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Celebrate April Challenge
Duration: month of April

The month of April has quite a few unusual holidays as well as some traditional ones.
Spell-out one or more ALL-CAPPED holidays below.

National MAHJONG Day
Pig in a BLANKET Day
National JELLY BEAN Day
PASSOVER
National LIBRARIAN Day
National BOOKMOBILE Day
EASTER
National SUBMARINE Day
Zoo LOVER'S Day
Sorry CHARLIE Day
Good FRIDAY
National DANDELION Day
DEEP DISH Pizza Day
EARTH Day

CHALLENGE RULES
• one book per letter
• use 1st letter of Title (exclude A, An, or The)
• use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/LAST name
• use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRST/LAST name

FOR EACH BOOK READ
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• GIVE DATE you finished book

Ratings are Optional ⭐⭐⭐
Happy Reading! 📚

👏💐 Congratulations 💐👏


🐰Beverly🐰
🐰Donna🐰
🐰 Jonquil 🐰
🐰 Carol 🐰
🐰Book Concierge 🐰
🐰 Robin P🐰
🐰SouthWestZippy🐰

🐰🐣 PARTICIPANTS 🥕🐇
Updated: 4/27/23

🐣🐣Beverly - LIBRARIAN (9/9) C
🐣🐣Donna - MAHJONG (7/7) & EARTH (5/5) = 12/12 C
Cara - EARTH (3/5)
🐣🐣Book Concierge - MAHJONG (7/7) C
🐣🐣Carol - NATIONAL DANDELION DAY (20/20) C
🐣🐣Jonquil - EARTH (5/5) C
Licha-Olivia - LIBRARIAN (8/9)
🐣🐣SouthWestZippy - EARTH (5/5) C
Koren - PASSOVER (6/8)
JennH - NATIONAL MAHJONG DAY (16/18)
🐣🐣Robin P - MAHJONG (7/7) C
Marilyn - MAHJONG (4/7)

Celebrate April Challenge
Duration: month of April

9/9

National LIBRARIAN Day

L Luca Crippa, The Auschwitz Photographer: The Forgotten Story of the WWII Prisoner Who Documented Thousands of Lost Souls FINISHED 4/15
I I Am David by Anne Holm FINISHED 4/21
B Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys FINISHED 4/3
R A.J. Rivers, The Girl on Hallow's Eve FINISHED 4/1
A Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
R Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek FINISHED 4/3
I Ian C.P. Irvine, Maciek's Story FINISHED 4/17
A Mona Awad, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl FINISHED 4/17
N Jo Nesbø, Macbeth FINISHED 4/17

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12 / 12 --- CHALLENGE COMPLETE

MAHJONG and EARTH

✔M ~~ We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin ~~ 3.5 Stars ~~ 09Apr23

✔A ~~ Dathan Auerbach, author of ~~ Bad Man ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 08Apr23

✔H ~~ Colleen Hoover, author of ~~ It Starts with Us ~~ 3.5 Stars ~~ 02Apr23

✔J ~~ John Larison, author of ~~ Whiskey When We're Dry ~~ 4.5 Stars ~~ 01Apr23

✔O ~~ One Way by S.J. Morden ~~ 4.5 Stars ~~ 22Apr23

✔N ~~ Need You Now by James Grippando ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 15Apr23

✔G ~~ The Gray Man by Mark Greaney ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 06Apr23

and

✔E ~~ An Evil Mind by Chris CarterE ~~ An Evil Mind by Chris Carter ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 11Apr23

✔A ~~ Laurie Lico Albanese, ~~ author of Hester ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 06Apr23

✔R ~~ Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 16Apr23

✔T ~~ Twenty by James Grippando ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 17Apr23

✔H ~~ The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 11Apr23

EARTH (3/5)

E Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Matthew Desmond 4/13
AAmerica's First Daughter Stephanie Dray 4/25
R
T
HHomegoing Yaas Gysi 4/20

Celebrate April Challenge
Begins: 01Apr23 / Ends: 30Apr23


7 / 7 completed

National MAHJONG Day
M - MAUREEN is mc in An Irish Country Girl ✔ – 14Apr23
A - Anthony Doerr / Cloud Cuckoo Land ✔ – 11Apr23
H - Helen Oyeyemi / The Opposite House ✔ – 19Apr23
J - John Sandford / Rules Of Prey ✔ – 18Apr23
O - OGAWA, Yōko / The Diving Pool ✔ – 02Apr23
N - NATE is mc in Better Nate Than Ever ✔ – 22Apr23
G - Geraldine Brooks / Horse ✔ – 08Apr23

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Celebrate April Challenge - DONE 4/28
20/20

N R Walker - Code Red - 4/1
A M Arthur - The Truth As He Knows It - 4/8
T J Bearton - Her Husband's Lies -4/7
Innocent Blood - P D James - 4/2
Oliver, Lauren - Before I Fall - 4/25
No Limits - Nora Phoenix - 4/15
A E Via - Embracing His Syn - 4/10
Lanyon, Josh - Hide and Seek - 4/6

