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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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SHEMAC20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam
Read a book, that is at least 350 pages (517pp)
From one of the two options:
Required: State the option - 1
Option 1:
Read a book where the title contains one of the words from any of the songs titles from the album: Black
Angel in Black Leather Pants
This task points: 20
Total Season Points: 385
Kelly L25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
Option 1: PopSugar and other challenges
A - PopSugar:
...read a book with a main character that is a politician.
107 Days was written by and is a memoir about the politician Kamala Harris
***Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for Non-fiction: Memoir***
Option 2: College
A - Location
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).
Maine Characters is set in the state of Maine
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This post: 25 points
Tickets: 1 IAF
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Season total: 280 points
Season Tickets: 2 IAF, 1 BB
Mod
Amy FL10.5 Season of the Harvest
The single author's first and last name initials can be found in the word HARVEST.
The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz - AH in HArvest
Points this post: 10
Total points: 480
Amy FL15.7 Parthenon Greece
A book with MPG Travel
The Sky Beneath Us - genre approved in message 25 for this task in case Travel, which is currently last, falls off
Points this post: 15
Total points: 495
Amy FL20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage Month
Option 1: a fiction book from the Native American Literature list
Where They Last Saw Her - page 7 of list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 515
Amy FL25.1 - Nick KY’s Task : Gothic Types
Option 1: read two books, one from each of two different lists provided
Book 1: Modern Gothics list - The Historian - page 1
Book 2: Noir list - Half the Blood of Brooklyn - page 4
Points this post: 25
Total points: 540
Amy FL25.2- Ash's Task- Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
Option 4: an anthology/collection of stories - Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
Option 6: a book from the YA thriller games list - The Brothers Hawthorne (list is only 1 page)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 565
LoraTask: 10.2 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.
Book/Author: The House on Buzzards Bay / Dwyer Murphy
How it fits: multiple windows are visible on the house
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 235
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
***DISREGARD THIS POST, I ALREADY DID THIS IN AN EARLIER POST!ROBIN P
**UNCLAIM
20.6 It's a Fact - Angela IL's Task: Reading Goals
Option 1 - 100-250 p The Door-to-Door Bookstore
Points this post: -25
Total points: 345
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:5
***DISREGARD THIS POST, I ALREADY DID THIS IN AN EARLIER POST!ROBIN P
20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task: Reading Goals
Option 2: #2 or later in series
The Likeness - #2 in Dublin Murder Squad series
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370
BB;3 GO:1 IAF:5
ROBIN P25.4 Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 2: Titles - words in title are in alphabetical order
Fear the Truth
Option 3: Genre - MPG starts with A, B, or C
The Door-to-Door Bookstore - MPG Contemporary
Points this post: 25
Total points: 395
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:5
Rockynook20.8 - Korean Reads
Option 2: Read a book that is by a Korean author
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Interview linked here has discussions around her Korean identity
https://www.girlsnightin.co/posts/jen...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 265
LoraTask: 10.5 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
Book/Author: Just Desserts / Virginia Smith
How it fits: author initials are VS
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 245
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
Kristen IA20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?
Option 1: Read a book by an author that shares the same FIRST NAME Initial of The First LETTER in you YOUR READERBOARD name
We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
First letter in Kristen IA is K
Author used is Karin Slaughter
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105/985
Tasks Completed: 6/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Katrisa15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
Book 1- Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover.
I read The Case of the Body on the Orient Express
Book 2- Read a book with a single author's first and last initials in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
I read The Perfect Psychopath by Alice Hunter
AH in tHe incAs
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 905
Katrisa30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
Opt 3 - Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art. MPG may be imbedded
I read Eight Stories: Tales of War and Loss it has MPG Historical Fiction
Opt 4 - Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word MUSEUM
I read Winter's Gamble by Mary Stone
MS in MuSeum
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 935
Elizabeth PTask 10.7 - Have Yams Will Party
Book with word in title of 4+ letters that can be made from letters in THE ASHANTI YAM FESTIVAL
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Word: TALES
ThE AShanti yam festivaL
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks: 10
GO: 0
BB: 3
IAF: 0
Total Books: 11
Elizabeth PTask 20.2 - National American Indian Heritage Month
Option 3: Book set in Washington
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks: 11
GO: 0
BB: 3
IAF: 0
Total Books: 12
Elizabeth PTask 20.6 - Reading Goals 2025
Option 2: Book that is #2 or later in a series
Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
Book 2 in The Founders Trilogy
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks: 12
GO: 0
BB: 3
IAF: 0
Total Books: 13
Julia10325.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Geography: Read a book set at least 75% in one of these states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.
