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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Kathy KS15.8 Easter Island Chile
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
by Lisa LeakeHow it fits: 4 people shown on the cover
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 250
Tasks completed:11/57
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Elizabeth PTask 15.6 - Tikal Guatemala
Book with swimming pool on cover
by Alison EspachPoints this Post: 15
Total Points: 205
Total Tasks: 13
GO: 0
BB: 3
IAF: 0
Total Books: 14
SHEMAC 30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
Choose 2 different options and read one book for each option: 1 and 4
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 - S, T, R
Smoke Tree Range
Option 4:
Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word MUSEUM - S, M
Painting Together a Family by Sean Michael
This task points: 30
Total season points: 445
Mod
10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
Read a book from one of these lists.
Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries - Page 1
Ghost of a Potion
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 450 /1000
Tasks Completed 25/57
IAF - 6
GO - 2
**UNCLAIM** There was a 501 minimum page requirement which wasn't caught at the timeROBIN P
30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Option 1: Book by Asimov
Murder at the ABA: A puzzle in four days and sixty scenes
Option 4: Adapted to movie or TV
Artificial Condition - book 2 of Murderbot series, which has been on Apple TV+
Points this post:- 30
Total points: 375
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:5
**UNCLAIM**ROBIN P
5.1 By the Numbers
Title has at least 1 word of 7, 8, or 9 letters
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights
Amazons has 7 letters, Activists has 9
**claiming 1 IAF pt, nonfiction
Points this post: -5
Total points: 370
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:4
ROBIN P5.1 By the Numbers
Title has at least 1 word of 7, 8, or 9 letters
Artificial Condition - CONDITION - 9 letters
Points this post: 5
Total points: 375
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:4
30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of BeholderOption 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.
Book read: Trusting A Tiger
How it fits: Letters TAT are found in STREET ART
Option 4: Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word MUSEUM.
Book read: Discount Armageddon
How it fits: Author's initials SM are found in MUSEUM
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Points This Post: 30
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 29
***UNCLAIM***ROBIN P
10.1 School is Cool!
MPG Science, History, Literary Fiction, Literature, Dark Academia
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
MPG History
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Points this post: -10
Total points: 365
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:3
ROBIN P10.1 School is Cool!
MPG Science, History, Literary Fiction, Literature, Dark Academia
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights
MPG History
**reclaiming 1 IAF pt, nonfiction that I took off in Msg 1208
Points this post: 10
Total points: 375
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:4
***UNCLAIM**ROBIN P
15.8 Easter Island: Chile
At least 3 people on cover
My Friends
approved in help thread
Points this post: -15
Total points: 360
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:5
ROBIN P15.8 Easter Island: Chile
At least 3 people on cover
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
- there are portraits of 4 men in each of the 4 corners around the title**Reclaiming the IAF point from Msg 1211
Points this post: 15
Total points: 375
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:5
ROBIN P25.2 Ash's Task: Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
Option 2: Who Will Survive?
Roadtrip essential to plot
- most of the book is a train tripOption 4: Always check the candy
Anthology/short stories
Points this post: 25
Total points: 400
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:5
5.9 Celebrate HistoryRead a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
A Shipwreck in Fiji by Nilima Rao
Set in 1915
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 340
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 2
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15.4 Pompeii ItalyOption 2
Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction and with a word in the title that has a double letter.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
Double letter word - Peel
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 355
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 2
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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: 'Thundering Smoke'
The Menu of Happiness by Hisashi Kashiwai
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 370
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 2
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye StateBooks must have an MPG of Historical or Historical Fiction
Option 3: The Amana Colonies: Read a book that was first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025 (inclusive).
Out of Time by Jodi TaylorFirst published 9th October 2025
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 390
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 2
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10.1; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.8; 10.9
15.1; ...; .15.3 15.4; ...; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
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Christine VREPOST: 15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
Option 2 - Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 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
Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Once There Were Wolves - first published in 2021, set in Scotland
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 0
25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC'sOption 1, Authors :Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for The Argonauts (nonfiction)**
Option 3, Genres: MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Canyons, Caravans, & Cadavers by Tonya Kappes
Cozy Mystery
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 415
IAF this Task: 1
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 3
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9
10.1; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.8; 10.9
15.1; ...; .15.3 15.4; ...; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
...; ...; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7;
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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.”
