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Reading The Seasons - Summer
Duration: June 21st 2023 - September 22nd 2023

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~Level~ Summer Fun: 18 points

~TASKS~
1. Summer Fun = 1
⛱️ Read a book with the word SUMMER in the title.
Dandelion Summer by Lisa Wingate 9/03/23


2. Sit on a porch swing. = 1
⛱️ Read a book where a character sits on the porch.
-->BONUS: A swing or chair on the porch on the cover.
Seaview Inn by Sherryl Woods
Setting is an inn across from the beach with an expansive front porch. (16x)
[& beach (10x) & S & fishing (pp 255) & swimming (pp 125) & wedding (pp 380)]


3. Watch a movie outdoors.
⛱️ Read a book where a character sees a movie outdoors.

4. Walk on the boardwalk or a dock. 1 + 2 = 3
⛱️ Read a book where a character goes on the boardwalk or sits on a dock.
-->BONUS: A boardwalk or dock on the cover (show cover).
Hidden Beneath by Barbara Ross 8/5/23 [& pub 2023]


5. Win a prize at the fair. = 1
⛱️ Read a book where there is a county fair/festival or a trip to an amusement park.
In Hot Water by J.J. Cook 8/02/23


6. Build a sandcastle at the beach. 1 + 2 = 3
⛱️ Read a book where someone goes to the beach.
-->BONUS: Beach on the cover (show cover).
Home to Seaview Key by Sherryl Woods 8/24/23


7. Eat a summer food.
⛱️ Read a book where corn on the cob, watermelon or s'mores are eaten.

8. Host an old-fashioned ice cream social.
⛱️ Read a book where the author's initials can be found in ICE CREAM SOCIAL.

9. Go Fishing. = 1
⛱️ Read a book where a character goes fishing.
-->BONUS: A fishing boat or fish on the cover.
Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts 7/30/23


10. Swim in a lake.
⛱️ Read a book set on a lake OR where someone enjoys a day at the lake.

11. Buy a big sun hat. 2 x 1 = 2
⛱️ Read a book where the title begins with a letter in BIG SUN HAT.
I: Intrigue in Istanbul by Erica Ruth Neubauer 8/24/23

U: Uneasy Prey by Annette Dashofy 9/10/23


12. Smell freshly-cut grass.
⛱️ Read a book where a character mows the lawn.

13. Take a last-minute road trip. = 1
⛱️ Read a book where someone has to drive somewhere a few hours from where they live OR someone goes on a road trip.
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow 7/22/23
Miriam, Joan & Mya travel by car to Memphis


14. Canada Day - July 1st
⛱️ Read a book that is set in Canada OR by a Canadian author.

15. Independence Day - 4th of July = 1
⛱️ Read a book set in the USA.
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 6/27/23


16. Summer Weddings
⛱️ Read a book where there is a wedding.

17. Summer Color Trends 2023
Key Lime, Orange, Turquoise
⛱️ Read a book where the title is green, orange or blue.

18. SUMMER 2 x 1 = 2
⛱️ Read a book with a genre that begins with a letter in SUMMER.
Mystery: Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen 6/25/23

Mystery: Death at the Café by Alison Golden 9/01/23


19. SUMMER 2 x 1 = 2
⛱️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SUMMER.
E: Evil Woman by Julie Mulhern 8/12/23

U: Uneasy Prey by Annette Dashofy 9/10/23


20. Summer Books =
⛱️ Read a book published between June 21st - September 22nd of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2023.

TLC Reading the Seasons - Fall
Duration: 23 September 2023 - 21 December 2023

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Goal: Amazing Autumn
Points = 19/16-30


TASKS:
1. FALL
🍂 Read a book with the letters F A L L (in any order) somewhere in the title.
--->Bonus: The letters FALL intact in the title

2. Book A Weekend Getaway In The Woods
🍂 Read a book where a couple goes away for the weekend.

3. Decorate Your Porch 3 x 3 = 9
🍂 Read a book where a character decorates for fall or Halloween.
--->BONUS: The cover has a candle, pumpkin, corn stalk, hay bales, or fall flowers.
Hallowed Bones by Carolyn Haines 9/23/23 (1 + 2 = 3)

Pumpkins in Paradise by Kathi Daley 10/14/23 (1 + 2 = 3)

Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes 10/22/23 (1 + 2 = 3)


4. Eat All The Halloween Candy
🍂 Read a book where a character eats candy.

5. Go On A Hayride
🍂 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HAYRIDE.

6. Make A Scarecrow = 1 x 2 = 2
🍂 Read a book with a scarecrow on the cover (show cover) or find the word SCARECROW in the text (share page/loc#).
Stage Fright: by Dakota Cassidy 10/07/23 - p 85

The Body in the Moonlight by Katherine Hall Page 10/30/23


7. Host A Halloween Fright Night
🍂 Read a book with something scary on the cover (show cover).
--->BONUS: The book is on a List with the words Halloween, Spooky, Creepy or October in it (share list's name).

