Floating Down the River Challenge

[Diana S]

Floating Down the River Challenge
Duration: July 6 through August 5, 2017

Boy, It's HOT this summer. It's time to head to your Favorite Swimming Hole to cool off. Is it your local swimming pool at the Y; the swimming pool, while on vacation, staying at the Holiday Inn; a popular river at a state park; or do you just head to your favorite beach; or your own backyard?

For example: The Frio River at Garner State Park, or The beach in Miami, Fl, The pool at the Marriott.

Tell us your favorite swimming hole and spell-it-out. :D

Challenge Rules

1. One book for each letter.
2. Your may use * the first letter of the first word of the book title (exclude a, an, or the )
Or * the initials of an author's first or last name,
Or * the initials of the main character's first or last name
3. All books must be 100 pages or more. Re-reads are allowed as long as you actually read the books. NO Skimming!
4. Add the date that you completed each book. Your rating is optional.

Have "Fun" reading and "See ya floating down the river" :D

[Diana S]

Participants
(Click on your name - it will take you straight to your post)

Mustang Island - Diana
Lake Michigan - Book Concierge
Corona Del Mar - Licha - Olivia Completed
Budd Lake - Koren
Grande Isle - Jaret
Blue Heron Pond - Ollivermagnus
Sandy Hook - JennH
(Lake) Whatcom - Connie Completed
Lake Goguac - Carol

[Diana S]

I love to head out to the beach on Mustang Island State Park near Port Aransas, TX to relax and enjoy the waves with a cold drink in my hand. Ahhhhhhh........

Mustang Island State Park

Spell out: Mustang Island

Molinari, Joe in 15th Affair by James Patterson (7/20/17) ★★★★
U
Salty Piece of Land (A) by Jimmy Buffet (7/13/17) ★★★★
Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham (7/15/17) ★★★★
Ansel in Sweetly by Jackson Pearce (7/27/17) ★★★
Nancy Peacock's The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson (7/25/17) 4.5 ★★★★
Girl With All the Gifts (The) by M. R. Carey (7/10/17) ★★★★

Isabel Allende's Portrait in Sepia (7/21/17) ★★★★
Sadie Kane in The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (CR)
Last Dragonslayer (The) by Jasper Fforde (7/11/17) ★★★★
Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling (8/4/17) ★★★★
Natalie in The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman (7/29/17) ★★★★
Drake, Vincent in Micro by Michael Crichton (7/8/17) ★★★★

Beach Fun

[Book Concierge]

Floating Down the River
Begins: 06July17 / Ends: 05Aug 17

12 / 12

I head to one of several beaches along Lake Michigan ... Even in August the water will probably only be about 75F!

Lake Michigan
L - Linda Fairstein / Final Jeopardy ✔ – 13July17
A - AMBROSE, Stephen E. / Band of Brothers ✔ – 07July17
K - Kathy Hogan Trocheck / Happy Never After ✔ – 17July17
E - Elephant Company ✔ – 23July17
*
M - Malicious Intent ✔ – 17July17
I - Into the Beautiful North ✔ – 16July17
C - CASTILLO, Linda / Sworn to Silence ✔ - 30July17
H - Hamlet ✔ – 06July17
I - Invention of Hugo Cabret ✔ - 04Sep17
G - Gatekeeper (The) ✔ – 08July17
A - Ariana Franklin / The Serpent's Tale ✔ – 13July17
N - NORWICH, William / My Mrs. Brown ✔ - 04Aug17
.

[Licha-Olivia]

Floating Down The River
06July17 - 05/Aug17

A California beach that my family and I would go to- Corona Del Mar

C-Cat Schield Because of the Baby... (7/11/17)
O-Orwig, Sara Pregnant by the Texan (7/10/17)
R-Rafe (character) Carrying a King's Child Katherine Garbera (7/14/17)
O-Orwig, Sara Kissed by a Rancher (8/1/17)
N-Nora (character) Under the Harrow Flynn Berry (7/14/17)
A-Anna and the French Kiss Stephanie Perkins (7/31/17)

D-Dark Places Gillian Flynn (7/30/17)
E-Expecting the CEO's Child Yvonne Lindsay(7/13/17)
L-Linnet (character) When Beauty Tamed the Beast Eloisa James (7/10/17)

M-Matt (character) Swim the Fly Don Calame (7/20/17)
A-Ava (character) Bridged Kendra Elliot (8/4/17)
R-Rachel Vincent Blood Bound (8/5/17)

[Koren]

Our local lake:

B- The False Prophet: Conspiracy, Extortion and Murder in the Name of God by Claire Booth finished 7/18
U- Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds finished 7/12
D- Dead Center: The Shocking True Story of a Murder on Snipe Mountain by Frank Daniels finished 7/10
D-

L
A
K
E

[Jaret]

I don't swim. I actually don't like being in any water I can't see my toes in, but pools have too much chlorine for my liking. So I just go fishing off the pier instead. Daddy and I love to fish in Grande Isle, LA.

