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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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Masoodah20.4 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.
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
MPG Romance
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130 / 975
Total Books Read: 8 / 74
Total Tasks Completed: 6 / 56
BB Total:
GO:
IAF:
Masoodah25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating Summertime
July
Option 1 - July 4th is American Independence Day.
Read a book with a cover containing all the colors red, white, and blue according to Tineye. Any percentage is okay as long as all three colors are present.
Required: Post the cover.
by Emily Henry1.5 %#277dc0Blue
0.8 %#c03a55Red
13.7 %#fcf8fbWhite
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.
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Author name: Alison Espach -
W A FFL E
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 155 / 975
Total Books Read: 10 / 74
Total Tasks Completed: 7 / 56
BB Total:
GO:
IAF:
Nick KY5.9 Sand Time Read a book with a stand alone word of at least four letters in the title that can be made from the phrase GREAT SAND DUNES.
Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
I read The Nature of Secrets by Debra Webb. The letters in the word NATURE are in: “gREAT sand dUNes.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 645
Nick KY10.3 500 Reads of Summer Read a book fr the first 25 pp of the Summer Books list.
I read After Dark by Haruki Murakami, p. 21 of list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 655
Mai30.3 Susan A's Task: Exploring MPGs.
MPG Adventure
Network Effect by Martha Wells
(350 pages)
MPG Post Apocalyptic
The Postmortal by Drew Magary
(369 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
NF Tickets: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2025 season.
I read You Killed Me First by John Marrs.
Discussion post: #11
Points this post: 20
Total points: 750/975
Task completed: 46/56
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
Book 1-Option A: Read a book set at least 50% in Alaska.
Shattered by Dani Pettrey
Book 2-Option A: read a debut work by an author who is new to you.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce is a new to me author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 775/975
Task completed: 47/56
trishhartuk30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: Read a book with MPG Romance, may be standalone or embedded
Ignited in Iceland, Victoria Walker
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (259pg)
Romance is the only MPG.
Option 3: Grand Prismatic Spring. Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colours according to TinEye.
So Let Them Burn, Kamilah Cole (386pg)
This is the author’s debut novel.
TinEye separate colours: Violet, Grey, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Orange, Brown
21.8% #c03d87 Violet
16.9% #3b3445 Violet
14.7% #664883 Violet
13.8% #ccbbc9 Grey
12.0% #4b719b Blue
9.1% #c6759e Pink
6.6% #fbe85c Yellow
3.4% #e0aa5e Orange
1.6% #c7666e Pink
0.3% #97945d Brown
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 15
Delicious Dee5.5 Summer Solstice
Cold Iron Task - CIT can be found in Summer Solstice
Points this Task: 5
Points Overall: 440
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee10.1 Walking On Sunshine
Second Chance for the Single Mom - SINGLE can be found in Walking On Sunshine
Points this Task: 10
Points Overall: 450
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee10.3 500 Reads of Summer
Good Girl Complex - found on pg1
Points this Task: 10
Points Overall: 460
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee15.3- Quantity or Size?
Book 1 - Her Broken Bones - set entirely in australia
Book 2 - What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours - 7 words in title
Points this Task: 15
Points Overall: 475
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Option 3 - Fool Me Once - TV series on Netflix - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5611024/
Points this Task: 20
Points Overall: 495
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!
Option 2 - Murder on the SS Rosa - has a MPG of Historical and a page count between 100 and 250pgs
Points this Task: 20
Points Overall: 515
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
Option 1 - The Puma Years - the book is based around the authors experiences doing wild animal rehab in the jungles of Bolivia - mostly focused on big cats; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points this Task: 20
Points Overall: 535
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Coffeegirl25.4
Book1; 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.
Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter
cONGaRee sWamp -- WRONG
Book 2: Option A: read a debut work by an author who is new to you.
The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan
The Author is new to me.
Points this task: 25
Total Points; 125
Coffeegirl30.10 Return of a Favorite
Option 1 Read a book with one of these words from the series in the title (subtitle excluded). Words must be exact. No variations.
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Word: Hidden
Option 4 Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of the recurring characters in the Prey series.
Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
Name: Jennifer
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 155
Coffeegirl20.1 Organized Procrastinator
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.
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
Word: PERFECT
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 175
Coffeegirl20.8 2025 Goals
Option 1 - read a book first published in March 2025 or later
Girl Anonymous: A Fast-Paced Psychological Suspense of Betrayal and Vigilante Justice in a Mafia Crime Family by Christina Dodd
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 195
Coffeegirl30.1 The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: read a book with MPG Romance
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
Romance
Option 3: read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors.
Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 225
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.3 Women's Rights
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of womens, gender, or feminism.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
MPG
Nonfiction
Feminism
Essays
Race
Queer
LGBT
Social Justice
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
TOTALS
Points: 100
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 6
Total books: 12
Total tasks: 11
LoraTask: 10.6 Theater Camp
Read a book first published either in July of any year or any month for the year 2022.
Book/Author: No One Leaves the Castle / Christopher Healy
How it fits: published July 2023. (IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12.0)
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 475
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Lisa MD30.2 - Katrisa's Task: Wrapped in Plastic
Option 3: Good vs Evil list
Alias Emma by Ava Glass
On pg 20 of list
Option 5: Title/subtitle word matches word in poem
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis
Matching word: "Through"
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 440/975
Total Books Read: 29
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 6
Christine V30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On Series
Option A: Read the current last published book in a series of at least 3 books.
Age of Empyre
Option B: Choose a book from my Series-SRCSummer shelf. Read that book or one in the same series.
Faithful Place - Original book from list: The Likeness
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 2
15.8 Shipwrecked and StrandedRead a book where a shipwreck or someone who stranded in the ocean or on an island is essential to the story. (in case the Goodreads summary is insufficient here is link to wikipedia with a more thorough summary which shows the main character was stranded alone on the island by the end of the story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isl...)
The Island of Dr Moreau
***Claiming a Golden Oldies Ticket for being published in 1896***
New Points: 15
Total Points: 295
GO: 5
Ia F: 3
30.7 Cat's Task: Books of EuropeI did the one book option that both:
-Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Europe
-Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Europe
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
The Book is set in Turkey and the author was born in Turkey
***Claiming a Big Book Ticket for 536 pages***
New Points: 30
Total Points: 325
BB: 1
GO: 5
IaF: 3
Task 30.8 Gregorian GamesOption 2:
Read a book where the name of the Month (June, July OR August ) is found intact in the title (subtitles excluded)- It does not have to carry the meaning of the month and can be part of a longer word
Word: Augusta - AUGUST a
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern (2024) by Lynda Cohen Loigman (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 313 pages)
Option 3:
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last initials (middle can be ignored) in June OR July OR August.
JunE
Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age (2013) by James Essinger (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 256 pages) [510.92]
** Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
25 + 30 = 55
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 25 + 30 = 55
Books read: 04
Pages read: 987
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LoraTask: 5.8 Name Game
Read a book with an author whose first initial is any letter in your Readerboard name, which for me is LORA
Book/Author: The Mechanical Masquerade: A Steampunk Novella / Liz Delton
How it fits: author's first initial is L, which is a letter in my leaderboard name
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 480
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Kathy KS**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride
Option 3
Read a book with both MPG Memoir or Autobiography, AND MPG LGBT.
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
MPGs include: Memoirs AND LGBT
I read as an ebook; pb-304 p. (no mmpb)
******
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 310
Tasks completed: 16/56
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
UNCLAIMING Task 20.3 - Celebrating Prideoption 2: subtitle word POINT can be made from STONEWALL UPRISING
Murder in the Pacific: Ifira Point
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updated points: 540
25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National ParksBook 1 - Option C -Read a book that meets the SRC requirements from the first 25 pages of this list:
Road Trip p11
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
Book 2 - Option A - read a debut work by an author who is new to you.
Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath
author is new to me
Task total: 25
Season total: 540
JEN B25.1 - Ash's Task: Boss Level
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".
Letters may be used as many times as they appear.
Required: State the word.
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
WORD = ANOTHER
cREepersHAveNOrespecT
Option 4-Sims 4
For this task 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.
The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison
320 pages (3, 0)
TOTAL POINTS: 315
Nick KY50.1 Lisa MD’s Married Sons
This is a 3 book task:
1. Read one book for each of the 3 options.
2. One book must be published in 2025.
3. Total combined pages must equal 750 or greater.
4. No graphic novels or manga allowed.
Book 1. Greg’s June Wedding. Suboption A. 4+ letter word in SMITH ISLAND CAKES. I read The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne. The word is TIMES:
TIMS in SMITh
E in cakEs
The Devil Three Times is 1st published in 2025. 416 pp
Book 2. Eric’s August Wedding. Suboption A. Night Sky with visible stars on cover. I read Miracle Creek by Angie Kim -- It looks to me like a mixture of snow and stars in the night sky on this impressionistic cover:
354 ppOpt. 3. Mother of the Grooms. Suboption A. Author’ inits in “MOTHER OF THE GROOMS.” I read The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder -- “GroomS" 190 pp
Total pp = 960 > required 750.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 705
20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 Goals Option 1- Read more new releases and ARCs. For this task read any book first published in March 2025 or later.
