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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task: Reading Goals 2025
Option 1 - book w 100-250 p
The Door-to-Door Bookstore - 239 p
Points this post: -20
Total points: 290
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:5
20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task: Reading Goals 2025Option 2: #2 or later in series
The Likeness - #2 in Dublin Murder Squad series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310
BB:3 GO:) IAF:5
30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of BeholderOption 3, MPG Historical Fiction: The Girl from Berlin by Ronald H. Balson
Option 4, author's first and last initials in MUSEUM: Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala
Points this post: 30
Total points: 330
30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gymOption 2, title word made from NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS: The Gift of Aging by Marcy Cottrell Houle
The word is Aging.
Option 3, set in California: No One But You by Brenda Novak
Points this post: 30
Total points: 360
30.6 MAZZA1's Task: Name Swap Book 1, The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander
320 pages
Book 2, author's first name matches surname of author of Book 1: The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith
276 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
UNCLAIMING Task 25.3 - There’s a First Time for Everythingoption 2B: set in Cambridge University, approved in help thread
Katabasis
option 3A: Audie award winner for Horror 2025
Bury Your Gays
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new total: 465 points
Task 25.3 - There’s a First Time for Everythingoption 2B: set in Cambridge University, approved in help thread
Katabasis
option 3A: Audie award winner for Science Fiction 2025
The Book of Doors
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490 points
Task 15.1 - Ancient or New?book 1: title word found in Ancient Wonder
The Assassins of Thasalon
THASALON found in MAUSOLEUM AT HALICANARSSUS
book 2: title word found in New Wonder
Free Fire
FIRE found in GREAT WALL OF CHINA
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505 points
Task 30.3 - Leah Renee Comedianoption 1: set in Scotland
Hex
option 2: on p1 of Cults list
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
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535 points
Task 20.7 - Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye Stateoption 1: MPG Historical Fiction PLUS 4+ letter title word MUST made from THE DAY MUSIC DIED
Murder Must Advertise
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555 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Read a book set at least 75% in one of these states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.
Tracking Justice by Shirlee McCoy
SETTING: Texas
Option 2: Choose a mascot from the list below and read a book with that animal on the cover.
by Laura ScottPoints this post: 25
Total points: 725/985
Task completed: 46/57
ROBIN P 5.3 American Football
MPG Sports or Football
Shots on Net- MPG Sports
Points this post: 5
Total points: 315
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:5
Mod
15.8 Easter Island Chile
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover. The whole body does not need to be on the cover, but there needs to be enough to identify at least 3 distinct people. Silhouettes will work, but not skeletons.
Required: Post the cover
My Father Always Finds Corpses
How it fits:
3 people on cover
Points this post: 15
Total this season: 115
Mod
20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task
Option 1:
Read a book where the title contains one of the words from any of the songs titles from the album: Ten, Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go, Black, Jeremy, Oceans, Porch, Garden, Deep, Release
Ten Sleep
How it fits:
Ten in title
432 pages > 350 pages
Points this post: 20
Total this season: 135
Mod
25.2- Ash' Task- Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
Option 2: Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? (Leatherface)
Read a book where a Roadtrip is essential to the story. Doesn't matter how much of the book is spent on a roadtrip as long as it is essential.
The Hitchhikers
How it fits:
The characters are taking a roadtrip in Canada when they pick up hitchhikers and then all four are taking a roadtrip.
Option 6: Do you want to play a game? (Jigsaw)
Read a book off of one of these lists.
The No-End House
How it fits:
Found on the Main Character enters a contest/game list- #26 when posted
Points this post: 25
Total this season: 160
Mod
book 1 Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover
read
and
book 2 Read a book with a single author's first and last initials in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
read A Mother's Guide to the Apocalypse by Hollie Overton
points this post 15
total points 525
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Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
read
points this post 15
total points 540
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option 1 Option 1: Read a book by an author that shares the same FIRST NAME Initial of The First LETTER in you YOUR READERBOARD name
read Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose
points this post 20
total 560
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Option 2 – Read two books.
