Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

2014 July Monthly Challenge - Suggestions Thread

This thread is for suggestions and questions. The Participants thread is located here.

1. 'J' is for July: Read a book that starts with 'J' or a book whose author's first or last name starts with 'J'.

2. Member of the Month: Nichole - Nichole has been a member of the RRRC since December 2011. Here is the link to Nichole's shelves -https://www.goodreads.com/review/list.... Please read a book from any of Nichole's shelves or a book published in 2011 or a book published in July of any year.

3. Geography: Read a book whose author, character or setting is from Jamaica.

Facts about Jamaica:
★ Jamaica entered its first Olympic Winter Games in 1988 with a bobsled team (immortalized in the film Cool Runnings).
★ Jamaica was known as "Xaymaca" before Europeans landed on the island, a name meaning "Land of Wood and Water" or the "Land of Springs."
★ Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series, lived in Jamaica and set many of his Bond novels on the island.

You can also read a book about a sports team or competition, or that takes place at the Olympics, or has a character trying something new. Or read a book with trees or water on the cover. Or read a book with spies or covert activities.

4. Disobedience Day (July 3): Read a book with a whip or cuffs on the cover, or a book where a character gets punished or goes to jail, or is/was in trouble with the law.

5. U.S. Independence Day (July 4): Read a book with a hero/heroine who loves their independence or who has an explosive temper, or a book with red, white, or blue on the cover.

6. Nude Recreation Week (July 7-13): Read a book where a character is in public without clothes or does an activity in the nude usually done wearing clothes, or a book with a nude model on the cover, or read a book with a scene on the cover of a place that you could be nude...e.g. a beach, bathtub, bed, etc.

7. Barbershop Music Appreciation Day (July 13): Read a book with a character who likes music, or a book with 4 words in the title, or the fourth book in a series (barbershop quartet).

8. National Junk Food Day (July 21): Read a book you consider a guilty pleasure, or that you could scarf down in one sitting, or has a cover with food on it.

9. Amelia Earhart Day (July 24): Read a book that disappeared into your TBR (on your shelf longer than a year), or that features a female character in a male-dominated profession.

10. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice.

Challenge Duration: July 1 to July 31, 2014

You can choose 3, 5, 8 or all 10 categories depending on your reading speed, book availability and/or time commitment.

Happy Reading!

Here are some lists and titles that might help :)


#3 Jamaica

Popular Jamaica Books

Set in Jamaica-

Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day
Dangerous Waters by Jane Jackson - free on Amazon
Hot Summer by Judy Powell - free on Amazon
Bachelor Undone by Brenda Jackson
Full Circle by Brenda A. Barrett
Not Quite Enough by Catherine Bybee
The Hellion Bride by Catherine Coulter

#4 Disobedience Day

Lists-

Make sure the title you choose fits the task. These lists are just suggestions :)

So you love a bad boy or tortured hero
Best bad boy
Best Mafia Mob Romance Books
Bikers

8. National Junk Food Day (July 21)


Food on the cover

#3 Jamaica - Sports

Sports Romances
Romance with hero/heroine are athletes
YA Sport Novels
Car Racing Romance Books
Baseball Romances
The Olympic Games
Ice Skating Books
Love on the Pitch: English Football/Soccer

#3 Jamaica - Covers

Trees on Covers
Covers with woods, forest, leaves or trees
Water covers
Swimmers on the cover

#3 Jamaica - Spies

Best Spy Novels
Best YA Spy/Mystery Novels
Conspiracy Fiction
Espionage

#4 Disobedience Day

Favorite BDSM Covers and Cover Art - lots of handcuffs on covers! :)
Cops and Robbers
Frisk Me: Best Male Police Officer Romance Heroes
Best Small Town Cop/Sheriff Romance Novels
Best Gay Cops/Security Guards/P.I.s

#5 U.S. Independence Day

Romance with Strong Contemporary Females
Strong Women in Erotica/Romance
Damsels in Shining Armor and Dudes in Distress

#6 Nude Recreation Week

Nudes
M/M Romance Covers Featuring Decapitated Naked Torsos

#7 Barbershop Music Appreciation Day

Epic Rockstar Stories
Fiction involving music

Hi Logan!

I have two books I finished that might work for 9. Amelia Earhart Day (July 24): that features a female character in a male-dominated profession.

I wanted to run them by you for approval. In One in a Million the heroine is completely running a B&B by herself. In The Dreams You Made in the Dirt there is a sister who is a doctor.

Would you consider either of those professions as male-dominated? I think they both are, but wanted your input :)

Thanks!

I agree Fran - I think both of those would count.

Thanks Logan!