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Use this thread to track your Fall Challenge!

Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Trish H's tracking post.

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall Author: Murders and Metaphors, Amanda Flower – 05/09/25
2. Corn Maze Author: Navajo Autumn, R. Allen Chappell – 04/09/25
3. Harvest Cover: Farm to Trouble, Amanda Flower – 24/09/25 (barrow of veg on the cover)
4. Red and Orange Author: The Last Devil to Die, Richard Osman – 06/10/25
5. Foliage Title: Lost in the Moment and Found, Seanan McGuire – 07/09/25
6. Cooler Weather Author: Murder on Wheels, Lynn Cahoon – 15/09/25
7. Pumpkin Spice Cover: The Haunting, Kathi Daley – 02/09/25 (pumpkins on the cover)
8. Sweater Title: Eric, Terry Pratchett – 04/09/25
9. Hot Chocolate Author: Towards Zero, Agatha Christie – 01/10/25
10. Oktoberfest Title: The Secret of Father Brown, G.K. Chesterton – 18/09/25
11. Spooky Season Title: Pyramids, Terry Pratchett – 03/09/25
12. Halloween Title: Lioness: My Journey to Glory, Beth Mead – 29/09/25
13. Jack-o-Lantern Author: A Bird in the Hand, Ann Cleeves – 11/09/25
14. Trick or Treat Author: Raven Black, Ann Cleeves – 08/09/25
15. Ghost Stories Author: The Zig Zag Girl, Elly Griffiths – 16/09/25
16. Bonfire Night Title: By Familiar Means, Delia James – 22/09/25
17. Thanksgiving Author: Witch Upon a Star, Angela M. Sanders – 04/10/25
18. Fireworks Title: Flower Power Trip, James J Cudney – 10/09/25

Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

Progress: 10/18

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall - Maurice by E.M. Forster ✓ 09/20
2. Corn Maze - Richard Osman - Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt ✓ 09/09
3. Harvest - Alexander Rupflin - Protokoll eines Verschwindens ✓ 10/01
4. Red and Orange - Dorothee Elmiger - Die Holländerinnen ✓ 09/14
5. Foliage - Abschiede by Pascale Quiviger
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice - Morishita Suu - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 09 ✓ 09/20
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest - Brigitte Reimann - Die Geschwister ✓ 09/25
11. Spooky Season - Yamane Ayano - Crimson Spell Bd. 3 ✓ 09/03
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories - Seán Hewitt - Öffnet sich der Himmel ✓ 09/05
16. Bonfire Night - Twittering Birds Never Fly 01 by Yoneda Kou ✓ 09/09
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks - Ishida Sui - Tokyo Ghoul 1 ✓ 09/20

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The) - trying with each letter of the title
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

🍂2025 Autumn Seasonal Challenge!🍂 1 September to 30 November.




For this year's fall challenge, you've been given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall - Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
✅2. Corn Maze - My Real Children by Jo Walton
✅3. Harvest - The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
✅4. Red and Orange -Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle Dorothy Gilman DG
✅5. Foliage - Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life by Amber Scorah
6. Cooler Weather -
✅7. Pumpkin Spice - Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman
8. Sweater
✅9. Hot Chocolate - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
✅10. Oktoberfest - The Original Nell Stevens
✅11. Spooky Season - Prophet Song Paul Lynch
12. Halloween - History of the Rain by Niall Williams
13. Jack-o-Lantern -Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon's Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity Rahul Jandial
14. Trick or Treat - My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran Yiyun li
16. Bonfire Night - The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary Rodham Clinton
✅17. Thanksgiving - A Town Called Solace by Mary Larson
✅18. Fireworks - Wrong Place Wrong Time (cover) or 6, 12,18

✔️Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life - Amber Scorah L 5,6…, AS, -1, 3,5,6,,8, 9, ,12, 13.

Possibilities.
🌱The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience Hillary Rodham Clinton -B,HC, 7, 9, 16…
🌱Miss Benson's Beetle by :Rachel Joyce -M -1,2,7 , RJ -13,
🌱The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran 1,2,7, - 13
🌱History of the Rain by Niall Williams - 12
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
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🍁COMPLETED September 2025🍁
✔️My Real Children by Jo Walton 9/3/2
✔️Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life by Amber Scorah, 9/7/25 - Midlife crisis or LIFE tile
✔️Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 9/9/25 - wealthy character
✔️Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman-9/10/25 - borrowed
✔️Prophet Song by Paul Lynch - 9/12/25 - new to me author
✔️Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman
✔️Wrong Place Wrong Timeby Gillian McAllister
✔️The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green- A - 1,17 more17
✔️The Original by Nell Stevens - 2,4,5,6,7, 9,10,11,12,13, 15,16,17
✔️A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson 6 8 10 14 15 17
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li
5 15 17
Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon's Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity Rahul Jandial

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2 Corn Maze
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1 Autumn: [Cover/Name/Title]
Fall: Heavenly Fire by Lora Fray [Name]

3 Harvest: The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading [Title]

4 Red and Orange:

5 Foliage: The vaster wilds by Lauren Groff [Name]

6 Cooler Weather: The Long Take [Title]

7. Pumpkin Spice: James by Percival Everett [Name]

8. Sweater: The Spa Decameron [Title]

9 Hot Chocolate: The Hotel Avocado [Title]

10 Oktoberfest
Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks [Name]

11 Spooky Season:

12 Hallowe'en:

13 Jack O'Lantern The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jónasson [Name]

14 Trick or Treat: The Examiner [Title]

15 Ghost Stories:

16 Bonfire Night: The Moneylenders of Shahpur by Helen Forrester [Name]

17 Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving Angels [Title]

