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Review link
Buddy link (if applicable)
Page Count: most rated on GR
Category & Task: Set Sail - Title ends with a vowel
How it fits: Last letter is E

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This is view only, I will mark off tasks for you when I do scores. Please let me know if you find an error :)

List challenges:

Sea Voyage books list HERE
Quest list HERE
Best Time Travel Fiction list HERE

You can start posting at midnight in your time zone. Remember, you must read 100 pages or more in July for a book to count for a task. Under 100 can be page points only.

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 448
Find a New Home: Title starts with a vowel

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 323
Follow the Map: Character is betrayed
(view spoiler)[Allie is betrayed in the novel (hide spoiler)]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 380
Set Sail:Blue cover (75% or more)

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Burn Some Rubber: Set in summer
HIF: This whole book is set in summer.

review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
187 pages
Navigate the Galaxy: MC works in STEM
HIF: Both MCs work as coders (gaming)


The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
242 pages
Travel Through Time - book made into a movie
HIF: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5932728 starred Mel Gibson and Sean Penn

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 541
Follow the Map: Book from the Quest List
How it fits: #5 on list

Becky Q. wrote: "
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Burn Some Rubber: Set in summer
HIF: This whole book is set in summer."

Only pages read in July will count for this challenge. It looks like you were 30% on June 30th, so this will count for 246 pages

Audiophile Archives wrote: "
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
187 pages
Navigate the Galaxy: MC works in STEM
HIF: Both MCs work as coders (gaming)

[bookcover:The Pro..."

Both of these show started June 30th, Do you know how much you read in July?

___Name___|__Books__|__BR_____|__Pages__|__Total__
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Jamie_____|_____2___|_________|_____8___|______8___
Alaina____|_____1___|_________|_____5___|______5___
Kassandra_|_____1___|_________|_____3___|______3___
Becky_Q___|_____1___|_________|_____2___|______2___
Audiophile|_____2___|_________|_________|__________
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On Hold: Audiophile's books - need to know how much was read in July

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 365
Burn Some Rubber: MPG Contemporary
How it Fits:
MPG Contemporary

Aly wrote: "Audiophile Archives wrote: "
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
187 pages
Navigate the Galaxy: MC works in STEM
HIF: Both MCs work as coders ..."

Hi Aly....that's on me. I mark it "currently reading once I get the book from libby (to help me keep the deadline in sight). It doesn't mean when I begin. Both were started on 7/1...but there's concern, I will remove both books.

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 175
bUrn Some Rubber: Features a motorcycle
how it fits - MC and her fiends all ride motorcycles

Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 307. 47% completed before July = 163 pages
Venture Into the Unknown: MC travels somewhere new
HIF: MC spend a month traveling around to visit various bookstores and spends a week in Berlin.

Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 219 (464 total, but I read 53% of this in June)
Explore the Wild: Character Builds Something
HIF: Carl builds quite a few traps and bombs to use against the mobs in the dungeon

Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 144
Navigate the Galaxy: Character wears a helmet
HIF: Murderbot wears a helmet for much of the book.

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 271 (read 51% in June, 553-282=271 pages read in July)
Find a New Home: Title starts with a vowel

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 392
Task: Make the great escape / Series title has 3+ E’s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 240
Task: Go soul-searching / Features a mirror


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Pages: 350
Task: Make the great escape / Features a prison/jail

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 306
Burn Some Rubber: MC drives a car
How it Fits:
MC drives Toyota Corolla

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 368
Make the Great Escape: Series title has 3+ E's
How it fits: Never Ever After, #1 (has 5 E's)

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 173
Find a New Home: Title starts with a vowel
How it Fits:
Title starts with E (Every)

Pages: 400
Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Burn Some Rubber: I and Spy
"going to a party with a probable spy" - 68%; "I promise" - also 68%

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 380
Burn Some Rubber: MC travels by bus, RV, or motorcycle
How it fits: Zane travels by bus to and from games with the team

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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 544
Navigate the Galaxy: Letters ROCKET in series title
How it fits: Black Dagger Brotherhood, #15

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BOTM: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 366
Explore the Wild: Features a wild animal
How it fits: MC runs into a wolfbear while in the forest during the final trial.

