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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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25.4 The National ParksBook 1A - Read a book set at least 50% in Alaska.
Thin Ice
Book 2B -read a book that is set at least 50% in a location found on this list https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factboo... OR on a cruise ship.
The Woman in Cabin 10
Set on a cruise ship
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 460
30.3 Exploring MPG's - >500 pgsPick 2 different MPG's from list and read 1 book for each:
MPG Survival
MPG Maritime
MPG Geology
MPG Medieval
MPG Adventure
MPG Post Apocalyptic
Book 1 - Survival MPG
pgsEndurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage- 357 pgs
* Claiming It's a Fact Ticket for non-fiction
Book 2 - Adventure MPG
Daughter of the Siren Queen- 341 pgs
357+341=698 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 490
IAF ticket: 1/6
30.5 HG Wells >501 pgsOpt 3 - Read a book published between 21 September 1866 and died 13 August 1946
The Thin Man - 201 pgs
First published December 1, 1934
Opt 5 - Read a book that is set at least 75% in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) or in New Jersey, USA.
Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine- 324 pgs
Set in New Jersey
201+324=525 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 520
30.9 National Parks of AustraliaOpt 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
Lucky You - LUCKY
L,U - ULuru
C,K - niCK
Y - kY
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.
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (Australian author)
Set in Sydney, New South Wales
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 550
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 I’ll Be There For You
Read a book off of this list: Friendship Fiction. I read A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny, from page 11 of the list.
Total points so far: 380
Bookwrm526Task #25.5 - Celebrating Summertime
June Option 1: Read a book where a wedding or a wedding anniversary is essential to the story.. I read The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa.
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. I chose SMORES and read A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enríquez (sMorEs).
Total points so far: 405
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater LakeOption 3, first published May-October any year from 1996 on: My Friends by Fredrik Backman, published May 6, 2025
Points this post: 20
Total points: 330
Kai20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
OPTION 2
Read a book with large, natural body of water (lake, river or sea/ocean) on the cover.
Clear by Carys Davies
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 24
Total Points: 470
BIG BOOK: 1
GOLDEN OLDIES: 4
IT'S A FACT: 1
5.4 World EnvironmentRead a book whose author's first and last initials can be found in "worLd environMent day".
Champion by Marie Lu
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 650
Total Tasks Completed: 33
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
15.7 Bright and BeautifulRead a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye.
by Rachel Hawkins 56.9 % #57a399 Blue
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 665
Total Tasks Completed: 34
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On SeriesOption A: Get caught up in a series. Read the current last published book in a series of at least 3 books.
Beast of the North Woods by Annelise Ryan
Monster Hunter #3 Release January 2025
Option B: Choose a book from my Series-SRCSummer shelf. Read that book or one in the same series.
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto
This is the book from her list.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 695
Total Tasks Completed: 35
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Kelly L20.4 Golden Oldies: Kai's Task - London Adventure
Option 5- JANE AUSTEN
Read a book with an MPG of Historical, Romance, or Historical Romance. MPGs must be stand-alone, not embedded.
A Sinister Revenge
MPGs Historical and Romance
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This post: 20 points
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Season total: 185 points
Season Tickets: 3 IAF, 1 BB
20.10 - Group ReadsYou Killed Me First by John Marrs
☀️ post in the Group Reads Discussion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Julia10330. 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
Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detection Through Time and Space
(2 U's in Future, 1 U in Through)
Option 4: Read a book that takes place at least 50% in Australia or is by an author born in or currently living in Australia
The Pride of the Peacock
(The second half of the book is set in Australia)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 580
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 43
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30.3 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: 165
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
NF Tickets: 3
Mai30.3 Susan A's Task: Exploring MPGs
MPG Adventure
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
(176 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
Mai20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
Option 3: Book that has won the Hugo Award for science fiction
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
NF Tickets: 3
Mai5.8 Name Game
Author who shares a first name initial with any letter in my Readerboard name: A
Galaxy Grifter: A Snarky, High-Stakes Space Opera by A. Zaykova
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
NF Tickets: 3
Line5.1
Read a book that takes place in one of the States or countries that have a National Park honoring WII
i read The Mothers which takes place in california
books read: 1
tasks done: 1
points for this task: 5
total points: 5
Amy FL10.7 Camp Rock
MC is an active performance artist or performing arts is central to the story.