18 Fireworks:


Title:
Cover: 2

Conny K.'s Fall Challenge 2025
1 September to 30.November

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell (MOF)
√2. Corn Maze
Never (N)
√3. Harvest
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton (ST)
4. Red and Orange
Das Schwärmen von tausend Bienen (Cover)
5. Foliage
Running Club (Cover)
6. Cooler Weather
A Court of Wings and Ruin (COWAR)
√7. Pumpkin Spice
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers (CS)
8. Sweater
The Essex Serpent (ES)
9. Hot Chocolate
Das Herz von Dublin (H)
10. Oktoberfest
Spiral by Kōji Suzuki (KS)
11. Spooky Season
Witch Hunt (Cover)
12. Halloween
Teufelszeug (Cover)
√13. Jack-o-Lantern
Der Lehrer (L or T for the original title)
√14. Trick or Treat
The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso (CI)
√15. Ghost Stories
Hex (Cover and also the theme of the book)
16. Bonfire Night
Hell Bent (HB)
17. Thanksgiving
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix (GH)
√18. Fireworks
Die Gargoyles von Notre Dame 2 (Cover)

For this year's fall challenge, you've been given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze - Connection Error by Annabeth Albert
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice - Melissa and the Vicar by S.M. LaViolette
8. Sweater - Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season - A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat - Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

5/18

Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall - Moonlight and Mischief first letter of title
2. Corn Maze - The Thing About Home: A Lowcountry Novel by Rhonda McKnight author initials (RM)
3. Harvest - The Henna Artist first letter of title
4. Red and Orange - Shaman by Noah Gordon author initials (NG)
5. Foliage -
6. Cooler Weather - Dark Remnants by L.K. Hill author initials (LH)
7. Pumpkin Spice - The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter author initials (KS)
8. Sweater - cover shows carrying a sweater/jacket
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

Dina's 2025 Autumn Seasonal Challenge!

Duration: 1 September to 30 November.

Total read: 5/18

For this year's fall challenge, you've been given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
✔ 1. Autumn or Fall: Maybe in Another Life - first letter of title
✔ 2. Corn Maze: Age of Swords - first letter of title
✔ 3. Harvest: Treacherous Is the Night - author name: Anna Lee Huber
4. Red and Orange: This Summer Will Be Different - cover
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice:
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
✔ 12. Halloween: A Tarnished Canvas - author name: Anna Lee Huber
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
✔ 16. Bonfire Night: A Game of Lies - cover
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

Irene's Fall 2025 Reading Challenge:
The challenge will run from 1 September to 30 November.

Completed: 8/18

The Phrases
☐1. Autumn or Fall
☐2. Corn Maze
☐3. Harvest
☐4. Red and Orange
☑ 5. Foliage : The Wild Robot by Peter Brown | ✭✭✭✭✭ on 9/6/25 - on cover
☑ 6. Cooler Weather : The Scattered Bones by Nicole Scarano | ✭✭✩✩✩ on 9/15/25 - cover and title
☐7. Pumpkin Spice
☑ 8. Sweater : They Called Us Enemy by George Takei | ✭✭✭✭✩ on 9/7/25 - on cover
☐9. Hot Chocolate
☐10. Oktoberfest
☑ 11. Spooky Season : Peril at End House by Agatha Christie | ✭✭✭✭✩ on 9/8/25 - title and cover interpretation
☑ 12. Halloween : Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green | ✭✭✭✩✩ on 9/11/25- title and cover interpretation
☑ 13. Jack-o-Lantern : Lovely War by Julie Berry | ✭✭✩✩✩ on 9/14/25 - title
☑ 14. Trick or Treat : The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry | ✭✭✩✩✩ on 9/12/25 - title
☑ 15. Ghost Stories : The Backyard Ghost by Lynn Cullen | on 9/9/25 - title and cover interpretation
☐16. Bonfire Night
☐17. Thanksgiving
☐18. Fireworks

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For this year's fall challenge, you've been given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

1. Phrase contains BOTH initials of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

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Laura Z's Fall Reading Challenge: 5/36
September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025


Challenge 1: Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name

1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
🍂 5. FOLIAGE: The Summer We Ran, Audrey Ingram ★★★★
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
🍂13. JACK-O-LANTERN: Once Upon a Time in Dollywood, Ashley Jordan ★★★★
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks




Challenge 2: Phrase contains the first letter of the title

1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
🍂 5. FOLIAGE: Love on the Byline, Xio Axelrod ★★★
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
🍂 8. SWEATER: Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder, Rachel McCarthy James ★★★★
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
🍂18. FIREWORKS: Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift, Kristie Frederick Daugherty ★★★

🍂 AtY Fall Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sep-Nov

Done: 4
Target: 13
Completion date:

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
📙 3. Harvest - The Six Sacred Stones
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
📗 7. Pumpkin Spice - Peace Talks
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
📗 10. Oktoberfest - Kimberley Freeman - Wildflower Hill
11. Spooky Season
📗 12. Halloween - The Lavender Garden
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
📗 15. Ghost Stories - Run, Rose, Run
📘 16. Bonfire Night - De bedste familier
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

Kathy’s Fall Reading Challenge
🍁- finished

16/18

The Phrases
🍁1. Autumn or Fall - The Birds - Aristophanes [author]

🍁2. Corn Maze - Dominicana - Angie Cruz [author]

🍁3. Harvest - The Secret Life of Sunflowers - Marta Molnar [cover has ripe sunflower]


🍁4. Red and Orange - Memorial Days - Geraldine Brooks [orange color on cover]


🍁5. Foliage - The Lonely Hearts Book Club - Lucy Gilmore [author]

🍁6. Cooler Weather - The Case of the Careless Kitten - Erle Stanley Gardner [title]

🍁7. Pumpkin Spice - The Moon-Spinners - Mary Stewart [author]

🍁8. Sweater - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw [title]

🍁9. Hot Chocolate - Tilt - Emma Pattee [title]

🍁10. Oktoberfest -The Oysterville Sewing Circle - Susan Wiggs [title]

11. Spooky Season - Miss Pym Disposes - Josephine Tey [spooky cover, mystery]


12. Halloween - The Haunted Lady - Mary Roberts Rinehart [title]

🍁13. Jack-o-Lantern - Emma - Jane Austen [author]

🍁14. Trick or Treat - All My Puny Sorrows - Miriam Toews [title]

🍁15. Ghost Stories - Real Americans - Rachel Khong [title]

🍁16. Bonfire Night - Universality - Natasha Brown [author]

🍁17. Thanksgiving - Electra - Sophocles [author]

🍁18. Fireworks - Malice Aforethought - Francis Iles [author]

