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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
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, 2025You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.
Progress: 14/18
The Phrases
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern - Lebensbande by Mechtild Borrmann
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 - M - Monstrilio
✅2. Corn Maze - M- My Real Children by Jo Walton
✅3. Harvest - T A- The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
✅4. Red and Orange -DG -Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle Dorothy Gilman DG
✅5. Foliage - L - Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life by Amber Scorah
✅6. Cooler Weather - T - The Bear by Andrew Krivak
✅7. Pumpkin Spice - P - Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman
✅8. Sweater - S - Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
✅9. Hot Chocolate -CA - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
✅10. Oktoberfest -O, T- The Original by Nell Stevens
✅11. Spooky Season - P - Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
✅12. Halloween - NO - Death of the Author, by Nnedi Okorofor
✅13. Jack-o-Lantern -RJ-
-Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon's Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity Rahul Jandial
✅14. Trick or Treat - K - The Kaiju Preservation Society
✅15. Ghost stories - SG - The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin, Cover
✅16. Bonfire Night - RN- The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Naylor
✅17. Thanksgiving -T- A Town Called Solace by Mary Larson
✅18. Fireworks -W- Wrong Place Wrong Time
Possibilitiies
🌱 The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton -B,HC, 7, 9, 16…
🌱Miss Benson's Beetle by :Rachel Joyce -M
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🍁COMPLETED September - November 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
✔️The Original by Nell Stevens
✔️A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li
Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon's Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity Rahul Jandial -
N, RJ
Alicia and the Hurricane / Alicia y el huracán: A Story of Puerto Rico / Un cuento de Puerto Rico by leslea newman
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick —-
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
The Bear by Andrew Krivak
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
The Mountain in the Seaby Ray Nayler.
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
The Forgetting Time. By Sharon Guskin. - SG
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick - A ,S
Monday Starts on Saturday Arkady Strugatsky - AS - or bonfire night cover
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna. T OR V
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear
Leaving Everything Most Loved Jacqueline Winspear
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley - S
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Conny K.'s Fall Challenge 20251 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
The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith (RG)
√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
Mimik by Sebastian Fitzek (SF)
√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
3. Harvest
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
8/18
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025You 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/jacket9. 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: 6/18
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: The Count of Monte Cristo - author name: Alexandre Dumas
5. Foliage
--> 6. Cooler Weather: Double Take - cover
7. Pumpkin Spice:
✔ 8. Sweater: A Sky Beyond the Storm author name: Sabaa Tahir
9. Hot Chocolate
--> 10. Oktoberfest: This Summer Will Be Different - author name: Carley Fortune
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: 9/18
The Phrases
☐1. Autumn or Fall
☐2. Corn Maze
☐3. Harvest
☐4. Red and Orange
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☐7. Pumpkin Spice
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☐9. Hot Chocolate
☐10. Oktoberfest
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☐16. Bonfire Night
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☐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: 5/36September 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 Challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sep-Nov
Done: 12
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 - Ngaio Marsh - Death and the Dancing Footman
📗 2. Corn Maze - Camino Ghosts
📗 3. Harvest - The Six Sacred Stones
📗 4. Red and Orange - Dying to Retire
5. Foliage
📗 6. Cooler Weather - When the Moon Hits Your Eye
📗 7. Pumpkin Spice - Peace Talks
📘 8. Sweater - Amy Snow
📙 9. Hot Chocolate - To the Hilt
📗 10. Oktoberfest - Kimberley Freeman - Wildflower Hill
11. Spooky Season
📗 12. Halloween - The Lavender Garden