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
☀️ First published April 1, 2025
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Rockynook10.7 - Camp Rock
Roomies by Christina Lauren
A hit Broadway show and the musical talents of the MMC are essential to this cute rom com story by Christina Lauren, as described on the GR main page
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 295
Joanne Mi20.1Most 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
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
The word is Since: all letters found in RESISTANCE
Points this task 20
Season Total 175
2 BB, 1IAF
Joanne MI15.5 Land of Dragons
Read a book with a single author with all initials found in Komodo OR Dragon OR Lizard
Dragon is is the word being used
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 by Rick Atkinson
Claiming 1 IAF and 2 BB's (880 pages)
Points this task 15
2 BB's this task
1 IAF this task
Season Total 190
BB's 4
IAF 2
Mod
book 1a
Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table
read Julie Chan Is Dead word is chan
Book 2a
Read a book whose cover shows the night sky with visible stars.
read
Tents, Trails & Turmoilbook 3b
read a book whose title contains a plural word.
read Nine Pines
points this post 50
total points 975
20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!Option 1: ".....in these years: 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
-Read a book that was first published in one of these years."
The Safekeep - published in 2024
Total points: 45
30.2 Katrisa's Task: Wrapped in PlasticOption 1: "Read a book with the letters OWL found intact AND imbedded in a word in the title/subtitle."
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
OWL is intact and imbedded in the word "Knowledge"
Option 5: "Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the poem in the title (excluding WITH)."
Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran
The word "Between" is in the following line from the poem:
"One chants out between two worlds."
Total points: 75
30.5 Delicious Dee 's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: HG Wells"The combined page count of the books must be at least 501 pgs."
Option 3: "H.G. Wells was born 21 September 1866 and died 13 August 1946. Read a book that was first published between those dates."
Go Down, Moses - Published in 1942 (365 pages)
Option 5: "Read a book that is set at least 75% in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) or in New Jersey, USA."
The Underground Library - set in London, England (368 pages)
Total points: 105
10.9 Fly Me To The MoonRead a book MPG Space, stand alone or embedded
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis
7th MPG
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 580
Total Tasks Completed: 29
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Elizabeth PTask 15.5 - Land of Dragons
Author's initials in one of words - I chose DRAGON
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
dRaGon
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks: 11
GO: 0
BB: 1
IAF: 0
Total Books: 13
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. Possessives and plurals accepted
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 595
Total Tasks Completed: 30
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
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.
by M.J. WassmerOption 4 - Off Season
Winter Books page 1 #50
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 620
Total Tasks Completed: 31
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National ParksBook 1 Option C
Road Trip Page 1 #10
The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary
Book 2 Option A - This author is new to me
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
From synopsis "In this spellbinding debut novel"
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 645
Total Tasks Completed: 32
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating PrideJune is known in the US as Pride Month, a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and a time to recognize the rights that the community has fought for, and continues to fight for. As a lesbian woman who came out in adulthood, celebrating Pride the last few years has been an affirming and joyful experience. I invite you to join me in celebrating with this task!
I chose option 4 and read a book set in the US: Leaving Eastern Parkway a novel
points: 120
books read: 9
tasks completed: 6
tasks in progress: 1
It's a fact: 2
pages read: 3061
Lisa MD15.7 - Bright and Beautiful
Cover is 50% blue, or 50% green or 50% red
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson
TinEye: Cover is 60.1% Blue
33.0 %#205d88Blue
25.7 %#57a7caBlue
11.2 %#e4edeaGrey
6.3 %#dd6818Orange
6.1 %#e29a2aOrange
5.6 %#c4be87Grey
3.7 %#c28941Brown
3.6 %#89a594Grey
3.5 %#daba4aYellow
1.4 %#0e3b7cBlue
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 455/975
Total Books Read: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 7
25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating SummertimeJuly, option 1, red, white, and blue on the cover: Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
according to Tineye: red 0.8%; white 12%; blue 24.3%
August, option 2, author first and last initials in BEER: The Trust by Ronald H. Balson
paperback edition The Trust: A Novel
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
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DEAD in title made from SAND DUNES
A Man Lay Dead
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