8. Break Out Your Plaids And Flannels
🍂 Read a book where a character wears a flannel or plaid shirt.
--->Bonus: Plaid on the cover (show cover).


9. Tailgate A Football Game
🍂 Read a book where characters tail gate or attend a football game.

10. Pumpkin Spice
🍂 Read a book where you find the words PUMPKIN SPICE in the text (share page/loc #).

11. Make A Big Pot Of Chili or Soup = 1
🍂 Read a book where the MC's first name begins with a letter in CHILI or SOUP (share name).
Sophie: The Diva Delivers on a Promise by Krista Davis


12. Host a Bewitching Halloween Dinner 3 + 1 = 4
🍂 Read a book where a character has people over for dinner.
--->BONUS: Food on the cover (show cover).
Chef Maurice and a Spot of Truffle by J.A. Lang 9/24/23 (1 + 2 = 3)

The Proof of the Pudding by Rhys Bowen 11/27/23 = 1


13. Halloween Book in A Series
🍂 Read a Halloween book from a series (share series name).
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--->BONUS: The series name begins with a letter in HALLOWEEN.

14. Thanksgiving
🍂 Read a book where a character celebrates Thanksgiving.

15. Book Lovers Day
🍂 Read a book where a character reads. Tell us who.
--->BONUS: A book on the cover (show cover).

16. Try a New Cocktail
🍂 Read a book where a character drinks a cocktail, not beer or wine. Tell us their drink.

17. It's sweater weather.
🍂 Read a book with a sweater on the cover (show cover).

18. FALL/AUTUMN = 1
🍂 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Mystery: A Colourful Death by Carola Dunn 11/13/23


19. FALL/AUTUMN = 1
🍂 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
M: Manna from Hades by Carola Dunn 11/09/23


20. Fall Books = 1
🍂 Read a book published between September 22nd and December 21st of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2023.
Oct 5, 2015 - The Power of I Am: by Joel Osteen 11/07/23


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Ducks in a Row
Oct - Nov - Dec


#1 Bewitching Midlife Crisis: Stage Fright: by Dakota Cassidy 10/07/23
#2 Carribean Kitchen: Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes 10/22/23



#1 Tj Jensen: Pumpkins in Paradise by Kathi Daley 10/14/23


#1 Cornish Mystery: Manna from Hades by Carola Dunn 11/09/23
#2 Cornish Mystery: A Colourful Death by Carola Dunn 11/13/23



#1 Kate Hamilton: A Dream of Death by Connie Berry 12/25/23



#11 Faith Fairchild: The Body in the Moonlight by Katherine Hall Page 10/30/23




#16 Domestic Diva: The Diva Delivers on a Promise by Krista Davis 12/4/23
#17 Her Royal Spyness: The Proof of the Pudding by Rhys Bowen 11/27/23

Pie Please -
My favorites aren't on this list: Sweet Potato Pie, a Southern staple at holiday meals and Peach Pie, perfect on a summer day.

Favorite on this list is Apple Pie.

Duration
October 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024

Level1: 5-10 tasks
Level 2 11-20 tasks
Level 3 21 tasks or more

Each pie can have one task done.

TASKS: 9

1. Apple Pie
A pie in which the principal filling ingredient is crisp and acidic cooking apples such as the Bramley or Granny Smith. It can be served with whipped cream, ice cream or cheese. Apple pie is an unofficial symbol of the United States and one of its signature comfort foods.
🥧Read a book set in the USA or read a book where the word apple can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or a character who is a Granny.

2. Pecan Pie
Pecan pie is made of pecan nuts mixed with a filling of eggs, butter, and sugar... It is commonly served at holiday meals in the United States and is considered a specialty of Southern U.S. origin...
🥧 Read a book set in Southern USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia) or read a book that has pecan in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or with ice cream on the cover. (Show cover)


3 Pumpkin Pie
🥧Read a book set at Thanksgiving or with a pumpkin on the cover
Pumpkins in Paradise by Kathi Daley


4. Key Lime Pie
Key lime pie is ... made with key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a crust, often a graham cracker one.
🥧Read a book with the word lime in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or with an egg on the cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in GRAHAM CRACKER.
H, R: Hank Phillippi Ryan, The Other Woman


5. Rhubarb Pie
🥧 Read a book set in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland) or a book tagged as History or a character who is either sweet or tart (Your interpretation).
Manna from Hades by Carola Dunn 11/09/23


