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Jessica S Message 1348

30.1 option 3 requires the cover to posted.

Delicious Dee Message 1320

Per posting requirementstask claims must include a short description of the task.

Option A doesn't have a task criteria description

Fly wrote: "It looks like today's update gave me an extra BB ticket"

this has been corrected.

Cindie Message 1298

You have previously posted the task 20.3 on message 325 with book Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism.

If you would like to switch books around, please post an unclaim for this task before claiming.

Coffeegirl Message 1271

Task 30.1 requires one book to be a debut and to state which book is the debut book.

trishhartuk Message 1259

Option 3 for has the requiremen: post the cover.

Please repost with the cover.

Tess Message 1162

Please repost with your readerboard name.

Congrats Katrisa, Susan A and JennRenee for completing the 2025 Summer Challenge. You have a 30-point task in the Fall challenge.

Trish wrote: "Cheers.

In which case, it's probably worth asking the mods to adjust the task wording to "at least" rather than "approximately"."

Fixed. I should have caught that in the editing phase.

50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
Help Thread

I have two sons, Greg (38 y/o), and Eric (33 y/o), who both are getting married this summer two months apart. I am over-the-moon they have found their loves, but wow, back-to-back weddings is a lot!

This is a 3 book task:
1. Read one book for each of the 3 options.
2. One book must be published in 2025.
3. Total combined pages must equal 750 or greater.
4. No graphic novels or manga allowed.


Book 1: Greg’s June Wedding

Greg and Rachel were married on June 7th in an outdoor wedding at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MD. This was mainly a destination wedding. They live in Pittsburgh, PA, along with most of Rachel’s family. My side of the family lives in Salisbury, MD about 30 minutes from the destination.

Option A: Pittsburgh has a tradition called the “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table.” The tradition is believed to have started during the Great Depression when families couldn’t afford to make cakes for weddings, and cookies were more affordable. Family and friends bake cookies for the wedding cookie table. Guests snack on the cookies during the reception and containers are provided to take home cookies as a favor. We had over 170 dozen cookies. In addition, the bride and groom did not want a traditional wedding cake, so I added 5 Smith Island cakes to the cookie table. Smith Island cake, an 8-10 layer cake, is our state cake and an Eastern Shore of Maryland tradition, so we married our traditions.
Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table” or “Smith Island Cake.” The words “and” and “the” may not be used.
Required: State the word and which phrase you used.

Option B: The wedding took place at the end of a long pier, under a pavilion on the Choptank River. Read a book with a pier, pavilion or gazebo, or a natural body of water on the cover.
Required: Include the cover in your post.
Examples:


Book 2: Eric’s August Wedding

Eric and Meghan are getting married on August 2nd at an outdoor wedding at Top of the Pines located in Ridgway, Colorado. This is truly a destination wedding for everyone. Eric and Meg live in Denver about 5 ½ hours from the venue and her family lives in Durango, CO several hours away. My family here in Maryland is approximately 32 hours away.

Option A: Top of the Pines is located at the foot of the Sneffels Range in southwest Colorado. It is a designated “International Dark Sky Park,” which means the park acts to preserve and protect dark sites through lighting policies. Artificial light can disrupt ecosystems, impact human health, contribute to climate change, waste energy, and block our view and connection to the universe.
Read a book whose cover shows the night sky with visible stars.
Required: Include the cover in your post.

Examples:


Option B: Guests will be traveling to the wedding from: Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany.
Read a book set at least 50% in one or combination of the places listed above.
Required: If not obvious from the GR description, then provide a reference.

Book 3: Mother of the Grooms

My heart is full knowing my sons have found wonderful women to love and to be loved by, along with their extended families. I gladly welcome my daughter-in-loves and their families into mine.

Option A: Read a book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in “Mother of the Grooms.” Multiple authors are allowed as long as one qualifies.

Option B: Since I am the mother of two boys with not one, but two weddings over the summer, read a book whose title contains a plural word.

