September: Make Your Own Pizza

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Duration: September 1st to 30th

Rules & How to play:

⇉ Pick an option below. Repeat as desired.
⇉ All media formats allowed.
⇉ Rereads are fine as long as you read the entire book.

Challenge Levels:

MARGHERITA  ⇉ 2 - 5 books
CALZONE:          ⇉ 6 - 10 books
STROMBOLI:    ⇉ 11 - 15 books
MARINARA:      ⇉ 16 - 20 books
DEEP DISH:      ⇉ 21+ books

Option #1: Using the spell-it-out rules(*), spell any pizza topping of your choice.

Example:
B - The Golden Lily from the Bloodlines series
A - Abigail Roux, author of Shock & Awe
C - Cameron Fletcher from Sixty Five Hours
O - The Once and Future King
N - Never Fade

Option #2:Use words in the title to make your own pizza. (can be plural or singular)

Example:Cheese, Tomatoes and Olives


Who Moved My Cheese?

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

The Roots of the Olive Tree

Option #3:Use covers to make your own pizza(can be plural or singular)

Example:Chocolate and apples(a dessert pizza)

Option #4:Use ingredients found within the book to make your own pizza.

Example: Tomato & Onions
- word "tomato" page 235
- “Cambodian society had as many layers as an onion and every time a layer was peeled back an odour attached to the fingers and the eyes began to smart.”

Option #5:Choose the toppings for your pizza. Then read books where the main color of the cover (30%) matches the color of the ingredient.

Example:Tomatoes (Red), Broccoli (Green), Sweet Corn (Yellow) and Mushrooms(White)

(*) HOW A "SPELL-IT-OUT" WORKS:
Spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book's title, the first letter in the author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter of the series name. As always, if the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.

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[Holli]

Make Your Own Pizza
Duration: Sept 1st - 30th
Option #1

H: The Hunger Games 9/2/15
A: The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas 9/12/15
M: Maas, Sarah J., Throne of Glass 9/2/15

&

P: Parker, Robert B., Back Story 9/3/15
I: Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First 9/4/15
N: Navarro, Yvonne, Ultraviolet 9/18/15
E: The End 9/8/15
A: Tom Clancy Presents: ACT of Valor 9/26/15
P: The Penultimate Peril 9/5/15
P: Parker, Robert B., Bad Business 9/11/15
L: L. Frank Baum, Dorothy And the Wizard in Oz 9/17/15
E: Eland 9/17/15

[Sonia]

Welcome to the challenge Holli and Sara.

[Sonia]

Sara wrote: "This will be my first challenge with the group :)"

The first of many to come, I hope :D

[Alysa]

I'm in!
Option #1: Spell-It-Out
Level: MARINARA ⇉ 16 - 20 books

Spinach & Prosciutto!

S: ✔ The Secret Fire
P: ✔ Paradigm
I: ✔ I Wish
N: ✔ Nightfall
A: ✔ Alive
C: ✔ Clementine
H: ✔ The House of the Four Winds

&

P: ✔ Paranormalcy
R: ✔ The Ruins of Lace
O: ✔ Orange Is the New Black
S: ✔ Soundless
C: ✔ Cobweb Bride
I: ✔ The Infernals
U: ✔ Unknown Unknowns
T: ✔ Thief's Magic
T: ✔ A Trail Through Time
O: ✔ The Only Gold





Total: 17 books
Complete!

[[deleted user]]

Hey, I'm not going to be doing this challenge after all-sorry about that :)

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Alysa ☺

[❀Tea❀]

Sara2 wrote: "Hey, I'm not going to be doing this challenge after all-sorry about that :)"

No problem. :)
If you change your mind, it's going to be here

[Barbara ★]

I'm a ham and pineapple gal too.

Make Your Own Pizza

READ: 13/13

✔H: Hell for Leather - Julie Ann Walker 9/11
✔A: The Arrow - Monica McCarty 9/21
✔M: Buffalo Valley - Debbie Macomber 9/16

✔& Tall, Silent & Lethal - R.L. Mathewson 9/29

✔P: Melting Stones - Tamora Pierce 9/15
✔I: If He's Noble - Hannah Howell 9/17
✔N: Archangel's Enigma - Nalini Singh 9/8
✔E: Warrior's Curse - Alexa Egan 9/15
✔A: Obsidian - Jennifer Armentrout 9/2
✔P: The Prince of Frogs - Annaliese Evans 9/21
✔P: A Love Untamed - Pamela Palmer 9/12
✔L: Lust for Life - Jeri Smith-Ready 9/9
✔E: [Envy Chronicles] Night Betrayed - Joss Ware 9/16

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Barbara :)

[Katherine]

I'm in - this sounds cool!
Duration: September 1st to 30th
Challenge Levels: STROMBOLI: 11 - 15 books

