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Why not? This one too please. Can I get bonus points for eating cheeses while I read?
This looks like fun. Even though I don't much like cheese, lol.I'm thinking option 6, because a lot of the non spell-it-out tasks are going to be tricky with the genres I like reading in :)
27/27
Spell it out Labneh:
L The Light Fantastic
A Matched by Ally Condie
B The Bad Beginning
N Never Let Me Go
E The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
H The Reptile Room by Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)
Spell out Acorn:
A Ajax Penumbra: 1969
C The Count of Monte Cristo
O Pillar of Darkness - character Olga
R Four Past Midnight - character Mort Rainey
N Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Spell out BRIE:
B Good Omens - character Brian
R The Broken God - requiem for homosapiens (series title
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E Madame Bovary - character Emma Bovary
Option 2:
Mentions cheese in the text -
Perfect Formation
Don Quixote
The Wise Man's Fear
Dark Currents
letters for Cheese in the title -
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Death Comes to Pemberley
Cheesy ending
Mistress Of The Empire
Option 1, spell out cheese:
C A Clockwork Orange
H How To Watch Football
E The Bell Jar - character Erwin
E Empire of the Sun
S Servant of the Empire
E War of the Wolf - character Eadric
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National Cheese Day Reading Challenge
June - August 2019
My National Cheese Day Challenge (msg 9)
Level ~ Gouda Cheese: 14 of 14 Complete
Option 1 ~ CHEESE Spell-out
✔🔹 C ~ Cage's Misconduct ~ Nikki Worrell ~ 06.17 ★★★
✔🔹 H ~ Honeymoon for One ~ Beth Orsoff ~ 06.11 ★★★
✔🔹 E ~ E. Ayers ~ Wanting ~ 06.08 ★★★
✔🔹 E ~ Elaine Levine ~ Rocco and Mandy ~ 06.26 ★★★★
✔🔹 S ~ Scoundrel ~ Zoe Archer ~ 06.21 ★★★★
✔🔹 E ~ Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels ~ 07.29 ★★★★
Option 2 - Pass the CHEESE tasks
✔ Read a book with cheese on the cover
🔹The Sweetest Seduction ~ Crista McHugh ~ 07.28 ★★★
✔ Read a book in which you can find the letters "cheese" in the title
🔹The Darkest Captive ~ Gena Showalter ~ 06.03 ★★★★
✔ Read a book with the word "cheese" in text
🔹Cream of the Crop ~ Alice Clayton ~ 06.09 ★★★★
✔ Read a book in which you can find the letters "fat" in the title
🔹Tears Of The Renegade ~ Linda Howard ~ 06.04 ★★★
Read a book in which you can find the letters "milk" in the author's first or last name
🔹Little White Lies ~ Kimberly Reeves
✔ Read a book with a cheesy ending
🔹Under the Mistletoe with Me ~ Kristin Proby ~ 06.02 ★★★
✔ Read a book with cheesy character
🔹Love and Lists ~ Tara Sivec ~ 07.06 ★★★
✔ Read a book with a cheesy storyline
🔹Cowboy Jackpot: St. Patrick's Day ~ Randi Alexander ~ 06.25 ★★
National Cheese Day June -August 2019Books must be minimum 100 pages unless otherwise stated. Any book format is allowed. One book /task.
Going for Gouda Cheese: 9-17 books, Option 6- Mix & Match any options
Levels:
Feta Cheese: 1- 8 books
Gouda Cheese: 9-17 books
Stilton Cheese: 18-26 books
Mozzarella Cheese: 27 books ++
Option 1= Cheese Anyone? - Spell out the word "cheese"
6/6
C Changing of the Guard Dog Lane Stone 6/2/19
H A Haunted Murder J.A. Whiting 7/2/19
Embroidery Mysteries The Quick and the Thread Amanda Lee 7/24/19
Esposito, Tessa mc Penne Dreadful Catherine Bruns 8/1/19
S Spirited Away Lena Gregory 6/4/19
Emmalee Laurens, author Death for Dessert: A Plainwood Lake Mystery Emmalee Laurens 8/4/19
Option 2=Pass the Cheese- Read the following tasks:
5/8
Read a book with cheese on the cover
Read a book in which you can find the letters "cheese" in the title. Cherry Pies & Deadly Lies Darci Hannah 6/12/19
Read a book with the word "cheese" in text. Trudy, Madly, Deeply Wendy Delaney 6/7/19 Ch. 7, page 69 "No cheese, no butter, no chocolate--a clear violation of the bereavement food code."
Read a book in which you can find the letters "fat" in the title A Patchwork of Clues Sally Goldenbaum 6/15/19
Read a book in which you can find the letters "milk" in the author's first or last name.
