We are starting a little late this time, but everyone and anyone is welcome to join!
Daisy is very busy right now, so I will be running the challenge this time around. I have been participating for 8 challenges (since read a book that begins with the letter, "B") and I am excited to help Daisy out.
Starting June 25, and ending on September 22, I will be hosting Daisy's Summer Reading Challenge! For those who have not participated in the previous challenges, I'll put the rules below, but it's pretty easy.
A Level 1 challenge is four books, a Level 2 challenge is six books (please list the books below), they must fit into the categories provided, and the first to complete each level before the end of the season wins! The first person to complete 6 before me will get a mooch from me. I have never completed 6, but I am going for it this time. Also, no books under 150 pages are allowed. When you finish the challenge, just post here to let everybody know, and please feel free to discuss with us your opinions of the books you chose as you read them. And if you ever need any help choosing books or understanding the rules, or if you have any ideas you'd like to share for future categories, feel free to contact me either on the forum or by email.
Thank you for your participation in Daisy's little battle-of-the-books. Happy reading!
1. Read a book by author, Nicholas Sparks.
2. Read a book with the first letter of the title being "J".
3. Read a book with the word, "book" in the title
4. Read a book about a culture/ethnicity other than one you identify with.
5. Read a book with a food in the title.
6. Read a book with a primary character that is either current or former military (real or fictional).

My choices:
1. Three Weeks with my Brother, by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks
2. The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
3. The Book of the Dun Cow, by Walter Wangerin Jr.
4. The Souls of Black People, by W.E.B. DuBois
5. Big Fish, by Daniel Wallace
6. Living with a Seal, by Jesse Itzler

I will be starting late because I am finishing another book, but fingers crossed that I can get 6 in...LOL. No epic novels this time!

Looking forward to your book choices.

3. The Bookshop on the Corner, by Jenny Cogan (It counts, right? ;-P)
4. Tracker, by Indy Quillen
5. Honey, The Nature's Gold, by Mona Illingworth and Daniel Andrews
6. The War Has Begun, by Charles E. Frye

Three out of four of these are books I need to read anyway, so that works great! I do have books to fit the other two categories, but I don't think that I will be able to get to them before the end of the challenge, so I'll probably just stick to four for now and if I finish them quickly I'll consider reading two more.

Good luck with the challenge! I know you can do it!

Glad that my choices worked out for you. Totally unplanned. LOL

Yup, The Bookshop counts in my book :)

What is Tracker about?

Good luck to you too.

I started on the Honey book. I'm only on Chapter 2, but it's interesting so far.

The culture that is in Tracker would be Native American. Here is what the back cover of the books says about Tracker:

Apprenticed since early childhood in the ancient Native American skills of survival, tracker Fox Walker is a loner by choice until the day he discovers a young woman living as a primitive deep in the Colorado wilderness. She has no memory of her past and her torso is riddled with scars. The killer responsible for her emotional and physical damage has returned to finißh what he started. Walker finds himself in the midst of an FBI manhunt. He'll be called upon to use all of his unique skills and wisdom if he is to save the woman of the wilderness.

Going to start Three Weeks with My Brother, by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks.

Hey, you're still ahead of me, haha! :-D

I finished Tracker. It was good far beyond my expectations. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it. The author is very knowledgeable on the subject of wilderness survival, and the survival information alone in this book makes it well worth the read. I would love to get the sequel to it.

I'm nearly halfway through Honey.

I started on The War Has Begun. It's intriguing how the author, a research scientist, spent more than twelve years doing research for this book. The details he was able to uncover are incredible. Unfortunately, his storytelling abilities do not match up with his researching abilities, and could use some improvement. The book would have been much better had he teamed up with a seasoned co-author who could make up for what he was lacking.