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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Coffeegirl25.8 Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 5: Victory Colors
Book: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Team used is Terps (red, white, black, gold/yellow) at least 50%
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
Book: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
EH in Philadelphia Eagles
Points this task: 25
Total Points 90
Angela IL25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
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.”
August Lane by Regina Black-10/17
Character: Renee Ballard
Option 4: Read a book from any series with at least 3 primary works that has an MPG of Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Legal Thriller or Detective which has been adapted to the big screen or developed into a TV series or movie.
The 17th Suspect by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro-11/20
Series: Women's Murder Club
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0955353/...
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 14
It's A Fact: 1
ROBIN P30.3 Katrisa's Task: Leah Renee, Comedian
Option 1: Locations
Set 50% in Philadelphia or Scotland
The Diary of a Bookseller - set entirely in Scotland
GR description - "Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop."
**Claiming 1 IAF point for this memoir**
Option 4: Genre
MPG Humor
Behind Every Good Man - listened to audioBehind Every Good Man, linked pb
MPG Humor is first after "More"
Points this post: 30
Total points: 955
BB:3 GO:5 IAF:9
Coffeegirl25.6 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,”
Book: In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
The Harry Bosch book: #32 Dark Sacred Night -- word: 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 "Jack McEvoy."
Book: The Ghostwriterby Julie Clark
JC in JaCk mcevoy
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 115
Coffeegirl25.4 ABC's
Option 2: Titles
Read a book whose title words (minimum 3) are in alphabetical order.
Book: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Option 3: Genres
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Book: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Genre: Book Club
Points this task: 25
total points: 140
ROBIN P10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
Book from list
Behind Chocolate Bars
found on list 1, p 4
Points this post: 10
Total points: 965
BB:3 GO:5 IAF:9
20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei JokeiA book that combines a real historical event of limited scope (location, time, participants) with fictional ones
Baladele usturoiului din Paradis by Mo Yan
The event: the 1987 "garlic glut" revolt in Paradise county, China
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20 / 985
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Page count: 400
Jessica S5.7 National Trust
Book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST
You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
Points this task: 5
Total Points 495
Jessica S 15.7 Parthenon Greece
Read a book with MPG Travel
The Home Of The Blizzard: A True Story Of Antarctic Survival by Douglas Mawson
Points this task: 15
Total Points 510
Jessica S 25.6 – 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 (The Black Ice)
On the Ice by Amy Aislin
Option 3: first and last initial can be found in one of the main characters' name: “Harry Bosch,” “Mickey Haller,” “Renee Ballard,” or “Jack McEvoy.” (Mickey Haller)
Tempest by Lisa Henry
Points this task: 25
Total Points 535
Jessica S30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Option 2: Book with a title word of 4 or more letters that can be made from NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS (MAGICS)
Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy
Option 3: book set at least 50% in California.
The Boyfriend Makeover by River Jaymes
Points this task: 30
Total Points 565
Jessica S30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
Option 2: single author whose name contains all the letters of MURALS
Sorcerers Always Satisfy by Louisa Masters
Option 3: Book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Points this task: 30
Total Points 595
Jessica S 25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
Option 2: College - A book set in one of the places we have toured; Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island or New York City
Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
Option 3: Side Hustle - B
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
Dirt Road Secrets by Ashley James
Points this task: 25
Total Points 620
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
Blind Tiger by Jordan L. Hawk
Points this task: 40
Total Points 640
Kristina Marie5.9 Celebrate History
Read a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier. Required: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads book main page, provide a reference.
Ruined by Sarah Vaughn
From the book's main page: "For fans of Bridgerton comes a Regency-era romance."
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 780
Kristina Marie15.5 Sukhothai Thailand
Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King, Kingdom, City, Capital. Plurals and possessives are allowed.
