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July - September 2024

This is a simple challenge. You read books centered around a Buzzword. You earn points based on the point system below. Who will win the first ever Buzzword badges?

Buzzword
Firework

Point System
Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points


For example (if WINTER is our Buzzword):

Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon = 1 point for title
OR
Fire in the Blood by Dale Ibitz = 1 point for author last name
OR
Winter Swans by Danica Winters (Series: Nymph) = 1 point for title, 1 points for author, 1 point for series, 2 points for winter in title = 5 points



To sign up simply start yourself a post to track what you've read during the challenge.

Here is a template for your post:

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Points:
Books read:

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Challenge Rules posted 1/21/24 because I forgot to post them
📘Standard Rules Apply
📘You may use or drop articles A, An or The
📘Any books posted (anything posted 1/21 or before) prior to my posting of these rules are exempt so don't worry if those books don't fit these rules.

Buzzword Badges

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In!

Buzzword: Firework

Points: 138
Books read: 101


1. Zero Days - author - 1 point
2. A Widow's Walk Off-Grid to Self-Reliance: An Inspiring, True Story of Courage and Determination - title - 1 point
3. The End of All Things - title + series - 2 points
4. Steps Out of Time: One Woman's Journey on the Camino - author - 1 point
5. Murder in Florence - author + series - 2 points
6. Prodigal Summer - author - 1 point
7. A Winter Grave - title - 1 point
8. Amerika - author - 1 point
9. The Black Prince - author - 1 point
10. On Beauty - title - 1 point
11. Our Emily - title - 1 point
12. Daisy Jones & The Six - author - 1 point
13. The Flatshare - title + author - 2 points
14. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character - author - 1 point
15. What Now? - title - 1 point
16. We Know by Gregg Hurwitz - title - 1 point
17. Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? - title - 1 point
18. Murder on the Lusitania - series + author - 2 points
19. Murder in Siena - author + series - 2 points
20. We Begin at the End - title + author - 2 points
21. The House in the Cerulean Sea - author - 1 point
22. Fly Away - title, series & author - 3 points
23. The Mad Ship - author - 1 point
24. Freedom - title + author - 2 points
25. Lone Wolf - series - 1 point
26. Shards of Earth - series - 1 point
27. Life for a Life - author - 1 point
28. Ex-Heroes - title + series - 2 points
29. The Secret Runners of New York - author - 1 point
30. Into the Uncanny - author + title - 2 points
31. Redemption - title + series - 2 points
32. Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne - title - 1 point
33. Ex-Patriots - title + series - 2 points
34. Funny Story - title + author - 2 points
35. A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories - author - 1 point
36. The Last Town - series - 1 point
37. The Storm Sister - author - 1 point
38. Enemies to Lovers - title - 1 point
39. The Stars Now Unclaimed - author - 1 point
40. Father Sergius & Other Short Stories - title - 1 point
41. Outback - title + author - 2 points
42. The Whalebone Theatre - title - 1 point
43. The Word is Murder - title - 1 point
44. Occupation - title, series + author - 3 points
45. A Fire at the Exhibition - title + author - 2 points
46. One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night - title - 1 point
47. Turn a Blind Eye - series - 1 point
48. The Kiss Quotient - title + series - 2 points
49. The Crimson Petal and the White - author - 1 point
50. Wizard and Glass - title + author - 2 points
51. The Agency for Scandal - author - 1 point
52. The Witching Hour - title + author - 2 points
53. Tara Road - author - 1 point
54. The Blade Itself - series - 1 point
55. Wolfsong - title + author - 2 points
56. Casino Royale - author - 1 point
57. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - title + author - 2 points
58. A Man Called Ove - author - 1 point
59. Weyward - title + author - 2 points
60. Ex-Communication - title + series - 2 points
61. The Rats - title + series - 2 points
62. The Doll Factory - author - 1 point
63. The Cement Garden - author - 1 point
64. Our Endless Numbered Days - author + title - 2 points
65. The Nightingale - author - 1 point
66. The Downloaded - author - 1 point
67. The Bell - author - 1 point
68. Fool Moon - title - 1 point
69. Eyes of the Void - title + series - 2 points
70. The Tommyknockers - author - 1 point
71. The Restaurant - title + author - 2 points
72. The Five - title + author - 2 points
73. The Witches - title + author - 2 points
74. The Mist - author - 1 point
75. The Bookbinder of Jericho - author - 1 point
76. The Cut - author - 1 point
77. Aurora Rising - author (both of them!) - 1 point
78. All Systems Red - author - 1 point
79. Artificial Condition - author - 1 point
80. Rogue Protocol - author + title - 2 points
81. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - author - 1 point
82. The Man With the Golden Gun - author - 1 point
83. Small Things Like These - author - 1 point
84. The Sun Also Rises - author - 1 point
85. The End of the Affair - title - 1 point
86. Walking with Ghosts - title - 1 point
87. Proof - author - 1 point
88. Magic Bites - author + series - 2 points
89. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - title - 1 point
90. After the Forest - author - 1 point
91. Even Though I Knew the End - title - 1 point
92. Yellowface - author - 1 point
93. The Dragon Republic - author - 1 point
94. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI - title - 1 point
95. It's Raining Men - title - 1 point
96. The Painted Veil - author - 1 point
97. The Tombs of Atuan - series - 1 point
98. Ex-Purgatory - title + series - 2 points
99. A Room with a View - title + author - 2 points
100. Ex-Isle - title + series - 2 points
101. Magic Burns - series + author - 2 points

