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August- Dog Breed Reading Challenge


Duration: August 1 - 31, 2023

For this challenge choose your favorite breed or your dog's name to spell-out. Use the author's first or last name or a character’s first or last name or the title or series title that starts with that letter. If you use the series title, please make sure to include that in your book list. If listening to an audiobook you can use the narrator's first or last name.

EVERYONE TO FINISH THIS CHALLENGE WILL RECEIVE THIS BADGE

My dog's name is Bear!

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E- Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
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August Dog Breed Challenge
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Dachshund
D A Drawing of Murder Penny Brooke 8/2/23
Angela char-Demolition Daredevil Max Parrott 8/8/23
C A Clue in the Crumbs Lucy Burdette 8/5/23
H Hammocks, Handguns & Hearsay Tonya Kappes 8/4/23
S A Sense for Murder Leslie Karst 8/1/23
Hope-Cruise Control Hope Callaghan 8/9/23
Upton, Tawny char-Matrimony Meltdown Kathi Daley 8/18/23
N No Good Deed Unpunished C.H. Sessums 8/3/23
D Dog Eat Dog Summer Prescott 8/14/23

Mia
Maisy Bad News Barbecues Maisy Marple 8/1/23
Irma char-Tea Is for Toxin Karen Sue Walker 8/29/23
Ainsley-Peach Picked Murder Emma Ainsley 8/13/23

Welcome everyone!

Tari wrote: "Only bad thing about my fave dog is that pesky U letter LOL.

August Dog Breed Challenge

Dachshund
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Yes, "U" is hard to find sometimes.

August- Dog Breed Reading Challenge


Duration: August 1 - 31, 2023

Completed: 7/7

N:Nora Roberts 8/16
Y:8/9
M:Karen Marie Moning 8/13
E:Elizabeth Hoyt8/21
R:narrator:Renee Chambliss
I:Ilona Andrews8/5
A: 8/18

My dog's name is Ivy... (1 of 3 done)

I - by Ivy Smoak
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Y - Mr. Young Kim in

Cindy wrote: "My dog's name is Ivy...

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Welcome to the challenge.

August- Dog Breed Reading Challenge - COMPLETED
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2023

Completed: 7/7

P: Pull Focus - Helen Walsh 8/15/23
I: It's Not Summer Without You - Jenny Han 8/14/23
T: Tampa - Alissa Nutting 8/24/23

B: Barr, Nevada - What Rose Forgot 8/16/23
U: Union, Gabrielle - You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories 8/6/23
L: Leaving Atlanta - Tayari Jones 8/13/23
L: Linda Lael Miller - Once a Rancher 8/10/23

Caraina wrote: "August- Dog Breed Reading Challenge
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2023

Completed: 0/7

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Welcome to the challenge

August- Dog Breed Reading Challenge
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2023
Progress: 11/11

Basset Hound

√B - Author's Last Name: Donna Barwald - This Mess is Making Me Stress!: How to organize your home and find peace
√A - Characters' First Names: Anna & Aurel from Mama Dida: My Road to Canada - Leonida Teohari
√S - Book Title: Sammy The Sailing Sea Turtle - Gwendol
√S - Character's First Name: Sophie Becker from Weeding Out Lies: A Texas Flower Farmer Cozy Mystery (Texas Flower Farmer Cozy Mystery, #1) - Jackie Layton
√E - Book Title: Echo from a Bayou: One Man's Journey To Hunt Down His Murderer - J. Luke Bennecke
√T - Character's First Name: Teddy Aarons from Cocktails & Casualties (Crooked Cove Mystery, #1) - Carly Wayne

√H - Character's Last Name: Professor Barrington Holmes from Deadly Depths - John F. Dobbyn
√O - Book Title: Obsidian Tomorrow: The Storm - Chad Wannamaker
√U - Character's First Name: Unhei from The Name Jar - Yangsook Choi
√N - Character's First Name: Nathan Parker from Devil Within: A Nathan Parker Detective Novel - James L'Etoile
√D - Character's First Name: Diamond from Psycho Therapy: A Diamond Mystery (Diamond Mystery, #3) - TG Wolff

And another "U," ugh. LOL

Welcome to the challenge everyone!

I have 2 medium Bernedoodles. Sorry, Blue, I'm spelling out Goldie.

Dog Breed Reading Challenge
Duration: 8/1/23 - 8/31/23
Progress: 6 of 6

G ~ Grace, master perfumer- Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher (8/19/23)
O ~ Odie O'Banion - This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger (8/30/23)
L ~ Lucas 6Davenport, Linda Pelli, Lawrence Harcourt, Constance Lifry - Rough Country by John Sandford (8/4/23)
D ~ Darrow - Morning Star by Pierce Brown (8/15/23)
I ~ Ingrid, Maddie's maid - The Missing Prince by John Flanagan (8/16/23)
E ~ Eve Brown - Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert (8/9/23)

I've never had a dog I have 2 cats. But my favorite breed is a Corgi.

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Dog Breed Reading Challenge
August 1 - 31, 2023


B - Emma Bellamy in Fortune's Ashes | Helen Harper - Aug 13
E - Emma Törzs | Ink Blood Sister Scribe - Aug 30
A - August Cates in Unfortunately Yours | Tessa Bailey - Aug 12
G - A Giraffe and a Half | Shel Silverstein - Aug 21
L - Lexi Bowen in Capture the Sun | Jessie Mihalik - Aug 20
E - Hailey Edwards | Gray Seas - Aug 25

Dexter & Maximus

D -
A -
C -
H - Wool by Hugh Howey
S - Kingdom of Shadow and Light by Karen Marie Moning
H -
U -
N -
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P - Red Rising by Pierce Brown
U -
G - Golden Son by Pierce Brown

Sheri wrote: "
Dexter & Maximus

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They are adorable!

Welcome to the challenge everyone.

My pups!

D:
U: Uncultured 02/08/23
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M: My Summer Darlings 02/08/23
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Abbie wrote: "My pups!

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U: Uncultured 02/08/23
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M: My Summer Darlings 02/08/23
A:
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Welcome to the challenge!

Heather wrote: "My Dash Puppy:
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Welcome to the challenge!

Karen wrote: "August- Dog Breed Reading Challenge
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2023
Progress: 1/11

Basset Hound

√B - Author's Last Name: Donna Barwald - This Mess is Making Me Stress!: How ..."</i>


[bookcover:The Unhoneymooners

Message #11 update - Completed!

11/11 books read

Karen wrote: "Message #11 update - Completed!

11/11 books read"

Congrats!

Updated msg. 3, complete :) Who knew an I character might be harder to find than a U one LOL.

Tari wrote: "Updated msg. 3, complete :) Who knew an I character might be harder to find than a U one LOL."

Congrats! You never know what letter will be hard to find.

Finished! Msg. 17

Completion Post:
Msg 15 done on 8/30/23 with one day to spare.

I did this challenge because I LOVE the badge!!

Elle wrote: "Finished! Msg. 17"

Congrats!

Wasn't able to finish this months was too busy.

Elise wrote: "Wasn't able to finish this months was too busy."

That happens. Hopefully this will be a better moth for reading.