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25.2- Ash's Task- Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each option.
Option 1: We All Float Down Here. (Pennywise the Dancing Clown)
Read a book with "IT" in the title only.- subtitles excluded.
Read It and Weep
Option 2: Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? (Leatherface)
Read a book where a Roadtrip is essential to the story.
Run for the Hills
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 200 /1000
Tasks Completed 10/57
IAF - 3
Katrisa25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Opt 4 - Read a novel set at least 75% in Pennsylvania or Maryland
I read A Mercy set in colonial Maryland
Opt 6 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last name) are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES or MARYLAND TERRAPINS.
I read The Raven's Wife by Amanda McKinney
AM in MAryland
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 600
Katrisa30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Opt 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 read A Drop of Corruption
DROP in nO laP DuRing
Opt 4 - Read a book by a single author whose first name exactly matches one of my instructors , or that shares their initials
I read The Time That's Given
DAVID matches David C.
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 630
25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC'sOption 1: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet
A Feast for Starving Stone (Chefs of the Five Gods #2) by Beth Cato
author's initials, BC, are sequential in the alphabet
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C -Required: State the MPG.
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo
MPG A - Adventure
Task total: 25
Season total: 380
ROBIN P20.3 Review Raffle: Mascoodah's Task: What's in a Name?
Option 2: Author last name starts with last letter of your Readerboard name
My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues - Pamela Paul
Matches last letter P of my readerboard name
**Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:5
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Jessica S10.2 Window to the Past
book with a window on the over
Seance on a Summer's Night by Josh LanyonPoints this task: 10
Total points: 215
Jessica S10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy
Read a book with one of these words in the title
One Bite With a Vampire by Louisa Masters
Points this task: 10
Total points: 225
Jessica S15.4 Pompeii Italy
Option 2 - Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction and Read a book with a word in the title that has a double letter (MOLLY)
Molly Boys by Vawn Cassidy
Points this task: 15
Total points: 240
Jessica S25.1 - Nick KY’s Task : Gothic Types
Option 2 Book 1: Read ONE book from ONE of the lists above
Modern Gothics Page 1 - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Option 2 Book 2: Read any book, fiction or non-fiction, with snow on the cover.
Just a Regular Boy by Catherine Ryan HydePoints this task: 15
Total points: 265
Jessica S10.7 Have Yams Will Party
book with a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the phrase The Ashanti Yam Festival (FATES)
Dire Straits and Entwined Fates by Alice Winters
Points this task: 10
Total points: 275
Jessica S15.1 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. (LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA - DANTE)
Taming Dante by Joel Abernathy
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. (GREAT WALL OF CHINA -OTHER)
Lust and Other Drugs by T.J. Nichols
Points this task: 15
Total points: 290
10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or WrapRead a book with one of these words in the title: witch
Witches Get Stuff Done (Starfall Point #1) by Molly Harper
Task total: 10
Season total: 390
SHEMAC20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
Frontline 1940
Required: State the event - the Blitz (London, September 1940 to May 1941)
This task points: 20
Total Season Points: 210
ROBIN P10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline.
Required: If the dual/multiple time line is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference:
Four Squares
Chapters alternate throughout the book, each headed by the year: 1994, 2022, 1996, 2022, etc.
approved in help thread with this explanation
Points this post: 10
Total points: 290
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:5
Joanne MI20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
|Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones. For a historical event, we are looking for an event of limited scope (location, time, participants)
Approved in help thread, #48
Redcoat
Points this task 20
Season Total 55
2 BB's
2 IAF
Mai20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Option 2: Read a book that is by a Korean author.
The Cabinet by Kim Un-Su
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
NF Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 2
15.7 Parthenon GreeceRead a book with MPG Travel
Book read: Love Unmasked
How it fits: MPG Travel, verified in help thread in message 17
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Points This Post: 15
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 19
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2025 SRC
30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
The following tasks are based on my kids' costumes through the years. This is a two book task. Choose two costumes and read one book for each. You may use one book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga.
Required State the options
Option 3. SHAGGY & VELMA :
Scooby Doo is well loved in our house. Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title. If the word is found in the series title, the series title must appear on the Goodreads Book Main Page.
Edam and Weep, Grilled Cheese Mysteries series
Option 6. MONSTERS:
There were several monsters over the years: Witch, Frankenstein, skeletons, zombies. My favorite was the zombies. Read a book featuring Zombies and is essential to the story.
Required: If the zombie connection is not evident from the book page, provide a reference.
Blackout - #3 in Newsflesh trilogy
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 140
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
JEN B25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Geography
The sixteen teams in the SEC come from 11 states. Read a book set at least 75% in one of these states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kristen Miller
Takes place 100% in Georgia
Option 2: Animal Mascots
Choose a mascot from the list below and read a book with that animal on the cover.
South Carolina - Gamecock (any chicken will do)
by Kevin WilsonChicken on the cover (approved in help thread)
TOTAL POINTS: 225
20.10 The Lost BookshopI read The Lost Bookshop and posted on the group thread (#7 post).
points: 60
books read: 4
tasks completed: 4
Its a fact: 1
pages read: 1640
15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, ZambiaRead 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'.