Read a book with a cheesy ending A Crusty Murder J.M. Griffin 7/6/19
Read a book with cheesy character--Porter Ridley in Bikinis in Paradise Kathi Daley 6/3/19
Read a book with a cheesy storyline
Option 3- Cheesy associations - Some words just come naturally to be partnered up with cheese. Read books with the words below found as images on your book covers OR in the title
7/7
biscuits (on the cover, on the table)
Maddie Day 6/27/19board (in title) Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody Barbara Ross 6/9/19
camera (on cover)
Linda O. Johnston 6/9/19crackers (in title if the & is spelled out as and) Cherry Scones & Broken Bones Darci Hannah 6/16/19
mouse (in title) The Scent of Murder Kylie Logan 6/5/19
smile Strictly Murder Lynda Wilcox 6/14/19 (1, title)
wine (in title) StrawBuried in Chocolate Lyndsey Cole 6/6/19
Option 4- Cheesy Spell Out(*)
There are so many different types of cheese that it was too time consuming to list them all. Pick your top 5 favorite kinds of cheese from the list and spell them out.
Cheese List A-Z
Option 5- Cheesy Jokes - Read a joke book (any page count accepted ) and then come back and tell us one of the jokes for a giggle!
Option 6- Mix & Match any options
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National Cheese Day
🧀Level: Mozzarella Cheese (27+ books)
Option 4: Cheesy Spell Out
28/28 completed
🧀 Danish Feta🧀
✓ D: Down with Love by Kate Meader (06/06) ★★★
✓ A: The Accidentals by Sarina Bowen (14/06) ★★★
✓ N: Night Diver by Elizabeth Lowell (28/06) ★★★
✓ I: I Bet You by Ilsa Madden-Mills (01/06) ★★★★
✓ S: The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella (09/06) ★★★
✓ H: Her Vampire Husband by Michele Hauf (30/06) ★★★
✓ F: Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey (11/06) ★★★★
✓ E: Marriage for One by Ella Maise (02/06) ★★★
✓ T: Tell Me It's Real by T.J. Klune (02/06) ★★
✓ A: You Got Me by Mercy Amare (21/06) ★★
🧀 Parmesan🧀
✓ P: Hot Heir by Pippa Grant (05/06) ★★
✓ A: Wait for You by J. Lynn & Jennifer L. Armentrout (22/06) ★★★
✓ R: Coldhearted Boss by R.S. Grey (07/06) ★★★★
✓ M: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (03/06) ★★★
✓ E: Elizabeth's Wolf by Lora Leigh (18/06) ★★
✓ S: Stray by Rachel Vincent (17/06) ★★★
✓ A: Unscrupulous by Avery Aster (28/06) ★★
✓ N: Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet (04/07) ★★★
🧀 Pecorino🧀
✓ P: Predator's Serenade by Rosanna Leo (14/06) ★★
✓ E: Black Wolves by Kate Elliott (21/06) ★★★
✓ C: Whiskey Chaser by Lucy Score & Claire Kingsley (04/06) ★★★★
✓ O: On the Rocks by Erin Duffy (23/06) ★★
✓ R: Dimitri by Roxie Rivera (12/06) ★★
✓ I: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1) by Ally Carter (13/06) ★★
✓ N: In the Black by Sheryl Nantus (29/06) ★★
✓ O: On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves (25/06) ★★★
National Cheese Day Reading ChallengeStart: 01/06/19
End: 30/08/19
Level: Mozarella
Read: 29/29
Feta
Read: 4/4
F - Fairest by Chanda Hahn 12/07/19
E - When an Alpha Purrs by Eve Langlais 15/07/19
T - Twin Souls by K.A. Poe 08/07/19
A - The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli 21/06/19
Parmesan
Read: 8/8
P - His Banana by Penelope Bloom 17/06/19
A - Perfect Formation by K.B. Alan 21/06/19
R - Dust of My Wings by Carrie Ann Ryan 16/07/19
M - You Don't Know Me by Imran Mahmood 05/06/19
E - Half Wolf by Aimee Easterling 17/07/19
S - Ladies in Black: Film Tie-In of The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John 13/06/19
A - Flight by Alyssa Rose Ivy 29/06/19
N - Dry by Neal Shusterman 27/07/19
Belle Creme
Read: 10/10
B - In a Great Southern Land by Mary-Anne O'Connor 30/06/19
E - Inhibitions by Kimberly Bracco 30/06/19
L - When an Alpha Purrs by Eve Langlais 15/07/19
L - Long by B.B. Hamel 21/07/19
E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 01/08/19
C - UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn 11/07/19
R - Spinning Out by Lexi Ryan 25/07/19
E - Kiss of Fire by Rebecca Ethington 03/08/19
M - Heartaches and Christmas Cakes by Amy Miller 21/06/19
E - Scorched Treachery by Rebecca Ethington 05/08/19
Cheddar
Read: 7/7
C - Fable by Chanda Hahn 13/07/19
H - Forever by Chanda Hahn 14/07/19
E - Soul of Flame by Rebecca Ethington 08/08/19
D - The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige 04/08/19
D - Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige 07/08/19
A - Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte 02/07/19
R - Reign by Chanda Hahn 13/07/19
FINISHEDStart: 06/01/2019
End: 08/30/2019
Level: Mozarella
Read: 30/30
Swiss
Read: 5/5
S - Sandhya, Menon - When Dimple Met Rishi 7/3/2019
W - Where the Crawdads Sing 6/14/2019
I - Isabelle Mauriac - The Nightingale 7/24/19
S - Stillhouse Lake 7/13/19
S - Scythe 7/24/19
Parmesan
Read: 8/8
P - P. C. Cast - Marked 8/15/19
A - A. J. Finn - The Woman in the Window 7/1/2019
R - Red, White & Royal Blue 7/21/19
M - Morris, Heather - The Tattooist of Auschwitz 6/25/2019
E - Eyes of Prey 7/6/19
S - Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir 7/16/19
A - After You 7/6/19
N - Noelle Holton - Dead Inside 6/22/2019
Pepperjack
Read: 10/10
P - Pieces of Her 7/13/19
E - 11 Birthdays 8/6/19
P - Patterson, Amber - The Last Mrs. Parrish 8/20/19
P - Peony, Linh - Cinder 8/29/19
E - Elain - A Court of Wings and Ruin 8/11/19
R - Reid, Taylor Jenkins - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 6/11/2019
J - Jojo Moyes - Me Before You 6/28/2019
A - Ashleigh, Lowen - Verity 7/8/19
C - Christina Lauren - The Unhoneymooners 7/4/2019
K - K. A. Tucker - The Simple Wild 6/8/2019
Feta
Read: 4/4
F - Feyre - A Court of Frost and Starlight 8/18/19
E - Eleanor & Park 8/9/19
T - The Murmur of Bees 6/3/2019
A - A Court of Thorns and Roses 8/1/19
Babybel
Read: 7/7
Uglies
B - Becoming 6/24/2019
A - Angie Kim - Miracle Creek 7/11/19
B - Because You're Mine 6/16/2019
Y - Youngblood, Tally - Uglies 8/27/19
B - The Bride Test 7/5/19
E - Elain - A Court of Mist and Fury 8/4/19
L - Lena Manta - The Gold Letter 6/6/2019
Option 2=Pass the Cheese- Read the following tasks: Read a book with cheese on the cover
Read a book in which you can find the letters "cheese" in the title.
Read a book with the word "cheese" in text. Highway Don’t Care by Lani Lynn Vale 6.1 Pg 8 She was the CHeeSE to my macaroni.
Read a book in which you can find the letters "fat" in the title Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson7.3'
Read a book in which you can find the letters "milk" in the author's first or last name. Venus in Blue Jeans by Meg Benjamin 6.5
Read a book with a cheesy ending Royally Yours by Krista Lakes 6.23
Read a book with cheesy character Capturing Dreams by Liberty Parker 6.18
Read a book with a cheesy storyline Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon 7.12
National Cheese Day ChallengeJune-August 2019
Option #4
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F The Gender Secret by Bella Forrest
R Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
E A Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot
S (char. Cormoran Strike) The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
H The House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith
M (char. Myron Bolitar) Home by Harlan Coben
O (char. Owen) The Gender Lie by Bella Forrest
Z Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Z Eliza and Her Monsters by Frances Zappia
A The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
R (char. Will Robie) The Innocent by David Baldacci
E Educated by Tara Westover
L Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
L We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
A (char. Amber) The Gender Game by Bella Forrest
P (char. Patroclus) The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
R Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
O (char. Owen) The Gender Fall by Bella Forrest
V (char. Violet) The Gender Game by Bella Forrest
E (char. Elizabeth Sinskey ) Inferno by Dan Brown
L The Late Show by Michael Connelly
A The Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi
S The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
I IQ by Joe Ide
A This Was a Man by Jeffrey Archer
G The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
O The One World Schoolhouse by Salman Khan
Mod
OMG I just love cheese! Could eat it all day, so just have to have a go at this one! Starting with Option 4- Cheesy Spell Out and Camembert - one of my favourite cheeses, especially baked with fresh bread!
Level: Gouda Cheese: 9-17 books
READ 9/9
ALL FINISHED August 12th!
Mod
Welcome to the challenge :)
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Vannessa, your talk of baked Camembert is making me hungry! You got a spare crust I can scoop with?Welcome to the challenge :)"
Thank you!
