Tricia originally suggested this challenge and since everybody likes it, on we go with May (in a new thread).

Read Your Name Challenge: you take the letters of the month, and for each letter you find a book which either has an author whose last name starts with this letter or a book which title starts with the given letter. Remember to disregard all the articles: a, an, the...

The duration of challenge is from the beginning of the month to last day.

M:
A:
Y:

May is a short one, yay! But Y can get tricky...

I need to pick up All-American girl from the library, then i'm set for the month.

M-Match me if you can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
A-All-American Girl by Meg Cabot
Y-Yasmine Galenorn - Ghost of a chance

That was fast Shazzy!

It's the OCD! I'd already planned it in my reading list. I've finished all my challenges for this month and I needed something to do! LOL

You're done with all the challenges!!! Don't even mention that in front of me... I still have 2 challenges to complete from April, and I'm already singing up for the new ones. Now, who has the OCD?

M - The Martian Chronicles
A - The Anubis Gates
Y - You Shall Know Our Velocity

I did the same thing last month, I got so excited planning my books for April and I hadn't even finished my March challenges.

So bad! HHEHEAHAHAHAHAH!

LOL

Too bad it's only three letters.


M - Mortal Temptations by Allyson James 14-05
A - Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie 16-05
Y - Your Coffin or Mine? by Kimberly Raye

M - Macomber, Debbie - Summer On Blossom Street ( April 28th release date, second on reserve list at the library)
A - Assault and Pepper by Tamar Myers (Pennyslvania Dutch mysteries)
Y - You're Cookin' It Country My Favorite Recipes and Memories by Loretta Lynn

M - My Swordhand Is Singing
A - Adams, Douglas - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Y - You Are So Undead to Me

Update 5/21

M - Max - James Patterson 5/7
A - Alanna The First Adventure 5/9
Y - You're the One that I Haunt by Terri Garey 5/4

COMPLETE 5/9

M Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews(Read 4th May)
A Angel’s Blood - Nalini Singh(1st May)
Y You don't know Jack - Erin McCarthy(1st May)



*Completed - 4/5/09*
Yeah! 1 Challenge down... now to finish the rest!

M- Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
A-Adarian, Lara Kiss Of Midnight
Y- You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister

Read the Month
M-oonfever antho.
A-llergies by T A Chase
Y-ou Shizaki (Gentle Cage, a yaoi novel)

M - Ava March - Object of His Desire -- May 14
A - Kayelle Allen - Surrender Love -- May 12
Y - Amanda Young - Reckless Seduction

M - Mommy In Training - Shelley Galloway - 01 May 2009
A - A Baby for the Village Doctor - Abigail Gordon 03 May 2009
Y - You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - Currently Reading

M – Marr, Melissa - Wicked Lovely (done)
A – Arthur, Kerri – Deadly Desire
Y - You're so Vein - Christine Warren

Finally updating! :O)

(Updated 5/12)

M - Erin McCarthy, You Don't Know Jack
A - Evangeline Anderson, Dangerous Cravings
Y - Jane Yolen, Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories

M M is for Magic
A A Rush of Wings
Y You Slay Me

UPDATE:

M - Merge by Chris Owen
A - After Anna by Theda Black
Y - Your Wicked Ways by Eloisa James

Read 'em but can't say I enjoyed 'em all. Gotta learn to choose better.

M-Meeting Ms. Right
A-And on the Eighth Day She Rested A Novel
Y-You Gotta Sin to Get Saved

M-Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
A-The Asking Price by Caroline Upcher
Y-The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond
I've given up on The Asking Price, so will substitute Andrews, Ilona - Magic Burns

*Correction

M-Meeting Ms. Right
A-And on the Eighth Day She Rested A Novel
Y-Yoshe, Taboo

M-agic Bites by Ilona Andrews
A-t Risk by Stella Remmington
Y-ou've Got Murder by Donna Andrews

Ruth, glad to have you on board with the challenges ;)

Kasia wrote: "Ruth, glad to have you on board with the challenges ;)" thanks "I am a gonna try"

Update 6th May


M - Mommy In Training - Shelley Galloway - 01 May 2009
A - A Baby for the Village Doctor - Abigail Gordon 03 May 2009
Y - You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - Currently Reading

AUTHOR
M: Mann, Catherine - Blaze of Glory 5/2/09
A: Arthur, Keri - Deadly Desire 5/9/09
Y: York, Rebecca - Beyond Control 5/13/09

