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Summer Cites Challenge Tasks are inspired by quotes about summer.

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Read books for the tasks listed below:

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.

3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.

How to Play:

To participate in the challenge, copy and paste the tasks list on this thread. Your name in msg 3 will be a link to your post. Edit your original post to update your progress.

Duration: 3 months from start (more or less)

Levels:
Hammock: 0 - 6 books
Porch Swing: 7 - 12 books
Beach Chair: 13 - 18 books
Raft: 19 - 24 books

Pick a level. Tell us your challenge goal.

Challenge score is number of books read. Please keep a record of total books read at the top of your post.

Post a new message to update us or if you change your goal. When you reach your challenge goal, let us know. We love to celebrate!

📚Guidelines:
📗 Tasks may be repeated as many times as you wish.

📕A book can only be used for one task.

📙Books must be at least 125 pages.

📒Books can be any genre. Cozies are preferred.

📔Post links to the book title and author.

📗Post the cover when the task requires a specific item.

📘Tell us which one you chose when the task has options.

📓Identify the character if the task requests it.

Players


Barb - Raft

Barbara - Porch Swing

Becky - Porch Swing

Carrie - Porch Swing

Cheryl - Porch Swing

Helen - Beach Chair - Raft

Jeanette - Porch Swing

Julesy - Beach Chair

Julie - Beach Chair

Linda R - Beach Chair - Raft

Meg - Beach Chair

Nell - Porch Swing - Beach Chair

Oleander - Porch Swing

QNPoohBear - Porch Swing - Beach Chair

Victoria - Porch Swing

Viki - Hammock

Zermeena - Hammock - Raft

Summer Cites Challenge - DONE!
Tasks are inspired by quotes about summer.

Level: Porch Swing Beach Chair
Progress: 15/12

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1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.
Death at the Café by Alison Golden 9/01/23


3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow 7/22/23


4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.
Chef Maurice and a Spot of Truffle by J.A. Lang 9/24/23


6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story.
Uneasy Prey by Annette Dashofy 9/10/23


9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.
France: Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen 6/25/23

Turkey & Hungary: Intrigue in Istanbul by Erica Ruth Neubauer 8/24/23


10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off.

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.
In Hot Water by J.J. Cook


13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title.

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.
Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts 7/30/23


15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot.
Hidden Beneath by Barbara Ross 8/5/23

Dandelion Summer by Lisa Wingate 9/03/23


18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the coverNot including people or animals.
Seaview Inn by Sherryl Woods 7/29/23
- 3 pails

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 6/27/23


20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.
Hallowed Bones by Carolyn Haines 9/23/23


21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.
Home to Seaview Key by Sherryl Woods 8/24/23


22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.
Evil Woman by Julie Mulhern - swim meet

I am going to do this challenge. It sounds fun. I am aiming to do 6 books!

Duration: 3 months from start (more or less)

June 24, 2023- Sept 24, 2023
Levels:
Hammock: 0 - 6 books

Read books for the tasks listed below:

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.

3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off.

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals.

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover

Beach Chair
Read books for the tasks listed below:

summer.

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Read books for the tasks listed below:

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.
Steeped in Malice

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.

Sugar Plum Poisoned

3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.
A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.
How the Murder Crumbles

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.
Pink Lemonade Cake Murder

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).
Aunt Dimity Goes West

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.
Murder at a London Finishing School
Edwina is a gardener.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).
Murder on the Orient Espresso: A Humorous Cozy Mystery You'll Love

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.

Aunt Dimity Down Under New Zealand

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.
Elementary, She Read

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.
Dedication to Murder
not lazy, just a planned honeymoon vacation period

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.
Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)
Town in a Blueberry Jam

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.A Curious Incident
(murder happened at night)

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)
The Solace of Stars: A Hanneke Bauer Mystery
Hanneke is overcoming being widowed before she was a wife and also being an immigrant in a new country and being dismissed by the Deputy because she's a woman and not law enforcement. (In 1855 being female is an obstacle to overcome to begin with!)

