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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Kelly L30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Choose two different options and read on book for each option.
Your two books must have a combined page count of at least 501 pages.
Option 2
Read a book by a single author where ALL the author’s initials can be found in Isaac Asimov. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything: A Memoir by Alyson Stoner
Initials AS = Isaac {{AS}}imov
***Claiming an It's A Fact Ticket -- non-fiction (memoir)***
Option 5
Read a book that has been adapted and released into a movie or television series. If the movie/tv series is from a series of books, any book from that series may be read.
The Dark Hours is a book in the Harry Bosch universe, centering on Renee Ballard. Ballard is the MC of the released TV series adapted from these books. IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26676904/
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This post: 30 points
Tickets: 1 IAF
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Season total: 90 points
Season Tickets: 1 IAF
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
The Rosie Project
Project has 7 letters
Points: 40
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total books: 4
Total tasks: 3
Lisa MD10.6 - Fields of Plenty
Farm setting
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 195/985
Total Books Read: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 11/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 4
Lisa MD15.8 - Easter Island Chile
At least 3 people on cover
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 210/985
Total Books Read: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 12/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 4
MaryPDX 20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2025 season.
Sociopath
Discussion Comment
Points this post 20
Updated Total points total points: 90/985
Deborah30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
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.
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
Option 3) Read a book first published between May and October (inclusive) of any year from 1996-onwards.
The Girl of Fire and Thorns First published September 20, 2011
Previously did option 4 for the Summer Challenge with Wolf's Curse Fantasy
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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.
Previously had read Bewitched and Betrothed First published June 25, 2019 for Summer Task 20.4
Post #826
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly First published June 9, 2015
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 7
Tasks Done: 6
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?
Option 1: Read a book by an author that shares the same FIRST NAME Initial of The First LETTER in you YOUR READERBOARD name
Santa Claus Surprise by Tonya Kappes
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295/985
Task completed: 26/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 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.
Knife in the Back by Karen Rose
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315/985
Task completed: 27/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
Option 2: Read a book that is #2 or later in a series-whole numbers only.
Come Stop Me by Molly Black
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335/985
Task completed: 28/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Option 2: read a book with a 3+ word title (subtitles excluded) where all of the title words begin with a letter in ONE of these site names.
Girl in Dior by Annie Goetzinger
SITE: Indian Village
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355/985
Task completed: 29/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
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.
I read this for the Fall Challenge Come Save Me by Molly Black
I completed Challenge 25.4 Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks Challenge in the Summer Challenge. I used Book 1 Option A and Book 2 Option A.
For this challenge I read 25.4 Bookworm's Book 1 Option B
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.
Read in Summer challenge for Challenge 10.6 Supper Club first published September 20, 2022
For the Fall Challenge I read Black Star by Kwame Alexander
First published September 24, 2024
AR Info: IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5.0
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385/985
Task completed: 30/57
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 Corps of Discovery
Read a book that takes place, at least 50%, in one of these States: Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon. I chose ILLINOIS and read Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku, set completely in Chicago (stated in GR description).
Total points so far: 205
Task 30.1 - Do it Again, But Differentlyoption 1: read a book by a previously new-to-me author (not in series)
Death in the Arctic by Tom Hindle
I read Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle in Summer 2025, Hindle was a new to me author. These books are both standalone
option 2: book that fits a different option of a task completed from Summer 2025
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
fits 30.10 option 3 (T Kingfisher is a pseudonym for Ursula Vernon); I previously did options 1 & 2
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250 points
FLY Task #25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
+GO ticket
task: Option 1B: Read a book from the Reader's Room list
book: Of Mice and Men
how it fits: #816 on the list
task: Option 2A: Read a book set in one of the listed places
book: I Need You to Read This
how it fits: set mostly in NYC (see description)
other:
**Claiming GO ticket for Of Mice and Men First published February 25, 1937
Points this post: 25
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 6/57
BB: 1 / GO: 0 + 1 = 1 / IAF: 0
Nick KY5.7 National Trust. Author’s inits in NATIONAL TRUST. I read Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin. “natIonaL trust.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 255
Nick KY10.1 School is Cool. MPG of “Literary Fiction,” I read Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels by Katherine Anne Porter.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 265
Nick KY10.4 The Dead Still Walk set 50% in Scotland or France or India -- I read Three to Kill by Jean-Patrick Manchette, set in Paris, France.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 275
15.3 Stonehenge United KingdomOption 2
Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1:
Book 1
Read a book with a first published year that includes at least 2 unique numbers from this list: 1,2,3,5,7
and
Book 2
Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Au fond de l'eau
First published in 2017
Setting: Beckford, England
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 145
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15.8 Easter Island, Chile
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover
The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War
This book is non-fiction, so one It's A Fact ticket please!
This is also a big book at 512 pages, so one Big Book ticket please!
Points this task: 15
Season total: 85
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 1
5.10 Fall Into ReadingFall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Book read: Bred in the Bone
How it fits: Meets SRC rules, one book between 80 -99 pages may be used for one 5 point task.
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Points This Post: 5
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 13
LoraTask: 25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's, using options 1 and 3
Book 1: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward.
