May: Spell It Out Challenge

[Ashley]

May Spell-Out Challenge:
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2013

What do you first think of when you hear about the month of May? Choose a word or more than one word to spell out this month. You can use the title of the book (excluding A, An, and The),the first or last initial of the author, or the first letter in the name of the main character (first or last initial)

Ex: Beach

B - The Book Thief
E - Epperson, Deborah:Breaking Twig
A - Anna Karenina (Main Character: Anna)
C - The Crossing Places
H - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Main Character: Hannah Swensen)

Lesley will be the leader of this challenge. Thank you, Lesley! :)

[Sarah]

Do we have to read them in order, from B to H for example or can we read them in any order as long as we complete a book for each letter?

[Ashley]

You can read them in any order. I usually start right in the middle, lol. As long as the books meet the criteria, you can start with any letter.

Also, you don't have to use the word beach. You can choose any word that makes you think of the month of May.

I hope this helps. If you have any more questions, just let me know.

Happy Reading! :)

[Lesley]

I'll do Memorial Day and Ashley, I can lead this if you'd like.




M Metro Girl Janet Evanovich 5/2/13
E Exclusively Yours Shannon Stacey 5/13/13
M More Heidi Marshall 5/3/13
O On Little Wings Regina Sorois 5/19/13
R Grigory RyzhakovMr Right and Mr Wrong 5/12/13
I The Ivy House Drea Stein 5/16/13
A Almost Home Barbara Freethy 5/6/13
L Cassia Leo Pieces of You5/8/13

D Double ShotCindy Blackburn 5/2/13
A Carter Ashby Not A Chance 5/1/13
Y Luke YoungFriends With Partial Benefits 5/14/13

[Kai]

May Spell-Out Challenge:
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2013

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What do you first think of when you hear about the month of May? Choose a word or more than one word to spell out this month. You can use the title of the book (excluding A, An, and The),the first or last initial of the author, or the first letter in the name of the main character (first or last initial).


F - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
L - Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning
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W - A Wild Sheep Chase
E - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
R - Mary Roach, My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
(S) - The Shadow of the Wind

[Ashley]

Lesley wrote: "I'll do Memorial Day and Ashley, I can lead this if you'd like.




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Thank you, Lesley! The job is yours if you want it! :)

[Ashley]

May Spell Out Challenge
Duration: 5/1/13 - 5/31/13
0/6 Complete

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[Heather]

I am going to go for the word


W - A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle (read)
A - Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange (read)
R - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling (read)
M - Children of the Night by Mercedes Lackey (read)

Challenge Completed!!!

[Jessie]

M - Maggie, Fragile
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T - The Timekeeper
H - The Hunger Games
E - Elderson, The Undead Heart
Robert Langdon, Angels and Demons
Schmuel, The boy in the Striped Pajamas

D - Doroth, The Wizard of Oz
A - Augustus, The Fault in our Stars
Y

5/1/13 5/31 8/10

[Sarah]

Thanks Ashley for the clarification. I'm going to do
S - Dead Ever After Main character is Sookie Stackhouse COMPLETE
P - Five Quarters of the Orange Character called Paul Hourias COMPLETE
R - Matched Main character called Cassia Reyes COMPLETE
I - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Main character's name is Ichabod COMPLETE
N - Neuromancer COMPLETE
G - Jasmyn Main character called Jasmyn Gracey COMPLETE

Goal: 6 books
Read: 6 books
Challenge Completed!

[Kelsi]

I too will be spelling out Spring

Kelsi's May Spell Out
Goal: 0/6

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[SibylM]

I'm going for seven:
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If I were being really ambitious I'd use GRADUATION but I think I need to scale it back a bit.

[Lesley]

Participants:
Heather 4/4 COMPLETED
Jcwarren 6/6 COMPLETED
Jessica 7/7 COMPLETED
Jodi 5/5 COMPLETED
Kai 6/6 COMPLETED
Kelsi 6/6 COMPLETED
Lesley 11/11 COMPLETED
Lindy 9/9 COMPLETED
Londa 6/6 COMPLETED
Sarah 6/6 COMPLETED
Sharon 7/7 COMPLETED
Sibyl 7/7 COMPLETED

Ashley 0/6
Erika 7/11
Jennifer 0/5
Jessie 8/10
Juana "Darkness" 4/5
Katelyn 0/4
Michele 0/4
Robyn 2/4
Shelly 5/6
Stephany 0/7

[Robyn]

Sign me up! I was going to use daffodil but its a bit long... so I will use



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A - Amy from Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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M - May from Shanghai Girls

Progress: 2/4

[Lesley]

Welcome to the challenge, Ashley, Heather, Jessie, Kai, Kelsi, Robyn, Sarah and Sibyl - I've got you all added to the participant post above, along with the link to get you to your post easily!!!