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).
Murder at the Elms (set in 1901)

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.

Three books in title and cover image
A Three Book Problem

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.
A Murderous Tryst

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.
Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)
Apple Pie a la Murder

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

Sniffing Out Murder

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.
A Scandal in Scarlet
Gemma goes swimming too

Summer Cites Challenge
07-01 to 09-30-2023
Beach Chair: 13 - 18 books

Tasks are inspired by quotes about summer...my FAVORITE season!

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Read books for the tasks listed below:

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover.
Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress 07/04

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.
Norway to Hide 07/04

3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.
Four Parties and a Funeral 07/16

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.
Green Eyes in Las Vegas 07/21

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.
Beyond a Reasonable Donut 07/14

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).
The Ghost Goes to the Dogs 08/23

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book where the MC is a gardener or florist.
Peonies and Poison 07/30

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).
Peril at the Pellicano Hotel 07/23

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom ==> Italy
Murder in Tuscany 07/08

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.
A Vacation to Die For 07/24

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.
Aunt Bessie Meets 07/08

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.
[[book:Buried In Buttercream|18933276], G. A. McKevett 07/21

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover
A Decadent Way To Die 07/19

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover
Who's Sorry Now?

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.
Death by Puffin 07/05

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. ==> overcomes being widowed and needing to find her place in the world outside the military environment
Fake Death 07/19

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past
Murder in the Mews 08/16

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover ==> more than five houses
A Village Murder 07/22

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse
Murder at an Irish Bakery 07/15

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.
Lyin' Eyes 07/18

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.
Changing of the Guard Dog 07/10

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)
The Friday Night Mystery Club 07/16

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.
The Killing Lead 08/17

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming
Evil Woman 07/20

I'm going for porch swing.

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.

3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.

Summer Cites Challenge Tasks are inspired by quotes about summer.

☀️🩴🌊🧮🏊🏽‍♀️🦥📺🍷💗🌄🌳🤪🏖️🧳🌙🍓🧺🌌🌦️🍽️🔮🏡🐦🌸

Since I am mostly catching up on movies during the summer, I will start with Porch Swing level.

Levels:
Hammock: 0 - 6 books
Porch Swing: 7 - 12 books
Beach Chair: 13 - 18 books
Raft: 19 - 24 books

Read books for the tasks listed below:

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.

3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.

*

Porch Swing: 7 - 12 books

6/12

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.


3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.


5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).


7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)


14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count. **30+ pumpkins


19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.

I'm in and shooting for porch swing level.

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.

SUMMER CITES CHALLENGE, 7/1 – 9/30
24/19+ COMPLETE | * = not a cozy mystery

1. A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken. - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover
Reserved for Murder (Booklover’s B&B #2), by Victoria Gilbert, finished 8/13 ★★★★


2. Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh
* An Argumentation of Historians (Chron. of St. Mary’s #9), by Jodi Taylor, finished 7/17 ★★★★.5

3. Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves. -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings
* Matty : The Cold Cold Ground (Det. Sean Duffy #1), by Adrian McKinty, finished 8/9 ★★★★

4. Summer's lease hath all too short a date. - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home
Peppermint Mocha Murder (Molly Brewster #1), by Pam Moll, finished 7/23 ★★★.5

5. Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine. -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy
Lavender Blue Murder (Tea Shop #21), by Laura Childs, finished 7/9 ★★★★

6. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal)
Steeped in Suspicion (Pebble Cove Teahouse #1), by Eryn Scott, finished 8/5 ★★★.5

7. To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book where the MC is a gardener
Holly Blues (China Bayles #18), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 7/12 ★★★★

8. My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather. - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover
Lord of the Wings (Meg Langslow #19), by Donna Andrews, finished 8/2 ★★★★


9. It's always summer somewhere. - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where
Vancouver Island, Canada : The Body in the Back Garden, by Mark Waddell, finished 8/4 ★★★.5

