March: Going Green

[Lisarenee]

Every year on the 17 of March even though the grass is no longer green, everything else starts turning that color. So we decided we should all just go with the flow and not try to fight it like the Irish, you know, cause they're the fighting Irish. lol So remember, on St. Patrick's Day we're all a little Irish at heart so go ahead this month and go a little green.

So, for this challenge everything green is a go like, green eyes, jealousy (green eyed monster), envy (green with envy), covers, dresses, money, Green Day (read a book with music), Green thumb (planting flowers, a garden, etc), Going Green (a book where a company or person in it goes "green"), turning green (character get stomach ache, nausea, etc) etc.

So you may
1) Read books that have green covers, have green in the title, or have something green on them.
2) Read books that deal with green issues (envy, jealousy, being sick, money, gardening, etc)
3) Do a spell it out of something to do with St. Patrick's Day or Leprechauns (green beer, leprechauns, four leaf clovers, kisses, luck, wishes, shoes, green
pot of gold, magic, rainbows, etc)

Levels of play:
- Green Thumb; Read 1 - 3 Books
- Slightly Green; Read 4 - 6 Books
- Covered in Clovers; Read 7 - 9 Books
- Dancing like a Leprechaun; 10 or more Books

[Lisarenee]

Reserved

[jingles]

I would love to do this challenge. I will do "Dancing Like A Leprechaun", doing the spell it out option with "four leaf clovers".

NBRC March's Going Green Challenge
Date: 03/01/13 - 03/31/13
15/15

Finished 03/18/13

✔F: Fancy Pants by Susan Elizabeth Phillips ~ 03/08/13
✔O: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle ~ 03/04/13
✔U: Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo ~ 03/06/13
✔R: A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean ~ 03/01/13

✔L: Lisa Kleypas - Again the Magic ~ 03/09/13
✔E: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde ~ 03/10/13
✔A: A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton ~ 03/05/13
✔F: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters ~ 03/11/13

✔C: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas ~ 03/14/13
✔L: Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy L. Schmidt ~ 03/18/13
✔O: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean ~ 03/05/13
✔V: Valleau, Genene - Feathers on the Floor ~ 03/12/13
✔E: Evanovich, Janet - Two for the Dough ~ 03/13/13
✔R: Rhys Bowen - Her Royal Spyness ~ 03/02/13
✔S: Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis ~ 03/07/13

[NayNay]

I like this one...I'm in!

March's Going Green Reading Challenge
Duration: March 1/13 - March 31/13

7/7

R - An Ordinary Drowning by LeAnn Neal Reilly 03/16/13 ****
A - The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani 03/02/13 *****
I - Devoured by Darkness by Alexandra Ivy 03/16/13 ****
N - A Match Made in Texas by Anne Marie Novark 03/05/13 ****
B - Beneath the Willow by Jeremy Asher 03/02/13 ****
O - My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira 03/11/13 *****
W - Captive Queen by Alison Weir 03/10/13 ***

[Midu]

Books that:
1)have green covers
2)have green in the title
3)have something green on them
4)deal with green issues-envy
5)deal with green issues-jealousy
6)deal with green issues-being sick
7)deal with green issues-money
8)deal with green issues-gardening

[Amanda]

Sounds fun!
3/1/13--3/31/13
Level: Dancing like a Leprechaun; 10 or more Books

Green Covers:


L: Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey
U: Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands
C: Cuentos: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest : Based on Stories Originally Collected by Juan B. Rael by José Griego Y Maestas
K: Sex and the Single Vampire by Katie MacAlister

[Jex]

Finished 2 book

Start: March 1st, 2013
End: March 31st, 2013
Level: Green Thumb 1-3 books

★ Green covers
The Magicians - 3/15/13 - ★★★★☆

★ Green with sick (makes you sick, or getting sick)
Maus, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History - 3/11/13 - ★★★☆☆ (gas chambers make you sick)

[☀Rachael☀]

