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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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15.3- Quantity or Size?Option 2: One Book Task that does both
-Read a book set at least 75% in Australia and
-Read a book with title with 6+ words
I Hope This Doesn't Find You
New Points: 15
Total Points: 340
BB: 1
GO: 5
IaF: 3
Slideshell30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Option 2
Read a book with MPG Romance, may be standalone or embedded
Queen & Conqueror
Required: State which book is a debut book: This is the debut novel by Isabelle Olmo
*claiming on Big Book Ticket - 507 pages*
Option 3
Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye. A guide to using Tineye can be found here. the percentage does not matter but the colors need to be distinctly different not different shades of the same color. Red, blue, purple/violet, green, yellow, orange, pink, brown, gray
The Wingman
Required: Post the cover: 35.6 %#f6b3c7Pink
13.8 %#bed3deGrey
13.5 %#b1c49cGrey
9.3 %#bd8376Pink
8.9 %#454734Brown
7.9 %#978b92Grey
5.2 %#5e536eViolet
4.7 %#945d92Violet
0.6 %#6a8ea5Blue
0.5 %#564b92Violet
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 40
Total Points: 700
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell15.6 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. No other variations
The Lion's Den
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 41
Total Points: 715
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell30.10 Amy FL’s task: Return of a Favorite
Option 1: The Titles
Read a book with one of these words from the series in the title:
WICKED
Wicked Beauty
Option 3: The Author
Read a book written using a pseudonym
A Fashionably French Murder
Required: If the pseudonym is not listed on on the Goodreads author page, provide a reference: Colleen Cambridge is the pen name of Colleen Gleason
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 42
Total Points: 745
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Slideshell30.8 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last initials in June OR July OR August - Letters may be used multiple times
Nightbane
Option 4
Read a book that is # 6,7 or 8 in a series
An Unexpected Peril
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 43
Total Points: 775
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0
Bookwrm526Task #10.3 500 Reads of Summer
Read a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of this list: Summer Books List. I read Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier, from page 24 of the list.
Total points so far: 470
30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On SeriesOption A: Read the current last book in a series of at least 3 books.
The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner #3) by Sarah Pearse
Option B: Choose a book from my Series-SRCSummer shelf. Read that book or one in the same series.
The Blackbird Oracle (All Souls #5) by Deborah Harkness
Original book was Time's Convert (All Souls #4)
Task total: 30
Season total: 670
30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of TravelsOption 1:read a book that has snow on the cover.
The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner #1) by Sarah Pearse
Option 4: Read a book with an MPG Health
Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control by Barbara Ehrenreich
Task total: 30
Season total: 700
ROBIN P20.4 Golden Oldies: Kai's Task - London Adventure
Option 5: Jane Austen
MPG Historical, Romance or Historical Romance
A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting - has MPG Romance & Historical Romance
Points this post: 20
Total points: 610
BBL3 GO:2 IAF:5
ROBIN P10.4 Future' So Bright
Person wearing sunglasses on cover
Heartbreak Boys
Points this post: 10
Total points: 620
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:5
MEGSCL20.5 Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task - Light Up My World, Scarlett!
Option 1 - Read a book that contains red on the cover, according to Tineye (88% red)
**582pp - 1 bb ticket
TOTAL: 180 points
TICKETS: 3 IAF, 4 BB
MEGSCL20.10 Group Reads
Message 4 - Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
**IAF ticket
TOTAL: 200 points
TICKETS: 4 IAF, 4 BB
MEGSCL20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Option 2 - Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle spelled from the phrase BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. (destroy)
To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other
** IAF ticket
TOTAL: 220 points
TICKETS: 5 IAF, 4 BB
JUKKA10.2 I Know What You Read Last Summer
Book claimed in Summer 2024 Challenge's task thread.
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV. Claimed in post #351.
