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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye StateOption 3: Read a book that was first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025 (inclusive).
36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant > published in October 2017
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
EMurphy25.7 Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Option 4: Author's initials found consecutively forward in order in ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth
*It's a Fact Ticket
Option 6: MPG Humor Fool by Christopher Moore
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 140
Books Read: 10
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed:5
EMurphy25.5 Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Set in one of the states listed The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
*Set in Florida
**It's a Fact Ticket
Option 2: One of the animals listed on the cover
by Thomas Harris*Alligator on the cover
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 165
Books Read: 12
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 6
Nick KY30.6 Mazza1’s Name Swap – the last name of Book 1 author is the 1st name of Book 2’s. Davis
Book 1. I read The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis.
Book 2. I read The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 780
Nick KYShoot. I didn't notice the page number requirements for
30.6 Mazza1’s Name Swap – the last name of Book 1 author is the 1st name of Book 2’s. Davis
Book 1. I read The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis. 352 pp
Book 2. I read The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb. 198 pp
Total pp = 550 > required 501. Whew!
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 780
EMurphy25.4 Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 1: Author's initials are sequential in the alphabet Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
*It's a Fact Ticket
Option 3: MPG starts with A, B, or C Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
*MPG is "Audiobook"
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 190
Books Read: 14
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 7
EMurphy25.2 Ash's Task: Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
Option 1: "It" in the title It by Stephen King
*3 Big Book Tickets - 1,184 pages
Option 6: Book from one of the lists These Deadly Games by Diana Urban
*YA Thriller Games List, page 1
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 3
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 215
Books Read: 16
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 3
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 8
15.9 - Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book w/ author first and last initials in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Antisocieties by Michael Cisco
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 535/985
Tasks Completed: 36/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(8)
trishhartuk50.1 trishhartuk's Task: Newgrange
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 Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris, Evie Woods (Evie Gaughan) (353pg)
PB: here (352pg)
The word is “MYSTERIOUS”: "Mysterious ring, a Magical Ring of Stones"
This is my "author born in Ireland" book: Evie Woods is a pen name for Evie Gaughan. Her Wikipedia page specifies that she was born and raised in Galway, Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evie_Woods
First published 1 June 2014
Book 2 - Option A. Read a book with a three-word title.
Twist of Fate, Kathi Daley (141pg)
PB: here (178pg)
First published 23 August 2022
Book 3 - Option B. Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “WINTER SOLSTICE”.
Book 'Em, Eddie, Laurie Cass (363pg)
Top MMPB: here (368pg)
Author initials: soLstiCe
First published 7 October 2025
Page count (kindle editions): 857pg
Page count (top English PBs/MMPBs): 893pg
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 570
Tasks Completed: 35
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Kelly L 30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
1. PIRATES:
Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
Alice Rue Evades the Truth by Emily Zipps
A l I ce R ue evad ES T he truth - emily zi P ps
AIRESTP --> PIRATES
2. MICHAEL PHELPS:
Read a book featuring an athlete (or retired athlete).
Baltimore Blues is about Tess Monaghan, a former college sculler who still rows every morning. The GR description includes: "The time is ripe for a career move, so when rowing buddy Rock wants to hire her to do some unorthodox snooping to help clear his name, Tess agrees."
This review further confirms that the book is about athletes: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This post: 30 points
Tickets: ---
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Season total: 330 points
Season Tickets: 2 IAF, 1 BB
Kelly L 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Books must have an MPG of Historical or Historical Fiction
Option 1: The Surf Ballroom
Read a book that has a 4+ title word (subtitles excluded) made from the letters in the phrase THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.
THE DA Y THE M US I C DIED --> DAMI --> MAID
Carnegie's Maid includes the 4-letter title word MAID also has BOTH MPGs of Historical and Historical Fiction
This post: 20 points
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Season total: 350 points
Season Tickets: 2 IAF, 1 BB
Angela IL30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Option 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.”
Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston-10/26
Word: Sounds
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California.
Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave-10/2
Setting: Sonoma, CA (GR data)
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 5
It's A Fact: 1
25.6 - Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 2: Read a book w/ a matching title word from the Harry Bosch series
Harry Bosch title: City of Bones; Word: CITY
City of Notions: An Anthology of Contemporary Boston Poems
** Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
Option 3: Read a book by 1 author whose initials are in 1 of the main characters' names
Character: HARRY BOSCH
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
(Alt edition for page count: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter)
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 560/985
Tasks Completed: 37/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(9)
Kristina Marie50.1 - trishhartuk's Task: 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 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 this criteria.
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. Words must match exactly. Required: State the word.
Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars by Kate Greene
The titles shares the word "lived" from the line, "The druids lived here once they said"
First published July 14, 2020. 240 pages.
