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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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5.10 Fall Into ReadingFall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Brett and Rowdy ✔️
This task points: 5
Total season points: 195
SHEMAC 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.)
Required If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference
Head Above Water
This task points: 10
Total season points: 205
Julia1035.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
The Last Twelve Miles
(approved in post 7 of the task help thread)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 355
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 2
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 26
trishhartuk15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
Includes a claim for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Book 1. Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover.
The Excursion Train, Edward Marston (302pg)
Book 2. ingle author's first and last initials in LOST CITY OF THE INCAS.
Towards Zero, Agatha Christie (257pg)
inCAs
Golden Oldie: First published in 1944
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – Towards Zero was first published in 1944
Total Points: 300
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Amy FL5.6 Preserving History
A word in the title of three or more letters made from HISTORIC SCOTLAND
Hard Duty - HARD in HistoRic scotlAnD
Points this post: 5
Total points: 295
Amy FL15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
A book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital.
Her First Mistake - FIRST
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
Amy FL15.8 Easter Island Chile
A book with at least 3 people on the cover:
Points this post: 15
Total points: 325
Amy FL20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Option 2: title word (3+letters) made from ANTHONY JOSEPH
The Taken Ones - ONES in anthONy joSEph
Points this post: 20
Total points: 345
Amy FL25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 2: title contains a matching title word from any of the total works of the “Harry Bosch Universe Series."
The Night Collector - NIGHT is in A Darkness More Than Night
Option 3: 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.”
Nightshade by Michael Connelly - MC in MiCkey haller
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370
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30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each option.
Option 2:
Read a book from the first 20 pages of Cults Books
Required: State the page. - page 1
***Nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF***
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Option 4: Read a book with an MPG Humor.
A Man Called Ove
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 230 /1000
Tasks Completed 11/57
IAF - 4
15.3 Stonehenge United KingdomOption 2, published year includes 2 of 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and set in the UK: Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell, published June 24, 2025
No setting is indicated on the GR main page, but here are references to two reviews:
https://allaboutromance.com/book-revi...
"An hour or so up the coast (the book is set in England), there's another woman whose story we learn..."
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781...
"For the past 30 years, Nick Radcliffe has assumed an array of identities to seduce, marry, and occasionally murder women of independent means across London..."
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee ComedianOption 1, a book set in Scotland: The Summer Skies by Jenny Colgan
Option 3, a new to me book from NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century #24: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
This book was new to me.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
Kristen IA15.10 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'. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the phrase used - 'Thundering Smoke'
Everything She Never Knew by Annette Chavez Macias
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 85/985
Tasks Completed: 5/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Jager20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
Historical Event - The murder of May Daniels AND the existence of The Detection Club AND Dorothy Sayers/Agatha Christie friendship and membership in the Club.
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
points this post 20
total points 165/985
11/57
1 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
This is a two book task. Choose two of the options below, and read one book for each option.
Required: State the options.
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.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the Goodreads description, include a reference.
The False Flat by Melissa Collings
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)
Required:Post the cover
Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
points this post 25
total points 190/985
12/57
1 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
JEN B25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Option 2:
For this option take the chorus of Kenny Rogers' The Gambler and read a book with one of these verbs in the title: HOLD, FOLD, WALK, RUN, COUNT, SIT. Words must be exact but do not need to function as a verb in the title.
Count My Lies by Sophie Stava (336 pages)
Word = COUNT
Option 4:
For this option, read a book whose single author has initials that are found consecutively forward in order in the word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM.
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley (384 pages)
AB consecutive in ANTIDISEST AB LISHMENTARIANISM
336 pages + 384 pages = 720 pages > 500 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 250
Theresa30.1 - 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.
Every task will revolve around books you read or tasks you have completed from the Summer and Fall Season of 2025.
Required State the options
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.
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
I read The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles during the Summer challenge, and this author was new to me.
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.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
I completed task 20.2 in the summer challenge using Option 2
This book meets option 1 - Authors initials found in Book Club
Points this post - 30
Total points - 30
Jager25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 2: Testudo’s Turtle Power
Read a book set in a college or university (any genre).
Required: If the college setting isn’t clear from the Goodreads description, provide a reference.
Given Our History by Kristyn J. Miller
Option 6: Team Initials All-Stars
Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last name) are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES or MARYLAND TERRAPINS.
Required: State the team chosen for the initials - TERRAPINS
To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage
points this post 25
total points 215/985
13/57
1 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Julia10310.2 Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the cover.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 365
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 2
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 27
Rockynook20.6 - Reading Goals 2025
Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
All the Luck You Need by A.R. Casella
Page Count: 127
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 210
15.1 - Ancient or New?
This is a repost from 'Problems in Completed Tasks' thread message #35 for the new 100 page minimum count posting rules for Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a 4+ letter title word from one of the 7 Ancient Wonders.
Wonder: Lighthouse of Alexandria
Word: NEXT
My Next Breath
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
(Already claimed in previous post where book 2 was flagged as missing page count)
Book 2: Read a book with a 4+ letter title word from one of the 7 New Wonders.
Wonder: Great Wall of China
Word: OTHER
Double Sin and Other Stories
(Copy for page count Double Sin and Other Stories)
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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)
10.8 - The Ghouls Guide to Reading
Read a book from one of the Cozy/Halloween lists
This is a repost from 'Problems in Completed Tasks' thread message #41 for the new 100 page minimum count posting rules.
List: Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries
Page: 1
Hallowe'en Party
(Copy for page count Hallowe'en Party)
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Counts should be accurate now, and all posts with noted problems should be updated:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 175/985
Tasks Completed: 11/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(1), IaF(3)
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30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each option.
