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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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EMurphy15.4 Pompeii Italy
Option 1: MPG Historical Fiction Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
Option 2: Word in title with a double letter The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs
*It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 295
Books Read: 22
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 3
IAF Ticket: 5
Tasks Completed: 12
5.7 National TrustRead a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST.
Fury by Salman Rushdie
Total points: 180
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.
Riding The Transcontinental Rails: Overland Travel On The Pacific Railroad, 1865-1881 by Bruce C. Cooper
B and C are sequential in the alphabet
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Crime and Classics are both MPGs
Total points: 205
Nick KY15.6 Tikal, Guatamala -- Swimming pool on cover.
I read Ninety-two in the Shade by Thomas McGuane.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 870
Task 5.8 - Corps of Discoveryset in West Virginia, one of the listed states (per blurb)
What Stalks the Deep
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975 points
ROBIN P20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's Task: Fall Birthdays
Option 1: Happy Birthday Zach - Halloween item on cover
Cat's Paw
- black cat is one of the items**Claiming 1 GO point - pub 1931
Points this post: 20
Total points: 740
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:6
Mod
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Option 1: Happy Birthday, Zach!
To celebrate Zach’s birthday, read a book that has one of the following items on the cover: A pumpkin
Gear, Grills, & Guns
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 820 /985
Tasks Completed 46/57
IAF - 10
GO - 2
SHEMAC 5.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
First Dates and Birthday Cakes
Required: post the cover
This task points: 5
Total season points: 655
Mod
15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
Book 1
Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover.
Housekeeping
Book 2
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials LOST CITY OF THE INCAS EH
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
***Claiming 1 GO, published in October 22, 1926***
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 835 /985
Tasks Completed 47/57
IAF - 10
GO - 3
Angela IL25.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of Pulp
Option 1: Two book option, no page count minimums.
Task 1: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe... -
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight-11/10
Track title: Common People
Word: Common
Task 2: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_(P... -
Crazy Spooky Love by Josie Silver-11/3
Track title: Got to Have Love
Word: Love
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 7
It's A Fact: 1
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 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.
In My Father's House: A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family
The word is CRIME
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket.
Totals
Points: 220
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
Total books: 18
Total tasks: 13
Angela IL20.2 - 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.
Shopgirls by Jessica Anya Blau-9/16
Set in California/ GR Meta Data
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 8
It's A Fact: 1
15.6 Tikal GuatemalaRead a book with a swimming pool on the cover.
The Vacation by Kathryn CroftPoints This Post - 15
Total Points - 345
Total Ticks -
BB - 1
GO - 3
IAF - 2
15.9 Angkor Wat CambodiaRead a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Broken Homesby Ben Aaronovitch AB is in CambodiaPoints This Post - 15
Total Points - 360
Total Tickets
BB - 1
GO - 3
IAF - 2
5.4 Labor Day Read a book where the main character is a mom.
The Book Club for Troublesome Womenby Marie BostwickThe main page states the book is about 4 housewives that come together to read feminist book that bonds them into a regular book club. All but one has children and the one without, is trying.
Points This Post - 5
Total Points This Task - 365
***UNCLAIM***ROBIN P
50.1 - 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 (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 this criteria, and if the setting or birthplace isn’t obvious from the GR book or author record, please provide a reference to verify the setting/birthplace.
Book 1 - word in title 3+ letters from lyrics in song
Faithful Place - Place from
"There's a place on the east"
**This is the Irish book - Set entirely in Dublin, Ireland - 432 p, pub 2010
Book 2 - Option A: Book with a 3-word title
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present - 480 p, pub 2009
Book 3 - Option A: Book set in winter
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Set between Dec 20-25 - 293 p, pub 2024
Total pages: 1205
Points this post: -50
Total points: 690
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:6
ROBIN P50.1 - 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 (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 this criteria, and if the setting or birthplace isn’t obvious from the GR book or author record, please provide a reference to verify the setting/birthplace.
