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**Summer Challenge 1/12/23 - 29/2/24**
Brenda wrote: "Kim wrote: "I'd love to be in for this one, Brenda, even though only Level One!Before I confirm my selections, could you clarify, can the two Aussie authors be on the same row and none on the othe..."
Thanks for the clarification, Brenda. AA books are not so easy to come by over here so I have to 'conserve' the ones that I have! But at the same time always following my personal challenge 'rule' not to use any book for more than one Challenge within any Goodreads group!!
I’m in!Summer Challenge
Duration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: One
10/10
Row #2
Row #5
Summer ChallengeDuration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: 2 (15 books, 4 AA)
15/15 as of 8/4/24
Row #1
Island Adventure:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4.5 Stars) - 7/1/24
Pool Party:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 14/12/23
Movie Night:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2 Stars) - 8/4/24
Summer Love:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5 Stars) - 11/1/24
Luna Park:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 4/1/23
Row #2
Join a Book Club:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 14/1/24
Make Ice Cream:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 28/12/23
Water Park:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 19/1/24
Outdoor Concert:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 10/1/24
Bike Route:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 23/3/24 - Very late read.
Row #5
Picnic Time:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2 Stars) - 28/12/23
Summer Barbeque Fun:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 14/3/24 - mmm very late :-)
Camping Out:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 15/2/24
Love the Library:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 21/12/23
Summer Holidays:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 8/12/23
Bec wrote: "Sharon Louise wrote: I think also because the template to copy and paste only shows the rows across I figured I had better ask the question!.."Yeah I assumed it was just horizontal based on the t..."
Looks like we are good to go with the vertical :)
Brenda wrote: "Sharon Louise wrote: "I admit my brain isn't computing this challenge very well - can I do down/vertical lines other than across/horizontal? So, can my rows be starting at Movie Night and working d..."Thanks Brenda - now to actually find my books to fit, lol !
Summer ChallengeDuration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: Two
15/15
Row #1
Island Adventure: Title -
Pool Party: Author -
Movie Night: Title -
Summer Love: Author -
Luna Park: Title -
Row #2
Join a Book Club: Author -
Make Ice Cream: Author -
Water Park: Title -
Outdoor Concert: Title -
Bike Route: Author -
Row #3
Ride the Waves: Author -
Explore a Museum: Author -
Happy Summer: Author -
Take a Hike: Author -
At the Fair: Title -
I'll give this a go ... Summer Challenge
Duration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: Two
15/15 ( 4/3 AA)
Column #1
Island Adventure: (Title) Dirt Town - Hayley Scrivenor (AA) 4/12 3.75★
Join a Book Club: (Title) Black Cake - Charmaine Wilkerson 8/12 4★
Ride the Waves: (Author) Hamlet - William Shakespeare 20/12 3.75★
Sandcastles: (Title) A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 18/12 3.5★
Picnic Time: (Title) The No-Show - Beth O'Leary 19/12 4★
Column #2
Pool Party: (Author) Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros 4/12 4★
Make Ice Cream: (Author) Enclave - Claire G. Coleman (AA) 28/12 3.5★
Explore a Museum: (Author) The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller 16/1 4★
A Day at the Zoo: (Author) Rules of Civility - Amor Towles 26/1 4★
Summer Barbeque Fun: (Author) We Were Never Here - Andrea Bartz 13/12 3.5★
Column #3
Movie Night: (Author) Broken Bay - Margaret Hickey (AA) 28/2 4★
Water Park: (Title) Three Women - Lisa Taddeo 24/12 3.5★
Happy Summer: (Author)The Last of the Apple Blossom - Mary-Lou Stephens (AA) 24/2 4★
Nature Trail: (Title) The Rachel Incident - Caroline O'Donoghue 6/2 4★
Camping Out: (Author) The Long Call - Ann Cleeves 16/2 4★
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Duration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: Two
0/15
Row #1
Island Adventure: Title - The Devil Inside by D.L. Hicks AA
Pool Party: Author - [book:Poppy ..."
Kylie, the criteria is a 2 book minimum for using Title. Your #1 Row has 2 - Movie Night and Luna Park. If you could fix those please? Thanks :)
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Before I confirm my selections, could you clarify, can the two Aussie authors be on the same row and n..."
Not a problem, and I understand - I'm amazed you actually get as many as you do :)
Mod
Summer ChallengeDuration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: 3
25/25
Row #1
Row #2
Row #3
Row #4
Row #5
Mod
Duration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: 3
0/25 ( /4 AA)
Row #1
Island Adventure (Title): The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Pool Party (Author): [boo..."
Cherie, Row #3 - Explore a Museum (Title): Later by Stephen King. When using the title, there's a two word minimum. So if you could change that one please. Also Row #5 - Summer Barbeque Fun. You haven't said which option you're using. Thanks :)
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Oops all fixed now :)Brenda wrote: "Cherie wrote: "Summer Challenge
Duration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: 3
0/25 ( /4 AA)
Row #1
Island Adventure (Title): The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Pool Party..."
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Brenda wrote: "Even though it says horizontal or vertical, I should have made it clearer! Sorry Bec :)..."Don't be sorry. I just assumed based on what everyone before me had done so it's totally on me. I'm going to have a quick look and see if it's easier for me to do vertically...but I'm pretty happy with what I worked out for horizontally so all good.
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Apologies if this has already been asked, is it possible to use a mixture of rows and columns for the challenge, using two books where the column and row meet?
Mod
Yes Trevor, as long as they are still in their rows. So you could work 1 Across, 2 Across, 4 Down - and yes, doubling up with the one that meets twice :)
Summer ChallengeDuration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: 3
25/25 13/4 AA
Row #1
✔︎Island Adventure: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (author) 12/12 5★
✔︎Pool Party: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune (Activity - see cover) 10/2 4★
✔︎Movie Night: Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje (author) 16/12 4★
✔︎Summer Love: The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith (activity - characters spend honeymoon in Perth at the beach) 4/2 4★
✔︎Luna Park: ONE-A-PECKER TWO-A-PECKER by Ruth Park AA (author) 18/2 4★
Row #2
✔︎Join a Book Club: Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves(author) 29/2 4★
✔︎Make Ice Cream: The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon (author) 27/1 4★
✔︎Water Park: Yoga by Ernest Egerton Wood (author) 16/12 3★
✔︎Outdoor Concert: The Performance by Claire Thomas AA (author) 18/12 4★
✔︎Bike Route: Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby AA (activity - rides her bike to work for years) 7/12 4★
Row #3
✔︎Ride the Waves: The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Green AA (activity) 14/1 3★
✔︎Explore a Museum: The Sitters by Alex Miller AA (author) 8/12 4★
✔︎Happy Summer: Missus by Ruth Park AA (author) 24/12 4★
✔︎Take a Hike: Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill AA (activity - long hike through the bush) 1/1 3★
✔︎At the Fair: The Irishman by Elizabeth O'Conner AA (Title) 23/1 5★
Row #4
✔︎Sandcastles: Lady Tan's Circle Of Women by Lisa See (author) 7/12 4★
✔︎A Day at the Zoo: The Warden by Anthony Trollope 28/2 3★
✔︎Nature Trail: The Idealist by Nicholas Jose AA 21/2 5★
✔︎Go Fishing: Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather by Gao Xingjian 12/2 4★
✔︎Road Trip: The Banksia House Breakout by James Roxburgh AA (activity - long road trip) 3/12 3★
Row #5
✔︎Picnic Time: A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier (author) 28/12 4★
✔︎Summer Barbeque Fun: Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt AA (activity - barbeque party occurs) 31/1 4★
✔︎Camping Out: The Promise by Pearl S. Buck (activity - lots of camping out while fighting in the mountains) 4/12 4★
✔︎Love the Library: Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith AA (title) 22/12 5★
✔︎Summer Holidays: Hearing Maud by Jessica White AA (title) 10/12 3★
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Please add me for easy.Hopefully I will complete this one.
Did not start.
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Happy Summer BingoSummer Challenge 12/1/23 - 2/29/24
Level Two: Complete Three Lines - 15 books (THREE Aussie authors)
0/15
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Row #2
Join a Book Club: author The Magician's Diary C.J. Archer AA
Make Ice Cream: author Mistletoe Murder Karen MacInerney
Water Park: author Too Good to Be True Kristen Ashley
Outdoor Concert: author Murder Under the Mistletoe Erica Ruth Neubauer
Bike Route:
Row #4
Sandcastles: Skull Duggery Aaron Elkins
A Day at the Zoo:
Nature Trail: author Murder in the Reading Room Ellery Adams
Go Fishing: author The Woman in the Library Sulari Gentill AA
Road Trip: author Dark Past Catherine Lee AA
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Row #5
Picnic Time: author Enchanted to Meet You Meg Cabot
Summer Barbeque Fun: author Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor Stephanie Barron
Camping Out: author Outback Spirit Nicole R. Taylor ko AA
Love the Library: title Blood in Tavasci Marsh Lakota Grace
Summer Holidays author Perfect Shot Steve Urszenyi
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Summer Challenge 12/1/23 - 2/29/24
Level Two: Complete Three Lines - 15 books (THREE Aussie authors)
Blood in Tavasci Marsh Lakota Grace
[boo..."
Jonquil, I'm not sure what you're doing with the first books you've listed. Can you do them all by the rows (as you have at the bottom) please? Thanks :)
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Brenda wrote: "Jonquil wrote: "Happy Summer BingoSummer Challenge 12/1/23 - 2/29/24
Level Two: Complete Three Lines - 15 books (THREE Aussie authors)
Blood in Tavasci Marsh [author:Lakota Grace..."
Those are the books I have scheduled for December.