Book/Author: Two Birds With One Scone / Katy Lee
How it fits: author's initials are KL, which are sequential
Book 2: Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Book/Author: The Stepsister and the Slipper / Nina Clare
How it fits: MPG Cinderella
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 130
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Nick KY5.10 Free for Fall Book of choice. I read The Wild Palms by William Faulkner.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 280
15.4 - Pompeii Italy
Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1:
Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction AND with a title word w/ a double letter.
Don't Sleep with the Dead
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 160/985
Tasks Completed: 10/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(1), IaF(3)
ROBIN P20.4 Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task: What Fall Brings
Option 1: Hunt, Hunter, or Hunting in title
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:4
Rockynook10.5 - Season of the Harvest
author first and last initials in HARVEST
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
hArveSt
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 160
Rockynook20.7 - Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Books must have a MPG of Historical Fiction or Historical
Option 1) 4+ title word in THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
word: TIME
ThE day the MusIc died
MPG of historical fiction when "more" is clicked!
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 180
15.3 - Stonehenge United Kingdom
Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1:
Read a book set in the UK AND first published in a year w/ at least 2 of 1,2,3,5,7.
The Clocks published November 7th, 1963.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 175/985
Tasks Completed: 11/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(1), IaF(3)
20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?Option 2, author shares the same last name initial of the last letter in my leaderboard name, Lois: The Love Fix by Jill Shalvis
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025Option 2, #2 or later in a series: An Unexpected Peril by Deanna Raybourn (Veronica Speedwell #6)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
JEN B30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Option 2:
Read a book with a title (excludes subtitles) word of 4 or more letters that can be made from "NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS.”
How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis
DROWNING can be made from the phrase nOlapsWimmiNgDuRINGclass
Option 3:
LA Fitness originated in California in 1984. Read a book set at least 50% in California.
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Set 100% in and around Los Angeles, California
TOTAL POINTS: 180
trishhartuk10.6 Fields of Plenty
Read a book with a farm as the setting.
Farm to Trouble, Amanda Flower (263pg)
From the GR description: “Coming home to a run-down farm, gossipy neighbors, and a shady investor is a lot to handle… but a murderer on the loose is the final straw! Shiloh Bellamy cashed in her big city job and 401K to return home to Michigan to save the family farm, but turning Bellamy Farms into a sustainable, organic operation—complete with a farm-to-table café—is no small feat.”
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Task 10.7 - Have Yams Will Partytitle word NAMES made from phrase ASHANTI YAM FESTIVAL
The Names
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260 points
Kristen IA5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 50/985
Tasks Completed: 3/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.6 - It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
Option 1 - Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
The Soul's Guide to the After Death by Gwenna Laithland
This book is 180 pages (verified by PB edition: The Soul's Guide to the After Death)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Soul's Guide to the After Death
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 40 points
Tasks completed: 4
Delicious Dee5.2 Autumn or fall?
The Autumn of Ruth Winters - autumn in title
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 120
Its A Fact: 4
Delicious Dee5.5 Dwali
- candles on the cakePoints This Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Its A Fact: 4
Delicious Dee10.4 Where the Dead Still WalkM
The Winds from Further West - set primarily in Scotland
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 135
Its A Fact: 4
Delicious Dee10.10 Do They Exist?
Love and Other Conspiracies - cryptid hunters; approved in THT
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 145
Its A Fact: 4
Delicious Dee15.8 Easter Island Chile
- more than 3ppl on coverPoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 160
Its A Fact: 4
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage Month
option 2 - Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land - found on pg3 of the provided list; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180
Its A Fact: 5
Delicious Dee20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
option 2 - The Baker of Lost Memories - TBOLM can be found in TOOLESBORO MOUNDS
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 200
Its A Fact: 5
Delicious Dee20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Option 1 -
- witches hat on coverPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 220
Its A Fact: 5
Task 25.1 - Gothic Typesoption 1: read from two of the lists
book 1: from Sci Fi Horror, page 1
The Stars Are Legion
book 2: from Noir, page 1
Velvet Was the Night
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285 points
ROBIN P5.4 Labor Day
Main character is a mother
Sandwich - from GR description - "Rocky sandwiched between her half-grown kids and fully aging parents"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:4
LoraTask: 20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025, using Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
Book/Author: Artificial Condition / Martha Wells
How it fits: has 158 pages
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 150
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Rockynook5.9 - Celebrate History
Book set in 1925 or earlier
James by Percival Everett
Takes place pre-Civil War
https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/li...
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 185
15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
Option 2: book with with a first published year that includes at least 2 unique numbers from this list: 1,2,3,5,7 AND set in the United Kingdom
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie - originally published in 1934 and set primarily in England.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15/985
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Katrisa15.4 Pompeii Italy
Opt 2 - Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction AND with a word in the title that has a double letter
I read Small Pleasures has MPG Historical Fiction and LL
Points thisPost: 15
Points Total: 330
Katrisa30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Option 1 – Read a book by Isaac Asimov.
I read The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
Option 5 - Read a book that has been adapted and released into a movie or television series.
I read Mockingjay
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951265/
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 360
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Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
Blue is for Nightmares
New Points: 5
Total Points: 30
GO: 1