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Even though this song was written by Roy Orbison, it's Linda Ronstadt singing it that makes me love the song.

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Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.


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Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Read: 15/15
Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~

1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Say You're Sorry Melinda Leigh 7/5/25

2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Murder Comes to Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/4/25

3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Hooked By Love Katharine E. Hamilton 7/15/25

4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
The Widow Carla Neggers 7/14/25

5. Read a book where money is saved.

6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Catch Her Death Melinda Leigh 7/2/25

7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
Key Lime Garden Inn Annie Cabot 7/6/25

8. Read a book set near a bayou.

9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
The Summer That Changed Everything Brenda Novak 7/3/25

10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.

11. Read a book where someone goes fishing.
The Guest Cottage Lori Foster 7/12/25

12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.

13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).

14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
Rage Linda Castillo 7/10/25

15. Read a second chance romance book.

16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.

17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Enchanted Enough Kelly Elliott 7/13/25

18. Read a book where the author's initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
The Ghosts of Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/10/25

19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.


20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
These Summer Storms Sarah MacLean 7/9/25

21. Read a book with a moon on the cover.
Some Girls Bite Chloe Neill 7/12/25

22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
p 229 Bone Canyon Lee Goldberg 7/19/25

23. Read a book where a character is healing.
When Stars Fall at Midnight Tess Thompson 7/7/25


24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.

25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Completion: 15/15
Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
"....but I'm worried there are people inside that house in significant distress" p. 6 | One in Four | Lucinda Berry | 07.01

I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely. | (view spoiler)[ Sarah is lonely until John kidnaps his next victim. (hide spoiler)] Appetite for Innocence | Lucinda Berry | 07.06

Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind. | (view spoiler)[ After they were killed each character was left behind. - p.295 (hide spoiler)] | Ask for Andrea | Noelle W. Ihli | 07.02

On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
The Chase | Elle Kennedy | 07.07


Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved. | Sabrina is saving up so that she can take a year off work when she goes to Harvard | The Goal | Elle Kennedy | 07.13

Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Casey | Under Her Care | Lucinda Berry | 07.15

Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
Between Us | Mhairi McFarlane | 07.05

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Naomi went back to her hometown to find out what really happened in the woods | What Lies in the Woods | Kate Alice Marshall | 07.11

Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
(view spoiler)[ Sadie lets Ted Believe that she thinks Alice is here because of him. (hide spoiler)] My Husband's Ex | Rosie Walker | 07.15

Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone goes fishing. | "She was fishing, and when she fished he always teased her." - p. 249 | Graceling | Kristin Cashore | 07.09

And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
The entire book is about reconnecting with old friends and family | The Legacy | Elle Kennedy | 07.15

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Megan is loved by everyone | The Girl Who Was Taken | Charlie Donlea | 07.11

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Dean and Allie :) | The Score | Elle Kennedy | 07.12

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing. | Finding Mr. July | Anna E. Collins | 07.08

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true. | Logan is happy he can play pro and his dad gets help | The Mistake | Elle Kennedy | 07.12

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

15/15 Completed. Finish

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Only With Me-Brooke Montgomery 7/10/25
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Buried Dreams-Natasha Madison 7/15/25
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
A Winter's Kill-J.K. Ellem 7/10/25


Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Holding-Alexandria House 7/18/25
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Scatter the Bones-Autumn Jones Lake 8/05/25
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Luck of the Draw-Gina LaManna 7/15/25
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I
If You Stayed-Brittainy C. Cherry 7/16/25
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
She Was Mine First-M. Robinson 7/11/25
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Valpolicella Violet-Traci Andrighetti 7/09/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Adriana Locke-Fling 7/03/25
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Reckless Love-Willow Aster 7/06/25
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
Rewriting the Stars-Claire Kingsley 7/23/25

22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Here and Now-Corinne Michaels 7/08/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where their dreams come true.
Change of Heart-Nicole Jacquelyn 7/02/25
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.
Tuaca Tan: A Private Investigator Comedy Mystery-Traci Andrighetti 8/05/25

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Welcome Angel, Frankie and Laura!

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for. 17/15

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
✅1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes Read 7/9/25. Sam and Nisha are both worried about money and work

I'm so lonesome all the time
✅2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson. Read 7/14/25
Bessie and Roland are lonely

Since I left my baby behind
✅3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
The Memory of Love by Linda Olsson Read 7/17/25
Marion's brother was left behind when their parents were murdered.

On Blue Bayou
✅4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
REad 7/20/25


Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.

Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
✅6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein Read 7/23/25 Alex Murdaugh works a lot

Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.

On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
✅9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks Read 7/22/25
Marissa goes back to her hometown of Eastern Shore

Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play

On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.

If I could only see
✅13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
Read 8/2/25


That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
✅14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
Sweet Girl by Rachel Hollis Read 7/28/25 The Girls #2
Max gets up at 4/30 to start preparing recipes for her boss Avis

✅Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg REad 7/26/25
Iris and John

And to be with some of my friends
✅16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel Read 7/18/25
The astronauts wive's have a reunion in 1991 and reconnect with friends they haven't seen since the space program shut down in 1972

Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
✅17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
A Victim at Valentine's by Ellie Alexander Read 7/10/25 Victim and Valentine's

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
✅18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Life's Golden Ticket: A Story About Second Chances by Brendon Burchard Read 7/11/25. B and B

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
✅19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton
Read the 8/4/25 Mr. Chips is loved by all

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
✅20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
The Hope of Heaven: How the Promise of Eternity Changes Everything by Sheila Walsh Read 7/3/25. Sheila found Barry

The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
✅23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder by Mikita Brottman. Read 7/26/25
Brian is healing

✅I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas Read 7/17/25
Lina finds the love of her life.