[Katelyn]

I'm in!


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[Jodi]

I would like to join too. My word is going to be Tulip. I don't think I can read that many in a month but I will give it my best.

T (Dr Trent) The Blue Castle Completed
U Unforgiving Years Completed
L (Le Page, Maggie) A Heat of the Moment Thing completed
I I Used to Think I Was Normal But Now I Take Pills for That Completed
P Pride and Prejudice and Zombies completed


I am so excited I will be starting my last book for this challenge tonight. I might actually meet this challenge.

I am finished this challenge but I do admit that I finished my fifth book on June 1st. I tried to get it done the last day of May but I just couldn't stay up!

5/5

[Jenn]

Well since I'm going back home to Florida to spend a lot of time on the beach in May, I'm going to use Beach.

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[Erika]

I am going to go with Memorial Day!!

[Sharon]

I'm in but I haven't decided my word yet, I'll have to look at the books I plan to read.

[Lesley]

Katelynn, Jodi, Jennifer and Erika and Sharon -so happy to have you all join us.

Sharon, I'll get you added to the list of participants as soon as you decide on a word to go for!!!

[Lindy]

Count me in

[Juana "Darkness"]

UPDATE: I didn't finish. I was one letter short.


I'm in.

MAY SPELL IT OUT

B: The Bridemaker by Rexanne Becnel 5/21/13
E: Enticing the Earl by Nicole Byrd 5/9/13
A: A Night Like This by Julia Quinn 5/23/13
C: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare 5/16/13
H:

[Jessica]

Count me in. I'm going to go with Mother's Day but only do "Mothers". The way things have been going lately, 7 books may be a challenge. But hopefully with the warmer weather, I'll be able to relax outside reading.

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[Londa]

Got to catch up on my reading this month. I'll try these


M -- Michelle Corasanti -- The Almond Tree
O -- On the Line -- Serena Williams
T -- Tony Ruggiero -- The Evil from Above
H -- Rawi Hage -- Carnival
E -- Krik? Krak! --- Edwidge Danticat
R -- Rebecca Kanner -- The Sinners and the Sea: The Untold Story of Noah's Wife

[Shelly]

I'm in, think I will go with


S - Someday, Someday, Maybe May 12
P - The Pillars of the Earth May 7
R
I - Inferno May 18
N - - Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts May 10
G - The Giver by Lois Lowry May 12

[Sky]

I'm going to do



S ophie Katz; Vanity, Vengence & A Weekend in Vegas
U ndead & Unwed; Mary Janice Davidson
N eil, Chloe; Firespell

B orn Standing Up; Steve Martin
E smeralda Santiago; Almost a Woman
A ngelou Maya; I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
M organville Vampire Series; Rachel Caine

[Michele]

W. (Wicked)
A. (A Clash of Kings)
R. (?)
M. (?)

0/4

[Pbkreader]

I just joined this group and thought I'd try a monthly challenge to begin. May makes me think of tulips!

T - Tempting, Susan Mallery - COMPLETE
U - Until there was you, Kristan Higgins - COMPLETE
L - Love me if you dare, Carly Phillips - COMPLETE
I - Inferno, Dan Brown - COMPLETE
P - Promise Canyon, Robyn Carr -COMPLETE
S - Secret Prey, John Sandford - COMPLETE

[Lesley]

Participants:
Here's what I have for progress as of 5/14/13


Ashley 0/6
Erika 0/11
Heather 0/4
Jcwarren 0/6
Jennifer 0/5
Jessica 0/7
Jessie 0/10
Jodi 3/5
Juana "Darkness" 0/5
Kai 0/6
Katelyn 0/4
Kelsi 0/6
Lesley 9/11
Londa 0/6
Michele 0/4
Robyn 1/4
Sarah 4/6
Shelly 1/6
Sibyl 0/7
Stephany 0/7

[Erika]

3/11


M Mercy Bone Crossed by P. Briggs
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O Orry Main North and South by John Jakes
R
I Iron Kissed P. Briggs
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[Sky]

So I have a question about the challenge? Does the name of the series count? I wanted to use M- Morganville Vampires Series.

