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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Option 1- Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
My Unexpected Surprise by Piper Rayne / PIRATES can be found in title-author name
Option 4- Read a book with a dinosaur or dinosaur skeleton on the cover.
by Edward Dolnick / dinosaur skeleton on coverPoints this post: 30
Total points: 265
Katrisa20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
I read The Hunger which blends fiction with the real life historical event of the Donner Party
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 425
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - 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.” I made the word ROMA (r from during, o from no, m from swimming and a from lap) and read Queer Roma by Lucie Fremlova.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first name exactly matches one of my instructors (Steve, not Steven and Patty, not Patricia), or that shares their initials. The initials can be reversed so SC, CS, PC, CP, DC, CD, SF, and FS all work. Middle initials may be ignored. I chose the initials PC and read The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark.
Total points so far: 260
Katrisa20.3 - 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
I read Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories by Kate Atkinson
K in Katrisa and Kate
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 445
Katrisa30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
Opt 1 - Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s)
I read Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch
PIRATES in moRgAn IS my namE soPhie keeTch
Opt 4 - Read a book with a dinosaur or dinosaur skeleton on the cover
I read Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 475
5.6 Preserving HistoryRead a book with a word in the title of three or more letters (excluding And, The), made from either ENGLISH HERITAGE or HISTORIC SCOTLAND
Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger
The word is ISLAND from HISTORIC SCOTLAND>
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 75
15.4 Pompeii, ItalyOption 2: One book Option:
Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction
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Read a book with a word in the title that has a double letter. Examples of words with double letters: KEEP, HALL, COMMIT
Button Man by Andrew Gross
The word is Button
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 90
FLY Task #20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
task: Option 2: 3+ letter title word made from ICE CREAM CAKE
book: I Know Who You Are
how it fits: "ARE" in C(REA)M
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 9/57
BB: 1 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0
10.1 School is Cool!Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature or Dark Academia
Book read: The Names
How it fits: MPG Literary Fiction
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Points This Post: 10
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 16
15.9 Angkor Wat CambodiaRead a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Book read: Below the Bones
How it fits: Author's initials KE are found in KHMER
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Points This Post: 15
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 17
Jasmiina F5.3 American Football:
Read a book with the MPG Sports or Football:
Kiekkokaupunki by Fredrik Backman.
MPG: Sports
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
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Jasmiina F20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025:
Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages:
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
Pages: 234
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
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Jasmiina F20.10 Group Reads:
Read a book and comment on the thread:
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods.
I chose Fiction - Cozy Fantasy and commented on the thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
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Nick KY15.1 -- Ancient or New?
a. Title word has letters in TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS. I read Inhibitor Phase by Alastair Reynolds. The title word is PHASE: “temple of ArtemiS at EPHesus”
b. Title word has letters in GREAT WALL OF CHINA. I read A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny. The word is GRACE: “GREAt wall of China”
I listened to the audiobook. The Mass Market PB is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 355
Amy FL5.5 Dwali
A book with a lighted candle on the cover:
Points this post: 5
Total points: 230
Amy FL5.8 Corps of Discovery
Read a book that takes place, at least 50%, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, or Oregon:
A Dead Draw - set in Seattle Washington (in the "About the Author" paragraph)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 235
Amy FL10.7 Have Yams Will Party
A word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the phrase The Ashanti Yam Festival
The Silent Watcher - SILENT in ThE aShaNtI yam festivaL
Points this post: 10
Total points: 245
Amy FL15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, Zambia
A title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word comes from the phrase: 'Thundering Smoke'
Not Our Daughter - NOD in thuNDering smOke
Points this post: 15
Total points: 260
Amy FL30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Option 2: a title word of 4 or more letters that can be made from "NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS.”
