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Read The Months: May, June, July 2024Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
17/16+ Completed. Finished
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or
A Cold Trail-Robert Dugoni 5/02/24
Bone Lake-Stacy Green 5/14/24
Let Me Love You-Brittney Sahin 5/21/24
with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or
the fifth in a series.
(Miss Fortune Mystery)
Gator Bait-Jana Deleon 5/19/24
(Carmichael Family)
Flame-Adriana Locke 5/24/24
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or
read a book that is second in a series.
(The MItchell Brothers)
Seducing the Seal-Yahrah St. John 5/13/24
(Haven Brothers)
Storms and Secrets-Claire Kingsley 5/14/24
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
read a book published in May or
(05/10/19)
Don't Tell-Willow Rose 5/14/24
read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or
read a book that a character is a father or
Deadly Tide-Brian Spangler 5/04/24
where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or
read a book where someone gets married or
Talkin' Trash-Lani Lynn Vale 5/01/24
Listen, Pitch-Lani Lynn Vale 5/10/24
with a character who is Jewish.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or
read a book published in June or
(6/15/2015)
King-T.M. Frazier 5/03/24
(6/26/2020)
Show Time-Tawna Fenske 5/08/24
read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or
Wild Love-Elsie Silver 5/15/24
where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or
The Girl and the Secret Passage-A.J. Rivers 5/02/24
with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
read a book published in July or
(7/14/2015)
Desertion-River Savage 5/06/24
(7/07/2020)
Outsider-Linda Castillo 5/06/24
read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
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Read the months May-JulyLevel July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
Progress: 16/16+
May
1. 🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
🤱🏼Read a book with a mother as a MC. 'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy by Leslie Langtry - May 17
2. 🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
🦢Read a book where someone is killed. White Bird by R.J. Palacio - May 22
💐Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden - May 22
💍Read a book set in Great Britain. Ruined by Sarah Vaughn - June 6
3. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
📕Read a book published in May. A Silent Voice, Vol. 1 by Yoshitoki Oima - May 24
📅Read a book published in May. Tryouts by Sarah Sax - June 10
June
4. 🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
🚗Read a book where a character plays bingo Road Trips, Blue Skies & Dead Guys by Jennifer Fischetto - May 14
👨🏼Read a book that a character is a father Sincerely, Harriet by Sarah Winifred Searle - May 23
5. 🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
🕎Read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish. Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family by Marisabina Russo - May 8
🕎Read a book with a character who is Jewish. Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil - May 18
🕎Read a book with a character who is Jewish. Always Anthony by Terri Libenson - June 8
6. 🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
🏙Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem by Kekla Magoon & Cynthia Leitich Smith - location is Urbanopolis - May 1
🎾Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June. You Cannot Be Serious! The Graphic Guide to Tennis: Grand slams, players and fans, and all the tennis trivia possible by Mark Hodgkinson - May 7
📅Read a book published in June. Homicide Honeymoon by B. A. Trimmer - June 1
July
7. 🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
😈Tin Man: A Graphic Novel by Justin Madson - May 16
8. 🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
📆 Read a book published in July, Buzzing by Samuel Sattin - May 11
Read The Months: May, June, July 2024Duration: May 1st, 2024 - July 31st, 2024
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
18/27
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
✅🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - May 11th
🩷 Read a book with a strawberry or cherry on the cover.
✅🩷 Read the fifth in a series.
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan - May 6th
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
✅🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain.
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik - June 11th
✅🩷 Read a book where someone is killed.
The Huntress by Kate Quinn - May 9th
✅🩷 Read a book that is second in a series.
Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - May 15th
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
✅🩷 Read a book published in May.
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland - June 5th
May 7th, 2024
✅🩷 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 20 by Hiromu Arakawa - May 9th
June
4. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
✅🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo.
The Summer Escape by Jill Shalvis - July 7th
Owen's aunt Ruby plays bingo
✅🩷 Read a book that a character is a father.
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 21 by Hiromu Arakawa - May 10th
🩷 Read a book where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy.
✅🩷 Read a book where someone gets married.
Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs - June 23rd
✅🩷 Red a book with a character who is Jewish.
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - May 13th
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors.
✅🩷 Read a book published in June.
Instant Gratification by Jill Shalvis - May 23rd
June 19th, 2009
✅🩷 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - May 30th
Japan
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
✅🩷 Read a book set in Canada.
Regina's Secret Spaces: Love and Lore of Local Geography edited by Jeannie Mah - July 31st
✅🩷 Read a book where a character forgets something.
Funny Story by Emily Henry - May 5th
Daphne forgets she promised to help her friend paint her room.
✅🩷 Read a book where a character is disobedient.
Ghost Roast by Shawnee Gibbs & Shawnelle Gibbs- July 22nd
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania.
✅🩷 Read a book with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis.
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar - May 12th
🩷 Read a book where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
✅🩷 Read a book published in July.
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan - June 22nd
July 4th, 2014
🩷 Read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Read The Months: May, June, July 2024Duration: May 1st, 2024 - July 31st, 2024
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Completed: 12
TASKS
May
1.
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC.
🩷 Read a book with a strawberry or cherry on the cover.
- Sarah Adams - 5/9/24🩷 Read the fifth in a series.
2.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie - 5/22/24
🩷 Read a book where someone is killed.
On Thin Icing - Ellie Alexander - 5/15/24
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie - 6/4/24
Murder in G Major - Alexia Gordon - 7/3/24
🩷 Read a book that is second in a series.
3.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in May.
Pub. 5/4/21 - Arsenic and Adobo - Mia P. Manansala - 7/13/24
🩷 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
AO - Alice Oseman - I Was Born for This - 6/18/24
June
1.
🩷 Read a book that a character is a father.
The Willoughbys - Lois Lowry - 6/30/24
🩷 Read a book where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy.
🩷 Read a book where someone gets married.
🩷 Red a book with a character who is Jewish.
6.
🩷 Read a book published in June.
Pub. 6/11/13 - Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan - 5/16/24
Pub. 6/28/16 - Caught Bread Handed - Ellie Alexander - 5/31/24
Pub. 6/7/16 - My Lady Jane - Cynthia Hand - 5/31/24
🩷 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
July
7.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada.
🩷 Read a book where a character forgets something.
🩷 Read a book where a character is disobedient.
8.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania.
🩷 Read a book with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis.
🩷 Read a book where someone pays their taxes.
9.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in July.
Pub. 7/13/21 - Murder at the Lakeside Library - Holly Danvers - 6/28/24
🩷 Read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Read the Months May, June, July 2024Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
15/15
Level May: 3-10 tasks
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1. 🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
MC Maya’s a mother-Pawprints on the Page Sharon Michaels 5/2/24
Fifth in Canine Cozy Mysteries-Puppies and Puzzles Sharon Michaels 5/30/24
Cherry on sundae-
Kathleen Suzette 5/31/242. 🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
Someone killed-Coconut Crunch Murder Laura Pauling 5/1/24
2nd in Loon Lodge mystery series Bloodshed at the Owl Blind Bellamy Beck 5/9/24
Set in England-A Limited Edition Murder Lauren Elliott 5/24/24
3. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
Pub 5/8/24 Magicians and Murder Lucinda Race 5/3/24
June
4. 🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Vince is a father-The Case of the Pernicious Parrot L.C. Richards 5/3/24
Jo plays bingo Death and Dacquoise Kat Bellemore 5/19/24
5. 🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6, 🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Pub 6/25/19 Whiskers and Warrants Jinty James 5/6/24
July
7. 🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
Forgets Cornfield Calamity Summer Prescott 5/1/24
Disobedient A Pose Before Dying Alex Erickson 5/23/24
8. 🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
Pays taxes Stiletto to the Pedal Karen C. Whalen 5/15/24
Set in Pennsylvania-With Killer Views CeeCee James 5/30/24
9. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Pub 7/28/22 The Body in the Annex Diana Xarissa 5/20/24
Read The Months: May, June, July 2024Duration: May 1st, 2024 - June 21st, 2024
Level July: 16 or more
19/17
COMPLETED!
