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Here are your August 2018 Mini Challenges!


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** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.

** A book can only be used once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (Seasonal, World Trip, Ultimate, etc.).

** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance, and can change your mind at any time if you do.

** Do as many as you are able and have fun!


1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse. (To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, The Lighthouse by PD James, Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber, The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman, The Light Keeper’s Legacy by Kathleen Ernst, Books by the Bay series by Ellery Adams, The Big Kitty by Claire Donnaly, Hot Fudge Frame-Up by Christine DeSmet, Ill-Gotten Panes by Jennifer McAndrews, This Old Homicide or Deck the Hallways by Kate Carlisle, Clammed Up by Barbara Ross…)

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies. (Note: Agatha Christie’s “Death in the Air/Clouds” occurs on an airplane, and Harry Potter, Mary Poppins and Peter Pan would count as they are people who fly.)

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.

August Mini Challenge
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1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.

Fatal Inheritance by Rachel Rhys 5★s 3/8/18

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover.

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).

A Gathering of Secrets by Linda Castillo 5★s 4/8/18 library

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover.

Tailspin by Sandra Brown 4★s 5/8/18

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book with a dog on the cover.

Murder at Pooch Park by Cindy Bell 4★s 10/8/18

Sounds like fun.
4/5 read (Aug 29)

1. Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
The Mystery of the One-Armed Man by Liz Dodwell Aug, 14


2. Read a book with cookies on the cover.
Christmas Cookies by A.J. Bromley Aug. 07


3. Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
Macaron Murder by Harper Lin Aug 27


4. Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers


5. Read a book with a dog on the cover.
The Mutt and the Matchmaker by J. B. Lynn Aug 05

Guau, you're fast, I can prepare them for my trip to Romania ;)

Just had to google that word Marisa ;) Have fun in Romania!! That feels weird saying that from Australia!! lol

:D Yes, it sounds weird but... it's a short travel from Spain ;) Thank you very much.

You're welcome 😊

I'm in but I don't think I can do this (August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library)) because I like to own all the books I read, even if in ebook format ...

Ready for August!

Water Quality Month, U.S. Coast Guard Day, and National Lighthouse Day: Angora Alibi

National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

Book Lover's Day and National Thriftshop Day: A Catered Birthday Party (I've only had it out of the library since January, probably about time I got around to reading it)

Aviation Day: Death is in the Air

National Dog Day: Chihuahua Confidential

August 2018 Mini Challenges
Completed: 0/5

1. Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
Tightening the Threads
2. Read a book with cookies on the cover, someone bakes cookies, or "cookie" in the title.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
3. Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
She Died a Lady (bought used)
4. Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover or in which someone flies
Murder out of the Blue
5. Read a book with a dog on the cover
Death on the Range

Finished 08/27!

1. Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse. Booked for Trouble

2. Read a book with cookies on the cover.

3. Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library). The Goddess Rules

4. Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies.

5. Read a book with a dog on the cover.

I might be able to get the first four categories in, but I seldom read anything with a dog on the cover. I do, however, read books that frequently have a dog in the story. (I may have to substitute). Gonna have to do a little digging for a plate of cookies on a cover.

I hate cover categories, because it forces me to dig through my bookshelves checking covers! Not an easy feat, even with shelves organized, when I have over 6k physical books on shelves (2 rows high, 3 rows deep in paperbacks.) Yes, I can look at the cover here on Goodreads, but I don't always see the edition cover I own, so it would only work part of the time.

Still finishing up my July, but I am ready for another month! My library actually carries the first edition of Death in the Air. Perfect for the August "flying" challenge.

1. Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse. Murder at the Lighthouse by Frances Evesham 9/2/18 - finished a bit late!

2. Read a book with cookies on the cover. Murder in Christmas River by Meg Muldoon 8/6/18

3. Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library). 22 Dead Little Bodies by Stuart MacBride 8/12/18 Had to get this one ILL from New York to Maine!

4. Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover or in which someone flies. Death in the Air by Agatha Christie 8/29/18 What a classic!

5. Read a book with a dog on the cover. Murder Strikes a Pose by Tracy Weber 8/21/18



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1. August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse - done

Jana DeLeon - Dead Man Talking

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover (Girl Scout Thin Mints on bottom left) - done

Leslie Langtry - Mint Cookie Murder

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a book you borrow - done

Cindy Blackburn - Six Easy Pockets

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (small plane upper right of cover) - done

Shelly Fredman - No Such Thing as Smooth Sailing

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book with a dog on the cover - done

Cindy Blackburn - Unbelievable

According to you, are these pastries or cookies?

That's hard to see Patrizia - this might help

Think I'll leave that one up to Heather! lol

I guess they are scones lol

Yes they are and now I want some!!!

With jam and cream ;)

Um ... What's the difference between scones and cookies? Excuse me, but not being anglophone now and then I lose myself among the meanings of words... I thought scones was the Scottish synonym for cookies.

They're more like small coffeecakes or quickbreads or biscuits (American biscuits, not British) than cookies.

Jennifer wrote: "They're more like small coffeecakes or quickbreads or biscuits (American biscuits, not British) than cookies."

Ok. Thank you!

Patrizia, I knew them beacause they are typical of English tea, and I've gone to an English tea at a hotel in Madrid. For me, they are like shortbread, bollos in Spanish . Like a brioche but more dense.

August Mini-Challenge

1. Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson


2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover.

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies.

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book with a dog on the cover.

Marisa wrote: "Patrizia, I knew them beacause they are typical of English tea, and I've gone to an English tea at a hotel in Madrid. For me, they are like shortbread, bollos in Spanish . Like a brioche but more d..."
I absolutely must try a English tea sooner or later ...

Ok, I'll try again ...
Those in the background dish are cookies, right?


Cookies, scones, biscuits ... I'm going crazy! I'm doing a culinary culture, but I'm getting hungry too ...

Sorry if I'm insistent, but I already jump a task (I have no books borrowed or used) and I have serious difficulties with the book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover etc.

I say they're cookies!!! And now i want some of those too........

I think they are cookies, yes.

Good! So I have my book for that task...

Patrizia wrote: "Ok, I'll try again ...
Those in the background dish are cookies, right?


Cookies, scones, biscuits ... I'm going crazy! I'm doing a culinary culture, but I'm getting..."

This one is a cozy Patrizia - The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood

Thanks, Brenda, but I'd rather use one of the many books I already have so I can lower my stack of books to read...

Fair enough :) I try to do that too...

Patrizia wrote: "According to you, are these pastries or cookies?
"

They are scones, and I'm going with the dictionary definition that a scone is biscuit-like cake (American version of biscuit, which is not a cookie).

As for the aircraft category, it also says "or a book in which someone flies."

Thank you for the explanation, Heather. To complicate everything there is the fact that the Italian translation of cookies is biscotti...

As for the other task, I found a book in which the MC and other characters move from one country to another and to do so they have to use a plane, so I should be fine.

August mini challenge

Updated: Sept. 2
Progress: 5/5

1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
Murder at the Lighthouse by Frances Evesham - Aug. 16

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.
The Sweet Taste of Murder by CeeCee James - finished Sept. 2

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman - finished Aug. 3

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies.
Death of a Pumpkin Carver by Lee Hollis - cover has witch flying on her broomstick - finished Aug. 13

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.
The Case of the Abandoned Aussie by B.R. Snow - finished Aug. 24

Sound fun, I'm joining in
Completed 5/5
Yahoo! I'm done.

✔1. Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
By Book or By Crook (Lighthouse Library Mystery #1) by Eva Gates
Date read: 7/8/18

✔2. Read a book with cookies on the cover.
Cookies and Scream (Baker Street Mystery #2) by CeeCee James
Date read: 11/8/18

✔3. Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
Fatal Fiction (A Book Barn Mystery #1)
by Kym Roberts
Date read: 3/8/18

✔4. Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover or in which someone flies.
All That Glittersby Michael Murphy
Date read: 15/8/18

✔5. Read a book with a dog on the cover.
Who Killed My Boss? (Sam Darling #1)
by Jerilyn Dufresne
Date read: 1/8/18

1. Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
The Spook in the Stacks by Eva Gates (08/17)
Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall (08/20)

2. Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.
Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski (08/09)

3. Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
Of Books and Bagpipes by Paige Shelton (08/06)

4. Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover or in which someone flies.
The Boggart Fights Back by Susan Cooper (08/09)

5. Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.
Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton

1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse. (To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, The Lighthouse by PD James, Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber, The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman, The Light Keeper’s Legacy by Kathleen Ernst, Books by the Bay series by Ellery Adams, The Big Kitty by Claire Donnaly, Hot Fudge Frame-Up by Christine DeSmet, Ill-Gotten Panes by Jennifer McAndrews, This Old Homicide or Deck the Hallways by Kate Carlisle, Clammed Up by Barbara Ross…) Murder on the Rocks 08.20.18