✅On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.
The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green Read 9/10/25. BLACK

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Welcome Melissa and Michele!

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Read: 0/15

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
On Blue Bayou

4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
Never Go BackLee Child08/04

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
And to be with some of my friends

16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou

17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Back BlastMark Greaney 08/06
I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
The silver moon and the evening tide

21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
Omega MoonLorelei M. Hart 08/07

22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#). PersuaderLee Child07/26
The sea was rough, but the tide was wrong.
Child, Lee. Persuader: A Jack Reacher Novel (p. 415).
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.
BlackoutMark Dawson 07/08

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

15/15+

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
🔷 Characters are "poor relations' worried about starving - Lady Fortescue Steps Out by Marion Chesney 7/4/25

I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
🔷 Teenage MC is very lonely when she immigrates from Korea to Alabama - Almost American Girl by Robin Ha 7/16/25

Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
🔷 As a child, Cath was always left behind by her mother - Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess 7/1/25

On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.

Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
🔷 Even in her late 70s, Edith is working at Kohl's and Arby's - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 7/13/25

Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.

On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.
🔷 French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron 7/5/25

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
🔷 MC returns to town she lived in as a child - Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton 7/8/25

Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.

Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.
🔷 MC Amy sleeps all day after being kidnapped and attacked by a murderer - A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert 7/15/25

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
🔷 Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross 7/3/25

If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
🔷 Eye on cover - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia 7/6/25


That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
🔷 Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan 7/5/25

And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.

Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
🔷 Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower 7/7/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
🔷 Author's initial's are EA - A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams 7/17/25

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
🔷 Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter 7/10/25

The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).

22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
🔷 "...in case the tide came in before we got back." 76% - Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon 7/11/25

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
🔷 MC is healing - physically and otherwise - after a vicious kidnapping - Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
🎼1. Read a book where someone is worried.
The Rent Collector Camron Wright 1 Jul
I'm so lonesome all the time
🎼2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 25 Jul
Since I left my baby behind
🎼3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
The Missing Half Ashley Flowers 4 Aug
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
🎼6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Hitch-22: A Memoir Christopher Hitchens 24 Jul
Looking forward to happier times
🎼7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros 27 Jul
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
🎼9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown
My Ántonia Willa Cather 14 Aug
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
🎼11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.
James Percival Everett 16 Jul (both, they travel at night at sleep by day and they fish for food)

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
If I could only see
🎼13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
Impulse Ellen Hopkins 2 Jul
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
🎼14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
The Razor’s Edge W. Somerset Maugham 25 Jul

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
And to be with some of my friends
🎼16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends:
A Passage to India E.M. Forster 15 Jul
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
🎼19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks 9 Aug
Oh, that girl of mine by my side
🎼20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Douglas Adams 17 Jul
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
🎼22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams 21 Jul Page 158 "the great tide of animals"
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
🎼23. Read a book where a character is healing.
The Correspondent Virginia Evans 12 Aug
I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
🎼24. Read a book where their dreams come true.
How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup J.L. Carr 24 Aug
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

15/15

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller by Cleo Coyle 7/31 (Penelope)
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
The Medici Return by Steve Berry 7/9 (Cotton)
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Echoes of Scotland Street by Samantha Young 9/2 (Cole)
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 8/9

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait by Cleo Coyle 8/31 (Penelope)
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff by Peter Walsh 7/30
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke 9/8

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
Endlessly Yours by Carrie Ann Ryan 8/12
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene 7/9
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich 8/14

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
What You See by Cherise Sinclair 8/16

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Murder on an Irish Farm by Carlene O'Connor 7/2
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
Moonlight on Nightingale Way by Samantha Young 9/5
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
The Ghost Goes to the Dogs by Cleo Coyle 9/8 (Mrs. Cunningham)

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery 8/9/25 (Rilla)
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Welcome Mary, Denise, Michelle and Bonita!

Blue Bayou
July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

15 of 15 Tasks Complete

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~

🔹️1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction - David Sheff - 4 Stars - 7/25/25

🔹️2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Out of the Dark - Gregg Hurwitz - 5 Stars - 8/11/25

🔹️4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
An Inside Job - Daniel Silva - 5 Stars - 9/12/25


🔹️8. Read a book set near a bayou.
Paw and Order - Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars - 9/22/25 - set in the Louisiana bayou

🔹️9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Heaven, Texas - Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 2 Stars - 7/3/25

🔹️13. Read a book with an eye on the cover (show cover).
The Girl in the Ice - Robert Bryndza - 4 Stars - 7/12/25


🔹️14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore - 4.5 Stars - 9/11/25

🔹️17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Sacred Sins - Nora Roberts - 3.5 Stars - 7/27/25

🔹️18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Sinners Retreat - Lauren Biel - 2 Stars - 7/22/25 - LB

🔹️19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Hidden Nature - Nora Roberts - 3.5 Stars - 8/7/25

🔹️20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Tied - Carian Cole - 5 Stars - 12/6/25

🔹️21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy - 3.5 Stars - 8/6/25


🔹️22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
The Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley - 4 Stars - 8/14/25 - page 399 - "So at the break of day the Proeeus had turned again on the ebbing tide toward the great mouth of Firth."

🔹️23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Heartsick - Chelsea Cain - 4 Stars - 7/7/25

🔹️25. Read a book with a color word in the title.
Blue Smoke - Nora Roberts - 4 Stars - 7/2/25

Welcome Lynda!

