The Challenge Factory discussion

How It Works:

○Below there will be a list of words associated with October You will choose 1 or more word from the list and choose/read books that either the •Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter!

○To Move up to the Hard Level you will choose books from the same Genre or Theme (Listed Below) for each word you read! *If you do more than one word you can use a different genre or theme for each word☺


There will be a couple of Bonus Options for those who want to add a little something extra!

•Some Info to Keep In Mind•

♦You CAN do re-reads as long as they are read during challenge.

♦You CAN change you •Books & •Level of Difficulty at any time during the challenge.

♦Update your orginal list, as well as updating a post occasioanlly.
•Strike out Finished Books
•Rate your Finished Books 1-5 ♥'s 1 5 Being the Best!
•Add a tally of completed books to Orginal Post= 0/5 completed!

If you have questions Please ask me here, or PM me or any of the Mods!

May Words to Choose From:
Words Associated With May:
•Star Wars•Memorial Day•Mother•Lily•Emerald•Taurus•Flowers•Armed Forces•Cinco de Mayo•May Day•Spring

Birthdays in May:
(Please note you can do the whole name, first, and or last)
•L. Frank Baum•Tina Fey•Sir Arthur Conan Doyle•Wynonna Judd•George Clooney•Melissa Gilbert•Billy Joel•Tori Spelling•Emilio Estevez•Priscella Presley

Themes to Choose From for Hard Level:
National Blood Pressure Month: All of your books must raise your blood pressure (could be in a good way or a bad way).
Friday the 13th: All of your books must be scary or the 13th in a series.
Love a Tree day: All of your books must be read in ebook form.
Wear Purple for Peace Day: All of your books must have a purple cover.
Boys Club Day: All of your books must be written by a man.


Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Date Your Mate Month: Read a book that has a date in it you wish you could go on.
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like.
Star Wars Day: Read a Science Fiction book.
National Waiters and Waitresses Day: Read a book with a main character that is a waiter or waitress.
National Police Week: Read a book with a main character that is a police officer.

Read 12/12 DONE!

M Marie Force - Desire After Dark (The McCarthys of Gansett Island #15) by 5/14/16 4.5stars
O On the Naughty List by Lori Foster, Carly Phillips, Beth Ciotta and Sugar Jamison 5/8/16 3.5stars
T
H Hittin' It Out the Park by Allison Hobbs, Karen E. Quinones Miller 5/8/16 3stars
E Emma Chase - Appealed (Legal Briefs #3) 5/5/16 3.5 stars
R Rachel Brimble - Her One True Love 5/21/16 4stars


S (The) Substitute (The Wedding Pact #1) by Denise Grover Swank 5/28/16 4stars
P
R Ransom Canyon #3 - Lone Heart Pass by Jodi Thomas 5/24/16 5stars
I
N Nita Wick - The Christmas Angel 5/28/16 3stars
G Green Mountain #6 - Ain't She Sweet by Marie Force 5/2/16 4.5stars


Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own

Date Your Mate Month: Read a book that has a date in it you wish you could go on.
Scandal at the Midsummer Ball: The Officer's Temptation\The Debutante's Awakening by Marguerite Kaye and Bronwyn Scott 5/30/16 4.5stars (Zara and Kael - boating on the lake)

World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like.
Grace's Forgiveness (Keepsake Pocket Quilt, #2) by Molly Jebber 5/19/16 5stars

National Police Week: Read a book with a main character that is a police officer.
Every Bride Has Her Day (Magnolia Brides, #2) by Lynnette Austin 5/11/16 4stars (Sam - NYC Detective)

TCF's May Monthly Challenge

Read 18/18

✔ A: Against the Sky by Kat Martin 5/5 ★★
✔ R: Wicked Burn by Rebecca Zanetti 5/8 ★★★★★
✔ M: At Any Cost by Mandy Baxter 5/21 ★★★★
✔ E: Midnight Captive by Elle Kennedy 5/12 ★★★★
✔ D: Dominic by Hazel Hunter 5/29 ★

✔ F: Fueled by K. Bromberg 5/6 ★★★
✔ O: One Kiss More by Mandy Baxter 5/18 ★★★
✔ R: Under Fire by Rita Henuber 5/30 ★★★
✔ C: Crazy Love by Tara Janzen 5/20 ★★★★
✔ E: The Job by Janet Evanovich 5/15 ★★★★★
✔ S: Savage Urges by Suzanne Wright 5/1 ★★★★



