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July - Sept 2025

This is a simple challenge. You read books centered around a Buzzword. You earn points based on the point system below. Who will win the badges?

Buzzword
Sandals

Point System
Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points


For example (if WINTER is our Buzzword):

Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon = 1 point for title
OR
Fire in the Blood by Dale Ibitz = 1 point for author last name
OR
Winter Swans by Danica Winters (Series: Nymph) = 1 point for title, 1 points for author, 1 point for series, 2 points for winter in title = 5 points



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Challenge Rules
📘Standard Rules Apply
📘You may use or drop articles A, An or The

Buzzword Badges

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Points: 61
Completed Books: 38

1. Page Fright | 1 pt (series)
2. Of Mice and Men | 1 pt (author)
3. A Place to Hang the Moon | 2 pts (title, author)
4. Serial Killer Games | 1 pt (title)
5. A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic | 2 pts (title, series)
6. A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons | 2 pts (title, series)
7. Down Among the Sticks and Bones | 2 pts (title, author)
8. The Golden Gate | 1 pt (author)
9. No One Leaves the Castle | 1 pt (title)
10. The Mechanical Masquerade: A Steampunk Novella | 3 pts (author first and last, series)
11. Arsenic and Adobo | 1 pt (title)
12. The Beast Within | 1 pt (author)
13. Dead in the Water | 2 pts (title, author)
14. Utter Fabrication: Historical Accounts of Paranormal Subcultures | 1 pt (author)
15. Wolf Curse | 1 pt (author)
16. Poor Unfortunate Soul | 1 pt (author)
17. The Maid's Secret | 1 pt (author)
18. A Fatal Yarn | 3 pts (title, author, series)
19. Night of Secrets | 1 pt (title)
20. Assassin of Fire and Sacrifice | 2 pts (title, series)
21. Animal Farm | 1 pt (title)
22. Read Between the Crimes | 3 pts (author first and last, series)
23. From Fable to Grave | 1 pt (series)
24. The Baker and the Wolf | 2 pts (author, series)
25. Can You Solve the Murder? | 1 pt (author)
26. The Hitchcock Hotel | 1 pt (author)
27. A Fateful Sentence | 4 pts (title, author first and last, series)
28. I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 | 1 pt (author)
29. The Dark King and the Eternal Dance | 3 pts (title, author first and last)
30. Wolf Cure | 1 pt (author)
31. Around the World in Eighty Days | 1 pt (title)
32. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder | 1 pt (title)
33. Cloak and Grammar | 2 pts (author, series)
34. The Wicked Ones | 1 pt (series)
35. Dear Mrs. Bird | 2 pts (title, author)
36. Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis | 1 pt (author)
37. The Sorcerer and the Swan Princess | 3 pts (title, author, series)
38. A Lost Clause | 2 pts (title, series)
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SANDALS

Running total- 24

1. Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction 1
2. Bridge 1
3. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 1
4. The Absolute Book 1
5. The Mars House
6. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 1
7. Wizard of the Crow 1
8. Badlands 1
9. The Sword of Kaigen 1
10. Familiaris 1
11. A Time to Kill 1

12. The Sea Eternal 1
13. Infidel 1
14. The Sum of All Fears 1
15. All Better Now 2
16. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois 1
17. The Empire of Gold 1
18. Olympos 1
19. The Cosmic Cook-Off 1
20. Shifter Chef: A Harem Cooking Adventure 2
21. The Lemon 2
22.

Buzzword: SANDALS
July 1 - September 30, 2025

Points:


📕Title start letter: 1 point
📒Author initial: 1 point
📗Series start letter: 1 point
📘📘Buzzword in title: 2 points


07/01 The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose❌
07/02 How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang❌
07/04 Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter[title+initial]📕📒
07/07 Betting on You by Lynn Painter[initial]📒
07/08 The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood[title]📕
07/15 The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center[title]📕
07/16 An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson[title+initial]📕📒
07/18 Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune❌
07/22 Voyage of the Damned by Frances White❌
07/29 The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown❌
07/31 Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy #1) by Brynne Weaver❌
08/03 The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart[initial]📒
08/04 Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number #1) by Lynn Painter[initial]📒
08/06 The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan❌
08/08 The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number #2) by Lynn Painter[title+initial]📕📒
08/12 The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak[title]📕
Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy #2) by Brynne Weaver[title]📕
08/15 Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy #2) by Brynne Weaver[title]📕
08/18 Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me #1) by Abby Jimenez[title+initial+series]📕📒📗
08/22 The Wedding People by Alison Espach[initial]📒


HOLDS
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune❌
Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams❌
Belladonna (Belladonna #1) by Adalyn Grace[initial]📒

in!

