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message 1: by Rushali, Head Mod (new)

Rushali Gupta (happy_soul) | 5557 comments Mod
June is 🌈Pride Month, dedicated to the uplifting of LGBTQ voices, celebration of LGBTQ culture and the support of LGBTQ rights. And to celebrate it in our own way, we are hosting this challenge this month!

This challenge is based on the original pride flag, created by artist Gilbert Baker in 1978.

Did you know that each color on the flag has its own meaning? The famous rainbow flag consists of 6 colors: red is symbolic of life, orange is symbolic of healing, yellow is sunshine, green is nature, blue represents harmony and purple is spirit.



-->Each color will have some criteria which can be used to read different books. Each criterion has some points allotted to it.

GENERAL RULES:-

1. Books read On or AFTER 1st June will count under the challenge.
2. The book read must be at least 120 pages to count.
3. A maximum of 4 books an be read under one color.
4. A book can follow a minimum of 3 different criteria, for eg, a book can work for criteria: genre, words & number only at a time, but there is no limit on the number of unique words you find in the text.
5. To complete one color set, read at least 3 books under it. However, it’s not compulsory to form color sets.
6. To collect a pride flag, read at least 1 book per color, for the original 6 colors.
7. Two colors, hot pink & turquoise are available as a bonus. They can only be used when you have read for at least 3 original colors.
8. To form a rainbow read 1 book for each of the 8 colors.
9. A review must be at least a paragraph (3-5 lines) to count for points.

Scoring System:-

1. Criteria


-Genre: 1 point
-Words: 1 point for every unique word found.
-Cover: 1 point
-Cover items: 2 points for every unique item found
-Number: 1 point

2. Color Set: 5 points additional
3. Review: 2 points for each book reviewed.
4. Pride Flag: 8 points
5. Rainbow: 12 points.
6. Diverse/LGBTQ+ books: 2 points if the book is also tagged "diverse/LGBTQ+".

Color List:- (click on "view spoiler")

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message 2: by Rushali, Head Mod (new)

Rushali Gupta (happy_soul) | 5557 comments Mod
Posting Format

Color:
Book Name with link/author:
Date Read:
Criteria used:
How it Fits:
Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: Yes/No

After completing one color set, post as:

Color Set:
Links to messages of the books under the set/Message no.s(see on the top left of the comment):
Point Total (including points for each book): 5+ points collected for each book.

After collecting a pride flag, post as:-

Item collected: Pride Flag
Links to messages of the books under the set/Message no.s(see on the top left of the comment):
Point Total (including points for each book): 8+ points collected for each book.

After collecting a rainbow, post as:-
Item collected: Rainbow
Links to messages of the books under the set/Message no.s(see on the top left of the comment):
Additional Points collected: 12


message 3: by Rushali, Head Mod (new)

Rushali Gupta (happy_soul) | 5557 comments Mod
Imp Note:-
1. A book read can either be included in a color set or a pride flag collection.
2. At the end of the challenge, you automatically collect a rainbow if you read 1 book for each of the 8 colors.
3. You can collect more than 1 pride flag but form only 1 rainbow.


message 4: by Lisette (last edited Jun 30, 2023 11:32AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Tracking Post

🔴Red
post 07 - If the Shoe Fits
post 12 - Our Lost Song
🟠Orange
post 10 - Our Secret Song
post 14 - The Bodyguard
🟡Yellow
post 06 - Happy Place
post 17 - The Sweetest Betrayal
🟢Green
post 05 - Morrighan
post 16 - The Cruelest Mercy
🔵Blue
post 09 - Behind the Throne
post 13 - The Last Holiday
🟣Purple
post 11 - Our Broken Song
post 15 - The Kinder Poison
💖Hot Pink
post 18 - Call it Love
post 22 - Don't Marry the Enemy
post 23 - Don't Marry the Ex
💙Turquoise
post 19 - Call It Fate

🌈Rainbow: 1 - post 20
🏳️‍🌈Pride Flag: 1 - post 21


message 5: by Lisette (last edited Jun 26, 2023 10:42AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Green