Levels of play:
Dancing like a Leprechaun; 10 or more Books

S - Sweet scent of blood -- Suzanne McLeod
T - Tempest's Legacy -- Nicole Peeler

P - Patricia Briggs -- Frost Burned
A - Armentrout, Jennifer -- Obsidian
T - angel TOWN -- Lilith Saintcrow
R - Rhiannon Frater -- Pretty when she kills
I - narcissus IN chains -- Laurell K Hamilton
C - jeanne C stein -- The Watcher
K - Kami Garcia -- Beautiful Chaos
S - heavan's SPITE --- lilith Saintcrow

D - Davidson, Maryjanice -- Undead and Undermined
A - Adams, Cat -- Demon Song
Y -

12/13

[~Melissa~]

NBRC March's Going Green Challenge
Date: 03/01/13 - 03/31/13

4/4 read

L ~ Rough, Raw, and Ready *Lorelei James 3/17/13 5♥
U ~ Cut & Run Madeleine *Urban 3/12/13 5♥
C ~ Cowgirl Up and Ride 3/1/13 4♥
K ~ Kiss of the Night 3/3/13 5♥

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

Timeframe: March 2013
Level: Green Thumb
Completed: 3/3

Green Covers
1. Green by Jay Lake 3/31/13 3♥
2. Nairobi Heat by Mukoma Wa Ngugi 3/14/13 3♥
3. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach 3/31/13 3♥

[Chris]

I have been wanting to re-read - by Anya Seton - it's an oldie but a goodie!

[Amy]

Timeframe: March 2013
Level: Slightly Green
Completed: 0/5

M - The Magicians
A- Anne of Green Gables
G- No Graves As Yet
I- In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
C- Rules of Civility

[Lisarenee]

jingles wrote: "I would love to do this challenge. I will do "Dancing Like A Leprechaun", doing the spell it out option with "four leaf clover".

NBRC March's Going Green Challenge
Date: 03/01/13 - 03/31/13
0/14
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Ambicious Jingles. :)

[Lisarenee]

Rachael wrote: "Levels of play:
Dancing like a Leprechaun; 10 or more Books

S - Scarlet -- Marissa Meyer
T - Tammy Blackwell -- Destiny Binds

P - Patricia Briggs -- Frost Burned
A - Ann Aguirre -- Enclave
T -
R..."

We seem to like the same books. :)

[Lisarenee]

Chris wrote: "I have been wanting to re-read - by Anya Seton - it's an oldie but a goodie!"

Let me know how you like it. I've never heard of her or her books.

[Lisarenee]

Amy wrote: "Timeframe: March 2013
Level: Slightly Green
Completed: 0/5

M - The Magicians
A- Anne of Green Gables
G- No Graves As Yet
I- In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
C- Rules of Civility

[bookcove..."

I like how you got the Magicians in Magic. :)

[Midu]

Books that:
1)have green covers
2)have green in the title
3)have something green on them
4) -ENVY✔
5)deal with green issues-jealousy
6)deal with green issues-being sick
7)deal with green issues-money
8)deal with green issues-gardening

[Sarah]

This sounds like so much fun I am going to try

[Amy]

Crafty huh? lol

[★ gwiz ★]

NBRC March's Going Green Challenge

Timeframe: March 2013
Level: Dancing like a Leprechaun
Books Completed: 10/10 CHALLENGE DONE

★ Something Green On Covers:
1. ✔ Enchanted, Inc. - Enchanted, Inc 01 - Shanna Swendson 5★'s (Mar 2, 2013) Wearing a green dress and a green frog
2. ✔Off Leash - Jenna Anderson 5★'s (Mar 10, 2013)
5. ✔The Prize - Julie Garwood 4★'s (Mar 14, 2013)
6. ✔Castles/The Lion's Lady - Julie Garwood 4★'s (Mar 16, 2013)
9. ✔ The Magicians' Guild - Black Magician 01 - Trudi Canavan 5★'s (Mar 18 , 2013)
10. ✔ The High Lord - Black Magician 03 - Trudi Canavan 5★'s (Mar 21, 2013)

