Connie N.’s Comments (group member since Sep 03, 2013)

Connie N.’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Excellent job, Keely, on getting your oldest TBR down considerably.

Cat, that's quite an accomplishment!

The other Sandy--you can do it!

What a delightful book! Definitely NOT sad, despite the fact that it's about the death of a young teenager. Very unique:

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin - 8/20/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

My review

Great job, JC and Owl! I actually finished my challenge a while ago, but I've increased my goal since there's so much time left in the year,
This challenge is definitely encouraging me to read all those older books on my TBR.

National Cheese Day - Part 2

Neufchatel (10/10)
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
C - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥

Operetta (8/8)
O - Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Parmesan (8/8)
P - The Playboy by Carly Phillips - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Secrets in Death - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Still the One by Jill Shalvis - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
N - Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥

Q - Roquefort (9/9)
R - Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Resilient by Gillian Archer - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Ricotta (7/7)
R - Robb, J.D. - Dark in Death - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cristin Cooper - Until Now - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥

Swiss (5/5)
S – Shalvis, Jill - Nobody But You - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - The Kept Woman - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥

Trelawny (8/8)
T - Templeton, Karen - Dear Santa - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - First Degree - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
W - White Heat by Jill Shalvis - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
Y - Yours, Mine... or Ours? by Karen Templeton - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥

Urda (4/4)
U - Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
R - Richard Yancey - The Highly Effective Detective - 8/12/20 ♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Silver Linings - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Valencay (8/8)
V - Valerie by Debbie Macomber - 7/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ally Carter - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lavinia Kent - Unsuitable - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - 9 1/2 Days by Mia Zachary - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥
A - Amanda Usen - Into the Fire - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - Dark Heritage - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥

Wagon Wheel (10/10)
W - Wilde One by Jannine Gallant - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alleman, Normandie - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
W - What You Wish For by Katherine Center - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Haddon, Mark - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - No Place Like You - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lundy, J.T. - Saving Grapes - 5/13/20 ♥♥

X - Oaxaca (6/6)
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
A - Amanda Prowse - The Girl in the Corner - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cynthia Woolf - Mail Order Outlaw - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
A - Anna James Watson - Blackmail - 7/18/20 ♥♥♥

Yeo Lake (7/7)
Y - Yates, Maisey - Heir to a Dark Inheritance - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Twisted Twenty-Six - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lynne Reid Banks - Tiger, Tiger - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood - 7/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kelly Jamieson - Playing Hurt - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eve Langlais - In the Mood Fur Love - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥

Zwitser (7/7)
Z - Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
W - What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
T - Trish McCallan - Forged in Smoke - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
S - Shel Silverstein - Falling Up - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥
R - Roosevelt, Elliott - The Hyde Park Murder - 8/15/20 ♥♥♥

*******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/15/20*****

A long challenge complete! Thanks for the fun.

National Cheese Day
Timeframe: 7/1/19 to 8/15/20
183/183
26/26 Cheeses

Alverca (7/7)
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
L – Latesha Kellam - The Match Disaster - 6/6/20 ♥♥
V - Vicki Lewis Thompson - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Devoted in Death - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥

Brie (4/4)
B - Below Deck by Tara Sivec - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - Open and Shut - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Spann Craig - A Body in the Backyard - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥

Cheddar (7/7)
C – Circe by Madeline Miller - 5/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Drake, Olivia - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebellious by Gillian Archer - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥

Derby (5/5)
D - Dick Francis - Bonecrack - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Bolt by Dick Francis - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥

Edam (4/4)
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dina Silver - One Pink Line 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marrying Kind by Jean Carew - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥

Feta (4/4)
F - Full Heat by Carla Swafford - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Gouda (5/5)
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
O - One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - My Favorite Cowboy - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥

Harbison (8/8)
H – The Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anne Hampson - Eternal Summer - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
B - Bitter Sweets by G.A. McKevett - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Inverness (9/9)
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
V - Valentine, Marquita - Hard to Fall - 4/23/20 ♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - R.A. Scotti - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
S - Sidney Halston - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥

Jarlsberg (9/9)
J - Jones, Sandie - The Other Woman - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
R - Roberts, Nora - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Gornall - Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Butcher, Jim - Storm Front - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grafton, Sue - M is for Malice - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥

Kefir (5/5)
K - Katherine Center - How to Walk Away - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fruit of All Evil by Paige Shelton - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Reluctantly Royal by Gillian Archer - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥

Limburger (9/9)
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
I – If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - Marie Force - Fatal Justice - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
B - Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Echoes in Death - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - A Cowboy Like You - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥

Mascarpone (10/10)
M - My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥
R - Richard Thomas - Disintegration - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
P – Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon A Christmas by Holly Jacobs - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥

PICNICS - Part 2

Napkin (6/6)
N - Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kate Meader - Illegally Yours - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - 9 1/2 Days by Mia Zachary - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥

Outdoors (8/8)
O - Olivia Drake - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - A Cowboy Like You - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
O - Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - Open and Shut - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Shalvis, Jill - My Kind of Wonderful - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

Picnic (6/6)
P - Phillips, Carly - The Heartbreaker - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
C - Carew, Jean - The Marrying Kind - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Normandie Alleman - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Carolyn Keene - Password to Larkspur Lane - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥

Q - Barbeque (8/8)
B - Author Jessica Beck - Fatally Frosted - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥
B - Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
Q - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Relish (6/6)
R - Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - No Place Like You - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lundy, J.T. - Saving Grapes - 5/13/20 ♥♥
I - Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hard to Fall by Marquita Valentine - 4/23/20 ♥♥

Sandwich (8/8)
S - Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥

Table (5/5)
T - 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Buck, Craig Faustus - Go Down Hard - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
L - Laura Lippman - Sunburn - 6/27/20 ♥♥♥
E - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥

U - Lunch (5/5)
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
U - Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
C - Carly Phillips - The Playboy - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holly Jacobs - Once Upon a Valentine's - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥

Volleyball (10/10)
V - Valerie by Debbie Macomber - 7/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lavinia Kent - Unsuitable - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lynne Reid Banks - Tiger, Tiger - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - Dark Heritage - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥
B - A Body in the Backyard by Elizabeth Spann Craig - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Latesha Kellam - The Match Disaster - 6/6/20 ♥♥
L - Lisa Lutz - The Spellmans Strike Again - 7/2/20 ♥♥♥♥

Watermelon (10/10)
W - What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Resilient - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Twisted Twenty-Six - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Dark in Death - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Madeline Miller - Circe - 5/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lauren Layne - To Have and to Hold - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Pink Line by Dina Silver - 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥

X - Excursion (9/9)
E - Emma Chase - Appealed - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
C - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
U - Unmanageable by Lavinia Kent - 8/5/20 ♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - First Degree - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shelton, Paige - Fruit of All Evil - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - On September Hill by Leigh Michaels - 7/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Shady (5/5)
S - Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
D - Darynda Jones - The Trouble with Twelfth Grave - 6/22/20 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yoerg, Sonja - The Middle of Somewhere - 7/10/20 ♥♥♥

Z - Gazebo (6/6)
G - Gerritsen, Tess - The Surgeon - 6/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Amanda Prowse - The Girl in the Corner - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
B - Below Deck by Tara Sivec - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/5/20*****

Another long-term challenge complete. It took me just over a year.

PICNICS
Timeframe: 7/4/19 to 8/5/20
190/190
26/26 Picnic Words

Al fresco (8/8)
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Liz Lipperman - Beef Stolen-Off - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
F - Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebellious by Gillian Archer - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥

Basket (6/6)
B - Bitter Sweets by G.A. McKevett - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Carla Swafford - Full Heat - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥
K - The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T – Trish McCallan - Forged in Ember - 7/4/20 ♥♥♥♥

Cooler (6/6)
C – Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 6/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon A Christmas by Holly Jacobs - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Dessert (7/7)
D - Dick Francis - Bonecrack - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shel Silverstein - Falling Up - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

Eats (4/4)
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Reluctantly Royal - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
S - Sandie Jones - The Other Woman - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥

Fried Chicken (12/12)
F - Forged in Smoke by Trish McCallan - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
R - R.A. Scotti - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
I – If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - Bolt - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cowboy, Cross My Heart by Donna Grant - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cait Flanders - The Year of Less - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
K - Katherine Center - What You Wish For - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥

Games (5/5)
G - Gallant, Jannine - Wilde One - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Marie Force - Fatal Justice - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
S - Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥

Horseshoes (10/10)
H - Heller, Joseph - Catch-22 - 2/9/20 ♥♥
O - Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - White Heat - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Heir to a Dark Inheritance by Maisey Yates - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥

Iced Tea (7/7)
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cristin Cooper - Until Now - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dear Santa by Nancy Naigle - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥

Juice (5/5)
J - Jamieson, Kelly - Playing Hurt - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
C - Caitlin Crews - A True Cowboy Christmas - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eternal Summer by Anne Hampson - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥

Ketchup (7/7)
K - Karen Templeton - Dear Santa - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
P – Penny, Louise - A Fatal Grace - 7/9/20 ♥♥♥♥

Lemonade (8/8)
L - Louise Gornall - Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - M is for Malice by Sue Grafton - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
D - Disintegration by Richard Thomas - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥

Macaroni Salad (13/13)
M - Mail Order Outlaw by Cynthia Woolf - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
A - Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Carolyn Keene - The Mystery at Lilac Inn - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
A – Anna James Watson - Blackmail - 7/18/20 ♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Enough to Know Better by Vicki Lewis Thompson - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
S - Still the One by Jill Shalvis - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - My Favorite Cowboy - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥

Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "WHY AM I SO CRAP AT READING MY KINDLE!!"

I know what you mean, Gem. I generally read my physical books first. But we're all in this together...

Melanie wrote: "Connie, you have some great books in there. I see a lot of ones I've read and enjoyed."

That's good to know, Melanie. I'm really looking forward to most of the books in my library, it's just that I signed up (and got approved for) so many at once. Now I've finally learned to be much more selective in my choices.

I haven't participated in this challenge in a while, so I think it's time. And I'll be brave and post how many books I have left to read and review. On the plus side, however, I'm happy that I've been able to increase my percentage to 74% and am close to moving up again. AND I've been much more careful about requesting books after getting so out of control a couple of years ago.

NetGalley Challenge – August
Feedback ratio - 74% - Increased to 75%

On shelf 8/1/20 - 128
Read: 5
Added: 3
On Shelf 8/31/20 - 126

2014 (0/8):


2015 (0/23):


2016 (0/12):


2017 (2/23):


2018 (1/38):


2019 (1/15):


2020 (1/12):


Completed/Reviews:
1. Unmanageable by Lavinia Kent - 8/5/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review
2. Misconduct by Samantha Kane - 8/8/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
3. Her Leading Hero by Maggie Dallen - 8/10/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review
4. Stroke of Luck by Opal Carew - 8/14/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review
5. Ice Hot by Tracy Goodwin - 8/29/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

Apple Pie Day - Part 3

Rome (4/4)
R - Richard Thomas - Disintegration - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
O - Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Marie Force - Fatal Justice - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥

Sundance (8/8)
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nan Asquith - Only My Heart To Give - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dina Silver - One Pink Line 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - 9 1/2 Days by Mia Zachary - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
C – A Cowboy Like You by Donna Grant - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥

Tolman Sweet (11/11)
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lavinia Kent - Angel in Scarlet - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
A – Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
N - Normandie Alleman - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥
S - Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wilde One by Jannine Gallant - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Thompson, Vicki Lewis - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥

U - Mutsu (5/5)
M - M is for Malice by Sue Grafton - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Now by Cristin Cooper - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥

V - Envy (4/4)
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
V - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scotti- 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - Dark Heritage - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥

Winesap (7/7)
W - When Comes the Spring by Janette Oke - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - No Place Like You by Emma Douglas - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Spann Craig - A Body in the Backyard - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Fire Touched - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥

X - Cox's Orange Pippin (16/16)
C - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
S - Shalvis, Jill - My Kind of Wonderful - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - Open and Shut - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - My Favorite Cowboy - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Pearl S. Buck - Three Daughters of Madame Liang - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paige Shelton - Fruit of All Evil - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity: Detective - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

York (4/4)
Y - Yates, Maisey - Heir to a Dark Inheritance - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥
O - One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥
K - Keene, Carolyn - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥

Zestar (6/6)
Z - Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Appealed - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shel Silverstein - Falling Up - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Secrets in Death - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 7/15/20*****

Apple Pie Day - Part 2

Jonathan (8/8)
J - Jill Shalvis - Still the One - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
O – Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
T – Templeton, Karen - Dear Santa - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nicole Edwards - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥

Kanzi (5/5)
K - Katherine Center - What You Wish For - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A – Ashley, Kristen - Rock Chick Reawakening - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥

Liberty (7/7)
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Bonecrack by Dick Francis - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥

Mcintosh (8/8)
M - Author G.A. McKevett - Bitter Sweets - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
I - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O – The Other Woman by Sandie Jones - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥

Northern Spy (11/11)
N - Nightingale Way by Emily March - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
H - His Wicked Wish by Olivia Drake - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
R – Reluctantly Royal by Gillian Archer - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
S - Author Carla Swafford - Full Heat - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥
P - Phyllis A. Whitney - Ever After - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yours, Mine... or Ours? by Karen Templeton - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥

Opal (4/4)
O - One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lavinia Kent - Unsuitable - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥

Pinata (6/6)
P - The Playboy by Carly Phillips - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
A - Arbor, Jane - The Other Miss Donne - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥

Q - Devonshire Quarreden (19/19)
D - Donna Grant - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
V - Valentine, Marquita - Hard to Fall - 4/23/20 ♥♥
O - Once Upon A Christmas by Holly Jacobs - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - The Kept Woman - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Q - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
R – Resilient by Gillian Archer - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - Bolt - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥

All done! Thanks for the fun.

Apple Pie Day
Timeframe: 5/1/19 to 7/15/20
193/193
26/26 Apples

Apples (6/6)
A - Amanda Prowse - The Girl in the Corner - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Hurt by Kelly Jamieson - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Phinn, Gervase - The Other Side of the Dale - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lois Greiman - Unscrewed - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - White Heat - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥

Baldwin (7/7)
B - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Liz Lipperman - Beef Stolen-Off - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
D - Author Debbie Macomber - Love Letters - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Author William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥

Cortland (8/8)
C – Carew, Jean - The Marrying Kind - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Royal Pain by Tracy Wolff - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Difficult Women by Roxane Gay - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥

Delicious (9/9)
D - Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Gornall - Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
C - A Curve in the Road by Julianne MacLean - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity by Ross Petras - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥

Empire (6/6)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Max by Sawyer Bennett - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Robert B. Parker - Looking For Rachel Wallace - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Devoted in Death - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Fuji (4/4)
F - Follow Love by J.H. Croix - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
J - Jessica Beck - Fatally Frosted - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Gala (4/4)
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anne Hampson - Eternal Summer - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥

Honeycrisp (10/10)
H - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
Y - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross Petras - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Scored by Sloane Howell - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥

Idared (6/6)
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - For Kicks - 6/25/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥
R - Rebellious by Gillian Archer - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥

Impressive, Marie. I've found myself starting some new series because of this challenge also. However, I'm more of a "read-one-book-in-a-series-at-a-time" kind of person, so it hasn't hindered my progress.

I'm doing so great with this challenge that I'm going to increase my goal to 36 (3 books a month).

I just finished The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz - 7/2/20 ♥♥♥♥


Not sure why it took me so long to continue with this series because I find it very entertaining and once again enjoyed the chaos and hilarity of this family.

I finished another good one. I don't know why it took me so long to get to the 2nd in this series. I enjoy the main characters (although Becca is a little too reckless for my taste), the mystery kept my interest, and I will definitely continue with this series.

