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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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SUSAN A5.7 Summer Vacations
Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover.
by Frankie LoveNo MMPB Papaerback HERE
adult and 2 children on cover
points this task: 5
previous total: 540
new total: 545
SUSAN A10.8 Summer Lovin': Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
by Alvin MoscowMMPB HERE
First published October 1st 1960
points this task: 10
previous total: 545
new total: 555
SUSAN A10.10 Radioactive, Radioactive - Read a book with MPG Post-Apocalyptic
The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell
No MMPB Paperback HERE
MPG Post-Apocalyptic
points this task: 10
previous total: 555
new total: 565
SUSAN A20.10 Group Reads
Adventures of Sally by P.G. Wodehouse
MMPB HERE
discussion post
points this task: 20
previous total: 565
new total: 585
JEN B5.2 Civil War
Read a book with MPG War, Civil War, or Military Fiction.
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
MPG War
TOTAL POINTS: 120
JenJ IA15.5 Land of Dragons
Read a book with a single author with all initials found in Komodo OR Dragon OR Lizard.
Required: State which word used - Dragon
Forty Rooms by Olga Grushin
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15/975
Tasks Completed: 1/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
JenJ IA15.7 Bright and Beautiful
Read a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye.
Required: Post the cover
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
89.8% Blue
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 30/975
Tasks Completed: 2/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
JenJ IA15.9 Let's Go Camping
Read a book with a camper, tent, or RV on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
Lily Bennett's Bucket List by Katherine Dyson (PB edition for page count)
Cover is Kindle edition, which I read.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 45/975
Tasks Completed: 3/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
JenJ IA20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride
Option 4
World Pride:
Read a book set at least 50% in any of the following past, current, or future host countries of World Pride: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.
Required: State the country. Provide a reference if the setting is not obvious on the GR book page.
The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian - set in Virginia, USA
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 65/975
Tasks Completed: 4/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
JenJ IA20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!
Option 3: Where Did You Go? -
B) Read a book by an author whose FIRST initial matches a letter in one of our visited national park state’s two letter abbreviations: AR, AZ, CO, IN, SD, TN, or WY AND whose LAST initial matches a letter in one of our visited ballpark state’s two letter abbreviations: CO, IL, MA, or MO.
A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85/975
Tasks Completed: 5/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
JenJ IA30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of Travels
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option
Required: State the options
Option 3: Niagara Falls
Read a book with a single author’s first and last initial that can be found in NIAGARA FALLS.
Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell
Option 4: Newfoundland
Read a book with an MPG Health or MPG Animals
Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose by Martha N. Beck
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 115/975
Tasks Completed: 6/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Julia10320.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
Option 4: Read a book with the MPG of Fantasy, Gothic or Ghosts
Thendara House
(MPG Fantasy)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 195
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
LoraTask: 15.5 Land of Dragons, using word DRAGON
Read a book with a single author with all initials found in Komodo OR Dragon OR Lizard.
Book/Author: Thanksgiving Day Parade / D. Allen
How it fits: author's initials DA are found in DrAgon
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 210
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
30.10 Amy FL’s task: Return of a FavoriteOption 1: Read a book with one of these words from the series in the title (subtitle excluded). Words must be exact. No variations.
Rules, Shadow, Eyes, Silent, Winter, Night, Mind, Sudden, Secret, Certain, Easy, Chosen, Mortal, Naked, Hidden, Broken, Invisible, Phantom, Wicked, Storm, Buried, Stolen, Silken, Field, Gathering, Extreme, Golden, Twisted, Neon, Masked, Ocean, Righteous, Judgment, Toxic, Lethal
The Shadow of what was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy #1) by James Islington
Option 3: Read a book written using a pseudonym.
