The Challenge Factory discussion

June 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Summer Bookish ambitions time is here!

Levels:
Hummingbird - 1-2 goals
Campfire - 3-4 goals
Fireflies - 5-6 goals
Meteor Shower - 7 or more goals

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:

1. A book where a character comes from southeast Asia.
2. A book set at a summer cottage.
3. A book by a Brazilian author.
4. A book with a title starting with a letter in the word CAMPING.
5. A book where the MC goes on a bike ride.


*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:
1. Number of books to complete in the month - or number of books per week in the month. This goal can also be stated as the number of pages to read per month or week, or the number of hours to listen to audio books per month or week. This is the only goal that may be used just once in a quarter.

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.

3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Summer season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.

Participant Links

Aspa
Caraina
Charlotte
LaurLa
Lucy
Marty
Mrs W
Rieh
Taya:)

June 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025

Summer Bookish ambitions time is here!

Levels:
Hummingbird - 1-2 goals
Campfire - 3-4 goals
Fireflies - 5-6 goals
Meteor Shower - 7 or more goals 🌠

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:

1. A book where a character comes from southeast Asia.
2. A book set at a summer cottage.
3. A book by a Brazilian author.
4. A book with a title starting with a letter in the word CAMPING.
The Perfect Son
Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic
Getting Hot with the Scot
A Quiet Life
Icing on the Murder

5. A book where the MC goes on a bike ride.


*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:

✅1. Number of books to complete in the month - 5 books each month
JUNE
1️⃣ by Megan Goldin (6/3/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
2️⃣ by Anne Tyler (6/4/25 ⭐⭐⭐)
3️⃣ by Ann Napolitano (6/11/25 ⭐⭐)
4️⃣ by Jojo Moyes (6/18/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
5️⃣ by Lisa Barr (6/21/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
6️⃣ by Jeneva Rose (6/24/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
7️⃣ by Lori Foster (6/26/25 ⭐⭐⭐)
8️⃣ by Freida McFadden (6/30/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

JULY
1️⃣ by Michael Smith & Jonathan Franklin (7/6/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐)
2️⃣ by Robyn Carr (7/10/25 ⭐⭐⭐)
3️⃣ by Liv Constantine (7/15/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
4️⃣ by Nicholas Sparks (7/21/25 ⭐⭐⭐)
5️⃣ by Jennifer A. Nielsen (7/26/25 ⭐⭐⭐)
6️⃣ by Melonie Johnson (7/29/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

AUGUST
1️⃣ By Ethan Joella (8/2/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐)
2️⃣ by Valerie Burns (8/6/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
3️⃣ by Colleen Hoover (8/9/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
4️⃣ by Greer Hendricks (8/12/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
5️⃣ by Emma Rous (8/17/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐)
6️⃣ by Marliss Melton (8/22/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐)
7️⃣ by Colleen Hoover (8/27/25⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
8️⃣ by Marliss Melton (8/30/25⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

✅2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.
Saving the Bees - 7/21 finished task & Saved the Bees!
Year of the Snake - 7/26 finished task & 8/17 Finished all task of the Year of the Snake
Mountain Climb -2 books
Mountain Climb

✅3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!
All the monthly challenges complete at least 3 tasks in each every month - Book It; Tiny Love Stories; Bobbling; BINGO; Library Card
June - did at least 3 task in challenges listed also got the word ADMIRE in Boggle
July - did at least 3 task in challenges also got the word CHEF in Boggle
August - did at least 3 task in challenges - got the word MINT in Boggle and got BINGO

✅4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.
Me Before You Series finish series need to read #3 - Read Still Me 3rd book in series

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

✅6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.
Race to 100 finish last leg - finished challenge completing 100 tasks with the team
Summer Camp 6 books each month June, July, & August - Finished Summer Camp 8/22/25 - Read 18 books
Summer Solice 2 task per 6 catergories

✅7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Summer season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name. VACATION

V - Verity by Colleen Hoover
A - Anne Tyler author of Three Days in June
C - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic
A - Ann Napolitano author of Dear Edward
T - The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
I - Icing on the Murder by Valerie Burns
O - One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose
N - Nicholas Sparks author of Dreamland

