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Summer Seasonal Readathon: 2025
Runs 6/21/25-9/22/25


Welcome to our summer readathon. We want to get you into the summer mood so for this readathon we want you to read books that make you think of summer. To help you with this I will provide some helpful lists such as holidays, summer things, and even links to some of our summer-related challenges.

Holidays
🏖️Independence Day
🏖️Labor Day
🏖️Grandparent's Day

Summer Words/Things
🏖️Beach
🏖️Sea
🏖️Ice Cream
🏖️Swimming
🏖️Lemonade
🏖️Camping
🏖️Canoeing
🏖️Surfing
🏖️Flip flops
🏖️Sunglasses
🏖️Sandcastles

Summer Related Challenges in HOB
🏖️Water Balloon Wars
🏖️Partner Pick: June/July Beach/Vacations
🏖️The Book Carnival Circuit
🏖️Summer Song Shuffle

Readathon Rules:
🏖️Books must be finished within the dates listed above
🏖️No page limits
🏖️Re-reads, Fan fiction & Graphic Novels accepted
🏖️Set your personal goal (ideas: # of books, # of pages, Start or finish a series, work on challenge books, etc)
🏖️Set up a tracking post below

Collect this badge for participating
Collect this badge for reading 3000 or more pages
Collect this badge for reading 45 or more books

For anyone else who wants to join: You may customize this readathon. Do you want to read books with the holiday themes listed in message 1? Are you doing a word hunt of the summer words? Are you playing summer-related challenges and using those books for the readathon? You can create any combination of these or another idea that you come up with. Enjoy this unique spin on a readathon. I will update this as challenges become available.

Books: 67/45
Pages: 14860/3000

Cinderella's Dress
Thanksgiving Day Parade
Iceberg
The Old Man and the Sea
The Life of Saint Paul
Fairest of All
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Murder by Memory
Robert Peary: Boy of the North Pole
Wild Fae Primrose
Page Fright
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Of Mice and Men
Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America
The Mermaid Mystery
A Place to Hang the Moon
Serial Killer Games
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic
A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
The Golden Gate
No One Leaves the Castle
The Mechanical Masquerade
A Man and His Cat 13
Arsenic and Adobo
The Beast Within
Dead in the Water
Utter Fabrication: Historical Accounts of Paranormal Subcultures
Wolf Curse
The Time Machine
Poor Unfortunate Soul
The Maid's Secret
Icing on the Case
Wires and Nerve
Gone Rogue
A Fatal Yarn
Night of Secrets
The Fox Wife
Still Pumped from Using the Mouse
Silver Linings
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Assassin of Fire and Sacrifice
Animal Farm
Five Nights
Read Between the Crimes
From Fable to Grave
The Baker and the Wolf
Can You Solve the Murder?
The Hitchcock Hotel
A Fateful Sentence
I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
The Dark King and the Eternal Dance
Red Lipstick Kisses and Small Town Wishes
Wolf Cure
Retreat
Batter Royale
Cajun Kiss of Death
Captains Courageous
Around the World in Eighty Days
A Christmas Tale of Santa Claus and Grace: A faith-filled novella about the magic of Christmas
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder
Cloak and Grammar
The Wicked Ones
Dear Mrs. Bird
Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis
The Sorcerer and the Swan Princess
A Lost Clause

If I can manage to track this, I'll partake. No pressure to myself :D

June 21-September 21
Books read
Changes
Completed 6/21/25
Closer to the Heart completed 7/5/25
Closer to the Chest 07/13/25
Exile's Honor
08/10/25
Pages read
1551/1500 07/20/25
2986/3000 08/20/25
3732/5000
Holidays
🏖️Independence Day
🏖️Labor Day
🏖️Grandparent's Day
Summer Words/Things
🏖️Beach
🏖️Sea
🏖️Ice Cream
🏖️Swimmin
🏖️Lemonade
🏖️Camping
🏖️Canoe
🏖️Surfing
🏖️Flip flop
🏖️Sunglasses
🏖️Sandcastle

