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Updated: 7/31/23
🍉🍉 SouthWest Zippy (5/5) GAMES C
JennH (12/18) ICED COLD WATERMELON
🍉🍉 Book Concierge (7/7) PARADES C
Robin P (5/8) CONCERTS
Diana S (2/12) RED, WHITE, & BLUE
🍉🍉 Licha-Olivia FAMILY (6/6) C FRIENDS (5/7) = 11/13
🍉🍉 Donna FRIENDS (7/7) C
🍉🍉 Carol (18/18) ICED COLD WATERMELON C
Marilyn (6/7) PARADES
Cara (4/5) GAMES
Koren (8/9) FIREWORKS
🍉🍉 Beverly (10/10) WATERMELON C
🍉🍉 Jonquil (9/9) FIREWORKS C
July-What's Happenings on the 4th--5/5 Completed Games
G--Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean by Jackson Galaxy--17 July 2023
A--Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer-- 12 July 2023
M--Love, Death, and the Plains: Historical Narratives of Lea County--Edited by Peter Mladinic and Joe Byers--28 July 2023
E--Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136 by Kristiana Gregory--29 July 2023
S--Savage Run by C.J. Box--22 July 2023
What's Happenings on the 4th? ChallengeDuration: month of July
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✔C - The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library by Alice Kimberly aka Cleo Coyle - my cover names Cleo Coyle as the author
✔E - The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich 7/20/23
✔D - The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs 7/5/23
✔C - Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare 7/19/23
✔O - The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman 7/26/23
✔L - Lemon Drop Dead by Amanda Flower 7/13/23
✔D - Murder, She Barked by Krista Davis 7/11/23
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✔A - Atalanta by Jennifer Saint 7/9/23
✔T - Tegan and Sara: Junior High by Tegan Quin 7/20/23
✔E - The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle 7/22/23 - Piper Evans
✔R - Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell 7/8/23
✔M - A Deadly Yarn by Maggie Sefton 7/15/23
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✔L - The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley 7/30/23
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Begins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
7 / 7 completed
Parades
P - PURI is mc in The Case of the Missing Servant ✔ – 02July23
A - Andy Weir / Project Hail Mary ✔ – 13July23
R - Royal Flush ✔ – 15July23
A - AMY is mc in Her Christmas Cowboy ✔ – 22July23
D - DICKENS, Charles / Great Expectations ✔ – 01July23
E - Elle Newmark / The Sandalwood Tree ✔ – 24July23
S - The Stolen Lady ✔ – 23July23
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ConcertsC - Call Us What We Carry: Poems - Amanda Gorman 7/5
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C - Gary Corby - author of The Pericles Commission 7/8
E - Emmett, main character of The Lincoln Highway - Jul 4
R - Randy, main character of Alas, Babylon - Jul 3
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S - Sherlock Holmes, obviously main character of Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Seven - Jul 2
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Spell-out: RED, WHITE, & BLUE
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Theroux, Paul - On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey (7/25/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Brigance, Jake in Sparring Partners by John Grisham (7/8/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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What's Happenings on the 4th? ChallengeDuration: month of July
Gathering with FAMILY/FRIENDS
13/13 Letters (completed 10/15/23)
F: French, Tana; The Searcher: A Novel (7/12/23)
A: Avi; The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (7/21/23)
M: Monk, Devon; House Immortall (7/14/23)
I: Infinity Bell Devon Monk (7/24/23)
L: Laurano, Carla Brunch at Bittersweet Café (7/16/23)
Y: Yoon, Nicola; The Sun Is Also a Star (7/22/23)
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F: Frank, Jacquelyn; Gideon (10/15/23)
R: Reckoning (The) Kelley Armstrong (7/3/23)
I: Italia, Nicola; The Imperial Orchid (7/31/23)
E: Eugenides, Jeffrey; Middlesex (7/31/23)
N: Nora Seed (MC) The Midnight LibraryMatt Haig (7/29/23)
D: Desai, Sara; The Singles Table (8/7/23)
S: Sydney (mc) Maybe Someday Colleen Hoover (7/15/23)
What's Happenings on the 4th? Challenge18/18 - Done 7/22
I Do, or Dye Trying - Aimeee Nicole Walker - 7/2
Cara Dee - Breathless - 7/1
Event: A Dystopian Apocalyptic Horror Novel - Charles Welch - 7/13
Dig Two Graves - Keith Nixon - 7/8
Coffin Cemetery - Ron Ripley -7/6
Only the Brightest Stars - Andrew Grey -7/5
Louise Jennings - character in How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix -7/9
Dear Daddy, Please Hold Us - Colette Davison - 7/11
Wendy Clarke - Childhood Sweetheart 7/12
A. Poland - Tripwrecked -7/4
Tea or Consequences - K.C. Burn - 7/1
E. Via - This Is Reality - 7/15
Razor's Edge - Jodi Payne & B A Tortuga - 7/20
McMahone, Jennifer - Burntown - 7/3
Ellie Reeves - character in Frozen Souls - Rita Heron - 7/22
Lynch, Charasa Ann - Whisper Island -7/8
Only One Left, The - Riley Sager - 7/7
Nora Phoenix - Coming Out on Top - 7/10
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What's Happening on the 4thBegins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
6 / 7 completed
Parades
✔P- Paul Theroux, author of On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey--7/9/23
✔A- Amat, one of the main characters in Beartown by Fredrik Backman--7/16/23
✔R- Rick, Josie's boyfriend in Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro--7/4/23
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✔D-David Grann, author of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder--7/3/23
✔E-Earthly Remains by Donna Leon--7/3/23
✔S- Small World by Laura Zigman--7/25/23
GAMES (4/5)G The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After Clemantine Wamariya 7/17
