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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! ~ A Year-Long Reading Challenge
Individual Challenge
January 1st - December 31st, 2025


Let's read books and complete tasks related to team and partner sports that are played and enjoyed around the world!


On the 1st and 15th of each month I will post a new team sport in the Playing Field Thread. You will have four tasks to choose from for each sport. You only need to complete one. Participate in as many or as few sports as you would like.


You will make your Completion Posts here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use this format. {You are welcome to copy and paste the game tasks into your own thread if you would like.}


Completion Post
Team Sport:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:


If you have any questions, please post them in the Referee's Table Q & A Thread.


Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘Your first team sport will be posted on January 1, 2025.
📘Books must be completed after the team sport has been posted.

Completion Post:

Team Sport: 1: January 1, 2025 ~ American Football
Book/Author: A Dog's Way Home by W. Bruce Cameron
Date Read: 01/02/24
Task: Set in America.
How it Fits: Story is set in Colorado, US.

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Team Sport: 2: January 15, 2025 - Soccer
Book/Author: A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Date Read: 01/18/25
Task: Published since 2009.
How it Fits: Published in 2024.

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Team Sport: February 1, 2025 - Basketball
Book/Author: Down London Road by Samantha Young
Date Read: 02/01/25
Task: word TWO in the text.
How it Fits: We were together two years... p.4

Completion Post:

Team Sport: February 15, 2025 - Baseball
Book/Author: Guilt and Ginataan
Date Read: 02/15/25
Task: author's first AND last initials are found in AMERICAS PASTIME.
How it Fits: Mia P. Manansala

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Team Sport: March 1, 2025 - Softball
Book/Author: Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag
Date Read: 03/01/25
Task: female MC
How it Fits: Lauren is female.

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Team Sport: March 15, 2025 - Volleyball
Book/Author: The Dummy Meets the Mummy! by R.L. Stine
Date Read: 03/16/25
Task: arms AND hands on the cover.
How it Fits:

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Team Sport: April 1, 2025 - Rowing
Book/Author: The Pact by Jodi Picoult
Date Read: 04/02/25
Task: crew in the text.
How it Fits: Chris had had the same slightly-longer-than-crew-cut hairstyle. 3%

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Team Sport: April 15, 2025 - Polo
Book/Author: Well Matched by Jen DeLuca
Date Read: 04/21/25
Task: mallet in title.
How it Fits: wELL MATched

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Team Sport: May 1, 2025 - Water Polo
Book/Author: Always You by Jessica H. Love
Date Read: 05/02/25
Task: body of water on the cover
How it Fits:

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Team Sport: May 15, 2025 - Cricket
Book/Author: Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words by Andrew Morton
Date Read: 05/18/25
Task: white cover
How it Fits:

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Team Sport: June 1, 2025 - Wiffle Ball
Book/Author: What We Find by Robyn Carr
Date Read: 06/03/25
Task: char makes a joke.
How it Fits: “I’m worried about me,” she said emphatically. “You’re probably riddled with theme-park diseases.” He laughed. “Making serious love to you will be hard if you keep making jokes. I’m not riddled with anything. Except, you know, things like lust.” p.99

Completion Post:

Team Sport: June 15, 2025 - Rugby
Book/Author: The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose
Date Read: 06/18/25
Task: union in text
How it Fits: When Gran and Mr. Preston were young, they fell in love, but Gran’s family did not approve of the union, even less so when they discovered Gran was pregnant out of wedlock. p.19

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Team Sport: July 1, 2025 - Beach Volleyball
Book/Author: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Date Read: 07/01/25
Task: two of these numbers found in the page count: 1915
How it Fits: 199 pages

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Team Sport: July 15, 2025 - Handball
Book/Author: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Date Read: 07/16/25
Task: MC's occupation should come with protective equipment
How it Fits: Joan is an astronaut.

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Team Sport: August 1, 2025 - Tennis
Book/Author: Ward D by Freida McFadden
Date Read: 08/01/25
Task: HAWK or EYE found in the text
How it Fits: He levels his watery blue eyes at me. p.13

Completion Post:

Team Sport: August 15, 2025 - Pickleball
Book/Author: The Good Life by Jeremy Hall
Date Read: 08/15/25
Task: set in the Pacific Northwest.
How it Fits: Set in the rural community of Applegate, OR.

I love pickleball!!! 🥰🥰🥰

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Team Sport: September 1, 2025 - Ice Hockey
Book/Author: Murder at the Patel Motel by Maulik Pancholy
Date Read: 09/02/25
Task: title starts with a letter in MONTREAL.
How it Fits: M title

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Team Sport: September 15, 2025 - Field Hockey
Book/Author: The Wild Robot
Date Read: 09/15/25
Task: author's first AND last initials are found in CARBON FIBER PUCK.
How it Fits: Peter Brown

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Team Sport: October 1, 2025 - Curling
Book/Author: Isabelle and the Beast by Marie Soleil
Date Read: 10/01/25
Task: SWEEP or SWEEPING found in the text.
How it Fits: With a flourish, Theodore opens the door and sweeps his arms wide. “Here we are, the library!” p.57

Completion Post:

Team Sport: October 15, 2025 - Lacrosse
Book/Author: One Perfect Summer by Brenda Novak
Date Read: 10/16/25
Task: the first letter of every word in the title can be found in SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES.
How it Fits: O, P, and S can be found in SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES.

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Team Sport: November 1, 2025 - Luge
Book/Author: Bad Liar by Lauren Rowe
Date Read: 11/06/25
Task: muscles visible on the cover
How it Fits:

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Team Sport: November 15, 2025 - Hurling
Book/Author: Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
Date Read: 11/17/25
Task: letters of GAELIC are found in the title/subtitle
How it Fits: some people neEd kilLInG: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

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Team Sport: December 1, 2025 - Badminton
Book/Author: The Intruder by Freida McFadden
Date Read: 12/02/25
Task: at least two of these numbers are found in the publication date: 1992.
How it Fits: Published in 10/7/2025.

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Team Sport: December 15, 2025 - Table Tennis
Book/Author: Muffin Top by Avery Flynn
Date Read: 12/17/25
Task: person(s) standing on the cover.
How it Fits: