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June 2023 Mini Challenge - CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATE!
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Beverly ✔ Completed + BONUS for Chicago setting
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Sheila ✔ Completed
TerriS ✔ Completed + BONUS for Chicago setting
Tessa ✔ Completed + BONUS for Chicago setting
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Congrats to your niece!!!!June 2023 Monthly Challenge – CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATE!
Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23
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1. Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. (3-word minimum; all words count)
Vernon Can Read! by Vernon E. Jordan Jr. FINISHED 6/9
2. Read a book set primarily in Texas or Illinois. (BONUS point if set entirely Dallas or Chicago.)
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher Set entirely in Chicago FINISHED 6/7
3. Read a book where the main character is a writer / journalist. (Tell us who)
The Wind Is Not a River Brian Payton John Easley, a journalist/war correspondent FINISHED 6/7
4. Read a book where a speaking character is employed by an organization / company known by its initials: e.g. CIA, IBM (Tell us the character and company)
Taboo by Casey Hill Reilly Steele is a Quantico trained CSI who moved to Ireland to be closer to her father and attempting to train folks in the new GFU (Garda Forensics Unit). FINISHED 6/4
5. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in: MARKETING. (Middle initials, if used, can be ignored. Initials may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.)
Karina by E.B. Mann
Exciting news, BC! :)June 2023 Monthly Challenge
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* Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. (3-word minimum; all words count)
The Far Country by Nevil Shute, 4****s, 7-20-23
* Read a book where the main character is a writer / journalist. (Tell us who)
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old by Steven Petrow, 4****s, 6-11-23
"Steven Petrow is an award-winning journalist and book author who is best known for his Washington Post and New York Times essays on aging, health, and civility. He’s also an opinion columnist for USA Today, where he writes about civil discourse and manners."
* Read a book set primarily in Texas or Illinois. (BONUS point if set entirely in Dallas or Chicago.)
Fair Weather by Richard Peck, 5*****s, 7-21-23
This book begins in central Illinois, but the majority of the story takes place in Chicago at the 1893 World's Fair!
* Read a book where a speaking character is employed by an organization / company known by its initials: e.g. CIA, IBM (Tell us the character and company)
State of the Union: A Marriage in Ten Parts by Nick Hornby, 5*****s, 7-8-23
Tom and Louise are main characters and Louise works for the "NHS."
* Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in: MARKETING. (Middle initials, if used, can be ignored. Initials may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.)
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden, 4****s, 7-6-23
June 2023 Mini Challenge✔* Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. (3-word minimum; all words count)
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo 6/30/23
✔* Read a book where the main character is a writer / journalist. (Tell us who)
Less by Andrew Sean Greer 6/30/23 - Arthur Less
✔* Read a book set primarily in Texas or Illinois. (BONUS point if set entirely in Dallas or Chicago.)
The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah 6/4/23 - Chicago, Illinois
✔* Read a book where a speaking character is employed by an organization / company known by its initials: e.g. CIA, IBM (Tell us the character and company)
Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow 6/4/23 - DHS & FOB
✔* Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in: MARKETING. (Middle initials, if used, can be ignored. Initials may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 68/14/23
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Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23
5 / 5 completed
✔* Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. T E O T E - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23
✔* Read a book where the main character is a writer / journalist. - Jeremy is a writer / journalist and this is his memoir - Jeremy Mercer / Time Was Soft There ✔ – 20June23
✔* Read a book set primarily in Texas or Illinois. - Chicago IL - Say When ✔ – 09Aug23 - BONUS
✔* Read a book where a speaking character is employed by an organization / company known by its initials: e.g. CIA, IBM - Corrine Swanson is an FBI agent in Old Bones ✔ – 17Aug23
✔* Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in: MARKETING. T K - Toshikazu Kawaguchi / Before the Coffee Gets Cold ✔ – 30June23
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I'm in!5/5
* Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. (3-word minimum; all words count)--Circle of Gold by Diana Palmer--finished 6/10/2023
* Read a book where the main character is a writer / journalist. (Tell us who)--It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis--finished 6/19/2023--Journalist is Doremus Jessup.
* Read a book set primarily in Texas or Illinois. (BONUS point if set entirely in Dallas or Chicago.)--The Baller's Secret Baby by Normandie Alleman--finished 6/3/2023--set in Austin, Texas then in chapter 26 both characters move to Fresno, California
* Read a book where a speaking character is employed by an organization / company known by its initials: e.g. CIA, IBM (Tell us the character and company)--The Ninth District - A Thriller by Douglas Dorow--finished 6/23/2023--Works for the FBI
* Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in: MARKETING. (Middle initials, if used, can be ignored. Initials may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.)--Smoldering Passion by Adriana Kraft--finished 6/7/2023
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Heading out for a short family vacation ... our niece is graduating college. Anyway ... I'll be away from the computer for a few days, so probably won't update again until Monday.
June 2023 Monthly Challenge – CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATE!Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23
* Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. (3-word minimum; all words count)-Until I Say Good-Bye: A Book About Living by Susan Spencer-Wendel finished 6/25
* Read a book where the main character is a writer / journalist. (Tell us who)
* Read a book set primarily in Texas or Illinois. (BONUS point if set entirely in Dallas or Chicago.)-The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and One Family's Search for the American Dream by Bryan Mealer finished 6/28
* Read a book where a speaking character is employed by an organization / company known by its initials: e.g. CIA, IBM (Tell us the character and company)-Innocent Victims: The True Story of the Eastburn Family Murders by Scott Whisnant finished 6/3 (the father works for IBM)
* Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in: MARKETING. (Middle initials, if used, can be ignored. Initials may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.)-Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling finished 6/11
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Updated message #3: Challenge completed.
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Book Concierge wrote: "WOW .. that was fast, Beverly!"This was a great set of books to read...although Karina wasn't really my type of book but I think it would be a good YA book, especially for younger girls. I always appreciate your prompts because I really have to look for things that match up. Even though everything is usually on my TBR list, sometimes I have to step outside my comfort zone and try something currently unknown to me. Thank you for the great job you do!!
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I try to mix things up with different prompts and even types of challenges.
Glad you are enjoying them.
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I finished! Not too far behind this time ;)
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Say When (other topics)Old Bones (other topics)
The Edge of the Earth (other topics)
Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co. (other topics)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (other topics)
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Jeremy Mercer (other topics)Toshikazu Kawaguchi (other topics)
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Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23
My youngest niece is graduating from the Univ of Chicago this month and joining the workforce next month. Congratulations, Bianca! She majored in Creative Writing / English, with aspirations to become a writer. But the job offer to join a major corporation’s marketing team was too good to turn down.
* Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. (3-word minimum; all words count)
* Read a book where the main character is a writer / journalist. (Tell us who)
* Read a book set primarily in Texas or Illinois. (BONUS point if set entirely in Dallas or Chicago.)
* Read a book where a speaking character is employed by an organization / company known by its initials: e.g. CIA, IBM (Tell us the character and company)
* Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in: MARKETING. (Middle initials, if used, can be ignored. Initials may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.)
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RULES OF THE CHALLENGE
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.
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.
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As always, have Fun!
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