Summer Vacation- Quarterly Challenge

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
May 16 to August 15

Chose a level and complete the number of tasks for that level

Level 1: Sitting on the porch enjoying the summer. 5 tasks
Level 2: Afternoon trip to the park. 10 tasks
Level 3: Day trip to the pool or beach. 15 tasks
Level 4: Weekend getaway. 20 tasks
Level 5: Road Trip 25 tasks
Level 6: Dream Vacation. 30 tasks

Each book can be used only once for this challenge.


Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter.
1. Sun
2. Sand
3. Hot
4. Pool
5. Barbecue
6. Flip Flips
7. Baseball
8. Vacation
9. Summer

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. Water
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin
13. Blue Sky
14. No people
15. Bike/motorcycle
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)
17. Famous Landmark
18. Ball

Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
19. Florida
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California
22. Hawaii
23. Nevada
24. New York
25. Greece
26. England
27. Any Beach

Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month
29. Read a book with a road trip.
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot.
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside.
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat.
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
36. Read a new release must read book.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

...

[Hina]

Yay I am in! Where do you come up with all these challenges? Just love it!

[~Melissa~]

I'm in!

Question - are we picking 1 item from each and then a second from whichever one we want as there are 4 categories? or 5,10 whatever from any category? Say I could do all 5 tasks from the first where I spell the word or just cover hunts etc?

[Hina]

I had a similar question, if I do dream vacation, does that mean I just have to do 30 tasks out of the 36 there. And do you need a minimum to meet from all categories, like spell it out, cover hunt, etc or up to us as long as we can get to 30.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Any way you want to come up to 30 or whatever level you want works. So all from one or one of each or some here some there, no limits or minimums. It is summer it is supposed to be easy.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Hina wrote: "Yay I am in! Where do you come up with all these challenges? Just love it!"

It is amazing where inspiration comes from. I have a note book I keep a list of potential ideas in when something hits I jot it down. I have a whole slew of challenges ready for June just based on a fun picture I found. Can't wait for those.

[Jenne]

27/30 Read
Dream Vacation

H: White Walls by Lauren Hammond
O: Old Souls
T: Tricked

V: Divergent by Veronica Roth
A: Siege, As the world dies #3
C:Firelight by Kristen Callihan
A: A long, long sleep by Anna Sheehan
T:Tangled Threads
I: Initiate
O:Out of the Shadowedlands
N: Night Reigns

S: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
A: Insanity Asylum #1
N: Saving Jenna, Night Creatures #1
D: The Devil Inside

B: A Blood Seduction
A: Magic to the Bone Allie Beckstrom #1
S:
E: The Epilogue
B: The Devil Inside by Jenna Black
A:Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
L:
L:

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. Water The King's Pleasure
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin Seduced by a Highlander
13. Blue Sky The Tragedy of Knowledge
14. No people Personal Demons
15. Bike/motorcycle Wrong Ways Down
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk) The First Days
17. Famous Landmark Dark Protector
18. Ball The Becoming


Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
19. Florida
20. A National Park or Monument Darkness Unmasked
21. California Plague Town
22. Hawaii
23. Nevada The Taken
24. New York Lothaire
25. Greece Trapped
26. England The Forever Queen
27. Any Beach By a Thread

Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month Fighting to Survive
29. Read a book with a road trip. Blood Warrior
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival. Married With Zombies
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot. With All My Soul
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside. Genesis
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic. Catching Fire
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat.
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream. Spider's Revenge
36. Read a new release must read book. Hunted

[~Melissa~]

Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
May 16 to August 15

Chose a level and complete the number of tasks for that level

Level 1: Sitting on the porch enjoying the summer. 5 tasks
Level 2: Afternoon trip to the park. 10 tasks
Level 3: Day trip to the pool or beach. 15 tasks for now
Level 4: Weekend getaway. 20 tasks
Level 5: Road Trip 25 tasks
Level 6: Dream Vacation. 30 tasks

Each book can be used only once for this challenge.


Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter. 3 tasks
1. Sun
2. Sand
3. Hot
4. Pool
5. Barbecue
6. Flip Flips
7. Baseball
8. Vacation
9. Summer

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. Water
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin
13. Blue Sky
14. No people
15. Bike/motorcycle
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)
17. Famous Landmark
18. Ball

Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
19. Florida
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California
22. Hawaii
23. Nevada
24. New York
25. Greece
26. England
27. Any Beach

Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month
29. Read a book with a road trip.
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot.
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside.
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat.
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
36. Read a new release must read book.

[Barbara ★]

I'm going to pick and choose 25 for my Road Trip.

Duration: May 16 to August 15, 2013

Level 5: Road Trip 25 tasks

26/25 tasks

Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter.
1. Sun COMPLETE
S: Shadow Woman - Linda Howard 6/4
U: Under Your Spell - Lois Greiman 7/3
N: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith 5/18


2. Sand COMPLETE
S: Someone Like You - Roald Dahl 6/7
A: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye - Victoria Laurie 5/24
N: Dragon Unmasked - Kathleen Nance 6/30
D: Hannah's Dream - Diane Hammond 6/15


3. Hot COMPLETE
H: Hot Head - Damon Suede 7/11
O: Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh 5/30
T: Taking Eve - Iris Johansen 8/10


4. Pool COMPLETE
P: Pushing Up Daisies - Rosemary Harris 5/19
O: On Dublin Street - Samantha Young 6/14
O: The Rook - Daniel O'Malley 7/24
L: Lion in the Valley - Elizabeth Peters 6/11


5. Barbecue COMPLETE
B: Beautiful Redemption - Kami Garcia 5/19
A: The Rising - Kelley Armstrong 6/23
R: Black Dawn - Rachel Caine 7/2
B: Before I Wake - Rachel Vincent 6/9
E: The Skull Mantra - Eliot Pattison 6/14
C: Crown of Crystal Flame - C.L. Wilson 5/17
U: Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan 8/8
E: Everneath - Brodi Ashton 6/18


