SRC Moderator’s Comments (group member since Aug 19, 2016)

SRC Moderator’s comments from the The Seasonal Reading Challenge group.

15.2 Here or There?
North America and Europe both have a variety of parks with beautiful landscapes, unique ecosystems and great history.
For this task visit this website https://www.britannica.com/topic/list... or this website:
Here you can see the national parks around the world.

Book 1: Using the North American parks, read a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) contains a word from the name one of the parks. Word must be exact and excludes the words Of, The, National and Park.
and
Book 2: Using the Europe parks read a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) contains all the letters of the complete name of one parks. The words National and Park may be excluded.
Required: State the country and park name for each book

15.1 More or Less?
The most visited park is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, attracting over 12 million visitors in 2024.
The least visited park is Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska with 11,000 visitors in 2024.

For this task organize your TBR by number of ratings.
Book 1: Read the book with the most ratings on your TBR
and
Book 2: Read the book with the least ratings on your TBR (if the book with the lowest ratings is not yet published or next in a series you are not caught up with, you may skip that book)

If you don't have a Goodreads list, any list works, but you still need to use the ratings.

Required State the ratings of each book

10.9 Fly Me To The Moon
Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969. Six hours and 39 minutes after landing, Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon. His iconic quote, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," was transmitted to Earth.
Read a book MPG Space, stand alone or embedded

10.8 Summer Lovin'
The Summer of Love was a major social phenomenon that occurred in San Francisco during the summer of 1967. As many as 100,000 people, mostly young people, hippies, beatniks, and 1960s counterculture figures, converged in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district and Golden Gate Park. Summer of Love encompassed hippie culture, spiritual awakening, hallucinogenic drugs, anti-war sentiment, and free love throughout the West Coast of the United States, and as far away as New York City.
Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
Required If the year is not evident from the Goodreads Main Page, provide a reference.

30.3 Susan A's Task: Exploring MPGs.

Participating in the Seasonal Reading Challenge has lead to me to discover that I actually enjoy some MPGs that I had been actively avoiding. Among them are:

MPG Survival
MPG Maritime
MPG Geology
MPG Medieval
MPG Adventure
MPG Post Apocalyptic

Choose 2 of the MPGs listed and read 1 book for each. The total number of pages read must exceed 500 pages. MPGS must match exactly.
Required: State the MPG.

Examples:
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (MPG survival) and Batavia's Graveyard The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny by Mike Dash (MPG Maritime)

T. Rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter Álvarez (MPG Geology) and The Bride (Lairds' Fiancées, #1) by Julie Garwood (MPG Medieval)

The Princess Bride by William Goldman (MPG Adventure) and The Stand by Stephen King (MPG Post Apocalyptic)

30.2 Katrisa's Task: Wrapped in Plastic

This year the world lost iconic director David Lynch. This prompted me to revisit Twin Peaks. It has been fun to dive back into that world and this task is based on that show. This is a 2 book task.
Please choose two different options and read a book from each. No children’s (or related MPG) or graphic novels/comics allowed.
Required:State the options

Option 1 - “The Owls are not what they seem.”
As the quote indicates, the owls in Twin Peaks are imbued with mystery. Are they the eyes of the Black Lodge? Souls? Aliens? Harbingers?
Read a book with the letters OWL found intact AND imbedded in a word in the title/subtitle. So just the word owl/s will not work but hOWLing, bOWL or knOWLedge would (the point being that OWL is “hidden” in the word).

Option 2 - The Bookhouse Boys
The Bookhouse Boys are a citizen group dedicated to defending Twin Peaks from the Evil that lurks around the town (and bust some drug dealers as well). The Twin Peaks police department are all members and Special Agent Dale Cooper is made an honorary member. Their symbol is a pine tree and a sword. Read a book with one or more conifer trees or a sword on the cover (the hilt of the sword must be visible. No knives or daggers).
EX:
Required: Post cover

Option 3 - The Black Lodge and White Lodge
The good vs. evil energies in Twin Peaks are symbolized by the Black Lodge and the White Lodge. Read a book from the first 20 pages of this
Good Vs Evil
Required: state the page

