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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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Rockynook50.1 - The Summer My Boys Got Married
Book 1: Option A
word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table” or “Smith Island Cake
Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
Word: Witch
Phrase: pITtsburgH Wedding Cookie table
**Book published in 2025**
Book 2: Option B
set at least 50% in Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany
Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey
Set in Boston, Massachusetts
Book 3: Option B
title contains a plural word
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
plural word: Pictures
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 510
Erica H.30.1 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: 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
Tom Lake
Option 2: Get hot and steamy and read a book with MPG Romance, may be standalone or embedded
The Book of Doors has MPG Romance
This is the author's debut novel.
Points: 30
Total points: 390
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 3
15.10 I'm Not ScaredRead a book with MPG Horror
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 440
Rockynook**Unclaim** post 2202
50.1 - The Summer My Boys Got Married
Book 1: Option A
word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table” or “Smith Island Cake
Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
Word: Witch
Phrase: pITtsburgH Wedding Cookie table
**Book published in 2025**
Book 2: Option B
set at least 50% in Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany
Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey
Set in Boston, Massachusetts
Book 3: Option B
title contains a plural word
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
plural word: Pictures
Points this Post: -50
Total Points: 460
Rockynook**Unclaim** Post 1249
20.1 - Organized Procrastinator
Option 2: 5+ letter title word from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
word: THORNS
pORjecT fiNiSH resistance
Points this Post: -20
Total Points: 440
Erica H.15.1 More or Less?
For this task organize your TBR by number of ratings.
Book 1: Read the book with the most ratings on your TBR
Where the Crawdads Sing 3,420,305 ratings
and
Book 2: Read the book with the least ratings on your TBR
The Intimate thoughts of John Baxter, Bookseller 11 ratings
**Claiming a GO ticket for this second book, first published in 1942.**
Points: 15
Total points: 405
BB: 2
GO: 2
NF: 3
Rockynook50.1 - The Summer My Boys Got Married
Book 1: Option A
word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table” or “Smith Island Cake
Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
Word: Witch
Phrase: pITtsburgH Wedding Cookie table
**Book published in 2025**
Book 2: Option B
set at least 50% in Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany
Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey
Set in Boston, Massachusetts
Book 3: Option B
title contains a plural word
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
plural word: Thorns, Roses
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 490
Rockynook15.10 - I'm Not Scared
MPG Horror
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 505
Rockynook20.1 - Organized Procrastinator
Option 2: 5 or more letter word in the title spelled from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
Word: Perfect
PRojECT Finish rEsistance
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 525
20.4 Golden Oldies: Kai's Task - London AdventureOption 5- JANE AUSTEN
I did spend a day away from London. I trekked to Chawton, England to visit Jane Austen's house. This year is the 250th anniversary of her birth and the house (now a museum) is celebrating all year long.
Read a book with an MPG of Historical, Romance, or Historical Romance. MPGs must be stand-alone, not embedded.
I read The Golden Gate which has an MPG of Historical Fiction.
points: 190
books read: 13
tasks completed: 9
It's a fact: 3
pages read: 4681
Rockynook20.8 - 2025 Goals
Option 1: read any book first published in March 2025 or later.
It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
Published May 2025
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 545
LoraTask: 10.4 Future's So Bright
Read a book with a person wearing sunglasses on the cover.
Book/Author: Retreat / Krysten Ritter
How it fits: person wearing dark, reflective sunglasses on the cover
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 800
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 6
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Task 30.4: A Year of TravelsOption 3: Niagara Falls
Read a book with a single author’s first and last initial that can be found in NIAGARA FALLS.
NiAgara falls
Automatic Noodle (2025) by Annalee Newitz (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 164 pages)
Option 4: Newfoundland
Read a book with an MPG Health or MPG Animals
Book has MPG Animals
How to Tail a Cat (The Cats and Curios Mystery #4) (2012) by Rebecca M. Hale (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 298 pages)
220 + 30 = 250
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 220 + 30 = 250
Books read: 16
Pages read: 4,637
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
SHEMAC 30.10 Amy FL’s task: Return of a Favorite
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option.
Required: State the options - 1 and 2
Option 1: The Titles
Read a book with one of these words from the series in the title (subtitle excluded). Words must be exact. No variations: Rules,
Marriage Rules
Option 2: The Setting
Read a book set at least 75% in Minnesota.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the Goodreads Main Page, provide a reference.
Fair Isn't Life
This task points: 30
Total season points: 770
Task 20.6 Let’s Go to the Park!Option 1: Through the Years - Since my husband and I married in 2006, we have visited a national park or MLB ballpark in these years: 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
-Read a book that was first published in one of these years.
Book first published in 2022.
Marrying the Ketchups (2022) by Jennifer Close (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 310 pages)
250 + 20 = 270
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 250 + 20 = 270
Books read: 17
Pages read: 4,947
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Lisa MD30.1 - JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
Option 2: MPG: Romance
The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren
Option 3: Cover contains 5 different colors, black/white excluded
The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
This is a debut novel by Sarah Damoff
Tineye Color Extractor: 6 different colors on cover
20.7 %#cfa989Brown
19.1 %#be3c24Red
15.8 %#f6efedWhite
14.5 %#d5809bPink
10.4 %#98b282Green
9.0 %#c37a62Brown
6.8 %#d59b52Orange
2.1 %#d56760Pink
0.9 %#7c261cBrown
0.8 %#b2bfa7Grey
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 845/975
Total Books Read: 65
Total Tasks Completed: 48
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 13
Kathy KS20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 Goals
Option 2- Read a book that has been longlisted, shortlisted, or won any of these prizes in any year.
A Clubbable Woman by Reginald Hill
How it fits: Booker Prize Nominee for The Lost Man Booker Prize Longlist (1970)
I read as an ebook; mmpb-256 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 575
Tasks completed: 26/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 6
Julia10310.5 I’ll Be There For You
Celebrate by reading a book off of this list Friendship Fiction
Death at Greenway
(on page 1 of list)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 875
BB: 3
GO: 7
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 68
5.5 Summer SolsticeRead a book where the first letter of each word in the title (subtitle words excluded) from the phrase "Summer Solstice".
One True Loves
O, T, L - sOLsTice
Points: 5
Total/challenge: 615
15.6 Animals, Animals, AnimalsRead a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle. Animal, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Hyena, Lion, or Cheetah.
The Lion Women of Tehran
Lion in title
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 630
25.2 Enjoying Summer..NotOpt 3 Read a book whose author has first and last initials AA, AB, AO, BA, BB, BO, OA, OB, or OO.
The Power Couple by Alex Berenson (AB)
Opt 4 Book from list - state page
In a Holidaze
Winter Books list - page 1
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 655
30.4 Year in TravelsOpt 1 snow on cover
Opt 4 Health or animals genre
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Approved for Health genre Post #7 in task help thread
*Claiming IAF ticket for NF
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 685
IAF ticket: 1/7
FLY Task #5.10 Picnic Time
task: Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
book: Riot Baby
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: meets SRC rules
Points this post: 5
Total points: 950
Tasks completed: 54/56
BB: 10 / GO: 9 / IAF: 4
Slideshell5.7 Summer Vacations
Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover
Timber: The Mountain Man's Babies
Required: Post the cover
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 52
Total Points: 950
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 1
Elizabeth PTask 25.5 - Celebrating Summertime
June Option 1: Book where wedding is essential to story
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
July Option 2: Book with dog on the cover
by Abby JimenezPoints this Post: 25
Total Points: 505
Total Tasks: 27
GO: 0
BB: 2
IAF: 0
Total Books: 37
Joanne M 20.3 Review Raffle: Kelly L's Task - Celebrating Pride
Option 4 : Read a book set at least 50%in any of the following past, current, or future host countries of World Pride: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
Katherine
Takes place in the United Kingdom
Claiming 1 BB with 500 pages
Points this task 20
BB's this task 1
Season Total 255
6 BB, 4 IAF
Joanne MI5.10 Picnic Time
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
An Inside Job
Points this task 5
Season Total 260
6 BB, 4 IAF
Rockynook10.2 - I Know What You Read Last Summer
read a book claimed in the Summer 2024 completed task thread
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Task #199
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 555
JUKKA20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task
Option 1: Book first published in March 2025 or later.
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar.
