2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2025

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?
~ Judith Viorst

Superstitions are beliefs that certain actions or events can bring good or bad luck, even if there is no scientific proof behind them. They can be found in different cultures around the world, and often come from old stories or traditions. This prompt-based reading challenge invites you to explore some superstitions. You may take on the debunked bonus if you read the first ten.

To join, post a message telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our group and/or our group challenges, take a moment to check out the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information on how our challenges are run.

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

Thank you to Jennifer for creating this challenge and for volunteering to lead it. How lucky for us!

Welcome all to “Very Superstitious,” the challenge for October!

How this works:
You get to decide how many of the challenge prompts you would like to do. Your initial post is your base. You can come back and update it as you read each book.

Any questions - please don't hesitate to ask!

As always, have fun and enjoy reading those superstitions away!

(Updated through message #130 on October 31.)

PARTICIPANTS
🎉Allie - 5/5 Post 38
Amy - 6/11 Post 33
Angel **Book Junkie** - 10/11 Post 12
🎉Ashly - 2/2 Post 43
AurorainBookland - 0/3 Post 50

Blakie - 0/5 Post 19
🎉Blu’s World - 3/3 Post 28
🎉Brianna Raquel - 11/11 Post 27
🎉Brit - 11/11 Post 105
Bubbles - 0/5 Post 20
🎉Caraina - 5/5 Post 21

🎉Carrie - 11/11 Post 40
🎉Carri Carey - 11/11 Post 29
🎉Carolyn - 11/11 Post 23
Chalmation - 4/5 Post 13
🎉Chrissie - 3/3 Post 11

🎉Debra Diggs - 3/3 Post 8
🎉Debra P - 2/2 Post 25
Diana S. – 0/11 Post 62
E - 2/3 Post 22
🎉Jenn H - 7/7 Post 9

Jenn M - 0/10 Post 17
🎉Jennifer - 11/10 Post 4
🎉Jill - 5/5 Post 31
🎉Keri - 5/5 Post 26
🎉Kristina - 7/5 Post 32

Magdalena - 3/5 Post 24
Marie - 0/11 Post 36
Mary - 0/5 Post 35
🎉Melissa - 10/10 Post 44
Monica - 0/4 Post 53

Queenie - 5/11 Post 74
🎉Rachel - 2/2 Post 10
🎉Sarah - 11/11 Post 14
🎉SarahKat - 10/10 Post 16
Shari - 3/5 Post 30

🎉Susan (Games & Events)- 11/11 Post 5
🎉Susan (Wedding Pic)- 7/7 Post 7
Tanu - 2/5 Post 18
🎉Terry Jane- 11/11 Post 15
🎉Whitney - 4/4 Post 6



STATS
Total Participants: 41
Books Read: 214
Book Goal: 286
Challenges Completed: 25

To help me keep your challenge updated on the participants' list, please post an update comment whenever you update your initial post. Be sure to include both your original message number and progress.

For example: Update message for #10: 2/8

If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just post an update and let me know. Thanks!

I will add the updates every 3-4 days and post "Participant Master List Updated" when I do.

I will try all of them.

11/10
1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: The Dark Frigate (They climb the ship regularly.)
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Big Fish
4. Find a Horseshoe: The Reluctant Outlaw (The horse, Lucky, plays a prominent role)
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Friday Night Bites (The vampire master head of one of the houses is 394 years old)
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Coraline (some characters (view spoiler)[become trapped in a mirror (hide spoiler)])
7. Knock on Wood: Wyoming Promises (This book not only has trees on the cover but also features a carpenter)
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: The Cricket in Times Square
9. Lucky Penny: Handpicked Husband (All the men have a bad history and are given money to move to a new town to start new jobs.)
10. Don't Spill the Salt: The Talisman Ring (the TALiSman ring)
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: Daughter of the Siren Queen (Main character is a Siren-Pirate.)