Grass Kings, Vol. 1 by Matt Kindt
The word "Kings" can be found in Grass Kings.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 795
************************REPOSTING*********************************. Reposting For Post 2192 - 2nd Book DID NOT MEET CRITERIA. 25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading RallyOption 2 - Read a book set in a college or university (any genre).
Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay
Substituting with Option 6 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last name) are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill
Points This Task -25
Total points - 960
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye Statemust have the MPG Historical or Historical Fiction
Option 3: first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
🦃 MPG Historical Fiction
🦃 first published October 10, 2017
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275 + 20 = 295
25.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of PulpTask 1 - Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe...
"Monday Morning"
Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_(P...
“Got to Have Love”
First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life by Eve Brown-Waite
Points this Task- 25
Total Points - 985
🎉CHALLENGE COMPLETED !💃
Coffeegirl20.10 Group Reads
Book: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Message 16 in the Fiction discussion thread
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 160
Coffeegirl20.9 Fall Birthdays
Option 2 Happy Birthday AJ
read a book that has a 3+ letter title word (subtitles excluded) made from the letters in either ANTHONY JOSEPH
Book: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
ONE is anthONy josEph
Points this task: 20
Total points: 180
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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
Read a book set in the United Kingdom ( Scotland)
Book: Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Published: 9-7-21 (7,2,1)
When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland - (where the book takes place)
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 195
Coffeegirl25.3 There's a First Time for Everything
Option 1A: Popsugar 2025 reading challenge
Book: The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday by Kiley Dunbar
Popsugar #4 A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title. There are more than 2 books in the window display
Option 3A - Audiobooks
Book: James by Percival Everett
Audie winner on page 1
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 205
Coffeegirl25.2 A Final Girl Challenge
Option 2 Read a book where a Roadtrip is essential to the story
Book: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Roadtrip: She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it.
Option 6: Read a book off of one of these lists
Related to a Game - page 1
Book: Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 230
30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes Option 3, "Mystery" in the series title: A Fatal Yarn by Peggy Ehrhart (Knit & Nibble Mystery #5)
Option 5, "Pumpkin" intact in the title: Pumpkins in Paradise by Kathi Daley
Points this post: 30
Total points: 895
Mod
Mai5.2 Autumn or fall?
Book with Autumn in the title
The Autumn Kingdom Vol. 1: Through the Blight by Cullen Bunn
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 38
NF Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: 2
Elizabeth PTask 5.1 - By the Numbers
Book whose title has word of 7, 8 or 9 letters
Winter's Web by Mary Stone
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 435
Total Tasks: 27
GO: 0
BB: 6
IAF: 0
Total Books: 33
Mai5.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
Main character is a mother
Lady Killer, Volume 1 by Joëlle Jones
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 39
NF Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: 2
Task 25.6 – 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.”
Required: State which title and word you used.
Word used: BONES
Book 11: City of BONES
Salvage the Bones (2011) by Jesmyn Ward (female) (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 261 pages)
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.”
Required: State which character you used.
Character: JaCk mCevoy
The Enchanted Hacienda (2023) by J.C. Cervantes (female) (also known as Jennifer Cervantes (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 368 pages)
180 + 25 = 205
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 180 + 25 = 205
Books read: 16
Pages read: 4,739
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mai15.6 Tikal Guatemala
Book with a swimming pool on the cover
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamPoints this post: 15
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 40
NF Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: 2
Lisa MD25.3 - Jecca's Task There's a First Time for Everything
Option 1A: Main character is a politician
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney is a former Congresswoman.
***I claim an IAF ticket***
Option 3A: Audie award winner or finalist
The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by Kelly Bishop
Audie Finalist 2025 - Autobiography/Memoir
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 690/985
Total Books Read: 54
Total Tasks Completed: 43/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 12
LoraTask: 15.4 Pompeii Italy, using Option 2
Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction, AND with a word in the title that has a double letter.