TASKS
May
1.
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC.
Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well by Nancy Atherton 5/8/2024
🩷 Read a book with a strawberry or cherry on the cover.
🩷 Read the fifth in a series.
Heart Trouble by Kathy Hogan Trochek 6/7/2024
2.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain.
🩷 Read a book where someone is killed.
Murder Road by Simone St. James 5/12/2024
Seeing Red by Sandra Brown 5/15/2024
Nest Egg by Josi Avari 6/4/2024
The Alpine Zen by Mary Daheim 6/14/2024
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica 6/16/2024
🩷 Read a book that is second in a series.
High Heels are Murder by Elaine Viets 6/10/2024
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz 6/11/2024
Girl, Forgotten by Karen Slaughter 6/17/2024
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in May.
🩷 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani 6/8/2024
June
1.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo.
🩷 Read a book that a character is a father.
My Name Is Anton by Catherine Ryan Hyde 5/5/2024
🩷 Read a book where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy.
🩷 Read a book where someone gets married.
Lowcountry Bordello by Susan M. Boyer 6/12/2024
🩷 Red a book with a character who is Jewish.
The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr 6/21/2024
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in June.
🩷 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Dakota Born by Debbie Macomber 5/10/2024 North Dakota
July
7.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada.
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Z Khan 6/2/2024
🩷 Read a book where a character forgets something.
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg 5/29/2024
Anna-Greta forgot to faint.
🩷 Read a book where a character is disobedient.
The Killing Season by Mason Cross 5/5/2024 Caleb escapes from jail and goes on a murder spree - disobedient to the police.
8.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania.
🩷 Read a book with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis.
Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman 5/21/2024
Abe is Jesse's Dad and Kate's Dad's only friend.
🩷 Read a book where someone pays their taxes.
book:Cadillac Jukebox|76816] by James Lee Burke 6/21/2024
Dave calculates and pays the bait shops quarterly taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in July.
🩷 Read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 202417/16+
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1.
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
🍄 Fifth in a series: Damsel in a Dress (Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum #5) by Kirsten Weiss 5/6/24
2.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
🍄 Set in England and someone is killed: A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey 5/2/24
🍄 Someone is killed: Digging Up the Remains by Julia Henry 5/3/24
🍄 Someone is killed: Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke 5/5/24
🍄 Someone is killed: The Remains of the Dead by Wendy Roberts 5/13/24
🍄 Someone is killed: Musseled Out by Barbara Ross 5/17/24
🍄 Someone is killed: Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon 5/18/24
3. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
🍄 Author's initials found in AUTHORS : A Kind of Paradise by Amy Rebecca Tan 5/1/24
🍄 Author's initials found in AUTHORS: The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan 5/4/24
🍄 Published May 19, 2020: Summer at Meadow Wood by Amy Rebecca Tan 5/14/24
🍄 Published May 14, 2024: The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren 5/16/24
June
4.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
🍄 A character plays bingo -- Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson 5/11/24
"During halftime, or whatever the called it in bingo, I finally made it to the food table. " p166
🍄 A character eats cheese -- "He picked up a cracker and added a slice of cheese." p111 -- A Fatal Footnote by Margaret Loudon 5/7/24
5.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6. Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
🍄 Published June, 29, 2021 -- It Takes Two to Mango by Carrie Doyle 5/15/24
July
7.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
🍄 Character is disobedient -- Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor 5/22/24 "So Greta disobeyed us, and Jay is stalking you." He cursed under his breath. p230
8.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
🍄 Published July 19, 2005 --The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella 5/8/24
🍄 MC initials found in July -- MC Lilly Jayne Wreathing Havoc by Julia Henry 5/19/24
FINISHED.Read The Months: May, June, July 2024
Duration: May 1st, 2024 - July 31st, 2024
Level July: 16 or more
18/16+
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC.
🩷 Read a book with a strawberry or cherry on the cover.
🩷 Read the fifth in a series.
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain.
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie 5/2/24
The Prosecutor by Nazir Afzal 5/13/24
Calamity in Kent by John Rowland 5/18/24
Murder on the Moorland by Helen Cox 5/23/24
Murder Now and Then by Faith Martin 5/25/24
The It Girl by Ruth Ware 5/26/24
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio 5/31/24
The House by Imogen Robertson 6/3/24
🩷 Read a book where someone is killed.
We Shall Inherit the Wind by Gunnar Staalesen 5/3/24
Don't Look Back by Jo Spain 5/6/24
The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark 6/8/24
Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young 6/12/24
At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie 6/18/24
The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves 6/19/24
🩷 Read a book that is second in a series.
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie 5/20/24
A World Without Princes by Soman Chainani 5/9/24
The Murder Wheel b Tom Mead 6/24/24
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in May.
🩷 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo.
🩷 Read a book that a character is a father.
🩷 Read a book where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy.
Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens 6/15/24
🩷 Read a book where someone gets married.
🩷 Red a book with a character who is Jewish.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in June.
🩷 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada.
🩷 Read a book where a character forgets something.
🩷 Read a book where a character is disobedient.
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania.
🩷 Read a book with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis.
🩷 Read a book where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in July.
🩷 Read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
✅Done!!!✅ 27 Read the Months.
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
✔🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC:
None of This Is True★★★★ 11 July
🩷A strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover):
🩷The fifth in a series:
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
✔✔✔🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland):
Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame★★★★ 6 May
Bringing Down the Duke ★★★ 12 June
The Queen: Her Life ★★★★ 1 July
✔🩷 book where someone is killed:
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria ★★★★ 4 July
✔🩷A book that is second in a series:
A Court of Mist and Fury ★★★★ 21 July
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors:
✔✔✔✔✔✔🩷A book published in May:
The Paradise Problem★★★★ 28 June
We Dream of Space★★★★ 28 June
By the Book★★ 19 June
The Lost Library★★ 8 May
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out★★★★ 10 June
A Court of Thorns and Roses ★★★★ 16 July
🩷A book where the author's initials can be found in AUTHORS:
June
4. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo:
✔✔🩷 A book that a character is a father:
A Scatter of Light★★★★ 7 July
The Women★★★★★ 20 June
🩷 A character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
✔🩷 Read a book set in Italy:
The Marriage Portrait ★★★ 17 July
✔🩷Read a book where someone gets married:
The Marriage Season★★★ 23 May
🩷 A character who is Jewish:
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors:
✔✔✔🩷Read a book published in June:
Chasing Lucky ★★★ 18 May
Cassandra in Reverse ★★★★ 27 May
Hotel Laguna★★★ 7 June
✔✔🩷Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE:
A First Time for Everything ~Europe~ ★★★★ 30 June
The Neighbor Favor ~New York~ ★★★★ 6 May
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada:
✔🩷A character forgets something:
Hello Stranger ★★★★ 19 June
✔✔✔🩷A character is disobedient:
Code Red ★★★★ 24 June
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks ★★★★ 10 July
Greenwich Park ★★★ 3 June
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors:
✔✔🩷Read a book published in July:
A Deal with the Bossy Devil★★★★ 12 July
Chester Keene Cracks the Code ★★★ 19 July
🩷Read a book where the MC initials can be found in July:
Mod
Duration: May 1st, 2024 - July 31st, 2024
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Read 12
2. Some important events from history.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain.
At the Drop of a Hat by Jenn McKinlay 5/4/2024
Copy Cap Murder by Jenn McKinlay 5/5/2024
🩷 Read a book where someone is killed.
