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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian 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.
I read Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man which takes place in San Francisco, California.
points: 35
books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 760
TessaVanessa Challenge 15.4 Pompeii Italy
Option 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.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald
MPG: Historical Fiction
Double letter word: button
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125/985
Task completed: 14/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 Tikal Guatemala
Read a book with a swimming pool on the cover.
by Fred FordhamPoints this post: 15
Total points: 140/985
Task completed: 15/57
trishhartuk15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
Option 2- Read a book that fulfils both requirements of Option 1: UK setting and first published year that includes at least 2 unique numbers from this list: 1,2,3,5,7
The Secret of Father Brown, G.K. Chesterton (209pg)
United Kingdom listed as the setting on the main GR book page
Golden Oldie: First published in 1927 (includes 1, 2, 7)
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: Yes – The Secret of Father Brown was first published in 1927
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 11
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Bookwrm526Task #10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
Read a book from one of these lists. I chose the first list (Halloween and Autumn Cozy Mysteries) and read The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen, from page 3 of the list.
Total points so far: 135
JUKKA20.4 Golden Oldies: Erica H's Task - What Fall Brings
Option 1: Book with HUNT, HUNTER, or HUNTING in title or subtitle.
Hunter: The Reckoning 5th Edition Core Book by Justin Achilli et al.
Total Points: 45/985
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.4 - Labor Day
Read a book where the main character is a mother.
The Nantucket Inn by Pamela M. Kelley
From the book description, this book is about Lisa Hodges (mother) and her four children - Kate, Kristen, Chase and Anna as they navigate life without their husband and father.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Nantucket Inn: A Novel
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Tasks completed: 3
Jager5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters. - The 9 letter word is Housemaid
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
points this post 5
total points 100/985
8/57
1 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Elizabeth PTask 15.7 - Parthenon, Greece
Book with MPG Travel
Far and Away by Amy Poeppel
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 5
GO: 0
BB: 2
IAF: 0
Total Books: 5
JennB8241220.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025
Option 1:
Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent
204 pages, Paperback
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
JennB8241215.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or cAMbODIA
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 2
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
JennB8241215.5 Sukhothai Thailand
Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title: First, King , Kingdom, City, Capital.
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent
Claiming BB
591 pages, Hardcover
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 3
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
JennB824125.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters.
Vacation Wars by Meghan Quinn
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks Completed: 4
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Kathy KS15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
CH=kHmer, Cambodia
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-410 p.
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 70
Tasks completed: 3/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 0
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Read a book that is written in a dual/multiple timeline.
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon / set in 1767-69 and 1969, two hundred years apart
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
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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.
My Fake Fiance by Piper Rayne / set in Alaska per description
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
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Option 1- Read a book by an author that shares the same FIRST NAME Initial of The First LETTER in you YOUR READERBOARD name
Easy Charm by Kristen Proby / K from my readerboard name
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
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Option 2- Read a book that is #2 or later in a series-whole numbers only.
All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes / #3 in series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
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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
Easy Kisses by Kristen Proby / EASY in 'Anthony Joseph'
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But DifferentlyOption 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.
Hard Wired (Jon Reznick #3) by J.B. Turner
Link to previous book: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Author is new to me
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.
Hard Way (Jon Reznick #4) by J.B. Turner
first published May 2017
Link to previous book: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
first published May 2024
Task total: 30
Season total: 135
Christine V15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
Read a book where the single author first and last initials can be found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
Christine V15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, Zambia
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word comes from 'Boiling Water'.
Walking to Aldebaran
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
Christine V20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in either politics OR govern
The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman (first and last initials found in "politics")
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
CindyFTask 5.9 Celebrate History
Set in 1282 More than 100 years ago
The Proud Sinner by Priscilla Royal
Points this post:5
Total points:5
Books read:1
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks Completed:0
CindyFTask 5.1 By The Numbers
Title has a word with 9 letters
Quicksandby Iris Johansen
Points this post:5
Total points:10
Books read:2
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:2
CindyFTask 10.1 School is Cool!
Fiction book with MPG Literary Fiction
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Points this post:10
Total points:20
Books read:3
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:3
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 Autumn or fall?
Read a book with Autumn in the title or author's name. I read Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet.
Total points so far: 140
CindyFTask 5.5 Dwali
Lighted candle on cover
by Priscilla RoyalPoints this post:5
Total Points:25
Books read:4
Big books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tsks completed:4
CindyFTask 5.10 Fall Into Reading
Book of choice
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Points this post:5
Total points:30
Books read:5
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:5
Katrisa15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
Opt 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 (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
I read Flesh published in 2025 and is set primarily in the UK (England)
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 225
20.2 National American Indian Heritage MonthOption 3:
Read a book with a setting of 50% or more in a state with a Native American reservation - My book is set in Michigan
The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 70
SUSAN A25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Option 2: Titles - Read a book whose title words (minimum 3) are in alphabetical order
Behind Her Mask by Molly Black
title letters in alphabetical order: B H M
Option 3: Genres - MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Rain by Shaun Harbinger
MPG Apocalyptic
points this post: 25
previous total: 515
total points: 540
SUSAN A25.6 – 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,”
Black & Blue by James Patterson
title word: black
Harry Bosch title: The Black Echo
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,”
Stuck with the Grumpy Single Dad by Andrea Ocean
author initals AO found in character name HArry BOsch
points this post: 25
previous total: 540
total points: 565
SUSAN A25.8 - Slideshell's Task: Eagles and Terps Touchdown Reading Rally
Option 3: Game-Winning Romance - Read a sports romance featuring football
On the Sideline by J.B. Salsbury
MPG sports romance and football
Option 6: Team Initials All-Stars
Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last name) are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Stuck With a Rival: A Brother's Best Friend Sweet Hockey Romance by Ava Sparrow
author initials A S found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
points this post: 25
previous total: 565
total points: 590
Deborah10.8 The Ghouls Guide to Reading
Books to get you in the Halloween Mood
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
20th Century Ghosts Page 2 currently #181
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 4
SUSAN A25.9 - 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
Feral People: A Thriller by K.T. Tomb
title word: People
song: Common People
Task 2: Read a book that shares a title word with one of the track titles
Love at the Christmas Tree Farm by Ruby Hill
title word: Love
song title: Got to Have Love
points this post: 25
previous total: 590
total points: 615
ROBIN P10.10 Do They Exist?