Buzzwords
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024

Buzz Word: Firework
Pages Read: 19,948
Points: 97

Books Read:
1. A Fever in the Heartland ~ 7/3 | Timothy Egan | 428 pgs | T-A | 2 Pts
2. Echo Road ~ 7/4 | Kendra Elliot / Melinda Leigh | 332 pgs | T-A | 2 Pts
3. The Familiar ~ 7/4 | Leigh Bardugo | 387 pgs | T | 1 Pt
4. Flashback ~ 7/5 | Iris Johansen / Roy Johansen | 317 pgs | T-S-A | 3 Pts
5. Dead Aim ~ 7/7 | Iris Johansen | 352 pgs | S-A | 2 Pts
6. Killing Time ~ 7/8 | Jodi Taylor | 461 pgs | T | 1 Pt
7. Inferno ~ 7/9 | Dan Brown | 578 pgs | T-S | 2 Pts
8. Winter Lost ~ 7/10 | Patricia Briggs | 416 pgs | T | 1 Pt
9. The Boy Who Cried Bear ~ 7/10 | Kelley Armstrong | 343 pgs | A | 1 Pt
10. A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel ~ 7/12| K.J. Charles |336 pgs | A | 1Pt
11. Keepsake ~ 7/13 | Tess Gerritsen | 431 pgs | T | 1 Pt
12. 2 Sisters Detective Agency ~ 7/14| James Patterson / Candice Fox| 416 pgs | A |1Pt
18. Thunder with a Chance of Lovestruck ~ 7/28 | Mandy M. Roth | 554 pgs | A | 1 Pt
19. Riptide ~ 7/29 | Paul Levine | 361 pgs | T | 1 Pt
20. Funny Story ~ 8/3 | Emily Henry | 395 pgs | T-A | 2 Pts
21. Beyond Reach ~ 8/4 | Karin Slaughter | 594 pgs | T-A | 2 Pts
22. Run For Your Life ~ 8/5 | C.M. Sutter | 260 pgs | T | 1 Pt
23. Run for Your Midlife ~ 8/7 | Robyn Peterman | 250 pgs | T-A | 2 Pts
24. Purgatory Blood ~ 8/9 | Adam J. Wright | 214 pgs | A | 1 Pt
25. Home for the Holidays ~ 8/9 | Jeaniene Frost | 150 pgs | A | 1 Pt
26. Dead Letter Days ~ 8/10 | Kelley Armstrong | 120 pgs | A | 1 Pt
27. Up From the Grave ~ 8/10 | Jeaniene Frost | 384 pgs | A | 1 Pt
28. Mind's Eye ~ 8/11 | Håkan Nesser | 332 pgs | S | 1 Pt
29. Rattlesnake Crossing ~ 8/11 | J.A. Jance | 384 pgs | T | 1 Pt
30. Fresh Disasters ~ 8/13 | Stuart Woods | 294 pgs | T - A | 2 Pts
31. Cherry Bomb ~ 8/14 | J.A. Konrath | 368 pgs | S - A | 2 Pts
32. Forgotten in Death ~ 8/15 | J.D. Robb | 378 pgs | T - S - A | 3 Pts