On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 5/12/2024
Peach Clobber by Karen MacInerney 5/17/2024
🩷 Read a book that is second in a series.
The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton 5/13/2024
Scalpels & Psychopaths by S.C. Wynne 5/31/2024
Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman 6/7/2024
Required Corpse by L.M. Harper 6/11/2024
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June
🩷 Read a book that a character is a father.
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox 5/25/2024
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month.
🩷 Read a book where someone gets married.
My Corfu Love Story by Effrosyni Moschoudi 5/28/2024
Courted by a Cowboy by Lacy Williams 6/1/2024
Down The Aisle With Bridezilla by Carli Palmer 6/2/2024
TASKSMay
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet. Read 5/3/24
One True Thing by Anna Quindlen Read 5/7/24
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll. Read 5/3/24
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule. Read 5/14/24
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Read 5/15/24
The Obsession by Nora Roberts. Read 5/28/24
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome Read 5/31/24. Set in England
We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps Read 5/31/24
Harm Limitation: A Downey O'Shea Mystery by Kyle A. Johnson Read 6/1/24
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Read 5/19/24
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts. Read 5/5/24. Father Beckett Mongomery
The Heart Between Us: Two Sisters, One Heart Transplant, and a Bucket List by Lindsay Harrel Read 5/11/24 Ken Jacobs father of Megan and Crysta; Jacobs
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz Read 5/22/24 Ellie and Brick
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
First Course by Jenn Bouchard Read 5/25/24 Published 6/5/21
July
✅7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
Between Before and After by Maureen Doyle McQuerry. Read 5/19/24
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty Read 5/25/24
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July
.The After Wife by Melanie Summers Read 5/24/24 Published a 7/10/2012
Read The Months: May, June, July 2024 - FINISHEDDuration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level July: 16 or more
Completed: 17/16+
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC. Before I Let Go - Kennedy Ryan 5/4/24
🩷 Read a book with a strawberry or cherry on the cover.
🩷 Read the fifth in a series. Remember Me - J.L. Beck 5/27/24
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain. Chain of Thorns - Cassandra Clare 4/3/24 (set in London, England)
🩷 Read a book where someone is killed. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI - David Grann 5/6/24
🩷 Read a book that is second in a series. Kissing Sin - Keri Arthur 5/8/24
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors. Diamonds are Forever - Ian Fleming 5/21/24
🩷 Read a book published in May. Hello, Summer - Mary Kay Andrews 6/20/24 (published May 5, 2020)
🩷 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS. Sleigh Bells Ring - RaeAnne Thayne 5/5/24
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo. The Christmas Spirit - Debbie Macomber 5/5/24
🩷 Read a book that a character is a father.
🩷 Read a book where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #). The Snow Angel - Anki Edvinsson 4/30/24 (pg. 261 – Hugo was eating a cheese sandwich…)
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy.
🩷 Read a book where someone gets married. His Only Wife - Peace Adzo Medie 5/3/24
🩷 Red a book with a character who is Jewish.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in June. The Dare - J.L. Beck 6/23/24 (published June 24, 2019)
🩷 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE. Little Night - Luanne Rice 6/18/24 (set in New York City, New York)
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada. How the Light Gets In - Louise Penny 6/12/24
🩷 Read a book where a character forgets something.
🩷 Read a book where a character is disobedient. Light on Snow - Anita Shreve 6/17/24
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride 5/7/24
🩷 Read a book with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis.
🩷 Read a book where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in July. Secrets of the Tulip Sisters - Susan Mallery 6/21/24 (published Juyl 11, 2017)
🩷 Read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
The Lost ChallengesRead The Months: May, June, July 2024
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Progress: 25 out of 16
Level May: 3-10 tasks
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
Time to read those months again. We will find out which authors were born in these months, some historical facts, and those holidays that we might celebrate so lets Read the Months.
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series:
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai - *** - 5/9/2024 - 438 Pages
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - **** - 6/28/2024 - 510 Pages - Second in Series
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson - ***** - 6/30/2024 - 483 Pages - Someone is killed
Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle - ***** - 7/5/2024 - 270 Pages - Someone is killed
The Very First Damned Thing by Jodi Taylor - ***** - 7/5/2024 - 74 Pages - Set in Great Britain
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr Deluxe Edition by Ram V. - ***** - 7/8/2024 - 144 Pages - Someone is killed
Road Queens by MaryJanice Davidson - *** - 7/13/2024 - 329 Pages - Someone is killed
From Badger to Worse by John Patrick Green - **** - 7/16/2024 - 208 Pages - Second in a series
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS:
Bride by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 5/8/2024 - 416 Pages - A H in AUTHORS
I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish - ***** - 5/25/2024 - 269 Pages - T H in AUTHORS
Lore Olympus: Volume Six by Rachel Smythe - ***** - 5/26/2024 - 432 Pages - R S in AUTHORS
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - **** - 6/16/2024 - 505 Pages - S T in AUTHORS
Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within by Chade-Meng Tan - **** - 7/5/2024 - 272 Pages - Published in May 2016
Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition by Julia Kaye - **** - 7/6/2024 - 160 Pages - Published in May 2018
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #):
Meaty by Samantha Irby - **** - 7/7/2024 - 272 Pages - "...I also had four bites of macaroni and cheese with bacon in it." Page 68
Break by Kayla Miller - ***** - 7/9/2024 - 220 Pages - Character is a father
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir by Robert Kirby - **** - 7/9/2024 - 112 Pages - Married
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans by Sammy Lisel - **** - 6/8/2024 - 144 Pages - Published June 4th, 2024
Bossypants by Tina Fey - ***** - 6/23/2024 - 277 Pages - Location is NYC
Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven by Kami Garcia - ***** - 7/8/2024 - 208 Pages - Location Nashville
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient:
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade - *** - 5/30/2024 - 409 Pages - Disobedient
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake - ***** - 6/7/2024 - 375 Pages - Disobedient
Agents of S.U.I.T. by John Patrick Green - **** - 7/13/2024 - 208 Pages - Forgets somethings
All My Friends Are Ghosts by S.M. Vidaurri - **** - 7/15/2024 - 160 Pages - Disobedient
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich - **** - 7/17/2024 - 387 Pages - Disobedient
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
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Challenge Rules
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Read the Months - May, June, July May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
30 of 16+ Complete
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1.
