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Summer Reading ChallengeS- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
U- Urban Shaman by C. E. Murphy
M- Murder on Lexington Avenueby Victoria Thompson
M- Fatal Flip by Peg Marberg
E- Sizzling Sixteenby Janet Evanovich
R- Air Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Bonus Book: Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson.
Shay wrote: "50 States Reading ChallengeStarted 6/23/2010
Alabama The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree
Alaska
Arizona Potshot
Arkansas
California [book:Scandal on Rincon Hill..."
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August Reading ChallengeAugust, the month of sun and fun!
1) Read a mystery about travel or vacations; a mystery location at a popular vacation destination works too.
2) At the end of a nice summer vacation, it's back to school time - read an academic mystery.
Book from Sept 26, 2010Clue Characters:
Read a book where someone on the cover is wearing the same color clothes as the clue character. (ie a red dress, a green suit, etc. Outfit on cover does not have to be specifically a dress or suit, as long as the person on the cover is prodominately dressed in the color.) Read one book for each person.
Miss Scarlet (a red piece)
Colonel Mustard (a yellow piece)
Mrs. White (a white piece)
Mr. Green (a green piece)
Mrs. Peacock (a blue piece)
Professor Plum (a purple piece)
Weapons:
Read a book where either one of the following weapons is pictured on the cover, or was used to murder someone in the book. Read one book for each weapon.
Dagger/Knife Busy Body: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
Candlestick
Revolver (any revolver or pistol) A Bad Day for Sorry: A Crime Novel
Rope Fiber and Brimstone
Lead Pipe
Wrench/Spanner
Rooms:
Read a book with one the following rooms pictured on the cover or featured prominately in the plot. The room doesn't have to be the main place the story takes place but if the characters just walk through the room once it isn't enough to count. If an entire scene takes place in the room, then it's enough to qualify. Choose 5 of the 10. (Some will be harder, so you don't have to find them all unless you want to.)
Kitchen A Catered Thanksgiving
Ballroom
Conservatory
Dining Room
Billard Room
Library The Queen's Jewels
Study
Hall
Lounge
Cellar/Stairs (where the envelope with the solution was kept) Ghost in Trouble
BONUS #1: Read a book based on the actual game Clue. Example: The Clue in the Shadows (Clue Books, No 8)
BONUS #2: Play the board game with family and/or friends.
BONUS #3: Watch the movie CLUE starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Lesley Ann Warren, Michael McKean, Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, and Martin Mull. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clue_(film)
NOTE: The books read for this challenge do not have to all be mysteries.
Fun challenge! I'll remember this next time I'm book-hunting!
Shay wrote: "50 States Reading ChallengeStarted 6/23/2010
Alabama The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree
Alaska
Arizona Potshot
Arkansas
California Scandal on Rincon Hill..."</i>
North Carolina [book:Bootlegger's Daughter: A Deborah Knott Mystery
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Started 6/23/2010
Alabama The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree
Alaska
Arizona Potshot
Arkansas
California Scandal on Rincon Hill
Colorado Something Borrowed, Something Bleu
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia Armed and Glamorous
Florida Legally Dead: A Novel
Georgia The Julius House
Hawaii
Idaho Killer Summer
Illinois Body Work
Indiana Fatal Flip
Iowa
Kansas The Persian Pickle Club
Kentucky
Louisiana Burn: An Anna Pigeon Novel
Maine A House to Die For
Maryland
Massachusetts Prime Time
Michigan
Minnesota Silencing Sam
Mississippi Bone Appetit
Missouri Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme
New Hampshire
New Jersey Sizzling Sixteen
New Mexico Bad Samaritan
New York A Good Knife's Work
North Carolina Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder
North Dakota
Ohio Tomb with a View
Oklahoma Ghost in Trouble
Oregon The Quick and the Thread
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina Farm Fresh Murder
South Dakota
Tennessee Elvis And The Memphis Mambo Murders
Texas Gotcha!
Utah
Vermont Cold River
Virginia The Viognier Vendetta
Washington Demon Hunts
West Virginia
Wisconsin Amazon Ink
Wyoming
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