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Q3 - Summer Bucket List
Hola lovely people! 🙋♀�
My favorite season of the year is here, yes, I can't deny it, I'm a summer girl to the core. Do you want to celebrate summer with me?
To give summer the warm welcome it deserves, I offer you a bucket list of summer adventures and experiences that you will want to enjoy this season through your favorite reads. This bucket list has fun ideas, exciting new adventures or simple moments shared with family or friends.
Since a bucket list is a very personal thing because we all have different hopes, dreams, and desires, if you find that some of the proposed ideas don't fit with yours, it's okay to adapt the list to your wishes. In fact, I encourage you to create your own bucket list.
Your list should help you find joy in the little things and keep your mind open to new adventures!
Remember, a bucket list is a way to reward and celebrate yourself.
Please, let me know how many books you'll be reading and let's start celebrating SUMMER!!!😎
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“A bucket list disguises a dark question as a challenge: what do you want to do before you die? We all want, in the words of Henry David Thoreau, to “live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.� But do we attain that by listing everything we’ve ever wanted to do? Should we really focus on how many moments we can collect?�
� Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human
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📋DZ
✴️Allie (# 88) -
✴️Amy (# 27) -
✴️Anna (# 43) -
✴️Ashly (# 28) -
✴️BarbaraBrubru_gingertiger (# 106) -
✴️Beth (# 21) -
✴️Bobby (# 64) -
Brianna (# 60) - 0/10
✴️Brianna Raquel (# 23) -
✴️Caraina (# 19) -
✴️Carmen (# 3) -
✴️Ciara (# 22) -
D.L. (# 93) - 0/4
✴️Darinda (# 53) -
✴️Debra Diggs (# 8) -
✴️Denise (# 20) -
Diane (# 73) - 0/2
✴️Gail W (# 30) -
Gwen (# 25) - 0/20
Jenn (# 104) - 0/50
✴️JennH (# 24) - 0/10
✴️Jennifer (# 72) -
Kalyn (# 49) - 0/6
✴️Karin (# 34) -
✴️Laurie (# 67) -
Lina (# 13) - 0/5
✴️Lisa Marie (# 58) -
Lori (# 35) - 0/8
✴️Lucy (# 14) -
Magdalena (# 42) - 0/5
✴️Michelle (# 11) -
✴️Patricia (# 4) -
Sarah (# 32) - 0/6
✴️SarahKat (# 18) -
✴️Saravzee (# 16) -
✴️Shari (# 6) -
✴️Sheila (# 17) -
✴️Sophia (# 105) -
Suzanne (# 26) - 0/20
✴️TEE (# 12) -
✴️TerryJane (# 9) -
Toni (# 40) - 0/25
✴️Whitney (# 10) -
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Anna (# 43) - 9/10
BarbaraBrubru_gingertiger (# 106) - 13/14
Bobby (# 64) - 5/12
Lisa Marie (# 58) - 4/10
Shari (# 6) - 18/20
Sophia (# 105) - 6/8
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Allie (# 88) - 16/15 Completed!
Amy (# 27) - 12/12 Completed!
Ashly (# 28) - 4/4 Completed!
Beth (# 21) - 50/50 Completed!
Brianna Raquel (# 23) - 25/25 Completed!
Caraina (# 19) - 10/10 Completed!
Carmen (# 3) - 50/50 Completed!
Ciara (# 22) - 25/25 Completed!
Darinda (# 53) - 5/5 Completed!
Debra Diggs (# 8) - 8/8 Completed!
Denise (# 20) - 18/18 Completed!
Gail W (# 30) - 10/10 Completed!
JennH (# 24) - 14/10 Completed!
Jennifer (# 72) - 5/5 Completed!
Karin (# 34) - 5/5 Completed!
Laurie (# 67) - 10/10 Completed!
Lucy (# 14) - 15/15 Completed!
Michelle (# 11) - 14/10 Completed!
Patricia (# 4) - 10/10 Completed!
SarahKat (# 18) - 30/30 Completed!
Saravzee (# 16) - 10/10 Completed!
Sheila (# 17) - 21/20 Completed!
TEE (# 12) - 20/15 Completed!
TerryJane (# 9) - 55/20 Completed!
Whitney (# 10) - 12/12 Completed!