Nothing But Reading ChallengesNational Cheese Day Reading Challenge
Duration: June -August
Progress: 0 out of 27+
Levels:
Feta Cheese: 1- 8 books
Gouda Cheese: 9-17 books
Stilton Cheese: 18-26 books
Mozzarella Cheese: 27 books ++
June 4 th is National Cheese Day and it seemed appropriate to design a cheesy challenge based on this wacky observance holiday.
Rules: Books must be minimum 100 pages unless otherwise stated. Any book format is allowed. One book /task.
Option 1= Cheese Anyone? - Spell out the word "cheese"
Option 2=Pass the Cheese- Read the following tasks:
Read a book with cheese on the cover
Read a book in which you can find the letters "cheese" in the title.
Read a book with the word "cheese" in text.
Read a book in which you can find the letters "fat" in the title
Read a book in which you can find the letters "milk" in the author's first or last name.
Read a book with a cheesy ending
Read a book with cheesy character
Read a book with a cheesy storyline
Option 3- Cheesy associations - Some words just come naturally to be partnered up with cheese. Read books with the words below found as images on your book covers OR in the title
biscuits
board
camera
crackers
mouse
smile
wine
Option 4- Cheesy Spell Out(*)
There are so many different types of cheese that it was too time consuming to list them all. Pick your top 5 favorite kinds of cheese from the list and spell them out.
Cheese List A-Z
Option 5- Cheesy Jokes - Read a joke book (any page count accepted ) and then come back and tell us one of the jokes for a giggle!
Option 6- Mix & Match any options
(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
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U- The Unhoneymooners Finished 06/11/19
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M- Intercepted Finished 07/13/19
A- The Friend Zone Finished 07/07/19
R- Red, White & Royal Blue Finished 06/06/19
B- The Bride Test Finished 06/01/19
L- Leah on the Offbeat Finished 07/03/19
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Mod
I'm turning this into a long-term challenge and spelling out 26 cheeses, one for each letter of the alphabet. Thanks for the great idea (and the link).National Cheese Day
Timeframe: 7/1/19 to 8/15/20
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26/26 Cheeses
Alverca (7/7)
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
L – Latesha Kellam - The Match Disaster - 6/6/20 ♥♥
V - Vicki Lewis Thompson - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Devoted in Death - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
Brie (4/4)
B - Below Deck by Tara Sivec - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - Open and Shut - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Spann Craig - A Body in the Backyard - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
Cheddar (7/7)
C – Circe by Madeline Miller - 5/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Drake, Olivia - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebellious by Gillian Archer - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
Derby (5/5)
D - Dick Francis - Bonecrack - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Bolt by Dick Francis - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
Edam (4/4)
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dina Silver - One Pink Line 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marrying Kind by Jean Carew - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
Feta (4/4)
F - Full Heat by Carla Swafford - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Gouda (5/5)
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
O - One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - My Favorite Cowboy - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
Harbison (8/8)
H – The Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anne Hampson - Eternal Summer - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
B - Bitter Sweets by G.A. McKevett - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Inverness (9/9)
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
V - Valentine, Marquita - Hard to Fall - 4/23/20 ♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - R.A. Scotti - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
S - Sidney Halston - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
Jarlsberg (9/9)
J - Jones, Sandie - The Other Woman - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
R - Roberts, Nora - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Gornall - Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Butcher, Jim - Storm Front - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grafton, Sue - M is for Malice - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
Kefir (5/5)
K - Katherine Center - How to Walk Away - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fruit of All Evil by Paige Shelton - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Reluctantly Royal by Gillian Archer - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
Limburger (9/9)
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
I – If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - Marie Force - Fatal Justice - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
B - Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Echoes in Death - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - A Cowboy Like You - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
Mascarpone (10/10)
M - My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥
R - Richard Thomas - Disintegration - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
P – Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon A Christmas by Holly Jacobs - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
National Cheese Day - Part 2Neufchatel (10/10)
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
C - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
Operetta (8/8)
O - Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
Parmesan (8/8)
P - The Playboy by Carly Phillips - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Secrets in Death - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Still the One by Jill Shalvis - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
N - Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Roquefort (9/9)
R - Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Resilient by Gillian Archer - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Ricotta (7/7)
R - Robb, J.D. - Dark in Death - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cristin Cooper - Until Now - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
Swiss (5/5)
S – Shalvis, Jill - Nobody But You - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - The Kept Woman - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
Trelawny (8/8)
T - Templeton, Karen - Dear Santa - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - First Degree - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
W - White Heat by Jill Shalvis - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
Y - Yours, Mine... or Ours? by Karen Templeton - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
Urda (4/4)
U - Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
R - Richard Yancey - The Highly Effective Detective - 8/12/20 ♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Silver Linings - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
Valencay (8/8)
V - Valerie by Debbie Macomber - 7/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ally Carter - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lavinia Kent - Unsuitable - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - 9 1/2 Days by Mia Zachary - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥
A - Amanda Usen - Into the Fire - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - Dark Heritage - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥
Wagon Wheel (10/10)
W - Wilde One by Jannine Gallant - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alleman, Normandie - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
W - What You Wish For by Katherine Center - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Haddon, Mark - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - No Place Like You - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lundy, J.T. - Saving Grapes - 5/13/20 ♥♥
X - Oaxaca (6/6)
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
A - Amanda Prowse - The Girl in the Corner - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cynthia Woolf - Mail Order Outlaw - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
A - Anna James Watson - Blackmail - 7/18/20 ♥♥♥
Yeo Lake (7/7)
Y - Yates, Maisey - Heir to a Dark Inheritance - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Twisted Twenty-Six - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lynne Reid Banks - Tiger, Tiger - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood - 7/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kelly Jamieson - Playing Hurt - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eve Langlais - In the Mood Fur Love - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
Zwitser (7/7)
Z - Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
W - What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
T - Trish McCallan - Forged in Smoke - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
S - Shel Silverstein - Falling Up - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥
R - Roosevelt, Elliott - The Hyde Park Murder - 8/15/20 ♥♥♥
*******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/15/20*****
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Congratulations Nicole!