The Book Woman's Daughter
(set in Kentucky)
Option 4: . Read a book first published in 1966.
Third Girl
Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket for book first published in 1966.
This post: 25 points, 1 GO
Total points: 440
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 3
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 33
Amy B5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
Fishflies by Jeff Lemire
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 35 Points
Lisa MD20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task - National American Indian Heritage Month
Option 3: Set 50% in AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, ID, IA, KS, LA, MI, MN, MS, MT, NE, NM, NY, NC, ND, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, or WY
My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak
Set almost entirely in Colorado with a small portion set in New York
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 365/985
Total Books Read: 29
Total Tasks Completed: 24/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 7
20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
Book read: Bone Deep
How it fits: 118 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 24
25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch UniverseOption 2: Read a book whose title contains a matching title word from any of the total works of the “Harry Bosch Universe Series"
Book read: Buried Bones
How it fits: Title has the word Bones as in City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)
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.”
Book read: Murder at Haven's Rock
How it fits: Author's initials KA are found in Jack McEvoy
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Points This Post: 25
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 25
Bookwrm526Task #25.6 – 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.” I chose the book A Darkness More Than Night, the word NIGHT and I read Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty.
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.” I chose the character JACK MCEVOY and read Negroland by Margo Jefferson.
Total points so far: 530
Kristina Marie10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
What would costumes be without these classics:
Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy
Read a book with one of these words in the title. Words must be stand alone, plural and possessives are accepted.
Head Witch in Charge by Avery Flynn
This book has the word WITCH in Head Witch in Charge.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 345
5.1 By The NumbersRead a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
Book read: Whisper of Bones
How it fits: The word Whisper has 7 letters
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Points This Post: 5
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 26
Kristina Marie15.10 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
Dead on Target by M.C. Beaton
The first letters of Dead on Target can be found in Thundering Smoke.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 360
30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gymOption 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.”
Book read: The Wrong Bones
How it fits: The word Wrong can be made
Option 4: Read a book by a single author that shares their initials
Book read: An Heir Comes to Rise
How it fits: Author's initials are CP - shares initials with Patty C
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Points This Post: 30
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 27
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in either Pennsylvania or Scotland
Some Like It Scot by Pepper Basham
Option 2: Read a NEW TO YOU book from this New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century list
Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones
Found on page 1.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 865/985
Task completed: 52/57
trishhartuk30.1 JennRenee's Task - Do it Again, But Differently
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.
Using 25.1 - Ash's Task: Boss Level: Option 2-Animal Crossing. (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...). Use the name of one of the villagers on the island: Poppy, Molly, Pecan, Maple, Vivian, Olive, Erik, Chief, Bonbon, Grizzly
Molly and the Cat Cafe, Melissa Daley (316pg)
Using Molly from the list of names.
I originally claimed Options 1 & 4 in Summer message #1702: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3: Choose any book you read in the Summer or Fall Season and read another book that shares the exact same title.
Tooth and Claw, Jo Walton (321pg)
I read Tooth and Claw by Craig Johnson in the Summer SRC and claimed it in message #1424: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 420
Tasks Completed: 26
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
LoraTask: 5.10 Fall Into Reading
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Book/Author: Seesaw Monster / Kotaro Isaka
How it fits: book of choice
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 250
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
SHEMAC 25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
This is a Two book task.
Choose 2 different options and read one book for each option.
Required State the options: 1(A) and 2(A)
Option 1: PopSugar and Other Challenges
A - PopSugar
Read a book with a main character that is a politician.
