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"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
1)
06/07/242)
18/07/243)
22/07/24
TLC - July 2024 Judge a Book by its CoverTotal: 13
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Goal: 7/6
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
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- Island Witch - Amanda Jayatissa - 07/03/24•
- The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 07/05/24•
- A Summer Affair - Elin Hilderbrand - 07/08/24•
- Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett - 07/12/24•
- The Birdwoman's Palate - Laksmi Pamuntjak - 07/21/24•
- Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History - William Alexander - 07/21/24•
- Powerless - Lauren Roberts - 07/30/24
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
6/6
1.
E.J. Masters 7/2/242.
Kathleen Suzette 7/4/243.
K.B. Blake 7/10/244.
Carolyn Ridder Aspenson 7/15/245.
J.C. Eaton 7/16/246.
Patti Benning 7/18/24
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
🦋 A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon 7/2/24
🦋 Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O'Connor 7/4/24
🦋 Booked 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton 7/6/24
🦋 Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan 7/7/24
🦋 Murder in a Scottish Shire by Traci Hall 7/9/24
🦋 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 7/15/24
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Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
1.
by Morgana Best 7/1/20242.
by Ella Frank 7/3/20243.
by Brooke Blaine 7/4/20244.
by Aron Lewes 7/9/20245.
by N.R. Walker 7/21/20246.
by Patti Benning 7/24/2024
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeJuly 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
6 of 5-6 Books Complete
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1. Three-Inch Teeth - C.J. Box - 7/2/24
2. The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden - 7/3/24
3. Unsinkable - Jenni L. Walsh - 7/5/24
4. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant - 7/6/24
5. The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession - Mark Obmascik - 7/7/24
6. The Turtle House - Amanda Churchill - 7/22/24
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Goal: 3/3
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
1.
-TJ Klune, 7/1/242.
-Emily Silver, 7/2/243.
-Samantha Lind, 7/28/24
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
01.
, Five Broken Blades, Mai Corland – 7/202.
, The Cheerleaders, Kara Thomas - 7/1203.
, Prince of the Undying, Karen Kincy - 7/2104.
, The Lore of Prometheus, Graham Austin-King - 7/2305.
, The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope – 7/2706.
, Peep Show, Isabella Starling - 7/28
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1.
Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye - 7/22.
Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff - 7/33.
If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance by Paige Shelton - 7/134.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - 7/155.
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay - 7/16 *The picture I had for the cover was different than this, and it definitely sucked me in because I had NO idea what this book was about! 6.
TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow - 7/16
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1. Fish Girl by David Wiesner - July 2
2. The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa - July 2
3. Stories of the Islands by Clar Angkasa - July 3
4. Vincent: A Graphic Biography: A Graphic Biography by Simon Elliott - July 7
5. Barkley by Ellen Miles - July 7
6. We Are Big Time by Hena Khan - July 9
NickI haven't been around in a while, but I got three of these bookcover buttons last year (or was it the year before?) -- and I feel like stepping in for July.
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Goal: 4/6
Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
Read:
Dear Ann by Bobbie Ann Mason
Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany
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The Lost ChallengesJuly 2024 Judge A Book By Its Cover
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Progress: 6 out of 6
Did ever see a book cover and say I've got to read that book and really have no idea what it is about?
For this challenge, choose a book that caught your eye because it was pretty, weird or just plain interesting.
Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1. Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle - ***** - 7/5/2024 - 270 Pages
2. Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within by Chade-Meng Tan - **** - 7/5/2024 - 272 Pages
3. The Very First Damned Thing by Jodi Taylor - ***** - 7/5/2024 - 74 Pages
4. Tiny Fox and Great Boar: There by Berenika Kołomycka - **** - 7/5/2024 - 64 Pages
5. Road Queens by MaryJanice Davidson - *** - 7/13/2024
6. Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo - ***** - 7/15/2024
Challenge Rules
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"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly ChallengeJuly 2024
Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1.
The Orchids of Ashthorne Hall by Rebecca Anderson (7/5/24)2.
Of Beast and Beauty by Chanda Hahn (7/6/24)3.