Off the Grid - GRID in DuRInG
Option 4: a book by a single author whose first name exactly matches one of my instructors (September C., Patty C., David C., or Steve F) or that shares their initials (SC, CS, PC, CP, DC, CD, SF, and FS)
The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanagh - SC
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290
30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes3. SHAGGY & VELMA :
Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Homicide and Halo-Halo - Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery
5. PUMPKIN:
Read a book with the word PUMPKIN (intact) in the title or subtitle.
The Pumpkin Spice Café
Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
IAF: 1
BB: 1
Nick KY25.6 Lisa MD’s Harry Bosch Universe
FYI -- Both books take their impetus from Harry Bosch’s collaboration with Renee Ballard.
Opt. 1. A book from the Harry Bosch Universe. I read Dark Sacred Night, # 32 in the Harry Bosch Universe series (and # 2 in the Renee Ballard series) by Michael Connelly.
Opt. 3. A book with author inits in the character’s name “Renee ballarD” – I read Smile by Roddy Doyle.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 380
Task 15.4 - Pompeii, Italyone book option
MPG Historical Fiction + double letter E in title
Queen Macbeth
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310 points
Task 20.1 - Onihei Jokeibook combines historical fact into fiction
Columba's Bones
plot around historical fact of slaying of Abbot Blathmac on Iona (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blathmac)
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330 points
Task 20.2 - National American Indian Heritage Monthoption 3: set in Wyoming (per metadata / blurb)
In Plain Sight
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350 points
Task 30.4 - Beauty is in the Eye of Beholderoption 2: author name contains letters MURALS
Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold
option 4: MPG Historical Fiction
Nothing Left to Fear From Hell
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380 points
Amarie10.3 - Where Past and Present Meet - Dual Timeline
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
Dual Timelines of 2020 & 1964 shown in description.
Points the post: 10
Total Points: 10
Amarie5.6 - Preserving History
His & Hers by Alice Feeney
HERS = engliSh HERitage
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15
SUSAN A15.7 Parthenon Greece Read a book with MPG Travel
The Twenty-Ninth Day by Alex Messenger
MPG Travel
points this post: 15
Previous total: 865
total points: 880
SUSAN A25.2 - Ash's Task: Slash and Survive, A Final Girl Challenge
Option 1: We All Float Down Here. (Pennywise the Dancing Clown) - Read a book with "IT" in the title only.
Faking It With The Grumpy Single Dad by Andrea Ocean
Option 6: Do you want to play a game? (Jigsaw)
RAB from Related to a Game
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
#9 on Related to a Game list, page 1
points this post: 25
previous total: 880
total points: 905
Katrisa10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy
Read a book with one of these words in the title
I read The Ward Witch
WITCH in title
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 485
Katrisa20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
Opt 1 - Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
I readUniversality
152 pages
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 505
ROBIN P5.2 Autumn or fall
AUTUMN in title or author name
Autumn Means Marriage... and Murder
Points this post: 5
Total points: 225
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:4
ROBIN P20.2 Rookie at the Top: August's Task: Native American Indian Heritage Month
Option 3: set 50% in state that has a reservation
Return to Sender - set entirely in Wyoming, which is one of the listed states
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:4
JUKKA10.2 Window to the Past
Book with a window on the cover.
Walter Hill's Triggerman by Matz.
Total Points: 90/985
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 8/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 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: A pumpkin
Pride & Prejudice & Potions: Prequel Story by Laura M. Drake et al
Task total: 20
Season total: 335
Nick KY15.3 Stonehenge. Opt. 1. 2 books
Book 1. -- a first published year that includes at least 2 unique numbers from this list: 1,2,3,5,7 – I read Way Station by Clifford D. Simak, 1st pub’d 1963.