Tooth and Nail and Ian Rankin
Nail
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California.
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 445
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 3
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15.1; ...; .15.3 15.4; ...; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
...; ...; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7;
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...; 30.2; 30.3; 30.4; 30.5;
Christine V10.1 School is Cool!
Read a fiction book with MPG Dark Academia
The Secret Place
This book has 529 pages. ***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 0
Mod
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
What in the World?!: A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings. Leanne Morgan
***Nonfiction - claiming one IAF ***
Option 3: Genres - Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
The Off Limits Rule
MPG: Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 475 /985
Tasks Completed 26/57
IAF - 7
GO - 2
FLY Task #30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
task: Option 2: title words of 4+ letters made from "NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS.”
book: Raisins and Almonds
how it fits: "RAISINS" and "ALMONDS" in "(NO) (LA)p (S)wim(M)(IN)g (D)u(RI)ng cl(ASS)
task: Option 4: author first name = September, Patty, David, or Steve
book: The Increment
how it fits: author David Ignatius
Points this post: 30
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 16/57
BB: 1 / GO: 3 / IAF: 0
Jager5.7 National Trust
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST.
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
points this post 5
total points 240/985
17/57
1 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch UniverseOption 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.”
L'analyste by John Katzenbach
Initials JK found in “Jack McEvoy”
Option 4:
Read a book from any series with at least 3 primary works that has an MPG of Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Legal Thriller or Detective which has been adapted to the big screen or developed into a TV series or movie.
Sidney Chambers et l'ombre de la mort by James Runcie
The Grantchester Mysteries Series has 6 primary works.
MPG Mystery
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3747572/...
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 235
Joanne MI10.7 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
The Blacktongue Thief
The word is Thief , T, H and I in Ashanti - E and F in Festival
Points this task 10
Season Total 65
2 BB
2 IAF
ROBIN P15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
Word from list in title
Using word KING
King Solomon's Mines
***Claiming 1 GO pt, pub 1885
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:5
Julia1035.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
This post: 5 points
Total points: 445
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 3
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 34
Kathy KSREPOST of message 1194, corrected
30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
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. (Mira's Last Dance)
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. (One Big Happy Family)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 250
Tasks completed:11/57
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: 2
Jager15.7 Parthenon Greece
Read a book with MPG Travel
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
1 It's A Fact ticket
points this post 15
total points 255/985
18/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Option 1: Happy Birthday, Zach!
Read a book that has one of the following items on the cover:
A pumpkin, black cat, witch’s hat, skull or full moon on the cover. Any part of the image will work, as long as you can tell what it is.
An Uninvited Ghost by E.J. Copperman
points this post 20
total points 275/985
19/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager25.4 - 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.
Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
Option 3: Genres
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Required: State the MPGs - Crime, Contemporary
The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers
points this post 25
total points 300/985
20/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Your two books must have a combined page count of at least 501 pages.
No children’s books allowed.
Option 2 – Read a book by a single author where ALL the author’s initials can be found in Isaac Asimov. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - 391 pages
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. Required: Provide a reference to the Movie or Television show
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - 388 pages
The movie adaptation is available on Netflix. Google AI Overview states the following: "All the Bright Places is a 2020 film adaptation of the young adult novel of the same name by Jennifer Niven, which is available to stream on Netflix."
388 + 391 = 779 total pages
points this post 30
total points 330/985
21/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Cindy FTask 10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang or Wrap
WITCH in the title
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
Points this post:10
Total points:80
Books read:9
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:9
Cindy FTask 10.4 Where the Dead Still Walk
Set in Scotland
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
Points this post:10
Total points:90
Books Read:10
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks Completed:10
Task 20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?Option 2: Read a book by an author that shares the same LAST NAME initial of the LAST LETTER in YOUR READERBOARD name.
