Q3 - Summer Bucket List

[Carmen]

Kalyn wrote: "Sign me up for 6 please!

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Welcome, Kalyn! 🤗

[Denise]

Update msg. #20:
1/18

[Darinda]

I'm in for 5 books.

Completed: 5/5



Go on a trip
Plant a garden
Go swimming
Visit the beach
Dolphin watching

[Amy]

Updated message 27-- 3/12

[Amy]

Updated message 27-- 4/12

[Carmen]

Welcome, Darinda! 🤗

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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STATS
Participants: 32
Books Read: 15
Book Goal: 499
Completed: 0

Updated on July 8, 2024 .

[Debra Diggs]

Update to message #8: 2/8

[Lisa Marie]

Hello!! Sorry I am so late signing up.....I would like to go for 10 prompts please!! Also, I will be doing a mixture of the prompts listed and a few of my own prompts!!

GOAL: 4/10

√ #1: Visit London ~ SET IN LONDON: The Heights by Louise Candlish

√ #2: Make new friends ~ MAIN CHARACTER MAKES TWO NEW FRIENDS: The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

√ #3: Have a cocktail ~ THE WORD "WHISKEY" IS IN THE TITLE: Whiskey Scars by Kristi Copeland

√ #4: Fly a kite ~ THE WORK "KITE" IN THE TITLE & A KITE ON THE COVER: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

[Lisa Marie]

Update to Message #58 ~

GOAL: 1/10

[Brianna]

This sounds so fun! Sign me up for 10 please!

SUMMER BUCKET LIST
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024

Done: 0/10

[Carmen]

Lisa Marie and Brianna, WELCOME!! 🤗

“Summer night--
even the stars
are whispering to each other.”
― Kobayashi Issa

[Lisa Marie]

Update to Message #58 ~

GOAL: 3/10

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #9 : 10/20

[Bobby]

2024 Reading Challenge
Q3 - Summer Bucket List
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024

I'm going to try for 12, but hope I can finish more than that. I may also add some activities from other summer bucket lists, since I have some titles I want to read but they don't necessarily fit these activities.

Progress: 3 out of 12

For this third quarter challenge, we will tackle our Summer Bucket Lists through our reading. Select your favorite activities from the list below, and read books where those activities are represented in the text, title, or cover art.

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Go Fishing

Ride a bike

√ Watch fireworks: 5th of July: A Play

Make a craft

Plant a garden

Eat ice cream

Learn to surf

Sing and dance

Go swimming: Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain or Stotan! or The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man's Fight to Capture Olympic Gold

Visit a library: Rise of the Reader: Strategies For Mastering Your Reading Habits and Applying What You Learn

Solve a puzzle

Go on a road trip: On the Road: The Original Scroll

Bake cookies

Go to a wedding: The Member of the Wedding

√ Go sailing: McGlue

Sleep in a cabin: The Clue of the Screeching Owl

√ Pick berries: Blueberries for Sal

Go wine tasting

Go on a holiday

Have a picnic: Picnic

Visit a relative

Try something new

Wear flip-flops: Tales from Margaritaville

Fly a kite

Get a tattoo: High Voltage Tattoo

Bird watching

Do magic tricks: Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic

Attend a concert

Have a cocktail

Volunteer

[Denise]

update to msg. #20:
4/18

[Carmen]

Welcome, Bobby! 🤗

STATS
Participants: 35
Books Read: 38
Book Goal: 526
Completed: 0

Updated on July 10, 2024 .

I'm pickin' up good vibrations!!! 💓
Keep up the good work!!!🪣

[Laurie]

Summer Bucket List

10/10 Completed

1. Road Trip


2. Fly in an Airplane


3. River Day


4. Read, Read, Read


5. Get a Facial


6. Beach Day


7. Go Swimming


8. Spend Time with my Cat


9. Hang Out with Friends


10. Eat Sweet Treats

[Lisa Marie]

Update to Message #58 ~

GOAL: 4/10

[Whitney]

Update to message 10: 2/12 books read!

[Carmen]

Welcome, Laurie! 🤗

STATS
Participants: 36
Books Read: 43
Book Goal: 541
Completed: 0

Updated on July 12, 2024 .
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[GailW]

Update to message 30:

completed 3/5

[Jennifer]

I'd like to join this challenge please! I'll shoot for 5 books this time. I may add more to my bucket list before September...

