The Challenge Factory discussion

You have been hired by the Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company to carry the mail between the Nevada stations of Egan Canyon and Silver City. I'm assuming you meet the criteria to be a model employee :)



Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages
with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title
with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

BOOK It to the Finish Line! (February)

You have been hired by the Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company to carry the mail between the Nevada stations of Egan Canyon and Silver City. I'm assuming you meet the criteria to be a model employee :)

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

TOTAL = 4 FINISHED!!!!

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book: TOTAL = 1
with 140+ pages
~ Hellfire & Bowties by A.M. Rose (2/1/2025), 152 pages
with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book: TOTAL = 1
where a discovery is made
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something
~ Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone (2/2/2025), the male MC is successful: owner of an internet startup/computer genius

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book: TOTAL = 1
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'
~ The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas (2/10/2025), title starts with S
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book: TOTAL = 1
set in a small town
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title
~ Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (2/4/2025), 'V' somewhere in the title: Love
with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

FINISHED

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

✔️To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
▪️with 140+ pages Once Hunted Blake Pierce 192 p. 1 february 2025
with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

✔️To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something

Hunting Zero Jack Mars 332 p. Read: 6 february
The MC is succesful in finding his daughters

✔️To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'
that is ghostly

De bijzondere levens van Violette Valérie Perrin 480 p. 10 february

Most of the book is set next to the cemetary and the dead playban important role
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
✔️ set in a small town

Een van ons liegt Karen M. McManus 300 p. 13 february
Bayview California

where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title
with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

BOOK It to the Finish Line! (February)
Duration: February 1, 2025 - February 28, 2025

Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

Completed: 4/4

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages The Message - Ta-Nehisi Coates 2/1/25 (232 pgs.)
with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title Raziel - Kristina Douglas 2/13/25
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S' Snowdrops in Spring: A Tale of the Sleeping Beauty - Penelope Daniels 2/19/25
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title Valentine's Day in Venice - Stephanie Taylor 2/3/25
with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

I'm in.

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.


To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages Night Broken 2/3/25 ****
with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned Once Upon a Wardrobe 2/1/25 *****
where the MC is successful at something

To get from Eureka to Stillwater, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat The Viking Symbol Mystery 2/5/25 ***

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town Risky Shot 2/2/25 ***
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title
with all the letters of CITY in the title

I'm in.

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.


To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages
with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something

To get from Eureka to Stillwater, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title
with all the letters of CITY in the title

Book-It
February 2025

You must read one book to get from station to station.

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages
with something red on the cover
set in the mountains

where the MC receives jewelry as a gift
The Truffle with Weddings 02/09
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To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned

where the MC is successful at something
Irish Aisles are Smiling 02/10
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To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'

that is ghostly
The Ghost Who Wasn't 02/15

where time is spent in a boat or ship
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To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town

where the MC wears silver jewelry

with a 'V' somewhere in the title
Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun 02/18

BOOK It to the Finish Line! (February)

You have been hired by the Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company to carry the mail between the Nevada stations of Egan Canyon and Silver City. I'm assuming you meet the criteria to be a model employee :)

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages
with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title
with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

COMPLETED ON 2/21/25

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025

Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

✅To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
➡️with 140+ pages
by Peter Swanson
Finished 2/1/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: Has over 140 pages in the book - there is 309 pages

with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

✅To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
➡️where a discovery is made
The Airman's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton
Finished 2/4/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: Colt discovers he has a son who is 13 years old
He looked the boy over again, too stunned to comprehend. "Mine?" He had a son? "How old?" he managed to rasp out. "Thirteen. His birthday was in November." (p284 HOOPLA)

with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something

✅To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
➡️with water on the cover
Book: The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
Finished 2/14/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: There is water on the cover

the title starts with a 'S'
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship

✅To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town
where the MC wears silver jewelry

➡️with a 'V' somewhere in the title
Book:Never Never
Finished 2/21/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: There are 2 "V's" in the title--Never Never

with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - Finished: 2/1

with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title
with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

BOOK It to the Finish Line! (February)

You have been hired by the Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company to carry the mail between the Nevada stations of Egan Canyon and Silver City. I'm assuming you meet the criteria to be a model employee :)

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages
with something red on the cover ...02/20/2025
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something ...02/11/2025

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S' ,,,02/27/2025
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town ...02/27/2025
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title
with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

BOOK It to the Finish Line! (February)

February 1, 2025 - February 28, 2025
Goal: 4/4 books

You must read one book to get from station to station.

