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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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PAULA S20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
The Kindle edition I read has 115 pages. Link to paparback (128 pages) for reference: Rose House
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Sue T20.2 - Rookie at the Top - National American Indian Heritage Month
Book set at least 50% in a state with a Native American Reservation.
Framed in Death: In Death, Book 61 by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45/985
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Kristen IA25.2- Ash's Task- Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
Option 1: We All Float Down Here. (Pennywise the Dancing Clown)
Read a book with "IT" in the title only.- subtitles excluded. Word must be stand alone. Possessives allowed, no other variations.
If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia
*****I claim 1 Big Book ticket***** - 512 pages
Option 2: Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? (Leatherface)
Read a book where a Roadtrip is essential to the story. Doesn't matter how much of the book is spent on a roadtrip as long as it is essential.
When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
Google AI Overview states that this book "features a road trip as a central plot element, following the characters Jess and the boy as they go on the run. The novel is described as a horror story with a fast-paced, blood-soaked road trip at its core."
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 170/985
Tasks Completed: 11/57
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Elizabeth PTask 25.4 - The ABCs
Option 2: Title of 3+ words, initial letters of each word are in alphabetical order
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
Option 3: Book with MPG that starts with an A, B, or C
Winter's Storm by Mary Stone
Genre: Crime
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 605
Total Tasks: 34
GO: 0
BB: 6
IAF: 0
Total Books: 45
Sue T25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 1: Book whose author's first and last initials are sequential in the alphabet, going forward
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
Option 3: book with MPG that starts with A, B, C
The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 70/985
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
JenJ IA20.2 - 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.
Anywhere With You by Ellie Palmer
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100/985
Tasks Completed: 5/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Sue T20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Option 3: Happy Birthday Nook: book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in either Curly OR Monkey
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90/985
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
trishhartuk10.1 School is Cool!
Includes a claim for an IAF ticket.
Read a non fiction book with the MPG Science, Mathematics, or History
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life, Helen Czerski (282pg)
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction, Science, Physics, Nature, Stem, Popular Science
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – Storm in a Teacup is Nonfiction
Total Points: 690
Tasks Completed: 43
It’s a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 7
Kathy KS15.3 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)
An Advancement of Learning by Reginald Hill
1st published: 1971
Setting: England (description: ..."England's Holm Coultram College"...
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-271 p. An Advancement of Learning
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 540
Tasks completed: 23/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
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: 4
Rockynook5.10 - Fall Into Reading
Free choice
If You Tell a Lie by Lucinda Berry
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 645
5.2 Autumn or fall?read a book with Autumn in the title or author's name.
Autumn in Sycamore Park by C.P. Ward
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 955
Total Tasks Completed: 54
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Big Books: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
5.4 Labor DayRead a book where the main character is a mother.
The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
The first line talks about Jess (the FMC) being a single mom.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 960
Total Tasks Completed: 55
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Big Books: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Coffeegirl20.2 - National American Indian Heritage Month
Option 3: 50% set in 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, or Wyoming
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn
Set in Kringletown, Colorado
talked about in blog post here: https://thebookshelf.substack.com/p/b...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 225
5.6 Preserving HistoryRead a book with a word in the title of three or more letters (excluding And, The), made from either eNGLIsh HErItaGE - Hearts
The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 965
Total Tasks Completed: 56
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Big Books: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Coffeegirl10.1 Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature
Book: James by Percival Everett
MPG Literary Fiction
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 235
20.10 Group ReadsFiction - Nordic Noir - The Chestnut Man - Just posted in the book thread.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 985
Total Tasks Completed: 57
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Big Books: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Coffeegirl15.9
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Book: The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday by Kiley Dunbar
KD in Khmer and comboDia
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 250
Mai15.4 Pompeii Italy
Option 1
Book 1
Book with MPG Historical Fiction
Three by Kieron Gillen
Book 2
Book with a word in the title that has a double letter.
Project Manager's Portable Handbook by David I. Cleland
*Claim 1 Non-Fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 720
Tasks Completed: 44
Books Read: 59
NF Tickets: 10
BB Tickets: 3
SHEMAC 20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Fall 2025 season.
Fiction - Cozy Fantasy - The Lost Bookshop
Discussion Thread -
1. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This task points: 20
Total season points: 920
Coffeegirl30.1
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.
