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March 2023 Mini Challenge: Erin Go Bragh! S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01March23 / Ends: 31March23


St Patrick's Day is celebrated across several continents. So this month's challenge honors Ireland. You may use the first letter of the title (exclude: A, An, The), or the author's first or last initial.

NOTE: For longer 2-word phrases, if you do not want to spell the entire thing, spell just the WORD in ALL CAPS.

Word choices :
cabbage
CORNED beef
EMERALD Isle
green beer
Ireland
leprechaun
parade
Patrick
Pot o Gold
saint
shamrock
snakes
staff



(You may also spell a word of your choice that you feel represents Saint Patrick's Day celebrations; tell us about it.)

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All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.

You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon.com's "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.

You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing a task.

A book may be used for only one task, even if it would satisfy the challenge for multiple tasks.

EXAMPLE of a successful post:
Spell BLUE:
B - Nickolas BUTLER / Shotgun Lovesongs ✔ - 03July22
L - Lucky in Love ✔ - 23July22
U - The Unteachables ✔ - 31July22
E - Elizabeth Strout / My Name Is Lucy Barton ✔ - 15July22

If you'd like to be recognized as finishing, the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.

Have Fun!

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CLICK on your name to go directly to your challenge post.

Beverly ✔ completed

JennH

Koren ✔ completed

Sheila ✔ completed

Teri-K ✔ Completed

TerriS ✔ completed

Tessa ✔ completed

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March 2023 Mini Challenge: Erin Go Bragh! S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01March23 / Ends: 31March23

C-Carroll O'Connor I Think I'm Outta Here: A Memoir of All My Families finished 3/8
A-Amy Harmon -A Girl Called Samson finished 3/10
B-Bombeck, Erma Forever, Erma finished 3/2
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A-And Justice for Some: An Expose of the Lawyers and Judges Who Let Dangerous Criminals Go Free by Wendy Murphey finished 3/12
G-Golden Boy: A Murder Among the Manhattan Elite by John Glatt finished 3/3
E-Everhart, Donna The Saints of Swallow Hill finished 3/19

March 2023 Mini Challenge: Erin Go Bragh! S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01March23 / Ends: 31March23

5 / 5 completed


Saint
S - Sandra Dallas / [bookFallen Women|17286848] ✔ – 04Mar23
A - Andrew Sean Greer / Less ✔ – 18Mar23
I - ISAACSON, Walter / The Code Breaker ✔ – 30Mar23
N - NATSUKAWA, Sōsuke / The Cat Who Saved Books ✔ – 04Mar23
T - Tom Hanks / Uncommon Type ✔ – 07Mar23


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March 2023 Mini Challenge: Erin Go Bragh! S*P*E*L*L
You may use the first letter of the title (exclude: A, An, The), or the author's first or last initial.

L Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde 3/5
E Eliot Middlemarch by George Eliot 3/3
P Peters The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters 3/20
R The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 by Louise Erdrich 3/20
E Emily Davis by Miss Read 3/11
C Cather Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather 3/19
H Heyer The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer 3/5
A Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare 3/13
U Una arruga en el tiempo by Madeleine L'Engle 3/13
N Neels Fate Takes a Hand by Betty Neels 3/10

F Farther Afield by Miss Read 3/7
R Rob Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart 3/17
I I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett 3/16
D Death in Cyprus by M.M. Kaye 3/3
A A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde 3/5
Y The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro 3/4

March 2023 Mini Challenge: Erin Go Bragh! S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01March23 / Ends: 31March23


E
✔M - Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala 3/5/23
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✔R - The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen 3/19/23
✔A - The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden 3/1/23
✔L - Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley 3/6/23
✔D - Death Overdue by Allison Brook 3/1/23

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✔S - A Stitch in Crime by Betty Hechtman 3/10/23
✔L - The Giver by Lois Lowry 3/11/23
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March 2023 Mini Challenge: Erin Go Bragh! S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01March23 / Ends: 31March23

