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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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Angela IL 50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
Book 1/ 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.”
The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta-7/22
Word: Was/ Phrase: Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table
Book 2/ Option B: Read a book set at least 50% in one or combination of the places listed above (used Maryland).
Three Days in June: A Novel by Anne Tyler-7/5
Set in Maryland GR Meta Data
PB link: Three Days in June
Book 3/ Option B: Read a book whose title contains a plural word.
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick-8/12
PB link: The Poppy Fields
Points this Task: 50
Total Points: 355
Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 14
It's a Fact: 3
Lisa MD10.5 - I'll Be There For You
On Friendship Fiction List - Last book on pg 8
The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 945/975
Total Books Read: 73
Total Tasks Completed: 54
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 19
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Slideshell5.2 Civil War
Read a book with MPG War, Civil War, or Military Fiction
Leather & Lace
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 53
Total Points: 955
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 1
Slideshell15.5 Land of Dragons
Read a book with a single author with all initials found in Komodo OR Dragon OR Lizard
How the Finch Stole Christmas!
Required: State which word used: Dragon
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 54
Total Points: 970
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 1
Elizabeth PTask 20.8 - 2025 Goals
Option 1: 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: 525
Total Tasks: 28
GO: 0
BB: 2
IAF: 0
Total Books: 38
ROBIN P30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
2 books - 1 must be debut
Option 2: MPG Romance
Look Up, Handsome
Option 3: 5 colors on cover, not including black or white
To Shield the Queen
Per TinEye -
29.1 green
11.0 gray
9.8 orange
2 yellow
13.7 brown
**This book is a debut**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 975
**Completes Summer 25 season**
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
CathyG30.5 Delicious Dee 's Task: Classic Science-Fiction: HG Wells
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option
The combined page count of the books must be at least 501 pgs. No children’s books allowed..
Required State the options
Option 2 - Read a book by a single author where ALL the authors initials can be found in H.G. Wells. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage 346pp
Option 5 - Read a book that is set at least 75% in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) or in New Jersey, USA.
Required If the setting is not obvious from the Goodreads Main Page, provide a reference.
Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley 336pp
Points this post - 30
Total points - 530
CathyG30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of Travels
Help Thread
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each option
Required: State the options You may use one book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga.
Option 1: Lakeside Cabin
read a book that has snow on the cover.
A Bent Creek Christmas by Catie Cahill
Required: Post the cover
Option 3: Niagara Falls
Read a book with a single author’s first and last initial that can be found in NIAGARA FALLS.
The Temporary Roomie by Sarah Adams
Points this post - 30
Total points - 560
CathyG20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
This is a one book task. Read a book that fits one of the options below.
Graphic Novels may be used for this task.
Required: State the option
Option 3
Read a book that has won the Hugo Award for science fiction (just winners in all categories) Hugo Award Winners
Required: Award must be listed on the GR book pag
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Points this post - 20
Total points - 580
CathyG20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Summer 2025 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Gutenberg Classic - The Adventures of Sally
Discussion Thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Adventures of Sally by P.G. Wodehouse
Points this post - 20
Total points - 600
15.9 Let's Go CampingRead a book with a camper, tent, or RV on the cover.
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica BruderI'd like an It's A Fact ticket
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 475
50.1 The Summer My Boys Got MarriedBook 1, Option A: Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table”
Heartwood by Amity Gaige
320 pages
This one was published in 2025
Book 2: Option B: Read a book set at least 50% in one or combination of the places listed above.
ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling by Ron Franscell
This is set 100% in Montana
292 pages
Book 3: Option A: book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in “Mother of the Grooms.”
Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller
367 pages
I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Shadowman
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 525
10.2 I Know What You Read Last SummerRead a book that was claimed in the Summer 2024 Challenge Completed Task Thread
Faebound (Faebound #1) by Saara El-Arifi
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Message #24
Task total: 10
Season total: 900
HanneloreTask 30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of Travels
Option 3:
Read a book with a single author’s first and last initial that can be found in NIAGARA FALLS.
Book: White as Frost
How it fits: Author is Anthea Sharp. AS in "fAllS"
Option 5:
Read a book with all the letters of VEGAS in the series title (series must be in gray-scale on the main book page)
Required: State the series name.
Book: The Pearl King
How it fits: The series title is "Crow Investigations", VEGAS can be found in "crow inVEstiGAtionS".
Points this task: 30
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 9
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
HanneloreTask 30.6 Kmaried's Task - Catching Up On Series
Option A:
Read the current last published book in a series of at least 3 books.
Book: The Storm of Echoes
How it fits: Book is the last published book in a series of 4.
