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

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

A few updates is all I managed in October, but I did increase my percentage from 75% to 76%, and that's a win!

NetGalley Challenge – October
Feedback ratio - 76%

On shelf 10/1/20 - 123
Read: 3
Added: 0
On Shelf 10/31/20 - 120

Completed/Reviews:
The Lake Season by Hannah McKinnon - 10/18/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review
All Night with the Cowboy by Soraya M. Lane - 10/22/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review
Wrong Question, Right Answer by Elle Casey - 10/28/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

NetGalley Challenge – November
Feedback ratio - 76% - Moved up to 77%

On shelf 11/1/20 - 120
Read: 3
Added: 1
On Shelf 11/30/20 - 118

2014 (0/8):


2015 (2/21):


2016 (0/10):


2017 (0/19):


2018 (0/35):


2019 (0/14):


2020 (1/13):


Completed/Reviews:
Win Me Over by Nicole Michaels - 11/11/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Must Love Dogs...and Hockey by Kelly Jamieson - 11/15/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Getting Rough by C.L. Parker - 11/27/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review

You can do it, Sophie!

Pizza - Part 2

Roasted Red Pepper (16/16)
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
S - Still the One by Jill Shalvis - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dear Santa by Karen Templeton - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Darynda Jones - The Trouble with Twelfth Grave - 6/22/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Playboy by Carly Phillips - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Fire Touched - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥

Sausage (7/7)
S - Saving Grapes by J.T. Lundy - 5/13/20 ♥♥
A - Ally Carter - Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - 8/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unmanageable by Lavinia Kent - 8/5/20 ♥♥♥
S - Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Gunmetal Magic - 8/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gerritsen, Tess - The Surgeon - 6/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥

Tomato (6/6)
T - Trish McCallan - Forged in Smoke - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
M - Mail Order Outlaw by Cynthia Woolf - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
A - All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark - 8/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn - 8/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Woman by Sandie Jones - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥

U - Mushrooms (9/9)
M - Misconduct by Samantha Kane - 8/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley - 8/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz - 7/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Huge Deal by Lauren Layne - 10/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - First Degree - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - On September Hill by Leigh Michaels - 7/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Opal Carew - Stroke of Luck - 8/14/20 ♥♥♥
M - Madeleine L'Engle - A Wind in the Door - 8/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shannon Stacey - Flare Up - 7/25/20 ♥♥♥

Veggies (7/7)
V - Valerie by Debbie Macomber - 7/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥
G - The Girl in the Corner by Amanda Prowse - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gornall, Louise - Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ice Hot by Tracy Goodwin - 8/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erma Bombeck - Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession - 7/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty - 9/17/20 ♥♥♥

Wood Fired (9/9)
W - What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - Stroke of Midnight - 9/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Beloved by Mary Balogh - 9/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Dallen, Maggie - Her Leading Hero - 8/10/20 ♥♥♥
F - Fishing with RayAnne by Ava Finch - 9/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Richard Yancey - The Highly Effective Detective - 8/12/20 ♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Twisted Twenty-Six - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Danielle Steel - Loving - 9/13/20 ♥♥♥♥

X - Extra Cheese (11/11)
E - Ewens, Tracy - Taste - 7/31/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
T - Taking a Chance by Maggie McGinnis - 9/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reborn by Kristen Ashley - 8/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ashley, Kristen - Rock Chick Reawakening - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Cowboy Stole My Heart by Soraya M. Lane - 9/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - The Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elliott Roosevelt - The Hyde Park Murder - 8/15/20 ♥♥♥
E - Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin - 8/20/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Elle Casey - Wrong Place, Right Time - 9/26/20 ♥♥♥♥

Yummy (5/5)
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 - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Marie Force - Fatal Justice - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
M - My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yoerg, Sonja - The Middle of Somewhere - 7/10/20 ♥♥♥

Z - Mozzarella (10/10)
M - The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
Z - Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
Z - Zachary, Mia - 9 1/2 Days - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D.17065 - Leverage in Death - 9/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Lisa Jackson - You Don't Want To Know - 7/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lawrence Block - Burglars Can't Be Choosers - 8/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥

*******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 10/5/20********

This was a fun spell-out challenge. I'm full!