Sheyanne C.'s ATY 2025 Fall Reading Challenge

The Phrases
✅1. Autumn or Fall
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Read 9-1-25 - 9-7-25)
✅2. Corn Maze
One by One by Freida McFadden (Read 9-1-25 - 9-1-25)
✅3. Harvest
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston (Read 9-8-25 - 9-9-25)
4. Red and Orange
✅5. Foliage
Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli (Read 9-7-25 - 9-10-25)
6. Cooler Weather
✅7. Pumpkin Spice
Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear (Read 9-15-25 - 9-17-25)
✅8. Sweater
A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay (read 9-10-25 - 9-14-25)
✅9. Hot Chocolate
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Read 9-18-25 - 9-21-25)
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
✅13. Jack-o-Lantern
Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger (Read 8-31-25 - 9-4-25)
✅14. Trick or Treat
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen (9-12-25 - 9-12-25)
15. Ghost Stories
✅16. Bonfire Night
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Read 9-12-25 - 9-14-25)
17. Thanksgiving
✅18. Fireworks
Far From True by Linwood Barclay (Read 9-17-25 - 9-28-25

11/18

Rosemary's Challenge
The Phrases
Target 18
1. Autumn or Fall Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis 7/9
2. Corn Maze Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 12/9
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley 5/9
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice Unfinished Business by Shankari Chandran 1/10
8. Sweater Rules of Civility by Amor Towles 26/9
9. Hot Chocolate The Glassmaker Tracy Chevalier 3/9

10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson 9/9
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving Violeta by Isabel Allende 24/9
18. Fireworks

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Joy's Autumn Seasonal Challenge: 1 September to 30 November

Challenge completed 9/23/25

Match books to these phrases in one of three ways:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
✅1. Autumn or Fall
Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko - 9/15/25 - 4* - My Review
✅2. Corn Maze
On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor - 9/6/25 - 4* - My Review
✅3. Harvest
Dictator by Robert Harris - 9/1/25 - 5* - My Review
✅4. Red and Orange
The Suggestible Brain: The Science and Magic of How We Make Up Our Minds by Amir Raz - 9/12/25 - 4* - My Review
✅5. Foliage
The Curse of the Flores Women by Angélica Lopes - 9/1/25 - 3.5* - My Review
✅6. Cooler Weather
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway - 9/3/25 - 3.5* - My Review
✅7. Pumpkin Spice
Walk Me to the Distance by Percival Everett - 9/13/25 - 3* - My Review
✅8. Sweater
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 9/5/25 - 4* - My Review
✅9. Hot Chocolate
The Wish Child by Catherine Chidgey - 9/9/25 - 4* - My Review
✅10. Oktoberfest
Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett - 9/3/25 - 3.5* - My Review
✅11. Spooky Season
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future by Neil Shubin - 9/4/25 - 4* - My Review
✅12. Halloween
Gifted by Nikita Lalwani - 9/9/25 - 4* - My Review
✅13. Jack-o-Lantern
Victory by Joseph Conrad - 9/16/25 - 3* - My Review
✅14. Trick or Treat
The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill - 9/22/25 - 4* - My Review
✅15. Ghost Stories
Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin - 9/17/25 - 4* - My Review
✅16. Bonfire Night
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story by Beth Rodden - 9/14/25 - 3.5* - My Review
✅17. Thanksgiving
Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan - 9/18/25 - 4* - My Review
✅18. Fireworks
The Sound Of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan - 9/17/25 - 4* - My Review

Match books to these phrases in one of three ways:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

✅1. Autumn or Fall
To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin - 9/6/25 - 4* - My Review
✅2. Corn Maze
NW by Zadie Smith - 9/23/25 - 3* - My Review
✅3. Harvest
The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon by Laurie Gwen Shapiro - 9/8/25 - 4* - My Review
✅4. Red and Orange
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse by Alexander Pushkin - 9/20/25 - 4* - My Review
✅5. Foliage
The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse - 9/5/25 - 3* - My Review
✅6. Cooler Weather
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal - 9/21/25 - 4* - My Review
✅7. Pumpkin Spice
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane - 9/12/25 - 4* - My Review
✅8. Sweater
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer - 9/11/25 - 4* - My Review
✅9. Hot Chocolate
The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II by Mary Jo McConahay - 9/15/25 - 4* - My Review
✅10. Oktoberfest
The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter Hessler - 9/2/25 - 4* - My Review
✅11. Spooky Season
You Were Always Mine by Nicole Baart - 9/20/25 - 2* - My Review
✅12. Halloween
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller - 9/11/25 - 3* - My Review
✅13. Jack-o-Lantern
Cold Victory by Karl Marlantes - 9/14/25 - 4* - My Review
✅14. Trick or Treat
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak - 9/13/25 - 4* - My Review
✅15. Ghost Stories
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford - 9/7/25 - 4* - My Review
✅16. Bonfire Night
The Box Garden: A Novel by Carol Shields - 9/19/25 - 4* - My Review
✅17. Thanksgiving
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by William Dalrymple - 9/10/25 - 4* - My Review
✅18. Fireworks
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood - 9/7/25 - 4.5* - My Review

It's time for our Autumn Seasonal Challenge! The challenge will run from 1 September to 30 November.

For this year's fall challenge, you've been given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall - I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell 9/12/25
2. Corn Maze - Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano 9/8/25
3. Harvest - Shot Through the Book by Eva Gates 9/11/25
4. Red and Orange - Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik 9/2/25
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather - The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde 9/26/25
7. Pumpkin Spice - The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 9/8/25
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie 9/28/25
10. Oktoberfest - Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 9/14/25
11. Spooky Season - The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo 9/6/25
12. Halloween - Weyward by Emilia Hart 10/2/25
13. Jack-o-Lantern - Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 3 by Natsuki Takaya 9/14/25
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories - Tokyo Ghoul, Tome 1 by Sui Ishida 9/8/25
16. Bonfire Night - Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 4 by Natsuki Takaya 9/20/25
17. Thanksgiving - Nimona by N.D. Stevenson 9/8/25
18. Fireworks - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 2 by Sui Ishida 10/5/25

