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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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Kristen IA10.1 School is Cool!
Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature or Dark Academia,
Wreck by Catherine Newman
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 145/985
Tasks Completed: 10/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Mod
Lisa MD25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 1: Author's first and last initial are sequential
With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
Author Initials: "RS" are sequential
Option 3: MPG starts with "A, B, or C"
My Return to the Walter Boys by Ali Novak
MPG: Contemporary
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 865/985
Total Books Read: 67
Total Tasks Completed: 50/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 14
Lisa MD25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 1: "Fly, eagle, or green" in title
When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén
Title Word: "Fly"
Option 6: Author Initials in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES or MARYLAND TERRAPINS
Dogged Pursuit by David Rosenfelt
Author Initials: "DR" in maRylanD terrapins
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 890/985
Total Books Read: 69
Total Tasks Completed: 51/57
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 14
Kathy KS25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 4: Tailgate Traditions
Read a novel set at least 75% in Pennsylvania or Maryland
Full Mortality by Sasscer Hill
Setting: Maryland ("at work at Maryland's Laurel Park race track")
I read as an ebook; pb-228 p. (no mmpb) Full Mortality
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...
Banking on Death by Emma Lathen
EL=philadELphia eagles
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1961
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 525
Tasks completed: 22/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
FLY Task #20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
+GO ticket
task: Option 2 - cover at least 40% green per tineye
book: A Pocket Full of Rye
how it fits:
- 70.2% green per tineyeother:
**Claiming GO ticket for First published November 9, 1953
Points this post: 20
Total points: 675
Tasks completed: 32/57
BB: 2 / GO: 10 + 1 = 11 / IAF: 0
FLY Task #5.10 Fall Into Reading
task: book of your choice that meets SRC rules
book: Tooth and Claw
how it fits: meets SRC rules
Points this post: 5
Total points: 680
Tasks completed: 33/57
BB: 2 / GO: 11 / IAF: 0
5.10 Fall Into ReadingBook: I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
Task: Fall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
30.3 Leah Renee ComedianOpt 1 Read a book set at least 50% in either Pennsylvania or Scotland
The Anatomist's Wife
set in Scotland
Opt 2 Read a book from the first 20 pages of this list of books about cults
Cults Books
Required: State the page.
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Page 1 of list
*Claiming It's a Fact ticket for NF
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 525
IAF ticket: 1
20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages
Félix și izvorul invizibil by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
144 pages (top paperback page count)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55 / 985
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1 (<1970)
It's a Fact: 0
Page count: 788
FLY Task #5.1 By The Numbers
+GO ticket
task: a title word of 7, 8, or 9 letters
book: The Secret of Chimneys
how it fits: 'chimneys' has 8 letters
other:
**Claiming GO ticket for First published June 1, 1925
Points this post: 5
Total points: 685
Tasks completed: 34/57
BB: 2 / GO: 11 + 1 = 12 / IAF: 0
FLY Task #15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
+GO ticket
Option 2- one book that fulfills both requirements
task 1: first published year includes at least 2 of: 1,2,3,5,7
task 2: set in the United Kingdom
book: The Body in the Library
how it fits: First published February 1, 1942 (contains 1 and 2)
and set in England
other:
**Claiming GO ticket for First published February 1, 1942
Points this post: 15
Total points: 700
Tasks completed: 35/57
BB: 2 / GO: 12 + 1 = 13 / IAF: 0
Jager10.7 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
Required: State the word. - EYES
The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7.0
total points 640/985
40/57
2 IAF / 3 BB / 1 GO
Jager15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Mate by Ali Hazelwood
total points 655/985
41/57
2 IAF / 3 BB / 1 GO
Jager25.1 - Nick KY’s Task : Gothic Types
Option 2 – Read two books.
Book 1. Read ONE book from ONE of these lists:
Early Gothics, Victorian Spiritualism Fiction, Modern Gothics, Sci Fi Horror, or Noir -- (1st 25 pages only)
Required: State which lists and which page on the lists your choices fall. - Modern Gothics - Page 4
Inheritance by Nora Roberts
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Book 2. Read any book, fiction or non-fiction, with snow on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
The Lodge by Kayla Olson
total points 680/985
42/57
2 IAF / 3 BB / 1 GO
Jager25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Because my father was a rather large gentleman, I'm going to set a minimum page count to a rotund 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.
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi - 416 pages
Option 4:
Read a book whose single author has initials that are found consecutively forward in order in the word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM.
The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling - 309 pages
416 + 309 = 725 total pages
total points 705/985
43/57
2 IAF / 3 BB / 1 GO
Amy B30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
This is a two-book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option.
Required State the options
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.” Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word
All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall (world)
Option 4: They are September C., Patty C., David C., and Steve F. Read a book by a single author whose first name exactly matches one of my instructors (Steve, not Steven and Patty, not Patricia), or that shares their initials. The initials can be reversed so SC, CS, PC, CP, DC, CD, SF, and FS all work. Middle initials may be ignored.