Color: Green 🟢
Book Name with link/author: Morrighan by Mary E. Pearson - 121 pages
Date Read: 2-june-2023
Criteria used:
1 Words: green, luck, (in text) - 2 points
2 Cover: Green - 1 point
3 Cover items: leaves, plants - 1 point
-Number: 4 (in title or pg count)
How it Fits:
1 words:
- Green - chapter 3: She favored the green shoots
- Luck - chapter 13: it had to be a story of randomness and chance, of luck and destiny.
2. The main colour of the cover is green
3. There are leaves/plants on the cover
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
+2 points
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 6 points

Morrighan (The Remnant Chronicles, #0.5) by Mary E. Pearson

Total points: 6


message 6: by Lisette (last edited Jun 26, 2023 10:43AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Yellow

Color: Yellow 🟡
Book Name with link/author: Happy Place by Emily Henry - 395 pages
Date Read: 5-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Genre: Genre Romance - 1 point
2 Words: sunshine, yellow, sun, citrus, corn, bright, happy (in text) 7 points
3 Cover: Yellow & its shades - 1 point
4 Cover items: the sun is on the cover - 2 points
5 Number: 5 (in title or pg count) - 1 points
How it Fits:
1 Genre: Suspense/YA/Romance books
2 Words:
- sunshine - chapter 12: being outside with the vegetables and the sunshine
- yellow - chapter 17: the windows are lit yellow gold
- sun - chapter 7: but I feel him stretched out under the sun on my left,
- citrus - chapter 25: doused in citrus dressing and fennel
- corn - chapter 19: Says the woman who spent like nine minutes making us stand in one place while she googled whether corn is a nut or a vegetable
- bright - chapter 33: now the room is cold and brigh
- happy - chapter 2: think of your happy place
3 Cover: Yellow & its shades - there are yellow items on the cover
4 Cover items: Sun is on the cover
5 Number: 5 (in title or pg count) 395 pages
Review link if any https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
+2 points

Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: Yes +2 point
Points: 16

Happy Place by Emily Henry

(6 + 16)
Total Points: 22


message 7: by Lisette (last edited Jun 26, 2023 10:44AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Red

Color: Red 🔴
Book Name with link/author: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy - 304 pages
Date Read: 6-June-2023
Criteria used:
1. Genre: Self-Help/Contemporary/Thriller books - 1 point
2. -Words: life, red, wine, rose, beginning, sacrifice, danger, courage (in text) - 7 points
3. Number: 3 (in title or pg count) - 1 point
How it Fits:
1. Genre: tagged as Contemporary
2. -Words:
- life - chapter 20: I have a whole life
- red - chapter 20: I glance down at the shiny red card
- wine - chapter 10: I can smell the sweet wine on his breath.
- rose - chapter 14: There were rose petals and candles
- beginning - chapter 1: her eyes beginning to glisten
- sacrifice - chapter 15: But the way Henry tells me he’s sorry makes me feel like he would sacrifice something
- danger - chapter 17: my name is Tony Danger
3. Number: 3 (in title or pg count) 304pages
Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
+ 2 points
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: Yes +2 points
Points: 13

If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1) by Julie Murphy

(6 + 16 + 13)
Total Points: 35


message 8: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 11:48PM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments planning my books:

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message 9: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 01:14AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Blue

Color: Blue 🔵
Book Name with link/author: Behind the Throne by K.B. Wagers - 413 pages
Date Read: 13-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 genre sciencefiction - 1 points
2 words water, sky, calm - 3 points
water - chapter 3: “Water?”
sky - chapter 13: The sun shone in a clear sky
calm - chapter 1: Emmory was as cool and calm
3 page number : number 1 - 413 pages - 1 point
Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 5

Behind the Throne (The Indranan War, #1) by K.B. Wagers

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5)
Total Points: 40


message 10: by Lisette (last edited Jun 26, 2023 10:45AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Orange