✓To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with something red on the cover
  Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala (02/06/25)

✓To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where the MC is successful at something
  The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (02/16/25)

✓To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
where time is spent in a boat or ship
  The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (02/10/25)

✓To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town
  The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (02/14/25)

Book It to the Finish Line - The Pony Express
Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages
Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis 2/20-
with something red on the cover
set in the mountains
my side of the mountain/where the mountain meets the moon
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
-with a single word title

where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
-the title starts with a 'S'

that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town
where the MC wears silver jewelry
-with a 'V' somewhere in the title

with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

BOOK It to the Finish Line!
February 2025

My BOOK It Challenge (msg 14)

Books Read ❱❱ 8

Pony Express ❱❱ Egan Canyon to Silver City



☑️To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley
🔺read a book with 140+ pages
🔺Fire in Her Eyes ❱❱ 02.04 ★★★

☑️To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka
🔺read a book with a single word title
🔺Karma ❱❱ 02.01 ★★★★

☑️To get from Eureka to Stillwater*
🔺read a book where the title starts with a 'S'
🔺System Collapse ❱❱ 02.11 ★★★★

☑️To get from Stillwater to Silver City
🔺read a book where the MC wears silver jewelry
🔺Taking a Shot ❱❱ 02.03 ★★★★


And back... Pony Express ❱❱ Silver City to Egan Canyon



☑️To get from Stillwater to Silver City
🔺read a book with something red on the cover
🔺If I Were You ❱❱ 02.24 ★★★★

☑️To get from Eureka to Stillwater*
🔺read a book where the MC is successful at something
🔺Bananapants ❱❱ 02.18 ★★★★

☑️To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka
🔺read a book with water on the cover
🔺Against Her Rules ❱❱ 02.16 ★★★★

☑️To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley
🔺read a book with a 'V' somewhere in the title
🔺Undercover Love ❱❱ 02.20 ★★★★

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

COMPLETED - 26/02/2025 🥳

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
✅with 140+ pages- I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang -Read 02/02/2025

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
✅where a discovery is made- The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Read 06/02/2025

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
✅that is ghostly- The Liar's House by Carla Kovach Read 23/02/2025

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
✅with a 'V' somewhere in the title- The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim Read 11/02/2025


*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County

Book It to the Finish Line - February 2025
Pony Express
Duration: 2/1/25 - 2/28/25
Progress: 4 of 4 towns

Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages ~ 598 pages
with something red on the cover ~ fire
set in the mountains ~ uplands
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift ~ betrothal & wedding rings
by Cinda Williams Chima (2/27/25)

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made ~ hidden cavern found
with a single word title
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something ~ finding friend & overcoming her phobia
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr (2/24/25)

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'
that is ghostly
where time is spent in a boat or ship ~ spaceship
Sky Hunter by Chris Reher (2/5/25)

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town ~ Silence
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title ~ eVil
with all the letters of CITY in the title
Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper (2/14/25)

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2025
Books must be at least 140 pages.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.

You must read one book to get from station to station. (If you want to read only 3 books for this challenge, you can find a book that fits a task for 2 different stations.)

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with 140+ pages
with something red on the cover Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman Confino (2/3)
set in the mountains
where the MC receives jewelry as a gift

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made
with a single word title Burr by Gore Vidal (2/12)
where Greek mythology is mentioned
where the MC is successful at something

To get from Eureka to Stillwater*, read a book:
with water on the cover
the title starts with a 'S'
that is ghostly Camino Ghosts by John Grisham (2/22)
where time is spent in a boat or ship

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
set in a small town True Grit by Charles Portis (2/27)
where the MC wears silver jewelry
with a 'V' somewhere in the title
with all the letters of CITY in the title

*Stillwater is a 19th-century ghost town of Churchill County.

To get from Egan Canyon to Ruby Valley, read a book:
with something red on the cover: Loveboat Forever 11/2/25

To get from Ruby Valley to Eureka, read a book:
where a discovery is made: Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild 13/2/25

To get from Eureka to Stillwater, read a book:
with water on the cover: The Islands of Chaldea 19/2

To get from Stillwater to Silver City, read a book:
with all the letters of CITY in the title: Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot 20/2

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Thanks Lanelle, see you all in March! :)

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Thanks for another fun one!

Finished and enjoyed!

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BOOKED IT TO THE FINISH LINE --COMPLETED 2/21/25

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Finished! Post 15 🎉

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Finished there and back! Thanks for the challenge!
Updated post: My BOOK It Challenge (msg 14)

Books Read ❱❱ 8

COMPLETED

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