National Cheese DayLevel: Mozzarella Cheese: 27 books ++
Option: Spell It Out
Duration: June -August
Aged British Cheddar
A - Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews
G - Girl with a Pearl Earring
E - The Rest of the Story - character Emma
D - The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian - David Dyer
B - The Burning World
R - Cocky Roommate - character LN Reid
I - Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews
T - The Metamorphosis
I - Magic Strikes - Ilona Andrews
S - The Shadows
H - Fish in a Tree - Lynda Mullaly Hunt
C - Just Take My Heart - Mary Higgins Clark
H - How to Claim an Undead Soul
E - How to Save an Undead Life - Hailey Edwards
D - Naked - David Sedaris
D - Dating Roulette
A - Infinity + One - Amy Harmon
R - Seraphina - Rachel Hartman
Muenster
M - Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion
U - Us
E - How to Break an Undead Heart - Hailey Edwards
N - Four Summers - Nyrae Dawn
S - The Song of David
T - Fallen Crest Family - Tijan
E - The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
R - Shadow Scale - Rachel Hartman
Provolone
P - Lover Unleashed - character Payne
R - Hot Single Dad - character LN Reid
O - Lover Mine - - character LN O'Neal
V - Lover Reborn - character Vishous
O - The King - character LN O'Neal
L - The Law of Moses
O - Lover at Last - character LN O'Neal
N - The Good Luck of Right Now - character LN Neil
E - Accidental Tryst - character Emmy
Update to msg. 10: Going to call it finished now. I was going for 9-17 and was able to do 18. Fun challenge!
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Welcome Cinthia!
National Cheese DayDuration: June - August, 2020
Level: Mozzarella Cheese: 27 books ++
Completed
G The Graveyard Shift 11/7
A Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns 23/7
U Undead and Unemployed 12/6
D Dead Witch Walking 4/7
A Adam J. Wright - Dark Magic 16/7
P Gabrielle S. Prendergast - Zero Repeat Forever 10/7
A Jennifer L. Armentrout - The Queen 25/7
R Rick Riordan - The Last Olympian 6/6
M Midnight's Kiss 13/6
E Jennifer Estep - Crush the King 18/6
S Shadow's End 21/7
A Anthony Horowitz - Groosham Grange 20/7
N Night's Honor 11/6
P The Price of Pleasure 18/7
E Elizabeth Hoyt - Thief of Shadows 22/6
P Pia Does Hollywood 15/6
P Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo 7/6
E Erin Quinn - Haunting Embrace 28/6
R Rage and Ruin 25/6
J Julie Garwood - Wired 24/7
A Archangel's Storm 9/6
C Cravings 5/6
K Kim Harrison - Dead Witch Walking 4/7
S Small Favor 3/6
W The Wrath of Mulgarath 4/6
I The Ironwood Tree 1/6
S Sweet Talk 10/6
S Shayne Silvers - Beast Master 3/7
Option 2=Pass the Cheese- Read the following tasks:Read a book with cheese on the cover--
Read a book in which you can find the letters "cheese" in the title.
Read a book with the word "cheese" in text.
