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SUMMER 2022 SEASONAL CHALLENGE
Summer 2022 Challenge 🎡🌞🌊🎢June 1 - August 31
Progress: 6/6 COMPLETED
A - Home to Roost by Josi (A)vari - July 4
U - (U)nlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett - July 7
G - Teen Titans: Raven by Kami (G)arcia & (G)abriel Picolo - June 8
U - (U)kulele Deadly by Leslie Langtry - Aug. 23
S - The (S)ecret of the Skeleton Key by Penny Warner - June 1
T - (T)utus, Fries & Dead Guys by Jennifer Fischetto - June 17
Progress: 5/5 COMPLETED
D - (D)umpling Days by Grace Lin - June 16
A - The Complete Maus by (A)rt Spiegelman - June 9
I - In Case of Emergency by E.G. Scott - Aug. 28
S - Dying for a Deal by Cindy (S)ample - July 17
Y - Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen (Y)ang - June 17
Progress: 8/8 COMPLETED
I - (I)ris the Colorful by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams - June 13
C - The Runaway Bride by (C)arolyn Keene - July 21
E - Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by (E)lle Cosimano - June 19
C - Murder Mystery Book Club by Danielle Collins - July 17
R - Death on a Cliff by (R)osalie Spielman - June 20
E - Chewy And Chica by (E)llen Miles - July 6
A - Toxic Toffee by Amanda Flower - July 11
M - Killer Research by Jenn (M)cKinlay - June 1
Progress: 6/6 COMPLETED
T - (T)reasure Trouble by Carolyn Keene - June 7
R - (R)aining Cats & Dogs by Laurien Berenson - June 11
A - The Little Prince by (A)ntoine de Saint-Exupéry - June 8
V - Hot and Sour Suspects by (V)ivien Chien - June 27
E - Fluffy & Freckles Special Edition by (E)llen Miles - June 22
L - A Plus One for Murder by (L)aura Bradford - June 24
Summer 2022 ChallengeDuration: 1/6/22 - 31/8/22
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🌞🌞Summer 2022 Seasonal Challenge🌞🌞🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪
🎪F - Caramel Pecan Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke 6/19/22
🎪A - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone 6/11/22
🎪I - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 6/7/22
🎪R - The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang 7/6/22
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🌷G - The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory 6/3/22
🌷A - Mocha, She Wrote by Ellie Alexander 7/16/22
🌷R - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 8/8/22
🌷D - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie 7/16/22
🌷E - Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono 6/15/22
🌷N - Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbø 7/9/22
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⛱️B - B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton 6/8/22
⛱️E - Chilled to the Cone by Ellie Alexander 6/21/22
⛱️A - All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson 7/26/22
⛱️C - Honey Roasted by Cleo Coyle 7/13/22
⛱️H - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 7/258/22
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🌞S - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 6/14/22
🌞U - Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 7/21/22
🌞M - Murder Lo Mein by Vivien Chien 6/1/22
🌞M - Strawberried Alive by Jenn McKinlay 6/24/22
🌞E - Book Lovers by Emily Henry 8/2/22
🌞R - One by One by Ruth Ware 8/20/22
Summer 2022 ChallengeDuration: 1/6/22 - 31/8/22
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S The Silver Mist by Yasmine Galenorn
H High Jinx by Kelley Armstrong
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T Tear Down the Throne by Jennifer Estep
S The Secret Stealers by Jane Healey
S The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi
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S Silence in the Library by Katharine Schelman
T That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
I The It Girl by Ruth Ware
C Crown of Shadows by Keri Arthur
E The Eyes of the Queen by Oliver Clements
B The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman
A Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
R A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong
B The Book of Candlelight by Ellery Adams
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I Immortal's Honor by Rebecca Zanetti
D Dangerous Women by Hope Adams
I'm for sure going for BASEBALL and then we'll see where the books take me.
SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022This challenge will last from June 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022.
NOTE: If you want your word to align neatly along the side of the comment box, enter a subject on the first line of the comment box, such as "I'm in" or "My challenge," then hit the enter key twice before spelling out your word vertically.
** This is a "spell-it-out" challenge, where you will spell out a word (or words) using one of two options:
1. Use only the first word of a title. (The words "the", "a" and "an" do not count.)
2. Use an author's first or last name.
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S = Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell
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** Books DO NOT have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.
** Do as many words as you want/are able to do.
** A book can be used only once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (such as the monthly mini challenges).
** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance.
** You do not have to spell the same word as everyone else, but can choose to spell out one of the following words (or combination of words) — obviously some will be more challenging. Words in parentheses are optional.
Here is your word list:
August
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Baseball
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Beach
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Camping
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Fair
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Flip Flops
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Sandcastle
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Seashore
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My link page:I’ll start with:
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B. A Big Fat Greek Murder - Kate Collins 07/27/22
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S. Stockings and Spells - Nancy Warren 07/30/22
T. To Fudge or Not to Fudge - Nancy CoCo 07/25/22
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B. Juliet Blackwell - Dead Bolt
E. Elizabeth Penney - Chapter and Curse 06/13/22
A. Gretchen Archer - Double Wide 06/04/22
C. Cloche and Dagger - Jenn McKinlay 06/07/22
H. April Henry - The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die 06/18/22
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C. Laura Childs - Eggs in Purgatory 07/16/22
A. Ally Condie - Matched 07/29/22
N. No Farm No Fowl - Julie Anne Lindsey 06/28/22
A. Amanda Flower - Lemon Drop Dead 08/14/22
D. The Diva Says Cheesecake! - Krista Davis 06/24/22
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J. Joy Avon - In Peppermint Peril 06/09/22
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Y. You Can't Always Get What You Haunt - Ellen Riggs 07/17/22
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O. Diana Orgain - Bundle of Trouble 08/08/22
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In! Any book posted has been read. **Finished 07/06/2022B Passing Fancies Marlowe Benn
A The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post Allison Pataki
R Mango, Mambo, and Murder Raquel V. Reyes
B Hotspur Rita Mae Brown
E The Silver Blonde Elizabeth Ross
C Classified as Murder
U Until We Meet
E Chilled to the Cone Ellie Alexander
B The Night She Went Missing Kristen Bird
A Katherine of Aragón: The True Queen Alison Weir
S Dying for Strawberries Sharon Farrow
T Deconstructed Liz Talley
I If You Must Know
L The Lying Club
L Movie Night Murder Leslie Langtry
E Mocha, She Wrote Ellie Alexander
F Framed in Lace
I In Cold Blood
R The Spies of Shilling Lane Jennifer Ryan
E The End of Everything
W Who Invited the Dead Man?
O Other People's Things
R A Redbird Christmas
K The Kitchen Front
S Strange Weather in Tokyo
S Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
A Devil Days in Deadwood Ann Charles
N The Nineties
D The World Played Chess Robert Dugoni
C Family Money Chad Zunker
A Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen Alison Weir
S Moment in Time Suzanne Redfearn
T The Two Mrs. Carlyles
L The Gold Pawn L.A. Chandlar
E The Glass Hotel Emily St. John Mandel
S A View Across the Rooftops Suzanne Kelman
O Over 50, Overweight & Out Of Breath: A Year Of Going From Super Fat To Super Fit
L Band of Sisters Lauren Willig
S Super Con
T Hard Vengeance J.B. Turner
I Impact Statement: A Family's Fight for Justice against Whitey Bulger, Stephen Flemmi, and the FBI
C The Damage Caitlin Wahrer
E Eleanor & Park
Summer ChallengeJune 01 - August 31, 2022
Dreaming of Maui! 🌊🌞🌴🥥
R - Deanna Raybourn - Silent in the Grave 07/22
E - Ellery Adams - The Whispered Word 06/08
L - Lea Wait - Thread and Gone 07/04
A - Amanda M. Lee -Friday The Witchteenth 06/05
X - Diane Xarissa - Aunt Bessie Joins29930859] 08/12
29930859]S - Stephanie Blackmoore - Gown with the Wind 06/09
U - Undone in Uluru 07/21
N - Ngaio Marsh - A Man Lay Dead 06/25
S - Sheila Connolly - Cruel Winter 06/16
H - H Y Hanna - Wrongfully Infused 06/02
I - D. E. Ireland - Wouldn't It Be Deadly? 06/30
N - Toby Neal - Blood Orchids 07/15
E - Elizabeth Peters - The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog 06/16
F - Jennifer Fischetto - Killing in the Caribbean 08/09
L - Lena Jones - The Secret Key 06/24
I - Irina Shapiro - Murder in the Grave 07/03
P - Louise Penny - Kingdom of the Blind 08/02
F - Mary Feliz - Disorderly Conduct 07/11
L - Laura Dare - The Last Thing He Told Me 07/19
O - Sarah Osborne - Into the Frying Pan 06/12
P - Nora Page - Read on Arrival 07/02
S - Suzanne Brockmann - Gone Too Far 06/12
B - Benedict Brown - A Body at a Boarding School 06/13
E - Emma Jameson - Black & Blue 08/12
A - Anna Lee Huber - This Side of Murder 05/10
C - Camilla Chafer - Ready, Aim, Fire 06/06
H - Joan Hess - Mischief in Maggody 06/14
S - Spencer Quinn - Dog on It 08/20
A - Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile 06/14
N - Nora Roberts - The Next Always 08/13
D - Kim Davis - Framed and Frosted 06/14
O - Olivia Matthews - Mayhem and Mass 07/20
C - Connie Shelton - Money Can Be Murder 06/21
E - Elle Cosmano - Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead 06/22
A - Ashley Gardner - The Hanover Square Affair
N - Clueless in Cleveland 08/03
S - Stephanie Bond - 11 Bodies Moving On 08/01
W - Ann Warner - The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club 07/05
I - Ian Rankin - Knots and Crosses 08/15
M - Mary Stewart - Madam Will You Talk? 06/15
SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022June 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022
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Summer ChallengeProgress: 1/4
S - The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey ✔️
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M - Murder at Crossways by Alyssa Maxwell ✔️
E - Book Lovers by Emily Henry ✔️
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O - The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary ✔️
A - The Cocktail Garden: Botanical Cocktails for Every Season by Adriana Picker ✔️
T - The Temporary Roomie by Sarah Adams ✔️
B - A Map of Murder by Penny Brooke ✔️
E - The Falconer by Elizabeth May ✔️
A - Dearly by Margaret Atwood ✔️
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🏝S: Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
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E : We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
F: Family of Liars by E. Lockhart
R: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
S: Flawless by Sara Shepard
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E: Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll by Priscilla Presley
E: The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
I am in on this one. I'm going with the summer months. FINISHED 8/8/2022J - The Judge's List - John Grisham
U - Uneasy Relations - Aaron Elkins
N - New Jersey Noir - Joyce Carol Oates
E - Elected for Death - Valerie Wolzien
J - The Jefferson Key - Steve Berry
U - The Unicorn Murders - Carter Dickson
L - The Lily and the Lion - Maurice Druon
Y - You Bet Your Life - Christine T. Jorgensen
A - After the Funeral - Agatha Christie
U - Unsolicited - Julie Kaewert
G - Ghost Road Blues - Jonathan Maberry
U - Ukulele Murder - Leslie Langtry
S - Sparkling Cyanide - Agatha Christie
T - Title Wave - Lorna Barrett
14/14 books read
SUMMER 2022 Seasonal ChallengeB -
E - Engaged in Murder by Nancy J. Parra
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C - Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney
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S - Sconed to Death by Lynn Cahoon
A - Absence of Mallets by Kate Carlisle
N - A Midsummer Night's Fudge by Nancy CoCo Finished 6/24/22
D - Pall in the Family by Dawn Eastman Finished 6/10/22
A - Murder Is No Picnic by Amy Pershing Finished 6/17/22
L - Penguins and Mortal Peril by Ruby Loren
S - Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer Finished 6/25/22
I’ll start with S.U.M.M.E.R. and see where I go next, SUMMER 2022 SEASONAL CHALLENGE
June 1 ~ August 31, 2022
S ~ The Shadow House ~ Anna Downes ~ 6/15/2022
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M ~ Murder With a View ~ Diane Kelly ~ 6/21/2022
M ~ Stolen Ones ~ Angela Marsons ~ 7/8/2022
E ~ Evvie Drake Starts Over ~Linda Holmes~ 6/5/2022
R ~ A Family Affair ~ Robyn Carr ~ 7/10/2022
G ~ Stardust ~ Neil Gaiman ~ 6/7/2022
A ~ The Last Teacher ~ Alan Lee ~ 6/1/2022
R ~ A Haunting in Rose Grove ~ Rockwell Scott ~ 7/21/2022
D ~ Dead as a Door Knocker ~ Diane Kelly ~ 6/13/2022
E ~ Burying Ben ~ Ellen Kirschman 7/29/2022
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I haven't really gone for a theme this time - just words that fit what I've read this quarterRELAX (quite proud to find an X!)
R = Crime Wave, {R}ose Pressey Betancourt – 21/07/22
E = Winter's Orbit, {E}verina Maxwell – 28/06/22
L = {L}ight from Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki – 30/06/22
A = Victories Greater Than Death, Charlie Jane {A}nders – 27/07/22
X = Iron Widow, {X}iran Jay Zhao – 05/07/22
HEATWAVE (very appropriate for the UK this year!)
H = A Spindle Splintered, Alix E {H}arrow – 03/06/22
E = {E}lder Race, Adrian Tchaikovsky – 04/07/22
A = A Desolation Called Peace, {A}rkady Martine – 16/07/21
T = Swordheart, {T} Kingfisher – 17/07/22
W = Deja Moo, Kirsten {W}eiss – 19/07/22
A = {A}cross the Green Grass Fields, Seanan McGuire – 13/06/22
V = The Past Is Red, Catherynne M {V}alente – 02/07/22
E = A Cruise to Die for, Charlotte and Aaron {E}lkins - 15/08/22
And then a good chance at SOLSTICE:
S = {S}moke Signals, Joseph Flynn – 28/06/22
O = The {O}cean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman - 17/08/22
L = Jade City, Fonda {L}ee – 09/08/22
S = The Family Trade, Charles {S}tross – 03/08/22
T = Depressive Illness: The Curse of the Strong, {T}im Cantopher - 10/08/22
I = Redemptor, Jordan {I}fueko – 22/07/22
C = Next to Last Stand, {C}raig Johnson – 13/06/22
E = Trent's Last Case, {E}.C. Bentley - 16/08/22
And some SANDALS
S = The Hidden Family, Charles {S}tross – 05/08/22
A = Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, {A}nne McCaffrey – 28/07/22
N = {N}erilka's Story & The Coelura, Anne McCaffery – 27/07/22
D = A Snake Falls to Earth, {D}arcie Little Badger – 21/07/22
A = Never Say You Can't Survive, Charlie Jane {A}nders - 11/08/22
L = The {L}eft-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix - 22/08/22
S = {S}tormsong, C.L. Polk – 02/08/22
Elizabeth’s Reads Summer 2022H - Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
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D - Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
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G- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
A- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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E- This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
N- Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Rachel G.'s Summer ChallengeI- Introducing Gertrude, Gumshoe 6/21/22
C- A Counterfeit Suitor 6/25/22
E- Saddled Up 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton 6/20/22
C- Closely Harbored Secrets 6/28/22
R- The Pickwick Murders by Heather Redmond 7/1/22
E- The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters 7/6/22
A- Penny for Your Secrets by Anna Lee Huber 7/4/22
M- Murder Offstage 7/1/22
B- A Bone to Pixie 7/10
O- Once Upon a Seaside Murder 7/6
A- Apples and Alibis 7/10
T- A Tale of Two Cookies 7/12
W- Pixie Me Up by Willow Mason 7/7
A- A Pretty Deceit by Anna Lee Huber 7/10
V- Vanilla Vendetta 7/15
E- Knitty Gritty Murder by Peggy Ehrhart 7/14
S- Mystery of the Drowned Driver by Shanna Swendson 7/7
C- Castle Deadly, Castle Deep 7/18
A- Nest Egg by Josi Avari 7/13
M- Pint of No Return by Dana Mentink 7/16
P- Partners in Lime 7/1
I- Icepick in the Ivy 7/22
N- Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride 6/26
G- Much Ado about Nauticaling by Gabby Allan 7/17
B- Bake Offed 7/25/22
E- Murder at the Lighthouse by Frances Evesham
A- Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire 7/29/22
C- Death a Sketch by Cheryl Hollon 7/30/22
H- How to Book a Murder 8/6/22
All done :)Summer 2022 Challenge
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Finished:)Summer 2022 Challenge
Duration: 1/6/22 - 31/8/22
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I am a little late to this challenge but I will give it a try anyway. It sounds like fun!Start: 11 July - Finish: 31 August
Progress: 1
S = Sword of Destiny - Andrzej Sapkowski
U = The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
M = Mord i Mosopatmien- Agatha Christie ( swedish version)
M =Matrevolutionen - Andreas Eenfeldt (swedish version)
E = Edgar Allan Poe- The fall of the house Usher
R =Rosalinds Resa - Muna Shehadi (swedish version)
B = Brené Brown- Atlas of the Heart
E = Emily Henry - Bokälskare (swedish version)
A = Agatha Christie- Death on the Nile
C = Chuck Palahniuk - Choke
H = Harper Lee - How to kill a mockingbird
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Excellent titles there Kylie! Good job :)
Summer Challenge 202212/17
BEACHES
B: Brigid Kemmerer - Forging Silver into Stars 7/27
E: Emily Henry - Book Lovers 5/26
A: Maci Aurora - In the Shadow of a Wish 7/3
C: Harlan Coben - Tell No One 8/2
H: Heartstopper: Volume One 5/12
Heartstopper: Volume Two 5/12
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S: Simone St. James - The Book of Cold Cases 6/11
WATERMELON
W The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill 7/10
A: Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt 5/7
T: The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa 5/27
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M: My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth 5/12
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Alice Oseman - Heartstopper: Volume Four 5/14
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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022
June 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022
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S- Fry's Ties by Stephen Fry 3/6 4★
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That’s a lot of books, way to go! ⛵️
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B = Beloved by Toni Morrison
O = Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
A = The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book by J.R.R. Tolkien
T = The Twits by Roald Dahl
F = Fantastic Mr. Fox
A = Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy
I = I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places by Lisa Scottoline
R = Ransom by Lois Duncan
S = Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
H = Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie
O = Once Upon a Spine by Kate Carlisle
R = Return to Stony Ridge by Dani Sinclair
T = Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
S = Still Knife Painting by Cheryl Hollon
(Thanks for catching my error, Brenda!)
Having managed to pull myself out of a serious reading slump earlier in the year, I've just finished my fourth word for this season, so I think I'll call it at that (see Post #20). Maybe next month I can also get back to a) reading more cozies again, and b) trying to do the monthly challenges as well.
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Heather L wrote: "Calling this one done. B = Beloved by Toni Morrison
O = Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
A = [book:The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses..."
You're welcome ;) And great job!!
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Here I GoF - Flight of Dreams - Ariel Lawhon
I - Ink and Shadows - Ellery Adams
R - Rock, Paper, and Scissors - Alice Feeney
E - English Tea Murder - Leslie Meier
W - Written Off - E. J. Cooperman
O - Oh, My Stars - Lorna Landvik
R- The Right Sort of Man - Allison Montclair
K - Knitting Up A Murder - Celeste Bennett
S - The Secrets of Wishtide - Kate Saunders
I - In the Darkness - Karin Fossum
C - Curtain - Agatha Chrisie
E- Endurance - Alfred Lansing
C - Columbella - Phyllis Whitney
R - River of Death - Allistair MacLean
E - The End of Summer - Irving Munroe
A - An April Shroud - Reginald Hill
M - Mr. Monk Is Open For Business - Hy Conrad
H - Homecoming - Cynthia Voight
I - Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade - Rob MacGregor
K - Kitchens of the Great Midwest - J. Ryan Stradel
E - Evelyn, After - Victoria Helen Stone
Calling this one done!B - A Call for Kelp by Bree Baker 6/6/22
A - All Sales Final by Josie Belle 6/3/22
S - Splendor in the Glass by Tamar Myers 6/18/22
E - Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich 6/15/22
B - Closely Harbored Secrets by Bree Baker 6/21/22
A - Absolutely, Positively by Heather Webber 6/12/22
L - Murder Made to Order by Lena Gregory 6/2/22
L - Death by Tiara by Laura Levine 6/27/22
S - Murder at Teatime by Stefanie Matteson 6/30/22
A - Body and Soul Food by Abby Collette 6/24/22
N - Perish by Pedicure by Nancy J. Cohen 7/3/22
D - Masking for Trouble by Diane Vallere 6/15/22
C - Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses by Mary McHugh 7/6/22
A - Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower 7/24/22
S - Called Home by Sheila Connolly 7/26/22
T - To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear 7/15/22
L - The Moche Warrior by Lyn Hamilton 7/9/22
E - Murder in the Secret Garden by Ellery Adams 6/9/22
B - Chai Another Day by Leslie Budewitz 7/25/22
E - Fudge and Jury by Ellie Alexander 7/27/22
A - The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews 8/8/22
C - Peril in Paperback by Kate Carlisle 7/18/22
H - Death by the Light of the Moon by Joan Hess 8/7/22
G - Pressing the Issue by Daryl Wood Gerber 7/13/22
A - Groomed For Murder by Annie Knox 8/2/22
R - From Garden To Grave by Rickie Blair 8/22/22
D - Dead as a Door Knocker by Diane Kelly 6/27/22
E - Eaves of Destruction by Kate Carlisle 8/10/22
N - Shear Murder by Nancy J. Cohen 7/30/22
C - Pane and Suffering by Cheryl Hollon 7/21/22
A - Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams 8/5/22
N - Hard Truth by Nevada Barr 8/20/22
A - Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell 8/13/22
D - Death, Taxes, and Cheap Sunglasses by Diane Kelly 7/12/22
A - Writing All Wrongs by Ellery Adams 8/25/22
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Summer challenge is done (though I'm still totally enjoying summer) --- message 12
Good job Meg and all other finishers :)
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Thanks lots!Congrats to finishers and near-finishers!
Heather L wrote: "Way to go, Meg — and personally, I’m ready for some cooler fall temps. 😎"Me too! Chili sounds good to me so I’m making it for dinner tonight and that’s when I decided I was done with summer.
Cozy Mysteries
Books mentioned in this topic
Walking Across Egypt (other topics)Silence in the Library (other topics)
Daughter of Fortune (other topics)
Walking Across Egypt (other topics)
Where Shadows Dance (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Isabel Allende (other topics)Clyde Edgerton (other topics)
Rhys Bowen (other topics)
C.S. Harris (other topics)
Shari Randall (other topics)
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This challenge will last from June 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022.
NOTE: If you want your word to align neatly along the side of the comment box, enter a subject on the first line of the comment box, such as "I'm in" or "My challenge," then hit the enter key twice before spelling out your word vertically.
** This is a "spell-it-out" challenge, where you will spell out a word (or words) using one of two options:
1. Use only the first word of a title. (The words "the", "a" and "an" do not count.)
2. Use an author's first or last name.
Example:
S = Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell
U =
M = Murder With a View by Diane Kelly
M =
E =
R =
B =
E =
A = Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams
C =
H =
** Books DO NOT have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.
** Do as many words as you want/are able to do.
** A book can be used only once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (such as the monthly mini challenges).
** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance.
** You do not have to spell the same word as everyone else, but can choose to spell out one of the following words (or combination of words) — obviously some will be more challenging. Words in parentheses are optional.
Here is your word list:
August
Barbeque
Barefoot
Baseball
Bastille (Day)
Beach
Bicycle
Boat
Bonfire
Camping
Canada (Day)
Fair
Fireworks
Flip Flops
Frisbee
Garden
Hazy
Heat wave
Hike
Hotdogs
Humid
Ice cream
Independence (Day)
July
June
Juneteenth
Ocean
Picnic
Relax
Sandcastle
Sandals
Seashore
Shell
Shorts
S’mores
Solstice
Summer
Sunshine
Swim(ming)
Tent
Thunderstorm
Travel
Vacation
Waves
Zoo
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