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August 2024 Mini Challenge � SUMMER'S END
Begins: 01Aug24 / Ends: 31Aug24

Can we really be at the end of summer ... already?! Here are a few prompts to celebrate August


* Dog Days of Summer � Read book with a dog on the COVER (post the cover image)

* World Elephant Day � These magnificent (and endangered) animals are found in Asia and Africa. Read a book set in Asia or Africa. (Tell us where your book is set.)

* Happy Birthday - My father, my brother and my niece all celebrate their birthdays in August. Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is: A E M P or S (Link to the author name.)

* Happy Birthday # 2 - Still using my family birthdates ... Read a book originally published between 1921 and 1995 (inclusive). Tell us the original publication year.

* State Fair - One of my favorite events of the summer! Read a book where the 1st letter of EACH title word can be found in STATE FAIR (All words count; 2-word minimum)



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RULES OF THE CHALLENGE

All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.

You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book.

You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing a task.

A book may be used for only one task, even if it would satisfy the challenge for multiple tasks.

EXAMPLE of a successful post:
Book with a BLUE cover: - � - 31Jan23


If you'd like to be recognized as finishing the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.

As always, have Fun!

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Participants

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Beverly � COMPLETED

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Koren � COMPLETED

Sheila

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TerriS � COMPLETED

Tessa � COMPLETED

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Though I'm not celebrating the end of summer, this looks like a good way to bring some fun to our August reading! :)

August 2024 Mini Challenge � SUMMER'S END

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� Dog Days of Summer � Read book with a dog on the COVER (post the cover image)

The Misadventures of Penrod by Booth Tarkington, 5s, 9-16-24

� World Elephant Day � These magnificent (and endangered) animals are found in Asia and Africa. Read a book set in Asia or Africa. (Tell us where your book is set.)
The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, 4****s, 8-4-24, KYOTO, JAPAN

� Happy Birthday - My father, my brother and my niece all celebrate their birthdays in August. Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is: A E M P or S (Link to the author name.)
Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War, 5s, 8-4-24

� Happy Birthday # 2 - Still using my family birthdates ... Read a book originally published between 1921 and 1995 (inclusive). Tell us the original publication year.
A Long Way to Go by Borden Deal, 4****s, 8-27-24 -- Published in 1965

� State Fair - One of my favorite events of the summer! Read a book where the 1st letter of EACH title word can be found in STATE FAIR (All words count; 2-word minimum)
Four Squares by Bobby Finger, 4****s, 8-10-24

August 2024 Mini Challenge � SUMMER'S END
Begins: 01Aug24 / Ends: 31Aug24

* Dog Days of Summer � Read book with a dog on the COVER (post the cover image)-The Dog Lived by Teresa Rhyne finished 8/25


* World Elephant Day � These magnificent (and endangered) animals are found in Asia and Africa. Read a book set in Asia or Africa. (Tell us where your book is set.)-The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria by Janine Di Giovanni finished 8/12 Takes place in Syria

* Happy Birthday - My father, my brother and my niece all celebrate their birthdays in August. Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is: A E M P or S (Link to the author name.)-Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob, by Peter Bart finished 8/1

* Happy Birthday # 2 - Still using my family birthdates ... Read a book originally published between 1921 and 1995 (inclusive). Tell us the original publication year.-Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury finished 8/10 publishedf 1953

* State Fair - One of my favorite events of the summer! Read a book where the 1st letter of EACH title word can be found in STATE FAIR (All words count; 2-word minimum)-Too Small to Ignore by Wess Stafford finished 8/27

I'm in. Still finishing the rest of the months.

4/5

* Dog Days of Summer � Read book with a dog on the COVER (post the cover image) by Allison Moore and Bellamy Bloom--finished 11/17/2024

* World Elephant Day � These magnificent (and endangered) animals are found in Asia and Africa. Read a book set in Asia or Africa. (Tell us where your book is set.)

* Happy Birthday - My father, my brother and my niece all celebrate their birthdays in August. Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is: A E M P or S (Link to the author name.)--His Captain (The Regency Lords): Wounded Hero MM Romance by Stephanie Lake--finished 8/5/2024

* Happy Birthday # 2 - Still using my family birthdates ... Read a book originally published between 1921 and 1995 (inclusive). Tell us the original publication year.--Fences by August Wilson--finished 11/13/2024--originally a staged reading in 1983, first played in 1985 at the Yale Repertory Theater, on Broadway in 1987, book printed in 1986.

