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Monthly Challenges
~ Spessartite Coin Earn your Spessartite Coins with the Monthly Challenges. Must Join a Monthly Challenge on or after April 1, 2016. May date back to April 1st until June 1st 2016. After that, you must start from date joined for coins.
To Earn a Spessartite Coin:
One Coin upon reaching highest book level (Fireworks, light show, and a wink )Learn about Gem coins here
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Wind machine
Read 8/8
A Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Title A - Read May 7
U Uncanny! - Title U - Read May 18
S Shadowfell - Title S - Read May 20
T Maggot Moon - Character S Treadwell - Read May 14
R The Royal Ranger - Title R - read May 2
A Real Murders - Character Aurora - read May 19
L Emerald Green - Character Leslie - read May 18
I When We Were Alive - Character Iris - read May 8
A Orphan Number 8 - Author A - read May 18
I'm in for this one! I LOVE Spell-It-Out challenges! All those countries in Option One, and I've only been to one of them. :-( So I'm going to do a Spell-It-Out of "Germany; Taken by a Stranger 2011" to honor the one country I've actually been in. :-) May 1st to
Fireworks, light show, and a wink 21+ books
COMPLETED 06/30/2016: READ 23 BOOKS :-)
✔︎G: Gee, Grégoire, characters in Broken Soul by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/21/2016.
✔︎E: Evan, Eli, characters in Black Arts by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/18/2016.
✔︎R: Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/11/2016.
✔︎M: Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/09/2016.
✔︎A: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Finished 05/02/2016.
✔︎N: Nalini Singh's Angels' Blood. Finished 05/03/2016.
✔︎Y: Yellowrock, Jane, MC in Blood Trade by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/15/2016.
✔︎T: Trent, male lead in 'Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick. Finished 05/29/2016.
✔︎A: Alexei, a character in Wickedly Dangerous by Deborah Blake. Finished 05/28/2016.
✔︎K: Katie, Koun, characters in Death's Rival by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/13/2016.
✔︎E: Eli, Edmund, characters in Dark Heir by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/23/2016.
✔︎N: Nicaud, Tau & Marlene, antagonists in Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/26/2016.
✔︎B: Blood Cross by Faith Hunter. Read 05/07/2016.
✔︎Y: Yellowrock, Jane, MC in Blood in Her Veins by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/24/2016.
✔︎A: Alchemystic by Anton Strout. Finished 06/02/2016.
✔︎S: Skinwalker by Faith Hunter. Finished 05/06/2016.
✔︎T: Tom Hoffman's Orville Mouse and the Puzzle of the Clockwork Glowbirds. Finished 06/23/2016.
✔︎R: Rincewind, a character in Sourcery by Terry Pratchett. Finished 06/08/2016.
✔︎A: Alex, a character in Something from the Nightside by Simon R. Green. Finished 06/22/2016.
✔︎N: Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth. Finished 06/13/2016.
✔︎G: Graveyard Book, The by Neil Gaiman. Finished 06/20/2016.
✔︎E: Esme, a character in Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett. Finished 06/18/2016.
✔︎R: Raven Boys, The by Maggie Stiefvater. Finished 06/30/2016.
23/23 Books Completed:
Gift Card Extension!
I haven't ever used any Gift Cards in this group, so I'm going to use one for this challenge, as it's not looking like I'm going to be able to read 23 books in May. It's taking me "too long" to read the Jane Yellowrock series. So. . .into June I will go! :-)
I also really love spell-it-out challenges because they're my fav!
