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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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trishhartuk30.10 Amy FL’s task: Return of a Favorite
Option 1: The Titles. Word from the series in the title....Night
Night Shadows, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): here (432pg). Top English PB: here (341pg)
NIGHT from Night Prey (#6 in the series)
Option 3: The Author. Read a book written using a pseudonym.
Hooked on a Feline, Sofie Kelly
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (304pg)
Sofie Kelly is a pseudonym for Darlene Ryan.
(Also set in Minnesota for option 2!)
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 8
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Book 1: Read the book with the most ratings on your TBR
READ Hello Beautiful 471,639 RATINGS
Book 2: Read the book with the least ratings on your TBR
READ Whispers of the Lake168
POINTS THIS POST 15
TOTAL POINTS 685
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Option 3 - The Black Lodge and White Lodge
Read a book from the first 20 pages of this
Good Vs Evil
read Pretty Girls
page 14
and
Option 5 read a book with 4+ word from Poem- "Through the darkness of future past,
read Against the Darkness
WORD= DARKNESS
points this post 30
total points 715
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Choose 2 of the MPGs listed and read 1 book for each. The total number of pages read must exceed 500 pages. MPGS must match exactly.
chose Survival and Post Apocalyptic
read When We Were Lost -309 pages - MPG Survival
and
Edge of Survival 398 pages - MPG Post Apocalyptic
points this post 30
total points 745
Task 15.8 - Shipwrecked and Strandedabout a shipwreck/stranding
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
This is about a boat that got trapped in packice, leaving the sailors etc stranded for months (mentioned in blurb)
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180 points
Bookwrm526Task #25.3 - Celebrating the end of WW2
Option 1 - Read a book that is set (at least 50%) in any combination of Japan and/or of the territories in Asia that Japan invaded between 1st September 1939 and 15th August 1945. I read What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, which is set completely in Japan (304p).
Option 2 - Read a book that has MPG World War II. I read The Mushroom Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu (352p).
304+352 = 656 p
Total points so far: 155
30.10 Amy FL’s task: Return of a FavoriteOption 2: The Setting
Read a book set at least 75% in Minnesota.
Meurtres et pépites de chocolat by Joanne Fluke
Setting: Lake Eden, Minnesota
Option 3: The Author
Read a book written using a pseudonym.
La quiche fatale by M.C. Beaton
Born Marion Chesney, the author has used multiple pseudonyms. She began to write detectives stories in 1985 under the pseudonym of M. C. Beaton.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 175
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10.1 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"
The Lake of Lost Girls - LAKE wALKing on sunshinE
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 245
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
[I don't know why I reposted this. Brain problems.]
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15.5 Land of Dragons
Read a book with a single author with all initials found in Komodo OR Dragon OR Lizard. Letters may be used as many times as they appear.
Fever- by Lauren Destefano LizarD
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 260
MARTYTask: 5.2 Civil War
Requirement: Read a book with MPG War, Civil War, or Military Fiction.
Title: Painted Trillium: A Novel of the Civil War
Author: Robert Brandt
How it fits: Civil War on MP
Read: 6/23/25
Task: 5.10 Picnic Time
Requirement: Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Title: Mrs. Caliban
Author: Rachel Ingalls
How it fits: Book meets SRC rules.
Read: 6/22/25
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
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30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On Series
Option A: Get caught up in a series. Read the current last book in a series of at least 3 books.
Sever-The Chemical Garden, #3- Last book in the series
Choose a book from my Series-SRCSummer shelf. Read that book or one in the same series.
Kill Joy - Good Girl Bad Blood on her shelf.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 290
10.2 I Know What You Read Last SummerRead a book that was claimed in the Summer 2024 Challenge Completed Task Thread
Message 2181
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 90
30. 9 Nick KY’s Task: Uluru – National Parks of Australia.Opt. 3. Uluru is an outcrop – a geological term meaning the part of a rock that juts out of the surface of the earth. Read a book from the following Geology listopia: Best Geology Books
Required: State the page
Page 1
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin
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.
Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Australia
The Strays by Emily Bitto
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 120
trishhartuk5.4 World Environment
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found in "WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY".
The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler
enviRonmeNt
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Hungarian): here (144pg) Top English PB: here (112pg)
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 9
Nick KY10.4 Future. Person wearing sunglasses on Cover. I read The Opportunist by Elyse Friedman.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 280
SUSAN A30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of Travels
Option 3: Niagara Falls. Read a book with a single author’s first and last initial that can be found in NIAGARA FALLS.
