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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Mai15.7 Parthenon Greece
Book with MPG Travel
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 21
NF Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 2
JenJ IA30.1 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.
Summer 2025 - Task #20.2
previously completed option 1, post #1916 / new option is 20.2, option 2 - Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle spelled from the phrase BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase.
Required: State the word - BEAR
Bear Necessity by James Gould-Bourn
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. The day does not matter.
I read Witchcraft for Wayward Girls in Summer 2025. First published in January 2025.
I read First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen in Fall 2025. First published in January 2015.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 50/985
Tasks Completed: 2/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Janice CA20.6 - Reading Goals 2025
Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
I read a book that is 226 pages.
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
+20
Total: 75
Tasks: 6
Books: 6
JUKKAReposting.
10.7 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.
The word is SINS.
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
JUKKA10.1 School is Cool!
Nonfiction book with MPG Science, Mathematics, or History or a fiction book with MPG Literary Fiction, Literature, or Dark Academia.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire is nonfiction with History. And it's from 1968 so a Golden Oldie and indeed, nonfiction so also claiming It's a Fact.
Total Points: 175/985
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 15/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
It's a Fact Total: 1
JUKKA30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Option 2: Book whose author's initials are in ISAAC ASIMOV.
The Convent of Pleasure and Other Plays by Margaret Cavendish.
Option 3: Book first published between 2 Jan 1920 and 5 Apr 1992.
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon was first published in 1961. It is therefore a Golden Oldie. It is also nonfiction, so also claiming It's a Fact.
Total Points: 205/985
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 16/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 2
It's a Fact Total: 2
Julia10310.7 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
Silent Bite
(SILENT is in the target phrase: SILE in Festival, NT in Ashanti)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 540
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 3
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 41
5.4 Labor DayRead a book where the main character is a mother.
Book read: The Inheritance
How it fits: MC is a mother. From the GR main page: "Two kids, one cat, bills, benefits, mortgage and school tuition..." and "because Ada promised her children that she will come home."
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Points This Post: 5
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 34
Jager10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline.
His Secret Daughter by Melissa Wiesner
Required If the dual/multiple time line is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference -
From Google AI Overview: "The novel His Secret Daughter by Melissa Wiesner is a dual timeline story that explores a woman's journey after her husband is in a car accident and a secret daughter is discovered. The story alternates between the present day, where the wife (Emma) grapples with this new reality, and flashbacks to how she and her husband met and fell in love."
points this post 10
total points 390/985
25/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Lisa MD10.9 - Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
"Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, or Mummy" in Title
The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab
🦉🍂🎃🍁🦇🍂🦉🍂🎃🍁🦇🍂🦉🍂🎃🍁🦇🍂
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 460/985
Total Books Read: 36
Total Tasks Completed: 30/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 9
Jager10.9 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.
The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan
total points 400/985
26/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital. Plurals and possessives are allowed.
The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell
ARBookfinder - IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 8.0
total points 415/985
27/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager20.3 - 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.
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
total points 435/985
28/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Julia10315.7 Parthenon Greece
Read a book with MPG Travel
Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
This post: 15 points
Total points: 555
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 3
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 42
5.9 Celebrate HistoryRead a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
The Conversations at Curlow Creek by David Malouf
"It is 1827..."
Task total: 5
Season total: 590
Rockynook25.6 - The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 2: matching title word from any of the “Harry Bosch Universe Series,” except for the words: “the, a, of, and”
Dark Age by Pierce Brown
Matching word: “Dark”
Harry Bosch book: book 32 - Dark Sacred Night
Option 3: single author first and last initial in one of the main characters' name: “Harry Bosch,” “Mickey Haller,” “Renee Ballard,” or “Jack McEvoy.”
That's Not My Name by Megan Lally
ML in Mickey Haller
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 465
Julia10330.1 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.
I chose Summer Task 20.3. I previously used Option 4. For this task I am using Option 3:
Read a book with both MPG Memoir or Autobiography, AND MPG LGBT.
It Rhymes With Takei
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. The day does not matter.
In the Summer season I read Black Wolves (for Task 30.2), published in November 2015.