Read: 9/12

H: Her Majesty's Dog, Volume 3 by Mick Takeuchi
A: An Unlikely Place for Love by Ruth Ann Nordin - READ
M: Mercenary Abduction by Eve Langlais - READ

&

P: (Prairie Brides #6) Her Prairie Outlaw by Kit Morgan - READ
I: If the Dress Fits (#5) by Nancy Warren - READ
N: Naruto #8: by Masashi Kishimoto - READ
E: The Eye of the Beholder by Elizabeth Darcy
A: by Amelia C. Adams, The Dark and the Dawn #3 - READ
P: (Prairie Brides #7) Christmas in Clear Creek by Kit Morgan - READ
P: (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon #3) by Naoko Takeuchi - READ
L: List Your Self by Llene Segalove - READ
E: by Emura, W Juliet Vol. 1


Completed:

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Katherine ☺

[Sorina]

Excited to do my first challenge here!

Make your own pizza
Duration: September 1st to 30th
Option #1

A – You Slay Me – Katie MacAlister (Aisling Grey: Guardian, #1)9/12
L – Meant to be – Lauren Morrill 9/16
E – Erlegen - G.A. Aiken (Wolf Diaries #3)9/2

&

H -
A - Ashlyn Chase - How to Date a Dragon
M -

Read: 3/6

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge (and to the group) Sorina :)

[ChrisP]

My first challenge too!

Use ingredients found within the book to make your own pizza.
Option #4

I'm hungry for a Calozone!

[Lara]

I'm in, but will have to spend a little time looking through my TBR to decide which level/category I'll choose.

[Tiffany]

Hello,

This will be my first challenge. It sounds fun, so I thought I'd tackle my TBR list in a creative way.

Make your own pizza
Duration: September 1st to 30th
Option #1

S: Quiet by Susan Cain
A: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
U: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
S: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
A: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
G: Gray Whale Inn Mystery 1 (Murder on the Rocks) by Karen MacInerney
E: Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez

Calzone for now, but who knows? I may add to it later.

Best Regards,

Tiffany Kim

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge ChrisP, Lara and Tiffany ☺

And welcome to the group ChrisP and Tiffany :)

[Sarah]

Going to go with the Calzone:

S The School for Good and Evil By Soman Chainani. 9/16
A. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie. 9/7
U The Unloved. By Deborah Levy
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[Lara]

I've decided to do spell-it-out based on one of my favorite Chicago stuffed pizzas:


S Ben Sullivan in Kiss of Crimson 9/5
P
I Illuma in Blue and Alluring 9/3
N Nika in Stripes of Fury 9/6
A Argyle in Three Parts Fey 9/2
C Castles Ever After series: When a Scot Ties the Knot 9/5
H Mind Raider 9/7

Read: 6/7

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Sarah ☺

[❀Tea❀]

Lara wrote: "I've decided to do spell-it-out based on one of my favorite Chicago stuffed pizzas:"

Had to google that (over here we still have only 'normal' pizzas). That's a lot of pizza!

[Brittany]

I'll try this, although I'm not sure I'll be able to finish 9 books this month.

Make Your Own Pizza
Duration: Sept 1st - 30th
Option #1
Level: Calzone (6-10 books)

P: Paper Towns by John Green 9/24/15
I: I Want It That Way by Ann Aguirre 9/28/15
N: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham 9/14/15
E: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 9/10/15
A: Anna (character) Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum 9/2/15
P: Peony (character) Cinder by Marissa Meyer 9/5/15
P: Paperweight by Meg Haston 9/7/15
L: Lunar Chronicles (series name) Scarlet by Marissa Meyer 9/21/15
E: Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider 9/2/15

Completed: 9/9

Finished!

[Lara]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Lara wrote: "I've decided to do spell-it-out based on one of my favorite Chicago stuffed pizzas:"

Had to google that (over here we still have only 'normal' pizzas). That's a lot of pizza!"

Giordano's in Chicago is known for it, and it's really good. Now that I don't eat wheat, and have moved out of state, it's been years since I had any.

However, I am also a big fan of ham and pineapple, so I'm glad to see so many others here are too. ;-)

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Brittany :)

[❀Tea❀]

Lara wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Lara wrote: "I've decided to do spell-it-out based on one of my favorite Chicago stuffed pizzas:"

Had to google that (over here we still have only 'normal' pizzas). That's a lot of p..."

Now I don't think I've ever seen pizza with pineapple here either. But to be honest, didn't look much.

It could be country thing.

My fave is cheese with cheese and more cheese. :)

[Lara]

@Tea, cheese is a very popular flavor. Where I live the ham and pineapple is called a Hawaiian style pizza. I like to add jalapeno peppers to it as well. However, cheese, sausage and pepperoni are the most common pizzas here.

