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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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30.2 Katrisa's Task: Wrapped in PlasticOption 3 - The Black Lodge and White Lodge
Read a book from the first 20 pages of this
towards the end of Page 2
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Option 5 - Fire Walk with Me
Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the poem in the title (excluding WITH).
One chants out between two worlds.
Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 855
Total Tasks Completed: 49
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Delicious Dee10.10 Radioactive, Radioactive
The Dark We Seek - post apocalypic is a MPG
Points this Task: 10
Points Overall: 905
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Big Book Ticket: 1
EMurphy30.3 Susan A's Task: Exploring MPGs - Choose 2 MPGs listed and read 1 book for each
MPG Adventure The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
*331 pages
**It's a Fact Ticket
MPG Post-Apocalyptic The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
*272 pages
331+272=603 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 315
Books Read: 21
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 14
15.7 Bright and BeautifulRead a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye.
Ames miroirs by Olivia Atwater
72.3 %#0969b3Blue
12.6 %#93907fGrey
5.0 %#3c75a0Blue
4.4 %#d3dce2Grey
2.6 %#7cabceBlue
2.1 %#718a9bGrey
1.0 %#7f8a89Grey
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 425
EMurphy30.1 Jenn Renee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: MPG Romance Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
*Debut book
Option 3: Cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to TinEye
*Violet, orange, grey, blue, red, pink, brown
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 345
Books Read: 23
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 15
EMurphy25.2 Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer-Not!
Option 2: Person wearing shorts or a swimsuit on the cover
by J. Courtney Sullivan*Big Book +500 Ticket: 512 pages
Option 3: Author's initials are AA, AB, AO, BA, BB, BO, OA, OB, OO Dark Across the Bay by Ania Ahlborn
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 370
Books Read: 25
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 16
20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 GoalsMy task is based on my two personal reading goals for this year.
Required: State the option chosen
Option 1- Read more new releases and ARCs. For this task read any book first published in March 2025 or late
I read Into the Leopard's Den: A Bangalore Detectives Club Mystery which was published July 1, 2025.
Points: 120
books read: 11
tasks completed: 7
tasks in progress: 2
It's a fact: 2
pages read: 3843
Elizabeth PTask 20.6 - Let's Go to the Park!
Option 3B: Book by author whose first initial matches visited national park states and last matches visited ballpark states
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
I used AZ for national park states and MA for ballpark states
AzMa
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 375
Total Tasks: 22
GO: 0
BB: 2
IAF: 0
Total Books: 28
Line5.1
i read The Mothers which takes place in california.
Point Reyes
National Seashore - CA is the park i used
pints for this task: 5
total points: 10
books read: 2
tasks done: 2
Jager20.9 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.
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
1 IAF ticket
points this post 20
total points 20
IAF 1
KRISTA KY15.10 Read a book with MPG Horror- Stand alone or embedded
Ward D
Points this task: 15
Total points: 410
Books read: 28
FLY Task #10.8 Summer Lovin'
task: book set in, first published or about the 1960's
book: All the Crooked Saints
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: set in 1962 (reference: https://alibrarymama.com/2018/03/30/a...)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 790
Tasks completed: 46/56
BB: 10 / GO: 7 / IAF: 3
JenJ IA25.2 - Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer - Not!
Option 2 - Hot Weather Clothes
Read a book with a person wearing shorts or a swimsuit on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
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.
Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 365/975
Tasks Completed: 22/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
trishhartuk10.3 500 Reads of Summer
Read a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of the list.
Paper Towns, John Green
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (Spanish): here (368pg). Top English PB:
here (305pg)
On Page 2, towards the bottom
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 26
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Cindy FTask 5.6 Summer Song
Word in title in song lyrics (COUNTRY)
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Points this post:5
Total points:195
Books read:14
Big Books:2
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:14
Cindy FTask 5.9 Sand Time!
Word in title from letters in GREAT SAND DUNES (SATAN'S)
Satan's Lullaby by Priscilla Royal
Points this post:5
Total points:200
Books read:15
Big Books:2
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:15
Lisa MD5.10 - Picnic Time
Free choice
Muzzled by David Rosenfelt
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 595/975
Total Books Read: 43
Total Tasks Completed: 33
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 9
Lisa MD10.7 - Camp Rock
MC is performing artist
Brothers by Alex Van Halen
Alex and Eddie Van Halen are/were musicians
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 605/975
Total Books Read: 44
Total Tasks Completed: 34
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 10
ROBIN P25.4 Bookworm526's Task: Our National Parks
Book 1, Option B: 4+ letter word found in CONGAREE SWAMP
The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck - Word is CASE
Book 2: Option A: Debut book by new to you author
In the Woods - Tana French - this author is new to me
Points this post: 25
Total points: 775
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
MEGSCL10.7 Camp Rock
Read a book where the MC is an active performance artist or performing arts is central to the story.