6. Mississippi Mud Pie
Mississippi mud pie is a chocolate-based dessert pie... The name "Mississippi mud pie" is derived from the dense cake that resembles the banks of the Mississippi River.
🥧Read a book set in Mississippi or with a chocolate item on the cover (Show cover) or read a book with a genre that begins with a letter in MUD PIE.
Mystery:
Sycamore Row by John Grisham


7. Boston Cream Pie
🥧 Read a book set in Massachusetts...
Stage Fright: by Dakota Cassidy 10/07/23


8. Pork Pie
🥧Read a book ... where a character gets in hot water AND where the word pork can be found in the text.
The Diva Delivers on a Promise by Krista Davis - Gerrie gets in hot water
"I bit into the pulled pork sandwich,..." pp.56 (1 of 10)


9. Pastilla
Pastilla is a North African meat or seafood pie made with warqa dough, which is similar to filo....
🥧Read a book set in Africa or where a character eats seafood or where a character has emigrated.
Chef emigrated from Paris, France: The Proof of the Pudding by Rhys Bowen 11/27/23
[& hot wtr & RB & seafood & bakes & fruit]


10 Chicken & Mushroom Pie
Chicken and mushroom pie... ranked as one of the most popular types of savory pie in Great Britain and often served in fish and chips restaurants. The outside is usually a full top and bottom crust, with the filling made up of small pieces of chicken and sliced mushrooms in a creamy sauce.
🥧Read a book where the word chicken can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character puts cream in something or where the authors initials can be found in PUFF PASTRY>

11. Kreatopita
Kreatopita is a traditional Greek meat pie that you’ll traditionally find made in the villages across Kefallonia. They may not look like the fanciest of pies, but they are packed with so much flavor! They are also easy to make and can be a great way to use up some cuts of meat that you have in your freezer. This pie is a two meat pie: A traditional pie that uses two different portions of meat in the filling.
🥧Read a book set in Greece or a book that has two authors or a second in a series.

12. Canele
🥧 Read a book with a dark cover
Kate Hamilton: A Dream of Death by Connie Berry 12/25/23


13. Vasterbotten Cheese Pie
A pie filled with a mixture of Västerbotten cheese, cream and eggs. Västerbotten cheese is a cheese from the Västerbotten region of Sweden.
🥧 Read a book with cheese on the cover (Show cover) or set in Sweden or where the authors initials can be found in CREAM.

14. Banoffee Pie
An English pastry-based pie made from bananas, toffee and cream, either on a pastry base or digestive biscuit crumb crust.
🥧Read a book with banana in the text( Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character eats a biscuit/cookie or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in TOFFEE.
T: Threadville, PA - Night of the Living Thread by Janet Bolin


15 Maple Custard Pie
🥧Read a book set in New England (MA, RI, CT, ME, NH, VT) or with a maple tree or maple leaf on the cover (Show cover) or a book that is 18th in a series.
MA - The Body in the Moonlight: A Faith Fairchild Mystery 10/30/23 [& potato p189 & Alesford]


16. Geraardsbergse mattentaart
🥧Read a book with a dairy product on the cover( Show cover) or that takes place in a village or where the authors initials can be found in GERAARDSBERGEN.
Port Mabyn, Cornwall - A Colourful Death by Carola Dunn 11/13/23 [& Cornish Mystery #2]


17. Kljukuša
Kljukuša is a traditional Bosnian dish made by grated potatoes mixed with flour and water or milk/yogurt/cream. It's baked in an oven until golden and crisp on the outside and soft inside.
🥧Read a book with the word potato in the text ( Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character is considered traditional (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in KLIUKUSA.
Last Bend - Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah


18. Gurian khachapuri
Gurian khachapuri has chopped boiled eggs inside and looks like a crescent-shaped calzone. Gurians make them for Christmas and call them simply "Christmas pie." In the rest of Georgia, it is called "Gurian pie."
🥧Read a book tagged Christmas or read a book where a character eats a calzone or where the authors initials can be found in GURIAN.
Murder For Christmas - 26 Tales Of Yuletide Malice by Thomas Godfrey


19. Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon meringue pie is a dessert pie consisting of a shortened pastry base filled with lemon curd and topped with meringue. Fruit desserts covered with baked meringue were found beginning in the 18th century in France.
🥧Read a book with a yellow cover (Show cover) or with the word fruit in the text ( Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the MC's initials can be found in MERINGUE.