Color: Orange 🟠
Book Name with link/author: Our Secret Song by Emily Childs - 242 pages
Date Read: 14-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Genre: adult - 1 point
2 Words: life, new, orange, sun, warmth, change(in text) - 6 points
- life chapter 1: A threshold to cross, a life to build
- new chapter 1: a new closing pitcher for the Vegas Kings
- orange chapter 13: I take a step closer until I smell her sweet orange cream shampoo
- sun chapter 1: Shades of purple, blue, of sun yellow, and strawberry red
- warmth chapter 18: Warmth blooms in my chest and I’m undone.
- change chapter 3: Some things never change.
3 cover: orange skirt - 1 points
Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 8

Our Secret Song (For Love and Rock #1) by Emily Childs

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 )
Total Points: 48


message 11: by Lisette (last edited Jun 26, 2023 10:45AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Purple

Color: Purple 🟣
Book Name with link/author: Our Broken Song by Emily Childs - 266 pages
Date Read: 15-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 words: purple, shy, power, imagination - 4 points
- purple chapter 4: My hair is purple.
- shy chapter 4: Tate isn’t shy with his distaste for me
- power chapter 10: No one deserves that much power
- imagination chapter 13: Might be my imagination
2 cover: purple hair on cover - 1 point
3 items: paint: she painted her hair purple and you see the result on the cover (so you can see she used hair paint) - 2 points

Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 7

Our Broken Song (For Love and Rock #2) by Emily Childs

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7)
Total Points: 55


message 12: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 01:14AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Red

Color: Red 🔴
Book Name with link/author:Our Lost Song by Emily Childs - 300 pages
Date Read: 16-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Words: life, red, wine, rose, beginning, sacrifice, courage (in text) - 7 points
- life chapter 1: making music is my life and passion
- red chapter 5: Red curls piled on her head
- wine chapter 21: head on my chest as we sip wine
- rose chapter 4: nor how together we rose to stardom in the music world
- beginning chapter 1: it was the beginning of the end for us.
- sacrifice chapter 1 : Sacrifice my health,
- courage chapter 11: The right song can help give someone courage to take a leap
2 Cover items: lips - 2 points
3 Number: 3 (in title or pg count) 300 - 1 point
Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 10

Our Lost Song (For Love and Rock #3) by Emily Childs

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10)
Total Points: 65


message 13: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 01:14AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Blue

Color: Blue 🔵
Book Name with link/author The Last Holiday by Amy Sheppard - 345 pages
Date Read: 17-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Words: blue, sky, depth, serene, calm - 5 points
- blue chapter 3: he pulled an old blue T-shirt over his head
- sky chapter 3: the cornflower-blue sky
- depth chapter 8: Kelly was out of her depth.
- serence chapter 10: the serene expression on her face gave nothing away.
- calm chapter 3: Calm, stoic Stella
2 Cover: Blue & its shades: blue colours on cover - 1 point
3 Cover items: water, clouds, sky on cover - 6 points

Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
+2 points
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 14

The Last Holiday by Amy Sheppard

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14)
Total Points: 79


message 14: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 01:15AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Orange

Color: Orange 🟠
Book Name with link/author The Bodyguard by Katherine Center - 336 pages
Date Read: 21-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 genre: adult - 1 point
2 page number: 6 in page - 1 point
3 words: life, healing, new, orange, sun, sunlight, fire - 7 points
- life chapter 2: My life doesn’t make much sense
- healing chapter 27: Do a little personal healing.
- new chapter 2: and get a new assignment,
- orange chapter 3: I repainted my bathroom tangerine orange
- sun chapter 5: like sun rays on my skin.
- sunlight chapter 12: Windows everywhere, and sunlight, and bougainvillea blossoms in every view
- fire chapter 12: and throw them in the fire one by one to burn them all to ashes

Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 9

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9)
Total Points: 88


message 15: by Lisette (last edited Jun 26, 2023 10:49AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Purple

