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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Amy FL10.1 School is Cool!
Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature
Dept. of Speculation - MPG Literary Fiction
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Amy FL10.2 Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the cover
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Amy FL15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author's first and last initials can be found in KHMER
The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson - KMR in KhMeR
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Amy FL30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
Option 3: read a NEW TO YOU book from this New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century list
Erasure - #33 on list; book was new to me
Option 4: read a book with an MPG Humor
Run for the Hills - MPG Humor
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
15.1 Ancient or New?Book 1: Read a book with a word of 4+ letters in the title that can be spelled from one of the 7 Ancient Wonders on the list.
Book read: A Bone to Pick
How it fits: The word Bone can be speeled from Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Book 2: Read a book with a word of 4+ letters in the title that can be spelled from one of the 7 New Wonders on the list.
Book read: Fourth Wing
How it fits: The word Wing can be speeled from Great Wall of China
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Points This Post: 15
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 12
ROBIN P25.6 Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 3: author initials found in one of the main characters
The Clutter Connection: How Your Personality Type Determines Why You Organize the Way You Do (From the host of HGTV’s Hot Mess House) - Cassandra Aarssen - CA found in Jack McEvoy
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction**
Option 4: book from any series on TV with MPG Mystery/Crime/Detective
Murder on the Marlow Belle - # 4 in the Marlow Murder Club mystery series - MPG Mystery and Crime
TV show based on the books is in its 2nd season
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:3
25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Read a book set at least 75% in one of the 11 SEC states (Louisiana)
Sunset Limited
Option 4: Read a book first published in 1966
Third Girl published November 1st, 1966
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 110/985
Tasks Completed: 7/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(-), GO(1), IaF(2)
Mai20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage Month
Option 3: Book with a setting of 50% or more in a state with a Native American reservation: California
Death Valley by Melissa Broder
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
NF Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 2
Mai15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, Zambia
Book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word comes from 'Boiling Water'.
The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
NF Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 2
Jessica S5.6 Preserving History
book with a word in the title of three or more letters (excluding And, The), made from either ENGLISH HERITAGE or HISTORIC SCOTLAND
From Out in the Cold by L.A. Witt HISTORIC SCOTLAND - COLD
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
Jessica S15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
The Killer Who Kept Me by Davidson King
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
20.6 - It's A Fact - Angela IL's Task: Reading Goals 2025Option 2: Read a book that is #2 or later in a series
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
🎓 Cerulean Chronicles #2
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60 + 20 = 80
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each option.
Option 2:
Choose a task that you completed in the Summer or Fall 2025 Season. Read a book that satisfies one of the options you did not choose previously.
Required State the prevoius task completed options and new chosen option.
Previously read The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle for Option 1 of 25.1.
For this option I read Option 4 from that task
Read a book where the page number consists of at least two of the numbers 0,1,3, or 5.
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
Contains 304 Pages
Option 4:
Choose any book you read in the Summer or Fall Season. Using that book's first published date, read a book with the same first published month but has a different year. The day does not matter.
Required Post the link the the previous book read.
For the Summer 2025 season I read
The Forgotten Garden which was first published in July 2008.For this option I read:
Gods of Jade and Shadow
which was first published July 23, 2019.Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket for Tightrope
TOTALS
Points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total books: 2
Total tasks: 1
Katrisa5.2 Autumn or fall?
read a book with Autumn in the title or author's name.
I read Autumn
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 265
Katrisa5.7 National Trust
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST
I read All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer
OS in natiOnal truSt
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 270
Katrisa20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam
Option 2:
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the two locations I saw Pearl Jam on this most recent tour: Montana (anywhere in the state) or New Orleans
I read The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
It is set primarily in Montana
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 290
Katrisa25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Opt 2 - Choose a mascot from the list below and read a book with that animal on the cover
I chose Oklahoma - Horse
I read What Feasts at Night
Opt 4 - Read a book first published in 1966
I read The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Pub January 1, 1966
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 315
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.6 Preserving History
Read a book with a word in the title of three or more letters (excluding And, The), made from either ENGLISH HERITAGE or HISTORIC SCOTLAND or (if you can find one!) CADW.
Letters may be used as many times as they appear
Phrase is ENGLISH HERITAGE and word is THIS
This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing: A Memoir
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Points: 35
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total books: 3
Total tasks: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 American Football
Read a book with the MPG Sports or Football
Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick
MPG Sports
AR Info: IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145/985
Task completed: 16/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.4 Where the Dead Still Walk
Read a book that is set at least 50 percent in Scotland, France, or India
Juliette: Or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring by Camille Jourdy
Setting=France
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155/985
Task completed: 17/57
Bookwrm526Task #5.10 Fall Into Reading
Reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used. I read Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna, which is a children's book but is not in AR Bookfinder.
Total points so far: 200
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
Read a book with one of these words in the title: Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy
Witch for Hire by Ted Naifeh
Points this post: 10
Total points: 165/985
Task completed: 18/57
TessaVanessa Challenge 15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
Book 1
Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover.
by Molly BlackBook 2
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
Sacred Heart by Liz Suburbia
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180/985
Task completed: 19/57
TessaVanessa Challenge 15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital. Plurals and possessives are allowed.
The Desert King's Secret Heir by Annie West
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195/985
Task completed: 20/57
10.8 - The Ghouls Guide to Reading
Read a book from one of the Cozy/Halloween lists
List: Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries
Page: 1
Hallowe'en Party
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 120/985
Tasks Completed: 8/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(-), GO(1), IaF(2)
Kim O20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam
Option 1: Read a book where the title contains one of the words from any of the songs' titles from the album Ten: Ten, Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go, Black, Jeremy, Oceans, Porch, Garden, Deep, Release
Bury Me Deep
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 35
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 0
MaryPDX25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in one of the main characters' name: “Harry Bosch,” “Mickey Haller,” “Renee Ballard,” or “Jack McEvoy.”
Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die
Author: Messie Condo MC in Mickey Haller
Option 4: Read a book from any series with at least 3 primary works that has an MPG of Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Legal Thriller or Detective which has been adapted to the big screen or developed into a TV series or movie.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
MPG Mystery, 2016 Movie
total points: 70/985
25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Read books from 2 different options, minimum page count 500 pages
Option 1: Read a book with Philip as either author name.
The Question that Never Goes Away: Why? by Philip Yancey
Page Count: 176
** Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
Option 5: Read a book where the main character has one of the listed professions (Police detective confirmed in Help Thread messages 15 and 16)
Bury Your Dead
Page Count: 528
(Mass Market Paperback for page count Bury Your Dead)
** Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket **
Page Count Total: 176 + 528 = 704
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 145/985
Tasks Completed: 9/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(1), IaF(3)
25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to DadOption 5: read a book where the main character has one of the above professions: a private detective
Murder on the French Riviera (A Miss Underhay Mystery #16) by Helena Dixon
250 pages
Option 6: Read a book with MPG Humor.
Death and Fromage (Follet Valley Mysteries #2) by Ian Moore
320 pages
Total pages read: 570
Task total: 25
Season total: 215
Julia10330.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
Option 1: Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
My Particular Friend by Jennifer Petkus
(PIRAT in Particular, ES in Petkus)
Option 3: Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Death by Irish Whiskey (The Dublin Driver Mysteries #5)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 190
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 1
Total NF: 1
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 15
Elizabeth PTask 20.3 - What's in a Name?
Option 1: Book by author with same first letter initial as my readerboard name (E)
Arcana Academy by Elise Kova
At 553 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks: 6
GO: 0
BB: 3
IAF: 0
Total Books: 6
Nick KY10.9 Coven Claw Fang Wrap Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy -- Read a book with one of these words in the title. Words must be stand alone, plural and possessives are accepted. I read Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 220
Nick KY30.3 Katrisa’s Leah Renee Comedian
Opt. 2. From p 2 of the Cults list, I read Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Opt. 4. MPG of “Humor” I read Swamp Story by Dave Barry.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 250
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 Parthenon Greece
Read a book with MPG Travel
An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210/985
Task completed: 21/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 Easter Island Chile
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
by Kyle StarksPoints this post: 15
Total points: 225/985
Task completed: 22/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Galway's Edge by Ken Bruen
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240/985
Task completed: 23/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, Zambia
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word comes from one of the following phrases: 'Thundering Smoke', 'Smoke that Rises, OR 'Boiling Water'.
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
AR: IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4.0
Letters found in Thundering Smoke
Points this post: 15
Total points: 255/985
Task completed: 24/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage Month
Option 3 : Read a book with a setting of 50% or more in a state with a Native American reservation
These states are
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Wilderness Defender by Maggie K. Black
Setting: Alaska
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275/985
Task completed: 27/57
25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to DadOption 2:
read a book with one of these verbs in the title: HOLD, FOLD, WALK, RUN, COUNT, SIT.
Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger
380 pages
Option 6:Read a book with MPG Humor.
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
304 pages
Total pages 684
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 205
Total Tasks Completed: 9
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
25.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of PulpTask 1:Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles - #3 Common People - people
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
Task 2: Task 2:
Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles
#7 Got to Have Love - Have
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 230
Total Tasks Completed: 10
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
CYNBAXTERTask #10.1 School is Cool!
Task: Read a non-fiction book with MPG Science, Mathematics or History OR a fiction book with MPG Literary Fiction/Literature or Dark Academia
Book: Year of No Garbage: Recycling Lies, Plastic Problems, and One Woman's Trashy Journey to Zero Waste – this is a non-fiction book with an MPG of Science
*This is a Non-Fiction book. Claiming 1 IaF ticket
Points this post: 10 points
Total Points: 10 points
BB tickets this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
GO this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
IaF tickets this post/Updated to Date: 1/1
trishhartuk25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
Option 2B – College/Content. Read a book that has a college setting.
Flower Power Trip (Braxon Campus Mystery #3), James J Cudney (250pg)
The MC works at (the fictional) Braxton College, and the book is set around the college - as suggested by the series name.
Option 3B: Side Hustle/True Crime Podcasts. Read a book with an author that shares a name with one of my favorite hosts: Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark, Delia D’Ambra, Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat.
By Familiar Means, Delia James (335pg)
Delia James shares a first name with Delia D’Ambra
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Kristina Marie10.1 School is Cool!
Read a non fiction book with the MPG Science, Mathmatics, or History.
Breadcrumbs: Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Poland by Kasia Babis
MPG History
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 150
Kristina Marie15.1 Ancient or New?
Book 1: Read a book with a word of 4+ letters in the title that can be spelled from one of the 7 Ancient Wonders on the list. Letters can be used as many times as they appear.
Required: State the word and the wonder
and
Book 2: Read a book with a word of 4+ letters in the title that can be spelled from one of the 7 New Wonders on the list. Letters can be used as many times as they appear.
Required: State the word and the wonder
Book 1: Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
LIME can be found in Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
Book 2: We Only Find Them When They're Dead, Vol. 3: The Soul by Al Ewing
THEM can be found in Christ the Redeemer.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 165
ROBIN P25.6 Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 3: author initials found in one of the main characters
The Clutter Connection: How Your Personality Type Determines Why You Organize the Way You Do (From the host of HGTV’s Hot Mess House) - Cassandra Aarssen - CA found in Jack McEvoy
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction**
Option 4: book from any series on TV with MPG Mystery/Crime/Detective
Murder on the Marlow Belle - # 4 in the Marlow Murder Club mystery series - MPG Mystery and Crime
TV show based on the books is in its 2nd season -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mar...
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:3
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20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
After the Quake. All the short stories in this book focus on people who have been affected by the 1995 Kobe earthquake and how they cope in the aftermath of it: https://www.britannica.com/event/Kobe...
Points this task: 20
Season total: 70
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
SUSAN A25.3 Jecca's Task: There's a First Time for Everything
Option 2: College
A - Location
Read a book set in one of the places we have toured; Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island or New York City
Robert B. Parker's Killing The Blues by Michael Brandman
over 50% Massachusetts - setting listed on book main page
Option 3: Side Hustle
B - True-crime Podcasts
Read a book with an author that shares a name with one of my favorite hosts: Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark, Delia D’Ambra, Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat.
Isabella's Promise by Karen Lynne
Host: Karen Kilgariff
points this post: 25
previous total: 770
total points: 795
SUSAN A25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Geography Read a book set at least 75% in one of these states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.
Forever Famous by Ginny Sterling
100% set in Texas, mentioned in book description
Option 2: Animal Mascots Choose a mascot from the list below and read a book with that animal on the cover. Auburn, Missouri and LSU - Tiger
by Leela Ashtiger on cover
points this post: 25
previous total: 795
total points: 820
ROBIN P10.1 School is Cool!
MPG Science, History, Literary Fiction, Literature, Dark Academia
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
MPG History
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:4
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5.9 Celebrate History
Book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
The Absolutist - set in 1919
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70