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MOBY DICK SUMMER CHALLENGE
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Updated: (8/31/24)
Robin P - CHRISTMAS (7/9)
Carol - GOLD DOUBLOON (8/12)
Diana S - SPERM WHALE (5/10)
🐳⛵Jonquil - TATTOOS (7/7) C
JennH - CAPTAIN AHAB (10/11)
Book Concierge - (4/6)
Cara - MASTHEAD (5/8)
Licha-Olivia - CHRISTMAS (5/9)
🐳⛵Koren - ISHMAEL (7/7) C
🐳⛵Beverly - THE RACHEL (9/9) C
Marilyn - WHALER (4/6)
Moby DickC - Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist - 8/22
H - Talia Hibbert - Take a Hint, Dani Brown - 8/11
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S - Cat Sebastian - Two Rogues Make a Right - 8/18
T - Jodi Taylor - Doing Time - 8/15
M - Farley Mowat - The Dog Who Wouldn't Be - 8/25
A - August Folly 8/19
S - The Swimmers - 8/21
Moby Dick" August Chalenge8/12
Good Girl (The)- Mary Kubica - 8/2
Orlean,Susan - My Kind of Place - 8/18
Lippman, Laura- [book:I'd Know You Anywhere- 8/8
Don't Mess with the Ex|153602161] -D.J. Jamison -8/20
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Unscathed:- Luna David - 8/1
Bardugo - Ninth House - 8/11
LA. Witt - Wrenches, Regrets, & Reality Checks - 8/8
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Nightmare Man - J.H. Markert - 8/10
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Spell-out: SPERM WHALE (5/10)
🐋 S - Scared Little Rabbits by A.V.
Geiger (8/24/24) ⭐⭐⭐
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🐋 R - Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit
451 (8/25/24) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🐋 M - McGrath, Ben - Riverman: An American
Odyssey (8/25/24) ⭐⭐⭐
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🐋 H- Held by Anne
Michaels (8/22/24) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🐋 A - All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby (8/8/24) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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"Moby Dick" August 2024 Challenge7/7 DONE
T Truly, Madly, Sheeply Heather Vogel Frederick 8/3
A Art in the Blood Bonnie MacBird 8/2
T Travels with Charley: In Search of America John Steinbeck 8/4
T Trouble in Queenstown Delia Pitts 8/17
O Otherwise Engaged Amanda Quick 8/4
O Once Dead, Twice Shy Kim Harrison 8/23
S Shards of Hope Nalini Singh 8/10
"Moby Dick" Summer ChallengeDuration: month of August
🐳C - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 8/1/24
🐳A - The Color Purple by Alice Walker 8/2/24
🐳P - Erasure by Percival Everett 8/1/24
🐳T - Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes 8/10/24
🐳A - Castle Roogna by Piers Anthony 8/3/24
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🐳N - Siren Queen by Nghi Vo 8/9/24
🐳A - A Smoking Bun by Ellie Alexander 8/11/24
🐳H - The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel 8/8/24
🐳A - Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 8/11/24
🐳B - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin 8/3/24
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Begins: 01Aug24 / Ends: 31Aug24
6 / 6 completed
Africa
A - Artistic License ✔ – 11Aug24
F - Frozen River ✔ - 06Aug24
R - RIVERA is mc in What Would Frida Do? ✔ – 05Sep24
I - IRENE is a main char in A Slow Fire Burning ✔ - 07Aug24
C - Christine Nolfi Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24
A - AHLBERG is a mc in / The Sleepwalker ✔ – 08Sep24
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Masthead (5/8)M Liane Moriarty What Alice Forgot 8/14
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S Stella Vignes The Vanishing Half Britt Bennet 8/5
T T'Gatoi Bloodchild and Other Stories Octavia E Butler 8/7
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A Amy Poehler Yes Please 8/14
D The Distant Land of My Father Bo Caldwell 8/25
Moby Dick August Challenge5/9 Letters