Color: Purple 🟣
Book Name with link/author: The Kinder Poison by Natalie Mae - 416 pages
Date Read: 24-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Genre: Fantasy - 1 point
2 Words: purple, shy, mysterious, power, wealth, wisdom, imagination (in text) - 7 points
- purple - Chapter IV: its feathers painted all hues of purple and blue
- shy + mysterious - chapter IV: the mysterious prince isn’t always quiet because he’s shy
- power - chapter IV: or to literally hum with power as the travelers’ stories claim princes do
-wealth - chapter XV: but seeing as this is all the wealth he’ll have to live on from here forward
- wisdom - chapter IV: and they hungrily ask what sparkling wisdom the prince imparted
- imagination - chapter XI: to keep my imagination from taking me to a place from which I’d never fully recover.
3 Cover: Purple & its shades - purple - 1 point

Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 9

The Kinder Poison (The Kinder Poison, #1) by Natalie Mae

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 9)
Total Points: 97


message 16: by Lisette (last edited Jun 26, 2023 10:49AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Green

Color: Green 🟢
Book Name with link/author: The Cruelest Mercy by Natalie Mae - 384 pages
Date Read: 25-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 -Words: green, nature, natural, money, luck, forest, health, envy, (in text) - 8 points
- green - chapter 1: The kitten gazes up at me with bright green eyes
- nature - chapter XIII: Possibly misty in nature
- natural - chapter VI: No, that’s definitely not natural in any sense
- money - Chapter X1: He could have sent Sakira money anonymously
- luck - chapter II: I could use your luck
- forest - chapter VI: a Shifter wouldn’t oppose being out with me in a forest
- health - chapter IV: nursing his wounds back to health to fit this story
- envy - chapter XI: wouldn’t envy the Burning Field
2 Cover: Green & its shades - green - 1 point
3 Number: 4 (in title or pg count) - 348 pages - 1 point

Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 10

The Cruelest Mercy (The Kinder Poison, #2) by Natalie Mae
(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 9 + 10)
Total Points: 107


message 17: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 01:19AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Yellow

Color: Yellow 🟡
Book Name with link/author:The Sweetest Betrayal by Natalie Mae - 394 pages
Date Read: 27-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Genre: YA/Romance books - 1 point
2 Words: sunshine, yellow, sun, daffodil, lovely, bright, happy (in text) - 7 points
- sunshine - chapter XVI until a warm square of sunshine pours into the corridor
- yellow - chapter XI: The torches crackle a warm yellow within
- sun - chapter II: Reschedule tomorrow’s meeting for highest sun instead?
- daffodil - chapter XV: I take in crocuses and daffodils carved into cedar posts and wooden canopies
- lovely - chapter II: Jet’s lovely voice follows.
- bright - chapter IV: her green eyes bright.
- happy - chapter VI: This is what my face looks like when I’m happy.
3 Cover: Yellow & its shades - handle of the knife is a shade of yellow - 2 points

Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 10

The Sweetest Betrayal (The Kinder Poison, #3) by Natalie Mae

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 9 + 10 + 10)
Total Points: 117


message 18: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 01:19AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Hot Pink

Color: Hot Pink 💖
Book Name with link/author: Call it Love by Marlie May - 350 pages
Date Read: 28-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Genre: Your choice - romance - 1 point
2 Words: hot, pink, romantic (in text) - 3 points
- hot - chapter 1: Admitting I preferred reading over a hot date
- pink - chapter 1: Her pink nose wrinkled
- romantic - chapter 10: A romantic brain-drain
3 Cover items: dress, girl, couple - 6 points

Review link if any: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
+ 2 points
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 12

Call it Love (Crescent Cove) by Marlie May

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 9 + 10 + 10 + 12)
Total Points: 129


message 19: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 01:20AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Turquoise

