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August: End of Summer Beach Blast
Welcome to the challenge Suzanne and Brittany :)
Amy wrote: "This sounds fun!
Moderate- 5-7 books: Shells
S:Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater 08/07/15
H:The Hollow by Jessica Verday 08/12/15
E:[book..."
Complete!
Moderate- 5-7 books: Shells
S:Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater 08/07/15
H:The Hollow by Jessica Verday 08/12/15
E:[book..."
Complete!
I'm going to try this one and see if I can figure out how to do it right
Spell it out August 1 thru 31
Moderate 5 to 7 books
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Completed 8/31/15
Finished!Novel Books & Reading Challenges
August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge
Duration: 8/1/2015 - 8/31/2015
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.
Progress: 3 out of 3
Easy - 3 to 4 books
Sun
S: Maggie Stiefvater; The Raven Boys - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages
U: Untraceable by Laura Griffin - **** - 8/9/2015 - 374 Pages
N: Nalini Singh; Archangel's Consort - *** - 8/25/2015
5/8..CloseAugust End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge
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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
S - Susan Rodriguez - Death Masks by Jim Butcher - 8/7/15
W - Waters, Kennedy - Unmarked by Kami Garcia - 8/28/15
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M - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman - 8/23/15
S - Sekemoto, Allison - The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa - 8/10/15
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T - Temple, Sam - Light by Michael Grant - 8/17/15
Congrats Suzanne :)Mini congrats Michelle :)
♛Primadonna♛ wrote: "August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge Moderate - 7 books - 3) Read any combination.
W Wayside School Is Falling Down
A Against the Ropes
V [book:V for Ve..."
Complete.! Days late and dollars short but finished.!
I'm going to do this one. Will post my list tomorrow. I'm thinking difficult.
August End of Summer Beach BlastDuration: Aug 1 - 31, 2016
Level: Difficult - 8 or more books
7/11
Sand Castles
S ~ Sapphire Dragon - Terry Bolryder 8/10/16
A ~ Acapulco Adventure - Marilyn Conner Miles 8/2/16
N ~ Nalini Singh - Allegiance of Honor
D ~ A Dragon's Heart - Terry Bolryder
C ~ Chant, Zoe - Hero Bear 8/3/16
A ~ Amber in A Tiger's Bounty - Terry Bolryder
S ~ Stacy in King of Rock - Terry Bolryder 8/12/16
T ~ Terry Bolryder - Onyx Dragon 8/9/16
L ~ Langlais, Eve - Dating Cupid 8/19/16
E ~ Evanovich, Janet - The Pursuit 8/5/16
S ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon - Dragonmark
I'm in for 2016. READ: 10/10
S: Thirty and a Half Excuses - Denise Grover Swank 8/6
U: The Ultimate Treasure - Heather Graham 8/13
N: The Sea of Trolls - Nancy Farmer 8/3
G: Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls - Victoria Laurie 8/14
L: Lawless - T.M. Frazier 8/12
A: Marked in Flesh - Anne Bishop 8/7
S: Stone Cold Lover - Christine Warren 8/16
S: Born of Betrayal - Sherrilyn Kenyon 8/18
E: Known - Kendra Elliot 8/6
S: The Mane Squeeze - Shelly Laurenston 8/20
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge
August 2016
Level: Difficult - 8 or more books
Option 1 - Spell It Out
Date Started: 08/03/2016
Completed: 8 books out of 11
Date Completed:
A - Andy Weir - The Martian - Date Read:
S - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - Date Read:
E - Ethan Wate - Character in Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia - Date Read:
count me in! I'm going with the word kite since we will be getting in at least one more family kite flying day before the kiddo starts school again.K
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Progress: 0/4
Blue Saffire-Wyatt the Heartbreaker 8.4Emma Locke-Danger in Daring a Lady 8.13
A Bride For The Bear by Natalie Kristen 8.12
Candy J. Starr-Too Many Rock Stars 8.10
Hipsy Bohannon - She Let Herself Go 8.7
Ballers: His Game by Blue Saffire 8.5
Alexa Riley-Tempting the Law 8.5
Lynda Chance -Rules Obsession 8.14
Lani Lynn Vale- I like big dragons and I cannont lie 8.18
Mod
NBRC's August: End of Summer Beach Blast Duration: August 1 - 31, 2016
Level: Difficult
