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Finished :-)

Ice Cream Challenge
Duration: July 12-September 12
Completed: 26/26

E - Elizabeth Hunter, author of A Hidden Fire - 8/26
S - Clifford D. Simak - Way Station - 9/2
P - The Poppy War - 9/9
R - J.D. Robb - Naked in Death - 9/8
E - Everland - 8/20
S - Stephen King, author of The Drawing of the Three - 8/17
S - A Study in Charlotte - 9/12
O - J.P. Oliver - Swipe Right - 9/9

A- Addie, MC in Love & Luck - 8/30
P-Paula Hawkins, author of Into the Water - 8/7
P-Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent - 9/7
L- Tara Lain, author of The Pack or the Panther - 9/1
E- Reise nach dem Mittelpunkt der Erde, Extraordinary Voyages series #3 - 8/8


A-Ilona Andrews, author of Iron and Magic (8/23)
L-Lois Lowry, author of The Giver (7/13)
M-Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz (7/27)
O-Only Love - 9/6
N- Nicolette Antonovich, MC in Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress - 9/3
D- Defy the Stars (8/31)

B-Barry Lyga, author of I Hunt Killers (7/18)
R-Rosemary and Rue (7/17)
O-The Opportunist (7/14)
W-Winter (8/5)
N-The Necromancer's Dance (7/14)
I-It Ends with Us (7/20)
E- Ellie Watt, MC in Sins & Needles (7/28)

Welcome Brigia!

Your challenge post is HERE

Let's say I'm on a diet so I'm only doing "one scoop" ;D

Option #2: Spell-It-Out
Level: One Scoop (7 books)

✔︎ V: Vampire Requiem
✔︎ A: As You Wish
✔︎ N: Nyxia Unleashed
✔︎ I: In the Night Wood
✔︎ L: The Lost Plot
✔︎ L: Lady Henterman’s Wardrobe
✔︎ A: The Alienist



Total: 7 books
Complete!

🍨🍦🍨🍦🍨 Ice Cream Challenge 🍨🍦🍨🍦🍨 Level: Four Scoops.
Option #2- Spell out any ice cream flavors. 🍨🍨 18th July - 18th Sep.

Almond: (view spoiler)[
A - Aftershocks 28/6/18 ★★★
L - The Beauty's Brother 19/6/18 ★★★★
M - Doctor Who: Wetworld 24/6/18 ★★★★
O - Ostrich and the 'Roo 20/6/18 ★★★
N - Doctor Who: The Nightmare Of Black Island 27/6/18 ★★★★
D - Depression is a Liar 19/6/18 ★★
(hide spoiler)]

Apple: (view spoiler)[
A - Giant Days, Vol. 6 7/8/18 ★★★
P - Princess Jellyfish, Tome 1 20/6/18 ★★
P - Princess Jellyfish, Tome 2 22/6/18 ★★
L - Cyanide & Happiness: A Guide to Parenting by Three Guys with No Kids 15/8/18 ★★★★
E - Dual Abduction 20/6/18 ★★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

Bubblegum: (view spoiler)[
B - Barbarian's Touch 20/6/18 ★★★★
U - Doctor Who - The Wheel of Ice 16/8/18 ★★★
B - Barbarian's Taming 25/6/18 ★★★★
B - Origins 27/6/18 ★★★★
L - Mercenary Abduction 27/8/18 ★★★★★
E - My T-Rex Has A Toothache 15/8/18 ★★★
G - How to Survive a Horror Movie 22/6/18 ★★★
U - The Ugly Duckling 26/8/18 ★★★
M - War Horse 26/6/18 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

Cherry: (view spoiler)[
C - Calm: Slice of Life Short Stories 23/6/18 ★★★
H - Hell's Kitty 30/6/18 ★★★★★
E - Junjou Romantica volume 15 29/8/18 ★★★
R - Barbarian's Heart 29/6/18 ★★★
R - Fool's Assassin (Free Sampler) 10/8/18 ★★★
Y - Priest, Volume 1. Prelude for the Deceased 11/8/18 ★★
(hide spoiler)]