Total points: 109


1. The Luminaries - title - 1 point
2. Small Island - title + author - 2 points
3. The Secrets of Crestwell Hall - title + author - 2 points
4. Spellbreaker - title + series - 2 points
5. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - title - 1 point
6. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow - title - 1 point
7. Solomon's Song - title, 1 point
8. Undaunted - author - 1 point
9. Redemption River - author - 1 point
10. Around the World in 80 Novels: A global journey inspired by writers from every continent - title - 1 point
11. The Butterfly Garden - author - 1 point
12. In Bitter Chill - series + author - 2 points
13. The Case of the Missing Marquess - author - 1 point
14. Death Beside the Seaside - series - 1 point
15. And the Mountains Echoed - title - 1 point
16. Under An Italian Sky - author - 1 point
17. Essex Dogs - author - 1 point
18. Little, Big: Or, the Fairies' Parliament - title - 1 point
19. The Autumn of the Patriarch - title - 1 point
20. The Librarian of Crooked Lane - title + author - 2 points
21. A Single Swallow - title + author - 2 points
22. The Adventures of Brother Cadfael: A Collection of Chronicles - title - 1 point
23. Flybot - author - 1 point
24. Rotten to the Core - series - 1 point
25. No Mardi Gras for the Dead - title, series & author - 3 points
26. Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens - author - 1 point
27. The Mother - author - 1 point
28. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent - title + author - 2 points
29. Julia - author - 1 point
30. One Small Mistake - author - 1 point
31. The Funhouse - author - 1 point
32. The Dream Home - title + author - 2 points
33. Le Morte d'Arthur - title - 1 point
34. Dead Man’s Grave - title, series & author - 3 points
35. All Better Now - title + author - 2 points
36. Twenty Years After - author - 1 point
37. Sleeping Giants - title + author - 2 points
38. Anxious People - title - 1 point
39. A Match Made in Venice - title + author - 2 points
40. Brick Lane - author - 1 point
41. So, Anyway... - title - 1 point
42. The Bees - author - 1 point
43. Mrs England - author - 1 point
44. Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink - title + author - 2 points
45. Summer at The Cosy Cottage Cafe - title - 1 point
46. Smoky Joe's Cafe - title - 1 point
47. No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach - title + author - 2 points
48. A Greedy Man in a Hungry World: How (almost) everything you thought you knew about food is wrong - author - 1 point
49. Two Steps Forward - author - 1 point
50. The Lonely Heart Attack Club - title + series - 2 points
51. Interview with the Robot - author - 1 point
52. The Murder on the Links - author - 1 point
53. The Red Notebook - author - 1 point
54. The Night Gate - title - 1 point
55. The Vault - author - 1 point
66. Murder in the Air - series - 1 point
67. London Fields - title + author - 2 points
68. Sixth Column - title - 1 point
69. The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway - title - 1 point
70. Little Lord Fauntleroy - title - 1 point
71. Blood Caste - author - 1 point
72. Interpreter of Maladies - author - 1 point
73. The SideRoad Kids - Book 1: Growing Up in the U.P. - title + author - 2 points
74. I Love You Like It's 1999 - author - 1 point
75. Children of Time - author - 1 point
76. Children of Ruin - author - 1 point
77. The Ascent of Eli Israel and Other Stories - title - 1 point
78. Say No More - title - 1 point
79. Children of Memory - author - 1 point
80. No Man Is an Island: Stories of Friendship and Bonding - title - 1 point
81. The Enchanted April - author - 1 point
82. Termination Shock - author - 1 point
83. Death of the Author - title + author - 2 points
84. The Information - author - 1 point
85. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life - author - 1 point
86. Sleeping Murder - title + author - 2 points
87. At the Mountains of Madness - title + author - 2 points
88. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - author - 1 point
89. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories - title - 1 point
90. A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush - title + author - 2 points
91. Better-Off Bunny - author - 1 point
92. The Woman in Black - author - 1 point
93. That Reminds Me - author - 1 point
94. Don't Hang Up - title + author - 2 points

Buzzword: SANDALS
July 1 - September 30, 2025

Points:

📕Title start letter: 1 point
📒Author initial: 1 point
📗Series start letter: 1 point
📘📘Buzzword in title: 2 points

Buzzword: SANDALS
July 1 - September 30, 2025
40 points
Points:

📕Title start letter: 1 point
📒Author initial: 1 point
📗Series start letter: 1 point
📘📘Buzzword in title: 2 points