★ Green in the Title:
7. ✔Gone to Green - Green 01 - Judy Christie 5★'s (Mar , 2013)

★ Author name Green:

★ Green with Envy:

★ Green with Jealousy:
3. ✔Once Upon Stilettos - Enchanted, Inc 02 - Shanna Swendson 5★'s (Mar , 2013)

★ Going Green - Envionment:

★ Green Thumb - Garden:

★ Rolling in the Green -Money:
8. ✔ The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 3★'s (Mar 24, 2013)

★ Being Green - Sick (makes sick, or getting sick):
4. ✔Every Wazard in Manhatten in made sick with a spell No Quest For The Wicked - Enchanted, Inc 06 - Shanna Swendson 5★'s (Mar 8, 2013)

I think I'll mostly do green covers but you never know ;-) Possible ideas TBR but still figuring out what to read for challenge.

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

I think I'm in for this but I'm not sure yet, green's my favorite color so I'll probably stick with green covers but I had a question, if you wanted to read something in the green thumb category would reading about someone tending a vineyard be proper for that kind of category?

[Amy J.]

0/6


K: Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
I: Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
S:Silent Truth by Sherrilyn Kenyon
S: Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
E: Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione
S: Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon

[Lisarenee]

Amy J. wrote: "0/6


K: Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
I: Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
S:Silent Truth by Sherrilyn Kenyon
S: Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
E: Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione
S: Dev..."

Love your list Amy. I read and loved everyone of those books. I hope you do too.

[Christina]

This one looks really fun. I'm in. :)

March's Going Green Reading Challenge
Duration: March 1, 2013- March 31, 2013
Level: Dancing like a Leprechaun; 10 or more Books
Total Books: 0/10

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[✿Claire✿]

I'm in, Green thumb to start with but I'll see how I go.

Read - 0/3

[Juana "Darkness"]

UPDATE: all done


I'm in. I'll post as I go along.

March's Going Green Challenge

Level: Covered in Clovers 7-9 books

Word:RAINBOWS

R: Released by Kerrigan Burns 3/27/13
A: Atlantis Rising by Alyssa Day 3/18/13
I: Ione, Larissa- Bloodlust 3/11/13
N: Nora Roberts- Lawless 3/12/13
B: Burke, Darcy- To love a Thief 3/7/13
O: Oh Cherry Ripe by Claudy Conn 3/26/13
W: Woods, Serenity- Stranded with a Scotsman 3/9/13
S: S.A. Hunter- Unicorn Bait 3/19/13

[Chris]

I:

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E: Emily Snow
Devoured

S:

[Chelsi]

2/4


L-Louise Aronson:A History of the Present Illness FINISHED 3/8
U-Unending Devotion
C-Contents May Have Shifted: A Novel FINISHED 4/4
K-Kanada

[Suzanne]

Nothing but Reading Challenges
March's Going Green Reading Challenge
Duration: 3/1/2013 - 3/31/2013

So You May:
1) Read books that have green covers, have green in the title, or have something green on them.
2) Read books that deal with green issues (envy, jealousy, being sick, money, gardening, etc)
3) Do a spell it out of something to do with St. Patrick's Day or Leprechauns (green beer, leprechauns, four leaf clovers, kisses, luck, wishes, shoes, green
pot of gold, magic, rainbows, etc)

Progress: 5 out of 10 - Dancing like a Leprechaun

L
E: Eloisa James; A Kiss at Midnight - **** - 3/14/2013
P
R: A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 3/5/2013
E
C
H: Laura Hillenbrand; Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - ***** - 3/18/2013
A: Ally Carter; Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story - ***** - 3/21/2013
U: Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes - ** - 3/20/2013N
N:

[Lisa Kay]

