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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2025
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Jasmiina F20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!:
Option 4: Read a book with all of the letters KEW in the author's name: Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
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HanneloreTask 10.6 Theater Camp
Read a book first published either in July of any year or any month for the year 2022.
Book: Red as Flame
How it fits: Book was first published in 2022.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 13
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
Rockynook25.5 - Celebrating Summertime
July:
Option 2: Dog on Cover
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
August:
Option 1: main character is student or teacher
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
I listened to audio, pb - 356, mmpb in Spanish - 432
Clara is a high school student, many scenes occur between her and her friend/boyfriend at school
Reference here: https://thischickreads.com/book-revie...
In this synopsis, Clara is referred to have been "skipping school".
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 610
Masoodah10.2 I Know What You Read Last Summer
Read a book that was claimed in the Summer 2024 Challenge Completed Task Thread
Required: State the Message # for each book.
#1130 (Lisa MD) - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 375 / 975
Total Books Read: 26 / 74
Total Tasks Completed: 20 / 56
BB Total: 1+1+1=3
GO:
IAF:
trishhartuk10.10 Radioactive, Radioactive
Read a book with MPG Post Apocalyptic.
Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler
Reada the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (295pg)
Post Apocalyptic is present as the first MPG under “…more”
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 565
Tasks Completed: 36
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
JUKKA5.3 Women's Rights
Nonfiction book with MPG Women, Gender, or Feminism.
Queer: Sarjakuvajohdanto by Meg-John Barker has both Gender and Feminism. It's also nonfiction so claiming It's a Fact.
Total Points: 475/975
Total Books Read: 41
Tasks Completed: 34/56
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 7
Coffeegirl25.3 Celebrating the end of WWI
Option 1: read a book that is set in any combination of Japan, or territories in Asia: Singapore, Hong Kong
Book: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
https://www.google.com/search?q=where...
Book pages: 403
Option 2: rad a book that has a mpg of WWII
Book: The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly
MPG WWII
Pages: 336
Total pages: 739
Points this task: 25
total Points: 580
Coffeegirl5.8 Name Game
Read a book with an author who shares a first name initial with any letter in your readerboard name.
Book: Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
First name initial: C -- Coffeegirl
Points this task: 5
Total Points; 585
Kristen IA5.5 Summer Solstice
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title from the phrase "Summer Solstice".
The Outsider by Stephen King - 561 pages
****I claim 1 Big Book ticket****
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 370/975
Tasks Completed: 23/56
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA15.7 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
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune - 75.2% Blue
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 385/975
Tasks Completed: 24/56
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA20.9 Moderator's Pet: Trishhartuk's Task - Crater Lake
Choose one option and read a book for that option.
Option 4- Read a book with the MPG of Fantasy, Gothic or Ghosts.
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 405/975
Tasks Completed: 25/56
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Jager20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let’s Go to the Park!
Option 1: Through the Years -
years: 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
-Read a book that was first published in one of these years.
Hopeless by Elsie Silver
points this post 20
total points 60
IAF 1
Jager15.7 Bright and Beautiful
Read a book that is at least 50% blue according to Tineye.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
88.4 + 2.5 = 90.9% Blue
points this post 15
total points 75
IAF 1
Jager25.5 - Fly's Task - Celebrating Summertime
Read a book where a wedding or a wedding anniversary is essential to the story.
Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan
points this post 25
total points 100
IAF 1
Kristen IA20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 Goals
Option 1- Read any book first published in March 2025 or later.
Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage - pubbed April 15, 2025
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 425/975
Tasks Completed: 26/56
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
JenJ IA5.5 Summer Solstice
Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title (subtitle words excluded) from the phrase "Summer Solstice".
Savor It by Tarah DeWitt
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 485/975
Tasks Completed: 26/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 6
JenJ IA10.1 Walking On Sunshine
Read a book whose title includes a word of 4 or letters made from the phrase"Walking On Sunshine"
Required: State the word - WAKING
Waking Up in the Wilderness: A Yellowstone Journey by Natalie Ogbourne
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 495/975
Tasks Completed: 27/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
JenJ IA15.4 Beauty in Words
For this task, use the website https://www.readpoetry.com/poems-that...
Choose an option.
Required: State the option
Option 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.
Words must be stand alone and match exact.
Required State the word - WHERE (from Kipling poem)
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe
Book 2: Read a book with an author that shares either a name or initials with one of the poets on this website.