5/5 completed

Bucket list:

Get outside/enjoy nature: Into the Wild DONE


Plant a garden: (loose interpretation- "planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.")
Alexander Hamilton DONE


Take a breath/relax a bit: Exhalation DONE


Go birding: Weyward DONE


Travel: The Four Winds DONE


Eat ice cream:
...maybe next year!

[Diane]

Newbie here. Sign me up for 2 books for the summer bucket list challenge. Thanks.

[Patricia]

Hi! Updated message #4

Progress: 2/10

✓Go on a holiday - The Paradise Problem - 4 stars. The two characters here go to an island for a holiday and for a wedding. Is it possible for 2 prompts?

====My additions=====
✓Jogging or having an exercise - Statistically Speaking - the main character here likes to jogging.

[Karin]

Updated message 34

1/5

[Carmen]

Jennifer and Diane, welcome!! 🤗

STATS
Participants: 38
Books Read: 51
Book Goal: 548
Completed: 0

Updated on July 15, 2024 .

[Amy]

Updated message 27-- 5/12
Road Trip

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to Message 18: 9/30

Ride a Bike
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (the boys ride their bikes from place to place)

Plant a Garden
The Butterfly Garden

Go to a Wedding
A Curse for True Love

Visit a Relative
When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers

Wear Flip-Flops
Flip-Flops by Joe Costello

Get a Tattoo
King of Scars

Do Magic Tricks
House of Flame and Shadow

Have a Cocktail
The Last Drop of Hemlock

Go Out with Girlfriends
The Long Weekend

[GailW]

Updated message #30

Completed 5 /10
Please increase my goal to 10.

[Karin]

I've updated Message 34 :)
2/5

[Denise]

Update to msg. #20:
7/18 (see #20 for books read)

[Karin]

I've finished 3/5 message 34 :)

[Michelle]

update to message 11
Completed 5/10

🚲Ride a bike - Seatmate
🎆Watch fireworks - Funny Story
🍪Bake cookies - Seashells, Spells & Caramels
⛵️Go sailing - The Girl from Everywhere
🏕️ Sleep in a cabin - Wildfire

[Whitney]

Update to message 10: 3/12 books read!

[Debra Diggs]

Update to message #8: 5/8

[[deleted user]]

post 16 is updated
6/10 completed

[Denise]

Update to msg. #20:

10/18

Go Fishing
Ride a bike
Watch fireworks
Make a craft
Plant a garden
Eat ice cream
Learn to surf
Sing and dance
Go swimming
√Visit a library: Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed
√Solve a puzzle: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (the puzzle: who killed Roger?)
√Go on a road trip: Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski (road trip to the various ballparks sounds good to me!)
Bake cookies
√Go to a wedding: London by Edward Rutherfurd (contains many weddings)
√Go sailing: The Annotated Arabian Nights by Yasmine Seale (Sinbad the Sailor included)
√Sleep in a cabin: Never Whistle At Night by Shane Hawk (a few stories occur in cabins and/or camping)
Pick berries
Go wine tasting
Go on a holiday
Have a picnic
√Visit a relative: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
√Try something new: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell (the language includes getting people to "try something new/make changes"
Wear flip-flops
Fly a kite
Get a tattoo
√Bird watching: From A Cat's View edited by Robin Praytor many cats watching birds in these stories
√Do magic tricks: Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (You can fly!)
Attend a concert
Have a cocktail
Volunteer

[Allie]

i will try for 15
Progress 16/15

🌞Go Fishing The Singing Sands
🌞Ride A Bike Red Winter
Watch fireworks
Make a craft
🌞Plant a garden A Sprinkling of Murder
🌞Eat Ice Cream Real Tigers
Learn to surf
🌞Sing and dance Divine Might
Go swimming
Visit a Library
🌞Solve a Puzzle Silver Nitrate
🌞Go On A Road Trip The Road
🌞Bake cookies Heartless
Go to a wedding
🌞Go sailing Ice Station Zebra
🌞Sleep in a cabin The God of the Woods
Pick berries
🌞Go wine tasting Spartan Gold
🌞Go on a holiday Last Night in Montreal
🌞Have a picnic An Unmarked Grave
🌞Visit a relative The Comfort of Ghosts
Try something new
Wear flip-flops
Fly a kite
Get a tattoo
Bird watching
Do magic tricks
🌞Attend a concert The Violin Conspiracy
🌞Have a cocktail Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
Volunteer

[Allie]

Update to Message #88
Progress 6/15

Go Fishing The Singing Sands

Plant a garden A Sprinkling of Murder

Sing and dance Divine Might

Go sailing Ice Station Zebra

Go on a holiday Last Night in Montreal

Attend a concert The Violin Conspiracy

[Whitney]

Update to message 10: 4/12 books read!