June 21-Changes-50pp
June 23-Closer to
Home-75 p
June 24-Closer to
Home-36 p
June 25-Closer to
Home-50 pp
June 26-Closer to Home-35 pp
June 27-Closer to Home-35 p
June 28-Closer to
Home81 pp
finished
June 29-Closer to the
Heart-80pp
June 30-Closer to
the Heart-25
pp
July 1-Closer to the
Heart-60 pp
July 2-Closer to the Heart-40 pp
July 3-Closer to the
Heart-26 pp
July 4-Closer to the Heart-60 pp
July 5-Closer to the
Heart- 39 pp Rfinished, starting Closer to the Chest
July 6-Closer to the
Chest-51 pp
July 7-Closer to the
Chest-79 pp
July 8-Closer To The Chest-15 pp
July 9-Closer To the Chest-40 pp
July 10-Closer to
the Chest-40 pp
July 11-Closer to
0the Chest-53 pp
July 12-Closer to
the Chest-40 pp
July 13-Closer to the Chest-61
pp finished, started Redoubt-25 pp
July 14-
Redoubt-40 pp
July 15-Redoubt
-55 p
July 16-40 pp-Redoubt
July 17-Redoubt-60 pp
July 18-Redoubt20 pp
July 19-Redoubt-60 pp
July 20-Redoubt-40 pp finished, starting Bastion-
50 pp
July 21-Bastion-72 pp
July 22-Bastion-66pp
July 23-Bastion-
17 pp
July 24-Bastion-25pp
July 25-Bastion-50 pp
July 26-Bastion-25 pp
July 27-Bastion-
37 pp finished
July 28-starting By Any Other Name-50 pp
July 29-By Any Other Name-45 pp
July 30-By Any Other Name-35 pp,starting Closer to Home-40 pp
July 31-Closer to
Home-42 pp
August 1-Closer to Home-50 pp
August 2-Closer to Home-45 pp
August 3-Closer to
Home-66 pp
August 4-Closer to Home-119 finished, By Any Other Name finished
August 5- starting Exile's
Honor-60pp
August 6-Exile's Honor-100 pp
August 7-Exile's Honor-65 pp
August 8-Exile's Honor-80 pp
August 9-Exile's Honor-65 pp
August 10-Exile's Honor-63 pp, starting One Good Knight-45 pp
August 11-One Good Knight-40 pp
August 12-One Good Knight-40 pp
August 13-One Good Knight-40 pp
August 14-One Good Knight-60 pp
August 15-One Good Knight-10pp
August 16-One Good Knight-35 pp
August 17-One Good Knight-45 pp
August 18-One Good Knight-45 pp finished
August 19-A Study in Sable-25 pp
August 20-A Study in Sable-5 pp
August 21-A Study in Sable-15 pp
August 22-A Study in Sable-22 pp
August 23-A Study in Sable-32 pp
August 24-A Study in Sable-40 pp
August 25-A Study in Sable-21pp
August 26-A Study in Sable-50 pp
August 27-[book:A Study in Sable-103 pp finished
August 28
August 29
August 30-start Miss Amelia's List-50 pp
August 31-Miss Amelia's List-50 pp
September 1-Miss Amelia's List-58 pp
September 2-Miss Amelia's List-56 pp
September 3
September 4-Miss Amelia's List-10pp
September 5-Miss Amelia⁵'s List-22 pp
September 6-Miss Amelia's List-20 pp
September 7-Miss Amelia's List -59 pp finished, starting Jolene
September 8-Jolene-p 14
September 9-Jolene-51 pp
September 10-Jolene-30 pp
September 11
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 17
September 18
September 19
September 20
September 21
September 22

Words
B-Bastion-title completed 07/27/25
E
A
C-
Changes-7/1/25
H

S-Beach Vibesby Susan Mallery
W
I
M-Changesby Mercedes Lackey
M-Closer to
Homeby Mercedes Lackey-AFN
I
N
G

F-A Man Called Oveby Fredrik [book:JoleneBackman|6485178]-AFN Fredrik
L-Closer to Homeby Mercedes Lackey ALN 7/5/25
I
P-By Any Other Name-ALN Piccoult completed 08/4/25
F
L-Closer to the
Heartby Mercedes Lackey-ALN 7/8/25
O-One Good Knight-title completed 08/18/25
P
S-A Study in Sable-title
Completed 08/27/25

I-
C-
E-
C-Closer to the
Chest-title completed 7/13/25
R-
Redoubt
Completed 07/19/25
E
A
M-Closer to the Heartby
Mercedes
Lackey-AFN 07/8/25

L-Closer to the Chestby
Mercedes
Lackey-ALN
E
M-Redoubtby Mercedes
Lackey-AFN-7/31/25
O
N
A
D
E

C
A
M-Closer to the
Chestby
Mercedes
Lackey-AFN
P-By Any Other Nameby
Jodi Picoult-
ALN 8/4/25
I
N
G