6. Flip Flops COMPLETE
F: A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin 6/13
L: Lover At Last - J.R. Ward 6/4
I: The Innocent - David Baldacci 5/21
P: Pleasure and Purpose - Megan Hart 5/27

F: The Friday Society - Adrienne Kress 7/4
L: Last Man Standing - Cindy Gerard 8/5
O: Enchantment - Orson Scott Card 7/29
P: Payback - Fern Michaels 6/16
S: The Guardian - Sherrilyn Kenyon 6/18


7. Baseball
B: Black Friday - Alex Kava 7/27
A: Meet Me in Venice - Elizabeth Adler 7/4
S: Silk Dreams - Diana Groe 6/17
E: Everbound - Brodi Ashton 6/25
B: Playboy's Challenge - Jo Barrett 7/30
A: Frog King, The: A Love Story - Adam Davies 8/11
L:
L:


8. Vacation COMPLETE
V: Valley of Dust - Karoleen Vry Brucks 6/29
A: The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf - Molly Harper 8/3
C: White Tiger - Kylie Chan 5/23
A: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith 8/4
T: A Taste of Sin - Connie Mason 8/9
I: Iceberg - Clive Cussler 5/28
O: Over the Edge - Suzanne Brockmann 7/31
N: The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman 7/26


9. Summer COMPLETE!
S: Sleeping Arrangements - Madeleine Wickham 5/29
U: Undercover - Lauren Dane 7/7
M: The Mao Case - Qiu Xiaolong 5/21
M: M Is for Malice - Sue Grafton 6/24
E: Deadly Fear - Cynthia Eden 5/29
R: The Rosary Girls - Richard Montanari 5/26


Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. SKIP
11. SKIP
12. Bare skin: Lion's Heat - Lora Leigh 6/7
13. Blue Sky: Six Seconds - Rick Mofina 6/29
14. No people: Blood Ties - Pamela Freeman 5/26
15. Bike/motorcycle: Boyfriend from Hell - Jamie Quaid 7/29
16. SKIP
17. Famous Landmark - Whiplash - Catherine Coulter (Jefferson Memorial) 6/20
18. SKIP


Destinations: Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
19. SKIP
20. A National Park-Demon Hunts - C.E. Murphy (Ranier Natl Park) 6/28
21. California- Deeply Odd - Dean Koontz 6/17
22. SKIP
23. SKIP
24. New York- Magic's Child - Justine Larbalestier 6/27
25. Greece - The Immortal Fire - Anne Ursu 7/20
26. England- Dark Mirror - Mary Jo Putney 6/25
27. SKIP


Summer Loving
28. Delirium - Lauren Oliver (takes place during summer) 7/13
29. Tin Swift - Devon Monk (roadtrip Idaho->Kansas) 5/31
30. SKIP
31. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey - Trenton Lee Stewart (all 4 m.c. children) 7/26
32. The Well of Shades - Juliet Marillier (h/h spend lots of time camping on their journey) 8/7
33. Unencumbered - Dennis Glawe (h/h go on picnic) 7/5
34. This Dark Endeavour - Kenneth Oppel (rides on a boat) 6/26
35. Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs (heroine eats ice cream) 7/15
36. Inferno - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/27


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Chaitra]

I'll do dream vacation, but I'm not sure what 30 tasks I'll do.

SUMMER VACATION

Duration: May 16, 2013 - Aug 15, 2013
Completed: 30/30

☀☀☀ Spell it Out ☀☀☀

1. Sand

✔ S - Tenth of December | George Saunders ★★★★★ (05/29)
✔ A - The Anthologist | Nicholson Baker ★★★ (06/05)
✔ N - The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (05/23)
✔ D - Due or Die | Jenn McKinlay ★★★ (06/06)

2. Hot

✔ H - The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien ★★ (05/16)
✔ O - At Swim-Two-Birds | Flann O'Brien ★★★ (05/17)
✔ T - Girl With a Pearl Earring | Tracy Chevalier ★★★★ (05/20)

3. Barbecue

✔ B - Beloved | Toni Morrison ★★★ (05/23)
✔ A - after the quake: Stories | Haruki Murakami ★★ (06/17)
✔ R - The Retrospective | Abraham B. Yehoshua ★★★★ (05/17)
✔ B - Books Can Be Deceiving | Jenn McKinlay ★★★ (05/31)
✔ E - Memories of Ice | Steven Erikson ★★★★★ (05/16)
✔ C - A Constellation of Vital Phenomena | Anthony Marra ★★★★★ (05/17)
✔ U - The Witches of Eastwick | John Updike ★ (05/26)
✔ E - Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel | Eli Brown ★★★★ (05/22)

4. Flip Flops

✔ F - Flora | Gail Godwin ★★★★ (05/21)
✔ L - Life After Life: A Novel | Jill McCorkle ★★★ (05/17)
✔ I - The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Brian Selznick ★★★★★ (05/26)
✔ P - Pyramids | Terry Pratchett ★★★★ (05/24)
✔ F - The Jane Austen Book Club | Karen Joy Fowler ★ (06/26)
✔ L - The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan ★★★ (05/26)
✔ O - The Orphan Master's Son | Adam Johnson ★★ (06/14)
✔ P - The Knife of Never Letting Go | Patrick Ness ★ (05/26)
✔ S - The Thirteenth Tale | Diane Setterfield ★★★ (06/27)

5. Summer

✔ S - The Summer of Dead Toys: A Thriller | Toni Hill ★★★ (06/16)
✔ U - The Uncommon Reader | Alan Bennett ★★★★★ (06/09)
✔ M - Mum's the Word | Kate Collins ★ (05/31)
✔ M - Cooking Up Murder | Miranda Bliss ★ (06/09)
✔ E - House of Chains | Steven Erikson ★★★★★ (06/07)
✔ R - The Bracelet | Roberta Gately ★ (07/07)

6. Pool

✔ P - Guards! Guards! | Terry Pratchett ★★★★ (06/08)
✔ O - The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Neil Gaiman ★★★★★ (07/01)
✔ O - Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood ★★★★ (07/25)
✔ L - The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ★★★ (06/09)