C: Crazy Stupid Bromance Lyssa Kay Adams (8/13/24)
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S: Snow, Nicole; The Sweetest Obsession (8/20/24)
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M: McKinlay, Jenn; Books Can Be Deceiving (8/31/24)
A: Adams, Lyssa Kay; Undercover Bromance (8/10/24)
S: Stars of Fortune Nora Roberts (8/15/24)
"Moby Dick" Summer ChallengeDuration: month of August
I-Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob, by Peter Bart finished 8/1
S-Seamus (the dog in the story) The Dog Lived by Teresa Rhyne finished 8/25
H-Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance finished 8/6
M--Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan Eischeid finished 8/4
A-Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass by Ramin Setoodeh finished 8/23
E-Evin Hartsell Abled In A Disabled World finished 8/2
L-Lawrence P. Wilson Catching Chickens: Baby Boomer Tales-Some of Them Might Just Be True finished 8/11
"Moby Dick" Summer ChallengeDuration: month of August
9/9
T Twilight Territory by Andrew X. Pham FINISHED 8/11
H How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley FINISHED 8/29
E Ellis Island: A Novel by Kate Kerrigan FINISHED 8/24
R Road of Bones by Christopher Golden FINISHED 8/14
A Fado Alexandrino by António Lobo Antunes FINISHED 8/27
C Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini FiNISHED 8/8
H Heiress of Enceladus by Samuel DenHartog FINISHED 8/30
E Elle Marr, The Family Bones FINISHED 8/7
L Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller FINISHED 8/3
Moby Dick Summer ChallengeBegins: 01Aug24 / Ends: 31Aug24
4 / 6 completed
WHALER
⛵W--White, Bailey, author of Sleeping at the Starlite Motel: and Other Adventures on the Way Back Home--8/11/24
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⛵A--Anna Burns, author of Milkman--8/24/24
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⛵E--Elizabeth Acevedo, author of The Poet X--8/15/24
⛵R--Riverman: An American Odyssey, written by Ben McGrath--8/7/24
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Congrats Koren!
Updated message #13: Challenge completed
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Moby Dick Summer Challenge
Begins: 01Aug24 / Ends: 31Aug24
6 / 6 completed
Africa
A - Artistic License ✔ – 11Aug24
F - Frozen River ✔ - 06Aug24
R - RIVERA is mc in What Would Frida Do? ✔ – 05Sep24
I - IRENE is a main char in A Slow Fire Burning ✔ - 07Aug24
C - Christine Nolfi Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24
A - AHLBERG is a mc in / The Sleepwalker ✔ – 08Sep24
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Sleepwalker (other topics)A Slow Fire Burning (other topics)
Artistic License (other topics)
Second Chance Grill (other topics)
The Frozen River (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Christine Nolfi (other topics)Christine Nolfi (other topics)
Clare Pooley (other topics)
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D.J. Jamison (other topics)
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Duration: month of August
Moby Dick has always been a favorite summertime read for me. How about you?
Spell-out one/more of the ALL-CAPPED words below:
ISHMAEL
Whaling VESSEL
WHALER
NEW BEDFORD
HARPOONER
QUEEQUEG
TATTOOS
NANTUCKET
PEQUOD
CAPTAIN AHAB
SPERM WHALE
MODY DICK
WHITE
CHRISTMAS Day
FALSE LEG
Gold DOUBLOON
AFRICA
Indian OCEAN
MAD PIP
VENGEANCE
WHALE OIL
STARBUCK
FIRST MATE
MASTHEAD
SKIPPER
THE RACHEL
CHALLENGE RULES
• one book per letter
• use 1st letter in Title (exclude A, An, and The)
• use 1st letter in Author's FIRST/ LAST name
• use 1st letter in Main Character's FIRST/LAST name
FOR EACH BOOK READ
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• GIVE DATE you finished book
RATINGS are Optional ⭐⭐⭐
ENJOY THIS MONTH 'S READS!