Fruit of All Evil by Paige Shelton - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥

I expected to like this book more than I did. It got bogged down in logic and math, which made me skip a bunch of pages just to get past it.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
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National Humor Month - Part 2

Nutty (5/5)
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
U - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity by Ross Petras - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride by Leanne Banks - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥

O - Joke (4/4)
J - Jill Shalvis - Still the One - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only My Heart To Give by Nan Asquith - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
K - The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥

Playful (7/7)
P - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lavinia Kent - Angel in Scarlet - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aronson, Marc - One Death, Nine Stories - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross Petras - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - For Kicks by Dick Francis - 6/25/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lacey Alexander - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥

Quirk (5/5)
Q - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Apprentice in Death - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Keene, Carolyn - Password to Larkspur Lane - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥

Ridiculous (10/10)
R - Rebellious by Gillian Archer - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - Bolt - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Miss Donne by Jane Arbor - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥

Slapstick (9/9)
S - Author Carla Swafford - Full Heat - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
P - Phyllis A. Whitney - Ever After - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tayari Jones - An American Marriage - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
I - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
C - Cowboy, Cross My Heart by Donna Grant - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
K - Karen Marie Moning - Shadowfever - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥

Tomfoolery (10/10)
T - Thomas, Richard - Disintegration - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Kristina McMorris - Sold on a Monday - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
O – Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon A Christmas by Holly Jacobs - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lorelei James - One Night Rodeo - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roberts, Nora - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥

U - Humorous (8/8)
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
M - Marie Force - Fatal Justice - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
O - Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Now by Cristin Cooper - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - White Heat - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥

V - Clever (6/6)
C - Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lauren Layne - To Have and to Hold - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
V - The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Echoes in Death - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Wisecrack (9/9)
W - Wilde One by Jannine Gallant - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sue Grafton - M is for Malice - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥
K - Katherine Center - What You Wish For - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

X - Hoax (4/4)
H - Hart, Emma - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥

Y - Funny (5/5)
F - Falling Up by Shel Silverstein - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unsuitable by Lavinia Kent - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
N - Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity: Detective - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yates, Maisey - Heir to a Dark Inheritance - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥

Z - Dizzy (5/5)
D - Dick Francis - Bonecrack - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
Z - Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - Dark Heritage - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥

*******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/7/20*****

It took about a year, but I finished another long spell-out! Thanks for the fun.

National Humor Month
Timeframe: 4/1/19 to 5/7/20
172/172
26/26 Words

Amusement (9/9)
A - Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Madly by Ruthie Knox - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
S - Scored by Sloane Howell - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Max by Sawyer Bennett - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥

Banter (6/6)
B - Balogh, Mary - Only a Kiss - 11/4/19 - ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Anne Hampson - Eternal Summer - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Comical (7/7)
C - Cleat Chaser by Celia Aaron - 4/10/19 ♥♥
O – One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Kate Meader - Down with Love - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - Follow Love - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
L - Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥

Droll (5/5)
D - Author Kyra Davis - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Love Letters by Debbie Macomber - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥

Entertaining (12/12)
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥

Farce (5/5)
F - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Royal Pain by Tracy Wolff - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
C - A Curve in the Road by Julianne MacLean - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Grin (4/4)
G - G.A. McKevett - Bitter Sweets - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ruthless by Gillian Archer - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nicole Edwards - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥

Hoopla (6/6)
H - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Hurt by Kelly Jamieson - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Liz Lipperman - Beef Stolen-Off - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
A – Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥

I - Wit (3/3)
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
T – Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥

Jest (4/4)
J - Julia Quinn - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥

Kidding (7/7)
K - Kelly Jamieson - Back Check - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Drake, Olivia - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥

Laughter (8/8)
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gervase Phinn - The Other Side of the Dale - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Devoted in Death - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Merriment (9/9)
M - My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
R - R.A. Scotti - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nightingale Way by Emily March - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thompson, Vicki Lewis - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥

What a pleasant surprise! I'm not a cook, but I enjoyed seeing life in the back of a busy restaurant, as well as descriptions of preparing a menu for a restaurant opening. Great romance.

Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