Où tu seras reine
O T S R found in Thundering Smoke
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 190
Julia10315.10 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 Bookshop Ladies
(In "Boiling Water": T in Water, BL in Boiling)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 350
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 2
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 25
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2025 SRC
15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates, initials DC found in CamboDia
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 155
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
15.4 Pompeii, Italy - 1 book optionMPG Historical Fiction and title word has double letter - pp
Demon Copperhead
560 pages
*Claiming Big Book ticket
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 15
BB ticket: 1
15.9 Angkor Wat, CambodiaRead a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
The Unwedding by Ally Condie
A,C in CAmbodia
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 30
20.3 What's in a NameOpt 1 Read a book by an author that shares the same FIRST NAME Initial of The First LETTER in you YOUR READERBOARD name
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
20.4 What Fall BringsOpt 4 Read a book from a series where one word of 5+ letters in the title/subtitle/series can be found in the phrase OPERATION MINCEMEAT
Camino Ghosts
C,A,M,I,N in MINCeneAt
O in Operation
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 70
25.4 The A,B,C'sOpt 3 - Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
The Chef
MPG genre Crime
Opt 4 Read a book whose main character is in kindergarten through high school.
Heist Society
MC is a teenager who gets kicked out of her boarding school and plans a heist with other teens (GR). From JennRenee's review "The book is about a teenage girl, Kat, who wants nothing more than to escape the life of crime her family has always been involved in."
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 95
30.2 Halloween CostumesOpt 2 Read a book featuring an athlete (or retired athlete).
Furia- female soccer player
Opt 5 Read a book with the word PUMPKIN (intact) in the title or subtitle.
The Pumpkin Spice Café
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 125
30.4 Beauty is in the eye of the BeholderOpt 3 Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art
Finding Dorothy- HF
Opt 4 Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word MUSEUM.
The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court by Michelle Moran
M,M in MuseuM
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 155
Katrisa10.7 Have Yams Will Party
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the phrase The Ashanti Yam Festival
I read Stay True
STAY in ASanTi Yam
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 640
Katrisa20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Opt 3 - read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in either Curly OR Monkey
I read Everybody is a Liar by Liv Constantine
LC in CurLy
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 660
Amanda E.20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?
Option 2: Read a book by an author that shares the same LAST NAME initial of the LAST LETTER in YOUR READERBOARD name. - Author last name is Everett, mine is Edgar
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Amanda E. 10.2 Window to the Past: Read a book with a window on the cover.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Shelby
5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.: Two Thousand Dreams, by Jocelynn Drake
How Fits: Title - Thousand = 8 letters
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Deborah20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
2) Read a book whose cover is at least 40% green as determined by tineye https://labs.tineye.com/color/
The BewitchingPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 10
Tasks Done: 8
Shelby
5.6 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.: If You Can't Stand The Heat, by Lisa Oliver
How Fits: Phrase - historic ScoTlAND / Title - if you can't STAND the heat
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
5.7 National Trust
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST.: A Touch of Spring, by Lisa Oliver
How Fits: Author - Lisa Oliver
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA: Master of Shadows, by Angela Knight
How Fits: Author - Angela Knight
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 1
Read a book with “fly,” “eagle,” or “green” in the title: Eagle in the Hawthorn, by Sam Burns
How Fits: Title - EAGLE in the hawthorn
AND
Option 6
Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last name) are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES or MARYLAND TERRAPINS.: The Dragon Experiment, by Louisa Masters
How Fits: Phrase - Maryland / Author - Louisa Masters
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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).: The Professor's Dragon, by Louisa Masters
How Fits: Title/Author - The PRofESsor's drAgon by louIsa masters
AND
Option 3
Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title.: Kapowie!, by Marshall Thornton
How Fits: Series - Pinx Video MYSTERIES
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
ROBIN P5.9 Celebrate History
book set at least 100 years ago
The Dreadful Debutante - set in Regency England, approx 1815
Points this post: 5
Total points: 295
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:5
Kathy KS30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
1. PIRATES:
Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
PIRATES=The dISapPEARed
3. SHAGGY & VELMA :
Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title
The American regional mystery by Marvin Lachman
MYSTERY in title
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket** Pages: 542
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 160
Tasks completed: 7/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
trishhartuk10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
Read a book with Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, or Mummy in the title
WITCH Upon a Star, Angela M. Sanders (304pg)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 18
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for EverythingOption 2: A - Location: Read a book set in one of the places we have toured; New York City (must NYC, not New York State).
Hard Shot (Jon Reznick #7) by J.B. Turner
approx 80% around NYC
Option 3: A - Audiobooks - Read (or listen) to a book that won or was a finalist in the Audie Awards
Big Witch Energy (Starfall Point #2) by Molly Harper
Task total: 25
Season total: 415
20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl JamOption 2: Read a book set at least 50% in New Orleans.
The Damned (The Beautiful #2) by Renée Ahdieh
90% set in New Orleans
416 pages
Task total: 20
Season total: 435
Task 15.3 - Stonehenge, United Kingdomone book option
set in Kent, UK and first published in 2025 - contains 2 unique digits from list (2, 5)
Murder at Gulls Nest
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485 points
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10.1 School is Cool!
Read a non fiction book with the MPG Science, Mathmatics, or History -OR- Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature or Dark Academia
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights
(non-fiction with MPG History)
Claiming one It's a Fact ticket for non-fiction.
This post: 10 points, 1 NF
Total points: 335
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 2
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 24