TITLE & AUTHOR BOTH
M: Mr. and Miss Anonymous - Fern Michaels 5/8/09
A: Awakening, The - Kelley Armstrong 5/4/09
Y: The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens - Jane Yolen 5/17/09

Read the Month
M-oonfever antho.
A-llergies by T A Chase
Y-ou Shizaki (Gentle Cage, a yaoi novel) finished 5-09

M - The Martian Chronicles
A - The Anubis Gates
Y - You Shall Know Our Velocity
I'm done, but I did not enjoy any of those books :( Why oh why did I pick stuff? I'm flabbergasted.

Kasia wrote: "M - The Martian Chronicles
A - The Anubis Gates
Y - You Shall Know Our Velocity
I'm done, but I did not enjoy any of those books :( Why oh why did I pick stuf..."

Oh that is so sad that you didn't enjoy any of the books, but congratulations on completing the challenge

Thanks!
I'm not too bummed about it all. To be totally honest Martian Chronicles were quite good, but it's a collection of short stories... so... I prefer a solid, developed novel! Oh, well.

Kasia wrote: "I'm done, but I did not enjoy any of those books"

Ick. Similar story here. The two I've finished were disappointing and the one left is short stories...but they're Jane Yolen, so how bad can they be? :O)

Sorry to hear it Melody, I liked the look of your May reads and have borrowed a copy of 'You Don't Know Jack' from our library... didn't like it? We didn't have the Jane Yolen, meh, so instead I borrowed a book where she's retold fairy tales interspersed with recipes of fairy tale food! Looks cool, would probably suit young kids who like helping with cooking.

Danielle, I wouldn't say Jack was bad, just not wonderful. I typically feel that way about McCarthy's work, so if you like her you'll probably enjoy this title as well.

And I love Yolen (I'm just not a fan of short stories)...I don't know the one with fairy food...tell me more! :O)

I've never read any Erin McCarthy, so I'll give it a go. Not like there's not 1000 other things on my TBR pile if it doesn't work out :)
I've recently joined the Folklore & Fairy Tales group here, so the Yolen fits nicely - it's Fairy Tale Feasts A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers And Eaters. I remember really enjoying some of her dragon books as a kid.

drat and double drat. lol My library doesn't have the Fairy Tale Feasts book. It looks cool. lol I love having my local library's card catalog online so I can instantly see not only if they have the book or not, but I can even tell if it's checked out or not.

Libraries rock!! And I'm not just saying that cuz I work in one and can get library books delivered practically to my DESK ;) but it really can be hit and miss when you see something calling you from someone else's TBR...

Ooo, it does look good...and it looks like my library can get it! :O) Toss it on the pile...

Challenge completed 13/05/09

M - Mommy In Training - Shelley Galloway - 01 May 2009
A - A Baby for the Village Doctor - Abigail Gordon 03 May 2009
Y - You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister - 13 May 2009

Jane, ;)

well done Jane. I don't have a single book read for this one yet. lol

Thanks Kasia

Briansgirl wrote: "well done Jane. I don't have a single book read for this one yet. lol"

Well you seem to be doing ok with the other challenges though lol I'm sure you'll get there and this was a good month with only 3 books to read !

Yes, I'm 6/10 for the monthly challenge and working on the 7th. I just wasn't able to crosslist between the two this month (other than one book I havn't read yet, lol).

lol. I am halfway through Ella Enchanted and it's a good, cute and quick read so far.

I just read this as part of our Folklore & Fairytales group, it was fun (May's theme is fairytale stepmothers). I thought her dad was an interesting character, and those 'blessing' smack-downs the fairy gives are priceless. For a completely different take on Cinderella, I also read another YA version, Bound, based on the Chinese version of Cinderella, one of the earliest.

I havn't started Ella Enchanted yet. I found the movie on my shelf but don't remember much about it so will wait and watch it again after I've finished the book.

Since my son finished the Children's Illustrated Classic version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, we watched the movie the other day as his reward. He said things were different from the book. I havn't read it and I do have the regular version on my shelves so I'm reading it now for my Illinois author book for the monthly challenge. (I've already put a review up on the book if you're interested. In the back of my old used copy was a newspaper clipping that I transcribed into my review explaining how the book is a populist (political) parable. I found it very interested and wanted to share it.)