2025 June Monthly Challenge

[Caraina]

COMPLETED

2025 June Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025

Completed: 10/10

1. Happy June Birthday!:
🌷 Read a book published in June, or read a book with white or black on the cover in honor of June's birthstone, the Pearl. Undead and Unforgiven - MaryJanice Davidson 6/5/25

2. June Month-Long Observance - LGBT Pride Month:
🌷Read a book with an LGBTQ+ character, or with a rainbow of colors on the cover. Undead and Done - MaryJanice Davidson 6/10/25

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Alyssa Day (Alesia Holliday):
🌷 Read one book written by Alyssa Day or any author with either of her first or last names. Link to Alyssa Day's backlists:
Alyssa Day - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Alesia Holliday - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
🌷 You may also read any book shelved as romance, mystery, paranormal or comedy, or a book that has been nominated for or won any award. In addition you may read any book with a character that is current or former military or is an attorney, or a book set in Florida. One Hot Italian Summer: A Single Dad Romance - Karina Halle 6/8/25

4. June 1-7 - Pet Appreciation Week:
🌷 Read a book in which an animal plays a role, or with an animal on the cover (shifters count!) Magic Shifts - Ilona Andrews 6/12/25

5. June 3 - Repeat Day:
🌷 Read a book that has alliteration or double letters in the author's name, title, or series name, or that repeats a word anywhere in the title and/or series name (the same word used in the title and series name counts). Bears Behaving Badly - MaryJanice Davidson 6/9/25

6. June 12 - Loving Day:
🌷 Read a romance in which the main couple is interracial, interfaith, LGBT+, or has some other strong social or cultural difference that might make some people think they shouldn't be together, or who must struggle against some outside force in order to be together (your interpretation). Bat Boy - Christina Lee 6/12/25

7. June 20 - Summer/Winter Solstice:
🌷 Read a long book (at least 350 pages) or a short book (no more than 150 pages) The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley 6/7/25 (386 pgs.)

8. June 24 - Swim a Lap Day:
🌷 Read a sports romance or a book with a character who is otherwise very athletic. Or you may read a book with water on the cover. The View from Alameda Island - Robyn Carr 6/13/25

9. June 27 - Helen Keller Day:
🌷 Read a book with a character who is living with/overcoming some sort of disability, illness or injury - physical or mental. Lady Chatterley’s Lover - D.H. Lawrence 6/12/25

10. Reader's Choice:
🌷 Read any book of your choice. Sister, Sister - Eric Jerome Dickey 6/11/25

[MountainKat, Moderator]

2025 June Monthly Challenge

In for the usual! 📚

10 of 10. Completed 6.23.2025 DONE!

1. Happy June Birthday!: A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd 6.10.2025
2. June Month-Long Observation - LGBT Pride Month: How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae 6.14.2025
3. Featured Author Challenge - Alyssa Day: Bane's Choice by Alyssa Day 6.12.2025
4. Pet Appreciation Week - June 1-7: Handy by K.M. Neuhold 6.13.2025
5. Repeat Day - June 3: The Rivals of Copper County by May Archer 6.9.2025
6. Loving Day - June 12: Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison 6.4.2025
7. Summer/Winter Solstice - June 20: Blameless by Gail Carriger 6.18.2025
8. Swim a Lap Day - June 24: Serpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison 6.21.2025
9. Helen Keller Day - June 27: Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas 6.6.2025
10. Reader's Choice: SOS Hotel: For a Supernaturally Safe Stay! by Adam Vex 6.23.2025



Thanks for a fun challenge!!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Give me an inch and I will take a mile...

One would think that if I finished a week early, I could get this posted before I was two weeks into the next month! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Shandrea]

2025 June Monthly Challenge
8/10

1. Happy June Birthday!:
🌷 Read a book published in June, or read a book with white or black on the cover in honor of June's birthstone, the Pearl.
■ - Collided


2. June Month-Long Observance - LGBT Pride Month: Often shortened to Pride Month, this is a month, typically June, dedicated to celebration and commemoration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride. Pride Month began after the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in 1969.
🌷Read a book with an LGBTQ+ character, or with a rainbow of colors on the cover.
■ - Say You'll Remember Me


3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Alyssa Day (Alesia Holliday):
🌷 Read one book written by Alyssa Day or any author with either of her first or last names.
🌷 You may also read any book shelved as romance, mystery, paranormal or comedy, or a book that has been nominated for or won any award. In addition you may read any book with a character that is current or former military or is an attorney, or a book set in Florida.
■ - Pretty Little Mistake


4. June 1-7 - Pet Appreciation Week:
🌷 Read a book in which an animal plays a role, or with an animal on the cover (shifters count!)
■ - The Pumpkin Spice Café


5. June 3 - Repeat Day:
🌷 Read a book that has alliteration or double letters in the author's name, title, or series name, or that repeats a word anywhere in the title and/or series name (the same word used in the title and series name counts).


6. June 12 - Loving Day:
🌷 Read a romance in which the main couple is interracial, interfaith, LGBT+, or has some other strong social or cultural difference that might make some people think they shouldn't be together, or who must struggle against some outside force in order to be together (your interpretation).
■ - Terms and Conditions


7. June 20 - Summer/Winter solstice
🌷 Read a long book (at least 350 pages) or a short book (no more than 150 pages)
■ - One Golden Summer


8. June 24 - Swim a Lap Day
🌷 Read a sports romance or a book with a character who is otherwise very athletic. Or you may read a book with water on the cover.
■ - Rewind It Back


9. June 27 - Helen Keller day
🌷 Read a book with a character who is living with/overcoming some sort of disability, illness or injury - physical or mental.


10. Reader's Choice:
🌷 Read any book of your choice.

. . . .5. . . .9.10.

[Julianna]

Final Update 8/2

1. Happy July Birthday!: Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas - red on the cover (7/27)★★★★★

2. July Month-Long Observance - Dog Days of Summer (United States): Wackiest White House Pets by Gibbs Davis - a book with a dog in the storyline (7/18)★★★★

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Jordan L. Hawk: Beyond the Dream Catcher by Rita Hestand - shelved as Historical (7/20)★★1/2

5. Third Week of July– Capture the Sunset Week: Patience by Lisa Valdez - a sunset color on the cover (7/14)★★★1/2

6. July 1- International Joke Day/Flower of the Day Bamboo: Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas - set in a tropical climate where bamboo grows (7/7)★★★★

8.July 3 is Civil Disobedience Day: 3 2 1 Awesome!: 20 Fearless Women Who Dared to Be Different by Eva Chen - a character breaks the law or disobeys a rule and there is some kind protest in the story (7/4)★★★★★

10. Reader's Choice: Middle Church by Bob Edgar (7/31)★★★★

Completed 7/7