STATS
Participants: 43
Books Read: 509
Book Goal: 639
Completed: 25
Updated on October 26, 2024 .
SUMMER BUCKET LISTDuration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
PROGRESS: 50/50
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☀️SUMMER BUCKET LIST🪣
🎣Go Fishing Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather✔️
🚲Ride a bike Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse✔️
🎆Watch fireworks Three Men and a Maybe✔️
🧵Make a craft The Quilter's Legacy✔️
🌱Plant a garden Digging In✔️
🍧Eat ice cream A Hint of Murder✔️
🏄🏼♀️Learn to surf Alexa entre las olas✔️
💃Sing and dance A Bit of Singing and Dancing✔️
🏊♀️Go swimming Beach Town✔️
📚Visit a library Book Lovers: Amor entre libros✔️
🧩Solve a puzzle El Botánico✔️
🚙Go on a road trip The Bette Davis Club✔️
🍪Bake cookies The Bakery on the Cove✔️
💒Go to a wedding Farsa de amor a la española✔️
⛵️Go sailing Estoy aquí, mi amor✔️
🛖Sleep in a cabin The Corpse in the Cabana✔️
🍓Pick berries Wild Strawberries✔️
🍷Go wine tasting Summer in Napa✔️
🏖️Go on a holiday Otra vez tú✔️
🧺Have a picnic Summer by the Sea✔️
👵Visit a relative Summer at Conwenna Cove✔️
🆕Try something new The Lighthouse Cafe✔️
🩴Wear flip-flops Tangled up in You✔️
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➿Get a tattoo Bajo la piel✔️
🦩Bird watching A Rule Against Murder✔️
🪄Do magic tricks The Prestige✔️
🏟️Attend a concert On the Come Up
🍹Have a cocktail Un gin-tonic, por favor✔️
🫱🏼🫲🏸ٴDZܲԳٱ La feria de verano ✔️
*Sleep in a hammock Summer Rental✔️
MORE IDEAS FOR THE SUMMER🏖�
💥Play paintball Una casa sin vistas✔️
🎾Try a new sport El regreso de Carrie Soto✔️
🐚Find seashells The Heartwood Sea✔️
🪩Go to a party á✔️
⛱️Go to the beach Temporada de avispas✔️
🛫Travel abroad Staying Out for the Summer
🤝Meet someone Gente que conocemos en vacaciones ✔️
🚉Travel by train Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries✔️
🏕️Go camping Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries
👨👩👦👦Have a family gathering Beachcombers✔️
🤐Uncover some secret The Peach Keeper✔️
📕Join a bookclub Murder Mystery Book Club
🐘Go on a safari Morir dos veces✔️
💡Visit a lighthouse Cuando la tormenta pase✔️
🌊Go skinny dipping The High Tide Club✔️
📙Read a beach book Perfect for the Beach✔️
🍸Go to a beach bar Ladies' Night✔️
🏨Sleep in a hotel A un lado de la carretera✔️
🛍Go to an Artisan Market It Must Be Love✔️
🎒Weekend at the beach The Weekenders✔️
💵Bet in a casino El jugador✔️
🏺Go to a historical site Muerte en El Cairo✔️
🛥️Yatching in the Caribbean Lola Carlyle Reveals All✔️
🏞Go to a beautiful seashore village The Wanderer✔️
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Thank you Carmen for making this wonderful idea:> it's so great and fun to join!Sign me up for 10 books:)
Please sign me up for 20 books.SUMMER BUCKET LIST
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
Progress: 18 / 20
Go Fishing
Ride a bike - On My Honor
Watch fireworks
Make a craft - The Museum of Lost Quilts
Plant a garden - Reflections
Eat ice cream - Piece by Piece
Learn to surf
Sing and dance
Go swimming - The Copycat Mystery
Visit a library - Montana Love Letter
Solve a puzzle - A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure
Go on a road trip - The Cryptographer’s Dilemma
Bake cookies
Go to a wedding
Go sailing
Sleep in a cabin - Zero Days
Pick berries
Go wine tasting
Go on a holiday - The Hours Count
Have a picnic - The Day Tripper
Visit a relative - The Copycat Mystery
Try something new - Nothing But Sky
Wear flip-flops - The #1 Lawyer
Fly a kite - Lakeside Family
Get a tattoo
Bird watching
Do magic tricks
Attend a concert - The X'ed-out X-ray
Have a cocktail - The Island
Volunteer - Reunited with the Sheriff
Sheila wrote: "What are the prompts?"There aren't typical prompts, Sheila, you just choose favorite activities from the Summer Bucket List image in the first post.
