August Challenge

[Baroness Blue]

Thank you, Sonia for layout

                         ~All About Us In 9 Steps~


◈ Duration: August 2013

◈ Rules & How to play:

#1. We have 9 members so we must read 9 books for each step for a total of 81 books; only 75 are required to finish the challenge

#2. Any book read by a team member during August for the Round II challenge is eligible for fitting one of the steps

#3. Since we have different reading speeds a step can be done by one member's books only or by all members; it's up to the team to fit the books the best way they can

#4. The same book can be used as many times as read by team members


◈ Steps:

(Please click each step to read more detail)
◈ Step #1 . Our team's name is CADET BLUE, a spell-it-out step.

◈ Step #2 . Our team's color is BLUE - read a book with a predominant blue cover.

◈ Step #3 . Our team's read-a-thon theme was Books in Uniform. We're going to repeat it.

◈ Step #4 . Our team has excellent taste in books. We're going to "steal" from each other's books read during the TTRC round II.

◈ Step #5 . Our team reads a great variety of books. We're going to pick a book from every member's favorite genre.

Genres: (view spoiler)[
Jex: Dystopian
Lisa Kay: Historical Romance
Sonia: Urban Fantasy
Emy:Epic Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
Lindy: Romantic Suspense/Thriller/Mysteries
Jessica: Young Adult/New Adult
Sarah: Paranormal Romance
Jessica:Historical Fiction
Mod Account: Fiction
Christine: Urban Fantasy
(hide spoiler)]

◈ Step #6 . Our team is from all around the globe. We're going to read books set in the city, state or country of a team member (currently living, have lived or were born). Or if the book turned into a movie or TV series we can use the place of filming.

Example: Lisbon was the chosen place for filming the TV series Gulliver's Travels and Sonia's birthplace.

Locations: (view spoiler)[
Jex:

Seattle, Washington
Portland, Oregon
Salem, Oregon

Lisa Kay:

Orange, Texas
Newport, Rhode Island
Los Angeles, California
San Jose, California

Sonia:

Lisboa/Lisbon, Portugal
Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

Emy:

Eastbourne, The United Kingdom

Lindy:

Milford, Connecticut

Jessica:

Temperance, Michigan

Sarah:

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Jessica:

Newmarket, Ontario
Toronto Canada
Washington State near the British Columbia border

Mod Account:

The United States
Paris, France

Christine:
Vienna, Austria
(hide spoiler)]

◈ Step #7 . We were the initial "mod" team. Read a current BOM or a past one you always wanted to but never had the time.

◈ Step #8 . Our team captains (the former two and the new one) love any excuse to post pictures - choose a book by its cover - a cover you like, a cover you hate, a cover that doesn't fit the content, a bright cover, etc.

◈ Step #9 . Ours is a team of 9. Read a book where authors first or last name starts with the same letter as our team members' name.

Example: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep uses Jex's "J"

According to the names under the (view spoiler)[
Jex
Lisa Kay
Sonia
Lisarenee
Emy
Lindy
Jessica
Sarah
Jessica
Christine
(hide spoiler)] we'll have 3 "J", 3 "L", 2 "S" 1 "C" and 1 "E"

[Baroness Blue]

Step #1: Our team's name is CADET BLUE, a spell-it-out step.

C-A-D-E-T-B-L-U-E

RULES :

For each letter read books with titles (only the first or starting word will count), series names, authors (both first or last names), or main/major characters (first or last name) that begin with letters that correspond to letter of the phrase or term you choose. You may use or ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.)

So, using Cold Days by Jim Butcher as an example for spelling CADET BLUE, we can use it as a "C" (title:Cold Days), "B" (author's last name: Butcher) , "T" (series name: The Dresden Files) or "D" (Character's name: Harry Dresden or series name: Dresden Files ignoring the "The".

*MC (Major/Main Character) = Character that figures prominently in the book, not a background character who only appears in passing.

[Baroness Blue]

Step #2. Our team's color is BLUE - read a book with a predominantly blue cover.

Info :

Blue should cover a good portion of the cover, at least. Any shade of blue works. For further help, please read Helpful Links in Message #11.

[Baroness Blue]

Step #3. Our team's May read-a-thon theme was Books in Uniform. We're going to repeat it.