Reputation at Risk by Martha Keyes (7/26/24)
FINISHED"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1. Fish Girl by David Wiesner - July 2
2. The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa - July 2
3. Stories of the Islands by Clar Angkasa - July 3
4. Vincent: A Graphic Biography: A Graphic Biography by Simon Elliott - July 7
5. Barkley by Ellen Miles - July 7
6. We Are Big Time by Hena Khan - July 9
Finished!The Lost Challenges
July 2024 Judge A Book By Its Cover
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Progress: 6 out of 6
Did ever see a book cover and say I've got to read that book and really have no idea what it is about?
For this challenge, choose a book that caught your eye because it was pretty, weird or just plain interesting.
Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1. Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle - ***** - 7/5/2024 - 270 Pages
2. Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within by Chade-Meng Tan - **** - 7/5/2024 - 272 Pages
3. The Very First Damned Thing by Jodi Taylor - ***** - 7/5/2024 - 74 Pages
4. Tiny Fox and Great Boar: There by Berenika Kołomycka - **** - 7/5/2024 - 64 Pages
5. Road Queens by MaryJanice Davidson - *** - 7/13/2024
6. Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo - ***** - 7/15/2024
FINISHED"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
🦋 A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon 7/2/24
🦋 Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O'Connor 7/4/24
🦋 Booked 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton 7/6/24
🦋 Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan 7/7/24
🦋 Murder in a Scottish Shire by Traci Hall 7/9/24
🦋 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 7/15/24
Mod
Finished"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
6/6
1.
E.J. Masters 7/2/242.
Kathleen Suzette 7/4/243.
K.B. Blake 7/10/244.
Carolyn Ridder Aspenson 7/15/245.
J.C. Eaton 7/16/246.
Patti Benning 7/18/24
Finished!!"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1.
Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye - 7/22.
Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff - 7/33.
If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance by Paige Shelton - 7/134.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - 7/155.
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay - 7/16 *The picture I had for the cover was different than this, and it definitely sucked me in because I had NO idea what this book was about! 6.
TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow - 7/16
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge - FinishedDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
1)
06/07/242)
18/07/243)
22/07/24
Finished!!!Nick
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Goal: 6/6
I did a "bird" theme, but wanted to have the final book be a bunch of sea gulls flying around a solitary mischevious cat.
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
Read:
Dear Ann by Bobbie Ann Mason
Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany
FINISHED!"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
01.
, Five Broken Blades, Mai Corland – 7/202.
, The Cheerleaders, Kara Thomas - 7/1203.
, Prince of the Undying, Karen Kincy - 7/2104.
, The Lore of Prometheus, Graham Austin-King - 7/2305.
, The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope – 7/2706.
, Peep Show, Isabella Starling - 7/28
~~~ Complete ~~~"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
6 of 5-6 Books Complete
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1. Three-Inch Teeth - C.J. Box - 7/2/24
2. The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden - 7/3/24
3. Unsinkable - Jenni L. Walsh - 7/5/24
4. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant - 7/6/24
5. The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession - Mark Obmascik - 7/7/24
6. The Turtle House - Amanda Churchill - 7/22/24
Completed!"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Goal: 7/6
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
•
- Island Witch - Amanda Jayatissa - 07/03/24•
- The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 07/05/24•
- A Summer Affair - Elin Hilderbrand - 07/08/24•
- Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett - 07/12/24•
- The Birdwoman's Palate - Laksmi Pamuntjak - 07/21/24•
- Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History - William Alexander - 07/21/24•
- Powerless - Lauren Roberts - 07/30/24
FINISHED"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Goal: 3/3
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
1.
-TJ Klune, 7/1/242.
-Emily Silver, 7/2/243.
-Samantha Lind, 7/28/24
Finished! :)"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
July 2024
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
1.
The Orchids of Ashthorne Hall by Rebecca Anderson (7/5/24)2.
Of Beast and Beauty by Chanda Hahn (7/6/24)3.
Reputation at Risk by Martha Keyes (7/26/24)
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"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
1.
by Morgana Best 7/1/20242.
by Ella Frank 7/3/20243.
by Brooke Blaine 7/4/20244.
by Aron Lewes 7/9/20245.
by N.R. Walker 7/21/20246.
by Patti Benning 7/24/2024
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"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Did ever see a book cover and say I've got to read that book and really have no idea what it is about?
For this challenge, choose a book that caught your eye because it was pretty, weird or just plain interesting.
Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.
*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge