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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Kristina Marie5.2 Autumn or fall?
Read a book with Autumn in the title or author's name. Plurals/possessives are allowed, not other variations.
Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin
Autumn is in Almost Autumn
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 450
Kristina Marie5.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
Required: post the cover.
The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 455
Kelly L I am UNCLAIMING the book below, originally claimed in message #1089 (page 22) on October 13, 2025
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ORIGINAL POST:
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
Lost Light is #9 in the Harry Bosch series
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Updated Stats:
This post: -20 points
Tickets: ---
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Season total: 300 points
Season Tickets: 2 IAF, 1 BB
5.9 Celebrate HistoryRead a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
Required: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads book main page, provide a reference.
The Devil's Pool
Wikipedia states "The novel is first in a series of four pastoral novels by Sand, based on her childhood"
The author was born in 1804-so her childhood would have been 1804-1822. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mare...
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as published in 1846***
New Points: 5
Total Points: 105
GO: 3
trishhartuk10.10 Do They Exist?
Read a book where cryptids are essential to the story OR A reference to cryptids, cryptozoologist or cryptid hunter, on the book main page
Misadventures of a Cryptid Hunter, Michael Kelso (349pg)
The GR description starts: “I didn't sign up for this. I never wanted to be a cryptid hunter. I didn’t even believe in cryptids.”
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 29
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Amy FL10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
A book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline
The Broken Girls - different timelines are listed in the book description and setting in metadata.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 575
Amy FL10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
A book with one of these words in the title: Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, or Mummy
Hour of the Witch - WITCH in title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 585
Amy FL20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Option 2: a book with a 3+ word title where all of the title words begin with a letter in ONE of the listed site names
Defending Britta Stein - DBS in TOOLESBORO MOUNDS and MPG Historical Fiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 605
Amy FL25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 4: book set at least 75% in Pennsylvania or Maryland
Divine Evil - set in Maryland (book description and metadata)
Option 6: book by a single author whose initials are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES or MARYLAND TERRAPINS
Deep Shadow by Nick Sullivan - NS in terrapiNS
Points this post: 25
Total points: 630
Amy FL30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
1. All the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
Paranoia by James Patterson - PIRATES in PARanoIa and jamES paTterson
3. MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title.
A Killer's Mind - in series title (Zoe Bentley Mystery #1)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 660
LoraTask: 20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays, using Option 1: 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.
Book/Author: Mardi Gras and Magic / Jen Pitts
How it fits: witch hat on the cover
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 330
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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
Delicious Dee5.6 Preserving History
The Christmas Tree Farm - TREE in ENGLISH HERITAGE
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 370
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee5.7 National Trust
Call of the Camino - Suzanne Redfearn - SR in NATIONAL TRUST
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 375
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee5.8 Corps of Discovery
Midlife Daddy Bear - set in Washington - quote from book: Nestled in the heart of nature, come explore the best of Washington
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 380
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee5.10 Fall Into Reading
Rebel Skies - shelved as middle grade, not found in AR Bookfinder
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 385
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee10.7 Have Yams Will Party
The Name of the Rosé - NAME in The Ashanti Yam Festival
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 395
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society - found on pg3 of the Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries list
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 405
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
Witch at Heart - witch in title
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 415
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Slideshell20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2025 season
The Lost Bookshop
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 24
Total Points: 345
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell5.7 National Trust
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST
Year Three
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 25
Total Points: 350
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell20.3 - 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
Year One
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 26
Total Points: 370
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 2: Read a book whose cover is at least 40% green as determined by tineye
Tress of the Emerald Sea
25.7 %#1a3134 Green
23.0 %#f1efbe. Yellow
20.6 %#5e7859. Green
16.9 %#3e6054. Green
3.7 %#aba071. Grey
3.6 %#939a56. Green
2.3 %#81806b. Grey
2.1 %#b3ad54. Green
1.9 %#f5d449. Yellow
0.3 %#f3e079. Yellow
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 27
Total Points: 390
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell30.1 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.
