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

📚 - Read -A-Thon Points

MOST POINTS
🌭🌭 📚 Linda C - 10+6 = 16
🍦📚 Amber - 7+5 = 12
🎉🎉🎉 📚 Bethany - 8+9 = 17
📚 Tessa - 6+3 = 11
📚 Diana S - 8

MOST PAGES
🎉🎉🎉Linda C - 3168
🍦Amber - 2466
Bethany - 2389
🌭🌭Tessa - 2796

1.10 (Bethany's Task) Seat Stealer
So steal someone's seat and read a book of your choice!

Exit Strategy (Murderbot Diaries, #4) – Martha Wells (4 stars) 7/8/25 [163]

Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 163

Total points - 1
Total pages - 163

1.10 (Bethany's Task) Seat Stealer
My 3 year-old has stolen my seat about 3 times since I sat down to write this. So steal someone's seat and read a book of your choice!

A Mind to Murder by P.D. James 07.05.25

Task points 1
Task pages 256

1.6 SUMMERWEEN
Join booktubers this month in Celebrating Halloween early by reading a spooky book
Darkangel by Christine Pope 07.12.25 (witches)

Task points 1
Task pages 330

Total points 2
Total pages 586

2.3 (Tessa's Task) SUMMER FUN
Read 2 Books

1. Swimming Hole - Read a book by an author whose first and last initial are in SWIMMING HOLE.

The Work of Art (Somerset Stories, #1) – Mimi Matthews (5 stars) 7/3/25 [392] – initials MM

2. Picnics - Read a book where the characters eat outdoors. Cite a quote from the text to show this

The Seed Keeper – Diane Wilson (4 stars) 7/14/25 [372] – p. 345 “After a leisurely lunch of bread and coffee, Ida leaned back to study the clouds, which had continued to gather all morning.”

Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 764

Total points - 3
Total pages - 927

1.8 (Bethany's Task) Celebrate FOOD!
Read a book about food or with food on the cover.

Kitchens of the Great Midwest – J. Ryan Stradal (3 stars) 7/17/25 2015 [336] – MPG FOOD

Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 336

Total points - 4
Total pages - 1263

3.1 (Linda's Task) Location, Location, Location
Read 3 books set in countries other than your own.
My home country - USA

1. The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mystery, #1) – Boris Akunin (3 stars) 7/5/25 [256] set in Russia
2. The Mill House Murders (The House Murders, #2) – Yukito Ayatsuji (3 stars) 7/17/25 [253] set in Japan
3. The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted – Robert Hillman (5 stars) 7/12/25 [320] – set in Australia

Points this task - 3
Pages this task - 829

Total points - 7
Total pages - 2096

1.1 Happy 4th of JULY
The Women by Kristin Hannah

Points: 1
Pages: 471

1.6 SUMMERWEEN
The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman 7/25

Points: 1
Pages: 326

Total points: 2
Total pages: 797

1.8 (Bethany's Task) Celebrate FOOD!
by Dayna Lee-Baggley 7/12
(forgot to post this)

Points: 1
Pages: 184

Total points: 3
Total pages: 981

1.8 (Bethany's Task) Celebrate FOOD!
There are a lot of food-related holidays in July, From National Hot Dog Day, to Pecan Pie Day, to Pick Blueberries Day.
Read a book about food or with food on the cover.
by Ellie Alexander 07.24.25

Task points 1
Task pages 274

Total points 3
Total pages 860

Please Disregard. Moved this book to Task 3.1.
I don't think it was counted yet but didn't want to delete it just in case. 😊

1.5 READ THE ALPHABET: LETTER L
Read a book with Author's FIRST name begins with the Letter L.
by Lucy Foley 07.25.25

Task points 1
Task pages 360

Total points 4
Total pages 1220

1.5 READ THE ALPHABET: LETTER L
Read a book that starts with the Letter L (exclude A, An, or The) -OR- Author's FIRST/LAST name begins with the Letter L.

Summer Moon – Jill Marie Landis (4 stars) 7/26/25 [388]

Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 388

Total points - 8
Total pages - 2484

2.4 (Tessa's Task) INDEPENDENCE
1. Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories by Kate Atkinson 7/27 212 pgs
2. Middle of the Night by Riley Sager 7/6 376 pgs

Points: 2
Pages: 588

Total points: 5
Total pages: 1569

TESSA

Task 1.2 Celebrate the Author - a book by Stephen King

Stephen King / 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - 1120 pg

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 1120 p

TESSA


Task 2.4 - Tessa - INDEPENDENCE
a) 1st letter of each title word in DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - A D P C - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - 304 p

b) Author's first and last initial in FIREWORKS: E O - Edna O'Brien / The Country Girls ✔ – 17July25 - 188 pg

THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 492

Total points to date - 3 points
Total pages read to date - 1612 pgs

TESSA

Task 2.3 - Tessa - SUMMER FUN

a) Author's first and last initials in SWIMMING HOLE - L E - Louise Erdrich / The Sentence ✔ – 19July25 - 400 pg

b) Characters eat outdoors - Chapter 9 is devoted to a picnic excursion where a party enjoys the scenic views by a lake - Tooth and Claw ✔ – 17July25 - 416 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 816 pages


Total points to date - 5 points
Total pages read to date - 2428 pgs

TESSA


Task 1.10 - Reading Jar - Bethany - SEAT STEALER

Book of my choice - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - 368 pg

THIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 368 pg

TOTAL points earned to date - 6
Total pages read to date - 2796

3.1 (Linda's Task) Location, Location, Location
Read 3 books set in countries other than your own.
My home country - USA
1. We Do Not Part by Han Kang 256 pgs, 7/16, South Korea
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann 331 pgs, 7/18, mostly Patagonia (Chile/Argentina)
3. The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas 224 pgs, 7/28, Paris, France

Points: 3
Pages: 820

Total points: 8
Total pages: 2389

2.1 The Lottery

#1 The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers – Samuel Burr (4 stars) 7/28/25 [362]
#6 Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1) - Sylvain Neuvel (5 stars) 7/24/25 [322]

Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 684

Total points - 10
Total pages - 3168

1.1 Happy 4th of JULY
Read a book with a predominantly RED, WHITE, or BLUE COVER (60%+). Show cover.
by Sherry Lynn 07.26.25

Task points 1
Task pages 302

Total points 4
Total pages 1162

3.1 (Linda's Task) Location, Location, Location
Read 3 books set in countries other than your own. Tell us your home country and then list the setting for each of your books (must be 3 different countries and more than 50% of the story is set there).

I live in the United States

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty 07.14.25 (Australia)

pages 512

The Booklover's Library by Madeline Martin 07.18.25 (England)

pages 432

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley 07.25.25 (France)

pages 360

Task points 3
Task pages 1304

Total points 7
Total pages 2466