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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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Masoodah20.5 Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task - Light Up My World, Scarlett!
Option 4
Scarlett’s Mommy and some of her Daddy’s cousins are avid readers. Celebrate their favorite genres by reading a book with one of these MPGs (main page genres): Suspense: standalone or embedded, Thriller(s): standalone, or Fantasy: standalone.
Required: State the option.
Book is standalone Thriller.
What Lies Between Us by John Marrs
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 175 / 975
Total Books Read: 11 / 74
Total Tasks Completed: 8 / 56
BB Total:
GO:
IAF:
5.9 Sand Time!Book: The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
Task: 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.
How it fits: urge can be made from GREat dUnes
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 416 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
Elizabeth PTask 5.8 - Name Game
Author's first initial matches letter in my readerboard name
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
L in Liz matches eLizabeth p
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks: 12
BB: 1
GO: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 14
Kai50.1 Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
BOOK 1
OPTION B
Read a book with a pier, pavilion or gazebo, or a natural body of water on the cover.
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
BOOK 2
OPTION A
Read a book whose cover shows the night sky with visible stars.
With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
Published 2025
BOOK 3
OPTION B
Read a book whose title contains a plural word.
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Total pages (must be 750+): 352+383+384 = 1119
New Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Points: 375
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
IT'S A FACT: 1
JEN B15.2 Here or There?
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 Quiche of Death by MC Beaton
WORD = DEATH in Death Valley NP, California, USA
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.
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
PARK = THETH NP, Albania
THE in The (1st)
TH in the (2nd)
TOTAL POINTS: 330
LoraTask: 10.5 I’ll Be There For You
Read a book off of the Friendship Fiction listopia
Book/Author: Arsenic and Adobo / Mia P. Manansala
How it fits: on page 15 of the list
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 490
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
5.3 Women's RightsRead a Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of women, gender, or feminism.
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 160
15.4 Beauty in WordsOption 2: One Book Task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
Book 1: Read a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) contains a 4 or more letter word from one of the poems on the website.
Sundown in "Remember" by Joy Harjo
Book 2: Read a book with an author that shares either a name or initials with one of the poets on this website.
Joy Harjo
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years by Joy Harjo
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 175
20.9 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.
Published June 16, 2020
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 195
Kelly L30. 9 Nick KY’s Task: Uluru – National Parks of Australia.
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option.
Option 1.
Read a book with at least 3 U's in the title/subtitle:
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
U's found in Tuberculosis (2) and Our (1)
**Claiming an It's a Fact ticket -- non-fiction**
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:
ULTC --> CULT (4 letters) --> Cult Classic
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This post: 30 points
Tickets: 1 IAF
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Season total: 165 points
Season Tickets: 3 IAF, 1 BB
Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - Our National Parks
Book 1 Option C - We visited Gateway Arch and Mammoth Cave on a summer road trip. Read a book that meets the SRC requirements from the first 25 pages of this list: Road Trip. I read VenCo by Cherie Dimaline, from page 9 of the list.
Book 2 Option A - Read a debut work by an author who is new to you. I read Single Player by Tara Tai. Their Goodreads author bio states that this is their debut novel, and this author is new to me.