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
TOTAL: 285 points
TICKETS: 6 IAF, 4 BB, 1 GO
Janice CA20.8: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 Goals
Option: 1
Read any book first published in March 2025 or later.
I read a book first published in April 2025.
No One Has Seen It All: Lessons for Living Well from Nearly a Century of Good Taste by Betty Halbreich
+20
Total: 45
Tasks: 3
Books: 3
ROBIN P20.1 Most Improved: Erica H's Task - Organized Procrastinator
Option 2: 5+ letter word in PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE
Old Scores
SCORES - S in finiSh, CORE in pROjECt, S in reSistance
Points this post: 20
Total points: 795
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
ROBIN P25.2 Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer - Not!
Option 3: Mosquitos - author initials A, B & O
My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region - Alina Adams - initials AA
Option 4: Off Season - book from list
A Holiday By Gaslight - Winter Books list, p 7
Points this post: 25
Total points: 820
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
20.6 Let's Go to the ParkOption 1: Read a book that was first published in one of these years 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear
This was first published in 2021
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 360
30.10 Return of a FavoriteOption 1: Read a book with one of these words from the series in the title.
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
The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
Option 2: Read a book set at least 75% in Minnesota.
Trickster's Point by William Kent Krueger
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 390
FLY Task #10.9 Fly Me To The Moo
task: Read a book MPG Space, stand alone or embedded
book: All Systems Red
how it fits: MPG Space
Points this post: 10
Total points: 800
Tasks completed: 47/56
BB: 10 / GO: 7 / IAF: 3
Erica H.30. 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.
REQUIRED:State the Options.
Opt. 1. Read a book with at least 3 U's in the title/subtitle.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
connecticUt, arthUr, coUrt
**Claiming a BB ticket for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court**
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.
Required: If the setting or the author birth place is not evident from Goodreads, provide a reference.
The Road from Coorain
**Claiming an NF ticket for The Road From Coorain**
Points: 30
Total points: 340
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 3
10.8 Summer Lovin'Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (first published 1966)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
IAF: 2
GO: 1
BB: 1
20.1 - Most Improved – Erica H’s Task: Organized ProcrastinatorOption 2: Read a book with a word of 5 or more letters in the title spelled from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
To Chase the Glowing Hours by Katherine Kirkpatrick
(CHASE)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
IAF: 2
BB: 1
GO: 1
20.5 Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task - Light Up My World, Scarlett!Option 4 - Read a book with one of these MPGs (main page genres): Suspense: standalone or embedded, Thriller(s): standalone, or Fantasy: standalone.
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (Fantasy)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
IAF: 2
BB: 1
GO: 1
Mai10.5 I’ll Be There For You
Book from Page 3 of the Friendship Fiction list
Soma by Fernando Llor
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 24
NF Tickets: 3
Mai25.2 - Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer - Not!
Option 3 - Mosquitos!
Author's initials are BA
Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch
Option 4 - Off Season
Page 3 of the Christmas Books list
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 26
NF Tickets: 3
Mai25.3 - Shemac's task: Celebrating the end of WW2
500 or more pages.
Option 1 - Book set in Singapore
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by Ovidia Yu
384 pages
Option 3 - Book first published between 22nd September, 1939 and 23rd June, 1958
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 28
NF Tickets: 3
trishhartuk10.4 Future's So Bright
Read a book with a person wearing sunglasses on the cover.
Heist Society, Ally Carter
Okayed in Help Thread message 11: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (Polish): here (288pg)
Top PB (English): here (304pg)
MPGs include Teen, so if needed:
AR Quiz No. 220454 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: MY+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9.0; AR Quiz Types: RP
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 27
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Coffeegirl30.1 The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: read a book with MPG Romance
Icebreakerby Hannah Grace
Romance
Option 3: read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors.
Tilt by Emma Pattee
Colors: Red, brown, grey, yellow, and Pink
Tilt is a debut book by Emma Pattee
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 225
Coffeegirl25.2 Enjoying Summer - Not!
Option 2 Read a book with a person wearing shorts or a swimsuit on the cover.