☀☀☀ Cover Hunt ☀☀☀

✔ 7. Water
Midnight Tides | Steven Erikson ★★★★ (06/25)

✔ 8. Bare skin
The First Rule of Swimming | Courtney Angela Brkic ★★★ (07/31)

✔ 9. Blue Sky
Long Lankin | John Banville ★★★ (06/27)

✔ 10. No people
Practical Magic | Alice Hoffman ★★★ (06/06)

✔ 11. Bike/motorcycle
The Book of Lost Things | Cynthia Voigt ★★★★ (08/31)

✔ 12. Lots of colors
Died in the Wool | Mary Kruger ★★ (06/10)

✔ 13. Famous Landmark » Opera House, Sydney.
The Bat: The First Inspector Harry Hole Novel | Jo Nesbø ★ (08/05)

✔ 14. Ball
In the Land of the Living | Austin Ratner ★★ (07/09)

☀☀☀ Destinations ☀☀☀

✔ 15. Florida.
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls | Anton DiSclafani ★★ (07/02)

✔ 16. A National Park » An Alaskan National Park.
A Cold Day For Murder | Dana Stabenow ★ (05/28)

✔ 17. California
Bitter Sweets | G.A. McKevett ★★★★ (06/10)

✔ 18. Nevada.
Pretty in Ink | Karen E. Olson ★★★ (05/31)

✔ 19. New York.
The Burgess Boys | Elizabeth Strout ★★★ (05/30)

✔ 20. England.
People of the Book | Geraldine Brooks ★★ (06/06)

✔ 21. Any Beach
Book, Line and Sinker | Jenn McKinlay ★ (06/17)

☀☀☀ Summer Loving ☀☀☀

✔ 22. Read a book set in a Summer month » June, July, August.
Moon Over Manifest | Clare Vanderpool ★★★★★ (05/26)

✔ 23. Read a book with a road trip » Mississippi to Tennessee.
Whistling Past the Graveyard | Susan Crandall ★★★★★ (06/03)

✔ 24. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park » Ifem takes her little cousin to Coney Island.
Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★ (06/12)

✔ 25. Read a book with kids central to the plot.
Sisterland: A Novel | Curtis Sittenfeld ★★ (06/20)

✔ 26. Read a book where a character sleeps outside.
The Yellow Birds | Kevin Powers ★★★★★ (06/17)

✔ 27. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
Life After Life | Kate Atkinson ★★★★★ (06/18)

✔ 28. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat.
The Lies of Locke Lamora | Scott Lynch ★★ (06/06)

✔ 29. Read a book where a character eats ice cream » Edie, Emily & Robin.
The Middlesteins | Jami Attenberg ★★★★ (06/13)

✔ 30. Read a new release must read book.
The Woman Upstairs | Claire Messud ★★ (06/11)

*** Completed (08/31) ***

[[deleted user]]

Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
May 16 to August 15


Level 6: Dream Vacation. 16/18 tasks done

Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter
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S-The Silence of the Lambs11.09.13
u-
n-Nighthogs: A Pearls Before Swine Collection 04.12.13
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S- the Sound of Us 02.08.13
a- Animal Farm 29.10.13
n-Nigella Bites: From Family Meals to Elegant Dinners--Easy, Delectable Recipes for Any Occasion 19.12.13
d-Dead Until Dark 25.07.13
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H- The Hunger Games 03.10.13
o-Oryx and Crake 17.11.13
t- Throne of Glass 17.08.13
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P-Prom Nights from Hell 29.08.13
o-
o-
l- a lady awakened 01.10.13
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B-Bitten 15.07.13
a-angelfall 15.08.13
r- Ruined 28.07.13
b- blood will tell 04.08.13
e-The Eyes of the Dragon 07.11.13
c-Christine 13.07.13
u-
e-Ethan Frome 09.12.13
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F-Fahrenheit 45109.06.13
l- living dead in dallas 02.08.13
i- The Iron King 05.08.13
p-The Preacher 09.07.13
F-French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew20.12.13
l-The Line 27.08.13
i- The Iron Queen 14.08.13
p- The Phantom Tollbooth 18.08.13
s-The Silver Linings Playbook18.06.13
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B-Brave New World 18.08.13
a-Audition 10.12.13
s- Sisterland 19.09.13
e-The Edible Woman 23.10.13
b- Breakfast at Tiffany’s 11.09.13
a-Animal Farm 29.10.13
l-The Lake 07.11.13
l-The Lathe of Heaven 03.09.13
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V-
a-April Raintree 14.12.13
c-Carrie06.06.13
a-And Then There Were None 13.12.13
t-Those That Wake 25.08.13
i- The Iron Daughter 10.08.13
o-
n-Night Shift 17.10.13
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S-The Sugar Queen 27.07.13
u-The Unit 06.07.13
m-Macbeth26.06.13
m-The Magic Mountain 26.07.13
e- Eye of the Needle 01.08.13
r-The Red and the Black 15.07.13

Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer monthHide and Seek 23.08.13
29. Read a book with a road trip.Thinner 05.07.13
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.Something Wicked This Way Comes (304 pgs)19.07.13
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot.Never Let Me Go 09.08.13
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside.We Have Always Lived in the Castle 08.24.13
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.The Bad Beginning 01.09.13
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat.We, the Drowned 14.07.13
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.Rosemary's Baby 13.07.13
36. Read a new release must read bookRevenge 01.09.13

[~Melissa~]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Any way you want to come up to 30 or whatever level you want works. So all from one or one of each or some here some there, no limits or minimums. It is summer it is supposed to be easy."

Thanks for clarifying ☺

[Lindy]

I am interested but not if we have to read 105 books, how many is requried>?

