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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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15.5 Land of DragonsRead a book with a single author with all initials found in KoModo . Letters may be used as many times as they appear.
Where the Darkness Goes by Kiersten Modglin
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 550
Total Tasks Completed: 27
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
CHANDNI10.6 Theater Camp
Read a book first published either in July of any year.
It Was Her House First by Cherie Priest
Points this post: 10
Total points: 300
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I WonderOption 2
A) Read a book from this Coming of Age list:
Best Coming of Age stories - Page 1 #20
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 570
Total Tasks Completed: 28
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
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20.8 Shorter is Sweeter: MEGSCL's Task
Option 1- Read more new releases and ARCs. For this task read any book first published in March 2025 or later.
We Live Here Now First published May 20, 2025
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 675
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25.2 - Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer - Not!
Option 2 - Hot Weather Clothes
Read a book with a person wearing shorts or a swimsuit on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
Option 3 - Mosquitos!
Read a book whose author has first and last initials made up of these letters. That is, the author initials are AA
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 700
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.
I used the word PEACHES
Peaches and Honey
New Points: 20
Total Points: 280
GO: 4
IaF: 3
50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got MarriedOption 1 A - Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table” or “Smith Island Cake.”
I read White Gold Wielder
WHITE in pITtsburgH WEdding
My book was audio MMPB 476 pages
Option 2 B - Read a book set approximately 50% in Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montanna, and Germany.
I read Violet Is Nowhere set in California
My book was audio PB 266 pages
Option 3 B - read a book whose title contains a plural word
I read The Goldens
GOLDENS is plural and pub date is July 15 2025
My book was audio PB 304 pages
Points this Post: 50
Points Total: 975
Task 30.9 - Uluru – National Parks of Australia.option 1: 3 Us in title
The Gurugu Pledge
option 2: title word CITY can be made from kATA nICk kY
City of the Beasts
IL: UY
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545 points
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10.3 500 Reads of Summer
Read a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of this list. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Wildfire (Pg2)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 710
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30. 9 Nick KY’s Task: Uluru – National Parks of Australia.
Opt. 1. Read a book with at least 3 U's in the title/subtitle.
Beautiful Ugly beaUtifUl Ugly
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.
Edge of Darkness- KYLA Stone- uLuru kAta tjuta nick KY
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 740
PAULA S20.6 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.
by Ngaio MarshAuthor first initial N in TN and last initial M in MA
I read the kindle edition. MMPB link for reference: Black As He's Painted
Points this task: 20
Tasks Completed: 5
Total points: 90
ROBIN P20.8 Nickels and Dimes: Meg SCL's Task 2025 Goals
Option 1: Pub 3/2025 or later
Written on the Dark - pub 5/27/25
listened to audiobook, linked hardcover, no pb yet
Points this post: 20
Total points: 560
BB:3 GO:1 IAF:5
SUSAN A 50.1 Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
Book 1: Greg’s June Wedding
Option A Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table”
Murder at the Orpheus Theatre by Irina Shapiro
No MMPB paperback here
Published February 25, 2025
328 pages
ORPHEUS from title found in PittSbURgH Wedding COokiE Table
Book 2: Eric’s August Wedding
Option B Read a book set approximately 50% in California
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
MMPB HERE
545 pages
100% set in Los Angeles California, setting listed on book's main page
Book 3: Mother of the Grooms
Option B read a book whose title contains a plural word.
The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White
No MMPB paperback here
plural word BONES
351 pages
total pages exceeds 750 pages
previous total 925
points this post 50
new total 975
Mai15.7 Bright and Beautiful
Book that is at least 50% blue
FutureGood: How to Use Futurism to Save the World by Trista Harris*Claim 1 Nonfiction Ticket*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
NF Tickets: 2
Elizabeth PTask 15.1 - More or Less?
Book 1: Book with most number of ratings on my TBR:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6,677,991 ratings total
Book 2: Book with least number of ratings on TBR:
The There'll Be Peace When You Are Done: Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural by Lynn S. Zubernis
569 ratings total
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 8
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 9
Elizabeth PTask 30.8 - Gregorian Games
Option 3: Single Author's first and last initials in AUGUST
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
auguST
At 533 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
533>250 pages
PPB link: The Jasmine Throne
Option 4: Book that is #6, 7, or 8 in a series
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Book 7 in Murderbot Diaries
256 pages >250
PPB link: System Collapse
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
IAF: 0
Total Books: 11
Elizabeth P Task 10.7 - Camp Rock
Book where main character is a performing artist
Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston
One of the main characters is a musician
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
IAF: 0
Total Books: 12
Julia10315.3- Quantity or Size?
Option 1 (2 books)
Book 1: Read a book set at least 75% in Australia
The Dreaming: A Novel of Australia
Book 2: read a book with title with 6+ words excluding subtitles OR 12+ more words including the subtitle
The Best Stories of Margery Allingham. Albert Campion Mysteries. Illustrated: Safe as Houses, The Meaning of the Act, The Definite Article, The Hat Trick and others
This post: 15 points
Total points: 490
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 36
JEN B30.4 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.
On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer by Rick Steves
RS in niagRafallS
Option 4: Newfoundland
Read a book with an MPG Health or MPG Animals
Sipsworth by Simon Van Buoy
MPG Animals
TOTAL POINTS: 290
Lisa MD20.1 - Most Improved - Erica H's Task: Organized Procrastinator
Option 2: Title word of 5+ letters in "Project Finish Resistance"
The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
Title Word: "Parrish" in "PRoject finISH ReistAnce"
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 360/975
Total Books Read: 24
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Lisa MD30.6 - Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On Series
Option A: Current last book in a series of at least 3
Hidden in Smoke by Lee Goldberg
Series: Sharpe & Walker (#3) - Latest book in series published on April 22, 2025
Option C: #3 or above in a series, but not the last book
Unleashed by David Rosenfelt
Series: Andy Carpenter #11 in a 31 book series
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 390/975
Total Books Read: 26
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books Option 3: Read a book made into a TV series or movie
The One by John Marrs
☀️ TV series The One - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Julia10310.8 Summer Lovin'
Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
My Rabbi Doesn't Make House Calls
(first published in 1969)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 500
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 37
Amy FL15.3- Quantity or Size?
Option 2: One Book Task - Set at least 75% in Australia and with a 6+ word title
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder - set entirely in Australia (metadata) with a 6-word title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 395
Amy FL15.5 Land of Dragons
Single author with all initials found in Komodo OR Dragon OR Lizard
Home of the American Circus by Allison Larkin - AL in LizArd
Points this post: 15
Total points: 410
Amy FL20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!
Option 1: a book that was first published in 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025.
The Ursulina - first published Feb 1, 2022
Points this post: 20
Total points: 430
Amy FL20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 Goals
Option 1: a book first published in March 2025 or later
Whistle - first published May 20, 2025
Points this post: 20
Total points: 450
Amy FL25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating Summertime
July, Option 2: a book with a domestic dog on the cover
August, Option 2: a book by an author whose initials (first and last) are in BEER or SMORES or WAFFLE
Lethal Defense by Michael Stagg - MS in SMores
Points this post: 25
Total points: 475
Kathy KS10.6 Theater Camp
Read a book first published... any month for the year 2022.
Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon
First published: October 11, 2022
I listened to an audiobook; pb-240 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 290
Tasks completed: 15/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Mai20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Book with >4-letter word in the subtitle spelled from the phrase BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS: "Social"
Nonprofit AI: A Comprehensive Guide to Implementing Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
*Claim 1 Nonfiction Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
NF Tickets: 3
Mai5.4 World Environment
Author's first and last initials found in "World Environmental Day"
The Weekend Retreat by Tara Laskowski
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
NF Tickets: 3
Lisa MD20.10 - Group Read
You Killed Me First by John Marrs
My review is message #9 in the group read folder
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 410/975
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
20.5 Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task - Light Up My World, Scarlett!Option 1, red on the cover: A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn
According to Tineye, red=15.2%
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Deborah30.5 Delicious Dee 's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: HG Wells
3) H.G. Wells was born 21 September 1866 and died 13 August 1946. Read a book that was first published between those dates.
