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June 2021 Mini Challenges

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1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps).
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.






5/5
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
Toxic Toffee by Amanda Flower 19 June; 5☆

2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
Dead Man's Bones by Susan Wittig Albert 10 June; 5☆

3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
Murder in the Margins by Margaret Loudon 5 June; 5☆

4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris 23 june; 5☆

5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.
A Mysterious Mix Up by J.C. Kenney 2 June; 4 1/2☆


2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover. Off the Wild Coast of Brittany by Juliet Blackwell
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover. The Siren Saves The Billionaire by Kristen Painter

1. Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.

2. Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)

3. Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).

4. Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.

5. Read a book with a cat on the cover.


June 2021
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.

2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)

3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).

4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.

5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.


6/1 to 6/30/2021
complete 6/25
✔ 1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story - Seashells, Spells & Caramels
✔ 2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!) - Hidden Sun: Shadowlands Book I
✔ 3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer - Make No Bones About It
✔ 4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover - Truth or Dare
✔ 5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover -


Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower 06.28.21
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson 06.25.21
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
The Corpse in the Cabana by Shéa MacLeod 06.10.21
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.

Updated: June 12
Progress: 5/5
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.

2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)

3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).

4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.

5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.


1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story. Assaulted Caramel by Amanda Flower
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!) Nozy Cat 1: A Tuxedo Cat Bookshop Cozy Mystery (EB) (LK)
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary). Bells, Tails & Murder by Kathy Manos Penn
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover. Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover. Tall Tails Secret Book Club

1. Read a book featuring Candy, Chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story. Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower Finished 6/28/21
2. Read a book from a friend's bookshelf. Dead Man Haunt by T.M. Simmons Finished 6/12/21
3. Read a book featuring a writer or that has a writing implements on the cover. Murder Past Due by Miranda James (An author comes back to hometown and is murdered) Finished 6/10/21
4. Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover. Death Bee Comes Her by Nancy CoCo Finished 6/21/21
5. Read a book with a cat on the cover. Fashions Fade, Haunted Is Eternal by Rose Pressey
Finished 6/5/21






✔1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower 6/19/21

✔2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson 6/6/21
✔3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home edited by Nicole Chung and Mensah Demary 6/18/21
✔4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
Deadly Ever After by Eva Gates 6/16/21

✔5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.
Witches and Wedding Cake by Bailey Cates 6/27/21







1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.

2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)

3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).

4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.

5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.


Candy Month: Oh Say Can You Fudge
Best Friends Day: Murder on the House
Ball Point Pen Day: Verse and Vengeance
National Sea Shell Day: The Last Word
Adopt a Cat Month: Jealousy Filled Donuts






5/5
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
Mocha, Marriage and Murder by Cindy Bell 6/28/2021
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
Death, Taxes, and Peach Sangria by Diane Kelly 6/3/2021
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer.
Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon 6/20/2021
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set near a beach. Set in Newport near the ocean and beaches.
Murder at Beechwood by Alyssa Maxwell 6/17/2021
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.
Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kimberly Dean 6/28/2021

JUNE 2021 MINI CHALLENGES
4/5 COMPLETE. FELL SHORT BY 1 😢
🌞1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story. All Fudged Up - Nancy CoCo

🌞2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!) - If Walls Could Talk - Juliet Blackwell

3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
🌞4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover. Occult and Battery - Lena Gregory Cass lives
On the beach at Bay Island, NY

🌞5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover. Death on the Night of Lost Lizards - Julia Buckley

DURATION: June 2021 📚 COMPLETED: 5/5.
✅Read a book featuring chocolate as part of the story. Secrets of the Chocolate House. 6/30.
✅Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf. Murder in the Caribbean. 6/20.
✅Read a book that has writing implements on the cover. The Loch Ness Papers. 6/15.
✅Read a book that features a beach on the cover. Death Down Under. 6/5.
✅Read a book with a cat on the cover. The Ice Maid's Tail. 6/5.
✅Read a book featuring chocolate as part of the story. Secrets of the Chocolate House. 6/30.
✅Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf. Murder in the Caribbean. 6/20.
✅Read a book that has writing implements on the cover. The Loch Ness Papers. 6/15.
✅Read a book that features a beach on the cover. Death Down Under. 6/5.
✅Read a book with a cat on the cover. The Ice Maid's Tail. 6/5.






0/5
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
Lethal Licorice
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
Glory in Death
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
A Dark and Stormy Murder (writer)
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
A Killer Cupcake
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.
Purrfect Murder






1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
Pint of No Return
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
Norse Mythology
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.

DURATION: 6/1/21-6/30/21
FINISHED: 3/5
1. Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story. Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day 6/12/21

2. Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
This is on a lot of GR friends' shelves...
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 6/4/21
3. Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
4. Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
5. Read a book with a cat on the cover.
From Garden To Grave by Rickie Blair 6/26/21


June Mini Challenge
5/5
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps).
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.





Finis!
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story. All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf. The Hollow by Agatha Christie
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover. Dressed to Kilt by Hannah Reed
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover: Silk Stalkings by Diane Vallere
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story. All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf. The Hollow by Agatha Christie
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover. Dressed to Kilt by Hannah Reed
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover: Silk Stalkings by Diane Vallere






June Mini Challenge
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
Toxic Toffee by Amanda Flower 19 June; 5☆

2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
Dead Man's Bones by Susan Wittig Albert 10 June; 5☆

3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
Murder in the Margins by Margaret Loudon 5 June; 5☆

4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris 23 june; 5☆

5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.
A Mysterious Mix Up by J.C. Kenney 2 June; 4 1/2☆


1. June is candy month: Bitter Sweets - G. A. McKevitt
2. From a Friend's bookshelf: Dicey's Song - Cynthia Voight
3. Ball Point Pen Day: Writer's Tools - Ray Peter Clark
4. Beach on the cover: Mr. Nobody - Catherine Steadman
5. Read a book with a cat on the cover: Black Cat Crossing - Kay Finch







June Mini Challenge
5/5
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
Mocha, Marriage and Murder by Cindy Bell 6/28/2021
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
Death, Taxes, and Peach Sangria by Diane Kelly 6/3/2021
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer.
Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon 6/20/2021
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set near a beach. Set in Newport near the ocean and beaches.
Murder at Beechwood by Alyssa Maxwell 6/17/2021
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.
Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kimberly Dean 6/28/2021
Books mentioned in this topic
A Monster Calls (other topics)From Garden To Grave (other topics)
Secrets of the Chocolate House (other topics)
Good Girl, Bad Blood (other topics)
Premeditated Peppermint (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Rickie Blair (other topics)Shéa MacLeod (other topics)
Holly Jackson (other topics)
Amanda Flower (other topics)
Diane Kelly (other topics)
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RULES
** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.
** A book can be used only once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (Seasonal, World Trip, Ultimate, etc.).
** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance, and can change your mind at any time if you do.
** Do as many as you are able and have fun!
1. June is Candy Month: Read a book featuring candy, chocolate or fudge on the cover or as part of the story.
2. June 8 is Best Friends Day: Read a book from a friend’s bookshelf (GR friends count!)
3. June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day: Read a book featuring a writer or that has writing implements on the cover (ink, paper, pen, pencil, postcard, stamps, stationary).
4. June 21 is National Sea Shell Day: Read a book set on or near a beach, or that features a beach on the cover.
5. June is Adopt a Cat Month: Read a book with a cat on the cover.
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