Required: If it is not obvious from the book page, provide a reference - MPG precis
Tempting Frey
Option 2: College
A - Location
Read a book set in one of the places we have toured: Massachusetts
Required: If setting is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference - MPG Setting
A Day Makes
This task points: 25
Total season points: 410
SHEMAC 5.7 National Trust
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST - A, L
Behind the Curtain by Amy Lane
This task points: 5
Total season points: 415
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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 'Boiling Water' (TLG)
The Library Game
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 440 /1000
Tasks Completed 24/57
IAF - 6
GO - 2
Amanda E 15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia: Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
Amanda E.20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam: that is at least 350 pages, from one of the following two options:
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the two locations I saw Pearl Jam on this most recent tour: Montana (anywhere in the state) or New Orleans.
How it fits: takes place 100% in New Orleans
From SuperSummary.com : Plot Summary
Phantasma opens with Ophelia and Genevieve Grimm finding their mother Tessie’s dead body in the foyer of Grimm Manor, their large house in early 20th-century New Orleans. https://www.supersummary.com/phantasm...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 9
Rockynook15.1 - 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.
Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood
Word: UNDER
Wonder: Lighthouse of Alexandria
lighthoUsE of alexaNDRia
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.
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
Word: IRON
Wonder: Great Wall of China
gReat wall Of chINa
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 280
Rockynook25.4 - The ABC's
Option 2: Read a book whose title words (minimum 3) are in alphabetical order
Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood
S, W, Y
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Bad Luck Club by A.R. Casella
MPG: Contemporary
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 305
ROBIN P10.7 Have Yams Will Party
4+letter word found in THE ASHANTI YAM FESTIVAL
The Blacktongue Thief - THIEF
THE in the, I and F in FestIval
Points this post: 10
Total points: 405
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:5
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
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 Power and the Glory
First published in January 1940
Options 5 - Read a book that has been adapted and released into a movie or television series.
Hotel du LacIt was made into a TV movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_d...
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket for The Power and the Glory
Points: 110
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 3
Total books: 9
Total tasks: 7
Kathy KSReposted later, to correct error
This is a Two book task.
Choose 2 different options and read one book for each option.
Option 2:Read a book with a single author whose name contains all the letters of MURALS
Mira's Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
MURALS=LoiS mcMAsteR bUjold
I listened to an audiobook; hb-159 p. (no mmpb or pb)
Option 4: Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word MUSEUM.
One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery
SM=MuSeum
I listened to an audiobook; pb-320 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 215
Tasks completed: 9/57
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
Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 3 - Read a book by an author whose first OR last name can be spelled from the phrase RIDDLE OR JOKE.
Fair Trade by Sharon Lee
LEE=riddLE of jokE
Approved in Task help message 13: by Erica
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 235
Tasks completed:10/57
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
20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall BringsOption 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.
The Spectre of Hawthorne Manor (Homefront Sleuths #2) by Anna Elliott & Charles Veley
word in title, MANOR, found in opeRtiON MincemeAt
Task total: 20
Season total: 520
FLY Task #20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam
task: Option 1: title contains a word from a song title on the album
book: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
how it fits: "Ten"
other:
minimum page count > 350
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 15/57
BB: 1 / GO: 3 / IAF: 0
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 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 Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey.
Total points so far: 540
Mai10.4 Where the Dead Still Walk
Book that is set at least 50 percent in France
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 11
NF Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 2
5.6 Preserving HistoryRead a book with a word in the title of three or more letters (excluding And, The), made from HISTORIC SCOTLAND
Book read: White Trash Zombie Gone Wild
How it fits: The word Trash can be made from HISTORIC SCOTLAND
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Points This Post: 5
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 28
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SHEMAC
15.1 Ancient or New?
7 Ancient Wonders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_W...
7 New Wonders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_7_W...
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. Letters can be used as many times as they appear.
Required: State the word and the wonder - FINISHED/ Lighthouse of Alexandria
Finished
AND
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.
Required: State the word and the wonder - TIDE/Christ the Redeemer
Against the Tide
This task points: 15
Total season points: 365