The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

The Summer 2026 Challenge will begin at 12:01 AM, EST June 1, 2026, and will end at 11:59 PM, EST, August 31, 2026.

This is where you will need to post information about completed tasks - updates to the Readerboard will be based on what is posted HERE AND ONLY HERE.

Please do not delete or edit any post in this thread!! Even if the post is not reflected on the Readerboard yet, I've often logged the post on my spreadsheet already and I will not know that you've made the changes. I do not go backwards in this thread to pick up points. If you need to make a change, just make a new post.

All books posted for points in the SRC must adhere to The Rules of the Challenge. This includes the Rules of the Challenge as well as the Default Rules and FAQs

All posts must adhere to the Posting Requirements.To avoid problems with your posts, please review these documents (even if you've read them before). They will not change mid-season, but they may be updated between seasons.

Any problems with task postings will be posted in the Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks thread. Please post there if you have a question about your points, Golden Oldies It's A Fact, or Big Book tickets.

Enjoy your reads!

Readerboard name: Ash

10.4 - Man's Best Weather?
Read a book that has a word of 4 or more letters in the title that comes from the phrase DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
56 Days

How it fits:
dog DAYS of summer

Current points: 10
Total Points: 10

Mila

5.1 dry and empty

Read a book with a title word that contains all the letters of DRY - in any order.

After Hours at Dooryard Books

Points this post: 5
Total: 5

5.2 - Movies and Deserts

Read a book with MPG Middle East

The Lion Women of Tehran

Points this post: 5
Total: 10

Readerboard name: Ash

5.1 - Empty and Dry
Read a book with a title word that contains all the letters of DRY - in any order.
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed

How it fits:
elDeRlY

Current points: 5
Total Points: 15

Readerboard name: Ash

10.8 - The Long and Short of It
Read a book that is either less than 201 pages or more than 400 pages.
Exit Strategy

How it fits:
172 Pages

Current points: 10
Total Points: 25

Readerboard name: Ash

15.10 Summer Loves U
Read a book with a word in the title or an author with a first or last name that has a “U” as its second letter
One of Our Own

How it fits:
one of oUr own by lUcinda berry

Current points: 15
Total Points: 40

Bookwrm526

Task #15.3 - Third and Ten

Option 2 - one book option - Read a book that is 1-3 of a series AND was published on the 10th day or the 10th month (Oct.) or a year that ends in a 10th. I read A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev - book 1 in the Bollywood series and first published in 10/28/2014.

Total points so far: 15

Mila

10.4 - Man's Best Weather?
Read a book that has a word of 4 or more letters in the title that comes from the phrase DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
Required: State the word

A Good Person
Word: good

Points this post: 10
Total: 20

ROBIN P

15.5 Plants and Animals

Word in title 4+ letters made from I CARRY A RIVER, IT IS WHO I AM

Time's Agent
TIMES - TI in IT, M in aM, E in rivEr, S in iS

Points this post: 15
Total points: 15

Readerboard Name: Becky Q

10.8 - The Long and Short of It
Read a book that is either less than 201 pages or more than 400 pages.
The Re-Do List by Denise Williams
Finished: 6/1/26

How It Fits:
This book is 432 pages.

Points For This Post: 10
Total Points: 10

Mila

5.4 - Books and Deserts

Many books are set in the desert. Some are fictional some are not. Find your fact or fiction and read a book from the first 25 page of this list Desert Books

Snake-Eater

Page 1

Points this post: 5
Total: 25

Julia103

15.3 Third and Ten
Option 2: Read a book that is 1-3 of a series AND Read a book published on the 10th day or the 10th month (Oct.) or a year that ends in a 10th. (1910 1920 1930 1940 etc.)

Unexpected Night
(Henry Gamadge #1, published in 1940)

Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket for book published in 1940.

This task: 15 points, 1 GO
Total points: 15
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1

Deborah

10.1 - Dry, Drier, Driest

Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are in the word DESERT.

Speechless by Devyn Sinclair

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Tasks Done: 1