Option 4 - BOB
Bob is an evil spirit who inhabits hosts and commits terrible acts in order to harvest pain and fear and appears as a long-haired vagrant. Read a book from this list of books about
Demonic Possession
Required: state the page

Option 5 - Fire Walk with Me
The words “Fire walk with me” are found scrawled in blood near where Laura Palmer was murdered. The words are part of a poem first uttered by Mike in the pilot episode that is associated with the Black Lodge.
"Through the darkness of future past,
The magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds.
Fire walk with me."
Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the poem in the title (excluding WITH). Plurals/possessives are ok or you can drop the s from a word in the poem (i.e. you can use world or chant).
Required: State the word

10.7 Camp Rock
Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest largest performing arts festival in the world. The festival is held annually in August in Scotland. Artists and performers take to hundreds of stages all over the city, presenting shows for every taste.
Read a book where the MC is an active performance artist or performing arts is central to the story.
For the purpose of this task performance artist is someone who performs in front of an audience for entertainment.
Required If its not evident from the Goodreads Main Page, provide a reference.

10.6 Theater Camp
EXiS Experimental Film and Video Festival is held in Seoul South Korea every July. One of the most popular film festivals receiving entries from around the world. 2025 is the 22nd year for this festival.
Read a book first published either in July of any year or any month for the year 2022.

10.5 I’ll Be There For You
International Day of Friendship is celebrated on July 11. Celebrate by reading a book off of this list.
Friendship Fiction
Required: state the page

10.4 Future's So Bright
National Sunglasses Day is observed annually on June 27th
Read a book with a person wearing sunglasses on the cover. The sunglasses must be dark or reflective, on a face, and at least 1 lens showing.
Required: post the cover

10.3 500 Reads of Summer
Summer is made for reading.
Read a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of this list.
Summer Books List
Required: state the page

10.2 I Know What You Read Last Summer
Read a book that was claimed in the Summer 2024 Challenge Completed Task Thread
Required: State the Message # for each book.

10.1 Walking On Sunshine
Read a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) includes a word of 4 or letters made from the phrase
"Walking On Sunshine"
Required: State the word

5.9 Sand Time!
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve in Colorado may not be one of the flashier Parks, but can provide relaxing, family fun. Read a book with a stand alone word of at least four letters in the title (subtitles excluded), that can be made from the phrase GREAT SAND DUNES.
Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word.

SRC Moderator wrote: "This is the thread for the logo design contest. Each season, group members will have the opportunity to design a new logo that will represent the group during the duration of the following challeng..."

So sorry this is late guys, this somehow fell through the cracks, so excited to see what y'all come up with!

This is the thread for the logo design contest. Each season, group members will have the opportunity to design a new logo that will represent the group during the duration of the following challenge. You may submit a masthead banner design to accompany your logo.

Pictures and anything used to create the logo should be original material (i.e. no copyrighted images, including AI generated art).

Images must be between 1KB and 6MB and of type: jpg/jpeg/gif/png/tiff/tif
Logos are best in square or slightly rectangular (either vertical or horizontal) shapes. Some images may be cropped by GR.
A working size would be approximately 340px X 340px.
Mastheads are 3:1 or 970px wide by 245px high
On the group's homepage the logo overlaps the masthead at the lower left.

You can post a picture directly in this thread, provide a link to the image or send one of the moderators a message for help. The logo should reflect in some way the season, bonus theme or purpose of the group.

The Summer 2025 bonus theme is: National Parks

This thread is open for submissions and it will close at Midnight EST on May 25th, 2025 - voting will start the next day and run until the end of the GR day on May 30th. The winning submission will replace the current logo on June 1st. Good luck to everyone!

5.8 Name Game
Summer road trips are full of road trip games.
Read a book with an author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name.

5.7 Summer Vacations
Family vacations often include National Parks. Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover.
Required: Post the cover

5.6 Summer Song
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters found in the title (subtitles excluded) from the lyrics of "Hot Fun In The Summertime" by Sly & The Family Stone. Words must be exact.
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/slyth...
Required: State the word

5.5 Summer Solstice
June 21st is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Get ready for summer.
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title (subtitle words excluded) from the phrase "Summer Solstice".
Letters may only be used as often as they appear.