Read a book that's the fifth in a series.
🔹Fallen - Karin Slaughter - 5/12/24 - #5 Will Trent
🔹Dark Dive - Andrew Mayne - 5/15/24 - #5 Underwater Investigative Unit
🔹Prince Of Fire - Daniel Silva - 6/14/24 - #5 Gabriel Alon
2.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland)
🔹The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths - 5/1/24
🔹Ice Blue - Emma Jameson - 5/22/24
🔹The Siren of Sussex - Mimi Matthews - 5/30/24
Read a book where someone is killed
🔹Columbine - Dave Cullen - 5/16/24
🔹California Bear: A Novel - Duane Swierczynski - 5/17/24
Read a book that is second in a series.
🔹Murder on St. Mark's Place - Victoria Thompson - 5/16/24 - #2 Gaslight Mysteries
🔹The Perfect Match - Kristan Higgins - 6/17/24 - #2 Blue Heron
🔹The Taken - Alice Clark-Platts - 6/20/24 - #2 Eric Martin
🔹The Belle of Belgrave Square - Mimi Matthews - 7/3/24 - #2 Belles of London
3.
Read a book published in May
🔹The City & The City - China Miéville - 5/29/24 - orig pub May 26, 2009
🔹Unseen - Karin Slaughter - 6/22/24 - orig pub May 29, 2013
🔹Only the Dead - Jack Carr - 6/30/24 - orig pub May 16, 2023
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
🔹The Restorer - Amanda Stevens - 5/5/24
June
4.
5.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy
🔹One Italian Summer - Rebecca Serle - 6/16/24
Read a book with a character who is Jewish.
🔹The Red Tent - Anita Diamant - 7/5/24
6.
Read a book published in June
🔹Addicted to You - Krista Ritchie - 5/9/24 - orig pub Jun 13, 2013
🔹Holiday in Death - J.D. Robb - 5/20/24 - orig pub Jun 01, 1998
🔹The Inmate - Freida McFadden - 5/31/24 - orig pub Jun 13, 2022
July
7.
Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
8.
Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🔹Read a book by one of the above authors
Golden Buddha - Clive Cussler - 5/3/24
Read a book published in July
🔹A Murder of Crows - Sarah Yarwood-Lovett - 5/10/24 - orig pub Jul 01, 2022
🔹The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon - 5/13/24 Jul 31, 2003
🔹Mystery Man - Kristen Ashley - 5/15/24 - orig pub Jul 11, 2011
🔹Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/24 - orig pub Jul 05, 2011
🔹Criminal - Karin Slaughter - 5/26/24 - orig pub Jul 03, 2012
🔹I Am Legend - Richard Matheson - 5/30/24 - orig pub Jul 1954
🔹Remains of Innocence - J.A. Jance - 6/6/24 - orig pub Jul 22, 2014
🔹Written in Blood - Chris Carter - 6/19/24 - orig pub Jul 23, 2020
Read the Months - May, June, JulyMay 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level July: 16 or more
READ: 22
May
1. 🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC.
☀️In Sheep's Clothing by Molly Tanzer 5/5/24
🩷 Read a book with a strawberry or cherry on the cover.
🩷 Read the fifth in a series.
2. 🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain.
🩷 Read a book where someone is killed.
☀️Black Neurology by Richard Kadrey 5/1/24
☀️Cold, Silent, and Dark by Kary English 5/2/24
☀️Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey 6/3/24
🩷 Read a book that is second in a series.
☀️Alligators and Atrocities by Susan Harper 5/4/24
☀️Tequila for Two by Tricia O'Malley 6/20/24
☀️Sleight of Paw by Sofie Kelly 7/4/24
3. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in May.
🩷 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
☀️A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre 6/21/24
☀️The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins 7/23/24
June
4. 🩷 Read a book that a character is a father.
☀️Linghun by Ai Jiang 6/9/24
☀️Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter 7/4/24
🩷 Read a book where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. 🩷 Read a book set in Italy.
🩷 Read a book where someone gets married.
🩷 Red a book with a character who is Jewish.
6. 🩷Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in June.
☀️She Started It by Sian Gilbert 6/1/24
Published 6/13/23
☀️The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn 5/20/24
Published 6/17/14
☀️Raspberry Ripple Murder by Abby Byne 6/8/24
Published 6/20/16
🩷 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
☀️Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke 6/2/24
New York City
☀️The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono 6/2/24
Japan
☀️The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 2 by Kousuke Oono 6/4/24
Japan
July
7. 🩷 Read a book set in Canada.
🩷 Read a book where a character forgets something.
☀️McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh 6/14/24
🩷 Read a book where a character is disobedient.
☀️Swift, Brutal Retaliation by Meghan McCarron 5/10/24
8. 🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania.
🩷 Read a book with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis.
☀️House Arrest: A Search for American Character In and Around the White House, Past and Present - Acting Edition by Anna Deavere Smith 6/8/24
Abraham Lincoln is actual a character in the play!
🩷 Read a book where someone pays their taxes.
9. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in July.
☀️Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 7/2/24
☀️Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott 7/16/24
🩷 Read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Mod
May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level May: 3-10 tasks
Read: 10/10
TASKS
May
1.
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC.
The Song of Clouds Samantha Wood 5/10/24
2.
🩷 Read a book that is second in a series.
Boardwalk Cottage Barbara Cool Lee 5/25/24 (Pajaro Bay #2)
3. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
Read a book published in May.
published May 7, 2024 Chasing Wild Kristen Proby 5/29/24
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
15 Summers Later RaeAnne Thayne 6/23/24
June
4.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo.
The Summer Escape Jill Shalvis 6/15/24
Read a book that a character is a father.
Just Add Romance Heather B. Moore 5/9/24
or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5.
🩷 Read a book where someone gets married.
Mama Moon Tess Thompson 5/13/24
6. Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or
Read a book published in June.
published June 20, 2023 The Quiet Tenant Clémence Michallon 5/19/24
Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Nantucket The Summer We Started Over Nancy Thayer 5/7/24
July
7.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
8.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
Read a book published in July.
To Have and to Hold Heidi Renee Mason 6/6/24
or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024Completed: 7
Level May: 3-10 tasks
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1. Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
💗Clueless Puckboy-Eden Finley, 6/19/24
💗Tristan-Samantha Lind, 7/28/24
2. Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
💗Where We Started-Ashley Munoz, 5/25/24
3. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
💗Red, White & Royal Blue-Casey McQuiston, 6/6/24
June
4. Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
💗The House in the Cerulean Sea-TJ Klune, 7/1/24
5. Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6. Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
💗Show Me How to Love-Ray Celar, 5/5/24
July
7. Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
💗Prince of the Palisades-Julian Winters, 6/15/24
8. Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Read the Months: May, June, JulyMay 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level May: 3-10 tasks
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
*Each task can be done as often as needed.
19/16+ Tasks Completed
May
1.
🩷
I Think He Knows by Katie Bailey (5/2/24) - mother MC
Too-Perfect & Stranded by Cami Checketts (5/10/24) - Quinn Romance Adventures #5
Following the Trail by Lynette Eason (5/15/24) - K-9 Search and Rescue #5
2.