Book: The Summer That Changed Everything by Brenda Novak
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.
Book:
by B.K. BorisonInitials: BB -- Blood Type: BB
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 250
Coffeegirl25.1 - Ash's Task: Boss Level
Option 3: For this option read a book with a 4 or more letter word in the title that can be made up of letters in "creepers have no respect".
Book: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
ROSES in cREeperS have nO reSpect
Option 4 For this task 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.
Book Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
Page number: 321 - numbers 3, 1
Points this task: 25
total points 275
Line5.10
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
i read Anne of Windy Polars which in this task did not need to be found in ARBF.
points for this task:5
total points: 15
tasks done: 3
books read: 3
Lisa MD5.8 - Name Game
Author shares first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard Name
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
Author first initial: "M" found in my Readerboard Name: "lisa Md"
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 610/975
Total Books Read: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 35
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 10
Lisa MD25.1 - Ash's Task: Boss Level
Option 2: "Poppy, Molly, Pecan, Maple, Vivian, Olive, Erik, Chief, Bonbon, or Grizzly" in title, subtitle or author name
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
"Olive" in title
Option 4: Page count conatains 2#'s: 0,1,3, or 5"
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
304 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 635/975
Total Books Read: 47
Total Tasks Completed: 36
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 10
CHANDNI50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
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”.
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
133 pages
Published in 2025
Roots:
R,S,T found in piTtSbuRgh
OO found in cOOkie
Book 2: Eric’s August Wedding
Option B: 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.
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark
Takes place in Ojai, California
Published in 2025
328 pages
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.”
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
S in groomS
H in motHer
352 pages
Page total = 813
Points this post: 50
Total points: 395
5.3 Women's RightsRead a Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of womens, gender, or feminism.
The Years by Annie Ernaux
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for The Years (nonfiction)**
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 490
IAF this Post: 1
Total BB: 1
Total IAF: 9
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.2; ...; 10.4; ...; 10.6; 10.7
15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6
25.1; 25.2; 25.3; 25.4; 25.5
30.6; 30.7; ...; ...; 30.10
5.7 Summer VacationsRead a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover.
by Griffin Dunne**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for
(nonfiction)**Task Total: 5
Season Total: 495
IAF this Post: 1
Total BB: 1
Total IAF: 10
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9;
10.2; ...; 10.4; ...; 10.6; 10.7
15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6
25.1; 25.2; 25.3; 25.4; 25.5
30.6; 30.7; ...; ...; 30.10
Option 1: Two Book Task
Book 1- Read a book set at least 75% in Australia
The Yield by Tara June Winch
Book 2- read a book with title with 6+ words excluding subtitles
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 510
Total BB: 1
Total IAF: 10
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9;
10.2; ...; 10.4; ...; 10.6; 10.7
15.3; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; ...; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6
25.1; 25.2; 25.3; 25.4; 25.5
30.6; 30.7; ...; ...; 30.10
15.8 Shipwrecked and StrandedRead a book where a shipwreck or someone who stranded in the ocean or on an island is essential to the story.
Maurice and Maralyn: An extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival and love by Sophie Elmhirst
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Maurice and Maralyn: An extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival and love(nonfiction)**
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 525
IAF this Post: 1
Total BB: 1
Total IAF: 11
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9;
10.2; ...; 10.4; ...; 10.6; 10.7
15.3; ...; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6
25.1; 25.2; 25.3; 25.4; 25.5
30.6; 30.7; ...; ...; 30.10
Jessica S25.2 - Robin P's Task: Enjoying Summer - Not!
Option 2 - Hot Weather Clothes: Book with a person wearing shorts or a swimsuit on the cover.
Bolt-hole by Amy LaneOption 4 - Off Season: book from the first 25 pages of one of these lists. (Winter Books page 12)
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Points this post: 25
Total points: 760
Jessica S30.8 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1: Book with a variant of the number 6,7, or 8 in the TITLE ONLY
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Option 3: Book whose SINGLE author's first and last initials are in June OR July OR August.
The Stray Cats of Homs by Eva Nour
Points this post: 30
Total points: 790
15.4 - Beauty in WordsOption 2: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
☀️ title word LIFE from poem “Remember”
☀️ author name matches Emily Dickinson
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 340
Julia10320.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!
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.
Lady’s Knight
(first published in 2025)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 800
BB: 3
GO: 5
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 60
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The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 825
Total Tasks Completed: 48
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1