1. De gentleman uit Peru André Aciman 1 june +2 point
2. Ik was negen toen ik moest trouwen Nujood Ali Author 2
3. De Kalahari Avondschool Alexander McCall Smith 5 juli 205 p. +2 points: author and series (No 1….)
4. Het geschenk Gaea Schoeters author +1
5. De stille huisgenoot Clémence Michallon 7 july 352 p. Title: s
6. Onder vrienden Linea Maja Ernst Author
7. De stad der wonderen Eduardo Mendoza title
8. Strafkind Wieke Hart Title
9. De code (Operatie Stockholm Book 1) Denise Sutherland Author 2
10. En Bedankt! Anita Witzier Author
11. De stilte van de witte stad Eva García Sáenz de Urturi title
12. De logeerkamer Helen Garner Title
13. WingsAprilynne Pike author
14. Na die NachtKirstin Rozema title
15. The Golden Gate Amy Chua author
16. Ooit gelukkig Nico Dijkshoorn author x2
17. De zeven zwaarden Anthony Ryan author
18. Droom Nummer NegenDavid Mitchell title + author
19. De vluchtelingen Viet Thanh Nguyen Author
20. Saving Savannah Tonya Bolden Title
21. North Woods Daniel Mason title + author
22. Dood van een maestro Donna Leon Title + author twice
23. The Book of Katerina Auguste Corteau 170 p. 2 august FNA
24. De doden van de Pont Neuf Alex Lépic title + AFN
25. Dromenvanger Unni Lindell
title + ALN
26. Ariadne Jennifer Saint title + ALN
27. Een dag uit het leven van Abed Salama: een palestijnse tragedie Nathan Thrall Title+ AFN
28. De namen Florence Knapp Title
29.

