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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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5.3 American Football
Read a book with the MPG Sports
read Runner 13
Genres
Thriller
Mystery
Fiction
Mystery Thriller
Audiobook
Crime
Suspense
Sports
Points this post 5
total points 400
SHEMAC25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Read 2 books, one each from 2 different options.
Required: State the options - 1 and 2
Option 1: Authors
Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward. G, H
The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer
Option 2: Titles
Read a book whose title words (minimum 3) are in alphabetical order- D, F, H, O
Dancing for His Omega
This task points: 25
Total season points: 230
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10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline.
read The Intruder
book is told from two timelines- Before and Now
Now is the character Casey and Before is character Ella
Points this post 10
total points 410
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10.6 Fields of Plenty
Read a book with a farm as the setting.
read Dark Harvest
points this post 10
total points 420
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10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
Read a book of one of the lists provided used listed
Books to get you in the Halloween Mood
read Night Watcher found on page 4
points this post 10
total points 430
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10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
Read a book with one of these words in the title.- VAMPIRE
read Road Trip With a Vampire
points this post 10
total points 440
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage Month
Option 3
read a book set at least 50 percent in one of these states
NEW YORK
read 80s Ghosts
points this post 20
total points 460
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Option 3
ead a book that was first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025
read The Resurrectionist Published october 7 2025
Genres
Horror
Historical Fiction
points this post 20
total points 480
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30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
option 1. PIRATES:
Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
read the hauntIng of Paynes hollow by kElley ARmSTrong
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3. SHAGGY & VELMA :
Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title.
read The Cursed Writer
series name is The Baker Street Mysteries
points this post 30
total points 510
ROBIN P15.10 Victoria Falls: Zimbabwe, Zambia
1st letter of each title word found in phrase
The House of Eve THOE in THUNDERING SMOKE
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:5
Katrisa10.5 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
I read Without Pity by Ava Strong
AV in hArVest
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 750
Katrisa15.6 Tikal Guatemala
Read a book with a swimming pool on the cover
I read The Compound
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 765
Katrisa20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage Month
Read a book with a setting of 50% or more in a state with a Native American reservation
I read Mask of the Deer Woman
It is set on a reservation in OK
"Laurie L. Dove's atmospheric, frequently grim, and emotionally charged debut, Mask of the Deer Woman, features a former police detective trying to outrun her old life by taking a job as tribal marshal on an Oklahoma reservation"
from https://www.shelf-awareness.com/sar-i...
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 785
MaryPDX 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.”
Slow Horses
SLOW
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California.
I Am Legend
Set in LA
Points this post 30
total points: 120/985
Deborah5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
CINNAMON has 8 letters
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 11
Tasks Done: 9
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2025 season.
The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup
Discussion post #12
Points this post: 20
Total points: 675/985
Task completed: 44/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.6 Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
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.”
If I Run by Molly Black
RUN is in Suicide RUN by Michael Connelly
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.”
A Perilous Plot by Lorna Barrett
LB found in Renee Ballard
Points this post: 25
Total points: 700/985
Task completed: 45/57
10.3 Where Past and Present Meet Read a book that is written in a dual timeline.
Required If the dual time line is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference.
1920 / 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Los....
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean ReadsOption 2: Read a book that is by a Korean author.
We Do Not Part by Han Kang
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything Option 1: PopSugar and other challenges
*B - Boxall -
Read a book from the Boxall list
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Option 3: Side Hustle
A - Audiobooks -
Read (or listen) to a book that won or was a finalist in the Audie Awards -
2023 Thriller/Suspense Finalist
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad500 Pages: 307 + 303 = 610 Pages
Option 4:
For this task, read a book whose single author has initials that are found consecutively forward in order in the word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARiaNISM.
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende, 307p
Option 6:
Read a book with MPG Humor. The weirder the better.
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe, 303p
Points this post: 25
Total points: 80
trishhartuk5.6 Preserving History
Read a book with a word in the title of three or more letters , made from either ENGLISH HERITAGE or HISTORIC SCOTLAND
A Shot of Scandal, Simone Stier (226pg)
SHOT: HiSTOric scotland
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 22
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
trishhartuk30.3 Katrisa’s Task - Leah Renee Comedian
Includes a claim for an It's A Fact ticket
Option 2: Her Show 2025. Read a book from the first 20 pages of this list of books about cults.
The Cult of Trump, Steven Hassan (301pg)
On page 2 of the list, about 14 down
Option 4: Genre. Read a book with an MPG Humor.
Pyramids, Terry Pratchett (305pg)
Humor is the third MPG.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Cult of Trump is Nonfiction
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 23
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Bookwrm526Task #10.1 School is Cool!
Read a non fiction book with the MPG Science, Mathmatics, or History. I read A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars by Erin Sharkey, which has MPG History AND Science.
Total points so far: 395
JUKKA10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
Book written in a dual timeline.