The Goddess of Warsaw - MC is an actress (in task description)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 585
Amy FL10.8 Summer Lovin'
Set in, first published or about the 1960's
This I Know - set in the 1960's (in task description)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 595
August20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
Option 1- Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MOUNT MAZAMA. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Murder at Crossways by Alyssa Maxwell
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
IAF: 2
BB: 1
Amy FL15.6 Animals, Animals, Animals!
One of these words in the title/subtitle: Animal, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Hyena, Lion, or Cheetah. Possessives and plurals accepted. No other variations.
Unlikely Animals - ANIMALS in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 610
Amy FL25.3 - Shemac's task: Celebrating the end of WW2
Option 2: Book has MPG World War II - The German Daughter
Option 4: Book has any part set during World War II that has been made into a feature film or TV series.
The Painted Bird - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1667354/...
I linked to the audiobooks I completed; there are >550 pages in the print editions.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 635
Kristen IA10.3 500 Reads of Summer
Read a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of this list.
Summer Books List
Required: state the page - Page 1
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 205/975
Tasks Completed: 13/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Amy FL50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
Book 1, Option A: word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table
Cold Evidence - COLD in weDding COokie TabLe
Book 2, Option B: set at least 50% in Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, or Germany.
25 Alive - set in California
Book 3, Option B: title contains a plural word
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death - ARTS and SIGNS
I linked to the audiobooks I completed; there are >900 pages in the print editions.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 685
Kristen IA10.6 Theater Camp
Read a book first published either in July of any year or any month for the year 2022.
Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 215/975
Tasks Completed: 14/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Elizabeth PTask 25.1 - Boss Level
Option 3: 4+ letter word in title made from CREEPERS HAVE NO RESPECT
The Searcher by Tana French
Word: Searcher
CREEpeRS HAve no respect
Option 4: Page # has at least 2 of numbers: 0, 1, 3, 5
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
310 pages
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 230
Total Tasks: 16
GO: 0
BB: 1
IAF: 0
Total Books: 19
Mod
Read a book with a person wearing sunglasses on the cover.
by Jenn McKinlay / woman wearing sunglasses on cover; approved in threadPoints this post: 10
Total points: 485
Mod
Read a book with MPG Horror
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix / MPG Horror
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
Mod
Option 2B- Read a memoir that includes the childhood of the author
I'm That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams by Jordan Chiles / memoir includes her childhood
Points this post: 20
Total points: 520
Mod
Option A- Read the current last published book in a series of at least 3 books.
My Kind of Perfect by Nikki Ash / #3 of 3 in series, most recently published
Option B-Choose a book from my Series-SRCSummer shelf. Read that book or one in the same series.
Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh / on my shelf
Points this post: 30
Total points: 550
Mod
Option 2-One book option
Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Europe, or is about one or more countries in Europe (if Non-Fiction), but is NOT United Kingdom and Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Europe, excluding UK. Multiple authors are allowed, provided that ALL are born within Europe
The Nightmare by Lars Kepler (team of Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril / set in Sweden and written by authors born in Sweden per GR; 500 pgs HC
Points this post: 30
Total points: 580
Mod
Option 1- Read a book with at least 3 U's in the title/subtitle.
The Sudoku Puzzle Murders by Parnell Hall / 3 u's in title
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
An Unexpected Turn by Stephanie Rose / TURN spelled from phrase
Points this post: 30
Total points: 610
Mod
Option 1A- Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table” or “Smith Island Cake.”
Pretty Wild by Lacey Black / WILD spelled from 'Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table'; pub 2025; 280 pg PB
Option 2B- Read a book set at least 50% in one or combination of Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany.
Montana Justice by Josie Jade; 322 pg PB
Option 3A- Read a book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in “Mother of the Grooms.”
Safe With Me by Stephanie Rose / SR in phrase; 344 pg PB
Total pages: 946 > 750
Points this post: 50
Total points: 660
Kelly L30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On Series
Choose two different options and read 1 book for each option. Books must come from 2 different series.
