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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Kelly L I am UNCLAIMING the book below, originally claimed in message #1142 (page 23) on October 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM.
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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.
The last letter in my readerboard name is L
Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman -- last name initial L
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Updated Stats:
This post: -20 points
Tickets: ---
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Season total: 280 points
Season Tickets: 2 IAF, 1 BB
Slideshell5.3 American Football
Read a book with the MPG Sports or Football
The Hook Up
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Points: 15
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Kelly L Assigning a new book to the Task I just unclaimed a book from
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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.
The last letter in my readerboard name is L
Charm City by Laura Lippman -- last name initial L
This post: 20 points
Tickets: ---
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Season total: 300 points
Season Tickets: 2 IAF, 1 BB
Slideshell5.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother
Toucan Keep a Secret
Required: If the main characters motherhood is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference
Meg Langslow - the FMC has twin boys, Josh & Jamie that we have watched grow up as the series has progressed from pregnancy to their current age as young boys around the age of 10/11.
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Points: 20
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell5.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover
The Lady Sparks a Flame
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points: 25
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell5.6 Preserving History
Read a book with a word in the title of three or more letters made from either ENGLISH HERITAGE or HISTORIC SCOTLAND
Silver Elite
Required: State the word and the phrase used
ELITE - EngLIsh hEriTage
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points: 30
Claiming ONE *BIG BOOK* ticket - 516 pages
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell5.8 Corps of Discovery
Read a book that takes place, at least 50%, in one of these States: Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon
Sidecar Crush
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Points: 35
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell5.10 Fall Into Reading
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Zomromcom
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 8
Total Points: 40
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell10.2 Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the over
How to Seal Your Own Fate
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points: 50
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline
The Amalfi Curse
Required: If the dual/multiple time line is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference
The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner takes readers to Positano, a small coastal village along—you guessed it—Italy's Amalfi Coast. A dual timeline, the story follows a present-day nautical engineer beginning a year-long project to explore the shipwrecks of Li Galli. The historical timeline follows Mari, a young sea-witch, known as a Strega, who must use her witchcraft to protect the community from pirates and natural disasters. - historythroughfiction.com review
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Points: 60
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell10.4 Where the Dead Still Walk
Read a book that is set at least 50 percent in Scotland, France, or India
Scot and Bothered
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Points: 70
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell10.6 Fields of Plenty
Read a book with a farm as the setting
Love and Lattes at Pumpkin Hollow
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 12
Total Points: 80
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell10.7 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
A Simple Twist of Fate
Required: State the word
FATE
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 13
Total Points: 90
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell15.4 Pompeii Italy
Option 2: Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1
Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction and Read a book with a word in the title that has a double letter
A Terribly Nasty Business
Required: State the word
TERRIBLY
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 14
Total Points: 105
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell15.6 Tikal Guatemala
Read a book with a swimming pool on the cover
Wait For It
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 15
Total Points: 120
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
The Beast
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 16
Total Points: 135
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones
The Tiffany Girls
Required: State the event
1900 Exposition Universelle
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 17
Total Points: 155
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage Month
Option 3
Read a book with a setting of 50% or more in a state with a Native American reservation
These states are
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
Murder by Cheesecake
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 18
Total Points: 175
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell20.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam
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
Alive and Wells
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 19
Total Points: 195
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell20.6 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
God of Wrath
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Points: 215
Claiming ONE *BIG BOOK* ticket - 592 pages
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Option 3: The Amana Colonies
Read a book that was first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025
What the River Knows
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 21
Total Points: 235
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Option 2: Read a book that is by a Korean author
A Magical Girl Retires
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 22
Total Points: 255
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2025 season
The Lost Bookshop
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 23
Total Points: 275
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell25.5 - 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
Option 2: Animal Mascots
Read a book with that animal on the cover
Oklahoma - Horse
Shadow Dancing
The Grump Whisperer
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 24
Total Points: 300
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
SlideshellI am UNCLAIMING the book below, originally claimed in message #1250 (page 25) on October 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM.
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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
Slideshell30.6 MAZZA1's Task: Name Swap
Book 1: Read a book of your choice by a single author
Book 2: Using your first book, read a second book whose author has the same name as the author of the first book BUT in the alternate position. ONLY first and last names count
Pitcher Perfect
Seeing Red
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 24
Total Points: 325
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Option 4: Read a book whose single author has initials that are found consecutively forward in order in the word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
Option 5: Read a book where the main character has one of the above professions: a policeman, a sailor in the navy, an ambulance driver, a private detective, a dance instructor, and a competitive weight lifter/bodybuilder
Accomplice to the Villain
Birds of a Feather
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 25
Total Points: 350
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
10.3 Where Past and Present MeetRead a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline.
Alone in the Classroom
The story switches back and forth from 1929 to present day
New Points: 10
Total Points: 100
GO: 2
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30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
Option 2: Read a book with a single author whose name contains all the letters of MURALS
The Schwa Was Here. Neal Shusterman
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art.
