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August: End of Summer Beach Blast
9/ 9Thanks for throwing this together!
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Thank you, Lisarenee! Looks like fun. =)I'm going to go for the Hard Level this month.
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U- Unwind by Neal Shusterman
N- Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
B- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
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T- Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
H- Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
E- Evie from Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
I'll go for hard.0/10
V- Villette by Charlotte Brontë
O- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
L- The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
L- Let the Right One in by John Ajvide Lindqvist
E- The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Y- Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase
B- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
A- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
L- Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
L- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
I'm thinking about this one. I'm trying to be clever, but I keep thing AUGUST works best for me, LOL!
I might be in still sort of working on my July challenge.
I'm going to do an easy one:Surf - because I've always wanted to learn how to do it...
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I'm going with "Party" because once school starts back up again, the party is over for another 9 months. Paul: Robopocalypse
Asher, Jay: Thirteen Reasons Why
Ringo Starr: The Beatles: The Biography
T: All These Things I've Done
Y: Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
Done! 8/24
NBRC August End of Summer Beach Blast Duration: August 1 - August 31, 2011
Level: Moderate
2/7 Read
Updated 08.03.11
B: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
O: One Night for Love by Mary Balogh
N: Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh
F: The Fallen Blade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
I: Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
R: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan, 08.03.11 ★★★★
E: Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovitch, 08.02.11 ★★★
NBRC ~ August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge ~Spell out “Scuba Dive”
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S. Storm's Heart, by Thea Harrison (PB)
C. Christine Feehan = Water Bound (OD audio)
U. U Is for Undertow, by Sue Grafton (audio CD-own)
B. Betty White = If You Ask Me (OD audio)
A. Anne Gracie = To Catch a Bride (PB)
D. Carolyn Davidson = The Bride (library ebook)
I. Inner Harbor, by Nora Roberts (OD audio)
V. The Villa, by Nora Roberts (OD audio)
E. Ericksen, Susan narrates Hot Rocks, by Nora Roberts (OD audio)
= means author of
We're gonna have fun, fun, fun until her daddy takes the t-bird away. Don't know where that came from but seemed appropriate.READ: 2/7 (moderate)
S: Seraphs- Faith Hunter
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O: Swing - Opal Carew
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K: Kiss of Fury - Deborah Cooke
E: Eternal Hunger - Laura Wright
L: Love Overboard - Janet Evanovich
NBRC August End of Summer Beach BlastSpell out "Towel"
Duration:August 1-31,2011
Read: 2/5 Books Level: moderate
Updated: 8/8/11
T: Talarigo,Jeff -The Pearl Diver: A Novel
O: One Day - by David Nicholls
W: Wells,H.G. -The Time Machine
E: Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan of the Apes F/R: 8/8 2**
L: Lindbergh,Anne Morrow -Gift from the Sea F/R: 8/7 3***
NBRC ~ August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge ~Spell out “Scuba Dive”
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✔ S. Storm's Heart, by Thea Harrison ★★★★☆ PB 8/5
C. Christine Feehan = Water Bound (OD audio)
✔ U. U Is for Undertow, by Sue Grafton ★★★★☆ audio CD-own 8/5
B. Betty White = If You Ask Me (OD audio)
A. Anne Gracie = To Catch a Bride (PB)
D. Carolyn Davidson = The Bride (library ebook)
✔ I. Inner Harbor, by Nora Roberts ★★★★☆ OD audio 8/5
V. The Villa, by Nora Roberts (OD audio)
E. Ericksen, Susan narrates Hot Rocks, by Nora Roberts (OD audio)
= means author of
I am going to do the easy level.S- The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
W- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
I- It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
M- Milne, A.A. wrote Winnie the Pooh
Yay! I finished a challenge! This is the first "Spell it out" challenge I have ever completed and I have to admit that I am proud of myself. :)
NBRC ~ August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge ~Spell out “Scuba Dive” - Updated 8/22/11
8/9
✔ S. Storm's Heart, by Thea Harrison ★★★★☆ PB 8/5
✔ C. Cosham, Ralph narrates Still Life, by Louise Penny (OD audio)★★★☆☆ OD audio 8/13
✔ U. U Is for Undertow, by Sue Grafton ★★★★☆ audio CD-own 8/5
✔ B. Mary Burton=The Colorado Bride ★★★★☆ PB 8/7
✔ A. Alpha & Omega: A Companion Novella to Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs ★★★★★ Nook for PC 8/12
D. Debbie Mazzuca = Lord Of The Isles (PB-borrowed)
✔ I. Inner Harbor, by Nora Roberts ★★★★☆ OD audio 8/5
✔ V. Vance, Simon^ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson ★★★★☆ OD audio 8/21
✔ E. Elizabeth Adler = One of Those Malibu Nights ★★★☆☆ OD audio 8/16
Note: I had to replace
b/c the wait list for this at the library is
huge
!Alternate: Anne Gracie = To Catch a Bride (PB)
= means author of
^ means is narrator for
NBRC August End of Summer Beach Blast Duration: August 1 - August 31, 2011
Level: Moderate
4/7 Read
Updated 08.06.11
B: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher, 08.06.11 ★★★★★
O: One Night for Love by Mary Balogh. 08.04.11 ★★★★
N: Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh
F: The Fallen Blade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
I: Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
R: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan, 08.03.11 ★★★★
E: Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovitch, 08.02.11 ★★★
My list ended up changing a bit.NBRC August End of Summer Challenge Completed: August 14, 2011
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READ: 6/7 (moderate)S:
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E: Eternal Hunger - Laura Wright
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Congrats, Lacy. I wish I could be half as speedy as you!
