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ARE YOU MY MOTHER? CHALLENGE
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2021

May 9 is Mother's Day :D
Let's Celebrate!
Spell-out one/more of the following NAMES below:

WHISTLER'S Mother
Mother TERESA
Mother GOOSE
Mother HUBBARD
* Your Mother
*(use your Mother's/Grandmother's first name only)

CHALLENGE RULES
• one book per letter
• books must be 100+ pages
• use first letter of title (exclude A, An, or The)
• or use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/LAST name

FOR EACH BOOK READ
• Link to Title
• indicate Author
• give Date you Finished book

Happy Reading

Happy Mother's Day

♡♡CONGRATULATIONS♡♡
☆completed challenge☆
♡♡Donna♡♡
♡♡Jonquil♡♡
♡♡Koren♡♡
♡♡Carol♡♡

PARTICIPANTS

☆☆Donna - WHISTLERS (9/9) C
☆☆Carol - WHISTLERS MOTHER (15/15) C
Book Concierge - CLEMENIA (2/9)
Licha-Olivia - ALEJANDRINA (4/11)
JennH - MOTHER GOOSE (8/11)
☆☆Jonquil - WHISTLERS (9/9) C
Marilyn - SARA (3/4)
☆☆Koren - JANICE (6/6) C
Diana S - ADELINA (0/7)

WHISTLER'S Mother
9 / 9

✔W ~~ The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration ~~ by Isabel Wilkerson ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 18May21
✔H ~~ How Much of These Hills Is Gold ~~ by C. Pam Zhang~~ 3 Stars ~~ 02May21
✔I ~~ Imaginary Friend ~~ by Steven Chbosky ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 14May21
✔S ~~ Sullivan, J. Courtney, author of ~~ Friends and Strangers ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 05May21
✔T ~~ The Thirst ~~ by Jo Nesbo ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 11May21
✔L ~~ Folly ~~ by Laurie King ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 08May21
✔E ~~ Edna O’Brien, author of ~~ Girl ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 03May21
✔R ~~ The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple ~~ by Jeff Guinn ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 06May21
✔S ~~ Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future ~~ by Pete Buttigieg ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 10May21

Mother's Day Challenge - completed 5/25
15/15

Wendy Walker - Don't Look for Me -5/9
How It Happened - Michael Koryta -5/8
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You -Ally Carter - 5/22
Stevens Chevy - That Night -5/12
TA Moore - Bone to Pick - 5/3
Lethal Liaisons - A Jack West Novel-Deanna King -5/16
Every Last Fear - Alex Finlay - 5/1
Rainbow Blues - K.C. Burn - 5/5
Shira Anthony - Blue Notes -5/10
Midnight Library, The - Matt Haig - 5/14
Other Emily, The - Dean Koontz -5/3
Tuscan Secret, The - Angela Petch -5/17
Heather Graham - Deadly Touch -5/10
Every Vow You Break - Peter Swanson - 5/2
Ron Rash - Raising the Dead - 5/25

May 2021 - Mother's Day Challenge
Begins: 01May21 / Ends: 31May21


9 / 9 completed

My grandmother's first name:
Clemencia
C - CHIAVERINI, Jennifer / Resistance Women ✔ – 23May21
L - Lauren Weisberger / When Life Gives You Lululemons ✔ – 18June21
E - EVARISTO, Bernardine / Girl, Woman, Other ✔ - 06May21
M - Mary Kay Andrews / The High Tide Club ✔ – 09June21
E - EUGENIDES, Jeffrey / The Virgin Suicides ✔ – 20June21
N -Nesbø, Jo / Cockroaches ✔ – 26June21
C - Charlotte Perkins Gilman / The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings
I - Iris Johansen / The Face Of Deception ✔ - 08May21
A - All Sales Final ✔ – 09June21

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ARE YOU MY MOTHER? CHALLENGE
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2021

My mother’s first name: Alejandrina

11/11 letters

A: Always Time to Die Elizabeth Lowell (5/14/21)
L: Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley (5/30/21)
E: Elizabeth Lowell, Perfect Touch (5/9/21)
J: James Patterson and David Ellis The Black Book (6/22/21)
A: Anderson, Cory; What Beauty There Is (6/9/21)
N: Natasha Lester, The Paris Secret (6/5/202)
D: Danger in Numbers Heather Graham (6/27/21)
R: Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier (5/24/21)
I: Innocent as Sin Elizabeth Lowell (6/6/21)
N: Nora Roberts Shelter in Place (6/11/21)
A: Adam Silvera Infinity Son (6/20/21)

ARE YOU MY MOTHER? CHALLENGE
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2021

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✔O - Texts from Jane Eyre by David Mallory Ortberg 5/30/21
✔T - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 5/29/21
✔H - Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith 5/14/21
✔E - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 5/30/21
✔R - When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan 5/25/21

✔G - The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo 5/22/21
✔O - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 5/31/21
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✔S - The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang & Sonny Liew 5/19/21
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WHISTLER'S Mother

9 / 9 DONE

W What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?: Discover a Life Filled with Purpose and Joy Through the Secrets of Jewish Wisdom Michal Oshman 5/11
H Heather Smith The Agony of Bun O'Keefe 5/8
I In Plain Sight Lorena McCourtney 5/1
S Sparkle Abbey Yip/Tuck 5/2
T Travellin' Shoes V.M. Burns 5/10
L Lemon Drop Dead Amanda Flower 5/6
E Elizabeth Heiter K-9 Cold Case 5/3
R Ripped From the Pages Kate Carlisle 5/7
S Sally Berneathy Murder, Lies and Chocolate 5/1

My mom, Sara

✔S--Small Fry: A Memoir by Lisa Brennan-Jobs--5/10/21
✔A--Agatha Christie, author of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd--5/17/21
R
✔A--Ariel Lawhon, author of I Was Anastasia--5/23/21

My mother's name is Janice:

J-Jack Olsen Son finished 5/1
A- Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip by Neal Karlen finished 5/14
N-Nani, Christel Diary of a Medical Intuitive: One Woman's Eye-Opening Journey from No-Nonsense E.R. Nurse to Open-Hearted Healer and Visionary
I-I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds by Sunny Hostin finished 5/15
C-Carol Bayer Sager They're Playing Our Song finished 5/11
E-Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir by Tammy Duckworth finished 5/21

Finished!

My mom's name is ADELINA

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Update post # 6 - Challenge completed - 26June21


May 2021 - Mother's Day Challenge
Begins: 01May21 / Ends: 31May21


9 / 9 completed

My grandmother's first name:
Clemencia
C - CHIAVERINI, Jennifer / Resistance Women ✔ – 23May21
L - Lauren Weisberger / When Life Gives You Lululemons ✔ – 18June21
E - EVARISTO, Bernardine / Girl, Woman, Other ✔ - 06May21
M - Mary Kay Andrews / The High Tide Club ✔ – 09June21
E - EUGENIDES, Jeffrey / The Virgin Suicides ✔ – 20June21
N -Nesbø, Jo / Cockroaches ✔ – 26June21
C - Charlotte Perkins Gilman / The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings
I - Iris Johansen / The Face Of Deception ✔ - 08May21
A - All Sales Final ✔ – 09June21

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Challenge completed 6/27/21