Read a book in which you can find the letters "fat" in the title
Read a book in which you can find the letters "milk" in the author's first or last name.
byKimberly Lauren 6/30Read a book with a cheesy ending:
Read a book with cheesy character:
Read a book with a cheesy storyline
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I'm in! Mozzerella level: (2-44)June - August 2020
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National Cheese Day ChallengeDuration: June -August
Date Started: June 10, 2020
Date Completed:
Books Read: 13
Levels:
Gouda Cheese: 9-17 books
Stilton Cheese: 18-26 books
Mozzarella Cheese: 27 books ++
Option 1= Cheese Anyone? - Spell out the word "cheese"
C - Mocha and Murder (Mom and Christy 4) by Christy Murphy - 6/21/20
H - It's Not Christmas Without You (Holloway 1) by HelenKay Dimon - 6/14/2020
E - March Street Murder (March Street 1) by Estelle Richards - 6/20/20
E -Escape to Osprey Cove (Osprey Cove Lodge 1) by Luisa Marietta Gold - 6/24/20
S -Back in the Game by Susan Harper - 6/30/20
E - Double Decker Dead: A Josie Tucker Mini Mystery by E.M. Kaplan - 7/10/20
Option 2=Pass the Cheese- Read the following tasks:
Read a book with cheese on the cover
Read a book in which you can find the letters "cheese" in the title. - Peaches and Crime (Sandy Bay 16) by Amber Crewes - 6/20/20
Read a book with the word "cheese" in text. - The Cat of Yule Cottage: A Magical Tale of Romance, Christmas and Cats - the perfect read for winter 2020 by Lili Hayward - 6/13/2020 - LOC 2644 I ask Liza, who has appeared, a tray of cheese straws in hand.
Read a book in which you can find the letters "fat" in the title - Cookies with a Side of Murder (Daley Buzz 5) by Meredith Potts - 7/9/20
Read a book in which you can find the letters "milk" in the author's first or last name. - Death Comes in Threes (Addie Foster 1) by Kimberley O'Malley - 7/3/20
Read a book with a cheesy ending -
Read a book with cheesy character - Chocolate Most Deadly (Sky High Pies 2) by Mary Maxwell - 7/14/20 - Buford, night manager at a Donut shop in Denver, short dumpy and gives free donuts to every pretty girl who's nice to him
Read a book with a cheesy storyline -
Option 3- Cheesy associations - Some words just come naturally to be partnered up with cheese. Read books with the words below found as images on your book covers OR in the title
biscuits
board
camera
crackers
mouse
smile - Brides and Blades (Bakers and Bulldogs 2) by Rosie Sams - 7/4/20
wine
Option 5- Cheesy Jokes - Read a joke book (any page count accepted ) and then come back and tell us one of the jokes for a giggle!
Option 6- Mix & Match any options
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Challenge Rules:
Books must be minimum 100 pages unless otherwise stated.
Any book format is allowed.
One book /task.
(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
National Cheese Day Reading ChallengeJune 1, 2020 - August 31, 2020
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Option 4 - Cheesy Spell Out
B: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
R: Red, White & Royal Blue
I: In Five Years
E: Every Time I Think of You
C: Conjure Women
H: The Home for Unwanted Girls
E: Every Breath
D: A Darker Shade of Magic
D: The Dutch House
A: American Dirt
R: Real Life
E: Exciting Times
M: The Map of Salt and Stars
M: Modern Lovers
E: Exit
N: Nevada
T: They Both Die at the End
A: Again, but Better
L: Lights on the Sea
G: The Girl He Used to Know
R: Radio Silence
U: Upright Women Wanted
Y: You Exist Too Much
E: Exit West
R: Redhead by the Side of the Road
E: Everywhere You Don't Belong
M: My Sister, the Serial Killer
O: Outside the Lines
Z: Zara Hossain Is Here
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A: All Adults Here
R: Real Men Knit
E: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
L: Late to the Party
L: Love and Other Words
A: Adequate Yearly Progress
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National Cheese Day Reading ChallengeOption #4 - Spell out favorite cheeses
Start: 6/16/2020
End: 6/28/2020
Level: Mozzarella
Read: 41/41
Bleu (4/4)
B - The Bartender by Ramona Gray - 6/16/2020
L - You Only Love Twice by Lexi Blake - 6/14/2020
E - Sordid Games by Elizabeth Kelly - 6/16/2020
U - Undeniably His by Ramona Gray - 6/16/2020
Chevre
C - Protecting Mari by Cara Carnes - 6/15/2020
H - His Lady by Jane Henry and Maisy Archer - 6/15/2020
E - The Domme Tamer by Kat Evans - 6/13/2020
V - Virgin for Sale by Sam Crescent - 6/23/2020
R - To Save Sir by Laylah Roberts - 6/2/2020
E - The Engagement Gift by Lauren Blakely - 6/3/2020
Emmental
E - The Contract by Elizabeth Kelly - 6/21/2020
M - Blushing Violet by Ann Mayburn - 6/15/2020
M - Understood by Maya Banks - 6/12/2020
E - Enchanted by Lexi Blake - 6/1/2020
N - Nate Banks in Her Rodeo Masters by Anya Summers - 6/27/2020
T - Sharing Silver by Tabitha Black - 6/7/2020
A - Her Protector by Jane Henry and Maisy Archer - 6/15/2020
L - The Decadent Gift by Lauren Blakely - 6/13/2020
Feta (4/4)
F - Freed by Kimberly Bracco - 6/14/2020
E - Embracing My Submission by Jenna Jacob - 6/10/2020
T - Theirs to Take by Laura Kaye - 6/11/2020
A - My Dom by Jane Henry and Maisy Archer - 6/9/2020
Parmigiano-Reggiano
P - Provoke You by Diana A. Hicks - 6/8/2020
A - Capturing Callie by Avery Gale - 6/2/2020
R - Redemption by L.K. Shaw - 6/7/2020
M - Yield: Emily & Damon by Lilia Moon - 6/14/2020
I - Inhibitions by Kimberly Bracco - 6/14/2020
G - Filthy Appeal by Ramona Gray - 6/16/2020
I - Instant Gratification by Lauren Blakely - 6/26/2020
A - Katarina's Return by Avery Gale - 6/7/2020
N - Nick Masters in Masters Of My Desire by Jenna Jacob - 6/22/2020
O - The Only One by Lauren Blakely - 6/8/2020
R - Crash into You by Roni Loren - 6/4/2020
E - Elizabeth von Klepper in Duets and Dominance by Anya Summers - 6/27/2020
G - The Escort by Ramona Gray - 6/16/2020
G - Shatter Me by Alex Grayson - 6/7/2020
I - Ian Kane in Menage in Paradise by Anya Summers - 6/27/2020
A - Absolution by L.K. Shaw - 6/11/2020
N - Naomi Cates in Her Master and Commander by Anya Summers- 6/25/2020
O - One Night Only by Lauren Blakely - 6/24/2020
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A long challenge complete! Thanks for the fun.National Cheese Day
Timeframe: 7/1/19 to 8/15/20
183/183
26/26 Cheeses
Alverca (7/7)
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
L – Latesha Kellam - The Match Disaster - 6/6/20 ♥♥
V - Vicki Lewis Thompson - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Devoted in Death - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
Brie (4/4)
B - Below Deck by Tara Sivec - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - Open and Shut - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Spann Craig - A Body in the Backyard - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
Cheddar (7/7)
C – Circe by Madeline Miller - 5/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Drake, Olivia - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebellious by Gillian Archer - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