✔ F: Free Fall by Catherine Mann 5/14 ★★★★
✔ L: Leveling the Field by Megan Erickson 5/2 ★★★
✔ O: Outfoxed by Love by Eve Langlais 5/17 ★★★★
✔ W: When Snow Falls by Brenda Novak 5/4 ★★★
✔ E: Dirty Talk by Megan Erickson 5/19 ★★★★
✔ R: Dirty Secrets by Karen Rose 5/29 ★★★
✔ S: Alex by Sawyer Bennett 5/22 ★★★★★

TCF May Monthly Challenge
Read: 5/7

F: Fleet, Suki - Te quiero ★★★★☆ 5/14
L: Lauren, Christina - Dirty Rowdy Thing ★★★★★ 5/9
O: (Odds Are #1) Despite the Odds ★★★★☆ 5/17
W: Witt, L.A. - Starstruck ★★★★☆ 5/12
E:
R:
S: Spencer Cohen, Book Three ★★★★★ 5/1

May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: May 1/16 - May 31/16

Associated With May:

L One Last Breath by Laura Griffin 05/05/16 ****
I In the Woods by Tana French 05/06/16 ****
L 300 Days of Sun by Deborah Lawrenson 05/11/16 ****
Y Full Measures by Rebecca Yarros 05/18/16 ****

Birthdays in May:

L. Murder in Nice by Susan Kiernan Lewis 05/03/16 ***

F French Lessons by Ellen Sussman 05/13/16 ****
R After the War was Over by Jennifer Robson 05/15/16 *****
A Moloka'i by Alan Brennert 05/11/16 *****
N Intertwine by Nichole Van 05/02/16 ***
K The King's Agent by Donna Russo Morin 05/09/16 ****

B I'll Never Let You Go by Mary Burton 05/01/16 *****
A Where or When by Anita Shreve 05/04/16 ***
U Unraveled by Kate Perry 05/17/16 ***
M Murder in the Latin Quarter by Susan Kiernan Lewis 05/07/16 ****

May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration:May 1 - May 31, 2016
Books Read: 12/12

***COMPLETED 5-24-2016***

Word Associated with May:

✔ M ~ Mary Kubica ✒ The Good Girl 5-1-2016 | 4*
✔ O ~ Orphan Number 8|Kim van Alkemade 5-16-2016 | 4*
✔ T ~ Tuesdays with Morrie|Mitch Albom 5-15-2016 | 4*
✔ H ~ The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun|Gretchen Rubin 5-11-2016 | 3*
✔ E ~ George Eliot ✒ Middlemarch 5-24-2016 | 3*
✔ R ~ Rescue Me Saga #0.5: Masters at Arms|Kallypso Masters 5-15-2016 | 3*


Birthday in May:

✔ A ~ Alice Hoffman ✒ The Red Garden 5-3-2016
✔ U ~ World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like. Dragonfly in Amber|Diana Gabaldon 5-19-2016 | 4*
✔ S ~ Karin Slaughter ✒ Fallen 5-14-2016 | 4*
✔ T ~ The Opposite of Everyone|Joshilyn Jackson 5-1-2016 | 4*
✔ I ~ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks|Rebecca Skloot 5-5-2016 | 5*
✔ N ~ Star Wars Day: Read a Science Fiction book. Cinder|Marissa Meyer 5-14-2016 | 4*


Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Date Your Mate Month: Read a book that has a date in it you wish you could go on.
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like.
Star Wars Day: Read a Science Fiction book.
National Waiters and Waitresses Day: Read a book with a main character that is a waiter or waitress.
National Police Week: Read a book with a main character that is a police officer.

I'm going to keep it simple this month and go with Star Wars.