[Karin]

Updated message 34
4/5

[Amy]

Updated message 27-- 9/12

[D.L.]

I'm signing up. Better late than never. Please put me down for 4 books. Thanks!!

COMPLETED: 0/4

○Go Fishing
○Ride a bike
○Watch fireworks
○Make a craft
○Plant a garden: Flowerbed of State
○Eat ice cream
○Learn to surf
○Sing and dance
○Go swimming
○Visit a library: Books Can Be Deceiving
○Solve a puzzle
○Go on a road trip
○Bake cookies: Heartaches and Christmas Cakes
○Go to a wedding
○Go sailing
○Sleep in a cabin
○Pick berries
○Go wine tasting: Red Wine For Miss Parker
○Go on a holiday
○Have a picnic
○Visit a relative
○Try something new
○Wear flip-flops
○Fly a kite
○Get a tattoo
○Bird watching
○Do magic tricks
○Attend a concert
○Have a cocktail
○Volunteer

[TEE]

Please update Msg 12

6 / 15

🏖️Watch fireworks - Zeroes end is set at a firework display for the city
🏖️Go swimming - On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura learns the hard way that she shouldn't swim in the creek without Pa.
🏖️Visit a library - Map of Flames Visit the Library of Esteros to read about what may have happened to their parents.
🏖️Go to a wedding - Swarm A celebrity wedding is one of the locations the Zeroes think the villain may hit next.
🏖️Go on a holiday - The Women Takes leave to a resort on a faraway island
🏖️Visit a relative - Fang and Claw Visit Ari's family in the Skylands

[Ciara]

Update to message #22: challenge complete! 25 of 25 books read! I used the provided list as inspiration but made up some of my own bucket list items as well. I tried to come up with something unique & specific for each book. Details under the spoiler!

(view spoiler)[1. Fruit of the Dead - Rachel Lyon (wear flip flops)
2. I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both - Mariah Stovall (volunteer)
3. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice (visit relatives)
4. The Husbands - Holly Gramazio (watch fireworks)
5. Blue Ruin - Hari Kunzru (have a cocktail)
6. Walk the Vanished Earth - Erin Swan (plant a garden)
7. One Life - Megan Rapinoe (attend a wedding)
8. Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh (try something new)
9. Nuclear War: A Scenario - Annie Jacobsen (helicopter ride)
10. The Extinction of Irena Rey - Jennifer Croft (eat ice cream)
11. Spillage - Michael Gross (attend a baseball game)
12. The Climate Machine - Susan Kemp (go fishing)
13. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil - Ananda Lima (go on vacation)
14. The Bullet Swallower - Elizabeth Gonzalez James (sleep in a cabin)
15. Molly - Blake Butler (get a tattoo)
16. The Eyes Are the Best Part - Monika Kim (make a craft)
17. Do Something: Coming of Age Amid the Glitter and Doom of '70s New York - Guy Trebay (go to the beach)
18. Lovesick Blossoms - Julia Watts (share a banana split)
19. Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir - Robin Brown (sleep under the stars)
20. Whoever You Are, Honey - Olivia Gatwood (ride a rollercoaster)
21. I Hope This Finds You Well - Natalie Sue (throw a party)
22. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton (attend a festival)
23. Joan Is Okay - Weike Wang (stock up on LaCroix)
24. The Girls - Emma Cline (go to a fair)
25. Xala - Ousmane Sembéne (plan a wedding) (hide spoiler)]

[Carmen]

Welcome Allie and D.L.!! 🤗

Congratulations, Ciara!! 🪣🎉👏👏

“I got a theory a person ought to do everything it’s possible to do before he dies, and maybe die trying to do something that’s really impossible.”
― Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train

We're doing very well, everybody keep the good work!!
STATS
Participants: 40
Books Read: 133
Book Goal: 572
Completed: 1

Updated on August 1, 2024 .

[Whitney]

Update to message 10: 5/12 books read!

[Denise]

Update to msg. #20:

13/18

see message 20 for book list

[Jennifer]

Updating message #72:

1/5 completed

Bucket list:

Get outside/enjoy nature: Into the Wild
DONE

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨]

updated msg 23, 22/30