🩷
Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter by Sofi Laporte (5/6/24) - England
Second Star to the Right by Sarah Beran (5/8/24) - someone is killed
Conflicted & Famous by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - Quinn Romance Adventures #2
Flirtation or Faceoff by Leah Brunner (5/12/24) - D.C. Eagles Hockey #2
Miss Ava's Scandalous Secret by Sofi Laporte (5/14/24) - England
Abandoned by Cami Checketts (5/18/24) - Delta Family #2
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
June
1.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or
Rugged & At-Risk by Cami Checketts (5/9/24)
"She made her way downstairs and ate a cheese stick..." (pg 79)
Devoted & Deserted by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - father
5.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or
One Perfect Day by Jennifer Youngblood (5/7/24) - married
Rejected & Hidden by Cami Checketts (5/10/24) - married
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or
Love in the Bargain by Kasey Stockton (5/4/24) - England
Love for the Spinster by Kasey Stockton (5/5/24) - Published June 6, 2019
Deceived by Cami Checketts (5/16/24) - Published June 7, 2022
July
7.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or
Miss Newbury's List by Megan Walker (5/18/24) - disobedient
8.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or
Sweet Right Here by Jenny B. Jones (5/22/24) - Lincoln
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
Balanced Scales by Laura Greenwood (5/3/24) - Published July 25, 2019
Read The Months: May, June, July 2024Duration: 5/1/24 - 7/31/24
Level February: 3-10 tasks
Progress: 20 of 10
Completed: 7/5/24
* Each task can be done as often as needed
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or
🩷 with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or
🩷 the fifth in a series.
🍧 Endangered Species by Nevada Barr (5/3/24) ~ Anna Pigeon #5
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or
🍧 A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters (6/22/24)
🩷 read a book where someone is killed or
🍧 Charms and Chocolate Chips by Bailey Cates (5/7/24)
🍧 Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher (5/29/24)
🍧 Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian (6/15/24)
🍧 Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews (6/23/24)
🩷 read a book that is second in a series.
🍧 Looking Good Dead by Peter James (5/23/24) ~ Roy Grace #2
🍧 Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley (5/26/24) ~ Rock Chick #2
🍧 A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare (5/28/24) ~ Spindle Cove #2
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
🩷 read a book published in May or
🍧 The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison (6/16/24)
🩷 read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or
🩷 read a book that a character is a father or
🍧 Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (5/31/24)
🩷 where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or
🍧 Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs (6/20/24) ~ in Italy & Prague
🩷 read a book where someone gets married or
🍧 So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens (7/4/24)
🩷 with a character who is Jewish.
🍧 As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes (6/28/24)
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
🩷 read a book published in June or
🍧 In the Darkness by Mike Omer (6/1/24) ~ pub. 6/25/19
🩷 read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
🍧 Witness in Death by J.D. Robb (6/30/24) ~ New York
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or
🍧 The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (6/15/24)
🩷 where a character forgets something or
🍧 Ceaseless by Abbi Glines (6/2/24) ~ Pagan forgets Dank
🩷 where a character is disobedient.
🍧 A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn (6/6/24)
🍧 What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie (6/11/24)
🍧 Bad Blood by John Sandford (7/5/24)
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or
🩷 with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or
🩷 where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
🩷 read a book published in July or
🍧 Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm (5/13/24)
🩷 read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
FINISHED!!! - Read The Months: May, June, July 2024Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
(05/19/24)
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
16/16+ Completed
TASKS (<2 each)
May
1. (1)
X 🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC
Why We Swim Bonnie Tsui 05/06/24
or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover)
or the fifth in a series.
☑️ 2. (2)
X 🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland)
The Secret Book of Flora Lea Patti Callahan Henry (England) 05/01/24
or read a book where someone is killed
X or read a book that is second in a series.
Snowed In (Fitzpatrick Christmas 2) Catherine Walsh 05/01/24
☑️ 3. (2)
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors
X or read a book published in May
One Moment in Time Shari Low (May 2, 2023) 05/02/24
X or read a book where the author’s initials can be found in AUTHORS.
Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships (Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships 1) Sarah Grunder Ruiz 05/19/24
June
☑️ 1. (2)
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo
X or read a book that has a character who is a father
The Wren, the Wren Anne Enright (Phil McDaragh) 05/03/24
X or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Zazen Vanessa Veselka (p. 213 “. . . Cheese sandwiches for lunch. . .”) 05/05/24
☑️ 5. (2)
🩷 Read a book set in Italy
X or read a book where someone gets married
Redwood Court DeLana R.A. Dameron (Weesie and Teeter) 05/03/24
X or with a character who is Jewish.
Well Behaved Wives Amy Sue Nathan (the wives are Jewish) 05/05/24
☑️ 6. (2)
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors
X or read a book published in June
Who Is Vera Kelly? (Vera Kelly 1) Rosalie Knecht (Pub. June 12, 2018) 05/15/24
X or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Anita de Monte Laughs Last Xóchitl González (New York) 05/02/24
July
☑️ 8. (2)
🩷 Read a book set in Canada
X or where a character forgets something
The World Played Chess Robert Dugoni (p. 52 The soldiers in Viet Nam would forget the day of the week.) 05/13/24
X or where a character is disobedient.
The Great Divide Cristina Henríquez (Omar goes to work on the canal and his father stops speaking to him) 05/05/24
☑️ 8. (2)
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania
X or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis
The Paris Novel Ruth Reichl (Louis) 05/04/24
X or where someone pays their taxes.
The Waters Bonnie Jo Campbell (Molly arranged to pay the taxes on her mother’s property) 05/12/24
9. (1)
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors
or read a book published in July
X or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July. (Julia Lofting)
Julia by Peter Straub Peter Straub 05/18/24
CHALLENGE COMPLETEDRead the Months-May, June, July, 2024
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
Book/Author:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
TASKS 17/17
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
✅Book/Author: Killman Creek-Rachel Caine
Date Read: 5/4
Task: Read a book with a mother as a MC
How it Fits: The MC-Gwen is a mother.
✅Book/Author: The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline-Nancy Springer
Date Read: 5/13/24
Task: Read a book thas is fifth in a series.
How it Fits: The book is the 5th in the Enola Holmes Mystery Series.
✅Book/Author:
-Lea WaitDate Read: 5/21/24
Task: Read a book with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover).
How it Fits: The cupcakes have a cherry on top of the frosting.
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
✅Book/Author: An Expert in Murder-Nicola Upson
Date Read: 5/9
Task: Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland
How it Fits: The book is set in London, England.
✅Book/Author:Egg Shooters-Laura Childs
Date Read: 5/10
Task: Read a book where someone is killed
How it Fits: The hospital security guard and hospital worker are killed.
✅Book/Author:When We Left Cuba-Chanel Cleeton
Date Read: 5/12/24
Task: Read a book where someone is killed
How it Fits: The MC kills a man in self-defense
✅Book/Author: The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds-Alexander McCall Smith
Date Read: 5/18
Task: Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland)
How it Fits: The book is set in Edinburgh, Scotland.
✅Book/Author: The Ruby Notebook-Laura Resau
Date Read:6/10/24
Task: Read a book that is second in a series
How it Fits: This is the second book in the Notebook trilogy.