Color: Turquoise 💙
Book Name with link/author: Call It Fate by Marlie May - 313 pages
Date Read: 29-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Words: magic, relaxation, balance, protection (in text) - 4 points
- magic - chapter 11: When had I lost my belief in magic?
- relaxation, - chapter 14: Not much beat the relaxation found in the pools.
- balance - chapter 4: arms outstretched like a skater to maintain her balance on the ice
- protection - chapter 14: and she wore the hard hat and hearing protection I’d bought her.
2 Cover: Turquoise - 1 points
3 Cover items: ring, boy - 4 points

Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 9

Call It Fate by Marlie May

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 9 + 10 + 10 + 12 + 9)
Total Points: 138


message 20: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 01:20AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments After collecting a rainbow, post as:-
Item collected: Rainbow
Links to messages of the books under the set/Message no.s(see on the top left of the comment):
🔴Red
post 07 - If the Shoe Fits
🟠Orange
post 10 - Our Secret Song
🟡Yellow
post 06 - Happy Place
🟢Green
post 05 - Morrighan
🔵Blue
post 09 - Behind the Throne
🟣Purple
post 11 - Our Broken Song
💖Hot Pink
post 18 - Call it Love
💙Turquoise
post 19 - Call It Fate

Additional Points collected: 12

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 9 + 10 + 10 + 12 + 9 + 12 rainbow)
Total Points: 150


message 21: by Lisette (last edited Jun 29, 2023 01:20AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments After collecting a pride flag, post as:-

Item collected: Pride Flag
Links to messages of the books under the set/Message no.s(see on the top left of the comment):
🔴Red
post 12 - Our Lost Song
🟠Orange
post 14 - The Bodyguard
🟡Yellow
post 17 - The Sweetest Betrayal
🟢Green
post 16 - The Cruelest Mercy
🔵Blue
post 13 - The Last Holiday
🟣Purple
post 15 - The Kinder Poison

Point Total (including points for each book): 8+ points collected for each book.

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 9 + 10 + 10 + 12 + 9 + 12 rainbow + 8 pride)
Total Points: 158


message 22: by Lisette (last edited Jun 30, 2023 11:30AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Hot Pink

Color: Hot Pink 💖
Book Name with link/author: Don't Marry the Enemy by Emily Childs - 230 pages
Date Read: 30-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Genre: Your choice = Romance - 1 point
2 Words: hot, pink, unconditional, romantic, calming, (in text) - 5 points
- hot - chapter 7: I don’t move for a hot minute
- pink - chapter 8: Those pink lips twist into a grin.
- unconditional - chapter 26: You have me. Unconditionally.
- romantic - chapter 11: You’re a bit of a romantic
- calming - chapter 17: I close my eyes, embracing the peace of the calming place
3 Cover items: girl, couple - 4 points
4 Number: 2 (in title or pg count) - 230 pages - 1 point
Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 11

Don't Marry the Enemy (The Debutante Rules #2) by Emily Childs

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 9 + 10 + 10 + 12 + 9 + 12 rainbow + 8 pride + 11)
Total Points: 169


message 23: by Lisette (last edited Jun 30, 2023 11:31AM) (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments Hot Pink

Color: Hot Pink 💖
Book Name with link/author:Don't Marry the Ex by Emily Childs - 208 pages
Date Read: 30-June-2023
Criteria used:
1 Genre: Your choice = Romance - 1 point
2 Words: hot, pink, romantic(in text) - 3 points
- hot - chapter 5: Inside, I’m a hot mess.
- pink - chapter 7: Pink tints the bridge of her cheeks as she tightens her mouth in a white line
- romantic - chapter 8: hey’re all secretly hoping you’ll play out a romantic drama in real time.
3 Cover items: dress, girl, couple - 6 points
4 Number: 2 (in title or pg count) - 208 pages - 1 point

Review link if any:
Tagged Diverse/LGBTQ+: No
Points: 11

Don't Marry the Ex (The Debutante Rules #3) by Emily Childs

(6 + 16 + 13 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 9 + 10 + 10 + 12 + 9 + 12 rainbow + 8 pride + 11 + 11)
Total Points: 180


message 24: by Lisette (new)

Lisette (illusie) | 1284 comments I'm done


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