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 155
Burn Some Rubber: "I" and "Spy" in text (pg #/% and quote)
How it fits: Both of Page 6
"Mateo and I were left alone under the partial moon."
"Spy jumped to the ground and raced into the dark, after the ATV."

Review link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 335
Category & Task: Explore the Wild - Features a wild animal
How it fits: There is a tiger in the book.


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Page Count: 352
Category & Task: Burn Some Rubber - MPG Contemporary
How it fits: MPG Contemporary


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Page Count: 496
Category & Task: Find a New Home - MPG Historical
How it fits: MPG Historical


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Page Count: 776
Category & Task: Find a New Home - Book that’s been translated
How it fits: Book has been translated into several languages.


Review link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Page Count: 530
Category & Task: Explore the Wild - Page count of unique digits (142, 389, etc)
How it fits: Page count is 530

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 448
Follow the Map: Author's initials in HERO
How it fits: ER in HERO

BOTM: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 400
Set Sail: Title Ends with a Vowel

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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 180
Set Sail: Water on the Cover

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 208
Follow the Map: MC returns home
How it fits: Maddox lived in LA and returns back to Montana to move with his daughter

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 187
Find a New Home: Page count has a 1
How it Fits:
Page Count is 187

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 288
Burn some rubber: Book you read away from home.
How it fits - Listened to it at work and in the car while driving,

Audiophile Archives wrote: "Aly wrote: "Audiophile Archives wrote: "
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
187 pages
Navigate the Galaxy: MC works in STEM
HIF: Both MCs wor..."

That's fine, I just wanted to check.

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 322
Set Sail: MC's first/last name starts with V
How it fits: MC's name is Violeta

Aly wrote: "Audiophile Archives wrote: "Aly wrote: "Audiophile Archives wrote: "
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
187 pages
Navigate the Galaxy: MC wor..."

Thank you for checking...

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
374 pages
Venture Into the Unknown: Book from a new-to-you author
HIF: my first read by this author



Spiral by Bal Khabra
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
367 pages
Venture Into the Unknown: Book you started without reading the summary
HIF: on my TBR because it was a 2025 GCA Romance nominee.

Pages: 158
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Navigate the Galaxy: MPG Sci Fi

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 448
Set Sail: Title ends with a vowel
How it Fits:
Title ends with E

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 362
Travel Through Time: Takes place in 2 or more time periods
How it fits: Set in the USA (2018) and China (1937)

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 428
Task: Follow the map. /MC has a mentor


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Pages: 150
Task: Venture into the unknown / Book you started without reading the summary


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Pages: 320
Task: Finds a new home / Author is BIPOC


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Pages: 364
Task: Navigate the galaxy / Black cover

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Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 626
Follow the Map: Tagged 'Adventure' on first page
How it fits: tagged adventure 640x on first page| https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 238
Category & Task: Go Soul-Searching MC learns a new skill
How it fits: Jared learns how to move wind with his magic


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 381
Category & Task: Venture Into the Unknown -Plot with a deeper meaning
How it fits: Not just a simple telling of the apocalypse, but a fable about how love could still save us all in the end.


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 362
Category & Task: Burn Some Rubber -Burn Some Rubber: I and Spy
How it fits: Pg 45 She grins at me. “Eamonn has been teaching me to spy.”
I search for any sign of him. “Is he here?”

Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages - 156
Set Sail: "Ocean" in text (pg #/% and quote)
How it fits - Page 13 - "Just an OCEAN of dried blood."

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 312
Set Sail: Title letters in white or blue
HIF: Title letters in white.

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 368
Burn Some Rubber: Characters play a game
HIF: There are multiple instances where the characters play chess.

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 374
Set Sail: 'Ocean' in text
HIF: 31% "I saw the ocean in the distance..."

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 368
Burn Some Rubber: Author's initials in ROAD
HIF: A + R in Ava Rani and ROAD.

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 384
Burn Some Rubber: MPG Contemporary