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The Colors of May Challenge


The goal is to read 5 books whose covers match predominantly one of the colors listed. Choose any 5 colors!

Red-


Pink-


Orange-


Yellow-


Green-


Blue-


Purple-


Brown-


Black-


Silver/Gray-


White-


Example:
Red-


Post your books now or post as you go, but no reading until May 1!

Completed:
Diana
Gayatri
Sheri
Missy
Amanda
Rachel
Deniece
Alyssia
Sannie
Tiffanie
May

I like this Idea...
I think I'll read and that goes for Brown...

I was wondering: are we supposed to read 5 books in 1 month or what? and is it OK if the colors repeated more than once?

yes, read 5 books for this challenge, and yep you can repeat :)

OK...
(since I'm a slow reader I'll choose easy books :P )

Here are my books:

blue- - finished

grey/black- - finished

brown - - finished

blue/purple - - finished

white - - finished

Completed!

Red~ (05-22-2012)
Grey~ (05-07-2012)
Silver~ (I can't find the silver cover)
Green~ (05-07-2012)
Orange~ (05-19-2012)
Blue~ (05-27-2012)

Yay! I love color challenges. This is just a rough outline of books I will probably be reading... will fill in more as I go along.

6/9 Books Read

Red - Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Pink -
Green -
Blue - Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Blue - Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Blue - Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Black -
Black - Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Purple - Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I'm not sure on the book and color yet.

Red- FINISHED
Green- FINISHED
Blue- FINISHED
Purple- FINISHED
Black- FINISHED
White- FINISHED

I love all of these reading challenges :)
I'll post as I know what I'm going to read:
Red:
Pink:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue:
Purple:
Brown:
Black:
Silver/Grey:
White:

The Colors of May Challenge
Duration: 5/1/12 - 5/31/12
Books Read: 5/5
Updated: 5/28/12 Finished!


Which Colors will I Choose?

Blue
by Anne Rivers Siddons (5/4/12)
Silver/Grey
by Patricia Briggs (5/9/12)
Yellow
by Sophie Kinsella (5/11/12)
Brown
by Catherine Palmer (5/14/12)
cover is alot darker in person
White
by Kaye Gibbons (5/28/12)

Blue- 5/9

Purple- 5/12/12

White- 5/18


Pink- *CR

Orange- *CR

Red- *CR

Green 5/20

Brown 5/5

FUN! I'm so excited!

RED -
Finished 5/13 4 stars

PINK -
Finished 5/24 4 stars

ORANGE - i'm having a hard time finding an orange book...

YELLOW -
Finished 5/26 4 stars ... I guess

GREEN -
Finished 5/24 4 stars

BLUE -
Finished 5/18 3 stars

Finished 5/19 4.75 stars =D, OK 5

PURPLE -
Finished 5/19 3 stars

BROWN -
Finished 5/27 4 stars

BLACK -
Finished 5/17 3 stars

GREY -
Finished 5/9 4 stars

WHITE -
Finished 5/11 3 stars

okay, so I told myself no challenges this month. I need a break. But... you know how it is. Plus I have 3 books I do want/need to read this month so without further ado:

blue : Interview with a vampire by Anne Rice
green : A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
black : Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
red : Everneath by Brodi Ashton
the other will be determined

the books I'm going to read (reading) so far:

Gray-
Brown-

I'll add the rest later... :)

5/5

Green:
Black:
Red:
Blue:
Grey:

Reviews:
How to be a pirate http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Fifty shades of grey http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
How to train your dragon http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Finding sky http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
New Spring http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Yep, you can read more than one from the same color.

Ok, I think I'll read....


0/5 Completed

1. Black Book
Silence (Becca Fitzpatrick)

2. Yellow Book
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List(Rachel Cohn & David Levithan)

3. Blue Book
Water for Elephants (Sarah Gruen)


4. Blue Book
Succubus Revealed (Richelle Mead)

5. Green Book
Magic Bites(Kate Daniels)

I'm in. Will post as I go.

I've finished 2/5 so far :
Gray: Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story
Brown: Ella Enchanted

I think I'll read next another brown (or is it red?) :)

New to the group, but I can't resist a challenge!

5/5 completed

Red-The MatingCOMPLETED 5/16**** 3.5 stars
Pink-Dark PassageCOMPLETED 5/19**2 stars
Yellow-Beauty Touched the BeastCOMPLETED 5/20***3 stars
Blue-Lover Unleashed COMPLETED 5/29 ***3.5 stars
Black-Trust in AdvertisingCOMPLETED 5/8***3 stars

May wrote: "I think I'll read next another brown (or is it red:)"

I think you could go with either for that one!

