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August 2025 Scavenger Challenge - Summer CleaningDuration: Aug 01, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025
I missed spring cleaning this year because I had a few other things going on which made me feel overwhelmed at the thought of deep cleaning my house - it's daunting as it is. But I thought I could tackle it during summer considering it's too hot to go out anyway. I've been sorting and tossing out things I should have thrown/donated/sold years ago, and thought I'd put a challenge together so I can toss some stuff out of my TBR too.
There's a little twist in this challenge - out of the seven books you read for this, at least four have to be added to your TBR before the start of 2025. Do tell us when you added it.
Let's go!
Stuff I got rid of/intend to get rid of during my summer cleaning:
1. Paper/Documents/Bills that I've hung on to for years because maybe it's important? Yeah, no. In the shredder they go.
🗑️Read a book with paper of some kind on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a physical book.
2. Those knickknacks I bought years ago because they were cute and were on sale but they don't fit anywhere in my home, so I stuffed them in a closet just in case I felt moved to change my decor.
🗑️Read a book with the inside of a residential house on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book that you picked mainly because of the cover (post the cover).
3. Expired medicines that I didn't use and didn't throw because for one thing what if I felt sick enough to need them one day and another, because I didn't know how to safely get rid of them. (Turns out flushing is better than tossing some meds in the trash, and in any case, there are places near me that take unused or expired medicines).
🗑️Read a book in which someone is sick enough to need medication (tell us who) -or- read a book in which a character doesn't do something because it might be unsafe (tell us how your book fits).
4. My old clothes that stopped fitting me years ago, but I hung onto because they were cute and what if I accidentally did manage to fit into them again?
🗑️Read a book with unworn clothes shown on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book whose protagonist works with clothes in some way (tell us what they do).
5. An ice cream maker that I bought when I also bought an ice cream making book, both of which I used twice and never again. I'm keeping the book though, because it's a book and it looks pretty.
🗑️Read a book with a dessert shown on the cover (bonus for ice cream, post the cover) -or- reread a book.
6. So many plates and mugs that I've hung onto in case I need them when hosting friends but the only time I remember they exist is when my younger cat gets in the cabinet and knocks something over.
🗑️Read a book in which the main character entertains and feeds guests -or- read a book with a cat on the cover (bonus for a tuxedo cat, post the cover).
7. The drawer full of mystery cables that go with something, but I have no idea what - I'm fairly certain I'm going to regret this one, I'll need one of these very soon.
🗑️Read a book marked Mystery on the main page -or- read a book in which a character makes a decision that they come to regret (tell us how the book fits, use spoilers if needed).
8. Some of my old yarn, crochet hooks and macrame tools because I would have used them by now if I wanted to, wouldn't I?
🗑️Read a book in which the main character has a hobby (tell us what their hobby is) -or- read a book with yarn or rope on the cover (post the cover).
9. A drawer full of user's manuals - some of the gadgets themselves I no longer own. This was the easiest toss and made me feel quite accomplished.
🗑️Read a book that's easy to read (tell us why) -or- read a nonfiction science book.
10. My son's art from when he was little - I'm sentimental, but I really don't need a paper that has a single line on it, right? (I confess, I packed them all in boxes and put them in the garage to deal with some other day).
🗑️Read a book with something that seems to belong to a child on the cover (a toy, a small shirt, a cradle all work, post the cover) -or- read a book that tugs at your heart.
CHALLENGE RULES - PLEASE READ!
See this thread for more detailed rules for CCC challenges.
❖ If you want to participate in a challenge, sign up by posting at least a partial list of the challenge requirements. This gives us a post to link you to, which you can use to update your books as the challenge progresses.
❖ Books must be at least 150 pages long (unless they are graphic novels, see below) and may only be used for one task in this challenge, but cross-challenge posting is encouraged.
❖ Graphic novels must be at least 300 pages long, but two books can be combined to make up the page count as long as they both meet the same criteria.
❖ For each book you read, please post a link to the title and mention the author and the date you finished reading it. If a challenge task gives several options, make it clear which option you’ve chosen. If the task calls for an item/color on the cover, include a link to the book cover.* If it’s not obvious from the book title or cover, be sure to explain how your book fits the task. If you don’t, you won’t get credit for completing that task.
❖ If you want the challenge moderator to verify those books as you post them, please copy/paste your update into a new message. If you do this while you still have the Edit window open, it will copy all of your formatting, etc. too. It will make it easier on the moderators if we won't have to scroll back through the entire thread looking for "message #15," or to follow links back to an original post.