Cryptids in story
A Death in Door County - features a cryptozoologist and a possible lake monster
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:2
Points this post: 10
Total points:
LoraTask: 30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes, using options 1 and 3
Book 1: Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
Book/Author: The Sorcerer and the Swan Princess / Lucy Tempest
How it fits: SorcErer And The swan PRIncess
Book 2: Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title. If the word is found in the series title, the series title must appear on the Goodreads Book Main Page.
Book/Author: Death at the Village Chess Club / Debbie Young
How it fits: #2 in the Cotswold Curiosity Shop MYSTERIES series
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 95
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 1
20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025Option 2: Read a book that is #2 or later in a series-whole numbers only
Hard Fall (Jon Reznick #5) by J.B. Turner
Task total: 20
Season total: 155
JEN B25.4 - 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, going forward.
Heft by Liz Moore
Initials L-M
Option 3: Genres
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C
Heartwood by Amity Gaige
MPG Book Club
Starts with B
TOTAL POINTS: 130>
20.2 - Rookie at the Top: August's Task: National American Indian Heritage MonthPick one option and read one book for that option.
Required: State which option you choose.
Option 3
Read a book with a setting of 50% or more in a state with a Native American reservation
Earnest
Setting: Washington (state)
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 130
Jessica S30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
Option 3: NEW TO YOU book from this New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century list
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (Book was new to me)
Option 4: Book with an MPG Humor
Brandon Mills versus the V-Card by Lisa Henry
Points this task: 30
Total points: 100
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Option 3- read a book with at least one entire bare foot on the cover
/ bare foot on cover; 336 pgsOption 4- read a book whose single author has initials that are found consecutively forward in order in the word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
Wild Card by Elsie Silver / ES in phrase; 464 pgs
Total pages: 800 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 115
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Option 3- Read a sports romance featuring football (pro or college).
My Scorned Best Friend by Piper Rayne / sports romance with football player
Option 6- Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last name) are found in PHILADELPHIA EAGLES or MARYLAND TERRAPINS.
My Sister's Flirty Friend by Piper Rayne / PR in 'Maryland Terrapins'
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
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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.
In Summer I used 50.1: Options 1A, 2B, 3A
Summer 50.1: Option 3B- read a book whose title contains a plural word.
The Seaside Sisters by Pamela Kelley / SISTERS is plural
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.
Previous book from Summer: All the Missing Pieces pub Jan 2025
My Famous Frenemy by Piper Rayne / pub Jan 2022
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170
trishhartuk25.5 Bookwrm526's Task: SEC Football
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.
Murder with Ganache, Lucy Burdette (322pg)
Set in Key West, Florida
Setting specified on the main book page.
Option 2: Animal Mascots. Choose a mascot from the list read a book with that animal on the cover.
Marshmallow Malice, Amanda Flower (198pg)
Both a horse (Oklahoma, hitched to the buggy) and a pig (Arkansas) on the cover
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Jager30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
Option 2: Her Show 2025
Read a book from the first 20 pages of this list of books about cults: Cults Books
Required: State the page - page 11
So Far Gone by Jess Walter
Option 4: Genre
Read a book with an MPG Humor.
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
points this post 30
total points 130/985
9/57
1 IAF / 2 BB / 0 GO
Kristina Marie25.1 - Nick KY’s Task : Gothic Types
Read Two Books. Choose either Option 1 or Option 2.
Required: State the option.
One book with the genre "Sequential Art", Jeff Lemire"Comics", "Comic Book", or "Manga" may be used for this task.
Option 2 – Read two books.
Book 1. Read ONE book from ONE of the lists above.
Early Gothics
Required: State which list and which page on the list your choice falls.
and
Book 2. Because Gothic genres are often “chilly,” read any book, fiction or non-fiction, with snow on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
I did Option 2:
Book 1:
Early Gothics
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
This book is on page 1 of the Early Gothics list.
Book 2:
Snow Angels: Season One by Jeff Lemire
There is snow on the ground and falling down.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 95
Kristina Marie25.4 - Robin P's Task: The ABC's
Read 2 books, one each from 2 different options.
Required: State the options
I did Option 3: Genres
Read a book with an MPG that starts with A, B, or C.
Required: State the MPG.
Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke
MPG Cozy. Cozy starts with a C.
I did Option 4: School
Read a book whose main character is in kindergarten through high school.
Required: Provide a reference if it's not obvious from the GR page.
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley
From the book description: "[T]welve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy [...] boarding school."
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 120
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Challenge 15.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
Option 2: Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1.
Read a book with a first published year that includes at least 2 unique numbers from this list: 1,2,3,5,7
Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
The Delicacy by James Albon
First published year: 2021
Setting: London
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110/985
Task completed: 13/57