PICK THREE (3) MINI CHALLENGE - June 2023

Good Things can come in groups of three (3)!

A CIRCUS HAS THREE RINGS!
1. A three-ring circus is a type of show or performance that occurs simultaneously in three different rings or stages of a tent. It’s set up in a way that lets multiple acts happen all at once, so the audience gets a well-rounded entertainment experience.

COLUMBUS HAD THREE SHIPS...THE PINTA, THE NINA...& THE SANTA MARIA.
2.Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who stumbled upon the Americas and whose journeys marked the beginning of centuries of transatlantic colonization. Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did.

THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF - PAUL GALDONE (A CLASSIC NURSERY STORY)
3."The three Billy Goats Gruff" are hungry! They want to go over the bridge and up the hillside to a fine meadow full of grass and daisies where they can eat and eat and eat. But under the bridge lives a troll who's as mean as he is ugly… How will they ever get past him? The tale is well-known throughout Europe, and perhaps even further afield. But what is less well-known is that the story has its origins, not in French or German or Danish literature, like many other fairy tales that are well-known to English-speaking readers, but in Scandinavian literature, thought to have originated in Norway.

The Challenge
Pick 3 from either the same category or any number that equals 3 from multiple categories.
1. Read a book that features a circus in the story, or something associated with a circus on the cover.
2. Read a book that features a character that uses a tent or has a tent on the cover.
3. Read a book that a character goes somewhere that has entertainment of any type.
4. Read a book that takes place on or near the ocean.
5. Read a book written by an author or has a character in the story names Chris or Christopher ("Chris" may be male or female)
6. Read a book that would be considered to be a children's or Young Adult book.
7. Read a book that is set in a Scandinavian country. (Denmark, Norway, Sweden Finland, Iceland)
8. Read a book that has an animal in the story or on the cover.
9. Read a book that contains the number, or the word, Three (3) on the cover or is the 3rd book by the author or in a series.
10 If you have a list of the books you will read in June, read the 3rd book on your list.

Carol Picks Three
3/3 - Done 6/12
🏳️‍🌈 - ★

🏳️‍🌈1. A book that a character goes somewhere that has entertainment of any type.
The Last Party - Cassidy Lucas - 4★

🏳️‍🌈2. Read a book that has an animal in the story or on the cover.
Loving Edie - Meridth May 3.5★

🏳️‍🌈 3. If you have a list of the books you will read in June, read the 3rd book on your list.
Switching Places - Morticia Knight- 5★

Marauder - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison 4.5★s (Sea-going adventure)
One-hit Wonder - Lisa Jewell 3★s (Has a cat in the story)
Ghosts in the Gloaming - Denzil Meyrick 5★s (A tent features in the story)

I read 3 historical novels that take place on or near the ocean

The Exiles by C. Kline. A British girl is transported across the sea to a penal colony in Australia. (1800s)

Kidnapped, R.L. Stevenson. David Balfour is abducted and then shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland.
(mid 1700s)

The Boy with the Bronze Axe, K. Fidler. A boy arrives in the Orkney Islands in a dug-out canoe. (Stone Age)

Also read these notable J/YA novels -

The One and Only Bob by K Applegate.

Jericho Walls, K Collier.

Moon Over Manifest, C Vanderpool

Alright, I was able to finish books that fit into this challenge!

6. Read a book that would be considered to be a children's or Young Adult book - Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett is even published under the imprint "HarperTeen"
7. Read a book that is set in a Scandinavian country - The Far Traveler by Nancy Marie Brown is set mostly in Iceland and parts in Greenland, as well as tracing the influence of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark on the central Viking culture.
9. Read a book that contains the number, or the word, Three (3) on the cover or is the 3rd book by the author or in a series - The Song of Rhiannon is from the Third Branch of the Mabinogion.