If you can't see the image, you may be using the ŷ app, which has some rather unfortunate limitations. Use a browser and view the challenge on the GR website instead.
Summer Bucket ListCompleted
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� 1. go on a road trip - The Great Sahara Mousehunt by Catherine Collins and Miggs Pomeroy
� 2. go stargazing - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
� 3. try something new - Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
� 4. have a family gathering - The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
� 5. go rafting - James by Percival Everett
� 6. do magic tricks - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
� 7. solve a mystery - Dead Lions by Mick Herron
� 8. make a craft - Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (and a little mod podge)
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🏖� SUMMER BUCKET LIST - Quarterly ChallengeDuration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
Progress: 55/20 (view spoiler)
I'm in for 12!Progress: 12/12
1. Go on a road trip: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Completed 7/2/24)
2. Watch fireworks: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (Completed 7/11/24)
3. Go on a holiday: Spare by Prince Harry (Completed 7/21/24)
4. Attend a concert: Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley (Completed 7/26/24)
5. Visit a relative: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry (Completed 8/1/24)
6. Solve a puzzle: A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas (Completed 8/6/24)
7. Eat ice cream: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev (Completed 8/16/24)
8. Sing and dance: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan (Completed 8/22/24)
9. Try something new: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Completed 8/30/24)
10. Have a cocktail: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (Completed 9/10/24)
11. Go to a wedding: The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory (Completed 9/17/24)
12. Sleep in a cabin: A Cowboy to Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Completed 9/25/24)
I'm going to shoot for 10, but hope I can get many more!1. 🚲Ride a bike - Seatmate
2. 🎆Watch fireworks - Funny Story
3. 🍪Bake cookies - Seashells, Spells & Caramels
4. ⛵️Go sailing - The Girl from Everywhere
5. 🏕� Sleep in a cabin - Wildfire
6. 📚 Go to the Library - My Roommate Is a Vampire
7. 🧩Solve a Puzzle - Into the Drowning Deep
8. 🧺 Have a picnic - The Magic Mountain
9. 👵 Visit a relative - Lovelight Farms
10. 🍹 Have a cocktail - Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake
11. 💃 Sing & Dance - The Hunger
12. 🚙 Go on a road trip - Tess of the Road
13. 💒 Go to a wedding - Violet Made of Thorns
My own additions: 🏖� Go to the beach: Heartstopper: Volume Two
Yes! Please sign me up for 15 to start, but this looks so fun, hopefully I can get more. Thank you!20 / 15 Completed!! 9/2/24
🏖️Go Fishing - The Secret Library Must fish for food on the ship
🏖️Ride a bike - The Luminaries Winnie must ride her bike to get to training and school
🏖️Watch fireworks - Zeroes end is set at a firework display for the city
🏖️Plant a garden - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches The three girls must help with the garden
🏖️Eat ice cream - The Invisible Spy The kids had never tried ice cream before, until now
🏖️Sing and dance - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Cover. AND Sing weekly at a show in District 12
🏖️Go swimming - On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura learns the hard way that she shouldn't swim in the creek without Pa.
🏖️Visit a library - Map of Flames Visit the Library of Esteros to read about what may have happened to their parents.
🏖️Solve a puzzle - Heiress Takes All The crew figures out just how deep "Dad's" problems run.
🏖️Go on a road trip - The False Prince Begins with a dangerous road trip with a nobleman.
🏖️Go to a wedding - Swarm A celebrity wedding is one of the locations the Zeroes think the villain may hit next.
🏖️Go sailing - Compass and Blade Finds a crew to sail her to some found map coordinates to uncover a secret.
🏖️Pick berries - The Runaway King Jaron finds a berry patch to hold him over while planning his next move away from home.
🏖️Go on a holiday - The Women Takes leave to a resort on a faraway island with a love interest.