Unexpected costume reveal 16-20 books
5/17
G--God's Not Dead 2 by Travis Thrasher Read: 5/1
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R-The Raven Boys
G-Shadow and Bone G for Grisha-series title Read 5/7
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A-Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Read: 5/6
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M- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
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D-Dreamology Read: 5/3
A-A Court of Mist and Fury Read:5/16
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Unexpected costume reveal 16-20 books
5/17
G--God's Not Dead 2 by Travis Thrasher Read: 5/1
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G-Shadow and Bone G for Grisha-series title Read 5/7
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A-Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Read: 5/6
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M- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
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D-Dreamology Read: 5/3
A-A Court of Mist and Fury Read:5/16
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Eurovision Song Contest: May 2016 Wind Machine 6-10 books
OPTION 1
May 1-31, 2016
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DONE
S Soldier's Redemption 5/5
O Owens, Robin D. Heart Change 5/10
M Mountain Investigation 5/4
E Everlasting Bad Boys 5/8
T Target Engaged 5/1
H Hail Storme: A Wyatt Storme Thriller 5/2
I I Have a Secret 5/6
N Never Cry Wolf 5/7
G Graves, Paula Killshadow Road 5/9
I'm in!Eurovision Song Contest: May 2016
✔I Indebted Epilogue - Pepper Winters - 4 MAY
✔R Northern Exposure - Jayne Rylon - 6 MAY
✔E Echoes of Scotland Street - Samantha Young - 9 MAY
✔L Legacy - Bethany-Kris - 15 MAY
✔A Antony - Bethany-Kris - 11 MAY
✔N Wild Touch - Complete Collection - Natalie Wild - 8 MAY
✔D Deadly Fallout - Katie Reus - 9 MAY
✔L Lucian - Bethany-Kris - 11 MAY
✔I If You See Her - Shiloh Walker - 18 MAY
✔P Fourth Debt - Pepper Winters - 3 MAY
✔S Southern Comfort - Mari Carr - 6 MAY
✔T Private Bodyguard - Tyler Anne Snell - 5 MAY
✔I If You Know Her - Shiloh Walker - 21 MAY
✔C Western Ties - Mari Carr - 8 MAY
✔K Protecting His Witness - Katie Reus - 5 MAY
Eurovision Song Contest: May 2016Level: 90s boy band dancing 11-15 books
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Finished: 13 of 13 books
COMPLETED: 05/20/2016
✔︎ U: Unseen by Rachel Caine Title |★★★★★| May 13
✔︎ N: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, Ch: Nesla |★★★★★| May 17
✔︎ I : It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Title |★★★★| May 20
✔︎ T: Fractured by Karin Slaughter Ch: Will Trent |★★★★★| May 4
✔︎ E: Lonestar Sanctuary by Colleen Coble Ch: Elijah |★★★★| May 5
✔︎ D: Bubba and the Wacky Wedding Wickedness by C. L. Bevill Ch: David |★★★★★| May 4
✔︎ K: White Lies by Linda Howard Ch: Kell Sabin |★★★★★| May 2
✔︎ I : Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire Series: InCryptid |★★★★| May 7
✔︎ N: Born in Ice by Nora Roberts Author Name |★★★★★| May 11
✔︎ G: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi Title |★★★| May 4
✔︎ D: When the Smoke Clears by Lynette Eason Series: Deadly Reunions |★★★| May 16
✔︎ O: The Last Colony by John Scalzi Series: Old Man's War |★★| May 16
✔︎ M Forever Road by Catie Rhodes Ch: Mace |★★★★| May 10
Im in level unexpected costume revealOption 1
11/20
A-Hesitant Heart mc -Aaron
U-Volley Balls mc last name - underwood
S - Damaged Goodsauthor -susan mac nicol
T-The One That Got Away mc - trace
R-Begging to Serve mc- roddy
A-Tangled Web mc-ashley
L The Beat of His Drummc-laramie
I The Legend of Sleepy Hollowmc-ichabod
AShirtauthor -amy lane
T -Keys to His Heart mc - tim
O The Other Side: A Pregnancy Billionaire Sports BWWM Romance title
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I'm in - in (potentially dubious) honor of my country!Eurovision Song Contest: May 2016
Level: Wind Machine 6-10 books
Read: 7/7
Option One:
G - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson (5/29)
E - Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar (5/10)
R - Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton (5/15)
M - Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson (5/26)
A - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (5/4)
N - The Next Together by Lauren James (5/21)
Y - You Could Make a Life by Taylor Fitzpatrick (re-read, 5/30)
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How exciting to be in the month of Eurovision. i hope you all have your eye make-up and hair glitter ready :o
I tried to stay away...Go Nina! (Song doesn't suck that much this year...)
Level: will see at the end of the month
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Monthly Challenges
~ Spessartite Coin Earn your Spessartite Coins with the Monthly Challenges. Must Join a Monthly Challenge on or after April 1, 2016. May date back to April 1st until June 1st 2016. After that, you must start from date joined for coins.
