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  NEW CHALLENGE ALERT

To continue with our theme of quotations about the seasons, we have another batch of quotes, this time related to Fall/Autumn. Join us as you prepare for cooler temperatures and fall activities!

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THE QUOTATIONS

1. If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour.
– Victoria Erickson
🍃 Read a book with a timepiece of some sort shown prominently on the cover; post the cover

2. There are two times of the year: autumn and waiting for autumn
– Unknown
🍃 Read a book you had to wait to read – a new release, a library hold, etc.; tell us why you waited

3. Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.
– Lauren DeStefano
🍃 Read the last book of a completed series

4. Fall colors are funny. They’re so bright and intense and beautiful. It’s like nature is trying to fill you up with color, to saturate you so you can stockpile it before winter turns everything muted and dreary.
– Siobhan Vivian
🍃 Read a book with a bright, colorful cover; post the cover

5. Autumn leaves are like little gifts falling from the sky, making everything look magical.
– Unknown
🍃 Read a book with MAGIC or MAGICAL REALISM on its main GR page

6. I guess it's something about the air. Fall air always smells like possibility.
– Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
🍃 Read a book with the letters A-I-R in the title, in order, but not necessarily in the same word

7. There is something about autumn that makes things more beautiful. Out of all the seasons, it is the most honest about time. Summer and spring blind you to its passing with their colorful displays. Winter paints over everything in white. But autumn is not shy about things coming to an end. It welcomes it, waving leafy flags of red, yellow and gold. – Samantha Sotto Yambao
🍃 Read a book with what you consider a beautiful cover; post the cover

8. There's an endless autumn in me, scenting my thoughts like campfire smoke.
– Jarod K. Anderson
🍃 Read a book in which characters go camping or sleep in a tent, trailer or other recreational vehicle; tell us who

9. Fall is the season for reading. Fall is the season for pumpkin-spiced drinks. Fall is the season for sweaters. Fall is my definition of peace, the utter epitome of relaxation.
– Mads Rafferty
🍃 Read a book set in a library or bookstore; tell us which

10. It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.
– Diana Gabaldon
🍃 Read a book with a beverage of some sort shown prominently on the cover; post the cover

11. Autumn's gold is free.
– Laura Jaworski
🍃 Read a book you got for free

12. The soft scent of freshly fallen leaves tenderly permeated a forest ignited to a flaming brilliance with sizzling reds, burning oranges, and electric yellows.
– Craig D. Lounsbrough
🍃 Read a book with a forest shown prominently on the cover; post the cover

13. Autumn lingered on as if fond of its own perfection.
– Winston Graham
🍃 Read a book set in the fall

14. I watch the birds fly south across the autumn sky, and one by one they disappear.
– The Moody Blues
🍃 Read a book with color word in the title (words like Blues and Golden accepted, but not Greenwood)

15. Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.
– Nora Ephron
🍃 Read a book with a major character who is a student; tell us who

16. Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.
– William Cullen Bryant
🍃 Read a book with a smiling face on the cover; post the cover

17. It is a real chill out. The fall crisp comes ...
– Gwendolyn Brooks
🍃 Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in FALL CRISP (a letter may only be used as often as it appears in the phrase); post a link to the author’s GR page

18. But I miss you most of all, my darling, when autumn leaves start to fall.
– Frank Sinatra
🍃 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in AUTUMN

19. Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.
– Shira Tamir
🍃 Read a book with at least one windy day in the story; tell us the page/location number and quote an excerpt

20. Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
– Albert Camus
🍃 Read a book with flowers shown prominently on the cover; post the cover

21. If I were a bird, I would fly about the Earth seeking the successive autumns.
– George Eliot
🍃 Read a book with a bird name in the title

22. Autumn mist makes everything look like a cozy storybook, full of adventure and magic.
– Unknown
🍃 Read a book with COZY MYSTERY on its main GR page

23. I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
– Henry David Thoreau
🍃 Read a book whose cover shows a person sitting; post the cover

24. Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
🍃 Read the first book of a series; tell us the series

25. Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.
– Elizabeth Lawrence
🍃 Read a book that made you ignore other things so you could keep reading

26. Autumn is my favorite season because it’s full of fun, colorful leaves and cool breezes!
– Unknown
🍃 Read a book with fall leaves shown prominently on the cover; post the cover

27. How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
– George Burns
🍃 Read a book with a main character who is over 60 years old; tell us who

