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FALL CHALLENGE 2025
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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", "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: 120
5.8 Corps of DiscoveryRead a book that takes place, at least 50%, in one of: Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon
Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts by Tonya Kappes
Set in Normal, Kentucky
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 50
Total BB: 2
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15.6 Tikal GuatemalaRead a book with a swimming pool on the cover.
by Deborah LevyTask Total: 15
Season Total: 65
Total BB: 2
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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
Sleeping Children by Anthony Passeron
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 85
Total BB: 2
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20.6 It's a Fact: Angela IL's Task - Reading Goals 2025Option 1: Read a book that is between 100-250 pages.
Christmas, Criminals, and Campers by Tonya Kappes
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 105
Total BB: 2
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Bookwrm526Task #20.6 - Reading Goals 2025
Option 2 - Read a book that is #2 or later in a series-whole numbers only. I read Infinite Archive by Mur Lafferty, book 3 in the Midsolar Murder series.
Total points so far: 160
Mod
10.1 School is Cool!
Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature or Dark Academia
The Atlas Six
Has MPG of Dark Academia
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 90 /1000
Tasks Completed 5/57
IAF - 2
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: New York
Hard Hit (Jon Reznick #6) by J.B. Turner
approx 80% set in New York, book referred to UN HQ in NYC etc
Task total: 20
Season total: 175
Katrisa5.1 By The Numbers
Read a book where the title (Subtitles excluded) has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters
I read A Marriage of Lies
MARRIAGE has 8 letters
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 230
Katrisa30.6 MAZZA1's Task: Name Swap
Book 1: Read a book of your choice by a single author.
I read Final Girls by Riley Sager
Book 2: Using your first book, read a second book whose author has the same name as the author of the first book BUT in the alternate position.
I read The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is Destroying American Indians by Naomi Schaefer Riley
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 260
Julia10315.3 Stonehenge United Kingdom
Option 2- Read a book that fulfills both requirements of Option 1.
1- Read a book with a first published year that includes at least 2 unique numbers from this list: 1,2,3,5,7
2- Read a book set in the United Kingdom
Olde Robin Hood
(published in 2018, set in England)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 145
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 1
Total NF: 1
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Mod
20.8- Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task: Korean Reads
Option 2: Read a book that is by a Korean author. The author can be Korean either by birth, residence, or ethnicity.
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (born in Seoul, per GR profile)
Points this task: 20
Season total: 50
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
15.10 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, ZambiaRead a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word comes from one of the following phrases: Boiling Water
Book read: The Lady Astronomer
How it fits: TLA is found in 'Boiling Water'
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Points This Post: 15
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 9
30.1 JennRenee's Task: Do it Again, But DifferentlyThis is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book for each option.
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.
Required State book previously read and that the author was new to you.
Previously read The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe by Nancy Goldstone
For this option I read:
Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
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.
For the Summer 2025 season I read Daughter of Egypt which will be published in March 2026.
For this option I read:
Chasing Lemurs: My Journey Into the Heart of Madagascar, published March 2020
*Both of the books I read for this task are nonfiction, so I am claiming 2 IAF tickets*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
IAF: 2
BB: 1
15.1 - Ancient or New?
Book 1: Read a book with a 4+ letter title word from one of the 7 Ancient Wonders.
Wonder: Lighthouse of Alexandria
Word: NEXT
My Next Breath
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket **
Book 2: Read a book with a 4+ letter title word from one of the 7 New Wonders.
Wonder: Great Wall of China
Word: OTHER
Double Sin and Other Stories
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 85/985
Tasks Completed: 6/57
Tickets as of this post: BB(-), GO(1), IaF(2)
Amanda E.10.1 School is Cool
Go back to school and read a non fiction book with the MPG Science, Mathmatics, or History
-OR-
Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature or Dark Academia
A Thousand Splendid Suns
How it fits: Literary Fiction
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
SUSAN A5.2 Autumn or fall?
read a book with Autumn in the title or author's name.
Autumn's Rescue by Dora Hiers
points this post:5
previous total: 615
total points: 620
SUSAN A5.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
by Grace Burrowespoints this post: 5
previous total: 620
total points: 625
SUSAN A25.7 - Fly's Task: A Tribute to Dad
Option 5:
read a book where the main character has one of the above professions - a policeman, a sailor in the navy, an ambulance driver, a private detective, a dance instructor, and a competitive weight lifter/bodybuilder
We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
MC Officer Emmy Clinton - noted on book description
439 pages
Option 6: Read a book with MPG Humor.