Butterscotch: (view spoiler)[
B - Doctor Strange: The Beginning 8/8/18 ★★★
U - Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 3 29/8/18 ★★★★
T - The Graveyard Book 10/8/18 ★★★★
T - Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 15: Includes vols. 43, 44 45 14/8/18 ★★★★
E - The World's Greatest First Love, Vol. 4 29/8/18 ★★★★
R - Ranma ½, Volume 2 10/8/18 ★★★
S - Better Date than Never Boxed Set: Books 1-6 15/8/18 ★★★★★
C - Chobits, Omnibus 2 12/8/18 ★★★★
O - The World's Greatest First Love, Vol. 5 30/8/18 ★★★★★
T - Ranma ½, Vol. 4 (Ranma ½ 15/8/18 ★★★
C - Sakura Card Captors, Volume 1 16/8/18 ★★★
H - Prince of Servitude: An Erotic Gay Fairy Tale 9/8/18 ★★
(hide spoiler)]

Peppermint: (view spoiler)[
P - Future Lovers, Vol. 2 5/9/18 ★★★
E - Five Glass Slippers 8/9/18 ★★★
P - Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook 11/9/18 ★★★
P - My Allosaur Has Lost His Roar - Childrens Picture Book 11/9/18 ★★★
E - A Wonderlandiful World 9/9/18 ★★★★★
R - Ranma ½, Vol. 3 (Ranma ½ 15/8/18 ★★★
M - Zombie Fallout 29/8/18 ★★★★
I - Barbarian's Hope 17/8/18 ★★★
N - Junjo Romantica, Band 14 17/8/18 ★★★
T - Ranma ½, Vol. 5 (Ranma ½ 28/8/18 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

Chocolate chip cookie dough: (view spoiler)[
C - Critical Failures II: Fail Harder 25/8/18 ★★★★★
H - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 19/8/18 ★★★★★
O - 隣にきみのぬくもりを Tonari ni Kimi no Nukumori wo 4/9/18 ★★★★
C - Mister Mistress, Volume 2 4/9/18 ★★★
O - Mister Mistress Volume 1 4/9/18 ★★★
L - Little Red Running Shorts 6/9/18 ★★★
A - Giant Days #25 26/8/18 ★★★
T - A Plague Upon Your Family 6/9/18 ★★★★
E - The Snow Child 10/9/18 ★★★

C - Allies of the Night 7/9/18 ★★★★★
H - How to Betray a Dragon's Hero 26/8/18 ★★★★
I - Bayou Noël 11/9/18 ★
P - Jacket and Tie Required 12/9/18 ★★★

C - Hers To Command 10/9/18 ★★★
O - The Zombie Bible 14/9/18 ★★★
O - JUNJO ROMANTICA T.19 15/9/18 ★★★★
K - Future Lovers, Vol. 1 5/9/18 ★★★★
I - Barbarian's Choice 18/8/18 ★★★
E - The World's Greatest First Love, Vol. 10 16/9/18 ★★★★

D - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 11/9/18 ★★★★
O - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 16/9/18 ★★★★
U - Red as Blood and White as Bone 16/9/18 ★★★
G - Good With Dragons 5/9/18 ★★★
H - Hello My Prince: A Gay Romance Novel 9/9/18 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

Mango: (view spoiler)[
M - The End 17/9/18 ★★★★★
A - A Wedding Story 14/9/18 ★★★★
N - JUNJO ROMANTICA T.18 12/9/18 ★★★★
G - Just Right 16/9/18 ★★★
O - Howl's Moving Castle 17/9/18 ★★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

Seasonal Challenge ~ July 17 - September 17
🍨 Delightfully Delicious!
Ice Cream Challenge
Level: FOUR Scoops
🍦17/17



Jam
J The Body in the Dales by J.R. Ellis 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Lost Girls by Angela Marsons 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
M Stalking Ground by Margaret Mizushima 4.5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Mint
M Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I Into the Water by Paula Hawkins 4.5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
N Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
T Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Peach
P Play Dead by Angela Marsons 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge 5★'s
*Audiobook* Narrated by Elizabeth Bower
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton 4★'s
C Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
H Hunting Hour by Margaret Mizushima 4.5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Pecan
P Probable Claws by Rita Mae Brown 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E The Quartet Murders by J.R. Ellis 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
C The Nowhere Child by Christian White 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A An Act of Silence by Colette McBeth 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
N The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Welcome Li'l Owl, Katherine & Alysa!