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2025

Progress: 11/11

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz (#3 in series) - Finished 10/2/25
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
Southbound by Lucy Letcher & Susan Letcher - Finished 10/17/25
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
- Finished 10/21/25
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
Finished 10/4/25
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (Daughter introduced me to a new book series) Finished 10/22/25
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
- Finished 10/21/25
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
- Finished 10/10/25
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - Finished 10/17/25
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
Steve Jobs - Finished 10/30/25
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina - Finished 10/18/25

BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - Finished 10/31/25

I'm in for 4!

Progress: 4/4 completed!

5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James (Completed 10/6/25)
Main characters rekindle their relationship (something old) while one of them starts a new job (something new).

7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
If the Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Completed 10/19/25)


9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore (Completed 10/29/25)
Main character works as a financier. Other main character is the heiress of an elite banker.

10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park (Completed 10/13/25)
Main character relaunches her YouTube cooking channel.

I am in for 8 but shooting for 11.

Very Superstitious

3/3

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.

2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.

3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.

✔ 4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
- The Dark Door by Lisa Unger

✔ 5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
- Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.

7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.

8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.

9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.

✔ 10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
- The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

Please sign me up for 7.

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2025

7/7

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority by Marshall Karp 10/14/25
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
Archenemies by Marissa Meyer 10/4/25
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
Weyward by Emilia Hart 10/2/25

4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire 10/7/25

5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
Tea with Jam & Dread by Vicki Delany 10/31/25
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
The Key Lime Crime by Lucy Burdette 10/3/25

9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa 10/4/25
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

Please sign me up for 2 books.

COMPLETED: 2/2

1. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book with a green cover: Masters of Death finished 8 October, ⭐⭐⭐ with review
2. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book with the letters S-A-L-T in the title: The Sunbearer Trials finished 19 October, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Finished: 2025/10/28

Progress: 3/3

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover. (main means of transport) ✓ 10/28
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue. (from library) ✓ 10/16
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder. ✓ (10/10)
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2025
Completion: 10/11

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another. Sprinkle Sundays #8 | Banana Splits | Coco Simon | 10.06

2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs. | "Silently, Maddie climbed the stairs." Loc 1166 | Johnny Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season || Norman Partridge | 10.02

3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book with a green cover. | Sour Apples: A Novel for Those Who Hate to Read | Paul Jantzen | 10.03


4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book with a door on the cover. | Behind You Is the Sea | Susan Muaddi Darraj | 10.07


5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
old "...their doors are almost always quite old and security lapse --...." p. 103 | The One | John Marrs | 10.02

6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, | Nell used the mirror to see her changes from when she entered the kingdom. | Of Bonds and Daggers | Dakota Monroe | 10.08

7. Knock on Wood: Read a book including a carpenter or builder | Emily | The Haunting of Emily Grace | Elena Taylor | 10.12

8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover | Kris | Patrick O'Scheen | 10.26


9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, | Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive | Stephanie Land | 10.05

10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title. | A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini | 10.04

BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

I'm in for 5.

4/5

✔️ 1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
Henry IV, Part 1

2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower #6)

3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.


10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
Blue Straggler

Sign me up for 11 books

11/11 - COMPLETED

✅1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
The Secret of Platform 13 (21/10/25)

✅2. Don’t Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
The Wall (20/10/25)

✅3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
In the Woods (21/10/25)

✅4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
The Black Stallion (12/10/25)

✅5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
Something Old (13/10/25)

✅6. Don’t Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
Obsidian Mirror (22/10/25)

✅7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
The Sleeping Beauty Proposal (14/10/25)

✅8. Don’t Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
The Late-Night Witches (23/10/25)

✅9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
Billion Dollar Makeover (26/10/25)

✅10. Don’t Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
Cooking Spirits (15/10/25)

✅BONUS: Don’t Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.
Deep End (28/10/25)

🍀 VERY SUPERSTITIOUS - Monthly Challenge
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2025
Progress: 11/11 -- COMPLETE

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?
~ Judith Viorst

🍀 1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
The Thirteenth Tale
🍀 2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
The Husbands
🍀 3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
Normal People
🍀 4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
🍀 5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life (blue roses on cover)
🍀 6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
The Wrong Family
🍀 7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
Buckeye
🍀 8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
The Enchanted Greenhouse
🍀 9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (crown)
🍀 10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
This Is How It Always Is
🍀 BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.
Fear the Darkness

Hi Jennifer! I am in for 10

10/10

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz (series #)
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
Weyward by Emilia Hart
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González (door on cover... possibly a window, but I thought it was a door when I looked at it so I'm counting it)
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
Fairy Tale by Stephen King - borrowed from the library and blue cover
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
The Late-Night Witches by Auralee Wallace - both!
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

I would like to sign up for 10. Thanks 🙂

Sign me up for 5, please!