Completed: 10/10
***COMPLETED 9-14-2016***
✓ S ~ {Seymour - character} Perfect|Rachel Joyce 8-6-2016 | 3*
✓ U ~ {Uncle Willie - character} I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings|Maya Angelou 9-14-2016 | 4*
✓ N ~ The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency|Alexander McCall Smith 8-22-2016 | 4*
✓ G ~ George Orwell|1984 8-9-2016 | 4*
✓ L ~ Michael Lister|Innocent Blood 8-21-2016 | 3*
✓ A ~ Heather Anastasiu|Tsura 8-10-2016 | 4*
✓ S ~ Karin Slaughter|Triptych 8-4-2016 | 4*
✓ S ~ {Narrator - Stephen Hoye} The Black Dahlia|James Ellroy 8-17-2016 | 3*
✓ E ~ Eligible|Curtis Sittenfeld 8-7-2016 | 3*
✓ S ~ Shane|Jack Schaefer 8-18-2016 | 4*
Mod
I am going for Moderate and will be spelling out PARTY!P The Perfect Marriage 3/8
A Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 4: Graveyard Shift 8/8
R Revelations 12/08
T Tizzie HAll Save Our Sleep
Y Dexter R. Yager Sr. The Pursuit - Success is hidden in the journey. 20/08
I'll see how many I can finish this month:S - Elizabeth Strout – My Name Is Lucy Barton - 8/8
U - David Ullman (character) – The Demonologist - 6/8
R - Richard Russo (character) – She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders - 2/8
F - Five Quarters of the Orange - 2/8
B - Bill Bryson - Notes from a Small Island = 14/8
O - Oprah Winfrey - What I Know For Sure - 16/8
A - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland] - 7/8
R - Rita Lurie - Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir - 12/8
D -Deidameia (character) - The Song of Achilles - 18/8
S - John Steinbeck - The Long Valley - 23/8
Mod
August – End of Summer Beach BlastCompleted — 20!
Sawer Bennett — Wicked Fall – 8/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Untamed MacKenzie, Jennifer Ashley – 8/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Need You Now, Lisa Renee Jones – 8/22/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Gena Showalter — The Darkest Angel – 8/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Lara Adrian — For 100 Days – 8/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Armed & Dangerous, Abigail Roux – 8/4/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Sweet Dreams, Kristen Ashley – 8/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Sydney Croft — Deadly Desires – 8/28/16 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Eugene, Lisa — Grayson – 8/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Sommerland, Bianca — Blind Pass – 8/24/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Born to be Bound, Addison Cain – 8/8/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Evans, Katy — Real – 8/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Amy Tan — The Joy Luck Club – 8/26/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Cole, Tillie — Heart Recaptured – 8/21/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Hart, Callie — Twisted – 8/24/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Brown, Tonia — Clockworks and Corsets – 8/14/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
A.N. Roquelaure (aka Anne Rice) — The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty – 8/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Lexi Blake & Shayla Black — Their Virgin Concubine – 8/28/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Lorelei James — Unraveled, L – 8/18/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Scarlet, Marissa Meyer – 8/29/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Mod
Done :)NBRC's August: End of Summer Beach Blast
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2016
Level: Difficult
Completed: 10/10
***COMPLETED 9-14-2016***
✓ S ~ {Seymour - character} Perfect|Rachel Joyce 8-6-2016 | 3*
✓ U ~ {Uncle Willie - character} I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings|Maya Angelou 9-14-2016 | 4*
✓ N ~ The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency|Alexander McCall Smith 8-22-2016 | 4*
✓ G ~ George Orwell|1984 8-9-2016 | 4*
✓ L ~ Michael Lister|Innocent Blood 8-21-2016 | 3*
✓ A ~ Heather Anastasiu|Tsura 8-10-2016 | 4*
✓ S ~ Karin Slaughter|Triptych 8-4-2016 | 4*
✓ S ~ {Narrator - Stephen Hoye} The Black Dahlia|James Ellroy 8-17-2016 | 3*
✓ E ~ Eligible|Curtis Sittenfeld 8-7-2016 | 3*
✓ S ~ Shane|Jack Schaefer 8-18-2016 | 4*
Mod
Congrats!