I am trying to decide which rows / columns will use the largest number of them before I commit to my 3 rows / columns on or before November 30th
I'm one of those people who has to see and touch things. I make the guards in museums very nervous.
Jonquil wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Jonquil wrote: "Happy Summer BingoSummer Challenge 12/1/23 - 2/29/24
Level Two: Complete Three Lines - 15 books (THREE Aussie authors)
Blood in Tavasci Marsh [auth..."
"I make the guards in museums very nervous." oh dear - do you get followed around???
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Summer Challenge 12/1/23 - 2/29/24
Level Two: Complete Three Lines - 15 books (THREE Aussie authors)
Blood in Tavasci Marsh [auth..."
Thanks for explaining that - understandable and good luck with your choices :)
Sharon Louise wrote: "Jonquil wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Jonquil wrote: "Happy Summer BingoSummer Challenge 12/1/23 - 2/29/24
Level Two: Complete Three Lines - 15 books (THREE Aussie authors)
[book:Blood in Tavasci Marsh..."
You can just hear their inner dialogue:
"she looks like a toucher"
"any minute she's gonna reach over the red line"
"is she raising her arm?"
"Watch her. Watch her. Watch her."
"Oh thank Heavens she's heading into Tom's room. My heart can't take this."
Finished my 1st of this Challenge with:-Row #2 - 'Outdoor Concert' - book title:-
Even the Darkest Night by Javier Cercas
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Instead of finishing my last book of the Spring Challenge, I read my first book for summer. I had to check how action packed it is before my nephews get it for Xmas.Water Park: Title
✔ Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks Read 6/12. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
Clare wrote: "Instead of finishing my last book of the Spring Challenge, I read my first book for summer. I had to check how action packed it is before my nephews get it for Xmas.Water Park: Title
✔ [book:Two ..."
Sounds perfectly reasonable to me :)
Hi Brenda.I only got through 340 something/750 pages of one of my Summer Challenge books. I was very disappointed in it after really looking forward to it. Do you want me to swap it for another?
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I only got through 340 something/750 pages of one of my Summer Challenge books. I was very disappointed in it after really looking forward to it. Do you want me to swap it for another?"
No Mary, don't swap it. 340 pages is the length of many books, so just include it in the challenge, marking it as DNF or whatever you want to, and move on to the next book :) Better luck with the next one!
I finished my first for the challenge with Tom Lake by Ann Patchett for Pool Party using the Title.
I gave it 4 stars
Finished my 2nd of this Challenge with:-Row #5 - SUMMER HOLIDAYS - author name:
The Toy Taker by Luke Delaney
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished my second with GOLD!
by Thomas Greenbank.Australian author.
I used it for Movie night - author.
4 tars.
Hi BrendaI've just updated with a review and realised that all my links are gone!! I've no idea how I managed it but it will have to wait until daytime for me to fix it, I'm afraid. I've got quite a bad cataract waiting for surgery and the glare off the screen is making it too hard for me to do at night. I've been to the surgeon today so hopefully that has made it worse and it won't stay this bad. :(
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I've just updated with a review and realised that all my links are gone!! I've no idea how I managed it but it will have to wait until daytime for me to fix it, I'm afraid. I've got quit..."
Yes I see what you mean. The book title and author links have disappeared from most of them. Good luck with sorting it out Mary, and with your cataract surgery. I hope your vision is clearer soon.
Finished my first, Summer Love (SR), with AA Simon Rowell's second in his Detective Zoe Mayer series, Wild Card.Good story with a cross-border investigation between Victoria and NSW with plenty of action. Harry, her service dog, is still acting to protect and serve Zoe. Good boy!
My review of Wild Card
Finished 4 while on holidaysRow 1
Island Adventure (Title)
After That Night by Karin Slaughter 3*Pool Party (Title)
The Letter Reader by Jan Casey 3*Row 4
A Day at the Zoo (Author)
Secrets of Clearwater Castle by Emma Davies 5*Nature Trail (In Story)
The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish 2*
Finished my first 2 books.Row 2 - Join a book club - Cold Days by Jim Butcher - 4⭐️ - 15/12/23
Row 5 - Picnic time - The Creeps by John Connolly - 5⭐️ - 12/12/23
Row #1 Summer Love: Story - The Boys of Summer by C.J. Duggan AA
3.5 stars rounded up to 4
A YA romance set up Queensland. I really liked the authentic voice but maybe at 63 I'm getting a bit old for it - I got about 80% through and just wanted it to finish. It was quite clever though.
Read my BBQ book in record time. That was suspicious so I checked it out and sure enough - not enough pages! I hadn't done my research properly. I've replaced it with another and linked it etc. the really disappointing thing is that the one I've read really wasn't that good. I guess it's lucky I've got plenty more lined up, hey?
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Never mind Mary - at least you realised in time to be able to pick another one :)
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Alyssa, just click on your name in the participants list, and it'll take you straight to the post you're working on :)