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1st Quarter Challenge: Lilac's Rainbow Challenge
I love this idea =] Can't wait to see all the pretty colours my books make!
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Indigo and Violet books are hard to find! I have a stack of 100+ books to read, and none are purple lol.
1st Quarter Challenge: Lilac's Rainbow ChallengeDuration: 1st January - 31st March
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Bear Necessities by Dana Marie Bell
FIRST QUARTER CHALLENGE: LILAC'S READING RAINBOW CHALLENGEDuration: January 01, 2014 - March 31, 2014
Participants and Progress
Aislinn: 6/7
Alissa: 4/7
Allen: 2/4
Allison: 0/4
Amanda: 5/5 COMPLETED!
Amanda P: 5/7
Andreaks: 0/7
Angela: 2/7
Arra: 0/6
Ashleigh: 0/4
Berglind Lilja: 0/6
Bernadette: 7/7 COMPLETED!
Bobbie: 4/7
Brenda: 3/6
Brian: 8/8 COMPLETED!
Brianna: 5/7
Carrie: 0/4
Chloé: 7/7 COMPLETED!
✿Claire✿: 7/7 COMPLETED!
Claire: 2/7
Claire P: 9/7 COMPLETED! +2!
Colby: 0/5
Cynthia: 11/∞
Daphne: 11/11 COMPLETED!
Dawn: 8/7 COMPLETED! +1!
Deb: 8/8 COMPLETED!
Debbie: 7/7 COMPLETED!
Deedee: 5/6
Eggp: 7/7 COMPLETED!
Erika: 5/6
EriLynne: 1/6
Heather: 0/?
Helen: 7/7 COMPLETED!
Jaclyn: 8/8 COMPLETED!
Jannene: 7/7 COMPLETED!
Jennifer: 0/15
Jeri: 7/4 COMPLETED! +3!
Julee: 0/4
Kaitlin: 6/6 COMPLETED!
Lacee: 0/5
Laura: 0/6
Laura: 4/8
Laura Jane: 0/6
Lauren: 1/7
✿Lilac✿: 6/6 COMPLETED!
Lilac: 7/7 COMPLETED!
Lizet: 7/7 COMPLETED!
Maddy: 1/6
Maiko: 7/7 COMPLETED!
Mave: 0/7
Melissa: 9/10
Mim: 0/6
Monta: 2/4
Nancy: 7/5 COMPLETED! +2!
Nicole: 3/6
Sarah: 0/7
Sarah Lou: 5/5 COMPLETED!
ScarlettMi: 12/12 COMPLETED!
Sharon: 10/7 COMPLETED! +3!
Sherry: 6/7
Sibyl: 0/6
SilverRaindrops: 0/7
Stephanie: 6/6 COMPLETED!
Sydney: 10/10 COMPLETED!
Talia: 8/8 COMPLETED!
Tasheana: 0/7
Valerie: 6/7
Zia: 3/8
Lilac is such a lovely name and color that I've decided to try and look for a book with a lilac cover to be one book out of my goal for a 8 book rainbow. Here are some shades of lilac:
I'll record the participants here in this post and add newcomers and update everyone's goals as they get closer to putting together their rainbows for the first three months of 2014. I'm really excited to see what you guys read and what your book covers look like posted together! Please just ask for help if you don't know how to post book covers - it's very simple (just like adding book title link, but scroll to bottom of bar and click cover link instead).
Also, please bear (hehe) in mind that in order to make a pretty rainbow, there's a minimum requirement of 4 books, and they must be 4 different colors.
Wrong. A tricolor rainbow does not a rainbow make...
Perfect!
Alert me if I somehow miss your name or forget to update your goal - I'll check in as often as I can over the next few months and will repost the list :]
P.S.
The 7 main ("visible") colors of a rainbow are the following (in this order):
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. By no means do you have to use every color from ROYGBIV nor do you have to put them in any particular order but a helpful reference for those of you wanting to make your bookcover images look like a real rainbow :]
Good luck Brian!My promotion at work has me driving a couple hours a night, so extra time to add more books in audio format. Going to listen to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Brave New World this month.
Daphne wrote: "Good luck Brian!My promotion at work has me driving a couple hours a night, so extra time to add more books in audio format. Going to listen to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and ..."
Thank you! My commute is quite short but I can at least read some during breaks.
This is a great idea! I'll do 6 :)
I am more than happy to be the leader for this challenge.See Message #8 for the current list of all participants' names and reading rainbow goals.
I'm now working towards a goal of 8.
My Reading Rainbow
R+O+Y+G+B+I+V+?
8/8 Completed!*
*Waiting for the end of the quarter to see what else I read that might look better here.
I'm going to TRY for 7! I haven't even looked at my shelves yet!
@Brianna Okay awesome! Updated your goal.@Jaclyn Added you for 7!
To you both - you have 3 whole months to accomplish these, and any book that you start say, now - but happen to finish in January, would count *wink wink*.
If at any point anyone wants to lower their number as the first quarter of the year stretches on and it feels like there's no way you'll be able to reach your goal, go ahead and let me know if you'd like to lower your goal. None of us can predict how busy we will be and sometimes we get busier than we anticipate, as a lot can happen in 3 months.
Emphasizing again that challenges are fun and for the ones I'll lead, I want you all to try your best! But I also want you to be happy and reach your goal. There's no shame at all if you want to switch - just let me know if at any point you'd like to increase or decrease your goal for any reason at all (or no reason).