[Amy:)]

I'll join in! I choose Option #5. I'm kind of a visual gal:)
Pepperoni, black olives, green peppers, and cheese!

[Michelle]

Make Your Own Pizza
Duration: Sept 1st - 30th
CALZONE: (6/6)

✔C The Martian
✔H Birthdays for the Dead by Stuart MacBride
✔E The Book of Blood and Shadow
✔E Hourglass by Myra McEntire
✔S Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
✔E Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

[Emani]

Make Your Own Pizza
Duration: September 1 - September 30
Option 1

GOUDA

G - The Girl in the Steel Corset 9/24
O - One Past Midnight 9/22
U - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
D - Dark Places 9/3
A - All the Bright Places 9/11

[Betty]

Make Your Own Pizza

Duration: September 1-30, 2015

MARGHERITA (likely 3 books)
Option #5

mushrooms, onions, black olives
The Tutor

extra cheese
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

tomatoes, peppers, spinach, basil
Kitchens of the Great Midwest

And now if you'll excuse me, I must make a trip to NYPD pizza!

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Amy, Kalyn, Michelle, Janet, Betty and Megan :)

Enjoy your pizzas, ladies

And welcome to the group Betty ☺

[Srividya]

I LOVEEEEEE PIZZA!! :D So, Am definitely in! :D :D

Make your own Pizza
Duration: 9/1/15 - 9/30/15
Level: CALZONE (6-10 books)
Books read:9/9

OPTION 1 - SPELL OUT

✔ P - Pacific Vortex - 9/26/5 - 3 stars
✔ E - Night - Elie Wiesel - 9/8/15 - 4 stars
✔ P - Pines - 9/30/15 - 4 stars
✔ P - Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits - Rahul Pandita - 9/5/15 - 5 stars
✔ E - Empty Nests - 9/29/15 - 4 stars
✔ R - The Republic of Thieves - 9/24/15 - 4 stars
✔ O - On Dublin Street - 9/30/15 - 3 stars
✔ N - Red Dirt Heart 2 - N R Walker - 9/8/15 - 4 stars
✔ I - Magic Shifts - Ilona Andrews - 9/14/15 - 4 stars

[Cátia]

Wow.. Nice challenge, I'm In :D

Make your own pizza
Duration: September 1st to 30th

Level: CALZONE (6 - 10 books)

books completed: 5/7
I'll try the option#5

Cheese (yellow?) - (09/23)
Peas (I love peas;)) Green-
Tomatoes (Red) - (09/13)
Black olives (Black) - (9/19)
Sweet Corn (Yellow) - (09/03)

Red Pepper (Red) - (09/21)
and Mushrooms(White) -

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Srividya and Cátia ☺

[Alyssa]

I'm in :)
I'll go for the spell it out.

S
P
I If There Be Thorns by V.C. Andrews
N No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen
A
C
H Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Alyssa ☺

[Monica]

I am going to give this a try. I did say I wasn't going to start an more challenges... It didn't work...

I will go for CALZONE Level (6-10 books): I don't care for toppings but I will spell:

P - character Lauralyn Prescott - Beauty from Pain by Georgia Cates
E - character Espen - Witch Song by Amber Argyle
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[❀Tea❀]

Monica wrote: "I did say I wasn't going to start an more challenges... It didn't work..."

It never does :)

Welcome to the challenge ☺

[Elena]

I'm Italian and I love pizza... so I had to join! I'm slow when I read in English,I hope to finish this challenge!

MAKE YOUR OWN PIZZA CHALLENGE
Duration: Sept 1-30
Level: Margherita
Books Completed: 1/2
Option: #5

OLIVE (Black)

POMODORO (Red)

[Suzanne]

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Make Your Own Pizza
Duration: 9/1/2015 - 9/30/2015

Progress: 2 out of 30 (DEEP DISH: 21+ books)

PEPPERONI
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SAUSAGE
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MUSHROOM
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S: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness - ***** - 9/7/2015
H: House Rules by Jodi Picoult - **** - 9/1/2015 - 532 Pages
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CHEESE
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[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Elena and Suzanne ☺

[Anna]

Make Your Own Pizza
Duration: Sept 1st - 30th
Option #1
Level: Calzone (6-10 books)

M
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H Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
R
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[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge (and group) Anna and Faelan ☺

[Anna]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the challenge (and group) Anna and Faelan ☺"

thanks :)

[megan]

Make Your Own Pizza!
Challenge Level: MARGHERITA ⇉ 2 - 5 books

Option #5:Choose the toppings for your pizza. Then read books where the main color of the cover (30%) matches the color of the ingredient.

Pepperoni:A Forever Thing

Red Onion: In Shining Whatever
(Actual onion is more purple than red, so purple it is)

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Megan ☺

[Alysa]

Done!
Message 6

[Lara]

Yea Alysa!