David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite! discussion

Spell It Out for Summer Challenge

Basically, you will pick a word (or more if you wish) from the following list and read books to spell it out. To make this easy, any letter in the title of the book may be used, not just the first letter.

EXAMPLE:

BEACH

B--Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
E--The Star Dwellers by David Estes
A--Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
C--The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith
H--A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas

You may choose whatever words you wish from the following list, and more than one if you want to! Have fun :)

SUN
BBQ
SAND
SURF
POOL
BEACH
OCEAN
GRILL
PICNIC
SMORES
ICED TEA
LEMONADE
BOARDWALK
FIREWORKS
FLIP FLOPS
SAND CASTLE

I'm in!

I'll go with "sand castle" for now, and maybe pick another word if I finnish it too quickly.

I'm in too!!

I will start with SMORES

This is another good one Jenny! :)

This is going to be fun I'm going to go with sand castle

I'm gonna go with boardwalk :)

I'm in and will go for SAND CASTLE!! ;)


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N -
D -

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A -
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T -
L -
E -

I'm adding the 2 books I read yesterday and 1 I started today.


I- Compulsion by Martina Boone
C- Classic by Xavier Neal
E- Never Never 2 by Colleen Hoover
D- Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

T- Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
E- 8 Weeks by Bethany Lopez
A- Lawless by Tracey Ward

Donna wrote: "I'm in too!!

I will start with SMORES

This is another good one Jenny! :)"

Thanks Donna!

I'm going to start with Flip Flops

David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite! July/August Reading Challenge--Spell It Out For Summer!

Spell It Out for Summer Challenge

Completed: 8/8

L: Tangled by Emma Chase 7/15
E: Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery 7/2
M:Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon8/4
O: Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout7/6
N: Shame ON You by Tara Sivec 7/3
A: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 7/29
D: Golden Son by Pierce Brown7/27
E: The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen 7/22

S --
A --
N --
D --

EDITED from SAND to SAND CASTLE
READ: 9/10

S- ✔ Jul 12 4.5*
A- ✔ Jul 18 4*
N- by LaureN Oliver
D- ✔ Author sarah Dessen Jul 4 4.5*

C- ✔ Aug 31 3*
A- ✔ Jul 30 2*
S- ✔ by Suzanne collins Aug 11 4*
T- ✔ Jul 22 4*
L- ✔ Jul 23 3*
E- ✔ Aug 12 3.5*

Wow, great start June!!!

This is fun. I'm starting with...

4/5 Read

O: NOne of the Abve - 3.5 Stars (7/11)
C: SinCe You Been Gone 3.5 Stars (8/28)
E: ScarlEtt Undercover - 3 Stars (8/17)
A: RAin
N: I Am PriNcess X - 4 Stars (7/27)

S Shadow People by Alec John Belle
A mAnana
N undertow deaths twilight
D Devil's Nightmare by Robert Pruneda

C iCe by Jessica Wren
A iA
S Spirit warriors the scarring
T riding Tide
L the girl and the gargoyLe
E the girl and the ravEn

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gonna try for smores!

S- The DiStance Between Us
M-Prom IMpossible
O- UprOoted
R- The Fill-In BoyfRiend
E- LovEsessed
S- To Love a Stranger


O.M.G. I Completed the challenge in only 1 month!!!! Whoo! :)

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Going to start with a few words and try to get as many as possible

I'm in and will go for SAND CASTLE!! ;)


S - A Million Suns
A - Across the Universe
N - INfected
D -

C - Contagious
A -
S -
T -
L -
E - PandEmic

F
L
I The Sin Eater's Daughter
P The Peach Keeper

F
L
O
P
S Diamonds and Deceit

B-Ten Tiny Breaths
O-Beautiful Oblivion
A-Alice in Zombieland
R-Last Sacrifice
D-
W-
A-Fracture
L-Play
K-

I would go for FIREWORKS

S - Goose Girl
M -
O - Obsidian
R - Rising
E - Emerge
S -

I finished Iced Tea so I'm gonna start another one.


F- How (not) to Fall in Love by Lisa Brown Roberts
I- The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
R- Always Rayne by Sierra Avalon
E- Happenstance part 1 by Jamie McGuire
W- Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr
O- Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover
R- Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
K- Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
S- Happenstance part 2 by Jamie McGuire

I'm adding another small word, since I've finished a book that doesn't fit anywhere in my current word!

S
U Unhinged
N

F
L
I The Sin Eater's Daughter
P The Peach Keeper

F
L
O
P
S Diamonds and Deceit

I'm now doing both "sand castle" and "fireworks" because I read a k book, so wanted to start a word with a k in it.

Sand castle:
S ~ The Secret Of The Old clock (Nancy Drew, #1) by Carolyn Keene
A ~
N ~
D ~

C ~ Claudia And The New Girl (The Baby-Sitters Club, #12) by Ann M. Martin
A ~
S ~
T ~ The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2) by Carolyn Keene
L ~
E ~ Evolution (E, #2) by Kate Wrath

Fireworks:
F ~
I ~
R ~
E ~ Eden (E, #3) by Kate Wrath
W ~
O ~
R ~
K ~ Kristy And The Snobs (The Baby-Sitters Club, #11) by Ann M. Martin
S ~

Victoria wrote: "I'm now doing both "sand castle" and "fireworks" because I read a k book, so wanted to start a word with a k in it.