2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall - Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik 9/2/25
2. Corn Maze - The Medical Examiner by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 9/11/25
3. Harvest - The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo 9/6/25
4. Red and Orange - Nimona by N.D. Stevenson 9/8/25
5. Foliage - Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano 9/8/25
6. Cooler Weather - The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 9/8/25
7. Pumpkin Spice - In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire 9/9/25
8. Sweater - Tokyo Ghoul, Tome 1 by Sui Ishida 9/8/25
9. Hot Chocolate - The 24th Hour by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 9/10/25
10. Oktoberfest - Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 9/10/25
11. Spooky Season - Shot Through the Book by Eva Gates 9/11/25
12. Halloween - The House of Cross by James Patterson 9/20/25
13. Jack-o-Lantern - Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 9/11/25
14. Trick or Treat - Chemistry by Weike Wang 9/7/25
15. Ghost Stories - The Girl Who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury 9/9/25
16. Bonfire Night - I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell 9/12/25
17. Thanksgiving - The Trial by James Patterson 9/13/25
18. Fireworks - Killer Chef by James Patterson 9/13/25

3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange - The Trial by James Patterson 9/13/25

5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather - In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire 9/9/25

7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate - Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 9/14/25

10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season - Tokyo Ghoul, Tome 1 by Sui Ishida 9/8/25

12. Halloween - Nimona by N.D. Stevenson 9/8/25

13. Jack-o-Lantern - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie 9/28/25

14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories - The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 9/8/25

16. Bonfire Night - Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 9/10/25

17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

ATY Autumn Seasonal Challenge
September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)

13/18

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✅1. Autumn or Fall Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky
✅2. Corn Maze The Hours by Michael Cunningham
✅3. Harvest Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
✅6. Cooler Weather The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis
✅7. Pumpkin Spice Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
✅8. Sweater The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
✅9. Hot Chocolate Weyward by Emelia Hart
10. Oktoberfest
✅11. Spooky Season How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin
✅12. Halloween Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
✅13. Jack-o-Lantern Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
14. Trick or Treat
✅15. Ghost Stories Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
16. Bonfire Night
✅17. Thanksgiving The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
✅18. Fireworks The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Vicki O's 2025 Autumn Challenge
The Phrases (Initial letters of author's first & surnames)
1. Autumn or Fall (9/12) Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
2. Corn Maze (9/14) The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
3. Harvest (9/8) What I Ate in One Year, by Stanley Tucci
4. Red and Orange (9/24) The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith
5. Foliage (9/16) Something Blue by Emily Giffin
6. Cooler Weather (9/6) Tomlinson's Wake: A Doc Ford Novel, by Randy Wayne White
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater (9/29) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
9. Hot Chocolate (9/25) Rage by Linda Castillo
10. Oktoberfest (9/4) What's What: A Visual Glossary of the Physical World by Reginald Bragonier Jr.
11. Spooky Season (10/2) Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
12. Halloween (10/1) Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
13. Jack-o-Lantern (9/27) Framed in Death by J.D. Robb
14. Trick or Treat (10/5) Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night (9/29) Coraline by Neil Gaiman
17. Thanksgiving (9/9) Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel by Anne Hillerman
18. Fireworks

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. AutuMn or Fall: Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume by Mandy Aftel
2. CoRn Maze: Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
3. HarveSt: Sorgesång för Easterly by Petina Gappah
4. Red and Orange: Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
5. FoliaGe: Gösta Berlings saga av Selma Lagerlöf
6. CooLer Weather: Hemmeligheden om Kristus by Christian Lindtner
7. Pumpkin Spice: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
8. Sweater: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
9. Hot ChocoLAte: Noveller av Lars Ahlin
10. OKtoberfest: Kvinnor som slår följe med vargarna, myter och sagor om vildkvinnans arketyp/Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
11. SPOoky Season: The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk
12. Halloween: Huggormars högland av David Renklint
13. JacK-o-Lantern: Kurragömma av Søren Sveistrup
14. Trick or Treat: Häxor : När Satans raseri svepte över Sverige av Cecilia Düringer It's a witch on the cover.
15. Ghost Stories: Thinner by Richard Bachman/Stephen King
16. Bonfire NiGht: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
17. ThaNKsgiving: Out by Natsuo Kirino
18. Fireworks: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall - Murder on the Marlow Belle - 9/20
2. Corn Maze - Catherine Newman - Sandwich - 9/24
3. Harvest - The Hallmarked Man - 9/9
4. Red and Orange - Artificial Condition - orange cover - 9/10
5. Foliage - Elly Griffiths A Room Full of Bones - 9/7
6. Cooler Weather -
7. Pumpkin Spice - The Bee Sting - Paul Murray - 9/2
8. Sweater - Annelise Ryan - A Death in Door County - 9/18
9. Hot Chocolate - Carsten Henn - The Door-to-Door Bookstore - 9/12
10. Oktoberfest - Our Man in Havana - 9/9
11. Spooky Season - Season of the Swamp - 9/10
12. Halloween - Nathan Lowell - Half Share - 9/25
13. Jack-o-Lantern - Kyle Lukoff A World Worth Saving - 9/3
16. Bonfire Night - Elly Griffiths - A Dying Fall - 9/26
17. Thanksgiving - Isaac Asimov Murder at the ABA - 9/13
18. Fireworks - The Killer Jack Mystery - 9/14

Author's initials, first letter of title, shown on cover:

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
🍁4. Red and Orange: Victoria Finlay 26 Sep
🍁5. Foliage: Penelope Daniels 21 Sep (cover has fall foliage)
6. Cooler Weather
🍁7. Pumpkin Spice: Mai Mochizuki 21 Sep (cover has a cup of coffee)
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
🍁10. Oktoberfest: 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List James Mustich 6 Sep (one-thousand)
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
🍁15. Ghost Stories: Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid 13 Sep (initials)
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