***initials can be in opposite order***
Required State the author of the poem: Rudyard Kipling
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11.0
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 510/975
Tasks Completed: 28/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
JenJ IA20.8 Nickels and Dimes: MEGSCL's Task - 2025 Goals
Option 1- Read any book first published in March 2025 or later.
The Bright Years - pubbed April 22, 2025
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 530/975
Tasks Completed: 29/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
JenJ IA30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
At least one of your books needs to be a debut book by the author.
Required: state which book is a debut book. - Sky Daddy is the author's debut novel.
Option 2: Read a book with MPG Romance, may be standalone or embedded
Sky Daddy by Kate Folk
Option 3: Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye.
My Magnolia Summer by Victoria Benton Frank
Required: post the cover.
7 Colors: Pink, Grey, Blue, Green, Orange, Brown, Violet
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 560/975
Tasks Completed: 30/56
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
Task 5.7 - Summer Vacationsbook cover shows at least one adult and at least two children
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
lots of children at bottom row of picture, adults elswhere
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975 points
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I WonderOption 2.
B) Read a memoir that includes the childhood of the author.
Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers
(The author spends the first 25% or so of the book recounting his childhood before his army years)
Claiming 1 IAF ticket for non-fiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
IAF: 4
BB: 4
GO: 1
Mod
Julia1035.7 Summer Vacations
Read a book with at least one adult and two or more children on the book cover.
This post: 5 points
Total points: 915
BB: 3
GO: 7
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 52
Books read: 73
CathyG30.3 Susan A's Task: Exploring MPGs.
MPG Medieval
Death and the Maiden by Ariana Franklin 402pp
MPG Adventure
Open Season by C.J. Box 278pp
Choose 2 of the MPGs listed and read 1 book for each. The total number of pages read must exceed 500 pages. MPGS must match exactly.
Required: State the MPG.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 630
CathyG15.8 Shipwrecked and Stranded
Read a book where a shipwreck or someone who stranded in the ocean or on an island is evident to the story.
Required: If the required element is not evident from the Goodreads main page provide a reference.
Swept Away by Beth O'Leary
Points this post: 15
Total points: 645
CathyG15.5 Land of Dragons
Read a book with a single author with all initials found in Lizard. Bond of Passion by Larissa Ione
Points this post: 15
Total points: 660
CathyG15.3- Quantity or Size?
Help Thread
Choose an option
Required: State the option
Option 1: Two Book Task
Book 1- Read a book set at least 75% in Australia
Required If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads main page provide a reference.
and
Book 2- read a book with title with 6+ words excluding subtitles OR 12+ more words including the subtitle
Option 2: One Book Task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull by Barry Jonsberg
Points this post: 15
Total points: 675
CathyG15.6 Animals, Animals, Animals!
Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle. Animal, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Hyena, Lion, or Cheetah. Possessives and plurals accepted. No other variations.
The Lion and the Mouse by Samantha Allard
Points this post: 15
Total points: 690
Christine V5.6 Summer Song
Read 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"
Helliconia Summer
Target word: Summer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 2
Kathy KSREPOST of Message 2273, posting cover... Stats updated below.
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION (book 2)
30.1 JennRenee's Task: The Great Yellowstone
at least one of your books needs to be a debut book by the author.
Option 2: read a book with MPG Romance, may be standalone or embedded
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Ann Older
MPG includes: Romance
I read as an ebook; hb-208 p. (no mmpb or pb)
Option 3: Read a book with a cover featuring at least 5 different colors according to Tineye. Red, blue, purple/violet, green, yellow, orange, pink, brown, gray
by Barry W. Enderwick38.0 %#eabe93Pink
8.4 %#c57745Orange
0.3 %#ea9a43Orange
7.3 %#b6432dRed
6.7 %#753a28Brown
4.9 %#f1c965Yellow
0.8 %#ccc53eYellow
3.7 %#959091Grey
This is his DEBUT book.
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Points for this task: 30
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 claimed previously, so counted here.
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.10 Radioactive, Radioactive
Read a book with MPG Post-Apocalyptic
The Chrysalids
MPG
Science Fiction
Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
Fantasy
Post Apocalyptic
Young Adult
TOTALS
Points: 195
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 13
Total books: 23
Total tasks: 22
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - 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.
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You ThinkFirst published April 3, 2018
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
TOTALS
Points: 215
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 14
Total books: 24
Total tasks: 23
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Karen Michele's Task - I Wonder
Option 2B
B) Read a memoir that includes the childhood of the author.
