2025: (Impossible) Solar System Challenge

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Lexi, what do you mean by "claim multiple books for the same task"? I want to make sure I understand before I answer!

[Lexi]

Maybe I was reading it wrong, which is quite possible on the app, but I looked like some people had multiple books for the same task. So two different books read that both fulfilled anthology for example.

[Jenny]

I just reread it, but The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values is a brilliant book, and very gold.
I know I have one or two more gold covers on my shelves, but I cannot remember the titles right this second.

[Sammy]

NOOOOO!!! Not the Big Books challenge as a bonus during Turf wars!! That's just cruel! 😆

[Sammy]

I suspect I'll not get to the gold cover. Don't have any, and am not buying anything right now (on a book-buying ban until at least spring next year!). I've got one or two tasks every month so far that I'm just not going to be able to get around to without spending money on books I don't actually want to read, so I suspect I'm just not going to complete 100% this year.

I don't mind, this year has been pretty insane so far, and it will likely continue until well into 2026!

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Lexi wrote: "Maybe I was reading it wrong, which is quite possible on the app, but I looked like some people had multiple books for the same task. So two different books read that both fulfilled anthology for e..."

So, I looked and I think that the 2 people that have listed multiple books, might just be recording options, as there are no dates listed next to them as being finished books, but I will double check.

To answer, you can only use one book per task for the bonus challenge.

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Sammy wrote: "I suspect I'll not get to the gold cover. Don't have any, and am not buying anything right now (on a book-buying ban until at least spring next year!). I've got one or two tasks every month so far ..."

It doesn't need to be literal gold color - these colors are acceptable:

[Teddie]

I picked this up at a library book sale and have been waiting for September to read it - lol

[Lexi]

Great, thank you on both

[Sammy]

Ashley wrote: "Sammy wrote: "I suspect I'll not get to the gold cover. Don't have any, and am not buying anything right now (on a book-buying ban until at least spring next year!). I've got one or two tasks every..."

Yeah, I figured that, but as far as I can recall I have nothing like that. (I do have Game of Thrones, but a very different cover!) Gold text I have coming out my ears, but gold covers are a problem.

Honestly though, I really don't mind missing a few out this year. If I haven't been able to bring myself to read a werewolf book yet when I had lots of flexible reading time, I very much doubt I will now that life is insane and I have less flexibility in what I'm reading because of certain challenges. 😆

I'm not gonna stress over leaving a handful of tasks undone at the end of the year. Plenty of other stuff to stress about without piling on 😂

[Lexi]

This is all I have that might be gold but it also just might be brown. Everything else is goldenrod as in yellow.

[Catherine]

Ooh the monthly challenge I completed before I even looked at what it was. That deserves an extra bonus😘

This month I am working on moving forward with my series and luckily this one is much further along. Sadly, this book makes me question if I should continue 😂
by: Laurell K Hamilton |127421013] by Laurell K. Hamilton Anita Blake Vampire Hunter book 17

[C]

Is there a difference on Tineye between yellow and gold, teal and blue/green, purple and violet? Every book cover I'm testing because they look like the color to me are coming back not the named color and I'm about to tear my hair out...

[Sammy]

Tineye is colourblind!

I only ever use it to work out percentages, not colour. it's famously unreliable in that regard!

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Everyone - you do not have to use tineye - I usually only use it to confirm what I already know because it makes me feel better - but feel free to trust your own eyes and judgement!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Yeah I don't like Tineye either

[C]

Thanks everyone! I have a notoriously bad relationship with Tineye too, but I try to work with it. It just never seems to do what I think it will do and I scream into the ether lol. 🙃

[bamaace83]

For the gold cover, I'm reading and it's on KU if anyone is still struggling to find a book. I also use tineye for just percentages.

[Richard]

Tineye...pronounced like Kanye 🤣

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered. For "Read a book with all the letters of "URANUS" in the book OR series title", does it have to have 2 Us?

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

MN Lisa wrote: "Sorry if this has been asked and answered. For "Read a book with all the letters of "URANUS" in the book OR series title", does it have to have 2 Us?"

Yes.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa), Bibliotherapist]

Richard wrote: "Tineye...pronounced like Kanye 🤣"

🤣🤣

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

Question for Ice on Cover....Does snow count?

I asked Google and they sent me to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, that states....

Snow is precipitation that forms when water vapor freezes. It is not frozen rain, but a crystallization of ice that typically forms in clouds.

https://nsidc.org/learn/parts-cryosph....

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

I am fine with snow.

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

🌟📚 Impossible Challenge: 4th Quarter Bonus Tasks & Challenges 📚🌟

Adventurers, the final stretch of 2025 is here! We’ve got quarterly tasks, monthly bonus prompts, and a “Light and Dark” challenge to test your creativity, TBR stamina, and willingness to hunt through Goodreads like a literary detective.