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library). The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women 08.08.18

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies. (Note: Agatha Christie’s “Death in the Air/Clouds” occurs on an airplane, and Harry Potter, Mary Poppins and Peter Pan would count as they are people who fly.) If I Run 08.17.18

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.Lethal Letters 08.24.18

1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse. (To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, The Lighthouse by PD James, Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber, The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman, The Light Keeper’s Legacy by Kathleen Ernst, Books by the Bay series by Ellery Adams, The Big Kitty by Claire Donnaly, Hot Fudge Frame-Up by Christine DeSmet, Ill-GottZoje Stageen Panes by Jennifer McAndrews, This Old Homicide or Deck the Hallways by Kate Carlisle, Clammed Up by Barbara Ross…)

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title. Baby Teeth
by Zoje Stagecompleted by 8-6-18

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
Needled to Deathby maggie sefton completed 8-1-18

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies. (Note: Agatha Christie’s “Death in the Air/Clouds” occurs on an airplane, and Harry Potter, Mary Poppins and Peter Pan would count as they are people who fly.)

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.

I'll give it a try this month.

Progress: 4/5

✔1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
Boiled Over by Barbara Ross (set by the water) (finished 8/28/18)

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.

✔3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
Murder at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison (borrowed from library through Overdrive) (finished 8/4/18)

✔4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies.
Doubt by C.E. Tobisman (MC is a lawyer who travels by plane to various legal meetings during nationwide class-action case) (finished 8/9/18)

✔5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.
Death by Chocolate Lab by Bethany Blake (audio - finished 8/9/18)

August Mini Challenge
Completed: 5/5

1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
8/27

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.
8/30

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
8/30

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies.
8/24

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.
8/31

August 2018 Mini Challenge

✔1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse. (To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, The Lighthouse by PD James, Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber, The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman, The Light Keeper’s Legacy by Kathleen Ernst, Books by the Bay series by Ellery Adams, The Big Kitty by Claire Donnaly, Hot Fudge Frame-Up by Christine DeSmet, Ill-Gotten Panes by Jennifer McAndrews, This Old Homicide or Deck the Hallways by Kate Carlisle, Clammed Up by Barbara Ross…)
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 8/9/18 - set near water

✔2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.
The Silence of the Flans by Laura Bradford 8/21/18

✔3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Leviathan 8/3/18 - borrowed from library

✔4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies. (Note: Agatha Christie’s “Death in the Air/Clouds” occurs on an airplane, and Harry Potter, Mary Poppins and Peter Pan would count as they are people who fly.)
Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline 8/7/18 - MC flies on airplane

✔5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.
The Last Word by Ellery Adams 8/16/18

1. Set near water or features a lighthouse
2. Cookies on cover
3. Thriftstore or library
4. Aircraft or Someone Flies
5. Dog on Cover

1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
A Ghostly Light - Juliet Blackwell
(Completed 8/20/18)

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies.

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.

Thank you Julesy! Reading your post I remembered to have a book with a cover that has a witch flying on her broomstick too.

Challenge finished 8/16/18!

1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.
A Dark and Twisting Path

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.
There is much baking of shortbread cookies in Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
Done (yay libraries!) Murder on Lenox Hill

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.
Done (through sheer chance)! The Cracked Spine

I'm going for three out of five!

Aug 2018 Mini Challenge

Period: 1 Aug to 31 Aug
Progress: 1/3

1. Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.

2. Read a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies, or that has "cookie" in the title.

3. Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).
The Breakdown by B.A. Paris - 5 Aug

4. Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover (toy planes and hot air balloons count), or in which someone flies.

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book featuring a dog on the cover or as part of the story.

Finished :)

August Mini Challenge
4/4

1. August is Water Quality Month, August 4 is U.S. Coast Guard Day, and August 7 is National Lighthouse Day: Read a book set near water or that features a lighthouse.

Fatal Inheritance by Rachel Rhys 5★s 3/8/18

2. August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Read a book with cookies on the cover.

3. August 9 is Book Lover's Day and August 17 is National Thriftshop Day: Read a used book or one you borrow (friend or library).

A Gathering of Secrets by Linda Castillo 5★s 4/8/18 library

4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book featuring some sort of aircraft on the cover.

Tailspin by Sandra Brown 4★s 5/8/18

5. August 26 is National Dog Day: Read a book with a dog on the cover.

Murder at Pooch Park by Cindy Bell 4★s 10/8/18

Congrats, Brenda!