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs. The Homeward Bounders ✅
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover. - Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover. The Lord of Stariel
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.- Shadows of Winter Robins - featuring old photographs as a plot point. ✅
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title. -
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title. The King of Elfland's Daughter
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

Sounds so fine. Please sign me up for 5 and we’ll see how it goes :) thank you!!
Blākie

Going to shoot for 5

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2025

Completed: 0/5

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025

Completed: 5/5

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another. Incursion - J.T. Sawyer 10/9/25 (#3, Emergence Series)
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover. Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury 10/15/25
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle 10/1/25
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft. Witch 13 - Patrick Delaney 10/12/25
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title. Learning to Speak Southern - Lindsey Rogers Cook 10/2/25
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

This is so fun! Please sign me up for 3 books this month :) I will decide which prompts I will complete later 😅🍁

2/3 prompts completed!

8. ✅Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.

7. ✅Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.

I am in and am trying for all 10 books

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another. Complex 13 01/10
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence 03/10
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover. Pawsitively Poisonous 02/10
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover. The Governess Affair 03/10
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue. A Killer Cupcake, 13/10
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.Broken but Beautiful 07/10
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder. Weyward 23/10
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.Pawsitively Sabotaged 07/10
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title. No Quarter: Wenches - Volume 1 05/10
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title. Maddie's Recipe of Mysteries, 07/10
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water. Death by Water 29/10

I'm signing up for 5 books in October.
Progress 3/5
1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another. (Book number 3 in a series.) Skam
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder. The Bones Beneath My Skin
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title. (ROAD is a crypto currency) Killer on the Road
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.

I will sign up for 2 (I can be Debra P)

I will sign up for 5/10.

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
Instead of Three Wishes
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
Soulbound
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
The Blue Door
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
Hunted
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
The Beautiful Ones

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Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025

Completed: 11/11

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.🌱
Perfect
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.🌱
Marikit and the Ocean of Stars
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.🌱
The Marriage Monitoring Aunties’ Association
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.🌱
The Switch
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.🌱
The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.🌱
When You Find Me
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.🌱
The Dream Hotel
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.🌱
Spells to Forget Us
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.🌱
An Ocean Apart
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.🌱
Stars Collide
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.🌱
At Sea

Please sign me up for 3 books:

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
Three Mothers

5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
Blue

7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
Her Last Breath

Please sign me up for 11!

✅ 1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another. A Court of Wings and Ruin - Read 10/21/25
✅ 2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs. The End of the World Running Club - Read 10/17/25
✅ 3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cov0er. Broken Harbor - Read 10/3/25
✅ 4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover. The Book of Doors - Read 10/7/25
✅ 5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue. The Girl in the Sand - Read 10/15/25
✅ 6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover. The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House - Read 10/25/25
✅ 7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder. Gray After Dark - Read 10/11/25
✅ 8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft. Mary Poppins - Read 10/4/25
✅ 9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title. The Quarter Storm - Read 10/3/25
✅ 10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title. The Island - Read 10/9/25
✅ BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water. The Night Swim - Read 10/22/25

I'm going to try for 5.

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Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025

Progress: 3 / 5

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover. An Amish Reunion
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue. The Newcomer
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title. The Elephant of Belfast: A Novel
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

Signing up for five.5/5
1. Don’t walk under a ladder. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman
5. Have a lucky wedding. Unlocked
8. Don’t let a black cat cross your path. The First Witch of Boston
9. Lucky penny. Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America
10. Don’t spill the salt. And the Sea Will Tell

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
October 01, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Progress: 7/5

Sign me up for 5!