READ: 6/8

✔S: Shadow Rites - Faith Hunter 5/10
✔T: The Future Falls - Tanya Huff 5/19
✔A: Pies and Prejudice - Ellery Adams 5/20
✔R: Born of Ashes - Caris Roane 5/11

✔W: White Night - Jim Butcher 5/4
A:
R:
✔S: Born of Silence - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/16

May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2016

The Rock - May 2nd
D: Dick, Phillip K., The Man in the High Castle 5/1/16
W: The War of the Worlds 5/17/16
A:
Y: Yancey, Rick, The Last Star 5/26/16
N: Nightwalkers #1, Jacob 5/3/16
E: Edge of the Heat 5/24/16

J: Janet Evanovich, Two for the Dough 5/20/16
O: Oath of Seduction: Seducing Sharon 5/5/16
H: Halfway to the Grave 5/14/16
N: Nesbit, E., The Book of Dragons 5/25/16
S: Spenser #38, The Professional 5/4/16
O:
N:

TCF May Challenge
0/6 Complete




S S.
P Paul Pen, The Light of the Fireflies
R Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow
I [sub] The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
N Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants
G The Goldfinch, The Golem and the Jinni

TCF May Challenge
6 / 8

S: Sugar Daddy by Sawyer Bennett ★★★★ 6/1
T: Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley (World Press Freedom Day) ★★★★★ 5/10
A: Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley ★★★★★ 5/2
R: Ceremony in Death by J.D. Rbob ★★★★5/30

W: The Witness by Nora Roberts
A: Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley ★★★★ 5/19
R: Chasin' Eight by Lorelei James (Rough Riders series)
S: Bound to You by Shawntelle Madison ★★★ 5/21

Love a Tree day: All of your books must be read in ebook form.

DONE

T Target Engaged 5/1 ★★★★★
I I Have a Secret 5/6 ★★★
N Never Cry Wolf 5/7 ★★
A All the President's Menus 5/1 ★★★★
F Force of Attraction 5/8 ★★
E Eternal Flame 5/3 ★★★
Y World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like. Suspect 5/22 ★★★★★

Star Wars Day: Science Fiction Quicksilver 5/7 ★★★★★
National Police Week: main character is a police officer. Undercover Colorado 5/1 ★★★★★

May Monthly Challenge

18 Read

S - Secrets ~ 5/2/16 ~ ★★★★★
T - The Devil's Brew ~ 5/24/16 ~ ★★★★★
A - Annabeth Albert ~ Knit Tight ~ 5/4/16 ~ ★★1/2
R - Rhys Ford ~ Sinner's Gin ~ 5/22/16 ~ ★★★★★

W - Wells, KC ~ Dom of Ages ~ 5/1/16 ~ ★★★★★
A - Alessandra Hazard ~ Just a Bit Confusing ~ 5/10/16 ~ ★★★
R - Rock Bay series ~ Coming Home ~ 5/23/16 ~ ★★★★
S - Skylar M Cates ~ The Last Guy Breathing ~ 5/8/16 ~ ★★★★

S - Straight Guys series ~ Just a Bit Wrong ~ 5/9/16 ~ ★★★★
P - Price, Jordan Castillo ~ GhosTV ~ 5/7/16 ~ ★★★★★
R - Rhys Ford ~ Ink and Shadows ~ 5/20/16 ~ ★★★★★
I - Interlude with Tattoos ~ 5/18/16 ~ ★★★★
N - Newton's Laws of Attraction ~ 5/31/16 ~ ★★★★
G - Grey, Andrew ~ Organic Chemistry ~ 5/8/16 ~ ★★★★1/2

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like. Brute ~ 5/8/16 ~ ★★★★★
Star Wars Day: Read a Science Fiction book. Alien 'n' Outlaw ~ 5/22/16 ~ ★★★★
National Waiters and Waitresses Day: Read a book with a main character that is a waiter or waitress. Shattered Glass ~ 5/14/16 ~ ★★★★★
National Police Week: Read a book with a main character that is a police officer. Camp Hell ~ 5/5/16 ~ ★★★★★

May Monthly Challenge
Begins: 01May16 / Ends: 31May16

9/7 completed

Emerald
E - EGGGERS, Dave / Zeitoun ✔ – 10May16
M - Marcos M. Villatoro / Blood Daughters ✔ – 07May16
E - Elusive Mrs. Pollifax ✔ – 11May16
R - Road to Little Dribbling ✔ – 14May16
A - Angel's Game ✔ - 02June16
L - LARSON, Erik /Dead Wake ✔ – 28May16
D - Deep Down Dark ✔ – 05May16
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BONUS tasks - Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Date Your Mate Month: Read a book that has a date in it you wish you could go on - a picnic boat ride in The Sound of Glass ✔ – 04May16

World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like - Brown Bottle ✔ – 27May16

Star Wars Day: Read a Science Fiction book.

National Waiters and Waitresses Day: Read a book with a main character that is a waiter or waitress.

