SAHARA DESERT CHALLENGE

[Diana S]

SAHARA DESERT CHALLENGE
Duration: July 1 - 31, 2020

Here in Texas, we experienced the dust from the Sahara. The sky was all white for a couple of days and my sinuses ached a little. Today, I finally saw a little patch of blue in the sky. But it got me thinking "what's in this desert"? Come to found out that there are many animals that live in the hottest desert of the world and here are some of them.

Spell-out one/more of the ALL-CAPPED animals listed below:

GERBIL
CAPE HARE
Desert HEDGEHOG
SAND FOX
Barbary SHEEP
Dorcas GAZELLE
Anubis BABOON
Spotted HYENA
Northwest African CHEETAH
Dromedary CAMEL

*** if you pick an animal with a X - the X can be anywhere in the title (no sub-titles). e.g. Bird Box

CHALLENGE RULES
• one book per letter
• books must be 100+ pages
• use 1st letter of title (exclude A, An, or The)
• or use 1st letter of Author's 1st/last name.

For Each Book Read
• post link to title
• indicate Author
• give date you finished book

☆☆ rating & pages read is optional

Have FUN :D

[Mystique]

I’m in.. I’ll take SAND FOX
Number of books: 0
S:
A:
N:
D:

F:
O:
X:

[Diana S]

PARTICIPANTS
Updated: 7/2/20

Mystique - SAND FOX (0/7)
Carol - DESERT HEDGEHOG (3/14)
Book Concierge - SHEEP (0/5)
Donna - GERBIL (0/6) CHEETAH (0/7)
SouthWestZippy - HEDGEHOG (1/8)
JennH - HEDGEHOG (1/8)
Licha-Olivia - CHEETAH (0/7)
Koren - CAPE HARE (0/8)

[Carol]

Sahara Desert Challenge
14/14 Completed - July 24

Dangerous Illusions - Irene Hannon -7/5
Everything I Never Told You -7/4
S.K. Tremayne - Just Before I Died -7/8
Every Missing Piece - Melanie Conklin - 7/6
Ross, L.J. - Bedlam -7/6
Tananarive Due - The Good House -7/14

Hudson, Genevieve - Boys of Alabama -7/3
Elizabeth George - A Great Deliverance -7/15
Donoghue, Emma - The Pull of the Stars - 7/24
Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter- 7/1
Eowyn Ivey -The Snow Child - 7/9
Hawes, Jason - Ghost Town -7/7
Over Sea, Under Stone - Susan Cooper - 7/19
Girl Last Seen - Nina Larin -7/2

[Book Concierge]

July 2020 - Sahara Desert Challenge
Begins: 01July20 / Ends: 31July20


5 / 5 completed


Sheep
S - Sofia Lundberg / The Red Address Book ✔ - 11July20
H - HARKNESS, Deborah / A Discovery of Witches ✔ - 01Aug20
E - Eva Gates / Booked for Trouble ✔ - 05July20
E - Elizabeth Strout / Olive, Again ✔ - 14 Jul720
P - P.G. Wodehouse / Something Fresh ✔ - 02July20

.

[Donna]

I'll double up, with a Gerbil & a Cheetah.

13 / 13 Completed

G ~~ Getting to Happy ~~ by Terry McMillan ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 08Jul20
E ~~ 84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 13Jul20
R ~~ Rebecca Makkai, author of ~~ The Great Believers ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 20Jul20
B ~~ Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace ~~ by Carl Safina ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 06Jul20
I ~~ The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution ~~ by Walter Isaacson ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 19Jul20
L ~~ Lee Child, author of ~~ Tripwire ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 5Jul20


and

C ~~ Child, Lee, author of ~~ Running Blind ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 03Jul20
H ~~ The Holdout by Graham Moore ~~ 4 Stars~~ 16Jul20
E ~~ Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life ~~ 4 Stars~~ 17Jul20
E ~~ Enger, Leif, author of ~~ Virgil Wander ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 23Jul20
T ~~ Time and Time Again, by Ben Elton ~~ 4.5 Stars ~~ 13Jul20
A ~~ American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment, by Shane Bauer ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 07Jul20
H ~~ The Home for Unwanted Girls, by Johanna Goodman ~~ 3.5 Stars ~~ 03Jul20