10. One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by. -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian
Overdue or Die (Haunted Library #7), by Allison Brook, finished 8/6 ★★★★

11. Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability. - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book where a character takes a day off from work
Amy : One Puzzling Afternoon, by Emily Critchley, finished 7/21 ★★★★

12. If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue. —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue
* The Saturday Night Supper Club (Supper Club #1), by Carla Laureano, finished 7/8 ★★★.5

13. I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies. — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover
pumpkins : Fudge Bites (Candy-Coated #7), by Nancy Coco, finished 8/7 ★★★★


14. Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne. —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.
* both : Murder on Cold Street (Lady Sherlock #5), by Sherry Thomas, finished 8/12 ★★★★


15. A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.
Cat Me If You Can (Cat in the Stacks #13), by Miranda James, finished 7/22 ★★★★

16. When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome. — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)
Board to Death, by C.J. Connor, finished 7/26 ★★★.5
end of long relationship, loss of job, anti-gay sentiment, falsely accused

17. All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going... —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past
1930s : The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Her Royal Spyness #6), by Rhys Bowen, finished 7/19/23 ★★★★

18. Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds. — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count
bolts of fabric, too many to count : Seams Deadly (Measure Twice Sewing #1), by Maggie Bailey, finished 7/24 ★★★.5


19. If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spous
Cat Got Your Diamonds (Kitty Couture #1), by Julie Chase, finished 7/26 ★★★.5

20. It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime! — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage
Butter Off Dead (Food Lover’s Village #3), by Leslie Budewitz, finished 8/10 ★★★.5
p. 63 “I reclaimed my wine...”

21. If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it. - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book where a character goes to a lake
Rain & Julia : Read to Death at the Lakeside Library (Lakeside Library #3), by Holly Danvers, finished 7/6 ★★★.5

22. Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)
* several characters take crazy risks : How the Light Gets In (Chief Insp. Armand Gamache #9), by Louise Penny, finished 7/2 ★★★★

23. And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree on the cover
Deadly to the Core, by Joyce Tremel, finished 8/10 ★★★.5


24. Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book with a body of water on the cover
Manna From Hades (Cornish #1), by Carola Dunn, finished 7/5 ★★★.5

Summer Cites Challenge Tasks are inspired by quotes about summer.

Levels:
Hammock: 0 - 6 books
Porch Swing: 7 - 12 books
Beach Chair: 13 - 18 books
Raft: 19 - 24 books

I'm going to start with a Hammock and maybe progress.

☀️🩴🌊🧮🏊🏽‍♀️🦥📺🍷💗🌄🌳🤪🏖️🧳🌙🍓🧺🌌🌦️🍽️🔮🏡🐦🌸

Read books for the tasks listed below:

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.
Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop 7/18/23

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.
The Man Who Died Twice 7/11/23

3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.
Dragonsinger 7/25/23

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.
Murder Lo Mein 6/30/23

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.
Caught Bread Handed

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).
A Sprinkling of Murder 7/6/23

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.
The Poisoner's Ring 7/16/23
set in Scotland

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.
Hospitality and Homicide 8/29/23

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.
Where the Crawdads Sing 8/18/23

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)
Like Water for Chocolate 7/23/23

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.
Hand In Glove 7/29/23

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.
Killer Party 9/7/23

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)
A rival coffee shop opens across the green and takes all Julia's business.
Espresso and Evil 9/22/23

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).
Changes 6/30/23

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.
Smokin' Seventeen 6/27/23

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.
In a Jam 8/9/23

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.
The Maltese Parrot: A Patricia Fisher Mystery 7/31/23

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie 9/11/23

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)
Homicide in Hardcover 8/19/23

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.
Tea & Treachery 9/16/23

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.
Murder in a Teacup 9/19/23

I’m in again, starting Monday 26th June.
I’m aiming for a Beach Chair 18/18; Raft 24/24

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.