Last Letter: E
Last Name: Elliot-Kugell
My Mama, Cass: A Memoir (2024) by Owen Elliot-Kugell (Hardback 276 pages) [Biography/921] and [781.66]
** My Mama, Cass: A Memoir is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
65 + 20 = 85
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 65 + 20 = 85
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,990
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Cindy FTask 15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Authors initials in CAMBODIA (B,C)
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Points this post:15
Total points:105
Boks read:11
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks Completed:11
TheresaRepost 1016
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)
Family Pictures by Jane Green
Option 3 - Shaggy & Velma
Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title.
The Mystery of Mrs. Christieby Marie Benedict
Points this post - 30
Total points - 60
Cindy FTask 15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
Book 1: Train or train tracks on cover
by Pam JenoffBook 2: Author's initials in LOST CITY OF THE INCAS (S,C)
by Suzanne CollinsPoints this post:15
Total points:120
Books read:13
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:12
Jager15.1 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. Letters can be used as many times as they appear.
Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce
Required: State the word and the wonder - DRAGONS and The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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. Letters can be used as many times as they appear.
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne
Required: State the word and the wonder - WITH and Great Wall of China
points this post 15
total points 345/985
22/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
LoraTask: 25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad, using Options 5 and 6
Book 1: Read a book where the main character has one of these professions: a policeman, a sailor in the navy, an ambulance driver, a private detective, a dance instructor, and a competitive weight lifter/bodybuilder.
Book/Author: Esperance / Adam Oyebanji
How it fits: Ethan Krol is a police detective. 432 pages.
Book 2: Read a book with MPG Humor.
Book/Author: The Gate of the Feral Gods / Matt Dinniman
How it fits: MPG Humor. 589 pages
Total pages: 1021
Claiming 1 Big Book for The Gate of the Feral Gods, with 589 pages.
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 275
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 2
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
25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC FootballOption 1: Read a book set at least 75% in one of these states: ..., Tennessee.
Book read: Tangled Threads
How it fits: Set in Tennessee
Option 2: Read a book with that animal on the cover: Florida - Alligator
Book read: White Trash Zombie Unchained
How it fits: Crocodiles on the cover
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Points This Post: 25
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 30
Nick KY20.10 Group Read. Gutenberg. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood. My comments in Message 8 of the Help Thread. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 545
Nick KY25.7 Fly’s Tribute to Dad
Option 4:
For this task, read a book whose single author has initials that are found consecutively forward in order in the word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM. You can disregard middle initials, or use them if you can find an author that fits.
I read Mirror of the heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale. “antidiseSTablishmentarianism”
Option 6:
When my dad died a few years ago, the one thing everyone who knew him commented on and said they'd miss was his great (albeit weird) sense of humor.
Read a book with MPG Humor. The weirder the better. I read Steve Martin Writes the Written Word: Collected Written Word Works by Steve Martin by Steve Martin.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 570
*****Deleted -- repeated task****
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
Read a book from one of these lists.
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
Found on page 1 of Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries
Points this post: 10
Total points: 875/985
Task completed: 53/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.9 Cat's Task: 30 Years of Pulp
Option 1:
Task 1: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe... - use the original version only, not the Japanese / German / deluxe versions)
A Wrong Bed Christmas: Ignited / Where There's Smoke by Kimberly Van Meter
BED is found in Live BED Show
Task 2: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_(P... - use the core only, not the Japanese additional track)
The Love Connection by Denise Williams
LOVE is found in Got to have LOVE
Points this post: 25
Total points: 900/985
Task completed: 54/57
Kelly L20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Option 1: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Korea (North or South)
If I Had Your Face is set almost entirely in Seoul, South Korea
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This post: 20 points
Tickets: ---
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Season total: 300 points
Season Tickets: 2 IAF, 1 BB
Slideshell***I have UNCLAIMED this post in post #1276 - please do not count this!***
5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters
Pitcher Perfect
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Points: 5
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
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Book: We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Task: 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.
How it fits: „cat“ can be made from hisToriC scotlAnd“
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30