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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Amy FL5.7 National Trust
Single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST
Lights Out by Navessa Allen - NA in NAtional trust
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
Amy FL20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones
The Midnight Watch - sinking of the Titanic
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Amy FL20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
Option 2: a book that is #2 or later in a series
Manitou Canyon - Cork O'Connor, #15
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Julia10320.10 Group Reads
Fiction: Fiction - Cozy Fantasy - The Lost Bookshop
My comments are in post 5 of the discussion thread.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 250
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 1
Total NF: 1
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 18
Amy FL20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Option 2: book by a Korean author
The Red Palace by June Hur who was born in South Korea (on author page)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
Amy FL25.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of Pulp
Option 1
Task 1: Book that shares a title word with one of the track titles from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe...
We All Live Here - LIVE bed show
Task 2: Book that shares a title word with one of the track titles from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_(P...
The Sunset Limited - a SUNSET
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Kai15.8 Easter Island Chile
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover. The whole body does not need to be on the cover, but there needs to be enough to identify at least 3 distinct people.
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Points: 15
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Rockynook's task: Fall BirthdaysOption 1: read a book that has one of the following items on the cover: black cat
Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80 + 20 = 100
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Amanda E. 20.10 Fiction - Nordic Noir :
Group Read The Chestnut Man
Discussion Link: (post #6-10)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
SUSAN A20.10 Group Reads
The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
Discussion Thread
points this post: 20
previous total: 845
total points: 865
FLY Task #5.6 Preserving History
+GO ticket
task: a 3+ letter title word found in one of the given phrases
book: His Last Bow
how it fits: "His" found in (HIS)TORIC SCOTLAND
other:
**Claiming GO ticket for First published October 22, 1917
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 7/57
BB: 1 / GO: 1 + 1 = 2 / IAF: 0
JUKKA25.8 Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 2: Book set in a college or university.
Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown.
Option 6: Book whose author's initials are in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES or MARYLAND TERRAPINS.
A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker, whose initials are in MARYLAND TERRAPINS.
Total Points: 75/985
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
FIONA (TITCH)5.10 Fall Into Reading
Diary of a Wimpy Vampire : Prince of Dorkness
IL: MY - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 35
10.8 The Ghouls Guide to ReadingTo get into the spirit- Read a book from one of these lists: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
page 1
The Pumpkin Spice Café (Dream Harbor #1) by Laurie Gilmore
Task total: 10
Season total: 270
trishhartuk10.2 Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the cover.
The Moonlight Market, Joanne Harris (288pg)
Okayed in Help Thread message #22: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 15
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
JUKKA5.4 Labor Day
Book whose main character is a mother.
Jennifer Blood Volume 2: Beautiful People by Al Ewing. The motherhood is mentioned on the page for the previous book in the series: Jennifer Blood, Volume One: A Woman's Work is Never Done.
Total Points: 80/985
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
5.10 Fall Into ReadingFall into reading by 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 Gwyneth: The Biography. This book is nonfiction and so I am claiming one ticket for ********ITS A FACT ********
Points: 40
books read: 3
tasks completed: 3
It's a fact: 1
pages read: 1208
JEN B10.2 Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the over. The full window must be visible and shown as a window on a building, vehicles do not count.
by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby CunninghamTOTAL POINTS: 190
Amanda E.20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
- "The Alice Network" was a real women espionage team commanded by Alice Dubois (a real person) during WWI
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Katrisa5.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
I read Love Forms
The MC is a mother searching for the child she gave up for adoption (she also has two other children, but the plot is mostly about her search for her first child)
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 380
Katrisa25.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of Pulp
2 book option
Task 1: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles on Different Class
I read Common Sense
COMMON in Common People
Task 2: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles on More
I read The Island
ISLAND in Spike Island
Points Total: 405
Julia10330.5 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.”
Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS
The word GIRLS can be made from the phrase (GIR in DURING, LS in CLASS).
This book is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first name exactly matches one of my instructors... or that shares their initials. The initials can be reversed so SC, CS, PC, CP, DC, CD, SF, and FS all work.
Sophies Inheritance by Sasha Fenton
(initials SF)
This post: 30 points, 1 NF
Total points: 280
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 1
Total NF: 2
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
FLY Task #15.6 Tikal Guatemala
task: Read a book with a swimming pool on the cover.
book: The Stepsisters
how it fits:
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 8/57
BB: 1 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.8 Easter Island Chile
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
The Book of Elders: The Life Stories of Great American Indians
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Points: 45
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total books: 5
Total tasks: 4
Whimsie20.4- Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 2: Read a book whose cover is at least 40% green as determined by tineye
Book read:
A Circle of Uncommon Witches
Tineye says it is 87.3% green
points this post 20
Total points: 90
Tasks Completed: 4
Whimsie20.9- Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's Task - Fall Birthdays
Option 1: Happy Birthday, Zach!
Read a book that has one of the following items on the cover: a pumpkin, black cat, witch's hat, skull or full moon.
Book read:
Loony Town
Two witch's hats and a full moon on the cover
points this post 20
Total points: 110
Tasks Completed: 5
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2025 SRC
20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?
