Fall Reading Challenge: Introduction and FAQs

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

All Things Fall

It's time for our Fall Seasonal Challenge! We have a series of prompts related to the fall season that is sure to inspire you and help you get those books read as we enter the end of the year.

When?
This challenge runs from September 1, 2023 through November 30, 2023.

The Prompts:
Find a book that...
- Has an orange cover
- Fits the phrase "a falling out"
- Has a tree on the cover
- Is a fantasy novel
- Is set in autumn
- Feels cozy
- Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks)
- Is one last summer read
- Is witchy
- Features family relationships
- Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)*
- Features a found family
- Has a rural setting
- Features an athlete
- Was published in October

*You don't have to use the list provided, but it's intended to give you an idea of what the prompt is suggesting

How to Complete It
Tackle this challenge any way you'd like! Maybe your goal is to read 6 of the 15 prompts, or maybe you want to finish the whole list twice... it's up to you!

[Edie]

Wahoo! A fall challenge. Thanks Emily!

I was surprised (and a little pleased) to see how many of the English 101 books I have already read.

[NancyJ]

I was planning to read East of Eden this fall. It's not on the LIT 101 list, but I think it fits. Or I might read The Things They Carried - BookBub has it for 1.99 right now.

[Pam]

Thanks Emily for setting up this challenge! I haven’t been doing the seasonal challenges just because it’s hard enough for me to complete the regular challenge. But, I think I’ll try this one!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

NancyJ, I think East of Eden would definitely qualify, even if it isn't on the listopia!

[Alicia]

Emily, can you remind me. Is the other prompt prize for the Fall Reading Challenge or the Fall Read-a-Thon?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

It's the individual challenge during the Fall Read-a-Thon!

[Nike]

I'll hope I do better with this one than with the summer challenge. I've hardly read any of the books that I planned, what happened?! Lol! But I'll try to get my act together with this one.

[Beth]

I’m going to use a PopSugar fall challenge for this. https://www.popsugar.com/love/fall-re...

Thanks for leading this, Emily!

[Joan]

I knew I should have saved some of my orange books for fall - lol.

[Robin H-R]

Emily wrote: "NancyJ, I think East of Eden would definitely qualify, even if it isn't on the listopia!"

Add it...

[L Y N N]

Around the Year in 52 Books Fall 2023 Reading Challenge
September 1, 2023 through November 30, 2023

1) A book that has a orange cover

2) A book that fits the phrase "a falling out"

3) A book that has a tree on the cover

4) A book that Is in the fantasy genre

5) A book that Is set in autumn

6) A book that feels cozy

7) A book that makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks)

8) A book that is one last summer read

9) A book that is witchy

10) A book that features family relationships

11) A book that you would read in English 101 (sample list)*

12) A book that features a found family

13) A book that has a rural setting

14) A book that features an athlete

15) A book that was published in October

*You don't have to use the list provided, but it's intended to give you an idea of what the prompt is suggesting

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Hey LYNN, feel free to post your plan in a separate thread in this folder!

[dalex]

Nitpicky...

The orange cover prompt should be "a book with AN orange cover." (An is used before words that start with a vowel.)

"Is in a fantasy genre" - should be "in a fantasy SUBGENRE" or "in THE fantasy genre."
It's just awkward and unclear as written.

Sorry. Thanks.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Haha sorry about that, I'll fix it. The orange one definitely happened because I had written something else there and changed it later.

[dalex]

Emily wrote: "Haha sorry about that, I'll fix it. The orange one definitely happened because I had written something else there and changed it later."

Thanks Emily. Sorry to be a bother.

[Misty]

Emily wrote: "Haha sorry about that, I'll fix it. The orange one definitely happened because I had written something else there and changed it later."

I hate it when I do that! I did it on my syllabus this year, but luckily I caught it before I handed them out. Oops.

[Allegra]

I hadn't seen this before. Can I still sign up?

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Allegra wrote: "I hadn't seen this before. Can I still sign up?"

There's no sign ups! You are free to participate however you wish and starting whenever you wish! Welcome!

[Sherri]

Hi. I'm having trouble with the text wrapping on the top two cells of the fall reading challenge spread sheet. Could a moderator please assist me on this? I haven't been able to fix it.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Hey Sherri, it should be fixed now!