Example:
My Friends ; Black Woods Blue Sky ; The Bright Years ; Six Days in Bombay ; We Solve Murders ; The Sirens

50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married

I have two sons, Greg (38 y/o), and Eric (33 y/o), who both are getting married this summer two months apart. I am over-the-moon they have found their loves, but wow, back-to-back weddings is a lot!

This is a 3 book task:
1. Read one book for each of the 3 options.
2. One book must be published in 2025.
3. Total combined pages must equal 750 or greater.
4. No graphic novels or manga allowed.


Book 1: Greg’s June Wedding

Greg and Rachel were married on June 7th in an outdoor wedding at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MD. This was mainly a destination wedding. They live in Pittsburgh, PA, along with most of Rachel’s family. My side of the family lives in Salisbury, MD about 30 minutes from the destination.

Option A: Pittsburgh has a tradition called the “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table.” The tradition is believed to have started during the Great Depression when families couldn’t afford to make cakes for weddings, and cookies were more affordable. Family and friends bake cookies for the wedding cookie table. Guests snack on the cookies during the reception and containers are provided to take home cookies as a favor. We had over 170 dozen cookies. In addition, the bride and groom did not want a traditional wedding cake, so I added 5 Smith Island cakes to the cookie table. Smith Island cake, an 8-10 layer cake, is our state cake and an Eastern Shore of Maryland tradition, so we married our traditions.
Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table” or “Smith Island Cake.” The words “and” and “the” may not be used.
Required: State the word and which phrase you used.

Option B: The wedding took place at the end of a long pier, under a pavilion on the Choptank River. Read a book with a pier, pavilion or gazebo, or a natural body of water on the cover.
Required: Include the cover in your post.
Examples:


Book 2: Eric’s August Wedding

Eric and Meghan are getting married on August 2nd at an outdoor wedding at Top of the Pines located in Ridgway, Colorado. This is truly a destination wedding for everyone. Eric and Meg live in Denver about 5 ½ hours from the venue and her family lives in Durango, CO several hours away. My family here in Maryland is approximately 32 hours away.

Option A: Top of the Pines is located at the foot of the Sneffels Range in southwest Colorado. It is a designated “International Dark Sky Park,” which means the park acts to preserve and protect dark sites through lighting policies. Artificial light can disrupt ecosystems, impact human health, contribute to climate change, waste energy, and block our view and connection to the universe.
Read a book whose cover shows the night sky with visible stars.
Required: Include the cover in your post.

Examples:


Option B: Guests will be traveling to the wedding from: Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany.
Read a book set at least 50% in one or combination of the places listed above.
Required: If not obvious from the GR description, then provide a reference.

Book 3: Mother of the Grooms

My heart is full knowing my sons have found wonderful women to love and to be loved by, along with their extended families. I gladly welcome my daughter-in-loves and their families into mine.

Option A: Read a book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in “Mother of the Grooms.” Multiple authors are allowed as long as one qualifies.

Option B: Since I am the mother of two boys with not one, but two weddings over the summer, read a book whose title contains a plural word.

Example:
My Friends ; Black Woods Blue Sky ; The Bright Years ; Six Days in Bombay ; We Solve Murders ; The Sirens

TessaVanessa Message 1113
Task requires the cover to be posted for option 3

Lora Message 1085

Task requires the cover to be posted for option 3

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 Fall 2025 bonus theme is: Historical Sites

This thread is open for submissions and it will close at Midnight EST on August 25th, 2025 - voting will start the next day and run until the end of the GR day on August 31st. The winning submission will replace the current logo on September 1st. Good luck to everyone!

Jessica S Message 1041

Book 1 is missing the book link. Please repost with the links to both books for the task.

Emily Message 1021

Please repost with your readerboard name.

Marty Message 984


the task requires the MPG to be listed in the genres listed on the main page. This books main pages has no genres listed.

Jessica S Message 956

The requires the authors initials to be found in 1 of the words. The authors initials AS does not appear in any 1 word.

Julia103 Message 869


For BB we still go off the top rated mmpb. I had to follow this however we can change this if we can find someone who can research and update the page number. I feel it could be the wrong page count.

Kathy Ks

Please repost with the bookcover.