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May Monthly Challenge: Participants' Lists thread
1. May: Read a book which title starts with "M". Man Hunting- Jennifer Cruise
2. Read a book picked from an May B-Day celebrant GR shelf. Be sure to specify whose shelf you pick it from.
Lucky Charm-Carly Phillips -from Isis FG's list
3. Read a book whose author, setting or character is from Illinois.
4. Mother Goose Day: Read a book that has a reference to a fairytale, either title, character or plot.
5. Mother's Day: Read a book about a single mother or an expecting mother or with "mommy" or "mother" in the title
6. Nurse's/EMT Week: Read a book where a character is in a medical profession or the story is set in a hospital.
7. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: Read a book that has an athlete as a character or has a sports-themed plot
8. Read a book that has a "female profile" on the cover.
9. Read a Stand-Alone book. (Clearly stated that it is not part of a series).
Love in Bloom-Sheila Roberts-Reading 5/18/09
Update:Mr. and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels
2. Read a book picked from an May B-Day celebrant GR shelf. Be sure to specify whose shelf you pick it from.
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich (Shazzy's shelf)
3. Read a book whose author, setting or character is from Illinois.
It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
4. Mother Goose Day: Read a book that has a reference to a fairytale, either title, character or plot.
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
5. Mother's Day: Read a book about a single mother or an expecting mother or with "mommy" or "mother" in the title.
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
6. Nurse's/EMT Week: Read a book where a character is in a medical profession or the story is set in a hospital.
Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
7. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: Read a book that has an athlete as a character or has a sports-themed plot.
Squeeze Play by Kate Angell
8. Read a book that has a "female profile" on the cover.
First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh
Nightwalker by Heather Graham
10. Pick-It-For-Me Challenge
The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe
*Update1. May: Read a book which title starts with "M". (Murder,Mayhem and a Fine Man by Claudia Mair Burney)
2. Read a book picked from an May B-Day celebrant GR shelf. Uglies by Scott Westerfield (Lady Ozma's bookshelf)
4. Mother Goose Day: Read a book that has a reference to a fairytale, either title, character or plot. (Tithe by Holly Black)
5. Mother's Day: Read a book about a single mother or an expecting mother or with "mommy" or "mother" in the title (Far from the tree by Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant)
6. Nurse's/EMT Week: Read a book where a character is in a medical profession or the story is set in a hospital. (Knitting Under the Influence by Claire LaZebnik)
7. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: Read a book that has an athlete as a character or has a sports-themed plot (Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris)
9. Read a Stand-Alone book. (Sexile by Lisa Lawrence)
10. Pick-it-for-me challenge (Impossible by Nancy Werlin)
1. M for May.....................................Midnight’s Daughter - Karen Chance2. B-Day book...........................
3. Illinois book.................................. Marked - PC Cast
4. Fairytale....................................... Darkfever - Karen Marie Moning
5. Mother's Day.................................
6. Medicine/Nurses/Doctors............
7. Sports.........................................
8. Female on the cover...................... Working for the Devil - Lilith Saintcrow
9. Stand-Alone book......................
10.Group Bookshelf………………
As of May 19th, 6 done:1) Starts with M:
2) B-day bookshelf:
3) Illinois:
4) Fairy Tale reference: If the Slipper Fits by Elaine Fox
5) Mother's Day:
6) Nurse/EMT week: Houston, We Have a Problem by Erin McCarthy
7) Sports:
8) Female profile: The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
9) Stand alone:
10) Pick it for me: The Remarkable Miss Frankenstein by Minda Webber
1. m for may--Moon witch by Linda Winstead Jones2. b day book--
3. illinois slow hands by leslie kelly
4. fairytale--
5. Mothers day--
6. hospitals/nurses/drs
7. sports
8. female on cover
9. stand alone
10. group bookshelf--
Relentless
Completed 20 May 1. "M" -
2. B'Day -
3. Illionois -
4. Fairytale -
5. Mother's Day -
6. Nurse -
7. Sport -
8. "Female Profile" -
9. Stand alone -
10. Group shelf -
Other books read
A Baby for the Village doctor
Talk to the snail
x-24
Dark Lover
Seducing the hero
Jane wrote: " Completed 20 May ..."Yay!
1. M for May.....................................2. B-Day book...........................
3. Illinois book.................................. Marked - PC Cast
4. Fairytale....................................... Darkfever - Karen Marie Moning
5. Mother's Day.................................
6. Medicine/Nurses/Doctors............
7. Sports.........................................
8. Female on the cover...................... Working for the Devil - Lilith Saintcrow
9. Stand-Alone book......................
10.Group Bookshelf………………
well done Jane. I still have 5 left and running outta time since I'm rereading a Harry Potter book not on my challenge lists. lol
Oh, I love Harry Potter.... if only I could just fit it in as one of my remaining categories...