For this task I read One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, published November 1940.
Claiming on Golden Oldie ticket for book published in 1940.
This post: 30 points, 1 GO
Total points: 585
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 4
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 44
20.3 - 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
Don't Say a Thing: A Predator, a Pursuit, and the Women Who Persevered by Tamara Leitner
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 295
30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac AsimovOption 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.
Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Option 5 – Read a book that has been adapted and released into a movie or television series.
Conclave by Robert Harris
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20215234...
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 325
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.1 School is Cool!
Go back to school and read a non fiction book with the MPG Science, Mathmatics, or History
-OR-
Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature or Dark Academia,
Hotel du Lac
The book includes a MPG of Literary Fiction.
Points: 145
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total books: 13
Total tasks: 10
Readerboard Name: Kathy P25.3 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 (must NYC, not New York State)
The Rosie EffectThe book is set in New York City
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. The name must match exactly and can be in any position.
Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith
Author: Karen Wright Marsh
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket for Vintage Saints and Sinners
Points: 175
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 6
Total books: 15
Total tasks: 11
15.6 Tikal GuatemalaSwimming pool on the cover: Wait For It by Jenn McKinlay
Points this post: 15
Total points: 570
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye StateOption 4, MPG Historical Fiction and author's initials in GOVERN: I Am You by Victoria Redel
Points this post: 20
Total points: 590
20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean ReadsOption 1, set in Korea: Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
Points this post: 20
Total points: 610
Kathy KS20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Option 1: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Korea (North or South)
The Red Palace by June Hur
How it fits: Set in 1758 Korea (author was also born in Korea)
I listened to an audiobook; pb-352 p. (no mmpb)The Red Palace
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 340
Tasks completed:14/57
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
LoraTask: 20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings, using Option 2
Read a book whose cover is at least 40% green as determined by tineye
Book/Author: The Lion Women of Tehran / Marjan Kamali
How it fits: 74.1% green
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 400
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Nick KY20.1 Mia’s Onehei Jokei. Read “a novel where the fictional characters take part in a real historical event.”
I read The Sentence by Louise Erdrich.
1 yr of COVID in Minneapolis. Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 750
trishhartuk30.6 MAZZA1's Task - Name Swap
Includes a claim for an It's a Fact ticket.
Book 1: Read a book of your choice
Dead Velvet Cake, Emily James (236pg)
Top PB: here (234pg)
Book 2: Read a second book whose author has the same name as the author of the first book BUT in the alternate position.
The Place of Tides, James Rebanks (304pg)
Top PB: here (304pg)
Using James from Emily James
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction, Nature, History and Memoir
Total pages – kindle: 540pg
Total pages – PBs, if needed: 538pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Place of Tides is Nonfiction
Total Points: 520
Tasks Completed: 34
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
10.5 Season of the HarvestBook: Cackle
Task: Read a book where the a single author's first and last name initials can be found in the word HARVEST
How it fits: written by Rachel Harrison, author initials R, H in HaRvest
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Cindy FTask 5.8 Corps of Discovery
Set in West Virginia
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
Points this post:5
Total points:155
Books read:16
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:14
SHEMAC 5.2 Autumn or fall?
Read a book with Autumn in the title or author's name.
Plurals/possessives are allowed, not other variations.
The Alpha's Autumn-Kissed Omega
Approved Not for Kids #341
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This task points: 5
Total season points: 545
Cindy FTask 10.7 Have Yams Will Party
4 letter word in title from letters in THE ASHANTI YAM FESTIVAL
(HAIL)
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Points this post:10
Total points:165
Books read:17
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Task completed:15
Cindy FTask 5.3 American Football
MPG Sports
Over the Boards: Lessons from the Ice by Hayley Wickenheiser
Claim 1 Non-Fiction
Points this post:5
Total points:170
Books read:18
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks Completed:16
Cindy FTask 5.4 Labor Day
Main character is a mother. She has an 11 year old son.