[Jennifer H]

Looks like this is going to be as good as it gets for summer. Maybe I'll have better luck with costumes :)
Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
May 16 to August 15
Road Trip Level: 15/25

✔H: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 6/10-5♥
O
✔T: Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle 6/20-4♥

✔S: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult 5/23-5♥
U
✔M: Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews 7/12-4♥
M
✔E: The Eleventh Victim by Nancy Grace 7/23-2♥
✔R: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 7/8-5♥

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. Water
11. Sunglasses
✔Bare skin: The Warlord Wants Forever 5/24-4♥
13. Blue Sky
✔No people: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 6/20-5♥
15. Bike/motorcycle
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)
✔Famous Landmark: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 6/6-3♥ (Big Ben)
18. Ball

Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
✔Florida: Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman 6/28-4♥
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California
22. Hawaii
✔Nevada: Strangers by Dean Koontz 7/18-3♥
✔New York: Calculated in Death by J.D Robb 5/19 5♥
25. Greece
✔England: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare 7/26-4♥
27. Any Beach

Summer Loving
✔Read a book set in a Summer month: Joyland by Stephen King 7/29-5♥
✔Read a book with a road trip: Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich 6/18-5♥
✔Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.: Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost 6/14-5♥
✔Read a book with kids central to the plot.-Insurgent by Veronica Roth 6/2-4♥
✔Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside.: Fire by Kristin Cashore 6/5-5♥
✔Read a book where the characters have a picnic.: Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schrieber 7/27-4♥
✔Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat: Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle 7/20-4♥
✔Read a book where a character eats ice cream.: Lover at Last by J.R. Ward 7/3-5♥
36. Read a new release must read book.

[Nichole]

Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
May 16 to August 15
Level 4: Weekend getaway. 20 tasks
Completed: 18/20

Spell it Out
S-Scandalous by Karen Robards *6/15 ★★★★☆
U-Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy *6/22 ★★☆☆☆
N- Nalini Singh, Slave to Sensation *6/19 ★★★★☆

Cover Hunt
10. Water- Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs *6/8 ★★★★★
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin-Changeling Moon by Dani Harper *5/25 ★★★★☆
13. Blue Sky -The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks *5/22 ★★★☆☆
14. No people-Naked in Death by J.D. Robb *5/17 ★★★★☆
15. Bike/motorcycle- Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde *6/12 ★★★☆☆
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)- Dark Desire by Christine Feehan *6/9 ★★★★☆
17. Famous Landmark
18. Ball


Destinations
19. Florida- Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines *7/10 ★★★★☆
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California- Wallbanger by Alice Clayton *6/10 ★★★★★
22. Hawaii- Unleashed by Cherrie Lynn *6/23 ★★★☆☆
23. Nevada- Binding Krista by Jory Strong *6/29 ★★★☆☆
24. New York- Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh *7/3 ★★★☆☆
25. Greece
26. England-Soulless by Gail Carriger *5/19 ★★★★☆
27. Any Beach


Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month -The Girl's Guide to (Man) Hunting
✔ 29. Read a book with a road trip.
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa *6/26 ★★★★☆
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
✔ 31. Read a book with kids central to the plot.
Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach *6/27 ★★★★★
✔ 32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside.
Outpost by Ann Aguirre *6/27 ★★★☆☆
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
✔ 34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat-
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis *6/8 ★★★★☆
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
North of Need by Laura Kaye
✔ 36. Read a new release must read book- Tangled by Emma Chase *6/4 ★★★★☆

[Artemisia]

Level 2: Afternoon trip to the park 10 tasks
Here we go!

Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter.
1. Sun
S- Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
U-
N-

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. Water
Thirteen Plus One by Lauren Myracle
11. Sunglasses
That Summer by Sarah Dessen
12. Bare skin
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
13. Blue Sky
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
14. No people
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
15. Bike/motorcycle
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
16. lots of colors
Love? Maybe. by Heather Hepler

Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month
29. Read a book with a road trip.
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson

30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.

31. Read a book with kids central to the plot.

[Lindy]

I finally figured it out

[Lindy]

I didn't see anything about words we cna't use like the

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Lindy wrote: "I am interested but not if we have to read 105 books, how many is requried>?"

Level 1: Sitting on the porch enjoying the summer. 5 tasks
Level 2: Afternoon trip to the park. 10 tasks
Level 3: Day trip to the pool or beach. 15 tasks
Level 4: Weekend getaway. 20 tasks
Level 5: Road Trip 25 tasks
Level 6: Dream Vacation. 30 tasks

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Lindy wrote: "I didn't see anything about words we cna't use like the"

For the spell it out section it is up to you, if you want to use "a, an, the" you can, but if you want to disregard them and use the second word of the title you can.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

7/15 Done


Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter.
1. Sun
S: The Selection, Kiera Cass 6/10/13 ★★★★★
U: Unleash the Night, Sherrilyn Kenyon 6/12/13 ★★★★★
N:
2. Sand
S:
A:
N:
D: Something Secret This Way Comes, Sierra Dean 6/8/13 ★★★
3. Hot
4. Pool
5. Barbecue
6. Flip Flips
7. Baseball
8. Vacation
9. Summer

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. Water
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin What a Dragon Should Know, G.A.Aiken 6/18/13 ★★★★★
13. Blue Sky
14. No people Rock Chick Rescue, Kristen Ashley 5/22/13 ★★★
15. Bike/motorcycle Rock Chick Renegade, Kristen Ashley 5/29/13 ★★★★
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)
17. Famous Landmark
18. Ball The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even , Julie Kenner 6/15/13 ★★★



Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
19. Florida
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California
22. Hawaii
23. Nevada
24. New York- Big Bad Wolf, Christine Warren 5/31/13 ★★★★
25. Greece
26. England
27. Any Beach

Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month
29. Read a book with a road trip.
Rock Chick Redemption, Kristen Ashley 5/25/13 ★★★★
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
The Undead in My Bed, Katie MacAlister 6/21/13 ★★★★
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot.
Boundless, Cynthia Hand 5/18/13 ★★★
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside.
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat.
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
36. Read a new release must read book.

[Connie N.]

I'm in!

Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
Timeframe: 5/16/13 to 8/15 13
36/38 books – LEVEL 6 (Dream Vacation)
JUST ABOUT DONE - CLOSED

Each book can be used only once for this challenge.