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Read: 15/15

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Marlene is worried about a murder and if she should sell or keep the shell shop - Come Shell or High Water - Molly MacRae - 10/16/25

2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Last Wool and Testament - Molly MacRae - 10/4/25

3. Read a book where a character is left behind.

4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
Gone with the Witch - Angela M. Sanders - 11/15/25


5. Read a book where money is saved.

6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Olivia - All the President's Menus - Julie Hyzy - 8/8/25

7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.

8. Read a book set near a bayou.

9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Leila returns to Vermont to run her father's maple syrup farm after his murder - A Doomful of Sugar - Catherine Bruns - 11/20/25

10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.

11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
Stowed Away - Barbara Ross - 8/25/25

13. Read a book whose title begins with I.
In My Calm Era: 90 Days to Organize Your Emotions, Stress Less, and Connect Back to You - Harper Celebrate - 7/31/25

14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

15. Read a second chance romance book.
First Love, Take Two - Sajni Patel - 9/16/25

16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.

17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Crime & Cherry - Crime and Cherry Pits - Amanda Flower - 7/16/25

18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
AE - Alex Erickson - A Purrfect Date - 8/20/25

19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Nova and Charlie - Business Casual - B.K. Borison - 11/24/25

20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Bet on It - Jodie Slaughter - 9/21/25

21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
Mrs. Morris and the Ghost - Traci Wilton - 10/31/25


22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).

23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Aunty is healing after the death of her husband and finds her joy again by the end of the story - Detective Aunty - Uzma Jalaluddin - 11/26/25

24. Read a book where someone is happy.
Aunt Biz is happy to have her family home for the holidays - Sleep in Heavenly Pizza - Mindy Quigley - 11/24/25

25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
21/15

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Bears, Berries & Beginnings Fran Heap 7/9/25
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Sandra Murder at the High School Reunion Lee Hollis 7/3/25
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Secrets Buried in the Backyard Reva Davenport 8/2/25
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
Cindy Bell 7/5/25

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Dye Hard with a Vengeance Amber Crewes 7/14/25
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Adam Killer Fruitcake Amelia Pine 7/10/25
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
Murder in the Mountains Jamie Lassen 7/7/25
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Charley Murder on the Books T.C. LoTempio 7/2/25
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Murder Served Cold Daisy Belle 7/4/25
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.
Fishing, Phil Shrimp Showdown Sabotage Lola Finch 7/1/25

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
Death by Deep Dive Tess Marlowe 7/12/25
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
Reg Death by Diamond Lab Tess Marlowe 7/6/25

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
The Cursed Coffee Beans R.A. Muth 8/11/25
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Beary Happy Returns Amy Umphrey 7/29/25
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Fatal Flirtation Hope Callaghan 7/13/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
EA A Garnish of Guilt Emma Ainsley 7/28/25
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Maya Paws and Effect Sharon Michaels 7/23/25

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Hannah & Ben The Chaos at the Campground Courtney McFarlin 7/25/25
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
Lola Finch 8/1/25
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
loc 389 “…sister’s pushiness would turn the tide in his favor…” Death and the Librarian Victoria Gilbert 7/8/25
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Buttons and Burglary Lucinda Race 7/4/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
Happily retired Death by Hibiscus Bush Tess Marlowe 7/8/25
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.
Ranch & Red Herrings Tonya Kappes 7/11/25

Mary wrote: "Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
I'm so loneso..."

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Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
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Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Goal: 15/15

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

✔ 1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Next Girl - Kate Bold - 07/06/25 - Meg Thorne: “I am,” she said. “I’m worried about the currently missing women, both of them. Is there any news on Petra?” (p. 154)

✔ 2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
All the Colors of the Dark - Chris Whitaker - 08/17/25 – Saint Brown, after Patch disappears.

3. Read a book where a character is left behind.

✔ 4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
Miss Iceland - Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - 07/05/25


5. Read a book where money is saved.

✔ 6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
The Castaways - Elin Hilderbrand - 08/31/25 – Jeffrey Drake – “He was single-minded, he always had been, and his mind was on the farm, the fields, the crops, the business of it.” (Kindle Location 2655)

7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.

8. Read a book set near a bayou.

✔ 9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Ali and Nino - Kurban Said - 07/26/25 – Ali and Nino move back to Baku from their exile to Iran

10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.

✔ 11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.
Life Lessons From The Amazon - Pip Stewart - 08/23/25 – Pip and her teammates: For dinner on Valentine's Day, the team were hoping to catch a particular type of fish known as the aimara or, more alarmingly, the wolf fish. It's how Ness, Laura and I were roped into an impromptu fishing lesson. (Kindle Locations 436-438)

12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.

✔ 13. Read a book whose title begins with I.
Ice Cream Man, Volume 4: Tiny Lives - W. Maxwell Prince - 07/21/25

✔ 14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
Junie - Erin Crosby Eckstine - 09/12/25 – “Junie’s been up since before sunrise doing not only her job, but working on her sister’s mission.” (Kindle Location 1869)

15. Read a second chance romance book.

✔ 16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
The Five-Star Weekend - Elin Hilderbrand - 07/21/25 – Hollis Shaw spends a weekend with friends from different stages of her life.

17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.