I can sneak a few HP's into the PNR half of Men We Love quarterly challenge. I figure Harry's a hunter in the last book, there's a werewolf as a major character in the third book, Prisioner of Azkaban. Any book has witches or wizards in them. lol But I can't work it into any list for May!. lol I started watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on tv and quickly switched to my unedited DVD instead. But then as this is one of my favorite HP books, I missed all the extra details from the book so started it. On pg 232 of 734. Perhaps I could use Tales of Beedle the Bard, which are wizard world fairy tales for the Mother Goose category.
OH! OH! Just had a thought. As I'm reading Goblet of Fire and the Quidditch World Cup as well as the Tri-Wizard Tournament is in this book.... I could use it as my sports/athlete book??? Please! lol
Makes sense to me (quidditch is a sport, made up but still a sport...), I'm having troubles with the sport category myself. I've got one running book lined up, but I just don't feel like reading it... Bummer.
I had Playing for Pizza by John Grisham on my list for a sports book but I'm not in the mood to read it. Glad my 700+ page book will count towards something.
Progress: 9/101. May: Read a book which title starts with "M".
2. Read a book picked from an May B-Day celebrant GR shelf.
3. Read a book whose author, setting or character is from Illinois.
4. Mother Goose Day: Read a book that has a reference to a fairytale, either title, character or plot.
Have Glass Slippers, Will Travel by Lisa Cach
5. Mother's Day: Read a book about a single mother or an expecting mother or with "mommy" or "mother" in the title
6. Nurse's/EMT Week: Read a book where a character is in a medical profession or the story is set in a hospital.
7. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: Read a book that has an athlete as a character or has a sports-themed plot
8. Read a book that has a "female profile" on the cover.
9. Read a Stand-Alone book.
10. Read a book from our group's shelf or if you joined the Pick-It-For-Me Challenge, your recommended book.
Update 5/205. Mother's Day: Read a book about a single mother or an expecting mother or with "mommy" or "mother" in the title
8. Read a book that has a "female profile" on the cover. (Be sure to post the cover.)
9. Read a Stand-Alone book. (Clearly stated that it is not part of a series).
Completed 3/10
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1. Title begins with "M"...2. May B-Day GR shelf...
3. Author, character or setting is from Illinois...
4. Fairytale reference in title, character or plot...
5. Mother theme - single, expecting or 'mother' in title...
6 Character in medical profession or story set in a hospital...
7. Character is an athlete, or book has a sports theme...
8. Female profile on cover.
9. Stand-alone book...
10. A book from RRRC's bookshelf...
9/10
Finished for May's Challenge 6 / 6 Total finished in May 10
1. M~~~~~~~~~~~
2. Bday~~~~~~~~~
4. Mother Goose~~~
8. Female Profile~~~
9. Stand-Alone~~~~
10. Bookshelf~~~~~
All done! I've been reading a lot of books from the "Men We Love" and Box Set challenges this month too since I've been in such a M/M mood. 
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1. May: Read a book which title starts with "M". 2. Read a book picked from an May B-Day celebrant GR shelf. Be sure to specify whose shelf you pick it from.
3. Read a book whose author, setting or character is from Illinois. (Suggestions for this category is welcome on Suggestions and Discussion thread.)
4. Mother Goose Day: Read a book that has a reference to a fairytale, either title, character or plot.
5. Mother's Day: Read a book about a single mother or an expecting mother or with "mommy" or "mother" in the title
6. Nurse's/EMT Week: Read a book where a character is in a medical profession or the story is set in a hospital.
7. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: Read a book that has an athlete as a character or has a sports-themed plot
8. Read a book that has a "female profile" on the cover. (Be sure to post the cover.)
9. Read a Stand-Alone book. (Clearly stated that it is not part of a series).
10. Read a book from our group's shelf or if you joined the Pick-It-For-Me Challenge, your recommended book.
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1. M for May.....................................2. B-Day book...........................
3. Illinois book.................................. Marked - PC Cast
4. Fairytale.......................................
5. Mother's Day.................................
6. Medicine/Nurses/Doctors............
7. Sports.........................................
8. Female on the cover...................... Working for the Devil - Lilith Saintcrow
9. Stand-Alone book......................
10.Group Bookshelf………………
Only doing 5 again for this month Update 5/21/092.B-day book....Fantasy Loverby Kenyon(Nichole self)
5. Mother's Day....
6.Hosp/Nurse/Doctor....
8. Female on Cover.........
by Virginia Kantra9.Standalone....The Graveyard Bookby Gaiman(had this for another challenge but never got around to reading it.)