Your challenge posts are updated HERE

Thank you! =o)

Not sure if anything I'm reading has ice cream on the cover, but I will spell out my go-to flavors: MINT CHIP and COFFEE. The other letters* are to go for the Coin. (Ergo, alterations could necessary.)
DEADLINE: September 22


M - Mason Reese in Slow Burn
I - Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only
N - Nora Ephron's Heartburn
T - Tony Dunbar's Crooked Man
*C - Comet Jo in Empire Star
*H - Hawkes Harbor
*O - George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
*C - George Carlin's When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
*O - "The Old Navy" by Frederick Marryat in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems
*L - James Lacey in Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
*A - Allegra Babel-17 (of course, to me she's the star)
*T - Jill Twiss's A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
*E - Ellie Alexander's Meet Your Baker
C - Charlotte Pence's Marlon Bundo's Day in the Life of the Vice President
H - Harriet Tubman: A Life From Beginning to End
I - In Cold Blood
P - Peggy Guggenheim in Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

C - Claude in Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
O - Oscar Hammerstein II's A Real Nice Clambake
F - "Fantastic Mr. Fox" on The Roald Dahl Audio Collection
F - Virgil Flowers in Heat Lightning
E - Lady Emily in Wild Strawberries
E - Lady Evangeline Youngblood in My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel
*F - Frances Goodrich in The Real Nick and Nora: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Writers of Stage and Screen Classics
*U - Uloopi in Death and Night
*D - D is for Dahl: A gloriumptious A-Z guide to the world of Roald Dahl
*G - Zane Grey's Bernardo's Revenge
*E - The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds

This will be my first challenge with the group, I just can't resist ice cream! Going for Two Scoops of my favorite flavor!

🍦 Ice Cream Challenge
Due by: September 21st
Level: Two Scoops 7/9

P ✔ The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
I ✔ Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
S ✔ A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
T ✔ The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
A ✔ And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
C ✔ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
H ✔ The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
I The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon ~ DNF ~
O



I guess this challenge would be considered failed then! I was actually quite excited when I found The Incendiaries, it sounded like something that I'd really like, but despite it being a short read, it just felt sooo sluggish; it's been a month since I started reading it, and... I just can't anymore.

Welcome Allegra & Mariana!

Your challenge posts are HERE

I would like to bow out of this challenge. I could not complete any books for this so far. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Thanks.

Viji wrote: "I would like to bow out of this challenge. I could not complete any books for this so far. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Thanks."

Sure Viji... no worries; sometimes it hard to fit in all the challenges we do!

Hey guys! :)
I just joined your group and I'm still trying to figure out, how this all works. ;)
So, is it still possible to join this challenge? And if so, am I right in just having to choose a level and a (or some) flavors for my scoops? Books are counting if I finish them after starting the challenge, right?
Thanks for being patient with me! ;)

Makati wrote: "Hey guys! :)
I just joined your group and I'm still trying to figure out, how this all works. ;)
So, is it still possible to join this challenge? And if so, am I right in just having to choose a le..."

HI Makati! Welcome.
Yes, Yes, yes!

Option #2- Spell out any or all of the ice cream flavors listed below

Start Date: 7/9/18
Finished: 9/2/18

D - Diane Mott Davidson - Catering to Nobody 7/22/18
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 7/25/18
L - Leslie Meier Mistletoe Murder 8/6/18
C - Cupcake Bakery Series Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay 7/31/18
E - Emily Brightwell - The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries 8/23/18

D - Deborah Crombie - A Share in Death 7/10/18
E - Frances Evesham - Murder at the Lighthouse 9/2/18

L - Lord Peter Wimsey Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers 7/16/18
E - Esio Trot by Roald Dahl 9/1/18
C - Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly 7/17/18
H - Hamish Macbeth Death of a Gossip by M.C. Beaton 7/20/18
E - Elephants and Corpses by Kameron Hurley 9/2/18

Gosh, I always end up with so many E's!

@Moderators of NRBC: Cool, thanks so much!

I'll go with two scoops then, but short ones. ;)

A
P
P
L - Iny Lorentz, author of Die Kastellanin (The Wandering Harlot #2) [08/24]
E

L - Iny Lorentz, author of The Wandering Harlot [08/19]
E - Elinor Dashwood, main character of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility [08/13]
M - Der Weg ins Labyrinth (Magisterium #1) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare [08/14]
O - Oliver Rohrbeck, narrator of Der kupferne Handschuh (Magisterium #2) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare [08/27]
N

Well, didn't make it, maybe I'll try again next year... ;)

Vanessa & Makita welcome!

Your challenge posts are updated HERE

( agree, those E's can be pesky!)

All done! Message 5

Finished!

I think I'd do this challenge again :P

Done!
#53

Finished a few days ago but forgot to mark it :)

Congratulations Nicole, Tina & Alysa!