I'd like to try out this one!S - Romeo and What's Her Name by Shani Petroff *
U - The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett ****
N - Hold Still by Nina LaCour *****
G - M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman ****
L - The Little Android by Marissa Meyer ****
A - Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann ***
S - Smoke by Ellen Hopkins ***
S - Taint by S.L. Jennings *
E - Eloise at Christmastime by Kay Thompson ***
S - Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen ***
August: End of Summer Beach Blast Duration: August 1 - 31, 2017
Level: Moderate - 5 - 7 books
0/7
Snorkle
S ~ Silver Silence - Nalini Singh
N ~ Nancy Holder - Wonder Woman: The Official Movie Novelization
O ~ Opal Carew - Riding Steele
R ~ Robb, J.D. - Three in Death
K ~ Kenyon, Sherrilyn - Dragonsworn
L ~ Langlais, Eve - Polar Bared
E ~ Eve Langlais - When a Lioness Snarls
August: End of Summer Beach Blast Duration: August 1 - 31, 2017
Level: Difficult 8+ books
Spell out: Scuba Dive
August: End of Summer Beach Blast Duration: August 1 - 31, 2017
Level: easy 4 books
Spell out: fish
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I am going to "Beat the Heat" by staying inside with the air conditioning. READ: 11/11
✔B: Blood of the Dark Moon - Adrianne Brennan 8/13
✔E: Spider’s Revenge - Jennifer Estep 8/3
✔A: Night Shift - N. Singh/I. Andrews/L. Shearin/M. Vane 8/12
✔T: Straight from the Heart - Tami Hoag 8/5
✔T: The Oath of the Vayuputras - Amish Tripathi 8/22
✔H: Hounding the Pavement - Judi McCoy 8/15
✔E: Eternal Hunger - Cameron Dean 8/3
✔H: The Harder You Fall - Gena Showalter 8/31
✔E: A Dying Fall - Elly Griffiths 8/6
✔A: Bound By Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 8/11
✔T: Natural Evil - Thea Harrison 8/17
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
I want in for this one.August: End of Summer Beach Blast
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2017
Moderate Level
Towel -
T. T. Davis Bunn & Janette Oke Another Homecoming 11/26/17
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E. Elizabeth Lynn Casey - Death Threads 8/6/17
L. Land's End by Marta Perry 8/4/17
August ChallengeBooks read: 7/7
✔S: Sunny Day in The Dawn Patrol (2.8.17)
✔N: Character: Neqq in Power Down (11.8.17)
✔O: Over Sea, Under Stone (11.8.17)
✔R: The Revolution of Ivy (5.8.17)
✔K: The Kind Worth Killing (14.8.17)
✔L: Leo in If You Only Knew (7.8.17)
✔E: The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel (4.8.17)
August: End of Summer Beach Blast Duration: August 1 - 31, 2017
Level: easy 5 books
Spell out: Towel
T- Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
O- Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
W- Wendy Mass author of The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase
E- Everyday Angel by Victoria Schwab
L- Loser by Jerry Spinelli
August 2017 Summer ChallengeProgress: 11/11 - Done!