✔ 18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
The Wedding People - Alison Espach - 08/22/25

✔ 19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Love Blooms - Jennifer Faye - 08/10/25 – Hannah Bell

✔ 20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Don't Let the Forest In - C.G. Drews - 07/13/25 – Andrew and Thomas

✔ 21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
The Lost Story - Meg Shaffer - 08/28/25 -


✔ 22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
Where There Was Fire - John Manuel Arias - 09/06/25 - As one does when playful moonlight splashes in the receding tide and invites you to join it. (Kindle Locations 298-299)

23. Read a book where a character is healing.

✔ 24. Read a book where someone is happy.
Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid - 07/23/25 – Donna Fitzgerald – “But Donna looked so happy, and Hank and Vanessa seemed to be having such a great time…” (Kindle Locations 4140-4141)

25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Read: 0/15

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
A Midnight Puzzle Gigi Pandian 8/9/25. Tempest is worried about her family business failing due to a lawsuit
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman 10/19/25
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
Colleen Cambridge 9/6/25

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Foal Me Once Elizabeth Penney 8/11/25. Dr Ashley Hart works a lot, trying to get her vet practice going
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.
Glory Be Danielle Arceneaux 10/26/25

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Seven-Year Witch Angela M. Sanders 9/7/25 Sam Wilfred is moving back to Wilfred
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.
Mrs. Morris and the Wolfman Traci Wilton 11/5/25 Georgio Lopez injures his arm fishing

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
Fatal Reservations Lucy Burdette 7/22/25 Hayley lives on a houseboat that is docked in a marina
If I could only see
13. Read a book with an eye on the cover (show cover).
Ed Kelemen 10/21/25
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
A Flair for Chardonnay Deborah Garner 7/20/25 p 64. "And one must have left early this morning, because his key was on the counter when I woke up."

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Dying in a Winter Wonderland Vicki Delany 8/22/25 Chris reconnects with friends from Rudolph when he goes home for Christmas
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Death with All the Trimmings Lucy Burdette 7/1/25
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death Valerie Burns 8/2/25

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Read and Gone Allison Brook 7/31/25 Carrie has found Dylan
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
Liz Z Pardue 9/2/25
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
North Carolina Ghosts and Legends Nancy Roberts 9/23/25 p 15 Sometimes at low tide, the skeletons of blockade runners can be seen.
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Eggnog, Extortion, & Evergreens Tonya Kappes 7/7/25 Mae is recovering from a concussion

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
Queer, There, and Everywhere:: 27 People Who Changed the World Sarah Prager 7/19/25 George Takei's dream of being able to marry his partner comes true
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Welcome Ferenc and Kellene!

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

Completed: 14 of 15

1, 3, 4, 6, 9
12, 13, 17, 18, 20
21, 22, 23, 24, 25

~The Lyrics~
"I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind"
1. Read a book where someone is worried. Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane. **COMPLETED 9/11/2025** A serial killer murders people associated with an inmate. People, including Detective Patrick Kenzie, get photos of the victims ahead of time. Everyone is worried.

"I'm so lonesome all the time
Since I left my baby behind"
3. Read a book where a character is left behind. . -- Middle of the Night by Riley Sager. **COMPLETED** 9/10/2025 -- Two 10 yr old boys camping in a tent. One is kidnapped, one left behind. The left behind boy is the narrator and is obsessed into adulthood with his missing friend.

"On Blue Bayou"
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover). -- The Deluge by Stephen Markley ***COMPLETED*** 7/11/2025 -- This is the book that made me want to do the Blue Bayou challenge. It's a whopper!

"Saving nickels, saving dimes
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine"
6. Read a book where someone works a lot. ***COMPLETED*** 8/14/2025 -- A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, Inspector Gamauche # 2 -- Inspector Gamauche puts in a lot of overtime in Montreal and Three Pines in this one.

"Looking forward to happier times
On Blue Bayou
I'm going back someday"
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown. ***COMPLETED*** 7/23/2025 Hiwassee: A Novel of the Civil War by Charles F. Price – a Confederate Platoon disbands in an “every man for himself” order that sends them scurrying back to their homes, meanwhile a Union Bushwhacker with no official authority and a bloodthirsty desire for violence returns to his home on the Hiwassee River in east Tennessee, intent on torturing and killing as many Confederates as possible. Horrific pointlessness-of-war-no-matter-what-good-intentions story.


"Come what may, to Blue Bayou.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat"
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story. -- ***COMPLETED*** -- 7-14-2025 Outline by Rachel Cusk -- p. 67 "At last we came in sight of the marina....I sat down on a bench in the sun to wait. The boats moved up and down in the bright water. Beyond them, I could see the clear crenelated shapes of the coast....I loked at the boats wondering which belonged to my neighbor. They all looked more or less alike."

"If I could only see"
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover). -- ***COMPLETED 9/24/25*** I read Inside Out: Straight Talk from a Gay Jock by Mark Tewksbury

"That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
And to be with some of my friends
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou"
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
***COMPLETED 7/15/2025*** -- Divine Disclosure by David Syme Russell

"I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou"
18. Read a book where the authors' first and last initials are found in BLUEBAYOU. -- **COMPLETED 9/10/2025** -- Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt

"Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
Oh, that girl of mine by my side"
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love. -- ***COMPLETED*** 9/20/25 The Wild Palms by William Faulkner tells two stories. In the tragedy, two lovers find each other, the woman leaving her family for a life with the one she loves. In the comedy, two people find each other, but I don't think he really loves her -- she, on the other hand, just might love him.

"The silver moon and the evening tide"
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover. ***COMPLETED*** -- 9/25/25 The Devil and the Deep edited by Ellen Datlow.

22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#). ***COMPLETED*** 7 17 2025 The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen.
Chapter 6: The Novel of the Black Seal
Par. 31
"'I have taken a country house in the west of England, not far from Caermaen, a quiet little town, once a city,'…We set out at mid-day, and it was in the dusk of the evening that we arrived at a little country station. I was tired and excited, and the drive through the lanes seems all a dream. First the deserted streets of a forgotten village, while I heard Professor Gregg's voice...; then the broad river swimming to full tide with the last afterglow glimmering duskily in the yellow water."

"Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside"
23. Read a book where a character is healing. proposed -- Strangers by Gardner Dozois. Mostly this is an interspecies love story. Once the alien woman gets pregnant, her life is in danger. How does she heal from the pregnancy -- if she can?

"I'll never be blue, my dreams come true"
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true. ****COMPLETED*** 7/21/2025 -- Many voices: the autobiography of a medium, by Eileen J. Garrett. After a lifetime of confronting nonbelievers while trying to demystify her own spiritualist tendencies, the author in her later years achieves a solid, though not lavish, fame and some authentic queries from scientists. One such is John Hammond, who contacted her, saying, “’I have built a Faraday cage in which I would like you to work in trance, telepathy, and clairvoyance.’” Such acceptance of her work in spiritualism, and a lucrative publishing career in that field, made her “Delighted to cooperate” (p 200). Garrett's "delighted" state appears to have defined her last years, at least before writing this third and most positive of her autobiographies.



"On Blue Bayou"
25. Read a book with a color word in the title. -- Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley*** COMPLETED *** 10/3/2025

Finished!
I love this song!

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.
15/15

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Doctor Who: Blood of the Daleks, Part 1 by Steve Lyons 7/04/25

I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
The Quiche and the Dead by Kirsten Weiss 7/16/25

Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Never a Traitor by Jan Thompson 7/06/25

On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
by Andrew Smith 7/03/28

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.

Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Inspector Chopra and the Million-Dollar Motor Car by Vaseem Khan 7/19/25

Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.

On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
A Whisper in the Walls by Scott Reintgen 7/07/25

Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Doctor Who: Blood of the Daleks, Part 2 by Steve Lyons 7/04/25

Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
Meow If It's Murder by T.C. LoTempio 7/21/25

If I could only see
13. Read a book with an eye on the cover (show cover).
by Alex Willan 7/08/25

That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.

And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.

Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Holi Hai! by Chitra Soundar 7/21/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Serial Burn by Lynette Eason 7/11/25

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow 7/24/25

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Beloved Protector by Darlene Mindrup 7/20/25

The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Ghost Ship by Clive Cussler 7/15/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
Max by Katherine Cecil Thurston 7/02/25

On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Blue Bayou FINISHED
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Read: 10/15

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware 8/18/25

I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson 7/8/25

Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.

On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom 8/6/25

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Billy Summers by Stephen King 10/25/24

Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston 10/22/25

Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.

On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.

Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.

Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.

If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover). Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood
by Ice-T

That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.

And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee 8/13/25

Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Lost Boy by Jay Martin 8/29/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 9/24/24

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.

The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth 11/7/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.

On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Blue Bayou
July - December 2025

My Blue Bayou Challenge (msg 29)

Books Read ❱❱ 25

I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
I'm so lonesome all the time
Since I left my baby behind
On Blue Bayou


☑️Read a book where someone is worried
🔺Seeing Red ❱❱ 07.09 ★★
☑️Read a book where someone is lonely
🔺Flirting with Disaster ❱❱ 07.05 ★★★★
☑️Read a book where a character is left behind
🔺Wounded ❱❱ 07.04 ★★★★
☑️Read a book with a blue cover
🔺The Au Pair Affair ❱❱ 07.23 ★★★★

Saving nickels, saving dimes
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
Looking forward to happier times
On Blue Bayou


☑️Read a book where money is saved
🔺Appaloosa Blues ❱❱ 07.22 ★★★
☑️Read a book where someone works a lot
🔺Good Tidings ❱❱ 07.17 ★★★★
☑️Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness
🔺The Wedding Dress Diaries ❱❱ 07.03 ★★★
☑️Read a book set near a bayou
🔺Bayou Baby ❱❱ 09.06 ★★★★

I'm going back someday
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou


☑️Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown
🔺Uncovered ❱❱ 07.06 ★★★★
☑️Read a book where someone lets things happen
🔺Her Something Impetuous ❱❱ 07.21 ★★★★
☑️Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing
🔺Whiskey Chaser ❱❱ 08.30 ★★★★

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
If I could only see
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be


☑️Read a book where there is a marina in the story
🔺11 Bodies Moving On ❱❱ 07.20 ★★★
☑️Read a book whose title begins with I
🔺Intimate Enemies ❱❱ 07.15 ★★★
☑️Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise
🔺Love, Tussles, and Takedowns ❱❱ 08.23 ★★★★

Go to see my baby again
And to be with some of my friends
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou


☑️Read a second chance romance book
🔺Danger in Academia ❱❱ 08.27 ★★★★
☑️Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends
🔺Almost a Bride ❱❱ 09.24 ★★★
☑️Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter
🔺Bloody Bones ❱❱ 10.27 ★★★

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou


☑️Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU
🔺The Sapphire Affair ❱❱ 07.30 ★★★★
☑️Read a book where a person is loved by their town
🔺Sticks and Bones ❱❱ 07.27 ★★★★

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
The silver moon and the evening tide


☑️Read a book where a person has found the one they love
🔺Always Only You ❱❱ 07.20 ★★★★
☑️Read a book with a moon on the cover
🔺Clacking Bones ❱❱ 07.11 ★★★
☑️Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text
🔺Come on, miss, we’ve the tide to catch. [loc 363.9]
🔺My Runaway Heart ❱❱ 07.11 ★★★

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside


☑️Read a book where a character is healing
🔺Trauma Plan ❱❱ 07.31 ★★★★

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true


On Blue Bayou
☑️Read a book where someone is happy
🔺Holiday Rescue ❱❱ 07.03 ★★★★
☑️Read a book with a color word in the title
🔺Yellowstone Vows ❱❱ 08.31 ★★★

Welcome Nick, Anne, Zenobia and LaurLa!

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

1. Read a book where someone is worried. Rav is worried about his mother
Abscond by Abraham Verghese 7/10/2025
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Loneliest Angel by Aron Lewes 8/14/2025
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Valor on the Move by Keira Andrews 7/9/2025
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
by Patti Benning 7/12/2025
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
The Monet Murders by Josh Lanyon 7/14/2025
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
Busted by Diane Kelly 7/28/2025
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Leave by L.A. Witt 9/3/2025
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
by L.A. Witt 8/31/2025
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman 9/20/2025
15. Read a second chance romance book.
Ghosted by Josh Lanyon 8/11/2025
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Murder in the Cayman Islands by Dianne Harman 7/30/2025
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Earth Angel by Aron Lewes 7/17/2025
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
His Coffee Shop Crush by Elle Waters 7/7/2025
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Halloween Hayride Murder by Linnea West 10/4/2025
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true. Madeline is happy when she can keep the dog.
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans 7/27/2025
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.
Limoncello Yellow by Traci Andrighetti 10/1/2025

Welcome Genevieve!

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Inheritance of Loss, The: A Novel by Kiran Desai 25/07
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup 06/07
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn 04/08 - Flossie is left behind when the other siblings went to war
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey 31/12

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
The Abundance by Amit Majmudar 29/08
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden 15/09
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.
Interview with the Vampire byAnne Rice 14/11


I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 25/09
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore 28/11
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 18/11
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 01/09
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore 18/12 - All he could do was stand there and wave goodbye, even as the tide of Dream Harbor threatened to pull him under
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
The Names by Florence Knapp 22/10

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Welcome Jess!

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

Completed: 15/15

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried. The Titanic Sisters - Patricia Falvey 7/28/25
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely. The Perfect Match - Kristan Higgins 7/28/25
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind. Dragon Teeth - Michael Crichton 8/8/25
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover). Funny Story - Emily Henry 7/20/25

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown. The Inmate - Freida McFadden 7/29/25
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen. Family Tree - Barbara Delinsky 7/29/25
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover). If It Bleeds - Stephen King 7/24/25
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book. It's Better This Way - Debbie Macomber 8/13/25
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter. Twisted Threads - Lea Wait 7/22/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU. Demon Slayer - Aubrey Law 7/22/25
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover). Fried Chicken & Fangs - Bella Falls 7/24/25
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#). Carpe Corpus - Rachel Caine 8/1/25 (pg. 218 – Father Joe spoke over the rising tide of whispers.)
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing. Blue Sisters - Coco Mellors 7/31/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true. Let Me Free You - Alexandria House 8/4/25
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title. Red Clay - Charles B. Fancher 7/17/25

Welcome Caraina!

Completed
Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Completion: 15/15
Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
"....but I'm worried there are people inside that house in significant distress" p. 6 | One in Four | Lucinda Berry | 07.01

I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely. | (view spoiler)[ Sarah is lonely until John kidnaps his next victim. (hide spoiler)] Appetite for Innocence | Lucinda Berry | 07.06

Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind. | (view spoiler)[ After they were killed each character was left behind. - p.295 (hide spoiler)] | Ask for Andrea | Noelle W. Ihli | 07.02

On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
The Chase | Elle Kennedy | 07.07


Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved. | Sabrina is saving up so that she can take a year off work when she goes to Harvard | The Goal | Elle Kennedy | 07.13

Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Casey | Under Her Care | Lucinda Berry | 07.15

Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
Between Us | Mhairi McFarlane | 07.05

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Naomi went back to her hometown to find out what really happened in the woods | What Lies in the Woods | Kate Alice Marshall | 07.11

Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
(view spoiler)[ Sadie lets Ted Believe that she thinks Alice is here because of him. (hide spoiler)] My Husband's Ex | Rosie Walker | 07.15

Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone goes fishing. | "She was fishing, and when she fished he always teased her." - p. 249 | Graceling | Kristin Cashore | 07.09

And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
The entire book is about reconnecting with old friends and family | The Legacy | Elle Kennedy | 07.15

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Megan is loved by everyone | The Girl Who Was Taken | Charlie Donlea | 07.11

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Dean and Allie :) | The Score | Elle Kennedy | 07.12

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing. | Finding Mr. July | Anna E. Collins | 07.08

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true. | Logan is happy he can play pro and his dad gets help | The Mistake | Elle Kennedy | 07.12

WOOHOO Angel!

FINISHED

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

15/15+

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
🔷 Characters are "poor relations' worried about starving - Lady Fortescue Steps Out by Marion Chesney 7/4/25

I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
🔷 Teenage MC is very lonely when she immigrates from Korea to Alabama - Almost American Girl by Robin Ha 7/16/25

Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
🔷 As a child, Cath was always left behind by her mother - Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess 7/1/25

On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.

Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
🔷 Even in her late 70s, Edith is working at Kohl's and Arby's - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 7/13/25

Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.

On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.
🔷 French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron 7/5/25

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
🔷 MC returns to town she lived in as a child - Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton 7/8/25

Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.

Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.
🔷 MC Amy sleeps all day after being kidnapped and attacked by a murderer - A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert 7/15/25

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
🔷 Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross 7/3/25

If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
🔷 Eye on cover - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia 7/6/25


That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
🔷 Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan 7/5/25

And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.

Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
🔷 Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower 7/7/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
🔷 Author's initial's are EA - A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams 7/17/25

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
🔷 Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter 7/10/25

The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).

22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
🔷 "...in case the tide came in before we got back." 76% - Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon 7/11/25

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
🔷 MC is healing - physically and otherwise - after a vicious kidnapping - Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

WOOHOO Michelle!

