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Nebraska - Book Concierge
Oregon - Licha-Olivia
Idaho - Jaret
Kansas - Koren
North Carolina - Diana S
Wyoming - Olivermagnus
South Carolina - JennH
Kentucky - Marilyn
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Begins: 06Aug / Ends: 05Sep17
And Aug 21 would be my Daddy's 96th birthday were he still with us.
8 / 8 completed
Nebraska
N - Norwegian by Night ✔ – 17Oct17
E - EVA is main character in Kitchens of the Great Midwest ✔ – 05Aug17
B - Brian Selznick / The Invention of Hugo Cabret ✔ – 04Sep17
R - RUSSELL, Willy / Educating Rita ✔ – 01Nov17
A - ACKERMAN, Diane / The Zookeeper's Wife ✔ – 11Sep17
S - SMITH, Lily is main char in Half Broke Horses ✔ – 06Aug17
K - KUBICA, Mary / Don't You Cry
A - AUDREY is m.c. in Saint Monkey ✔ – 15Sep17
Total Solar EclipseBegins: 06Aug / Ends: 05Sep17
O-Oath Bound Rachel Vincent (8/20/17)
R-Rachel Vincent Shadow Bound (8/15/17)
E-Elliot, Kendra Spiraled (8/12/17)
G-Graham (character) This Is What Happy Looks Like Jennifer E. Smith (8/26/17)
O-Once and for All Sarah Dessen (9/5/17)
N-Nicole (character) Speak Laurie Halse Anderson (8/27/17)
Solar Eclipse ChallengeCompleted (3/5)
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Dani Ross in And Then There Were Two by Gilbert Morris 3 stars 8/30/2017
Ashley Merryman and Po Bronson's Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children 2 stars 8/9/2017
Hopkins, Ellen's Burned 2 stars 9/4/2017
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Solar Eclipse ChallengeK- A Knife in the Heart by Michael Benson finished 8/10
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N-Not Exactly Love: A Memoir by Betty Hafner finished 8/9
S- Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart finished 8/17
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S
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Books Read: 9/13
Spell-out: North Carolina
Nina Redmond in The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan (8/10/17) 3.5 ★★★
Ormond, Lady Harriet in The Butterfly Cabinet by Bernie McGill (8/5/17) ★★★★
Rick Riordan's The Red Pyramid (8/2/17) ★★★
Trapper, John in Seeing Red by Sandra Brown (8/18/17) ★★★★
Heller, Peter - The Painter (8/19/17) ★★★★
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Adam Hauptman in Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs (8/8/17) 3.5 ★★★
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (8/4/17) ★★★★
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Lincoln Rhyme in The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver (8/7/17) ★★★★
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Act of God by Jill Ciment (8/24/17) ★★★★
Total Solar EclipseAugust 6- September 5, 2017
7 of 7 Complete
W - The Watcher in the Wall - Owen Laukkanen - 8/26/17
Y - You Don't Want To Know - Lisa Jackson - 8/31/17
O - Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray - 9/4/17
M - Maurizio de Giovanni - Glass Souls: Moths for Commissario Ricciardi - 8/27/17
I - The Innocent - David Baldacci - 8/28/17
N - Nothing Stays Buried - P.J. Tracy - 9/7/17
G - The Gray Man - Mark Greaney - 8/25/17
Total Solar Eclipse ChallengeS
✔O - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 8/6/17
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✔T - Marie Gresholtz Tussaud in Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran 8/16/17
✔H - Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 8/24/17
✔C - Caramel Crush by Jenn McKinlay 8/29/17
✔A - A Deadly Cliche by Ellery Adams 8/8/17
✔R - Reading Up a Storm by Eva Gates 8/14/17
✔O - Of Books and Bagpipes by Paige Shelton 9/2/17
✔L - Eclair and Present Danger by Laura Bradford 9/4/17
✔I - The Invisible Man by HG Wells 8/12/17
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✔A - Auggie in Wonder by RJ Palacio 8/28/17
Solar Eclipse ChallengeAugust 6- September 5, 2017
Books Read: 8/8 FINISHED!
Spell-out: Kentucky
✔K - Karin Tanabe, author of The Gilded Years--8/11/17
✔E - Edna Ford, main character in Between Them: Remembering My Parents by Richard Ford--8/1/17
✔N - Night Night, Sleep Tight by Hallie Ephron--8/27/17
✔T - A Truck Full of Money by Tracy Kidder--8/6/17
✔U - Urrea, Luis Alberto, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter--8/30/17
✔C - Camino Island by John Grisham--8/18/17
✔K - Kline, Christina Baker, author of A Piece of the World--8/10/17
✔Y - You'll Never Know, Dear by Hallie Ephron--8/21/17
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Took a long time to get that "r" completed ...
Total Solar Eclipse
Begins: 06Aug / Ends: 05Sep17
And Aug 21 would be my Daddy's 96th birthday were he still with us.
8 / 8 completed
Nebraska
N - Norwegian by Night ✔ – 17Oct17
E - EVA is main character in Kitchens of the Great Midwest ✔ – 05Aug17
B - Brian Selznick / The Invention of Hugo Cabret ✔ – 04Sep17
R - RUSSELL, Willy / Educating Rita ✔ – 01Nov17
A - ACKERMAN, Diane / The Zookeeper's Wife ✔ – 11Sep17
S - SMITH, Lily is main char in Half Broke Horses ✔ – 06Aug17
K - KUBICA, Mary / Don't You Cry
A - AUDREY is m.c. in Saint Monkey ✔ – 15Sep17
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Books mentioned in this topic
Kitchens of the Great Midwest (other topics)The Zookeeper's Wife (other topics)
Educating Rita (other topics)
Saint Monkey (other topics)
Norwegian by Night (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Diane Ackerman (other topics)Willy Russell (other topics)
Mary Kubica (other topics)
Brian Selznick (other topics)
Willy Russell (other topics)
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Duration: August 6 through September 5, 2017
On August 21, the first total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States since 1918 will occur. Most of the United States will be able to see a partial eclipse but there are a few states that will be able to see the Total Solar Eclipse.
Here is the list of the states where a total eclipse of the sun is visible:
Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina or South Carolina
For this Challenge pick one of the states on the list and spell it out.
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.
Happy Reading! & Don't forget to make sure you have the proper eyeware.