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Complete ONE of the following:
🏈 Read a book set in America.
🏈 Read a book from a series with at least 7 primary works.
🏈 Read a book with an 11 intact in the page count or publication date.
🏈 Read a book where the author or MC is named Tony, for my favorite football player of all time, Tony Gonzalez. {Spelling variations accepted.}
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Team Sport: American Football
Book: Listen for the Lie
Author: Amy Tintera
Date Read: 1/13
Task: 🏈 Read a book set in America.
How it Fits: Set in Texas
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Complete ONE of the following:
⚽️ Read a book set in Europe.
⚽️ Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PITCH.
⚽️ Read a book published since 2009.
⚽️ Read a book where there are agencies that go by initials, like FBI or CIA.
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Team Sport: Soccer
Book: Capturing the Devil
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Date Read: 1/18
Task: ⚽️ Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PITCH
How it Fits: C title
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏀 Read a book with "two sides" to the story. {Your interpretation.}
🏀 Read a book with two of these numbers in the page count: 1891.
🏀 Read a book with the word TWO in the text.
🏀 Read a book where all the letters of TWO are in the author's first AND/OR last name.
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Team Sport: Basketball
Book: Glimmer of the Other
Author: Heather G Harris
Date Read: 2/10
Task: 🏀 Read a book with two of these numbers in the page count: 1891
How it Fits: 318 pages
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Complete ONE of the following:
⚾️ Read a book where a character plays or watches baseball.
⚾️ Read a book with double letters in the title.
⚾️ Read a book with something diamond-shaped on the cover.
⚾️ Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in AMERICAS PASTIME.
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Team Sport: Baseball
Book: Assistant to the Villain
Author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Date Read: 2/25
Task: ⚾️ Read a book with double letters in the title
How it Fits: Double L's in villain
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Complete ONE of the following:
🥎 Read a book with a female MC.
🥎 Read a book where a character does something "underhanded" to another character.
🥎 Read a book set in Chicago.
🥎 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in GEORGE HANCOCK. {three-word minimum}
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Team Sport: Softball
Book: Cold as Hell
Author: Kelley Armstrong
Date Read: 3/4
Task: 🥎 Read a book with a female MC
How it Fits: Casey Duncan, female MC
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏐 Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the publication date: 1964.
🏐 Read a book where a character jumps.
🏐 Read a book with all the letters of NET in the title.
🏐 Read a book where you see arms AND hands on the cover.
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Team Sport: Volleyball
Book: Midnight Exposure
Author: Melinda Leigh
Date Read: 3/18
Task: 🏐 Read a book with all the letters of NET in the title
How it Fits: MidNight Exposure
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Complete ONE of the following:
🚣🏼♀️ Read a book set in the 17th or 18th centuries.
🚣🏼♀️ Read a book with a boat of any kind on the cover.
🚣🏼♀️ Read a book with the word CREW found in the text.
🚣🏼♀️ Read a book where the title starts with a letter in COXSWAIN.
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Team Sport: Rowing
Book: Nightwork
Author: Nora Roberts
Date Read: 4/5
Task: 🚣🏼♀️ Read a book with a boat of any kind on the cover
How it Fits: kayak on the cover
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏇🏼 Read a book set in Iran.
🏇🏼 Read a book with a horse on the cover.
🏇🏼 Read a book with all the letters of MALLET found in the title, including two Ls.
🏇🏼 Read a book where the MC could be a member of "high society." {Your interpretation.}
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Team Sport: Polo
Book: Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
Author: Heather Fawcett
Date Read: 4/19
Task: 🏇🏼 Read a book with all the letters of MALLET found in the title, including two Ls
How it Fits: EMiLy wiLde's mAp The
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Complete ONE of the following:
🤽🏽 Read a book with a body of water on the cover.
🤽🏽 Read a book set in Scotland.
🤽🏽 Read a book with at least seven important characters.
🤽🏽 Read a book where you think the MC could play a "highly physical and demanding sport."
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Team Sport: Water Polo
Book: Rock Paper Scissors
Author: Alice Feeney
Date Read: 5/10
Task: 🤽🏽 Read a book set in Scotland
How it Fits: Book takes place in Scotland
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏏 Read a book with a white cover. {Your discretion.}
🏏 Read a book with an 11, intact, in the publication date.
🏏 Read a book with a 1 and a 6 in the page count.
🏏 Read a book with at least 20 chapters.
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Team Sport: Cricket
Book: Finders Keepers
Author: Stephen King
Date Read: 5/26
Task: 🏏 Read a book with a white cover. {Your discretion.}
How it Fits: White cover
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Complete ONE of the following:
⚾︎ Read a book set in Connecticut.
⚾︎ Read a book where the MC's first name starts with a letter in WIFFLE BALL.
⚾︎ Read a book where a character makes a joke.
⚾︎ Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title is found in DAVID N MULLANY. {three-word minimum}
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Team Sport: Wiffle Ball
Book: All the Glimmering Stars
Author: Mark T. Sullivan
Date Read: 6/4
Task: ⚾︎ Read a book where the MC's first name starts with a letter in WIFFLE BALL
How it Fits: MC's first name is Anthony
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏉 Read a book set in England or Canada.
🏉 Read a book published before 1995.
🏉 Read a book with the word UNION found in the text.
🏉 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in MIDDLE AGES.
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Team Sport: Rugby
Book: Beasts of Prey
Author: Ayana Gray
Date Read: 6/18
Task: 🏉 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in MIDDLE AGES
How it Fits: Author's first/last initials AG in AGES
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏝 Read a book with a beach scene on the cover.