20. Limburgse Vlaai
Limburgse vlaai is a pastry consisting of dough and a filling, traditionally associated with the provinces of Limburg found both in the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as parts of Germany across the border. ... Vlaai is often eaten on special occasions and for significant life events.
🥧Read a book where a character bakes something for a special occasion or set in Germany or with the word sugar in the text
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
? Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson


21. Cherry Pie
Traditionally, cherry pie is made with sour cherries rather than sweet cherries. Morello cherries are one of the most common kinds of cherry used, but other varieties such as the black cherry may also be used. Cherry pie is associated with Europe and North America. Due to the cherry harvest in midsummer coinciding with Canada Day and America's Independence Day cherry pie is often served on these holidays.
🥧Read a book with a red cover (Show cover) or tagged as Holiday or where a character is independent. (Your interpretation).

22. Sugar Pie
🥧Read a book where a character eats maple syrup or has the word caramel in the text
Loc 136 "...three caramels, two lollipops, and a foam soccer ball."
"..the first spew of espresso that made the caramel-colored foam possible." Loc 816 (& 1553, 1575)
Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes 10/22/23
& FL & USA & pumpkin & Mud Pie & lime (2453, 3036, 3669) & rum? & pork (325, 363, 2553) & sugar & apple (2593, 2615, 2589..) & eats seafood & #2 & chicken & potato (2132, 2960, 3382...) & sugar (819, 1323, 1554) & banana (338, 374, 756)

...or is set in Canada.
Still Life by Louise Penny

First Class
Duration: November 1 – November 30, 2023

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the theme for November is Original. Both premises have been united into this challenge about women writers who were pioneers and broke some glass ceilings with their work.

If you'd like to join this challenge, post a message below letting the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read.

1. Mary Wollstonecraft: her pamphlet A Vindication of the Rights of Women, is considered to be one of the most significant work of the early feminist movement.
• Read a book about feminism or women rights or a book written by a woman in the XVIII century or before.

2. Jane Austen: changed the literature with her now classic love stories which often examined women’s roles in society.
• Read a book by Jane Austen or a book about a love story written by a woman.

3. Mary Shelley: a novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, there were few things Shelley couldn’t accomplish. Her seminal work, Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, is widely considered to be the first sci-fi novel ever.
• Read a book by Mary Shelley or read a biography, sci-fi, or travel book written by a woman

4. Edith Wharton: changed literature and history when she won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921 for her novel, The Age of Innocence.
• Read a book by Edith Wharton or a book written by another female writer in the first half of the XX century.

5. Gabriela Mistral: was the very first female Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. Not only did her writing influence Latin American poetry, but her work as a humanitarian transformed the education system in Chile and in Mexico.
• Read a book by a female Latin American author or a book involving female activism

6. Agatha Christie: is the best-selling novelist in history. Besides the mysteries she also wrote several dramatic novels as Mary Westmacott.
• Read a book by Agatha Christie/Mary Westmacott or any mystery book written by a woman
The Proof of the Pudding by Rhys Bowen 11/27/23


7. Octavia E. Butler: a talented artist ahead of her time, broke down barriers of race, sex, class and genre with her writing.
• Read a book by Octavia E. Butler or a book written by another female writer in the second half of the XX century
Parable of the Sower


8. Jeanette Winterson: made history with her 1985 coming of age novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, which is often considered the first mainstream novel about gay women.
• Read a book by Jeanette Winterson or by a LGBTQ+ author

9. Alice Walker: was the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, for her epistolary novel, The Color Purple.
• Read a book by Alice Walker or a book written by another WOC
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson


10. J.K. Rowling: is the first and only billionaire author, she is often credited with getting kids interested in reading again and revitalizing children’s literature. She also writes books for adults as Robert Galbraith.
• Read a book by J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith or a book written by a woman under a male pen name.

WRC Kristin Hannah Challenge
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TASKS: 1/5
To complete the task section, read a book that fits each of the items below.

#1. Kristin Hannah is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels and is currently living in the Pacific Northwest.
* Read a book that is set in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States OR
* Read a book with a 2 or 0 in the page count.
293 pp - Still Life by Louise Penny


# 2. Her international blockbuster, The Nightingale, was named Goodreads Best Historical fiction novel for 2015 and won the coveted People’s Choice award for best fiction in the same year. Also named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, iTunes, Buzzfeed, the Wall Street Journal, Paste, and The Week.
*Read a book with a bird on the cover OR
*Read a book that set during World War II


#3. Kristin Hannah graduated from the University of Puget Sound law school and practiced law in Seattle before becoming a full-time writer.
*Read a book where the MC needs the services of a lawyer OR
*Read a book by an author whose First and Last Initial can be found in ATTORNEY

#4 Kristin Hannah's idea of the ideal place to write is 'in a room where I can see the ocean and hear the surf'.
*Read a book set near an ocean
Manna from Hades by Carola Dunn 11/09/23


#5 OPTIONAL
*Read any book written by Kristin Hannah.
Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah

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Advent Challenge

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