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Let's Have a Bar - B - Que! Challenge
Duration: May 5 through June 5, 2017

We have the Chicken, Ribs, and Sausages already on the pit, cooking & smelling soooo Good!
We need everyone to bring the sides & desserts, such as: potato salad, ranch-style beans, peach cobbler, pickles&onions, or maybe a big jar of Jalapenos! Make your choice and spell-it-out. :)

Challenge Rules

1. One book for each letter.
2. Your may use * the first letter of the first word of the book title (exclude a, an, or the )
Or * the initials of an author's first or last name,
Or * the initials of the main character's first or last name
3. All books must be 100 pages or more. Re-reads are allowed as long as you actually read the books. NO Skimming!
4. Add the date that you completed each book. Your rating is optional.

Happy Reading! and Have Fun!!!

Participants
(Click on your name - it will take you straight to your post)

Deviled Eggs - Diana S
Jambalaya - Jaret
Fruit Salad - Olivermagnus Completed
Salsa - Book Concierge
Chips - Koren
Jalapenos - Licha - Olivia Completed
Cole Slaw - JennH
Baked Beans - Beverly

Remember: This challenge doesn't end until the 5th of June. :D

I'll bring the Deviled Eggs

Spell-out: Deviled Eggs

Dave Eggers' The Circle (5/6/17) ★★★★
Erika Robuck's Call Me Zelda (5/13/17) ★★★★
Vinegar Girl by Eika Robuck (5/17/17) ★★★
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Leon Posen in Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (5/11/17) 3.5 ★★★
Erika Swyler's The Book of Speculation (5/19/17) ★★★★
DeFelice, Cynthia C. - The Missing Manatee (5/7/17) 3.5 ★★★

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Gail Tsukuyama's A Hundred Flowers (5/8/17) 3.5 ★★★
Garcia, Mayte - The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince (5/25/17) ★★★★
Sylvia in Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (5/15/17) 3.5 ★★★

I'll bring some jambalaya.

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Barbara Bradley Baekgaard's A Colorful Way of Living 5/17/2017 3 stars
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Let's Have a Bar - B - Que! Challenge
Duration: May 5 through June 5, 2017
10 of 10 Completed

I'm bringing fruit salad.

F - Fiona Kidman - The Captive Wife - 5/12/17
R - Robert Dugoni - My Sister's Grave - 5/16/17
U - Uncle Henry - The Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan - 5/25/17
I - Imitation in Death - J.D. Robb - 5/30/17
T - The Tea Planter's Wife - Dinah Jefferies - 5/11/17

S - Shadow Man - Cody McFadyen - 5/17/17
A -Ashes to Dust - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir - 5/9/17
L - The Last Policeman - Ben H. Winters - 5/20/17
A - Anne Zouroudi - The Messenger of Athens - 5/7/17
D - David Baldacci - The Sixth Man - 5/10/17

Let's Have a Bar-B-Que! Challenge
Begins: 05May17 / ends: 05June17


5 / 5 completed

I'll bring Salsa.
S - Stargirl ✔ - 06May17
A - Amanda Hodgkinson / 22 Britannia Road ✔ - 21May17
L - LIZZIE is the main char in Eligible ✔ - 03May17
S - Suzanne Collins / The Hunger Games✔ - 11May17
A - Agony and the Ecstasy ✔ - 21June17

I'll bring the chips to go with the salsa.

C- The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff 5/20
H- Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith by Beth Holloway 5/15
I- I am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story by Rick Bragg 5/15
P-The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths by Pat Brown 5/21
S

I'll bring the jalapeños.

J-John, Katherine; Black Daffodil (5/13/17)3***
A-Abe (character), Secret Sisters Jayne Ann Krentz (5/12/17)4****
L-Lady Chatterley's Lover D.H. Lawrence (5/31/15) 3.5***
A-Amanda Quick, The Girl Who Knew Too Much (5/20/17)4***
P-Pandora (character), Devil in Spring Lisa Kleypas (5/7/17)4****
E-Elly (character), Confessions of a Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella (5/25/17)4****
N-Nilsson, Christian (character) Stay Deb Caletti (5/21/17)4****
O-Orphan Queen, The, Jodi Meadows (5/28/17)3***
S-Silena (character), The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan (5/28/17)4****

May National Bar-B-Que Month

I'm a little late to the party. I'm bringing cole slaw.

✔C - Melanie Cooper in Vanilla Beaned by Jenn McKinlay 5/8/17
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✔S - Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling 5/2/17
✔L - Lincoln Rhyme in The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver 5/18/17
✔A - The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood 5/14/17
✔W - Wendy Darling in Peter Pan by JM Barrie 5/17/17

May National Bar-B-Que Month

I'm late as well. Everything is sounding so good--how about Baked Beans

B Bulawayo, NoViolet We Need New Names Finished 5/11
A All Things Cease to Appear Elizabeth Brundage Finished 5/23
K Kent Haruf Plainsong Finished 5/6
E Elizabeth Brundage All Things Cease to Appear Finished 5/23
D

B A Beautiful Blue Death Charles Finch Finished 5/23
E Elly Griffiths Smoke and Mirrors Finished 5/31
A All Things Cease to Appear Elizabeth Brundage Finished 5/23
N Mijkamp, Marieke This Is Where It Ends Finished 5/17
S Story of O Pauline Reage Finished 5/22

Challenge completed!

Congrats! :D

Not as poor a showing as last month--I'm only missing one letter!!! :)

May National Bar-B-Que Month

I'm late as well. Everything is sounding so good--how about Baked Beans

B Bulawayo, NoViolet We Need New Names Finished 5/11
A All Things Cease to Appear Elizabeth Brundage Finished 5/23
K Kent Haruf Plainsong Finished 5/6
E Elizabeth Brundage All Things Cease to Appear Finished 5/23
D

B A Beautiful Blue Death Charles Finch Finished 5/23
E Elly Griffiths Smoke and Mirrors Finished 5/31
A All Things Cease to Appear Elizabeth Brundage Finished 5/23
N Mijkamp, Marieke This Is Where It Ends Finished 5/17
S Story of O Pauline Reage Finished 5/22

Update message # 6 - Finished! - 21June17

Let's Have a Bar-B-Que! Challenge
Begins: 05May17 / ends: 05June17


5 / 5 completed

I'll bring Salsa.
S - Stargirl ✔ - 06May17
A - Amanda Hodgkinson / 22 Britannia Road ✔ - 21May17
L - LIZZIE is the main char in Eligible ✔ - 03May17
S - Suzanne Collins / The Hunger Games✔ - 11May17
A - Agony and the Ecstasy ✔ - 21June17