Summer Reading challenges wrap-up post 2025

In addition to the 20 Books of Summer Challenge and Big Book Challenge, two of my blogging friends made a summer bingo challenge. I wanted to support them, so I attempted to find books that fit in their categories as well. Even though these challenges run a few more days, I am not likely to squeeze anything else in, so I am posting a few days early.

My original post for the 20 Books of Summer Challenge and Big Book challenge is here.

The books I read for 20 Books of Summer from the original list:

1. Charming the Troublemaker by Pepper Basham
2. A Match for Emma by Pepper Basham
3. An Honorable Deception by Roseanna M. White
4. Turtles in the Road by Rhonda Rhea
5. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 3 by Beth Brower
6. The Tangled Tale of The Woolgathering Castoffs by Sharon J. Mondragón
7. Swinging by a Star by Janice Thompson
8. Letter Perfect by Cathy Marie Hake

I completed 8/12 that I put on my list. However, I read 47 books for the three months of the challenge, so still winning.

The Books I read for the Big Book Challenge:

1. An Honorable Deception by Roseanna M. White
2. Blessing Bentley by Chautona Havig
3. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
4. Bittersweet by Cathy Marie Hake (currently reading it, so counting it as a win)

I read all three that I put on my list, plus an extra!

My blogger friend Kav from Kav's Best Reads designed a Best Read's Summer Bingo and will be doing a giveaway once the challenge ends. You can see all the details here.

Here is the bingo board:

• Summer Setting: Hearts Aweigh by Shannon Sue Dunlap
• Water on the cover: Sunrise Reef by Irene Hannon
• Beach Read: Sunrise Reef by Irene Hannon
• Yellow on Cover: Turtles in the Road by Rhonda Rhea
• Travel is part of the plot: Kissing Adrian by Siri Mitchell
• A flower in the title or on the cover: Turtles in the Road by Rhonda Rhea
• Holiday romance:
• Short Story or novella: 
• Includes a summer sport: Winning the Gentlemanby Kristi Ann Hunter-Horse racing
• Part of a series: A Match for Emma
• Contemporary Romance: Charming the Troublemaker
• Garden/Farm Theme: 
• Summer Release: Kissing Adrian
• Historical Romance: Vying for the Viscount by Kristi Ann Hunter 
• Mention of a refreshing beverage: A Match for Emma (lemonade)
• Christian Fiction: The Atlas of Untold Stories by Sara Brunsvold
• Indie authored: Blessing Bentley by Chautona Havig
• Family centered story: A Match for Emma by Pepper Basham
• Animal Secondary Character: Winning the Gentleman by Kristi Ann Hunter (her horse)
• Comfort Read: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lions Vol 2
• New-to-you author: Turtles in the Road by Rhonda Rhea
• Suspense/Mystery: Perilous Tides by Elizabeth Goddard
• Friend Recommendation: 
• On TBR / Wishlist since last summer: 
• Outside of Comfort Zone: Wed Wabbit by  Lissa Evans

The second blogger friend is Carrie from Reading is My Super Power. She designed two different challenges, The first is reading Across the USA. Since it took me over a year to do this challenge, there is no way I am going to attempt it for this summer. Her second challenge seemed a bit easier to me, and it is The Summer Road Trip Challenge. She is also doing a giveaway at the end of the summer. You can see all the details for both challenges here. These are the prompts I completed 13/25

• book about a road trip- If All Else Sails by Emma St. Clair                                        
• book with ‘summer’ in the title-The Summer House by Lauren K. Denton                
• book with a state in the title-A Wedding Date in Hot Springs, Arkansas                                           
• book set in a small town-A Match for Emma                          
• book with a lake on the cover-Sunrise Reef by Irene Hannon                  
• book with a mountain on the cover-Charming the Troublemaker             
• book with a beach on the cover-For Butter or Worse   by Dane LeCheminant 
• book with a landmark on the cover-Kissing Adrian                  
• book set at a national park-Ever Faithful by Karen Barnett                                     
• book set in a state you’ve never visited-Swinging by a Star by Janice Thompson
• book set in a state you love visiting-Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh (Wisconsin)                                     
• book with an RV on the cover -RV there yet?   by Diann Hunt                                        
• book about books-The Atlas of Untold Stories by Sara Brunsvold                                 

Did you do any challenges this summer? If so, how did you do? How are you doing on your yearly challenges (if you do them)?