Book 2 -- a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) -- I read The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, set in London and Essex, England.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 395
Joanne MI15-3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
Book 1: a book with a first published year that includes at least 2 unique numbers from this list: 1,2,3,5,7
The Girl in Green Published 1/3/2017
Book 2 Read a book set in the United Kingdom
Queens of the Crusades ( more than 50% set in England)
Claiming 1 BB with 560 pages AND one IAF
Points this task 15
BB's this task 1
IAF this task 1
Season Total 35
BB's 1
IAF 2
Amarie5.1 - By the Numbers
Sweet Cruelty by Zoe Blake
Cruelty = 7 letters
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Amarie30.6 - Name Swap
Book 1: Maneater by Morgan Elizabeth Page Count: 376
Book 2: My Favorite Lost Cause by Elizabeth O'Roark Page Count: 346
Morgan Elizabeth - Elizabeth O'Roark
Total Page Count = 722 pages
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 50
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 Fields of Plenty
Read a book with a farm as the setting. For the purpose of this task, a farm is a tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes. Farms, Ranch, Orchards all work. I read Love Is a War Song by Danica Nava. The setting on a ranch is stated in the good reads description.
Total points so far: 270
FIONA (TITCH)15. Ancient or New?
Vampire in Denial for Lighthouse of Alexandria (Old) - DENIAL
Good Girl, Bad Girl for Great Wall of China (New) - GIRL
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 50
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5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
Spells Trouble - Trouble has 7 letters
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145 /1000
Tasks Completed 8/57
IAF - 2
SUSAN A30.6 MAZZA1's Task: Name Swap
Book 1: Read a book of your choice by a single author.
Hotshot by Lane Hayes
276 pages
Book 2: Read a second book whose author has the same name as the author of the first book BUT in the alternate position.
Her Dirty Doctors by Mika Lane
262 pages
Name: Lane
538 pages
points this post: 30
previous total: 905
total points: 935
Kristina Marie20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
No children’s (or related MPG) allowed. Pick an option and read one book for that option. Required: State the option.
Option 1:
My reading goal for the year was to read 125 books. I usually meet or exceed my goal, but this year I seem to be struggling to meet my goal. I have decided to try to prioritize shorter books so I can hopefully meet my goal.
Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
This book has 152 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean ReadsOption 2: Read a book that is by a Korean author.
Book read: The Summer I Turned Pretty
How it fits: Jenny Han is Korean-American (approved in help thread in message 12)
https://www.gradesaver.com/author/jen...
https://www.girlsnightin.co/posts/jen...
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Points This Post: 20
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 18
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Option 2 - One book option
Requirement 1-Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction
Requirement 2-Read a book with a word in the title that has a double letter.
Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti / MPG Historical Fiction and WELL has double letter
Points this post: 15
Total points: 280
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Option 2- Read a book by a single author where ALL the author’s initials can be found in Isaac Asimov.
888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers by Abraham Chang / AC in phrase; 400 pgs
Option 5- Read a book that has been adapted and released into a movie or television series.
Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood / adapted to tv series; 164 pgs
link to IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1994944/...
Total pages: 564 > 501
Points this post: 30
Total points: 310
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30.1 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 1:
Choose an author you have discovered (new to you) in the Summer 2025 or Fall 2025 season of reading. Read another book by that author. Book cannot be part of the same series as previously read.
Required State book previously read and that the author was new to you.
In Summer 2025, I read Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes for task 15.9 from her Camper & Criminals cozy mystery series. She was a new author to me, at that time.
For this task, I read Chocolate Bunny Betrayal by Tonya Kappes from her Holiday Cozy Mystery series.
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 previous task completed options and new chosen option.
In Summer 2025, I read Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson to meet the requirements of 20.2.1 - Read a book by a single author where all the author's initials can be found in BOOK CLUB.
For this task, I'm using 20.2.2 -Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle spelled from the phrase BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS.
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton
Behind is found BIHD in birthday, EN in Celebrations.
This is nonfiction, so claiming 1 IAF.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 175 /1000
Tasks Completed 9/57
IAF - 3
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Option 2- 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.”
Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes / BLOOD is in #7 title 'Blood Work'
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.”
Finding the One by Kristen Ashley / KA is in "Jack McEvoy"
Points this post: 25
Total points: 235