Required State book previously read and that the author was new to you.
Book: Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough
New to me author - book previously read We Live Here Now (used below)
Option 2: 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.
Book: We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough
Summer Challenge 20.3 Option 4 - Read a book set at least 50%in United Kingdom.
I originally used Option 2.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 280
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam
Option 1:
Read a book where the title contains one of the words from any of the songs titles from the album: Ten, Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go, Black, Jeremy, Oceans, Porch, Garden, Deep, Release
Black Amber
(Black is in title and on list of words)
This book was first published in 1964 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 805
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 7
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 60
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PAULA S20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Option 3: Happy Birthday, Nook!
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in either Curly OR Monkey.
author initials NM found in MoNkey
I read the Kindle edition, MMPB link for reference: Grave Mistake
Points this task: 20
Total points: 60
Theresa30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: Isaac Asimov
Option 2 – Read a book by a single author where ALL the author’s initials can be found in Isaac Asimov. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Wind Chime Wedding by Sophie Moss
Option 3 – Isaac Asimov was born 2 January 1920 and died 6 April 1992. Read a book that was first published between those dates- inclusive.
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
first published - 1937
Points this post - 30
Total points - 210
Julia10325.9 - Cat's Task: 30 Years of Pulp
Option 1 (2 books)
Book 1: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe...)
The Book Spy
This shares title word SPY with the track "I Spy".
Book 2: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_(P...)
Eclipse: A Thriller
This shares title word with the track "Partial Eclipse"
This post: 25 points
Total points: 830
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 7
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 62
PAULA S20.10 Group Reads
Fiction: Fiction - Cozy Fantasy - The Lost Bookshop
My discussion thread contribution: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I read the kindle edition, MMPB link for reference: Den Hemliga bokhandeln
Points this task: 20
Total points: 80
PAULA S25.2- Ash's Task- Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
Option 1: We All Float Down Here. (Pennywise the Dancing Clown)
Read a book with "IT" in the title only
If You've Got It, Haunt It
I read the kindle edition, MMPB link for reference: If You've Got It, Haunt It
Option 6: Do you want to play a game? (Jigsaw)
Read a book off of one of these lists.
#4 on the first page of the Main character enters a contest/game list
Points this task: 25
Total points: 105
**Repost**30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But Differently
Option 1: Choose an author you have discovered (new to you) in the Fall 2025 season of reading. Read another book by that author,
The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson
Book previously read was The Argonauts, task 25.4, Option 1
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for The Red Parts (nonfiction)**
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.
Foreign Country by Marija Peričić
First published June 2025, previous book read wasThe Twilight Garden , first published June 2023
Marija Peričić is a new to me author
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 775
IAF this Task 1
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 1
Total IAF: 6
5.1; 5.2; ...; 5.4; ...; ...; 5.7; 5.8, 5.9; 5.10
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; .15.2; .15.3 15.4; ...; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10
25.1; 25.2; ...; 25.4; ...; ...; 25.7; ...; 25.9
30.1; 30.2; 30.3; 30.4; 30.5; ...; 30.7
50.1
JennB8241220.5 - Bigger is Better: Tammy AZ's task - Pearl Jam
Option 1: BLACK
Black Rose, 408 pages
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Points This Post:
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
15.3 StonehengeOpt 2 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
and
Book 2
Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Murder at the Merton Library
Pub Sept. 26, 2023- contains, 2,3 and set in England
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 540
Kelly L 15.4 Pompeii Italy
Option 2
Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1.
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
MPG = Historical Fiction
Double letters = hiLLs
This post: 15 points
Tickets: ---
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Season total: 560 points
Season Tickets: 2 IAF, 1 BB
Kelly L 5.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
The Wreckage of My Presence
From the GR description: "...she shares her thoughts on the joys and vagaries of modern-day womanhood and motherhood..."
***Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket for Non-Fiction - Memoir***
This post: 5 points
Tickets: 1 IAF
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Season total: 565 points
Season Tickets: 3 IAF, 1 BB
Kelly L 30.5 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.
Option 1: Read a book with the MPG Greek Mythology.
Circe
MPGs = Fantasy, Mythology, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Greek Mythology
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California.
Desert Star
Per Goodreads description, the MCs are detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department, and their investigation takes place in California.
