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10.3 Where Past and Present MeetRead a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline.
Deeper by Megan Hart
Deeper tells the story of Bess and Nick. The chapters alternate between her current POV and that of 20 years ago, when they met.
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 405
trishhartuk5.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
A Room Full of Bones, Elly Griffiths (353pg)
The MC has a daughter called Kate, who turns one during the book.
Okayed in Help Thread message #17: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... with the logic in the message #16: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 595
Tasks Completed: 38
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Bookwrm526Task #25.5 - SEC Football
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. I chose FLORIDA and read Haunting License by Carol J. Perry (setting is described on GR main page).
Option 2: 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. I chose OKLAHOMA - HORSE and read An Heiress's Guide to Deception and Desire and Manda Collins.
Total points so far: 875
Delicious Dee10.1 School is Cool!
Immortal Consequences - has MPG of Dark Academia; claiming 1 BB ticket - book was 500+pgs
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 790
Its A Fact: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
Delicious Dee25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
Option 1 - Work with Me - set in Texas
Option 3 - Counter Play - main character is a college football player
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 815
Its A Fact: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (3)
5.10 Fall Into ReadingFall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 525
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 3
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9; 5.10
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10.6 Fields of PlentyRead a book with a farm as the setting.
Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Flat Broke with Two Goats (nonfiction)**
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 535
IAF this Task 1
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 4
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9; 5.10
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10.10 Do They Exist?Read a book where cryptids are essential to the story.
Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 545
Total BB: 2
Total IAF: 4
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9; 5.10
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15.2 Machu Picchu PeruBook 1: Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover.
by Agatha Christie**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for The Mystery of the Blue Train (first published: 1928)**
Book 2: Read a book with a single author's first and last initials in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
Mina's Matchbox by Yōko Ogawa
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 560
GO this Task: 1
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 1
Total IAF: 4
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9; 5.10
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage MonthOption 3: Read a book with a setting of 50% or more in a state with a Native American reservation (California
Trouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 580
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 1
Total IAF: 4
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9; 5.10
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25.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of PulpTask 1: Different Class was issued in October 1995, and was an instant classic with some outstanding tracks! Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender
Skirt / Pencil Skirt
Task 2:More was issued in June 2025, and is critically viewed as a return to form. Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles
The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang
Market / Farmers Market
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 605
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 1
Total IAF: 4
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9; 5.10
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25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for EverythingOption 2 College - Location
Read a book set in one of the places we have toured; Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Rose of Jericho by Alex Grecian- Mass
Option 3 Side Hustle
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
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
Points This Task - 30
Total Points - 715
5.10 Fall Into ReadingRead a book of your choice
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell Non-Fiction
Points this Task - 5
IAF Ticket - 1
Total Points - 720
Total Tickets
BB - 1
GO - 5
IAF - 9
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2025 SRC
30.7 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 3 – Read a book that was first published between those dates- inclusive.
Ghost Story - 592 pages, first published 1/1/1979, claiming 1 BB ticket over 500+ pages
Option 5 – Read a book that has been adapted and released into a movie or television series. If the movie/tv series is from a series of books, any book from that series may be read. Required: Provide a reference to the Movie or Television show
A Discovery of Witches - turned into a miniseries https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177461/
592 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 300
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 6
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2025 SRC
5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
False Witness - witness has 7 letters
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 305
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 6
Mod
5.7 National Trust
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST. (TL)
We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 860 /985
Tasks Completed 49/57
IAF - 10
GO - 3
FLY Task #10.7 Have Yams Will Party
task: 4+ letter title word made from "The Ashanti Yam Festival"
book: Thief of Night
how it fits: THIEF in "as(H)an(TI) yam (FE)stival"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 22/57
BB: 2 / GO: 6 / IAF: 0
Mod
15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
Read a book with one of these words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital.