To Earn a Spessartite Coin:
One Coin upon reaching highest book level (Fireworks, light show, and a wink )Learn about Gem coins here
Option ThreePick a level and choose your favourite countries that are participating in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest and do a spell-it out of these country names or song names
Level: Fireworks, light show, and a wink 21+ books
Progress: 3/21+
P- Property Of by Alice Hoffman
I- Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
O- The Orphan Ship by Sterling R. Walker
N- Logos by John Neeleman
E- Eight Ways to Ecstasy by Jeanette Grey
E- St. Blair: Sybille's Reign by Emily W. Skinner
R- Behave by Andromeda Romano-Lax
L- Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox by Joanne Bamberger
O- An Obedient Father by Akhil Sharma
V- The Vision of Caldaria by Julia Faye
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W- Water Tales: Aquamarine and Indigo by Alice Hoffman
A- On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory by Alan Ryan
E- Saving Jason by E.J. Hanagan
C- Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
R- Living Violet by Jaime Reed
O- The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories by O. Henry
A- The Bohemian Guide to Monogamy by Andrew Armacost
T- Ten Yen Tokyo by Christina St Clair
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Just finished watching it on the BBC, I love Graham's comments. What a tight competition it was, I thought everyone did well this year. Thanks Australia and Ireland for your great taste in music haha ;-)
DONE ON 22. JULY 2016!I'm on coin hunt, so I'm gonna join this challenge :)
And I watched Eurovision aswell - I loved Australia and I really love the fact that Australia is participating!! Maybe soon we all are heading toward Australia... it was so close this year, right? :)
Since I have never used Extension "Gift Cards", I'm gonna use all of them right now, here you go:
Eurovision
May 1- August 31, 2016 (with my gift cards)
Option One -> Estonia ; Rockefeller Street
Level: Fireworks, light show, and a wink
Of course Estonia, because I'm from Estonia. Song is nice, but not one of my favourites. The singer is Estonian sweetheart though :)
24/24 books read
E - Purustatud õhuloss by Stieg Larsson / character Erika Berger / 15. May
S - Seiklevad surnud. Kuulsate koolnute saatuse keerdkäigud by Bess Lovejoy / title / 30. June
T - The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes / title "the" / 22. June
O - Written in Red by Anne Bishop / series name The Others / 01. May
N - Bruiser by Neal Shusterman / author's first name / 28. June
I - Hidden Gem by India Lee / author first name / 26. May
A - Girl at War by Sara Nović / main character Ana Jurić / 03. July
R - Menagerie by Rachel Vincent / author first name / 15. May
O - Mountain Angel by Suzie O'Connell / author last name / 29. May
C - Cheerleading Can Be Murder by Carissa Ann Lynch / title / 29. May
K - The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer / authors first name / 19. June
E - Darkhouse by Karina Halle / series name Experiment in Terror / 02. June
F - Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce / series name Fairytale Retellings / 12. May
E - Nefertiti's Heart by A.W. Exley / authors last name / 06. June
L - Tappa laulurästast by Harper Lee / author last name / 19. May
L - Vesi elevantidele by Sara Gruen / main character Marlena L'Arche / 05. July
E - The Magpies by Mark Edwards / authors last name / 18. June
R - A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore / character Ray Macy / 01. July
S - Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon / title / 28. May
T - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón / title "the" / 12. June
R - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs / author / 16. June
E - Õnnelikud inimesed loevad raamatuid ja joovad kohvi by Agnès Martin-Lugand / main character Edward / 07. July
E - Heart of the Kraken by A.W. Exley / authots last name / 22. July
T - Technomancer by B.V. Larson / title / 01. July
EurovisionMay 1, 2016 - May 31, 2016
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Option 1 Completed :) 05/28
90s Boy Band Dancing (11-15 books)
S: She's Not There Title 05/11
W: When to Rob a Bank Title 05/13
E: The Queen of the Tearling Author Erika 5/17
D: Winter Character last name Darnel 05/08
E: The Sisters Brothers MC Eli 05/01
N: Me Before You Character first name Nathan 05/18
H: Carmilla Character last name Hesselius 05/12
E: Fairest Character first name Evret 05/23
R: A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty Character name Roger 5/25
O: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Character name Ophelia 5/23
E: Save the Date Character name Ellie 05/28
S: This Shattered World Title 05/03
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Wind machine
Read 8/8
A Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Title A - Read May 7
U Uncanny! - Title U - Read May 18
S Shadowfell - Title S - Read May 20
T Maggot Moon - Character S Treadwell - Read May 14
R The Royal Ranger - Title R - read May 2
A Real Murders - Character Aurora - read May 19
L Emerald Green - Character Leslie - read May 18
I When We Were Alive - Character Iris - read May 8
A Orphan Number 8 - Author A - read May 18
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And I watched Eurovision aswell - I loved Australia and I really love the fact that Australia is participating!! Maybe soon we all are heading..."
That was such a gorgeous song from Estonia. I have it as the ringtone on my phone :)
ALL DONE!I'm in!