Total Points: 455/975
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 32/56
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 5
Cindy FTask 20.7 I Wonder
Optiion 1: An animal is essential to the story
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Points this post:20
Total points:280
Books read:20
Big Books:3
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks Completed:18
Cindy FTask 10.3 500 Reads of Summer
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
On page 2 of list
Points this post:10
Total points:290
Books read:21
Big books:3
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks Completed:19
Julia1035.6 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
A School for Unusual Girls
(School is in the lyrics: "Out of school, yeah")
This post: 5 points
Total points: 880
BB: 3
GO: 7
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 69
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.9 Fly Me To The Moon
Read a book MPG Space, stand alone or embedded
Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket.
TOTALS
Points: 185
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 13
Total books: 22
Total tasks: 21
Lisa MD5.7 - Summer Vacations
At least 1 adult and 2 kids on the cover
When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 850/975
Total Books Read: 66
Total Tasks Completed: 49
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 14
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.
For the First Time, Again
Word: FIRST
Total Points: 70
*** REPOST Message #2105***10.3 500 Reads of Summer
Read a popular summer book from the first 25 pages of this list. Summer Books List
Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali
Page 23
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Madonna in a Fur Coat(first published: 1943)**
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 630
GO this Post: 1
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 MD20.6- It's a Fact: Kirsten IA's Task - Let's Go to the Park!
Option 1: Published in 2008, 2014, 2017 - 2019, or 2021 - 2025
Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson
First published January 31, 2023
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 870/975
Total Books Read: 67
Total Tasks Completed: 50
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 15
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.
Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby
Kobuk Valley National Park, USA, on this list https://www.britannica.com/topic/list... - word used = Valley
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.
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Olympus National Park, from this list https://national-parks.org/europe
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 645
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
15.2; 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
Mai10.4 Future's So Bright
Book with a person wearing sunglasses on the cover
You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna WallacePoints this post: 10
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 36
NF Tickets: 3
Mai25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
Book 1: Option B - Book with a 4+ letter word made from the phrase CONGAREE SWAMP: "Means"
Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi
Book 2: Option a: Debut work by an author new to me
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
Ferdia Lennon is new to me
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 38
NF Tickets: 3
Julia10310.1 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"
Best in Snow
SNOW can be made from the phrase (S in Sunshine, NO in On, W in Walking)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 890
BB: 3
GO: 7
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 70
10.9 Fly Me To The MoonRead a book MPG Space, stand alone or embedded
Their Fractured Light (Starbound #3) by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
Task total: 10
Season total: 820
FLY Task #10.6 Theater Camp
task: first published either in July or in the year 2022
book: Book of Night
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: First published May 3, 2022
Points this post: 10
Total points: 960
Tasks completed: 55/56
BB: 10 / GO: 9 / IAF: 4
10.5 I'll Be There for YouRead a book off of this list. Friendship Fiction
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
This is on page 1 of the list.
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 425
25.3 Celebrating the End of WWIIOption 2 - Read a book that has MPG World War II
One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter
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.
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
Here's the link to the series:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185906/...
This is non-fiction. I would like an It's A Fact Ticket
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 450
15.4 Beauty in WordsOption 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 web page: LIFE
The Interesting Narrative of the LIFE of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano
Book 2: Read a book with an author that shares a name with one of the poets on this website.
Limelight (Penny Green #1) by Emily Organ
author's first name, Emily, matched that of Emily Dickinson
Task total: 15
Season total: 835
15.3- Quantity or Size?Option 1
Book 1, set in Australia: Gravity Is the Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty
paperback edition Gravity Is The Thing
Sydney is mentioned as the setting in the third paragraph of the main page of the audiobook edition: "... single mother and café owner in Sydney."
Book 2, 6+ words in the title: Rules at the School by the Sea by Jane Beaton
Points this post: 15
Total points: 745
CathyG20.2 Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Choose and option and read 1 book.
Required: state the option.
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.
Required: State the word. serenity
Finding Serenity by Lita Locke
approved for length post #438
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Julia10315.9 Let's Go Camping
Read a book with a camper, tent, or RV on the cover.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 905
BB: 3
GO: 7
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 50
Books read: 71
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25.1 - Boss Level
Option 3: 4+ title word from phrase "creepers have no respect"
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Word: ECHO
crEepers Have nO respeCt
Option 4: page number consists of at least two of the numbers 0,1,3, or 5
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
Page count: 320
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 460