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Romeo & Juliet "Spell" CHALLENGE
Duration: month of February

Spell-out one/more of the ALL-CAPPED words listed below.

ROMEO
JULIET
SHAKESPEARE
FEUDING Families
Juliet's NURSE
MASQUERADE
Count PARIS
BALCONY
FRIAR Lawrence
SECRETLY Married
POISON
DAGGER
Prince ESCALUS
Gold STATUES
SIDE-BY-SIDE

CHALLENGE RULES
�� one book per letter
�� use 1st letter in title (exclude A, An, or The)
�� use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/LAST name
�� use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRST/LAST name

FOR EACH BOOK READ
�� LINK to Title
�� INDICATE Author
�� GIVE DATE - you finished book

Ratings are Optional ⭐⭐��
HAPPY READING!

🎉👏 Congratulations 👏🎉


💕 Book Concierge
💕 Robin P
💕 JennH
💕 Carol
💕 SWZippy
💕 Jonquil
💕 Beverly
💕 Koren

♥️ PARTICIPANTS ♥️
Updated: 3/1/24

❤️ Carol (15/15) SECRETLY MARRIED C
♥️ Koren (8/8) SECRETLY C
♥️ Book Concierge (6/6) JULIET C
♥️ Beverly (9/10) SIDE BY SIDE C
❤️ JennH (11/11) SHAKESPEARE C
❤️ SouthWestZippy (5/5) ROMEO C
Licha-Olivia (10/11) SHAKESPEARE
♥️ Robin P (11/11) SHAKESPEARE C FRIAR (4/5)
Cara (4/5) PARIS
❤️ Jonquil (10/10) ROMEO & PARIS C
Diana S (3/11) SHAKESPEARE
Marilyn (5/7) BALCONY

Romero & Juliet -February

Sara Muller - The Bone Orchard - 2/1
Easton's Lost 2/21Otter - Della Caine - 2/20
Craven, MW -The Puppet Show - 2/3
Road Home, The - L A Witt - 2/4
Edna Finley - Atlas - 2/18
Two Dead Wives - Adele Parks - 2/2
LA Witt - The Distance Between Us - 2/3
Yellow House Mystery - Gertrude Chandler Warner - 2/14

Marie, Carly - Attraction - 2/2
Alexis Hall - 10 Things That Never Happened - 2/5
Rebecca Makkai - I Have Some Questions for You - 2/8
Robert Gard - Wisconsin Lore: Antics and Anecdotes of Wisconsin People and Places - 2/17
In Love With a Haunted House - Kate Goldman - 2/11
Edged - Kate Hawthorne - 2/12
Dee Cara - Hide With Me - 2/1

Romeo & Juliet "Spell" CHALLENGE
Duration: month of February

S-Stamos, John If You Would Have Told Me finished 2/3
E-Eric O'Grady Walking with Peety: The Dog Who Saved My Life finished 2/18
C-Connie Francis -Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 finished 2/15
R-Rita Marley No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley finished 2/25
E-Edmonds, Chris No Surrender: A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on Today finished 2/20
T-Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy finished 2/12
L-Love, Lies, And Murder by Gary C. King finished 2/29
Y-The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History by Lewis Buzbee finished 2/27

Romeo & Juliet S*P*E*L*L CHALLENGE
Begins: 01Feb24 / Ends: 29Feb24


6 / 6 completed


Juliet
J - JENKINS, Beverly / Rebel �� �� 06Feb24
U - Underground Railroad �� �� 13Feb24
L - LARA is mc in To All the Boys I've Loved Before �� �� 11Feb24
I - Into Love and Out Again �� �� 03Feb24
E - Emily Brightwell / Mrs. Jeffries on the Ball �� �� 10Feb24
T - This Time Will Be Different �� �� 05Feb24

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Romeo & Juliet S*P*E*L*L CHALLENGE
Begins: 01Feb24 / Ends: 29Feb24

10/10

S Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman FINISHED 2/12
I I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum FINISHED 2/16
D Douglas Preston, Riptide FINISHED 2/3
E Elly Griffiths, The Last Remains FINISHED 2/20

B Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination by Brian Jay Jones FINISHED 2/8
Y The Year I Almost Drowned byShannon McCrimmon FINISHED 2/29

S Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini FINISHED 2/14
I I Am Lubo: The incredible story of a child's struggle to survive by Lou Pechi FINISHED 2/24
D József Debreczeni, Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz FINISHED 2/24
E Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman FINISHED 2/15

Romeo & Juliet "Spell" CHALLENGE
Duration: month of February

S - Cake and Punishment by Maymee Bell 2/5/24 - Sophia Cummings
H - Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood 2/11/24
A - Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews 2/3/24
K - Front Desk by Kelly Yang 2/14/24
E - Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood 2/10/24 - Erik
S - Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes by Karen Rose Smith 2/16/24
P - The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin 2/10/24 - Pacy
E - Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson 2/24/24
A - The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng 2/11/24
R - One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle 2/6/24
E - The Dupin Stories by Edgar Allan Poe 2/25/24

Romeo & Juliet "Spell" CHALLENGE
5/5--Completed 2/23
R-Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay-2/5
O-There There by Tommy Orange-2/9
M-Ned Christie: The Creation of an Outlaw and Cherokee Hero by Devon A. Mihesuah- 2/19
E-Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger-2/23
O-Officer Clemmons by Dr. François S. Clemmons-2/13