✅8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
Anne Tyler
Lisa Barr
Michael Smith & Jonathan Franklin
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Melonie Johnson
Ethan Joella
Greer Hendricks
Emma Rous

✅9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.
Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic this book was a non-fiction book with real dates and events

✅10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.
The Escape Room was on my TBR since May 12, 2023, finally read on 6/3/25
Dear Edward was on my TBR for 2 months, read on 6/11/25
Still Me was on my TBR since 6/11/23 (2 yrs), read on 6/18/25
The Goddess of Warsaw was on my TBR since 6/2/24, now read on 6/21/25
One of Us Is Dead was on my TBR for 3 months, now read 6/24/25
The Love Shack was on my TBR for 4 months now read 6/26/25
The Perfect Son was on my TBR for 1 year now it has been read 6/30/25
The Friendship Club was on my TBR for 6 months it has been read 7/10/25
The Wife Stalker was on my TBR for 3 months has been read 7/15/25
Dreamland was on my TBR for 2 years has been read on 7/21/25
Getting Hot with the Scot was on my TBR for 2 years read on 7/30/25
A Quiet Life was on my TBR for 1 year read on 8/2/25
Reminders of Him was on my TBR for 3 years read on 8/9/25
The Golden Couple was on my TBR for 3 years (8/22) read on 8/12/25
Verity was on my TBR for 1 year read on 8/27/25

Marty's Summer Bookish Ambitions
Level: Fireflies

Goals
1. Number of books: 5 books per month
June
The Russian Affair by Michael Wallner - 6/7/25
youthjuice by E.K. Sathue - 6/8/25
Murder in the Mountains: The Muriel Baldridge Story by Michael Crisp - 6/12/25
Atmosphere - 6/25/25
Everything is Illuminated - 6/25/25

July
The Tavernier Stones: A Novel - 7/5/25
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth - 7/9/25
Insects - 7/10/25
The Paris Express - 7/13/25
Marguerite by the Lake - 7/23/25

August
Memories of a Marriage - 8/3/25
The Last Brother - 8/5/25
Blob: A Love Story - 8/9/25
Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder - 8/10/25
Fires in the Dark - 8/11/25

2. Finish a challenge (I'll post the challenge later)

7. Spellouts: Seaside

S ~ The Salvager: The Life of Captain Tom Reid on the Great Lakes by Mary Frances Doner - 6/2/25
E ~ Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer - 6/25/25
A ~ Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 6/25/25
S ~ She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor - 7/6/25
I ~The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney - 6/1/25
D ~Emma Donoghue/The Paris Express - 7/13/25
E ~ The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim - 6/26/25

8. New author.
The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel - 6/3/25

10. Clean up that TBR
The Russian Affair by Michael Wallner - 6/7/25
youthjuice by E.K. Sathue - 6/8/25
Murder in the Mountains: The Muriel Baldridge Story by Michael Crisp - 6/12/25
Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith - 6/22/25
Atmosphere - 6/25/25
Everything is Illuminated - 6/25/25
The Tavernier Stones: A Novel - 6/26/25
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth - 7/7/25
Insects 7/10/25

June 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Summer Bookish ambitions time is here!
Meteor Shower - 7 or more goals 🌠

Progress: 8/7+

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:

1. A book where a character comes from southeast Asia.
2. A book set at a summer cottage.
3. A book by a Brazilian author.
4. A book with a title starting with a letter in the word CAMPING.
The Green Ember S.D. Smith 6/6/25 - Starts with G in title (excluding The)
The Archer's Cup S.D. Smith 6/29/25 - Starts with A in title (excluding The)
Prince Lander and the Dragon War S.D. Smith 7/10/25 - Starts with P
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie 7/15/25 - Starts with A
Pygmalion & Other Plays George Bernard Shaw 7/17/25 - Starts with P
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie 7/21/25 - Starts with M (excluding The)
Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie 7/24/25 - Starts with M
The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux 7/27/25 - Starts with P (excluding the)
The Maze Runner James Dashner 8/1/25 - Starts with M (excluding the)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson 8/17/25 - Starts with A
5. A book where the MC goes on a bike ride.