Angela wrote: "New to the group, but I can't resist a challenge!"

Welcome to the group! You have some good books on your list!

Would The Curse Girl by Kate Avery Ellison work for purple?

Also, how do you get the books to show up on here like Angela did?

Ashley wrote: "Would The Curse Girl by Kate Avery Ellison work for purple?

Also, how do you get the books to show up on here like Angela did?"

Click the thing saying add book/author when you write.. it is next to (some html is ok)

Ashley wrote: "Would The Curse Girl by Kate Avery Ellison work for purple?"

Yep, that would work for purple

Sheri wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Would The Curse Girl by Kate Avery Ellison work for purple?"

Yep, that would work for purple"

Great!


Sannie wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Would The Curse Girl by Kate Avery Ellison work for purple?

Also, how do you get the books to show up on here like Angela did?"

Click the thing saying add book/author when you writ..."

Thanks Sannie!

1. Red

2. Pink

3. Orange

4. Yellow

5. Green

6. Blue

7. Purple


8. Brown


9. Black

10. Silver/Gray

11. White

2 of 5 completed


RED: Pleasure Jacquelyn Frank 05-01-12
PINK:
ORANGE:
YELLOW:
GREEN:
BLUE: The Lucifer Gospel Paul Christopher 05-05-12
PURPLE:
BROWN:
BLACK:
SILVER/GREY:
WHITE:

Oooh, I'm finally done with the third book.
next I'll read black

but honestly, I don't think I'll make it to the fifth book!!

Would work for any of them?

Yeah, pick a color...or maybe white since there's more white than anything else.

Thanks Sheri!

Updated message #8. 4 books read, will probably only get to read a total of five this month.

I need to update mine!

I finished the fourth. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I didn't make up my mind what to read next yet... which do YOU think?
Cinder or The Hunger Games

I 'll take the first answer...
thanks in advance :D

The Hunger Games. Cinder was good, but tHG was better.

Red - Read.

Pink - Read.

Orange - Read.

Yellow - Read.

Green - Read.

Blue - Read.

Purple - Read.

Brown -

Black - Read.

Silver/Grey -

White -

Diana S wrote: "The Colors of May Challenge
Duration: 5/1/12 - 5/31/12
Books Read: 5/5
Updated: 5/28/12 Finished!


Which Colors will I Choose?

Blue
by Anne Rivers Siddons (5/4/12)
Silver..."


Hooray! Challenge Completed! :D

What do you think would be considered?

With 6 books read, I think I'm going to call this challenge done. Going to try to read one more before the end of May, but I doubt I will be able to finish before June.

Suzanne wrote: "okay, so I told myself no challenges this month. I need a break. But... you know how it is. Plus I have 3 books I do want/need to read this month so without further ado:

blue : Interview with a va..."

okay.. I totally failed. :( I have read:

blue:



red:

grey:

purple:

never mind, it looks like I almost finished :)
I am going to try and finish black/white:

Ashley wrote: "What do you think would be considered?"

I think I'd go with green...

Let me know if you finish :) I'll go through the posts but likely will miss one or two!

Sheri wrote: "Ashley wrote: "What do you think would be considered?"

I think I'd go with green..."

Thanks Sheri. I couldn't decide between green and grey.

I like that many people read more than 5 when the goal is 5.

I could easily add all the books I have read in May which is around 20+

I know. I make it five so it's easier, especially for those who don't get as much reading time in. I think I read 10 in May...that's about my monthly average.

Sheri wrote: "I know. I make it five so it's easier, especially for those who don't get as much reading time in. I think I read 10 in May...that's about my monthly average."

well, thanks. I consider myself one of those. I'll be very amazed with myself if I finished all 5 books...
but I'm afraid that I failed, because I have lots of things to do that I won't finish "the Hunger Games", which I didn't even start yet...
thank you for this nice challenge...

It's always fun to play along, even if you don't get it finished :)

5 of 5 completed


RED: Pleasure Jacquelyn Frank 05-01-12
BLUE: The Lucifer Gospel Paul Christopher 05-05-12
BLACK: Blood Oath Christopher Farnsworth 05-16-12
BROWN: Slave to her Desires Jill Myles 05-26-12
PINK: Temptation Rising A.C. Arthur 05-28-12

I'm considering this challenge conquered. I read a lot of books in May, but I didn't read an Orange one. I looked around the library for an interesting orange cover, but nothing really caught my attention. Oh well; I did get the five for the challenge in. My very first! Yay!
This was fun Sherri, thanks. :)