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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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Cindy FTask 20.4 London Adventure
Option 5: MPG Historical
Seeing a Large Catby Elizabeth Peters
Points this post:20
Total points:180
Books read:12
Big books:2
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:12
Cindy F Task 10.5 I'll Be There For You
Book off list "Friendship Fiction" Page #1
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Points this post:10
Total points:190
Books read:13
Big Books:2
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:13
LoraTask: 20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride, using Option 4
Read a book set at least 50% in the United States.
Book/Author: Icing on the Case / Cindy Coloma
How it fits: set in United States, in Georgia, even though the town is fictitious
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 535
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Mai30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of Travels
3: Single author’s initials are in NIAGARA FALLS.
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Option 5: All the letters of VEGAS in the series title
Dark Avengers: The Complete Collection by Brian Michael Bendis
Series name: "Dark Avengers"
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 22
NF Tickets: 3
Kathy KS15.4 Beauty in Words
Option 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 web page.
Book 2: Read a book with an author that shares either a name or initials with one of the poets on this website.
On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane
Title word: EARTH (Poem: “Remember”)
Author name: EMILY (Poet: Emily Dickinson)
I listened to an audiobook; pb-380 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 405
Tasks completed: 19/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
ROBIN P50.1 Lisa MD's Task: The Summer My Boys Got Married
Option 1A: Word in title found in phrase
Some Other Time - TIME found in SMITH ISLAND CAKE - 317 p
Option 2B: Set in location of wedding guests
Bury the Lead - set in New Jersey, one of the locations - 261 p
Option 3B: Plural word in title - Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries - TRACKS is plural - 289 p
Total pages - 867 > 750
Points this post: 50
Total points: 685
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
25.2 Enjoying Summer - NotOption 2: Read a book with a person wearing shorts or a swimsuit on the cover:
by Rachel BeanlandOption 3: The blood types are A, B, AB, and O. Read a book whose author has first and last initials made up of these letters.
Angel's Tip by Alafair Burke
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 310
Deborah20.1 - Most 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.
STREET
The Last House on Needless Street
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 310
Books Read: 22
Tasks Done: 16
Rockynook15.9 - Let's Go Camping
Read a book with a camper, tent, or RV on the cover.
by Tonya KappesPoints this Post: 15
Total Points: 385
Julia10330.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: read a book with MPG Romance
Heartstone
Option 3: Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye
Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond Special Issue #2
Tineye results:
51.8 %#bbddd7 Blue
13.2 %#598b70 Green
11.8 %#58635a Grey
10.5 %#89b479 Green
5.3 %#a04c46 Red
5.1 %#b09182 Brown
1.3 %#dc1e1b Red
0.4 %#d54741 Red
0.3 %#1c1b85 Blue
0.3 %#3a3d8e Blue
Heartstone is the author's debut novel.
This post: 30 points
Total points: 690
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 50
Kristen 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: 225/975
Tasks Completed: 15/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kai15.6 Animals, Animals, Animals!
Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: Animal, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Hyena, Lion, or Cheetah.
Animal by Lisa Taddeo
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 29
Total Points: 570
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 5
IT'S A FACT: 1
Kelly L10.7 Camp Rock
Read a book where the MC is an active performance artist or performing arts is central to the story.
So Gay for You: Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All is written by two actors, about their careers as performers.
***Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket for non-fiction****
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This post: 10 points
Tickets: 1 IAF
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Season total: 225 points
Season Tickets: 4 IAF, 1 BB
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30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of Travels
3: Single author’s initials are in NIAGARA FALLS.
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Option 5: All the letters of VEGAS in the series title
Dark Avengers: The Complete Collection by Brian Michael Bendis
Series name: "Dark Avengers"
Points this post: -30
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 20
NF Tickets: 3
Mai10.2 I Know What You Read Last Summer
Book claimed in the Summer 2024 Challenge Completed Task Thread
Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu
This book was claimed in message #1475 last summer.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
NF Tickets: 3
5.8 Name GameRead a book with an author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name.
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The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 700
Total Tasks Completed: 36
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
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. - DEAD
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 705
Total Tasks Completed: 37
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
5.10 Picnic TimeRead a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 710
Total Tasks Completed: 37
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
10.6 Theater CampRead a book first published either in July of any year or any month for the year 2022.
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
First published March 15, 2022
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 720
Total Tasks Completed: 38
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
10.8 Summer Lovin'Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
Park Avenue Summer by Renée Rosen
From the blurb :
"Mad Men meets The Devil Wears Prada as Renée Rosen draws readers into the glamour of 1965 New York City and Cosmopolitan Magazine..."