A Beginner’s Guide to Mistakenly Summoned Demons and Other Misadventures by Shannon Mae
MPG Humor (it's the last one currently, but was noted HERE if necessary )
198 pages
total pages = 637
points this post: 25
previous total: 625
total points: 650
Kim O15.4 Pompeii Italy
One book option:
Book 1 requirement: Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction
Book 2 requirement: Read a book with a word in the title that has a double letter.
The Glass Château: A Novel Word: glass
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 15
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 0
SUSAN A30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
1. PIRATES: Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
Stranger In Paradise by Robert B. Parker
STranger in PARadISE
4. DINO HUNTER: Read a book with a dinosaur or dinosaur skeleton on the cover.
by RJ Nevetspoints this psot: 30
previous total: 650
total points: 680
SUSAN A30.3 Katrisa’s Task: Leah Renee Comedian
Option 1: Locations Read a book set at least 50% in either Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Oddities Volume 2 by Marlin Bressi
100% set in Pennsylvania
Option 4: Genre - MPG Humor.
Diana the Huntress by Marion Chesney
MPG Humor
points this post: 30
previous total: 680
total points: 710
SUSAN A30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: Beauty is in the Eye of Beholder
Option 1: Street Art 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 Army Ranger Rescue by Jenna Brandt
T A R R found in sTReet ARt
Option 3: Statues or large outdoor art Read a book with an MPG of Historical Fiction
The Marquess Match by Valerie Bowman
MPG Historical Fiction
points this post: 30
previous total: 710
total points: 740
SUSAN A30.5 Amy FL’s task - Back to the gym
Option 2: Athletica
Read a book with a title (excludes subtitles) word of 4 or more letters that can be made from "NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS.”
Girl Eight: Hunted by Molly Black
title word GIRL
found in "NO LAP SWIMMING DURING CLASS.”
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first name exactly matches one of my instructors or that shares their initials
The Accidental Gargoyle by Dakota Cassidy
author initials DC
points this post: 30
previous total: 740
total points: 770
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2025 SRC
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: JenJ IA's task- Landmarked: History in the Hawkeye State
Since we are focusing on historical sites, all books claimed for this task must have the MPG Historical or Historical Fiction.
In addition, your book may have the MPG Graphic Novels, Comics, Manga, or Sequential Art.
Choose one option and read one book for that option.
Books must have an MPG of Historical or Historical Fiction The MPG may be embedded IE Historical Romance
Required: State the option.
Option 2: Precontact Sites
For this option, read a book with a 3+ word title (subtitles excluded) where all of the title words begin with a letter in ONE of these site names:
BLOOD RUN
DAVIS ORIOLE EARTH LODGE
INDIAN VILLAGE
TOOLESBORO MOUNDS
KIMBALL VILLAGE
PHIPPS SITE
Required: State the site name used
Lost in a Good Book, MPG Historical Fiction
LIAGB is in kImBALl villaGe
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 40
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Jessica S5.1 By The Numbers
book where the title that has at least one word of 7, 8, or 9 letters
The Strangest Forms by Gregory Ashe
Points this task: 5
Total points: 105
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyFall 2025 SRC
15.8 Easter Island Chile
The island is renowned for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. Read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
Required: Post the cover
- 4 distinct people on coverPoints this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 55
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Jessica S25.2- Ash's Task- Slash and Survive: A Final Girl Challenge
Option 1: We All Float Down Here - Book with "IT" in the title only
Demons Do It Better by Louisa Masters
Option 2: Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? - book where a Roadtrip is essential to the story
Road Trip by Lisa Henry
Points this task: 25
Total points: 130
Joanne MI5.3 American Football
Read a book with the MPG Sports or Football.
The Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 5
IAF this task 1
Season Total 20
IAF 1
25.5 - Bookwrm526's Task: SEC FootballOption 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.
An American Marriage
This book is set more than 75% in Georgia-the only parts set in Louisiana are when the husband is in jail, and is reading his wife's letters
Option 4: Read a book first published in 1966.
Season of Migration to the North
First published January 1, 1966
***Claiming Golden Oldie ticket for being published in 1966***
New Points: 25
Total Points: 25
GO: 1
25.2- Ash's Task- Slash and Survive: A Final Girl ChallengeOption 1, "It" in the title: What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
Option 4, an anthology of stories: In the Company of Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King
Points this post: 25
Total points: 155
25.3 Jecca's Task: There’s a First Time for EverythingOption 1A, main character is a politician: The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi
Option 3B, Author shares a name with a favorite podcast host: Murder with Cinnamon Scones by Karen Rose Smith
The host's name is Karen Kilgariff.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
Julia10315.1 Ancient or New?