2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.


3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.


4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.


5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.


6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).


7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.


8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).


9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.
This takes place in a small Australian town. Incidentally, it definitely has more than 4 pages, but is only available on Audible.

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.


11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.


12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.
The MC’s daughter goes on a picnic with her boyfriend.

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – it’s dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)


14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.


15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.


16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)
, in which the MC solves a murder that the whole town has blamed on the wrong person.

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).
set in the 1930s

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.
. 3 donuts.

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.


20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.


21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.


22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)
where two characters respond bizarrely when their relationship breaks up.
23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.


24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover

Summer Cites Challenge

Goal: Beach Chair (13-18 books)
Updated: Aug. 2
Progress: 18/18 COMPLETED

🌞1. Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.
Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America by David H.T. Wong - Aug. 2

2. 🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.

💃🏼3. Read a book where someone sings or dances.
Play Like a Girl by Misty Wilson - July 5

4. 🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.

🍴5. Read a culinary cozy.
Death in Four Courses by Lucy Burdette - July 19

6. 🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).

7. 🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

🌀8. Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).
Asadora!, Vol. 3 by Naoki Urasawa - tsunami - July 11

🌮9. Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.
Twin Cities by José Pimienta - Mexico - July 6

10. 📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.

11. 🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.

🌭12. Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.
Supper Club by Jackie Morrow - July 17

🍓13. Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)
Murder A La Mode by Lena Gregory - July 16

🌚14. Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.
The Mystery of the Moon Tower by Francesco Sedita - July 7

🛫15. Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.
School Trip by Jerry Craft - July 9

📺16. Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)
The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television by Koren Shadmi - Rod Serling had hundreds/thousands of his scripts rejected before, with constant persistence, finally finding his groove in TV with The Twilight Zone - July 2

📅17. Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).
Teen Titans: Robin by Kami Garcia - July 2

🧁18. Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.
Alexis and the Perfect Recipe The Graphic Novel by Coco Simon - I count 9 cupcakes on the cover - July 1

💗19. Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.
Memories from Limón by Edo Brenes - July 16

🍷20. Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.
Beagles Love Cupcake Crimes by C.A. Phipps - July 4

21. 🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.
It Takes Two to Mango by Carrie Doyle - July 25

🛬22. Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)
Asadora!, Vol. 2 by Naoki Urasawa - 10-year-old Asa bribes a drug dealer into giving her his airplane and after managing to fly it - July 9

23. 🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.
Umma's Table by Yeon-Sik Hong - tomato plant - July 19

🏊🏼‍♂️24. Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover
Surprisingly Sarah by Terri Libenson - MC Leo goes swimming in his friend's backyard pool - July 14

Goal: Beach Chair (13-18 books) for now.
Updated: July 29
Progress: 12/18

1. ☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.
7/3

2. 🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.
Private Lies 7/26

3. 🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.
Class Reunions Are Murder MC dances at reunion and salsa class and sings kareoki. 7/28

4. 🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.
Crime Chowder 6/30

5. 🍴Read a culinary cozy.
Lemon Curd Killer
6. 🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).

7. 🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. 🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).

9. ✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.
Doctor Who: The Genocide Machine "The library on Kar-Charrat is one of the wonders of the Universe". Definitely not a country anywhere near here.😉 6/28

10. 📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book. Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 5 subtitled "I'd Do Anything to Become a Librarian" in this Isakai, a college student is reincarnated into a world without books and creates a printing industry. 7/29

11. 🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work. Murder is a Piece of Cake MC needs to close the bakery to take time to solve the murder.

12. 🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic. Sit, Stay, Slay

13. 🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)

14. 🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night. Circle of Death . Several of the murders happen at night.

15. 🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

📺16. Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship) Earth Called: Tales of a New World The main characters must battle Death as the god tries to change the world.

📅17. Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past). Below Zero . The main character( Joe Pickett) is sent on a search and rescue mission when his daughter Sheridan recieves texts from someone close to the family who was presumed dead six years before hand. This is one of the best books from this thriller series that I have read so far.


🧁18. Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.
Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder bookcover:Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder|59769895] 7/25
19. 💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.

20. 🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.
Killer Chardonnay read 7/23

21. 🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.

22. 🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)

23. 🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

24. 🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover Paw and Order . a few characters end up swimming.

Goal: Porch Swing (7-12 books).
Updated: August 7
Progress: 5/12

Read books for the tasks listed below:

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.

3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.
by Maddie Day (Robbie's friend Phil sings a lot of showtunes.) 8/7/2023

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.
by Jenn McKinlay (Lindsey rents an apartment from her friend Nancy who turned her large home into smaller apartments.) 7/9/2023

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.
(Main character Lucy is a Librarian) 7/6/2023


11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.


12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.


13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).
(I don't want to spoil anything for those that haven't read this one, but at the end of the book, Bailey inadvertently solves the present day murder AND a murder that happened many years prior) 7/5/2023

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.
(Water on the cover) (7/4/23)

Challenge duration 7/1/23 - 9/30/23

Goal - Beach Chair (13-18 books)

Progress - 23/24

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Read books for the tasks listed below:

1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken." - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.
Cake and Punishment 9/2/23

2. "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.
Fatal Fascinator 9/10/23

3. “Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.
Hitches, Hideouts, & Homicides (Mae goes to a hoedown) 7/17/23

4. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.
Independence Slay 7/9/23

5. "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy.
Honey-Baked Homicide 7/6/23

6. "Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August." - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).
The Ghost Goes to the Dogs 8/8/23

7. "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. "My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).
Cruise Millions 9/29/23

9. "It's always summer somewhere." - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.
Crime of the Ancient Marinara (Italy) 7/24/23

10. "One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.
Killer Research 7/27/23

11. "Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.
Éclair Murder (forced vacation day so police could search the business) 8/17/23

12. "If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue." —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.
Boarding with Murder (picnic date) 8/30/23

13. "I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)
Restaurant Weeks Are Murder 7/15/23

14. "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.
Al Dente's Inferno (murder happens between 8-8:30 at night) 7/12/23

15. "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.
Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis 8/11/23

16. "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome." — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)
Put Out to Pasture (trying to bring back the family farm/money troubles) 8/14/23

17. "All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going..." —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).
Mr Churchill's Secretary (set in 1940) 8/2/23

18. "Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.
The Diva Frosts a Cupcake 7/4/23 (approximately 35 cupcakes)

19. “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.
Wall-to-Wall Dead 7/21/23

20. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime!" — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.
Doom with a View (margaritas) 8/17/23

21. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.
Death of a Bachelorette 7/28/23

22. "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer." - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)
The Proof is in the Pudding (breaking and entering) 8/5/23

23. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.
Peanut Butter Panic 7/18/23

24. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.
Berried Secrets 8/11/23

I've got every one's name linked now to their challenge post. Let me know if I missed any one or if there's a problem with your link.

I’m now halfway to my beach chair. Books posted at #15.

Helen wrote: "I’m now halfway to my beach chair. Books posted at #15."

Good job Helen and some interesting read.

I'm in. I'll start with Porch Swing (7-12 books) as my goal but may be able to increase it.

Progress: 1/12

Start: 7/21/23
End: 10/31/23

Levels:
Hammock: 0 - 6 books
Porch Swing: 7 - 12 books
Beach Chair: 13 - 18 books
Raft: 19 - 24 books

✔1. ☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover.
Barking up the Wrong Tree by Janice Thompson (7/22/2023) (cover below)

2. 🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh.

3. 🌊Read a book where someone sings or dances.

4. 🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home.

5. 🍴Read a culinary cozy.

❌6. 🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal).

7. 🌸Read a book with a garden on the cover OR where the MC is a gardener or florist.

8. 🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover OR where weather plays a role in the story (ex: heat wave, storm).

9. ✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where.

10. 📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian, owns a bookstore or reads a book.

11. 🦥Read a book with a character you consider lazy OR where a character takes a day off from work.

12. 🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue or goes on a picnic.

13. 🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover OR the name of a fruit in the title (ex: Mango, Mambo, and Murder)

14. 🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.

15. 🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.

16. 🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)

17. 📺Read a book that is set in the past OR where an event in the past is central to the plot (ex: cold case, character from MC's past).

18. 🧮Read a book with a number in the title OR with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count.

19. 💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spouse.

20. 🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage.

21. 🏖️Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character goes to a beach, lake or river.

22. 🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)

23. 🌳Read a book with a tree, bush or plant on the cover.

24. 🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book where a character goes swimming OR with a body of water on the cover.

I finished hammock and am moving on to porch swing. I am waiting for some new cozies to arrive at the library!

Finished

SUMMER CITES CHALLENGE, 7/1 – 9/30
24/19+ COMPLETE | * = not a cozy mystery

1. A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken. - James Dent
☀️Read a book with a lawn, grass or sun on the cover. Show the cover
Reserved for Murder (Booklover’s B&B #2), by Victoria Gilbert, finished 8/13 ★★★★


2. Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. - Langston Hughes
🌦️Read a book that makes you laugh
* An Argumentation of Historians (Chron. of St. Mary’s #9), by Jodi Taylor, finished 7/17 ★★★★.5

3. Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves. -
Debasish Mridha
🌊Read a book where someone sings
* Matty : The Cold Cold Ground (Det. Sean Duffy #1), by Adrian McKinty, finished 8/9 ★★★★

4. Summer's lease hath all too short a date. - William Shakespeare
🏡Read a book with an MC who rents her/his home
Peppermint Mocha Murder (Molly Brewster #1), by Pam Moll, finished 7/23 ★★★.5

5. Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine. -
Oprah Winfrey
🍴Read a culinary cozy
Lavender Blue Murder (Tea Shop #21), by Laura Childs, finished 7/9 ★★★★

6. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. - Jenny Han
🔮Read a magickal mystery (ex: witch, ghost, paranormal)
Steeped in Suspicion (Pebble Cove Teahouse #1), by Eryn Scott, finished 8/5 ★★★.5

7. To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. - Audrey Hepburn
🌸Read a book where the MC is a gardener
Holly Blues (China Bayles #18), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 7/12 ★★★★

8. My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather. - Terri Guillemets
🐦Read a book with a bird on the cover
Lord of the Wings (Meg Langslow #19), by Donna Andrews, finished 8/2 ★★★★


9. It's always summer somewhere. - Lily Pulitzer
✈️Read a book set in a country other than the United States or United Kingdom. Tell us where
Vancouver Island, Canada : The Body in the Back Garden, by Mark Waddell, finished 8/4 ★★★.5

10. One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by. -
Jeanette Walls
📖Read a book where the MC is a librarian
Overdue or Die (Haunted Library #7), by Allison Brook, finished 8/6 ★★★★

11. Deep summer is where laziness finds respectability. - Sam Keen
🦥Read a book where a character takes a day off from work
Amy : One Puzzling Afternoon, by Emily Critchley, finished 7/21 ★★★★

12. If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue. —
Katie Lee
🧺Read a book where a character eats barbecue
* The Saturday Night Supper Club (Supper Club #1), by Carla Laureano, finished 7/8 ★★★.5

13. I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies. — Toni Morrison
🍓Read a book with fruit on the cover
pumpkins : Fudge Bites (Candy-Coated #7), by Nancy Coco, finished 8/7 ★★★★


14. Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne. —
Bryan Procter
🌙Read a book with a night scene on the cover OR where the murder happens at night.
* both : Murder on Cold Street (Lady Sherlock #5), by Sherry Thomas, finished 8/12 ★★★★


15. A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. — Robert Orben
🧳Read a book where the MC goes on vacation.
Cat Me If You Can (Cat in the Stacks #13), by Miranda James, finished 7/22 ★★★★