✔ Spell it Out - Completed 8/14/13
S - England's Perfect Hero by Suzanne Enoch - 6/3/13 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room by Erma Bombeck - 5/27/13 ♥♥♥♥
N - Never Seduce a Scoundrel by Sabrina Jeffries - 6/20/13 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh - 6/18/13 ♥♥♥

H - A Hoe Lot of Trouble by Heather Webber - 6/16/13 ♥♥♥♥
O - When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke - 6/13/13 ♥♥♥
T - Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy - 5/26/13 ♥♥♥♥♥

P - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender - 5/30/13 ♥♥♥
O - One for the Money by Janet Evanovich - 6/26/13 ♥♥♥♥
O - Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning - 8/14/13 ♥♥♥
L - Loving A Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney - 6/14/13 ♥♥♥♥



✔ Cover Hunt - Completed 8/7/13
Water - A Beautiful Place to Die by Philip R. Craig - 7/23/13 ♥♥♥♥

Sunglasses - Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen - 7/16/13 ♥♥♥♥♥

Bare skin - Skating Around the Law by Joelle Charbonneau - 5/25/13 ♥♥♥♥

Blue Sky - In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith - 6/15/13 ♥♥♥♥♥

No people - Allergic to Death by Peg Cochran - 6/19/13 ♥♥♥♥

Bike/motorcycle - Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde - 8/7/13 ♥♥♥

Lots of colors - The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes - 6/8/13 ♥♥

Famous Landmark - Golden Gate Bridge - 1st to Die by James Patterson - 6/11/13 ♥♥♥♥

Ball - Football - Playing to Win by Jaci Burton - 6/9/13 ♥♥♥♥


Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
Florida - Contents Under Pressure by Edna Buchanan - 10/17/13 ♥♥♥♥
A National Park or Monument - Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr - 9/15/13 ♥♥♥♥
California - Murder Among Neighbors: A Kate Austen Mystery by Jonnie Jacobs - 6/25/13 ♥♥♥♥♥
22. Hawaii
Nevada - Catnap by Carole Nelson Douglas - 10/21/13 ♥♥♥
New York - Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen - 6/1/13 ♥♥♥
25. Greece
England - London's Perfect Scoundrel by Suzanne Enoch - 5/24/13 ♥♥♥♥♥
Any Beach - The Wanderer by Robyn Carr - 8/23/13 ♥♥♥♥



✔ Summer Loving - Completed 7/26/13
Summer month - Just One Day by Gayle Forman - 7/14/13 ♥♥♥♥
Road trip - Driving Sideways by Jess Riley - 6/1/13 ♥♥♥
Carnival - Follow the Stars Home by Luanne Rice - 7/26/13 ♥♥♥♥
Kids central to the plot - Matched by Ally Condie - 7/4/13 ♥♥♥♥
Character camps/sleeps outside - X Marks the Scot by Victoria Roberts - 6/6/13 ♥♥♥♥
Picnic - Only You by Deborah Grace Staley - 5/25/13 ♥♥♥
Ride on a boat - Twisted Creek by Jodi Thomas - 6/18/13 ♥♥♥♥
Character eats ice cream - "We eat ice cream until we have to roll home and get under the covers." - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - 7/7/13 ♥♥♥♥♥
New release must read - Thrown by a Curve by Jaci Burton - 7/13/13 ♥♥♥♥

[Connie N.]

Just to clarify, if I spell out a word like SUN, does that count as I task or 3 tasks?

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Connie N. wrote: "Just to clarify, if I spell out a word like SUN, does that count as I task or 3 tasks?"


Just one task.

[Connie N.]

Thanks, that's what I figured.

[Brenda]

Summer Vacation ~ Quarterly Challenge
Level 3: Day trip to the pool or beach. 15 tasks
Duration: 5/16/13 - 8/15/13

Tasks Done: 7/15

Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter.

Sun
S ~ Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh 5/24/13
U ~ Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/17/13
N ~ Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh 5/28/13


Sand
S ~ Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh 6/17/13
A ~ Alice in Wonderland by Tui T. Sutherland 6/8/13
N ~ Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh 7/18/13
D ~


Hot
H ~ Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh 6/13/13
O ~
T ~


Summer
S ~ Cloak & Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/13/13
U ~ The Unauthorized History of DX by Aaron Feigenbaum 8/8/13
M ~ MacRieve by Kresley Cole 7/10/13
M ~
E ~ The Lone Ranger Junior Novel by Elizabeth Rudnick 7/21/13
R ~


Pool
P ~
O ~
O ~
L ~

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. Water
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin
13. Blue Sky
14. No people ~ The Smoke Thief 6/18/13
15. Bike/motorcycle
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)
17. Famous Landmark
18. Ball


Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
19. Florida ~ Hotshot 8/14/13
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California
22. Hawaii
23. Nevada ~ Mate Claimed 6/4/13
24. New York ~ Dragon Bound 6/6/13
25. Greece
26. England ~ Late for the Wedding 6/22/13
27. Any Beach


Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month
29. Read a book with a road trip.
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot.
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside.
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat.
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
36. Read a new release must read book. ~ Lover At Last 6/13/13

[Hayley]

Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
Time Frame: 16.05 - 15.08
Level of Difficulty: Level 1: Sitting on the porch enjoying the summer. 5 tasks
Tasks complete: 5/5
Books complete: 8/8

Spell it out
02. SAND
S: Safronoff, Aaron, Fallen Spire 25.07.13 ♥♥♥
A: Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 07.06.13 ♥♥♥♥♥
N: Noree Cosper, A Prescription for Delirium 02.07.13 ♥♥♥♥
D: Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Hound of the Baskervilles 17.07.13 ♥♥♥♥♥

Cover Hunt
14. No People: Murder on Olympus by Robert B. Warren 27.06.13 ♥♥♥♥


Destinations
20. A National Park: The Steward by Christopher Shields 30.07.13 ♥♥♥♥
21. California: Black Moon by Jessica McQuay 09.08.13 ♥♥♥

Summer Loving
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat: Thirst by L.A. Larkin 29.06.13 ♥♥♥♥♥

[Zakiya]

Jumping in on this one! Will add the books I've already finished a little later.
ETA - I'm just going to see how many of these tasks I can complete.

