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August, 2022 Goodness Gracious Great Genres
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Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family - Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis 8/1
2. Drama - Dracula by Bram Stoker 8/8
3. Culinary
4. Humor - Undercover in High Heels by Gemma Halliday 8/16
5. Fairytale - Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum 8/5
Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
3/1-3 Completed. Finished
TASKS
1. Family:The Accidental Newlywed Game-Jaci Burton 8/27
2. Drama
3. Culinary:Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle-Diane Sanfilippo 8/22
4. Humor:Stiff Suit-Tawna Fenske 8/11
5. Fairytale
Goodness Gracious Great GenresAugust 1 - 31, 2022
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
5 of 4/5 Complete
TASKS
📍1. Family - Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon - 8/7/22
📍2. Drama - Die for You - Lisa Unger - 8/- 8/12/22
📍3. Culinary - Aunty Lee's Delights - Ovidia Yu - 8/14/22
📍4. Humor - Lethal Bayou Beauty - Jana Deleon - 8/6/22
📍5. Fairytale - Unbirthday - Liz Braswell - 8/3/22
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August Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Read: 2
TASKS
1. Family The Forever Summer Jamie Brenner 8/6/22
2. Drama
3. Culinary
4. Humor Always You Roxie Noir 8/7/22
5. Fairytale (Retelling) Beastly Book of Spells Nyx Halliwell 8/26/22
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Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Read:
TASKS
1. Family Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand 8/6/2022
2. Drama The Love Season by Elin Hilderbrand
3. Culinary
4. Humor Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich 8/2/2022
5. Fairytale My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison 8/24/2022
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Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 TasksTASKS
1. Family In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber 8/2/22
2. Drama The Vegetarian by Han Kang 8/11/22
3. Culinary Don't Try This at Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs by Kimberly Witherspoon 8/13/22
4. Humor The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 8/8/22
5. Fairytale Sweetly by Jackson Pearce 8/10/22
Pick a book that is tagged as each of the genres below.One book from each genre.
Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Duration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks Done 4/5
TASKS
1.
The Uprising: The Mapmakers in Cruxcia / Eirlys Hunter, 6th
2. Drama - not achieved
3.
Pomegranate Soup / Marsha Mehran, 30th
4.
The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull / Barry Jonsberg, 28th
5.
Goose Chase / Patrice Kindl, 1st
I’m Finished!!! Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Duration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Pick a book that is tagged as each of the genres below.
One book from each genre.
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
TASKS 5/5
1. Family (Five generations of daughters)
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford 08/11/22
2. Drama (Public Radio Show dealing with two “fake” exes delivering relationship advice)
The Ex Talk Rachel Lynn Solomon 08/09/22
3. Culinary (The love interest is a chef)
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors Sonali Dev 08/03/22
4. Humour (Dark Comedy)
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead Elle Cosimano 08/22/22
5. Fairytale (Cinderella retelling)
Geekerella Ashley Poston 08/01/22
Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: Aug. 1st 2022 - Aug. 31st, 2022
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
4/5
TASKS
✅1. Family
There There by Tommy Orange - Aug. 2nd
2. Drama
✅3. Culinary
The Great British Baking Show: Love to Bake by Paul Hollywood - Aug. 15th
✅4. Humor
Yes, I'm Hot in This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab by Huda Fahmy - Aug. 9th
Demons by Kurtis J. Wiebe - Aug. 14th
High Fantasies by Kurtis J. Wiebe - Aug. 15th
All I Want by Jill Shalvis - Aug. 24th
✅5. Fairytale
The Absolute Sandman, Volume One by Neil Gaiman - Aug. 22nd
Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs - Aug. 25th
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August Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Read:
TASKS
1. Family
2. Drama
3. Culinary
4. Humor
5. Fairytale"
I think some people will find these easy and others will not. 🤔
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Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family
2. Drama - The Wife Lie - Anya Mora 8/8/22
3. Culinary
4. Humor - The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum - Kirsten Weiss 8/1/22
5. Fairytale
Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Goal: 4/5
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family - My German Brother: A Novel - Chico Buarque - 08/09/22
2. Drama - The Orphan Collector - Ellen Marie Wiseman - 08/04/22
3. Culinary
4. Humor - The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection - Alexander McCall Smith - 08/24/22
5. Fairytale - A lány a toronyban - Katherine Arden - 08/16/22
Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family - Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler 8/28/22
2. Drama - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 8/7/22
3. Culinary - Milk Street: Cookish: Throw It Together: Big Flavors. Simple Techniques. 200 Ways to Reinvent Dinner. by Christopher Kimball 8/18/22
4. Humor - The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin 8/28/22
5. Fairytale - A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham 8/20/22
Goodness Gracious Great GenresAugust 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
4 Tasks Completed
TASKS
3. Culinary
Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family Mine To Hold by Natasha Madison 8/13
2. Drama
3. Culinary
4. Humor Red Roses in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters 8/17
5. Fairytale
Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
4/1-3 Completed FINISHED
TASKS
✔️ 1. Family
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Aug-17-2022
✔️ 2. Drama
Tell No One by Harlan Coben Aug-2-2022
3. Culinary
✔️ 4. Humor
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
✔️ 5. Fairytale
Mirror, Mirror by Jen Calonita
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Genevieve wrote: "I have just updated this one for culinary I will accept cooking."If the love interest is a chef and the book features a restaurant, food prep, catering, and extensive discussion about cuisine - fusion, ingredients, prep, flavours, etc. would you count it?
I was going to use Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors Sonali Dev for this prompt.
Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
Tasks Completed: 2 of 5
TASKS
✔1. Family: Untamed Glennon Doyle (8/2)
✔2. Drama: The Stand-In Lily Chu (8/3)
3. Culinary: something to food about: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
4. Humor: Street of the Five Moons Elizabeth Peters
5. Fairytale: The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern
Finished!Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber 8/2/22
2. Drama The Vegetarian by Han Kang 8/11/22
3. Culinary Don't Try This at Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs by Kimberly Witherspoon 8/13/22
4. Humor The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 8/8/22
5. Fairytale Sweetly by Jackson Pearce 8/10/22
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If the love interest is a chef and the book features a restaurant, food prep, catering, and extensive discussion..."
Yes sounds like it would work
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~~~ Complete ~~~Goodness Gracious Great Genres
August 1 - 31, 2022
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
5 of 4/5 Complete
TASKS
📍1. Family - Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon - 8/7/22
📍2. Drama - Die for You - Lisa Unger - 8/- 8/12/22
📍3. Culinary - Aunty Lee's Delights - Ovidia Yu - 8/14/22
📍4. Humor - Lethal Bayou Beauty - Jana Deleon - 8/6/22
📍5. Fairytale - Unbirthday - Liz Braswell - 8/3/22
I’m Finished!!! Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Duration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Pick a book that is tagged as each of the genres below.
One book from each genre.
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
TASKS 5/5
1. Family (Five generations of daughters)
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford 08/11/22
2. Drama (Public Radio Show dealing with two “fake” exes delivering relationship advice)
The Ex Talk Rachel Lynn Solomon 08/09/22
3. Culinary (The love interest is a chef)
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors Sonali Dev 08/03/22
4. Humour (Dark Comedy)
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead Elle Cosimano 08/22/22
5. Fairytale (Cinderella retelling)
Geekerella Ashley Poston 08/01/22
Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
3/1-3 Completed. Finished
TASKS
1. Family:The Accidental Newlywed Game-Jaci Burton 8/27
2. Drama
3. Culinary:Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle-Diane Sanfilippo 8/22
4. Humor:Stiff Suit-Tawna Fenske 8/11
5. Fairytale
FINISHED!Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Duration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family - Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler 8/28/22
2. Drama - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 8/7/22
3. Culinary - Milk Street: Cookish: Throw It Together: Big Flavors. Simple Techniques. 200 Ways to Reinvent Dinner. by Christopher Kimball 8/18/22
4. Humor - The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin 8/28/22
5. Fairytale - A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham 8/20/22
FINISHEDGoodness Gracious Great Genres
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks Done 4/5
1.
The Uprising: The Mapmakers in Cruxcia / Eirlys Hunter, 6th
2. Drama - not achieved
3.
Pomegranate Soup / Marsha Mehran, 30th
4.
The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull / Barry Jonsberg, 28th
5.
Goose Chase / Patrice Kindl, 1st
Finished!Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Duration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Goal: 4/5
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family - My German Brother: A Novel - Chico Buarque - 08/09/22
2. Drama - The Orphan Collector - Ellen Marie Wiseman - 08/04/22
3. Culinary
4. Humor - The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection - Alexander McCall Smith - 08/24/22
5. Fairytale - A lány a toronyban - Katherine Arden - 08/16/22
Finished!Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Duration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
4/5
TASKS
1. Family - Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis 8/1
2. Drama - Dracula by Bram Stoker 8/8
3. Culinary
4. Humor - Undercover in High Heels by Gemma Halliday 8/16
5. Fairytale - Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum 8/5
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August Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Read:
TASKS
1. Family Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand 8/6/2022
2. Drama The Love Season by Elin Hilderbrand 8/31/2022
3. Culinary
4. Humor Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich 8/2/2022
5. Fairytale My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison 8/24/2022
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August Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Read: 2
TASKS
1. Family The Forever Summer Jamie Brenner 8/6/22
2. Drama
3. Culinary
4. Humor Always You Roxie Noir 8/7/22
5. Fairytale (Retelling) Beastly Book of Spells Nyx Halliwell 8/26/22
Completion Post:Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Duration: Aug. 1st 2022 - Aug. 31st, 2022
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
4/5
TASKS
✅1. Family
There There by Tommy Orange - Aug. 2nd
2. Drama
✅3. Culinary
The Great British Baking Show: Love to Bake by Paul Hollywood - Aug. 15th
✅4. Humor
Yes, I'm Hot in This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab by Huda Fahmy - Aug. 9th
Demons by Kurtis J. Wiebe - Aug. 14th
High Fantasies by Kurtis J. Wiebe - Aug. 15th
All I Want by Jill Shalvis - Aug. 24th
✅5. Fairytale
The Absolute Sandman, Volume One by Neil Gaiman - Aug. 22nd
Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs - Aug. 25th
Finished! :)Goodness Gracious Great Genres
August 2022
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
4 Tasks Completed
TASKS
3. Culinary
Goodness Gracious Great GenresDuration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
4/1-3 Completed FINISHED
TASKS
✔️ 1. Family
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Aug-17-2022
✔️ 2. Drama
Tell No One by Harlan Coben Aug-2-2022
3. Culinary
✔️ 4. Humor
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
✔️ 5. Fairytale
Mirror, Mirror by Jen Calonita
FinishedGoodness Gracious Great Genres
Duration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family Mine To Hold by Natasha Madison 8/13
2. Drama
3. Culinary
4. Humor Red Roses in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters 8/17
5. Fairytale
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Pick a book that is tagged as each of the genres below.
One book from each genre.
Goodness Gracious Great Genres
Duration: August, 2022 - August 31, 2022
Level 1: Bookworm 1- 3 Tasks
Level 2: Bibliophile 4 -5 Tasks
TASKS
1. Family
2. Drama
3. Culinary/ Cooking
4. Humor
5. Fairytale