Year Two
b>Required: State the prevoius task completed options and new chosen option.
I read 20.5 option 2 and now I am reading 20.5 option 1 - Read a book that contains red on the cover
69.0 %#261b1aBlack
9.4 %#8f4245Red
8.5 %#5d3939Brown
7.9 %#6d3738Brown
3.7 %#9d9795Grey
1.5 %#e4e1e0Grey
Option 4:
Choose any book you read in the Summer or Fall Season. Using that book's first published date, read a book with the same first published month but has a different year.
May 2019 - Finale
May 2025 - Left of Forever
Left of Forever
Required: Post the link the the previous book read
Finale
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 28
Total Points: 420
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.8- Korean Reads
Option 1: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Korea (North or South). I read If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha, which is set entirely in Seoul South Korea. The setting is listed in the GR description.
Total points so far: 610
Jayme(theghostreader)5.1 By the Numbers
Read a book where the book has a word with.7,8,9 letters in it.
Valdemarby Mercedes Lackey
8 letters in the word
Task +5
Grand total: 35
Kristen IA5.9 Celebrate History
Read a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 110/985
Tasks Completed: 7/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
FLY Task #30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
+ GO ticket
task: Option 2 – single author with ALL initials in Isaac Asimov
book: A Murder Is Announced
how it fits: author Agatha Christie initials AC in Isa(ac)
task: Option 4 – on the first 5 pages of the Robots shelf
book: Annie Bot
how it fits: on page 1 of the shelf
other:
minimum page count: 320 + 240 > 501
**Claiming GO ticket for A Murder Is Announced First published June 1, 1950
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 18/57
BB: 1 / GO: 4 + 1 = 5 / IAF: 0
LoraTask: 25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything, using options 1A and 2A
Book 1: Read a book with a main character that is a politician.
Book/Author: Death on the Island / Eliza Reid
How it fits: Kristjan is a mayor
Book 2: Read a book set in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island or New York City (must NYC, not New York State).
Book/Author: A Thorny Plot / Catherine Dilts
How it fits: set in Massachusetts
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 355
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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
Deborah15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
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
Asylum Hotel First published July 29, 2025
Book 2
Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Pine Takes place in Scotland (Shows in genre) and book description mentions the Highlands
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 12
25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC'sOption 1: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward.
Book read: Nevernight
How it fits: Author's initials are JK
Option 2: Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Book read: The Lost Bones
How it fits: MPG Crime and Audiobook
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Points This Post: 25
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 31
TessaVanessaChallenge 50.1 trishhartuk's Task: Newgrange
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title of three or more letters (excluding and, the), matching a word in the lyrics of the song. https://genius.com/Clannad-newgrange-...
Once He Sees by Molly Black
ONCE is found in line 3 of song
144 pages
Book 2A: Read a book with a three-word title.
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy
The book is set in Ireland.
418 pages
Book 3B: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “WINTER SOLSTICE”.
Calculated Risk by Lynn Shannon
198 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 985/985
Task completed: 57/57
Thanks mods for another great challenge!
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 2 - Read a book whose cover is at least 40% green as determined by tineye
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
This bookcover is at least 40% green as determined by tineye:
67.0% #10aa7a Green
8.8% #4d7f58 Green
5.8% #e5efd2 Grey
5.0% #613523 Brown
3.8% #caa229 Yellow
2.8% #66c160 Green
2.4% #c96727 Orange
2.3% #1b4154 Blue
1.1% #9b2826 Red
1.0% #868738 Green
(67.0%, 8.8%, 2.8%, 1.0% = 79.3%)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Shark Heart: A Love Story
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Tasks completed: 12
JEN B20.4 - 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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
JODI spelled from rIDdleorJOke
TOTAL POINTS: 305
Mod
5.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
One Big Happy Family
Julie Parker’s kids are her greatest gift.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 545 /985
Tasks Completed 30/57
IAF - 8
GO - 2
Kristina Marie10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline.