10. BookShelf....
1. M for May.....................................2. B-Day book...........................
3. Illinois book..................................
4. Fairytale.......................................
5. Mother's Day.................................
6. Medicine/Nurses/Doctors............
7. Sports.........................................
8. Female on the cover...................... Working for the Devil - Lilith Saintcrow
9. Stand-Alone book......................
10.Group Bookshelf………………
Finished The Fairy Godmother and really enjoyed it. I'm not sure how many of these books I'll actually finish this month. Oi!1. My Swordhand Is Singing
2. Bone Crossed from Shazzy
3. Fool Moon
4.
5.
6. The Foreshadowing
7. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: Read a book that has an athlete as a character or has a sports-themed plot
8.
9. The King's Rose
10. Frenchman's Creek
Just finished another book - My Swordhand is Singing - really ate it up. Set in older times and involving the living dead. 1.
2. Bone Crossed from Shazzy
3. Fool Moon
4.
5.
6. The Foreshadowing
7. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: Read a book that has an athlete as a character or has a sports-themed plot
8.
9. The King's Rose
10. Frenchman's Creek
1. M for May.....................................2. B-Day book...........................
3. Illinois book..................................
4. Fairytale.......................................
5. Mother's Day.................................
6. Medicine/Nurses/Doctors............
7. Sports.........................................
8. Female on the cover......................
9. Stand-Alone book......................
10.Group Bookshelf………………
COMPLETED
colleen wrote: "Congrats, Michelle!"Thanks, you too! I saw you finished really early. this was my first time participating in this one, really enjoyed it! Looking forward to picking my books for next month now... :)
Michelle, you're all done :DNice work!
As of May 22nd, 9 done:1) Starts with M:
2) B-day bookshelf:
3) Illinois:
4) Fairy Tale reference:
5) Mother's Day:
6) Nurse/EMT week:
7) Sports:
8) Female profile: The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
9) Stand alone:
10) Pick it for me:
Almost there! I blew through two books today! The second one I read suffered from it though. If the Slipper Fits just couldn't compare to Houston, We Have a Problem. Shouldn't have read those back to back, I guess.
Progress: 10/10 ALL DONE! :D1. May: Read a book which title starts with "M".
2. Read a book picked from an May B-Day celebrant GR shelf.
3. Read a book whose author, setting or character is from Illinois.
4. Mother Goose Day: Read a book that has a reference to a fairytale, either title, character or plot.
5. Mother's Day: Read a book about a single mother or an expecting mother or with "mommy" or "mother" in the title
6. Nurse's/EMT Week: Read a book where a character is in a medical profession or the story is set in a hospital.
7. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: Read a book that has an athlete as a character or has a sports-themed plot
8. Read a book that has a "female profile" on the cover.
9. Read a Stand-Alone book.
10. Read a book from our group's shelf or if you joined the Pick-It-For-Me Challenge, your recommended book.
Kasia wrote: "Michelle, you're all done :DNice work!"
Thanks Kasia, how are you getting on this month?
9/101. M book:
2. May B-Day:
3. Illinois:
4. Mother Goose Day:
5. Mother's Day:
6. Nurse's/EMT Week:
7. Sports:
8. "female profile":
9. Stand-Alone:
10. Group's shelf:
9 done - I still have the sport category left, and I cannot get a hold of the Pick-it-for-me book, which worries me some...
I'm going to have to change the group's shelf one I think. It's a new release and I'm next on the waiting list at the library. It was due back yesterday but hasn't been returned yet and I'm running outta time. Probably for me is most of the uploaded books on the groups shelves are PNR which I don't read.
yes PNR rules here, but you should be able to find something... at least I hope you will ;D
An update - 13 May. 8/10 done.1. "M": Misfit match by Sydney Ann Clary. 10 May.
2. May B-Day celebrant GR shelf: Not quite what I was planning from Tosca's shelf. 8 May.
3. Illinois: Storm front by Jim Butcher. TBR.
4. Fairytale: Beauty by Robin McKinley. TBR.
5. Mother's Day: Birds, bees and babies by Jennifer Greene, Karen Keast & Emilie Richards. 11 May.
6. Medical profession: Blue moon by Dawn Stewardson. 12 May.
7. Athlete: Nobody's baby but mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. 16 May.
8. "female profile": Restoree by Anne McCaffrey. 23 May
9. Stand-Alone: Velvet glove by Emma Holly. 7 May.
10. Pick-it-for-me: Storm born by Richelle Mead. 10 May.
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Kasia wrote: "yes PNR rules here, but you should be able to find something... at least I hope you will ;D"I'm gonna go search through it again. I have Poison Study that's on the group shelves but it's kinda long. I'm going to be very busy next week (family garage sale) so trying not to pick anything too long.