* State Fair - One of my favorite events of the summer! Read a book where the 1st letter of EACH title word can be found in STATE FAIR (All words count; 2-word minimum)--Angry Sins by C. E. Nelson--finished 9/28/2024

August 2024 Mini Challenge � SUMMER'S END
Begins: 01Aug24 / Ends: 31Aug24

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1. Dog Days of Summer � Read book with a dog on the COVER (post the cover image)
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley FINISHED 8/29 see image of cover below

2. World Elephant Day � These magnificent (and endangered) animals are found in Asia and Africa. Read a book set in Asia or Africa. (Tell us where your book is set.) The story takes place in Viet Nam.
Twilight Territory by Andrew X. Pham FINISHED 8/11


3. Happy Birthday - My father, my brother and my niece all celebrate their birthdays in August. Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is: A E M P or S (Link to the author name.)
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller FINISHED 8/3

4. Happy Birthday # 2 - Still using my family birthdates ... Read a book originally published between 1921 and 1995 (inclusive). Tell us the original publication year.
Fado Alexandrino by António Lobo Antunes Originally published in 1983 FINISHED 8/27

5. State Fair - One of my favorite events of the summer! Read a book where the 1st letter of EACH title word can be found in STATE FAIR (All words count; 2-word minimum)
Ellis Island: A Novel by Kate Kerrigan FINISHED 8/24

August 2024 Mini Challenge � SUMMER'S END
Begins: 01Aug24 / Ends: 31Aug24


5 / 5 completed


* Dog Days of Summer � Dog on the COVER - � � 11Oct24

* World Elephant Day � These magnificent (and endangered) animals are found in Asia and Africa. Read a book set in Asia or Africa. - China is setting for Lady Tan’s Circle of Women � � 25Aug24

* Happy Birthday - My father, my brother and my niece all celebrate their birthdays in August. Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is: A E M P or S - P Paula Hawkins / A Slow Fire Burning � � 07Aug24

* Happy Birthday # 2 - Still using my family birthdates ... Read a book originally published between 1921 and 1995 (inclusive). Tell us the original publication year. - Orig published April 1991 - Eyes Of Prey � � 04Sep24

* State Fair - One of my favorite events of the summer! Read a book where the 1st letter of EACH title word can be found in STATE FAIR - T F R - The Frozen River � � 06Aug24

August 2024 Mini Challenge

* Dog Days of Summer � Read book with a dog on the COVER (post the cover image)

* World Elephant Day � These magnificent (and endangered) animals are found in Asia and Africa. Read a book set in Asia or Africa. (Tell us where your book is set.)
Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin 8/23/24 - Shanghai

* Happy Birthday - My father, my brother and my niece all celebrate their birthdays in August. Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is: A E M P or S (Link to the author name.)
Erasure by Percival Everett 8/1/24

* Happy Birthday # 2 - Still using my family birthdates ... Read a book originally published between 1921 and 1995 (inclusive). Tell us the original publication year.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker 8/2/24 - published 1982

* State Fair - One of my favorite events of the summer! Read a book where the 1st letter of EACH title word can be found in STATE FAIR (All words count; 2-word minimum)

August 2024 Mini Challenge � SUMMER'S END
4/5 completed

* Dog Days of Summer � Read book with a dog on the COVER (post the cover image)
Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry 8/2
See cover below.

* World Elephant Day � These magnificent (and endangered) animals are found in Asia and Africa. Read a book set in Asia or Africa. (Tell us where your book is set.)
A Bookshop In Algiers by Kaouther Adimi 8/21
Algeria, Africa

* Happy Birthday - My father, my brother and my niece all celebrate their birthdays in August. Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is: S (Link to the author name.)
Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews 8/7

* Happy Birthday # 2 - Still using my family birthdates ... Read a book originally published between 1921 and 1995 (inclusive). Tell us the original publication year.
Sister Peters in Amsterdam by Betty Neels 8/3
1969

* State Fair - One of my favorite events of the summer! Read a book where the 1st letter of EACH title word can be found in STATE FAIR (All words count; 2-word minimum)

Finished message #4

Updated message #6: Challenge completed

Update message #3: Challenge Completed! :)