8 / 8 completed

Shamrock

S - Stevens, Chevy -Dark Roads, 3***s, 3-3-23

H - The Hopkins Manuscript by R.C. Sherriff, 4****s, 3-3-23

A - Anthony, Gretchen - The Book Haters' Book Club, 4****s, 3-24-23

M - Muriel Spark - The Driver's Seat, 3***s, 3-7-23

R - Roddy Doyle - Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, 3***s, 3-28-23

O - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, 4****s, 4-12-23

C - Charles Webb - The Graduate, 2**, 3-9-23

K - Krueger, William Kent - The Levee, 4****s, 3-7-23

Teri-K wrote: "March 2023 Mini Challenge: Erin Go Bragh! S*P*E*L*L

S Sarah Talisman Ring
H Hugo Unknown Ajax
A
M Middlemarch
R Richard Hermit of Eyton Forest
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C Cather Death Comes for Archbishop
K Kaye Death..."

Glad to see you joining in, Teri-K! I enjoy trying to complete these mini challenges every month. "Book Concierge" is very creative :)

Thank you, Terri. I certainly try to bring something different each month.

Terris wrote: "Teri-K wrote: "March 2023 Mini Challenge: Erin Go Bragh! S*P*E*L*L

S Sarah Talisman Ring
H Hugo Unknown Ajax
A
M Middlemarch
R Richard Hermit of Eyton Forest
O
C Cather Death Comes for Archbisho..."

Thanks! I enjoy spell-outs, they let me read the books I want, then puzzle them together to spell a word. Fun!

I'm in.

4/8

P--Pulling Leather by L. C. Chase--finished 3/9/2023

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T--The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus--Andrew Klavan--finished 3/2/2023

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L--Let it Ride by L. C. Chase--finished 3/5/2023

D--Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius by Nick Hornby--finished 3/18/2023

Ready to go! 7/7

I I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story by Rick Bragg FINISHED 3/13
R River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan FINISHED 3/13
E Exquisite Corpse by Pénélope Bagieu FINISHED 3/8
L Lee Hollis, Poppy Harmon Investigates FINISHED 3/10
A Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended FINISHED 3/5
N Norah Labiner, Miniatures FINISHED 3/16
D Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison FINISHED 3/10

Beverly wrote: "Ready to go!

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Glad you could join, Beverly! Thought they might be holding you hostage at Disney World!! ;)

Terris wrote: "Beverly wrote: "Ready to go!

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Glad you could join, Beverly! Thought they might be holding you hostage at Disney World!! ;)"

I could have stayed awhile longer...it was a wonderful trip...but I was missing my reading!! Glad to be back amongst literary folk!!!

Updated message 12: Challenge Complete

I finished.

March 2023 Mini Challenge: Erin Go Bragh! S*P*E*L*L
You may use the first letter of the title (exclude: A, An, The), or the author's first or last initial.

L Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde 3/5
E Eliot Middlemarch by George Eliot 3/3
P Peters The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters 3/20
R The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 by Louise Erdrich 3/20
E Emily Davis by Miss Read 3/11
C Cather Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather 3/19
H Heyer The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer 3/5
A Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare 3/13
U Una arruga en el tiempo by Madeleine L'Engle 3/13
N Neels Fate Takes a Hand by Betty Neels 3/10

F Farther Afield by Miss Read 3/7
R Rob Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart 3/17
I I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett 3/16
D Death in Cyprus by M.M. Kaye 3/3
A A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde 3/5
Y The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro 3/4

Whoop, Whoop, WHOOP. Way to go, Teri-K!

Finished! Message 3.

Excellent challenge work, Koren!

I'm done!

Sheila wrote: "I'm done!"

YAY! Impressed that you chose a word/phrase with THREE O's!

I finished!! :)

Yippee Skippee! Great job, Terri.

Thanks, BC!