PICK 3 MINI CHALLENGE - JULY 2019

This should encourage us all to read books from different genres, series or authors. If however you do stick to one genre there is nothing stopping you reading three books from 3 different sub genres, e.g. If you are a Mystery and Suspense buff this could be 1 Treasure Hunt book, 1 Legal Thriller and 1 Woman Detective book, etc. The options are endless!

This is ideal as a short challenge to complete each month, which is very doable, and can be combined with books from other challenges.

It's simple and it's FUN.

SO...LET'S GO! PICK THREE!

During the month of JULY...read 3 books...

1.One each from three different genres: OR

2.Three different authors: OR

3.Three authors new to you: OR

4.Three books from three different series: OR

5. Three books set in 3 different countries (you may use 1 state for the USA) OR or three books whose authors first or last initial can be found in FIREWORKS.

Carol's 3 Cuties for July

3/3 - 📌 - ★ - DONE
Three New authors
📌1.Snowblind by Christopher Golden - 4★
📌2.The Good, The Bad and The Furry by Tom Cox - 5+★
📌3.The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne - 5★

3/3 - 📌 - ★ DONE
Three books by authors whose first or last initials can be found in FIREWORKS.
📌1.Hangman's Root by Susan Wittig Albert (W)- 2★
📌2.Night Women by Sara Blaedel (S)- 3★
📌3.Sorrow's Anthem by Michael Koryta (K)- 5★

3/3 - 📌 - ★ DONE
Three books of three different series
📌1.Unsub by Meg Gardiner ( Unsub series Book #1)- 4★
📌2.Skin Game by Stuart Woods - (Teddy Fay series book 3#) -3.5 ★
📌3.The Missing and The Dead by Sturt MacBride (Logan McRae series Book #9) - 5★

Three New Authors
1. Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeney - 4 Stars
2. Thin Air - Lisa Gray - 4 Stars
3. Killer's Mind - Mike Omer - 3.5 Stars

Three Different Genres
1. Dead at First Sight - Peter James - 5 Stars - Mystery
2. In the Kingdom of Ice - Hampton Sides - 5 Stars - Nonfiction
3. Unbroken - Rachel Caine - 3.5 Stars - Urban Fantasy

Three Different Countries
1. Salaryman's Wife - Sujata Massey - 3.5 Stars - set in Japan
2. Map of Salt and Stars - Jennjfer Zaynab Joukhadar - 4.5 Stars - set in Syria
3. The Lost Man - Jane Harper - 5 Stars - set in Australia

Dusty's Mini Challenges for July
3 Science Fiction subgenres
1. Becky Chambers - Record of a Spaceborn Few(generation ships) ✔
2. Edgar Rice Burroughs - Fighting Man of Mars (planetary romance) ✔
3. Charles Stross - The Jennifer Morgue(future tech) ✔

3 sub genres
1. Jill Murphy - The Worst Witch(children's fiction) ✔
2. Jayne Ann Krentz - Secret Sisters(romantic suspense) ✔
3. Georgette Heyer - These Old Shades(historical novel) ✔

3 new to me authors
1. Beverley Nichols - Down the Garden Path ✔
2. John Maddox Roberts - Spacer: Window of the Mind ✔
3. Mary Willis Walker - Zero at the Bone ✔

completed.

I have 3 from the same author, indeed from the same series, lined up for this one...

1) 9 July 2019 - Blade of Light - Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s
2) 11 July 2019 - A Voice in the Night - Andrea Camilleri 4★s
3) 31 July 2019 - Death at Sea - Andrea Camilleri 4★s

My first 3 for the month - different genres.

Embers by Antoinette Stockenberg. romance/mystery set in Bar Harbor Maine, with a sister theme and an elaborate dollhouse! :)

My lovely wife Samantha Downing. psychological thriller. :)

All my love, Detrick Roberta Kagan. historical fiction, WWII era Germany. :)

Carol's 3 Cuties for July

3/3 - 📌 - ★ - DONE
Three New authors
📌1.Snowblind by Christopher Golden - 4★
📌2.The Good, The Bad and The Furry by Tom Cox - 5+★
📌3.The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne - 5★

3/3 - 📌 - ★ DONE
Three books by authors whose first or last initials can be found in FIREWORKS.
📌1.Hangman's Root by Susan Wittig Albert (W)- 2★
📌2.Night Women by Sara Blaedel (S)- 3★
📌3.Sorrow's Anthem by Michael Koryta (K)- 5★

2/3 - 📌 - ★
Three books of three different series
1.The Unsub by Meg Gardiner (Into The Black Nowhere: The Unsub series Book #1) - ★
📌2.Skin Game by Stuart Woods - (Teddy Fay series book 3#) -3.5 ★
📌3.The Missing and The Dead by Sturt MacBride (Logan McRae series Book #9) - 5★

Three New Authors
1. Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeney - 4 Stars
2. Thin Air - Lisa Gray - 4 Stars
3. Killer's Mind - Mike Omer - 3.5 Stars

Three Different Genres
1. Dead at First Sight - Peter James - 5 Stars - Mystery
2. In the Kingdom of Ice - Hampton Sides - 5 Stars - Nonfiction
3. Unbroken - Rachel Caine - 3.5 Stars - Urban Fantasy

Three Different Countries
1. Salaryman's Wife - Sujata Massey - 3.5 Stars - set in Japan
2. Map of Salt and Stars - Jennjfer Zaynab Joukhadar - 4.5 Stars - set in Syria
3. The Lost Man - Jane Harper - 5 Stars - set in Australia

>8 Olivermagnus:



Well done!

Oops,forgot to post I had completed my triple for this month. :0)
Probably will only do a double 3x3 next month. School holidays, lots of visitors and activity,less reading time.We'll see!

>11 dustydigger:



Congratulations on your good work!

Book woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Richardson. hist fic :)

Stolen Time Danielle Rollins. YA :|

dog stars Peter Heller. Sci Fi :)

Last 3 for the month -

3 from different series

Poacher's son by Paul Doiron. :)

Among the imposters Margaret Haddix. :)

All shall be well Deborah Crombie. :)

Three Different Authors-
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva