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Summer: Camping Reading Challenge

Duration: 6/21/13 - 9/21/13
Level: Survivor - Read 15+ Books
11/22
R ~ Riaz in Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh
O ~ Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle
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I ~ Immortal Protector by Ursula Bauer
M ~ Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
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I ~ The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood
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G ~ Goddess of Spring by P. C. Cast






D ~ The Devious Book for Cats by Janet Ginsburg
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C ~ The Cursed by Alyssa Day
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O ~ Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison
V ~ Vulcan in Goddess of Love by P. C. Cast
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S ~ Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh






Duration: 6/21/13 - 9/21/13
Level: Tenderfoot - 5 books
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Duration: June 21/13 - September 21/13
Levels: Survivor - Read 15+ Books
26/26
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I will do Survivor(I hope) lol
Duration: June 21st through September 21st, 2013.
Levels of Play:
Tenderfoot - Read 3 to 5 Books
Scavenger - Read 6 to 8 Books
Scout - Read 9 to 11 Books
Explorer - Read 12 to 14 Books
Survivor - Read 15+ Books
How to play:
- Read books that have pictures of people camping on the covers or in the book
- Read books which have camping related items or activities on the cover, or have people doing camp related activities in the book (see lists below for examples)
- Do a Spell-it-out Challenge with a word associated with camping (see list below or come up with your own) Use the letter of an author's or character's first, middle, or last name or nickname to spell out a word or use the first letters of a book's title. (If the title begins with a, an, the, etc. then you may use the second word of the title.)
- Do any combination of the above
Example of a Spell-it-out Challenge:
F - F. Scott Fitzgerald author of The Great Gatsby
R - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
O - Evie O'Neill (character) from The Diviners by Libba Bray
G - John Green author of The Fault in Our Stars
Check list:
tents
s'mores
Ants
laterns
frying pans
sleeping bags
campfire
stars
hot dogs
bears
backpacks
Fire
Water
Food
Protection
Boat
Hiking Boots
First Aid
swimsuit
life preserver
mesquitoes
bug spray/Insect repellent
swimming
frogs
spiders
snakes
dutch ovens
pocket knife
Compass
Whistle
Raincoat
Matches
Fishing poles
Flashlights/Torches
Bait
Fishing new
Headlamp
bandannas
Camera
Camcorder
Memory cards/film
Binoculars
Maps
Guidebook
Interpretive field guides (flowers, insects)
Star chart/night-sky identifier
books
Notebook and pen/pencil
Sketchpad with art supplies
Radio or music player with headphones
Two-way radios
GPS receiver
Cell phone
Travel alarm clock
Umbrella
foil
Water bottles
spatula
Activities:
hiking
fishing
Rock Climbing
Cooking
canoeing
shadow puppets
Archery
Ghost Stories
knot tying
Tracking
M. The Marais Assassin..Claude Izner(book 4)(read)
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S. The Sweetest Thing..Cathy Woodman(book 3)(26 Jun)
S. The Stockholm Octavo..Karen Engelmann
T. The Two Week Wait..Sarah Rayner(22 Jun)
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R. Red Sparrow..Jason Matthews
C. Clockwork Princess..Cassandra Clare(book 3)(23 Jun)
H. The House at Riverton..Kate Morton
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T. Thoughtless..S.C. Stephenson(book 1)

Summer Camping Reading Challenge
June 21st- September 21st
Level: Scavenger- Read 8 Books
Progress: 6/8
(In honor of our main activity this summer...)
I- The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
G- Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok







SUMMER CAMP CHALLENGE, 6/21 - 9/21
SURVIVOR LEVEL, PROGRESS: 24/24
S'MORES - COMPLETED 7/27
✔ S - author Deborah Sharp - Mama Rides Shotgun (Mace Bauer #2), finished 6/29
✔ M - character Maria - Trouble in Spades (Nina Quinn #2), by Heather Webber, finished 7/27
✔ O - Olga: A Daughter's Tale, by Marie-Thérèse Browne, finished 7/18
✔ R - character Rochelle Davenport - Ladies' Night
✔ E - author David Ebershoff - The 19th Wife
✔ S - Sweet Salt Air, by Barbara Delinsky, finished 7/14