PIZZA!
Timeframe: 9/1/19 to 10/5/20
200/200
26/26 Pizza Words

Artichoke (9/9)
A - Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Caitlin Crews - A True Cowboy Christmas - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kellam, Latesha - The Match Disaster - 6/6/20 ♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥

Bacon (5/5)
B - Bolt by Dick Francis - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥

Chicken (7/7)
C - Cristin Cooper - Until Now - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
H - Heir to a Dark Inheritance by Maisey Yates - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥
K - Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue - 8/2/20 ♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥

Deep Dish (8/8)
D - Dark Heritage by Yvonne Whittal - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Hurt by Kelly Jamieson - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Disintegration by Richard Thomas - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
S - Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥

Eggplant (8/8)
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
G - Grafton, Sue - M is for Malice - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gallant, Jannine - Wilde One - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Night Broken - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
L – Leslie Meier - Valentine Murder - 9/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Rebellious - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

Feta (4/4)
F - Forged in Ember by Trish McCallan - 7/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥

Garlic (6/6)
G - Grant, Donna - A Cowboy Like You - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
L – Lucas by Sawyer Bennett - 9/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
C - Center, Katherine - What You Wish For - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Ham (3/3)
H - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marrying Kind by Jean Carew - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥

I - Broccoli (8/8)
B - Bonecrack by Dick Francis - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - R.A. Scotti - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
C - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
O - Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Liane Moriarty - Nine Perfect Strangers - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Jalapeno (8/8)
J - Julianne MacLean - The Color of Heaven - 9/22/20 ♥♥♥
A - Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Normandie Alleman - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥
O - One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥

K - Steak (5/5)
S - Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tribute by Nora Roberts - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Anne Hampson - Eternal Summer - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
K - Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline - 9/4/20 ♥♥♥♥

L - Meatball (8/8)
M - My Favorite Cowboy by Donna Grant - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Spann Craig - A Body in the Backyard - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Reluctantly Royal - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Below Deck by Tara Sivec - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Resilient - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lavinia Kent - Unsuitable - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lynne Reid Banks - Tiger, Tiger - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥

Marinara (8/8)
M - Maureen Johnson - 13 Little Blue Envelopes - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
R – Robin McKinley - Water - 9/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Dark in Death - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood - 7/27/20 ♥♥♥♥

N - Onion (5/5)
O - One Pink Line by Dina Silver - 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Brophy - Hell On The Heart - 8/27/20 ♥♥♥

O - Black Olives (11/11)
B - Blackmail by Anna James Watson - 7/18/20 ♥♥♥
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
A - Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Circe by Madeline Miller - 5/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kilraine, Lee - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Enough to Know Better by Vicki Lewis Thompson - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Laura Lippman - Sunburn - 6/27/20 ♥♥♥
I - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
V - Valentine, Marquita - Hard to Fall - 4/23/20 ♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Pineapple (9/9)
P - Paige Shelton - Fruit of All Evil - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nathan Belofsky - Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages - 9/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ava Dellaira - Love Letters to the Dead - 7/30/20 ♥♥♥
P - Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie - 9/2/20 ♥♥♥
P - Poor Little Daddy's Girl by Normandie Alleman - 9/27/20 ♥♥
L - Louise Penny - A Fatal Grace - 7/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - No Place Like You - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥

Q - BBQ Sauce (8/8)
B - Braun, Lilian Jackson - The Cat Who Played Brahms - 7/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
B - Braun, Lilian Jackson - The Cat Who Played Post Office - 8/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
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 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shel Silverstein - Falling Up - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
C - Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 6/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥

Thanks to all your encouragement (and accountability), I'm making some progress. So here we go with another successful (hopefully) month:

NetGalley Challenge – October
Feedback ratio - 75% - Increased to 76%

On shelf 10/1/20 - 123
Read: 3
Added: 0
On Shelf 10/31/20 - 120

2014 (0/8):


2015 (1/22):


2016 (1/11):


2017 (0/19):


2018 (1/36):


2019 (0/14):


2020 (0/13):


Completed/Reviews:
The Lake Season by Hannah McKinnon - 10/18/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review
All Night with the Cowboy by Soraya M. Lane - 10/22/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review
Wrong Question, Right Answer by Elle Casey - 10/28/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I increased my feedback ratio from 75% to 76%! That's a win for me. Even though I added 2 new books, I was able to read and review 5, so this was a good month.