Duration: 16 May - 15 August, 2013
26/80 books read, 14/36 tasks finished

Spell it Out (author, title or series)
1. Sun
2. Sand
3. Hot
H - Hocking, Amanda: Switched 29/5
O - Oram, Kelly: The Avery Shaw Experiment 23/5
T - Thirst No. 1 26/5
4. Pool
P - Parasol Protectorate: Soulless 20/7
O - Oram, Kelly: Chameleon 10/7
O - Orts, Teresa: The Year of the Great Seventh 14/7
L - Lisi Harrison: Best Friends for Never 30/5
5. Barbecue
B - The Boyfriend App 22/5
A - Angelini, Josephine: Starcrossed 13/7
R - Redwine, CJ: Defiance 6/7
B - Brandon Hale: Day Soldiers 21/5
E - E.S.P.: Dawn of the Apocalypse 9/8
C - Cyndi Tefft: Between 4/7
U - Unraveling 16/7
E
6. Flip Flops
7. Baseball
8. Vacation
9. Summer

Cover Hunt (post the covers)
10. Water 28/6
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin 30/5
13. Blue Sky
14. No people
15. Bike/motorcycle 23/6
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)
17. Famous Landmark
18. Ball

Destinations (set in or where a trip is made to these locations)
19. Florida
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California Sweet Evil 20/5
22. Hawaii
23. Nevada
24. New York Revenge of the Wannabes 3/6
25. Greece Elixir 14/7
26. England
27. Any Beach What's Left of Me 4/7

Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month. Pretty Little Liars 25/7
29. Read a book with a road trip.
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot. The Austere Academy 17/5
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside. Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings 21/7
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat. Sweet Peril 13/6
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream. The Ersatz Elevator 24/5
36. Read a new release must read book.

[[deleted user]]

Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter.

S: A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin 5/30
U
N

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. Water
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin:
13. Blue Sky
14. No people
15. Bike/motorcycle
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)
17. Famous Landmark
18. Ball

Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
19. Florida
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California
22. Hawaii
23. Nevada
24. New York
25. Greece
26. England: The Innocents by Francesca Segal 7/5
27. Any Beach: I Suck at Girls byJustin Halpern 6/20

Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month
29. Read a book with a road trip.
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot. The Giver by Lois Lowry 6/5
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin 6/20
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat. Amethyst by Heather Bowhay 6/3
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
36. Read a new release must read book.

[Tina "IRead2Escape"]

Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
May 16 to August 15

Day Trip to the Pool or Beach
15/16 completed

Sand 3/4

√S ~ Concealed Desire by Eden Summers 7/15 (4.5 Stars)
A ~ Always on My Mind by Bella Andre
√N ~ Baby Stetson by Nikki Lynn Barrett 6/13 (4 Stars)
√D ~ Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones 7/24 (4.5 Stars)



☺Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers. 4/4

√Sunglasses ~ A Brother's Honor by Brenda Jackson 5/20 (4 Stars)
√Bare skin ~ SEAL of Honor by Tonya Burrows 5/31 (4.5 Stars)
√No people ~ The Proposition by Jennifer Lyon 6/1 (5 Stars)
√Bike/motorcycle ~ Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley 6/30 (5 Stars)



☺Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations. 3/3

√Nevada ~ The Rancher's Homecoming by Cathy McDavid 7/6 (4.5 Stars
√Greece ~ One Hot Winter's Night by Serenity Woods 5/27 (4 Stars)
√Any Beach ~The Wanderer by Robyn Carr 7/1 (5 Stars)



☺Summer Loving 5/5

√Read a book with kids central to the plot. ~ Big Sky Summer by Linda Lael Miller 5/24 (4 Stars)
√Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside. ~ Caine's Reckoning by Sarah McCarty 5/17 (4.5 Stars)
√Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat. ~ Long Simmering Spring by Elisabeth Barrett 5/18 (4.5 Stars)
√Read a new release must read book. ~ Outlaw Lawman by Delores Fossen 5/25 (4.5 Stars)
√Read a book set in a Summer month. ~ Making It Last by Ruthie Knox 7/27 (3.5 Stars)

[Shelly]

Summer Vacation ~ Quarterly Challenge
Level 3: Day trip to the pool or beach. 15 tasks
Duration: 5/16/13 - 8/15/13
11/18

Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter.
1. Sun
S
U
N
2. Sand
S
A - The Hunt For Atlantis by Andy McDermott May 26
N
D - Zero Day by David Baldacci May 22
3. Hot
H
O
T - The Truant Officer may 4
4. Pool
P
O
O
L
5. Barbecue
B
A
R
B
E - Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales May 28
C
U
E
6. Flip Flops
F
L
I
P
F
L
O
P
S
7. Baseball
B
A
S
E
B
A
L
L
8. Vacation
V - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov May 23
A
C
A
T
I
O
N
9. Summer
S
U
M - My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business June 2
M - Marcelo's Secret June 5
E
R

Summer Loving
10. Read a book set in a Summer month
11. Read a book with a road trip. Inferno May 18
12. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
13. Read a book with kids central to the plot. Flowers in the Attic May 21
14. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside. Wireman May 27
15. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
16. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children May 20
17. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
18. Read a new release must read book.