Buzzwords Q3
Duration: July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

Buzzword
Sandals

Point System
Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points

Total Points: 105

1. Esther: Royal Beauty - Angela Elwell Hunt 7/2/25 (Author, Series – Dangerous Beauty) 2pts.
2. Sadie - Courtney Summers 7/4/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
3. Beautifully Broken Spirit - Catherine Cowles 7/6/25 (Series – Sutter Lake) 1pt.
4. Beautifully Broken Control - Catherine Cowles 7/6/25 (Series – Sutter Lake) 1pt.
5. Beautifully Broken Redemption - Catherine Cowles 7/7/25 (Series – Sutter Lake) 1pt.
6. The Paris Express - Emma Donoghue 7/7/25 (Author) 1pt.
7. Three Days in June - Anne Tyler 7/7/25 (Author) 1pt.
8. The Rescue - Nicholas Sparks 7/8/25 (Both Author’s Initials) 2pts.
9. Rejected Alpha's Return - Waverly Sage 7/9/25 (Author) 1pt.
10. Playing with Fire - Kiki Swinson 7/9/25 (Author) 1pt.
11. Daisy Darker - Alice Feeney 7/10/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
12. A Darker Mischief - Derek Milman 7/11/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
13. Moonshine & Magic - Bella Falls 7/12/25 (Series – Southern Charms Mystery) 1pt.
14. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins 7/13/25 (Title, Author, Series – Anna and the French Kiss) 3pts.
15. T is for Trespass - Sue Grafton 7/13/25 (Author) 1pt.
16. Murder in Helsinki - John Swallow 7/14/25 (Author) 1pt.
17. Objects of My Affection - Jill Smolinski 7/18/25 (Author) 1pt.
18. Murder in G Major - Alexia Gordon 7/20/25 (Author) 1pt.
19. Finding Home - Denise Grover Swank 7/20/25 (Both Author’s Initials) 2pts.
20. Bitter Autumn - Lyn Cote 7/21/25 (Author, Series – Northern Shore Intrigue) 2pts.
21. Dial A for Aunties - Jesse Q. Sutanto 7/22/25 (Title, Author, Series – Aunties) 3pts.
22. Raspberry Chocolate Murder - Leena Clover 7/22/25 (Author, Series – Dolphin Bay) 2pts.
23. Demon Slayer - Aubrey Law 7/22/25 (Title, Both Author’s Initials) 3pts.
24. Twisted Threads - Lea Wait 7/22/25 (Author) 1pt.
25. The Last Letter - Rebecca Yarros 7/23/25 (Title) 1pt.
26. Fried Chicken & Fangs - Bella Falls 7/24/25 (Series – Southern Charms Mystery) 1pt.
27. Bell, Book, and Sandals - Melissa L. Webb 7/24/25 (Buzzword) 2pts.
28. Shifting and Shenanigans - Elizabeth Pantley 7/25/25 (Title) 1pt.
29. Falling - T.J. Newman 7/25/25 (Author) 1pt.
30. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates - Eric Jay Dolin 7/26/25 (Author) 1 pt.
31. Fate's Edge - Ilona Andrews 7/26/25 (Author) 1pt.
32. Mr. Hudson - Mary Jennings 7/27/25 (Series – New York City Billionaires) 1pt.
33. The Best Wrong Move - Lily Parker 7/27/25 (Author) 1pt.
34. Family Tree - Barbara Delinsky 7/29/25 (Author) 1pt.
35. U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton 7/30/25 (Author) 1pt.
36. Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 7/30/25 (Title) 1pt.
37. Darling Girls - Sally Hepworth7/31/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
38. Myth Academy - A.K. Thorne 8/1/25 (Author) 1pt.
39. Playing Dirty - Kiki Swinson 8/2/25 (Author, Series – Notorious) 2pts.
40. Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford 8/3/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
41. Incubus - Ann Arensberg 8/3/25 (Both Author’s Initials) 2pts.
42. Let Me Free You - Alexandria House 8/4/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
43. Tricky Twenty-Two - Janet Evanovich 8/5/25 (Series – Stephanie Plum Series) 1pt.
44. The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo 8/7/25 (Author) 1pt.
45. Finding Peace - Denise Grover Swank 8/7/25 (Author) 1pt.
46. Finding Forever - Denise Grover Swank 8/7/25 (Author) 1pt.
47. Finding Forgiveness - Denise Grover Swank 8/8/25 (Author) 1pt.
48. Dragon Teeth - Michael Crichton 8/8/25 (Title) 1pt.
49. She Can Run - Melinda Leigh 8/9/25 (Title, Author, Series – She Can Run) 3pts.
50. Summit Lake - Charlie Donlea 8/12/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
51. It's Better This Way - Debbie Macomber 8/13/25 (Author) 1pt.
52. Secrets In Her Eyes - Lexie Scott 8/14/25 (Title, Both Author’s Initials, Series – Sorcerer’s Society) 4pts.
53. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold - John Le Carré 8/15/25 (Title) 1pt.
54. Four Aunties and a Wedding - Jesse Q. Sutanto 8/18/25 (Author, Series – Aunties) 2pts.
55. Tempest in a Tea Room - Summer Prescott 8/19/25 (Author) 1pt.
56. Teas, Keys, and Mysteries - Summer Prescott 8/19/25 (Author) 1pt.
57. The Crow Trap - Ann Cleeves 8/19/25 (Author) 1pt.
58. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab 8/22/25 (Author) 1pt.
59. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou 8/22/25 (Author) 1pt.
60. The Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston 8/23/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
61. Ali Cross - James Patterson 8/23/25 (Title, Series – Ali Cross) 2pts.
62. King's Cage - Victoria Aveyard 8/25/25 (Author) 1pt.
63. Society of Lies - Lauren Ling Brown 8/27/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
64. Dandelion Wishes - Melinda Curtis 8/28/25 (Title) 1pt.
65. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure - Alice Kimberly 8/29/25 (Author) 1pt.
66. Sunflowers in a Hurricane - Anne M Faye 8/29/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
67. Dragon Magus #1 - D.B. King 8/31/25 (Title, Author, Series – Dragon Magus) 3pts.
68. In the Time of the Butterflies - Julia Alvarez 9/1/25 (Author) 1pt.
69. Secret Societies: Inside the World's Most Notorious Organizations - John Lawrence Reynolds 9/2/25 (Title) 1pt.
70. This Bitter Earth - Bernice L. McFadden 9/2/25 (Series – Sugar Lacey) 1pt.
71. The Sewing Machine - Natalie Fergie 9/3/25 (Title, Author) 2pts.
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Buzzword: SANDALS
July 1 - September 30, 2025

Points: 1

📕Title start letter: 1 point
📒Author initial: 1 point
📗Series start letter: 1 point
📘📘Buzzword in title: 2 points

The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick 7/2/2025
Author - 1 point

Quartlery Buzzword
- SANDALS -
July 1st - September 30th

Point System:
☀️ Title start letter: 1 point
🐙 Series start letter: 1 point
🌴 Author initial: 1 point
🌊 Buzzword in title: 2 points

Books
■ Deviant King ~ [Royal Elite] - Rina Kent
☀️ - 1 point for title start letter -- 1 point

■Caught Up ~ [Into Darkness] - Navessa Allen
🌴- 1 point for Author inital -- 1 point


Points - 2