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Summer 2017 Reading Challenge: Something old, something new . . .


Absolutely! Read them in any order you like.

Breaking Point
Shudder
When Tomorrow Comes
The River Path
The original cover of my first book Run Away Home was blue too.


Old - House on the hill : a novel by Annette Lyon
New - Summerlost by Allyson Condie
Borrowed - Miss Burton unmasks a prince : a regency romance by Jennifer Moore
Blue - The Cenote by Chelsea Dyreng

I think I'm going to read

This is next up in the read-aloud-to-my-kids list:





If anyone would like to read an "old" book off my backlist, visit my GR page, and I'll be happy to send you a copy of an ebook if it's Indie; a pdf reviewers' copy if it's with a publisher.
Cheers!


Thanks for the info on your "new" book, Julie! I'm glad you enjoyed it. That can be a fun premise, where people pretend to be in a relationship and then really fall in love (I've used it before, lol).
I haven't started any for the challenge yet. But I only have two chapters left in the book I'm reading to the kids, and then I'll start my "new" book.



We’ll have the challenge from June 1 to September 30,..."
Can you read more than one book by the same author?

Lizzie is a young woman growing up in Cache Valley, Utah as the LDS temple is being built in Logan. She is struggling with the sacrifices being asked of her family and questioning whether there is a God, because if there is, then He is ignoring her.
Parts of this book were interesting and even compelling. Other parts were boring or frustrating. Basically the story suffers because it is an early novel from the author. From other reviewers, I understand the second book, At the Journey's End, is more fulfilling to read.

Thanks for the update on your book, Kristen. I've been looking at a few old books, and I keep thinking "I'd rather read this author's newer stuff, because they've probably learned something in the last 10 years that would make their newer stuff better." (I will find something old by September, or reread something.)

Yes. And I'll add a few of his books to the blue list.


Petticoat Spy is on my to-read list. How did you like it? I recently read a nonfiction book about spies during the Revolutionary War. Interesting stuff!


Also, all three books in the series were published in 2016 and 2017 so they could all count as something New!


-Julie L. Spencer


Also, all three books in the series were published in 2016 and 2017 ..."
I'll add it in, Julie!



I'm also under a very tight deadline for my next book coming out in October, and I'll have to read less. Wish me luck!

That's nice when a book you're reading has themes that are applicable to situations in your current life (or your daughter's). How does it compare to the first time you read it?

I'm also under a very tight deadline for my next book comin..."
Good luck balancing reading and writing time, Lucinda (and with finishing the next book)! Let us know if anything happens to fall into one of the categories for the challenge.

It is a middle grade coming of age book about grief and loss. While I did enjoy it, I wasn't entranced or left pondering the plot and themes.

Kristen, glad that even though yours didn't entrance you, it was at least enjoyable.

That's great! Do you have any books picked out yet?"
I have five I am going to choose from:
The Undaunted : The Miracle of the Hole-in-the-Rock Pioneers by Gerald N. Lund
Like a Fire Is Burning by Gerald N. Lund
Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites by Chris Heimerdinger
Saints by Orson Scott Card
Eve: In the Beginning by H.B. Moore




I finally finished my first one, something new:

For our next read aloud, we're doing something blue (and new, it's not even out yet, but I have an ARC):

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We’ll have the challenge from June 1 to September 30, so you can complete it with an average of one book a month. Can’t fit in four? That’s okay—join us anyway! For a book to count toward the challenge, it should be fiction by an LDS author.
Here are the details:
Something old: a book first published at least 10 years ago, or something you’ve read before
Something new: a book first published in 2016 or 2017
Something borrowed: borrow from a library, a friend, Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, or DB Bookshelf Plus
Something blue: a book with a predominantly blue cover