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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Bookwrm526Task #10.4 Where the Dead Still Walk
Read a book that is set at least 50 percent in Scotland, France, or India. I read Bad Day at the Vulture Club by Vaseem Khan, which is set in Mumbai, India, as stated in the GR description.
Total points so far: 800
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 Do They Exist?
Read a book where cryptids are essential to the story, or a reference to cryptids (as a whole- non specific), cryptozoologist or cryptid hunter, on the book main page, or has a MPG cryptid or Cryptozoology. I read Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe (approved in posts 9 and 10 of the help thread).
Total points so far: 810
Amy B15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital. Plurals and possessives are allowed.
Witch King by Martha Wells
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 50 Points
Slideshell15.7 Parthenon Greece
Read a book with MPG Travel
Total Dreamboat
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 40
Total Points: 675
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell15.8 Easter Island Chile
Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 41
Total Points: 690
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
5.6 Preserving HistoryTitle word made from ENGLISH HERITAGE: The Love Haters by Katherine Center
The word is Haters.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 655
5.7 National Trust Author's initials in NATIONAL TRUST: Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 5
Total points 660
15.4 Pompeii ItalyOption 2, MPG Historical Fiction and a title word with double letters: The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club by Julia Bryan Thomas
Points this post: 15
Total points: 675
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25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 1: Fly, Eagles, Fly!
Read a book with “fly,” “eagle,” or “green” in the title.
Fly Girl: A Memoir
***Nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF ticket***
Option 6: Team Initials All-Stars
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
A Killer Collection by Ellery Adams
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 750 /985
Tasks Completed 42/57
IAF - 10
GO - 2
30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
You may use one book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga.
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art.
American Vampire, Vol. 4
Option 4: Read a book with a single author's first and last initial in the word MUSEUM.
Sea of Tranquility
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 735/985
Tasks Completed: 45/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(4), GO(7), IaF(12)
Lisa MD15.1 - Ancient or New
Book 1: Title word of 4+ letters spelled from one of the 7 Ancient Wonders on list
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
Title Word: "Summer" in "tEMple of aRteMiS at ephesUs"
Book 2: Title word of 4+ leters spelled from one of the 7 New Wonders on list
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Title Word: "Lara" in "gReAt wALl of china"
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 475/985
Total Books Read: 38
Total Tasks Completed: 31/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 9
Christine V10.5 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
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 0
Christine V10.7 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
I Who Have Never Known Men
Target Word: Have
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 0
Christine V20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
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
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 0
Lisa MD20.1 - Most Improved: Kai's Task - Onihei Jokei
Combines a real historical event with fictional ones
Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor
The story centers on former friends who reunite during preparations for Queen Elizabeth's first radio broadcast Christmas speech in December 1952 and continues for each Christmas speech until the first televised speech in December 1957.
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 495/985
Total Books Read: 39
Total Tasks Completed: 32/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 9
Kathy KS20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
Buried is So Sweet a Place by Stanton Forbes.
Event: Great Molasses Flood (from Wikipedia: “The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, was a disaster that occurred on Wednesday, January 15, 1919, in…) Some of the characters (and family of MC) work at the plant and nearby, some even die)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 380
Tasks completed: 16/57
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: 3
ROBIN P25.3 Jecca's Task: There's a First Time for Everything
Option 1B: Pop Sugar and other challenges - book from Boxall list
The Last September - #894 on list
**Claiming 1 GO point - pub 1929
Option 3B: True Crime Podcasts
Author name Karen, Delia, Georgia, Ashley or Brit
The Black Cat Murders - Karen Baugh Menuhin
Points this post: 25
Total points: 720
BB:# GO:3 IAF:6
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones. I read The War of the Worlds Murder by Max Allan Collins (all books in this series approved in help thread posts 19, 20 and 24).
Total points so far: 830
50.1 - trishhartuk's Task: Newgrange
All books must be published 1993 or later.
At least one book must be written by an author born in Ireland.
Total combined pages must equal 750 or greater.
Option 1: Read a book with a 3+ letter title word matching from the lyrics of the song Newgrange.
Harry Potter and the Secret Enemy, 1111 pages
Word: SECRET
** Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets **
Option 2: Read a book with a three-word title.
The Spirit Level by Seamus Heaney, 100 pages
Fulfills the requirement that one book be written by an Irish author.
Option 3: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “WINTER SOLSTICE”
The Hard Problem by Tom Stoppard, 113 pages
Total Pages: 1111 + 100 + 113 = 1324
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 785/985
Tasks Completed: 46/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(7), GO(7), IaF(12)
25.2 - Ash's Task- Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
Graphic novels allowed for one book and is encouraged.
Option 1: Read a book with "IT" in the title only.
It Devours!
Option 4: Read an anthology/collection of stories.
American Vampire Vol. 3
(Collects American Vampire 12-18 and American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest 1-5)
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 810/985
Tasks Completed: 47/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(7), GO(7), IaF(12)
Lisa MD5.4 - Labor Day
A main character is a mother
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke
True crime memoir about the abuse suffered by the hand of Shari Franke's mother, Ruby.
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 500/985
Total Books Read: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 33/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 10
10.10 Do They Exist?A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan
Protagonist is a cryptozoologist
Points this Post - 10
Total Points - 15
20.4 What Fall BringsOption 2 - 40% green cover
Foxglove Summer by Ben AaronovitchPoints This Post - 20
Total Points - 35
20.9 Rockynook’s Task - Fall BirthdaysOption 1: Happy Birthday , Zach
Butter Witch by Tess LakeCover has a black cat, witch’s hat and a full moon!