❖ When you complete the challenge, please post your entire list as a new message to make it easier for everyone to see what you’ve read :) If you don’t repost your list, your name will not be added to the list of those who have completed the challenge.
❖ Rereads are allowed, as long as you read the entire book and not just skim the best portions! :)
* If you don’t know how to post a link to the book title, cover or author, see the instructions HERE.
Congrats, Meg!
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Congrats, OM!
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Next guess: J-9Spiced and Iced by Jenny Kales
Read: 5/23/25
Pages:239"
J9 is a miss.
Congrats, Angel and Frankie!
Congrats, everyone!
Congrats, Karen and Connie!
Thanks Jimena!
Congrats, Frankie, Patrizia, Angel and Joann!
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Great job, Joy!
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Next guess: J-6Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Pages: 368
Read: 5/21/25"
J6 is a miss.
Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Guess #9S8 - Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh 20 July 2025 ★★★★★ 398 pages, Kindle Edition
"S8 is a miss.
Andrea wrote: "Thanks, Chaitra! I have another one ready.Finding Amanda (The Amanda Books by Robin Patchen, 358 pgs, F8, 7/20/25"
F8 is a miss.
Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "3. ScientistPrimal Mirror by Nalini Singh 20 July 2025 ★★★★★
1. Drowning (body of water)
Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine 18 July 20..."
The murder was not at Silicon Valley.
Meg wrote: "Professional athlete ==> Traci Hall - Murder in a Scottish Garden 07/05Poison (cupcakes) ==>
Murder Most Finicky, Liz Mugav..."The murderer was not the professional athlete.
Thanks Jennifer! Congrats, Angel!
I've finished #8. My next song is Sugar by Sleep Token.🎼8. Afterlife, Evanescence
✔ A - Queen Margot | Alexandre Dumas ★★ (06/06/25)
✔ F - The Fifth Petal | Brunonia Barry ★ (06/23/25)
✔ T - Women Talking | Miriam Toews ★★ (06/19/25)
✔ E - The House at Sea's End | Elly Griffiths ★★ (06/11/25)
✔ R - Revan | Drew Karpyshyn ★★ (06/03/25)
✔ L - The Last Colony | John Scalzi ★★★ (05/28/25)
✔ I - Consider Phlebas | Iain M. Banks ★★★★ (06/01/25)
✔ F - Redemption Point | Candice Fox ★★★ (06/25/25)
✔ E - A Cold, Cold World | Elena Taylor ★★★ (06/15/25)
✔ E - Enemy Women | Paulette Jiles ★★ (06/21/25)
✔ V - Designer Dirty Laundry | Diane Vallere ★★ (06/28/25)
✔ A - Death by a Honeybee | Abigail Keam ★★★ (06/19/25)
✔ N - Kale to the Queen | Nell Hampton ★★ (06/14/25)
✔ E - The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language | Mark Forsyth ★★★★★ (06/27/25)
✔ S - Death at the Manor | Katharine Schellman ★★ (05/29/25)
✔ C - Sisters in Science | Olivia Campbell ★★★ (06/16/25)
✔ E - Endling | Maria Reva ★★★★★ (06/29/25)
✔ N - Love in a Cold Climate | Nancy Mitford ★★ (06/15/25)
✔ C - Brownsville: Stories | Oscar Cásares ★★★★ (06/24/25)
✔ E - Murder in an English Glade | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (07/21/25)
I'm finished.July 2025 Spell Challenge
Duration: Jul 01, 2025 - Jul 31, 2025
Completed: 9/9
✔ T - Heir to the Empire | Timothy Zahn ★★★ (07/04/25)
✔ R - Rosemary and Rue | Seanan McGuire ★★ (07/03/25)
✔ A - Abide With Me | Jane Willan ★★★★ (07/07/25)
✔ D - Death Comes to the Village | Catherine Lloyd ★★ (07/10/25)
✔ E - Murder in an English Glade | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (07/21/25)
✔ W - So Far Gone | Jess Walter ★★★ (07/06/25)
✔ I - The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks ★★ (07/09/25)
✔ N - A Crime of Poison | Nancy Haddock ★★ (07/02/25)
✔ D - The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans | Laura Trethewey ★★★★ (07/11/25)
*** Completed (07/21/25) ***
