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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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Kristen IA5.8 Name Game
Read a book with an author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name.
Tilt by Emma Pattee
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 330/975
Tasks Completed: 19/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA10.8 Summer Lovin'
Read a book set in, first published or about the 1960's
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 340/975
Tasks Completed: 20/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA10.9 Fly Me To The Moon
Read a book MPG Space, stand alone or embedded
Moongarden by Michelle A. Barry
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11.0
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 350/975
Tasks Completed: 21/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great YellowstoneOption 1: Water Water and More Water
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
To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface by Olivia Laing
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface (nonfiction)**
Option 3: Grand Prismatic Spring
Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye
by Elise Downing41.5 % #d2dfdb
Grey
13.8 % #a0d1c5
Blue
9.7 % #7ca07c
Green
9.2 % #c2a0b6
Violet
9.1 % #90a45f
Green
5.4 % #838a82
Grey
4.7 % #d0cba7
Grey
4.5 % #d792b9
Pink
1.6 % #81855f
Grey
Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans is a debut work
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans (nonfiction)**
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 6030
IAF this Post: 2
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 2
Total IAF: 14
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9; 5.10
10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; ...; 10.9
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; 20.7; 20.8
25.1; 25.2; 25.3; 25.4; 25.5
30.1; ...; ...; ...; ...; 30.6; 30.7; ...; ...; 30.10
Lisa MD15.3 - Quantity or Size?
Option 1:
Book 1: Set 75% in Australia
Black & Blue by James Patterson
The book is set entirely in Australia
Book 2: 6+ Word Title OR 12+ Word Title/Subtitle
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
15 word title and subtitle
***I claim an IAF ticket***
🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 785/975
Total Books Read: 61
Total Tasks Completed: 45
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 13
SHEMAC 5.6 Summer Song
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters found in the lyrics of "Hot Fun In The Summertime" by Sly & The Family Stone:
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/slyth...
Required: State the word: TRUE
The Omega's True Alpha
This task points: 5
Total season points: 720
Mod
Option 2- Read a book that has MPG World War II
The Woman with No Name by Audrey Blake / MPG World War II; 384 pg PB
Option 4- Read a book that has any part set during World War II that has been made into a feature film or TV series
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer / part set in World War II; 411 pg MMPB
IMDB link to movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289403/...
Total pages: 795 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 925
15.7 Bright and BeautifulRead a book that is at least 50% blue OR 50% green OR 50% Red according to Tineye.
Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
☀️ 58.7% blue
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 355
FLY Task #25.3 - Shemac's task: Celebrating the end of WW2
+GO ticket
task: Option 2 - MPG World War II
book: Girl in the Blue Coat
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 368 pages
how it fits: MPG World War II
task: Option 3 - first published between 22nd September, 1939 and 23rd June, 1958
book: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 448 pages
how it fits: First published June 4, 1940
other:
**Claiming GO ticket for The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter first published 1940
* combined page count exceeds 500 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 925
Tasks completed: 52/56
BB: 10 / GO: 8 + 1 = 9 / IAF: 4
FLY Task #20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
+GO ticket
task: Option 4- Read a book with the MPG of Fantasy, Gothic or Ghosts
book: The Hound of the Baskervilles
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG Gothic
other:
**Claiming GO ticket for First published January 1, 1902
Points this post: 20
Total points: 945
Tasks completed: 53/56
BB: 10 / GO: 9 + 1 = 10 / IAF: 4
Task 30.3 - Exploring MPGs.501+ pages total
two different MPGs from the list
book 1: MPG Adventure
Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya
208 pages
book 2: MPG Medieval
Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond
352 pages
208+352 = 560 pages
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870 points
SHEMAC 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.
Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word: DEER
A Deer for Dion
This task points: 5
Total season points: 725
JUKKA50.1 Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
Option 1A: Book with a word in title made from PITTSBURGH WEDDING COOKIE TABLE or SMITH ISLAND CAKE.
Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis. The word is WINS, from "Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table". This book is nonfiction, so claiming It's a Fact. 443 pages.
Option 2A: Book whose cover shows a night sky with stars.
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Ann Older. This is the requisite 2025 publication for the task. 256 pages.
Option 3A: Book whose author's initials are in MOTHER OF THE GROOMS.
Israelin apartheid by Syksy Räsänen. This is also nonfiction, so claiming another It's a Fact. 405 pages, bringing us over 1100, well above the task's required 750 pages.
Total Points: 435/975
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 31/56
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 5
30.6 - Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On SeriesFulfill 2 different options w/ books from 2 different series.
Option A: Read the current last published book in a 3+ books series.
Badlands (Book 5 of 5, Nora Kelly series)
Option C: Read a book that is #3 or above but not the last published book in the series.
Fugitive Telemetry (Book 6 of 7, The Murderbot Diaries series)
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 80/975
Tasks Completed: 2/56
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(-), IaF(-)
15.10 - I'm Not ScaredRead a book with MPG Horror
We Had to Remove This Post
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 95/975
Tasks Completed: 3/56
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(-), IaF(-)
Lisa MD10.3 - 500 Reads of Summer
On Summer Books List - Pg 4
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 795/975
Total Books Read: 62
Total Tasks Completed: 46
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 13
10.3 500 Reads of SummerA book from Summer Books Shelf page 2: Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay
Points this post: 10
Total points: 670
50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got MarriedBook 1A, title word from SMITH ISLAND CAKE: Midnight in Soap Lake by Matthew J. Sullivan 416 pages, published in 2025
The word is Lake.
Book 2B, set in New Jersey: Silent Knit, Deadly Knit by Peggy Ehrhart 294 pages
Book 3A, author's initials in MOTHER OF THE GROOMS: Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl
paperback edition Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir 304 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 720
trishhartuk5.3 Women's Rights
Includes a claim for an It's a Fact ticket
Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of womens, gender, or feminism.
How to Suppress Women's Writing, Joanna Russ
Feminism is the first MPG< and Womens is the fifth.
It's a Fact: MPGs include Feminism, Nonfiction, Writing, Essays, Womens, Gender, Books About Books
Points this Task: 5
It’s a Fact: 1 - How to Suppress Women's Writing is non-fiction
Total Points: 535
Tasks Completed: 31
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
SHEMAC 15.9 Let's Go Camping
Read a book with a camper, tent, or RV on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
Once Upon a Hike
This task points: 15
Total season points: 740
CathyG20.1 - Most Improved – Erica H’s Task: Organized Procrastinator
Pick an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State which option you choose.
Option 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.
haters
The Love Haters by Katherine Center
Points this post - 20
Total points - 220
CathyG50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
Required:
1. Read one book for each of the 3 options.
2. One book must be published in 2025. Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
3. Total combined pages must equal 750 or greater.
4. No graphic novels or manga allowed.
Option 1: Greg’s June Wedding
A –Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table” Required: State which phrase you used. deep
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood 447pp
Option 2: Eric’s August Wedding
B – Montana- Read book set approximately 50% in one or combination of the places listed above.
Promise Me, Cowboy by C.J. Carmichael 146pp.
Option 3: Mother of the Grooms
B - Read a book whose title contains a plural word.
Short Rides by Lorelei James 198 pp.
Points this post - 50
Total points - 270
CathyG30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On Series
This is a two-book task. Choose two different tasks and read 1 book for each task. Books must come from 2 different series.
Series must appear on the GR main book page. Whole numbers only.
Required State the options
Option A: Get caught up in a series. Read the current last book in a series of at least 3 books. This can be the last one published before the season started (June 1, 2025). One that is published in the current season is eligible, but not required.
Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh
Option C: Make progress on a series you have already started. Read a book that is #3 or above but not the last book in the series.
A Vision of Murder by Victoria Laurie
Points this post - 30
Total points - 300
Task 15.3 - Quantity or Size?book 1: set in Tasmania, Australia
The Survivors
book 2: title + subtitle at least 12 words long
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space (13 words, if I've counted right!)
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885 points
Elizabeth PTask 15.7 - Bright and Beautiful
Book that is at least 50% green, blue, OR red according to Tineye
by Heather FawcettTineye:
53.6 %#183336Blue
25.6 %#323b3fGrey
10.5 %#9ba4b0Grey
2.9 %#4d6439Green
1.6 %#583934Brown
1.6 %#745d2fBrown
1.5 %#353c6bViolet
1.0 %#803a2aBrown
0.9 %#b74425Red
0.6 %#ba7d27Brown
50%+ BLUE
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 480
Total Tasks: 26
GO: 0
BB: 2
IAF: 0
Total Books: 35
ROBIN P25.3 Shemac's Task: Celebrating the end of WWII
500+ pages
Option 1: Set in Japan or territories
The Decagon House Murders - set entirely in Japan - 228 p
Option 3: Published between 9/22/39 & 6/23/58
Lieutenant Hornblower - pub 1952, 320 p
Total pages 548
Points this post: 25
Total points: 930
BB:3 GO:2 IAF: 6
Bookwrm526Task #30.7 - Books of Europe
Book 1: 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. I read The Other End of the Line by Andrea Camilleri, set completely in Italy.
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Europe, excluding UK. I read The Safety Net by Andrea Camilleri, who was born in Italy.
Total points so far: 900
Coffeegirl20.7 Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
Option 2: A) Read a book from this Coming of Age list:
Book: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 435
Slideshell15.3- Quantity or Size?
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book set at least 75% in Australia
Playing It Cool
Book 2: Read a book with title with 6+ words excluding subtitles
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 51
Total Points: 945
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 1
Lisa MD20.5 - Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task - Light Up My World, Scarlett?