Total Points: 270/1000
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 22/57
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 2
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: 525
5.4 World Environment - initials in "world environment day"I read The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Total Points: 5
5.6 Summer Song - word from "Hot Fun in the Summertime" lyricsI read The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis - word "school"
Total Points: 10
5.8 Name Game - shares 1st initial with my letter in my readerboard nameI read Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney - A is in my readerboard name
Total Points: 15
15.5 Land of Dragons - all initials in DragonI read Mrs. Pollifax Pursued by Dorothy Gilman - DG in dragon
Total Points: 30
20.2 Favorite Things About Books I chose option 1 - initials in Book Club - and read In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross
Claiming an It's a Fact ticket
Total Points: 50
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.2 Katrisa's Task: Wrapped in Plastic
Option 2: Read a book with one or more conifer trees or a sword on the cover (the hilt of the sword must be visible.
by Sharon DunnOption 5: Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the poem in the title (excluding WITH).
Echoes of Darkness by Darlene L. Turner
Word=DARKNESS
Points this post: 30
Total points: 870/975
Task completed: 51/56
TessaVanessaChallenge 50.1 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.
by Dani Pettrey344 pages
Book 2-Option B: Read a book set at least 50% in one or combination of the places listed : COLORADO, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany.
by Jennifer Pierce208 pages
Book 3-Option B: read a book whose title contains a plural word
by Margarita EngleWORD=creatures
272 pages
First published: July 8, 2025
Points this post: 50
Total points: 920/975
Task completed: 52/56
30.1 The Great YellowstoneOption 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains one of these words. waterfall, lake, river, stream, pond, wetlands
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Option 2: read a book with MPG Romance, may be standalone or embedded
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
Since Yellowstone was the first national park, at least one of your books needs to be a debut book by the author.
Required: state which book is a debut book.
Peace Like A River is the debut book
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 285
Kai30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
OPTION 1
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains one of these words: waterfall, lake, river, stream, pond, wetlands.
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Debut book by author (see Goodreads author page)
OPTION 3
Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye.
Best Murder in Show by Debbie Young
Blue 61.7%, Green 20.8%, Red 6.1%, Brown 1.9%, Orange 0.4%
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 28
Total Points: 555
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 5
IT'S A FACT: 1
VAL TX20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride -
This is a one book task. Choose from one of the following options.
Option 4 - Read a book set at least 50%in any of the following past, current, or future host countries of World Pride
Middlemarch by George Eliot (set in the United Kingdom)
Book first published in 1872, claiming one GO Ticket.
Book is 880 pages long, claiming two BB Tickets.
This post and total:
Points - 20
GO Tickets - 1
BB Tickets - 2
VAL TX20.4 Golden Oldies: Kai's Task - London Adventure - Please choose ONE of the below options based on my trip to complete this task.
Option 5- Read a book with an MPG of Historical, Romance, or Historical Romance.
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 40
GO Tickets - 1
BB Tickets - 2
VAL TX20.5 Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task - Light Up My World, Scarlett! - Choose one option and read one book for that option.
Option 1 - Read a book that contains red on the cover, according to Tineye.
edited by Alice Wong (25.8% red)Book is nonfiction, claiming one IAF Ticket.
This post:
Points - 20
IAF Tickets - 1
Total:
Points - 60
GO Tickets - 1
BB Tickets - 2
IAF Tickets - 1
25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National ParksBook 1 - Option A - Read a book set at least 50% in Alaska.
Homestead
Book 2 -Option A - Read a debut work by an author who is new to you.
We Need New Names
This Author is new to me
New Points: 25
Total Points: 365
BB: 1
GO: 5
IaF: 3
VAL TX20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park! - State the option you chose.
Option 1: Read a book that was first published in one of these years - 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021,2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
True Biz by Sara Nović
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 80
GO Tickets - 1
BB Tickets - 2
IAF Tickets - 1
VAL TX20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake -
Choose one option and read a book for that option.
Option 3- Read a book first published between May and October (inclusive) of any year from 1996-onwards.
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (first published in September 2002, won't let me post Amazon link to verify but it is there.)
