The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion
FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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trishhartuk5.7 National Trust
Single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST.
The Last Devil to Die, Richard Osman (418pg)
natiOnal tRust
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 20
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
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Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon
Read a book that takes place, at least 50%, in one of these States
A Daisy for the Single Dad by Sophia Quinn / set in Montana; Aspire is in Montana from the first book in the series Pretend To Be My Cowboy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 320
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Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy
Read a book with one of these words in the title.
Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis / WITCH in title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.2 - Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the over.
The Collection Girls: Emily Slate Mystery Thriller, Book 2 by Alex Sigmore
The cover has a house with visible windows:
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Collection Girls
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Tasks completed: 6
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Option 3- Read a book by an author whose first OR last name can be spelled from the phrase
RIDDLE OR JOKE.
Make Me Trust Again by Anna B Doe / DOE spelled from phrase
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.5 - Season of the Harvest
Read a book where the a single author's first and last name initials can be found in the word HARVEST.
His Perfect Crime by Alex Sigmore
Author's first and last name initials can be found in hArveSt.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): His Perfect Crime
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Tasks completed: 6
Ana15.10 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'.
Wrangled by the Alien Rancher You can make Alien from Boiling Water
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Ana20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Option 2: Precontact Sites
For this option, 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:
BLOOD RUN
DAVIS ORIOLE EARTH LODGE
INDIAN VILLAGE
TOOLESBORO MOUNDS
KIMBALL VILLAGE
PHIPPS SITE
Resisting the Alien Rider. All the tital words can be found Davis Oriole Earth Lodge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 55
10.5 Season of the HarvestRead a book where the a single author's first and last name initials can be found in the word HARVEST
Book read: Liberation
How it fits: Author's initials are SR
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Points This Post: 10
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 20
Rockynook10.3 - Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book with a dual timeline
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Jumps between 1939 and present day
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 220
10.10 - Do They Exist?
Read a book where cryptids are essential to the story.
Reference: Bigfoot is referenced in the main page description, but there's also the (sub)titular goatsucker, aka chupacabra.
Proof, Volume 1: Goatsucker
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 220/985
Tasks Completed: 16/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(3), IaF(4)
10.3 - Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline.
Reference: From the description 'characters that connect through family, time, and place', etc.
Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 230/985
Tasks Completed: 17/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(3), IaF(4)
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task : Gothic Types
Option 1 - Read two books, one from each of two different lists (1 comic/manga ok)
Book 1: Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
LIST: Noir, page 20
Book 2: Semiosis
LIST: Sci Fi Horror, page 1
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 255/985
Tasks Completed: 18/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(3), IaF(4)
Readerboard Name: List_Addict5.8: Corps of Discovery
A setting in one of the included US states
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Setting: Seattle, WA
Total this challenge: 25
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25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each option.
Option 1: PopSugar and other challenges
B - Boxall
This is the complete list: https://thereadersroom.org/1001-books/
Read a book from this list :
A Tale of Two Cities - #1148
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket, published in 1859***
Option 3A - Audiobooks
Read (or listen) to a book that won or was a finalist in the Audie Awards
1996 FICTION, UNABRIDGED WINNER
The Homecoming: A Novel About Spencer's Mountain
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 285 /1000
Tasks Completed 13/57
IAF - 4
GO - 1
5.5 DwaliRead a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
Never Been Witched (Starfall Point #3) by Molly Harper
Task total: 5
Season total: 440
10.2 - Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the cover.
N or M?, originally published 1941
(Alt edition for minimum page count: N or M?)
** Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket **
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 265/985
Tasks Completed: 19/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(4), IaF(4)
15.5 - Sukhothai Thailand
Read a book with the title word First, King, Kingdom, City, or Capital (plurals/possessives allowed)
Invisible Cities
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 280/985
Tasks Completed: 20/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(4), IaF(4)
Bookwrm526Task #15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA. I read An Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand (AC in CAmbodia).
Total points so far: 330
Cindy FTask 15.4 Pompeii Italy
Option 2: MPG Historical Fiction AND a word in title with a double letter (Book Double O's)
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Points this post:15
Total points:45
Books read:6
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:6
Cindy FTask 20.4 What Fall Brings
Option 3: Authors first name in phrase RIDDLE OR JOKE
(JODI) About Time by Jodi Taylor
Points this post:20
Total points:65
Books read:7
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:7
Cindy FTask 5.6 Preserving History
3 or more letter word in title from ENGLISH HERITAGE
(GIRL)
The Girl with Ice in Her Veins by Karin Smirnoff
Points this post:5
Total points:70
Books read:8
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:8
Katrisa25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Opt 3 - Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
I read My Sister's Grave
MPG Crime
Opt 4 - Read a book whose main character is in kindergarten through high school
I read Land of No Regrets
MC is attending a religious high school in Canada
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 710
Katrisa30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
Opt 3 - read a NEW TO YOU book from this New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century list
I read Erasure from P1. This book is new to me
Opt 4 - Read a book with an MPG Humor
I read Naked
MPG Humor
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 740
10.1 School is Cool!Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature
The Memory Police
New Points: 10
Total Points: 40
GO: 1
30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac AsimovOption 3 – Read a book that was first published between 2 January 1920 and 6 April 1992 dates- inclusive.
The Castle First published January 1, 1926
***Claiming a Golden Oldie ticket for being published in 1926***
Option 4: Read a book that can be found on the first 5 pages of the following shelves: I used Robots
Network Effect
This book is found on page 1 of the Robots list
New Points: 30
Total Points: 70
GO: 2
Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - The ABC's
Option 1: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward. I read That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (KL are sequential going forward).
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C. I read Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert, which has MPG Contemporary.
Total points so far: 355
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Read a book with the MPG Sports or Football
Empty Net by Teagan Hunter / MPG Sports
Points this post: 5
Total points: 355
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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 or HISTORIC SCOTLAND or (if you can find one!) CADW
Easy Nights by Kristen Proby / NIGHTS spelled from 'English Heritage'
Points this post: 5
Total points: 360
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Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson / A in 'Cambodia' and H in 'Khmer'
Points this post: 15
Total points: 375
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Option 3- Read a book that was first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025 (inclusive).
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Harari / MPG Historical, published Oct 2020
Points this post: 20
Total points: 395
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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.”
The Woman Who Couldn't Scream by Christina Dodd / WOMAN spelled from phrase
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.
Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare / CS in list
Points this post: 30
Total points: 425
b>LoraTask: 5.6 Preserving History
Read a book with a word in the title of three or more letters made from either ENGLISH HERITAGE or HISTORIC SCOTLAND or CADW.
Book/Author: Hansel and the Gingerbread Queen / Lea Doue
How it fits: using title word HANSEL and phrase ENGLISH HERITAGE (ENgLiSH heritAge)
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 205
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
FLY Task #20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam
task: Option 2: set at least 50% in New Orleans.
book: Limoncello Yellow
how it fits: set ~95% in New Orleans
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11/57
BB: 1 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0
10.10 Do They Exist?Read a book where cryptids are essential to the story. OR A reference to cryptids (as a whole- non specific)
Atlanta's Guide to Cryptids (DRC Files #1) by Kevin A. Davis
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task total: 10
Season total: 450
JEN B10.1 School is Cool!
Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature or Dark Academia,
What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
MPG Literary Fiction
TOTAL POINTS: 260
10.1 - School is Cool!
Read a non fiction book with the MPG Science, Mathematics, or History
The Gospel of Judas
** Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 290/985
Tasks Completed: 21/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(4), IaF(5)
Kristina Marie20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Choose one option and read one book for that option.
Books must have an MPG of Historical or Historical Fiction The MPG may be embedded IE Historical Romance
Required: State the option.
Option 3: The Amana Colonies
Read a book that was first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025 (inclusive).
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
This book was first published in October 2021 and has a MPG of Historical Fiction.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280
10.8 The Ghouls Guide to ReadingRead a book from one of these lists.
Books to get you in the Halloween Mood - Page 4 #232
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 320
Total Tasks Completed: 14
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
15.3 Stonehenge United KingdomOption 2
Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1.
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)
Setting
London, England
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks Completed: 15
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
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: 'BOiling waTEr'
The Beginning of Everything by Kristen Ashley
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 350
Total Tasks Completed: 16
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall BringsOption 1
Read a book with any of the words HUNT, HUNTER or HUNTING in the title/subtitle. Word must be exact, no variations allowed.
Heartless Hunter by Heartless Hunter
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 370
Total Tasks Completed: 17
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
trishhartuk20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
Includes a claim for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess (159pg)
Golden Oldie: First published in 1962
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – A Clockwork Orange was first published in 1962
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 21
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Nick KY20.3 Masoodah’s What’s in a Name
Option 1. First init of author’s name is the 1st init of my readername. I read The Garden by Nick Newman. Author’s 1st name Nick has the first letter of my readername, Nick KY.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 485
Kelly L25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Read 2 books, one from 2 different options...minimum page count to a rotund 500 pages.
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.
Resurrection Walk includes WALK from The Gambler.
Page count = 407
Option 5
My dad was, at various times, a policeman, a sailor in the navy, an ambulance driver, a private detective, a dance instructor, and a competitive weight lifter/bodybuilder. I got hella dad cred. For this option, read a book where the main character has one of the above professions.
The main character(s) of The Night Fire are police officers (both retired & active). From the GR description: "Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again... Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective"
Page count = 405
Total page count = 812
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This post: 25 points
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Season total: 135 points
Season Tickets: 1 IAF
Kelly L25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Read 2 books, one each from 2 different options.
Option 2: Titles
Read a book whose title words (minimum 3) are in alphabetical order.
City of Secrets
3+ title words' initials = C, O, S
Option 3: Genres
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
The Waiting has MPGs Crime and Audiobook
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This post: 25 points
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Season total: 160 points
Season Tickets: 1 IAF
Ana20.6 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.
Wanted by the Alien Warden #4 in the series
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Ana5.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
Rescued by the Alien Bull Rider The main character becomes a mother in the book.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 80
Nick KY25.3 Jecca’s First Time for Everything
Opt. 1.B. On list of 1001 books, I read Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor, # 441.
Opt. 2.A. Book set in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or New York City. I read The Cat of the Baskervilles: A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery by Vicki Delany, set in Cape Cod, Massachusetts (GR Blurb confirms Cape Cod as setting.)
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 510
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20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Pick one option below and read one book for it.
Required: State which option you choose.
Option 1
Read a book with any of the words HUNT, HUNTER or HUNTING in the title/subtitle. Word must be exact, no variations allowed.
The Life of a Fossil Hunter by Charles H. Sternberg
The word HUNTER can be found in The Life of a Fossil Hunter.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 260