NetGalley Challenge – September
Feedback ratio - 75%

On shelf 9/1/20 - 126
Read: 5
Added: 2
On Shelf 9/30/20 - 123

Completed/Reviews:

Fishing with RayAnne by Ava Finch - 9/7/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Cowboy Stole My Heart by Soraya M. Lane - 9/10/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Taking a Chance by Maggie McGinnis - 9/12/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Lucas by Sawyer Bennett - 9/20/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Murder In Missoula by Laurence Giliotti - 9/30/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I increased my feedback ratio from 75% to 76%! That's a win for me. Even though I added 2 new books, I was able to read and review 5, so this was a good month.

NetGalley Challenge – September
Feedback ratio - 75%

On shelf 9/1/20 - 126
Read: 5
Added: 2
On Shelf 9/30/20 - 123

Completed/Reviews:

Fishing with RayAnne by Ava Finch - 9/7/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Cowboy Stole My Heart by Soraya M. Lane - 9/10/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Taking a Chance by Maggie McGinnis - 9/12/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Lucas by Sawyer Bennett - 9/20/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Murder In Missoula by Laurence Giliotti - 9/30/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

Great progress, Lexi!

Farm to Table - Part 2

Nutrient (8/8)
N - 9 1/2 Days by Mia Zachary - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unsuitable by Lavinia Kent - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Okra (4/4)
O - The Other Woman by Sandie Jones - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Katherine Center - How to Walk Away - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Secrets in Death - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Alleman, Normandie - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥

Pitchfork (9/9)
P - Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Carolyn Keene - The Mystery at Lilac Inn - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fatal Justice by Marie Force - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Karen Marie Moning - Shadowfever - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥

Q - Squash (6/6)
S - Shalvis, Jill - My Kind of Wonderful - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
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 Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shel Silverstein - Falling Up - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - The Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥

Rake (4/4)
R - Reluctantly Royal by Gillian Archer - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Katherine Center - What You Wish For - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥

Soil (4/4)
S - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lynne Reid Banks - Tiger, Tiger - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥

Tractor (7/7)
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
R - Resilient by Gillian Archer - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Carew, Jean - The Marrying Kind - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Templeton, Karen - Dear Santa - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Pink Line by Dina Silver - 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Dark in Death - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

U - Cultivator (10/10)
C - Carly Phillips - The Playboy - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unmanageable by Lavinia Kent - 8/5/20 ♥♥♥
L - Latesha Kellam - The Match Disaster - 6/6/20 ♥♥
T - Tara Sivec - Below Deck - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
V - Valentine, Marquita - Hard to Fall - 4/23/20 ♥♥
A - Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
T - Trish McCallan - Forged in Smoke - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - First Degree - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥

Vegetable (9/9)
V - Venom by Jennifer Estep - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Gerritsen, Tess - The Surgeon - 6/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
A – Ally Carter - Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - 8/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
B - Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Laura Lippman - Sunburn - 6/27/20 ♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Spann Craig - A Body in the Backyard - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥

Water (5/5)
W - Watson, Anna James - Blackmail - 7/18/20 ♥♥♥
A - Amanda Prowse - The Girl in the Corner - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - No Place Like You - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Richard Yancey - The Highly Effective Detective - 8/12/20 ♥♥♥

X - Pickaxe (7/7)
P - Patricia Briggs - Fire Touched - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
K - Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anne Hampson - Eternal Summer - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥

Yield (5/5)
Y - Yoerg, Sonja - The Middle of Somewhere - 7/10/20 ♥♥♥
I - If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lisa Lutz - The Spellmans Strike Again - 7/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Darynda Jones - The Trouble with Twelfth Grave - 6/22/20 ♥♥♥♥

Z - Fertilizer (10/10)
F - Fruit of All Evil by Paige Shelton - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Roosevelt, Elliott - The Hyde Park Murder - 8/15/20 ♥♥♥
T - Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Leigh Michaels - On September Hill - 7/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Gunmetal Magic - 8/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Stratton - The Inherited Bride - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/29/20***********

All done with another long spell-out. Thanks for a great idea!