Book 1. Read ONE book from ONE of the lists above.
used list Modern Gothics
page 1
read The Haunting of Maddy Clare
and Book 2. Because Gothic genres are often “chilly,” read any book, fiction or non-fiction, with snow on the cover.
read
points this post 25 total points 585
Mod
Option 2: A Read a book set in one of the places we have toured; Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
read Remain
sertting cape cod MA
and
option 3B
Read a book with an author that shares a name with one of my favorite hosts: Karen
read The Moonlight Child by Karen McQuestion
points this post 25
total points 610
SHEMAC20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage Month
Pick one option and read one book for that option.
Required: State which option you choose - Option 3
Option 3
Read a book with a setting of 50% or more in a state with a Native American reservation: Oregon. (69%)
Required: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference. Chapter 5 (at 31%) - "eventually arrived in Seaside, Oregon. This was the closest larger town to where I was going to live"
Wayward
This task points: 20
Total Season Points: 265
SHEMAC20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?
Matching your own initials with an author's.
Choose one option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option - 2
Option 2: Read a book by an author that shares the same LAST NAME initial of the LAST LETTER in YOUR READERBOARD name -
Last Name - C
Out Of A Fix by Mary Calmes
This task points: 20
Total Season Points: 285
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25.1 - Nick KY’s Task : Gothic Types
This is a 2 book task. Option 2.
Book 1: Noir -- (1st 25 pages only)
The Long Goodbye - page 1 on list
***Claiming a GO ticket, first published January 1, 1953 ***
Book 2. Read any book, fiction or non-fiction, with snow on the cover.
Elves, Evergreens, & Evidence
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 310 /1000
Tasks Completed 14/57
IAF - 4
GO - 2
Mod
5.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
A Charming Secret
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 315 /1000
Tasks Completed 15/57
IAF - 4
GO - 2
SHEMAC *REPOST for #802*5.10 Fall Into Reading
Fall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Brett and Rowdy
This task points: 5
Total season points: 290
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).
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
(Alt version for minimum page count The Brutal Telling)
Option 3: SHAGGY & VELMA - Read a book with the title word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES
The Sittaford Mystery published 1931
(Alt version for minimum page count The Sittaford Mystery)
** Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket **
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 320/985
Tasks Completed: 22/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(5)
Mod
25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
Read 2 books, one from 2 different options.
Option 2: Read a book whose title contains a matching title word from any of the total works of the “Harry Bosch Universe Series" - Lost - from Lost Light #13
The Little Lost Library
Option 3:
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in one of the main characters' name: “Renee Ballard,” - EB
Ordinary Life: Stories by Elizabeth Berg
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 340 /1000
Tasks Completed 16/57
IAF - 4
GO - 2
Katrisa15.8 Easter Island Chile
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
I read Idaho Fall: A twisty whodunit
Approved in help thread here
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 800
Katrisa20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Opt 3 - Read a book that was first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025
I read Lilith published in October 2023
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 820
Katrisa25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
2B - Read a book that has a college setting
I read The Incendiaries
MC attends Edwards University
3A - Read (or listen) to a book that won or was a finalist in the Audie Awards
I read The Tao of Pooh
Audie Award for Personal Development (2013)
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 845
Mai5.9 Celebrate History
Book set 1925 or before
American Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder
Set in 1925 and the late 1800s. Source: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781...
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
NF Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 2
Delicious Deerepost - approved by LisaMD in her THT
25.6 – 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: 325
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
REPOST of original post #951Kathy KS
25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 1: Authors
Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward.
