Kathy E - Summer Reading Challenge 2025

[Kathy]

2025 Summer Reading Challenge Prompts
✅ - Finished

100+100+100+100+200+200+300+400+400+400+400+500+500+500+500+500 = 5200

Finished more:
200
100
300

Chips and Dip - 100 points
1a. A book in a series
✅Murder at Mallowan Hall (Phyllida Bright #1) - Colleen Cambridge 100 POINTS
1b. A book with water on the cover
✅The Go-Between - L.P. Hartley 100 POINTS

1c. A book released in 2024 or 2025
✅Sandwich - Catherine Newman 100 POINTS
1d. A book by a new to you author
✅The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson 100 POINTS 6/15/25
1e. A humorous book
✅Leave It to Psmith - P.G. Wodehouse 100 POINTS

Drinks Station - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
2a. FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE
✅Gods of Jade and Shadow - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2b. UNSWEETENED ICED TEA
2c. ROOT BEER SODA
✅Found in a Bookshop - Stephanie Butland 200 POINTS
2d. FRUIT PUNCH
2e. SPARKLING WATER
✅The Summer Guests - Tess Gerritsen 200 POINTS

Burger and Hotdog Toppings - 300 points
3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover
✅Game Without Rules (Calder and Behrens #1) - Michael Gilbert

3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author
The Labors of Hercules - Agatha Christie
3c. Mustard: A book with a military character (serving, retired, or adjacent)
✅The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion - Ford Maddox Ford 300 POINTS
3d. Pickles: A book title that includes a word starting with the letter P
3e. Cheese: A sentimental book

Desserts - 400 points
4a. A book with a child main character
✅Sisters by a River - Barbara Comyns 400 POINTS
4b. A book with a wedding
✅The Mighty Red - Louise Erdrich 400 POINTS
4c. A book that has been nominated for an award
✅South Riding - Winifred Holtby (James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction) 400 POINTS
4d. A book with a cafe, bakery, or restaurant as an important setting
Against the Currant (Spice Isle Bakery Mystery #1) - Olivia Matthews
4e. A book originally written in a language other than English
✅Garden by the Sea - Mercè Rodoreda (Spanish to English) 400 POINTS

The Sides - 500 points
5a. Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view
✅The Seed Keeper - Diane Wilson 500 POINTS
5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books
✅That Affair Next Door - Anna Katharine Green 500 POINTS
5c. Corn bread - A book originally published before 1900
✅The Ladies’ Paradise by Émile Zola (1883) 500 POINTS
5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter
✅The Collected Regrets of Clover - Mikki Brammer (death - main character is a death doula) 500 POINTS
5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 pages
✅Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah (513p) 500 POINTS

[Kathy]

Finished so far:

100+100+200+500+500+500+500 = 2400

Chips and Dip - 100 points
1d. A book by a new to you author
✅The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson 100 POINTS 6/15/25
1e. A humorous book
✅Leave It to Psmith - P.G. Wodehouse 100 POINTS

Drinks Station - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
2c. ROOT BEER SODA
✅Found in a Bookshop - Stephanie Butland 200 POINTS

Burger and Hotdog Toppings - 300 points

Desserts - 400 points

The Sides - 500 points
5a. Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view
✅The Seed Keeper - Diane Wilson 500 POINTS
5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books
✅That Affair Next Door - Anna Katharine Green 500 POINTS
5c. Corn bread - A book originally published before 1900
✅The Ladies’ Paradise by Émile Zola (1883) 500 POINTS
5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter
✅The Collected Regrets of Clover - Mikki Brammer (death - main character is a death doula) 500 POINTS

[Kathy]

Finished 6/29/25

Desserts - 400 points
4a. A book with a child main character
✅Sisters by a River - Barbara Comyns

[Kathy]

Finished 6/30/25

Chips and Dip - 100 points
1a. A book in a series
✅Murder at Mallowan Hall (Phyllida Bright #1) - Colleen Cambridge 100 POINTS

[Kathy]

Finished 7/6/25

Chips and Dip - 100 points
1b. A book with water on the cover
The Go-Between - L.P. Hartley 100 POINTS


Points: 3,000

[Kathy]

Finished 7/9/25

The Sides - 500 points
5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 pages
Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah (513p) 500 POINTS


Points: 3,500

[Kathy]

Finished 7/13/25

4c. A book that has been nominated for an award
South Riding - Winifred Holtby (James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction) 400 POINTS

[Kathy]

Finished 7/15/25

4e. A book originally written in a language other than English
Garden by the Sea - Mercè Rodoreda (Spanish to English) 400 POINTS

[Kathy]

Finished 7/17/25

Summer 4b. A book with a wedding 400 POINTS
(Kismet and Gary)
The Mighty Red - Louise Erdrich

[Kathy]

Finished 7/20/25

2e. SPARKLING WATER
The Summer Guests - Tess Gerritsen 200 POINTS

[Kathy]

Finished 7/22/25

3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover
Game Without Rules (Calder and Behrens #1) - Michael Gilbert 300 POINTS


5200 POINTS - finished 7/22/25