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M Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives Brian Weiss, MD 7/11
E Louise Erdrich The Night Watchman 7/6
S Suzanne CollinsThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 7/26
What's Happenings on the 4th? ChallengeDuration: month of July
F-Fred Amram We're in America Now: A Survivor's Stories finished 7/27
I-The Importance of Being Ernie:: From My Three Sons to Mad Men, a Hollywood Survivor Tells All by Barry Livingston finished 7/10
R-Reid, LA Sing To Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next finished 7/4
E- Egan, TimothyA Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them finished 7/7
W-*Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases by Cyril Wecht finished 7/11
O-The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice by Benjamin Gilmer finished 7/20
R-Ronstadt, Linda -Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands finished 7/14
K-Klobuchar, Amy The Joy of Politics: Surviving Cancer, a Campaign, a Pandemic, an Insurrection, and Life's Other Unexpected Curveballs finished 7/16
S-Sandlin, Lee The Distancers: An American Memoir finished 7/31
What's Happenings on the 4th? ChallengeDuration: month of July
10/10
W When I Fell From the Sky by Juliane Koepcke FINISHED 7/14
A Angels of the Pacific by Elise Hooper FINISHED 7/13
T Twice Cursed: An Anthology by Marie O'Regan FINISHED 7/16
E Ellie Midwood, The Violinist of Auschwitz FINISHED 7/17
R R.W. Ridley Lost Days FINISHED 7/4
M The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges FINISHED 7/4
E Eugene Burdick, Fail-Safe FINISHED 7/21
L Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood FINISHED 7/6
O The Other Couple by Louise Candlish FINISHED 7/26 This was an ARC. Now the title is The Other Passenger. Obviously mistakenly indicates the publishing date as 2079
N Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson FINISHED 7/31
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✔F ~~ F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me by Chloé Hilliard ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 21Jul23✔R ~~ Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst ~~ by Robert M. Sapolsky ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Jul23
✔I~~ The Glucose Goddess Method: The 4-Week Guide to Cutting Cravings, Getting Your Energy Back, and Feeling Amazing ~~ by Jessie Inchauspé ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 25Jul23
✔E ~~ Wunderland by Jennifer Cody Epstein ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 20Jul23
✔N ~~ Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 16Jul23
✔D ~~ Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 16Jul23
✔S ~~ The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 14Jul23
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What's Happening on the 4th
Begins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
7 / 7 completed
Parades
P - PURI is mc in The Case of the Missing Servant ✔ – 02July23
A - Andy Weir / Project Hail Mary ✔ – 13July23
R - Royal Flush ✔ – 15July23
A - AMY is mc in Her Christmas Cowboy ✔ – 22July23
D - DICKENS, Charles / Great Expectations ✔ – 01July23
E - Elle Newmark / The Sandalwood Tree ✔ – 24July23
S - The Stolen Lady ✔ – 23July23
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Diana S wrote: "Donna, did you try deleting your post and try again, maybe that will help. 🤞OR
You can send me your list and I'll put it up for you. 😊"
I did delete it and tried it several times. I can't even get it to post in a new post. Beats me. I guess it doesn't really matter.
I signed out of Goodreads, then signed back in, but no luck.
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What's Happening on the 4th?initial and completion post
9/9 DONE
FIREWORKS
F Frozen Heat Richard Castle 7/4
I It Takes Two to Mango Carrie Doyle 7/6
R Racing the Light Robert Crais 7/11
E Eden, Cynthia Abduction Cynthia Eden 7/11
W Winnie Archer Bread Over Troubled Water 7/11
O Overboard Sara Paretsky 7/19
R Racing the Light Robert Crais 7/11
K Kill Creek Scott Thomas 7/14
S Sizzle Julie Garwood 7/1
Book Concierge wrote: "Donna .. do you not see your post # 25 above?"Yes, I see that, but I read books for all letters in:
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
It doesn't really matter, it is just aggravating. I don't care enough to re-type the entire thing!
July-What's Happenings on the 4th--5/5 CompletedGames
Updated message #18: Challenge completed
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Books mentioned in this topic
Gideon (other topics)The Singles Table (other topics)
The Distancers: An American Memoir (other topics)
Sparring Partners (other topics)
On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
John Grisham (other topics)Bill Bryson (other topics)
Kelley Armstrong (other topics)
Lucy Foley (other topics)
Louise Candlish (other topics)
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Duration: month of July
How do y'all celebrate the 4th?
Spell-out one/more of the ALL -CAPPED activities below:
FIREWORKS
Band CONCERTS
HOT DOGS
RED, WHITE, & BLUE
SNOW CONES
PARADES
POTATO SALAD
Sizzling TEMPERATURE
POOL PARTIES
Gathering with FAMILY/FRIENDS
BAR-B-QUES
HAMBURGERS
Iced Cold WATERMELON
Happy BIRTHDAY
Playing GAMES
FLAGS WAVING
Cooler full of DRINKS
FRYING EGGS on sidewalk
CHALLENGE RULES
• one Book per letter
• use 1st letter in Title (exclude A, An or The)
• use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/LAST name
• use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRST/LAST name
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FOR EACH BOOK READ
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• GIVE DATE you finished book
Ratings are Optional ⭐⭐⭐
Happy Reading 📚