Eurovision Song Contest: May 2016
✔I Indebted Epilogue - Pepper Winters - 4 MAY
✔R Northern Exposure - Jayne Rylon - 6 MAY
✔E Echoes of Scotland Street - Samantha Young - 9 MAY
✔L Legacy - Bethany-Kris - 15 MAY
✔A Antony - Bethany-Kris - 11 MAY
✔N Wild Touch - Complete Collection - Natalie Wild - 8 MAY
✔D Deadly Fallout - Katie Reus - 9 MAY
✔L Lucian - Bethany-Kris - 11 MAY
✔I If You See Her - Shiloh Walker - 18 MAY
✔P Fourth Debt - Pepper Winters - 3 MAY
✔S Southern Comfort - Mari Carr - 6 MAY
✔T Private Bodyguard - Tyler Anne Snell - 5 MAY
✔I If You Know Her - Shiloh Walker - 21 MAY
✔C Western Ties - Mari Carr - 8 MAY
✔K Protecting His Witness - Katie Reus - 5 MAY
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Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Well done Sandra!"Yes, Congrats, Sandra! And to anyone else who's already finished. :-)
It's looking like I might not be able to complete my May challenge in May. I'm reading the Jane Yellowrock series, which works for it, but it is taking me a LONG time to read each book. They're very dense. But I'm about to start book nine, and there are only ten, so maybe I'll be able to make some major progress with the few days that will be left to me once I've finished. ;-)
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Yes, Congrats, Sandra! And to anyone else who's already finished. :-)
It's looking like I might not be able to complete my May challenge in May. I'm reading the..."
You can always use gift cards to extend your challenges. Especially since they are about to expire :)
You can always use gift cards to extend your challenges. Especially since they are about to expire :) "Edited my post with my gift card extension into June. :-) Thank You!!! :-)
Jen wrote: "You can always use gift cards to extend your challenges. Especially since they are about to expire :) "I don't think I have any gift cards. But I'll check out the link to make sure. Maybe I earne..."
Everyone starts with 3 gift cards. If you didn't use any, then you still have all 3 of them. :)
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Everyone starts with 3 gift cards. If you didn't use any, then you still have all 3 of them. :) "Thanks, Tea! I edited my post. :-)
I just made it! I read 23 books to spell out GERMANY; TAKEN BY A STRANGER. I finished the 23rd book on June 30th, so I just squeaked in in time to finish on time (thanks to my extension gift-card). :-)Congratulations to everyone else who reached their goals! :-)
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Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Well done Jen :)"Thank you so much! I'm feeling pretty proud of myself, especially as I read so little in June due to the many distractions that cropped up.
I'm so happy to have fully reached my goal! :-)
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Heart of the Kraken (other topics)Vesi elevantidele (other topics)
Õnnelikud inimesed loevad raamatuid ja joovad kohvi (other topics)
Girl at War (other topics)
Technomancer (other topics)
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Eurovision is back for 2016 in May! Straight from Sweden, this is the 61st Eurovision and our mod, Karen, couldn't be more excited. Sure, she is from Australia, but that is part of Europe now don't you know?!
The contest will consist of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May 2016 with forty two countries participating!
As always, the "Big Five" get a ticket straight to the finals : France, Germany, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom ; plus the host country, Sweden.
DURATION
May 1-31, 2016
How To
Option One
Karen has picked some of her favourite Eurovision songs from 2010-2015 (under spoiler). Pick a level and do a spell-it-out of the country or song names
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Albania ; It's all about you ; 2010
Turkey ; We could be the same 2010
Romania ; Playing with fire 2010
Azerbajan ; Drip Drop 2010
Moldova ; Run Away 2010
Sweden ; Popular 2011
Estonia ; Rockefeller Street 2011
Ireland ; Lipstick 2011
Georgia ; One More Day 2011
Bulgaria ' Na Inat 2011
Armenia ; Boom-Boom 2011
Germany ; Taken by a Stranger 2011
Switzerland ; Unbreakable 2012
Cyprus ; La La Love 2012
Norway ; Stay 2012
Lithuania ; Something 2013
Denmark ; Only Teardrops 2013
The Netherlands ; Calm After the Storm 2014
Belarus ; Cheesecake 2014
Sweden ; Heroes 2015
Latvia ; Love Injected 2015
Belgium ; Rythm Inside 2015
Lithuania ; This Time 2015
Australia ; Tonight Again 2015
Georgia ; Warrior 2015
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Option Two
Pick a level and choose your favourite countries that are participating in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest and read books just by authors from these countries and books based in these countries
Option Three
Pick a level and choose your favourite countries that are participating in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest and do a spell-it out of these country names or song names
Spell-it-out rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter in the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators or translators first or last name. As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
Levels
Big Hair 1-5 Books
Wind Machine 6-10 books
90s boy band dancing 11-15 books
Unexpected costume reveal 16-20 books
Fireworks, light show, and a wink 21+ books