NBRC August End of Summer Beach Blast Duration: August 1 - August 31, 2011
Level: Moderate
7/7 Read
Challenge Complete 08.19.11
B: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher, 08.06.11 ★★★★★
O: One Night for Love by Mary Balogh. 08.04.11 ★★★★
N: Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh, 08.19.11 ★★★
F: The Fallen Blade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood, 08.14.11 ★★
I: Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews, 08.13.11 ★★★★★
R: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan, 08.03.11 ★★★★
E: Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovitch, 08.02.11 ★★★
READ: 7/7 (moderate)S:
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All done!S - Sussman (character) First Grave on the Right
U - Udell (character) Fallen (fin 8/15/11)
R - Richelle Mead (author) Last Sacrifice (fin 8/1/11)
F - Feely (character) The Replacement (fin 8/5/11)
NBRC ~ August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge ~Spell out “Scuba Dive” - Updated 8/29/11
9/9 - Done!
✔ S. Storm's Heart, by Thea Harrison ★★★★☆ PB 8/5
✔ C. Cosham, Ralph narrates Still Life, by Louise Penny ★★★☆☆ OD audio 8/13
✔ U. U Is for Undertow, by Sue Grafton ★★★★☆ audio CD-own 8/5
✔ B. Mary Burton=The Colorado Bride ★★★★☆ PB 8/7
✔ A. Alpha & Omega: A Companion Novella to Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs ★★★★★ Nook for PC 8/12
✔ D. Debbie Mazzuca = Lord Of The Isles ★★★★☆ PB-borrowed 8/29
✔ I. Inner Harbor, by Nora Roberts ★★★★☆ OD audio 8/5
✔ V. Vance, Simon^ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson ★★★★☆ OD audio 8/21
✔ E. Elizabeth Adler = One of Those Malibu Nights ★★★☆☆ OD audio 8/16
= means author of
^ means is narrator for
Congrats, Lisa Kay :). With all the buddy reading you do I'm surprised you managed to finish this too.
Thanks, Sashana! Two of these were buddy reads. Well, so was
- but everyone bailed but me. (Sans wasn't in that group.)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a very daunting book to read IMO. I tried reading it once but gave up after a few pages.
"Daunting" is right! I've lost track at the number of times I tried to read
. That is one of the reasons I was determined this time. I tried audio and struggled with it again! I finally just had to approach it as homework instead of fun and break it down into understandable parts and take notes - but EVENTUALLY I got to the good part. It was hard to do alone, too. I think a "buddy read" would have been ideal, IMHO.
Oh, I did have a couple of people encouraging me onward, but they had already read it. That still really helped.
Treating it as homework does sounds helpful.I think if I ever decide to try it again then that's how I'll have to do it
Lisa Kay wrote: "Thanks, Sashana! Two of these were buddy reads. Well, so was - but everyone bailed but me. (Sans wasn't in that group.)"XD Sorry, hon! I've tried to read it several times too, but I ended up just watching the movie instead.
Sans wrote: "XD Sorry, hon! I've tried to read it several times too, but I ended up just watching the movie instead."Oh, Sans, I didn't mean to imply you were one of the people who jumped ship. You weren't even in that group. Besides, sometimes people have to excuse themselves from a group read. Real Life keeps getting in the way. Drat!