[Suzanne]

The Lost Challenges
Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
Duration: May 16 - August 15

Choose a level and complete the number of tasks for that level
Level 1: Sitting on the porch enjoying the summer. 5 tasks
Level 2: Afternoon trip to the park. 10 tasks
Level 3: Day trip to the pool or beach. 15 tasks
Level 4: Weekend getaway. 20 tasks
Level 5: Road Trip 25 tasks
Level 6: Dream Vacation. 30 tasks

Progress: 80 out of 80

Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter:

1. Sun
S: Storming the Castle by Eloisa James
U: Unclean Spirits by M.L.N. Hanover
N: Nora Roberts; Dance Upon the Air

2. Sand
S: A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
A: Kelley Armstrong; The Gathering
N: Night Huntress by Yasmine Galenorn
D: Darynda Jones; For I Have Sinned

3. Hot
H: Molly Harper; Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
O: Out on a Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love by Shirley Maclaine
T: Teach Yourself Visually Microsoft Office Access 2007 by Faithe Wempen

4. Pool
P: Kalayna Price; Grave Dance
O: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
O: Barbara O'Neal; How to Bake a Perfect Life
L: Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward

5. Barbecue
B: Blood Crime by Kim Harrison
A: Alpha and Omega: Cry Wolf Volume Two by Patricia Briggs
R: Rachel Caine; Glass Houses
B: Jim Butcher; Welcome to the Jungle
E: Cynthia Eden; Deadly Fear
C: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
U: The Untamed Bride by Stephanie Laurens
E: Ellen Schreiber; Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives, Vol. 3

6. Flip Flops:
F: Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story by J.R. Ward
L: Libba Bray; The Diviners
I: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
P: Patricia Briggs; Cry Wolf
F: First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
L: Loretta Chase; Silk Is For Seduction
O: One Summer by Karen Robards
P: P.C. Cast; Chosen
S: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning

7. Baseball
B: Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh
A: Gordon Andrews; Curran, Vol. I
S: Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
E: Enclave by Ann Aguirre
B: Bikini Season by Sheila Roberts
A: Ann Aguirre; Foundation
L: Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
L: Lili St. Crow; Strange Angels

8. Vacation
V: Veronica Roth; Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story
A: And One Last Thing ... by Molly Harper
C: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
A: Lori Austin; Beauty and the Bounty Hunter
T: Taming Natasha by Nora Roberts
I: Iced (Dani O'Malley, #1) by Karen Marie Moning
O: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean
N: Nora Roberts; Key Of Knowledge

9. Summer
S: Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
U: Untamed by P.C. Cast
M: Karen Marie Moning; Fever Moon: The Fear Dorcha
M: Mary Doria Russell; The Sparrow
E: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
R: Roald Dahl; James and the Giant Peach


Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers:
10. Water: The Witness by Nora Roberts
11. Sunglasses: Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter
12. Bare Skin: Chasing Magic by Stacia Kane
13. Blue Sky: The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine
14. No people: Black Rose by Nora Roberts
15. Bike/Motorcycle: Covet by J.R. Ward
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk): Thinking of You by Jill Mansell
17. Famous Landmark: French Lessons by Ellen Sussman
18. Ball: Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman


Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations:
19. Florida:
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
20. A National Park or Monument:
Walt Disney World by Laurie Flannery
21. California:
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi
22. Hawaii:
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
23. Nevada:
High Stakes by Erin McCarthy
24. New York:
Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
25. Greece:
Your Wicked Heart by Meredith Duran
26. England:
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
27. Any Beach:
Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West


Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month:
Red Lily by Nora Roberts
29. Read a book with a road trip:
Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival: Jersey Shore:
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot:
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside:
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic:
Key of Light by Nora Roberts
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat:
I Love the Earl by Caroline Linden
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream:
Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
36. Read a new release must read book:
Sand Castle Bay by Sherryl Woods - *** - 7/14/2013

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Update:
5/15 Done


Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter.
1. Sun
2. Sand
3. Hot
4. Pool
5. Barbecue
6. Flip Flips
7. Baseball
8. Vacation
9. Summer

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers.
10. Water
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin
13. Blue Sky
14. No people Rock Chick Rescue, Kristen Ashley 5/22/13 ★★★
15. Bike/motorcycle Rock Chick Renegade, Kristen Ashley 5/29/13 ★★★★
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)
17. Famous Landmark
18. Ball



Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations.
19. Florida
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California
22. Hawaii
23. Nevada
24. New York- Big Bad Wolf, Christine Warren 5/31/13 ★★★★
25. Greece
26. England
27. Any Beach

Summer Loving
28. Read a book set in a Summer month
29. Read a book with a road trip.
Rock Chick Redemption, Kristen Ashley 5/25/13 ★★★★
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot.
Boundless, Cynthia Hand 5/18/13 ★★★
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside.
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat.
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
36. Read a new release must read book.

[Juana "Darkness"]

I'm in. I'll post when I finish or not.

SUMMER VACATION
Duration: May 16- Aug. 15

[Tina "IRead2Escape"]

Updated Message #31

11/30 completed

[Tina "IRead2Escape"]

Updated Message #31

13/30 Completed

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

I'm in for this. Thought i posted but nope, turns out I just started following this so I wouldn't forget. Silly me. I won't know my level until I find the books I've read from May 15 until now, to see where I stand at this time! Back to edit later...

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "I'm in for this. Thought i posted but nope, turns out I just started following this so I wouldn't forget. Silly me. I won't know my level until I find the books I've read from May 15 until now, to ..."

LOL, I've done that before too.

[Tina "IRead2Escape"]

Updated Message #31

16/31 Completed

[Tina "IRead2Escape"]

Updated Message #31

19/30 completed

[Nichole]

Summer Vacation Quarterly Challenge
May 16 to August 15
Level 4: Weekend getaway. 20 tasks
Completed: 20/20

Spell it Out
S-Scandalous by Karen Robards *6/15 ★★★★☆
U-Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy *6/22 ★★☆☆☆
N- Nalini Singh, Slave to Sensation *6/19 ★★★★☆

Cover Hunt
10. Water- Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs *6/8 ★★★★★
11. Sunglasses
12. Bare skin-Changeling Moon by Dani Harper *5/25 ★★★★☆
13. Blue Sky -The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks *5/22 ★★★☆☆
14. No people-Naked in Death by J.D. Robb *5/17 ★★★★☆
15. Bike/motorcycle- Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde *6/12 ★★★☆☆
16. Lots of colors (like a box of chalk)- Dark Desire by Christine Feehan *6/9 ★★★★☆
17. Famous Landmark
18. Ball