Derby (5/5)
D - Dick Francis - Bonecrack - 11/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Bolt by Dick Francis - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
Edam (4/4)
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dina Silver - One Pink Line 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marrying Kind by Jean Carew - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
Feta (4/4)
F - Full Heat by Carla Swafford - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Gouda (5/5)
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
O - One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - My Favorite Cowboy - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
Harbison (8/8)
H – The Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anne Hampson - Eternal Summer - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rodriguez, Deborah - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 12/19/19 ♥♥♥
B - Bitter Sweets by G.A. McKevett - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Inverness (9/9)
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
V - Valentine, Marquita - Hard to Fall - 4/23/20 ♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - R.A. Scotti - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
S - Sidney Halston - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
Jarlsberg (9/9)
J - Jones, Sandie - The Other Woman - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
R - Roberts, Nora - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Gornall - Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn - 12/16/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Butcher, Jim - Storm Front - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grafton, Sue - M is for Malice - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
Kefir (5/5)
K - Katherine Center - How to Walk Away - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fruit of All Evil by Paige Shelton - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Reluctantly Royal by Gillian Archer - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
Limburger (9/9)
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
I – If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
M - Marie Force - Fatal Justice - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
B - Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Echoes in Death - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - A Cowboy Like You - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
Mascarpone (10/10)
M - My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥
R - Richard Thomas - Disintegration - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
P – Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon A Christmas by Holly Jacobs - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
National Cheese Day - Part 2Neufchatel (10/10)
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
C - The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene - 11/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - Bite Me If You Can - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
Operetta (8/8)
O - Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
Parmesan (8/8)
P - The Playboy by Carly Phillips - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Secrets in Death - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Still the One by Jill Shalvis - 12/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
N - Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Roquefort (9/9)
R - Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Resilient by Gillian Archer - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Ricotta (7/7)
R - Robb, J.D. - Dark in Death - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cristin Cooper - Until Now - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
Swiss (5/5)
S – Shalvis, Jill - Nobody But You - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - The Kept Woman - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
Trelawny (8/8)
T - Templeton, Karen - Dear Santa - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rosenfelt, David - First Degree - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
W - White Heat by Jill Shalvis - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
Y - Yours, Mine... or Ours? by Karen Templeton - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
Urda (4/4)
U - Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
R - Richard Yancey - The Highly Effective Detective - 8/12/20 ♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Silver Linings - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
Valencay (8/8)
V - Valerie by Debbie Macomber - 7/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ally Carter - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lavinia Kent - Unsuitable - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - 9 1/2 Days by Mia Zachary - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥
A - Amanda Usen - Into the Fire - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - Dark Heritage - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥
Wagon Wheel (10/10)
W - Wilde One by Jannine Gallant - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alleman, Normandie - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥
G - Grant, Donna - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
W - What You Wish For by Katherine Center - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Haddon, Mark - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - No Place Like You - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lundy, J.T. - Saving Grapes - 5/13/20 ♥♥
X - Oaxaca (6/6)
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
A - Amanda Prowse - The Girl in the Corner - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cynthia Woolf - Mail Order Outlaw - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
A - Anna James Watson - Blackmail - 7/18/20 ♥♥♥
Yeo Lake (7/7)
Y - Yates, Maisey - Heir to a Dark Inheritance - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Twisted Twenty-Six - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
L - Lynne Reid Banks - Tiger, Tiger - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood - 7/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kelly Jamieson - Playing Hurt - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eve Langlais - In the Mood Fur Love - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
Zwitser (7/7)
Z - Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
W - What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
T - Trish McCallan - Forged in Smoke - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
S - Shel Silverstein - Falling Up - 11/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥
R - Roosevelt, Elliott - The Hyde Park Murder - 8/15/20 ♥♥♥
*******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/15/20*****
SeasonalNational Cheese Day Reading Challenge
June 1 to August 31, 2021
100 pages in text!