Book is 568 pages long, claiming one BB Ticket.
This post:
Points - 20
BB Tickets - 1
Total:
Points - 100
GO Tickets - 1
BB Tickets - 3
IAF Tickets - 1
trishhartuk15.5 Land of Dragons
Read a book with a single author with all initials found in KOMODO OR DRAGON OR LIZARD.
Telling Lies, L.A. Dobbs
Read the kindle edition. Top PB with page count: here (282pg)
LizArD
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 Future's So Bright
Read a book with a person wearing sunglasses on the cover. The sunglasses must be dark or reflective, on a face, and at least 1 lens showing. I read Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto.
Total points so far: 480
ROBIN P15.8 Shipwrecked and Stranded
Book features one of those
The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America
**Claiming 1 IAF pt for nonfiction
Points this post: 15
Total points: 635
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder Option 1: Read a book where animals or their natural habitats are essential to the story.
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 170
Kathy KSBook 1 -- **Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
Book 2 -- **Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1934
50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
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.
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.”
Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass—How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up by Dave Barry
CLASS=Smith iSLAnd Cake
1st published: 2025
hb=244 p.
Book 2: Eric’s August Wedding
Option B: Read a book set at least 50% in one or combination of the places listed... California
The Case of the Curious Bride by Erle Stanley Gardner
Setting per GR page: California
mmpb=312 p.
Book 3: Mother of the Grooms
Option B: Read a book whose title contains a plural word.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
PLURAL: Fairies
hb=317 p.
Total pages: 244+312+317=873 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 390
Tasks completed: 18/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
5.5 Summer SolsticeRead a book where the first letter of each word in the title (subtitle words excluded) from the phrase "Summer Solstice".
Laird of the Mist by Paula Quinn
L O T M are found in Summer Solstice
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 320
MAZZA1Task 5.2 Civil War
Read a book with MPG War, Civil War, or Military Fiction.
Grey Bees
points this post = 5
Points to date = 5
MAZZA1Task 5.3 Women's Rights
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of womens, gender, or feminism.
Know My Name
MPG Feminism Non-Fiction Verified here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 5
Points to date = 10
MAZZA1Task 5.4 World Environment
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found in "World Environment Day".
Letters may only be used as often as they appear
Lady's Well: A DCI Ryan Mystery L.J. Ross L and R in target phrase
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 15
MAZZA1Task 5.5 Summer Solstice
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title (subtitle words excluded) from the phrase "Summer Solstice".
Exit Strategy E and S in target phrase
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 20
MAZZA1Task 5.6 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
Opal Country
Using the word "Country"
from the line "County fair in the country sun"
Points this post =5
Points to date = 25
MAZZA15.7 Summer Vacations
Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover.
points this post = 5
Points to date = 30
MAZZA15.8 Name Game
Read a book with an author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name.
My readerboard name is MAZZA1
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid
Points this post =5
Points to date = 35
MAZZA1 Task 5.9 Sand Time
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.
Poison Garden: A DCI Ryan Mystery
GARDEN made from target Phrase GAR in Great DEN in DUNes
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 40
MAZZA1 Task 10.1 Walking On Sunshine
Read a book whose title includes a word of 4 or letters made from the phrase
"Walking On Sunshine"
The Evening News Using the word NEWS
points this post = 10
points to date = 50
MAZZA1Task 10.2 I Know What You Read Last Summer
Read a book that was claimed in the Summer 2024 Challenge
Whale Fall
Claimed in Message 427 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 50
MAZZA110.3 500 Reads of Summer
Read a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of this list.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Three Days in June
On Page 21 of list
Points this post = 10
Points to date =60
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20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task
OPTION 2
Read a book that has been longlisted, shortlisted, or won any of these prizes in any year:
Stella Prize
Women's Prize for Fiction
Miles Franklin
Booker Prize
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
Shortlisted for The Stella Prize in 2020
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 27
Total Points: 525
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 5
IT'S A FACT: 1