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.
The Last Lifeboat
The word LAST can be made from Statue of Zeus at Olympia
(L in Olympia, AST in Statue)
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.
In a Pale Blue Light
The word LIGHT can be made from Great Wall of China
(L in Light, I in China, G in Great, H in China, T in Great)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 160
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 1
Total NF: 1
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 National Trust
Read a book with a single author's first and last initials can be found in NATIONAL TRUST. I read Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems by Robin Coste Lewis (nationaLtRust).
Total points so far: 165
LoraTask: 10.1 School is Cool!
Read a fiction book with MPG Literary fiction/Literature or Dark Academia.
Book/Author: A Deadly Education / Naomi Novik
How it fits: MPG Dark Academia
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 105
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
LaureY10.9 Coven, Claw, Fang, or Wrap
Read a book with one of these words in the title: Witch, Werewolf, Vampire, and Mummy
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 15
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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
Deborah20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall Birthdays
Option 1: Happy Birthday, Zach!
read a book that has one of the following items on the cover:
A pumpkin, black cat, witch’s hat, skull or full moon on the cover.
PUMPKIN
The Pumpkin Spice CaféPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Done: 5
FLY Task #20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
task: a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones
book: Salt to the Sea
how it fits: fictional characters, historical event = the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4/57
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
FLY Task #15.9 Angkor Wat Cambodia
+BB ticket
task: single author initials found in KHMER and/or CAMBODIA
book: Bitterblue
how it fits: author Kristin Cashore initials KC in (K)HMER (C)AMBODIA
other:
**Claiming BB ticket for listed edition = 576 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5/57
BB: 0 + 1 = 1 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Rockynook's task- Fall BirthdaysOption 3: Happy Birthday, Nook!
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in either Curly OR Monkey.
Book read: Close to the Bone
How it fits: Author's initials KE are found in Monkey
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Points This Post: 20
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 10
15.2 Machu Picchu PeruBook 1- Read a book with a train or train tracks on the cover.
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa
Book 2- Read a book with a single author's first and last initials in the phrase LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
The Plastic Magician (The Paper Magician #4) by Charlie N. Holmberg
author's first & last initials, CH, found in lost City of tHe incas
Task total: 15
Season total: 190
REPOST 30.2 Susan A's Task - Halloween Costumes
1. Read a book with all the letters of PIRATES found in the book title and/or author(s) name(s).
A Thousand Recipes for Revenge (Chefs of the Five Gods #1) by Beth Cato
PIRATES found in A Thousand REcIPeS
2. Read a book featuring an athlete (or retired athlete).
Tempting Triton (Mated Myths #2) by Lex Logan
FMC is Olympic swimmer
Task total: 30
Season total: 190
Mod
20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
The Second Mrs. Astor
Sinking of the Titanic
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110 /1000
Tasks Completed 6/57
IAF - 2
JEN B20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
Pompeii by Robert Harris
This book is a fictionalized account of the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed Pompeii.
TOTAL POINTS: 150
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 - Halloween Costumes
Option 2: Read a book featuring an athlete (or retired athlete). I read The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman, where both main characters are baseball players and baseball is a huge part of the story.
Option 3: Read a book with the word MYSTERY or MYSTERIES in the title, subtitle, or series title. I read A Deadly Walk in Devon by Nicholas George, which is book 1 in the "A Walk Through England Mystery" series.
Total points so far: 195
5.3 American FootballRead a book with the MPG Sports or Football.
Book read: Welcome Home, Caroline Kline
How it fits: MPG Sports, verified in help thread in message 7
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Points This Post: 5
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 11
Kristina Marie20.1 Most Improved: Kai's Task- Onihei Jokei
Read a book that combines a real historical event with fictional ones.
Required: State the event.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 8.0
From the book's Wikipedia page:
"The climax of the story centers around the historic 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham in 1963."
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 140
SUSAN A5.5 Dwali
Read a book with a lighted candle on the cover.
Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish by Grace Burrowes
points this post: 5
previous total: 620
total points: 625
JUKKA5.1 By the Numbers
Book with a word in title of seven, eight, or nine letters.
Descender, Vol. 6: The Machine War by Jeff Lemire. "Descender" has nine letters.
Total Points: 50/985
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
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Book 1: Read a book of your choice by a single author.
Book read: The Survivors
How it fits: Single author
Book 2: Read a second book whose author has the same name as the author of the first book BUT in the alternate position.
Book read: Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse
How it fits: Jane Harper -> Harper Lin
Page total: 670
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Points This Post: 30
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 8