*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:

1. Number of books to complete in the month - 8 books each month
June: 9 books:
The Battle of Hackham Heath John Flanagan 6/1/25
The Green Ember S.D. Smith 6/6/25
Ember Falls S.D. Smith 6/11/25
Ember Rising S.D. Smith 6/16/25
Happily Ever After Kiera Cass 6/17/25
Ember’s End S.D. Smith 6/21/25
The Last Archer S.D. Smith 6/24/25
The First Fowler S.D. Smith 6/26/25
The Archer's Cup S.D. Smith 6/29/25

July: 12 books:
Vindmakeren Maja Lunde 7/1/25
The Black Star of Kingston S.D. Smith 7/5/25
The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner S.D. Smith 7/9/25
Prince Lander and the Dragon War S.D. Smith 7/10/25
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie 7/15/25
Pygmalion & Other Plays George Bernard Shaw 7/17/25
The Book Thief Markus Zusak 7/20/25
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie 7/21/25
Batyr Nursen: fengslet, torturert, kastet ut av tre land Stig Magne Heitmann 7/22/25
Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie 7/24/25
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie 7/25/25
The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux 7/27/25

August: 8 books:
The Maze Runner James Dashner 8/1/25
The Scorch Trials James Dashner 8/10/25
Julegrisen J.K. Rowling 10/12/25
The Death Cure James Dashner 8/15/25
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson 8/17/25
Good Girl, Bad Blood Holly Jackson 8/19/25
The Midnight Library Matt Haig 8/26/25
As Good As Dead Holly Jackson 8/30/25

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.
Year of the Snake and Save the Bees
Finished part of both of the challenges!

3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!
All the monthly challenges
Did some monthly challenges!

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.
The Green Ember series and spin-off series (10 books in total)
Finished whole series!

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Summer season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

B - The Battle of Hackham Heath John Flanagan 6/1/25 - Battle (B)
E - Ember Falls S.D. Smith 6/11/25 - Ember (E)
A - The Archer's Cup S.D. Smith 6/29/25 - Archer's (A)
C - Happily Ever After Kiera Cass 6/17/25 - Cass (C)
H - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson 8/17/25 - Holly (H)

8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
The Green Ember S.D. Smith 6/6/25 - Never read a book by him before

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.
Pygmalion & Other Plays George Bernard Shaw 7/17/25 - Is is a classic and a play, I usually don't read those genres.

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.
The Green Ember S.D. Smith 6/6/25 - Have wanted to read this book for a long time, I have had it in my room for at least 2 years sitting there waiting.

My 2025 Summer Bookish Ambitions
June - August 2025

My Winter Bookish Ambitions Challenge (msg 5)

Level ❱❱ Meteor Shower ❱❱ 7+ goals
Goals met ❱❱ 7
Books read ❱❱ 49

Be on the lookout for



☑️1. A book where a character comes from southeast Asia
🔺How to End a Love Story ❱❱ 08.06 ★★★★

☑️2. A book set at a summer cottage
🔺Great Big Beautiful Life ❱❱ 06.18 ★★★★

☑️3. A book by a Brazilian author
🔺Blue Light Hours ❱❱ 08.04 ★★★

☑️4. A book with a title starting with a letter in the word CAMPING
🔺Crashed ❱❱ 06.15 ★★★★

☑️5. A book where the MC goes on a bike ride
🔺Trauma Plan ❱❱ 07.31 ★★★★


Goals to work from

1. Number of books to complete in the month ❱❱ 20 books per month
🔺June ❱❱ 26 books
🔺July ❱❱ 31 books
🔺August ❱❱ 25 books


☑️2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge ❱❱ TCF Vernal Equinox
🔺The Hippopotamus Pool ❱❱ 06.19 ★★★★


☑️3. Start a challenge ❱❱ TCF Summer Camp
🔺Lucien's Fall ❱❱ 06.01 ★★★


☑️4. Series catch up ❱❱ final books
🔺Hard Ink ❱❱ Hard to Serve ❱❱ 07.27 ★★★★
🔺Moving Violations ❱❱ Strong, Silent Cowboy ❱❱ 06.08 ★★★★
🔺Portville Omegaverse ❱❱ His Steamy Summer ❱❱ 07.14 ★★★
🔺Sisters of Spirit ❱❱ Appaloosa Blues ❱❱ 07.22 ★★★