🏝 Read a book set in Hawaii.
🏝 Read a book where one character serves another. {Be creative!}
🏝 Read a book with two of these numbers found in the page count: 1915.
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Team Sport: Beach Volleyball
Book: End of Watch
Author: Stephen King
Date Read: 7/10
Task: 🏝 Read a book with two of these numbers found in the page count: 1915
How it Fits: page count is 511
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Complete ONE of the following:
🤾🏽♂️ Read a book published in October of any year.
🤾🏽♂️ Read a book set in Asia or South America.
🤾🏽♂️ Read a book where the MC's occupation should come with protective equipment.
🤾🏽♂️ Read a book with an author OR MC named Karl, Max or Erich {spelling variations accepted.}
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Team Sport: Handball
Book: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Author: David Wroblewski
Date Read: 7/16
Task: 🤾🏽♂️ Read a book published in October of any year
How it Fits: Published Oct 13, 2009
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Complete ONE of the following:
🎾 Read a book set in France.
🎾 Read a book where the MC is single.
🎾 Read a book with the word HAWK or EYE found in the text.
🎾 Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the publication date: 1988.
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Team Sport: Tennis
Book: Out of Her Mind
Author: T.R. Ragan
Date Read: 8/2
Task: 🎾 Read a book where the MC is single.
How it Fits: Sawyer (MC) is single
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Complete ONE of the following:
🥒 Read a book with at least one scene in the kitchen.
🥒 Read a book set in the Pacific Northwest.
🥒 Read a book published in 2021, 2022, or 2023.
🥒 Read a book with a food item on the cover.
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Team Sport: Pickleball
Book: A Half-Baked Murder
Author: Emily George
Date Read: 8/17
Task: 🥒 Read a book with a food item on the cover
How it Fits: Macarons, pastries and bagettes on cover
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏒 Read a book by a Canadian author.
🏒 Read a book where the title starts with a letter in MONTREAL.
🏒 Read a book published in March of any year.
🏒 Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 1875.
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Team Sport: Ice Hockey
Book: Last Chance to Save the World
Author: Beth Revis
Date Read: 9/8
Task: 🏒 Read a book where the title starts with a letter in MONTREAL
How it Fits: L title
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏑 Read a book where all the letters of HOCKEY are found in the title.
🏑 Read a book set in Sweden or Finland.
🏑 Read a book where the MC goes by more than one name, like a nickname or alias.
🏑 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in CARBON FIBER PUCK.
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Team Sport: Field Hockey
Book: Sanctuary
Author: Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 9/16
Task: 🏑 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in CARBON FIBER PUCK.
How it Fits: I and A in Carbon Fiber
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Complete ONE of the following:
🥌 Read a book with a stone or rock on the cover.
🥌 Read a book with the word SWEEP or SWEEPING found in the text.
🥌 Read a book set in a cold climate.
🥌 Read a book you would call a favorite, since Curling is my favorite team sport in the Winter Olympics.
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Team Sport: Curling
Book: The Hiking Trip
Author: Jenny Blackhurst
Date Read: 10/9
Task: 🥌 Read a book with a stone or rock on the cover
How it Fits: rock circle around the fire
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Complete ONE of the following:
🥍 Read a book with an indigenous or Native American author.
🥍 Read a book that you consider to be old on your TBR.
🥍 Read a book with a male and a female on the cover.
🥍 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title can be found in SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES. {3-word minimum}
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Team Sport: Lacrosse
Book: Mask of the Deer Woman
Author: Jenny Blackhurst
Date Read: 10/25
Task: 🥍 Read a book with an indigenous or Native American author
How it Fits: Author has indigenous ancestry through her birth family
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Complete ONE of the following:
❄️ Read a book where a fatality occurs.
❄️ Read a book with muscles visible on the cover.
❄️ Read a book with all the letters of LUGE found in the title.
❄️ Read a book that seemed to go by really fast!
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Team Sport: Luge
Book: Christmas Presents
Author: Lisa Unger
Date Read: 12/14
Task: ❄️ Read a book where a fatality occurs
How it Fits: Fatality occurs
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Complete ONE of the following:
☘️ Read a book set in Ireland or by an Irish author.
☘️ Read a book you would describe as violent.
☘️ Read a book published in 2020.
☘️ Read a book where all the letters of GAELIC are found in the title/subtitle.
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Team Sport: Hurling
Book: Long Bright River
Author: Liz Moore
Date Read: 12/13
Task: ☘️ Read a book published in 2020
How it Fits: Published Jan 7, 2020
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏸 Read a book where the MC has a partner of some type.
🏸 Read a book set in China or by a Chinese author.
🏸 Read a book where the author's first OR last initial is found in SHUTTLECOCK.
🏸 Read a book where at least two of these numbers are found in the publication date: 1992.
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Team Sport: Badminton
Book: U is for Undertow
Author: Sue Grafton
Date Read: 12/17
Task: 🏸 Read a book where the author's first OR last initial is found in SHUTTLECOCK.
How it Fits: Sue - first initial - found in Shuttlecock
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Complete ONE of the following:
🏓 Read a book with two Ts OR two Ps in the title.
🏓 Read a book tagged SPORTS any number of times.
🏓 Read a book with a person(s) standing on the cover.
🏓 Read a book that is popular worldwide, in other words, an international bestseller.
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Team Sport: Table Tennis
Book: Steelheart
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Date Read: 12/16
Task: 🏓 Read a book with two Ts OR two Ps in the title.
How it Fits: 2 T's in title
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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.