🏖️Have a picnic - Tower of Dawn The princess hosts a picnic in the desert for Yrene
🏖️Visit a relative - Fang and Claw Visit Ari's family in the Skylands
🏖️Get a tattoo - Kingdom of Ash Rowan inks tattoos on Aelin to remember their story
🏖️Bird watching - The Switch girl's grandfather enjoys bird watching in his retirement
🏖️Do magic tricks - The Night Circus Magicians compete to out-perform each other with their magic
🏖️Have a cocktail - The Last Devil to Die The group offers cocktails and drinks to their guests
Signing up for 5 books, thanks!🏖� Summer Bucket List - Quarterly Challenge 🏖�
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
🏖� Progress: 18/5 🏖� - COMPLETED!
For this third quarter challenge, we will tackle our Summer Bucket Lists through our reading. Select your favorite activities from the list below, and read books where those activities are represented in the text, title, or cover art.
🏖� 1. Have a cocktail
Funny Story
🏖� 2. Ride a Bike
Beartown
🏖� 3. Go on a Road Trip
The Collected Regrets of Clover
🏖� 4. Visit a relative
Die Physiker
🏖� 5. Go fishing
Murtagh
🏖� 6. Paint
Hello Stranger
🏖� 7. Solve a Puzzle
Momo
🏖� 8. Go Swimming
The Bodyguard
🏖� 9. Plant a Garden
The Secret Garden
🏖� 10. Try Something New
Marzahn, mon amour: Geschichten einer Fußpflegerin
🏖� 11. Sing and Dance
I Hate You More
🏖� 12. Have a Picnic
Death by Hot Apple Cider
🏖� 13. Volunteer
Iron Widow
🏖� 14. Make a Craft
Mad Honey
🏖� 15. Go to a wedding
When the Moon Hatched
🏖� 16. Attend a book reading
Beautiful World, Where Are You
🏖� 17. Sleep in a Cabin
Violeta
🏖� 18. Bake Cookies
Legends & Lattes
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Sign me up for 15 please. Hopefully I can do more!15/15 Challenge Complete
Go Fishing
☑️ Ride a bike Deadly
Watch fireworks
Make a craft
☑️Plant a garden The Best Way to Bury Your Husband
☑️Eat ice cream The Unexpected Everything
Learn to surf
Sing and dance
☑️Go swimming The Knife of Never Letting Go
☑️Visit a library Jane Eyre
☑️Solve a puzzle All the Light We Cannot See
☑️Go on a road trip The Fall of Five
Bake cookies
☑️Go to a wedding Red, White & Royal Blue
Go sailing
☑️Sleep in a cabin These Silent Woods
☑️Pick berries Fourth Wing
Go wine tasting
Go on a holiday
☑️Have a picnic A Thousand Boy Kisses
☑️Visit a relative Yes No Maybe
☑️Try something new XOXO
Wear flip-flops
Fly a kite
Get a tattoo
Bird watching
Do magic tricks
Attend a concert
☑️Have a cocktail The Stopover
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Sheila wrote: "What are the prompts?"Sheila, you have to select your favorite activities from the list below, and read books where those activities are represented in the text, title, or cover art.
○Go Fishing
○Ride a bike
○Watch fireworks
○Make a craft
○Plant a garden
○Eat ice cream
○Learn to surf
○Sing and dance
○Go swimming
○Visit a library
○Solve a puzzle
○Go on a road trip
○Bake cookies
○Go to a wedding
○Go sailing
○Sleep in a cabin
○Pick berries
○Go wine tasting
○Go on a holiday
○Have a picnic
○Visit a relative
○Try something new
○Wear flip-flops
○Fly a kite
○Get a tattoo
○Bird watching
○Do magic tricks
○Attend a concert
○Have a cocktail
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If you prefer it you can create your own summer bucket list, and choose your books according to your wishes, everytning is ok as long as you enjoy the challenge and your reads.
This one will be a real challenge for me, based on my reading preferences. Because of this I'm going to mix things up and do 5 prompts from the challenge list, and then I'm going to add 5 of my own summer bucket list prompts :)
10/10 Finished 8/22
○Visit a library My Roommate Is a Vampire 7/4
○Pick berries That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon 8/22
○Go on a holiday The Duke Who Hates Christmas 7/1
○Visit a relative Queen's Crusade 8/19
○Try something new Queen Takes Knights 7/18
*Solve a mystery Into the Drowning Deep 7/14
*share a kiss under the stars Queen Takes Queen 7/21
*meet someone unexpected In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint 7/17
*re-read a favorite book from my past Assistant to the Villain 8/4
*laugh at an inappropriate time Queen Takes Checkmate 7/25
10/10 Finished 8/22
○Visit a library My Roommate Is a Vampire 7/4
○Pick berries That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon 8/22
○Go on a holiday The Duke Who Hates Christmas 7/1
○Visit a relative Queen's Crusade 8/19
○Try something new Queen Takes Knights 7/18
*Solve a mystery Into the Drowning Deep 7/14
*share a kiss under the stars Queen Takes Queen 7/21
*meet someone unexpected In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint 7/17
*re-read a favorite book from my past Assistant to the Villain 8/4
*laugh at an inappropriate time Queen Takes Checkmate 7/25
Sheila from NC, under “house arrest� with some health issues, and ready for this fun challenge. I’m going for 20 books
30/30 Light from Uncommon Stars
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (the boys ride their bikes from place to place)
Three Wishes
Wool
The Butterfly Garden
The Last Note of Warning
What Alice Forgot
The Word is Murder
Gingerbread
A Curse for True Love
Dead of Winter
Slow Time Between the Stars
When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers
Never Have I Ever
Flip-Flops by Joe Costello
King of Scars
The Butcher of the Forest
House of Flame and Shadow
The Last Drop of Hemlock
The Long Weekend
A Madness of Sunshine
The Beautiful Dead: A Tale of K-Pop, Ghosts, and Nine-Tailed Fox Women
Desert Places (Luther Kite series)
Exiles
Quiet in Her Bones - because you have to be quiet there. And I got this from the library
The Sea Road
Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life
The Summer Children
Before You Leap
He Started It
got rid of "eat ice cream", "volunteer," "have a picnic"
SUMMER BUCKET LIST - COMPLETEDDuration: July 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024
*Read books where those activities are represented in the text, title, or cover art.
Completed: 10/10
Go Fishing
Ride a bike
Watch fireworks
Make a craft The Art Forger - Barbara A. Shapiro 9/13/24
Plant a garden Garden of Lies - Amanda Quick 8/26/24
Eat ice cream
Learn to surf
Sing and dance
Go swimming
Visit a library By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates 9/19/24
Solve a puzzle
Go on a road trip
Bake cookies Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke 8/17/24
Go to a wedding The Wedding Dress - Danielle Steel 8/30/24
Go sailing The Game You Played - Anni Taylor 9/24/24
Sleep in a cabin
Pick berries
Go wine tasting Light Through the Vines - Fiona Valpy 7/15/24
Go on a holiday
Have a picnic
Visit a relative Big Cherry Holler - Adriana Trigiani 8/29/24
Try something new
Wear flip-flops
Fly a kite
Get a tattoo
Bird watching Birds in Flight - Anni Taylor 8/22/24
Do magic tricks
Attend a concert
Have a cocktail Sangria Forever - Lynn Joseph 8/17/24
Volunteer
Signing on for 18�Go Fishing: Grace, Gold and Glory by Gabrielle Douglas (mentions memories of fishing with her dad)
Ride a bike
Watch fireworks
�Make a craft: Erasure by Percival Everett (woodworking)
�Plant a garden: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri (Nuri needs the perfect plants for the bees)
�Eat ice cream: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (multiple times mentions wishing she could eat ice cream all the time, which is a fine idea to me)
Learn to surf
�Sing and dance: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salenger...Holden likes to dance
Go swimming
�Visit a library: Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed
�Solve a puzzle: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (the puzzle: who killed Roger?)
�Go on a road trip: Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski (road trip to the various ballparks sounds good to me!)
Bake cookies
�Go to a wedding: London by Edward Rutherfurd (contains many weddings)
�Go sailing: The Annotated Arabian Nights by Yasmine Seale (Sinbad the Sailor included)
�Sleep in a cabin: Never Whistle At Night by Shane Hawk (a few stories occur in cabins and/or camping)
Pick berries
�Go wine tasting: the Iliad by Homer (wine with every meal!)
