Abra Cadavers Baseball Game 2024 ✅

 

Abra Cadavers Baseball Game
Hosted By Rick Mills
Official Challenge Page
Spring Training: Jan. 1 - March 31
Baseball Season: April 1 - Sep 30

Summary of Rules/Details:
Any reading from Jan. 1, 2024 counts (Spring Training Jan 1-March 31).  Baseball season (Challenge itself) is from April 1-Sep 30. Any genre counts. Plate appearances may be completed in any order.  Submit your scorecards! 

Game 1 COMPLETED 4/2

Game 2 COMPLETED 5/29

Game 3 COMPLETED 6/8

Game 4 COMPLETED 6/10

Game 5 COMPLETED 8/19

Game 6 (need DNF/Foul)

Game 7 

My List:  Game 1 COMPLETED

Single: one book - 

• David Baldacci 

1. The Edge

Double: 2 books second author (different than previous)

• Alice Feeney

1. Rock Paper Scissors
2. Daisy Darker

Triple: 3 books by a third author (different than previous)

• Stephanie Bond

1. 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1
2. 3 Men And A Body
3. 4 Bodies And A Funeral

Home Run: 4 books by a fourth author (different than previous)

• Allison Brennan

1. The Third To Die
2. Tell No Lies
3. The Wrong Victim
4. Seven Girls Gone

Cycle: completed previous 4 

Foul: giving up on a foul one with the dreaded DNF 

1. Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Bunt: read a short story 

1.  Santa 365 by Spencer Quinn (64 pages) 

Stolen Base: stealing (reading) a book that has been submitted by someone to any of the other challenges in any year.

1.  When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Strike Out: when a book strikes out of your house (out to the library, loaned out, given away, taken somewhere else to read, etc.)

1. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

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My List:  Game 2 COMPLETED

Single: one book - 

• Joe Ide 

1. Righteous

Double: 2 books second author (different than previous)

• Nicole Helm

1. Rebel Cowboy
2. Outlaw Cowboy

Triple: 3 books by a third author (different than previous)

• Alvin Schwartz

1. Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark 
2. More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
3. Scary Stories 3: More Tales To Chill Your Bones

Home Run: 4 books by a fourth author (different than previous)

• Rachel Hanna

1. The One For Me
2. Loving Tessa
3. Falling For You
4. Finding Love

Cycle: completed previous 4 

Foul: giving up on a foul one with the dreaded DNF 

1. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Bunt: read a short story 

1. When The Tiger Came Down The Mountain by Nghi Vo 

Stolen Base: stealing (reading) a book that has been submitted by someone to any of the other challenges in any year.

1.  Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower

Strike Out: when a book strikes out of your house (out to the library, loaned out, given away, taken somewhere else to read, etc.)

1. Why Has Nobody Told Me? by Dr. Julie Smith

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My List:  Game 3

Single: one book - 

• Carley Fortune 

1. Every Summer After

Double: 2 books second author (different than previous)

• Camilla Isley

1. Not In A Billion Years
2. Baby, One More Time

Triple: 3 books by a third author (different than previous)

• Janet Evanovich

1. The Pursuit
2. The Big Kahuna
3. The Bounty

Home Run: 4 books by a fourth author (different than previous)

• Rachel Hanna

1. All I Need
2. Secrets And Soulmates
3. Choices Of The Heart
4. Sweet Love

Cycle: completed previous 4 

Foul: giving up on a foul one with the dreaded DNF 

1. Red Rising by Pierce Brown 

Bunt: read a short story 

1. Kentucky Christmas by Sarah Title

Stolen Base: stealing (reading) a book that has been submitted by someone to any of the other challenges in any year.

1.  Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns

Strike Out: when a book strikes out of your house (out to the library, loaned out, given away, taken somewhere else to read, etc.)

1. Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

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My List:  Game 4

Single: one book - 

• Alexander Delacroix 

1. Heart of the Impaler

Double: 2 books second author (different than previous)

• Allison Brennan

1. North Of Nowhere
2. The Missing Witness

Triple: 3 books by a third author (different than previous)

• Gael Baudino

1. Dragonsword 
2. Duel of the Dragons
3. Dragon Death

Home Run: 4 books by a fourth author (different than previous)

• Stephanie Bond

1. 5 Bodies To Die For
2. 6 Killer Bodies
3. 6 1/2 Body Parts by Stephanie Bond
4. 7 Brides For 7 Bodies

Cycle: completed previous 4 

Foul: giving up on a foul one with the dreaded DNF 

1. Nothing To Lose by Phil M. Williams

Bunt: read a short story 

1. The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

Stolen Base: stealing (reading) a book that has been submitted by someone to any of the other challenges in any year.

1.  Hyde by Craig Russell

Strike Out: when a book strikes out of your house (out to the library, loaned out, given away, taken somewhere else to read, etc.)

1. Love and Loss at Whitmore Manor by Anita Stansfield

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My List:  Game 5

Single: one book - 

• Jane Austen 

1. Pride And Prejudice

Double: 2 books second author (different than previous)

• Rachel Hanna

1. Faith, Hope, & Love
2. Spying On The Billionaire

Triple: 3 books by a third author (different than previous)

• Lisa Unger

1. The Stranger Inside 
2. Ink And Bone
3. Under My Skin

Home Run: 4 books by a fourth author (different than previous)

• Stephanie Bond

1. 8 Bodies Is Enough
2. 9 Bodies Rolling
3. 10 Bodies Lying
4. 11 Bodies Moving On

Cycle: completed previous 4 

Foul: giving up on a foul one with the dreaded DNF 

1. Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine

Bunt: read a short story 

1. Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman (64 pgs)

Stolen Base: stealing (reading) a book that has been submitted by someone to any of the other challenges in any year.

1.  The Manor House by Gilly MacMillan

Strike Out: when a book strikes out of your house (out to the library, loaned out, given away, taken somewhere else to read, etc.)

1. The Bishop's Wife by Robert Nathan

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My List:  Game 6

Single: one book - 

• Lorna Barrett 

1. Bookmarked For Death

Double: 2 books second author (different than previous)

• Alexis Daria

1. Take The Lead
2. Dance With Me

Triple: 3 books by a third author (different than previous)

• Susanna Allen

1. A Wolf in Duke's Clothing 
2. A Most Unusual Duke
3. A Duke At The Door

Home Run: 4 books by a fourth author (different than previous)

• Lee Strauss

1. Murder On The S.S. Rosa
2. Murder At Hartigan House
3. Murder At Bray Manor
4. Murder At Feathers & Flair

Cycle: completed previous 4 

Foul: giving up on a foul one with the dreaded DNF 

1. TBA

Bunt: read a short story 

1. Second Chance Christmas by Rachel Hanna (95 pgs)

Stolen Base: stealing (reading) a book that has been submitted by someone to any of the other challenges in any year.

1.  Spider's Web by Agatha Christie

Strike Out: when a book strikes out of your house (out to the library, loaned out, given away, taken somewhere else to read, etc.)

1. Of Women And Salt by Gabriela Garcia

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