LisaP's Summer Reading Challenge

[Lisa]

JUNE

1. Pride Month
[☑️]a. Read a book with at least 5 different colors of the rainbow on the cover.
completed on July 6th.
[✔️]b. Read a book featuring an LGBTQIA+ protagonist (not side character).
The Song of Achilles Book completed on June 4th.
c. Read a book that was nominated for or won the Lambda Award.

2. June Birthdays: Anne Frank
[✔️]a. Read a book set during WWII.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan completed on June 16th.
b. Read a book that was published in sometime between 1900 and 1950.
c. Read The Diary of Anne Frank.

3. Father's Day
[✔️]a. Read a book that starts with a letter in FATHERS DAY.
Dark Matter completed on July 11th.
b. Read a book that features someone's relationship with their father.
c. Read a book featured on one of these lists about fathers:
☀️11 Unforgettable Books about Fatherhood
☀️28 Books to Give Dad on Father's Day
☀️Top 10 Books about Fathers

4. Hit the Beach
[✔️]a. Read a book with a yellow or blue cover.
completed on July 3rd.
b. Read a book where someone goes to the beach.
c. Read a book found on this list of best beach reads.

JULY

1. Halfway There!
[☑️]a. Read a book with a page number that ends in 2.
Cress - 592 pages in paperback edition, completed July 2nd.
b. Read a book that is divided into multiple parts (rather than, or in addition to, chapters).
[✔️] c. Read a book that features twins.
Aurora Burning - main characters Tyler and Scarlet Jones are twins. Book completed June 2nd.

2. July Birthdays: Pablo Neruda
[✔️]a. Read a book set in South America.
Love in the Time of Cholera Set in Columbia. Book completed July 4th.
b. Read a book published between 1904 and 1973.
c. Read a book written in verse (must still meet the 100 page requirement).

3. It's Winter Down South
a. Read a book set in the southern hemisphere.
[✔️]b. Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in the phrase LET IT SNOW. (Title must be at least two words long.)
The Lies of Locke Lamora completed on June 26th.
c. Read a book found on TED's Winter Reading List.

4. Summer Reading
[✔️]a. Read a happy book.
Twenties Girl finished on July 15th.
b. Read a book published in June, July, or August.
c. Read a book from one of the following lists:
☀️ A New Season of Reading
☀️ Authors Offer Summer Reading Recommendations
☀️ Goodreads Employees Share Their Summer Reading Plans

AUGUST

1. Read Good Books
a. Read a book by a favorite author.
[✔️]b. Read the next book in a series you've already started.
The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson completed on June 6th.
c. Read a book published in 2020 that you've been looking forward to.

2. Back to School
[✔️]a. Read a book by an author that is new-to-you.
The Priory of the Orange Tree on June 20th.
[☑️]b. Read a YA book.
King's Cage completed on June 23rd.
c. Read a book often tested on the AP Literature exam, as found on this list.

3. August Birthdays: Ray Bradbury
[✔️]a. Read a book in which the initials author's name can be found in RAY BRADBURY.
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander completed on June 11th.
b. Read a sci-fi or horror book.
[☑️]c. Read a collection of short stories (must still meet the 100 page requirement).
Dear Life completed on June 18th.

4. Go for a Drive
[✔️]a. Read a book with a car on the cover.
- small van on lower branch. Book completed on June 6th.
b. Read a book that starts with a letter in the phrase WINDOWS DOWN, BREEZE BLOWING.
c. Read a book where a character visits multiple countries.