�Go on a holiday: Identity by Milan Kundera (plot is set in motion while characters are on holiday)
Have a picnic
�Visit a relative: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
�Try something new: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell (the language includes getting people to "try something new/make changes"
Wear flip-flops
Fly a kite
Get a tattoo
�Bird watching: From A Cat's View edited by Robin Praytor many cats watching birds in these stories
�Do magic tricks: Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (You can fly!)
Attend a concert
√Have a cocktail: The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck by Mark Manson (I'm going to have a cocktail too many right now cuz I'm a grown ass adult on the last day of vacation and I don't give a &*(% what anyone thinks of that. Mark would approve! I learned that from his book!)
Volunteer
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Signing up for 50 books.Update post Challenge complete Aug 10
Go Swimming
1. To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5) by Julia Quinn
Solve a Puzzle
1. The Curator (Washington Poe, #3) by M.W. Craven
2. Carved in Bone (Body Farm, #1) by Jefferson Bass
3. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
4. Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead
5. Nothing to Lose (Ziba MacKenzie, #2) by Victoria Selman
Go to a Wedding
1. A Dirty Wedding Night (Dirty, #2.5) by Jaine Diamond
Go Birdwatching
1. H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Travel
1. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
2. Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales Of A Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison
3. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
4. Arctic Chill (Inspector Erlendur, #7) by Arnaldur Indriðason
5. The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper
6. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer Holmes Pastiches, #1) by Nicholas Meyer
7. Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
8. One by One by Ruth Ware
9. Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer (Mrs. Pollifax, #12) by Dorothy Gilman
See a Circus
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Chase Butterflies
1. The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1) by Dot Hutchison
2. Roses of May (The Collector, #2) by Dot Hutchison
Learn to Fence
1. Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
See Fireworks
1. Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) by Agatha Christie
Go Horsebackriding
1. Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
2. Riders (Rutshire Chronicles, #1) by Jilly Cooper
Go Dancing
1. Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman
Watch the Olympics
1. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss
Start a New Relationship
1. Blood for Blood (Ziba MacKenzie, #1) by Victoria Selman
2. Rivals (Rutshire Chronicles #2) by Jilly Cooper
Tell Scary Stories
1. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk
2. Undeath and Taxes (Fred, the Vampire Accountant, #2) by Drew Hayes
Run a half marathon
1. Dracula: But The Count Runs Half Marathons by Dick Cody Heese
Go to Camp
1. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3) by Rick Riordan
Visit a classic city
1. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Go to the Library
1. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, #1) by Mark Lawrence
Participate in a book club
1. Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Try all. The. Beer.
1. Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1) by Rex Stout
Visit childhood neighborhood
1. Thursday's Child (Frieda Klein, #4) by Nicci French
Go to the Theatre
1. Bloody Ten by William F. Love
Learn a New Skill
1. In the Shadow of the Bull (Ancient Crete Mystery, #1) by Eleanor Kuhns
Write a Love Letter
1. How to Break a Dragon's Heart (How to Train Your Dragon, #8) by Cressida Cowell
Go to the Beach
1. Funny Story by Emily Henry
Visit a Sick Friend
1. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler
Move to a New Home
1. The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
Collect Autographs
1. Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger by Lee Israel
Throw a Dinner Party
1. Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11) by Agatha Christie
2. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Write Poetry
1. The Ipswich Bus by Robbie Franklin
Paint a Portrait
1. Day (The Night Trilogy, #3) by Elie Wiesel
Adopt a Pet
1. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby
Attend a Concert
1. If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman
This might be a stretch since I don't plan to read summer-y books exclusively, but sign me up for 25 books.