Gail's Fall Challenge
☀ Progress: 18 / 18

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
☀ 1. Autumn or Fall: 1: Alice Munro: The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose
☀ 2. Corn Maze: 1: Ngaio Marsh: A Man Lay Dead
☀ 3. Harvest: 1: Selva Almada: Not a River
☀ 4. Red and Orange: 2: Devil's Peak
☀ 5. Foliage: 1: Andrea Frazer: Death of an Old Git
☀ 6. Cooler Weather: 1: Olga Berrocal Essex: Delia's Way
☀ 7. Pumpkin Spice: 1: Natasha Preston: The Lake
☀ 8. Sweater: 2: Woof
☀ 9. Hot Chocolate: 1: Anne Tyler: Three Days in June
☀ 10. Oktoberfest: 2: Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
☀ 11. Spooky Season: 1: Stephen Spotswood: Fortune Favors the Dead
☀ 12. Halloween: 2: Literacy Is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching
☀ 13. Jack-o-Lantern: 2: Killer Pitch
☀ 14. Trick or Treat: 1: Claire Kells: Vanishing Edge
☀ 15. Ghost Stories: 1: Sadie Hartwell: Yarned and Dangerous
☀ 16. Bonfire Night: 1: Epeli Hauʻofa: Tales of the Tikongs
☀ 17. Thanksgiving: 1: George Selden: The Cricket in Times Square
☀ 18. Fireworks: 2: Furia

Sherri H. 2025 Fall Challenge

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
3. Harvest - Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage - Finding Grace
6. Cooler Weather - The Women in the Castle
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest - The Big Cat Nap
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

Fall Reading Challenge

Sep 1 - Nov 30; challenge completed 15 Sep

-- Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
-- Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
-- Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

🍁 1. autumn or faLl: London Bridges (Alex Cross, #10) by James Patterson
🍁 2. cOrn maze: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
🍁 3. harvesT: The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone, #10) by Steve Berry
🍁 4. reD and orange: Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2) by Alan Brennert
🍁 5. Foliage: Feel the Bern (Bernie Sanders Mystery #1) by Andrew Shaffer
🍁 6. cooler wEatHer: Emilia Hart - Weyward
🍁 7. Pumpkin spiCe: Patricia Cornwell - The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, #11)
🍁 8. sweateR: Regarding the Fountain a Tale, in Letters, of Liars & Leaks by Kate Klise
🍁 9. hot chocolAtE: Amber Elby - Cauldron's Bubble (Netherfeld Trilogy, #1)
🍁 10. oktoberFest: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Whistle Stop, AL #1) by Fannie Flagg
🍁 11. spooKy seAson: Kwame Alexander - Booked (The Crossover, #2)
🍁 12. HAlloween: Anthony Horowitz - The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz #2)
🍁 13. jack-o-aNtErn: Nikki Erlick - The Measure
🍁 14. trick or trEAt: Allen Eskens - Saving Emma (Boady Sanden, #2)
🍁 15. ghosT stories: The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1) by Jonathan Stroud
🍁 16. bonfire nighT: The Cider House Rules by John Irving
🍁 17. thAnkSgiving: Sherman Alexie - The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
🍁 18. fireworKS: Stephen King - Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4)

Rachael's Fall Reading Challenge (updated 9/30/2025)

Progress: 2/18

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween: Baked & Brewed (completed 9/8)
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving: Husband of the Year (completed 9/30)
18. Fireworks

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
✅1. Autumn or Fall - A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

✅2. Corn Maze - Broken Fields by Marcie R. Rendon

✅3. Harvest - All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

✅4. Red and Orange - The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

5. Foliage - Gold by Catherine Winters

✅6. Cooler Weather - The Long Walk by Richard Bachman

✅7. Pumpkin Spice - Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

✅8. Sweater - The Soloist by Mark Salzman

✅9. Hot Chocolate - Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt

✅10. Oktoberfest - Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

✅11. Spooky Season - Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write: An Autobiography in Essays by Claire Messud

✅12. Halloween - The White Plague by Frank Herbert

✅13. Jack-o-Lantern - Nocticadia by Keri Lake

14. Trick or Treat

✅15. Ghost Stories - Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin

✅16. Bonfire Night - Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan by Randall Kenan

✅17. Thanksgiving - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

✅18. Fireworks - Song of the Sun God by Shankari Chandran

7/18

(1) Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
(2) Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
(3) Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
✅ 3. Harvest: The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani (2)
✅ 4. Red and Orange: Orange Wine by Esperanza Hope Snyder (3)

✅ 5. Foliage: Grammy By Appointment Only: Estrangement and Cancel Culture In Today’s Fractured World by Julia Skye (2)
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
✅ 10. Oktoberfest: The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (1)
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
✅ 13. Jack-o-Lantern: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
14. Trick or Treat
✅ 15. Ghost Stories: Good Griefby Sara Goodman Confino (2)
16. Bonfire Night
✅ 17. Thanksgiving: The Women by Kristin Hannah (1)
18. Fireworks

Pam's Fall Reading Challenge

Duration: Sept 1- Nov 30, 2025

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
✅- Finished

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

10-3-25 17/18

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
√1. Autumn or Fall
√2. Corn Maze Miss Iceland (Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir)
√3. Harvest
√4. Red and Orange
√5. Foliage
√6. Cooler Weather Cannery Row {title}
√7. Pumpkin Spice Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness {title}
√8. Sweater
√9. Hot Chocolate Land of Love and Ruins (Oddný Eir)
10. Oktoberfest
√11. Spooky Season
√12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern Jane and the Year Without a Summer {title}
√14. Trick or Treat Titanium Noir {title}
√15. Ghost Stories
√16. Bonfire Night The Unknown Masterpiece (Honoré de Balzac)
√17. Thanksgiving Tales From a Village School {title}
√18. Fireworks 4-H filly {title}

Completed - 17

A | 1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
T | 2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
C | 3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
A | Fatal Threat, Marie Force | 9/1

2. Corn Maze
A | Hidden Nature, Nora Roberts | 9/6

3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
A | The Favorites, Layne Fargo | 10/4

6. Cooler Weather
A | All the Colors of the Dark, Chris Whitaker | 9/15

7. Pumpkin Spice
A | Effigies, Mary Anna Evans | 9/21

8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
A | The Rest Is Memory: A Novel, Lily Tuck | 9/26

10. Oktoberfest
T | Badlands, C.J. Box | 9/8
A | Callum, Sawyer Bennett | 9/23

11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
T | Leverage in Death, J.D. Robb | 9/7

