Renee’s Comments (group member since Feb 03, 2014)

Renee’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

I love when authors try on new hats successfully. *adds to burgeoning tbr*

That’s how I got through Les Miserables. It took a whole year but it was worth it.

Awesome! I did that 2 years ago. It was very satisfying & got me to try some new authors.

So glad to see so many people interested in the Spring Bingo. Good Luck, Everyone!

Update: You can make this more or less challenging by either finding books with a predominate color as part of the cover (easier) or by trying to find books that actually have a color word in the title (harder).

P. S. Thanks for asking, Rosemarie.

Finished Grave Peril yesterday. Started Summer Knight today!

Lois McMaster Bujold is the awesomest!

Time Frame: This one is only good for one month! From April 1-30.

Mission: Find and read one book with a word or words in the title that are somehow associated with the weather. Fiction or Non-Fiction. For example:

The Art of Racing in the Rain
Gone with the Wind
The Snow Child
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
The Hurricane Sisters
Twister
The Drought
The Year of the Flood
Sunshine Becomes You
Heat Wave

“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.”
-T. S. Eliot

Mission: Read something with a deliciously wicked villain. This is a one book/play mini-challenge to be completed between April 1 - 30.

Who's the cruelest of them all? Voldemort. Cruella de Vil. Mr. Tulkinghorn. Bill Sikes. Claude Frollo. Count Olaf. Mrs. Danvers. Iago. Macbeth/Lady Macbeth. Dracula. Sauron. Gil-Martin. Screwtape. Nurse Ratchet. James/Victoria. Dorian Grey. Steerpike. Smaug.

Mission: Read one book filled with humor &/or foolishness by April 30.

History of April Fool's Day... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April...

This is a multi-level challenge that will run from April 1 through December 31. (You may cross post this with the longer challenges and bingos, but only count books read within the April-Dec. timeframe.

Use your judgement on colors. Blue could be aquamarine or Navy. Red could be scarlet or carnelian. Etc.

Level 1: Painter's Palette - Any 3 colors
Level 2: Ride The Rainbow!
Rainbow Six:
Red:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue/Indigo:
Purple/Violet:

Level 3: Beyond the Pale - All 12
Beyond the Pale:
Pink:
Gray:
White:
Black:
Brown:
Color/Colour:


**For Color/Colour, you can do anything that makes sense to you. Examples might be...
1) your favorite color
2) the word “color” in the title
3) a rainbow on the cover
4) something color-related, like "palette" or "clarity"

Finished number two in the Harry Dresden series: Fool Moon. This series is dark like chocolate and just as addictive.

Guilty! Technically I started this at the end of March, but the protagonist is a wizard/detective which could have gone toward either month. I really enjoyed it so I want to work my way through the series. I guess I’ve got my April reads sewn up. :). Storm Front

Very much! Thanks, Rosemarie. :)

That’s a shame, Trisha. The title sounds so promising. :(

I added Sonia’s title to my TBR. Half the books I grab these days seem to be about WWII Britain.

Spring Bingo Categories

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

This challenge begins on March 20.
Mission: Claim at least one "Bingo!" before June 20 (the first day of summer)!

RULES & GUIDELINES

Not too many of these as it is supposed to be fun after all :)

* As with traditional Bingo, you can go for a horizontal, vertical, diagonal, "X" or "around the world" (perimeter). Or aim big and go for a black out (all squares)!

* A book can only be used once on the sheet.

* Interpret the categories as broadly as you like.

* Feel free to copy and paste the template below to record your books:

Lol! Sorry guys. We’ve had so much snow that it slipped my mind! I’ll have Spring Bingo up by the end of the weekend.

I’m really grateful for this genre challenge. It’s really helped me get my reading mojo back. I kinda overdosed on chunksters.

Just finished two more...

1) Manna from Hades which was a very cozy cozy-style mystery.

2) His Majesty's Hope which was a total page-turner!! I’m really loving this WWII series.