Option B: Choose a book from my Series-SRCSummer shelf. Read that book or one in the same series.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is on page 13 of Kmaried's Series-SRCSummer shelf, and #0 in The Hunger Games series. I read The Hunger Games, #1 in that same series.
Option C: Make progress on a series you have already started. Read a book that is #3 or above but not the last published book in the series.
An Impossible Impostor is #7 in the Veronica Speedwell series. The last published book in the series is #9.
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This post: 30 points
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Season total: 215 points
Season Tickets: 3 IAF, 1 BB
FLY Task #25.2 - Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer - Not!
task: Option 1 - No Sweat - title does not contain any of the letters SWEAT
book: Cold in July
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: no SWEAT in Cold in July
task: Option 3 - author initials made up of letters in A, B, and O
book: The Furthest Station
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author Ben Aaronovitch initials BA
Points this post: 25
Total points: 625
Tasks completed: 35/56
BB: 10 / GO: 5 / IAF: 3
Masoodah25.1 - Ash's Task: Boss Level
Book 1:
Option 1-Until Dawn
For this option pick a book off of one of these lists
Time Loops
#60 on list - Pg 1
Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale
Book 2:
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.
A Vow of Embers by Sariah Wilson
Page count - 571
Includes 1 & 5.
**Claiming one BB Ticket - 571pgs
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 200 / 975
Total Books Read: 13 / 74
Total Tasks Completed: 9 / 56
BB Total: =1
GO:
IAF:
Nick KY10.1 Walking on Sunshine. Title word made from letters in target phrase “Walking on Sunshine” – I read A Pair of Wings by Carole Hopson. Title word WINGS in
“WalkING on Sunshine.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 735
Delicious Dee10.9 Fly Me To The Moon
Foundation - has SPACE as a MPG
Points this Task: 10
Points Overall: 690
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Delicious Dee15.8 Shipwrecked and Stranded
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - after having their ship sunk by a whale; sailors were stranded in small whaling boats for 90 days - resorting to eating their dead shipmates; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points this Task: 15
Points Overall: 705
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Delicious Dee25.2 - Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer - Not!
Option 2 -
- person wearing swim attire on coverOption 4 - All I Want Is You - found on pg3 of the WINTER list
Points this Task: 25
Points Overall: 730
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Delicious dee25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
Book 1, Option A - Wilderness Rescue Unthaw My Heart: A Sapphic Alaska Rescue Romance - set entirely in Alaska
Book 2, Option A - Mrs. Nash's Ashes - author's debut (from profile: Sarah’s debut novel, Mrs. Nash’s Ashes, is a USA Today bestseller); new to me author
Points this Task: 25
Points Overall: 755
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Delicious Dee25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating Summertime
June - Option 1 -
- champagne flute on coverAugust - Option 1 - A Discovery: Love and Other Things - main character is an archeology student on an internship
Points this Task: 25
Points Overall: 780
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
SHEMAC 50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
This is a 3 book task:
1. Read one book for each of the 3 options. ✔️
2. One book must be published in 2025. Book 3 - 25th July 2025
3. Total combined pages must equal 750 or greater. (348 + 280 + 440)
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” or “Smith Island Cake.”
Required: State the word and which phrase you used: SCHOOL from Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table
School of Fish
Book 2: Eric’s August Wedding
Option B: Guests will be traveling to the wedding from: Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany.
Read a book set at least 50% in one or combination of the places listed above.
Weddings, Christmas, and Such: Holiday Stories from Granby
Required: If not obvious from the GR description, then provide a reference. (MPG Setting)
Book 3: Mother of the Grooms
Option A: Read a book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in “Mother of the Grooms.” MF
State of Retribution by Marie Force
This task points: 50
Total season points: 560
August15.7 Bright and Beautiful
Read a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye.
Murder at Kingscote by Alyssa Maxwell
53.7% Green
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
IAF: 2
BB: 1
Line5.9
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.
i read Vi mot dere
DERE can be found in the phrase
points for this task: 5
total points: 10
tasks done: 2
books read: 2
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Opt 3 - Read a book first published between May and October (inclusive) of any year from 1996-onwards.
The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
First published August 23, 2016
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 415