✅Book/Author: The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye-Nancy Springer
Date Read: 6/28/24
Task: Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland
How it Fits: The book is set in London, England.
✅Book/Author: Lady Clementine-Marie Benedict
Date Read: 7/1/24
Task: Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland
How it Fits: The book is set in England and mostly in London.
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
✅Book/Author:Go as a River-Shelley Read
Date Read: 6/17/24
Task: Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
How it Fits: The author's initials are "SR" which are found in the word AUTHORS.
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
✅Book/Author: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It-Elle Cosimano
Date Read: 5/15/24
Task: Read a book that a character is a father
How it Fits: The character of Steven Donovan is a father.
✅Book/Author: A Sprinkling of Murder-Daryl Wood Gerber
Date Read: 6/22/24
Task: Read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese
How it Fits: Page 189-"I ate a grilled Cheese sandwich and a cup of minestone sour, and, rather that do anythig related to work, settled into a chair to read a new mystery."
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
✅ook/Author: The Girls in the Picture-Melanie Benjamin
Date Read: 6/7/24
Task: Read a book where someone gets married.
How it Fits: Both of the MCs get married in the course of the novel.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
✅Book/Author: My Name Is Memory-Ann Brashares
Date Read: 5/4
Task: Read a book published in June
How it Fits: The publlication date is June 1, 2010.
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
✅Book/Author: The Truth about the Devlins-Lisa Scottoline
Date Read: 5/3
Task: Read a book set in Pennsylvania
How it Fits: The book is set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
✅Book/Author: The Underground Railroad
Date Read: 6/24/24
Task: Read a book with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis
How it Fits: One of the characters was named Old Abraham.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
✅🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024Level May: 3-10 tasks
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
Before the Queen Falls Asleep: A powerful novel about exile, displacement and family by an iconic Palestinian writer by Huzama Habayeb 03/05
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024Books Read: 11/16+
TASKS
May
1. 🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
📗Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr - 5/13/24 (MC Paige is mother to Chris)
📗Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr - 5/19/24 (5th in Virgin River series)
📗Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr - 5/30/24 - MC Alicia Baldwin is a mother of two
📗Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr - 6/3/24 - MC Franci is a mother
📗Ready or Not by Cara Bastone - 6/9/24 - MC Eve Hatch is a mother
2. 🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
📗Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr - 5/24/24 (First Published 5/26/27)
June
1. 🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
📗A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr - 5/15/24 (pg 61 "half a ham and cheese sandwich.")
📗Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr - 5/21/24 (pg 113 "...balogna-and-cheese sandwiches for lunch...)
📗Inheritance by Nora Roberts - 5/30/24 (pg 52 "...making due with a grilled cheese for dinner...)
5. 🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
July
7. 🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
📗Accidental Attachment by Max Monroe - 5/14/24 ("I forgot to write a note." pg 287)
📗Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr - 5/27/24 (pg25 "Oh, shit. I forgot.)
8. 🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
FINISHED!!! - Read The Months: May, June, July 2024Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
(05/19/24)
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
16/16+ Completed
TASKS (<2 each)
May
1. (1)
X 🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC
Why We Swim Bonnie Tsui 05/06/24
or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover)
or the fifth in a series.
☑️ 2. (2)
X 🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland)
The Secret Book of Flora Lea Patti Callahan Henry (England) 05/01/24
or read a book where someone is killed
X or read a book that is second in a series.
Snowed In (Fitzpatrick Christmas 2) Catherine Walsh 05/01/24
☑️ 3. (2)
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors
X or read a book published in May
One Moment in Time Shari Low (May 2, 2023) 05/02/24
X or read a book where the author’s initials can be found in AUTHORS.
Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships (Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships 1) Sarah Grunder Ruiz 05/19/24
June
☑️ 1. (2)
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo
X or read a book that has a character who is a father
The Wren, the Wren Anne Enright (Phil McDaragh) 05/03/24
X or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Zazen Vanessa Veselka (p. 213 “. . . Cheese sandwiches for lunch. . .”) 05/05/24
☑️ 5. (2)
🩷 Read a book set in Italy
X or read a book where someone gets married
Redwood Court DeLana R.A. Dameron (Weesie and Teeter) 05/03/24
X or with a character who is Jewish.
Well Behaved Wives Amy Sue Nathan (the wives are Jewish) 05/05/24
☑️ 6. (2)
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors
X or read a book published in June
Who Is Vera Kelly? (Vera Kelly 1) Rosalie Knecht (Pub. June 12, 2018) 05/15/24
X or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Anita de Monte Laughs Last Xóchitl González (New York) 05/02/24
July
☑️ 8. (2)
🩷 Read a book set in Canada
X or where a character forgets something
The World Played Chess Robert Dugoni (p. 52 The soldiers in Viet Nam would forget the day of the week.) 05/13/24
X or where a character is disobedient.
The Great Divide Cristina Henríquez (Omar goes to work on the canal and his father stops speaking to him) 05/05/24
☑️ 8. (2)
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania
X or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis
The Paris Novel Ruth Reichl (Louis) 05/04/24
X or where someone pays their taxes.
The Waters Bonnie Jo Campbell (Molly arranged to pay the taxes on her mother’s property) 05/12/24
9. (1)
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors
or read a book published in July
X or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July. (Julia Lofting)
Julia by Peter Straub Peter Straub 05/18/24
FINISHEDRead the Months: May, June, July 2024
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
17/16+
TASKS
May
1.
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
🍄 Fifth in a series: Damsel in a Dress (Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum #5) by Kirsten Weiss 5/6/24
2.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
🍄 Set in England and someone is killed: A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey 5/2/24
🍄 Someone is killed: Digging Up the Remains by Julia Henry 5/3/24
🍄 Someone is killed: Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke 5/5/24
🍄 Someone is killed: The Remains of the Dead by Wendy Roberts 5/13/24
🍄 Someone is killed: Musseled Out by Barbara Ross 5/17/24
🍄 Someone is killed: Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon 5/18/24
3. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
🍄 Author's initials found in AUTHORS : A Kind of Paradise by Amy Rebecca Tan 5/1/24
🍄 Author's initials found in AUTHORS: The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan 5/4/24
🍄 Published May 19, 2020: Summer at Meadow Wood by Amy Rebecca Tan 5/14/24
🍄 Published May 14, 2024: The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren 5/16/24
June
4.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
🍄 A character plays bingo -- Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson 5/11/24
"During halftime, or whatever the called it in bingo, I finally made it to the food table. " p166
🍄 A character eats cheese -- "He picked up a cracker and added a slice of cheese." p111 -- A Fatal Footnote by Margaret Loudon 5/7/24
5.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6. Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
🍄 Published June, 29, 2021 -- It Takes Two to Mango by Carrie Doyle 5/15/24
July
7.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
🍄 Character is disobedient -- Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor 5/22/24 "So Greta disobeyed us, and Jay is stalking you." He cursed under his breath. p230
8.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
🍄 Published July 19, 2005 --The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella 5/8/24
🍄 MC initials found in July -- MC Lilly Jayne Wreathing Havoc by Julia Henry 5/19/24
Finished! :)Read the Months: May, June, July
May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level July: 16 or more
*Each task can be done as often as needed.
19/16+ Tasks Completed
May
1.
