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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved – Erica H’s Task: Organized Procrastinator
Option 2: Read a book with a word of 5 or more letters in the title spelled from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE.
Three Shots by Katy Grant
WORD=Three
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270/975
Task completed: 20/56
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle spelled from the phrase BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS.
Jeremy Stone by Lesley Choyce
WORD=Stone
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290/975
Task completed: 21/56
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride
Option 2: Read a book with a title or subtitle that contains a 4+ letter word made from one of two phrases: STONEWALL UPRISING or PRIDE PARADE.
Riot Act by Diane Tullson
WORD= Riot made from sTOnewall upRIsing
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310/975
Task completed: 22/56
Coffeegirl20.5 Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task - Light Up My World, Scarlett!
Option 1 - Read a book that contains red on the cover
Book: The Jane Austin Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 60
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies: Kai's Task - London Adventure
Option 3: Read a play.
Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
Points this post: 20
Total points: 330/975
Task completed: 23/56
Coffeegirl20.2 Favorite things about books
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle spelled from the phrase BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Book: The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
birtHdaY cElebratiONs -- HONEY
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 80
Coffeegirl20.3 Celebrating Pride
Option 2 Read a book with a title or subtitle that contains a 4+ letter word made from one of two phrases: STONEWALL UPRISING or PRIDE PARADE.
Book: Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey
stonewalL upRIsinG -- GIRL
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 100
Task 20.5 - Light Up My World, Scarlett!option 4: MPG Suspense
A Palm for Mrs Pollifax
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165 points
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5.6 Summer Song
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"
The Girls Are All So Nice Here
(End of the Spring and HERE she comes back)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 230
Mod
5.7 Summer Vacations
Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover.
The Road to Tender Hearts
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 235
HanneloreTask 20.1 - Most Improved – Erica H’s Task: Organized Procrastinator
Option 2: Read a book with a word of 5 or more letters in the title spelled from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE.
Book: Dead Ever After
How it fits: The word 'After' fits in "Finish REsisTAnce"
Points this task: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
Erica H. 30.5 Delicious Dee 's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: HG Wells
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option
The combined page count of the books must be at least 501 pgs.
Required State the options
Option 1 - Read a book by H.G. Wells The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, has 176 pages.
Option 5 - Read a book that is set at least 75% in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) or in New Jersey, USA.
To Die But Once, set in London at the beginning of WWII. I listened to the audiobook. The highest rated paperback version has 384 pages.
176 + 384 is more than 501 pages.
***Claiming one GO ticket for The Invisible Man, published in 1897***
Points: 30
Total points: 140
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 1
JEN B20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
Option 1
Read a book where animals or their natural habitats are essential to the story.
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
This book focuses on the various octopuses that the author befriends while researching.
TOTAL POINTS: 140
Rockynook20.4 - London Adventure
Option 4: all letters of KEW in author's name
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
chris WhitaKEr
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 100
20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating PrideOption 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.
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
From book MP
Setting
Sweden
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks Completed: 9
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!Option 1: Through the Years -
Read a book that was first published in one of these years. 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 , 2024, and 2025.
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
First published April 4, 2023
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 10
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great YellowstoneSince Yellowstone was the first national park, at least one of your books needs to be a debut book by the author.
Option 2: read a book with MPG Romance, may be standalone or embedded
In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros
Option 3:
Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye.
by Nikki Erlick62.9 %#d9a425 Orange
12.3 %#363636 Grey
9.0 %#cecdcf Grey
5.5 %#9e7d33 Brown
3.9 %#264285 Blue
2.8 %#6d5d37Brown
1.3 %#e9d2b0 Pink
1.1 %#31849e Blue
0.7 %#7f56a2 Violet
0.4 %#1993cf Blue
This was a debut book
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 240
Total Tasks Completed: 11
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
30. 9 Nick KY’s Task: Uluru – National Parks of Australia.Opt. 2. Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle/author’s name from the phrase ulUrU KaTa TJUTA NICK KY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Required: State the word
LAURA
The Night We Lost Him byLaura Dave
Opt. 4. Read a book that takes place at least 50% in Australia or is by an author born in or currently living in Australia.
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
This one is both:
Setting Australia
"She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children."
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks Completed: 12
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.1 Ash's Task: Boss Level
Option 2: read a book with that name in the title, subtitle, or author first or last name: Poppy, Molly, Pecan, Maple, Vivian, Olive, Erik, Chief, Bonbon, Grizzly
Girl Fourteen: Shattered by MOLLY Black
Option 4: read a book where the page number consists of at least two of the numbers 0,1,3, or 5.
Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash by Dave McKean
120 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 355/975
Task completed: 24/56
30.10 Amy FL’s task: Return of a FavoriteOption 1: The Titles
Read a book with one of these words from the series in the title (subtitle excluded). Words must be exact. No variations.
Rules
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane
Option 4: The Characters
Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of the recurring characters in the Prey series.
Jennifer Carey
Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 300
Total Tasks Completed: 13
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Fly's Task - Celebrating Summertime
JUNE Option 1: Read a book that has a wedding dress, a wedding cake, Champagne glass(es) or wedding ring on the cover.
by Tom KingAUGUST 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.
Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival by Spencer Schneider
Initials found in SmoreS
Points this post: 25
Total points: 380/975
Task completed: 25/56
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.9 Nick KY’s Task: Uluru – National Parks of Australia.
Option 1: Read a book with at least 3 U's in the title/subtitle.
Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World by Chris McLeod
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle/author’s name from the phrase ULURU KATA TJUTA NICK KY.
Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia Cole
WORD=train
Points this post: 30
Total points: 410/975
Task completed: 26/56
Nick KY30.7 Cat’s Books of Europe.
Book 1. Takes place in a non-UK European country. I read Lush by Rochelle Dowden-Lord, takes place in France.
Book 2. Author born in a non-UK European country. I read Naked Masks: Five Plays by Luigi Pirandello, born in 1867 Sicily, a part of “The Kingdom of Italy” (Wiki).
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 270
Rochelle20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
Option 3: Read a book first published between May and October (inclusive) of any year from 1996-onwards.
Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland was published Sept. 2023
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Total BB: 1
Rochelle20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle spelled from the phrase BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games by Marcus du Sautoy
Tarot is spelled out in birTdAy celebRaTiOn.
This is a non-fiction book, so I would like to claim an It's a Fact ticket.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
IAF this post: 1
Total IAF: 1
Total BB: 1
Rockynook20.5 - Light Up My World, Scarlett!
Option 2: Read a book with one of these standalone words in the title/subtitle or author’s name: scarlett, scarlet, red, crimson.
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 120
KRISTA KY15.7 Bright and Beautiful
Read a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye.
Something Wilder
- 58% blue!Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Books read: 5
KRISTA KY30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: Get hot and steamy and read a book with MPG Romance
Disappoint Me
Option 3: Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye.
The Unsinkable Greta James
Points this post: 30
Total points: 115
Books read: 7
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
15.7 Bright and Beautiful
Read a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye.
by Lois McMaster Bujold57.8% Blue
9.7% Blue
6.8% Blue
I listened to an audiobook; hb-264 p. (no mmpb or pb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 15-15=0
Tasks completed: 1/57-1=0
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Kathy KS30.2 Katrisa's Task: Wrapped in Plastic
Choose two different options and read a book from each.
Option 2 - The Bookhouse Boys
Read a book with one or more conifer trees...
by Deborah Smithconifers are visible on the mountains
I read as an ebook; pb-183p. (no mmpb)
Option 4 - BOB
Read a book from this list of books about Demonic Possession
Required: state the page
Penric’s Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold
found on page 2 of list
I listened to an audiobook; hb-264p. (no mmpb or pb)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 30
Tasks completed: 1/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
JEN B20.4 Golden Oldies: Kai's Task - London Adventure
Option 4- FRIENDS
Read a book with all of the letters KEW in the author's name.
The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews
K in Kay
EW in andrEWs
TOTAL POINTS: 160
Kathy KS**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION [book 1]
25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating Summertime
Choose two different months and read a book for one option each.
July Option 2 - Read... a book with a domestic dog on the cover!
Required Post the cover.
by W. Daniel QuillenDog is sitting on the woman's lap
August Option 1 - Read a book whose main character is either a teacher or a student.
The Curse of the Giant Hogweed by Charlotte MacLeod
Professor Shandy and two colleagues from the College attend a professional seminar in Wales and have an adventure.
I listened to an audiobook; pb-168 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 55
Tasks completed: 2/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
JEN B20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride
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.
Home of the American Circus by Allison Larkin
This book is set almost entirely in Somers, New York, United States (stated in description)
TOTAL POINTS: 180
Kathy KS20.1 - Most Improved – Erica H’s Task: Organized Procrastinator
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
Option 2: Read a book with a word of 5 or more letters in the title spelled from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE.