Points This Post - 20
Total Points - 55
FLY Task #25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
+BB ticket
task: Option 1: a book set at least 75% in one of the listed states
book: A Ghostly Undertaking
how it fits: set 100% in Kentucky
(reference: https://www.booksonboard.com/book-ser...)
task: Option 2: a mascot animal on the cover from the given list
book: You Like It Darker
how it fits: an alligator (crocodile?) on the cover
(full crocogator on wraparound cover pictured here: https://ravenousmonster.com/books-com...)
other:
**Claiming BB ticket for You Like It Darker first listed edition = 512 pages, Hardcover
Points this post: 25
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 21/57
BB: 1 + 1 = 2 / GO: 6 / IAF: 0
JEN B10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
Read a book with one of these words in the title: Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy
Words must be stand alone, plural and possessives are accepted.
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
TOTAL POINTS: 380
Kristina Marie20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Pick an option and read one book. Required: State the option.
Option 2: Read a book that is by a Korean author. The author can be Korean either by birth, residence, or ethnicity (e.g. if they identify as Korean-American).
Required: If not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference.
Made in Korea by Sarah Suk
Sarah Suk was born in Canada and is ethnically Korean. She describes how that has impacted her life in this article: https://coldteacollective.com/celebra...
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 625
Mai10.2 Window to the Past
Book with a window on the cover
Find Me by Alafair BurkePoints this post: 10
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 23
NF Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 2
Mai25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Geography
Book set at least 75% in Texas
The Donut Legion by Joe R. Lansdale
Option 2: Animal Mascots
Elephant on the cover
The Fifth Elephant by Terry PratchettPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 25
NF Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 2
Lisa MD15.9 - Angkor WatCambodia
Author Initials in khmeR and/or camboDia
And to All a Good Bite by David Rosenfelt
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 515/985
Total Books Read: 41
Total Tasks Completed: 34/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 10
Julia10325.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 1: Read a book with “fly,” “eagle,” or “green” in the title
Green Rider
Option 6: Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last name) are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES or MARYLAND TERRAPINS.
Dog Eat Dog by David Rosenfelt
(initials DR are in MARYLAND TERRAPINS)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 640
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 4
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 48
Amy FL10.4 Where the Dead Still Walk
Set at least 50 percent in Scotland, France, or India
Last Twilight in Paris set at least 90% in Paris, France
Points this post: 10
Total points: 860
Amy FL10.10 Do They Exist?
Cryptids are essential to the story
Misadventures of a Cryptid Hunter - main character captured Bigfoot and many other cryptids
Points this post: 10
Total points: 870
Amy FL15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
Book 1: a train or train tracks on the cover
Book 2: single author's first and last initials in LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben - HC in tHe inCas
Points this post: 15
Total points: 885
Amy FL25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Option 4: author's initials found consecutively forward in order in the word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley - AB in antidisestABlishmentarianism
Option 5: the main character is a policeman, a sailor in the navy, an ambulance driver, a private detective, a dance instructor, or a competitive weight lifter/bodybuilder
Memory in Death - main character, Eve Dallas, is a police detective
Points this post: 25
Total points: 910
5.1 By The NumbersKatabasis by R.F. Kuang
Katabasis has 9 letters
Points for This Task - 5
Total Points - 60
5.6 Preserving History Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
EATER can be made from letters in ENGLISH HERITAGE
Points for this Task - 5
Total Points - 65
5.7 National TrustClose Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger
Author’s initials found in NATIONAL TRUST
Points for Task -5
Total Points - 70
Task 50.1 - Newgrange750+ pages
all pub 1993 +
one set in Ireland (NI and Republic)/ by Irish author
book 1: title word ANCIENT in song (2nd line 2nd verse)
Ancient Light by John Banville
304 pages
pub 2012
Banville is Irish
book 2A: three word title
Mira's Last Dance
159 pages
pub 2017
book 3B: author first & last initials OS in SOLSTICE
Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi
371 pages
pub 2024
304+159+371 = 834 pages >750
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925 points
5.8 Corps of DiscoveryThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
100% takes place in Washington
Points for Task - 5
Total Points - 75
15.5 Sukhothai ThailandHenderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow
Points for this Task - 15
Total Points -95
15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, ZambiaThe Beast of Littleton Woods by T.E. Kinsey
All the words in the title can be found in the letters BOILING WATER
Points for this Task - 15
Total Points - 110
20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean ReadsOption 2 - Korean Author
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
Points for this Task - 20
Total Points - 130
5.4 - Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
Saga, Volume 1
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 815/985
Tasks Completed: 48/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(7), GO(7), IaF(12)
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5.8 Corps of Discovery
Read a book that takes place, at least 50%, in one of these States (KY)
Bonfires, Backpacks, & Brawls
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 755 /985
Tasks Completed 43/57
IAF - 10
GO - 2
30.5 - Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Option 2: Read a book w/ a 4+ letter title word from "NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS.”
Word: CROSS
The Way of the Cross
** Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first name is September, Patty, David, or Steve.
Barrell Fever and Other Stories by David Sedaris
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 845/985
Tasks Completed: 49/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(7), GO(7), IaF(13)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 1: Read a book by an author that shares the same FIRST NAME Initial of The First LETTER in you YOUR READERBOARD name
Tempted by Megan Hart
First letter M in Megan and Mabeelle
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 350