Book 2 - Choose one of the following options. Required: State the option.
Option A. Read a book with a three-word title.
Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
First published July 8, 2025. 464 pages.
Book 3 - Choose one of the following options. Required: State the option.
Option B. Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “WINTER SOLSTICE”.
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney's initials can be found in “WINTER SOLSTICE”.
This book is written by an Irish author and takes place mostly in Ireland.
First published August 28, 2018. 266 pages.
240+464+266=970 pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 580
25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 5: Read a book with a cover that's 50%+ Eagles or Terps colors
Team: EAGLES (green, grey, white, black)
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
Option 6: Read a book by an author w/ initials in the Eagles or Terps full name
Team: PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan
** Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 585/985
Tasks Completed: 38/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(10)
5.1 By The Numbers Title has a word with 7, 8, or 9 letters: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Points this post: 5
Total points: 640
5.2 Autumn or fall? Autumn in the title: Navajo Autumn by R. Allen Chappell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 645
5.5 Dwali Lighted candle on cover: Right Where We Belong by Brenda Novak
Points this post: 5
Total points: 650
Amy FL5.3 American Football
A book with the MPG Sports or Football
From Lukov with Love - MPG Sports
Points this post: 5
Total points: 775
Amy FL10.6 Fields of Plenty
A book with a farm as the setting
The Orchardist - set in an Orchard (in book description)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 785
Amy FL15.1 Ancient or New?
Book 1: a title word of 4+ letters that can be spelled from one of the 7 Ancient Wonders
An Innocent Client - CLIENT in mausoLEum aT halICarNassum
Book 2: a title word of 4+ letters that can be spelled from one of the 7 New Wonders
Close Call - CLOSE in COLoSsEum
Points this post: 15
Total points: 800
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.
Laisse moi en paix
Word LAISSE > thE AShantI yam feStivaL
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 315
Amy FL50.1 - trishhartuk's Task: Newgrange
Book 1: a word in the title of three or more letters matching a word in the lyrics of the Clannad song
The Maid's Secret - SECRET lines carved on ancient stones
Book 2, Option A: a book with a three-word title - The Client List
Book 3, Option B: the author’s first and last initials can be found in WINTER SOLSTICE
*Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent - LN in wiNter soLstice
*Ireland book: Liz Nugent was born in Dublin, Ireland (on author's page)
Combined total pages is >1000
Points this post: 50
Total points: 850
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10.2 Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the over.
Triple Witch
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 635 /985
Tasks Completed 37/57
IAF - 8
GO - 2
Delicious Dee15.1 Ancient or New?
Book A - William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back - EMPIRE can be found in Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Book B - On Her Majesty's Secret Service - SECRET can be found in Christ the Redeemer
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 540
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
The King of Shanghai - KING in title
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 555
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?
Option 1 - I Fell Through A Portal And Into A Gargoyle's Arms - Dana Isaly - authors first initial (D) is the same as the first letter of my readerboard name
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 575
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
Option 1 - Run on Red - Noelle W. Ihli - the author was new to me in the Summer 2025 season; I previously read Such Quiet Girls by her
Option 3 - Parasite - I previously read Parasite (same title) in the Summer 2025 season
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 605
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Option 2 - William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls - GIRLS can be found in NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS
Option 3 - Symbiont - set more than 50% in california; claiming 1 BBT, 608pgs
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 635
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
Delicious Dee30.6 MAZZA1's Task: Name Swap
Book A - The Sunday Philosophy Club - Alexander McCall Smith
Book B - Chef's Choice - T.J. Alexander
first name Alexander for Book A, matches last name for Book B
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 665
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
Delicious Dee30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Option 2 - Terror in Taffeta - Marla Cooper - MC can be found in Isaac Asimov
Option 4 - Frankissstein: A Love Story - found on pg5 of the Artificial Intelligence Iist
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 695
Its A Fact: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
SHEMAC 25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Pick two different options and read one book for each.
Required: State the options chosen: 1 and 6
Option 1: Fly, Eagles, Fly!
Read a book with “fly,” “eagle,” or “green” in the title (standalone, no subtitles, but possessives allowed).
Change on the Fly
Option 6: Team Initials All-Stars
Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last name) are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES or MARYLAND TERRAPINS.
Required: State the team chosen for the initials: PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (G, A)
Pretty Pretty Boys by Gregory Ashe
This task points: 25
Total season points: 585
JEN B***UNCLAIM - Original Post #619***
10.2 Window to the Past
Read a book with a window on the over. The full window must be visible and shown as a window on a building, vehicles do not count.
by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby CunninghamADJUSTED TOTAL: 335
JEN B***UNCLAIM - Original Post #190***
25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
Option 1: PopSugar and other challenges
A - PopSugar - Read a book with a main character that is a politician.
Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev
The main character is a politician running for governor of California. Per description, "Yash Raje, California’s first serious Indian gubernatorial candidate"
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.
A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
ASHLEY poston and ASHLEY flowers share the same first name
ADJUSTED TOTAL: 310
JEN B25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
Option 1: PopSugar and other challenges
A - PopSugar - Read a book with a main character that is a politician.
Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev
The main character is a politician running for governor of California. Per description, "Yash Raje, California’s first serious Indian gubernatorial candidate"
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 Academy by Elin Hilderbrand
But her latest novel steps away from the sunshine-soaked shores of Nantucket and into the elite world of a boarding school in idyllic western Massachusetts.
Article: https://www.womansworld.com/entertain...
TOTAL POINTS: 335
JEN B25.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of Pulp
Option 1: Two book option
Task 1:
Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
Word: LIVE
Track 6: "LIVE Bed Show" (approved in help thread)
Task 2:
Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles
A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
Word: LOVE
Track 7: "Got to Have LOVE"
TOTAL POINTS: 360
JEN B10.3 Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline.
Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
This book alternates between present time and twenty-two years prior. The present-day main character finds a 22-year-old diary, so the chapters go between present day and the diary.
TOTAL POINTS: 370
Bookwrm526Task #5.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover. I read Murder at the Estate Sale by Lily Charles.
Total points so far: 750
30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
Option 2 : Read a book for one unused option from a task you completed in the Summer or Fall 2025
Previous Task: 20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride (Summer 2025)
Previously completed: Option 4
New option: Option 2 - Read a book w/ a 4+ letter sub/title word from STONEWALL UPRISING
Word: SISTER
Sister Wendy on Prayer
** Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
Option 4 : Read a book with the same publication month (but a different year) as one claimed in the Summer/Fall challenge
Previous Book: Exit Strategy pub'd Oct 2nd, 2018
A Mouthful of Dust pub'd Oct 7th, 2025
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 615/985
Tasks Completed: 39/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(5), IaF(12)
Mai5.5 Dwali
Book with a lighted candle on the cover
Green Candles by Tom De HavenPoints this post: 5
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 22
NF Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 2
25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 2: Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
MPG: Audiobook
Artificial Condition
(Alt edition for page count: Artificial Condition)
Option 4: Read a book whose main character is in kindergarten through high school
Harry Potter and the Death Eater Menace, 1954 pages
** Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets **
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 640/985
Tasks Completed: 40/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(4), GO(5), IaF(12)
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10.6 Fields of Plenty
Read a book with a farm as the setting.
Now Jackie must trade in her Type A personality and New York City apartment for a Colorado ranch and all the wild Walter boys who come with it.
My Life with the Walter Boys
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 645 /985
Tasks Completed 38/57
IAF - 8
GO - 2
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.
Rogue Protocol
(Alt edition for page count: Rogue Protocol)
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 660/985
Tasks Completed: 41/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(4), GO(5), IaF(12)
Deborah15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, Zambia
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 they appear.
The Secret of Secrets
Using: Smoke that Rises
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 215
Books Read: 17
Tasks Done: 13
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2025 SRC
25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
This is a two book task. Choose two of the options below, and read one book for each option.
Required: State the options.
Option 1: Geography
The sixteen teams in the SEC come from 11 states. Read a book set at least 75% in one of these states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the Goodreads description, include a reference.
Danse Macabre - the MC lives in St. Louis, MO, 517 pages claiming 1 BB ticket
Option 2: Animal Mascots
Most of the schools have a costumed animal mascot. Choose a mascot from the list below and read a book with that animal on the cover. The image can be realistic or cartoonish, full animal or partial, but it must be recognizable. Required:Post the cover
- there's a wildcat in the top left hand cornerNon-fiction MPG claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 230
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 5
Task 20.2 - National American Indian Heritage MonthOption 1:
Read a fiction book from this list: Native American Literature
Required: State the page the book was found on
On November 04, 2025:
Page Three
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (2025) by Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 448 pages)
110 + 20 = 130
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 110 + 20 = 130
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3,045
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the phrase The Ashanti Yam Festival
read Final Cut word is final
points this post 10
total points 955
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read Sociopath message 7 in the discussion thread.
points this post 20
total points 975
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Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
read The Second Story Bookshop BOOKSHOP is 8 letters
points this post 5
total points 980
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the phrase The Ashanti Yam Festival
The Time of the Dark (Darwath #1) by Barbara Hambly
word in title, TIME, found in ThE ashantI yaM
Task total: 10
Season total: 600