Total points so far: 355
30.8 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian GamesOption 1, variant of the number 6, 7, or 8 in the title: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
paperback edition The Seven Year Slip 336 pages
Option 4, #6, #7, or #8 in series: Anatomy of Evil by Will Thomas (Barker & Llewelyn #7) 327 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 280
FLY Task #10.7 Camp Rock
task: MC is an active performance artist
book: My Ex, the Antichrist
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: MC is the front woman for a punk band
Points this post: 10
Total points: 560
Tasks completed: 32/56
BB: 10 / GO: 5 / IAF: 3
25.3 - Shemac's task: Celebrating the end of WW2Option 1 - Read a book that is set (at least 50%) in Japan
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
100% Japan
464 pages
Option 3 - Read a book that was first published between these dates (inclusive) : 22nd September, 1939 - 23rd June, 1958
Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury
First published in 1947
480 pages
Total pages read: 944
Task total: 25
Season total: 565
Mod
Delicious Dee50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
Book A - Option A - Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave - DIGS can be found in Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table; first published 2025
Book B - Option B - Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice - more than 50% of the book (close to 85%) is set in New Jersey
Book C - Option B - A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons - there are 2 plural words in the title
Points this Task: 50
Points Overall: 585
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Delicious Dee30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of Travels
Option 1 -
- snow on the coverOption 3 - The Perfect Blend - Alexa Aston - AA found in NIAGARA FALLS
Points this Task: 30
Points Overall: 615
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Delicious Dee30.7 Cat's Task: Books of Europe
2 book option
Book A - Death in Summer - set primarily in Sweden
Book B - The Tenant - Katrine Engberg - author was born in Denmark
Points this Task: 30
Points Overall: 645
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Delicious Dee30.8 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1 - Seven Exes
Option 3 - Detective Aunty - Uzma Jalaluddin - Authors initials, UJ, found in June
Points this Task: 30
Points Overall: 675
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Rockynook30.2 - Wrapped in Plastic
Option 3: book from first 20 pages of good vs. evil list
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
found on Page 5
Option 5: 4+ title word matching word in poem “Fire walk with me”
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout
matching word: FIRE
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 325
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
TessaVanessa***REPOST**** with Readerboard name
Challenge 30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: read a book with MPG Romance
Submerged by Dani Pettrey
This is Dani's debut book.
Option 3: Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye.
by Molly Black46.8 %#ad9979Brown
28.5 %#c2c9ceGrey
7.3 %#1f1149Violet
6.2 %#4e453dGrey
4.3 %#f61916Red
3.0 %#5c526fViolet
1.7 %#e86b59Red
1.4 %#db9478Pink
0.5 %#efcf80Yellow
0.4 %#dd979cPink
Points this post: 30
Total points: 775/975
Task completed: 47/56
Amy FL5.8 Name Game
Author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name
Parting Shot by Linwood Barclay
L in amy fL
Points this post: 5
Total points: 480
Amy FL15.9 Let's Go Camping
A camper, tent, or RV on the cover
Approved in message 3 for Kristen
Points this post: 15
Total points: 495
Amy FL20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
Option 1: author’s first and last initials can be found in MOUNT MAZAMA
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe - MAM in MAzaMa
Points this post: 20
Total points: 515
Amy FL30.3 Susan A's Task: Exploring MPGs
Choose 2 of these MPGs and read 1 book for each:
MPG Survival
MPG Maritime
MPG Geology
MPG Medieval
MPG Adventure
MPG Post Apocalyptic
Book 1: Endangered - MPG Adventure
Book 2: Pandemic - MPG Post Apocalyptic
Points this post: 30
Total points: 545
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 Summer Vacations
Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover. I read Bucked: The Mountain Man's Babies by Frankie Love.
Total points so far: 360
Amy FL30. 9 Nick KY’s Task: Uluru – National Parks of Australia
Option 2: a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle/author’s name from the phrase ULURU KATA TJUTA NICK KY
The Body in the Mist by Nick Louth - author is NICK
Option 4: takes place at least 50% in Australia or is by an author born in or currently living in Australia.
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy who lives in Sydney, Australia (last line of author page on GR)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 575
LoraTask: 15.9 Let's Go Camping
Read a book with a camper, tent, or RV on the cover.
Book/Author: Dead in the Water / S.C. Merritt
How it fits: travel trailer on the cover
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 505
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
Cindy FTask 5.10 Picnic Time
Book of Choice
Runaway: Stories by Alice Munro
Points this post:5
Total points:145
Books read:9
Big Books:1
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:9
Cindy FTask 10.1 Walking On Sunshine
4 letter word in title from letters in WALKING ON SUNSHINE
(LAKE)
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Points this post:10
Total points:155
Books read:10
Big books:1
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:10
Kristen IA5.7 Summer Vacations
Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover.