Yeah; glad you enjoyed it Tina!

All done! Message 65! How does one add the link to a specific message in a discussion as Nicole did above?

Completed a while ago!

Ice Cream Challenge
Duration: 7/5/18 - 9/4/18
Level: Four Scoops (26+ books)
Completed: 28/26+

Option #1- Read books with ice cream on the cover.
1. by Constance Barker 4* 7/8
2. by Nancy Ross 2* 7/8
3. by Johanna Amicella 2* 7/12 lit. transl.: Making Own Ice Cream: Easy And Yummy Ice Cream Recipes To Do At Home
4. by Heather Justesen 3* 8/9


Option #2- Spell out any or all of the ice cream flavors listed below using the usual spell it out rules
MMC = male main character
FMC = female main character

✓ Schwarzwälder Kirsch (spelled out ä becomes ae - same flavors as Black Forrest Cake: Cream, Chocolate, Cherry & Kirschwasser - a new ice cream flavor in Germany)
S: Sharon J. Bolton: Unschuldig wie der Schnee=If Snow Hadn't Fallen 5* 7/12
C: Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody 5* 7/24
H: Heißer Atem=The Heart's Victory by Nora Roberts 3* 7/15
W: Winters, K.B.: Hooked: Book 2 4* 7/10
A: Angel Paws series Summer Grace by Jordan Taylor 5* 7/31
R: Rachel Hauck: Princess Ever After 4* 7/27
Z: Dagan 'Z' Zoelner (MMC) Fuel for Fire by Julie Ann Walker 5* 7/6
W: Winters, K.B.: Hooked: Book 3 4* 7/10
A: Alex Race (MMC) Flown By The Billionaire by Carla Davis 4* 7/7
E: Elaine Sands (FMC) Bitter Melody by Loretta Jackson & Vickie Britton 4* 7/19
L: Love is a Battlefield by Vivian Arend & Elle Kennedy 4* 7/11
D: Duncan Cooke (MMC) His Prairie Duchess book 3 of The Cooke Brothers by Kit Morgan 5* 7/14
E: Ein gefährliches Geschenk=Remember When Nora Roberts & J.D. Robb 3* 7/21
R: Fortune Redding (FMC) Lethal Bayou Beauty book 2 of Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 by Jana Deleon 5* 7/22

K: K.B. Winters: Hooked: Book 1 5* 7/9
I: In Death #17 Das Herz des Mörders=Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 7/10
R: Fortune Redding (FMC) Swamp Sniper book 3 of Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 by Jana Deleon 5* 7/23
S: Swamp Team 3 by by Jana Deleon 5* 7/25
C: Czubaszek, Maria: Nienachalna z urody 2* 7/15 lit. transl.: Of Plain Beauty (actually the Polish title isn't translatable so I tried to reflect the way the author's using this expression)
H: The Hangman's Companion by Joseph Flynn 4* 7/31

✓ Mint
M: Joe McAllister (MMC) Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes book 1 of Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set by Denise Grover Swank 4* 7/28
I: Im Tod vereint=Divided in Death by J.D. Robb 6* 8/10
N: Nora Roberts: Entscheidung in Cornwall=Once More With Feeling 3* 8/6
T: The President's Henchman by Joseph Flynn 5* 7/18

Vanessa wrote: "All done! Message 65! How does one add the link to a specific message in a discussion as Nicole did above?"

Instructions HERE

Congratulations Vanessa & Agnieszka!

Finished!!! FOUR SCOOPS!!! 🍦🍦🍦🍦



Seasonal Challenge ~ July 17 - September 17
🍨 Delightfully Delicious!
Ice Cream Challenge
Level: FOUR Scoops
🍦17/17

Jam
J The Body in the Dales by J.R. Ellis 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Lost Girls by Angela Marsons 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
M Stalking Ground by Margaret Mizushima 4.5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Mint
M Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I Into the Water by Paula Hawkins 4.5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
N Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
T Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Peach
P Play Dead by Angela Marsons 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge 5★'s
*Audiobook* Narrated by Elizabeth Bower
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton 4★'s
C Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
H Hunting Hour by Margaret Mizushima 4.5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Pecan
P Probable Claws by Rita Mae Brown 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E The Quartet Murders by J.R. Ellis 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
C The Nowhere Child by Christian White 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A An Act of Silence by Colette McBeth 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
N The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit 4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Congratulations Li'l Owl!!

Thanks Madam Hooch!
This is my first coin earned. How do I collect it?

