Dog Days of Summer Challenge

[Diana S]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
Duration: August 1 through 31, 2021

Dog Days traditionally refers to a period of hot and humid weather during summer months of July & August.

Here are some words dealing with Dog Days of Summer:
Spell-out one/more of the following ALL-CAPPED words below

DOG DAYS
SUMMER
SIRIUS
Ancient GREEKS
Ancient ROMANS
SCORCHING
CANIS MAJOR
GREATER DOG
ORION
HUNTING dogs
HOT & HUMID
BRIGHTEST star
THE DOG STAR

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

FOR EACH BOOK READ
• Link to Title
• indicate Author
• give DATE you finished book

☆☆☆ ratings are optional

HAPPY READING

[Diana S]

♡♡Congratulations♡♡
☆Challenge Completed☆
♡Donna♡
♡Jonquil♡
♡JennH♡
♡Carol♡
♡Koren♡
♡Marilyn♡
♡Licha-Olivia♡
♡Book Concierge♡

[Diana S]

PARTICIPANTS
Updated: 8/31/21

☆☆Licha-Olivia HOT & HUMID (8/8) C
☆☆Book Concierge ROMANS (6/6) C
☆☆JennH DOG DAYS (7/7) C
Diana S CANIS MAJOR (6/10)
☆☆ Carol ANCIENT GREEKS (13/13) C
☆☆ Donna BRIGHTEST star (9/9) C
☆☆Koren BRIGHTEST star (9/9) C
☆☆Marilyn DOG DAYS (7/7) C
☆☆ Jonquil SCORCHING (9/9) C
Connie THE DOG STAR (8/10)

[Diana S]

reserved

[Licha-Olivia]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
Duration: August 1 through 31, 2021

HOT & HUMID

8/8 letters

H: Hannahm Kristian; Summer Island (8/29/2021)
O: Other Black Girl (The) Zakiya Dalila Harris (8/16/21)
T: Tui T. Sutherland; The Dragonet Prophecy (8/23/21)

&

H: Higgins, Kristan; Pack Up the Moon (8/18/21)
U: Undercover Duke Sabrina Jeffries (8/8/21)
M: Malice Heather Walter (8/31/21)
I: Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen; Blink of an Eye (8/3/21)
D: Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; Relic (8/5/21)

[Book Concierge]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
Begins: 01Aug21 / Ends: 31Aug21


6 / 6 completed

Romans
R - Rachel to the Rescue ✔ – 28Aug21
O - Out Stealing Horses ✔ – 25Aug21
M - Marie Benedict / Lady Clementine ✔ – 05Aug21
A - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ✔ – 02Aug21
N - Nicole Mones / A Cup of Light ✔ – 14Aug21
S - Say Nothing ✔ – 13Aug21

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[JennH]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
Duration: August 1 through 31, 2021

✔D - Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C Dao 8/4/21
✔O - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 8/9/21
✔G - The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg 8/21/21

✔D - The Black Flamingo Dean Atta 8/13/21
✔A - The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne 8/5/21
✔Y - Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson 8/12/21
✔S - The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais 8/17/21

[Diana S]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
Spell-out: CANIS MAJOR (6/10)


Charles, Janet Skeslien - The Paris Library (8/19/21) ☆☆☆☆☆
Andrews, Mary Kay - The Newcomer (8/27/21) ☆☆☆☆
N
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Stuart Woods's Hush-Hush (8/10/21) ☆☆☆

Madeline Martin's The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II (8/20/21) ☆☆☆☆☆
A
Jiles, Paulette - Simon the Fiddler (8/23/21) ☆☆☆☆☆
O
Reid, Taylor Jenkins - Malibu Rising (8/3/21) ☆☆☆

[Book Concierge]

Diana ... I'm changing my word to ROMANS ....

[Carol]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge - COMPLETED- 8/24
13/13

Andrews, Donna - Murder With Puffins -8/20
Night Wolf - Parker Williams - 8/3
Cat Sebastian - The Soldier's Scoundrel - 8/2
Inside Darkness - Hudson LIn -/8/7
Edwards, Hank - Murder Most Lovely - 8/6
Need - Carrie Jones -8/18
Tracy Buchanan - Wall of Silence - 8/1

Girard, Danielle - White Out - 8/9
Reclaiming Quinn - Parker Williams - 8/5
Elaine Murphy - Look What You Made Me Do - 8/14
Eric Rickstad - The Silent Girls - 8/15
Kat Martin - Against the Tide -8/24
Stalker- Lark Kepler - 8/7

[Diana S]

Book Concierge wrote: "Diana ... I'm changing my word to ROMANS ...."

I'll change it.

[Donna]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
Duration: August 1 through 31, 2021

BRIGHTEST Star

9 / 9 letters

✔B ~~ Baer, Kate, author of ~~ What Kind of Woman ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 06Aug21
✔R ~~ Robotham, Michael, author of ~~ The Night Ferry ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Aug21
✔I ~~ Ishiguro, Kazuo, author of ~~ Klara and the Sun ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 14Aug21
✔G ~~ The Good Sister ~~ by Sally Hepworth ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 12Aug21
✔H ~~ Her Body and Other Parties ~~ by Carmen Maria Machado ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 01Aug21
✔T ~~ T.J. Newman, author of ~~ Falling ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 07Aug21
✔E ~~ The Executioner's Song ~~ by Norman Mailer ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 08Aug21
✔S ~~ Strangers on a Train ~~ by Patricia Highsmith ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 09Aug21
✔T ~~ Tomorrow, When the War Began ~~ by John Marsden ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 14Aug21

[Koren]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
Duration: August 1 through 31, 2021

B)-Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah finished 8/7

R-Rowe, Peggy About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known: Ruminations and Revelations from a Desperate Mother to Her Dirty Son finished 8/10

I-Ira Rosen Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes finished 8/15

G-Greiner, Tony Minnesota Book of Days finished 8/2

H-Holland, Jennifer Unlikely Friendships : 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom finished 8/17

T-Tina Sinatra My Father's Daughter: A Memoir finished 8/8

E-Eileen Franklin Sins of the Father finished 8/14

S-She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh finished 8/24

T-Targeted: A Deputy, Her Love Affairs, A Brutal Murder by M. William Phelps finished 8/21

[Marilyn]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
Begins: 01Aug21 / Ends: 31Aug21


7 / 7 completed

DOG DAYS

✔D - Daniel Mendelsohn, author of An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic--8/2/21
✔O - Obama, Michelle, author of Becoming--8/26/21
✔G - Gail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine--8/12/21
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✔D - Daisy Hernández, author of A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir--8/20/21
✔A - Allende, Isabel, author of The Soul of a Woman--8/4/21
✔Y - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion--8/7/21
✔S - Sarah Vowell, author of The Partly Cloudy Patriot--8/31/21

[Jonquil]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
August 1 - 31, 2021

DONE

S Shooting Gallery Hailey Lind 8/10
C Cold Kiss Roxanne Longstreet 8/7
O Operation Blind Date Justine Davis 8/11
R Rounding the Mark Andrea Camilleri 8/13
C Covert M.D. Jessica Andersen 8/10
H Hex on the Beach Kelley Armstrong 8/3
I In Plain Sight C.J. Box 8/15
N No Further Andy Maslen 8/12
G Gemini Moon Maria Grazia Swan 8/15

[Connie]

I'm starting late, and would like to do
THE DOG STAR because I had a wonderful dog named Star that we also called The Dog Star.
July 1 - August 31, 2021

T Two for the Lions Lindsey Davis. 8/4/21
H The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker Jenni Kerr. 7/2/21
E Evil Men Do

D Dennis Lehane. Shutter Island 7/3/21
O Oona Out of Order Margarita Montimore. 7/11/21
G Guie, Heister Dean. Bugles In The Valley: Garnett's Fort Simcoe 7/21/21

S Slaughter, Karin. The Last Widow 7/21/21
T Turner, Nancy E. Light Changes Everything 7/24/21
A Andrew Graff. Raft of Stars 7/10/21
R Rhys Brown. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs

[Diana S]

Connie wrote: "I'm starting late, and would like to do
THE DOG STAR because I had a wonderful dog named Star that we also called The Dog Star.
July 1 - August 31, 2021

T Two for the Lions Lindsey D..."

That's a cool name! :D

[Jonquil]

Dog Days of Summer Challenge
August 1 - 31, 2021

DONE

S Shooting Gallery Hailey Lind 8/10
C Cold Kiss Roxanne Longstreet 8/7
O Operation Blind Date Justine Davis 8/11
R Rounding the Mark Andrea Camilleri 8/13
C Covert M.D. Jessica Andersen 8/10
H Hex on the Beach Kelley Armstrong 8/3
I In Plain Sight C.J. Box 8/15
N No Further Andy Maslen 8/12
G Gemini Moon Maria Grazia Swan 8/15

[Koren]

I thought I had posted I finished the challenge but I don't see it soooo.... I'm finished!!

[Licha-Olivia]

Challenge completed!

[Book Concierge]

Update Message # 6 - Challenge completed - 28Aug21