13. Jack-o-Lantern
A | Maybe in Another Life, Taylor Jenkins Reid | 9/11
A | The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, Anna Johnston | 9/20

14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
A | A Patchwork of Clues, Sally Goldenbaum | 9/4

16. Bonfire Night
A | Dearest Mary Jane, Betty Neels | 9/9
A | Tulips for Augusta, Betty Neels | 9/25
A | Three for a Wedding, Betty Neels | 9/30

17. Thanksgiving
T | No More Yesterdays, Catherine Bybee | 9/3

18. Fireworks
T | Obsession, Debra Webb | 9/13

Fall Reading Challenge

✅1. Autumn or Fall A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, Nathan Thrall 9/6
✅2. Corn Maze Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy 9/16
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
✅6. Cooler Weather Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor 10/6
✅7. Pumpkin Spice Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir 9/23
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
✅14. Trick or Treat The Tiny Journalist, Naomi Shihab Nye 9/8
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
✅ 18. Fireworks Still Life by Sarah Winman 9/30

Progress: 10/18

The Phrases
✅️ 1. Autumn - N is for Nana - Nana, Vol. 21 by Ai Yazawa (completed, physical book)
✅️ 2. Corn Maze - C for Care - Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (completed, audiobook)
3. Harvest - V for Vennskap - Vennskap for voksne by Frode Thuen and Malene Vilnes-Bakke (started, physical book)
✅️ 4. Red and Orange - A for Ash - Ash's Cabin by Jen Wang (completed, physical book)
✅️ 5. Foliage - L for Lud - Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 6. Cooler Weather - W for Wintering - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May (completed, e-book)
7. Pumpkin Spice
✅️ 8. Sweater - S for (the) Safekeep) - The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (completed, audiobook)
9. Hot Chocolate
✅️ 10. Oktoberfest - O for Of - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 11. Spooky Season - A for Ai and Y for Yazawa - Nana, Vol. 20 by Ai Yazawa (completed, physical book)
12. Halloween - M for Maja and L for Lunde - Bienes historie by Maja Lunde (planned)
13. Jack-o-Lantern
✅️ 14. Trick or Treat - R for Ryka and A for Aoki - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (completed, audiobook)
15. Ghost Stories - G for Gone - Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura (planned)
16. Bonfire Night - F for Frieren - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1 by Kanehito Yamada (planned)
17. Thanksgiving - T for Turn - Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams (started, physical book)
✅️ 18. Fireworks - E for Edward and F for Forster - Maurice by E.M. Forster (completed, e-book)

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

Jacque's Fall Challenge:

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze Sandwich author=Catherine Newman
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Continued author=Charlie Lovett
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi author=Wright Thompson
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest Goulash author=Brian Kimberling
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension author = Hanif Abdurraqib
13. Jack-o-Lantern: Victory of Eagles author= Naomi Novic
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

0/18

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

ATY 2025 Fall Reading Challenge
September 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025

Completions: Phrase contains both author's first and last initial, the first letter of the title, or is exemplified on the cover.

✅1. Autumn or Fall
Uzumaki
⬜2. Corn Maze
Crossfire
⬜3. Harvest
A Mouthful of Dust
✅4. Red and Orange
The River Has Roots
⬜5. Foliage
The Library at Hellebore
⬜6. Cooler Weather
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
⬜7. Pumpkin Spice
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
⬜8. Sweater
We Live Here Now
⬜9. Hot Chocolate
Hemlock & Silver
✅10. Oktoberfest
But Not Too Bold
⬜11. Spooky Season
Sister Snake
⬜12. Halloween
Long Live Evil
⬜13. Jack-o-Lantern
Lucky Day
⬜14. Trick or Treat
Knock Knock, Open Wide
⬜15. Ghost Stories
Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories
(phrase on the cover)
⬜16. Bonfire Night
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
⬜17. Thanksgiving
The Bewitching
🔻18. Fireworks
What Stalks the Deep

Proper vibes only!



3/18

ATY 2025 Fall Reading Challenge
September 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025

Charlsa H. - tracking

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)


The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall - Martin Luther - Finished 9/8/2025 - 2. First letter of Title

2. Corn Maze - The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold - Finished 9/3/2025 - 1. Author's Initials

3. Harvest - Stolen - Finished 9/22/25 - 2. First letter of Title

and

Starter Villain - Finished 9/23/25 - 2. First letter of Title

4. Red and Orange - The Many Daughters of Afong Moy: A Novel - Finished 9/4/2025 - 3. Cover is red and orange

5. Foliage - Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City - Finished 9/19/25 - 1. Author's Initials

6. Cooler Weather - Stone Yard Devotional - Finished 9/25/27 - 1. Author's Initials

7. Pumpkin Spice - The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven - Finished 9/2/2025 - 2. First Letter of Title

8. Sweater - On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer - Finished 9/4/2025 - 1. Author's Initials

9. Hot Chocolate - Apostle's Cove - Finished 9/11/2025 - 2. First Letter of Title

10. Oktoberfest - Onyx Storm - Finished 9/16/2025 - 2. First Letter of Title

11. Spooky Season - Sounds Like Love - Finished - 9/14/2025 - 1. Author's Initials

12. Halloween - Maine Characters - Finished - 9/12/2025 - 1. Author's Initials

13. Jack-o-Lantern - Cragside - Finished 9/15/2025 - 1. Author's Initials

14. Trick or Treat - Swordheart - Finished 9/29/2025 - 1, Author's Initials

15. Ghost Stories - The Summer Guests - Finished 9/6/25 - 2. First Letter of Title

16. Bonfire Night - I Remember You - Finished 9/27/25 - 2. First Letter of Title

17. Thanksgiving - The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams - Finished 9/17/2025 - 1. Author's Initials

and

Our Country Friends - Finished 9/17/2025 - 1. Author's Initials

18. Fireworks - Murder on the Marlow Belle (Marlow Murder Club, #4) - Finished 9/21/25 - 1. Author's Initials

18/18

a. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
b. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
c. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases

1. Autumn or Fall

a Wavewalker: Breaking Free Suzanne Heywood
b 13-Minute Murder: Dead Man Running / 113 Minutes / 13 Minute Murder
c. colours exemplify fall red and god

