Liz_M's blurb on Summer Reading Challenge

Summer Reading Challenge: Take Your Summer Reading to New Heights | Julie Ann Price

In the US, summer is bookended by two holiday weekends: Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, and Labor Day, the first Monday in September. 14 weeks.

I challenge you to read 14 books between May 26 and Sep 1, which some of you may remember fondly as #14Books14Weeks.

Show me your stacks!

Liz_M @LitsyEvents, @GinaKButler, @Kspenmoll, @Deblovestoread, @katereadsya, @Bookmarktavern, @alldebooks, @leftcoastzen, @cseydel, @ncsufoxes, @amiable, @Kristy_k, @literaryinpa, @chaoticmissadventures, @read4life, @Sapphire, @wordslinger42, @katieb (edited) 3mo

AmyG I will have to make a TBR. Love the cat illustration. 3mo

Ruthiella Challenge accepted! 🤩 I will put together a stack later this week. 3mo

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AllDebooks Thank you for the tag. 😊 Challenge accepted 😎 3mo

CSeydel I‘m in! 3mo

BookmarkTavern Yay! I enjoyed this so much last year! Can‘t wait! 🫡🫡 3mo

Librarybelle I always loved this challenge! I‘m in. 3mo

Lcsmcat I‘m in if I don‘t have to pick the stack in advance. 😀 3mo

GinaKButler I‘m in…I just need to see what my book club‘s summer picks are! 3mo

Deblovestoread Last year was a fail. Will try again! 3mo

kspenmoll I am in too! Just not picking stack totally because I mood read. I have some for May-June. (edited) 3mo

Liz_M @AmyG My mom made it -- it's composed of pressed flowers! Looking forward to seeing you list. 3mo

Liz_M @Ruthiella Yay! Can't wait to see the books. 3mo

Liz_M @AllDebooks Glad to have you aboard! 3mo

Liz_M @CSeydel Excellent! 3mo

Liz_M @BookmarkTavern I think I missed it last year, so I wanted to make sure it happened this summer. 3mo

Liz_M @Librarybelle Me too! 3mo

Liz_M @Lcsmcat Whatever works for you! 3mo

Liz_M @GinaKButler Sounds like a good way to get some extra motivation! 3mo

Liz_M @Deblovestoread If it motivates you to read one book that you wanted to get around to, I'd consider it a win. 3mo

Liz_M @kspenmoll Looking forward to the end results, then 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures This is perfect timing, I was doing a 25 in 25 and I am currently failing at it. This is great motivation to tackle 14 of those! 3mo

CSeydel @Deblovestoread Same! I think I only read about 3 or 4 because I kept getting library books instead 😂 3mo

BookmarkTavern Time has no real meaning anymore. I almost put 2020 on a piece of paperwork like an hour ago! 😂😂😂 3mo

tpixie I‘ll try! 3mo

Amiable Yes! And the mood reader in me is right there with you, @kspenmoll and @Lcsmcat 😀 3mo

BarkingMadRead Ohhhhhh this is so fun! I‘ll have to make a fun summer stack for this! 3mo

Mollyanna I love this challenge! Thanks for keeping it going. I‘m in. Now to start thinking about my stack. 3mo

Liz_M @Mollyanna My pleasure! 3mo

Liz_M @BarkingMadRead Looking forward to seeing what you choose! 3mo

Liz_M @tpixie Half the fun is choosing the books. Actually reading one is gravy. 😆 3mo

Liz_M @BookmarkTavern My workplace is planning things for 2030. I refuse to believe that is a real year. 3mo

Liz_M @ChaoticMissAdventures Glad to provide extra motivation! 3mo

tpixie @Liz_M lol 😂 Just like buying books and reading them are two different hobbies! 3mo

tpixie @Liz_M Wow! I guess a 5 year plan! Weird! 3mo

Catsandbooks I'd like to join in on this! I will get my stack ready! And I love the cat too! Your mom did a wonderful job! 💖 3mo

Liz_M @Catsandbooks So happy you're on board! 3mo

CarolynM There‘s no way I will stick to the books I choose, but I‘m going to make a stack just for the hell of it and see what happens😆 3mo

Liz_M @CarolynM I can't even stick to choosing a stack -- I've made three so far.... 🤣 3mo

Read4life Working on my stack. 📚 3mo

CoverToCoverGirl I‘m in! 3mo

sarahbarnes Love this! 3mo

vivastory Challenge accepted! I will post a pic this week 💙 3mo

BarbaraBB Sounds fun, I‘m in! 3mo

Liz_M @Read4life Woohoo! 3mo

Liz_M @CoverToCoverGirl Yay! 3mo

Liz_M @vivastory I can't wait to see what you choose! 3mo

Liz_M @BarbaraBB Oh good, I'm sure your choices will add to my TBR! 3mo

Liz_M @sarahbarnes Join us? Even if you don't, I know you'll read some great stuff over the summer. 3mo

sarahbarnes I‘m in! Will post a pic! Also, unrelated I‘ll be back in NYC this summer for a bit and looking forward to checking out your Brooklyn bookstore recs this time - I didn‘t make it there last summer! 3mo

Aconight I‘d love to join. My physical tbr has been staring me down 😅 3mo

Liz_M @Aconight please do jump in! Make a stack of books so, if nothing else, they can state at you from a new location! 😂 3mo

ShananigansReads I am in. Now to decide if I should focus on books I own or arcs 😩🤔 3mo

janeycanuck Thank you for resurrecting this! I was so sad when I realized the original host wasn‘t hanging about on Litsy anymore. I‘ve got a good idea of what will be in my stack - will post this weekend! 3mo

Leniverse Tricky, since I'll also be doing Big Book Summer, which is about reading long books 😅 But... I can try to add some short ones too to make up the numbers. 🤔 3mo

Liz_M @Leniverse Yeah, I try to read big books that don't have digital versions on my summer visit to Mom's house, with lots of backyard reading time. So I'm not entirely sure my stack is doable, but that's what the challenge part is for. 😁

Also, It's your challenge and surely some of those big books were originally published in several volumes and count as multiple books..... 3mo

Leniverse I'm my own worst enemy, so if it's in one volume then it counts as one book ? Exceptions made if it's "The Collected Fiction of". But that Kristin Lavransdatter, no... Counts as one ? 3mo

Liz_M @Leniverse It's whatever you want - it's supposed to be a fun motivator to work through a section of your TBR 😊 3mo

Leniverse If nothing else it will be fun to put together the stack of 14 books! ♥️ 3mo

Liz_M @sarahbarnes Excellent! I feel like @Kitta has also posted about some lovely Brooklyn bookstores recently. 3mo

Liz_M @janeycanuck My pleasure! I loved this one - it's the perfect time of year so it's manageable and also motivates me to set get to some of the books from my shelves. 3mo

Liz_M @ShananigansReads Yay! Maybe half arcs and half owned-books? 3mo

Kitta @sarahbarnes @Liz_M Yes! There‘s some great ones in Brooklyn. In my neighbourhood alone there‘s 3 lol. Cafe con libros, Nonbinarian bookstore and Word of mouth! There‘s also a specific ones for romance (The ripped bodice) in park slope! 3mo

kelli7990 I want to join. 3mo

Liz_M @kelli7990 Everyone welcome! Just create a physical stack, a virtual list, or a combination of both and post it. 3mo

sarahbarnes @Kitta thank you! Excited to check some out this summer! 😁 3mo

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