Hélène's Summer Reading Challenge

[Hélène]

The Summer Challenge

June --> Completed!
1. National Ballpoint Pen Day
✔ a. A book with a writing utensil on the cover :
Leben, schreiben, atmen: Eine Einladung zum Schreiben by Doris Dörrie
b. A book written under a pen name
c. A book about a writer, bookseller, or librarian

2. National Prune Day
a. A book written by someone over the age of 60
✔ b. A book with more than 400 pages :
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
c. A book with purple on the cover


3. Let's Catch a Movie
✔ a. Author's initials can be found in BLOCKBUSTER FILM :
The Great White Bard: Shakespeare, Race and the Future by Farah Karim-Cooper
b. A book that has been adapted into a movie or series
c. A book published in the last two years

4. Happy Birthday Paul Gauguin
a. A book with at least 4 colors on the cover
✔ b. A translated book + c. A book with a seven in the page count :
Juste avant l'arrivée du bateau by Hans Anthon Lynge (translated from Greenlandic, 157 pages)

July
1. Happy Birthday Satchel Paige
a. A book whose author's initials appear in CURVEBALL
b. A book featuring a sport
c. A book with a black main character :
The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo

2. The Apollo Moon Landing
a. A book set in space
✔ b. A book with the moon on the cover :
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
c. A book published in the 1960s

3. Let's Go on a Hike
a. A book with a cover of a nature scene without people
b. A book set in a rural area
✔ c. A book with an element of survival :
Okavango by Caryl Férey

4. Dog Days of Summer
a. A book with a dog on the cover
b. A book with a hot setting
✔ c. An author's first book :
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

August --> Completed!
1. The Destruction of Pompeii
✔ b. A book with red on the cover + c. A book set in a city :
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

2. Vacation Time
a. A book you've been meaning to read
b. A book by a favorite author
✔ c. A book set somewhere you would like to visit :
Konbini by Sayaka Murata

3. Let's Play a Game
a. A book with multiple points of view
b. A book by an author whose initials appear in SCRABBLE
✔ c. A book in a series :
A Deadly Divide by Ausma Zehanat Khan

4. Back to School Sales
✔ a. A book borrowed from the library :
This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
b. A nonfiction book
c. A book with a character in an educational setting