Quarterly Challenge: "Light and Dark" 🌞🌑
Read a book featuring a character with a light-based name (e.g., Lucian, Aurora, Ray) OR a darkness-based name (e.g., Nyx, Blake, Ciara)
Task window: 10/1/25 – 12/31/25

October Bonus Task: Uranus ♅
Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your native language
Task window: 10/1/25 – 10/31/25

Wrapping Up the Year: Quarterly Bonus Challenge ✨
This is the Impossible Challenge bonus for Q4. Complete extra reading adventures and track your points as part of the quarterly wrap-up!
🔗 Challenge thread

Monthly Bonus Challenge: TBR Busters 📝
Time to rescue a book from your TBR pile! Pick one that’s been lingering, finally read it, and mark it off your list.
🔗 Challenge thread

Happy Reading!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Fun categories, love October, thank you Ashley :)

[Sammy]

Thanks Ashley!

October task is easy peasy, but am open to suggestions for the "Light and Dark" task. Any other names people can think of to look out for? I can think of an author and a narrator named Ray, but can't recall any characters! 😆

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Sammy wrote: "Thanks Ashley!

October task is easy peasy, but am open to suggestions for the "Light and Dark" task. Any other names people can think of to look out for? I can think of an author and a narrator na..."

Star or Starr for female for light
Sunny, not a common name but have seen that one once or twice
I'd think things with certain light flowers maybe such as for gardening/sun? Not sure if that's being too flexible

For Males Jasper would work for dark as one of the meanings of that name is red or yellow or brown or dark green in color.

[Sammy]

Thanks!

Kieran would work as a boy's name (almost named my son this, but he turned out blonde, so "little dark one" didn't really fit 😆), as would Cole.

And Layla for a girl (also dark)

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I don't recommend this book much as it was disappointing to me, but Terms of Endearment has the MC as "Aurora", which means This is Latin for dawn, the first break of light in the morning.

Ayla - This is a Turkish name for moonlight.

Eleanor - A Scottish name meaning light.

Helen - This is a Greek name meaning sunray or shining bright.

Phoebe - This is Greek for brilliant or radiant, a nice way to honor light.

Apollo - This was the Greek God of Light. --- For anyone who wants to read Percy Jackson books, which I have been very slowly re-reading this year

Lux - A Greek name for light. - there is a ya series somewhere with this one

[Sammy]

thanks for those! Eleanor and its variations is one that pops up fro time to time, and Helen isn't too out there either, so hopefully I can find something in my TBR 😁

[Anastasia]

Just wondering if Amber can be used as a light-based name? I found this definition:
The standard Greek word for amber was elektron. The derivation of this word is uncertain, although scholars have suggested that it might have connections with helko, meaning “to draw or attract,” or with aleko, meaning “to ward off evil.”53 The word is certainly associated with elektor, used in the Iliad to mean “the beaming sun,”54 and is most likely derived from an Indo-European verb with the root meanings “brilliant” or “to shine.”

[C]

For the Q4 bonus, since those tasks are month specific, for the Solar System bonus to count, can we only complete October Q4 bonus tasks in October, etc? Or could we read for October Q4 bonus tasks in November, and vice versa?

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

C wrote: "For the Q4 bonus, since those tasks are month specific, for the Solar System bonus to count, can we only complete October Q4 bonus tasks in October, etc? Or could we read for October Q4 bonus tasks..."

I was wondering this too since usually quarterly means any for three months fitting

[C]

Yeah, that's why I was wondering if this bonus had maybe tighter rules than the others. :)

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

You can add your WrapUp books to any of the last 3 Sets, you don't have to match the months in this challenge.

[C]

Okay, thanks!! That is helpful with fitting books for bonuses! 😁

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Thank you!

[Anastasia]

Hi Ashley, just wondering if I can get a ruling on my question above?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Anastasia wrote: "Just wondering if Amber can be used as a light-based name? I found this definition:
The standard Greek word for amber was elektron. The derivation of this word is uncertain, although scholars have..."

Sounds like a solid connection! 😊

[Anastasia]

Ashley wrote: "Anastasia wrote: "Just wondering if Amber can be used as a light-based name? I found this definition:
The standard Greek word for amber was elektron. The derivation of this word is uncertain, alth..."

Thank you

[Teddie]

For a dark name, would Noctus (from the latin root nox = night) work? Not really a light per se, but indicates darkness.

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Teddie wrote: "For a dark name, would Noctus (from the latin root nox = night) work? Not really a light per se, but indicates darkness."

Yes

[Teddie]

Ashley wrote: "Teddie wrote: "For a dark name, would Noctus (from the latin root nox = night) work? Not really a light per se, but indicates darkness."

Yes"

Thanks!