Info :
Read a book where a main character wears a uniform of some sort at some point in the book. Please detail the type of uniform/career/organization.

(from Wikipedia): A uniform is a type of clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity.

Uniform Ideas:

*Armed Forces/ROTC/Coast Guard
*Police/Detective
*Firemen
*Security Guards
*Doctor/Nurse/Anything medical, hospital, clinic/Forensic
*Prison guards/Wardens/Prisoners
*UPS delivery person/Postman
*Restaurant employees/Fast food employees/Hotel employees/Bartender
*Lifeguard
*Personal trainer in health club
*Mechanic or anything similar
*School uniforms (private school, boarding school, some public schools)
*Sports teams/Sports players
*Scouts (boy scouts, girl scouts, etc)
*Vampire Hunter (or similar in a paranormal/urban fantasy type book) if they wear a specific outfit to go hunting (even if it's a trench coat that they grab on the way out the door, hehe)
*Armor (knights, etc)
*Robes and hats and whatever else they'd wear (Witches, Wizards, etc)

[Baroness Blue]

Step #4: Our team has excellent taste in books. We're going to "steal" from each other's books read during the TTRC round II.

Details : Read a book that is on the Round 2 shelf of a teammate. In other words, it must have been read after April 12, 2013 and must be over 160 pages to qualify. View Cadet Blue's Shelf. Just click the name of the teammate whose shelf you want to look at in the list of names below the section titled "Community." Please give the name of the teammate, the title of the book and the date your teammate read the book for Round 2!

[Baroness Blue]

Step #5: Our team reads a great variety of books. We're going to pick a book from every member's favorite genre. Please give the name of the teammate and the genre you chose!

Genres:

Jex: Dystopian
Lisa Kay: Historical Romance
Sonia: Urban Fantasy
Emy:Epic Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
Lindy: Romantic Suspense/Thriller/Mysteries
Jessica: Young Adult/New Adult
Sarah: Paranormal Romance
Jessica:Historical Fiction
Mod Account: Fiction
Christine: Urban Fantasy

[Baroness Blue]

Step #6: Our team is from all around the globe. We're going to read books set in the city, state or country of a team member (currently living, have lived or were born). Or if the book turned into a movie or TV series we can use the place of filming. Please specify teammate's name and location and how it relates to the book (book takes place; movie was made in city; etc.)

Info :

Jex:

Seattle, Washington
Portland, Oregon
Salem, Oregon

Lisa Kay:

Orange, Texas
Newport, Rhode Island
Los Angeles, California
San Jose, California

Sonia:

Lisboa/Lisbon, Portugal
Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

Emy:

Eastbourne, The United Kingdom

Lindy:

Milford, Connecticut

Jessica:

Temperance, Michigan

Sarah:

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Jessica:

Newmarket, Ontario
Toronto Canada
Washington State near the British Columbia border

Mod Account:

The United States
Paris, France

Christine:

Vienna, Austria

[Baroness Blue]

Step #7: We were the initial "mod" team. Read a current BOM (Book-of-the-Month) or a past one you always wanted to but never had the time. Please specify when the book was a BoM. You can read from ANY past BoM, no date parameter is set.

Info :
*NBRC Bookshelf of Past BoM

*NBRC Bookshelf of Currently Reading BoM

[Baroness Blue]

Step #8: Our team captains (the former two and the new one) love any excuse to post pictures - choose a book by its cover - a cover you like, a cover you hate, a cover that doesn't fit the content, a bright cover, etc.

Info :
Self-explanatory. Choose a book by its cover; read it. Please share the reason you chose your book, just for fun.

[Baroness Blue]

Step #9: Ours is a team of 9. Read a book where author's first or last name starts with the same letter as our team member's name.

Example: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep uses Jex's "J"

We'll have 3 "J", 3 "L", 2 "S" and 1 "E" and 1 "C"

[Baroness Blue]

Helpful Links!

These are all from Cadet Blue's May Read-a-Thon.

*List of Uniform Ideas for Uniform Task

*Listopia Links for Books with Blue Covers

*This post shows a few blue covers but most of it is about Cadet Blue's old read-a-thon so ignore everything but the blue covers! Blue Covers

*Uniform Book Lists/Listopias (Many different uniform-related tags and Lists!)

