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🍀🍀Donna - SHAMROCK (9/9) C
🍀🍀Licha Olivia - SHAMROCKS (9/9) C
🍀🍀SouthWestZippy - PATRICK (7/7) C
🍀🍀Koren - PATRICK (7/7) C
JennH - EMERALD ISLE (7/11)
Book Concierge - IRELAND (5/7)
🍀🍀Beverly - LEPRECHAUN (10/10) C
🍀🍀Carol - CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE (17/17) Ca
Marilyn - IRELAND (5/7)
🍀🍀Robin P - IRELAND (7/7)
🍀🍀Cara - BISHOP (6/6) C
🍀🍀Jonquil - IRELAND (7/7) BISHOP (6/6) C
Diana S - SHAMROCKS (6/9)
ShamrocksFound: 9 / 9
✔S ~~ Sharp, Tess, author of ~~ The Girls I've Been ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 09Mar22
✔H ~~ Hadfield, Chris, author of ~~ The Apollo Murders ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 07Mar22
✔A ~~ Alex Bezzerides, author of ~~ Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 05Mar22
✔M ~~ Miranda Heller, author of ~~ The Paper Palace ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Mar22
✔R ~~ Ralph, Vincent, author of ~~ 14 Ways to Die ~~ 3.5 Stars ~~ 04Mar22
✔O ~~ One Shot ~~ by Lee Child ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 18Mar22
✔C ~~ Christopher Anderson, author of ~~ Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 03Mar22
✔K ~~ Karen Karbo, author of ~~ In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons From 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 12Mar22
✔S ~~ Silvey, Craig , author of ~~ Jasper Jones ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 05Mar22
St Patrick’s Day Challenge (March 17)Duration: March 1 � March 31, 2022
9/9 letters
S: Still Life Louise Penny (3/3/22)
H: Hello, Universe Erin Entrada Kelly (3/31/22)
A: Arrow's Flight Mercedes Lackey (3/5/22)
M: Mosse, Kate; The Taxidermist's Daughter (3/15/22)
R: Robards, Karen; Irresistible (3/8/22)
O: Obsession Karen Robards (3/30/22)
C: Castle, Jayne; After Dark (3/13/22)
K: Karen Marie Moning; Darkfever (3/19/22)
S: Shameless Karen Robards (3/22/22)
7/7---DONE! P- The Blessing of the Animals: True Stories of Ginny, the Dog Who Rescues Cats by Philip Gonzalez
A- Wolf: The Journey Home by Asta Bowen 3/3/22
T- Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow 3/15/22
R-Aquanaut: A Life Beneath The Surface � The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue by Rick Stanton 3/23/22
I- [book: To the Moon!: The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 SpaceshipI, Robot|15739588] by Isaac Asimov 3/7/22
C- Max's Story by W. Bruce Cameron 3/16/22
K- To the Moon!: The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 Spaceship by Jeffrey Kluger 3/11/22
🍀St Patrick's Day Challenge🍀 (March 17)Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2022
P-People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry finished 3/31
A-Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen finished 3/18
T-There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America by Amy Argetsinger finished 3/26
R-Richard Grant -The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi finished 3/6
I-In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain by Tom Vitale finished 3/6
C-Cathie Beck Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship finished 3/11
K-Kolker, Robert Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family finished 3/4
St Patrick's Day Challenge✔E - Endless Night by Agatha Christie 3/17/22
✔M - Legend by Marie Lu 3/7/22
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✔R - Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly 3/23/22
✔A - American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang 3/21/22
✔L - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3/15/22
✔D - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 3/10/22
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✔S - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 3/1/22
✔L - Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs 3/8/22
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Begins: 01Mar22 / Ends: 31Mar22
7 / 7 completed
Ireland
I - Ildefonso Falcones / Cathedral of the Sea � � 04June22
R - Rhys Bowen / Her Royal Spyness � � 05Mar22
E - Evan Help Us � � 03Apr22
L - Legacy � - 01March22
A - Alice Hoffman / The Book of Magic � � 04Mar22
N - Nevil Shute / Pied Piper � � 09Mar22
D - DAVIS, Fiona / The Masterpiece � � 12Mar22
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I'm going for LEPRECHAUN! 10/10L Lost December by Richard Paul Evans FINISHED 3/7
E The Eagle and the Raven by James A. Michener FINISHED 3/10
P In the Presence of Spirits by Barbara Parks FINISHED 3/6
R Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson FINISHED 3/26
E The Eagle Catcher by Margaret Coel FINISHED 3/19