Destinations
19. Florida- Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines *7/10 ★★★★☆
20. A National Park or Monument
21. California- Wallbanger by Alice Clayton *6/10 ★★★★★
22. Hawaii- Unleashed by Cherrie Lynn *6/23 ★★★☆☆
23. Nevada- Binding Krista by Jory Strong *6/29 ★★★☆☆
24. New York- Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh *7/3 ★★★☆☆
25. Greece
26. England-Soulless by Gail Carriger *5/19 ★★★★☆
27. Any Beach


Summer Loving
✔28. Read a book set in a Summer month -The Girl's Guide to (Man) Hunting by Jessica Clare *7/11 ★★★★☆
✔ 29. Read a book with a road trip.
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa *6/26 ★★★★☆
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival.
✔ 31. Read a book with kids central to the plot.
Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach *6/27 ★★★★★
✔ 32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside.
Outpost by Ann Aguirre *6/27 ★★★☆☆
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic.
✔ 34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat-
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis *6/8 ★★★★☆
✔35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
North of Need by Laura Kaye *7/12 ★★★☆☆
✔ 36. Read a new release must read book- Tangled by Emma Chase *6/4 ★★★★☆

[Zakiya]

Congrats, Nichole!

[Jenne]

I'm grasping at straws a bit here but would a full moon count as a ball?

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Jenne wrote: "I'm grasping at straws a bit here but would a full moon count as a ball?"

I think it would.

[Jenne]

Great thanks!

[Laura]

I thought for sure that I had signed up for this! I've been doing it, but I don't see my post, so obviously I got distracted... he he he . I'll update this post when I'm closer to being done.

Summer Vacation Challenge:

Duration: May 16 – August 15
Level: Dream Vacation (30/30)*
(item #30 completed August 18)
Total Books Read: 61

Spell it Out Using Author, title or series first letter. (6/9)
1. Sun
2. Sand
3. Hot
4. Pool
5. Barbecue
7. Baseball
8. Vacation

S – Sacrifice - A Fall For Me Prequel – 06/23/13
U – Under a Vampire Moon – 05/23/13
N – New Breed – 08/11/13

S – Steven Brust (Teckla) – 07/18/13
A – Airhead (Runaway) - 05/17/13
N – Nikki Jefford (Duplicity) – 08/03/13
D – The Dragon's Son – 07/23/13

H – Hugh Howey (Wool Omnibus) – 05/29/13
O – Obsidian (To Light A Candle) – 07/27/13
T – Thomas Reid (Insurrection) – 05/17/13

P – Patricia Knight (Hers to Command) – 08/10/13
O – Oliver, Lauren (Requiem) – 06/07/13
O – Orwell, George (1984) – 06/04/13
L – Lover Eternal – 05/24/13

B – Black Dagger Brotherhood series (Lover Unbound) – 06/02/13
A – Abandon – 05/18/13
R – Rose, J. Q. (Coda to Murder) – 05/26/13
B – Black Dagger Brotherhood (Lover Revealed) – 05/30/13
E – Everville series (The First Pillar) – 05/23/13
C – Crowe, Melissa (First Sight) – 07/19/13
U – Underworld – 05/19/13
E – The Empire of the Stars – 07/30/13

B – Blood Awakening – 08/11/13
A - The Archons of the Stars – 08/08/13
S – Sands, Lynsay (Bite Me If You Can) – 08/03/13
E – E. E. Knight (Dragon Champion) – 08/10/13
B – Black Dagger Brotherhood (Lover Reborn) – 07/14/13
A – Asmiov, Isaac (Youth) – 08/08/13
L – Lover Avenged – 06/28/13
L – Lover Awakened – 05/25/13

V – Veronica Roth (Insurgent) - 06/21/13
A – Avalon (Thrill of the Night) – 08/03/13
C – Celia Kyle (He Ain't Lion) – 08/04/13
A – Age of Fire (Dragon Avenger) - 08/18/13
T – Three Parts Dead – 05/18/13
I – Immortal Ever After – 06/16/13
O – Once Burned – 06/05/13
N – No Such Thing as Immortality - 08/18/13

Cover Hunt Find the items on the cover of the book, and post the covers. (7/9)
10. Water – Finale – 06/17/13
12. Bare skin – Lover Mine – 06/30/13
13. Blue sky - Mistress of Dragons – 07/10/13
14. No people – The Crimson Crown – 06/02/13
16. Lots of colors - Master of Dragons – 07/26/13
17. Famous Landmark – Succubus Blues (Seattle Space Needle) – 07/20/13
18. Ball – Vampires Are Forever – 08/04/13 (Full Moon)


Destinations Read books set in or where a trip is made to these locations. (7/9)
19. Florida – Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Miami) – 06/20/13
20. A National Park or Monument – The Five Fakirs of Faizabad (Yellowstone National Park) – 08/01/13
21. California – Type N (Yreka and San Diego) – 08/12/13
24. New York – Lover Enshrined – 06/25/13
25. Greece – Stolen Hearts – 07/11/13
26. England – Lover Unleashed – 07/02/13
27. Any Beach - Gothic!: Ten Original Dark Tales - 07/31/13

Summer Loving (9/9)
28. Read a book set in a Summer month – Size 12 and Ready to Rock – 06/10/13
29. Read a book with a road trip - Entangled – 07/27/13
30. Read a book with a trip to an amusement park, fair or carnival. – Twice Tempted– 08/01/13
31. Read a book with kids central to the plot. - Demon Vampire: Anthology – 06/22/13
32. Read a book where a character camps, or sleeps outside. – Fire Study – 06/19/13
33. Read a book where the characters have a picnic. – One Good Knight – 06/29/13
34. Read a book where a character takes a ride on a boat. – A Game of Thrones – 05/22/13
35. Read a book where a character eats ice cream. - Succubus on Top – 07/21/13
36. Read a new release must read book. - Heart of Iron – 05/16/13

[Lindy]

I better get started

[Hayley]

woohoo all done :) See post #28

[Jenne]

I really, really tried to finish this at dream vacation level. Ended up with 27/30 read.