FARM TO TABLE
Timeframe: 8/10/19 – 8/29/20
173/173
26/26 Words

Agriculture (11/11)
A - Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gilman, Dorothy - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebellious by Gillian Archer - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
C – Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 6/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Liz Lipperman - Beef Stolen-Off - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
T – Trish McCallan - Forged in Ember - 7/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Barley (6/6)
B – Butcher, Jim - Storm Front - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - Dark Heritage - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥

Crops (5/5)
C - Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
R - R.A. Scotti - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
O - Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Hurt by Kelly Jamieson - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥

Dig (3/3)
D - Dick Francis - Bonecrack - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I – Ice Hot by Tracy Goodwin - 8/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grafton, Sue - M is for Malice - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥

Edger (5/5)
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - A Cowboy Like You - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gallant, Jannine - Wilde One - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Apprentice in Death - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Farmer (6/6)
F - Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roberts, Nora - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Mail Order Outlaw by Cynthia Woolf - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥

Grow (4/4)
G - Grant, Donna - My Favorite Cowboy - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Echoes in Death - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Hydroponic (10/10)
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
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 ♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - Bolt - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Night Broken - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
N – Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cassie Mae - No Interest in Love - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥

Irrigation (10/10)
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
R - Richard Thomas - Disintegration - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - Open and Shut - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥

Jalapenos (9/9)
J - Jill Shalvis - Still the One - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
L - Liane Moriarty - Nine Perfect Strangers - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
O - Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - White Heat - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥

Kale (4/4)
K - Kristina McMorris - Sold on a Monday - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥

Lettuce (7/7)
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thompson, Vicki Lewis - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
C - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Erma Bombeck - Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession - 7/23/20 ♥♥♥♥

Mulch (5/5)
M - Madeline Miller - Circe - 5/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Now by Cristin Cooper - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lundy, J.T. - Saving Grapes - 5/13/20 ♥♥
C - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥
H - Heir to a Dark Inheritance by Maisey Yates - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥

Good luck with a new month, everyone!

Gem wrote: "I go again....I'm so embarrassed by the age of some of these!!"

I know what you mean, Gem! But once I put it all out there (here in this safe zone), I felt so much better and more motivated to get to them. Good luck!

Yzabel wrote: "Really having a hard time with this at the moment. Not only am I not interested in reading fiction at all currently, I'm also fed up with writing reviews (I still have 4 or 5 to write from books re..."

Reviews are tough. Maybe this will help: I try to get started on a review right away, as soon as I start a book, even just to get some bare bones written down. Then as the book progresses, I keep adding bits and pieces as they strike me. By the time I'm done with the book, there's just some finishing off to do and voila--the review is ready. Good luck!

Kristie wrote: "First review of the month done! Pub date was today, so I just snuck it in.

I just finished Deadly Waters by Dot Hutchison. I loved her collector series, but this ..."

Good job for finishing a book and writing a review. Too bad it didn't live up to expectations.

Well, I read 5 books this month (YAY!) but then I added 3 more! But the publisher sends me the actual widget for the book--how am I supposed to resist that?? In any case, I increased my percentage by one point for August, so that's a win.

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

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

NetGalley Challenge – September
Feedback ratio - 75%

On shelf 9/1/20 - 126
Read: 5
Added: 2
On Shelf 9/30/20 - 123

2014 (0/8):


2015 (1/23):


2016 (1/12):


2017 (2/21):


2018 (1/37):


2019 (0/14):


2020 (0/13):


Completed/Reviews:

Fishing with RayAnne by Ava Finch - 9/7/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Cowboy Stole My Heart by Soraya M. Lane - 9/10/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Taking a Chance by Maggie McGinnis - 9/12/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Lucas by Sawyer Bennett - 9/20/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Murder In Missoula by Laurence Giliotti - 9/30/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I finally got around to reading this oldie but goodie--and it was totally fun.

Burglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block - 8/25/20 ♥♥♥♥

My Review

THE BEACH - Part 2

N - Snorkle (7/7)
S - Sandie Jones - The Other Woman - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - 9 1/2 Days by Mia Zachary - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Katherine Center - What You Wish For - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Lavinia Kent - Unsuitable - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥

Ocean (5/5)
O - One Pink Line by Dina Silver - 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
E - Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
N - Normandie Alleman - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥

Pier (4/4)
P - Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥

Q - Tranquil (8/8)
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
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 - Until Now by Cristin Cooper - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Lundy, J.T. - Saving Grapes - 5/13/20 ♥♥

Radio (5/5)
R - Rosenfelt, David - Open and Shut - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Reluctantly Royal - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dear Santa by Karen Templeton - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥

Sand (4/4)
S - Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Rebellious - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dark in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Towels (6/6)
T - Tara Sivec - Below Deck - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - When the Sun Goes Down... by Crystal Green - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Lynne Reid Banks - Tiger, Tiger - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shel Silverstein - Falling Up - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥

Umbrella (8/8)
U - Unmanageable by Lavinia Kent - 8/5/20 ♥♥♥
M - Mail Order Outlaw by Cynthia Woolf - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
B - Bonecrack by Dick Francis - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Secrets in Death - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Latesha Kellam - The Match Disaster - 6/6/20 ♥♥
L - Laura Lippman - Sunburn - 6/27/20 ♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Resilient - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥

V - Waves (5/5)
W - Wilde One by Jannine Gallant - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vicki Lewis Thompson - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Shelton, Paige - Fruit of All Evil - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥

Water (5/5)
W - What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
T - Trish McCallan - Forged in Smoke - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - No Place Like You - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

X - Relax (5/5)
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Twisted Twenty-Six - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lisa Lutz - The Spellmans Strike Again - 7/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Amanda Prowse - The Girl in the Corner - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥

Y - Fly a kite (8/8)
F - Fforde, Jasper - The Eyre Affair - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥
L - Leigh Michaels - On September Hill - 7/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - Dark Heritage - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
K - Katherine Center - How to Walk Away - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Gunmetal Magic - 8/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥

Z - Lazy Days (8/8)
L - Louise Penny - A Fatal Grace - 7/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
Y – Yoerg, Sonja - The Middle of Somewhere - 7/10/20 ♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - My Favorite Cowboy - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yates, Maisey - Heir to a Dark Inheritance - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥
S - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/23/20******

I finished up just as summer is winding down.

THE BEACH
Timeframe: 9/1/19 to 8/23/20
154/154
26/26 Words

A - Tan (3/3)
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥

Bathing Suit (11/11)
B - Bolt by Dick Francis - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nightingale Way by Emily March - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grafton, Sue - M is for Malice - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

Chair (5/5)
C - Carly Phillips - The Playboy - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hart, Emma - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - R.A. Scotti - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥

Drinks (6/6)
D – Darynda Jones - The Trouble with Twelfth Grave - 6/22/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
K - Kelly Jamieson - Playing Hurt - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shalvis, Jill - My Kind of Wonderful - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

E - Beach (5/5)
B - A Body in the Backyard by Elizabeth Spann Craig - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anne Hampson - Eternal Summer - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
C - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Heller, Joseph - Catch-22 - 2/9/20 ♥♥

Fish (4/4)
F - Fatal Justice by Marie Force - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
H – The Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥

Gull (4/4)
G - Grant, Donna - A Cowboy Like You - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Liane Moriarty - Nine Perfect Strangers - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥

High Tide (8/8)
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
G - Gerritsen, Tess - The Surgeon - 6/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard to Fall by Marquita Valentine - 4/23/20 ♥♥
T – Trish McCallan - Forged in Ember - 7/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
D - Dorothy Gilman - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥

Island (6/6)
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Still the One by Jill Shalvis - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Gornall - Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Disintegration by Richard Thomas - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥

Jetty (5/5)
J - Jean Carew - The Marrying Kind - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tribute by Nora Roberts - 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 ♥♥♥

Kelp (4/4)
K - Keene, Carolyn - The Mystery at Lilac Inn - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥

Lotion (6/6)
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tara Westover - Educated - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥

Motorboat (9/9)
M – Madeline Miller - Circe - 5/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R – Rosenfelt, David - First Degree - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
B - Briggs, Patricia - Fire Touched - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