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Okay, going to give this a shot. I've actually done quite a few of these already, but in the interest of doing a challenge properly going to start with the book I just finished (no retro-active points).

1. Read a book that takes place in 3 different mythical/imagined realms - parallel dimensions, mythical worlds. Planets do not count, unless they're in another dimension. Earth does not count either, so you can't read a book that features only Earth, heaven and hell, unless the book features a mythical place on Earth.
Also, you can't cheat by using 3 different cities in one mythical world or something.
2. Read a book that has been banned (not just challenged) in 3 or more countries.
3. Reread a book (give a second chance to) a book you previously gave a bad rating/review.
4. Finish a book that you started but gave up on.
5. Choose a series that you a gave a low rating to, and read the second book.
6. Read a book with the word second, (not seconds) two or twice in the title. The catch is it can't be the second book in a series.
7. Read a book that was nominated for an award/awards but never won (came in second :D)
8. Read a book with 7 or more words in the title. Subtitles don't count (ie. nothing after the colon).
9. Read a book that is number 7,8 or 9 in a stand alone series.
10. Read a book where a main character has the same name as your mother (we can speak about it if your mother has a random name etc).
11. Read a book that's cover depicts someone that is about to die in some way or other.
12. Read a book that has a two part title that coincides with your initials (just first and last name). For example, mine is LC = Long Cannons by blah blah
13. Read a book with 1500 or more pages.
14. A title with 3 or more words, each starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet. For example: A Boat Can Drift Everywhere
15. Read a book with a number of ratings matching your birth date. Month/Date/Year Eg. 01/20/86 would come to 12,086 ratings. Provide a screenshot to be verified by another member.
16. Read a book that is not written by a south African and does not take place in south Africa, but where in south Africa is mentioned.
17. Read a book that at least three of your friends have given less than three stars to.
18. Read a book translated from Finnish.
19. Read any novel by Tolstoy or Ayn Rand.
20. Go to a second-hand bookstore. Find the last book on the fiction shelf. If you do not have it, buy it and read it.
21. Read a book that is set on an ocean vessel that is not a passenger cruise ship.
22. Get three of the other sado-masochists here to choose a book that they think you'll HATE but that they think you should read. Choose one of the books and read it.
(For this challenge, just announce that you want three nominations and the first 3 to come in will be the books you have to choose from.)
23. Read a book published in the year that your father was born
24. Read a book with the originals authors signature in the front
25. Read an entire series consisting of 6 or more books. Re-reads not allowed!
26. Read a book with a reference to a classic book in it and read that classic too.
So you have to read two books here and you have to post the quote.
27. There are 3 steps
1. Choose a book to read. A classic, multiple award-winning or literary book is best. Fiction or non-fiction.
2. Read a novel (fiction) based on the book in step 1. eg. read Hyperion if your book is The Canterbury Tales.
3. Read a non-fiction book related to the book in step one. Eg. a collection of essays on the novel, a book about the author etc, a book about a theme of the novel (eg. vampires, dystopias) where the novel is discussed at length. It can be a study guide, but remember that it should fit the 100 page minimum requirement.
28. The terrible threes: Read three trilogies. (Re-reads allowed, but you must start from book 1)
29. Read a graphic novel.
30. Pick a theme, any theme fantasy, horror, whatever and read 6 different books belonging to that theme written by 6 different authors coming from the 6 different continents so from Europa, Africa, Asia, Australia, North-America and South-America. I know Antartica is counted as a continent, but I don't think they have many native authors there. I think it would be nice to see what the different continents do with the themes.
31. colour coded theme - You have to read 9 books. Each book must contain a colour in the title. The following colours should be used -
1. Yellow
2. Red
3. Blue
4. Green
5. White
6. Black
7. Brown
8. Any other colour like Orange, Purple, Turquoise, Pink
9. Last book should contain a word that implies colour, like rainbow, polka-dot, stripes
32. Read a book set in colonial Australia.
33. Read any book of your choosing, but then post a picture (a real picture - no photoshopping!) of yourself in the exact locations of a scene from the book. The picture/location should be verifiable. So don't use a photo of a beach that could be a beach anywhere in the world.
Eg. if you read Moxyland, you could use a picture of yourself in/outside Stones on Long Street in Cape Town. Just a picture of yourself in Cape Town won't cut it.
34. Re-create a cover. You have to take a pic where you have recreated a cover, using props, dressing up etc. You can't just use photoshop, except when putting a title on it and so on :)
Oh and read the book obviously :)
35. There is a song called "The Book Lovers" by the Divine Comedy. Read one book of 3 authors mentioned in the song.
36. Word Quest - One of your goodreads friends must choose a word for you, for example "driving", then you must find 3 books relating to that word and read it.
37. Read 33 novels from your favourite genre provided that each novel is more than 333 pages OR you can choose to read 11 novels from your favourite genre, provided that each novel is by an author you haven't read yet and that each novel is more than 333 pages.
38. a) Read 9 debut novels by different authors (first actual novel in print by a major publisher).
b) Then read 3 novels published before the death of its author. (That author's last novel).
39. Nomination : read an original greek mythology novel as close to the original text as you can get your hands on (obviously not greek)
40. A one-word title with 10 letters.

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9. Read a book that is number 7,8 or 9 in a stand alone series.

Completed 26/6/2016.

The Missing and the Dead

If I understand this correctly, this is the 9th Logan McRae book, making it a standalone in a series.