ST PATRICK'S DAY SPELL-OUT CHALLENGE

[Diana S]

St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
Duration: March 1 - 31, 2020

We're "Going Green" this month.
Spell-out one of the following words.

IRISH EYES
RAINBOW
SHAMROCKS
IRELAND
CORNED BEEF
ST PATRICK
WEARING OF THE GREEN
DANNY BOY
LEPRECHAUN
POT OF GOLD
SNAKES
PARADES
IRISH BEER

Challenge Rules

• one book per letter
• book myst be 100+ pages
• use first letter of the title (exclude A, An, or The)
• or use the first letter of Author's first or last name
•• For each book read:
* post a link to the title
* indicate the Author
* the date you finished reading it
* rating and pages read are optional

[Diana S]

Participants
UPDATED: 3/22/20

Carol - WEARING OF THE GREEN - 16/17
☆☆SouthWestZippy - SNAKES - 6/6 COMPLETED
Jaret - SNAKES - 0/6
☆☆Donna - SHAMROCKS - 9/9 COMPLETED
Book Concierge - PARADES - 4/7
Licha Olivia - RAINBOW - 0/7
Connie - SHAMROCKS - 7/9
JennH - SHAMROCKS - 7/9
Koren - POT- OF - GOLD - 7/9
☆☆Olivermagnus - LEPRECHAUN - 10/10 COMPLETED
Diana S - LEPRECHAUN - 4/10

[Carol]

17/17 - Done 3/26

What the Night Knows- Dean Koontz - 3/11
Erica Spindler - The Look-Alike -3/19
Affair of the Mutilated Mink - James Anderson 3/5
Rutland Place - Anne Perry - 3/26
Icebound - Dean Koontz - 3/16
Night Olivia Fell, The -3/7
Grant,Andrew - Too Close to Home 3/2

Oliva Alexander - The Last One -3/20
Fisherman, The - John Langan- 3/17

Tana French - The Witch Elm -3/4
Hilbourne, Jenny -Stone Cold - 3/1
Edwards, Mark - Here To Stay- 3/21

Gardiner, Meg - The Dark Corners of the Night - 3/4
Robb, J.D. - Golden in Death -3/3
The Enterprise of Death - Jesse Bullington - 3/22
Elsewhere - William Peter Blatty - 3/24
Nights of Rain and Stars - Maeve Binchy - 3/13

[SouthWestZippy]

6/6

S--The Library Book by Susan Orlean-March 17, 2020 – Finished Reading
N--Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West--March 15, 2020 – Finished Reading
A--All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House--March 10, 2020 – Finished Reading
K--Black Cat Crossing by Kay Finch--March 7, 2020 – Finished Reading
E--Tales of the Tepee by Edward Everett Dale--March 3, 2020 – Finished Reading
S--DogTown: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption--by Stefan Bechtel--March 21, 2020 – Finished Reading

[Jaret]

3/6 Completed

A Slaying in Savannah by Donald Bains 4 stars 3/6/2020
Not Quite Dead Enough by Rex Stout 4 stars 3/26/2020
Alan Bradley's The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag 4 stars 3/9/2020
K
E
S

[Donna]

Thanks for the challenge!
St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
Begins: 01Mar20 / Ends: 31Mar20


9 / 9 completed -- COMPLETE

✔S ~~ The Sound and the Fury ~~ by William Faulkner ~~ 2 Stars...I despise this book! ~~ 02Mar20

✔H ~~ Horowitz, Anthony, author of ~~ The Word Is Murder ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Mar20

✔A ~~ Anaya, Rudolph, author of ~~ Bless Me, Ultima ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 06Mar20

✔M ~~ Madame Bovary ~~ by Gustav Flaubert ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 05Mar20

✔R ~~ Russell, Karen, author of ~~ Swamplandia! ~~ 2 Stars ~~ 19Mar20

✔O ~~ Oliver, Lauren, author of ~~ Pandemonium ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 20Mar20

✔C ~~ Chandler Baker, author of ~~ Whisper Network ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 07Mar20

✔K ~~ King, AS, author of ~~ Please Ignore Vera Dietz ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 01Mar20

✔S ~~ Sphere ~~ by Michael Crichton ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 03Mar20

[Book Concierge]

St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
Begins: 01Mar20 / Ends: 31Mar20


7 / 7 completed


Parades
P - Pecan Pies and Homicides ✔ - 09Mar20
A -Alexandra Diaz / The Only Road ✔ - 03Mar20
R - ROBSON, Jennifer / The Gown ✔ - 06Mar20
A - ALAN, Isabella / Murder, Plain and Simple ✔ - 09Apr20
D - DOIG, Ivan / English Creek ✔ - 28Mar20
E - ENG, Tan Twan / The Gift of Rain ✔ - 06Mar20
S - Sonia Nazario / Enrique's Journey ✔ - 31Mar20

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[Licha-Olivia]

St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge - Duration: March 1 - 31, 2020

RAINBOW: 7/7 letters

R: Red Hood Elana K. Arnold 3/26/20. 3.5*
A: Alex London Guardian 3/29/20 4*
I: Ione, Larissa Desire Unchained 3/9/2020 4*
N: Nielsen, Jennifer A. The Scourge 3/10/2020 4*
B: Body Love Kelly LeVeque 3/17/2020 4*
O: Oppel, Kenneth Firewing 3/13/20 4*
W: Warm Bodies 3/22/20 4*

[Connie]

9/9 COMPLETED

S - Spencer Quinn. To Fetch a Thief. 3/19/20. 4 stars.
H - Heyer, Georgette. The Grand Sophy 3/8/20. 3.5 stars
A The Almost Sisters. Joshilyn Jackson. 3/20/20. 5 stars.
M - Moyes, Jojo. The Giver of Stars. 3/9/20 5 stars.
R - Roald Dahl. Boy: Tales of Childhood 3/22/20. 4 stars.
O - Olsen, Gregg. Lying Next to Me 3/16/20. 3.5 stars.
C - Cruz , Angie. Dominicana. 3/25/20.
K - Kate Ellis. The Merchant's House. 3/25/20
S - Savage, Candace. Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays. 3/20/20. 4 stars.

