Monthly Challenges discussion

POST the Tasks you have completed here.


• SCOREBOARD Name (if different from GR Name)
• TASK Number & Name (short description, if needed)
• AUTHOR'S Name/LINK to Author's Name
• POINTS for the Task (Points Earned: )
• PAGES for the Task (Pages Read: )
• TOTAL POINTS: (not required for 1st completed task)
• TOTAL PAGES: (not required for 1st completed task)

SCOREBOARD
Updated: post #23


MOST POINTS
⚓⚓Tessa - 9
⛱️⛱️⛱️Linda C - 10
🦈Amber - 5
🦈Bethany - 5

MOST PAGES
⚓⚓Tessa - 3266
⛱️⛱️⛱️Linda C - 3401
Amber - 1818
🦈Bethany - 1944

TESSA

Task 1.5 Read the Alphabet - K
KATE Quinn / Diamond Eye ✔ – 08June25 - 448 pg

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 448 pg

Total points earned to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 448 pg

TESSA


Task 2.3 - Marilyn - FAMILY BIRTHDAYS
The title has TWO words beginning with letters in NATHAN
The and An
The Memory of an Elephant ✔ – 13June25 - 221 pg

The main character has a best friend - Doris & Graca are besties in
The Air You Breathe ✔ – 04June25 - 528 pg


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 749 pg


Total points earned to date - 3
Total pages read to date 1197 pg

1.10 (Linda C's Task) FATHER'S DAY
Read a book where the Main Character is a Father

James – Percival Everett (5 stars) 6/14/25 2024 [303] – James has a daughter Lizzie

Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 303

Total points - 1
Total pages - 303

TESSA

Task 1.7 - Amber - SUMMER HIATUS
Reader's Choice
Fluff Dragon ✔ – 19June25 - 400 pg


THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
pages read - 400


Total points earned to date - 4
Total pages read to date - 1597 pg

1.5 Read the Alphabet: LETTER K
Read a book that Author's FIRST/LAST name begins with the Letter K

Marrying Winterborne (The Ravenels, #2) – Lisa Kleypas (4 stars) 6/24/25 2016 [400]

Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 400

Total points - 2
Total pages - 703

TESSA

Task 2.1: Lottery
# 1 - Jaws ✔ – 23June25 - 368 p

# 4 - Red, White & Royal Blue ✔ – 22June25 - 448 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 816 p


Total points to date - 6
Total pages read to date - 2413 p

1.1 Summer Solstice
Read a book with the word SUMMER in the title.
The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen 06.16.25

Task points 1
Task pages 363

1.4 Main Page Genre (MPG)
Choose One:
b. Going to the Beach
Read a book with MPG:SUMMER READS
Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner 06.18.25

Task points 1
Task pages 368

Total points 2
Total pages 731

1.9 (Amber's Task) Vacation
You may remember last month I mentioned my Niece was graduating from High School in California. While I was there, other than her graduation my favorite day, we went to visit Hearst Castle and Moonstone Beach. (use link below if you want to learn more about Hearst Castle)
Read a book with a beach on the cover. (show cover)
by Maddie Day 06.23.25

Task points 1
Task pages 310

Total points 3
Total pages 1041

2.4 (Marilyn's Task) Family Birthdays (continue)

1. Read a book whose number of pages has two of the numbers 6, 2, ,1.
Space Deputy (Interstellar Sheriff, #1) – Jenny Schwartz (4 stars) 6/28/25 [217]

2. Read a book whose main character is a Musician.
Notorious – Susan Andersen (3 stars) 6/18/25 [322] – MCH is a saxophone player

Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 539

Total points - 4
Total pages - 1242

1.3 World Sauntering Day
Take it Easy and read a book by one of your favorite Authors.

An English Bride in Scotland (Highland Brides, #1) – Lynsay Sands (4 stars) 6/8/25 [346]

1.4 Main Page Genre (MPG)
b. Read a book with MPG:BEACH READS/SUMMER READS

People We Meet on Vacation – Emily Henry (3 stars) 6/3/25 2021 [364] - MPG Summer Reads 1353x

1.7 (Amber's Task) Summer Hiatus
Slow Down and Read any book.

Twice as Hot (Tales of an Extraordinary Girl, #2) – Gena Showalter (3 stars) 6/11/25 [425]

Points these tasks - 3
Pages this task - 1135

Total points - 7
Total pages - 2377

2.1 The Lottery
The Children of Eve by John Connolly 464 pgs 6/24
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao 384 pgs 6/22

Points: 2
Pages: 848

1.3 World Sauntering Day
Circe by Madeline Miller 6/29

Points: 1
Pages: 393

Total points: 3
Total pages: 1241

1.7 (Amber's Task) Summer Hiatus
The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis 6/7

Points: 1
Pages: 399

Total points: 4
Total pages: 1640

1.8 (Amber's Task) Book List
Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill 6/9

Points: 1
Pages: 304

Total points: 5
Total pages: 1944

TESSA

Task 1.3: World Sauntering Day
Book by a favorite author

Nancy Martin / Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything ✔ – 06June25 - 320 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 320p

Total points to date - 7
Total pages to date - 2733 pg

TESSA

Task 1.9: Reading Jar - Amber - VACATION

Beach on the cover - ✔ – 19June25 - 309 pg

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 309 pg


Total points to date - 8
Total pages to date - 3042 pg

TESSA

Task 1.8: Amber - BOOK LIST
A book that would be good for her book club list

Almost Friends ✔ – 29June25 - 224 p

Philip Gulley is a Quaker minister in Indiana who writes a series about a Quaker minister. They are humorous and entirely clean. And also usually have a gentle message.
LINK to my full review

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 224p

Total points to date - 9
Total pages to date - 3266 p

1.6 Fight the Filthy Fly Month
Read a book that has an insect's/bug's name in its title -OR- the cover has an insect(s)/bug(s) on it (show cover).
The Wrong Daughter by Dandy Smith 06.06.25

Task points 1
Task pages 353

Total points 4
Total pages 1394

1.7 (Amber's Task) Summer Hiatus
June starts my 3 month social slow period. A lot of my regularly occurring social activities stop over the summer months, resuming after Labor Day. I try to use this time to catch up on my hobbies which mostly includes reading.
Slow Down and Read any book.
When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon 06.30.25

Task points 1
Task pages 424

Total points 5
Total pages 1818

1.8 (Amber's Task) Book List
Read a book that you think would be a good pick for me to add to the list. It does not necessarily have to be Christian, but it does need to be mostly clean.

Last Train to Freedom – Deborah Smith (3 stars) 6/29/25 2025 Russia [361] – Story of brother and sister Polish Jews escaping from Lithuania on the last train out. They get visas from the Japanese Ambassador in exchange for carrying a parcel of testimonies about Nazi atrocities to a General in Japan. They are pursued by Russians and Nazis. Clean but suspenseful and has descriptions of war deaths

2.1 The Lottery

#1 The Berry Pickers – Amanda Peters (4 stars) 6/22/25 [320]
#4 Unraveled (UN-forgettable, #2) – C. J. Barry (4 stars) 6/30/25 [343]

Points these tasks - 3
Pages this task - 1024

Total points - 10
Total pages - 3401