The Secret Adversary First published January 1, 1922
266 pages
5) Read a book that is set at least 75% in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) or in New Jersey, USA.
How to Solve Your Own Murder
London, England
358 pages
266+358 = 624 (501 pages minimum required)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 19
Tasks Done: 14
FLY Task #20.1 - Most Improved – Erica H’s Task: Organized Procrastinator
task: Option 2: 5+ letter title word spelled from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE
book: Across the Green Grass Fields
(my version is audio, no MMPB or PB, first HC here)
how it fits: ACROSS in P(RO)JECT FINISH RE(S)I(S)T(A)N(C)E
Points this post: 20
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 27/56
BB: 9 / GO: 5 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #15.10 I'm Not Scared
task: a book with MPG Horror
book: Come Tumbling Down
(my version is audio, no MMPB or PB, first HC here)
how it fits: MPG Horror
Points this post: 15
Total points: 510
Tasks completed: 28/56
BB: 9 / GO: 5 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #10.5 I’ll Be There For You
task: read a book off of the Friendship Fiction list.
book: Where the Drowned Girls Go
(my version is audio, no MMPB or PB, first HC here)
how it fits: on page 14 of the list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 520
Tasks completed: 29/56
BB: 9 / GO: 5 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #5.8 Name Game
task: author shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name
book: Hester
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author Laurie Lico Albanese first initial L in FLY
Points this post: 5
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 30/56
BB: 9 / GO: 5 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating Summertime
+BB ticket
task: June Option 2 - exceeds 600 pages
book: The Art of Fielding
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: first MMPB = 609 pages
task: August Option 2 - author initials in: BEER or SMORES or WAFFLE
book: Beneath the Sugar Sky
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author Seanan McGuire initials SM in (SM)ORES
other:
**Claiming BB ticket for The Art of Fielding MMPB = 609 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550
Tasks completed: 31/56
BB: 9 + 1 = 10 / GO: 5 / IAF: 3
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
Option 3: Book that won the Hugo award: 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Points this post: -20
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
NF Tickets: 3
Rockynook30.4 - A Year of Travels
Option 1: book with snow on cover
by Heather GudenkaufOption 3: first and last initials in NIAGARA FALLS
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
niagara FAlls
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 265
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.
Last Patient of the Night by Gary Gerlacher
☀️ patient - P in project; ATIEN in resistance; T in project
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Mai15.8 Shipwrecked and Stranded
Book where a shipwreck is central to the story
Shipwreck by Warren Ellis
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
NF Tickets: 3
Mai10.7 Camp Rock
Read a book where performing arts is central to the story.
Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
NF Tickets: 3
Julia103REPOST OF 1224 to add that the book is non-fiction and claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
10.8 Summer Lovin'
Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
My Rabbi Doesn't Make House Calls
(first published in 1969)
This book is non-fiction - claiming one It's A Fact ticket
This post: 10 points, 1 NF
Total points: 500
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 37
Rockynook20.1 - Organized Procrastinator
Option 2: 5+ letter title word from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
word: THORNS
pORjecT fiNiSH resistance
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 285
Julia10325.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
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.
An Unquiet Peace
(PEACE is in the target phrase: P in Swamp, EACE in Congaree)
Book 2 Option A: read a debut work by an author who is new to you.
American Sky by Carolyn Dasher
This author is new to me.
The author's website https://carolyndasher.com/about/ says "American Sky is her first novel."
This post: 25 points
Total points: 525
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 39
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Read a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) includes a word of 4 or letters made from the phrase
"wALkinG on SunShine" - Glass
House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 535
Total Tasks Completed: 26
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1