[Baroness Blue]

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[Baroness Blue]

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[Lindy]

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[Sonia]

Sonia's spot

Books Planned to read and Steps they can fit

#1. Author's name: Jennifer Estep
#1. Character's name: Gin Blanco
#1. series's name: Elemental Assassin
#2. Blue cover
#5. Urban Fantasy
#6. Ashland, Ohio United States
#9. Author's name: Jennifer For "J"


#1. series's name: Age of X
#5. Dystopian
#7. August BOM
#8. I love the cover


#1. Title: Dark Places
#1. Character's name: Libby Day
#5. Mystery/Thriller
#6. Missouri, Oklahoma
#7. August BOM


#1. Character's name: Cassie
#4. EvangelineLily(Jessica)'s shelf read 7.9.13
#5. Young Adult
#7. August BOM


#1. Author's name:Amanda Stevens
#2. Blue Cover - it was approved for the RaT
#4. Lisa Kay's shelf read 5.4.13
#5. Urban Fantasy
#6. South Carolina
#9. Author's name: Amanda Stevens for "S"


I need a "book in uniform" Maybe Dresden's wizard gear

[Lisa Kay]

Lisa Kay's spot.


Planned Books
✔ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling ★★★★★ ODA 8/1/13 “b.r.”
◈#5. Jessica: Young Adult
◈#6. Emy: United Kingdom
◈#8. bright cover
◈#9. "J" - author's name

✔ Jed Hunter's Reluctant Bride, by Susanne James ★★★☆☆ PB 8/3
◈#6. Emy: United Kingdom
◈#9. "J" - character's name, author's name

✔ The Truth About Love, by Stephanie Laurens ★★★★☆ Library-eBook 8/8 “buddy read”
◈#1. "T" - title
◈#5. Historical Romance
◈#6. Emy - location, U.K.
◈#8. Love this cover. I even drew it when I read this book the first time. I don't know why; maybe I have a shoe fetish? It is such a feminine, pretty shoe.
◈#9. "L" or "S" - author's name

A Discovery of Witches, byDeborah Harkness
◈#1. Title
◈#1. Series' name: All Souls Trilogy
◈#1. Author's name: Deborah Harkness
◈#2. Blue cover
◈#5. Sarah: Paranormal Romance
◈#6. United Kingdom

Every Breath You Take, by Judith McNaught (Second Opportunities #4)
◈#1. Title: Every Breath You Take
◈#2. Blue cover
◈#6. Chicago, Illinois, United States
◈#9. Author's name: Judith McNaught
◈#9. Series name: Second Opportunities

Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness (All Souls Trilogy #2)
◈#1. Author's name: Deborah Harkness
◈#1. Series' name: All Souls Trilogy
◈#5. Urban Fantasy
◈#6. Saint Lucien, France
◈#9. Title: Shadow of Night

✔ = read
“b.r.” = “buddy read”
OCD = OneClickDigital
ODA = Over Drive Audio

[Moderators of NBRC]

Reserved for Mod Account books.


Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn
#1. "D" - title
#1. Character's name: Libby Day
#5 Lindy/mystery, thriller, suspense
#6. Missouri, Oklahoma
#7. BOM for August

The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey
#1. Character's name: Evan Walker
#7. BOM for August

Gameboard of the Gods, by Richelle Mead
#. "A" - series title: The Age of X
#2. Blue cover (predominately)
#5. Dystopian/Fantasy (Jex genre)
#7. BOM for August

[Jessica]

Planned Books and steps


Blood Bound by Rachelle Vincent
#1. Title: Blood Bound
#1. Series: Unbound
#3. Uniform: Paranormal Tracker
#5. Urban Fantasy (Sonia genre)

DONE
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
#1. Title: Unwind
#1. Series name:Unwind Dystology
#2. Predominant blue cover
#4. From Sonia's shelf
#5. Dystopian (Jex genre)
#6. Ohio, The United States
#7. Past BOM (May)
#9. Author Name: Neal Shusterman




City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
#1. Title: City of Bones
#1. Main Character: Clary
#3. Uniform: Shadow Hunters
#5. Ya, Fantasy (Jessica genre)
#6. New York City, United States of America
#7. Past BOM
#8. Cover fits the book perfectly! I love it.


Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
#1. Series name: Age of X
#2. Predominant blue cover
#5. Dystopian/Fantasy (Jex genre)
#7: August BOM


The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
#1. Main Character: Allion
#4. From Sonia's shelf
#5. Y.A fantasy (Jessica genre)
#7. July BOM
#9. Author Name: Julie Kagawa

DONE
#2. Blue cover
#5. Y.A
#8. This cover is stunning. Bought this book based on the cover.
#9. Jill Hathaway

DONE
#1. The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls.
#3. School Uniforms
#5. Mystery genre
#8. Has an interesting cover, as a creepy vibe.
#9. Claire Legrand

DONE
#1. The Lightning Thief
#4. Steal from Emy's shelf (May 29,2013)
#5. Fantasy/Y.A
#6. New York City
#8. Matches the premise

[Emy]

Emy's Spot!

Planned Books and Potential Categories


The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

#1: The 'C' in The Cuckoo's Calling and the 'C' in the series name, Coromoran Strike.
#2: Predominantly blue cover (my preferred category for this one).
#5: Lindy's favourite genre - mystery
#9: 'J' from JK Rowling.


City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
#1: The 'C' in Cassandra, or Clare, or City.
#4: Stealing from Christine's shelf - July 23rd 2013
#5: Sonia/Christine - urban fantasy, Jessica - young adult, or Sarah - paranormal romance
#6: Mod account - the USA
#9: The 'C' from Cassandra or Clare

[Christine]

Christine's Spot!

Planned Books and Potential Categories


(done)Drink Deep by Chloe Neill

Step #1 "D" in title "Drink Deep"
Step #1 "C" in author name "Chloe"
Step #1 "C" in series name "Chicagoland Vampires"
Step #1 Character names: Ethan, Luc, Caroline (Merit)
Step #6 takes place in Chicago, Illinois (US = Mod account)
Step #9 autor name with "C" Chloe Neill

(done)Rock Chick Revenge
Step #1 "A" in Ashley
Step #1 Character Names Ava & Luke
Step #5 Lindy: Romantic Suspense/Thriller/Mysteries
Step #6 takes place in Denver, US (mod account)


(done)The Shambling Guide to New York City

Step #5: UF/shelf Sonia
Step #2: predom. blue cover
Step #6: book takes place in New York City, United States of America (Mod account)
Step #9: author with "L" (Lafferty)

(done)Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India

Step #1. "A" for Amana Fontanella-Khan
Step #3. uniforms (pink sari)


(done) Throne of Glass
Step #1. Throne for T
Step #1. Character's name: Celaena, Chaol, Dorian
Step #2. Blue Cover
Step #5. Jessica's shelf YA
Step #9. "J" in Sarah J. Maas


(done)Rock Chick Renegade
Step #1 ("A" in Ashley)
Step #1 Character Name: Crow Vance, "The Law" Jules Lawler
Step #2 blue cover
Step #5 Lindy: Romantic Suspense/Thriller/Mysteries
Step #6 takes place in Denver, US (Mod account)


(done)The Call

Step #1 C
Step #1 Character name: Evie & Erica
Step #1 U for Underhill
Step #3 uniforms (shifters)
Step #6 takes place in US (Mod account)
Step #8 i love the cover


(done) Whispers Under Ground
Step #1 for Aaronovitch Ben "A" & "B"
Step #1 Character Name: Lesley
Step #2 blue covers
Step #3 Inspector (Police) & FBI Agent -> uniforms
Step #5 Lindy: mystery, thriller, suspense
Step #6. Emy: UK


(done)Frost Burned 
Step #1 for b Briggs Patricia
Step #1 Character name: Adam  
Step #5 PNR/Sarah's shelf 
Step #3 uniforms (shifters)
Step #6 takes place in US (mod account)



(done)Rock Chick Regret

Step #1 author Kristen Ashley for "A"
Step #2 blue cover
Step #6 Mod account - takes place in Denver (US)


(done) Wide Awake

Step #1 Crane Shelly for C
Step #1 Character Name: Emma
Step #5 Jessica's shelf YA
Step #6 takes place in US (mod account)
Step #9 Shelly for S


(done)Dark Life

Step #1 book title "Dark Life" for "D"
Step #2 blue cover
Step #5 Jessica: Young Adult
Step #8 I bought the book because of the cover


