quarters, a stadium by the lake that they shared with the Toronto Argonauts, before the Skydome, whoops, Rogers Centre, was built. I even watched a game once from a room at the hotel that was built into the stadium.
168Kristelh
Minnesota has a connection to the Jays; Louis Varland, who was born in St. Paul and played high school and college baseball in the state. He was originally drafted by the Minnesota Twins before being traded to the Blue Jays.
169PaulCranswick
>164 Chatterbox: who proves that short stumpy people can do great things.
There is hope for me yet then.
There is hope for me yet then.
170DeltaQueen50
>150 lindapanzo: So sorry to read of this Linda. Sending good healing vibes to your Mom. Sounds like she is getting good care, so remember to take care of yourself as well.
171jeanned
I fed all the dates that Madeline has posted the new monthly TIOLI challenge into Gemini AI, made it work really hard to tell me what day of the week each of those were on, and this is what I learned.
Sunday, 29
Monday, 27
Tuesday, 26
Wednesday, 15
Thursday, 32
Friday, 21
Saturday, 36
Sunday, 29
Monday, 27
Tuesday, 26
Wednesday, 15
Thursday, 32
Friday, 21
Saturday, 36
172SqueakyChu
>171 jeanned: LOL! That's really funny. I just do it at random...whenever I feel like it...or, more likely, whenever I have the time. Love these stats! I wonder why I do it so little on a Wednesday?! Who knows?
173lindapanzo
>170 DeltaQueen50: Thanks, Judy. Mom came home from the hospital on Friday. She is walking a bit better than this time last week but the two steps into the house remain a problem. The lift service people said to call them whenever she has a medical appointment.
We’re both so happy she’s home.
>171 jeanned: interesting. Today is Saturday. Hmmm.
Go Blue Jays!!
We’re both so happy she’s home.
>171 jeanned: interesting. Today is Saturday. Hmmm.
Go Blue Jays!!
175lindapanzo
>174 SqueakyChu: My younger sister came over for a visit today. She is more outgoing and bubbly than I am which was great for our spirits.
I used to have a “feeling” as to when the new TIOLI would be posted but it’s been off in recent months. I need to get my mojo back. My mojo is back!!
I used to have a “feeling” as to when the new TIOLI would be posted but it’s been off in recent months. I need to get my mojo back. My mojo is back!!
176SqueakyChu
>175 lindapanzo: My mojo is back!!
Yay!
It sounds as if today has been a really good day for you. You deserve it. Enjoy. I hope your mom's health stabilizes.
Yay!
It sounds as if today has been a really good day for you. You deserve it. Enjoy. I hope your mom's health stabilizes.
177DeltaQueen50
>173 lindapanzo: Happy to hear that your Mom is at home, Linda. I bet you both feel better about that!
178Kristelh
@PaulCranswick. Msg 8. I am going to use Cowboy for Wyoming. I see on your list its Equality but I also know that it has been called the cowboy state and its car license used to have a bucking bronco. https://travelwyoming.com/things-to-do/western-culture/cowboy- "Wyoming is known as the Cowboy State."
Never mind, Paul, I forgot that I am using it as my ugly cover.
Never mind, Paul, I forgot that I am using it as my ugly cover.
179Citizenjoyce
I'm reading Play Nice by Rachel Harrison which is about a haunted house. The haunted house challenge seems perfect for October, but it wasn't this month or last October. Does anyone remember when it was? I can put it in the last name as first name challenge, but don't you hate when you read a book that would have been perfect for a previous challenge?
180PaulCranswick
>178 Kristelh: You would certainly know better than I on such things, Kristel.
182SqueakyChu
I was too busy with a houseguest and trick or treaters last evening to announce Housekeeping Day, but it came and went! I hope everyone remembered to delete from the wiki (or mark their rolling challenge books DNF) if they were not completed before 12 midnight last night!
183humouress
Been a bit busy myself (that time of year, you know 🧙🏼♀️). I'll do them now:
Darn - I thought that this time I'd be able to do Madeline's challenge but then I forgot to get a book from the northwest corner.
Challenge 5. Read a book whose title implies a scary or disturbing read - The Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney (1955)
Challenge 8. Read a book with a title word that is equal to or could be a substitution for the word “ troublesome” - Secrets at St Bride's aka Dastardly Deeds at St Bride's by Debbie Young (2019/ 2022)
Challenge 9. Read a book whose author's surname is also used as a first name - Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber (2007)
shared read: Challenge 11. Read a book that has some connection with a book you've read in the last 3 months - Olive and the Dragon by Victoria Goddard (2025)
Challenge 13. Read a book a book with a word in the title starting with the letters in SEATTLE MARINERS - Morvelving by C.J. Switzer (2025)
Challenge 14. Read a book with a cover featuring the backs of people - Wobble to Death by Peter Lovesey (1970)
Challenge 15. Read a book with a red cover, one with blood on it or both - Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis (2024)
Challenge 17. Read the 8th or 10th book in a series in honour of October - Impossible Odds by Dave Duncan
Darn - I thought that this time I'd be able to do Madeline's challenge but then I forgot to get a book from the northwest corner.
