U is for Umbrellas

 

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate. 

Today's item is:

Umbrellas

My choice:

The Perfect Couple--Elin Hilderbrand

This is an author I have read a lot of. I have had the "umbrella on cover" prompt at least once in the past and at least once this year. This is one of the trickier letters. 

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

T is for Trees

 

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate.

Today's item:

Trees

My Choice:

Lost Lake--Sarah Addison Allen

While searching for covers with trees, this one came up and I immediately remembered this one. It's another I read over a decade ago. Barely remember the book, but I sure remember this cover.  I have the "tree on the cover" in some of the challenges I signed up for this year, prompting me to choose "trees."

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

S is for Shoes

 

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate. 

Today's item is:

Shoes

My choice: 

Orange is the New Black--Piper Kerman

This was the first thing that came to mind. The copy I read was from a thrift store. I found it not too long after the series premiered and was glad not to have found a movie tie-in cover. Shoes are a popular book-cover item. A few years ago, I wrote this post in which I asked if there was any rhyme or reason for the shoes on covers.

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

R is for Roads

 

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate. 

Today's item is:

Roads

Crossing to Safety--Wallace Stegner

Another one that hard to decide on! Almost a decade ago, I was reading a lot from this author. I was hooked on his writing from the first one I read, a short story collection. There was a post I wrote in 2017 in which I mentioned discovering new authors, and Stegner was one of them. 

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

Q is for Quilts

 

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate. 

Today's item is:

Quilts

My choice:

The Winding Ways Quilt--Jennifer Chiaverini

The ever-tricky Q! This was the first thing that came to mind. I immediately remembered reading this series more than a decade ago, and just recently found out there are more books in the series that had come out since then. I now want to find and read those ones. I picked this one because it had a bright quilting pattern around the edge. The colors stand out.

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

Summer Reading Challenge 2026 @ Beyond the Bookends

This begins on May 1 and ends September 7 (Labor Day this year). 

1. Book Set at the Beach
2. Celebrity Book Club Pick
3. Family Inheritance Novels (June)
4. By a Summer Author*
5. Jane Austen Retellings or Jane Austen Books in Order
6. Novels about Immigration or Immigration Memoirs
7. Matchmaking Books
8. Books About Road Trips (May)
9. Pop Culture Nonfiction Books
10. Lake Books
11. Books Set in New York
12. Beach Mystery Books
13. Adult Versions of Favorite Childhood Books
14. YA Thriller Books
15. Ultimate Beach Reads 2026
16. Royal Historical Fiction
17. Books Set in Maine (July)
18. The Best Fiction Books about Wine
19. 2026 New Release Book
20. Reality TV Novels
21. Nonfiction & Fiction Books About Cults
22. Books Set in Tropical Locations (August)
23. Romance Books About Books
24. Books About Female Spies 
25. Free Space 

* (Hannah Orenstein Books, Emily Henry Books Ranked, Jenny Colgan Books Ranked, Ashley Poston Books Ranked, Annabel Monaghan Books, Taylor Jenkins Reid Books Ranked, Ali Hazelwood Books Ranked, Chanel Cleeton Books in Order, Carley Fortune Books, Jasmine Guillory Books in Order) 

P is for Phones

 

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate. 

Today's item is:

Phones

My choice:

Landline--Rainbow Rowell

This might have seemed like an easy choice to make, since phones have been become part of everyday life this year. But somehow it didn't occur to me right away when I was trying to find something for this letter. But seeing this book (another I have at home that is TBR), gave me the idea.  Also, since I got a new phone recently. For this all kinds of phones are acceptable (since this one has an old corded one).

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!