Oh, I know! I was apologizing that everyone else bailed on you. ^o^
I really did both media (audio and paperback) for
and feel like I read that book twice in doing so. I would listen to the audio, refer to the book, or go to the book and jump to the audio. There are a lot of charts, timelines, family flowcharts and e-mails that just didn't come across on audio.
I read it and the Girl Who Played With Fire. Both are really hard to get in to at the beginning. ...Dragon Tattoo more than ...Played with Fire though. It seemed like things developed a lot quicker in ...PLayed with Fire. I'm trying to decide if I want to pick up ...Kicked the Hornet's Nest yet or not.
August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading ChallengeAugust 2011
Incomplete
S: The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray -8/2/11 to 8/5/11
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N: Nineteen Seventy Four by David Peace - 8/2/11 to 8/4/11
G: The Good Muslim: A Novel by Tahmima Anam - 7/30/11 to 8/3/11
L: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson from 8/7/11 to 8/8/11
A: Diana the Huntress by Marion Chesney - Character: Diana Armitage - 8/8/11
S: Hounded by Kevin Hearne - 8/13/11
S: The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction by Susan Ketchin - 3/16/11 to 8/15/11
E: Nineteen Seventy Four by David Peace - Character: Ed Dunford - 8/2/11 to 8/4/11
S: Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality by Christopher Ryan - 8/10/11 to 8/24/11
Well, almost got it. What is up with the rarity of U?
Somewhere in this group people posted books for the rarer letters. I can't remember where it is. I'll check.
Found it, Denae! Under "Reading Challenge Logs >> Log for keeping Track of Difficult Letters". Here is the link.
Thank you! I'll confess, I rarely if ever pick books to fit challenges these days because of so many BotMs or lists I'm reading from, but I'll have to check that out. :)
August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading ChallengeAugust 2011
Completed: 9/8/11
S: The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray -8/2/11 to 8/5/11
U: An Unsuitable Job For A Woman by P.D. James - 9/7/11 to 9/8/11
N: Nineteen Seventy Four by David Peace - 8/2/11 to 8/4/11
G: The Good Muslim: A Novel by Tahmima Anam - 7/30/11 to 8/3/11
L: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson from 8/7/11 to 8/8/11
A: Diana the Huntress by Marion Chesney - Character: Diana Armitage - 8/8/11
S: Hounded by Kevin Hearne - 8/13/11
S: The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction by Susan Ketchin - 3/16/11 to 8/15/11
E: Nineteen Seventy Four by David Peace - Character: Ed Dunford - 8/2/11 to 8/4/11
S: Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality by Christopher Ryan - 8/10/11 to 8/24/11
Better late than never, right?
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Why do I get the urge to scream, "Da plane! Da Plane!"? lol
Here in the U.S., August is considered the final month of summer because kids will be going back to school. So this challenge will reflect what a lot of people like to do before the Summer Vacation period is over, and that is go to the beach. You may:
1) Do a Spell it out Challenge. You use the letters in words associated with the beach to choose which books you'll read. As always you may use the title, name of characters, or the name of an author to link it to the letters.You may ignore the 'A', 'An', 'The', etc. at the beginning of titles to get to the first significant word. So "The Virgin's Secret" would be a 'V' title and "A Highlander Christmas" would be an 'H' title." You pick which word you want or come up with one we haven't.
For example, if you pick Sun you might read:
S - Sara Gruen author of Water for Elephants
U - Unbelievable by Sara Shepard
N - Nancy Drew character in The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene
2) Read books that have a beach location in them or on the cover.
3) Read any combination of the above.
There are 3 levels.
Easy - 3 to 4 books
Sun
Fun
Fish
Surf
Swim
Moderate - 5 - 7 books
Waves
Party
Beach
Towel
Bikini
Shells
Summer
Picnic
Sun Tan
Blanket
Snorkle
Bon Fire
Difficult - 8 or more books
Swimsuit
Sun Bathe
Flip Flops
Scuba Dive
Surf Board
Body Board
Beach Ball
Sunglasses
Volley Ball
Sand Castles
Boogie Board
Beat the heat
Fun in the sun
P.S. I just threw this together in a matter of minutes. Let me know if everything makes sense or there are any spelling errors, etc.