[JennH]

St Patrick's Day Spell Out Challenge

ETA to change my word

✔S - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 3/2/20
✔H - Force of Nature by Jane Harper 3/5/20
✔A - The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende 3/9/20
✔M - Dying for Devil's Food by Jenn McKinlay 3/15/20
✔R - Run For Your Life by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge 3/12/20
O
✔C - Patterned After Death by Elizabeth Lynn Casey 3/19/20
✔K - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker 3/6/20
✔S - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3/29/20

[Koren]

St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
Duration: March 1 - 31, 2020


P-Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen finished 3/31
O-The Official Guide to Ancestry.com by George G. Morgan finished 3/8
T- The Territory of Men: A Memoir by Joelle Fraser finished 3/6

O- Ohden, Melissa You Carried Me: A Daughter's Memoir finished 3/15
F-Freeh, Lavern Child of the Prairie, Man of the World: The Memoirs of Lavern "Vern" Freeh finished 3/9

G-Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service by Gary Sinise finished 3/17
O-Olsen, Jack Predator finished 3/22
L-Lisa Rogak Rachel Maddow: A Biography finished 3/6
D- Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston finished 3/11

[Olivermagnus]

St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
March 1 - 31, 2020

10 of 10 Complete

L - Liu Cixin - The Three-Body Problem - 3/16/20
E - Elizabeth Kolbert - The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - 3/6/20
P - Michael Pearce - The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet - 3/15/20
R - Rock Chick - Kristen Ashley - 3/11/20
E - Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Gods of Mars - 3/13/20
C - Chevy Stevens - That Night - 3/9/20
H - Hillary Jordan - Mudbound - 3/3/20
A - Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None - 3/4/20
U - Under the Wide and Starry Sky - Nancy Horan - 3/14/20
N - Nora Roberts - Black Hills - 3/17/20

[Diana S]

St Patrick's Day Spell Out Challenge
Books Read: 4/10

Bookshelf:

Spell-out: LEPRECHAUN

L
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (3/10/20) ☆☆☆☆
Pilkey, Dav - Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas (3/18/20) 3.5 ☆☆☆
R - The Race by Clive Cussler (3/18/20) ☆☆☆☆
E
Clive Cussler's Devil's Gate (3/5/20) ☆☆☆☆
H
A
U
N

[SouthWestZippy]

COMPLETED
March 21, 2020 - Finished Reading

[Diana S]

SouthWestZippy wrote: "COMPLETED
March 21, 2020 - Finished Reading"

Congrats! for completing your challenge this month : D

[Olivermagnus]

~~~ Completed ~~~

St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
March 1 - 31, 2020

10 of 10 Complete

L - Liu Cixin - The Three-Body Problem - 3/16/20
E - Elizabeth Kolbert - The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - 3/6/20
P - Michael Pearce - The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet - 3/15/20
R - Rock Chick - Kristen Ashley - 3/11/20
E - Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Gods of Mars - 3/13/20
C - Chevy Stevens - That Night - 3/9/20
H - Hillary Jordan - Mudbound - 3/3/20
A - Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None - 3/4/20
U - Under the Wide and Starry Sky - Nancy Horan - 3/14/20
N - Nora Roberts - Black Hills - 3/17/20

[Book Concierge]

Great job, Lynda!

[Diana S]

Donna wrote: "Thanks for the challenge!
St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
Begins: 01Mar20 / Ends: 31Mar20


9 / 9 completed -- COMPLETE

✔S ~~ The Sound and the Fury ~~ by William Faulkner ~~ 2 S..."

Congrats! for completing your challenge : D

[Diana S]

Olivermagnus wrote: "~~~ Completed ~~~

St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
March 1 - 31, 2020

10 of 10 Complete

L - Liu Cixin - The Three-Body Problem - 3/16/20
E - [author:Elizabet..."

Congrats! for completing your challenge this month. : D

[Connie]

Olivermagnus wrote: "~~~ Completed ~~~

St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
March 1 - 31, 2020

10 of 10 Complete

L - Liu Cixin - The Three-Body Problem - 3/16/20
E - [author:Elizabet..."

Nicely done! What did you think of Under the Wide and Starry Sky and Mudbound? I've been meaning to read them.

[Koren]

Finished!

[Licha-Olivia]

St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge Completed!

[Connie]

Finished! (Message #10)

[Book Concierge]

Update message # 7 - Challenge completed - 09Apr20


St Patrick's Day Spell-out Challenge
Begins: 01Mar20 / Ends: 31Mar20


7 / 7 completed


Parades
P - Pecan Pies and Homicides ✔ - 09Mar20
A -Alexandra Diaz / The Only Road ✔ - 03Mar20
R - ROBSON, Jennifer / The Gown ✔ - 06Mar20
A - ALAN, Isabella / Murder, Plain and Simple ✔ - 09Apr20
D - DOIG, Ivan / English Creek ✔ - 28Mar20
E - ENG, Tan Twan / The Gift of Rain ✔ - 06Mar20
S - Sonia Nazario / Enrique's Journey ✔ - 31Mar20

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