Book/Author: The Scoundrel's Christmas Challenge / Aubrey Wynne
How it fits: MPG Historical Fiction with title work CHALLENGE
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 515
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
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
LoraTask: 15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
Book 1- Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover.
Book/Author: The Passengers on the Hankyu Line / Hiro Arikawa
How it fits: red train on the cover
Book 2- Read a book with a single author's first and last initials in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
Book/Author: The Extra / Annie Neugebauer
How it fits: author's initials are AN
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 530
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
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
10.1 School is Cool!Book: Open Water
Task: Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature or Dark Academia,MPGs may be stand alone or embedded
How it fits: MPG literary fiction
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall BringsOption 2
Read a book whose cover is at least 40% green as determined by tineye.
Inheritance Games
61.2 %#344b36Green
0.3 %#778b4fGreen
0.3 %#8cb760Green
= 61.8 %
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 460
Mai30.6 MAZZA1's Task: Name Swap
2 books where authors have the same name in alternate positions
Cover Her Face by P.D. James
(250 pages)
and
The Strength of the Few by James Islington
(720 pages) -- *Claim 1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 42
NF Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: 3
Mai5.6 Preserving History
Book with a word in the title of three or more letters made from ENGLISH HERITAGE: "Agile"
Agile Practice Guide by Project Management Institute
*Claim 1 Non-Fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 545
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 43
NF Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 3
30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of BeholderOption 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.
Time After Time
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction
Fruit of the Drunken Tree
New Points: 30
Total Points: 180
GO: 4
IaF: 1
Sue T10.5 - Season of the Harvest
Book where the a single author's first and last name initials can be found in the word HARVEST
The Secret, Book, & Scone Society by Ellery Adams
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25/985
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
REPOSTED25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 1: Authors Read a book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet
A Dry White Season by André Brink
Option 3: Genres
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Denison Avenue MPG's Asian Literature, Bookclub, and Canadian Literature.
***Verifies as Not really a Graphic Novel in the Verification Thread-post 139***
New Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 205
GO: 4
IaF: 1
Julia10310.3 Where Past and Present Meet
Read a book that is written in a dual timeline.
How to Solve Your Own Murder
(chapters alternate between a journal written in 1965 - 1967 and the present time)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 765
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 6
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 58
Christine V20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
The Nature of Fragile Things
Event: San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 0
Christine V5.9 Celebrate History
Read a book set at least 50 percent 100 years ago- 1925 or earlier.
The Leper of Saint Giles
Points this post: 5
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 0
ROBIN P15.2 Macchu Picchu: Peru
Book 1: Train or tracks on cover
The Excursion Train
Book 2: Author initials in LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
Curse of the Pogo Stick - Colin Cotterill -C in City & inCas
Points this post: 15
Total points: 980
BB:3 GO:5 IAF:9
Amanda E. 10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap: Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy
Read a book with one of these words in the title
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
How it fits: witch in title
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 14
10.3 Where Past and Present MeetDual timeline: The World's Fair Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
The dual timelines are 1933 and 2004. These dates are not clear on the Goodreads main page. Here is a reference to a review:
https://www.sincerelystacie.com/2025/...
"The novel begins in 2004... This dual-timeline story takes readers back to the Great Depression..."
Points this post: 10
Total points: 905
Jager20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 2
Read a book whose cover is at least 40% green as determined by tineye https://labs.tineye.com/color/
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
43.8% Green per TinEye
**I claim 1 Golden Oldie**
first pubbed 1908
total points 600/985
38/57
2 IAF / 2 BB / 1 GO
Amy B15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
Option 2: Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1.
Book 1- Read a book with a first published year that includes at least 2 unique numbers from this list: 1,2,3,5,7
Book 2- Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Lady Into Fox by David Garnett - published 1922, set in Oxfordshire, England
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 235 Points
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Option 1: Two book option
Task 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 Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
The track title is I, Spy and my word is Spy.
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
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The track title is Got to Have Love and the word is Have
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 440