11 out of 15
Option 2=Pass the Cheese- Read the following tasks:
1) Read a book with cheese on the cover
++2) Read a book in which you can find the letters "cheese" in the title.
Daring Dogs: 30 True Tales of Heroic Hounds Kimberlie Hamilton 6-12-21 (daring dogs 30 truE talES of hEroiC Hounds)
++3) Read a book with the word "cheese" in text.
Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson 7-28-21 (The kids are offered macaroni & cheese to eat.)
++4) Read a book in which you can find the letters "fat" in the title
A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other ... Water, and Much More. Maybe Too Much More Dave Barry 6-6-21 (A Field guide To the jewish people)
5) Read a book in which you can find the letters "milk" in the author's first or last name.
++6) Read a book with a cheesy ending
Royal Wedding Meg Cabot 7-7-21
++7) Read a book with cheesy character
Dave Barry's Greatest Hits Dave Barry 6-5-21 (Dave himself)
++8) Read a book with a cheesy storyline
Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland Dave Barry 6-12-21
Option 3- Cheesy associations - Some words just come naturally to be partnered up with cheese. Read books with the words below found as images on your book covers OR in the title
++9) biscuits I Knead My Mommy: And Other Poems by Kittens Francesco Marciuliano 6-27-21 (you knead biscuits)
++10) board The Lost Girl Anne Ursu 7-25-21 (Sign board in front of store)
++11) camera Cat Tales Richard Watherwax 8-28-21
(Photo on cover made with a camera!)++12) crackers (synonym for title)
Lunatics Dave Barry 6-10-21
13) mouse
++14) smile
Thank You Notes Jimmy Fallon 6-17-21
(He smiles on cover) 15) wine
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Books mentioned in this topic
Zara Hossain Is Here (other topics)Real Men Knit (other topics)
Late to the Party (other topics)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (other topics)
Outside the Lines (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Richard Watherwax (other topics)Kevin Wilson (other topics)
Anne Ursu (other topics)
Meg Cabot (other topics)
Francesco Marciuliano (other topics)
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June 4 th is National Cheese Day and it seemed appropriate to design a cheesy challenge based on this wacky observance holiday.
Rules: Books must be minimum 100 pages unless otherwise stated. Any book format is allowed. One book /task.
Duration: June -August
Levels:
Feta Cheese: 1- 8 books
Gouda Cheese: 9-17 books
Stilton Cheese: 18-26 books
Mozzarella Cheese: 27 books ++
Option 1= Cheese Anyone? - Spell out the word "cheese"
Option 2=Pass the Cheese- Read the following tasks:
Read a book with cheese on the cover
Read a book in which you can find the letters "cheese" in the title.
Read a book with the word "cheese" in text.
Read a book in which you can find the letters "fat" in the title
Read a book in which you can find the letters "milk" in the author's first or last name.
Read a book with a cheesy ending
Read a book with cheesy character
Read a book with a cheesy storyline
Option 3- Cheesy associations - Some words just come naturally to be partnered up with cheese. Read books with the words below found as images on your book covers OR in the title
biscuits
board
camera
crackers
mouse
smile
wine
Option 4- Cheesy Spell Out(*)
There are so many different types of cheese that it was too time consuming to list them all. Pick your top 5 favorite kinds of cheese from the list and spell them out.
Cheese List A-Z
Option 5- Cheesy Jokes - Read a joke book (any page count accepted ) and then come back and tell us one of the jokes for a giggle!
Option 6- Mix & Match any options
(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.