📗 13. Jack-o-Lantern - Jeffrey Archer - Nothing Ventured
📗 14. Trick or Treat - Red, White & Royal Blue
📗 15. Ghost Stories - Run, Rose, Run
📗 16. Bonfire Night - De bedste familier
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
Kathy’s Fall Reading Challenge🍁- finished
Challenge finished 10/14/25
18/18
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 ChallengeThe 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)✅. Red and Orange
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Read 10-8-25 - 10-12-25)✅5. Foliage
Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli (Read 9-7-25 - 9-10-25)✅6. Cooler Weather
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw (Read 10-13-25 - 10-15-25✅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:
Stay Close by Harlan Coben (Read 9-4-25 - 9-7-25)✅11. Spooky Season
Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham (Read 10-12-25 - 10-13-25)✅12. Halloween
The Hollow by Agatha Christie (Read 10-7-25 - 10-12-25✅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
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (Read 9-30-25 - 10-6-25)✅16. Bonfire Night
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Read 9-12-25 - 9-14-25)✅17. Thanksgiving
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Read 10-4-25 - 10-8-25)✅18. Fireworks
Far From True by Linwood Barclay (Read 9-17-25 - 9-28-2518/18
Rosemary's ChallengeThe 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 NovemberChallenge 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
8. Sweater -
The Phrases
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
The Phrases
2. Corn Maze
7. Pumpkin Spice
17. Thanksgiving
ATY Autumn Seasonal ChallengeSeptember 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
18/18 💯
✅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 Mere by Danielle Giles
✅5. Foliage Matrix by Lauren Groff
✅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 You Like It Darker by Stephen King
✅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 Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher
✅15. Ghost Stories Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
✅16. Bonfire Night The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff
✅17. Thanksgiving The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
✅18. Fireworks The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Vicki O's 2025 Autumn ChallengeThe 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 (10/19) Shopgirl by Steve Martin
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 (10/17) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
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 (10/7) In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
The Phrases (Containing first letter of title)
1. Autumn or Fall (10/24) Apostle's Cove by William Kent Krueger
2. Corn Maze (10/27) Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need Them by William H. McRaven
3. Harvest (10/25) Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
4. Red and Orange (10/28) Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
5. Foliage (10/29) Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
6. Cooler Weather (10/31) Cross Justice by James Patterson
7. Pumpkin Spice (11/7) Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson
8. Sweater (11/10) Sharp Force by Patricia Cornwell
9. Hot Chocolate (11/3) A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season (11/18) Silver and Lead by Seanan McGuire
12. Halloween (11/13) Hope to Die by James Patterson
13. Jack-o-Lantern (11/15) Just Imagine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
14. Trick or Treat (11/16) Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
15. Ghost Stories (10/21) The Ghost Stories of M.R. James by M.R. James
16. Bonfire Night (10/13) Bugged: The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessed with Them
17. Thanksgiving (11/4) The Girl from Devil's Lake by J.A. Jance
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:
8. Sweater:
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:
12. Halloween: Huggormars högland av David Renklint
13. JacK-o-Lantern:
14. Trick or Treat:
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
Mod
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 - 9/105. 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
14. Trick or Treat - Return to Sender - 9/30 - title
15. Ghost Stories - The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories - 10/11 - title and subject
16. Bonfire Night - Elly Griffiths - A Dying Fall - 9/26 -author
17. Thanksgiving - Isaac Asimov Murder at the ABA - 9/13 - author
18. Fireworks - The Killer Jack Mystery - 9/14 - title
Author's initials, first letter of title, shown on cover:The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
🍁2. Corn Maze
Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl 9 Oct (first letter of title)
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
Stuart Turton 12 Oct (cover has gun, poison...spooky)🍁12. Halloween:
