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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Task 15.3 Stonehenge United KingdomOption 2- Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1.
The Book:
Nobody's Sweetheart Now (Lady Adelaide Mystery #1) (2018) by Maggie Robinson (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 241 pages)
How it fits:
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
Year: 2018
Book 2- Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Set entirely in England
95 + 15 = 110
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 95 + 15 = 110
Books read: 09
Pages read: 2,597
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard Name: Kathy P25.4 - 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.
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Author: Leonard Mlodinow
Option 3 - Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
A Place For Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical OrderMPG - Audiobook
Both books are non-fiction and qualify for It's a fact tickets.
Points: 105
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total books: 9
Total tasks: 7
15.3 Stonehenge United KingdomOption 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
Walking Sydney: Fifteen walks with a city’s writers by Belinda Castles
published 2025
Book 2- Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Murder in the Countryside (A Miss Underhay Mystery #17) by Helena Dixon
100% UK (England)
Task total: 15
Season total: 585
10.4 Where the Dead Still WalkRead a book that is set at least 50 percent in Scotland, France, or India.
The Last Hours in Paris by Ruth Druart
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 220
20.7 Landmarked: History of the Hawkeye StateOption 2: Precontact Sites
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:
DAVIS ORIOLE EARTH LODGE
The Alphabet House by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 240
25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to DadOption 4: Read a book whose single author has initials that are found consecutively forward in order in the word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM.
Book read: Magic Bites
How it fits: Author's initials are IA
Option 6: Read a book with MPG Humor
Book read: A Dirty Job
How it fits: MPG Humor
Page count: 260 + 386 = 646
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Points This Post: 25
Total points: 510
Tasks completed: 32
25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch UniverseOption 1: Read any primary work (whole number, not half number) from the “Harry Bosch Universe Series.”
The Law of Innocence
Harry Bosch Universe #35
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.”
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
"M and C are in the name "MiCkey Haller"
Total points: 160
Nick KY50.1 Trishhartuk’s Newgrange
This is a 3 book task:
1. Read one book for each of the 3 options.
2. Total combined pages must equal 750 or greater.
3. No childrens, graphic novels or manga allowed.
4. All books must have a first published date of 1993 (when it became a World Heritage site) or later
5. At least one of your books must be at least 50% set in or about Ireland, or written by an author born in Ireland (Northern or Eire). Required: Specify which of your books fits….
Book 1. Word in title from Enya song lyric. I read The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, title word “Stones” in the lyric: “Secret lines carved on ancient stones,” 1st pub’d 1995.
Book 2. Opt. A. Title has Three Words. I read The Green Road by Irish author Anne Enright and set in Ireland, -- 1st pub’d 2015.
Book 3. Opt. B. Author’s initials are in WINTER SOLSTICE. I read Affinity by Sarah Waters, "Winter Solstice” – 1st pub’d 1999.
…Strength of Stones = 244pp
The Green Road = 336 pp
Affinity = 352 pp
Total pp = 932 > required 750
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 700
Slideshell25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
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
Not in My Book
Option 3: Side Hustle - B: True Crime Podcasts
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
Sounds Like Love
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 29
Total Points: 445
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell25.4 - 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
Whisky Business
Option 3: Genres
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Cowboy Romance and Contemporary Romance
Alive and Wells
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 30
Total Points: 470
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
Option 3
Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art
The Geographer's Map to Romance
Option 4
Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word MUSEUM
Wretched
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 31
Total Points: 500
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC'sOption 1: author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
Option 3: MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
🎃 MPGs include Audiobook, Book Club, and Contemporary
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160 + 25 = 185
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art. MPG may be imbedded. I read Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry (has MPG Art).
Option 4: Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word MUSEUM. I read Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny.