Option 3 – Isaac Asimov was born 2 January 1920 and died 6 April 1992. Read a book that was first published between those dates- inclusive.
The Joy Luck Club - First published January 1, 1989 - 288 pages
Option 5: Read a book that has been adapted and released into a movie or television series.
Brandy & Bullets - 275 pages
From the Goodreads page Jessica Fletcher (born Jessica Beatrice MacGill, and writes under the initialed J.B. Fletcher) is a fictional character from the US television series Murder, She Wrote.
275 + 288 > 501
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 260 /1000
Tasks Completed 12/57
IAF - 4
20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the group reads for the Fall 2025 season (Gutenberg Classic)
The Empty House and Other Stories, originally published 1906.
** Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket **
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 195/985
Tasks Completed: 12/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(2), IaF(3)
5.5 - Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
The Bible Jesus Read
(Copy for page count The Bible Jesus Read)
** Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 200/985
Tasks Completed: 13/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(2), IaF(4)
5.8 - Corps of Discovery
Read a book that takes place, at least 50%, in one of the states visited by Lewis and Clark
State: West Virginia
What Stalks the Deep
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 205/985
Tasks Completed: 14/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(2), IaF(4)
5.9 - Celebrate History
Read a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
(Setting: The description of this edition makes it more obvious that the setting is contemporaneous with when the story was written/turn of the 19th century).
The Willows, originally published 1907
** Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket **
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 210/985
Tasks Completed: 15/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(3), IaF(4)
Katrisa15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
I read The Mother-in-Law by Kiersten Modglin
KM in KhMer
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 685
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Read a book with a word in the title of three or more letters (excluding And, The), made from either ENGLISH HERITAGE
Word is GIRL
Read Girl in the Creek
Points this post 5
total= 245
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Let's celebrate our history. Read a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
read Under the Stars 50percent in 1846
points this post 5
total points 250
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Read a book with a window on the over.
read
points this post 5
total 255
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Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First,
read Love at First Sighting
points this post 15
total 270
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Read a book with a swimming pool on the cover.
read
points this post 15
total points 285
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Option 1:
Read a book where the title contains one of the words from any of the songs titles from the album: Garden
read The Girls in the Garden (432 pages)
points this post 20
total 305
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Option 2 Read a book set in a college or university (any genre).
read You Belong Here
Book had dual time line one with mother in college and one with daughter in college
and
option 6
Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last name) are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
read The Locked Wardby Sarah Pekkanen
points this post 25
total points 330
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Book 1: Read a book of your choice by a single author.
read We Won't All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall (330 pages)
Book 2: Using your first book, read a second book whose author has the same name as the author of the first book BUT in the alternate position.
read Don't Tell Me How to Die by Marshall Karp (336 pages)
points this post 320
total points 360
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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.
read Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn (324)
and
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.
read My Oxford Year (378)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4978342/...
points this post 30
total 390
CYNBAXTERTask #5.2 Autumn or fall?
Task: Read a book with Autumn in the title or author's name.
Requirement: Plurals and possessives are allowed, no other variations.
Book: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
Points this post: 5 points
Total Points: 20 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
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.9 Celebrate History
Read a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
Revolution by Fire: New York's Afro-Irish Uprising of 1741—A Graphic Novel by David Lester
Points this post: 5
Total points: 540/985
Task completed: 38/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 Fall Into Reading
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Nat Turner by Kyle Baker
Points this post: 5
Total points: 545/985
Task completed: 39/57
Nick KY5.8 Corps of Discovery. Set in one of the listed states of the Lewis & Clark expedition – I read a book set in Iowa, This Is How I Lied by Heather Gudenkauf.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 435
Nick KY30.1 JennRenee’s Do It Again, But Differently
Opt. 2. In the Summer of 2025, for task 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder, a 1-book task, I used Opt. 3 and read a Hugo award winning novel.
For this task I shall use Opt. 2A and read, from p 1 of the Coming of Age list, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Opt. 4. Book pub’d in same month (different yr) as a book read in the Summer 2025 challenge. For 50.1 in the Summer Challenge, I read The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder, 1st pub’d in January, 1990. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
For this task, I read Strangers by Gardner Dozois, 1st pub’d January 1978.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 465
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 Ash's Task- Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
Option 1: Read a book with "IT" in the title only.-
It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei
Option 6: Read a book off of one of these lists.
Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf
Found on Main character enters a contest/game on page 1
Points this post: 25
Total points: 570/985
Task completed: 40/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
Option 2A: Read a book set in one of the places we have toured; Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island or New York City (must NYC, not New York State).
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
SETTING A significant portion of the book is set in 2014 and later, centering on the conversations Jacob has with her young, biracial son, Z, in their Brooklyn home.
Option 3B: 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.
Bravo by Jessica Ashley
HOST: Ashley Flowers AUTHOR: Jessica Ashley
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595/985
Task completed: 41/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
Option 1: Read a book with a title (not subtitle) of at least 3 words that has the first letter of each word appearing in STREET ART.
Against the Tide by Melody Carlson
Option 4: Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word MUSEUM.
But You Have Friends by Emilia McKenzie
Points this post: 30
Total points: 625/985
Task completed: 42/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.5 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.”
I Am the Swarm by Hayler Chewins
WORD=swarm
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.
The Gospel Truth by Caroline Pignat
Initials CP
Points this post: 30
Total points: 655/985
Task completed: 43/57
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Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
by Jess Armstrong ./ lighted candle on coverPoints this post: 5
Total points: 315
Kristina Marie15.7 Parthenon Greece
Read a book with MPG Travel.
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle
MPG Travel.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 240
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5.8 - Corps of Discovery
Book set in one of these states: Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon
Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams
Set in Rome, Kentucky
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 190