SUMMER BUCKET LISTDuration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
25/25
Go Fishing = A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Ride a bike - The Oath
Watch fireworks - The Husbands
Make a craft - The Lifestyle
Plant a garden
Eat ice cream - Ellen Outside the Lines
Learn to surf
Sing and dance - Wellness
Go swimming - If Only I Had Told Her
Visit a library - The Wishing Game
Solve a puzzle - The Christmas Wish
Go on a road trip - My Week with Him
Bake cookies - Accidentally Engaged
Go to a wedding - Business Casual
Go sailing
Sleep in a cabin - Wish You Weren't Here
Pick berries - Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer
Go wine tasting - Kings Distraction
Go on a holiday - Going Bicoastal
Have a picnic
Visit a relative - Sleepless in Dubai
Try something new - Their Eyes Are Watching God
Wear flip-flops - The Offer
Fly a kite
Get a tattoo - The Holiday Swap
Bird watching - Any Sign of Life
Do magic tricks - Spellhacker
Attend a concert - All In
Have a cocktail - Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
Volunteer - A Psalm for the Wild-Built
I'll sign up for 10.14/10
SUMMER BUCKET LIST
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
Make a craft
Plant a garden
Eat ice cream
Learn to surf
Sing and dance
Go swimming
Visit a library
Bake cookies
Go sailing
Sleep in a cabin
Pick berries
Go wine tasting
Wear flip-flops
Get a tattoo
Attend a concert
Volunteer
2024 Reading ChallengeQ3 - Summer Bucket List
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
Progress: 17 out of 20
For this third quarter challenge, we will tackle our Summer Bucket Lists through our reading. Select your favorite activities from the list below, and read books where those activities are represented in the text, title, or cover art.
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Go Fishing
Ride a bike: Road Queens by MaryJanice Davidson - *** - 7/13/2024 - 329 Pages
Watch fireworks
Make a craft
Plant a garden: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin - **** - 7/26/2024 - 368 Pages
Eat ice cream: Meaty by Samantha Irby - **** - 7/7/2024 - 272 Pages
Learn to surf
Sing and dance
Go swimming: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer - - 8/27/2024 - 382 Pages
Visit a library: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear - - 8/5/2024 - 321 Pages
Solve a puzzle: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman - - 8/7/2024 - 446 Pages
Go on a road trip: Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven by Kami Garcia - - 7/8/2024 - 208 Pages
Bake cookies: Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford - - 9/10/2024 - 384 Pages
Go to a wedding: Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir by Robert Kirby - **** - 7/9/2024 - 112 Pages
Go sailing: Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky - **** - 8/10/2024 - 248 Pages
Sleep in a cabin: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez - - 8/2/2024 - 432 Pages
Pick berries: Inheritance by Nora Roberts - **** - 9/8/2024 - 419 Pages
Go wine tasting: Zora Books Her Happy Ever After by Taj McCoy - **** - 7/22/2024 - 336 Pages
Go on a holiday: In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace - - 7/25/2024 - 336 Pages
Have a picnic
Visit a relative: Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last by Wright Thompson - - 7/23/2024 - 256 Pages
Try something new: Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within by Chade-Meng Tan - **** - 7/5/2024 - 272 Pages
Wear flip-flops
Fly a kite
Get a tattoo
Bird watching
Do magic tricks
Attend a concert
Have a cocktail: Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle - - 7/5/2024 - 270 Pages
Volunteer
I will go for 12!12/12-- Challenge Complete!
Make a craft
Eat ice cream
Learn to surf
Sing and dance
Solve a puzzle
Bake cookies
Sleep in a cabin
Go wine tasting
Go on a holiday
Have a picnic
Visit a relative
Try something new
Wear flip-flops
Fly a kite
Get a tattoo
Do magic tricks
Attend a concert
Volunteer
I'm in for 4.Go swimming - Relay
Sleep in a cabin - In the Middle of Somewhere
Go on a road trip - The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Try something new - A Bánh Mì for Two
4/4 Read
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Here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo-doo
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's alright
Little darlin', it's been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darlin', it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo-doo
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's alright
Little darlin', the smile's returning to their faces
Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's alright
� George Harrison
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Progress: 10/� 3. Make a craft: writing as a craft: Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
� 4. Plant a garden: gardens and gardening is a big subtopic of this book: Murder at a London Finishing School
� 8. Go swimming: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
� 10. Solve a puzzle: The Last Hope
� 11. Go on a road trip: A Cowrie of Hope
� 12. Bake cookies: Leroy's Easy Peanut Butter Cookies: Murder is a Piece of Cake
� 16. Pick
� 18. Go on a holiday: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
� 26. Do magic tricks: Hollow Man
� 30. Painting: The Dogs and the Wolves
Gail W wrote: "Please sign me up for 5"Welcome, Gail! 🤗
Sign me up for 6 books6/6-COMPLETED
✅Ride a Bike - Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories (8/7/24)
✅Go Swimming - Swimmer (10/7/24)
✅Go on a Road Trip - Two-Way Street (28/8/24)
✅Sleep in a Cabin - Sutton's Cabin (28/8/24)
✅Go Wine Tasting - Wine and Dead, Another Murder (23/9/24)
✅Attend a Concert - Stuck 1966: No Time To Groove (24/9/24)
Hi, I'd love to join this and I think it would give me some incentive to get through some of these library books.. however they don't fit with the theme too well. I tend to read horror, thriller and historical fiction books. Am I able to 'make' them fit? Ie this kid just rode his bike in this horror book?