NBRC: March's Going Green Reading Challenge

03/10

L. - Larissa Ione = Passion Unleashed, by (C’s-CDs) “buddy read”
E. - ✔ Elizabeth Hoyt = Lord of Darkness ★★★★½ audible.com 3/2
P. - Patricia Briggs = Frost Burned (audible.com)
R. - Rowe, Julie = Icebound (Kindle)
E. - Eloisa James, Julia Quinn, & Connie Brockway
       = The Lady Most Willing...: A Novel in Three Parts (Loupe's-CDs)
C. - Cheryl St.John = The Magnificent Seven (Kindle) - currently reading
H. - Hamrick, Janice = Death Makes the Cut (Library-HC) - currently reading
A. - ✔ Amy Rubinate, Narrator of The Best Man, by Kristan Higgins ★★★★½ audible.com 3/6
U. - ✔ Undercover Love - Run the Risk, by Lori Foster ★★★★✩ audible.com 3/5
N. - Nevada Barr = A Superior Death (OCD)

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To Read

[Fairlee]

I m going for Green Thumb-Murder at the Vicarage has a green cover

[Midu]

Books that:
1)have green covers
2)have green in the title
3)have something green on them
4) ✔
5)deal with green issues-jealousy
6) ✔
7)deal with green issues-money
8)deal with green issues-gardening

[Becca]

March's Going Green Reading Challenge
Duration: March 1, 2013- March 31, 2013
Level: Slightly Green; Read 4 - 6 Books
Total Books: 2/4

L-Lone Wolf 3/10/13
U-
C-Cullin, Mitch A Slight Trick of the Mind3/14/13 Pie Day :)
K-

[Midu]

Books that:
1)have green covers
2)have green in the title
3)have something green on them
4) ✔
5) ✔
6) ✔
7)deal with green issues-money
8)deal with green issues-gardening

[Barbara ★]

READ: 9/9

✔S: Double Play - Jill Shalvis 3/20 ★★★★★
✔T: The Taking - Erin McCarthy 3/18 ★★★★

✔P: The Pleasure of Your Kiss - Teresa Medeiros 3/26 ★★★
✔A: Aunt Dimity Down Under - Nancy Atherton 3/7 ★★★★
✔T: Through Violet Eyes - Stephen Woodworth 3/20 ★★★★★
✔R: Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson 3/13 ★★★
✔I: In the Shadow of Gotham - Stefanie Pintoff 3/19 ★★★
✔C: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke 3/3 ★★★★
✔K: Master of Shadows - Angela Knight 3/7 ★★★★



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Melissa (ladybug)]

NbRC March's Going Green Challenge
Date: 03/01/13 - 03/31/13
Completed: 8/8 (Covered in Clovers)

1) Read books that have green covers, have green in the title, or have something green on them.

Green tassel balls: As You Like It by William Shakespeare **** 3/4/13
Green Cover: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare *** 3/6/13
Green Fruit Cart/Window Box: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer **** 3/15/13

3) Do a spell it out of something to do with St. Patrick's Day or Leprechauns

M: Michael Morpurgo = War Horse **** 3/5/13
A: All's Well That Ends Well = William Shakespeare *** 3/27/13
G: Gruen, Sara = Water for Elephants **** 3/22/13
I: An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff **** 3/1/13
C: Christine Feehan = Street Game **** 3/25/13

[Lisa Kay]

NBRC: March's Going Green Reading Challenge

06/10

L. - ✔ Larissa Ione = Passion Unleashed ★★★★✩ C’s-CDs 3/8/13 “buddy read”
E. - ✔ Elizabeth Hoyt = Lord of Darkness ★★★★½ audible.com 3/2
P. - Patricia Briggs = Frost Burned (audible.com)
R. - Rowe, Julie = Icebound (Kindle)
E. - ✔ Eva Hathaway narrates The Devil You Know, by Victoria Vane
           ★★★★★ audible.com 3/10/13
C. - ✔ Cheryl St.John = The Magnificent Seven ★★★★✩ Kindle 3/9/13
H. - Hamrick, Janice = Death Makes the Cut (Library-HC) - currently reading
A. - ✔ Amy Rubinate, Narrator of The Best Man, by Kristan Higgins ★★★★½ audible.com 3/6
U. - ✔ Undercover Love - Run the Risk, by Lori Foster ★★★★✩ audible.com 3/5
N. - Nevada Barr = A Superior Death (OCD)

Read


To Read

[Midu]

Books that:
1) ✔
2)have green in the title
3)have something green on them
4) ✔
5) ✔
6) ✔
7)deal with green issues-money
8)deal with green issues-gardening

[NayNay]

Finished my challenge....happy reading all!

