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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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Lisa MD10.9 - Fly Me To The Moon
MPG: Space
The Astronaut's Wife: How Launching My Husband into Outer Space Changed the Way I Live on Earth by Stacey Morgan
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 565/975
Total Books Read: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 30
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 9
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10.8 Summer Lovin'
Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
First published October 1, 1962
The Man in the High Castle. Philip K. Dick
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 365 /1000
Tasks Completed 26/57
5.7 Summer VacationsRead a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover.
Cheaper by the Dozen
Childrens is present on MPG. AR info is MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 10.0
***Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket for Non-fiction***
New Points: 5
Total Points: 425
BB: 1
GO:6
IaF: 5
10.6 Theater CampRead a book first published either in July of any year or any month for the year 2022.
Time Is a Mother
First published April 5, 2022
New Points: 10
Total Points: 435
BB: 1
GO:6
IaF: 5
Jessica S10.5 I’ll Be There For You
Celebrate by reading a book off of this list. Friendship Fiction
Violeta by Isabel Allende
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 705
Jessica S30.5 Delicious Dee 's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: HG Wells
Option 2 - Read a book by a single author where ALL the authors initials can be found in H.G. Wells
Hijacked by Lucy Lennox
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
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 735
ROBIN P10.3 500 Reads of Summer
Book from list
Mary Jane - page 1 of list, near the bottom
Points this post: 10
Total points: 750
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
Lisa MD15.5 - Land of Dragons
Author Initials found in "DRagons"
Bark of Night by David Rosenfelt
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 580/975
Total Books Read: 41
Total Tasks Completed: 31
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 9
Kristen IA50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
-One book must be published in 2025.
-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.”
Required: State the word and which phrase you used. - "Art" from "Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table"
The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young - 400 pages
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
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.
Required: If not obvious from the GR description, then provide a reference.
The World's Fair Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini (set in Pennsylvania) - 304 pages
Book 3: Mother of the Grooms
Option B: Read a book whose title contains a plural word.
These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean - 400 pages
400 + 304 + 400 = 1104 total pages
All books published in 2025
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 305/975
Tasks Completed: 17/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
JenJ 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 6
Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 275/975
Tasks Completed: 17/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
JenJ IA10.5 I’ll Be There For You
Read a book off of this list.
Friendship Fiction
The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Required: state the page - Page 5
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 285/975
Tasks Completed: 18/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Kathy KS**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Option 1 – Book club
-Read a book by a single author where all the author's initials can be found in BOOK CLUB.
Sleeping with Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Liz Bourke
LB=Book cLub
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 515
Tasks completed: 23/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 6
JenJ IA15.8 Shipwrecked and Stranded
Read a book where a shipwreck or someone who stranded in the ocean or on an island is essential to the story.
Swept Away by Beth O'Leary
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 300/975
Tasks Completed: 19/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
JenJ IA20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Option 1 – Book club
Read a book by a single author where all the author's initials can be found in BOOK CLUB.
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 320/975
Tasks Completed: 20/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
JenJ IA20.9 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.
Required: post the cover.
The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 340/975
Tasks Completed: 21/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Masoodah20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
-Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle spelled from the phrase BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase.
Required: State the word.
BIR T H D A Y CEL E BRA T I O N S.
TAINTED
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 290 / 975
Total Books Read: 19 / 74
Total Tasks Completed: 14 / 56
BB Total: 1+1=2
GO:
IAF:
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater LakeOption 2 - Read a book with large, natural body of water (lake, river or sea/ocean) on the cover.
Quest on the Thorny Path by David Beaupre
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 310
MAZZA15.10 Picnic Time
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Rome Apartment
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 975
That is me done thanks
trishhartuk30.9 Nick KY’s Task: Uluru – National Parks of Australia
Includes a claim for a big book ticket.
Opt. 2. Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the phrase ULURU KATA TJUTA NICK KY.
