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I'm in for 'Very Hard' DONE 16/16My word was 'birthday girl' because I was born in May, but I was having a hard time with a few of the letters, so I changed it.
Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
Reading Spring Challenge
May 1 - 31, 2013
BIRTH: Happy birthday to ME (and my fellow GR B'day Buddies
PLANTED: Gardening time; I planted my herbs in early may.
JAMS: Nova Scotia Rhubarb is in Season
I knew you would be! Good luck!
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "I knew you would be! Good luck!"Thanks Shera. I had a hard time finding a 12 letter word, so I went with a few words.
I nearly managed last month's challenge and got half way through my last book before the end of April! Getting better with finding reading time, especially after finishing my big assignment for uni last week. I'm going to try for 8 again this month!
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Paranormal Addicts & NewbiesMay 2013 ~ Reading Spring!
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http://www.goodreads.com/user_challen...
Pick books that's title or author matches the letter
Progress: 11 out of 11
This summer, we're going to...
D: Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
I: I Love the Earl by Caroline Linden
S: Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec
N: Nora Roberts; Taming Natasha
E: Entice by Carrie Jones
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Night Huntress
W: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
O: Michael Avon Oeming; Powers, Vol. 1: Who Killed Retro Girl?
R: Portia de Rossi; Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
L: Lili St. Crow; Strange Angels
D: David Ebershoff; The 19th Wife
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I'm in! :)I'll try the "Easy" level with 4 books.
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I'm going for 7 books. Sophie Katz Mystery, A (Vanity, Vengence & A Weekend In Vegas
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Neill, Chloe (Dark Elite Novel #1)
Boricuas
Esmeralda Santiago, Almost a Woman
All the Blood in Brooklyn, Charlie Houston
Morganville Vampire: Fall of Night
I have been such a slacker with my reading!I am going for 8
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Aww, I love this theme!Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
Reading Spring Challenge
May 1 - 31, 2013
Hard
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S - Slave to Sensation
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Alright, my very first challenge! I read a lot, but I have a hard time keeping up with tracking what I've read. This should help :)T
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You can count me in, too! :-) I'm going for the Very Hard level, 12 books. But can I read more books? I'm thinking about WINTER MEMORIES for my base. :-)I'll use the widget and keep track of my progress here, too, if that's okay. I also hope it will be okay to read books that aren't paranormal or urban fantasy in nature.
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N:The Long Stitch Good Night by Amanda Lee
T:The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee
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READ: 5 OF 14
I'll try this one!Since this is my first challenge I'll go a little easy on myself:
G- Grave Witch
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I've changed my word. It's my birthday in May and when I think about May, about spring, I think about MY BIRTHDAY! My Birthday Day, My Birthday Week, My Birthday Month!
lol Angie, Congrats and Happy Birthday! What day of the month will it be?
Jen wrote: "lol Angie, Congrats and Happy Birthday! What day of the month will it be?"27th of May!
That's neat that it's at the end of the month. Perhaps you'll have your challenge completed as a present for yourself. :-) Good luck, happy reading, and happy (early) birthday!!
This is my first challenge in this group....R -
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Stephany wrote: "I'm going for 7 books. Sophie Katz Mystery, A (Vanity, Vengence & A Weekend In Vegas
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Neill, Chloe (Dark Elite Novel #1)
Boricuas
Esmeralda Santiago, Almost a Woman
All the Blood in Brooklyn, ..."
I love Sophie Katz...I am going to read that one this month.
Paranormal Romance and Urban FantasyReading Spring Challenge
May 1st - 31st, 2013 5/5 Books Completed! I'm Done!
Quick question if you found a title for a book you want to use does it matter if an insignificant word like "the" is in the title?Ex. I want to use the book title The Perfect Play, for the letter 'P' in my word does the fact that the word "the" is the first word in the title?
I hope this question doesn't confuse anyone, thanks in advance!
Hi Gabrielle, I am under the impression that we can choose a title like the imaginary Pretty Perfect by Patty Pepper and have any of the four P words stand as the P in SPRING. Did that make sense?Or you could take the P from any of the following imaginary titles:
Pretty Much by Jen Susan
Many Pretties by Susie Jane
Mostly Asleep by Petunia Jen
Sweet Dreams by Jane Patty
I hope this helps and that I haven't confused you further! :-)
Hi Angie! Mine's on ths 26thCool huh! :)
Kat wrote: "Hi Angie! Mine's on ths 26thCool huh! :)"
Cool! Happy Soon-to-be Birthday, Birthday Buddy!
Jen wrote: "Hi Gabrielle, I am under the impression that we can choose a title like the imaginary Pretty Perfect by Patty Pepper and have any of the four P words stand as the P in SPRING. Did that make sense?..."
I think so, I mean the title does have a 'P' in it it's just not the first part of the book. I think I get what you mean though.
