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

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

2023 books:




is listed but this does not meet the SRC requirements

(The movie Crip Camp is also listed, but that's not a book!)

10.1 - Summer Reading List
Every year, UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students recommend some great books for the incoming classes (and everyone else) to read. Read a book from the 2023 or 2024 Berkeley Summer Reading lists
2023: (Re)Writing the Rules: https://web.archive.org/web/202404022...
*Alternative link: https://web.archive.org/web/202306011...

2024 Defining Moments: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/su...
Required: State which list your book is found on

The book must meet SRC requirements

Reserved

Reserved

5.9 Hot Summer Months

Summer is the warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August and in the southern hemisphere from December to February.

Read a book that was first published in one of the 3 Summer months of the hemisphere where you reside.

Required: State if you reside in the southern or northern hemisphere.

Reserved

Reserved

5.8 Sand Made Castles

Sandcastle Day is observed on the first Saturday in August every year. This year, it falls on August 3. Sandcastle Day was created to remind us of the pleasure that a bit of sand, water, and sunlight can provide us in the summertime. Everyone’s childhood sandcastle experiences should be treasured for the rest of their lives. Sandcastle Day is an excellent opportunity to take a few hours out of your day to recall how much fun it can be to build sandcastles at the beach with your children.

Read a book with a castle on the cover. For this task a castle, a castle is a building that includes at least one of the following: moat, tower, or drawbridge

Required: post the cover.

Reserved

Here is a small list of authors that were born in the 1980's

Hank Green- 1980
Sarah J Maas - 1986
Taylor Jenkins Reid- 1983
Jenny Han- 1980
Angie Thomas- 1988
Celeste Ng - 1980
Tahereh Mafi - 1988
Anna Todd - 1989
Veronica Roth- 1988
Lily Anderson - 1988
Elsie Silver- 1988
Elizabeth Acevedo- 1988
Emma Chapman- 1985
Marie Lu - 1984
Kass Morgan - 1984
Anna Marie Stoddard - 1984
Emma Healey - 1985
Jason Reynolds- 1983
Marissa Meyer - 1984
Christopher Paolini- 1983
Sara King - 1982
Tillie Cole- 1983
Lauren Oliver- 1982
Amelia Gray- 1982
Tarryn Fisher- 1983
Alyssa Cole- 1982
Tiffany D Jackson - 1982
Becky Albertalli- 1982
Elle Kennedy- 1982
Holly Smale- 1981
Cecelia Ahern- 1981
Derek Blasberg- 1982
Morgan Matson- 1981
Maggie Stiefvater- `98`
Dan Jones- 1981
Kiera Cass- 1981
Aurora Rose Reynolds- 1981
Lauren Kate- 1981
Karen Russell 1981
Andrew McMillan 1988
Kate Macarenhas 1980
Stacy Halls 1989
Ali Hazelwood - 1989
T.J. Klune (-982
Neon Yang/J.Y. Yang -1982/3
Arkady Martine -1985
Becky Chambers -1985
Amal El-Mohtar -1984
Stuart Turton -1980
Jane Harper - 1980
Elle Kennedy - 1982
Meghan Quinn - 1986
Lucy Foley - 1986
Namwali Serpell-1980
Robert Jackson Bennett.-1984
Brian McClellan-1986

5.7 We All Scream

This July is National Ice Cream Month, and you have Kentucky to thank! In 1984, Senator Walter Dee Huddleston of Kentucky introduced a resolution to proclaim the month of July 1984 National Ice Cream Month and the 15th of that month National Ice Cream Day.

Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
Required: State the year of birth. If the birth year is not present on the Goodreads author page, provide a reference.

Reserved

Reserved

5.6 Outside We Go!

National Play Outside Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of every month, National Play Outside Day is a monthly reminder to step away from the screens and spend some time engaging our brains and bodies in the great outdoors.

Read a book that features an outside activity e.g. camping, skiing, swimming, hiking, etc.
The outdoor activity does not need to be present in the entire book but must be essential to the story, for example a book about ski trip.

Required: If the outdoor activity is not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference.

Reserved

Reserved

5.5 The Great Cornholio

Cornhole is a lawn game popular in North America in which players or teams take turns throwing fabric bean bags at a raised, angled board with a hole in its far end. The goal of the game is to score points by either landing a bag on the board (one point) or putting a bag through the hole (three points). The adult foul lines are defined as an imaginary line 27 feet between the front of each board.

Read a book that is #2 or #7 or #27 in a series
The series name and number must be noted in grayscale above the book title.

Reserved

Reserved

5.4 Game of HORSE

The most classic of all the driveway hoops games, H-O-R-S-E is a fun, low-intensity way to brush up on your shooting skills. The object of the game is to match baskets. The game starts with player one shooting the ball from anywhere on the court. If he misses the shot, it’s player two’s turn. If he makes the shot, every other player must make the exact same shot, or they earn a letter. If a player accumulates five letters (which spells horse), he’s out. The last player standing wins.

Read a book that has all the letters of HORSE in the title/subtitle.