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This is the discussion thread for the Fall 2025 Group Read, The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories in the category Gutenberg Classics. Please post your comments here. This thread is not restricted to those choosing this book for task 20.10, feel free to join in the discussion. Warning- spoilers ahead!The requirement for task 20.10: You must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
XBM50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married (3 books, one published in 2025, 750+ pages)
Book 1: Greg’s June Wedding
Option B: Read a book with a pier, pavilion or gazebo, or a natural body of water on the cover. (Include the cover in your post.)
Alaskan Magic. Theresa Goldstrand - 186 pages
Approved on Help Thread - message 19
Book 2: Eric’s August Wedding
Option B: Guests will be traveling to the wedding from: Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany.
Read a book set at least 50% in one or combination of the places listed above. (Massachusetts)
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club. Martha Hall Kelly - 336 pages
First published May 27, 2025
Book 3: Mother of the Grooms
Option B: Read a book whose title contains a plural word.
Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds. Allison Brennan - 390 pages
186 + 336 + 390 >750
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 415 /1000
Tasks Completed 27/57
great, thanks!
XBM10.8 Summer Lovin'
Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
First published October 1, 1962
The Man in the High Castle. Philip K. Dick
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 365 /1000
Tasks Completed 26/57
XBM15.2 Here or There?
Book 1: Using the North American parks, read a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) contains a word from the name one of the parks. Death Valley - USA
A Death in Diamonds. S.J. Bennett
Book 2: Using the Europe parks read a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) contains all the letters of the complete name of one parks. Taï (National Park) in Côte d’Ivoire
Pony Confidential. Christina Lynch (Tai in Confidential)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 355 /1000
Tasks Completed 25/57
XBM15.4 Beauty in Words
For this task, use the website https://www.readpoetry.com/poems-that...
Choose an option.
Option 2: One Book Task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
Book 1: Read a book whose title contains a 4 or more letter word from one of the poems on the website.
Required State the word [LIFE - from “remember” by joy harjo]
AND
Book 2: Read a book with an author that shares either a name [Emily Dickinson]
Great Big Beautiful Life. Emily Henry
Has LIFE and Emily
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 340 /1000
Tasks Completed 24/57
XBM10.3 500 Reads of Summer
Read a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of this list.
Summer Books List
page =1
The Perfect Couple. Elin Hilderbrand
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 325 /1000
Tasks Completed 23/57
XBM30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Required: state which book is a debut book.
This is a two book task. Choose two options and read 1 book for each.
Option 2: Read a book with MPG Romance AND debut novel (The Hating Game (2016). It is her debut novel...)
The Hating Game. Sally Thorne
Option 3: Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye.
54.9 %#eaeae8Grey
13.5 %#decd57Yellow
13.1 %#b4a46fBrown
6.2 %#8bc9e6Blue
9.7 %#d33033Red
1.6 %#d1833dOrange
0.9 %#7eb68dGreen
Still Life. Louise Penny. 7.17.25 (her debut novel)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 315 /1000
Tasks Completed 22/57
XBM25.1 - Ash's Task: Boss Level
Option 2-Animal Crossing
Read a book with Olive in the title.
Olive, Again. Elizabeth Strout
Option 3-Minecraft
For this option read a book with a 4 or more letter word in the title that can be made up of letters in "creepers have no respect". OVER
Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House. Kathleen Grissom
Required: State the word.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 285 /1000
Tasks Completed 21/57
XBM15.9 Let's Go Camping
Read a book with a camper, tent, or RV on the cover.
Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries. Tonya Kappes
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 260 /1000
Tasks Completed 20/57
XBM15.1 More or Less?
Book 1: Read the book with the most ratings on your TBR (3,801,762 ratings)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book 2: Read the book with the least ratings on your TBR (3 ratings)
Struck Down on the Seventh: An Exorcism Performed by an Idiot. Aeddon Cayea
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 245 /1000
Tasks Completed 19/57
XBM20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Choose an option and read 1 book.
Required: state the option.
Option 1 – Book club
Read a book by a single author where all the author's initials can be found in BOOK CLUB. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter. Kate Clifford Larson
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 230 /1000
Tasks Completed 18/57
As long as we pick two different months, am I right that we could pick option 1 (or 2) for both?
XBM10.5 I’ll Be There For You
International Day of Friendship is celebrated on July 11. Celebrate by reading a book off of the Friendship Fiction list.
Found on page one of the list.
Tell Me Everything. Elizabeth Strout
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 210 /1000
Tasks Completed 17/57
XBM10.6 Theater Camp
Read a book first published either in July of any year or any month for the year 2022
Published July 5, 2022
A Dress of Violet Taffeta. Tessa Arlen. 7.4.25
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 200 /1000
Tasks Completed 16/57
XBM10.10 Radioactive, Radioactive
Read a book with MPG Post-Apocalyptic
The Last Tribe. Brad Manuel
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 190 /1000
Tasks Completed 15/57
XBM5.8 Name Game
Read a book with an author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name.
(Thank you guys for not making this a near impossible task for me!)
Appalachian Song. Michelle Shocklee
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 180 /1000
Tasks Completed 14/57
XBM5.7 Summer Vacations
Family vacations often include National Parks. Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover. Required: Post the cover
When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine. Monica Wood
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 175 /1000
Tasks Completed 13/57
XBM10.7 Camp Rock
Read a book where the MC is an active performance artist or performing arts is central to the story. (Approved in Help message #16)
Grin and Beard It. Penny Reid
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 170 /1000
Tasks Completed 12/57