Option 4: MPG: Suspense, Thriller, or Fantasy
Last Breath by Karin Slaughter
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 815/975
Total Books Read: 63
Total Tasks Completed: 47
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 13
ROBIN P10.1 Walking on Sunshine
4+ letter word in phrase
When God Was a Rabbit - WHEN
Points this post: 10
Total points: 940
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
30.3 Susan A's Task: Exploring MPGsMPG Adventure
Forestborn (Forestborn #1) by Elayne Audrey Becker
384p
MPG Post Apocalyptic
Induction (Welcome to the Multiverse #1) by Sean Oswald
566 pages
Total pages read: 950
Task total: 30
Season total: 810
Julia1035.9 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.
Days of Danger
(DANGER can be made from the phrase: DAN in SAND, GER in GREAT)
This was first published in 1937 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 5 points, 1 GO
Total points: 860
BB: 3
GO: 7
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 66
Bookwrm526Task #15.3- Quantity or Size?
I chose the two book option.
Book 1: Read a book set at least 75% in Australia. I read The Last Heartbeat by Katerina Simms. Setting in Melbourne is stated in GR data.
Book 2: Read a book with title with 6+ words excluding subtitles OR 12+ more words including the subtitle. I read The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith.
Total points so far: 915
Task 5.3 - Women's Rightsnon-fiction, with MPG Feminism and Gender
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
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890 points
Task 25.3 - Enjoying Summer - Not!option 1: title does not contain SWEAT
Rizzio
option 4: on p3 of Christmas books lists
The Christmas Appeal
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915 points
Joanne Mi20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!
Option 1
2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
-Read a book that was first published in one of these years.
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
Published April, 2025
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 20
IAF this task 1
Season Total 235
IAF 4
BB 5
5.1 Victory DayRead a book that takes place in one of the States or countries that have a National Park honoring WII.
Carlsbad Caverns- New Mexico
A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones
From the description: "small village of Del Sol, New Mexico"
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 960
Total Tasks Completed: 54
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Big Books: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Julia1035.5 Summer Solstice
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in the phrase "Summer Solstice"
The Match: Althea Gibson and a Portrait of a Friendship
(T in Solstice, M in Summer)
This book is non-fiction so claiming one It's a Fact ticket.
This post: 5 points, 1 NF
Total points: 865
BB: 3
GO: 7
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 67
Task 15.3 - Here or There?book 1: N American park Lake Clarke National Park matches LAKE in title
Murder on Lake Garda
book 2: European park, France ECRINS NATIONAL PARK; ECRINS can be found in the title
Dancers In Mourning
daNCERS In
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930 points
Theresa20.2 - 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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase.
The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8.0
Word = HORSE
Points this post - 20
Total points - 90
5.8 Name GameRead a book with an author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name.
Two Hearts Alone: Library Edition by Harper Bliss
H of Harper is found in my readerboard name Heather(Gibby)
This book only appears as an audio or ebook edition it is approved for length in Line 4168 of the length approval document.
New Points: 5
Total Points: 440
BB: 1
GO: 6
IaF" 5
10.2 I Know What You Read Last SummerA book that was claimed in the Summer 2024 Challenge: Hell Bay by Will Thomas
post #136
Points this post: 10
Total points: 730
Theresa20.4 - 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.
The Fire by Night by Teresa Messineo
MPG - Historical and Romance
Points this post - 20
Total points - 110
10.1 Walking On SunshineRead a book whose title (subtitles are excluded) includes a word of 4 or letters made from the phrase "Walking On Sunshine"
The Word I made is ANGEL
I listened to an audio version of Ice Angel
New Points: 10
Total Points: 450
BB: 1
GO: 6
IaF: 5
25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating SummertimeJune
Option 1 Read a book where a wedding or a wedding anniversary is essential to the story.
Sam and Sadie's Fake Wedding
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.
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
S M found in SMORES
New Points: 25
Total; Points: 475
BB: 1
GO: 6
IaF: 5
30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On SeriesOption A: Read the current last published book in a series of at least 3 books
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Book #9 in the Sherlock Holmes Series)
***Claiming a Golden Oldie ticket as First published in 1927***
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.
Key Lime Pie Murder
This is the 9th book in the 30 book series, I have previously read Books 1-8
New Points: 30
Total Points: 505
BB: 1
GO: 7
IaF: 5
Task 30.10 - Return of a Favoriteoption 1: BROKEN in title, and listed
Five Broken Blades
option 2: set in Minnesota
Undead and Unemployed
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960 points
Rockynook30.10 - Return of a Favorite
Option 1: book with word from list in title
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Word: Golden
Option 4: author shares a first or last name with character in series
Character: Jennifer Carey
A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 435
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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.
Required: post the cover
A Second Chance
This task points: 10
Total season points: 715