Total points so far: 640
EMurphy30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Option 2: Author's initials can be found in ISAAC ASIMOV Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
*288 pages
**Golden Oldies Ticket - Published in 1930
Option 3: Published between 1/2/1940-4/6/1992 Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
*Published in March of 1940
**336 pages
***Golden Oldies Ticket - Published in 1940
288+336=624 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 90
Books Read: 6
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Task 25.5 - SEC Footballoption 2: Texas mascot: Longhorn cattle (any cattle with horns OK)
The Adventure of the Demonic Ox
option 3: football central - love interest is a quarterback
Intercepted
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785 points
EMurphy25.8 Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 4: Set in Pennsylvania or Maryland Mary Jane Jessica Anya Blau
*Set in Baltimore, Maryland
Option 5: Cover featuring green, silver (grey), white, and black
by Nick HornbyTinEye-Green: 46.3%, White: 24.8%, Grey: 16.4%,
Black: 12.4%=100%
*It's a Fact Ticket ( this is a memoir, even though GR categorizes it as fiction - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever_P...)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 115
Books Read: 8
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
IAF Ticket: 1
ROBIN P10.5 Season of the Harvest
Author initials in HARVEST
Wake The Past
listened to audio, linked pb
author Sally Rigby
Points this post: 10
Total points: 510
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
Mod
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
Country Born by Linda Lael Miller / main character is mother per description
Points this post: 5
Total points: 520
Mod
Fall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Pretty Desperate by Lacey Black / fits SRC guidelines
Points this post: 5
Total points: 525
Mod
Read a book that is set at least 50 percent in Scotland, France, or India
The Last Agent in Paris by Sharon Maas / set more than 50% in France per description
Points this post: 10
Total points: 535
Mod
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'.
Body of Evidence by Irene Hannon / BOE in phrase 'Boiling Water'
Points this post: 15
Total points: 550
Mod
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
The Righteous by Ronald Balson / War Refugee Board giving out false documents during the occupation of Hungary during World War II
approved in thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 570
Mod
Option 1- Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward.
What Doesn't Kill Her by Christina Dodd / CD is sequential going forward alphabetically
Option 3- Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C -
My Brother's Forbidden Friend by Piper Rayne / MPG Audiobook starts with A
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595
Amy FL15.6 Tikal Guatemala
A swimming pool on the cover
Book is included in task description
Points this post: 15
Total points: 675
Amy FL20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?
Option 2: an author that shares the same LAST NAME initial of the LAST LETTER in YOUR READERBOARD name.
The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight by Valter Longo -Longo (amy fL)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 695
Amy FL20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 3: an author whose first OR last name can be spelled from the phrase RIDDLE OR JOKE
Genome by A.G. Riddle (RIDDLE)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 715
Mod
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.
Easy Magic by Kristen Proby / set more than 75% in New Orleans, Louisiana per description
Option 3- Read a book where football is central to the story.
Learn the Play by Kaylee Ryan / football is central to story per description
Points this post: 25
Total points: 620
Amy FL25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 2: a book whose title words (minimum 3) are in alphabetical order
Forget Me Not
Option 3: an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Mayluna - MPG Contemporary
Points this post: 25
Total points: 740
Amy FL30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Option 2: a single author where ALL the author’s initials can be found in Isaac Asimov
A Killer's Code by Isabella Maldonado - IM in Isaac asiMov
Option 3: a book that was first published between 2 January 1920 and 6 April 1992
Spellsinger - first published March 1, 1983
Points this post: 30
Total points: 770
ROBIN P20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's Task: Landmarked
Option 2: Precontact sites
3+ wd title, all 1st letters in site name
Season of the Swamp - SOTS found in
TOoleSboro moundS
Points this post: 20
Total points: 530
BB:3 GO:2 IAF: 6
Ana5.6 Preserving History
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.
Entered in the Alien Bride Lottery The word alien can be made from English Heritage.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 85
Slideshell30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Option 2
Read a book by a single author where ALL the author’s initials can be found in Isaac Asimov
Where the Library Hides
Option 5
Read a book that has been adapted and released into a movie or television series
The Impossible Fortune
Required: Provide a reference to the Movie or Television show - Thursday Murder Club on Netflix
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 33
Total Points: 530
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Mod
20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Option 1: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Korea (North or South)
It’s winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea.
Winter in Sokcho
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 585 /985
Tasks Completed 33/57
IAF - 8
GO - 2
Jager30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
This is a two book task.