Damage Control - Lynn Van Dorn - 4/3
A.M. Arthur - Say It Right - 4/14
Nora Phoenix - Firm Hand - 4/19
DeStefano, Ren - How I'll Kill You - 4/3
Erickson, J R - Rag Doll Bones -4/4
Lake - a character in Monstrous Intent - Alice Winters - 4/28
I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey MQuiston - 4/12
Owen Matthews - Character in Sub Zero - Matt James - 4/23
Natile Ward - a detective in The Birthday - Carol Wyer - 4/10

Della Cain - A Puppy for His Little - 4/7
Alice Winters - Within the Mind - 4/18
You Lucky Dog - Julie London - 4/20

Celebrate April Challenge: National LIBRARIAN Day

8/9 Letters

L: Long Lost Jacqueline West (4/8/23)
I: Irving, John; A Prayer for Owen Meany (Currently reading)
B: Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The), John Boyne (4/15/23)
R: Restart Gordan Korman (4/2/23)
A: Alda P. Dobbs; Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (4/3/23)
R: Ryan, Pam Munoz; Yo, Naomi León (Becoming Naomi Leon) (4/29/23)
I: Ibsen, Henrik; A Doll's House (4/18/23)
A: Amari and the Night Brothers B. B. Alstone (4/20/23)
N: Natalie Lloyd; Hummingbird (4/5/23)

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5/5 DONE

E Eclipse the Moon Jessie Mihalik 4/19
A Acts of Mercy Mariah Stewart 4/9
R Red Lily Nora Roberts 4/1
T A Trick of the Light Louise Penny 4/8
H Hunt the Stars Jessie Mihalik 4/17

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5/5
E-READ-Electric God-Finished 4/23
A-READ-The Ax Murders of Saxtown: The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized a Town and Shocked the Nation by Nicholas Pistor-Finished 4/18
R-READ-Lincoln Unbound by Rich Lowry-Finished 4/7
T-READ--The Likeness by Tana French-Finished 4/28
H-Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls-Finished 4/30

Celebrate April Challenge
Duration: month of April
7/8

P-Patterson, James Walk the Blue Line: They Walk the Line between Life and Death finished 4/11
A-All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles finished 4/28
S-A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of letters revealed the hidden History of the Great Depression by Ted Gup finished 4/23
S-Schulman, Michael Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by finished 4/28
O-Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons finished 4/15
V-The Vanishing Triangle by Claire McGowan finished 4/14
E-Edward Humes Buried Secrets: A True Story of Serial Murder finished 5/13
R-Rachael Hanel Not the Camilla We Knew: One Woman's Life from Small-town America to the Symbionese Liberation Army finished 4/2

Celebrate April Challenge

✔N - Swing by Kwame Alexander 4/14/23 - Noah
✔A - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 4/7/23
✔T - Battle Royale by Koushun Takami 4/8/23
✔I - The Man With the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming 4/11/23
✔O - Animal Farm by George Orwell 4/14/23
✔N - Nemesis by Jo Nesbø 4/25/23
✔A - Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh 4/10/23
✔L - Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee 4/1/23

✔M - Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes 4/6/23
✔A - Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie 4/12/23
✔H - White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad 4/3/23
✔J - 10th Anniversary by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 4/11/23
✔O - Octopussy & the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming 4/16/23
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✔G - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel 4/8/23 - Gaspery-Jacques Roberts

✔D - Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow 4/12/23
✔A - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka 4/13/23 - Maali Almeida
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Weird, I'm positive I signed up for this one but I must not have posted it!

M - Matt Cain author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle 4/11
A - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar author of Mycroft and Sherlock - 4/4
H - H. G. Wells author of The Island of Dr. Moreau 4/8
J - A.J. Jacobs, author of The Puzzler - 4/20
O - Onyx Hamilton, main char of Summer Campaign - 4/8
N- Nella Larson author of Quicksand - 4/14
G -Ged, main char of A Wizard of Earthsea - 4/28

Updated message #4: 8/9

Updated message #4: 9/9 Challenge completed

Challenge completed!

Challenge complete message #9

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Begins: 01Apr23 / Ends: 30Apr23


5 / 7 completed

National MAHJONG Day
✔M--The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict--4/22/23
✔A--Angelou, Maya, author of Mom & Me & Mom--4/29/23
✔H--Horse by Geraldine Brooks--4/15/23
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✔J--Jon Krakauer, author of Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith--4/4/23

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✔N--Nimura, Janice, author of The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine--4/8/23

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Challenge complete - Message 8 - 4/28

Update message # 7 - Challenge completed - 24Apr23


Celebrate April Challenge
Begins: 01Apr23 / Ends: 30Apr23


7 / 7 completed

National MAHJONG Day
M - MAUREEN is mc in An Irish Country Girl ✔ – 14Apr23
A - Anthony Doerr / Cloud Cuckoo Land ✔ – 11Apr23
H - Helen Oyeyemi / The Opposite House ✔ – 19Apr23
J - John Sandford / Rules Of Prey ✔ – 18Apr23
O - OGAWA, Yōko / The Diving Pool ✔ – 02Apr23
N - NATE is mc in Better Nate Than Ever ✔ – 22Apr23
G - Geraldine Brooks / Horse ✔ – 08Apr23

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