Challenge 5. Read a book whose title implies a scary or disturbing read - The Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney (1955)
Challenge 8. Read a book with a title word that is equal to or could be a substitution for the word “ troublesome” - Secrets at St Bride's aka Dastardly Deeds at St Bride's by Debbie Young (2019/ 2022)
Challenge 9. Read a book whose author's surname is also used as a first name - Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber (2007)
shared read: Challenge 11. Read a book that has some connection with a book you've read in the last 3 months - Olive and the Dragon by Victoria Goddard (2025)
Challenge 13. Read a book a book with a word in the title starting with the letters in SEATTLE MARINERS - Morvelving by C.J. Switzer (2025)
Challenge 14. Read a book with a cover featuring the backs of people - Wobble to Death by Peter Lovesey (1970)
Challenge 15. Read a book with a red cover, one with blood on it or both - Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis (2024)
Challenge 17. Read the 8th or 10th book in a series in honour of October - Impossible Odds by Dave Duncan
184humouress
I've got one more book to fit in (Off Armageddon Reef) and working through the banned books list to see if it will fit into Challenge 16.
Wow; I wonder if they still have books to read in Florida.
ETA: found somewhere for my last book - all done.
Wow; I wonder if they still have books to read in Florida.
ETA: found somewhere for my last book - all done.
185alcottacre
This is my monthly reminder that everyone please have the wiki updated and complete by the 4th so that I can award the prizes for the month.
Thank you!
Thank you!
186Citizenjoyce
>184 humouress: "Wow; I wonder if they still have books to read in Florida." Apparently not if they have anything to do with science, history, race, sex, gender, class struggle, or human rights violations.
187Tess_W
Hello! I participated somewhat this month, just getting my feet wet. However, my question is: if one book fits two challenges, does it count for both or just for one challenge?
And my 2nd question is (for the future) can you read more than one book per challenge, or is it better to try to read a book for as many challenges as you can?
3rd Q-are forms of the word applicable? For example--can constitutional be substituted from constitution?
And my 2nd question is (for the future) can you read more than one book per challenge, or is it better to try to read a book for as many challenges as you can?
3rd Q-are forms of the word applicable? For example--can constitutional be substituted from constitution?
188humouress
>187 Tess_W: The TIOLI rules are here: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/TIOLI_FAQS
The specific answers to your question are:
1- No, you can only count a book for one challenge;
2- You can read more than one book for a challenge - Take It Or Leave It, it's up to you. Some people like to read at least one book for every challenge and Sweep the lot; these days we can also do Sweeplets (all the challenges on one page eg challenges 1 - 6) and Mini-sweeps (three challenges on a page) for which we receive wonderful prizes (bragging rights). So then you might like to spread your reading over as many challenges as you can. Or not - it's up to you.
ETA: there are points for shared reads so (even if your book doesn't fit) we try to put the same book in the same challenge as everyone else (eg Hang On, St Christopher in Challenge 17.) If you really want to put your book in a different challenge you can post and ask if the other reader(s) is willing to move their book;
3- Different word forms: that will vary from challenge to challenge. Please post on the (relevant) TIOLI main thread and ask the challenger for clarification. If you read through this thread you'll see that people have done that.
The specific answers to your question are:
1- No, you can only count a book for one challenge;
2- You can read more than one book for a challenge - Take It Or Leave It, it's up to you. Some people like to read at least one book for every challenge and Sweep the lot; these days we can also do Sweeplets (all the challenges on one page eg challenges 1 - 6) and Mini-sweeps (three challenges on a page) for which we receive wonderful prizes (bragging rights). So then you might like to spread your reading over as many challenges as you can. Or not - it's up to you.
ETA: there are points for shared reads so (even if your book doesn't fit) we try to put the same book in the same challenge as everyone else (eg Hang On, St Christopher in Challenge 17.) If you really want to put your book in a different challenge you can post and ask if the other reader(s) is willing to move their book;
3- Different word forms: that will vary from challenge to challenge. Please post on the (relevant) TIOLI main thread and ask the challenger for clarification. If you read through this thread you'll see that people have done that.
189Tess_W
>188 humouress: TY TY TY!
190humouress
>189 Tess_W: You're welcome. Did you manage to add your books to the wiki with no problem? That sometimes stumps people.
The November TIOLI is here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/374963 if you want to plan your reading for the month. Or (if you're quick) add your own challenge.
The November TIOLI is here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/374963 if you want to plan your reading for the month. Or (if you're quick) add your own challenge.
191Tess_W
>190 humouress: Yes, I did TY. I belong to several other groups who use them.
192SqueakyChu
>187 Tess_W: Welcome, Tess! So glad to have you with us!
193Tess_W
>192 SqueakyChu: TY, hoping these challenges will me more aware of what I have on my shelves and read them!