Romeo & Juliet "Spell" CHALLENGE
Duration: month of February

10/11 Letters

S: Soontornvat, Christina The Last Mapmaker (2/17/24)
H: Hall, Alexis Mortal Follies (2/24/24)
A: Andrews, Ilona Magic Triumphs (2/13/24)
K: Kristen, Hannah The Nightingale (2/20/24)
E: Elana K. Arnold A Boy Called Bat (2/18/24)
S: Stephan Pastis Mistakes Were Made (2/22/24)
P: Putney, Mary Jo Silver Lady (2/4/24)
E: Echo of Old Books (The) Barbara Davis (2/28/24)
A: Adam Jacquelyn Frank (2/17/24)
R: Rebecca Yarros The Things We Leave Unfinished (2/9/24)
E: Egan, Jennifer A Visit from the Goon Squad: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Currently reading)

Romeo & Juliet "Spell" CHALLENGE
Duration: month of February

11/11 Letters

S: Solito - Javier Zamora - 2/1
H: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia - Mohsin Hamid - 2/12
A: Ann Patchett - Tom Lake - 2/4
K: Kate Ardleigh, main character in Death at Bishop's Keep - Robin Paige - 2/2
E: Evangeline (Evie) - main character in The Devil in Winter - 2/9
S: Sarah Winman - A Year of Marvellous Ways - 2/7
P: Howard Pyle - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - 2/10
E: Exit West - Mohsin Hamid 2/3
A: An Artist of the Floating World 0 Kazuo Ishiguro- 2/4
R: Rules for Visiting - Jessica Francis Kane - 2/10
E: Louise Erdrich - Shadow Tag - 2/6

PARIS (4/5)

P The Practical Guide to HR Analytics: Using Data to Inform, Transform, and Empower HR Decisions Shonna D Waters 2/25
A Andrea Elliot Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City 2/9
R Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More Blair Imani 2/22
I
S Mosey Slocumb A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty Joshlyn Jackson 2/9

Romeo & Juliet "Spell" CHALLENGE

10/10 DONE

R Rocky Mountain Madness Elle James 2/20
O Outback Creed Jonathan Macpherson 2/1
M Miss Julia Takes Over Ann B. Ross 2/4
E Every Witch Way But Wicked Amanda M. Lee 2/1
O Only the Quiet Amanda M. Lee 2/4


P Public Anchovy #1 Mindy Quigley 2/16
A Antarctica Station A.G. Riddle 2/7
R Runaway Black Magic Sarah Noffke 2/12
I Into The Flames Jason Summers 2/4
S Strangeways to Oldham Andrea Frazer 2/10

Spell-out: SHAKESPEARE
(3/11)

S
H
Atwater, Richard - Mr. Popper's Penguins (2/15/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kingsolver, Barbara - Demon Copperhead (2/24) ⭐⭐⭐⭐��
E
P
E
A
R - The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (2)2/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐��
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Romeo & Juliet S*P*E*L*L CHALLENGE
Begins: 01Feb24 / Ends: 29Feb24

5 /7 completed

BALCONY
🎉B--Backman, Fredrik, author of The Winners--2/2/24
🎉A--Andy Weir, author of Project Hail Mary--2/11/24
🎉L--Leah, the daughter in How to Love Your Daughter by Hila Blum--2/13/24

C
O
🎉N--Nora Ephron, author of I Feel Bad About My Neck, And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman--2/7/24
🎉Y--Yang, Kelly, author of Front Desk--2/23/24

Done! Msg 11

Update message # 6 - Challenge completed - �� 13Feb24

Romeo & Juliet S*P*E*L*L CHALLENGE
Begins: 01Feb24 / Ends: 29Feb24


6 / 6 completed


Juliet
J - JENKINS, Beverly / Rebel �� �� 06Feb24
U - Underground Railroad �� �� 13Feb24
L - LARA is mc in To All the Boys I've Loved Before �� �� 11Feb24
I - Into Love and Out Again �� �� 03Feb24
E - Emily Brightwell / Mrs. Jeffries on the Ball �� �� 10Feb24
T - This Time Will Be Different �� �� 05Feb24

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Congrats 🎉 Book Concierge & Robin P

Message 4- completed. - 2/21

Message 9
Romeo & Juliet "Spell" CHALLENGE
5/5--Completed 2/23

Adding another one

F
R - The Rosie Effect - 2/12
I - Iona Whishaw - A Killer in King's Cove - 2/23
A - Alex, main character in When Women Were Dragons - 2/19
R - Rhys Bowen - On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service - 2/23

Romeo & Juliet "Spell" CHALLENGE

10/10 DONE

R Rocky Mountain Madness Elle James 2/20
O Outback Creed Jonathan Macpherson 2/1
M Miss Julia Takes Over Ann B. Ross 2/4
E Every Witch Way But Wicked Amanda M. Lee 2/1
O Only the Quiet Amanda M. Lee 2/4


P Public Anchovy #1 Mindy Quigley 2/16
A Antarctica Station A.G. Riddle 2/7
R Runaway Black Magic Sarah Noffke 2/12
I Into The Flames Jason Summers 2/4
S Strangeways to Oldham Andrea Frazer 2/10

Update message #7: Challenge completed...thank goodness for Leap Year!!

Me too! Finished 2/29. Message #5.