Open House by Elizabeth Berg
Points this post:5
Total points:175
Books read:19
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:17
ROBIN P25.5 Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Geography
Set in one of the listed states
The Evolution of Annabel Craig - set in TN
per GR description - Annabel Hayes—born, baptized, and orphaned in the sleepy conservative town of Dayton, Tennessee
Option 2: Animal mascots
Animal on cover - I used horse
To Ride a White Horse
Points this post: 25
Total points: 645
BB;3 GO:2 IAF:6
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Pearl Jam
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. I read A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson, set in Montana, as stated on GR page.
Total points so far: 745
LoraTask: 15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom, using Option 2
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)
Book/Author: Merry Mazes and Mistletoe Magic / Aubrey Wynne
How it fits: published in 2025 and set in England
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 415
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
SHEMAC 15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital. Plurals and possessives are allowed.
The Alpha King's Mate
This task points: 15
Total season points: 560
Jayme(the ghostreader) 20.2 National American Indian Heritage Month
Option 3 Read a book set in a state where an Indian reservation is located-Louisana
Dead as a Doornailby Charlaine Harris
Set in Bon Temps, Louisana
Task +20
Grand Total: 60
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
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.
The Rosie Result
Option 4: Read a book with a single author author's first and last initial can be found in the word MUSEUM.
All Our Wrong TodaysAuthor - Elan Mastai
Totals
Points: 205
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 6
Total books: 17
Total tasks: 12
Slideshell25.1 - Nick KY’s Task : Gothic Types
Option 2
Book 1. Read ONE book from ONE of the lists above
The Bewitching
Required: State which lists and which page on the lists your choices fall - Modern Gothics page 5
Book 2. Read any book, fiction or non-fiction, with snow on the cover
Any Trope but You
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 37
Total Points: 605
BIG BOOK: 3
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: 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,”
Dark Fae
Required: State which title and word you used - Dark Sacred Night - DARK
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.”
Hitting the Books
Required: State which character you used - Jack McEvoy
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 38
Total Points: 630
BIG BOOK: 3
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG Greek Mythology
A Game of Gods
*Claiming ONE Big Book Ticket - 565 pages*
Option 4:
Read a book by a single author whose first name exactly matches one of my instructors (Steve, not Steven and Patty, not Patricia), or that shares their initials. The initials can be reversed so SC, CS, PC, CP, DC, CD, SF, and FS all work
A Daughter of Fair Verona
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 39
Total Points: 660
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch UniverseOption 2, Title word matches title word from any of the Harry Bosch Universe series: With Love, Echo Park by Laura Taylor Namey
The book is The Black Echo.
The title word is Echo.
Option 3, author's first and last initials match a character's initials: Defending Britta Stein by Ronald H. Balson
The character is Renee Ballard.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 635
Amanda E 30.7 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
how it fits: first published July 1st 1992
Option 5: read a book that has been adapted into a t.v. series
How it fits: Tv series is called 11/22/63
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 11
10.6 - Fields of Plenty
Read a book with a Farms, Ranch, or Orchard as the setting.
Dark Harvest
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 500/985
Tasks Completed: 34/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(7)
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Option 2: Read a book that is by a Korean author.
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki by Baek Se-hee
(Alt version for page count I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki)
** Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 520/985
Tasks Completed: 35/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(8)
Mary PDX30.4 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
French Holiday Sarah Ready
Option3: Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art. MPG may be imbedded
Broken Country MPG Historical Fiction
Points this post:30
Total points: 270
FLY Task #30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
task: Option 3: read a NEW TO YOU book from this New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century list
book: Tenth of December
how it fits: new to me, #62 on the list
task: Option 4: Read a book with an MPG Humor.
book: Limoncello Yellow
how it fits: MPG Humor
Points this post: 30
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 20/57
BB: 1 / GO: 6 / IAF: 0
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30.2 Susan A's Task: Halloween Costumes
Option 1: all letters of PIRATES in title and/or author
The Marriage Slip - ThEmARiageSlIP
Option 3. Shaggy & Velma
Word Mystery or Mysteries in title, subtitle, series name
Truffled to Death - A Chocolate Covered Mystery #2, in grayscale GR listing
Points this post: 30
Total points: 620
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6