ARCHERY
✔ A - author Amanda Lee - The Quick and the Thread
✔ R - A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness #2), by Rhys Bowen, finished 7/11
✔ C - author Chris Grabenstein - Tilt-a-Whirl (John Ceepak #1), finished 7/13
✔ H - author Maddy Hunter - Top O' the Mournin' (Passport to Peril #2), finished 7/23
✔ E - author Edie Claire - Never Kissed Goodnight
✔ R - character Rupert - The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce #2), by Alan Bradley, finished 7/29
✔ Y - Your Chariot Awaits, by Lorena McCourtney, finished 8/20







SLEEPING BAG - COMPLETED 8/2
✔ S - author Mary Simses - The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe, finished 8/2
✔ L - author Lily Koppel - The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, finished 7/2
✔ E - Even Money, by Dick & Felix Francis, finished 7/17
✔ E - author Elizabeth Adler - Please Don't Tell, finished 7/19
✔ P - The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux, finished 8/1
✔ I - author Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Star Wars, finished 7/28
✔ N - author Nancy Thayer - Island Girls, finished 7/1
✔ G - Gone with the Win (Bed & Breakfast #28), by Mary Daheim, finished 7/21
✔ B - author Laura Bradford - Assaulted Pretzel (Amish Mystery #2), finished 7/17
✔ A - author Agatha Christie - Thirteen At Dinner (Hercule Poirot #9), finished 7/4
✔ G - author Gaston Leroux - The Mystery of the Yellow Room, finished 7/26











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

C- Charlie from The Perks of Being A Wallflower - Sthephan Chbosky✔
A- Adams, Douglas - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy✔
M- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle ✔
P- Paul Kemp from The Rum Diary - Hunter S. Thompson✔
F- Frodo from Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien ✔
I- Inigo Montoya from The Princess Diaries - William Goldman ✔
R- Roth, Veronica - Divergent ✔
E- Elie Weisel - Night ✔
DONE!!!

Summer Camping Reading Challenge
June 21st- September 21st
I'm still in between:
Level: Scavenger: 6-8 books
Progress:7/8









Levels of Play:
Survivor - Read 15+ Books
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Summer Camping Reading Challenge
Duration: June 21st through September 21st, 2013
Progress: 56 out of 56
Tents
T: The Dresden Files: Storm Front, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm by Jim Butcher - ***** - 7/30/2013
E: Eloisa James; Storming the Castle - ***** - 6/28/2013
N: Nora Roberts; Key Of Knowledge - **** - 7/15/2013
T: The Dresden Files: Storm Front, Volume 2: Maelstrom by Jim Butcher - ***** - 8/1/2013
S: A Superior Death by Nevada Barr - ***** - 7/17/2013





S'mores
S: Susan Elizabeth Phillips; Heaven, Texas - ***** - 7/2/2013
M: Richelle Mead; Frostbite - *** - 8/26/2013
O: Out on a Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love by Shirley Maclaine - ** - 7/10/2013
R: Rachel Caine; Glass Houses - *** - 6/26/2013
E: Cynthia Eden; Deadly Fear - ** - 6/30/2013
S: Stephanie Laurens; The Untamed Bride - *** - 7/19/2013






Ants
A: Gordon Andrews; Curran, Vol. I - ***** - 7/23/2013
N: Nora Roberts; Key of Valor - ***** - 7/16/2013
T: Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - *** - 8/21/2013
S: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - ***** - 7/26/2013




Laterns
L: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward - **** - 7/9/2013
A: Ann Aguirre; Foundation - *** - 8/13/2013
T: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell - ***** - 8/29/2013
E: Ellen Schreiber; Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives, Vol. 3 - *** - 8/7/2013
R: Roald Dahl; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - * - 7/12/2013
N: Nora Roberts; Key of Light - *** - 7/10/2013
S: Sand Castle Bay by Sherryl Woods - *** - 7/14/2013