National Police Week: Read a book with a main character that is a police officer.

By the way ... your original post states:

Below there will be a list of words associated with October You will choose 1 or more ...

May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: May 1/16 - May 31/16

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M The Sorceress by Michael Scott - 5/1
E Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce - 5/15
R Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/11
A A Cold-Blooded Business by Dana Stabenow - 5/17
L The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray - 5/9
D Dead Men's Money by J.S. Fletcher - 5/5

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Date Your Mate Month: Read a book that has a date in it you wish you could go on.
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like.
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind - 5/13
Star Wars Day: Read a Science Fiction book.
National Waiters and Waitresses Day: Read a book with a main character that is a waiter or waitress.
National Police Week: Read a book with a main character that is a police officer.

May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: May 1/16 - May 31/16

Read 20/ 21

Star Wars (8/8)

S Shakespeare King Lear 4* 29.05.2016
T Their Cajun Queen 4* 04.05.2016
A Aaronovitch Ben Foxglove Summer 4* 10.05.2016
R The Rottweiler 3* 09.05.2016

W Winchester Simon The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 4* 28.05.2016
A Aiken Joan The Wolves of Willoughby Chase 4* 11.05.2016
R The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House 4* 13.05.2016
S Sorokin Vladimir The Blizzard: A Novel 2* 18.05.2016

Spring (6/6)

S Shakespeare The Winter's Tale 3* 15.05.2016
P Prideless: A Copper Creek Pack Prequel 4* 03.05.2016
R Ruby Laura Bone Gap 2* 11.05.2016
I The Invisible Library 4* 21.05.2016
N Star Wars Day: Read a Science Fiction book. The Word for World is Forest 4* 16.05.2016
G Goodbye Tsugumi 5* 17.05.2016

Mother (5/6)

M M M Kaye Death in Cyprus 4* 12.05.2016
O Out of Africa TBR
T The Beekeeper's Apprentice 3* 23.05.2016
H Higgins Mary Clark All Dressed in White 4* 12.05.2016
E World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like. Dragos Goes to Washington 4* 24.05.2016
R The Running Hare: The secret life of farmland 4* 15.05.2016

✔Date Your Mate Month: Read a book that has a date in it you wish you could go on. A witch & a vampire go to a yoga session :) A Discovery of Witches 3* 29.05.2016

It's been a while since I've done any reading challenges. Now that school is out, I might as well join some :)

Duration: 1/5/2016 - 31/5/2016
5/8 completed (titles,series,author)

S - Scarlet 12/5/2016
T - The Transfer 10/5/2016
A - AC Gaughen: Lady Thief 15/5/2016
R - Veronica Roth: Divergent 10/5/2016

W
A
R
S - Series: Scarlet:: Lion Heart 18/5/2016

May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge

Spell-out: Star Wars

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Bonus

Date Your Mate Month:
Read a book that has a date in it you wish you could go on.
World Press Freedom Day:
Read any book you’d like.
Star Wars Day:
Read a Science Fiction book.
National Waiters and Waitresses Day:
Read a book with a main character that is a waiter or waitress.
National Police Week:
Read a book with a main character that is a police officer.

•Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter!

Progress: 13/13

Word Assoicated:
S Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery
T Talba Wallis #2 - Louisiana Bigshot
A Artifact
R use bonus

Birthday associated

B Bluegrass State of Mind
I If Fried Chicken Could Fly
L Letters from Skye
L Lady Darby series - A Study in Death
Y USE BONUS

J Jannae Vale A Bridge Through Time
O One Potion in the Grave
E Elizabeth West A Winter Wrong
L The Lost Wife

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Date Your Mate Month: Read a book that has a date in it you wish you could go on.
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like.Ghost of a Potion
Star Wars Day: Read a Science Fiction book.
National Waiters and Waitresses Day: Read a book with a main character that is a waiter or waitress.
National Police Week: Read a book with a main character that is a police officer. Off Kilter

Finished my challenge...happy reading!