Book 1 - word in title 3+ letters from lyrics in song
Faithful Place - Place from
"There's a place on the east"
**This is the Irish book - Set entirely in Dublin, Ireland - 432 p, pub 2010
Book 2 - Option A: Book with a 3-word title
The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon's Memoir - 196 p, pub 2023
Book 3 - Option A: Book set in winter
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Set between Dec 20-25 - 293 p, pub 2024
Total pages: 921
Points this post: 50
Total points:740
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:6
ROBIN P25.9 Cat's Task: 25 Years of Pulp
Option 1: Two book option,
Task 1: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles -
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
Track title: Something Changed
Word: Changed
Task 2: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles -
A Touch of Love
Track title: Got to Have Love
Word: Love
Points this post: 25
Total points: 765
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:6
!!!!!! REPOSTING POST #1795 to CORRECT !!!!!!5.9 Celebrate History
Read a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
Isolaby Allegra GoodmanSet in the 16th century
That Was My Post on Nov 8
My task Total was 5
MY season Total was 80
!!!!! REPOSTING POST #1796 to CORRECT !!!!!!15.5 Sukhothai Thailand 10.10 Do They Exist?
Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital.
Henderson the Rain Kingby Saul BellowThat Was My Post For This Challenge on Nov 8
My Task Total Was 15
My Season Total was 90
!!!!! REPOSTING POST #1803 to CORRECT !!!!!!10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
To get into the spirit- Read a book from one of these lists.
Required: State the list and the page.
The murders of the rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
Pub 1841
**Claiming GO Ticket**
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7... Page 1 #51
This was Posted Nov 8
Points the Task Were 10
Total Points Were - 140
Claimed GO ticket - 1
!!!!! REPOSTING POST #1804 to CORRECT !!!!!! 10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy
Read a book with one of these words in the title. Can be plural
The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World by Malcolm Gaskill
This is non-fiction
**claiming IAF ticket**
Posted Nov 8
Task Total Was - 10
Total Points Were - 150
Total Tickets were
GO - 1
IAF - 1
!!!!! REPOSTING POST #1806 to CORRECT !!!!!!15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
BOOK 1
Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover
The Paris Express by Emma DonoghueBOOK 2
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
Posted Nov 8
Points This Post - 15
Total Points - 165
Total Tickets
GO - 1
IAF - 1
5.7 National TrustRead a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST.
The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 345
MaryPDXRepost of post 1650
30.4 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
Royal Holiday Jasmine Guillory
Option3: Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art. MPG may be imbedded
Broken Country
Points this post:30
Total points: 270
MaryPDX30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
Option 1:Choose an author you have discovered (new to you) in the Summer 2025 or Fall 2025 season of reading. Read another book by that author. Book cannot be part of the same series as previously read.
New to me author in Fall 2025: Rufi Thorpe
Book read this time: The Knockout Queen
Book previously read: Margo's Got Money Troubles
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.
Required Post the link the the previous book read.
Book read this time: Klara and the Sun published March 2021
Previously read in Fall 2025 Annie Bot published March 2024
Points this post:30
Total points: 300
5.8 Corps of DiscoverySet in a state explored by Lewis and Clark (Pennsylvania): Murder with Clotted Cream by Karen Rose Smith
Points this post: 5
Total points: 720
5.9 Celebrate HistorySet 1925 or earlier: Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas
Set in 1916.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 725
ROBIN P15.9 Angkor Wat: Cambodia
Author initials in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Hollow Kingdom - Kira Jane Buxton - K in Khmer, B in camBodia
Points this post: 15
Total points: 780
BB:3 GO:4 IAF:6
Kathy KS30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
Option 1: Locations
Read a book set at least 50% in either Pennsylvania or Scotland
Plaid and Plagiarism by Molly MacRae
Setting: Scotland
I listened to an audiobook; pb-288 p. (no mmpb) Plaid and Plagiarism
Option 4: Genre
Read a book with an MPG Humor.
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond by Charlotte MacLeod
MPG includes: Humor
I read as an ebook; mmpb-203 p. The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 410
Tasks completed: 17/57
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
Task 10.6 - Fields of Plentyset on a farm (per blurb "return to Lovelight Farms" and "grumpy farmer")
In the Weeds
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985 points
SHEMAC 5.8 Corps of Discovery
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon
Read a book that takes place, at least 50%, in one of these States
Required: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads book main page, provide a reference - MPG precis, last paragraph
Knot Christmas Without You
This task points: 5
Total season points: 660
Amy B5.7 National Trust
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST.
