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Updated: 6/30/24 👙
Book Concierge - (5/7) SEASIDE
👒👙Jonquil - (7/7) TOURIST C
JennH - (8/10) HAPPY PLACE
👒👙Beverly - (9/9) SONGBIRDS C
Licha-Olivia - (3/10) CALIFORNIA
👒👙Carol - (16/16) JUST FOR THE SUMMER C
👒👙Koren - (7/7) COTTAGE C
Diana S - (0/11) HOTEL LAGUNA
👒👙Marilyn - (5/5) BEACH C
Updated: 6/30/24 👙
Book Concierge - (5/7) SEASIDE
👒👙Jonquil - (7/7) TOURIST C
JennH - (8/10) HAPPY PLACE
👒👙Beverly - (9/9) SONGBIRDS C
Licha-Olivia - (3/10) CALIFORNIA
👒👙Carol - (16/16) JUST FOR THE SUMMER C
👒👙Koren - (7/7) COTTAGE C
Diana S - (0/11) HOTEL LAGUNA
👒👙Marilyn - (5/5) BEACH C
BIKINI TIME - FUN IN THE WATER CHALLENGE
Begins: 01June24 / Ends: 30June24
7 / 7 completed
Seaside
S - The Secrets We Kept � � 10Jun24
E - Encore Provence � � 20Jun24
A - Antoine Laurain / The President's Hat � 01June24
S - SMITH, Alexander McCall / The Unbearable Lightness of Scones � � 10Jun24
I - Imbolo Mbue / Behold the Dreamers � � 26Jul24
D - Donald E. Westlake / Why Me? � � 21Jun24
E - Elephant in the Garden � � 23Jun24
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Begins: 01June24 / Ends: 30June24
7 / 7 completed
Seaside
S - The Secrets We Kept � � 10Jun24
E - Encore Provence � � 20Jun24
A - Antoine Laurain / The President's Hat � 01June24
S - SMITH, Alexander McCall / The Unbearable Lightness of Scones � � 10Jun24
I - Imbolo Mbue / Behold the Dreamers � � 26Jul24
D - Donald E. Westlake / Why Me? � � 21Jun24
E - Elephant in the Garden � � 23Jun24
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June 2024
7/7 DONE
T Treasure Hunt Andrea Camilleri 6/13
O One Last Lie Paul Doiron 6/1
U Uneasy Relations Aaron Elkins 6/15
R Really Truly Heather Vogel Frederick 6/2
I In Too Deep Rachael Sommers 6/11
S State of Grace Marie Force 6/6
T Trouble in Blue Beverly Long 6/8

Duration: month of June
H - A Deadly Feast by Lucy Burdette 6/30/24
A - Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie 6/17/24
P - Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang & LeUyen Pham 6/17/24
P
Y - Finally Heard by Kelly Yang 6/4/24
P
L - The Guest List by Lucy Foley 6/23/24
A - Kernel of Truth by Kristi Abbott 6/23/24
C - A Call for Kelp by Bree Baker 6/14/24
E - Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson 6/30/24

Duration: month of June
9/9
S Synapse by Steven James FINISHED 6/2
0 It's One of Us by J.T. Ellison Main character's first name is Olivia FINISHED 6/5
N Naomi Hirahara, Evergreen FINISHED 6/18
G Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland FINISHED 6/14
B Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot FINISHED 6/23
I Iris Yamashita, City Under One Roof FINISHED 6/28
R The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts FINISHED 6/11
D Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman FINISHED 6/6
S Say Yes Summer by Lindsey Roth Culli FINISHED 6/20