Required: Post the cover
The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 170/975
Tasks Completed: 11/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kristen IA25.2 - Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer - Not!
This is a two book task, choose two different options and read one book for each option.
Required: state the options
Option 2 - Hot Weather Clothes
Read a book with a person wearing shorts or a swimsuit on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler
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, AB, AO, BA, BB, BO, OA, OB, or OO.
In the Weeds by B.K. Borison
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 195/975
Tasks Completed: 12/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
JenJ IA10.4 Future's So Bright
Read a book with a person wearing sunglasses on the cover.
Required: post the cover
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 195/975
Tasks Completed: 12/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
JenJ IA10.7 Camp Rock
Read a book where the MC is an active performance artist or performing arts is central to the story.
Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 205/975
Tasks Completed: 13/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
15.2 Here or There?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 Burning Island by Jock Serong
word in title, ISLAND, found in Elk ISLAND National Park
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 King Who Made Paper Flowers by Terry Kay
name of park, NEW FOREST national park, found in The kiNg who made papEr FlOWERS
Task total: 15
Season total: 580
JenJ IA15.2 Here or There?
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.
True North by Andrew J. Graff (North Cascades National Park - USA)
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. The words National and Park may be excluded.
Required: State the country and park name for each book
The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir by Sarah Kendzior (Tatra National Park - Poland)
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket****
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 220/975
Tasks Completed: 14/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
MEGSCL20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 Goals
Option 1- Read any book first published in March 2025 or later.
(July 2025) The Whisky Widow
**529p - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL: 140 points
TICKETS: 3 IAF, 2 BB
MEGSCL20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!
Option 1: Through the Years: 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. -Read a book that was first published in one of these years.
(2025) Homeseeking
**512p - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL: 160 points
TICKETS: 3 IAF, 3 BB
JenJ IA15.10 I'm Not Scared
Read a book with MPG Horror- Stand alone or embedded
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 235/975
Tasks Completed: 15/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
JenJ IA30.5 Delicious Dee 's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: HG Wells
The combined page count of the books must be at least 501 pgs.
Option 2 - Read a book by a single author where ALL the author's initials can be found in H.G. Wells. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
Option 4 - Read a book that can be found on the first 5 pages of the following shelves:
Technology Books
Futuristic Books
Required: state the list and the page - Technology Books, Page 2
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 265/975
Tasks Completed: 16/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
FLY Task #30.8 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
task: Option 2 - June, July OR August found intact in the title
book: The Unmaking of June Farrow
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here) = 352 pages
how it fits: "June" in title
task: Option 3 - author's initials in June OR July OR August
book: The Second Mrs. Astor
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here) = 323 pages
how it fits: author Shana Abe initials SA in (A)ugu(s)t
other:
both books exceed 250 page minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 590
Tasks completed: 33/56
BB: 10 / GO: 5 / IAF: 3
CHANDNI15.10 I'm Not Scared
Read a book with MPG Horror- Stand alone or embedded
The Dark Half by Stephen King
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315
Jessica S25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating Summertime
June Option 1: book where a wedding or a wedding anniversary is essential to the story
Limited Edition Husband by Lauren Blakely
August Option 2: Book by an author whose initials (first and last) are in one of the following words: BEER or SMORES or WAFFLE
Unspoken Vow by Eden Finley
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 475
Jessica S5.3 Women's Rights
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of womens, gender, or feminism
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 480
Jessica S15.6 Animals, Animals, Animals!
Book with one of these words in the title/subtitle. Animal, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Hyena, Lion, or Cheetah
The Lion and the Crow by Eli Easton
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 495
Jessica S30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: book with MPG Romance
Whit by Cora Rose
Option 3: book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (DEBUT)
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 425
Nick KY20.9 TrishHartUK’s Crater Lake Opt. 4. MPG “Gothic.” I read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 725
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Jane Eyre. Most popular paperback is the ed. I read , 532 pp.
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1), 750+ (2) = 5 BB Tickets
Task 20.10 - Group Readscomment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
You Killed Me First
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580 points
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