(Un)Lucky Numbers
✅ 1. Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Don't Walk Under a Ladder
✅ 2. Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs: Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Find a Horseshoe
✅ 4. Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover: What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
Have a Lucky Wedding
✅ 5. Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue: Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path
✅ 8. Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft: Witchlore by Emma Hinds
Lucky Penny
✅ 9. Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title: Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Don't Spill the Salt
✅ 10. Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

I will attempt them all.
6/11

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another: It's a Hard-Knock Midlife (#8)
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs: The Underground Railroad
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses: Love and Hot Chicken
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device: Ninth House
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover: A Woman of the World
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book with the letters S-A-L-T in the title: I Like You Just Fine When You're Not Around
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

Welcome, everyone!!!

This October challenge has started. As of this post, the main post has been updated. Please let me know if you see any errors.

Happy reading!

I'm going to try for 5.

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025


1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

I am hoping to complete all tasks

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

Update message for #21: 1/5

Sign me up for 5
Progress 5/5

1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.

🐈2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs. Evil Under the Sun

3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.

🐈4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.


🐈5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.

🐈7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.


🐈8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft. The Witch's Heart

9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.

Update to Message #38
Progress 1/5
🐈8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft. The Witch's Heart

Sign me up for all regular plus the bonus to make 11!

🐈‍⬛FROM PAGE TO HALLOWEEN PARADE🐈‍⬛
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2025
🎉COMPLETED: 11/11

✔️1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another.
The Girl in Cabin 13

✔️2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs.
One by One

✔️3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover.
What the Wind Knows

✔️4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover.
Horse

✔️5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue.
The Berry Pickers

✔️6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover.
Fool Me Once

✔️7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder.
We All Live Here

✔️8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft.
If It Bleeds

✔️9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title.
Money To Burn

✔️10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title.
The Outlaw Noble Salt

✔️BONUS: Don't Swim After You Eat: After reading all 10 regular prompts, read a book about swimming or one that is set on the water.
The Sirens

Participant Master List Updated

Updated message 33-- 1/11

I'm in for 2


✅3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover. - Lost on Doll Island

✅10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title. - The Possession of Alba Díaz

2/2 Read

Signed up for 10, Completed 10/10 10/20/2025

XX 1. (Un)Lucky Numbers: Read a book with 3, 4, 7, 8, or 13 in its title or series number. Each of these numbers is considered lucky in one culture while unlucky in another. The Golden Enclaves (book 3 of Scholomanse series), completed 10/18
XX 2. Don't Walk Under a Ladder: Read a book in which someone purposefully walks, hikes, or climbs. The Haunting of Paynes Hollow (walks), completed 10/5
XX 3. Find a Four-Leaf Clover: Read a book set in Ireland or a book with a green cover. Small Gods (green cover), completed 10/10
XX 4. Find a Horseshoe: Read a book that includes horses, or a book with a door on the cover. Patient Care: Death and Life in the Emergency Room (door on cover), completed 10/4
XX 5. Have a Lucky Wedding: Read a book featuring something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue. The Darlings (featuring a wedding, old seaside cottage), completed 10/6
XX 6. Don't Break the Mirror: Read a book where a mirror is used as a plot device, or with something broken on the cover. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (broken teacup on cover), completed 10/10
XX 7. Knock on Wood: Read a book with a tree on the cover, or a book including a carpenter or builder. Buckeye (tress on cover), completed 10/13
XX 8. Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path: Read a book with a cat on the cover, or involving witchcraft. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (witchcraft), completed 10/7
XX 9. Lucky Penny: Read a book about making money, or with a unit of currency in the title. Making Money, completed 10/20
XX 10. Don't Spill the Salt: Read a book featuring a cook, or with the letters S-A-L-T in the title. Victorian Psycho (featuring a cook) completed 10/1

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Participant Master List Updated

Update Message #23

Finished 3 of 10 and 1 bonus

Update Message #23

Finished 4/11

Hi, please sign me up for 3 prompts :)

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