August 2025 Mini Challenge - BACK TO SCHOOL

[Book Concierge]

August 2025 mini challenge: BACK TO SCHOOL
Begins: 01August25 / Ends: 31August25

This month’s challenge prompts are inspired by the annual return to school (in the USA, at least).

* Old School - Read a book published BEFORE 2000

* New School – Read a book by a “new to you” author

* Too Cool for School – Read a book whose title includes a word that has double vowels in it.

* Back to School – Read a book whose COVER shows a person with his/her back to the reader.

* School days – Read a book with a speaking character who attends school (any level)

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RULES OF THE CHALLENGE

All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.

You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book.

You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing a task.

A book may be used for only one task, even if it would satisfy the challenge for multiple tasks.

EXAMPLE of a successful post:
Book by an author whose first and last initials are in TABLE: Elizabeth Berg / Open House ✔ – 13March25

If you'd like to be recognized as finishing the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.

As always, have Fun!

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Beverly ✔ Completed

JennH

Koren

TerriS

Tessa

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[Terris]

I'm ready for back-to-school but kind of glad I don't have to!!!

August 2025 mini challenge: BACK TO SCHOOL

5/5

This month’s challenge prompts are inspired by the annual return to school (in the USA, at least).

✔ Old School - Read a book published BEFORE 2000
Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller, 4****s, 8-4-25

✔ New School – Read a book by a “new to you” author
The Magic Garden by Gene Stratton-Porter, 2**s, 8-8-25

✔ Too Cool for School – Read a book whose title includes a word that has double vowels in it.
Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories by Amanda Peters, 3***s, 9-4-25

✔ Back to School – Read a book whose COVER shows a person with his/her back to the reader.
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen, 4****s, 8-30-25

✔ School days – Read a book with a speaking character who attends school (any level)
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, 3***s, 7-30-25

[Book Concierge]

August 2025 mini challenge: BACK TO SCHOOL
Begins: 01August25 / Ends: 31August25


4 / 5 completed

* Old School - Read a book published BEFORE 2000 - 1952 - To Catch a Thief ✔ – 08Aug25

* New School – Read a book by a “new to you” author - Brenda L. Baker / Sisters of the Sari✔ – 04Aug25

* Too Cool for School – Read a book whose title includes a word that has double vowels in it.

* Back to School – Read a book whose COVER shows a person with his/her back to the reader. - ✔ – 03Aug25

* School days – Read a book with a speaking character who attends school - Set primarily in a high school for the deaf - True Biz ✔ – 06Aug25

[Beverly]

August 2025 mini challenge: BACK TO SCHOOL
Begins: 01August25 / Ends: 31August25

5/5

1. Old School - Read a book published BEFORE 2000
The Wild Child: The Unsolved Mystery of Kaspar Hauser by Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach Published 1832 FINISHED 8/8

2. New School – Read a book by a “new to you” author
The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs FINISHED 8/5

3. Too Cool for School – Read a book whose title includes a word that has double vowels in it.
Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin FINISHED 8/6

4. Back to School – Read a book whose COVER shows a person with his/her back to the reader.
Sunlight on My Shadow: After years of secrecy, a pregnant teen's regretful story is brought to light Judy Liautaud FINISHED 8/5

5. School days – Read a book with a speaking character who attends school (any level)
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh Nikki Conway, an A-Level Invocation student at Chetwood School FINISHED 8/14

[JennH]

August 2025 mini challenge: BACK TO SCHOOL
Begins: 01August25 / Ends: 31August25

* Old School - Read a book published BEFORE 2000
The Trial by Franz Kafka 8/3/25

* New School – Read a book by a “new to you” author
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter 8/5/25

* Too Cool for School – Read a book whose title includes a word that has double vowels in it.
Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø 8/14/25

* Back to School – Read a book whose COVER shows a person with his/her back to the reader.

* School days – Read a book with a speaking character who attends school (any level)
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger 8/4/25

[Koren]

August 2025 mini challenge: BACK TO SCHOOL
Begins: 01August25 / Ends: 31August25


* Old School - Read a book published BEFORE 2000-An American Killing by Mary-Ann Tyrone Smith (1998) finished 8/19

* New School – Read a book by a “new to you” author-Killer Story: The Truth Behind True Crime Television by Claire St. Amant finished 8/4

* Too Cool for School – Read a book whose title includes a word that has double vowels in it.-Evergreen Lodge: A Memoir by Tom Bross finished 8/22

* Back to School – Read a book whose COVER shows a person with his/her back to the reader. -Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland by Ken Ilgunas finished 8/14


* School days – Read a book with a speaking character who attends school (any level)-The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy by James Patterson finished 8/8 (almost everyone in the book goes to college)

[Beverly]

Updated comment #5: Challenge completed.

[Koren]

Challenge complete! Message #7.

[Terris]

Challenge complete! Message #3