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 730
Total Tasks Completed: 39
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
LoraTask: 10.1 Walking On Sunshine
Read a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) includes a word of 4 or letters made from the phrase
"Walking On Sunshine"
Book/Author: Gone Rogue / Marissa Meyer
How it fits: using title work GONE; walkinG ON sunshinE
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 545
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
20.10 Group ReadsFiction: Psychological Thriller
You Killed Me First by John Marrs
Message #16
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 750
Total Tasks Completed: 40
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
15.5 Land of DragonsAuthor initials in DRAGON: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
paperback edition Killers of a Certain Age
Points this post: 15
Total points: 375
15.7 Bright and BeautifulCover at least 50% Red: Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Tineye: Red = 90.8%
paperback edition Marble Hall Murders
Points this post: 15
Total points: 390
Amy FL5.4 World Environment
Author's first and last initials can be found in "World Environment Day"
Heart of a Killer by David Rosenfelt - DR in woRlD
Points this post: 5
Total points: 790
Amy FL15.4 Beauty in Words
Option 1: tasks use the website:
https://www.readpoetry.com/poems-that...
Book 1: title contains a 4 or more letter word from one of the poems on the site
The Girl in the Woods - WOODS - poem is The Way Through the Woods
Book 2: author shares either a name or initials with one of the poets on the site
The Mistake by Jack Heath - JH - Joy Harjo
Points this post: 15
Total points: 805
Amy FL15.8 Shipwrecked and Stranded
A shipwreck or someone who is stranded in the ocean or on an island is essential to the story.
Northwest Angle - in task description
Points this post: 15
Total points: 820
Amy FL20.10 Group Reads
Fiction: Psychological Thriller - You Killed Me First - my review
Points this post: 20
Total points: 840
Amy FL25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
Book 1, Option B: a word of at least four letters in the title that can be made from the phrase CONGAREE SWAMP
The Drowning Game - GAME in conGArEe swaMp
Book 2, Option A: a debut work by an author who is new to you
The Things We Didn’t Know by Elba Iris Pérez was a debut novel by a new-to me author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 865
Julia10325.3 - Shemac's task: Celebrating the end of WW2
Option 2: Read a book that has MPG World War II
The Rainbow
Option 3: Read a book that was first published between 22nd September 1939 and 23rd June 1958
Panic!
(first published October 1, 1939 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket)
This post: 25 points, 1 GO
Total points: 715
BB: 3
GO: 4
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 52
Mai10.10 Radioactive, Radioactive
Book with MPG Post-Apocalyptic
Hulk: Future Imperfect by Peter David
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 22
NF Tickets: 3
FLY Task #5.1 Victory Day
+GO ticket
task: set in one of the States or countries that have a National Park honoring WII
book: The Big Sleep
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: set in California
other:
**Claiming GO ticket for First published February 6th 1939
Points this post: 5
Total points: 630
Tasks completed: 36/56
BB: 10 / GO: 5 + 1 = 6 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
task: Option 1: title contains: waterfall, lake, river, stream, pond, or wetlands
book: The Lake
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: 'Lake' in title
task: Option 2: MPG Romance
book: A Very Typical Family
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: MPG Romance
other: one of the books needs to be a debut book by the author - A Very Typical Family is Sierra Godfrey's debut novel (see book description)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 660
Tasks completed: 37/56
BB: 10 / GO: 6 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride
task: Option 2 - title contains a 4+ letter word made from: STONEWALL UPRISING
book: Lost in the Moment and Found
(my version is audio, no MMPB, no PB, HC here)
how it fits: "lost" in (STO)NEWAL(L)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 680
Tasks completed: 38/56
BB: 10 / GO: 6 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!
