The Plot Pirates | Book Talk Reading Challenge 2025

Log only the books you finish or DNF from October 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. The logging will start and end at midnight whatever time zone you're in. The logging will officially stop at midnight PST October 31. (Pacific Time).

Log books within 3 days of finishing / DNFing them. Please DO NOT log pages that you intend to read or page counts of books that are in your TBR. ONLY FINISHED PAGES SHOULD BE LOGGED!

Add the book title/ author/ format and page count to the post you have reserved in your team’s thread (which will be posted by your captain). You will edit this post as you keep reading. You will also be adding the same page counts in the Google sheet that will be shared in your team’s thread.

Wherever possible, please use Amazon’s page counts for logging pages. For ebooks and audiobooks, use Kindle page counts. For paperbacks and hardcovers, use paperback page counts. If you cannot find the book on Amazon, you can use other legitimate sources.

For online fiction, use word count divided by 300 to log pages.

If you DNF, or if you are continuing a book from a previous month, log only the pages you’ve read this month. You can use percentage read (at the point of DNF) for ebooks, actual page numbers for paperbacks and for audiobooks, log pages based on number of hours read (40 pages per hour at normal speed)

You are responsible for tracking your own reading. Please keep an accurate log of the books you finish. We trust you to be honest. And while we understand the spirit of competitiveness, please also remember that the Reading Challenge is designed to motivate you to read more and beat your own personal counts, so you are competing with yourself!

Lastly, have fun! This is not meant to stress you out, or cause a burn out, it's meant to nurture a love of reading. Read what you can, how much you can, when you can!

oh_nakhrewaali Log

Leprechaun Log

OfTheHeart Log

nutmeg7 Log

Butterscotch11 Log

Minionite Log

mushat Log

Beautyful_mess Log

Ragazza_dolce Log

sambhavami Log (Not playing Bingo)

Moonstique Log (Not playing Bingo)

So-So Log (Not playing Bingo)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lyxF2LeKbpTG7KzbfVqHvHTTpoo8SvKWJaUaF1vWTv4/edit?usp=drivesdk

Each team will have 25 tasks to do; and each team member will be required to complete at least 2 tasks (aka read 2 books) for your team in order to win the participation badge

Captains, please post your team’s thread like always. The first post will have names of team members, rules, link to excel sheet and in the second post, you can post the Bingo Rules & mention who is doing what task.

The Bingo card will be posted on Oct 1st at 8 pm IST. You will have until Oct 3rd 8 pm IST to decide on the tasks and then the Bingo will officially begin. You also have this time period to clear any doubts/ queries about the tasks.

If a team member is non-responsive (hasn't volunteered for any task) by Oct 7th OR if a team member signs up and does not complete at least one task by Oct 15th, you can assign the same task to someone else in your team/ another volunteer can pick it up.

Each completed task carries 10 points.

Every row (5), diagonal (2) & colored group task (5) completed by a team carries an additional 50 points, but will be awarded only to the first team to complete them. For eg: If your team finishes all the Red colored tasks first, your team is awarded 50 points. Only those teams that tag me (I will be checking the time stamps) on completion will be considered for points.

Completing all the tasks on the grid (aka Bingo) carries 100 points, and will be awarded to the first team that completes it.

At the end of the challenge, we will total up the points and the winning team gets a special siggy.

When you complete a task on the grid, please also mention how the book relates to the task given. For eg: If the task is ‘Read a mystery book’, please post a short blurb of the book that highlights the genre, so that it’s easy for me to verify if the task has been completed accurately.

Captains (or anyone else in the team who's available) can make a master post with your team's target and then edit it later to add the links to the completed tasks posted by each team member. For eg: A volunteer can make a post stating that your team is going after the Middle Row and then edit it to add links as the tasks are completed. Then tag me, with the link to the master post and I will check based on the time stamp for when I was tagged. Since calling out 'Bingo' only counts even in the real game, if a team completes a row/diagonal/colored group ahead of everyone else but fails to tag me, then they don't win that row.

We know it's a team challenge and everyone gets competitive and wants to win, but please please don't cheat and mark the task as completed without reading the book just so your team can win/ claim Bingo.

The same thread can be used for Bingo and the Reading Challenge, meaning Captains will post both sets of Rules, then individual team members will reserve their log posts and then the discussion for Bingo can begin.

Books or FFs can count towards a challenge unless explicitly mentioned, but the minimum page number criterion of 60 pages must be maintained. Meaning you cannot read multiple one page FFs and log them as one task.

DNF pages will also not count; for a task to be considered completed on the Grid, only finished books will count.

Explainations here: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167371886

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#2: BM https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167382293

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#5: Shibani https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167380339

#6: Mushat https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167382004

#7: RD https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167382001

#8: Shibani https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167381544

#9: Butterscotch11 https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167380246

#10: Mushat https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167380796

#11: Minionite https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/book-talk/5376408/the-pilot-pirates-book-talk-reading-challenge-october-2025?pn=7#167380501

#12: Shibani https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167381108

#13: Minionite https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/book-talk/5376408/the-pilot-pirates-book-talk-reading-challenge-october-2025?pn=7#167380344

#14: Minionite https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/book-talk/5376408/the-pilot-pirates-book-talk-reading-challenge-october-2025?pn=7#167380551

#15: Butterscotch11 https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167380750

#16: Minionite https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/book-talk/5376408/the-pilot-pirates-book-talk-reading-challenge-october-2025?pn=8#167380708