Briansgirl wrote: "Kasia wrote: "yes PNR rules here, but you should be able to find something... at least I hope you will ;D"I'm gonna go search through it again. I have Poison Study that's on the group shelves b..."
There sould be the following books on there lol
Julie Garwood - One Red Rose, One Pink Rose, One White Rose as I read those for one of the challenges, and I'm sure you said you had them
Thanks Jane. I do have those. I think they're pretty short too. I was just trying to figure out... I think For The Roses comes first (which is thick) and then these three follow. Hate to read them out of order. lol
Yep the roses comes first but I don't have that book so I read the three roses ones and didn't feel I missed anything lol but I can understand you not wanting to skip it
You could read Slow Hands from the Harlequin 60th Anniversary freebies as I added that one to the group shelf too from my What's in a name challenge.
OKay. I checked to see if you had added Ella Enchanted. Someone beat you to it. But that's pretty short too. Just have to find time this week as I'll be busy getting ready for the family garage sale. (It's mostly my parents stuff, but they're dragging me into helping all week and the sale starts on my birthday - totally ruining that for me!!!)Since I may not finish Harry Potter in time, I'm reading the smaller Quidditch Through the Ages book for my sports book. It also fills the Q on my A-Z book titles challenge list.
1. May: title starts with "M". 2. Read a book picked from an May B-Day celebrant GR shelf. Melody's bookshelf ,
3. setting or character is from Illinois.
4. Mother Goose Day: Read a book that has a reference to a fairytale, either title, character or plot.Daughter of the Forest.Juliet Marillier
5. Mother's Day: "mother" in the title
6. character is in a medical profession.
7.athlete as a character .
8. "female profile" on the cover. The Curse of the Holy Pail . Sue Ann Jaffarian .
9. Read a Stand-Alone book. (Clearly stated that it is not part of a series).
10. Read a book from our group's shelf.Causing Havoc.Lori Foster
UPDATED 5/246. Hospitals/Nurses/Doctors...I See You by Holly Lisle
by Gloria Harchar
An update - 25 May. All done.1. "M": Misfit match by Sydney Ann Clary. 10 May.
2. May B-Day celebrant GR shelf: Not quite what I was planning from Tosca's shelf. 8 May.
3. Illinois: Storm front by Jim Butcher. 25 May.
4. Fairytale: Beauty by Robin McKinley. 24 May.
5. Mother's Day: Birds, bees and babies by Jennifer Greene, Karen Keast & Emilie Richards. 11 May.
6. Medical profession: Blue moon by Dawn Stewardson. 12 May.
7. Athlete: Nobody's baby but mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. 16 May.
8. "female profile": Restoree by Anne McCaffrey. 23 May
9. Stand-Alone: Velvet glove by Emma Holly. 7 May.
10. Pick-it-for-me: Storm born by Richelle Mead. 10 May.
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May (all done)
1. M for May.....................................
2. B-Day book...................................
3. Illinois book.................................
4. Fairytale.......................................
5. Mother's Day................................
6. Hospitals/Nurses/Doctors...........
7. Sports*..........................................
8. Female on the cover......................
9. Stand-Alone book.........................
10.** RRR Group Bookshelf..............
* kinda a stretch (it was a sick, twisted sport - a killing game)
** still waiting for the pick-it-for-me book
But I'm sorta done...
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(May 18)
So far we have 37 participants.
Shazzy - 6 books read
Kasia - 8 books read
Shanon - 5 books read
Michelle - 5 books read
Kristen - 2 book read
Barbara - 6 books read
Jael
Julie (mom2lnb) - 2 books read
Briansgirl - 4 books read
LibraryLass - 5 books read
Kenjii - 1 book read
Annvelwis - 8 books read
Kim
Tasha
Nikki - 4 books read
Lori - 8 books read
Brenda(Natesmomb) - 5 books read
Anna
Amanda - 1 book read
Jane - 9 books read
Shyloh - 3 books read
tosca
Stephanie - 4 books read
Yz - 7 books read
Keyona - 1 book read
Melissa - 5 books read
Annie - 6 books read
Chelsea - 2 books read
Melody - 3 books read
Lara - 9 books done
Delitealex - 4 books done
Ruth - 3 books done
Katie - 4 books done
Susan
colleen - 10 books done - Complete - Congratulations!
The following had signed up since the last update:
Valerie - 4 books done
Group's running total: 144 books read.
1 participant had completed all 10 categories.
Signing up will remain open throughout the whole month.
Also, if you haven't done it yet, feel free to add your completed books to our group bookshelf.
Note: For ease of tracking, please repost your official list with your progress after every update. Striking out the title and/or a finished date after the book's name will be best.
Next update will be May 22.