Tag: July

Romancelopoly 2025 Reading Challenge—July

Prompts I finished in July

Festival Barn—Blossom Falls (Read a book about a musician or a rock star romance)

The main male character is the lead singer of a band. Most of the book takes place on tour.

The Book Nook—Read a book with a bookish main character (librarian, bookworm, etc.)

The main female character is a librarian

The Frosty Bistro (Frostwood Village)-Read a thriller, mystery or romantic thriller set in winter

Set during Christmas

Pin & Peak Lakes (Frostwood Village)—Read a romance with friends to lovers

Best friends since her sophomore and his junior year of high school.

Crystal Lake (Frostwood Village)—Read a cozy fantasy or a fairytale retelling

A Cinderella retelling

Breezy Pier (Sunset Bay)—Read a book with strong summer vibes, such as a road trip, armchair travel, or beach read

Takes place on a resort during the summer.

Alpine Cottage Inn (Frostwood Village)—Read a snowbound or winter vacation romance

An avalanche cuts off the road to the heroine’s ranch. The hero and the heroine (plus kids and grandparents) are housebound for 85% of the book.

Beat the Backlist 2025—July

Prompts I finished in July

Less than 100 pages (keeping it short and sweet)

book is 80 pages

Way back in 2020—so many books got missed that year so let’s show some of those 2020 releases love

First published April 23, 2020

Sweet Treats—The story, cover, or title reminds you of something sweet or gives you those good feelings of a sugar high.

The first half of the title has honey in it, and honey is sweet (I know I am stretching here, so humor me…lol)

Language has power—stories about language, words, the power of such things, you get the idea

Journals, written by the twin sister of the main female character, contain information that blows the world of the main female character and the main male character apart.

Title starts with “v”—not “u” or “w”, the first word should start with “v”

Buzzword Reading Challenge 2025—July

Prompts I finished in July

Truth and Lies– JANUARY BUZZWORD (titles featuring “truth/true”, or “lies, liar, lying.”)

Animals—April Buzzword (elephant, bunny, snake, bird)

The animal is wolf

2025 ABC Challenge—July

Prompts I finished in July

J

Bonus—2025 Release

Published April 24, 2025

The StoryGraph’s OnBoarding Challenge 2025—July

Prompts I finished in July

Read a book chosen by the “Random Pick” generator found in Up-Next Suggestions

The StoryGraph Reads the World 2025—July

Prompts I finished in July

Australia

Popsugar 2025 Reading Challenge—July

Prompts I finished in July

A book about soccer

The entire series centers around a family (and their friends) who are football players (also known as soccer players outside the US).

A book set at a luxury resort

Luxury resort in the Florida Keys

A highly anticipated read of 2025

Bonus—A book that features a married couple who don’t live together

Husband is in the military and gone for long periods of time

A book that features an unlikely friendship