Deb's 2025 Summer Reading Challenge

[Deborah]

Chips and Dip - 100 points
1a. A book in a series Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb 100 points
1b. A book with water on the cover
1c. A book released in 2024 or 2025 Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart 100 points
1d. A book by a new to you author I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell 100 points
1e. A humorous book America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled by Blythe Roberson 100 points

Drinks Station - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
2a. FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE Cruella Live Action Novelization by Elizabeth Rudnick 200 points
2b. UNSWEETENED ICED TEA Cold Curses by Chloe Neill 200 points
2c. ROOT BEER SODA The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw 200 points
2d. FRUIT PUNCH The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff 200 points
2e. SPARKLING WATER To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction by Phillip Lopate 200 points

Burger and Hotdog Toppings - 300 points
3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb300 points
3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb 300 points
3d. Pickles: A book title that includes a word starting with the letter P Promises in Death by J.D. Robb 300 points

Desserts - 400 points
4b. A book with a wedding Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong 400 points
4c. A book that has been nominated for an award Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb 400 points
4d. A book with a cafe, bakery, or restaurant as an important setting
4e. A book originally written in a language other than English The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai 400 points

The Sides - 500 points
5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb 500 points
5c. Corn bread - A book originally published before 1900 The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 500 points
5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 pages

Total: 4,500