This post: 30 points
Tickets: ---
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Season total: 595 points
Season Tickets: 3 IAF, 1 BB
5.10 Fall Into ReadingFall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Burning Up
New Points: 5
Total Points: 210
GO: 4
IaF: 1
15.8 Easter Island ChileRead a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
North and South
***Claiming a Big Book ticket as 521 pages***
***Claiming a Golden Oldie ticket as published in 1855***
New Points: 15
Total Points: 225
BB: 1
GO: 5
IaF: 1
5.7 National TrustRead a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST.
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
New Points: 5
Total Points: 230
BB: 1
GO: 5
IaF: 1
FLY Task #15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
task: Book 1- Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover.
book: 4:50 from Paddington
how it fits:
task: Book 2- single author's initials in: LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
book: The Moving Finger
how it fits: author Agatha Christie initials AC in IN(CA)S
other:
**Claiming 2 GO tickets for: First published November 4, 1957 and July 1, 1942, respectively
Points this post: 15
Total points: 715
Tasks completed: 36/57
BB: 2 / GO: 13 + 2 = 15 / IAF: 0
*last read / last post of the season!*
Thank you for hosting the challenge :)
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska10.1 - School is Cool!
Read a book with a MPG of LITERATURE.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (360 p.) *
*I would like to claim a GO ticket for this book, please.
➸ Total Points: 10
➸ Total Pages: 360
Amanda E.I used this book A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping for task 10.9 in msg 2248 (it was my last post). Could I actually undo that and use that book for this task below.
This would put my new total at 275
30.5: Amy FL's Task: Back to the gym:
Option 1:.Read a book with the MPG Greek Mythology.
Circe by Madeline Miller
How It fits: MPG Greek Mythology
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
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
How it fits: "Magical" in "no LAp swIMminG during ClAss
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 14
Kathy KS20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Option 3: The Amana Colonies
Read a book that was first published in the month of October in any year 1965-2025 (inclusive).
Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles
1st published: October 28, 2014
I read as an ebook; pb-210 p. (no mmpb) Flight of Magpies
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 560
Tasks completed: 24/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
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: 4
That's it for this season!
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.3 - Stonehenge United Kingdom
Option 2. Read a book whose published year contains 1 & 2, AND which is set in the UK.
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (400 p.) *
* This book is set in London and was published in 2015.
➸ Total Points: 25
➸ Total Pages: 760
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.9 - Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in CAMBODIA.
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (375 p.)
➸ Total Points: 40
➸ Total Pages: 1,135
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.10 - Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, Zambia
Read a book with a 3+ word title where the initials of each word can be found in THUNDERING SMOKE.
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (406 p.)
➸ Total Points: 55
➸ Total Pages: 1,541
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage Month.
Option 3. Read a book that takes place (50% or more) in a state with a Native American reservation.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (368 p.) *
* This book's setting is approximately 70% Washington State; the other ~30% is California.
➸ Total Points: 75
➸ Total Pages: 1,909
Julia1035.10 Fall Into Reading,
Fall into reading by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Black Amber
This book was published in 1964 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 5 points, 1 GO
Total points: 815
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 7
Total NF: 3
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 62
(total points are based on subtracting 15 from my prior total because I had previously tried to claim 20.5 but didn't meet all the requirements.)
Amanda E.5.4 Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
The Names by Florence Knapp
How it fits: MC is a mother
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 15
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.3 - Review Raffle: Masoodah's Task -What's in a name?
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first initial is the same as the first letter of MICHELLE IN ALASKA.
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang (430 p.)
➸ Total Points: 95
➸ Total Pages: 2,339
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.6 - It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025.
Option 2. Read a book that is #2 or later in a series.
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon (1,131 p.) * **
* This is #8 in the series.
** I wish to claim 3 BB tickets for this book, please.
➸ Total Points: 115
➸ Total Pages: 3,470
EMurphy15.2 Machu Picchu Peru
Option 1: Train or train tracks on the cover
by Nancy RichlerOption 2: Author's initials are in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 465
Books Read: 36
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 3
IAF Ticket: 9
Tasks Completed: 20
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20.4 - 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.
Using the word ROTTEN: ROTEN in opERaTiON, T in mincemeaT
I read the Kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Rotten to the Core
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 20