2025 Summer Reading Challenge: Raffle Entries

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

All raffle entries verified through here. I'll check once again tomorrow before closing the thread.

[Kerry]

1a) A book in a series - "A Room Full of Bones" by Elly Griffiths (100)

1b) A book with water on the cover - "A Winter's Grave" by Peter May (100)

1c) A book released in 2004/2005 - "Don't Let Him In" by Lisa Jewell (100)

1d) A book by a new to you author - "The Preacher" by Camilla Lackberg (100)

2a) FRESH SQUEEZED LEMONADE - "All That's Dead" by Stuart MacBride (200)

2d) FRUIT PUNCH - "Full Dark House" by Christopher Fowler (200)

2e) SPARKLING WATER - "Never Flinch" by Stephen King (200)

3a) Ketchup: A book with red on the cover - "The Whispering Dead" by Darcey Coates (300)

3b) Relish: A book by a favorite author - "No Place to Run" by Mark Edwards (300)

3c) Mustard: A book with a military character (serving, retired, or adjacent) - "The Black Echo" by Michael Connolly (300)

3d) Pickles: A book title that includes a word starting with the letter P - "Postmortem" by Patricia Cornwall (300)

3e) Cheese: A sentimental book - 84 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff (300)

4c) A book that has been nominated for an award - "The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead (400)

5a) Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view - "Knots & Crosses" by Ian Rankin (500)

5b) Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books - "Dark Horse" by Gregg Hurwitz (500)

5c) Corn bread - A book originally published before 1900 - "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame (500)

5d) Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter - "Ritual" by Mo Hayder (500)

5e) Watermelon - A book over 500 pages - "The Purity of Vengeance" by Jussi Adler-Olssen (500)

total points = 5400

[Michelle]

My total 5000 points

Chips and Dip - 100 points (400)
1a. A book in a series -Leather & Lark
1c. A book released in 2024 or 2025 - Hate Mail
1d. A book by a new to you author -The Haunting of Hill House
1e. A humorous book - Let It All Burn

Drinks Station - 200 points (400)
Author's initials are in:
2a. FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE - You're Never Weird on the Internet
2e. SPARKLING WATER - House of Frank

Burger and Hotdog Toppings - 300 points (600)
3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover - Apprentice to the Villain
3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author - The Witch with No Name

Desserts - 400 points (1600)
4a. A book with a child main character - A Little Princess
4b. A book with a wedding - Portrait of a Scotsman
4c. A book that has been nominated for an award - Ring Shout
4d. A book with a cafe, bakery, or restaurant as an important setting - Brewbies

The Sides - 500 points (2000)
5a. Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view - Adult Assembly Required
5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books - Tress of the Emerald Sea
5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter - Chain-Gang All-Stars
5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 page - House of Sky and Breath

[Amy (Other Amy)]

Other Amy

Chips and Dip - 100 points
✅1a. A book in a series
Exit Strategy
(The Murderbot Diaries)
✅1d. A book by a new to you author
All Systems Red
(My first Martha Wells.)


Burger and Hotdog Toppings - 300 points
✅3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
✅3c. Mustard: A book with a military character (serving, retired, or adjacent)
What Feasts at Night
(MC is a retired soldier.)
✅3d. Pickles: A book title that includes a word starting with the letter P
Rogue Protocol
✅3e. Cheese: A sentimental book
The Man in the Picture


Desserts - 400 points
✅4a. A book with a child main character (age 12 and under)
Mapping the Interior
(The blurb for some reason says 15, but that's incorrect. The MC repeatedly says he's 12. He does have a 13th birthday at the very end and there's an epilogue from him as an adult, but most of the book is told as a child and that matters a lot to the impact of the story.)
✅4b. A book with a wedding
Nothing But Blackened Teeth
(The wedding is prevented by unfortunate events as they are gathering for the ceremony, but they do form up for it.)
✅4c. A book that has been nominated for an award
The Brides of High Hill
(Nominated for 2025 Hugo and Locus awards.)
✅4d. A book with a cafe, bakery, or restaurant as an important setting
Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line
(A restaurant sous chef hosts bring your readers to work day.)
✅4e. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Blue Fox
(Norwegian)


The Sides - 500 points
✅5a. Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view
Zoetrope Bizarre
(The narration is composed of different vignettes both "in different heads" and using different narration perspectives (limited third, second person, first person, omniscient third, etc.)
✅5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
✅5c. Corn bread - A book originally published before 1900
Carmilla
(1872)
✅5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter
Mammoths at the Gates
(Death, disappointment in loved ones, and grief)
✅5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 pages
Tomie


Points: 5,900 of 5,000

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

CLOSED

All raffle entries counted and the draw will take place tomorrow.

A few fun facts for you all:

The Most completed prompt: a tie between Multiple POV and Author with at least 10 books
The Least completed prompt: Published before 1900
Total entrants: 77