[SouthWestZippy]

Desert HEDGEHOG
8/8
H-King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry-July 16, 2020 – Finished Reading
E-The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe-July 15, 2020 – Finished Reading
D-The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn-July 14, 2020 – Finished Reading
G-All His Jazz by by Martin Gottfried-July 12, 2020 – Finished Reading
E-Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts- July 7, 2020 – Finished Reading
H-Stowaway by Karen Hesse- July 2, 2020 – Finished Reading
O-Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean- July 8, 2020 – Finished Reading
G-This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe-July 4, 2020 – Finished Reading

[JennH]

Sahara Desert Challenge

✔H - Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston 7/10/20
✔E - Carbs and Cadavers by Ellery Adams 7/31/20
✔D - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan 7/1/20
✔G - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 7/26/20
E
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[Licha-Olivia]

Sign me up

SAHARA DESERT CHALLENGE
Duration: July 1 - 31, 2020

Northwest African CHEETAH

7/7 letters

C: The Corrections Jonathan Franzen (8/1/20)
H: Howard, Linda and Linda Jones After Sundown (7/30/20 4)
E: Emma Donoghue; Room (7/28/20)
E: Elliot Kirschner and Dan Rather What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism (7/26/20)
T: Tanen Jones; The Better Liar (7/29/20)
A: Amy Plum; If I Should Die (7/19/20)
H: Healey, Jane; The Beantown Girls (8/9/20)

[Koren]

SAHARA DESERT CHALLENGE
Duration: July 1 - 31, 2020



C-Changing Places: A Journey with my Parents into Their Old Age by Judy Kramer finished 7/21
A-Amy Silverstein Sick Girl finished 7/24
P-Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home--A Memoir by Lise Funderburg finished 7/9
E-Egan, Timothy Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis finished 7/17

H-A Hunt for Justice: The True Story of a Woman Undercover Wildlife Agent by Lucinda Delaney Schroeder finished 7/11
A-Angelou, Maya Even The Stars Look Lonesome finished 7/12
R-Rosen, Fred Flesh Collectors: Their Ghoulish Appetites Drove Them to Crimes that Only Began With Murder finished 7/5
E

[Diana S]

SAHARA DESERT CHALLENGE
Books Read: 0/16

Spell-out: GERBIL (1/6)


G
E
R
B
Invitation Only Murder by Leslie Meier (7/2/20) ☆☆☆☆
L

Spell-out: HYENA (0/5)

H
Y
E
N
A

Spell-out: CAMEL (0/5)

C
A
M
E
L

[SouthWestZippy]

Completed
July 16, 2020 – Finished Reading

[Marilyn]

SAHARA DESERT CHALLENGE (better late than never!)
Duration: July 1 - 31, 2020

GERBIL

4/6 letters

✔G--The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes--7/4/20
E
✔R--Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler--7/10/20
✔B--Berg, David, author of Run, Brother, Run: A Memoir of a Murder in My Family--7/15/20
I
✔L--Long Bright River by Liz Moore--7/21/20

[Book Concierge]

Update message # 5 - Challenge completed - 01Aug20


July 2020 - Sahara Desert Challenge
Begins: 01July20 / Ends: 31July20


5 / 5 completed


Sheep
S - Sofia Lundberg / The Red Address Book ✔ - 11July20
H - HARKNESS, Deborah / A Discovery of Witches ✔ - 01Aug20
E - Eva Gates / Booked for Trouble ✔ - 05July20
E - Elizabeth Strout / Olive, Again ✔ - 14 Jul720
P - P.G. Wodehouse / Something Fresh ✔ - 02July20

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[Licha-Olivia]

Challenge finished 8/9/2020!

[Book Concierge]

Great job, Licha-Olivia!