Heavenly Tyrant, Xiran Jay Zhao
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (no MMPB): here (525pg)
TYRANT: uluRu kATa Tjuta Nick kY
Big Book: Heavenly Tyrant is 525pg = 500+ x 1 = 1tkt
Opt. 4. Read a book tat least 50% in Australia or is by an author born in...living in Australia.
Queen of the Flowers, Kerry Greenwood
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (288pg)
Kerry Greenwood was born in Victoria, Australia
Set primarily in Australia, with maybe 5% in Orkney.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Big Book: 1 – Heavenly Tyrant is 525pg = 500+ x 1 = 1tkt
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 24
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved: Erica H’s Task - Organized Procrastinator
Option 2: A book with a word of 5 or more letters in the title spelled from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE.
Sister Spy, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (no MMPB): here (185pg)
SISTER: project finish RESISTance
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 25
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 - Enjoying Summer - Not!
Option 3: 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. I chose BB and read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
Option 4: Read a book from the first 25 pages of one of these lists. I chose the list Winter Books and read The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter, from page 1 of the list.
Total points so far: 720
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50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married (3 books, one published in 2025, 750+ pages)
Book 1: Greg’s June Wedding
Option B: Read a book with a pier, pavilion or gazebo, or a natural body of water on the cover. (Include the cover in your post.)
Alaskan Magic. Theresa Goldstrand - 186 pages
Approved on Help Thread - message 19
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. (Massachusetts)
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club. Martha Hall Kelly - 336 pages
First published May 27, 2025
Book 3: Mother of the Grooms
Option B: Read a book whose title contains a plural word.
Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds. Allison Brennan - 390 pages
186 + 336 + 390 >750
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 415 /1000
Tasks Completed 27/57
LoraTask: 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.
Book/Author: Animal Farm / George Orwell
How it fits: word ANIMAL in the title
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie for published in 1945.
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 655
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 6
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Deborah20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Option 2 - Celebrate
Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title/subtitle spelled from the phrase BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS.
Wolf's Bane Using BANE
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 390
Books Read: 28
Tasks Done: 20
Deborah20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
Option 4
Read a book with the MPG of Fantasy, Gothic or Ghosts (stand-alone or embedded).
Wolf's Curse MPG: FANTASY
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 410
Books Read: 29
Tasks Done: 21
Bookwrm526Task #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. Word must be exact and excludes the words Of, The, National and Park. I chose Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, and used the word BLACK, and read The Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala.
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. I chose Aggtelek National Park in Hungary and read Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom (AGL from falling; GE from being; T from with; E from love; K from back).
Total points so far: 735
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20.5 Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task
Option 1 - Read a book that contains red on the cover
This Will Be Funny Someday
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 760
Julia10310.7 Camp Rock
Read a book where the MC is a performance artist
Murder in the Dressing Room
The main character, Misty Devine, performs in a drag club.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 755
BB: 3
GO: 5
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 57
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5.3 Women's Rights
Read a nonfiction book with a MPG genre of women, gender, or feminism.
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman
- MPG Feminism and Womens
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 765
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15.1 More or Less?
Book 1: Read the most rated book on your TBR
Book Lovers (1,388,067)
and
Book 2: Read the least rated book on your TBR
Holly Horror: The Longest Night (153)
Required State the ratings of each book
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 780
Elizabeth PTask 20.1 - Organized Procrastinator
Option 2: Book with word of 5+ letters in title made from letters in PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Word: Faeries
pRojEct FIniSh rEsistAnce
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 355
Total Tasks: 21
GO: 0
BB: 2
IAF: 0
Total Books: 27
15.8 Shipwrecked and StrandedRead a book where a shipwreck or someone who stranded in the ocean is essential to the story.
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 325
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10 Picnic Time
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
I Heard God Laugh: A Practical Guide to Life's Essential Daily Habit
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket.
TOTALS
Points: 135
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 9
Total books: 17
Total tasks: 16
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.4 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.
Mermaid: A Memoir of ResilienceClaiming 1 It's a fact ticket.
