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August 2023 Mini Challenge
August Mini ChallengeDuration: 1/8/23 - 31/8/23
5/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, river, sea, stream, etc.).
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
In. **Finished 8/51. Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title.
2. Reader's choice--read any book you like!
3. Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
4. Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. Read a book with clothes on the cover.
August Mini Challenge 20235/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
Clammed Up by Barbara Ross 8/12 4☆
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
A Troubling Tail by Laurie Cass 8/8 4☆
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon 8/9 4.5☆
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
When the Crow's Away by Auralee Wallace 8/21 4☆
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
Killer in Crinolines by Duffy Brown 8/4 4☆
August Mini Challenge 20235/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
lake on the cover- Murder on the Poet's Walk by Ellery Adams 2 August; 5☆
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
The Crime That Binds by Laurie Cass 6 August; 4 1/2☆
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
MC is "a dead body detector" (her definition)- Death by Intermission by Alexis Morgan 13 August; 5☆
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
baloons- Broken Bone China by Laura Childs 9 August; 5☆
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
Wicked Stitch by Amanda Lee 17 August; 4 1/2☆
August Mini ChallengeDuration: 1/8/23 - 31/8/23
4/4
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
4. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
August Mini ChallengeDuration: 01/08/2923 - 31/08/2023
4/4
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
The Island by G.N. Smith -- 5★ -- 24/08/2023
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Dead and Gone by Bill Kitson -- 5★ -- 20/08/2023
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
A Body in a Cornish Village by Dee MacDonald--5★ -- 15/08/2023
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
Murder at the Beauty Pageant by Helena Dixon -- 4★ -- 26/08/2023
Alice's spot1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
Vampires and Villains by Elizabeth Pantley
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like! Never Lie by Freida McFadden
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
No Strangers Here by Carlene O'Connor
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book). The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover. The Gambler Grimoire by B.R. Kingsolver
August 2023 Mini Challenge1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
Vitamin Sea 08/152. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
News and Nectarines 08/093. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
Secrets at St Bride's 08/124. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
On the Wings of Murder 08/135. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency 08/20
August 2023 Mini ChallengeThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 8/4/23
Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare 8/4/23
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien 8/4/23
Tide and Punishment by Bree Baker 8/8/23
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride 8/10/23
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
COMPLETED: 5/5
✅Body of water in the title. Echo Lake. 8/14.
✅Any book you like! A Few Right Thinking Men. 8/13.
✅Which one of the characters discovers something. A Decline in Prophets. 8/13.
✅Features something or someone that flies. Witch in Progress. 8/17.
✅Clothes on the cover. The Paris Mystery. 8/18.
✅Body of water in the title. Echo Lake. 8/14.
✅Any book you like! A Few Right Thinking Men. 8/13.
✅Which one of the characters discovers something. A Decline in Prophets. 8/13.
✅Features something or someone that flies. Witch in Progress. 8/17.
✅Clothes on the cover. The Paris Mystery. 8/18.
Current plan - will decide on some of those reader's choice ones as I am reading in August.Water Quality Month: Berried Secrets
Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
Aviation Day: Mr. Churchill's Secretary
National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Doom with a View
5/51. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.)......Poppy Harmon and the Shooting Star....8/1/2023
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!.....A Cornish Seaside Murder.....8/6/2023
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).....Dead Companions: A Jess and Libby Paranormal Cozy Mystery.....8/4/2023
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book). ...AND THEN There Were Feathers: A Small Town Cozy Murder Mystery ....8/8/2023
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover......Dead Wrong.....8/2/2023
AUGUST MINI CHALLENGE, 8/1 - 8/315/5 COMPLETE
1. AUGUST IS WATER QUALITY MONTH
Read a book with a body of water on the cover
* The Body in the Back Garden, by Mark Waddell, finished 8/4 ★★★.5
2. AUGUST 9 IS BOOK LOVER'S DAY
Reader's choice--read any book you like!