FINISHED
Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1-19, 2025
Read: 15/15
Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~

1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Say You're Sorry Melinda Leigh 7/5/25

2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Murder Comes to Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/4/25

3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Hooked By Love Katharine E. Hamilton 7/15/25

4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
The Widow Carla Neggers 7/14/25

5. Read a book where money is saved.

6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Catch Her Death Melinda Leigh 7/2/25

7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
Key Lime Garden Inn Annie Cabot 7/6/25

8. Read a book set near a bayou.

9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
The Summer That Changed Everything Brenda Novak 7/3/25

10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.

11. Read a book where someone goes fishing.
The Guest Cottage Lori Foster 7/12/25

12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.

13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).

14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
Rage Linda Castillo 7/10/25

15. Read a second chance romance book.

16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.

17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Enchanted Enough Kelly Elliott 7/13/25

18. Read a book where the author's initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
The Ghosts of Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/10/25

19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.


20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
These Summer Storms Sarah MacLean 7/9/25

21. Read a book with a moon on the cover.
Some Girls Bite Chloe Neill 7/12/25

22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
p 229 Bone Canyon Lee Goldberg 7/19/25

23. Read a book where a character is healing.
When Stars Fall at Midnight Tess Thompson 7/7/25


24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.

25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

Finished!
I love this song!

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 24, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.
15/15

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Doctor Who: Blood of the Daleks, Part 1 by Steve Lyons 7/04/25

I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
The Quiche and the Dead by Kirsten Weiss 7/16/25

Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Never a Traitor by Jan Thompson 7/06/25

On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
by Andrew Smith 7/03/28

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.

Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Inspector Chopra and the Million-Dollar Motor Car by Vaseem Khan 7/19/25

Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.

On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
A Whisper in the Walls by Scott Reintgen 7/07/25

Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Doctor Who: Blood of the Daleks, Part 2 by Steve Lyons 7/04/25

Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
Meow If It's Murder by T.C. LoTempio 7/21/25

If I could only see
13. Read a book with an eye on the cover (show cover).
by Alex Willan 7/08/25

That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.

And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.

Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Holi Hai! by Chitra Soundar 7/21/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Serial Burn by Lynette Eason 7/11/25

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow 7/24/25

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Beloved Protector by Darlene Mindrup 7/20/25

The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Ghost Ship by Clive Cussler 7/15/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
Max by Katherine Cecil Thurston 7/02/25

On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.

WOOHOO Anne!

COMPLETED 07.25.25


Blue Bayou: 18/15+
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

💧 1. Read a book where someone is worried: Fractured | Catherine McKenzie | 07.03.25 | p. 193: And that's what we've all been worried about since the beginning.
💧 2. Read a book where someone is lonely: The Museum of Failures | Thrity Umrigar | 07.08.25 | p. 172: "Are you lonely?" Remy was startled by Gulnaz's perception. "Yes, of course..."
💧 3. Read a book where a character is left behind: Run for the Hills | Kevin Wilson | 07.04.25 | Rueben, Mad, Pepper, and Tom were all left behind by their father when they were children
💧 4. Read a book with a blue cover: El Dorado Drive | Megan Abbott | 07.21.25

5. Read a book where money is saved:
6. Read a book where someone works a lot:

💧 7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness: The Mighty Red | Louise Erdrich | 07.14.25 | Kismet Poe Geist

8. Read a book set near a bayou:
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown:

💧10. Read a book where someone lets things happen: The Lightning Bottles | Marissa Stapley | 07.11.25

11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day OR where someone goes fishing:

💧12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story: A Death in Door County | Annelise Ryan | 07.15.25 | p. 270: "I went out to the marina and examined that boat you rented out myself..."
💧13. Read a book with a title that begins with I: The Ideological Brain | Leor Zmigrod | 07.09.25
💧14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise: Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald | Therese Anne Fowler | 07.05.25 | p. 343: After fitful sleep, I woke ahead of sunrise and found a sheet of paper had been slipped beneath my door.
💧15. Read a second-chance romance: What Happens in Amsterdam | Rachel Lynn Solomon | 07.17.25
💧16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends: The Greatest Beer Run Ever | John "Chick" Donohue | 07.13.25

17. Read a book with a two-word title where both words begin with the same letter:

💧18. Read a book where the author’s initials are found in BLUE BAYOU: Crown | Evanthia Bromiley | 07.04.25

19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town:

💧20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love: This Summer Will Be Different | Carley Fortune | 07.24.25
💧21. Read a book with a moon on the cover: The Three-Body Problem | Liu Cixin | 07.24.25

💧22. Read a book where the word tide is found in the text: The Summer of Yes | Courtney Walsh | 07.08.25 | p. 274: In only a few days, my fear of water has subsided, like low tide.
💧23. Read a book where a character is healing: The Sum of All Kisses | Julia Quinn | 07.16.25
💧24. Read a book where someone is happy: Can't Get Enough | Kennedy Ryan | 07.11.25
💧25. Read a book with a color word in the title: When the Earth Was Green | Riley Black | 07.03.25

WOOHOO Laura!

COMPLETION POST
Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for. 17/15

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
✅1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes Read 7/9/25. Sam and Nisha are both worried about money and work

I'm so lonesome all the time
✅2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson. Read 7/14/25
Bessie and Roland are lonely

Since I left my baby behind
✅3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
The Memory of Love by Linda Olsson Read 7/17/25
Marion's brother was left behind when their parents were murdered.

On Blue Bayou
✅4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
REad 7/20/25


Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.

Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
✅6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein Read 7/23/25 Alex Murdaugh works a lot

Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.

On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
✅9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks Read 7/22/25
Marissa goes back to her hometown of Eastern Shore

Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play

On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.