C The Wild Truth: A Memoir by Carine McCandless FINISHED 3/2
H The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink FINISHED 3/14
A The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames FINISHED 3/15
U Unspoken by Lisa Jackson FINISHED 3/25
N How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
🍀March 2022 - St Patrick's Day Challenge:17/17 - Done-3/22
CL. Taylor - The Lie - 3/11
On the Edge - Ilona Andrews - 3/22
Rhoades Undeniable - Felice Stevens - 3/4
Nowhere But Here - Katie McGarry - 3/14
Edwards, Mark - Because She Loves Me - 3/6
David, Luna - Trusting Cade - 3/1
Brice, Morgan -The Devil You Know -3/6
Ellis, Jayce - If You Love Something - 3/8
End of Everything, The - Megan Abbott - 3/13
Finding Ky - Luna David - 3/3
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Castle of Sorrows - Jonathan Janz - 3/17
Alaxander McCall Smith - A Time of Love and Tartan - 3/5
Blake, Leta - Any Given Lifetime - 3/7
Berry, Lucinda - When She Returned -3/9
Angel of Death, The - Alane Ferguson - 3/4
Good Girl, Bad Girl - Michael Robotham -3/2
Ethan in Gold - Amy Lane -3/15
March 2022: St Patrick's Day ChallengeBegins: 01Mar22 / Ends: 31Mar22
5 / 7 completed
Ireland
�I-- Ira Rosen, author of Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes--3/3/22
�R-- Rachel DeLoache Williams, author of My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress --3/25/22
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�L-- Lisa Wingate, author of Before We Were Yours--3/16/22
�A--American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins--3/9/22
�N--Natasha Trethewey, author of Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir--3/23/22
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March 2022: St Patrick's Day ChallengeBegins: 01Mar22 / Ends: 31Mar22
7 / 7 completed as of Mar 21!
Ireland
I - It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan - 3/19 4*
R - Ron Rash - Above the Waterfall - 3/10 4*
E - Eugene Levy coauthor - Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek GR search for this name links to a different person - 3/12 - 4.5*
L - Lois McMaster Bujold - Barrayar- 3/12 4*
A - Arnold Bennett - The Card 3/4 4*
N - Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge - 3/8 3*
D - Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely - 3/21 4*
Ideas -
I, Robot
Eugene Levy
Diderot
Bishop (6/6) DONE B The Book of Essie Meghan MacLean Weir 3/16
I I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life Anne Bogel 3/31
S Sarah Ruhl 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater 3/3
H Half Broke Horses Jeanette Walls 3/14
O Out of Love Hazel Hayes 3/29
P The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood 3/21
March 2022: St Patrick's Day Challenge7/7 DONE
6/6
I Innocent in Death J.D. Robb 3/5
R Read to Death Terrie Farley Moran 3/7
E Espresso and Evil Agatha Frost 3/12
L Lightbringer J.C. Andrijeski 3/6
A Arcane Rising Nicole R. Taylor 3/11
N Neanderthal Seeks Human Penny Reid 3/8
D Dyeing Wishes Molly MacRae 3/6
B Batten Down the Belfry: A House-Flipper Mystery Diane Kelly 3/12
I Into the Dark Alison Gaylin 3/11
S Spin Colleen Nelson 3/14
H High Jinx Kelley Armstrong 3/3
O Out of the Easy Ruta Sepetys 3/17
P Proof of Life J.A. Jance 3/9
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Looks like IRELAND is the popular word for the month. 👍
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Spell- out: SHAMROCKS
Spell-out: SHAMROCKS (6/9)
Stephenie Meyer 's Midnight Sun (3/10/22) 4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hale, Shannon - Best Friends (3/3/22) 3.5 ⭐⭐�
Alexander McCall Smith's The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (3/7/22) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Matthew McConaughey's Greenlights (3/4/22) ⭐⭐�
Roberts, Nora - Jewels of the Sun (3/8/22) ⭐⭐�
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St. Patrick's Day Murder by Leslie Meier (3/17/22) 3.5 ⭐⭐�
March 2022: St Patrick's Day Challenge7/7 DONE
6/6 DONE
I Innocent in Death J.D. Robb 3/5
R Read to Death Terrie Farley Moran 3/7
E Espresso and Evil Agatha Frost 3/12
L Lightbringer J.C. Andrijeski 3/6
A Arcane Rising Nicole R. Taylor 3/11
N Neanderthal Seeks Human Penny Reid 3/8
D Dyeing Wishes Molly MacRae 3/6
B Batten Down the Belfry: A House-Flipper Mystery Diane Kelly 3/12
I Into the Dark Alison Gaylin 3/11
S Spin Colleen Nelson 3/14
H High Jinx Kelley Armstrong 3/3
O Out of the Easy Ruta Sepetys 3/17
P Proof of Life J.A. Jance 3/9
Jonquil wrote: "March 2022: St Patrick's Day Challenge7/7 DONE
6/6 DONE
I Innocent in Death J.D. Robb 3/5
R Read to Death Terrie Farley Moran 3/7
E [..."