* Overdue or Die (Haunted Library #7), by Allison Brook, finished 8/6 ★★★★
3. AUGUST 16 IS DISCOVERY DAY
Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
* bag of hymnals and more : Fudge Bites (Candy-Coated #7), by Nancy Coco, finished 8/7 ★★★★
4. AUGUST 19 IS AVIATION DAY
Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book)
* Lord of the Wings (Meg Langslow #19), by Donna Andrews, finished 8/2 ★★★★
5. AUGUST 25 IS NATIONAL SECONDHAND WARDROBE DAY
Read a book with clothes on the cover
* After the Armistice Ball (Dandy Gilver #1), by Catriona McPherson, finished 8/8 ★★★.5
***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/8 *****
August mini challengeUpdate: Aug. 22
Progress: 5/5 COMPLETED
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
Return to Summer by Melissa Baldwin - Aug. 102. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America by David H.T. Wong - Aug. 2
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
Friends With Boys by Faith Erin Hicks - Aug. 5
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
Asadora!, Vol. 4 by Naoki Urasawa - Aug. 225. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle - Aug. 5
August mini challengeProgress: 5/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
Beach Read, Emily Henry - 26/08/23
Set by Lake Michigan, and the blue blob on the cover looks like water to me.
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Murder in the Margins, Margaret Loudon – 23/08/23
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
Died in the Wool, Peggy Ehrhart – 02/08/23
The MC discovers multiple dead bodies.
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
Exit West, Mohsin Hamid - 13/08/23
How to Raise an Elephant, Alexander McCall Smith - 15/08/23
Like a lot of people, I went for birds, but as they're only small birds, I'm putting two books in here. The first one they're in the doorway, and the second they're in the bottom left-hand corner
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn - 07/08/23
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August 2023 Mini Challenge - COMPLETED5/5
8/14/23 4.5★ 
8/27/23 5★
Julie D.August 2023 Mini Challenge
1/5 Aug/1
1. AUGUST IS WATER QUALITY MONTH
Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
2. AUGUST 9 IS BOOK LOVER'S DAY
Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Ripples in Time
3. AUGUST 16 IS DISCOVERY DAY
'Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
4. AUGUST 19 IS AVIATION DAY
Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. AUGUST 25 IS NATIONAL SECONDHAND WARDROBE DAY
Read a book with clothes on the cover
by Julie McElwain
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover 
08.07.232. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!A Woman Is No Man 08.08.23
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
Dead and Berried 08.01.23
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
08.09.235. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
08.04.23
August Mini Challenge 20230/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
Boiled Over
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Midnight Snacks are Murder
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
A Picture of Murder
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
Witchin' USA
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover
If You've Got It, Haunt It
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
August Mini ChallengeDuration: 8/1/2023 - 8/31/2023
1. Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title.
by Tim Myers 8/5/20232. Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich 8/13/2023
3. Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
A Charming Crime by Tonya Kappes 8/10/2023
4. Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. Read a book with clothes on the cover
by Johanna Spyri 8/15/2023
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title.In Hot Water by J.J. Cook 8/3/23
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
August Mini Challenge 8/1/2023- 8/31-20231/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
by Maddie Day 8/7/2023 (Robbie, the main character, discovers who her long-lost father is).4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
August Mini Challenge3/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
2. Reader's choice--read any book you like!
The Viscount Always Knocks Twice 8/2/23
3. Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
A Deadly Wedding: Ashdown Estate Cozy Mysteries: Book 2 8/2/23
4. Read a book that features something or someone that flies in the book. (pet greenwing macaw)
Mozzarella and Murder 8/1/23
5. Read a book with clothes on the cover.
August 2023 Mini Challenges5/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
Ocean-
Hope Callaghan 8/12/232. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
A Drawing of Murder Penny Brooke 8/2/23
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
Dead body for the win ;) Measure Twice, Murder Once Barbara Barrett 8/7/23
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
Crow-
Eileen Brady 10/4/235. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
Pile on the couch and a sock
Emily James 1/13/24
August Mini5/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
by Julie Caplin 22/8 3.5★2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
by Dick Francis 5/8 4★3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
by Dick Francis 2/8 4★4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
by Faith Bleasdale 3/8 3★5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
by Amanda Hampson 13/8 4.5★
This sounds like a fun challenge. I better get busy. Happy August!
Mod
What, already? That was fast. Congrats on finishing so quickly!
Heather L wrote: "Mary (Biblophile) wrote: "Done"What, already? That was fast. Congrats on finishing so quickly!"
Yep. I read a book or so a day and just happened to pick ones that fit this challenge.
AUGUST 2023 MINI CHALLENGES Completed
** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.
** A book can be used only once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (Seasonal, World Trip, Ultimate, etc.). **
** Do as many as you are able and have fun!
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
Colleen Coble’s
The House at Saltwater Point
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Faith Martin’s
The Flower Show Murder
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
Rachel McMillan’s
A Lesson in Love and Murder
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book.)