🩷
I Think He Knows by Katie Bailey (5/2/24) - mother MC
Too-Perfect & Stranded by Cami Checketts (5/10/24) - Quinn Romance Adventures #5
Following the Trail by Lynette Eason (5/15/24) - K-9 Search and Rescue #5
2.
🩷
Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter by Sofi Laporte (5/6/24) - England
Second Star to the Right by Sarah Beran (5/8/24) - someone is killed
Conflicted & Famous by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - Quinn Romance Adventures #2
Flirtation or Faceoff by Leah Brunner (5/12/24) - D.C. Eagles Hockey #2
Miss Ava's Scandalous Secret by Sofi Laporte (5/14/24) - England
Abandoned by Cami Checketts (5/18/24) - Delta Family #2
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
June
1.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or
Rugged & At-Risk by Cami Checketts (5/9/24)
"She made her way downstairs and ate a cheese stick..." (pg 79)
Devoted & Deserted by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - father
5.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or
One Perfect Day by Jennifer Youngblood (5/7/24) - married
Rejected & Hidden by Cami Checketts (5/10/24) - married
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or
Love in the Bargain by Kasey Stockton (5/4/24) - England
Love for the Spinster by Kasey Stockton (5/5/24) - Published June 6, 2019
Deceived by Cami Checketts (5/16/24) - Published June 7, 2022
July
7.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or
Miss Newbury's List by Megan Walker (5/18/24) - disobedient
8.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or
Sweet Right Here by Jenny B. Jones (5/22/24) - Lincoln
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
Balanced Scales by Laura Greenwood (5/3/24) - Published July 25, 2019
Mod
Read The Months: May, June & JulyLevel May: 3-10 tasks
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
Read a book with a mother as a MC
Out of BODY Susan Wittig Albert 7/15/24. Ruby
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
2. Read a book set in Great Britain
Mrs. Jeffries Holds the Trump Emily Brightwell 6/6/24. England
Fateful Words Paige Shelton 6/25/24 Scotland
Read a book where someone is killed
Can't Judge a Book By Its Murder Amy Lillard 6/3/24 Wally Harrison
Read a book that is second in a series.
Last Writes Laura Levine 6/22/24 A Jaine Austen Mystery #2
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern Lilian Jackson Braun 7/7/24 The Cat Who #2
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in AUTHORS.
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree Susan Wittig Albert 6/5/24
Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam 7/3/24
Read a book published in May
Deadly Ever After Eva Gates 7/27/24. pub 5/11/21
June
4. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Read a book that a character is a father
Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society Jason Hawes 5/29/24 Jason and Grant are both fathers
Death at Rainy Mountain Mardi Oakley Medawar 6/19/24. Runs the Bulls is White Otter's father
Killer Blonde Laura Levine 7/10/24 Hal Kingsley
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Read a book published in June
This Pen for Hire Laura Levine 6/18/24. pub June 1, 2002
Requiem for a Mouse Miranda James 7/18/24 pub 6/25/24
Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
A Haunted Murder J.A. Whiting
5/31/24 Nantucket, MA
A Death Long Overdue Eva Gates 6/16/24. Nags Head, NC
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
Read a book where a character is disobedient.
Quicksand Gigi Pandian 7/22/24. Lane disobeys orders during the heist
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Read The Months: May, June, July 2024Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
17/16+ Completed. Finished
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or
A Cold Trail-Robert Dugoni 5/02/24
Bone Lake-Stacy Green 5/14/24
Let Me Love You-Brittney Sahin 5/21/24
with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or
the fifth in a series.
(Miss Fortune Mystery)
Gator Bait-Jana Deleon 5/19/24
(Carmichael Family)
Flame-Adriana Locke 5/24/24
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or
read a book that is second in a series.
(The MItchell Brothers)
Seducing the Seal-Yahrah St. John 5/13/24
(Haven Brothers)
Storms and Secrets-Claire Kingsley 5/14/24
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
read a book published in May or
(05/10/19)
Don't Tell-Willow Rose 5/14/24
read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or
read a book that a character is a father or
Deadly Tide-Brian Spangler 5/04/24
where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or
read a book where someone gets married or
Talkin' Trash-Lani Lynn Vale 5/01/24
Listen, Pitch-Lani Lynn Vale 5/10/24
with a character who is Jewish.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or
read a book published in June or
(6/15/2015)
King-T.M. Frazier 5/03/24
(6/26/2020)
Show Time-Tawna Fenske 5/08/24
read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or
Wild Love-Elsie Silver 5/15/24
where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or
The Girl and the Secret Passage-A.J. Rivers 5/02/24
with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or
read a book published in July or
(7/14/2015)
Desertion-River Savage 5/06/24
(7/07/2020)
Outsider-Linda Castillo 5/06/24
read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
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Finished as a June level which is ok cause it's my fave monthRead the Months May, June, July 2024
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
15/15
Level May: 3-10 tasks
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1. 🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
MC Maya’s a mother-Pawprints on the Page Sharon Michaels 5/2/24
Fifth in Canine Cozy Mysteries-Puppies and Puzzles Sharon Michaels 5/30/24
Cherry on sundae-
Kathleen Suzette 5/31/242. 🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
Someone killed-Coconut Crunch Murder Laura Pauling 5/1/24
2nd in Loon Lodge mystery series Bloodshed at the Owl Blind Bellamy Beck 5/9/24
Set in England-A Limited Edition Murder Lauren Elliott 5/24/24
3. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
Pub 5/8/24 Magicians and Murder Lucinda Race 5/3/24
June
4. 🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Vince is a father-The Case of the Pernicious Parrot L.C. Richards 5/3/24
Jo plays bingo Death and Dacquoise Kat Bellemore 5/19/24
5. 🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6, 🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Pub 6/25/19 Whiskers and Warrants Jinty James 5/6/24
July
7. 🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
Forgets Cornfield Calamity Summer Prescott 5/1/24
Disobedient A Pose Before Dying Alex Erickson 5/23/24
8. 🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
Pays taxes Stiletto to the Pedal Karen C. Whalen 5/15/24
Set in Pennsylvania-With Killer Views CeeCee James 5/30/24
9. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Pub 7/28/22 The Body in the Annex Diana Xarissa 5/20/24
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COMPLETION POST-JULY 16+ASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet. Read 5/3/24
One True Thing by Anna Quindlen Read 5/7/24
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll. Read 5/3/24
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule. Read 5/14/24
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Read 5/15/24
The Obsession by Nora Roberts. Read 5/28/24
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome Read 5/31/24. Set in England
We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps Read 5/31/24
Harm Limitation: A Downey O'Shea Mystery by Kyle A. Johnson Read 6/1/24
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Read 5/19/24
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts. Read 5/5/24. Father Beckett Mongomery
The Heart Between Us: Two Sisters, One Heart Transplant, and a Bucket List by Lindsay Harrel Read 5/11/24 Ken Jacobs father of Megan and Crysta; Jacobs
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz Read 5/22/24 Ellie and Brick
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
First Course by Jenn Bouchard Read 5/25/24 Published 6/5/21
July
✅7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
Between Before and After by Maureen Doyle McQuerry. Read 5/19/24
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty Read 5/25/24
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July
.The After Wife by Melanie Summers Read 5/24/24 Published a 7/10/2012
FINISHED! Read the months May-July
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
Progress: 16/16+
May
1. 🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
🤱🏼Read a book with a mother as a MC. 'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy by Leslie Langtry - May 17
2. 🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
🦢Read a book where someone is killed. White Bird by R.J. Palacio - May 22
💐Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden - May 22
💍Read a book set in Great Britain. Ruined by Sarah Vaughn - June 6
3. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
📕Read a book published in May. A Silent Voice, Vol. 1 by Yoshitoki Oima - May 24
📅Read a book published in May. Tryouts by Sarah Sax - June 10
June
4. 🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
🚗Read a book where a character plays bingo Road Trips, Blue Skies & Dead Guys by Jennifer Fischetto - May 14
👨🏼Read a book that a character is a father Sincerely, Harriet by Sarah Winifred Searle - May 23
5. 🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
🕎Read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish. Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family by Marisabina Russo - May 8
🕎Read a book with a character who is Jewish. Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil - May 18
🕎Read a book with a character who is Jewish. Always Anthony by Terri Libenson - June 8
6. 🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
🏙Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem by Kekla Magoon & Cynthia Leitich Smith - location is Urbanopolis - May 1
🎾Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June. You Cannot Be Serious! The Graphic Guide to Tennis: Grand slams, players and fans, and all the tennis trivia possible by Mark Hodgkinson - May 7
📅Read a book published in June. Homicide Honeymoon by B. A. Trimmer - June 1
July
7. 🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
😈Tin Man: A Graphic Novel by Justin Madson - May 16
8. 🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. 🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