Completed my 4 scoops in my two months, for the end of summer!
[Message 58]

Now I want ice cream :- (

Li'l Owl wrote: "Thanks Madam Hooch!
This is my first coin earned. How do I collect it?"

Read this folder all about Gem Coins!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Allegra wrote: "Completed my 4 scoops in my two months, for the end of summer!
[Message 58]

Now I want ice cream :- ("

Congratulations Allegra!

Duration: July 1 - August 31
Level: 4 scoops
Goal: 20/20

FINISHED

1. Strawberry Cheesecake (20/20)

S: Sarah Dessen - The Rest of the Story 8/15/19
T: The Great Alone
R: Red, White & Royal Blue 7/21/19
A: After You 7/6/19
W: The Woman in the Window 7/1/2019
B: The Bride Test 7/5/19
E: Erland, Dimitri - Cinder 8/29/19
R: Ruth Reichl - Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir 7/16/19
R: Riley Sager - Lock Every Door 7/27/19
Y: Youngblood, Tally - Uglies 8/27/19

C: Citra - Scythe 7/24/19
H: Harper, Meghan - Always Never Yours 8/20/19
E: Erik Night - Marked 8/15/19
E: Elain - A Court of Wings and Ruin 8/11/19
S: Stillhouse Lake 7/13/19
E: 11 Birthdays 8/6/19
C: Christina Lauren - The Unhoneymooners 7/4/2019
A: A Court of Thorns and Roses 8/1/19
K: Kim, Angie - Miracle Creek 7/11/19
E: Eleanor & Park 8/9/19

Duration: July 1 - August 31
Level: 4 scoops
Goal: 0/27
option 2: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough & Nut

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Ice Cream Challenge
Duration: 1 July - 1 September
Level: Four Scoops 26+
Completed


Espresso
E Embrace the Night Eternal 30/7
S Storm and Fury 19/7
P Pies and Prejudice 17/8
R The Race for Second 9/8
E Etched in Bone 21/8
S Michael J. Sullivan - Theft of Swords 27/8
SSexiest Vampire Alive 13/7
O Owen King, Stephen King Sleeping Beauties 24/7

Fudge
F Kitty French - The Skeletons of Scarborough House 4/8
U Unzipped 31/8
D Derek Landy - The Faceless Ones 25/7
G Gallery of the Dead 10/7
E Everything and the Moon 2/7

Jam
J Jeff Wheeler - The Thief's Daughter 4/7
A Vivi Anna - Veiled Truth 8/7
M Marked in Flesh 6/7

Mango
M Murder List 26/7
A Vivi Anna - The Vampire's Quest 14/7
N Nalini Singh - Archangel's Kiss 2/8
G Goodbye Days 15/7
O One and Only 9/8

Peach
P Pleasure Unbound 8/8
E P.N. Elrod - Hex Appeal 10/8
A Vivi Anna- The Bewitching Hour 15/7
C Greg Cox- Rise of the Lycans 13/8
H Hunting Evil 12/7

July/Seasonal Challenge
Ice Cream - 2019
July 1-August 31
Level Four Scoops 26+ books
🍦27/27

Jamoca Almond Fudge
J The Runaway Jury by John Grisham 7/29/19 4★'s
A The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre 8/24/19 5★'s

M The Silent Ones by K.L. Slater 7/25/19 5★'s
(Character Maddy)
O The Perfect Lie by Karen Osman 8/30/19 5★'s
C Trust No One by Clare Donoghue 8/31/19 5★'s
A The Friendship Pact by Alison James 8/29/19 5★'s

A Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 7/16/19 5★'s
L The Rumor by Lesley Kara 7/18/19 5★'s
M A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell 7/24/19 4★'s
O Still Missing by Chevy Stevens 8/17/19 5★'s
(Character Annie O'Sullivan)
N My Sister's Daughter by Netta Newbound 7/10/19 4.5★'s
D No Place to Die by Clare Donoghue 8/28/19 5★'s

F Fatal Impact by Kathryn Fox 8/20/19 3★'s
U An Unwatched Minute by J.M. Peace 7/28/19 4★'s
D Don't Ever Tell by Lucy Dawson 7/14/19 5★'s
G Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham 7/23/19 5★'s
E One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf 8/29/19 5★'s
(Character Evelyn)