Duration: month of June
3/10 Letters
C: Caliban’s War James S. A. Corey (6/9/24)
A: Angel Experiment (The) James Patterson (6/15/24)
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F: Frances “Frankie� McGrath (mc); The Women Kristian Hannah (6/4/24)
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16/16 - Done 6/30
Jocelyn Drake - Torch - 6/23
Undead and Unreturnable - Mary Janice Davidson - 6/27
Saints Like Him - Aimee Nicole Walker - 6/4
Tortuga, B A - Wicked in Wranglers - 6/1
Francesca May - Wild and Wicked Things - 6/3
Obey the Rules - Leighton Green - 6/1
Rhys Ford - Hellion - 6/12
Temptation Ranch - Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga - 6/2
Holmes, Gianni - Dirty Deed - 6/10
Eden Finley - Zeus - 5/5
Steve Cavanugh - Thirteen - 5/4
Unbreakable Stories: Snow - Jocelynn Drake
Megan Stockton - Bluejay - 5/5
Merick Denzil - The Last Witness - 6/7
Eva Gates - By Book or By Crook - 6/6
Rhys Ford - Savior -6/10

Duration: month of June
C-Colson, Emily Dancing with Max: A Mother and Son Who Broke Free finished 6/22
O-The Orchard by Theresa Weir finished 6/9
T-Tom Macher Halfway: A Memoir finished 6/18
T-Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson finished 6/4
A-Alnes, Jacqueline The Fruit Cure: The Story of Extreme Wellness Turned Sour finished 6/14
G-Gerrard, Nicci The Last Ocean: A Journey through Memory and Forgetting finished 6/1
E-Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez My Side of the River finished 6/12

Begins: 01June24 / Ends: 30June24
5 / 5 completed
BEACH
B--Brodeur, Adrienne, author of Little Monsters--6/16/24
E--Emezi, Akwaeke, author of The Death of Vivek Oji--6/27/24
A--Andrea Lankford, author of Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail--6/13/24
C--Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo--6/2/24
H--Hannigan, Maurice, main character in When All Is Said by Anne Griffin--6/25/24
Update message # 4 - Challenge completed - � 26July24
BIKINI TIME - FUN IN THE WATER CHALLENGE
Begins: 01June24 / Ends: 30June24
7 / 7 completed
Seaside
S - The Secrets We Kept � � 10Jun24
E - Encore Provence � � 20Jun24
A - Antoine Laurain / The President's Hat � 01June24
S - SMITH, Alexander McCall / The Unbearable Lightness of Scones � � 10Jun24
I - Imbolo Mbue / Behold the Dreamers � � 26Jul24
D - Donald E. Westlake / Why Me? � � 21Jun24
E - Elephant in the Garden � � 23Jun24
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BIKINI TIME - FUN IN THE WATER CHALLENGE
Begins: 01June24 / Ends: 30June24
7 / 7 completed
Seaside
S - The Secrets We Kept � � 10Jun24
E - Encore Provence � � 20Jun24
A - Antoine Laurain / The President's Hat � 01June24
S - SMITH, Alexander McCall / The Unbearable Lightness of Scones � � 10Jun24
I - Imbolo Mbue / Behold the Dreamers � � 26Jul24
D - Donald E. Westlake / Why Me? � � 21Jun24
E - Elephant in the Garden � � 23Jun24
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Books mentioned in this topic
The President's Hat (other topics)The Secrets We Kept (other topics)
Encore Provence (other topics)
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (other topics)
Behold the Dreamers (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Donald E. Westlake (other topics)Antoine Laurain (other topics)
Imbolo Mbue (other topics)
Alexander McCall Smith (other topics)
Imbolo Mbue (other topics)
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Duration: month of June
Spell-out one/more of the ALL-CAPPED Summer Fun below OR any of the above book titles
HAPPY PLACE
VACATION
SUNSHINE
THE SAINT
BOOKCLUB
CALIFORNIA
HOTEL
WEEKEND
TOURIST
FRIENDSHIP
SISTERS
LOVERS
SWAN SONG
BEACH
BEAUTIFUL
COTTAGE
SONGBIRDS
SEASIDE
SOULMATE
JUST FOR THE SUMMER
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!