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
The MPG include Middle Grade so ARBookFind information:
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
Krosoczka, Jarrett J.
AR Quiz No. 198847 EN Nonfiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2.0
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
TOTALS
Points: 235
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 15
Total books: 25
Total tasks: 24
Kathy KS15.10 I'm Not Scared
Read a book with MPG Horror- Stand alone or embedded
Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk
MPG: Horror (Genre verification message 3)
pb=235 p.
I read this as part of an ebook omnibus: Whyborne & Griffin: the complete series, p. 1039-1345 (of 2812).
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 650
Tasks completed: 29/56
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
Kathy KS5.10 Picnic Time
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Bookman's Promise by John Dunning
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-469 p.
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 655
Tasks completed: 30/56
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
20.1 - Most Improved – Erica H’s Task: Organized ProcrastinatorOption 2, title word from PROJECT FINISH RESISTANCE: Second Chance Girl by Susan Mallery
mass market paperback edition Second Chance Girl
The word is Chance.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 815
30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: A Year of TravelsOption 3, author's initials in NIAGARA FALLS: The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
Option 5, letters in VEGAS in the series title: The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation #3)
paperback edition The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star
Points this post: 30
Total points: 845
Lisa MD10.4 - Future's So Bright
Person wearing sunglasses on cover
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀🐬🦀🐟🦀
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 975/975
Total Books Read: 75
Total Tasks Completed: 56
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 19
LoraTask: 15.3- Quantity or Size?, using Option 1
Book 1- Read a book set at least 75% in Australia
Book/Author: Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder / Kerryn Mayne
How it fits: set in Australia
Book 2- read a book with title with 6+ words excluding subtitles OR 12+ more words including the subtitle
Book/Author: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper / Phaedra Patrick
How it fits: 6 word title
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 845
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 8
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
trishhartuk5.9 Sand Time!
Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title from GREAT SAND DUNES.
Nest Egg, Josi Avari
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (294pg)
NEST: grEaT SaNd
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 570
Tasks Completed: 37
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 15.10 I'm Not Scared
Read a book with MPG Horror- Stand alone or embedded.
Book: Nothing but Blackened Teeth
How it fits: Book has MPG Horror.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 14
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
10.5 I’ll Be There For YouRead a book off of this list: Friendship Fiction
Rien n'est vrai
Page 8 (None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 470
Julia10315.8 Shipwrecked and Stranded
Read a book where a shipwreck or someone who stranded in the ocean or on an island is evident to the story.
Surviving Savannah
(approved in post 27 of task help thread)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 920
BB: 3
GO: 7
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 53
Books read: 74
Elizabeth PTask 20.3 - Celebrating Pride
Option 2: Book with 4+ letter world in title found in STONEWALL UPRISING
The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
Word: Last
STonewALl uprising
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 545
Total Tasks: 29
GO: 0
BB: 2
IAF: 0
Total Books: 39
FLY Task #15.1 More or Less?
Book 1: Read the book with the most ratings on your TBR
book: Jane Eyre
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: 2,271,976 ratings
Book 2: Read the book with the fewest ratings on your TBR
book: Woman on the Verge of Paradise
how it fits: 24 ratings, including mine
other:
both of these books were from my "unread on kindle" TBR (though I ended up doing audio for Jane Eyre). Book 2 was second-to-least rated, because the actual least rated turned out to be 5th in a series I didn't have the first four books for
Points this post: 15
Total points: 975
Tasks completed: 56/56
BB: 10 / GO: 9 / IAF: 4
ED20.5 Bigger is Better: Kathy KS's Task - Light Up My World, Scarlett!
Option 2
The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas-6/22/25-
765p; pub. 1866
*****I CLAIM 2 BB TICKETS*****
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
20.5
BB: 2 / GO: 1/ IAF: 0
Cindy FTask 5.1 Victory Day
Set in Maine The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve
Points this post:5
Total points:295
Books read:22
Big Books:3
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:20
Cindy FTask 5.2 Civil War
MPG WAR The Secret of Raven Point by Jennifer Vanderbes
Points this post:5
Total points:300
Books read:23
Big Books:3
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:21
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Task 20.10 Group Reads
Book: The Adventures of Sally
How it fits: Selected as the Gutenberg Classic Group Read. I posted in the discussion thread (post #15).
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** REQUESTING A GO TICKET ***
This book was published in 1922.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 12
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0