L One Last Breath by Laura Griffin 05/05/16 ****
I In the Woods by Tana French 05/06/16 ****
L 300 Days of Sun by Deborah Lawrenson 05/11/16 ****
Y Full Measures by Rebecca Yarros 05/18/16 ****

Birthdays in May:

L. Murder in Nice by Susan Kiernan Lewis 05/03/16 ***

F French Lessons by Ellen Sussman 05/13/16 ****
R After the War was Over by Jennifer Robson 05/15/16 *****
A Moloka'i by Alan Brennert 05/11/16 *****
N Intertwine by Nichole Van 05/02/16 ***
K The King's Agent by Donna Russo Morin 05/09/16 ****

B I'll Never Let You Go by Mary Burton 05/01/16 *****
A Where or When by Anita Shreve 05/04/16 ***
U Unraveled by Kate Perry 05/17/16 ***
M Murder in the Latin Quarter by Susan Kiernan Lewis 05/07/16 ****

May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge

Duration : May 1 and May 31
Level: Hard ~ all books are e-books
Completed: 8/12

S: Snaring the Huntress 5/21/16
P: Nick Pirog, 3:21 a.m. 5/16/16
R: Robert's Soul 5/6/16
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G: Go Skinny Dipping 5/6/16



T: Trial by Thrall 5/9/16
A: Melody Anne, The Billionaire's Dance 5/3/16
U: BONUS ~ World Press Freedom Day ~ Ms. Manwhore 5/4/16
R: Penny Reid, Love Hacked 5/18/16
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Done! Just updated my completed post here.

Books read:12


Star Wars
S Scarlet and Ivy - The Lost Twin5/17/16
TThe Twilight Lord5/11/16
A Aftershock: An Aftermath Novella5/30/16
R The Raven5/31/16

WWe're Not in Kansas5/23/16
AAt The Mouth Of Hell5/31/16
R
S Killing Me Softly by Bianca Sloane5/30/16

Emerald
EExiles in Time5/19/16
MMurder.com5/21/16
EEnchantment5/21/16
R
AThe Art of Love5/31/16
LJonathon's Locket by Lorraine Carey5/31/16
D

May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
8/8

Star Wars:
S: The Sullivans #11 - It Must Be Your Love 17/5/16
T: Tall, Hot & Texan #1 - Gotcha! 19/5/16
A: Ashley, Kristen - Mystery Man 4/5/16
R: Riding Wild 26/5/16


W: Wright, Suzanne - Carnal Secrets 15/5/16
A: Armstrong, Kelley - Frostbitten 14/5/16
R: Rebecca Zanetti - Forgotten Sins 8/4/16
S: Sarah MacLean - One Good Earl Deserves a Lover 21/5/16

TCF's May Monthly Challenge

Read 18/18

✔ A: Against the Sky by Kat Martin 5/5 ★★
✔ R: Wicked Burn by Rebecca Zanetti 5/8 ★★★★★
✔ M: At Any Cost by Mandy Baxter 5/21 ★★★★
✔ E: Midnight Captive by Elle Kennedy 5/12 ★★★★
✔ D: Dominic by Hazel Hunter 5/29 ★

✔ F: Fueled by K. Bromberg 5/6 ★★★
✔ O: One Kiss More by Mandy Baxter 5/18 ★★★
✔ R: Under Fire by Rita Henuber 5/30 ★★★
✔ C: Crazy Love by Tara Janzen 5/20 ★★★★
✔ E: The Job by Janet Evanovich 5/15 ★★★★★
✔ S: Savage Urges by Suzanne Wright 5/1 ★★★★



✔ F: Free Fall by Catherine Mann 5/14 ★★★★
✔ L: Leveling the Field by Megan Erickson 5/2 ★★★
✔ O: Outfoxed by Love by Eve Langlais 5/17 ★★★★
✔ W: When Snow Falls by Brenda Novak 5/4 ★★★
✔ E: Dirty Talk by Megan Erickson 5/19 ★★★★
✔ R: Dirty Secrets by Karen Rose 5/29 ★★★
✔ S: Alex by Sawyer Bennett 5/22 ★★★★★

Finished on post #2 - 12/12 complete!

Finished.

May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: May 1/16 - May 31/16

E
M The Sorceress by Michael Scott - 5/1
E Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce - 5/15
R Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/11
A A Cold-Blooded Business by Dana Stabenow - 5/17
L The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray - 5/9
D Dead Men's Money by J.S. Fletcher - 5/5

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Date Your Mate Month: Read a book that has a date in it you wish you could go on.

World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you’d like.
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind - 5/13

Star Wars Day: Read a Science Fiction book.
National Waiters and Waitresses Day: Read a book with a main character that is a waiter or waitress.
National Police Week: Read a book with a main character that is a police officer.