33. West With Giraffes ~ 8/16 | Lynda Rutledge | 381 pgs | T - A | 2 Pts
34. Heist ~ 8/18 | James Patterson / Rees Jones | 124 pgs | A | 1 Pt
35. Origin ~ 8/19 | Dan Brown | 638 pgs | S | 1 Pt
36. The Midnight Feast ~ 8/25 | Lucy Foley | 354 pgs | A | 1 Pt
37. Abandoned in Death ~ 8/25 | J.D. Robb | 356 pgs | S - A | 2 Pts
38. The Last Town ~ 8/26 | Blake Crouch | 294 pgs | S | 1 Pt
39. If She Knew ~ 8/28 | Blake Crouch | 178 pgs | T - S | 2 Pts
40. Z ~ 8/29 | Larissa Ione | 127 pgs | A | 1 Pt
41. Razr ~ 8/29 | Larissa Ione | 152 pgs | T - A | 2 Pts
42. Hawkyn ~ 8/30 | Larissa Ione | 125 pgs | A | 1 Pt
43. Killing Grounds ~ 8/30 | Dana Stabenow | 260 pgs | T - S | 2 Pts
44. Agent to the Stars ~ 8/31 | 338 pgs | A | 1 pt
45. My Sister, the Serial Killer ~ 9/2 | 241 pgs | A | 1 pts
46. Her Guardian Angel ~ 9/2 | 208 pgs | A | 1 pt
47. The Last Murder at the End of the World ~ 9/4 | 368 pgs | A | 1 pt
48. The Pirate ~ 9/6 | 197 pgs | A | 1 pt
49. Still Alice ~ 9/7 | 353 pgs | T | 1 pt
50. Down the Rabbit Hole ~ 9/6 | 448 pgs | S | 1 pt
51. The BFG ~ 9/8 | 208 pgs | A | 1 pt
52. The Obsession ~ 9/8 | 464 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
53. Scorpius Rising ~ 9/9 | 108 pgs | A | 1 pts
54. The Tethering ~ 9/9 | 248 pgs | A | 1 pts
55. The Liar ~ 9/10 | 512 pgs | A | 1 pts
56. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ~ 9/12 | 108 pgs | A | 1 pts
57. Close to the Bone ~ 9/13 | 109 pgs | S - A | 2 pts
58. A Bone to Pick ~ 9/13 | 116 pgs | S | 1 pts
59. Whisper of Bones ~ 9/13 | 111 pgs | T - S | 2 pts
60. Bred in the Bone ~ 9/13 | 101 pgs | S - A | 2 pts
61. Below the Bones ~ 9/14 | 105 pgs | S - A | 2 pts
62. A Broken Bone ~ 9/14 | 104 pgs | S | 1 pts
63. Buried Bones ~ 9/14 | 104 pgs | S | 1 pts
64. The Lost Bones ~ 9/14 | 116 pgs | S - A | 2 pts
65. Bone Deep ~ 9/15 | 118 pgs | S - A | 2 pts
66. The Wrong Bones ~ 9/15 | 119 pgs | T - S | 2 pts
67. The 24th Hour ~ 9/5 | 400 pgs | S | 1 pt

I'm in!