☑️6. Participate in a game challenge ❱❱ Dominoes
🔺Bounty ❱❱ 06.08 ★★★★
🔺Evie ❱❱ 06.30 ★★★
🔺Danger Close ❱❱ 08.10 ★★★
🔺Once an Heiress ❱❱ 08.17 ★★★★


☑️7. Spell out ❱❱ FIREWORKS
🔺F ❱❱ Facing It ❱❱ 06.20 ★★★★
🔺I ❱❱ Invisible Fears ❱❱ 06.16 ★★★★
🔺R ❱❱ Reckless In Love ❱❱ 06.29 ★★★★
🔺E ❱❱ Ecstasy in Darkness ❱❱ 06.13 ★★★★
🔺W ❱❱ Wolf Hunger ❱❱ 07.26 ★★★★
🔺O ❱❱ Other People’s Summers ❱❱ 06.21 ★★★★
🔺R ❱❱ Return to Me ❱❱ 08.17 ★★★★
🔺K ❱❱ Karma Girl ❱❱ 08.25 ★★★
🔺S ❱❱ Slow Burn ❱❱ 08.16 ★★★★


☑️8. New author ❱❱ Danielle Bourdon
🔺Heir Untamed ❱❱ 06.05 ★★★★


☑️9. New/not usual genre ❱❱ biography-autobiography
🔺The Story of My Life




☑️10. Clean up that TBR list ❱❱ anything on TBR more than 10 years (added prior to 2015)
🔺Chasing Shadows ❱❱ 06.25 ★★★
🔺Cowboy, Sing Me Home
🔺Her Something Impetuous ❱❱ 07.21 ★★★★
🔺Jack Daniels Stories ❱❱ 07.25★★★
🔺My Runaway Heart ❱❱ 07.11 ★★★
🔺Scandalous Virtue
🔺Seeing Red ❱❱ 07.09 ★★
🔺A Taste of Sin
🔺Wounded ❱❱ 07.04 ★★★★
🔺Beautiful Player ❱❱ 06.10 ★★★★
🔺Playing With Her Heart ❱❱ 06.04 ★★★
🔺Native Silver ❱❱ 06.19 ★★★
🔺Curveball ❱❱ 06.27 ★★★
🔺Flirting with Disaster ❱❱ 07.05 ★★★★
🔺Uncovered ❱❱ 07.06 ★★★★
🔺Intimate Enemies ❱❱ 07.15 ★★★
🔺Protective Custody ❱❱ 07.16 ★★★
🔺Good Tidings ❱❱ 07.17 ★★★★
🔺Double the Trouble ❱❱ 07.31 ★★★
🔺Mine to Crave ❱❱ 08.02 ★★★★
🔺The Mine ❱❱ 08.09 ★★★★
🔺Slow Tango with a Prince ❱❱ 08.12 ★★★★
🔺Into the Dark ❱❱ 08.14 ★★★★
🔺Love, Tussles, and Takedowns ❱❱ 08.23 ★★★★
🔺Danger in Academia ❱❱ 08.27 ★★★★
🔺A SEAL's Fantasy ❱❱ 08.28 ★★★★

Summer Bookish ambitions
Level: Meteor Shower - 7 or more goals

Level: meteor Shower - 7 or more goals

Lookout Goals
1. A book where a character comes from southeast Asia.
2. A book set at a summer cottage.
3. A book by a Brazilian author.
4. A book with a title starting with a letter in the word CAMPING.

C
A
M
P
I
N
G

5. A book where the MC goes on a bike ride.

GOALS;

1. Number of books to complete in the month - 8 books per month

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.
~~Finish a level in year of the snake and finish ABC challenge.

3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out! ~~~Starting the monthly challenges that I've signed up for. :)

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.
~~ Godkiller series - I plan on finishing it and then starting the Sue Grafton alphabet series.