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 505 Points
15.8 Easter Island ChileRead a book with at least 3 people on the cover. The whole body does not need to be on the cover, but there needs to be enough to identify at least 3 distinct people. Silhouettes will work, but not skeletons.
Required: Post the cover
I read one of the examples:
points: 145
books read: 9
tasks completed: 9
It's a fact: 1
pages read: 4334
Amy B15.1 Ancient or New?
7 Ancient Wonders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_W...
7 New Wonders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_7_W...
Book 1- Read a book with a word of 4+ letters in the title that can be spelled from one of the 7 Ancient Wonders on the list. Letters can be used as many times as they appear.
Required: State the word and the wonder
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett (houses in Temple of Artemis)
Book 2- Read a book with a word of 4+ letters in the title that can be spelled from one of the 7 New Wonders on the list. Letters can be used as many times as they appear.
Required: State the word and the wonder
The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith (cell in Great Wall of China)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 520 Points
Amy B15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Monday: An Apocryphal Comic Book by Andrew Hartzell
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 535 Points
Amy B30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
This is a Two book task.
Choose 2 different options and read one book for each option.
You may use one book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga.
Option 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.
The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder
Option 3:
Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction or Art. MPG may be imbedded.
How to Be Both by Ali Smith
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 565 Points
5.1 By The NumbersThe Fall challenge takes place in September (9 letters), October (7 letters), and November (8 letters).
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
I read Dead and Gondola. The word "gondola" has 7 letters.
Points: 150
books read: 10
tasks completed: 10
its' a fact: 1
pages read: 4334
Amy B30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each option.
Required State the options
Option 2:
Choose a task that you completed in the Summer or Fall 2025 Season. Read a book that satisfies one of the options you did not choose previously.
Required State the previous task completed options and new chosen option.
I completed 20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 Goals for the Summer Challenge. I used Option 2- Read a book that has been longlisted, shortlisted, or won any of these prizes in any year.
Women's Prize for Fiction
Booker Prize
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (2025)
For this task, I'll use Option 1- For this task read any book first published in March 2025 or later.
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (April 2025)
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 to the previous book read.
Previous Book: Dearly by Margaret Atwood (Nov 2020)
For this challenge: On Community by Casey Plett (November 2023)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 595 Points
Amy B5.10 Fall Into Reading
Fall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used
Megg & Mogg In Amsterdam by Simon Hanselmann
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 600 Points
Amy B5.8 Corps of Discovery
He sent Lewis and Clark out across the following States:
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.
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer (WA) - memoir by WA author, born, raised and living in WA. Nominee for WA State Book Award for books by WA authors. Based on her life while writing film critiques for Seattle newspaper.
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 605 Points
Repost #2395 with page numberMai
25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Option 1: Book with Phillip, Philip, Phillips as part of author's name
PgMP Program Management Professional All-in-One Exam Guide by Joseph Phillips
(431 pages)
*Claim 1 Non-Fiction Ticket*
Option 6: Read a book with MPG Humor. The weirder the better."
Wankernomics: A Deep-Dive Into Workplace Bullsh*ttery - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by James Schloeffel
(310 pages)
*Claim 1 Non-Fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 625
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 51
NF Tickets: 8
BB Tickets: 3
Mai20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 2: Book with a cover that's >40% green
Unseen Academicals by Terry PratchettPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 645
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 52
NF Tickets: 8
BB Tickets: 3
EMurphy30.2 Susan A's Task: Halloween Costumes
Option 1: All the letters PIRATE found in book title and/or author's name Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything by Alyson Stoner
*It's a Fact Ticket
Option 3: MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in title, subtitle, series title An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch
*Series is Charles Lenox Mysteries
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 450
Books Read: 34
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 3
IAF Ticket: 9
Tasks Completed: 19
Mai30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
Option 2: Book that satisfies one of the options I did not choose in a previously completed task from the Fall 2025 SRC season.
Previous task from Fall 2025: 20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Completed option 3 - author's initials
New chosen option 1 - a black cat on the cover
We Solve Murders by Richard OsmanOption 4: Book first published in the same month but a different year as one book I read in the Fall 2025 SRC season.
The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right by Tom Kendrick
first published on April 1, 2004
For task 15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom, I read Close to Death, which was first published on April 11, 2024.
*Claim 1 Non-Fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 675
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 54
NF Tickets: 9
BB Tickets: 3
20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?Option 2:
Read a book by an author that shares the same LAST NAME initial of the LAST LETTER in YOUR READERBOARD name.
Icarus by K. Ancrum
Total Points: 70
Mai25.6 – Lisa MD's Task: The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 3: Single author whose first and last initiain: “Harry Bosch”
Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis
Option 4: Book from any series with at least 3 primary works that has an MPG of Mystery which has been adapted to a movie"
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Movie adaptation is of the 1st book in the series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12001534/
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 700
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 56
NF Tickets: 9
BB Tickets: 3
Mai5.10 Fall Into Reading
Any book
Proof, Volume 2: The Company Of Men by Alex Grecian
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 705
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 57
NF Tickets: 9
BB Tickets: 3
Repost to correct editionReaderboard Name: Kathy P
20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?