If I could only see
✅13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
Read 8/2/25


That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
✅14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
Sweet Girl by Rachel Hollis Read 7/28/25 The Girls #2
Max gets up at 4/30 to start preparing recipes for her boss Avis

✅Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg REad 7/26/25
Iris and John

And to be with some of my friends
✅16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel Read 7/18/25
The astronauts wive's have a reunion in 1991 and reconnect with friends they haven't seen since the space program shut down in 1972

Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
✅17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
A Victim at Valentine's by Ellie Alexander Read 7/10/25 Victim and Valentine's

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
✅18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Life's Golden Ticket: A Story About Second Chances by Brendon Burchard Read 7/11/25. B and B

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
✅19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton
Read the 8/4/25 Mr. Chips is loved by all

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
✅20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
The Hope of Heaven: How the Promise of Eternity Changes Everything by Sheila Walsh Read 7/3/25. Sheila found Barry

The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).

Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
✅23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder by Mikita Brottman. Read 7/26/25
Brian is healing

✅I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas Read 7/17/25
Lina finds the love of her life.


✅On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.
The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green Read 9/10/25. BLACK

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Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

15/15 Completed. Finish

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Only With Me-Brooke Montgomery 7/10/25
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Buried Dreams-Natasha Madison 7/15/25
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
A Winter's Kill-J.K. Ellem 7/10/25


Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Holding-Alexandria House 7/18/25
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Scatter the Bones-Autumn Jones Lake 8/05/25
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Luck of the Draw-Gina LaManna 7/15/25
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I
If You Stayed-Brittainy C. Cherry 7/16/25
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
She Was Mine First-M. Robinson 7/11/25
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Valpolicella Violet-Traci Andrighetti 7/09/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
Adriana Locke-Fling 7/03/25
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Reckless Love-Willow Aster 7/06/25
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
Rewriting the Stars-Claire Kingsley 7/23/25

22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Here and Now-Corinne Michaels 7/08/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where their dreams come true.
Change of Heart-Nicole Jacquelyn 7/02/25
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.
Tuaca Tan: A Private Investigator Comedy Mystery-Traci Andrighetti 8/05/25

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WOOHOO Michele and Frankie!

Went a little over but always like to make sure I've got enough that are right lol

Blue Bayou
Duration: July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
15/15 (read 21)

Object: Pick 15 tasks to read for.

~The Lyrics~
I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind
1. Read a book where someone is worried.
Bears, Berries & Beginnings Fran Heap 7/9/25
I'm so lonesome all the time
2. Read a book where someone is lonely.
Sandra Murder at the High School Reunion Lee Hollis 7/3/25
Since I left my baby behind
3. Read a book where a character is left behind.
Secrets Buried in the Backyard Reva Davenport 8/2/25
On Blue Bayou
4. Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
Cindy Bell 7/5/25

Saving nickels, saving dimes
5. Read a book where money is saved.
Dye Hard with a Vengeance Amber Crewes 7/14/25
Workin' 'til the sun don't shine
6. Read a book where someone works a lot.
Adam Killer Fruitcake Amelia Pine 7/10/25
Looking forward to happier times
7. Read a book where someone is waiting for happiness.
Murder in the Mountains Jamie Lassen 7/7/25
On Blue Bayou
8. Read a book set near a bayou.

I'm going back someday
9. Read a book where someone is going back to their hometown.
Charley Murder on the Books T.C. LoTempio 7/2/25
Come what may, to Blue Bayou
10. Read a book where someone lets things happen.
Murder Served Cold Daisy Belle 7/4/25
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play
On Blue Bayou
11. Read a book where someone sleeps all day or goes fishing.
Fishing, Phil Shrimp Showdown Sabotage Lola Finch 7/1/25

All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat
12. Read a book where there is a marina in the story.
Death by Deep Dive Tess Marlowe 7/12/25
If I could only see
13. Read a book whose title begins with I or with an eye on the cover (show cover).
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
14. Read a book where a person is awake before sunrise.
Reg Death by Diamond Lab Tess Marlowe 7/6/25

Go to see my baby again
15. Read a second chance romance book.
The Cursed Coffee Beans R.A. Muth 8/11/25
And to be with some of my friends
16. Read a book where a person reconnects with old friends.
Beary Happy Returns Amy Umphrey 7/29/25
Maybe I'd be happy then
On Blue Bayou
17. Read a book with a two word title where both words begin with the same letter.
Fatal Flirtation Hope Callaghan 7/13/25

I'm going back someday
Gonna stay on Blue Bayou
18. Read a book where the authors' initials are found in BLUEBAYOU.
EA A Garnish of Guilt Emma Ainsley 7/28/25
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
19. Read a book where a person is loved by their town.
Maya Paws and Effect Sharon Michaels 7/23/25

Oh, that girl of mine by my side
20. Read a book where a person has found the one they love.
Hannah & Ben The Chaos at the Campground Courtney McFarlin 7/25/25
The silver moon and the evening tide
21. Read a book with a moon on the cover (show cover).
Lola Finch 8/1/25
22. Read a book where the word TIDE is found in the text (share page/loc#).
loc 389 “…sister’s pushiness would turn the tide in his favor…” Death and the Librarian Victoria Gilbert 7/8/25
Oh, some sweet day
Gonna take away this hurting inside
23. Read a book where a character is healing.
Buttons and Burglary Lucinda Race 7/4/25

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
24. Read a book where someone is happy or their dreams come true.
Happily retired Death by Hibiscus Bush Tess Marlowe 7/8/25
On Blue Bayou
25. Read a book with a color word in the title.
Ranch & Red Herrings Tonya Kappes 7/11/25

WOOHOO Tari!

JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!"

Thanks, JoAnne!