Sand castle:
S ~ The Secret Of The Old clock (Nancy Drew, #1) by Carolyn Keene
A..."

Yay Victoria!!

I added a couple of books to mine! :)

Victoria wrote: "I'm now doing both "sand castle" and "fireworks" because I read a k book, so wanted to start a word with a k in it.

Sand castle:
S ~ The Secret Of The Old clock (Nancy Drew, #1) by Carolyn Keene
A..."

Lots of Baby Sitter's Club and Nancy Drew :) Love it!

Karen: Thanks... And YAY to you too! :)

Jenny: Yeah, I'm now hooked on the Baby-Sitters Club books. I enjoyed the couple of Nancy Drew ones I've read too, but I like the Baby-Sitters Club ones better. Only reason I haven't just brought them all already is that I don't have the money, LOL!

I'm in. Starting with "fireworks".

F - Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 07/09
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W - Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire 07/05
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R
K
S - Bleak Seasons by Glen Cook 07/12

Did you like Wicked Skaiste? I LOVE those books!

Victoria wrote: "Karen: Thanks... And YAY to you too! :)

Jenny: Yeah, I'm now hooked on the Baby-Sitters Club books. I enjoyed the couple of Nancy Drew ones I've read too, but I like the Baby-Sitters Club ones be..."

I don't know what it is, but I was so in love with the Baby-Sitters too. They feel like real people to me!

Jenny wrote: "Victoria wrote: "Karen: Thanks... And YAY to you too! :)

Jenny: Yeah, I'm now hooked on the Baby-Sitters Club books. I enjoyed the couple of Nancy Drew ones I've read too, but I like the Baby-Sit..."

It's getting like that for me. In a way I think it's a good thing I don't have the money to buy all the books at once, or I'd end up reading them all until they were finnished, and not getting anything else done.

Jenny wrote: "Did you like Wicked Skaiste? I LOVE those books!"

Yes, I did. I've found out today that there are more books, so I'm happy the story didn't end up with this book. There's so much more I want to hear about.

I'm breezing through this one. I'll be adding more words to mine soon I think!

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U Unhinged
N

F Jewel Of the Thames
L
I The Sin Eater's Daughter
P The Peach Keeper

F Let the Sky Fall
L
O 16 Things I Thought Were True
P
S Diamonds and Deceit

WOW...great job everyone!! I seem to be moving kind of slow lately.

Great job, Karen, and Jenny!

Don't worry, Donna. I'm not reading as fast as I normally do lately either.

Thanks everyone!

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U Unhinged
N Minerva

F Jewel Of the Thames
L I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
I The Sin Eater's Daughter
P The Peach Keeper

F Let the Sky Fall
L
O 16 Things I Thought Were True
P The Orphan Queen
S Diamonds and Deceit

Donna wrote: "WOW...great job everyone!! I seem to be moving kind of slow lately."

I've come to a standstill this week. I'll make it up though!

But, wow, Jenny's rocking!

Great job, Jenny!

Thanks :)

Finished my first word!

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I
L
L

S
U Unhinged
N Minerva

F Jewel Of the Thames
L I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
I The Sin Eater's Daughter
P The Peach Keeper

F Let the Sky Fall
L City Love
O 16 Things I Thought Were True
P The Orphan Queen
S Diamonds and Deceit

B-Ten Tiny Breaths
O-Beautiful Oblivion
A-Alice in Zombieland
R-Last Sacrifice
D-
W-
A-Fracture
L-Play
K-Life as we knew it

P - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
I - Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
C -
N -
I -
C -

I finished 2 phrases and I think I'll do one more
S- HP and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
A- City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
N- Broken Juliet by Leisa Rayven
D- Drowning Instinct by Ilsa J. Bick

C- Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
A- Silent Alarm by Jennifer Banash
S- Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
T- HP and The Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
L- The Annihilation of Foreverland by Tony Bertauski
E- Every Last Breath by Jennifer L. Armentrout

G The Girl at Midnight
R
I City of Ember
L Stolen Songbird
L Expelled

S
U Unhinged
N Minerva

F Jewel Of the Thames
L I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
I The Sin Eater's Daughter
P The Peach Keeper

F Let the Sky Fall
L City Love
O 16 Things I Thought Were True
P The Orphan Queen
S Diamonds and Deceit

B-Ten Tiny Breaths
O-Beautiful Oblivion
A-Alice in Zombieland
R-Last Sacrifice
D-Moon Called
W-
A-Fracture
L-Play
K-Life as we knew it

G - Graceling
R -
I - Vampire Kisses
L -
L -

Well done, Jenny, Joycedale, and Madison!

Great job Madison!

Thanks Victoria :)