16. When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome. — Wilma Rudolph
🌄Read a book where the MC overcomes an obstacle. Tell us what it is. (ex: falsely accused of murder, business/career struggle, difficult relationship)
Board to Death, by C.J. Connor, finished 7/26 ★★★.5
end of long relationship, loss of job, anti-gay sentiment, falsely accused

17. All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going... —
L.M. Montgomery
📺Read a book that is set in the past
1930s : The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Her Royal Spyness #6), by Rhys Bowen, finished 7/19/23 ★★★★

18. Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds. — Regina Brett
🧮Read a book with more than one of an object/item on the cover (ex: two chairs, eight cupcakes). Not including people or animals. Share the count
bolts of fabric, too many to count : Seams Deadly (Measure Twice Sewing #1), by Maggie Bailey, finished 7/24 ★★★.5


19. If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. - Bern Williams
💗Read a book with a romantic plot or subplot. MC has a significant other or spous
Cat Got Your Diamonds (Kitty Couture #1), by Julie Chase, finished 7/26 ★★★.5

20. It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... It's summertime! — Kenny Chesney
🍷Read a book where a character drinks wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage
Butter Off Dead (Food Lover’s Village #3), by Leslie Budewitz, finished 8/10 ★★★.5
p. 63 “I reclaimed my wine...”

21. If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it. - Jimmy Buffett
🏖️Read a book where a character goes to a lake
Rain & Julia : Read to Death at the Lakeside Library (Lakeside Library #3), by Holly Danvers, finished 7/6 ★★★.5

22. Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. - Nat King Cole
🤪Read a book with a character who does something crazy. (Your interpretation.)
* several characters take crazy risks : How the Light Gets In (Chief Insp. Armand Gamache #9), by Louise Penny, finished 7/2 ★★★★

23. And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
🌳Read a book with a tree on the cover
Deadly to the Core, by Joyce Tremel, finished 8/10 ★★★.5


24. Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🏊🏽‍♀️Read a book with a body of water on the cover
Manna From Hades (Cornish #1), by Carola Dunn, finished 7/5 ★★★.5

Officially finished my beach chair and am on a raft!

Linda wrote: "Officially finished my beach chair and am on a raft!"

Go, Linda!!

Linda wrote: "Officially finished my beach chair and am on a raft!"

Yes Linda!

I believe I'm done -- see message 7!

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I’ve earned my beach chair (see post #14) and will head towards a raft, as I have a couple more titles on the go.

Woo-hoo! Congrats Meg!

Go, Helen!

Thanks, Nell!

Thanks Meg. I’m just adding another one.

I completed Porch Swing and am moving on to Beach Chair!

Good work, QNPoohBear.

Congratulations QnPoohBear! 🥳

Go QnPoohBear!

Thanks everyone! My beach chair is comfortable right now but if it continues raining I may actually literally need a raft!

I made it to a Raft with 21 tasks completed! I updated message 13.

Zermeena wrote: "I made it to a Raft with 21 tasks completed! I updated message 13."

Whoo hoo!

Zermeena wrote: "I made it to a Raft with 21 tasks completed! I updated message 13."

Great job!

Well done, Zermeena.

Yea Zermeena!

Thanks Everyone! Congrats to all who have finished and good luck to all who are still working on the challenge.

Calling this one done! I read my way from Porch Swing. Now I'm lounging in a Beach Chair.

Nell wrote: "Calling this one done! I read my way from Porch Swing. Now I'm lounging in a Beach Chair."

Cool! Just in time for the fall weather. Congratulations!

Well done, Nell!

I’ve now read all 24, and am lounging around a tropical lagoon on a raft.

Congrats Zermeena, Nell and Helen!

Helen wrote: "I’ve now read all 24, and am lounging around a tropical lagoon on a raft."

Good job Helen!

A tropical lagoon is a great spot for a raft. 🏝️