What Stalks the Deep
Genres: Horror Fantasy Novella Fiction Gothic Audiobook LGBT Queer Historical Fiction Historical
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 505 /985
Tasks Completed 276/57
IAF - 7
GO - 2
15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, ZambiaBook: Death in the Spires
Task: 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 t
How it fits: first letters of each title word (d, i, t, s) are in ThunDerIng Smoke
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 262 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Nick KY30.4 TessaVanessa’s Beauty in the Eye
Opt. 2: author name contains letters MURALS. I read The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey.
LAURa MccluSkey.
Opt. 3. MPG of “Historical Fiction. I read Florence and Giles by John Harding.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 600
10.4 Where the Dead Still WalkRead a book that is set at least 50 percent in Scotland, France, or India
Scotland
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
CLAIMING BB - 850 Pages
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 380
Total Tasks Completed: 18
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Kai's Task: Onihei Jokeibook that combines a real historical event with fictional ones
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
🎃 novel about COVID lockdown, approved in help thread in message 2
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120 + 20 = 140
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
10.10 Do They Exist?Read a book where cryptids are essential to the story.
Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe
From the description, Hayden Hargrove is a cryptid expert, who helps the FMC create a new show. They go looking for crypids.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 390
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
15.6 Tikal GuatemalaRead a book with a swimming pool on the cover.
by Tarryn Fisher~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 405
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
15.8 Easter Island ChileRead a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
by Gloria Chao~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 420
Total Tasks Completed: 21
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for EverythingOption 2: College
B - Content
Read a book that has a college setting.
by R.F. KuangThis is set in Oxford University
CLAIMING BB 544 pages
Option 3: Side Hustle
A - Audiobooks - Read (or listen) to a book that won or was a finalist in the Audie Awards
by Travis BaldreeAudie Award for Fantasy and Nominee for Narration by the Author (2025)
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 445
Total Tasks Completed: 22
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of BeholderOption 3:
Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art. MPG may be imbedded.
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Historical Fiction
Option 4:
Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word mUSeUM
Hooked by Emily McIntire
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 475
Total Tasks Completed: 23
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsRead one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2025 season.
Cozy Fantasy - The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
🎃 My comments are in message 11 of the Discussion Thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140 + 20 = 160
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Deborah30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
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.”
Half a Soul Using SOUL
4) Read a book by a single author whose first name exactly matches one of my instructors
The initials can be reversed so SC, CS, PC, CP, DC, CD, SF, and FS all work
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 14
Tasks Done: 11
Slideshell15.1 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
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
The Great Dating Fake Off
Some Kind of Blunderful
Required: State the word and the wonder
GREAT - GREAT Pyramid of Giza
SOME - ColOSsEuM
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 26
Total Points: 365
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Reposted due to questions/problems.20.7 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
All books claimed for this task must have the MPG Historical or Historical Fiction.
In addition, your book may have the MPG Graphic Novels, Comics, Manga, or Sequential Art.
Option 3: The Amana Colonies
Read a book that was first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025
American Vampire, Vol. 5 published October 1st, 2011.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 465/985
Tasks Completed: 31/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(7)
5.1 - By The Numbers
Read a book with a 7-9 letter title word.
Ace of the Diamond, Vol. 2
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 470/985
Tasks Completed: 32/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(7)
5.4 Labor DayRead a book where the main character is a mother.
The Girl from Devil's Lake by J.A. Jance
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 190
20.6 Reading Goals 2025Option 3: read a non-fiction book from one of these lists:
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2025
Memoirs Published in Year: 2025
I used the Nonfiction Published in 2025 and my book is on page one of the list.
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 210
JUKKA10.5 Season of the Harvest
Book whose author's initials are in HARVEST.
The Immortal Hulk, Vol. 10: Of Hell and Death by Al Ewing.
Total Points: 155/985
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 13/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall BirthdaysOption 1, pumpkin on the cover: Knit of the Living Dead by Peggy Ehrhart
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435
20.10 Group ReadsThe Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Discussion post #12
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455
Readerboard name: List_Addict15.8: Easter Island Chile
A cover featuring at least three people
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Total this challenge: 40
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5.2 Autumn or fall?
Read a book with Autumn in the title or author's name
Nightshade
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points: 10
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0