G
R
Alan Bradley's Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 4 stars 8/1/2017
N
Dunnett, Kaitlyn's Kilt Dead 4 stars 7/16/2017
E

I, Alex Cross by James Patterson 3.5 stars 7/17/2017
Sjowall, Maj and Per Wahloo's Cop Killer 3 stars 7/5/2017
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly 5 stars 8/1/2017
E

[Olivermagnus]

Floating Down the River
July 6 - Aug 5

12 of 13 Completed

We have a pond in our neighborhood and I occasionally float around in it.

B - Myron Bolitar - MC in The Final Detail - Harlan Coben - 7/28/17
L - Linda Castillo - Down a Dark Road - 7/19/17
U
E - Eowyn Ivey - To The Bright Edge of the World - 7/8/17

H - Hat Dance - Carmen Amato - 7/25/17
E - Kate Ellis - Kissing the Demons - 7/26/17
R - Rules of Civility - Amor Towles - 7/9/17
O - Owen Laukkanen - The Stolen Ones - 7/30/17
N - The Night Stalker - Chris Carter - 7/7/17

P - Peggy O'Neal Peden - Your Killin' Heart - 7/6/17
O - Orchid Blues - Stuart Woods - 7/15/17
N - Noel MacRae - MC in Midnight in Berlin - James MacManus - 7/21/17
D - Death at La Fenice - Donna Leon - 7/11/17

[JennH]

Floating Down the River

✔S - Some Enchanted Eclair by Bailey Cates 7/10/17
✔A - Avery Stafford in Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate 7/18/17
✔N - Aunt Nettie in The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl 7/22/17
D
Y

✔H - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 7/23/17
O
O
✔K - The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory 7/14/17

[Koren]

Changed mine to Budd Lake. Figured I'd never find an x for Fox Lake.

[Connie]

I'm heading for

LAKE

W is for Woodson , Jacqueline. Another Brooklyn 4.5 stars. 7/14/17
H is for Hawkins, Paula. Into the Water. 4 stars. 7/2/17
A is for Ann Cleeves. Blue Lightning 7/12/17. 5 stars.
T is for Toni Morrison. Beloved 5 stars. 7/13/17
C is for Cameron Bloom. Penguin the Magpie: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family. 5 stars. 7/4/17
O is for Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest 7/2/17 5 stars.
M is for Malladi, Amulya. A House for Happy Mothers 4 stars. 7/9/17

[Licha-Olivia]

Challenge completed!

[Carol]

Guess I'll visit a local lake - Goguac.

✔Goddard, Robert - Take No Farewell
✔O'Loughlin, Ann - The Secrets of Roscarbury Hall
✔Grisham, John - The Whistler
U:
✔Andrew Goss - Don't Look Twice
✔Clive Cussler - The Silent Sea -8/5/17 - 4★'s

[Diana S]

Diana S wrote: "I love to head out to the beach on Mustang Island State Park near Port Aransas, TX to relax and enjoy the waves with a cold drink in my hand. Ahhhhhhh........

Mustang Island State Park

Spell out:..."

I just needed one more! :( So close!

[Book Concierge]

Book Concierge wrote: "Floating Down the River
Begins: 06July17 / Ends: 05Aug 17

11 / 12

I head to one of several beaches along Lake Michigan ... Even in August the water will probably only be about 75F!

Lake Michigan..."

So close .... only missing the "i" ... And nothing on the near horizon will complete it, either ....

[Olivermagnus]

Olivermagnus wrote: "Floating Down the River
July 6 - Aug 5

12 of 13 Completed

We have a pond in our neighborhood and I occasionally float around in it.

B - Myron Bolitar - MC in The Final Detail - [au..."

Couldn't seem to find that elusive U.

[Book Concierge]

For me it was the 'I' that tripped me up ....

[Book Concierge]

Update Message # 4 - Challenge completed - 04Sep17