** REQUESTING A BB TICKET FOR THIS BOOK **
This book has 536 pages.
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.
Book: The Copper Heart
How it fits: I had already started this series. This book is #5 in a series that now has 9 main parts.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 10
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
HanneloreTask 5.8 Name Game
Read a book with an author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your Readerboard name.
Book: Black as Night
How it fits: Author is Anthea Sharp. A can be found in my readerboard name "hAnnelore"
Points this task: 5
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 11
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
10.1 Walking On SunshineRead a book whose title includes a word of 4 or letters made from the phrase "Walking On Sunshine"
Entre les lignes by Michelle Adams
word LIGNES
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 460
ROBIN P30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
2 books - 1 must be debut
Option 2: MPG Romance
Look Up, Handsome
Option 3: 5 colors on cover, not including black or white
To Shield the Queen
Per TinEye -
29.1 green
11.0 gray
9.8 orange
2 yellow
13.7 brown
**This book is a debut**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 975
**Completes Summer 25 season**
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:6
Amy B20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
This is a one book task. Read a book that fits one of the options below.
Graphic Novels may be used for this task.
Required: State the option
Option 1
Read a book that focuses on animals or their natural habitats.
Required: Please provide a reference if it is not evident in the GR book description.
Life After Life by Joshua Barkman (MC are chickadees)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 55 Points
Amy B5.3 Women's Rights
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of womens, gender, or feminism.
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson (Gender, Feminism)
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 60 Points
Amy B15.7 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
Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Ronald Wimberly (55.6% blue)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 75 Points
trishhartuk10.1 Walking On Sunshine
Read a book whose title includes a word of 4 or letters made from "WALKING ON SUNSHINE".
The Dog Across the Lake, Krista Davis
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (336pg)
LAKE: wALKing on sunshinE
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 33
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Erica H.20.1 - Most Improved – Erica H’s Task: Organized Procrastinator
Option 1: Read a book with the word INDEX intact in the title or series name (can be part of a larger word like indexing, indexed).
Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
**Claiming an NF ticket for this book**
Points: 20
Total points: 465
BB: 2
GO: 2
NF: 4
Kelly L 50.1 - Lisa MD: The Summer My Boys Got Married
This is a 3 book task:
1. Read one book for each of the 3 options. ---> 1A, 2A, 3B
2. One book must be published in 2025. ---> 1A published April 29, 2025
3. Total combined pages must equal 750 or greater. ---> 336 + 400 + 319 = 1,055 > 750
4. No graphic novels or manga allowed. ---> Adhered
Book 1, 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.”
The Amalfi Curse
PittSbURgh WEdding Cookie Table --> SUREC --> Title word CURSE
Book 2, Option A
Read a book whose cover shows the night sky with visible stars.
The Book of Lost Hours
Book 3, Option B
Read a book whose title contains a plural word.
The Care and Management of Lies
Title word LIES is plural
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This post: 50 points
Tickets: ---
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Season total: 410 points
Season Tickets: 5 IAF, 1 BB
20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater LakeOption 4- Read a book with the MPG of Fantasy, Gothic or Ghosts (stand-alone or embedded).
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fantasy
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 755
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 2
Total IAF: 15
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; 20.9
25.1; 25.2; 25.3; 25.4; 25.5
30.1; 30.2; ...; ...; 30.5; 30.6; 30.7; 30.8; ...; 30.10
Readerboard name: List _Addict15.7: Bright and Beautiful
A cover at least 50% red, blue OR green
by Ray Bradbury Red on TinEye - 54.2
Total this challenge: 100
Readerboard name: List_Addict20.3: Review Raffle - Kelly L’s Task: Celebrating Pride
Option 2: A 4+ letter word in the title made from letters in one of the phrases given
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E Taylor
Word: legion from STONEWALL UPRISING
Total this challenge: 120
Theresa30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of Travels
Option 2 - Chicago
Read a book that has a 4 or more letter word made from BIG CITY VIBE.
The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams
Word = City
Option 3 - Niagara Falls
Read a book with a single author’s first and last initial that can be found in NIAGARA FALLS.
The Glass Kitchen by Linda Francis Lee
Points this post - 30
Total points - 190
Rockynook15.6 - Animals, Animals, Animals!
Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle. Animal, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Hyena, Lion, or Cheetah
Lion & Lamb by James Patterson
I listened to audio, pb - 400, no mmpb
Word: Lion
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 585
Slideshell5.3 Women's Rights
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of womens, gender, or feminism
How to Be a Woman
*claiming one It's A Fact book*
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 55
Total Points: 975
BIG BOOK: 4
GOLDEN OLDIES: 1
IT'S A FACT: 2
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Lisa MD20.2 - Rookie at the Top: Coffeegirl's Task - Favorite things about Books
Title/Subtitle word found in "Birthday Celebrations:
Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi
Title Word: "Days" found in birthDAY celebrationS
🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 965/975
Total Books Read: 74
Total Tasks Completed: 55
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 19
5.3 Women's RightsRead a Non-Fiction book with a MPG genre of womens, gender, or feminism.
Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace by Jessica Bennett
Task total: 5
Season total: 905
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
Option 2
B) Read a memoir that includes the childhood of the author.
When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood
MPG: Memoir
Author Monica Wood shares her childhood in 1960s Maine, especially her father's death in 1963 and their family's struggle with their grief.
I read as an ebook; pb-256 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 620-20=600
Tasks completed: 28/56-1=27/56
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: 7-1=6
5.3 Women's Rights MPG Feminism: What We Carry: A Memoir by Maya Shanbhag Lang
paperback edition What We Carry: A Memoir
Points this post: 5
Total points: 785
5.6 Summer SongTitle word in from the lyrics of "Hot Fun in the Summertime" https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/slyth...
The Summer Country by Lauren Willig
paperback edition The Summer Country
The word is Summer.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 790
5.9 Sand Time!Title word from GREAT SAND DUNES: The Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
paperback edition The Great Escape
The word is Great.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 795
MEGSCL20.9 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.
Published August 2013: How The Light Gets In:
560 pages - big book ticket
TOTAL: 335 points
TICKETS: 7 IAF, 6 BB, 1 GO
50.1 Son's Weddings >750 pgs, 1 book pub. 2025Bk 1A - Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters made from the letters of “Pittsburgh Wedding Cookie Table”
Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave -
Digs - pittSburgh wedDInG cookie table
309 pgs
Pub March 4, 2025
Bk 2B - book set 50% in Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, and Germany.
Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight
286 pgs
set in New Jersey
Bk 3B - read a book whose title contains a plural word.
Cocaine Blues - Blues is a plural word
175 pgs
309+286+175=770 pgs
Points: 50
Total/challenge: 735
Kathy KS**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
Option 2
B) Read a memoir that includes the childhood of the author.
They Left Us Everything: A Memoir
MPG: Memoir
While clearing out her childhood home after her mother's death, author Plum Johnson finds that the contents of the home bring back a multitude of memories of her own childhood, while dealing with her own grief.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 620
Tasks completed: 28/56
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 7
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
pick an option from book 1 and an option from book 2
Book 1 - Option B - Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title (subtitles excluded) that can be made from the phrase CONGAREE SWAMP.
Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
SAME=congareE SwAMp
I listened to an audiobook; pb-158 p. (Догодина во исто време) (no mmpb)
Book 2 - Option A - read a debut work by an author who is new to you.
Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silver
Debut novel; author is new to me
I listened to an audiobook; pb-202 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 620-25=595
Tasks completed: 28/56-1=27/56
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: 7
Kathy KS**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION (book 1)
25.2 - 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.
by Monica WoodHow it fits: children wearing shorts in cover photo
I read as an ebook; pb-256 p. (no mmpb)
Option 4 - Off Season
Read a book from the first 25 pages of one of these lists.
Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
Winter Books List, p. 6
I listened to an audiobook; pb-158 p. (Догодина во исто време) (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 620
Tasks completed: 28/56
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 8
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
10.5 I’ll Be There For You
read... a book off of this list: Friendship Fiction
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Found on list, page 3
I listened to an audiobook; pb-307 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 620-10=610
Tasks completed: 28/56-1 =27/56
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: 8
JUKKA15.2 Here or There?
Book 1: Book whose title contains a word from the name of one of the listed national parks.
Black Hammer, Vol. 1: Secret Origins. The word is "Black" from Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
Book 2: Book whose title contains all the letters from the name of one of the listed national parks.
Larppi eläytymisen taiteena by Kaisa Kangas. The park is Tatra. The title of the book means "Larp as the Art of Immersion". It's nonfiction, so claiming It's a Fact.
Total Points: 470/975
Total Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 33/56
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 6
Kathy KS25.4 - Bookworm526's task: Our National Parks
pick an option from book 1 and an option from book 2
Book 1 - Option B - Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title (subtitles excluded) that can be made from the phrase CONGAREE SWAMP.
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
GRACE=ConGAREe
I listened to an audiobook; pb-307 p. (no mmpb)
Book 2 - Option A - read a debut work by an author who is new to you.
Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silver
Debut novel; author is new to me
I listened to an audiobook; pb-202 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 635
Tasks completed: 28/56
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: 8
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20.9 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.
Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins-8/24
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 315
Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 13
It's a Fact: 3