After all, this challenge is an accepting and friendly place! Because it's about colors and rainbows and lilacs and care bears. And ponies
and also Disney princesses
And to the guys in our group, this challenge is for you as well, unless of course rainbow princesses scare you. So man up and participate so I don't end up being the only dude here.
I'm up for this one!! Definitely. I think I'll try for 7 to start with, see how it goes.Red -
Orange -
Yellow -
Green -
Blue -
Indigo -
Violet -
White -
Black -
Bonus -
- has a rainbow of colours on the front!
Okay great! Welcome Claire, Sarah, and Kaitlin - adding your goals to the list. Can't wait to see what books you choose for each color!
Cute idea! Sign me up for all 7, please.All done, yay!
First Quarter Challenge, January 01 - March 31
Lilac's Rainbow Challenge
Completed: 7/7
Red:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue:
Indigo:
Violet:
Add me for 7 please!5/7
Animal Farm 1st January 2014 ★★★★☆
Life of Pi 3 January 2014 ★★★★★
Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution 23 January 2014 ★★★★☆
The Catcher in the Rye 27 January 2014 ★★★★☆
Tell the Wolves I'm Home 11 February 2014 ★★★★★
Brian, I'm in. I'll say 7 to start with, will see if I do more or not.
I'll do 7 as well since we have three months.
- I really liked this cover.DONE
LOVE this idea! I'm in for 9 books:
And, as a bonus rainbow cover:
All nine finished!
FIRST QUARTER CHALLENGE: LILAC'S RAINBOW CHALLENGEDuration: January 1 - March 31, 2014
Thank you to Lilac for this lovely idea! Make a rainbow out of the book covers. You can use as few as four books (red, yellow, green, blue) or as many as you like as long as the final result is a rainbow of books.
I'm going to try for 7: Completed: 5/7
Red Forever 1/4
Orange
Yellow
Green The World Above 2/3
Blue Rippler: Book One in the Ripple Series 1/5
Indigo Chameleon 1/7
Violet Odd and the Frost Giants 1/11
Cute idea!I'll do 6.
1/6
FIRST QUARTER CHALLENGE: LILAC'S RAINBOW CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2014
READ:
Jaws
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
I love this challenge. I will try and do 6.
Going to try for four (4) but fingers crossed that luck will result in a full ROYGBIV from the books I happen to read for other reasons too. :)COMPLETED: March 22nd
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This sounds like fun. I will see how I do but try for four at least.Ideas for books:
Bonus lilac:
Read 5/4 so far:
Hi everyone I'm not ignoring you! I was visiting a friend I had not seen in 3 years since Friday and had no time to check email much less Goodreads.I am so thrilled that so many new members have joined the challenge and are excited to participate!
Welcome Talia, Chloé, Dawn, SilverRaindrops, Cynthia, Jannene, Claire, Bobbie, Laura, Laura Jane, ScarlettMi, and Jeri!
You will be added to the list now, and after I get caught up around the rest of the forums will check out what each of you are reading. I am loving these rainbows so much so far!
I will try to get as far as I can, with no set goal.
Wonderful @Heather, and welcome! I had been putting down people who have no set goal as 0/TBD but I think I'm changing it to to 0/? or 0/_Those without number goals feel free to let me know if you have a preference.
@Claire Added! Because we have three participants named Claire going for a goal of 7, I identified you by your message number, which is 38 :) I hope that's okay. If you'd like me to add something less impersonal that distinguishes you, just let me know!!The same goes to both Sarah's.
@Tasheana Great, added you as well!
Welcome to the challenge! Let your colors shine.
Maybe all the Claires should add this to our rainbows:
We should at least make this a buddy read! ;-)
I'm going to try for 5 oh and you can put Sarah Lou instead of message 2 hehe =]
Claire wrote: "Maybe all the Claires should add this to our rainbows:We should at least make this a buddy read! ;-)"
Hahahaha!!! YES Do it!!!!
Sarah wrote: "I'm going to try for 5 oh and you can put Sarah Lou instead of message 2 hehe =]"Great, yay! Done :]
Brian, you could put me down as Claire P instead of message 29 if you'd like. That's how I identified my personal challenges thread when I realized there were a few of us.
I'm going to try for 7FIRST QUARTER CHALLENGE: LILAC'S RAINBOW CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2014
Completed: 7/7
Red: Beloved, Toni Morrison, 02/27/14 ****
Orange: Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, 03/19/14 ****
Yellow: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan, 02/28/14 ***
Green: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley, 03/27/14 ****
Blue :A Message to Your Heart, Niamh Greene, 02/10/14 ****
Indigo: Being Me, Lisa Renee Jones, 02/23/14 ***
Violet: Fairy Tale Flirts 5 Romantic Short Stories, Lisa Scott, 02/09/14 ****
3/7 completedRed:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue:
Indigo:
Violet:
FIRST QUARTER CHALLENGE: LILAC'S RAINBOW CHALLENGEDuration: January 1 - March 31, 2014
Completed: 1/11
First one done! Baby blue is finished. I've changed from a goal of 6 to 11 though. Adding to the rainbow as I find ones that fit in well with the color scheme.
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Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2014
Thank you to Lilac for this lovely idea! Make a rainbow out of the book covers. You can use as few as four books (red, yellow, green, blue) or as many as you like as long as the final result is a rainbow of books.
Example:
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Brian will be our leader for this challenge. Thank you, Brian!