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🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 1: January 1, 2025 ~ American Football 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🏈 Read a book set in America.
🏈 Read a book from a series with at least 7 primary works.
🏈 Read a book with an 11 intact in the page count or publication date.
🏈 Read a book where the author or MC is named Tony, for my favorite football player of all time, Tony Gonzalez. {Spelling variations accepted.}
Completion PostTeam Sport: American Football
Book: Fearless Fourteen
Author: Janet Evanovich
Date Read: 1/2/25
Task: 🏈 Read a book from a series with at least 7 primary works.
How it Fits: The book is from the Stephanie Plum Series which has 31 primary works.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 2: January 15, 2025 - Soccer 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
⚽️ Read a book set in Europe.
⚽️ Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PITCH.
⚽️ Read a book published since 2009.
⚽️ Read a book where there are agencies that go by initials, like FBI or CIA.
Completion PostTeam Sport: Soccer
Book: Pink Is The New Black
Author: Vella Day
Date Read: 1/18/25
Task: ⚽️ Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PITCH.
How it Fits: The book title starts with a P.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 3: February 1, 2025 - Basketball 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🏀 Read a book with "two sides" to the story. {Your interpretation.}
🏀 Read a book with two of these numbers in the page count: 1891.
🏀 Read a book with the word TWO in the text.
🏀 Read a book where all the letters of TWO are in the author's first AND/OR last name.
Completion PostTeam Sport: Basketball
Book: The Boyfriend
Author: Freida McFadden
Date Read: 2/1/25
Task: 🏀 Read a book with the word TWO in the text.
How it Fits: The word TWO is in the text (pg. 6 - I have only two sleeveless dresses in my closet.)
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 4: February 15, 2025 - Baseball 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
⚾️ Read a book where a character plays or watches baseball.
⚾️ Read a book with double letters in the title.
⚾️ Read a book with something diamond-shaped on the cover.
⚾️ Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in AMERICAS PASTIME.
Completion PostTeam Sport: Baseball
Book: Death by Coffee
Author: Alex Erickson
Date Read: 2/24/25
Task: ⚾️ Read a book with double letters in the title.
How it Fits: There are double letters in the word "Coffee".
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 5: March 1, 2025 - Softball 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🥎 Read a book with a female MC.
🥎 Read a book where a character does something "underhanded" to another character.
🥎 Read a book set in Chicago.
🥎 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in GEORGE HANCOCK. {three-word minimum}
Completion PostTeam Sport: Softball
Book: Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Author: Janet Evanovich
Date Read: 3/4/25
Task: 🥎 Read a book with a female MC.
How it Fits: The MC, Stephanie Plum, is female.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 6: March 15, 2025 - Volleyball 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🏐 Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the publication date: 1964.
🏐 Read a book where a character jumps.
🏐 Read a book with all the letters of NET in the title.
🏐 Read a book where you see arms AND hands on the cover.
Completion PostTeam Sport: Volleyball
Book: Finding Tomorrow
Author: Denise Grover Swank
Date Read: 3/21/25
Task: 🏐 Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the publication date: 1964.
How it Fits: The book was published on July 4, 2019.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 7: April 1, 2025 - Rowing 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🚣🏼♀️ Read a book set in the 17th or 18th centuries.
🚣🏼♀️ Read a book with a boat of any kind on the cover.
🚣🏼♀️ Read a book with the word CREW found in the text.
🚣🏼♀️ Read a book where the title starts with a letter in COXSWAIN.
Completion PostTeam Sport: Rowing
Book: Waiting for Summer's Return
Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer
Date Read: 4/9/25
Task: 🚣🏼♀️ Read a book where the title starts with a letter in COXSWAIN.
How it Fits: The book title starts with a "W".
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 8: April 15, 2025 - Polo 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🏇🏼 Read a book set in Iran.
🏇🏼 Read a book with a horse on the cover.
🏇🏼 Read a book with all the letters of MALLET found in the title, including two Ls.
🏇🏼 Read a book where the MC could be a member of "high society." {Your interpretation.}
Team Sport: PoloBook: The Engineer's Wife
Author: Tracey Enerson Wood
Date Read: 4/27/25
Task: 🏇🏼 Read a book where the MC could be a member of "high society." {Your interpretation.}
How it Fits: Emily Roebling could be a member of high society due to her parents pedigree.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 9: May 1, 2025 - Water Polo 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🤽🏽 Read a book with a body of water on the cover.
🤽🏽 Read a book set in Scotland.
🤽🏽 Read a book with at least seven important characters.
🤽🏽 Read a book where you think the MC could play a "highly physical and demanding sport."
Team Sport: Water PoloBook:
Who Are You?Author: R.T. Lund
Date Read: 5/10/25
Task: 🤽🏽 Read a book with a body of water on the cover.