2. Corn Maze

aFlowers for Miss Pengelly Rosemary Aitken
b The Magic Chair Murder
c

3. Harvest

a Gliff Ali Smith
b The Sea Gate
c

4. Red and Orange

a We Solve Murders Richard Osman
b A Rising Man
c

5. Foliage

a
b First Position
c

6. Cooler Weather

a Peonies and Poison Ruby Loren
b A Touch of Dead
c

7. Pumpkin Spice

a The LighthouseChristopher Parker
b Katabasis
c

8. Sweater

a. Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid
b American Psycho
c

9. Hot Chocolate

a. The Match Harlan Coben
b The Henna Artist
c

10. Oktoberfest

a Bellweather Rhapsody Kate Racculia
b Blood Oranges
c

11. Spooky Season

a Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a
Fist Sunil Yapa
b Ninth House
c

12. Halloween

a The Holiday
b The Next Mrs. Parrish (N)
c

13. Jack-o-Lantern

a Mile High
b The Old Girls' Network
c

14. Trick or Treat

a
b Tie Died
c

15. Ghost Stories

a. The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix
b
c

16. Bonfire Night

17. Thanksgiving

a Cornish Pasty Conspiracy - The Killing in the Filling
b The Gastrothief
c

18. Fireworks

🍂 Roxana's Fall Challenge 🍂


Progress: 15/18

The Phrases
🍂 1. Autumn or Fall: Metallic Realms [title, author initials]
🍂 2. Corn Maze: Three Act Tragedy [author initials]
3. Harvest
🍂 4. Red and Orange: A Deadly Education [title, author initials]
🍂 5. Foliage: Georgie, All Along [title]
6. Cooler Weather
🍂 7. Pumpkin Spice: Spread Me [title]
🍂 8. Sweater: Sunburned [title]
🍂 9. Hot Chocolate: Hickory Dickory Dock [title, author initials]
🍂 10. Oktoberfest: Oxford Blood [title]
🍂 11. Spooky Season: The Graceview Patient [cover]
12. Halloween
🍂 13. Jack-o-Lantern: The Listeners [title]
🍂 14. Trick or Treat: Intermezzo [title]
🍂 15. Ghost Stories: They Fear Not Men in the Woods [title]
🍂 16. Bonfire Night: If We Were Villains [title]
🍂 17. Thanksgiving: No Body No Crime [author initials, title]
🍂 18. Fireworks: Flawless Girls [title]


1. Phrase contains BOTH initials of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

Plans/TBR
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage: The God of the Woods [title, cover] or
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice: Falling Like Leaves [cover, author initials]
8. Sweater: A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping [cover, title]
9. Hot Chocolate:
10. Oktoberfest: Oxford Blood [title]
11. Spooky Season: The Graceview Patient [cover]
12. Halloween: A New New Me [title, author initials]
13. Jack-o-Lantern: The Listeners [title]
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories: Death at the Door [cover]
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

Rosemary wrote: "Rosemary's Challenge
The Phrases
Target 18
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier 3/9/25
10. Oktoberfest
11. Fireworks

Robin H-R Fall Challenge
10/18

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
Mayhem Mansion, Melanie Jackson (title)
2. Corn Maze
The Muscovy Chain, John Pilkington (title)
3. Harvest
Villain, John Bainbridge (title)
4. Red and Orange
The Girls of Good Fortune, Kristina McMorris(cover)
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
Murder on the Last Frontier, Cathy Pegau (author)
8. Sweater
American Red, David Marlett (title)
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War, Howard Bahr (title)
11. Spooky Season
Death at the Abbey, Christine Trent (cover)
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
The Leper of Saint Giles, Ellis Peters (title)
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
The Homesman, Glendon Swarthout (author)
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

1. Phrase contains the initial letters of the author's first and last names (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

🍂 Autumn Seasonal Challenge! 🍂
1 September to 30 November.



1. Phrase contains the initial letters of the author's first and last names (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks

Rosemary wrote: "Rosemary's Challenge
The Phrases
Target 18
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley 5/9/25
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier 3/9/25
10. Oktoberfest
11. Fireworks

Pamela's tracking

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall Three Apples Fell from the Sky (cover and title) 9/6
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest The Heavens (title) 9/9
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night The Shores of Bohemia: A Cape Cod Story, 1910-1960 (that dab of orange kinda looks like a bonfire) 9/6
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks The Names by Florence Knapp (FK) 9/8

Tanu's ATY Fall Tracking Challenge

It's time for our Autumn Seasonal Challenge! The challenge will run from 1 September to 30 November.

1. Phrase contains the initial letters of the author's first and last names (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall - Dragonfall
2. Corn Maze - Mother May I ✅
3. Harvest - Say Your Prayers ✅
4. Red and Orange -
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice - The Unworthy ✅
8. Sweater- Survivor Song
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season - Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel ✅
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern - The King of Elfland's Daughter
14. Trick or Treat - The Call ✅
15. Ghost Stories - Rerouting River
16. Bonfire Night - Never Have I Ever ✅
17. Thanksgiving - Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
18. Fireworks

If you want to discuss the challenge or possible books, use this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Generally books should be 100 pages or more, but if you’ve found the perfect book and it’s 90 pages then it’s your choice whether to count it. The aim is to have fun and enjoy what you read, so nobody is going to judge anyone else for their book choices.