How to Shield an Assassin by A.J. Sherwood
No MMPB Paperback HERE
author initials A S found in NIAGARA FALLS
Option 5: Vegas!!! Read a book with all the letters of VEGAS in the series title
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
MMPB HERE
VEGAS found in series title: No. 1 LadieS' DetectiVe AGEncy #5
points this task: 30
previous total: 590
New total: 620
SUSAN A30.5 DELICIOUS DEE 's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: HG Wells
Option 4 - RAB from Futuristic
Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb
MMPB HERE
on 1st page of Futuristic List
paperback version for page count, 373 pages
Option 5 Read a book that is set at least 75% in Great Britain
A Fashionable Indulgence by K.J. Charles
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
setting: 100% England, listed on book's main page
page count: 318
total pages: 373 + 318 > 500 pages
points this task: 30
previous total: 620
new total: 650
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about BooksOption 3 – But can I watch it?
Read a book which has been made into a TV series, movie series or single movie.
Candy for Christmas by Joanne Fluke
The book is part of the Hannah Swensen series which was adapted into a television film series: Murder, She Baked.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 195
Jessica S15.4 Beauty in Words
Book 1: book whose title (subtitles are excluded) contains a 4 or more letter word from one of the poems on the web page.
Love Me Again by Max Walker
WORD: AGAIN
Book 2: book with an author that shares either a name or initials with one of the poets on this website
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
POET: EMILY DICKINSON
Points this post: 15
Total points: 260
Jessica S25.1 - Ash's Task: Boss Level
Option 1-Until Dawn: For this option pick a book off of one of these lists
PICK: Trapped or Stranded -page 1 #37 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
Option 4-Sims 4: Book where the page number consists of at least two of the numbers 0,1,3, or 5
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa
Points this post: 25
Total points: 285
JEN B10.8 Summer Lovin'
Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
Set in 1960s. From description: "this witty and tender novel follows two women in 1960s America"
TOTAL POINTS: 190
Jessica S30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of Travels
Option 1: Lakeside Cabin - Book that has snow on the cover
Off the Beaten Path by Cari Z.Option 3: Niagara Falls - Book with a single author’s first and last initial that can be found in NIAGARA FALLS
Get It Together by Shelby Rhodes
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
Jessica S15.5 Land of Dragons
Book with a single author with all initials found in Komodo OR Dragon OR Lizard (PICK:LIZARD)
Racing for the Sun by Amy Lane
Points this post: 15
Total points: 330
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30.8 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Each book must be 250 pages MINIMUM
Option 1
Read a book with a variant of the number 6,7, or 8 in the TITLE ONLY. (subtitles are excluded)
Six of Sorrow - 336 Pages
Option 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last initials (middle can be ignored) in June OR July OR August.
Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson (juL) - 384 Pages
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 320
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25.1 - Ash's Task: Boss Level
Option 1-Until Dawn
Trapped or stranded list - page 1 (#46)
Beauty Queens
Option 4-Sims 4
read a book where the page number consists of at least two of the numbers 0,1,3, or 5. Numbers may be used as many times as they appear.
Sleep Like Death - 352 pages
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 345
Jessica S30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: book with MPG Romance
The Hunt by J.M. Dabney
Option 3: book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye
In Deeper Waters by F.T. LukensPoints this post: 30
Total points: 360
20.5 Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task - 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
The Past Is Red
New Points: 20
Total Points: 120
GO: 2
20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 GoalsOption 2- Read award shortlists. Read a book that has been longlisted, shortlisted, or won any of these prizes in any year.Booker
I listened to an audio version of Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize 2020)
New Points: 20
Total Points: 140
GO: 2
MEGSCL20.4 Golden Oldies: Kai's Task - London Adventure
Option 2 - Read a book where the main character takes a trip to a country other than the one they live in
Always Home, Always Homesick from description: "In 2003, seventeen-year-old Australian exchange student Hannah Kent arrives at Keflavík Airport in the middle of the Icelandic winter."
**non fiction it’s a fact ticket**
TOTAL: 90 points, 2 IAF ticket
MEGSCL5.3 Women's Rights
Mpg feminism (noted in tht)
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
**non fiction it’s a fact ticket**
TOTAL: 95 points, 3 IAF ticket
MEGSCL5.1 Victory Day
Read a book set in the same state as the national park
Acadia - Maine
Set in Maine - Lucy by the Sea
TOTAL: 100 points, 3 IAF ticket
Kai25.4 Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
BOOK 1
OPTION A
Read a book set at least 50% in Alaska.
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis
BOOK 2
OPTION A
Read a debut work by an author who is new to you.
Cape May by Chip Cheek
The author is new to me.
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points: 130
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 0
SUSAN A30.3 Susan A's Task: Exploring MPGs.
Read 2 of these MPGs - MPG Survival, MPG Maritime, MPG Geology, MPG Medieval, MPG Adventure, MPG Post Apocalyptic
On the Edge of Survival: A Shipwreck, a Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue That Became a Legend by Spike Walker
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
MPG Survival
304 pages
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of the El Faro by Rachel Slade
No MMPB Paperback HERE
MPG Maritime
416 pages
304 + 416 > 500 pages
points this task: 30
previous total: 650
new total: 680
HanneloreTask 20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Option 1: Read a book by a single author where all the author's initials can be found in BOOK CLUB.
Book: Dragon Sparks
How it fits: Book is written by Lea Carter. Initials LC fit in 'book CLub'.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 3
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
LoraTask: 10.8 Summer Lovin'
Read a book set in, first published in, or about the 1960's
Book/Author: The Life of Saint Paul/Harry Emerson Fosdick
How it fits: first published in 1962
Claiming It's a Fact tickets for MPG Nonfiction.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 240
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 Goals
Option 1- read any book first published in March 2025 or later
25 Alive by James Patterson
First published April 28, 2025
Points this post: 20
Total points: 430/975
Task completed: 27/56
20.1 - Most Improved – Erica H’s Task: Organized ProcrastinatorOption 2: Read a book with a word of 5 or more letters in the title spelled from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Saints of Storm and Sorrow (Stormbringer #1) by Gabriella Buba
word in title, SAINTS, found in reSISTANce
Task total: 20
Season total: 135
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Option 2: Read a book with a word of 5 or more letters in the title spelled from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
read First Wife's Shadow
word is first
points this post 20
total - 765
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Book 1: contains a word from the name one of the North American parks.
using Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado
read The House Beyond the Dunes
and
Book 2: Using the Europe parks, read a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) contains all the letters of the complete name of one parks.
used the park
Sarek National Park in Sweden
read Murder Takes a Vacation
points this post 15
total points 780
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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".
read The Ex
points this post 5
total - 785
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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.
word is DEAD
read If Two Are Dead
points this post 5
total points 790
Rockynook20.6 - Let’s Go to the Park!
Option 1: first published in one of the years 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
First published in 2017
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Nick KY30.3 Susan A’s Genres – Read two books with a different MP genre from the approved list.
Medieval – I read The Leper's Bell by Peter Tremayne
Adventure – I read Fast Ice by Clive Cussler
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 310
ROBIN P15.1 More or Less?
1. Most rated book on your TBR
A Darker Shade of Magic - 411, 640 ratings
2. Least rated book on your TBR
Ella Moon - 1 rating (before I added mine)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
**note added on 6/26 - I must have added wrong or just a typo, should have been 280, Readerboard total of 280 is correct**
BB:3 GO:0 IAF:3
EMurphy10.1 Walking on Sunshine - Title includes a word of 4 or more letters made from the phrase WALKING ON SUNSHINE News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
*Word is NEWS
**It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 3
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.4 World Environment
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found in "World Environment Day".
Why Art?
Author: Eleanor Davis
TOTALS
Points: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total books: 2
Total tasks: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.6 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" by Sly & The Family Stone. Words must be exact.
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
The word is BACK
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
TOTALS
Points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total books: 3
Total tasks: 3
Readerboard Name: Kathy P25.1 - Ash's Task: Boss Level
Option 1-Until Dawn
For this option pick a book off of one of these lists
Wendigo
Time Loops
Trapped or Stranded
List chosen is Time Loops and the book is on page 1
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Option 3-Minecraft
For this option read a book with a 4 or more letter word in the title that can be made up of letters in "creepers have no respect".
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate LifeThe word is STEPS
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
TOTALS
Points: 45
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total books: 5
Total tasks: 4
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20.9 Moderator’s Pet: Trishhartuk’s Task – Crater Lake
Option 1: Author’s first and last initials in MOUNT MAZAMA.
Service Model, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (no MMPB): here (373pg)
mounT mAzama
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 7