(done)The Hallowed Ones

Step #1 author name Laura Bickle for "L" or "B"
Step #1 Character name Alex, Elijah
Step #6 Mod account - US
Step #5 Jessica YA or Jex Dystopia
Step #9 for "L" in Laura


(done) Imago
Step #1 author name Octavia E. Butler for E or B
Step #5 Jex's shelf dystopia

(done) Breaking Free

Step #6: takes place in US - Mod account
Step #9: C or S in Cherise Sinclair for author name


(done) Dead Witch Walking

Step #6: takes place in US - Mod account
Step #5: UF -> Sonia's shelf



Anna Dressed in Blood
Step #1 for A
Step #1 Character's Name Cas Lowood
Step #5 for YA/Jessica
Step #6 takes place in ?
Step #7 for BOM
Step #8 i love the cover


Wolf-Speaker
Step #1 for T in Tamora
Step #5 for YA/Jessica


Tau Zero
Step #1. Anderson for "A"
Step #2. blue cover


The Rook
genre UF/Sonia
Step #1 for D
Step #1 Character Name: Myfanwy Thomas
Step #5 for UF/Sonia
Step #6 Emy: UK
Step #7 past BOM
Step #8 i love the cover


Shadowed

Step #1: Evangeline Anderson for "E" or "A"
Step #1: Series name "Brides of Kindred" -> "B"
Step #2: Blue cover
Step #9: Evangeline for "E"


The Snow Child
Step #2: blue cover
Step #5 HF/Jessica
Step #6 book takes place in Alaska, US (mod account)
Step #9 "E" for Eowyn

The Ballad of Aramei by J.A. Redmerski

Step #1: The Ballad for "B"
Step #1: The Darkwoods Trilogy for "D"
Step #1: Character Name: Adria Dawson
Step #9: "J" in J A Redmerski


Nation
Step #1 for t Terry Pratchett
Step #2 blue cover
Step #5 Jessica: Young Adult/New Adult



Blood Red Road
genre YA/Jessica
Step #1 for B in "Blood Red Road"
Step #1 Character names: Lugh
Step #5 for YA/Jessica
Step #7 past BOM



The Redemption of Callie and Kayden
Step #1 Character Name: Callie Lawrence
Step #6 book takes place in Wyoming (United States) (mod account)
Step #9 J for Jessica Sorensen


Magic Rises
Step #1 for A
Step #3 uniforms (shifters)
Step #5 for PNR/Sarah
Step #6 takes place in Atlanta, US (mod account)


Legend
genre dystopia/Jex
Step #1 for L
Step #4 I steal from Jessica's shelf, date read: July 18
Step #5 for dystopia/Jex
Step #7 for BOM
Step #8 i bought the paperback edition for the cover
Step #9 "L" for Lu

[Lindy]

I aqm very good at being inthe wrong place at the wrong time

[Lisa Kay]

Well, Lindy, you're in the right place now. ☺

[Baroness Blue]

NOTE

I added Christine's info to Steps 5, 6, and 9:

Genre: Urban Fantasy
Location: Vienna, Austria
Initial: C

[Lisa Kay]

Sorry, I'm behind on my reading, but I had about three days there with bad migraines. Anyway, better now. I should be finishing up about three books soon; one is a "chunkster."

[Sonia]

OK, so I am SLOWLY compiling our books into the steps.

Notes to consider
1)Some books can be moved depending on future readings
2)Only books from the finished thread - I still need to check the ones from the "less talkative" members
3)Baroness Blue will have the final word :o)

[Sonia]

AUGUST CHALLENGE FOR BAP
Books on the spreadsheet: 39
Books fitted into categories:35

Books to read for challenge:35/75 books

Step 1:CADET BLUE (* Completed * 9/9 books)
C: Author Cherise Sinclair
A: - author Kristen Ashley
D: - character Sam Davies
E: - character Ethan
T:

B: - author Octavia E. Butler
L: - character Luke
U:
E: - character Elle Walser

Step 2:BLUE COVERS (4/9 books)


Step 3:UNIFORMS (8/9 books)


Step 4:BORROWED (4/9 books)


Step 5:GENRE (4/9 books)

Historical Fiction:

Young Adult/New Adult:

Historical Romance:


Step 6:LOCATIONS(1/9 books)
France:


Step 7:BOM (2/9 books)


Step 8:COVER (2/9 books)


Step 9:INITIALS (1/10 books)

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