Dee's ATY Fall Reading Challenge - 9/18
Duration: Sept 1- Nov 30, 2025

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title
3. Phrase is exemplified on cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases:
1. Autumn or Fall - The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre
2. Corn Maze - Christmas Fling
3. Harvest - Rewitched
4. Red and Orange - The Impossible Fortune BY Richard Osman- 9/18/25 √
5. Foliage - The Austen Affair - 9/3/25 √
6. Cooler Weather -Wreck
7. Pumpkin Spice - Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen
8. Sweater - A Merry Little Lie
9. Hot Chocolate - I Shall Never Fall in Love BY Hari Conner- 9/23/25 √
10. Oktoberfest - The Killer Question - 9/5/25 √
11. Spooky Season - Crazy Spooky Love - 9/12/25 √
12. Halloween - Cackle -9/20/25 √
13. Jack-o-Lantern - The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake BY Rachel Linden- 10/3/25 √
14. Trick or Treat - Kooky Spooky Love
15. Ghost Stories - Play Nice - 9/14/25 √
16. Bonfire Night - The Women of Wild Hill
17. Thanksgiving - A Taste of Sage - 9/29/25 √
18. Fireworks - Anne of Avenue A

Carol's ATY Fall Fall Reading Challenge
Read 4/18

1. Nancy Atherton – Aunt Dimity’s Death ✓
2. Rick Yancey – 5th Wave
3. Heather Graham – Secrets in the Dark
4. Olan Thorensen – Pen and the Sword
5. Ilona Andrews – Iron and Magic
6. Laurie Halse Anderson – Fever 1793
7. Stephen King – You Like It Darker ✓
8. Amy Tintera – Listen for the Lie
9. Olan Thorensen – Heavier than a Mountain
10. Olan Thorensen – Cast Under an Alien Sun ✓
11. Suzanne Collins – Sunrise on the Reaping ✓
12. Nancy Atherton – Aunt Dimity and the Duke
13. Kelley Armstrong - Bitten
14. Robert J Crane - Fallout
15. Tess Gerritsen – Bone Garden
16. Olan Thorensen – Forged in Fire
17. Nancy Atherton – Aunt Dimity’s Good Deed
18. Stephen King – Salem’s Lot

Valerie's Fall Challenge 2025

✓ 2 1. Autumn or Fall: Field Guide of All the Birds We Found by Reiser
✓ 2 2. Corn Maze: Maigret’s Doubt by Georges Simenon
✓ 1 3. Harvest: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
✓ 3 4. Red and Orange: Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
📖 3 5. Foliage: Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher
✓ 2 6. Cooler Weather: The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
✓ 2/1 7. Pumpkin Spice: Peter and Paul by Susan Scarlet
✓ 2 8. Sweater: Studies at the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
📖 2 9. Hot Chocolate: Wizard of Most Wicked Ways by Charlie N Holmberg
✓ 1 10. Oktoberfest: The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
✓ 1 11. Spooky Season: Pamela Aiden: Duty and Desire
✓ 2 12. Halloween: Welcome to the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan/Beatty
✓ 1 13. Jack-o-Lantern: 500 Miles from You by Jenny Colgan
✓ 2 14. Trick or Treat: The Tale Teller by Anne Hillerman
✓ 1 15. Ghost Stories: Maigret’s Failure by Georges Simenon
✓ 2 16. Bonfire Night: Breaking Through by Kariko
✓ 2 17. Thanksgiving: Three Wild Dogs by Zusak
✓ 2 18. Fireworks: Four Aunties and A Wedding by Jesse Sutanto

🍂2025 Autumn Seasonal Challenge!🍂 1 September to 30 November.


by Rachel Joyce
✅2. Corn Maze - My Real Children by Jo Walton
✅3. Harvest - The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
✅4. Red and Orange -Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle Dorothy Gilman DG
✅5. Foliage - Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life by Amber Scorah
6. Cooler Weather -
✅7. Pumpkin Spice - Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman
8. Sweater
✅9. Hot Chocolate - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
✅10. Oktoberfest - The Original Nell Stevens
✅11. Spooky Season - Prophet Song Paul Lynch
12. Halloween - History of the Rain by Niall Williams
13. Jack-o-Lantern -Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon's Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity Rahul Jandial
14. Trick or Treat - My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran Yiyun li
16. Bonfire Night - The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary Rodham Clinton
✅17. Thanksgiving - A Town Called Solace by Mary Larson
✅18. Fireworks - Wrong Place Wrong Time (cover) or 6, 12,18

Possibilities.
🌱The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience Hillary Rodham Clinton -B,HC, 7, 9, 16…
🌱Miss Benson's Beetle by :Rachel Joyce -M -1,2,7 , RJ -13,
🌱The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran 1,2,7, - 13
🌱History of the Rain by Niall Williams - 12
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
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🍁COMPLETED September 2025🍁
✔️My Real Children by Jo Walton 9/3/25
✔️Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life by Amber Scorah, 9/7/25 -
✔️Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 9/9/25 -
✔️Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman-9/10/25 -
✔️Prophet Song by Paul Lynch - 9/12/25
✔️Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman
✔️Wrong Place Wrong Timeby Gillian McAllister
✔️The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green- A - 1,17 more17
✔️The Original by Nell Stevens - 2,4,5,6,7, 9,10,11,12,13, 15,16,17
✔️A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson 6 8 10 14 15 17
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li
5 15 17
Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon's Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity Rahul Jandial

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2025 Autumn Seasonal Challenge!


When:
1 September to 30 November

The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
□
■ Maximum Berserk #3 - Kentaro Miura - 09/23
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2. Corn Maze
□
■ Curse This House - Barbara Wood - 09/21
□
3. Harvest
■ Our Dark Duet - Victoria Schwab - 09/09
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4. Red and Orange
□
□
□
5. Foliage
■ La mujer que sabe volar - Luis Alberto Gonzales - 09/14
□
□
6. Cooler Weather
□
■ Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson - 09/23
□
7. Pumpkin Spice
■ Maximum Berserk 2 - Kentaro Miura - 09/10
■ La Princesa de Kapurthala - Elisa Vázquez de Gey - 09/14
□
8. Sweater
□
■ Wrong Place Wrong Time - Gillian McAllister - 09/13
□
9. Hot Chocolate
□
■ The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker - 09/23
□
10. Oktoberfest
■ Babel - R.F. Kuang - 09/11
□
□
11. Spooky Season
□
■ The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang - 09/07
□
12. Halloween
□
□
□
13. Jack-o-Lantern
■ Pantallas & Mentiras - Julio Rojas - 09/23
□
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14. Trick or Treat
□
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15. Ghost Stories
■ Between Shades of Gray - Ruta Sepetys - 09/28
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16. Bonfire Night
□
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17. Thanksgiving
■ The Cat Who Saved Books - Sōsuke Natsukawa - 09/25
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18. Fireworks
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How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)