Jaycee Weaver’s
Braver With You
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
Shelley Adina’s
The Emperor's Aeronaut
Fini
FinishedAUGUST MINI CHALLENGE, 8/1 - 8/31
5/5 COMPLETE
1. AUGUST IS WATER QUALITY MONTH
Read a book with a body of water on the cover
* The Body in the Back Garden, by Mark Waddell, finished 8/4 ★★★.5
2. AUGUST 9 IS BOOK LOVER'S DAY
Reader's choice--read any book you like!
* Overdue or Die (Haunted Library #7), by Allison Brook, finished 8/6 ★★★★
3. AUGUST 16 IS DISCOVERY DAY
Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
* bag of hymnals and more : Fudge Bites (Candy-Coated #7), by Nancy Coco, finished 8/7 ★★★★
4. AUGUST 19 IS AVIATION DAY
Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book)
* Lord of the Wings (Meg Langslow #19), by Donna Andrews, finished 8/2 ★★★★
5. AUGUST 25 IS NATIONAL SECONDHAND WARDROBE DAY
Read a book with clothes on the cover
* After the Armistice Ball (Dandy Gilver #1), by Catriona McPherson, finished 8/8 ★★★.5
***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/8 *****
Mod
Just checking. Can the clothes for #5 be worn?
Mod
Absolutely!
Heather L wrote: "Way to go, Barb!"Thanks, Heather :)
Finished :)August Mini Challenge
Duration: 1/8/23 - 31/8/23
5/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, river, sea, stream, etc.).
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.). Archer's Voice2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like! Chasing Moon
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!) A Hiss-tory of Magic
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover. The Ghost and the Goth
Done!August Mini Challenge 2023
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
lake on the cover- Murder on the Poet's Walk by Ellery Adams 2 August; 5☆
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
The Crime That Binds by Laurie Cass 6 August; 4 1/2☆
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
MC is "a dead body detector" (her definition)- Death by Intermission by Alexis Morgan 13 August; 5☆
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
baloons- Broken Bone China by Laura Childs 9 August; 5☆
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
Wicked Stitch by Amanda Lee 17 August; 4 1/2☆
Finished!
Mod
2023 AUGUST MINI CHALLENGEDuration: Aug 1 - 31
**CHALLENGE COMPLETED**
Progress
GOAL MET! = 5/5
Genre/Rules:
*1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
Starting Over In Nantucket by Amy Rafferty 8/4/23*2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys 8/18/23*3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke 8/15/23*4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
Remember by Karen Kingsbury 8/18/23*5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
The Four-Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life by Durenda Wilson 8/14/23
August 2023 Mini Challenge - COMPLETEDDuration: August 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023
Completed: 5/5
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).:
The Painted Veil - W. Somerset Maugham 8/20/232. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!: Emerald Blaze - Ilona Andrews 8/23/23
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).: What Rose Forgot - Nevada Barr 8/16/23 (MC discovers a plot to kill her)
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).:
Forty Acres - Dwayne Alexander Smith 8/17/235. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.:
The Captive Maiden - Melanie Dickerson
August mini challenge1. Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title: The River of Doubt - Candace Millard
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day-Readers Choice--read any book you like: The Body in the Dales
3. August 16 is Discovery Day. Read a book in which one of the characters discover something: The Mask of the Enchantress.
4. August 19 is Aviation Day. REad a book that features someone or something that flies (on the cover or in the book) Falling - T. J. Newman
5. August 25 is national Secondhand Wardrobe Day. Read a book with clothes on the the cover: Tulle Death Do Us Part - Annette Blair
FinishedAugust Mini Challenge
Duration: 01/08/2923 - 31/08/2023
4/4
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
The Island by G.N. Smith -- 5★ -- 24/08/2023
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
Dead and Gone by Bill Kitson -- 5★ -- 20/08/2023
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
A Body in a Cornish Village by Dee MacDonald--5★ -- 15/08/2023
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
Murder at the Beauty Pageant by Helena Dixon -- 4★ -- 26/08/2023
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RULES
** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.
** A book can be used only once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (Seasonal, World Trip, Ultimate, etc.).
** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance, and can change your mind at any time if you do.
** Do as many as you are able and have fun!
1. August is Water Quality Month: Read a book with a body of water on the cover or in the title (e.g.: bay, bayou, creek, lake, ocean, pond, river, sea, stream, etc.).
2. August 9 is Book Lover's Day: Reader's choice--read any book you like!
3. August 16 is Discovery Day: Read a book in which one of the characters discovers something (dead bodies count!).
4. August 19 is Aviation Day: Read a book that features something or someone that flies (on the cover or in the book).
5. August 25 is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day: Read a book with clothes on the cover.
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