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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
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: 4/18
The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange - Dorothee Elmiger - Die Holländerinnen
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
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) - 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
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange - Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season - Prophet Song Paul Lynch
12. Halloween - History of the Rain by Niall Williams
13. Jack-o-Lantern - My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night - The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary Rodham Clinton
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
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 Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green- A - 1,17 more
🌱Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life - Amber Scorah L 5,6…, AS, -1, 3,5,6,,8, 9, ,12, 13.17
The Original by Nell Stevens - 2,4,5,6,7, 9,10,11,12,13, 15,16,17
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman- 1
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman
My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran 1,2,7, - 13
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch -11
🌱History of the Rain by Niall Williams - 12
GAME OF LIFE sept 6-14
The Prompts
A. College: a book that takes place in an educational setting
B. Career: A book with a job or profession in the title
C. Pay Day: A book with more than 100,000 ratings on Goodreads
D. Get Married: A book with more than one author
E. Buy a House: A book with a residential building on the cover
F. Millionaire Estates: A book featuring a wealthy character
G. Taxes Due: A book you borrowed
H. Speeding Ticket: A book with a 5 in the page count
I. Grow Your Family: A book by a new to you author
J, Midlife Crisis: A book that includes a major life change
K. Invest in Stock: A nonfiction book
L. LIFE Tile: A book whose title contains a word starting with a letter in LIFE
LeahS Autumn Challenge1 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; 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
Heavenly Fire by Lora Fray: Works for Name 1, 5, 12, 13 Title 3, 9, 12, 17 Cover 11
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading: Works for Title 3, 8, 15, 17
The vaster wilds by Lauren Groff: Works for: Name 5 Title 3, 17 Cover 11
James by Percival Everett Works for: Name 7 Title 13
The Examiner: Works for: Title 3, 6, 8, 14, 15, 16
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jónasson: Works for: Name 13
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
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
The Quarry by Johan Theorin (JT)
14. Trick or Treat
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse (RR)
√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.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
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
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
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
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: 2/18
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
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice: ? - author name: Stephen King
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: 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: 4/18
The Phrases
☐1. Autumn or Fall
☐2. Corn Maze
☐3. Harvest
☐4. Red and Orange
☑
☐6. Cooler Weather
☐7. Pumpkin Spice
☑
☐9. Hot Chocolate
☐10. Oktoberfest
☑
☐12. Halloween
☐13. Jack-o-Lantern
☐14. Trick or Treat
☑
☐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: 5/36September 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: 1
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
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
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
📘 15. Ghost Stories - Run, Rose, Run
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
Kathy’s Fall Reading Challenge🍁 - finished
8/18
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 Bride Wore Black - Cornell Woolrich [author]
7. Pumpkin Spice - Love in a Fallen City - Eileen Chang [author]
🍁8. Sweater - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw [title]
🍁9. Hot Chocolate - Tilt - Emma Pattee [title]
10. Oktoberfest - The Case of the Careless Kitten - Erle Stanley Gardner [author]
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 - The Home-Maker - Dorothy Canfield Fisher [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)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
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
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
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
5/18
Rosemary's ChallengeThe Phrases
Target 18
1. Autumn or Fall Fundamentally by Nussaibah
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage The Paris Appartment Lucy Foley
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate The Glassmaker Tracy Chevalier
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
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Joy's Autumn Seasonal Challenge: 1 September to 30 NovemberMatch 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 - 9/18 - AT
✅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 - AR - 9/12
✅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 - 9/13 - PE
✅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 - 9/16 - JC
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night - 9/14 - BR
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks - 9/17
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 - 9/20 - M
✅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
✅5. Foliage
The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse - 9/5/25 - 3* - My Review
6. Cooler Weather - 9/21 - C
7. Pumpkin Spice - 9/12 - I
✅8. Sweater
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer - 9/11/25 - 4* - My Review
9. Hot Chocolate - 9/15 - T
✅10. Oktoberfest
The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter Hessler - 9/2/25 - 4* - My Review
11. Spooky Season
✅12. Halloween
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller - 9/11/25 - 3* - My Review
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat - 9/13 - I
✅15. Ghost Stories
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford - 9/7/25 - 4* - My Review
16. Bonfire Night - 9/19 - B
✅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
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
16. Bonfire Night
18. Fireworks
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
The Phrases
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
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
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire 9/9/25
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
by Priscilla Morris 9/10/25
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
ATY Autumn Seasonal ChallengeSeptember 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
6/18
1. Autumn or Fall
✅2. Corn Maze The Hours by Michael Cunningham
3. Harvest
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
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
✅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
16. Bonfire Night
✅17. Thanksgiving The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
18. Fireworks
Vicki O's 2025 Autumn ChallengeThe Phrases (Initial letters of author's first & surnames)
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest (9/8) What I Ate in One Year, by Stanley Tucci
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather (9/6) Tomlinson's Wake: A Doc Ford Novel, by Randy Wayne White
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest (9/4) What's What: A Visual Glossary of the Physical World by Reginald Bragonier Jr.