28. I notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.
– Friedrich Nietzsche
🍃 Read a book set in a location beginning with a letter in SEASON (be as specific as possible); tell us where

29. The autumn wind is a pirate. Blustering in from sea with a rollicking song he sweeps along swaggering boisterously. His face is weather beaten, he wears a hooded sash with a silver hat about his head... The autumn wind is a [Oakland] Raider, pillaging just for fun.
– Steve Sabol
🍃 Read a book with a natural body of water shown prominently on the cover; post the cover

30. I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.
– Nathaniel Hawthorne
🍃 Read a book with a main character who works primarily outdoors; tell us who and the job

FALL QUOTATIONS
DURATION : September 21 - December 20, 2025

To continue with our theme of quotations about the seasons, here are some quotes I found that either describe or mention fall/autumn. There are 30 quotations here, but you need only complete the tasks for 20 of them.


CHALLENGE RULES :
See this thread for more detailed rules for all CCC challenges.

♦ If you want to participate in this challenge, please sign up by posting at least a partial copy of the challenge. This gives us a post to link you to, which you can use to update your books as the challenge progresses.

♦ Unless otherwise noted, books must be at least 150 pages long. (See the link above for rules regarding graphic novels. Please remember that ONLY graphic novels can be combined.) Books may only be used for one task in this challenge, but cross-challenge posting is encouraged :)

♦ For each book you read, please post a link to the title, and indicate the author and the date you finished reading it. Unless otherwise specified, you must finish a book in order to use it for a challenge spot.

♦ If a challenge task calls for an item on the cover or specific author initials or name/s, you must include a link to the book cover and/or author's name, respectively.*
    * If you don’t know how to post a link to the book title, cover or author, see the instructions here: Add a link to the book title, book cover and/or author

♦ When you complete the challenge, please copy and paste your entire list as a new message at the end of the challenge thread. If you do this while you still have the Edit window open, it will copy all of your links and formatting. If you don’t repost your list, with appropriate links, your name will not be added to the list of those who have completed the challenge. Please do NOT simply post a link back to your original post.


PARTICIPANTS

Mabeelle wrote: "Guess #4 COACH"

Yes, that is correct. Would you like to play again?

Thanks for clarifying :)

Hope your trip goes better than Hubby's started off today - to make a long story short, a tree (thank goodness, a small one!) fell on his car while he was driving on the interstate today. He's ok, but the car wasn't so lucky. It's drivable, so he'll wait till he's home to get it looked at.

But you can't use The except for the first match each month.
the title words have to match exactly, and A, An and The don't count for matches

Good to know, thanks :)

Meg wrote: "My Round #2: Mango"

None of these letters are in your word, sorry.

Do you want to be omitted from the October 4 round? I usually post the pairings on Friday evening, which would be October 3, but if you don't think you'll be able to post for your partner before you leave, it would probably be best to skip the round. Of course, one of us can always post picks for *you :)

What about the October 18 round?

Meg wrote: "Finished!"

Meg, where are your connections for your August books? I get the first one (With), but don't see how the other two connect. Remember, the title words have to match exactly, and A, An and The don't count for matches:
Gone with the Whisker (Bookmobile Cat Mystery, #8) by Laurie Cass
Murder Off the Books (By the Book Mysteries #3) by Tamara Berry
An Irish Bookshop Murder (Mercy McCarthy Mystery, #1) by Lucy Connelly

The same applies for your last match in July :
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) by Josephine Tey
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place (Flavia de Luce, #9) by Alan Bradley

Congrats, Meg!

What did you think of The Personal Librarian? I enjoy Benedict's books, and since this has a Pennsylvania connection, it keeps wanting to jump higher up on my TBR.

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Congrats, L&M!

Congrats, Michelle!

Mabeelle wrote: "Guess #3 TOUCH"

There is an O in your word, and it is in the correct position.

Joy D wrote: "Barb wrote: "Glad to see you liked that one - it's one of the books from your shelf that I added to my own TBR :)"
Hope you enjoy it whenever you get a chance to read it."

First I have to find a copy at a price I'm willing to pay :)

Congrats, Jan!

Agnieszka wrote: "In case I get to any of those I wanted to double-check if there's a title that won't work as not all seem complete to me even if grammatically they most likely would be considered sentences."

The best option of these is It Happened at the Fair. The literal translation of Who Needs a Husband Anyway? would work, but not the original English title. Hope that helps :)

For the high rollers

HR : September 13 | Read the THIRD book on your to-read shelf whose title is a complete sentence