Murder in Vienna by E.C.R. Lorac
as per GR profile, "Edith Caroline Rivett (who wrote under the pseudonyms E.C.R. Lorac"
Task total: 30
Season total: 95
MEGSCL10.1 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"
SOUL: Old Soul
TOTAL: 30 points, 1 IAF ticket
MEGSCL10.2 I Know What You Read Last Summer
Read a book that was claimed in the Summer 2024 Challenge Completed Task Thread
Post 2382: The Dream Hotel
TOTAL: 40 points, 1 IAF ticket
MEGSCL10.5 I’ll Be There For You
Friendship fiction list
Page 3: How to Age Disgracefully
TOTAL: 50 points, 1 IAF ticket
MEGSCL10.6 Theater Camp
Read a book first published either in July of any year
Your Friend and Mine
TOTAL: 60 points, 1 IAF ticket
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20.10 - Group Reads
Non-Fiction: Linguistics. Discussion post is here.
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
This book is non-fiction. One It's A Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 35
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 2
Bookwrm526Task #5.1 Victory Day
Read a book that takes place in one of the States or countries that have a National Park honoring WII. I chose Acadia, in Maine, and read The Bakery on the Cove by Eliza Ester (setting in Maine is stated in GR description, "With a heartwarming story and a small town setting on the beautiful beaches and hills of Maine, The Bakery"
Total points so far: 115
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 Bright and Beautiful
Read a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye. I chose BLUE and read Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night by Jón Kalman Stefánsson (67.8% blue according to Tineye).
Total points so far: 130
ROBIN P20.2 Rookie at the Top : Coffee Girl's Task: Favorite Things
Option 2: Celebrate - 4+ ltr word in BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Disco for the Departed
birthDay CelebratIOnS
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:2
ROBIN P30.2 Katrisa's Task: Wrapped in Plastic
Option 2: Conifer tree or sword on cover
Dangerous Books For Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained: Expanded Edition -
sword crossed with pen on cover**claiming 1 IAF pt for nonfiction**
Option 5: Word from poem in title
Between You and Us: A Novel
"Between" is in poem
Points this post: 30
Total points: 255
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:3
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Read a book that takes place in one of the States or countries that have a National Park honoring WII.
Redwood National Park in California
Resisting the Running Back by Lisa Suzanne / set in San Diego CA
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
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Read a book with MPG War, Civil War, or Military Fiction
My Kind of Loveby Nikki Ash / MPG Military Fiction
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
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Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of womens, gender, or feminism.
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy / Nonfiction; MPG Feminism
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
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Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found in "World Environment Day".
My Kind of Beautiful by Nikki Ash / NA in phrase
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
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Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title (subtitle words excluded) from the phrase "Summer Solstice".
This Moment by Kelly Elliott / TM in phrase
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
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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.
Can't Always Get What You Want by Sara Ney / WANT is in song lyrics
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
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Read a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of this list.
Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy / mid pg 3 of list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
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Read a book MPG Space, stand alone or embedded
Ghost Station by SA Barnes / MPG Space
Points this post: 10
Total points: 160
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Option 4- Read a book set at least 50%in any of the following past, current, or future host countries of World Pride: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.
This Feeling by Kelly Elliott / set in New York, USA
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
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Option 5- Read a book with an MPG of Historical, Romance, or Historical Romance. MPGs must be stand-alone, not embedded.
Boy Toy by Sarina Bowen / MPG Romance
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
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Option 3- Read a book with an author born or living in one of these states or country where the extended family resides: California, Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Germany.
Best Served Cold by Angela R. Casella / author lives in North Carolina according to GR bio
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
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Option 1- Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MOUNT MAZAMA
A Hero for Heather by Natalie Ann / NA in phrase
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
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Option 3- Read a book whose author has first and last initials made up of these letters. That is, the author initials are AA, AB, AO, BA, BB, BO, OA, OB, or OO.
As Long As I Have You by Bella Andre / BA in list above
Option 4- Read a book from the first 25 pages of one of these lists.