How it Fits: There is a lake on the cover.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 10: May 15, 2025 - Cricket 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🏏 Read a book with a white cover. {Your discretion.}
🏏 Read a book with an 11, intact, in the publication date.
🏏 Read a book with a 1 and a 6 in the page count.
🏏 Read a book with at least 20 chapters.
Team Sport: Cricket Book: Plum Lovin'
Author: Janet Evanovich
Date Read: 5/17/25
Task: 🏏 Read a book with a 1 and a 6 in the page count.
How it Fits: The book edition I read has 176 pages.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 11: June 1, 2025 - Wiffle Ball 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
⚾︎ Read a book set in Connecticut.
⚾︎ Read a book where the MC's first name starts with a letter in WIFFLE BALL.
⚾︎ Read a book where a character makes a joke.
⚾︎ Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title is found in DAVID N MULLANY. {three-word minimum}
Team Sport: Wiffle BallBook: Fighting Destiny
Author: Julie Trettel
Date Read: 6/2/25
Task: ⚾︎ Read a book where the MC's first name starts with a letter in WIFFLE BALL.
How it Fits: One of the MC's first name is Elise.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 12: June 15, 2025 - Rubgy 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🏉 Read a book set in England or Canada.
🏉 Read a book published before 1995.
🏉 Read a book with the word UNION found in the text.
🏉 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in MIDDLE AGES.
Team Sport: RubgyBook: Someone Like Us
Author: Dinaw Mengestu
Date Read: 6/25/25
Task:🏉 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in MIDDLE AGES.
How it Fits: The author's first initial is "D" and last initial is "M".
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 13: July 1, 2025 - Beach Volleyball 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🏝 Read a book with a beach scene on the cover.
🏝 Read a book set in Hawaii.
🏝 Read a book where one character serves another. {Be creative!}
🏝 Read a book with two of these numbers found in the page count: 1915.
Team Sport: Beach VolleyballBook: The Beach House
Author: Jane Green
Date Read: 7/5/25
Task: 🏝 Read a book with two of these numbers found in the page count: 1915.
How it Fits: The book edition I read has 419 pages.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 14: July 15, 2025 - Handball 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🤾🏽♂️ Read a book published in October of any year.
🤾🏽♂️ Read a book set in Asia or South America.
🤾🏽♂️ Read a book where the MC's occupation should come with protective equipment.
🤾🏽♂️ Read a book with an author OR MC named Karl, Max or Erich {spelling variations accepted.}
Completion PostTeam Sport: Handball
Book: Blue Sisters
Author: Coco Mellors
Date Read: 7/31/25
Task: 🤾🏽♂️ Read a book where the MC's occupation should come with protective equipment.
How it Fits: One of the MC's, Bonnie, is a bouncer, which can be a dangerous job and should come with protective equipment.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 15: August 1, 2025 - Tennis 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🎾 Read a book set in France.
🎾 Read a book where the MC is single.
🎾 Read a book with the word HAWK or EYE found in the text.
🎾 Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the publication date: 1988.
Completion PostTeam Sport: Tennis
Book: Incubus
Author: Ann Arensberg
Date Read: 8/3/25
Task: 🎾 Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the publication date: 1988.
How it Fits: There is a "1" and a "9" in the publication date (published on February 2, 1999).
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 16: August 15, 2025 - Pickleball 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🥒 Read a book with at least one scene in the kitchen.
🥒 Read a book set in the Pacific Northwest.
🥒 Read a book published in 2021, 2022, or 2023.
🥒 Read a book with a food item on the cover.
Completion PostTeam Sport: Pickleball
Book: The Seven Year Slip
Author: Ashley Poston
Date Read: 8/23/25
Task: 🥒 Read a book published in 2021, 2022, or 2023.
How it Fits: The book was published on June 27, 2023.
🤽🏻♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼♀️ 17: September 1, 2025 - Ice Hockey 🤾🏼♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻♀️Complete ONE of the following:
🏒 Read a book by a Canadian author.
🏒 Read a book where the title starts with a letter in MONTREAL.
🏒 Read a book published in March of any year.
🏒 Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 1875.
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Ashley Poston (other topics)Ann Arensberg (other topics)
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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! ~ A Year-Long Reading Challenge
Individual Challenge
January 1st - December 31st, 2025
Let's read books and complete tasks related to team and partner sports that are played and enjoyed around the world!
On the 1st and 15th of each month I will post a new team sport in the Playing Field Thread. You will have four tasks to choose from for each sport. You only need to complete one. Participate in as many or as few sports as you would like.
You will make your Completion Posts here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use this format. {You are welcome to copy and paste the game tasks into your own thread if you would like.}
Completion Post
Team Sport:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
If you have any questions, please post them in the Referee's Table Q & A Thread.
Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘Your first team sport will be posted on January 1, 2025.
📘Books must be completed after the team sport has been posted.