[Lesley]

Just finished my last book for this one:

11/11 finished


M Metro Girl Janet Evanovich 5/2/13
E Exclusively Yours Shannon Stacey 5/13/13
M More Heidi Marshall 5/3/13
O On Little Wings Regina Sorois 5/19/13
R Grigory RyzhakovMr Right and Mr Wrong 5/12/13
I The Ivy House Drea Stein 5/16/13
A Almost Home Barbara Freethy 5/6/13
L Cassia Leo Pieces of You5/8/13

D Double ShotCindy Blackburn 5/2/13
A Carter Ashby Not A Chance 5/1/13
Y Luke YoungFriends With Partial Benefits 5/14/13

[SibylM]

Done!


F - Frat Boy and Toppy
L - Levithan, David, co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson
O - The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
W - Wein, Elizabeth, author of Code Name Verity
E - Every Day
R - Ray, James Earl, main character of Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
S - Samuelsson, Marcus, author of Yes, Chef: A Memoir

[Londa]

Done!!


M -- Michelle Corasanti -- The Almond Tree-- COMPLETED
O -- On the Line -- Serena Williams -- COMPLETED
T -- Tony Ruggiero -- The Evil from Above COMPLETED
H -- Rawi Hage -- Carnival -- COMPLETED
E -- Krik? Krak! --- Edwidge Danticat COMPLETED
R -- Rebecca Kanner -- The Sinners and the Sea: The Untold Story of Noah's Wife COMPLETED

[Sarah]

I have completed the challenge with SPRING - 6 out of 6 - see message 10 for the books I have read!

[Erika]

May Monthly Challenge 7/11


M Mercy Bone Crossed by P. Briggs
E
M Iced by Karen Marie Moning
O Orry Main North and South by John Jakes
R
I Iron Kissed P. Briggs
A A Conspiracy of Alchemists by L. Schwarz
L Lean In by S. Sanders

D A Deeper Love Inside by S. Souljah
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[Kelsi]

Done!

Kelsi's May Spell Out
Goal: 6/6
Completed May 28,2013

S:Dracula by Bram Stoker
P:The Way to the West: Essays on the Central Plains
R:Down London Road
I:In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
N:American Gods by Neil Gaiman
G:Shanghai Girls

[Jodi]

I don't think I am going to finish but I am sure going to try. I am on my last book and am going up to read now. I am only 30% done though, 8 hrs of reading. Going upstairs right now to give it a go. Good luck everyone in finishing.

[Sharon]

May Spell-Out Challenge:
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2013

What do you first think of when you hear about the month of May? Choose a word or more than one word to spell out this month. You can use the title of the book (excluding A, An, and The),the first or last initial of the author, or the first letter in the name of the main character (first or last initial)

DONE

C Cassandra Clare

A Lucy Arlington

M Richelle Mead

P P.C. Cast

I

N Stephanie Nielson

G

[Lindy]

B - Blanche relative: Coulter, Catherine Fire Song
E - Evens, Richard Paul Miles to Go
A - Allen, Sarah Addison Peach Keeper
C - Neggers, Carla That Night on Thistle Lane
H - Holley Alexander wife: Alexander, Eben Proof of Heaven

[Lindy]

W Woods, Sherryl Flowers on Main
A Allen, Sarah Addison Peach Keeper
R Rose, M J The Book of Lost Fragrances
M Mary Higgins Clark Daddy's Gone a Hunting

[Jessica]

Jessica's update: Complete

Goal 7 (10) books
Read 8 Books

M: Matched (5/23)
O: Death Of Riley (5/17)
T: Tigers in Red Weather (5/3)
H: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe (5/29)
E: Escape from Sobibor (5/27)
R: The Reader 3.5 stars. (5/6)
(S): Murphy's Law Character Daniel Sullivan (5/16)
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[Jodi]

I have been reading, reading and reading since I got home from work. I will be reading right up until the end. I am hoping to finish my last book for this challenge today.