My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old School Ways to Sharpen Your English by Caroline Taggart
SHARPEN=PRojEct fiNiSH resistAnce
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 75
Tasks completed: 3/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Lisa MD10.1 - Walking on Sunshine
Title Word 4+ Letters in "Walking on Sunshine"
Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches: Advice, Inspiration and Laughter from the I've Had It Podcast Hosts by Jennifer Welch
Title Word: "Susan" in wAlking on SUNShine
***I claim an IAF ticket***
🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 130/975
Total Books Read: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 3
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about BooksOption 1 – Read a book by a single author where all the author's initials can be found in BOOK CLUB. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Tea on Sunday by Lettice Cooper
author's initials, LC, found in bookCLub
Task total: 20
Season total: 115
Kelly L20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Option 2 - Celebrate
Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle spelled from the phrase
BIR[[T]]HD[[A]]Y CE[[L]]EBRATION[[S]]
TALS --> SALT
Black Salt Queen
This post: 20 points
Tickets: N/A
Season total: 20 points
Season Tickets: none
Kelly L20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride
Option 3
Read a book with both MPG Memoir or Autobiography, AND MPG LGBT.
The Family Outing: A Heartfelt Memoir of Coming Out, Family Transformations, and Self-Discovery
MPG Memoir and LGBT
***Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket - non-fiction***
This post: 20 points
Tickets: 1 IAF
Season total: 40 points
Season Tickets: 1 IAF
Kathy KS25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
pick an option from book 1 and an option from book 2
Book 1 - Option B - Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title (subtitles excluded) that can be made from the phrase CONGAREE SWAMP.
Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
SAME=congareE SwAMp
I listened to an audiobook; pb-158 p. (Догодина во исто време) (no mmpb)
Book 2 - Option A - read a debut work by an author who is new to you.
Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silver
Debut novel; author is new to me
I listened to an audiobook; pb-202 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 100
Tasks completed: 4/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
MEGSCL5.7 Summer Vacations
Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover.
TOTAL: 65 points, 1 IAF ticket
MEGSCL5.6 Summer Song
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"
Everything: Tell Me Everything
TOTAL: 70 points, 1 IAF ticket
MEGSCL5.5 Summer Solstice
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title from the phrase "Summer Solstice".
Stillwater
TOTAL: 75 points, 1 IAF ticket
MEGSCL5.4 World Environment
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found in "World Environment Day".
Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen
**non fiction it’s a fact ticket**
TOTAL: 80 points, 2 IAF ticket
Kathy KS20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!
This is a one book task. book may have the MPG Graphic Novels, Comics, or Manga.
Option 1: 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 , 2023, 2024, and 2025. -Read a book that was first published in one of these years.
Saga, Volume 10 by Brian K. Vaughan
1st published: 2022
I read as an ebook; pb-160 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 120
Tasks completed: 5/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
SUSAN A5.10 Picnic Time - Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Criss Cross by Jordan Castillo Price
No MMPB Paperback HERE
points this task: 5
previous total: 585
new total: 590
Kathy KS30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On Series
Option A: Read the current last published book in a series of at least 3 books.
If She Heard by Blake Pierce
#7 of 7 (Kate Wise #7)
I listened to an audiobook; pb-186 p. (no mmpb)
Option C: Read a book that is #3 or above but not the last published book in the series.
Killer's Wedge by Ed McBain
#7 of 55 (87th Precinct #7)
I read a large print version; mmpb-160 p.
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 150
Tasks completed: 6/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
LoraTask: 20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books, using Option 3:
Read a book which has been made into a TV series, movie series or single movie.
Book/Author: The Old Man and the Sea/Ernest Hemingway
How it fits: has been made into single movie: The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 230
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
Julia10320.10 Group Reads
The Adventures of Sally
My comments are post 7 on the discussion thread.
This was originally published in 1922 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 GO
Total points: 215
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
FLY Task #15.2 Here or There?
+BB tickets
Book 1: title contains a word from the name of a North American park
book: Clockwork Prince
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 576 pages
how it fits: "Prince" in Prince Albert National Park, Canada
Book 2: title contains all the letters of a European park
book: Clockwork Princess
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here) = 567 pages
how it fits: Écrins National Park, France - Écrins in p(rinces)s
other:
**Claiming 2 BB tickets for 576 and 567 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 8/56
BB: 5 + 2 = 7 / GO: 2 / IAF: 0
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Challenge 15.7 Bright and Beautiful
Read a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye.
29.2 %#d14246Red
28.3 %#030303Black
24.8 %#b13d3dRed
11.6 %#7a332fBrown
2.2 %#505858Grey
1.8 %#311819Brown
0.8 %#653c2eBrown
0.8 %#5c838aBlue
0.5 %#a3537bViolet
Points this post: 15
Total points: 250/975
Task completed: 19/56