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween (9/9) Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel by Anne Hillerman
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
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: Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent 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: These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany
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: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
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
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
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
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
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
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
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
Gail's Fall Challenge☀ Progress: 3 / 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
3. Harvest
☀ 4. Red and Orange: 2: Devil's Peak
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
☀ 7. Pumpkin Spice: 1: Natasha Preston: The Lake
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
☀ 11. Spooky Season: 1: Stephen Spotswood: Fortune Favors the Dead
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
Sherri H. 2025 Fall Challenge The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage - Finding Grace
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
Fall Reading ChallengeSep 1 - Nov 30
-- 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: Cauldron's Bubble (Netherfeld Trilogy, #1) by Amber Elby
🍁 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:
13. Jack-o-Lantern:
14. Trick or Treat:
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
🍁 17. thAnkSgiving: Sherman Alexie - The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
18. Fireworks:
Rachael's Fall Reading Challenge (updated 9/1/2025)Progress: 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
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 - Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange - Gold by Catherine Winters
✅5. Foliage - The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
6. Cooler Weather
✅7. Pumpkin Spice - Song of the Sun God by Shankari Chandran
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
✅10. Oktoberfest - Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night - Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan by Randall Kenan and Tayari Jones
✅17. Thanksgiving - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
18. Fireworks
1. Autumn or Fall2. 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
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
09-10-25 9/181. 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 Falling in Love with Hominids
√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 Uncle Tungsten (Oliver Sacks)
√11. Spooky Season
√12. Halloween Narwhals: Arctic Whales in a Melting World
13. Jack-o-Lantern Jane and the Year Without a Summer {title}
14. Trick or Treat
√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 - 3A | 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
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
T | Leverage in Death, J.D. Robb | 9/7
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
A | A Patchwork of Clues, Sally Goldenbaum | 9/4
16. Bonfire Night
T | No More Yesterdays, Catherine Bybee | 9/3
T | Badlands, C.J. Box | 9/8
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
Fall Reading Challenge1. 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
Progress: 0/18The Phrases
1. Autumn - N is for Nana - Nana, Vol. 21 by Ai Yazawa (planned)
2. Corn Maze - C for Care - Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (planned)
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage - L for Lud - Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees (started, audiobook)
6. Cooler Weather - W for Wintering - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May (planned)
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater - S for (the) Safekeep) - The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (planned)
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest - O for Of - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (planned)
11. Spooky Season - A for Ai and Y for Yazawa - Nana, Vol. 20 by Ai Yazawa (planned)
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 (planned)
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
18. Fireworks - E for Edward and F for Forster - Maurice by E.M. Forster (planned)
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
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
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
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
Crossfire
⬜3. Harvest
A Mouthful of Dust
⬜4. Red and Orange
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
⬜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!
1/18
ATY 2025 Fall Reading ChallengeSeptember 1, 2025 to November 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)
The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall - Martin Luther - Finished 9/8/2025
2. Corn Maze - The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold - Finished 9/3/2025
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange - The Many Daughters of Afong Moy: A Novel - Finished 9/4/2025
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather - The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven - Finished 9/2/2025
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater - On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer - Finished 9/4/2025
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories - The Summer Guests
- Finished 9/6/25
16. Bonfire Night
17. Thanksgiving
18. Fireworks
6/18
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
b 13-Minute Murder: Dead Man Running / 113 Minutes / 13 Minute Murder
c. colours exemplify fall red and god 
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
a Mile High
b
c
7. Pumpkin Spice
a
b Katabasis
c
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
a. The Match Harlan Coben
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
a The Holiday
b
c
13. Jack-o-Lantern
14. Trick or Treat
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: 6/18
The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
🍂 2. Corn Maze: Three Act Tragedy [author initials]
3. Harvest
🍂 4. Red and Orange: A Deadly Education [title, author initials]
5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
🍂 11. Spooky Season: The Graceview Patient [cover]
12. Halloween
🍂 13. Jack-o-Lantern: The Listeners [title]
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
🍂 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]
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 Challenge3/18
The Phrases
1. Autumn or Fall
2. Corn Maze
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
The Girls of Good Fortune, Kristina McMorris(cover)5. Foliage
6. Cooler Weather
7. Pumpkin Spice
The Leper of Saint Giles, Ellis Peters(author)8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
12. Halloween
13. Jack-o-Lantern
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 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
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