Reading Spring Levels: V Hard - 12
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Hi, Angie and Kat!Happy Birthday from another Birthday Girl. Mine's on the 13th :)
Brenda wrote: "Hi, Angie and Kat!Happy Birthday from another Birthday Girl. Mine's on the 13th :)"
Happy Birthday Brenda! and welcome to the May Birthday Club!
I'm changing my base from WINTER MEMORIES to PINING FOR WINTER to better suit the books I'll be reading in May. :-) I changed my base phrase to PINING FOR WINTER to better suit the books I'll be reading in May. To view the a clickable list of the books I've identified to make up this word, please visit my 2013-05-PAN-Reading-Spring Shelf.
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COMPLETED: 13/15 Nearly There! :-)
I need to look over the books I've read in May and see if I can make a word(s) out of them... LOL
I thought I had signed up for this challenge, but I cannot find it in here, so I am going to repost what I thought I have been working on:R Ruby Red - 5/21
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I'm in for 'Very Hard' DONE 16/16My word was 'birthday girl' because I was born in May, but I was having a hard time with a few of the letters, so I changed it.
Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
Reading Spring Challenge
May 1 - 31, 2013
BIRTH: Happy birthday to ME (and my fellow GR B'day Buddies
PLANTED: Gardening time; I planted my herbs in early may.
JAMS: Nova Scotia Rhubarb is in Season
Congrats, Angie! That was a fun way to complete your challenge...I might have to play around with that, since I'm reading books that don't fit and want everything I'm reading to count. lol!!
Jen wrote: "Congrats, Angie! That was a fun way to complete your challenge...I might have to play around with that, since I'm reading books that don't fit and want everything I'm reading to count. lol!!"EXACTLY! :) I didn't want to waste even one book! :)
Nearly there, not sure I'm going to finish before the month's up though.I wish this group did something with extension gift cards like the Nothing But Reading Challenges did, that'd be cool!
I'm done! Didn't think I'd make it but I did!
So I changed my phrase for the third (and final!!) time. :-) lol!Now it's PINING FOR WINTER SNOW to better suit the books I read in May. To view the a clickable list of the books I've identified to make up this word, please visit my 2013-05-PAN-Reading-Spring Shelf. :-)
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19/19 READ! FINISHED!!
Jen wrote: "So I changed my phrase for the third (and final!!) time. :-) lol!Now it's PINING FOR WINTER SNOW to better suit the books I read in May. To view the a clickable list of the books I've identified ..."
Wow that's one impressive list! You go girl!!!
May - level Hard - Read Spring 10/8F - Faefever - Karen M. Moning 5/15
R - The Maze Runner - James Dashner 5/30
E - Foul Play - Janet Evanovich 5/15
S - Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor 5/26
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C - City of Bones - Cassandra Clare 5/21
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G - Feed - Mira Grant 5/7
R - Rule of Three - Kelly Jamieson 5/29
A - One Grave at a Time - Jeaniene Frost 5/2
S - Ember X - Jessica Sorenson 5/31
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Congrats to everyone who finished the challenge. And a big thanks to all of our participants.
Woohoo! I finished and just in time!! :-)I read 19 books that spelled out the phrase PINING FOR WINTER SNOW. :-) Winter is my most favorite season, and whenever it's not winter, I pine for the cold, so I thought this a most appropriate phrase for me. :-) (Not to mention this was the only winter-related phrase I could come up with to suit the books I read this month!)
Thanks, Vannessa, for your comment! And thanks, Shera, for coming up with such a great, challenging and fun challenge!!
And congratulations to everyone else who finished their challenge, too! :-)
It's been cold enough here that winter has not officially gone a way! You crazy girl!!Congrats Jen, glad you enjoyed the challenge!
Thanks, Shera. :-)And I'm in Tucson, Arizona, but from Seattle, Washington. I feel like I'm melting. We had one morning here in January or February where there was snow on the ground. It was fabulous. I went outside in it in my bare feet. Apart from that one day, it's too hot here for me, even in what AZ calls "winter" (I've been here since the end of September).
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My mind is still all about the spring time! So as a challenge pick a spring time related word and read it.
How do you do that?
1. Pick a word. Let's say rain
2. Pick books that's title or author matches the letter.
R - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
A - Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
I - Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
N - Nightlife by Rob Thurman
3.Enter the challenge using the widget link below!
4.You can keep track of your challenge here or on your widget. Either way is fine and if you want to change your challenge level at anytime feel free to.
You can also pick big word(s) such as "Spring Time" and read only as may as you want. So say you choose easy (4 books) and decided to go with the word "flower" pick for letters that you want to read.
Or if you're having a hard time coming up with 8 or 12 letter words pick a bunch of four letter ones. Be creative!
Link to the challenge widget!
There is no genre limitations, read whatever you want!
Levels:
Easy - 4 (Rain, soil, iris . . . )
Medium - 6 (Flower, spring, violia . . .)
Hard - 8 (Red Roses, tomatoes, planting . . . )
V Hard - 12 (Pink Flowers, gardening, thunder storm . . . )