Irish Cream
I Never Look Back by Clare Donoghue 8/17/19 5★'s
(Narrator Imogen Church)
R Because You're Mine by Rea Frey 8/25/19 5★'s
I The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware 8/22/19 5★'s
(Narrator Imogen Church)
S Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 8/6/19 5★'s
H This Little Dark Place by A.S. Hatch 8/27/19 5★'s
C Little Girls Sleeping by Jennifer Chase 8/9/19 5★'s
R The Arrangement by Robyn Harding 8/31/19 5★'s
E All the Little Lies by Chris Curran 8/21/19 4★'s
(Character Eve)
A Who Killed Ruby? by Camilla Way 8/22/19 5★'s
(Character Alek)
M Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern 8/4/19 5★'s





⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐SPELL-IT-OUT RULES⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

*The first letter in the book’s title.
*The first letter of the series name.
*The first letter in the author’s first or last name.
*The first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name.
*The first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.

Ice Cream!!!

Duration: July 2nd -September 2nd
Level: 4 Scoops
24/26

Option #2 using my favorite ice cream flavors

Coffee
C - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
O - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
F - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
F - Mr. Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange (Character: Fitzwilliam Darcy)
E - Educated by Tara Westover
E - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

Peppermint
P - The Godfather by Mario Puzo
E - Machine World by B.V. Larson - one of main characters - Natasha Elkin
P - The History of the United States by Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, and Patrick Allitt
P - A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie - character Patrick Simmons
E - Evil Eye by Madhuri Shekar
R - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
M - A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie - main character Jane Marple
I - It Burns: The Scandal-Plagued Race to Breed the World’s Hottest Chilli by Marc Fennell
N - No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi
T - Tech World by B.V. Larson

Neapolitan

N - Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
E - Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch by Ruth Cowen
A - Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
P - Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw - a main character Penelope Warden
O - Becoming by Michelle Obama
L - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
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A - Dry by Augusten Burroughs
N - Death World by B.V. Larson - character Natasha Elkins

Count me in!

Four Scoops: 26 + books

W - The Wild - K. Webster - *
A - Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie - ***
T - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - **
E - Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men by Eric J. Moreels - **
R - Rat Queens (2017-) Special: Swamp Romp by Ryan Ferrier - *
M - Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach - ****
E - Ossi di seppia by Eugenio Montale - *
L - Lumberjanes: 2016 Special: Makin' the Ghost of It by Jen Wang - **
O - Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman - ****
N - Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom by Kelly Thompson - ****

D - Don Giovanni ou o Dissoluto Absolvido by José Saramago - ***
A - Vuoto d'amore by Alda Merini - *****
R - Rat Queens Special: Neon Static #1 by Kurtis J. Wiebe - *
K - Rat Queens Special: Braga #1 by Kurtis J. Wiebe - **

C - Il visconte dimezzato by Italo Calvino - ****
H - Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman - ****
O - Jane and Julio by Alice Oseman - ****
C - Macbeth #killingit by Courtney Carbone - **
O - Party Girls by Alice Oseman - ****
L - Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson - **
A - Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie - ****
T - X-Men: The Wedding Special (2018) #1 by Marc Guggenheim - *
E - Let Us Go Then: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot by T.S. Eliot - *****

O - Meeting Lister by Alice Oseman - ****
R - Rogue & Gambit: Ring of Fire by Kelly Thompson - ****
A - Ballate non pagate by Alda Merini - ****
N - Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie by Anthony Del Col - **
G - Greek Gods #squadgoals by Courtney Carbone - **
E - Portrait of a Lady by T.S. Eliot - ****

July: Ice Cream Challenge
Level: Two Scoops
Duration: 07/04/19 - 09/04/19
Completed: 1/10

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Nothing But Reading Challenges
July: Ice Cream Challenge
Duration: 7/1/2022 - 8/31/2022

Progress: 28 out of 28

Come on everyone! July is National ice cream month; so lets celebrate. What's your favorite flavor?