I thought I'd joined this, but I must have mentally filed this in my tbr file ;)!Please sign me up for 5, and it will definitely be tweaked since I've done almost everything on the list and many of those weren't bucket list things :), and the two I haven't are definitely not on my bucket list.
I have no idea how I will do that but will give it some thought.
My bucket list, and to be honest, it's not necessarily realistic since I've done most of those, and sometimes if I read something that strikes my fancy as something that works, I'll add it:
My "dream" bucket list:
5/5
1. Win a battle against local bureaucracy with new friends and old neighbours (in summer downunder or "upover") A Man Called Ove
2 Win a battle against the worst bully I have encountered IRL Between Shades of Gray
3 Miraculously cured of an ailment Peace Like a River
4 Appear in a highly successful, long running play An Expert in Murder
5 Win a national speech contest Stargirl
I would like to play. Please sign me up for 8.
Update to message 10: 1/12 books read!
Toni wrote: "Hi, I'd love to join this and I think it would give me some incentive to get through some of these library books.. however they don't fit with the theme too well. I tend to read horror, thriller an..."Yes, you can find the activities in the text of the book, in the title or on the cover, but if you find it hard to adjust the activities on the "official" bucket list to your favorite reads you can make your own bucket list according to your preferences.
If you finally decide to sign up, please let me know how many books you'll be reading.
Happy summer! 🤗
Whitney wrote: "Update to message 10: 1/12 books read!"
Hey Carmen, thanks for the info, sign me up for 25 please.16/25 books read.
Stay in a Cabin - This Is Why We Lied
Build Sandcastles - Preludes & Nocturnes
Plant a Garden - The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Ride a Bike - Fairy Tale
Go to the Beach - Jaws
Have a Spa Day - The Year of the Flood
Solve a Puzzle - After Oz
Swim in the Sea - The Housemaid Is Watching
Paddle in the Creek - The House on Cold Creek Lane
Spend time with Family - Slappy Birthday to You
Have a Sleepover - Slumber Party
Go on a Road Trip - The Road
Do the Gardening - Stay Out of the Basement
Go Diving - Fathomless
Make New Friends - Mirror, Mirror
Play Tennis - When No One Was Looking
Update to message 30:1 / 5 completed, and not one that I even planned!
What a wonderful idea! I will sign up for 10. And now I have to think up my own bucket list!
Gail W wrote: "Update to message 30:1 / 5 completed, and not one that I even planned!"
Good for you!
Amy wrote: "Updated message 27-- 1/12"
Toni, Magdalena and Anna: WELCOME!!! 🤗Happy reading summer!
Sign me up for 6 please!Progress: 0/6
1. Visit a library
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2. Solve a puzzle
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3. Sleep in cabin
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4. Visit relative
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5. Try something new
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6. Go on holiday
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Amy wrote: "Updated message 27-- 2/12"Well done, Amy! 👏
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Legends & Lattes (other topics)The Collected Regrets of Clover (other topics)
Murtagh (other topics)
Funny Story (other topics)
Beartown (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Amanda Quick (other topics)Danielle Steel (other topics)
Lynn Joseph (other topics)
Barbara A. Shapiro (other topics)
Joanne Fluke (other topics)
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Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
For this third quarter challenge, we will tackle our Summer Bucket Lists through our reading. Select your favorite activities from the list below, and read books where those activities are represented in the text, title, or cover art.
To join, post a message to let the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our challenges, you can learn more about how they work in this thread.
We are grateful to Carmen both for sharing her challenge idea and for offering to lead it. Thank you very much!