✅ HOB - 2024 Q3: Buzzwords

Points: 115
Books read: 90

Buzzword: Firework

1. The Little Blue Reasoning Book: 50 Powerful Principles for Clear and Effective Thinking, Brandon Royal - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
2. The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country, Helen Russell - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
3. Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde, Thomas Wright - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
4. Why you should give a f*ck about farming: Because you eat - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Elements of Art: Ten Ways to Decode the Masterpieces - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. Addiction, Procrastination, and Laziness: A Proactive Guide to the Psychology of Motivation - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
7. Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World, Isabel Gillies - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
8. Enough - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
9. A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal, Kate Aronoff - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
10. What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum, Annie Kotowicz - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
11. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
12. Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits, Emmanuel Acho - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
13. You Are More Than You Think You Are: Practical Enlightenment for Everyday Life, Kimberly Snyder - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
14. Honest. Everything They Don't Tell You About Sex, Relationships and Bodies, Milly Evans - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
15. The Power of Nunchi: The Korean Secret to Happiness and Success, Euny Hong - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
16. Wake Up!: How to Get Out of Your Mind, Stop Living on Autopilot, and Start Choosing Your Best Life - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
17. Restaurant Babylon, Imogen Edwards-Jones - 3 - ⭐️⭐️
18. If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails: And Other Lessons I Learned from My Mom - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
19. Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures, Jennifer Romolini - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
20. Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll, Rick Coleman - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
21. Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, Robin D.G. Kelley - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
22. Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD, Tamara Rosier - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
23. Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes, John Wass - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
24. Unfuck Your Year: A Weekly Unplanner and Self-Care Activity Book to Manage Your Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Triggers, and Freak-Outs, Faith G. Harper - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
25. Word Origins - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
26. Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
27. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them, Timothy Egan - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
28. Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
29. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World, Ryan Holiday - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
30. Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine, Jonathan P. Wyatt - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
31. The Once & Future Witch Hunt: A Descendant's Reckoning from Salem to the Present - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
32. Learning Spanish; How to Understand and Speak a New Language, Bill Worden - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
33. Impulse: Why We Do What We Do Without Knowing Why We Do It - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
34. Living Tao: Timeless Principles for Everyday Enlightenment, Ilchi Lee - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
35. The Road to Ruin: The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis, James Rickards - 2 - ⭐️
36. The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption, Katy Kelleher - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
37. Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine, Robert A. Partridge - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
38. Encylopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
39. Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
40. Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex, Rachel Feltman - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
41. Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace, Eris Young - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
42. Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
43. Defending Your Castle: Build Catapults, Crossbows, Moats, Bulletproof Shields, and More Defensive Devices to Fend Off the Invading Hordes, William Gurstelle - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
44. FOOD DIY How to Make Your Own Everything: sausages to smoked salmon, sourdough to sloe gin, bacon to buns - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
45. Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, David Eagleman - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
46. Left Brain, Right Stuff: How Leaders Make Winning Decisions, Philip M. Rosenzweig - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
47. The Real J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created Middle-Earth - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
48. Calling in "The One" Revised and Expanded: 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life, Katherine Woodward Thomas - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
49. Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy: How to Philosophize With a Pair of Pliers and a Blowtorch, Richard Greene - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
50. Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain, Dasha Kiper - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
51. Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad, John Eldredge - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
52. Beneath the Surface of Things: New and Selected Essays, Wade Davis - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
53. The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World, Max Fisher - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
54. The Father of Forensics: The Groundbreaking Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, and the Beginnings of Modern CSI, Colin Evans - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
55. Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
56. The Social Life of Books: Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home, Abigail Williams - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
57. Wisdom From The Ancients: Enduring Business Lessons From Alexander The Great, Julius Caesar, And The Illustrious Leaders Of Ancient Greece And Rome, Thomas J. Figueira - ⭐️⭐️
58. Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
59. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
60. Wealth Habits: Six Ordinary Steps to Achieve Extraordinary Financial Freedom - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
61. Magnify: Make Your Life Matter, Ron Malhotra - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
62. The Female Logic: 7 Strategies on How To Decode and Understand What A Woman Wants When She Is Testing You - 1 - ⭐️
63. Fast Minds: How to Thrive If You Have ADHD - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
64. The Loop: How Technology Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back, Jacob Ward - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
65. The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
66. Fitness for Geeks: Real Science, Great Nutrition, and Good Health - 1 - ⭐️
67. The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life, Colin O'Brady - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
68. Manifest Now, Idil Ahmed - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
69. Rudy: My Story, Rudy Ruettiger - 3 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
70. Beyond Banned Books: Defending Intellectual Freedom throughout Your Library, Kristin Pekoll - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
71. Wired to Eat: How to Rewire Your Appetite and Lose Weight for Good, Robb Wolf - 3 - ⭐️⭐️
72. Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
73. Radical Honesty : How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
74. Tiny Business, Big Money: Strategies for Creating a High-Revenue Microbusiness, Elaine Pofeldt - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
75. Whole: How I Learned to Fill the Fragments of My Life with Forgiveness, Hope, Strength, and Creativity - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
76. Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
77. We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships, Kat Vellos - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
78. Who Is Alex Trebek?: A Biography, Lisa Rogak - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
79. Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Your Ultimate Guide To Healing Inflammation, Alleviating Pain and Restoring Physical Health With 50 Delicious Anti-Inflammatory Recipes, Kasia Roberts - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
80. The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
81. Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life, James Kerr - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
82. Trust: Living Spontaneously and Embracing Life, Osho - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
83. Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids -- And How to Break the Trance, Nicholas Kardaras - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
84. Balinese Food: The Traditional Cuisine & Food Culture of Bali, Vivienne Kruger - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
85. Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything, B.J. Fogg - - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
86. Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison, James Riordan - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
87. Brave: 50 Everyday Acts of Courage to Thrive in Work, Love, and Life, Margie Warrell - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
88. Faster, Smarter, Louder: Master Attention in a Noisy Digital Market - 1 - ⭐️
89. Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression, Allison Raskin - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
90. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ran out of space. I'm fine with stopping here. :)