Option1: Read a book by an author that shares the same FIRST NAME Initial of The First LETTER in you YOUR READERBOARD name
The Dressmaker
Author:Kate Alcott
Totals
Points: 305
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 9
Total books: 23
Total tasks: 18
Jager30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
Option 2:
Choose a task that you completed in the Summer or Fall 2025 Season. Read a book that satisfies one of the options you did not choose previously.
Required State the prevoius task completed options and new chosen option - I completed Fall 2025 Task 20.6, Option 1 previously. This post is for Fall 2025 Task 20.6, Option 2 - Read a book that is #2 or later in a series-whole numbers only.
Ever After Always by Chloe Liese
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.
I read Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers in the Summer 2025 SRC. First pubbed in June 2025. For this task I read:
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe - first pubbed June 2024
total points 735/985
44/57
2 IAF / 3 BB / 1 GO
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10 Fall Into Reading
Fall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Late-Life Love: A Memoir
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket
Totals
Points: 310
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total books: 24
Total tasks: 19
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Author: Becky Chambers
Totals
Points: 325
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total books: 25
Total tasks: 20
Jager30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Option 2:
Read a book with a title word of 4 or more letters that can be made from "NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS.”
Required: State the word - WILD
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first name exactly matches one of my instructors (Steve, not Steven and Patty, not Patricia), or that shares their initials. The initials can be reversed so SC, CS, PC, CP, DC, CD, SF, and FS all work. Middle initials may be ignored.
Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh
total points 765/985
45/57
2 IAF / 3 BB / 1 GO
Angela IL25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for Everything
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).
Sandwich by Catherine Newman-10/13
Setting: Massachusetts
Option 3: Side Hustle
A - Read (or listen) to a book that won or was a finalist in the Audie Awards - Here is a list to help Audie Award Winners You can see past years winners and finalists here: https://www.audiopub.org/audie-awards...
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo-11/26
Year of Award: 2020
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 19
It's A Fact: 2
Big Book: 1
10.7 - 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
Word: LIFE
Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 970/985
Tasks Completed: 56/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(9), GO(8), IaF(13)
Angela IL 20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Option 2: Read a book that has a 3+ letter title word (subtitles excluded) made from the letters in either ANTHONY JOSEPH or in ICE CREAM CAKE.
Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause by Naomi Watts-10/2
Word/Phrase: ANTHONY JOSEPH/ SAY
Claiming It's a Fact Ticket
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 20
It's A Fact: 3
Big Book: 1
Readerboard name: List_Addict50.1:
Book 1: A title contains a word from the included song
Ring Shout by P Djèlí Clark
Word: ring
Pages: 192
Book 2 Option A: A three word title
Fairy Godmothers, Inc. by Saranna De Wylde * 🫥
Pages: 320
Book 3 Option A: A book set in winter
Isola by Allegra Goodman
Pages: 346
Pages: 858/750
Total this challenge: 95
Angela IL25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 2: Read a book whose title words (minimum 3) are in alphabetical order.
Maybe She'll Stay by Robyn Lucas-11/5
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren-9/4
Genre: Contemporary
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 22
It's A Fact: 3
Big Book: 1
Angela IL5.10 Fall Into Reading
Fall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Book Love by Debbie Tung-9/9
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 23
It's A Fact: 3
Big Book: 1
15.7 - Parthenon Greece
Read a book with MPG Travel
Back Roads to Far Towns: Basho's Oku-No-Hosomichi
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 985/985
Tasks Completed: 57/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(9), GO(8), IaF(13)
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* FINISHED *
Angela IL10.7 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
The Float Test by Lynn Steger Strong-10/2
WORD: TEST
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 24
It's A Fact: 3
Big Book: 1
Final post for me. Thanks to all the moderators for all your hard work! Happy Holidays!
Amy B20.4 - Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Pick one option below and read one book for it.
Required: State which option you choose.
Option 2
Read a book whose cover is at least 40% green as determined by tineye https://labs.tineye.com/color/
Required: Post the cover
Swan Song by Robert McCammon - 65% green
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 620 Points
Mod
Readerboard name: List-Addict 25.6: Lisa MD’s Task - The Harry Bosch Universe
Option 2: A word in the title the matches a work in the Harry Bosch Universe
The Night Country by Melissa Albert
Word: night from Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly
Option 3: An author whose initials can be found in one of the main characters names
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
Character: Mickey Haller
Total this challenge: 120
Readerboard name: List-Addict20.3: Option 1: An author whose first initial matches the first letter of your Readerboard name
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami *
Readerboard Name: List_Addict
Total this challenge: 140
(Thank you to all the guys who work on this every day, month, year - appreciate you. Sorry this is so last minute—night shifts!!!!)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
**non fiction IAF ticket
TOTAL
205 points - 5 IAF ticket - 3 BB ticket - 1 Golden