Frying Pans
F: First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones - **** - 8/5/2013
R: Veronica Roth; Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story - **** - 8/7/2013
Y: Your Wicked Heart by Meredith Duran - ***** - 8/22/2013
I: Iced (Dani O'Malley, #1) by Karen Marie Moning - ***** - 8/12/2013
N: Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper - ***** - 6/28/2013
G: Grave Dance by Kalayna Price - *** - 8/14/2013
P: P.C. Cast; Untamed - *** - 8/18/2013
A: And One Last Thing ... by Molly Harper - ***** - 8/17/2013
N: Nora Roberts; Red Lily - ***** - 6/25/2013
S: Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones - ***** - 8/6/2013










Sleeping Bags
S: Nalini Singh; Bonds of Justice - *** - 7/29/2013
L: Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward - **** - 7/24/2013
E: Enclave by Ann Aguirre - *** - 8/13/2013
E: David Ebershoff; The 19th Wife - ***** - 8/28/2013
P: James Patterson; Zoo - *** - 9/4/2013
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Rises - ***** - 9/15/2013
N: Nora Roberts; Dance Upon the Air - *** - 7/30/2013
G: Sue Grafton; B is for Burglar - **** - 8/23/2013
B: Jim Butcher; Welcome to the Jungle - ***** - 7/28/2013
A: Against the Wind by Kat Martin - **** - 8/30/2013
G: Diana Gabaldon; Outlander - ***** - 8/4/2013
S: Sheila Roberts; Bikini Season - **** - 8/10/2013












Hot Dogs
H: Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts - ** - 9/17/2013
O: On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves - ***** - 9/2/2013
T: Tessa Dare; A Night to Surrender - ***** - 9/10/2013
D: Darynda Jones; For I Have Sinned - ***** - 8/5/2013
O: Barbara O'Neal; How to Bake a Perfect Life - ***** - 8/22/2013
G: Garth Nix; Mister Monday - * - 8/27/2013
S: Sanctuary by Melissa Marr - *** - 8/18/2013







Bears
B: Black Rose by Nora Roberts - ***** - 6/24/2013
E: Ellen Sussman; French Lessons - ***** - 7/21/2013
A: Kelley Armstrong; The Gathering - ***** - 7/2/2013
R: Roald Dahl; James and the Giant Peach - *** - 7/11/2013
S: Swamplandia! by Karen Russell - ***** - 7/7/2013






Duration: June 21, 2013 - September 21, 2013
Levels: Survivor - Read 15+ Books
17/17
S: Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James - 7/26/13
T: Test of the Twins by Margaret Weis - 7/8/13
A: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie - 7/4/13
R: With Friends Like These... by Gillian Roberts - 7/13/13
C: Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie - 7/3/13
H: Nine Lives Last Forever by Rebecca M. Hale - 7/29/13
A: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - 7/21/13
R: Greywalker by Kat Richardson - 8/10/13
T: Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout - 7/23/13
C: Deadly Valentine by Carolyn G. Hart - 8/9/13
A: An Undeniable Rogue by Annette Blair - 7/17/13
M: Bitter Sweets by G.A. McKevett - 8/24/13
P: The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters - 7/31/13
F: Goose in the Pond by Earlene Fowler - 8/13/13
I: If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle - 8/1/13
R: Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 8/16/13
E: Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings - 7/11/13



Summer Camping Reading Challenge
Duration: 21/06/2013 – 21/09/2013
Level: Scavenger
Progress: 8/8
Word: CAMPFIRE
C. La chimera di Praga by Laini Taylor - ★★★★★ [16/08/2013]
(English version: Daughter of Smoke & Bone)
A. Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter - ★★★★ [25/07/2013]
(English version: Alice in Zombieland)
M. Il mio nome è Nessuno. Il giuramento by Valerio Massimo Manfredi - ★★★★★ [22/07/2013]
P. Il paradiso degli orchi by Daniel Pennac - ★★★★ [06/09/2013]
(English version: Scapegoat)
F. Fuga dal Natale by John Grisham - ★★★★ [31/08/2013]
(English version: Skipping Christmas: Christmas with The Kranks)
I. Incantevole e pericoloso by Melissa Marr - ★★★ [09/07/2013]
(English version: Wicked Lovely)
R. Il ragazzo dei mondi infiniti by Neil Gaiman - ★★★★ [11/07/2013]
(English version: InterWorld)
E. Elianto by Stefano Benni - ★★★★★ [15/07/2013]