running total- 59

1. The Familiar 1pt
2. Reamde 1pt
3. All the Colors of the Dark 1pt
4. Fear the Sky 2pts
5. Fear the Survivors 2pts
6, Little Rot 1pt
7. Roses Are Dead: A Twin Sisters Cozy Mystery - Book 1 1pt
8. The Extinction of Irena Rey 1pt
9. The Curator 1pt
10. Mr. Monster 1pt
11. The Goddess Chronicle 1pt
12. Lost Ark Dreaming 1pt
13. The Blueprint 1pt
14. A Rip Through Time 1pt
15. The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer 1pt
16. The Poisoner's Ring 1pt
17. Funny Story 2pts
18. The Book of Elsewhere 1pt
19. Hokuloa Road 1pt
20. The Downloaded 1pt
21. The Last Astronaut 1pt.
22. The Stand 1pt.
23. Small Things Like These 1pt
24. The Fury 1pt
25. Eyes of the Void 1pt.
26. The Winter Break Project: A Psychological Thriller 1pt.
27. The Village Healer’s Book of Cures 1pt.
28. Jaunten 1pt.
29. Same Bed Different Dreams 1pt.
30. Unveiling 1pt.
31. Faceless Killers 1pt
32. Watership Down 2pts
33. Heat Wave 1pt.
34. The Empress of Salt and Fortune 1pt.
35. Curvy in College: The Jock and the Genius 1pt
36. Nike: A Romance 1pt
37. The Faerie Queene 2pts
38. Midnight’s Children 1pt
39. The Second Wife 1pt
40. From Rocket Boys to October Sky: How the Classic Memoir Rocket Boys Was Written and the Hit Movie October Sky Was Made 1pt
41. Sleeping Giants 1pt
42. Waking the Moon 1pt
43. Dr. No 1pt
44. Yellowface 1pt
45. One Second After 1pt.
46. The Bachman Books 1pt
47. Wizard and Glass 2pts
48. Close to the Bone 1pt
49. The Sun Also Rises 1pt.
50. The Runaway Jury 1pt

51. Full Speed to a Crash Landing 2pts
52. The Shadow of What Was Lost 1pt
53.

July - September 2024

Buzzword
Firework

Point System
Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points

Points:20
Books read: 20

1. A Wedded Midlife1/7 4* 1
2.Wrong3/7 1* 1
3.Nightshade for Warning3/7 3* 1
4.Cornfield Calamity4/7 3* 1
5.No Guts, No Fury7/7 4* 1
6.Wicked Haunts8/7 3* 1
7.Sweet Dreams9/7 4* 1
8.Murky Seas10/7 3* 1
9.Nocticadia16/7 2* 1
10. Kingpin18/7 4* 1
11.Grace Under Fury19/7 4* 1
12.Falling to Pieces22/7 4* 1
13.Once You're Mine25/7 2* 1
14.Thirty-One and a Half Regrets26/7 4* 1
15.Forty, Fabulous & Fae?28/7 3* 1
16.Dr. Dan28/7 4* 1
17.Hidden Power30/7 3* 1
18.Shadow on the Wing30/7 3* 1
19.Bedtime Fury31/7 4* 1
20.