S The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde read 8/8
A Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles read 8/5
N Nature's Allies: Eight Conservationists Who Changed Our World read 8/4
D Death of a Policeman read 8/7
C Geralyn Corcillo, Queen of the Universe read 8/2
A Alexander Freed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story read 8/4
S 'Salem's Lot read 8/9
T Turbo Twenty-Three read 8/3
L Love, Alison; The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom read 8/9
E Ellery Queen, The Roman Hat Mystery read 8/1
S Stabenow, Dana; A Night Too Dark read 8/9
August 2017 ~ End of Summer Beach Blast
Completed: 10/10
S - Sabrina York - Bedding the Highlander 09/08 (5*)
U - Unraveled by Jaci Burton 13/08 (3*)
N - Nora Roberts - The Witness 09/08 (5*)
G - Grant, Donna - Midnight's Seduction 15/08 (2*)
L - Let Love Find You - Johanna Lindsey 25/08 (3*)
A - Abby McCarthy - Tainted By Crazy 17/08 (3*)
S - Stealing Home - Nicole Williams 09/08 (3*)
S - Susanne Enoch - Hero in the Highlands 10/08 (2*)
E - Eliza Knight - The Rebound Pact 31/08 (3*)
S - Sarah Ballance - Five Things I Love About You 13/08 (4*)
August: End of Summer Beach Blast Difficult - 9/9
Flip Flops:
F: Fall with Me 4/8/17
L: Linus Duncan - Wildfire 23/8/17
I: Izabel Seyfried - Behind the Hands That Kill 2/8/17
P: Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4 - The Battle of the Labyrinth 16/8/17
F: Finnegan Lane - Deadly Sting 10/8/17
L: The Last Olympian 28/8/17
O: Owen Grayson - Widow’s Web 1/8/17
P: Penny Reid - Dating-ish 7/8/17
S: Spellbinder 13/8/17
I already signed up somewhere above, so this is a completion post.S : [S]alwa , a character in داخل الغرفة الزجاجية 25/08/2017
C : Aleph by Paulo [C]oelho 24/08/2017
U : Undeniably Chosen 31/08/2017
B : Brida [B]rida 06/08/2017
A : Wallbanger by [A]lice Clayton 08/08/2017
D : Touch [D]enezen series 24/08/2017
I : The [I]ce Queen The Ice Queen 14/08/2017
V : What You Left Behind by Jessica [V]erdi 10/08/2017
E : [E]very Heart a Doorway Every Heart a Doorway 15/08/2017
All done.READ: 11/11
✔B: Blood of the Dark Moon - Adrianne Brennan 8/13
✔E: Spider’s Revenge - Jennifer Estep 8/3
✔A: Night Shift - N. Singh/I. Andrews/L. Shearin/M. Vane 8/12
✔T: Straight from the Heart - Tami Hoag 8/5
✔T: The Oath of the Vayuputras - Amish Tripathi 8/22
✔H: Hounding the Pavement - Judi McCoy 8/15
✔E: Eternal Hunger - Cameron Dean 8/3
✔H: The Harder You Fall - Gena Showalter 8/31
✔E: A Dying Fall - Elly Griffiths 8/6
✔A: Bound By Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 8/11
✔T: Natural Evil - Thea Harrison 8/17
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
August End of Summer Beach BlastAugust 2018 - Volleyball
V - Vicious - V.E. Schwab 8/12/18
O - The 5th Horseman - James Patterson 9/4/18
L - 1st to Die - James Patterson (character Lindsey) 8/8/18
L - 2nd Chance - James Patterson (character Lindsey) 8/16/18
E - The Fates Divide - Veronica Roth (character Eijeh) 8/9/18
Y - 4th of July - James Patterson (character Yuki) 8/21/18
B - Fool Moon - Jim Butcher (author's last name) 8/24/18
A - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett (character Akos) 8/6/18
L - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot (character H. Lacks) 8/13/18
L - Furyborn - Claire Legrand (author's last name) 8/20/18
Completed!
August End of Summer Beach Blast August 2018 - BEACH
5/5 COMPLETED!!
B Barry Lyga author of Game
E Janet Evanovich author of Two for the Dough
A An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
C Connie Character in Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga
H Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
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by Mark Frost (8/13)I
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(character Sara Murray) 8/29H
by Dara Horn (8/9)B
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by Ibi Zoboi (8/6)K
by Madisen Kuhn (8/2)I
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Novel Books & Reading Challenges
August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge
Duration: 8/1/2015 - 8/31/2015
S: Slice Harvester: A Memoir in Pizza by Colin Atrophy Hagendorf 8/24/2015
W: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 8/12/2015
I: Irvin Yalom (author) Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy 8/21/2015
M: Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit 8/17/2015
Finished.