Thank you Lisa Kay!
It's my first challenge with this group, you all have a great imagination!
I'm an Italian reader, so all my books will be in Italian. I have added the English edition for all my books in my list, when it's possible. In this way I hope that also other readers will find something interesting from my choices.


Summer Camping Challenge
Duration 6/21-9/21
Level: Explorer
1/12
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The Italian language can be a little difficult at the beginning. We love to complicate our verbs, with different conjugations, and to have a lot of different words with similar meaning. But when you understand our basic grammar, you will discover a entire new world!
You can try to read some books written by Giorgio Faletti if you like the thriller genre. Or Licia Troisi if you like fantasy books. They write with simple phrases, specially Licia Troisi.


Duration: 6/21/13 - 9/21/13
Completed: 11/11 Level: Scout Completed: 7/27/13
S'MORES: 6/6
S: Skloot, Rebecca » The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ★★★★✩ 6/28/13
M: Michael Grant » Gone ★★★★✩ 6/27/13
O: The Obsession of Victoria Gracen » Grace Livingston Hill ★★★★★ 7/2/13
R: Red Velvet Cupcake Murder » Joanne Fluke ★★★★✩ 6/30/13
E: Elizabeth Baker » Jakobe's Assignment ★★★★★ 7/3/13
S: Leann Sweeney » The Cat, the Lady and the Liar ★★★★✩ 7/9/13






STARS: 5/5
S: Slaughterhouse-Five » Kurt Vonnegut ★★✩✩✩ 7/13/13
T: Tolkien, J.R.R. » The Hobbit or There and Back Again ★★★★★ 7/19/13
A: The Age of Miracles » Karen Thompson Walker ★★★✩✩ 7/6/13
R: Roth, Veronica » Insurgent ★★★★✩ 7/27/13
S: Sinclair, Upton » The Jungle ★★✩✩✩ 7/17/13






Summer Camping Reading Challenge
Duration: 6/21/2013 – 9/21/2013
Level: Scout 9/9 Finished!
B: Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier 7/3/13
A: Annie Fang in The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson7/5/13
C: Charlie in The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly 6/28/13
K: Kronos in The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan 6/26/13
P: Percy Jackson in The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan 6/21/13
A: A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie 7/4/13
C: Carl in The Appeal by John Grisham 7/17/13
K: Kirn, Walter in Better Than Fiction 7/19/13
S: Sue Grafton's O is for Outlaw 6/22/13

Level: Survivor - Read 15+ Books
READ: 30/30
S'MORES 6/6 COMPLETE!
S: Six Seconds - Rick Mofina 6/29
M: Magic's Child - Justine Larbalestier 6/28
O: This Dark Endeavour - Kenneth Oppel 6/26
R: The Rising - Kelley Armstrong 6/23
E: Everbound - Brodi Ashton 6/25
S: Shades of Midnight - Lara Adrian 7/17






HIKING BOOTS 11/11 COMPLETE!
H: Hot Head - Damon Suede 7/11
I: The Immortal Fire - Anne Ursu 7/20
K: Dawn in Eclipse Bay - Jayne Ann Krentz 7/3
I: Sleep No More - Iris Johansen 7/21
N: NOS4A2 - Joe Hill 7/18
G: The Darkest Edge of Dawn - Kelly Gay 7/5
B: Black Dawn - Rachel Caine 7/2
O: Delirium - Lauren Oliver 7/13
O: The Rook - Daniel O'Malley 7/24
T: Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey - Trenton Lee Stewart 7/26
S: Slow Heat - Jill Shalvis 7/31