Laurie Gilmore 8 Nov (pumpkins = Halloween)🍁13. Jack-o-Lantern: Mansfield Park Jane Austen 25 Oct (initials)
🍁14. Trick or Treat: Before We Forget Kindness Toshikazu Kawaguchi 26 Oct. (initials)
🍁15. Ghost Stories: Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid 13 Sep (initials)
🍁16. Bonfire Night: March Geraldine Brooks 8 Nov (initials)
🍁17. Thanksgiving
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt 12 Oct (first letter of title)
🍁18. Fireworks
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Evan Friss 18 Oct (initials EF)
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 - Familiaris
2. Corn Maze - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
3. Harvest - Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man
4. Red and Orange - Recipe for a Perfect Wife
5. Foliage - Finding Grace
6. Cooler Weather - The Women in the Castle
7. Pumpkin Spice - The Unmaking of June Farrow
8. Sweater - The Waters
9. Hot Chocolate - Code Name Hélène
10. Oktoberfest - The Big Cat Nap
11. Spooky Season - King and Maxwell
12. Halloween - The Invisible Hour
13. Jack-o-Lantern - The Nature of Fragile Things
14. Trick or Treat - If You Ask Me
15. Ghost Stories - A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour
16. Bonfire Night - Broken Country
17. Thanksgiving - The Cloisters
18. Fireworks - The First Ladies
Fall Reading ChallengeSep 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 - Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
✅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 - Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
✅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
16/18(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: The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World by Tilar J. Mazzeo (1)
✅ 2. Corn Maze: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (2)
✅ 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: Calamity by Libbie Hawker (1)
✅ 7. Pumpkin Spice: The Magdalene Reliquary by Gary McAvoy (2)
✅ 8. Sweater: The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
✅ 9. Hot Chocolate: Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell aka Marie Benedict (1)
✅ 10. Oktoberfest: The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (1)
✅ 11. Spooky Season: Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie (2)
12. Halloween: The Wandering Queen: A Novel of Dido by Claire Heywood (2)
✅ 13. Jack-o-Lantern: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (1)
14. Trick or Treat: The Determined by Rachel Rueckert (1)
✅ 15. Ghost Stories: Good Griefby Sara Goodman Confino (2)
✅ 16. Bonfire Night: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (2)
✅ 17. Thanksgiving: The Women by Kristin Hannah (1)
✅ 18. Fireworks: Keeper of Lost Children: A Novel by Sadeqa Johnson (2)
Pam's Fall Reading ChallengeDuration: 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
10-18-25 18/18 FINISHED!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 - 40A | 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
T | Murder on Thames, Matthew Costello | 10/8
A | The Intruder, Freida McFadden | 11/3
T | Shadow Ridge, M.E. Browning | 11/8
2. Corn Maze
A | Hidden Nature, Nora Roberts | 9/6
T | Christmas Presents, Lisa Unger | 11/4
3. Harvest
A | Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt | 10/13
A | One True Loves, Taylor Jenkins Reid | 11/12
4. Red and Orange
T | One Touch of Topaz: A Novel, Iris Johansen | 10/29
A | Black Hills, Nora Roberts | 11/15
5. Foliage
A | The Favorites, Layne Fargo | 10/4
T | Fatal Chaos, Marie Force | 10/20
6. Cooler Weather
A | All the Colors of the Dark, Chris Whitaker | 9/15
A | Come Lie With Me, Linda Howard | 10/15
7. Pumpkin Spice
A | Effigies, Mary Anna Evans | 9/21
T | Uncharted, Tracey Garvis Graves | 11/14
8. Sweater
T | The Big Dark, Rodman Philbrick | 10/27
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
A | Last Chance to Save the World, Beth Revis | 10/6
A | Foster, Sawyer Bennett | 10/14
11. Spooky Season
T | The Secret Book Society, Madeline Martin | 10/22
12. Halloween
T | Leverage in Death, J.D. Robb | 9/7
T | The Witch Queen of Halloween, Kresley Cole | 11/20
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
A | The Lover's Secret, J.C. Reed | 10/17
A | The Christmas Book Hunt, Jenny Colgan | 11/15
14. Trick or Treat
T | Cheddar Off Dead, Julia Buckley | 10/25
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
A | Paradise For Two, Betty Neels | 10/21
17. Thanksgiving
T | No More Yesterdays, Catherine Bybee | 9/3
18. Fireworks
T | Obsession, Debra Webb | 9/13
T ] Someone Like You, Marie Force | 11/1
T } Fatal Invasion, Marie Force | 11/5
T | Fatal Reckoning, Marie Force | 11/10
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 The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 10/8
✅4. Red and Orange A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 10/18
✅5. Foliage The Fourth Daughter by Lyn Liao Butler
✅6. Cooler Weather Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor 10/6