Congrats. Well done.
I have completed IRELAND - Message 13Also completed BISHOP as of 3/23
I will try another short one that I have a few letters of already
B - The Bookseller's Tale - 3/23 3*
I - I, Robot - 3/23 4*
S - The Sorrows of Satan; or, The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire - 3/9 3*
H - How High We Go in the Dark - 3/16 3*
O - Otherwise Engaged - 3/17 4*
P - Plague Pits & River Bones - 3/15 4*
ShamrocksFound: 9 / 9 --- Challenge Completed!
✔S ~~ Sharp, Tess, author of ~~ The Girls I've Been ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 09Mar22
✔H ~~ Hadfield, Chris, author of ~~ The Apollo Murders ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 07Mar22
✔A ~~ Alex Bezzerides, author of ~~ Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 05Mar22
✔M ~~ Miranda Heller, author of ~~ The Paper Palace ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Mar22
✔R ~~ Ralph, Vincent, author of ~~ 14 Ways to Die ~~ 3.5 Stars ~~ 04Mar22
✔O ~~ One Shot ~~ by Lee Child ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 18Mar22
✔C ~~ Christopher Anderson, author of ~~ Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 03Mar22
✔K ~~ Karen Karbo, author of ~~ In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons From 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 12Mar22
✔S ~~ Silvey, Craig , author of ~~ Jasper Jones ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 05Mar22
Donna wrote: "ShamrocksFound: 9 / 9 --- Challenge Completed!
✔S ~~ Sharp, Tess, author of ~~ The Girls I've Been ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 09Mar22
✔H ~~ Hadfield, Chris, author of ~~ [book:The Apollo Murd..."
Good job, Donna. Congrats!
Completed 2nd, shorter word, see message 27.
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☘️ Carol, ☘️Robin P, ☘️ Jonquil, for completely your challenge for this month. 💚💚💚
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Cathedral of the Sea (other topics)Evan Help Us (other topics)
Love in the Time of Cholera (other topics)
People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo—and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up (other topics)
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life (other topics)
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Ildefonso Falcones (other topics)Gabriel García Márquez (other topics)
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Lisa Jackson (other topics)
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Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2022
It's time to go GREEN! 💚
Anyone have a taste for Green Beer or in search for four-leaf clover? 🍀
Below are a list of words to pick from about the history, traditional, and fun facts of St.Patrick's Day.
PATRICK
KIDNAPPED (at sixteen)
PATRON SAINT
BISHOP
WEARING GREEN
SHAMROCKS
TRINITY
IRELAND
EMERALD ISLE
SNAKES
PARADES
BOSTON
NEW YORK CITY
CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE
POT-OF-GOLD
LEPRECHAUN
Spell-out one/more of the following words above.
Challenge Rules
� one book per letter
� books must be 100+ pages
� use 1st letter of title (exclude A, An, or The)
� use 1st of Author's FIRST/LAST name
For Each Book Read
� LINK to title
� INDICATE Author
� give DATE finish Book
⭐⭐� Rating s are optional
Happy Reading!