Duration 2 months from start date

One Scoop: 7 books
Two Scoops: 8-18 books
Three Scoops: 19 - 25 books
Four Scoops: 26 + books

Option #2- Spell out any or all of the ice cream flavors listed below using the usual spell it out rules*

Blackberry (10)
B: Bree Baker; Live and Let Chai - ***** - 7/29/2022 - 346 Pages
L: Mercedes Lackey; Joust - ***** - 7/21/2022 - 448 Pages
A: Allergic: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd - ***** - 7/14/2022 - 240 Pages
C: James Clear; Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones - ***** - 7/14/2022 - 319 Pages
K: Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood by Kirk Douglas - **** - 8/15/2022 - 240 Pages
B: L. Frank Baum; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - ***** - 8/17/2022 - 154 Pages
E: Emily St. John Mandel; The Glass Hotel - **** - 7/11/2022 - 302 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Irish Thoroughbred - *** - 8/4/2022 - 208 Pages
R: Rachel Smythe; Lore Olympus: Volume Two - ***** - 7/9/2022 - 368 Pages
Y: Yearbook by Seth Rogen - ***** - 7/8/2022 - 260 Pages


Espresso Fudge (13)
E: Emily Giffin; Heart of the Matter - **** - 7/13/2022 - 368 Pages
S: Marie Spenale; Wonder Pony - ***** - 7/18/2022 - 112 Pages
P: Pachinko by Lee Min-jin - *** - 7/26/2022 - 490 Pages
R: Remy Lai; Pawcasso - ***** - 7/20/2022 - 240 Pages
E: Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco - ***** - 7/24/2022 - 128 Pages
S: Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm - ***** - 7/13/2022 - 224 Pages
S: Suzanne Walker; Mooncakes - ***** - 7/2/2022 - 280 Pages
O: Richard Osman; The Thursday Murder Club - ***** - 7/1/2022 - 382 Pages

F: Tana French; In the Woods - ***** - 7/18/2022 - 429 Pages
U: John Updike; The Witches of Eastwick - ***** - 8/18/2022 - 307 Pages
D: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red by Joyce Reardon - ***** - 7/24/2022 - 252 Pages
G: The Guncle by Steven Rowley - ***** - 7/6/2022 - 326 Pages
E: Richard Paul Evans; Noel Street - **** - 7/26/2022 - 304 Pages


Ube (3)
U: Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers by Faith G. Harper - ***** - 8/14/2022 - 196 Pages
B: Bill Bryson; A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail - ***** - 8/24/2022 - 397 Pages
E: Louise Erdrich; The Round House - **** - 7/28/2022 - 323 Pages


(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
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Since I love ice cream, I'm in!
July Ice Cream Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019

Goal: Two Scoops: 8 -18 books
Using my favorite flavor, Mint Chocolate Chip

14/17 Completed.

✓M- McKevett, G A: Bitter Brew: 7/13/19
✓I- It Takes a Coven: 8/1/19
✓N- Neal Shusterman: Dry: 7/21/19
✓T- Threads of Evidence: 8/29/19

✓C- A Crafter Knits a Clue: 8/24/19
✓H- Harris, Rosemary: Pushing Up Daisies: 7/27/19
✓O- Owens, Delia: Where the Crawdads Sing: 7/8/19
✓C- Cooked Goose: 9/19/19
✓O- One Good Deed: 9/4/19
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✓A- Alyssa Maxwell - Murder at the Breakers: 8/12/19
✓T- Terry Pratchett - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch: 8/26/19
✓E- Edith Maxwell - Mulch Ado About Murder: 8/20/19

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✓H- Hank Phillippi Ryan - The Murder List: 9/25/19
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✓P- Page, Katherine Hall: The Body in the Belfry: 7/17/19

Ice Cream Challenge
Duration: July 29- September 28
Four Scoops: 26 + books

Butterscotch
B - The Burning World
U - Us
T - The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian
T - The Metamorphosis
E - Everything I Never Told You
R - Maybe Now - character Ridge
S - Shadow Scale
C - Magic Burns - character Curran
O - Pinocchio - Narrator LN O'Malley
T - The Song of David
C - Magic Strikes - character Curran
H - How to Claim an Undead Soul

Triple Chocolate
T - The Japanese Lover
R - Hunting Ground - character Ric
I - Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion
P - Cry Wolf - Patricia Briggs
L - The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis
E - Stepsister - character Ella

C - Curran POV Collection
H - How to Break an Undead Heart
O - How to Dance an Undead Waltz - character Oscar
C - The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris - Jenny Colgan
O - Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters - Mallory Ortberg
L - The Shadows - character Layla
A - Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews
T - Fallen Crest Family - Tijan
E - Silver Shark - character LN Escana

Welcome everyone!

Hi! Completed the challenge here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Update post #84
Completed

Congratulations Allyson & Sana! Well done

Might add another flavour if I get all these ones done!