Letters may be used as many times as they appear
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 55 Points
Amy B25.5 - 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
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.
Game On by Seressia Glass (GA) - https://www.instagram.com/p/C1pOnMOrxkW/
Option 2: Animal Mascots
Choose a mascot from the list below and read a book with that animal on the cover.
Oklahoma - Horse
Required:Post the cover
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood (horse)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 80 Points
Amy B20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
No children’s (or related MPG) allowed.
Pick an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option.
Option 1:
Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (184 pages)
This Book: 20 Points
To Date: 100 Points
Amy B30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read on book for each option.
Your two books must have a combined page count of at least 501 pages.
No children’s books allowed.
Option 1 – Read a book by Isaac Asimov.
The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov (293 pages)
Option 5
Read a book that has been adapted and released into a movie or television series. Required: Provide a reference to the Movie or Television show
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine - pseudonym for Ruth Rendell (278 pages)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 130 Points
** UNCLAIMING **25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Read a book set at least 75% in one of the 11 SEC states (Louisiana)
Sunset Limited
Option 4: Read a book first published in 1966
Third Girl published November 1st, 1966
25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1: Read a book set at least 75% in one of the 11 SEC states (Louisiana)
Purple Cane Road
Option 4: Read a book first published in 1966
Third Girl published November 1st, 1966
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 860/985
Tasks Completed: 50/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(7), GO(8), IaF(13)
25.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of Pulp
Option 1: Read a book w/ a 3+ title word from one of the Different Class track titles
Track: "Sorted for E's & Wizz"; Word: FOR
Poison for Breakfast
Option 2: Read a book w/ a 3+ title word from one of the More track titles
Track: "A Sunset"; Word: SUNSET
Sunset Limited
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 885/985
Tasks Completed: 51/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(7), GO(8), IaF(13)
Kristina Marie25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Read 2 books, one from 2 different options. Minimum 500 pages. Required: State which options you chose.
Option 1: Choose a book with Phillip, Philip, Phillips, Philips, or Phil as either author name, main character name, or part of the title/subtitle/series name.
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
This book was written by a Philip.
336 pages.
Option 6: Read a book with MPG Humor.
Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner
MPG Humor.
256 pages.
336+256= 592 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 675
Kristen IA5.7 National Trust
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST.
The Scattered Bones by Nicole Scarano
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 115/985
Tasks Completed: 8/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Jager5.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
total points 440/985
29/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
Read a book from one of these lists.
Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries
Books to get you in the Halloween Mood
Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
Required: State the list and the page - Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries, page 2
total points 450/985
30/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Jager20.2 - 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.
Required: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference. - Searching Google with the terms: "setting of the Medical Examiner Women's Murder Club book," AI Overview stated: "The Medical Examiner book, from the Women's Murder Club series, is set in San Francisco, California."
total points 470/985
31/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Amy FL5.10 Fall Into Reading
A book of my choice that meets SRC rules
The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting
Points this post: 5
Total points: 915
Amy FL20.10 Group Reads
Fiction: Fiction - Cozy Fantasy - The Lost Bookshop - my review
Points this post: 20
Total points: 935
15.4 Pompeii ItalyOption 2- Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1.
1- Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction
2- Read a book with a word in the title that has a double letter.
The Villa
word VILLA has double L
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 395
10.6 Fields of PlentyRead a book with a farm as the setting.
Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha Non-fiction
** CLAIM IAF TICKET **
Points This Task - 10
Ticket This Task - IAF
Total Points - 375
Total Tickets
BB - 1
GO - 3
IAF - 3
Elizabeth PTask 25.7 - A Tribute to Dad
Option 3: Book with at least 1 entire bare foot on cover
by Matt DinnimanAt 534 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Option 6: Book with MPG Humor
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
At 586 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks: 17
GO: 0
BB: 5
IAF: 0
Total Books: 19
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15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
Option 1: First published in a year that contains at least 2 unique numbers (1, 2, 3, 5, 7) Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
*Published in 2015
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 280
Books Read: 20
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 3
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 11