On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard
Intials: AB
Option 3: Genres
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Booked for the Holidays by Liz Maverick
MPG includes: Audiobook, Christmas, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit
I listened to an audiobook; available only as audio. Audible=4 hours Approved in Verification thread message 444 & 456 (forgot I needed to cite)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 185
Tasks completed: 8/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Shelby
15.10 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'.: Book of Enchantments, by Patricia C. Wrede
ARBook Find Stats: BL: 5.6, AR: 8
How Fits: Phrase - BOiling watEr / Title - Book Of Enchantments
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.6 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.: Dance in the Dark, by Megan Derr
How Fits: Series - #2 in Dance with the Devil
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 1
Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward.: A Kiss To Revive Me: The Magi Accounts 1.5, by Michele Notaro
How Fits: Author - Michele Notaro
AND
Option 3
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C.: Midnight, by Megan Derr
How Fits: MPG - Audiobook
Points this post: 25
Total points: 145
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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.”: Conspiracy of Dragons, by Louisa Masters
How Fits: Harry Bosch Title - Nine Dragons / Title - Conspiracy of Dragons
AND
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.”: One Fine Fae, by Molly Harper
How Fits: Character - Mickey Haller / Author: Molly Harper
Points this post: 25
Total points: 170
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Task 20.7 History in the Hawkeye StateBooks must have an MPG of Historical or Historical Fiction
Option 1: The Surf Ballroom
Read a book that has a 4+ title word (subtitles excluded) made from the letters in the phrase THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.
MATTIE = The dAy The Music diIEd
Novel has MPG of HISTORICAL FICTION
Mattie (1988) by Judy Alter (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 185 pages)
Spur Award for Best Western Novel (1988)
20 + 20 = 40
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 20 + 20 = 40
Books read: 03
Pages read: 884
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Deborah10.2 Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the over. The full window must be visible and shown as a window on a building, vehicles do not count.
Chasing the BoogeymanPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 12
Tasks Done: 10
FIONA (TITCH)15.3 - Stonehenge United Kingdom
Required: State the option
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
Book 2- Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Option 2:
Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1.
I read Option 2: Revenge - James Patterson
It had 355 pages and it's based in England.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 85
FLY Task #5.3 American Football
task: Read a book with the MPG Sports or Football
book: Pucking Ever After: Volume 1
how it fits: MPG Sports
Points this post: 5
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 11/57
BB: 1 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0
JEN B25.8 - 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).
The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy by James Patterson and Vicky Ward
This book is an account of the 2022 murders that took place at the University of Idaho.
Option 4: Tailgate Traditions
Read a novel set at least 75% in Pennsylvania or Maryland
First-Time Caller by BK Borison
Takes place 100% in Baltimore, Maryland
TOTAL POINTS: 285
20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei JokeiRead a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
I read The Book Club for Troublesome Women. The story about 4 women in a new DC suburb in 1963 and how the woman's movement, Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique, the assassination of JFK and the march with MLK in Selma are integral to the plot of the societal awakening and evolution of all the characters.
points: 80
books read: 5
tasks completed: 5
It's a fact: 1
pages read: 2023
JUKKA5.10 Fall into Reading
Any book.
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett.
Total Points: 125/985
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 11/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Nick KY10.6 Fields of Plenty Set on a farm, I read War and Peach by Susan Furlong.
Georgia Peach cozy mystery series.
"Local farmer Clem Rogers claims he has a bombshell that could take small business owner Margie Price out of the running. But before Clem can reveal his juicy secret at the debate, his actual barn goes up in flames—with him inside of it. "
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 520
30.3 - Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
Option 3: Read a NEW TO YOU book from this New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century list.
The Argonauts
(The book (and author!) are new to me)
** Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
Option 4: Read a book with an MPG Humor.
Fugitive Telemetry
(Alt version for page count Fugitive Telemetry)
(Confirmed MPG Humor in task help thread message #18)
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 350/985
Tasks Completed: 23/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(6)
30.2 Halloween Costumes1. PIRATES:
Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
3. SHAGGY & VELMA :
Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Mystery Walk by Robert McCammon
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 160
SHEMAC 30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
This is a two book task.
Choose two costumes and read one book for each.
Required State the options: 3 and 5
3. SHAGGY & VELMA :
Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Maxwell's Return (Peter Maxwell Mystery #18)
5. PUMPKIN:
Read a book with the word PUMPKIN (intact) in the title or subtitle.
The Pumpkin Patch
This task points: 30
Total season points: 320
5.4 Labor DayRead a book where the main character is a mother
Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 240
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 2
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25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 1: Authors
Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward.
On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard
Intials: AB
Option 3: Genres
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Booked for the Holidays by Liz Maverick
MPG includes: Audiobook, Christmas, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit
I listened to an audiobook; available only as audio. Audible=4 hours
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 185
Tasks completed: 8/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1