Required If the dual/multiple time line is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
This book bounces from 2014 to other years in the past from 1700s-2000s. Here is a reference listing it as one of the Best Dual Timeline books: https://aproposbooks.net/dual-timelin...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 465
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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
The Law of Innocence
The word "Innocence" is found in OPERATION MINCEMEAT and THE LINCOLN LAWYER (series name).
Total points: 100
25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for EverythingOption 1B - This is the complete list: https://thereadersroom.org/1001-books/
Read a book from this list (All SRC default rules apply)
The Golden Bowl
#1021 on the list above
Option 3B - Read a book with an author that shares a name with one of my favorite hosts: Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark, Delia D’Ambra, Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat. The name must match exactly and can be in any position.
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Total points: 125
Elizabeth PTask 5.6 - Preserving History
Word of 3+ letters in title made from one of the words/phrases, I chose ENGLISH HERITAGE
Winter's Rise by Mary Stone
Word: Rise
EnglISh heRitage
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks: 15
GO: 0
BB: 3
IAF: 0
Total Books: 16
30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee ComedianOption 2 - Read a book from the first 20 pages of this list of books about cults
Cults Books
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show
On page 1 of the list
Option 4 - Read a book with an MPG Humor.
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Total points: 155
10.7 Have Yams Will PartyRead a book with a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the phrase The Ashanti Yam Festival
May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 455
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 3
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9
10.1; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.7; 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;
...; 25.2; ...; 25.4
...; 30.2; 30.3; 30.4; 30.5;
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
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 475
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 3
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9
10.1; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.7; 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; 20.8;
...; 25.2; ...; 25.4
...; 30.2; 30.3; 30.4; 30.5;
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall BirthdaysOption 2: Happy Birthday, AJ! - read a book that has a 3+ letter title word (subtitles excluded) made from the letters in ANTHONY JOSEPH , excluding the word “the”.
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
SEA
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 495
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 3
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9
10.1; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.7; 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; 20.8; 20.9;
...; 25.2; ...; 25.4
...; 30.2; 30.3; 30.4; 30.5;
ROBIN P30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Option 3: Statues
MPG Historical Fiction or Art
Rush Oh! - MPG Historical Fiction
Option 4: Museums
Author initials in MUSEUM
A Dirty, Filthy Book: Annie Besant’s Fight for Reproductive Rights- Michael Meyer found in MuseuM
**Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction
Points this post: 30
Total points: 500
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task : Gothic TypesOption 1 - Read two books, one from each of two different lists below:
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#38, page 1 Modern Gothic
The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
Page 11, Noir
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 520
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 3
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9
10.1; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.7; 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; 20.8; 20.9;
25.1; 25.2; ...; 25.4
...; 30.2; 30.3; 30.4; 30.5;
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Amanda E.20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State:
Option 2: Precontact Sites: For this option, read a book with a 3+ word title (subtitles excluded) where all of the title words begin with a letter in ONE of these site names:
BLOOD RUN
DAVIS ORIOLE EARTH LODGE
INDIAN VILLAGE
TOOLESBORO MOUNDS
KIMBALL VILLAGE
PHIPPS SITE
The Rules of Magic
How it fits: Rules of Magic (ROM) in toolesboRO Mounds
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 10
Jager5.8 Corps of Discovery
Read a book that takes place, at least 50%, in one of the following States: Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon
Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor
points this post 5
total points 350/985
23/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
5.1 By the Numbers Title has 1 word of 7, 8, or 9 letters
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham - dangerous has 9 letters
Points This Post: 5
Season Total: 5
5.8 Corps of Discovery Read a book set in a Lewis & Clark state
While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students by J. Reuben Appelman - IAF book
Set in Idaho
Points This Post: 5
Season Total: 10
IAF Total: 1
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