R - An Ordinary Drowning by LeAnn Neal Reilly 03/16/13 ****
A - The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani 03/02/13 *****
I - Devoured by Darkness by Alexandra Ivy 03/16/13 ****
N - A Match Made in Texas by Anne Marie Novark 03/05/13 ****
B - Beneath the Willow by Jeremy Asher 03/02/13 ****
O - My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira 03/11/13 *****
W - Captive Queen by Alison Weir 03/10/13 ***

[Lisarenee]

Congrats NayNay



So the Shoemaker's wife was good?

[Lisa Kay]

Woohoo & Congrats, NayNay!

[Lisa Kay]

NBRC: March's Going Green Reading Challenge

08/10

L. - ✔ Larissa Ione = Passion Unleashed ★★★★✩ C’s-CDs 3/8/13 “buddy read”
E. - ✔ Elizabeth Hoyt = Lord of Darkness ★★★★½ audible.com 3/2
P. - Patricia Briggs = Frost Burned (audible.com)
R. - Rowe, Julie = Icebound (Kindle)
E. - ✔ Eva Hathaway narrates The Devil You Know, by Victoria Vane
           ★★★★★ audible.com 3/10/13
C. - ✔ Cheryl St.John = The Magnificent Seven ★★★★✩ Kindle 3/9/13
H. - ✔ Hamrick, Janice = Death Makes the Cut ★★★★½ Library-HC 3/16/13
A. - ✔ Amy Rubinate, Narrator of The Best Man, by Kristan Higgins ★★★★½ audible.com 3/6
U. - ✔ Undercover Love - Run the Risk, by Lori Foster ★★★★✩ audible.com 3/5
N. - ✔ Nevada Barr = A Superior Death ★★★½✩OCD 3/17/13

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To Read

[NayNay]

Lisarenee wrote: "Congrats NayNay





So the Shoemaker's wife was good?"

One of the best books I ever read.

[jingles]

Yipppppeeee! I finished March's Going Green Challenge last night. I've updated my original post as well.

Finished 03/18/13

NBRC March's Going Green Challenge
Date: 03/01/13 - 03/31/13
15/15

✔F: Fancy Pants by Susan Elizabeth Phillips ~ 03/08/13
✔O: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle ~ 03/04/13
✔U: Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo ~ 03/06/13
✔R: A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean ~ 03/01/13

✔L: Lisa Kleypas - Again the Magic ~ 03/09/13
✔E: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde ~ 03/10/13
✔A: A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton ~ 03/05/13
✔F: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters ~ 03/11/13

✔C: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas ~ 03/14/13
✔L: Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy L. Schmidt ~ 03/18/13
✔O: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean ~ 03/05/13
✔V: Valleau, Genene - Feathers on the Floor ~ 03/12/13
✔E: Evanovich, Janet - Two for the Dough ~ 03/13/13
✔R: Rhys Bowen - Her Royal Spyness ~ 03/02/13
✔S: Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis ~ 03/07/13

[jingles]

Congratulations, NayNay. And, I've added The Shoemaker's Wife to my TBR. Thanks!

[Midu]

Books that:
1) ✔
2)have green in the title
3)have something green on them
4) ✔
5) ✔
6) ✔
7) ✔
8)deal with green issues-gardening

[Lisa Kay]

Woohoo & Congrats, jingles!

[~Melissa~]

NBRC March's Going Green Challenge
Date: 03/01/13 - 03/31/13

4/4 read

L ~ Rough, Raw, and Ready *Lorelei James 3/17/13 5♥
U ~ Cut & Run Madeleine *Urban 3/12/13 5♥
C ~ Cowgirl Up and Ride 3/1/13 4♥
K ~ Kiss of the Night 3/3/13 5♥

[Lisa Kay]

Super-dupper, Melissa! Congrats!