Buzzword -fireworks
Points: 6
Books read: 4
The Five-Star Weekendtitle start letter-1, author's inital-1, completed 07/14/24
Author's initial-1
The Drop Off Dad: A Single Dad Romance-Emma June
Completion 07/25/24
Author's last name-1
Seven Upby Janet Evanovich
Title starts with letter-1
Author's last name-1
Completed 07/30/24
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912by Ellen Emerson White
Author's initial-1
Completed 07/31/24
Ready Player One completed 08/11/24
Title-1
Author initial-1 E
Series -2

2024 Q3: Buzzwords
Duration: July 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024

Buzzword: Fireworks
Points:
Books read:

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Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points (hide spoiler)]

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Individual
July - September 2024

This is a simple challenge. You read books centered around a Buzzword. You earn points based on the point system below. Who will win the first ever Buzzword badges?

Buzzword
Firework

Point System
Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points

Books read:14
Points earned: 20pts

1. The Night Island-Jayne Ann Krentz-7/1/24 =1pt
2. The Other Mrs.-Mary Kubica=2pts-7/25/24
3. Deadly Harvest (Flynn Brothers #2-series)= 1pt-8/1/24
4. The Other (series)-Marked in Flesh=1 pt 8/11/24
5. The Wolf Hotel (Series)-Surrender to Me=1 pt 8/12/24
6. Five Total Strangers-Natalie D. Richards=2 pts 8/19/24
7. Taylor Jenkins Reid-Malibu Rising=1 pt 8/30/24
8. Kiera Cass-The Selection=1pt-9/1/24
9. Flynn Brothers (series)-Deadly Gift-9/5/24=1 pt
10. The Elite-Kiera Cass=2pts-9/7/24
11. The One-Kiera Cass=2pts-9/14/24
12. Kelley Armstrong-The Unquiet Past=1pt-9/15/24
13. Funny Story-Emily Henry=2pts-9/15/24
14. J.D. Robb-Holiday in Death (In death series)=2 pts-9/29/24

I'm late, but I'm in. I'm going to have to do some catching up....

Buzzword: Firework

Points: 38
Books read: 22

1. Time to Shine: A Witty and Romantic Hockey Romance for the Holidays by Rachel Reid 8/2 - 1 point
2. Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters 8/2 - 1 point
3. The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London) 8/3 - 2 point
4. Road Rules by Brigham Vaughn )Road Rules) 8/4 - 2 points
5. Black Dog Blues by Rhys Ford (Kai Gracen) 8/5 - 2 points
6. Method Acting by N.R. Walker 8/6 - 1 point
7. Mad Lizard Mambo by Rhys Ford (Kai Gracen) 8/6 - 2 points
8. Old Loyalty, New Love by Mary Calmes 8/6 - 1 point
9. Heartsong by A.E. Wasp 8/7 - 1 point
10. Robby Riverton: Mail Order Bride by Eli Easton 8/8 - 2 points
11. Jacked Cat Jive by Rhys Ford (Kai Gracen) 8/9 - 2 points
12. Silk Dragon Salsa by Rhys Ford (Kai Gracen) 8/10 - 2 points
13. Off Plan by May Archer (Whispering Key) 8/11 - 2 points
14. On the Run by May Archer (Whispering Key) 8/11 - 2 points
15. Foolish Puckboy by Eden Finley 8/13 - 2 points
16. A Power Unbound by Freya Marske 8/13 - 1 point
17. Paper Swans by E.M. Lindsey 8/14 - 1 point
18. Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold 8/14 - 1 point
19. Flat Whites & Chocolate Fish by Jay Hogan (Southern Lights) 8/15 - 2 points
20. Hanging the Stars by Rhys Ford 8/15 - 1 point
21. Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Old Man's War) 8/17 - 2 points
22. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (Old Man's War) 8/18 - 1 point
23. The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Old Man's War) 8/19 - 1 point
24. Let's Do This (IFU Hockey #1) by Loren Leigh 8/25 8/25 - 3 page points