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Total Points: 120/985
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Jager5.9 Celebrate History
Read a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
points this post 5
total points 220/985
14/57
1 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager5.10 Fall Into Reading
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
points this post 5
total points 225/985
15/57
1 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager10.10 Do They Exist?
Read a book where cryptids are essential to the story.
Cryptids on this list are accepted:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
OR
A reference to cryptids (as a whole- non specific), cryptozoologist or cryptid hunter, on the book main page, or has a MPG cryptid or Cryptozoology.
Required: State the reference to Cryptids on the main page.
examples:
A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan- mentions cryptozoologist
points this post 10
total points 235/985
16/57
1 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Kelly L20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
The Second Mrs. Astor
(Included in the original 20.1 task as an option)
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This post: 20 points
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Season total: 180 points
Season Tickets: 1 IAF
Bookwrm526Task #15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
Book 1: Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover. I read Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill (cover approved in help thread).
Book 2: Read a book with a single author's first and last initials in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS. I read How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton by Lucille Clifton (L in lost, C in city). I cleared this one in the help thread at posts 2 and 4 since it also lists an editor on GR.
Total points so far: 410
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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.
Letters may be used as many times as they appear
Required: State the word and the phrase used. '
Girl in the Creek
How it fits:
GIRL can be found in enGLIsh heRitage
Points this post: 5
Total this season: 20
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5.8 Corps of Discovery
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
Local Woman Missing
How it fits:
Set in Chicago, Illinois according to details
Points this post: 5
Total this season: 25
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10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book that is written in a dual timeline.
Required If the dual time line is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference.
Truly, Devious
How it fits:
Flashes back between
1936 – when the original Ellingham Academy kidnapping and murders take place.
and
Present day (roughly 2018 when the book was published)– when Stevie Bell, a modern-day student at Ellingham Academy, arrives determined to solve the decades-old mystery.
Points this post: 10
Total this season: 35
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10.7 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
Letters may be use as often as they appear.
Required: State the word.
If We Survive This
How it fits:
THIS can be found in aSHanTI
Points this post: 10
Total this season: 45
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10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
What else happens in the Fall- Halloween.
To get into the spirit- Read a book from one of these lists.
Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries
Required: State the list and the page.
Legends & Lattes
How it fits:
Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries list PG 2 (#136 when posting this)
Points this post: 10
Total this season: 55
Jessica S15.10 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'. (THUNDERING SMOKE)
Only The Devil Knows by Katze Snow
Points this task: 15
Total points: 305
Jessica S20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages
Reckless Roulette by Alice Winters
Points this task: 20
Total points: 325
Jessica S20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Option 4: Politicians and Government -read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in either politics OR govern
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Points this task: 20
Total points: 345
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10.10 Do They Exist?
Read a book where cryptids are essential to the story.
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
How it fits:
This book goes through a lot of cryptids but this is from the description: "Aaron Mahnke invites us to the desolate Pine Barrens of New Jersey, where the notorious winged, red-eyed Jersey Devil dwells."
Points this post: 10
Total this season: 65
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15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
A Mother's Guide to the Apocalypse
How it fits:
Hollie Overton in kHmercambOia
Points this post: 15
Total this season: 80
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20.9 Rockynook's task: Fall Birthdays
Option 3: Happy Birthday, Nook!
read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in either Curly OR MonKey.
The Stranger
How it fits:
Kiersten Modglin in MonKey
Points this post: 20
Total this season: 100
Janice CA5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book with a title word of seven letters (October).
word: Cabinet
Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre by Aaron Mahnke
+5
Total: 30
tasks: 3
Books: 3
Delicious Dee5.1 By The Numbers
Body Language - language has 8 letters
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 225
Its A Fact: 5
Delicious Dee5.4 Labor Day
The School for Good Mothers - the MC is a mother who loses custody of her kid and is sent to a government run school to be retrained
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 230
Its A Fact: 5
Delicious Dee10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
The Champagne Letters - alternates between present day France and early 1800's
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 240
Its A Fact: 5
delicious dee15.6 Tikal Guatemala
- swimming pool on coverPoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 255
Its A Fact: 5
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam
Option 1 - When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day - title word of ALIVE; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction; claiming 1 BB ticket for 500+ pgs - copy was 608pgs
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 275
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 1 - The Late Show - from the HB universe
Option 3 - A Match Made in Spain - Rochelle Merrill - RM can be found in Mickey Haller
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 300
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee25.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of Pulp
Task 1 - The Phoenix Pencil Company - Pencil for song title: Pencil Skirt
Task 2 - Love, Accidentally - LOVE for song title: Got to Have Love
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 325
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
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30.7 - 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. I read Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (AA in isAAc) (400p).
Option 3 – Read a book that was first published between 2 January 1920 and died 6 April 1992. I read The Color Purple by Alice Walker, first published 1 June 1982 (287p).
400+287 = 687p
Total points so far: 385