S
U
N
G
L-Miss Amelia's
Listby Mercedes
Lackey-ALN Lackey
A
S
S
E
S

S
A
N
D
C
A
S
T
L-
Bastion
by Mercedes
Lackey-ALN
completed 07/27/25
E-Exile's
Honor-title
08/10/25
S

L-
Joleneby Mercedes Lackey-ALN Lackey
A
B
O
R
D
A
Y

Hooked on Books Summer Seasonal Readathon: 2025
Runs 6/21/25-9/22/25

No page limits
Re-reads, Fan fiction & Graphic Novels accepted

Holidays
🏖️Independence Day
🏖️Labor Day
🏖️Grandparent's Day

Summer Words/Things
🏖️Beach
🏖️Sea
🏖️Ice Cream
🏖️Swimming
🏖️Lemonade
🏖️Camping
🏖️Canoeing
🏖️Surfing
🏖️Flip flops
🏖️Sunglasses
🏖️Sandcastles

Summer Related Challenges in HOB
🏖️Water Balloon Wars
🏖️Partner Pick: June/July Beach/Vacations
🏖️The Book Carnival Circuit


*Currently Listening*

Lauri's Spot!
HoB Summer Readathon
June 21 - September 22, 2025
Target: 10,000 pages

Total pages read: 8892

Books Used:



Books finished:

SUMMER 6/21-9/22



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Pages read: 8,534 (as of 08/22)

06/21 The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas[487]
06/24 The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas[400]
06/29 The Cinnamon Bun Book Store[348]
07/01 The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose[288]
07/02 How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang[384]
07/04 Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter[442]
07/07 Betting on You by Lynn Painter[432]
07/08 The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood[369]
07/15 The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center[336]
07/16 An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson[464]
07/18 Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune[336]
07/22 Voyage of the Damned by Frances White[464]
07/29 The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown[404]
07/31 Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy #1) by Brynne Weaver[355]
08/03 The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart[528]
08/04 Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number #1) by Lynn Painter[350]
08/06 The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan[304]
08/08 The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number #2) by Lynn Painter[315]
08/12 The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak[338]
08/15 Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver[390]
08/18 Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez[416]
08/22 The Wedding People by Alison Espach[384]

HOLDS
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune[368]
Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams[384]
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace[409]

Weeee I'm in! Fresh start :)

TBR: Chain of Gold Mickey7 Thirst

This is the first time I've cleared a seasonal TBR!

Books Read:


Pages Read: 5244

B - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
e
a
c - Chain of Gold
h - The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
🏖️
S - A Song to Drown Rivers
e
a
🏖️
I - Immortal Consequences
c - The City We Became
e
C - Boy Parts - Eliza Clark
r
e
a
m - Mickey7
🏖️
S - A Short Stay in Hell
w
i
m - Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story
m
i
n - The Night House
g
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L - The Last Session
e
m
o
n
a
d - Deep Cuts
e
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C
a
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p
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g - Gifted & Talented
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g - A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer

I'm in for a couple words.

B - Behind Her Eyes (307p) - 6/25
E - Eye of the Needle (368p) - 7/26/25
A - A Wrinkle in Time (218p) - 7/20
C - Patricia Cornwell - Black Notice (441p) - 8/2
H - The House of Eve (384p) - 7/7

L - The Light Between Oceans (384p) - 7/22
A - The Alice Network (503p) - 8/21
B - Beauty Queens (396p) - 7/30
O - One Last Stop (418p) - 7/10
R - Raven Black (384p) - 7/19
D - Donoghue, Emma The Pull of the Stars (294p) - 8/14
A - Andrew Shaffer Feel the Bern (256p) - 8/23
Y - You (464p) - 8/9

🏖️ June Books Read: 1
🏖️ July Books Read: 7
🏖️ August Books Read: 5
🏖️ September Books Read:

🏖️ Total Pages Read: 4,817
🏖️ Total Books Read: 13

Summer Seasonal Readathon: 2025
6/21/25-9/22/25

GOAL: 0/24 books

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Summer Seasonal Readathon: 2025
6/21/25-9/22/25
🏖️ June Books Read: by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 96 pages by Edward Underhill 272 pages
🏖️ July Books Read: by Freida McFadden 384 pages by Freida McFadden 368 pages
🏖️ August Books Read: by Neena Viel 352 pages by Stephen Graham Jones 405 pages
🏖️ September Books Read:

🏖️ Total Pages Read:
🏖️ Total Books Read: 1