✅7. Pumpkin Spice Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir 9/23
✅8. Sweater Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me
by Ralph Macchio 10/9
9. Hot Chocolate Time of the Child by Niall Williams
✅ 10. Oktoberfest Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo 10/7
✅11. Spooky Season The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 11/13
✅12. Halloween The Antidote by Karen Russell10/30
✅ 13. Jack-o-Lantern Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
✅14. Trick or Treat The Tiny Journalist, Naomi Shihab Nye 9/8
✅15. Ghost Stories The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner 10/23
✅16. Bonfire Night The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg 10/10
✅17. Thanksgiving This House of Grief by Helen Garner 10/19
✅ 18. Fireworks Still Life by Sarah Winman 9/30
Progress: 18/18 - completed 27th Oct 2025The Phrases
✅️ 1. Autumn - N 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 - E for Elizabeth and A for Acevedo - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 4. Red and Orange - G for (The) Gate - The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 5. Foliage - L for Lud - Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 6. Cooler Weather - W for Want - Want by Gillian Anderson (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 7. Pumpkin Spice - C for Chihiro and I for Ishixuka - Flying Witch, Vol. 2 by Chihiro Ishizuka (completed, physical book)
✅️ 8. Sweater - S for (the) Safekeep) - The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 9. Hot Chocolate - O for One - One Day by David Nicholls (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 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 - E for Elizabeth and A for Acevedo - Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 13. Jack-o-Lantern - J for James and C for Clear - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 14. Trick or Treat - R for Ryka and A for Aoki - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 15. Ghost Stories - T for (The) Three - The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 16. Bonfire Night - F for Frieren - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1 by Kanehito Yamada (completed, physical book)
✅️ 17. Thanksgiving - S for Stephen and K for King - If It Bleeds by Stephen King (completed, e-book)
✅️ 18. Fireworks - E for Edward and F for Forster - Maurice by E.M. Forster (completed, e-book)
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 The Thief Knot author=Kate Milford
8. Sweater The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi author=Wright Thompson
9. Hot Chocolate Mean Spirit author=Linda Hogan
10. Oktoberfest Goulash author=Brian Kimberling
11. Spooky Season Amelia Earhart's Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved? title
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 The Burgess Boys author=Elizabeth Stroud
16. Bonfire Night Trinity Fields author=Bradford Morrow
17. Thanksgiving The Wartime Book Club author=Kate Thompson
18. Fireworks
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 20250/18
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
The Me You Love in the Dark
✅3. Harvest
The Vegetarian
✅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
A Mouthful of Dust
✅10. Oktoberfest
But Not Too Bold
✅11. Spooky Season
Fangs by Sarah Andersen
⬜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
The Bewitching
✅17. Thanksgiving
Strange Pictures
🔻18. Fireworks
What Stalks the Deep
Proper vibes only!
ATY 2025 Fall Reading ChallengeSeptember 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 
you would need a sweater here
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 Hemlock & Silver T. Kingfisher
b Tie Died
c 
15. Ghost Stories
a. The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix
b Rush of Blood
c 
16. Bonfire Night
a Tribute Nora Roberts
b Hello Beautiful
c
17. Thanksgiving
a Cornish Pasty Conspiracy - The Killing in the Filling
b The Gastrothief
c
18. Fireworks
a Message Deleted K.L. Slater
b. The Island
c, 
🍂 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 ChallengeThe 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 Challenge18/18
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
Dr. No, Ian Fleming (author)6. Cooler Weather
Death on a Winter's Day, Verity Bright (cover)7. Pumpkin Spice
Murder on the Last Frontier, Cathy Pegau (author)8. Sweater
American Red, David Marlett (title)9. Hot Chocolate
Hanging Curve: A Mickey Rawlings Baseball Mystery, Troy Soos (title)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
Heresy: A Novel, Melissa Lenhardt (title)13. Jack-o-Lantern
The Leper of Saint Giles, Ellis Peters (title)14. Trick or Treat
Murder & Mayhem on Chicago's North Side, Troy Taylor (author)15. Ghost Stories
The Homesman, Glendon Swarthout (author)16. Bonfire Night
The Blue, Nancy Bilyeau (author)17. Thanksgiving
Just Tyrus, Tyrus (author)18. Fireworks
Fire, Burn!, John Dickson Carr (title, cover)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.
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 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 - This Same Earth by Elizabeth Hunter 30 September 2025 ★★★★
🖼 4. Red and Orange - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by M.J. Wassmer 7 September 2025 ★★★★ (red is very prominent on cover and there is orange in the Flames)
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
🖋 9. Hot Chocolate - An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole 14 September 2025 ★★★
🖋 10. Oktoberfest - A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher 12 October 2025 ★★★★★
🖋11. Spooky Season - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner 30 September 2025 ★★★
12. Halloween
🖋13. Jack-o-Lantern - Star Wars: Millennium Falcon by James Luceno 24 September 2024 ★★★
Star Wars: Millennium Falcon by James Luceno 24 September 2024 ★★★
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
🖋 16. Bonfire Night - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown 13 September 2025 ★★★★★
17. Thanksgiving
📖 18. Fireworks - Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs 19. September 2025 ★★★★★
Rosemary wrote: "Rosemary's ChallengeThe 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
Mod
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 - COMPLETE!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 - A Bone in His Teeth ✅
2. Corn Maze - Mother May I ✅
3. Harvest - Say Your Prayers ✅
4. Red and Orange - Red Dirt Heart ✅
5. Foliage - Forced✅
6. Cooler Weather - The Reader✅
7. Pumpkin Spice - The Unworthy ✅
8. Sweater- That Alien Feeling ✅
9. Hot Chocolate - The Homeward Bounders✅
10. Oktoberfest Once Upon a Time ✅
11. Spooky Season - Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel ✅
12. Halloween - Shadows of Winter Robins by
Louise Wolhuter ✅ (author's initials)
13. Jack-o-Lantern - Diavola ✅
14. Trick or Treat - The Call ✅
15. Ghost Stories - Rerouting River ✅
16. Bonfire Night - Never Have I Ever ✅
17. Thanksgiving - The Quiet House✅
18. Fireworks Something Wicked✅
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 - 18/18 - complete!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 -10/8/25 √
2. Corn Maze - Christmas Fling- 10/15/25 √
3. Harvest - Rewitched
-10/20/25 √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
- 11/4/25 √7. Pumpkin Spice - Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen
- 10/28/25√8. Sweater - A Merry Little Lie
- 10/9/25 √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
-- 10/23/25 √15. Ghost Stories - Play Nice - 9/14/25 √
16. Bonfire Night - The Women of Wild Hill
- 10/12/25 √ 17. Thanksgiving - A Taste of Sage
- 9/29/25 √18. Fireworks - Anne of Avenue A
- 10/30/25√
Carol's ATY Fall Fall Reading ChallengeRead 9/18
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
□
2. Corn Maze
□
■ Curse This House - Barbara Wood - 09/21
□
3. Harvest
■ Our Dark Duet - Victoria Schwab - 09/09
■ The Star Rover - Jack London - 10/03
□
4. Red and Orange
□
■ The Amityville Horror - Jay Anson - 11/04
□
5. Foliage
■ La mujer que sabe volar - Luis Alberto Gonzales - 09/14
■ The Last Don - Mario Puzo - 10/26
■ In the Lives of Puppets - T.J. Klune - 10/29
6. Cooler Weather
□
■ Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson - 09/23
■ Impact Winter - Travis Beacham - 11/17
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
□
■ Historias para no dormir: La audioserie - Clàudia García de Dios - 09/29
□
13. Jack-o-Lantern
■ Pantallas & Mentiras - Julio Rojas - 09/23
□
□
14. Trick or Treat
□
■ Cujo - Stephen King - 11/17
□
15. Ghost Stories
■ Between Shades of Gray - Ruta Sepetys - 09/28
□
□
16. Bonfire Night
■ Fool's Errand - Robin Hobb - 10/31
□
□
17. Thanksgiving
■ The Cat Who Saved Books - Sōsuke Natsukawa - 09/25
□
□
18. Fireworks
■ The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde - 11/10
■ The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame - 10/14
□
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)
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