task: Option 3B: author's FIRST initial in: AR, AZ, CO, IN, SD, TN, or WY and LAST initial in: CO, IL, MA, or MO
book: Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
(my version is audio, no MMPB, no PB, HC here)
how it fits: author Seanan McGuire initials SM (S in SD, M in MA)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 700
Tasks completed: 39/56
BB: 10 / GO: 6 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #10.4 Future's So Bright
task: a person wearing sunglasses on the cover
book: The Heart Principle
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits:
Points this post: 10
Total points: 710
Tasks completed: 40/56
BB: 10 / GO: 6 / IAF: 3
ROBIN P5.3 Women's Rights
MPG Women, Gender or Feminism
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
MPG Feminism - visible when you click "more"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 690
BB:3 GO: 2 IAF: 6
LoraTask: 30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On Series, using options B and C
Book 1: Choose a book from my Series-SRCSummer shelf. Read that book or one in the same series.
Book/Author: The Maid's Secret / Nita Prose
How it fits: book on the shelf; #3 in Molly the Maid series
Book 2: Read a book that is #3 or above but not the last book in the series.
Book/Author: A Fatal Yarn: Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library / Allie Pleiter
How it fits: #17 in the Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library series, which has 24 books in it
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 575
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Nick KY15.8 Shipwrecked Read a book where a shipwreck or someone stranded in the ocean or on an island is essential to the story.
I read Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. From the GR blurb: “When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island…,”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 795
Nick KY30.4 TessaVanessa’s Year of Travels
Opt. 2. Chicago – Book has a 4+ letter word with letters in BIG CITY VIBE. I read My Give a Damn's Busted by Carolyn Brown. The word is GIVE. “bIG city VibE”
Opt. 3. Author’s inits in NIAGARA FALLS. I read Broken Ghost by Niall Griffiths. NiaGara falls.
Points This Post: 30
TotalPoints So Far: 825
CathyG15.4 Beauty in Words
National parks are all about Nature and preserving the beauty in our world.
For this task, use the website https://www.readpoetry.com/poems-that...
Choose an option.
Required: State the option Option 2
Option 1: Two Book Task
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.
Words must be stand alone and match exact.
Required State the word from "Remember" - life
and
Book 2: Read a book with an author that shares either a name or initials with one of the poets on this website.
Required State the author of the poem-Emily Dickinson
Option 2: One Book Task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
CathyG15.7 Bright and Beautiful
Read a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye.
Required: Post the cover The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday by Rob Walker
Points this post - 15
Total points - 30
CathyG15.9 Let's Go Camping
Read a book with a camper, tent, or RV on the cover.
Not Happy Campers by Ash Keller
Required: Post the cover.
Points this post - 15
Total points - 45
CathyG30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
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.
This is a two book task. Choose two options and read 1 book for each.
Required state the options
Option 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains one of these words. Plurals/Possessives accepted, no other variations
waterfall, lake, river, stream, pond, wetlands
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Option 2: Get hot and steamy and read a book with MPG Romance, may be standalone or embedded
Any Trope but You by Victoria Lavine
debut
Points this post - 30
Total points - 75
Jessica S10.2 I Know What You Read Last Summer
Book that was claimed in the Summer 2024 Challenge (message 70 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Points this post: 10
Total points: 535
Jessica S 15.3- Quantity or Size?
Option 2: One Book Task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
Read a book set at least 75% in Australia
Read a book with title with 6+ words excluding subtitles OR 12+ more words including the subtitle
The Parable of the Mustard Seed by Lisa Henry
Points this post: 15
Total points: 550
Jessica S15.9 Let's Go Camping
Book with a camper, tent, or RV on the cover.
The Falcon and the Foe by A.J. TrumanPoints this post: 15
Total points: 565
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 Theater Camp
Read a book first published either in July of any year or any month for the year 2022. I read The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths, first published July, 2025.
Total points so far: 520
Jessica S25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
Book 1 Option B: Book with a word of at least four letters in the title that can be made from the phrase CONGAREE SWAMP (CROWNS)
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Book 2 Option A: Read a debut work by an author who is new to you
Jackaby by William Ritter (author is new to me)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 590
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Task 5.5 Summer Solstice
First letter in each word in title in SUMMER SOLSTICE (S,T)
Saving Time by Jodi Taylor
Claim 1 BB ticket 512 pages
Points this post:5
Total points:160
Books read:11
Big Books:2
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:11