Winter Books
Christmas Books
Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday / pg 3 of Christmas list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 265
Mod
July Option 2- Celebrate by reading a book with a domestic dog on the cover!
by Jill ShalvisAugust Option 2- Read a book by an author whose initials (first and last) are in one of the following words: BEER or SMORES or WAFFLE
Starting Back by Stephanie Rose / SR in SMORES
Points this post: 25
Total points: 290
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Option 2- Get hot and steamy and read a book with MPG Romance, may be standalone or embedded
Abyss by Swati MH / MPG Romance
Option 3-Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye.
by Sue Hincenbergs / at least 5 colors on cover(RED, PINK, BLUE, VIOLET, GREY, ORANGE); this is a debut book67.7 %#ef4138Red
7.8 %#de584fRed
6.9 %#e1a39dPink
5.9 %#f9f4f2White
5.4 %#75a9c3Blue
3.3 %#9f314dViolet
1.1 %#553747Violet
0.8 %#e3d4b2Grey
0.7 %#4e5845Grey
0.4 %#dc9168Orange
Points this post: 30
Total points: 320
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Option A- Read the current last published book in a series of at least 3 books.
My Kind of Perfect by Nikki Ash / #3 in series, last book of series (Finding Love)
Option C- Read a book that is #3 or above but not the last published book in the series.
A Vacationer for Violet by Natalie Ann / #6 of 11 in series (Blossoms)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 350
Deborah5.5 Summer Solstice
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title (subtitle words excluded) from the phrase "Summer Solstice".
The Same Sky
TSS: Summer Solstice"
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 9
Tasks Done: 7
SHEMAC 25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating Summertime
This is a two book task. Choose two different months and read a book for one option each.
State the options- June Option 1; August Option 2
June
Option 1 -June is the most popular month for weddings!
Read a book where a wedding or a wedding anniversary is essential to the story.
Required: If not evident from the Goodreads main page, provide a reference
Texas Wedding
August
Option 2 - Read a book by an author whose initials (first and last) are in one of the following words: BEER or SMORES or WAFFLE. (LA)
My Friend the Professor by Lucilla Andrews
This task points: 25
Total season points: 310
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20.4 Golden Oldies: Kai's Task - London Adventure
Option 5: Read a book with an MPG of Historical, Romance, or Historical Romance. MPGs must be stand-alone, not embedded.
Alias Grace (MPG Historical)
Disclosure: I started reading this for the Spring challenge, but only reached around page 35, well below the 50% mark.
This book is a big book at 545 pages. One Big Book ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 55
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.9 Sand Time!
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.
Stars in Their Eyes: A Graphic Novel by Jessica Walton
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 1.0
WORD=STARS
Points this post: 5
Total points: 200/975
Task completed: 15/56
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 Camp Rock
Read a book where the MC is an active performance artist or performing arts is central to the story.
Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo
MC is/was a famous pianist.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 210/975
Task completed: 16/56
Nick KY5.7 Summer Vacation Adults and Children on the cover. I read Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 215
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.10 Radioactive, Radioactive
Read a book with MPG Post-Apocalyptic
The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220/975
Task completed: 17/56
Nick KY25.4 Bookworm526’s National Parks
Opt. 1.A. Set in Alaska, I read
Capitol Offenseby Mike Doogan.Opt. 2.B. Set in Turks & Caicos (from the Caribbean list), I read
Blood and Belonging by Vicki Delany.Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 240
Coffeegirl20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
Option 1: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MOUNT MAZAMA.
Book: Lights Out by Navessa Allen
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 40
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 Animals, Animals, Animals!
Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle. Animal, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Hyena, Lion, or Cheetah.
Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
WORD=Animal
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235/975
Task completed: 18/56
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15.2 Here or There?
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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.
The Prince and the Dressmaker
PRINCE is in Prince Albert National Park (Canada)
Book 2: Using the Europe Map 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.
Domains of Darkover
Title includes SAREK (Sarek National Park in Sweden)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 175
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13