📆 Read a book published in July, Buzzing by Samuel Sattin - May 11
Mod
Read The Months: May, June, July 2024
Duration: May 1st, 2024 - July 31st, 2024
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Read 12
2. Some important events from history.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain.
At the Drop of a Hat by Jenn McKinlay 5/4/2024
Copy Cap Murder by Jenn McKinlay 5/5/2024
🩷 Read a book where someone is killed.
On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 5/12/2024
Peach Clobber by Karen MacInerney 5/17/2024
🩷 Read a book that is second in a series.
The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton 5/13/2024
Scalpels & Psychopaths by S.C. Wynne 5/31/2024
Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman 6/7/2024
Required Corpse by L.M. Harper 6/11/2024
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June
🩷 Read a book that a character is a father.
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox 5/25/2024
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month.
🩷 Read a book where someone gets married.
My Corfu Love Story by Effrosyni Moschoudi 5/28/2024
Courted by a Cowboy by Lacy Williams 6/1/2024
Down The Aisle With Bridezilla by Carli Palmer 6/2/2024
Read the Months.Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level May: 3-10 tasks
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
City of Orphans - Avi New York location 6/21-24
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
Read The Months: May, June, July 2024Duration: May 1st, 2024 - June 21st, 2024
Level July: 16 or more
19/17
COMPLETED!
TASKS
May
1.
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC.
Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well by Nancy Atherton 5/8/2024
🩷 Read a book with a strawberry or cherry on the cover.
🩷 Read the fifth in a series.
Heart Trouble by Kathy Hogan Trochek 6/7/2024
2.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain.
🩷 Read a book where someone is killed.
Murder Road by Simone St. James 5/12/2024
Seeing Red by Sandra Brown 5/15/2024
Nest Egg by Josi Avari 6/4/2024
The Alpine Zen by Mary Daheim 6/14/2024
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica 6/16/2024
🩷 Read a book that is second in a series.
High Heels are Murder by Elaine Viets 6/10/2024
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz 6/11/2024
Girl, Forgotten by Karen Slaughter 6/17/2024
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in May.
🩷 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani 6/8/2024
June
1.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo.
🩷 Read a book that a character is a father.
My Name Is Anton by Catherine Ryan Hyde 5/5/2024
🩷 Read a book where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy.
🩷 Read a book where someone gets married.
Lowcountry Bordello by Susan M. Boyer 6/12/2024
🩷 Red a book with a character who is Jewish.
The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr 6/21/2024
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in June.
🩷 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
Dakota Born by Debbie Macomber 5/10/2024 North Dakota
July
7.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada.
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Z Khan 6/2/2024
🩷 Read a book where a character forgets something.
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg 5/29/2024
Anna-Greta forgot to faint.
🩷 Read a book where a character is disobedient.
The Killing Season by Mason Cross 5/5/2024 Caleb escapes from jail and goes on a murder spree - disobedient to the police.
8.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania.
🩷 Read a book with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis.
Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman 5/21/2024
Abe is Jesse's Dad and Kate's Dad's only friend.
🩷 Read a book where someone pays their taxes.
book:Cadillac Jukebox|76816] by James Lee Burke 6/21/2024
Dave calculates and pays the bait shops quarterly taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors.
🩷 Read a book published in July.
🩷 Read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
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Time to read those months again. We will find out which authors were born in these months, some historical facts, and those holidays that we might celebrate so lets Read the Months.
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level May: 3-10 tasks
Level June: 11-15 tasks
Level July: 16 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.
TASKS
May
1. A lot of us know that May is Mothers Day, and Memorial Day (USA) and of course Cinco de Mayo. May also is National Strawberry month and has National Cherry Cobbler Day (May 17) and Lucky Penny Day (May 23)
🩷 Read a book with a mother as a MC or with a strawberry or cherry on the cover (Show cover) or the fifth in a series.
2. Some important events from history. May 1, 1707 Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. May 2, 2011 U.S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and May 4, 1494 During his second journey of exploration in the New World, Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica.
🩷 Read a book set in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) or read a book where someone is killed or read a book that is second in a series.
3. There are quite a few famous authors born in May. Joseph Heller, Robert Browning, J.M. Barrie, Richard Adams, Sheila Burnford, Daphne du Maurier, Ian Fleming, Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott O’Dell, Tony Hillerman, and T. H. White.
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in May or read a book where the authors initials can be found in AUTHORS.
June
1. Most of us know that we celebrate Fathers in June but there are many more celebrations in June, Flip a Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Cheese Day, National Donald Duck Day, International Bath Day and Bingo Day.
🩷 Read a book where a character plays bingo or read a book that a character is a father or where a character eats cheese (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
5. June had quite a few historical events happening in its month. The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France, Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S, during World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, and the Chinese government ordered its troops to open fire on unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
🩷 Read a book set in Italy or read a book where someone gets married or with a character who is Jewish.
6, Famous authors born in June were Thomas Hardy, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, Richard Scarry, Ken Follett, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, William Styron, Johanna Spyri, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
🩷Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in June or read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in JUNE.
July
7. Americans celebrate Independence Day in July but there are many more celebrations this month. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month, and National Park and Recreation Month. There is also I forgot day, Canada day, and Disobedience Day.
🩷 Read a book set in Canada or where a character forgets something or where a character is disobedient.
8. Some historical events that happened in July are beginning of the Gettysburg Battle. Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation, The Bahamas gained their independence, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 a.m and the U.S. Patent Office first opened its doors.
🩷 Read a book set in Pennsylvania or with a character called Abraham, Lincoln or Louis or where someone pays their taxes.
9. Famous authors born in July are the following. Some of them are James M. Cain, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Dave Barry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Simon, Bill Watterson, E. B. White, Clement Moore, Iris Murdoch and Clive Cussler
🩷 Read a book by one of the above authors or read a book published in July or read a book where the MC initials can be found in July.
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