Dates: July 1st - August 31st 2020
Two Scoops: 8-18 books

S - Small Favor FINISHED July 7th
A - Ancient Magic FINISHED July 8th
L - Sonnet Vale by Gena D Lutz FINISHED July 11th
T - Time to Steele FINISHED July 13th
E - Embraced by Darkness FINISHED August 4th
D - Dream Warrior FINISHED July 20th

C - Cat's Night Out FINISHED August 1st
A - Keri Arthur Dangerous Games FINISHED July 16th
R - Witch Gone Viral: A New Adult Urban Fantasy (Red Witch Chronicles Series) FINISHED July 25th
A - The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur FINISHED August 7th
M - The Marked Earth FINISHED August 7th
E - How to Claim an Undead Soul by Hailey Edwards FINISHED August 18th
L - Phantom City by Gena D Lutz FINISHED August 19th

READ 13/13

Duration: July 1, 2020 - August 31, 2020
Goal: Four Scoops- 26+ Books

I'm using my favorite flavor (Strawberry Cheesecake) and my husband's favorite (Vanilla) for this challenge! :)

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✔ A - All-American Muslim Girl
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Ice Cream Challenge- 2020
Duration: July 1-August 31
Level Four Scoops 26+ books
Completed

Bubblegum
B Beast Master 3/7
U Undead and Unappreciated 26/7
B Backup 11/7
B Bloodsucking Fiends 6/8
L Liam Takes Manhattan 21/7
E Ecstasy Unveiled 28/7
G The Graveyard Shift 11/7
U Undead and Unreturnable 28/7
M Magic Strikes 2/8

Maple walnut
M Magic Burns 23/7
A Anthony Horowitz - Groosham Grange 20/7
P The Price of Pleasure 18/7
L Three Hands in the Fountain 11/8
E Every Which Way But Dead 31/7

W Wired 24/7
A Adam J. Wright - Dark Magic 16/7
L Lucky Suit 9/7
N Night Betrayed 17/8
U Umera Ahmed - میری ذات زرہ بے نشاں 20/7
T Tiny Gods 7/7

Sherbert
S Shayne Silvers - Daddy Duty 8/7
H Kim Harrison - Dead Witch Walking 4/7
E Eternity Embraced 31/7
R Return to Groosham Grange 5/8
B Birthday Suit 18/8
E Elizabeth Hoyt - Lord of Darkness 4/8
R Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods 14/7
T Tillie Cole - It Ain't Me, Babe 19/7

Nothing But Reading Challenges
July: Ice Cream Challenge
Duration: 7/1/2020 - 8/31/2020

Progress: 0 out of 26+
One Scoop: 7 books
Two Scoops: 8-18 books
Three Scoops: 19 - 25 books
Four Scoops: 26 + books

Come on everyone! July is National ice cream month; so lets celebrate. What's your favorite flavor?

Duration 2 months from start date

Option #1- Read books with ice cream on the cover.

Option #2- Spell out any or all of the ice cream flavors listed below (* not limited to this list- 83 list words) using the usual spell it out rules*

A – Almond, Apple
B – Blackberry, Banana, Black Cherry, Blueberry, Brownie, Bubblegum, Butterscotch
C – Chocolate, Cappuccino, Caramel Cream, Caramel Nut Cluster, Caramel Peanut Butter, Cherry, Chocolate Almond, Chocolate chip cookie dough, Cookies and Cream, Coffee, Carrot Cake Ice Cream, Chocolate Chip, Cranberry, Chocolate Cherry Fudge
D – Dark Chocolate, Dulce de Leche, Donnatella
E – Espresso, Espresso Fudge
F – Fudge, Fudge Mountain, Fudge Ripples, French Vanilla, Frutti Tutti
G – Grape, Green Tea, Ginger, Guinness
H – Honeycomb
I – Irish Cream
J – Jelly Bean, Jam, Jalapeno
K – Key Lime Pie, Kiwi
L – Lemon, Licorice
M – Mint Chocolate Chip, Maple, Maple Walnut, Mint, Mango
N – Neapolitan, Nut
O – Orange, Oreo
P – Praline, Pistachio, Peanut Butter, Peppermint, Pecan, Peanut, Pineapple, Peach
Q –Quince
R – Rocky Road, Raspberry, Raspberry Rum, Rocky Road, Rum Raisin
S – Strawberry, Strawberry Shortcake, Strawberry Cheesecake, Sherbert
T – Triple Strawberry, Triple Chocolate, Toffee Temptations
U – Ube
V – Vanilla
W – Watermelon
X – Xigua
Y – Yam
Z –Zucchini Bread

Welcome everyone!

All linked up HERE