(skipping 5)

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.
~~~ Bingo challenge and Summer camp challenge

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Summer season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

SEASHORE


8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.

June 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Summer Bookish ambitions time is here!

Levels:
Campfire - 3-4 goals

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:
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1. A book where a character comes from southeast Asia.
2. A book set at a summer cottage.
3. A book by a Brazilian author.
4. A book with a title starting with a letter in the word CAMPING.
Pump Fake - Brooklyn Cate 6/22 ★★★☆

5. A book where the MC goes on a bike ride.
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*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:
1. Number of books to complete in the month

June 5/5
- Trained - N.M. Pratt 6/8 ★★★★☆
- Just a Bit Unhealthy - Alessandra Hazard 6/13 ★★★★☆
- Puck Lust - Brooklyn Cate 6/16 ★★★★☆
- His Biggest Secret - Xander Collins 6/8 ★★★☆
- Immortal Kiss - Lynn Hagen 6/12 ★★☆
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July 5/5
- Brim Over Boot-Emmy Sanders 7/2 ★★★½
- Man On - Rebecca Rathe 7/5 ★★★★☆
- Omega's Flight - Ann-Katrin Byrde 7/11 ★★★
- Different Suits - Carol Lynne 7/13 ★★★
- The Sheriff's Troublemaker - Kelly Fox 7/13 ★★★
- The Sound of White - Carol Lynne 7/13 ★★

August 5/5
- Safe - L. Waltree 8/3 ★★★☆
- The Boyfriend Subscription - Steven Salvatore 8/9 ★★☆
Apple Polisher - Heidi Belleau 8/17 ★★★☆
Bound by Honor - S.E. Jakes 8/18 ★★★☆
Ranger Hank - Sam E. Kraemer 8/31 ★★★☆

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.

June - Scavenger Hunt - 5/5
- Criss Cross - Jordan Castillo Price 6/10 ★★☆
- Mystery Magnet - Gregory Ashe 6/12 ★★★☆
- Ghostly Awakening - E.M. Leya 6/15 ★★★★☆
- SOS Hotel: For a Supernaturally Safe Stay! - Adam Vex 6/7 ★★☆
- Get It Together - Shelby Rhodes 6/22 ★★★☆

√ 7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Summer season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.
BEACH
B - Blitz'd - Lee McCormick & R.S. McKenzie 6/5 ★★★★☆
E - Zero Pucks - E.M. Lindsey 6/9 ★★★★☆
A - Just a Bit Unhealthy - Alessandra Hazard 6/13 ★★★★☆
C - Behind Iron Lace - Mercy Celeste 6/2 ★★★½
H - Shift Change - Ryan Taylor and Joshua Harwood 6/2 ★★★½

Meteor Shower
Duration: June 1st - August 31th

☑ Finish a challenge: Summer Camp (18/18) (view spoiler)[
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Item: (author with H initial), (wine on cover), (constant rain)
Activity: (mc must walk), (romance), (set before automobiles)
Prank: (title begins with 'A'), (action verb in title), (short stories)
Food: (2nd book of trilogy), (multi pov), (set in Europe)
Song: (a predatory character), (male author), (an elderly mc)
Creature: (someone gets trapped), ('blood' in the text), (a nutty book)
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☑ Start a challenge: New Releases (3/3) (view spoiler)[
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☑ Spell out: Author (6/6) (view spoiler)[ SUMMER
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(YA Crime/Mystery/Thriller) - (Fabulism/Magic Realism) - (Cozy Fantasy / Romance)
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My 2025 Summer Bookish Ambitions
Duration: June 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025

Levels:
Campfire - 3-4 goals

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:

1. A book where a character comes from southeast Asia.
2. A book set at a summer cottage.
3. A book by a Brazilian author.
4. A book with a title starting with a letter in the word CAMPING.
5. A book where the MC goes on a bike ride.

*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:
1. Number of books to complete in the month - or number of books per week in the month. This goal can also be stated as the number of pages to read per month or week, or the number of hours to listen to audio books per month or week. This is the only goal that may be used just once in a quarter.

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.

3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Summer season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.

Satisfied my goals for the Summer Ambitions

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Awesome!!!

Finished with all my goals met!
Updated post: My Winter Bookish Ambitions Challenge (msg 5)

Level ❱❱ Meteor Shower ❱❱ 7+ goals
Goals met ❱❱ 7
Books read ❱❱ 49

Fantastic!!!

Finished!!

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Great work!!!