#17: Butterscotch11 https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167381537

#18: BM https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167382328

#19: RD https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167381793

#20: Minionite https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/book-talk/5376408/the-pilot-pirates-book-talk-reading-challenge-october-2025?pn=9#167380802

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#23: RD https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167381211

#24: Shibani https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167382104

#25: RD https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167380490

Leprechaun's October reading log

1. Autumn on a Jade Mat by Ling Xi (119117/300) - 397 pages

2. Horse by Huangmuyiri (48953/300) - 163 pages

My Log for October

1. The burning lotus Wattpad book. Cursedmouth Historical fiction 120.pages. theme -historical fiction

2. Jibon shriti by Tagore written in first person.. 241 pages theme memoir/ autobiography paper book

3. A little princess by Francis education theme 152 pages fiction

4. Five point someone by Chetan Bhagat number in title 267 pages fiction PDF

5. Subornolata by Ashapurna Devi a part of series 438 pages paper book

6. Best laid plans by Anamika set in India. 588 pages theme thriller/ mystery

7. Grihadaha by Sharat Chandra 352 page single word title social issues

8. Super hero fan fiction .. wearing the cape by marion Harmon ..308 pages. Fantasy PDF

9. Devi choudhurany by Bankim Chandra chattopadhyay 204 pages. PDF

10.Bakul kotha by Ashapurna Devi 362 pages

currently reading

Will add page no soon

1. The Secret History by Donna Tartt - 559 pages. Author’s first book
2. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston - 352 pages. NYT best seller 2024
3. Red Rising by Pierce Brown - 382 pages.
4. No Exit By Taylor Adams - 352 pages.
5. Pet Sematary by Stephen King - 395.

Res for Mooniya's reading list

Shibani's log

Fanfictions

Name ---- Author ---- Word count/300

From The Spaces In Between ----NocturnalNights ---- 32,220/300=107

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Novels

Name ---- Author ---- Page count

Ward D ---- Freida McFadden ---- 100 (continued from last month)

My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding ---- Sajni Patel ---- 304

Murder on the Eiffel Tower: A Victor Legris Mystery: 1 (Victor Legris Mysteries, 1) ---- Claude Izner ---- 320

Murder in Mahin ---- Jerry Pinto ---- 240

Fake Dates and Mooncakes ---- Sher Lee ---- 274

The Space in Between (The Heaven Series #2) ---- Bhavini K. Desai ---- 772

The Locked Door ---- Freida Mcfadden ---- 320

The Fisher Queen’s Dynasty ---- Kavita Kané ---- 336

The Teacher ---- Freida Mcfadden ---- 393

One by One ---- Freida Mcfadden ---- 295

The Intruder ---- Freida Mcfadden ---- 302

The Reappearance of Rachel Price ---- Holly Jackson ---- 433

Not Quite Dead Yet ---- Holly Jackson ---- 400

Tell Me What You Did ---- Carter Wilson ---- 420

All Good People Here ---- Ashley Flowers ---- 312

The Wrong Daughter ---- Dandy Smith ---- 353

Home Is Where the Bodies Are ---- Jeneva Rose ---- 249

Don't Let Him In ---- Lisa Jewell ---- 360

Lock Every Door ---- Riley Sager ---- 368

Cross My Heart ---- Megan Collins ---- 320

1. Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 671 pages - this was part of Book Bingo and is under Read by Someone Else in August (DreamOfEndless read it in August)
2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | J.K. Rowling | 333 pages - this was part of Book Bingo and is under Movie/Series Adaptation
3. The Sign of Four | Arthur Conan Doyle | 129 pages - this was part of Book Bingo and is under Number in Title
4. The Giver | Lois Lowry | 208 pages - this was part of Book Bingo and is under Futuristic or Dystopian
5. Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows | James Lovegrove | 352 pages - this was part of Book Bingo and is under A Retelling
6. The Greatest Escape | Neil Churches | 400 pages
7. The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Agatha Christie | 174 pages
8. Angels & Demons | Dan Brown | 736 pages
9. The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz | Anne Sebba | 400 pages
10. The Murder on the Links | Agatha Christie | 199 pages
11. Prosperity | Colin Mayer | 288 pages

Butterscotch's Log October 2025

1. Ninja At First Sight | Penny Reid | 122 pages (Part Of Book Bingo)

2. Sinful Summer | Emilia Finn | 230 pages (Part Of Book Bingo)

3. Mean Streak | Sandra Brown | 417 pages (Part Of Book Bingo)

4. The City of Pillars | Bhavini K. Desai | 833 pages

5. The Space in Between | Bhavini K. Desai | 773 pages

6. Beyond This Heaven | Bhavini K. Desai | 874 pages

7. The Sweetest Oblivion | Danielle Lori | 432 pages

8. The Maddest Obsession | Danielle Lori | 376 pages

9. The Kingmaker | Kennedy Ryan | 345 pages

Total Page Count: 2912

1. Zodiac Academy 3: The Reckoning by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (eBook/562 pages) BB

2. Pen Pal by JT Geissinger (eBook/351 pages) BB

3. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (eBook/385 pages) BB

4. Ice by Anna Kavan (eBook/160 pages) BB

5. Zodiac Academy 4: Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (eBook/686 pages)

6. Zodiac Academy 5: Cursed Fates by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (eBook/768 pages)