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Jun 19, 2011 04:47AM
I was looking through the bookshelves last night and found
for the June mini challenge - Pick your poison. I forgot I even had the book. These challenges are so much fun and great for cleaning out the shelves.
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4/5 DoneJune 1st -
June 8 -
June 8 - Name Your Poison Day: Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn
June 18 -
June 28 -
Finished the June challenge over the weekend with the following:Flip a Coin Day -
Best Friends Day -
Name your Poison -
National Splurge Day -
Paul Bunyan Day -
Always such a sense of accomplishment when a challenge is finished!
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June 1 - Flip a Coin Day. Heads: String of Lies by Mary Ellen Hughes (06/14 - ★★★★)
June 8 - Best Friends Day. The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton (06/20 - ★★★)
June 8 - Name Your Poison Day -
June 18 - National Splurge Day . A Pug's Tale by Alison Pace (06/15 - ★★)
June 28 - Paul Bunyan Day. (400 pages) Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh (06/02 - ★★★★★)
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Done
June 1 - Flip a Coin Day. Heads: String of Lies by Mary Ellen Hughes (06/14 - ★★★★)
June 8 - Best Friends Day. The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton (06/20 - ★★★)
June 8 - Name Your Poison Day. Murder by YewSuzanne Young (06/21 - ★★★★)
June 18 - National Splurge Day . A Pug's Tale by Alison Pace (06/15 - ★★)
June 28 - Paul Bunyan Day. (400 pages) Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh (06/02 - ★★★★★)
Congrats to everyone who has finished!!5/5 Done Yay!
1. Flip a Coin:
2. Best Friends:
3. Poison Day:
4. Splurge Day:
5. Blue Cover:
Theme Reads - June Mini Challenge3/5 Done
Flip a Coin:
Best Friends:
Name Your Poison: Delicious and Suspicious by Riley Adams
Splurge Day: Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor
Blue Cover:
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June 8 - Name Your Poison Day - Read a book where a poison is mentioned or used in the book. (Character is poisoned with cowbane)
June 18 - National Splurge Day - Read the most recent mystery book you've purchased. (I had just purchased it)
June 28 - Paul Bunyan Day - Read a book with a blue cover (in honor of his companion, a huge blue bull named Babe). (The cover is blue)
5/5 Completed - Yay, all done!June 1st -
June 8 -
June 8 -
June 18 -
June 28 -
Completed!!1. Flip a Coin
***2. Best Friends
****3. Poison Day
****4. Splurge Day
***5. Paul Bunyan Day
(mystery yes, cozy no)***Featured Author
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-Kimmie
June Mini-Challenge - CompletedJune 1st - Flip a Coin Day.
June 8 - Best Friends Day
June 8 - Name Your Poison Day
June 18 - National Splurge Day
June 28 - Paul Bunyan Day
Flip a coin - Death of a Gossip, M.C. Beaton Name Your Poison - Death of a Cad M.C. Beaton
Splurge day - The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party, Alexander McCall Smith
Paul Bunyan day - Invisible
June Mini-Challenge & Author-of-the-Month:6/6 DONE 6/30/11
June 1st - Flip a Coin Day. Pick 2 books, then flip a coin and to see which one you're to read. Shoulder Bags and Shootings by Dorothy Howell DONE 6/7/11
June 8 - Best Friends Day - Pick a book to read off one of your GRs friends shelves. (If you don't have many GRs friends, then pick off one of our member's shelves.) Old World Murder by Kathleen Ernst DONE 6/4/11
June 8 - Name Your Poison Day - Read a book with "poison" or a type of poison named in the title, or a mystery where a poison is mentioned or used in the book. Southern Poison by T.Lynn Ocean DONE 6/6/11
June 18 - National Splurge Day - Read the most recent mystery book you've purchased. Or splurge and purchase a new book and then read it! Misery Bay by Steve Hamilton DONE 6/12/11
June 28 - Paul Bunyan Day - Read a book that's 400 or more pages (as Paul Bunyan was huge) or read a book with a blue cover (in honor of his companion, a huge blue bull named Babe). Delirium by Lauren Oliver (a BLUE cover & 448 pages!) DONE 6/25/11
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AUTHOR-OF-THE-MONTH: M C Beaton
DONE 6/30/11
Done!1. Flip a Coin Day: Hula Done It?
2. Best Friends Day: How to Murder a Millionaire
3. Name Your Poison Day: A Quiche Before Dying and The Quiche of Death
4. National Splurge Day: The Long Quiche Goodbye
5. Paul Bunyan Day: Town in a Blueberry Jam
It looks like you had a "quiche" theme going this month Donna! Congrats on finishing!
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Didn't finish, had one left. Oh well maybe I'll have better luck in July.June 28 - Paul Bunyan Day - Cream Puff Murder
I didn't finish - the only one I didn't get to was the one on my shelf for National Splurge Day - that's crazy!Here's what I finished:
Sweet Poison by Ellen Hart (name your poison day)
Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart (Paul Bunyan Day)
Yankee Doodle Dead by Carolyn Hart (Flip a Coin Day)
Espresso Shot by Cleo Coyle (Best Friends Day)
I had Devil's Food Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke planned for National Splurge Day
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Valorie wrote: "It looks like you had a "quiche" theme going this month Donna! Congrats on finishing!"It was quite unintentional, but now I seem to have a craving for a good quiche. :)
I haven't been good about participating in these challenges even though they look like fun-too many other commitments.But: I love reading about what you all are reading! I'm having a tremendously fun vicarious read-fest! Thank you all. :D
I just realized that I did complete all five challenge books. I forgot to include the Best Friends book. Flip a coin - Death of a Gossip, M.C. Beaton
Best Friends - The Big Dirt Nap, Rosemary Harris
Name Your Poison - Death of a Cad M.C. Beaton
Splurge day - The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party, Alexander McCall Smith
Paul Bunyan day - Invisible
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