SHADOW PUPPETS 13/13 COMPLETE!
S: A Cold-Blooded Business - Dana Stabenow 7/8
H: A Highlander's Homecoming - Melissa Mayhue 7/10
A: The Friday Society - Adrienne Kress 7/4
D: Demon Hunts - C.E. Murphy 6/29
O: Enchantment - Orson Scott Card 7/29
W: With Red Hands - Stephen Woodworth 7/9
P: Dark Mirror - Mary Jo Putney 6/25
U: Under Your Spell - Lois Greiman 7/3
P: The Paris Vendetta - Steve Berry 7/8
P: Playboy's Challenge - Jo Barrett 7/30
E: Meet Me in Venice - Elizabeth Adler 7/4
T: A Taste of Sin - Connie Mason 8/9
S: Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan 8/8













CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Level: Scavenger - Read 6 to 8 Books
S-Shōgun
R-Railsea
E-Empress
S-Stardust

S- Stunning by Sara Shepherd
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I will update this as I move along! :)

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June 21-September 21
Level: Survivor
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R - Red Kiss - Deidre Knight
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A - The Rising - Kelley Armstrong
K - My Soul To Keep - Sharie Kohler
E - My Fat Mad Teenage Diary - Rae Earl
S - Soldier In Charge - Jennifer LeBreque
F - Feel The Heat - Cindy Gerard
I - Innocent Traitor - Alison Weir
R - Untamed Hunger - Aubrey Ross
E - Forbidden - Karen Erickson

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June 21-September 21
Level: Survivor- Read 15+ Books
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Word: s'mores
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Word: Compass
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A 11.Affliction
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Word: STARS
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WORD: FIRE
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WORD: WATER
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WORD: SPIDERS
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D 31.The Demonologist
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Summer Camping Reading Challenge
June 21-September 21
Level: Survivor
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Books mentioned in this topic
Every Dark Corner (other topics)It Happened One Summer (other topics)
Future Under Fire (other topics)
Ain't He Precious? (other topics)
In Your Dreams (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Anne Canadeo (other topics)Lucy Burdette (other topics)
Kate Kingsbury (other topics)
Tonya Kappes (other topics)
K.B. Blake (other topics)
More...
Duration: June 21st through September 21st, 2013.
Levels of Play:
Tenderfoot - Read 3 to 5 Books
Scavenger - Read 6 to 8 Books
Scout - Read 9 to 11 Books
Explorer - Read 12 to 14 Books
Survivor - Read 15+ Books
How to play:
- Read books that have pictures of people camping on the covers or in the book
- Read books which have camping related items or activities on the cover, or have people doing camp related activities in the book (see lists below for examples)
- Do a Spell-it-out Challenge with a word associated with camping (see list below or come up with your own) Use the letter of an author's or character's first, middle, or last name or nickname to spell out a word or use the first letters of a book's title. (If the title begins with a, an, the, etc. then you may use the second word of the title.)
- Do any combination of the above
Example of a Spell-it-out Challenge:
F - F. Scott Fitzgerald author of The Great Gatsby
R - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
O - Evie O'Neill (character) from The Diviners by Libba Bray
G - John Green author of The Fault in Our Stars
Check list:
tents
s'mores
Ants
laterns
frying pans
sleeping bags
campfire
stars
hot dogs
bears
backpacks
Fire
Water
Food
Protection
Boat
Hiking Boots
First Aid
swimsuit
life preserver
mesquitoes
bug spray/Insect repellent
swimming
frogs
spiders
snakes
dutch ovens
pocket knife
Compass
Whistle
Raincoat
Matches
Fishing poles
Flashlights/Torches
Bait
Fishing new
Headlamp
bandannas
Camera
Camcorder
Memory cards/film
Binoculars
Maps
Guidebook
Interpretive field guides (flowers, insects)
Star chart/night-sky identifier
books
Notebook and pen/pencil
Sketchpad with art supplies
Radio or music player with headphones
Two-way radios
GPS receiver
Cell phone
Travel alarm clock
Umbrella
foil
Water bottles
spatula
Activities:
hiking
fishing
Rock Climbing
Cooking
canoeing
shadow puppets
Archery
Ghost Stories
knot tying
Tracking