Choose two costumes and read one book for each. You may use one book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga.
Required State the options
1. PIRATES:
Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
Beauty and the Mustache by Penny Reid
5. PUMPKIN:
Read a book with the word PUMPKIN (intact) in the title or subtitle.
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
points this post 30
total points 380/985
24/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
JenJ IA20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
Historical Events:
Murder of May Daniels
Dorothy Sayers/Agatha Christie friendship
Detection Club
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/985
Tasks Completed: 1/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
ROBIN P20.5 Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's Task: Pearl Jam
Option 2: set 50% in Montana or New Orleans
min. 350 p
Die Upon a Kiss - 352 p
set entirely in and just outside New Orleans
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
Elizabeth PTask 5.5 - Dwali
Book with lighted candle on cover
by Heather BlakePoints this Post: 5
Total Points: 225
Total Tasks: 16
GO: 0
BB: 3
IAF: 0
Total Books: 17
LoraTask: 5.9 Celebrate History
Read a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
Book/Author: The Wind in the Willows / Kenneth Grahame
How it fits: according to Audible (https://www.audible.com/blog/summary-...), The Wind in the Willows is set in the idyllic English countryside, capturing the essence of rural life in early 20th-century Britain. While the exact time period is not specified, the story evokes a nostalgic Edwardian era atmosphere, likely reflecting the years just before its 1908 publication.
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11.0
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie for published in 1908.
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 360
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
JUKKA10.7 Have Yams Will Party
Book with word of at least four letters in title that can be made of THE ASHANTI YAM FESTIVAL.
Original Sins by Nathan Edmondson et al.
Total Points: 165/985
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 14/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Joanne M15.8 Easter Island Chile
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover
Sharpe's Enemy
Points this task 15
Season Total 125
3 BB's 4 IAF
JEN B20.2 - 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.
The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O'Clover
Set almost entirely in Colorado. From book description: "But that optimism is tested when she’s dumped and left unable to afford rent on their gorgeous house in the mountains of Colorado."
TOTAL POINTS: 325
Mod
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
Welcome To Jubilee by Rachel Hanna
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 595 /985
Tasks Completed 34/57
IAF - 8
GO - 2
Mod
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST.
Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Sara Ney / SN in phrase
Points this post: 5
Total points: 625
Mod
Read a book where the a single author's first and last name initials can be found in the word HARVEST
Top Shelf by Teagan Hunter / TH in phrase
Points this post: 10
Total points: 635
Mod
Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital
At First Dance by Renee Harless / FIRST in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 650
CHRISTINE US:repost from 1109
Task 20.4, Option 3
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
REID can be found in "RIDDLE"
Total post: 20
Total overall: 25
CHRISTINE USTask 15.4
1) The Traitor Beside Her
MPG of "historical fiction" is the first one listed on the books main page.
2) The Alchemist and an Amaretto
Amaretto has double T.
Post total: 15
Total overall: 40
ROBIN P5.6 Preserving History
Word in title found in one of the phrases
The Infidel Stain
STAIN found in hISTorIc scotlANd
Points this post: 5
Total points: 555
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
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50.1 - trishhartuk's Task: Newgrange
This is a 3 book task. Total combined pages must equal 750 or greater. All books must have a first published date of 1993 or later. At least one of your books must be at least 50% set in or about Ireland...
Book 1 - Read a book with a word in the title of three or more letters matching a word in the lyrics of the song...
The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet by Katherine Cowley (1st pub. 2021)
Word: SECRET ("Secret lines carved on ancient stones")
I listened to an audiobook; pb-342 p. (no mmpb)
(The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet)
Book 2 - Option B: Read a book with a spiral design on the cover.
How it fits: Several varieties of spirals are shown in the cover decorations, including the trumpet.
Setting: Ireland
I listened to an audiobook; pb-266 p. (no mmpb)(Killing in C Sharp)
Book 3 - Option B. Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “WINTER SOLSTICE”.
Lowertown by Richard A. Thompson (1st pub. 2013)
RT=winTeR
224 pages
Total pages: 342+266+224= 832 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 320
Tasks completed:13/57
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