Homecoming King
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 875 /985
Tasks Completed 50/57
IAF - 10
GO - 3
Joanne MI15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, Zambia
Readna 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'
Eleanore of Avignon
bOiling wAtEr
Points this task 15
Season Total 165
BB's 4
IAF 4
5-105-10 Fall Into Reading
Book of Choice
The Blacktongue Thief
Points this task 5
Season Total 170
4 BB's 4 IAF
Cindy FTask 30.1 Do It Again but Differently
Option 1: New to me author read in Summer 2025 I read
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Now I read When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon
Option 2: Previuos Task 20.2 Option 1 Summer 2025
New Option 2 (BEYOND)word in title from BirthDaY cEleBratiOnN Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
Points this post:30
Total points:220
Books read:23
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:1
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:20
Elizabeth PTask 25.2 - A Final Girl Challenge
Option 1: Book with IT in title
What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
Option 2: Book where roadtrip is essential to story
You, with a View by Jessica Joyce
From book description: "Noelle decides to take the honeymoon road trip they planned"
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 320
Total Tasks: 20
GO: 0
BB: 5
IAF: 0
Total Books: 24
Cindy FTask 25.6 The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 2: Matching word in title (ECHO) from "BLACK ECHO"
The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty
Option 3: Authors initials in MICKEY HALLER (K,R)
Déjà Deadby Kathy Reichs
Claim 1 BB ticket 532 pages
Points this post:25
Total points:245
Books read:25
Big Books:1
Golden Oldies:1
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:21
ROBIN P10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang or Wrap
Book with Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, or Mummy in title
The Vine Witch
Points this post: 10
Total points: 805
BB:3 GO:5 IAF:6
ROBIN P25.1 Nick KY's Task: Gothic Types
Option 2: 1 book from one of the lists, one with snow on cover
Book 1 - The Turn of the Screw - Early Gothics list, p 1
Book 2 - snow on cover - Twelve Days of Christmas
Points this post: 25
Total points: 830
BB:3 GO:5 IAF:6
Cindy FTask 10.2 Window to the Past
Windows on cover
by Patricia CornwellPoints this post:10
Total points:255
Books read:26
Big Books:1
Golden Oldies:1
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:22
Cindy FTask 10.5 Season of the Harvest
Author's initials in HARVEST (S,H)
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
Claim 1 Non-Fiction ticket
Points this post:10
Total points:265
Books read:27
Big Books:1
Golden Oldies:1
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:23
Deborah10.10 Do They Exist?
Read a book where cryptids are essential to the story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Listed in approved list under Hominid
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 21
Tasks Done: 16
Kristina Marie5.6 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. Required: State the word and the phrase used.
Here by Richard McGuire
Here is in ENGLISH HERITAGE.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 680
Kristina Marie10.6 Fields of Plenty
Read a book with a farm as the setting. Required If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
From the Goodreads main page: "As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated."
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 690
5.9 Celebrate HistoryRead a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
Sea of Ruin by Pam Godwin
This book is set in the 1700's, I was told to add this link for one of the reviews to show:
https://allaboutromance.com/book-revi...
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 710
Total Tasks Completed: 38
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Big Books: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage MonthOption 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 Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak
Setting
Iowa (United States)
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 730
Total Tasks Completed: 39
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Big Books: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Kristina Marie15.6 Tikal Guatemala
Read a book with a swimming pool on the cover.
Wait For It by Jenn McKinlay
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 705
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
Readerboard name - Jecca
Author - Jennifer
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 750
Total Tasks Completed: 40
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Big Books: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch UniverseOption 2: Read a book whose title contains a matching title word from any of the total works of the “Harry Bosch Universe Series,” except for the words: “the, a, of, and on.”
Gods of Guilt
Neon Gods by Katee Robert
Option 3:
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in one of the main characters' name: “micKey Haller,”
Blood Orange by Karina Halle
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 775
Total Tasks Completed: 41
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Big Books: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
25.1 - Nick KY’s Task : Gothic TypesOption 2 – Read two books.
Book 1. Read ONE book from ONE of the lists above.
Required: State which list and which page on the list your choice falls.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
In a Glass Darkly by J. Sheridan Le Fanu Pub in 1872
Page 1, #45
** CLAIM GO TICKET **
Book 2. Because Gothic genres are often “chilly,” read any book, fiction or non-fiction, with snow on the cover.
. Dead of Winter by Darcy CoatesPoints This Task 25
GO Ticket - 1
Total Points - 750
Total Tickets
BB - 1
GO - 6
IAF - 9
5.1 By The NumbersRead a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
Rembrandt: 9 letters
The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
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:
Many - ashaNti YAM
House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
10.10 Do They Exist?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.o the story.
A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist: main page
A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital. I chose CITY and read Mexico City Noir by Paco Ignacio Taibo II.
Total points so far: 890
15.4 Pompeii ItalyOption 2- Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1.
Book 1- Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction
Book 2- Read a book with a word in the title that has a double letter. Examples of words with double letters: TREES
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall BirthdaysOption 3: Happy Birthday, Nook!
To celebrate Nook’s birthday, read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in either Curly OR Monkey.
curLY
Palestine Wail by Yahia Lababidi
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
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30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
This is a two-book task.
Option 2: Read a book with a title word of 4 or more letters that can be made from "NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS.” Letters may only be used as often as they appear. (Criminals)
Christmas, Criminals, & Campers
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California. Once they're back home in San Francisco
The Book Supremacy
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 905 /985
Tasks Completed 51/57
IAF - 10
GO - 3
ROBIN P10.2 Windows to the Past
window on cover
American Daughters
- multiple windows on White HousePoints this post: 10
Total points: 840
BB:3 GO:5 IAF:6
Mod
15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
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 is set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) The eight adventures in this classic British mystery trace
First published January 1, 1922
***Claiming 1 GO ticket****
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 920 /985
Tasks Completed 52/57
IAF - 10
GO - 4
CathyG50.0 trishhartuk's idea: Newgrange
Required: all books must have a first published date of 1993 or later.
In addition, 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). 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 link to verify the setting/birthplace.
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. https://genius.com/Clannad-newgrange-.... Words must match exactly. magical
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna 352pp
published 2025
2. Option A. Read a book with a three-word title.
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister 336pp
published 2025
3. Option B. Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “WINTER SOLSTICE”.
Secrets of Willow House by Susanne O'Leary 306pp
set in Ireland/ written by Irish author
published 2019
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 50 /985
Tasks Completed 1/57
IAF -
GO -
CathyG25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
For this task, I welcome you to enter the Universe of Harry Bosch.
Use this link for options 1 & 2 below. 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,” except for the words: “the, a, of, and on.” You may read one of the primary works listed even if you read one for option 1.
Required: State which title and word you used. The Last Coyote=last
The Last Wizards' Ball by Charlaine Harris
Option 3:
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in one of the main characters' name: Annie Dillard”
Required: State which character you used-Renee Ballard
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
Claiming It's a Fact point
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 75 /985
Tasks Completed 2/57
IAF -1
GO -
CathyG25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
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.
Lost in You by Lauren Dane
set in Georgia
Option 3:
Read a book where football is central to the story.
The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 100 /985
Tasks Completed 3/57
IAF -1
GO -
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.4 Pompeii Italy
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction
The Power and the Glory
MPG -
Fiction
Classics
HISTORICAL FICTION
Literature
Religion
Novels
Book Club
Literary Fiction
British Literature
Catholic
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title that has a double letter.
The Opposite of EveryoneThe word is OPPOSITE
Totals
Points: 235
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
Total books: 19
Total tasks: 14
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10.5 Season of the Harvest
Read a book where the single author's first and last name initials can be found in the word HARVEST
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
VE in harVEst
TOTAL POINTS: 410