Choose one option and read one book for that option. For this task multiple authors may be used as long as one of them satisfies the option chosen. Required: State the option
Option 1: Read a book by an author that shares the same FIRST NAME Initial of The First LETTER in YOUR READERBOARD name
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
First letter in readerboard name jamming jenny is J
Author FN is Jonathan, starts with J
Non-fiction MPG - claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 110
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
15.5 Sukhothai ThailandRead a book with one of these standalone words in the title: King
The Ever King (The Ever Seas #1) by L.J. Andrews
Task total: 15
Season total: 285
trishhartuk5.3 American Football
Includes a claim for an IAF ticket.
Read a book with the MPG Sports or Football.
Lioness: My Journey to Glory, Beth Mead (279pg)
It’s a Fact: MPG include Nonfiction, Football, Biography and Sports
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – Lioness is non-fiction
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 16
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
TessaVanessa Challenge 5.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
by Rosie A. PointPoints this post: 5
Total points: 455/985
Task completed: 34/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first OR last name can be spelled from the phrase RIDDLE OR JOKE.
Strictly Confidential by Terri REED
Points this post: 20
Total points: 475/985
Task completed: 35/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.2 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).
Patience & Esther by Sarah Winifred Searle
Option 3: Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title
The Wagtail Murder Club by Krista Davis
Series title: Paws & Claws Mystery
Points this post: 30
Total points: 505/985
Task completed: 36/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Option 2: Read a book by a single author where ALL the author’s initials can be found in Isaac Asimov.
College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight by Shawn Cohen
272 pages
Option 3: Read a book that was first published between those dates- inclusive: 2 January 1920 and died 6 April 1992.
The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin
280 pages
First published: January 1, 1976
Points this post: 30
Total points: 535/985
Task completed: 37/57
Nick KY10.2 Window to the Past. Window on the Cover. I read The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 315
Nick KY25.5. Bookworm526’s SEC Football.
Opt. 2. Mascots. Horse on cover. (Horse for Oklahoma) -- I read All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie:
Opt. 4. Civil Rights. 1st pub’d in 1966. I read British Subministers and Colonial America, 1763-1783 by Franklin B. Wickwire.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 340
Lisa MD10.3 - Where Past and Present Meet
Written in dual timeline
An Impossible Promise by Jude Deveraux
Dual timeline between present day North Carolina and over a century earlier in Ireland
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 220/985
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 13/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 4
Lisa MD20.8 - Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Option 2: By a Korean author (birth, residence or ethnicity)
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Author was born in Korea to a Korean mother and American father
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 240/985
Total Books Read: 18
Total Tasks Completed: 14/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 5
CYNBAXTERTask 5.1 By The Numbers
Task: Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
Book: Endling by Maria Reva – “Endling” is composed of 7 letters
Points this post: 5 points
Total Points: 15 points
BB tickets this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
GO this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
NF tickets this post/Updated to Date: 0/1
Kai15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
BOOK 1
Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover.
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
BOOK 2
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points: 30
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Kai10.2 Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the cover.
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Points: 40
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
KRISTA KY10.4 Read a book where the a single author's first and last name initials can be found in the word HARVEST
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Books read: 3
Kai15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
OPTION 2
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1 (first published year that includes at least 2 unique numbers from this list: 1,2,3,5,7 AND set in the United Kingdom)
Universality by Natasha Brown
Published 2025 (2 and 5)
Setting: England
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Points: 55
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Mod
30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
This is a two book task.
1. PIRATES:
Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
Apostle's Cove by William Kent Krueger
PATES in Apostle's, IR in William Krueger
3. SHAGGY & VELMA :
Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the series title.
A Halloween Homicide (Holiday Cozy Mystery, #3)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 140 /1000
Tasks Completed 7/57
IAF - 2
AnaThe Seventh Bride5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
The Seventh Bride Seventh has 7 letters
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
LoraTask: 25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe, using options 2 and 3
Book 1: Read a book whose title contains a matching title word from any of the total works of the “Harry Bosch Universe Series,” except for the words: “the, a, of, and on.”
Book/Author: A Dark Turnover / K.D. McCrite
How it fits: title word DARK using Dark Sacred Night (#32 in Harry Bosch Universe)
Book 2: 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.”
Book/Author: A Scary Tale Wedding / K.D. McCrite
How it fits: author's initials KM, with character Mickey Haller
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 175
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
30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gymOption 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.”
Demon Song by Kelsea Yu
word in title, SONG, found in NO lap SwimminG during class
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California.
The Grave Artist (Sanchez & Heron #2) by Jeffery Deaver & Isabella Maldonado
as per book description, it opens in "Hollywood Hills" and the rest of the novel, does not go out of state
Task total: 30
Season total: 315
Mod
Read a book with a farm as the setting.
Snowed in with the Mountain Man by Sophia Quinn / set on a ranch mentioned in description
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
Mod
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the phrase The Ashanti Yam Festival
Animal Pound by Tom King / ANIMAL in phrase
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Mod
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.
Only a Country Doctor Can Save This City Rose by Sophia Quinn / set in Montana mentioned in description
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
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20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 1: Read a book with any of the words HUNT, HUNTER or HUNTING in the title/subtitle
Hunting Party
This post: 20 points
Total points: 230
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 1
Total NF: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 17