TOTALS
Points: 145
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total books: 18
Total tasks: 17
Lisa MD10.2 - I Know What You Read Last Summer
Claimed in SRC Summer 2024 Challenge
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHale
Summer '24 completed task thread - message #423
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 590/975
Total Books Read: 42
Total Tasks Completed: 32
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 9
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Julia10325.2 - Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer - Not!
Option 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. That is, the author initials are AA, AB, AO, BA, BB, BO, OA, OB, or OO.
Born of Water by Autumn M. Birt
(author initials AB)
Option 4: Read a book from the first 25 pages of one of these lists.
Winter Books
Christmas Books
The Christmas Pig
This is the last book on page 2 of the Christmas Books list
This has MPG Children. AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8.0
This post: 25 points
Total points: 780
BB: 3
GO: 5
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 59
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Read a book with MPG Post-Apocalyptic
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi / MPG Post Apocalyptic
Points this post: 10
Total points: 840
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Option 1- Read a book with one of these words from the series in the title (subtitle excluded). Words must be exact. No variations.
Rules, Shadow, Eyes, Silent, Winter, Night, Mind, Sudden, Secret, Certain, Easy, Chosen, Mortal, Naked, Hidden, Broken, Invisible, Phantom, Wicked, Storm, Buried, Stolen, Silken, Field, Gathering, Extreme, Golden, Twisted, Neon, Masked, Ocean, Righteous, Judgment, Toxic, Lethal
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire / WICKED in list
Option 2- Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of the recurring characters in the Prey series. Lucas Davenport, Jennifer Carey, Weather Karkinnen, Virgil Flowers, Del Capslock, Harrison Sloan, Letty Davenport, Rose Marie Roux (Rose or Marie work), Marcy Sherrill, Elle Kruger
Dead Man's List by Karen Rose / ROSE in 'Rose Marie Roux'
Points this post: 30
Total points: 870
MEGSCL5.8 Name Game
Read a book with an author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name.
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
*IT’S A FACT TICKET
TOTAL: 270 points
TICKETS: 6 IAF, 4 BB, 1 GO
MEGSCL5.9 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.
TREES - The Island of Missing Trees
TOTAL: 275 points
TICKETS: 6 IAF, 4 BB, 1 GO
30.9 National Parks of AustraliaOpt. 1. Read a book with at least 3 U's in the title/subtitle.
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
Opt. 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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
The Misbegotten Son: The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross by Jack Olsen
The word is JACK
This has 592 pages. I'd like a BB ticket for it.
Both books are non-fiction, I'd like 2 It's A Fact Tickets
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 340
FLY Task #5.9 Sand Time!
task: 4+ letter title word made from GREAT SAND DUNES
book: Nine Women, One Dress
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: "Dress" in G(RE)AT (S)AN(D) DUNE(S)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 780
Tasks completed: 45/56
BB: 10 / GO: 7 / IAF: 3
Task 25.6 - Celebrating the End of WW2500+ pages
option 1: set in Myanmar (Burma)
I Did Something Bad
336 pages
option 2: MPG World War II
The Great Fortune
288 pages
336+288 = 624 pages >500
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785 points
5.5 Summer SolsticeRead a book where the first letter of each word in the title (subtitle words excluded) from the phrase "summeR soLsTice".
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 800
Total Tasks Completed: 45
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
5.6 Summer SongRead 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.
End of the Spring and here she comes back
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 805
Total Tasks Completed: 46
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
10.3 500 Reads of SummerRead a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of this list.
Page one
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 815
Total Tasks Completed: 47
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
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5.6 Summer Song
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters found in the title (subtitles excluded) from the the lyrics of "Hot Fun In The Summertime" by Sly & The Family Stone. Words must be exact.
A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
"County"
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
and
1 Golden Oldie Ticket - originally published 1949**
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 35
Total Points: 655
BIG BOOK: 3
GOLDEN OLDIES: 7
IT'S A FACT: 2