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) 2mo

AmyG I will have to make a TBR. Love the cat illustration. 2mo

Ruthiella Challenge accepted! 🤩 I will put together a stack later this week. 2mo

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AllDebooks Thank you for the tag. 😊 Challenge accepted 😎 2mo

CSeydel I‘m in! 2mo

BookmarkTavern Yay! I enjoyed this so much last year! Can‘t wait! 🫡🫡 2mo

Librarybelle I always loved this challenge! I‘m in. 2mo

Lcsmcat I‘m in if I don‘t have to pick the stack in advance. 😀 2mo

GinaKButler I‘m in…I just need to see what my book club‘s summer picks are! 2mo

Deblovestoread Last year was a fail. Will try again! 2mo

kspenmoll I am in too! Just not picking stack totally because I mood read. I have some for May-June. (edited) 2mo

Liz_M @AmyG My mom made it -- it's composed of pressed flowers! Looking forward to seeing you list. 2mo

Liz_M @Ruthiella Yay! Can't wait to see the books. 2mo

Liz_M @AllDebooks Glad to have you aboard! 2mo

Liz_M @CSeydel Excellent! 2mo

Liz_M @BookmarkTavern I think I missed it last year, so I wanted to make sure it happened this summer. 2mo

Liz_M @Librarybelle Me too! 2mo

Liz_M @Lcsmcat Whatever works for you! 2mo

Liz_M @GinaKButler Sounds like a good way to get some extra motivation! 2mo

Liz_M @Deblovestoread If it motivates you to read one book that you wanted to get around to, I'd consider it a win. 2mo

Liz_M @kspenmoll Looking forward to the end results, then 2mo

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! 2mo

CSeydel @Deblovestoread Same! I think I only read about 3 or 4 because I kept getting library books instead 😂 2mo

BookmarkTavern Time has no real meaning anymore. I almost put 2020 on a piece of paperwork like an hour ago! 😂😂😂 2mo

tpixie I‘ll try! 2mo

Amiable Yes! And the mood reader in me is right there with you, @kspenmoll and @Lcsmcat 😀 2mo

BarkingMadRead Ohhhhhh this is so fun! I‘ll have to make a fun summer stack for this! 2mo

Mollyanna I love this challenge! Thanks for keeping it going. I‘m in. Now to start thinking about my stack. 2mo

Liz_M @Mollyanna My pleasure! 2mo

Liz_M @BarkingMadRead Looking forward to seeing what you choose! 2mo

Liz_M @tpixie Half the fun is choosing the books. Actually reading one is gravy. 😆 2mo

Liz_M @BookmarkTavern My workplace is planning things for 2030. I refuse to believe that is a real year. 2mo

Liz_M @ChaoticMissAdventures Glad to provide extra motivation! 2mo

tpixie @Liz_M lol 😂 Just like buying books and reading them are two different hobbies! 2mo

tpixie @Liz_M Wow! I guess a 5 year plan! Weird! 2mo

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! 💖 2mo

Liz_M @Catsandbooks So happy you're on board! 2mo

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😆 2mo

Liz_M @CarolynM I can't even stick to choosing a stack -- I've made three so far.... 🤣 2mo

Read4life Working on my stack. 📚 2mo

CoverToCoverGirl I‘m in! 2mo

sarahbarnes Love this! 2mo

vivastory Challenge accepted! I will post a pic this week 💙 2mo

BarbaraBB Sounds fun, I‘m in! 2mo

Liz_M @Read4life Woohoo! 2mo

Liz_M @CoverToCoverGirl Yay! 2mo

Liz_M @vivastory I can't wait to see what you choose! 2mo

Liz_M @BarbaraBB Oh good, I'm sure your choices will add to my TBR! 2mo

Liz_M @sarahbarnes Join us? Even if you don't, I know you'll read some great stuff over the summer. 2mo

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! 2mo

Aconight I‘d love to join. My physical tbr has been staring me down 😅 1mo

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! 😂 1mo

ShananigansReads I am in. Now to decide if I should focus on books I own or arcs 😩🤔 1mo

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! 1mo

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. 🤔 1mo

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..... 1mo

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 ? 1mo

Liz_M @Leniverse It's whatever you want - it's supposed to be a fun motivator to work through a section of your TBR 😊 1mo

Leniverse If nothing else it will be fun to put together the stack of 14 books! ♥️ 1mo

Liz_M @sarahbarnes Excellent! I feel like @Kitta has also posted about some lovely Brooklyn bookstores recently. 1mo

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. 1mo

Liz_M @ShananigansReads Yay! Maybe half arcs and half owned-books? 1mo

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! 1mo

kelli7990 I want to join. 1mo

Liz_M @kelli7990 Everyone welcome! Just create a physical stack, a virtual list, or a combination of both and post it. 1mo

sarahbarnes @Kitta thank you! Excited to check some out this summer! 😁 1mo

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