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All Things Summer Challenge

Duration - June 21st - September 22nd.



This is the Summer version of our Reading with the Seasons challenges. As always, you decide how to make it work for you.

Some examples:

**A character’s name is Summer.
**Many weddings take place during the summer.
**School letting out for the summer.
**Families taking summer vacations.
**Summer heat waves, swimming parties, etc.
**Books published in June, July, August or September count, as well as books in which a character or author is named June, July, August or September.
**Books with summer related words in the title such as hot, heat, vacation, sun…
**Books with summery images on the cover.
**Books that make you fan yourself!
**Books that have any kind of summer celebration like Independence Day.

*****Most importantly, if you can tie it to the summer theme, it works!*****

Please, when you post your stats updates, do it like this: x/12 or "3 down..." etc., because this way it’s much easier for me to keep track of. I do much of my updating from my iPad now and if I can't easily find the stats, I might miss them.

Feel free to list your books at any time, and change them or alter your challenge right up through September 22nd.

The only restriction to this challenge is that books can only count if they were started on or after June 21st and finished by September 22nd.

I'll be sending out the challenge invites soon, but feel free to sign up below at any time.

Participants

Alycia---------------------------2/6
Amanda--------------------------------------/13
BJ Rose---------------------10/10 - - - DONE!!
Dina---------------------6/6 - - - Done!!!!
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron---------------
Ikku
ilovebakedgoods
jingles---------------------------9/9 DONE!!!
Kailey
Kate------------------------6/6- - - DONE!!!
Lady Danielle-----------------------------9/9 DONE!!!
Lady Heather-------------------------5/10
Laura-------------------------5
Lindy---------------------9/9 - - - DONE!
Rhea
Sapphire
Tara
Valie----------------------------------20/20 - - -Done!!!

I'm in Dhes. There are a few books I have been putting off until this summer.

Awesome! Glad to have you, Aly!

I'm in Dhes! I'll have to think about what my challenge should be and how many books (I'll take a look at my gi-normous TBR pile :) )

YAY! I'm glad you're with us, Lady H! :)

Sign me up!

UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish wrote: "Awesome! Glad to have you, Aly!"

Thanks :)

Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress wrote: "Sign me up!"

Woooot!

X/X Complete!(looks so odd without numbers)

Planning my Reads!

Vision in White (June Weddings! My own wedding was in June)
Second Chance Summer (Title has the word 'Summer')

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "I'm in for this."

Welcome!

I'm in! Still too early to make a list, especially since I have no idea what theme I'll use!!

BJ Rose wrote: "I'm in! Still too early to make a list, especially since I have no idea what theme I'll use!!"

YAY!!!

1/10 completed.

I'm in, time to get back to reading, I have slacked off too much! Books are piling up.

Now to create my reading list!

A little late, but I was reading! :-) This is my summer of someday reading list. I am reading books that I have been wanting to read and have just put them off.

1. Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work by Tim Gunn - completed 7/4/13.

2. Time Thief by Katie MacAlister
3. What I Did For a Duke by Julie Anne Long
4. In Bed With the Devil by Lorraine Heath
5. Ready by Lucy Monroe
6. Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
7. The Truth About Lord Stoneville by Sabrina Jeffries
8. A Taste of the NightLife by Sarah Zettel
9. Too Wicked to Tame by Sophie Jordan
10. Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue by Stephanie Laurens

Rhea

Awesome, Rhea!!

I'm in, Dhes!

Dina!!! Welcome!

Please count me in.

I'm in too !

Glad to have you, jingles!

Awesome, Valie!

I think I'm going to try this challenge

Laura wrote: "I think I'm going to try this challenge"

Awesome!

I'll try it out too. If ya'll aren't too full!:)

Kailey wrote: "I'll try it out too. If ya'll aren't too full!:)"

There's always room for one - or more - more!

Aly, the challenge doesn't start til June 21st, sorry!

Ha! I read June 1. Ok :)

Alycia wrote: "Ha! I read June 1. Ok :)"

You're just as excited for summer reading as I am!

I would have participated...if it weren't for September being the start of a new semester. That and I'll probably focus on said textbooks in August rather than my own books.

Oh, well. Good luck to you participants!!!

Good luck with school, E.!

Question: Would you prefer we just update our one thread as we complete books or would you prefer that when we complete books we paste the updated version in a new post?

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Question: Would you prefer we just update our one thread as we complete books or would you prefer that when we complete books we paste the updated version in a new post?"

I need you to post new stats each time so I get notified. If you just update the initial post, I have to keep going back and checking to see if anything changed, but if you do a new post, I'll get notified. :)

UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish wrote: "Good luck with school, E.!"

Thanks, Dhes. I'll DEFINITELY need it. -_-

going to try it out! :)

UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish wrote: "I need you to post new stats each time so I get notified. If you just update the initial post, I have to keep going back and checking to see if anything changed, but if you do a new post, I'll get notified. :) "

Sounds good! Since the 21st is almost here, I really need to start planning my reads for this. I have a note written that says, "DO NOT READ UNTIL JUNE 21" for a couple of books I want for this, LOL.

Ikku wrote: "going to try it out! :)"

Awesome!

@Teresa. I have to do that sometimes, too! Sticky notes here and there.

I'm a newbie but wuld love to give this a try...

Neat, Tara! Welcome to the challenge.

Awesome, Tara! Welcome!

I'm in!

Is there a set amount of books? Min or max?

Amanda wrote: "Is there a set amount of books? Min or max?"

You create the challenge however you like. If it makes you think of Summer, it counts. That's the only requirement. Well, that and the start and stop dates.

1book a week- 13!! Wahoo I can do it!!

Amanda wrote: "1book a week- 13!! Wahoo I can do it!!"

Awesome! I'll put you down for 13. As the others start posting their stats, you'll see how it's done. Easy!

<------- Aday reporting in! X/X

Wooooot!

Hi Dhes, can you please put me down for 10 books for this challenge?
Thanks, lovely!
I've finally narrowed down my list of books to read :)

Lady Heather wrote: "Hi Dhes, can you please put me down for 10 books for this challenge?
Thanks, lovely!
I've finally narrowed down my list of books to read :)"

You bet, honey!

Okay, here's my list:

1. ..done!
2. ..done!
3.
4.
5. .. done!
6.
7. ..done!
8. .. done!
9.
10.

5/10