#3 Sarah J. Maas

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Sarah J. Maas



The amazing author of the Throne of Glass and the new A Court of Thorns and Roses.


1. Spell out Any word in Either series by Sarah J. Maas
* 1 book per letter
* Use the first letter in title (ignore A, An or The if needed) OR first or last name of author

Throne
Glass
Court
Thorns
Roses

2. Sarah first started writing by writing fan fiction.The first draft of Throne of Glass was put on fictionpress.com. Sarah said, "I decided, why not put some chapters on Fiction Press and see if anyone likes it?" It soon became a #1 online hit.

Read a book that first started as fan fiction
Read a book with <1000 reviews

3. The Throne of Glass series first started out as a Cinderella re-telling.
'What if Cinderella was actually an assassin who liked getting dressed up all pretty and going to the ball, but then she wouldn't mind kicking butt," Sarah explains.'

read a book with girl in a dress on the cover
read a book with a ball, dance or other gala in it

4. When Sarah J. Maas was in high school, she had a "Gossip Girl" type blog that "cool kinds competed to appear in"

read a book you heard about from a friend's review or a blog
read a book you won or received as a gift

5. "90% of her inspiration come from movie scores, especially Disney."

read a book that centers around music (musician, band, concert, dancer, etc)
read a book and pair it with a song - list both below (include song title and singer/band name)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Participants


1. Sara
2. Trisha
3. Isabelle
4. Vicki
5. Mehsi
6. Trinity

[Sara]

This sounds like so much fun! But I think I'm going to start off with "Level 3: Casual Acquaintance - 3 books" That way I don't bite off more than I can chew the first time around.

Start Date: 09/01
Completed = 0/5

1. Spell out Any word in Either series by Sarah J. Maas
* 1 book per letter
* Use the first letter in title (ignore A, An or The if needed) OR first or last name of author

R:
O:
S:
E:
S:

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Good luck Sara! I hope you have fun and pick good books!

[Sara]

Thanks Trisha!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Start Date: 9/1
Completed: TBD

1/9

1. Spell out Any word in Either series by Sarah J. Maas
* 1 book per letter
* Use the first letter in title (ignore A, An or The if needed) OR first or last name of author


G:
L:
A: As Black as Ebony 9/4
S:
S:

2. Sarah first started writing by writing fan fiction.The first draft of Throne of Glass was put on fictionpress.com. Sarah said, "I decided, why not put some chapters on Fiction Press and see if anyone likes it?" It soon became a #1 online hit.

Read a book with <1000 reviews


3. The Throne of Glass series first started out as a Cinderella re-telling.
'What if Cinderella was actually an assassin who liked getting dressed up all pretty and going to the ball, but then she wouldn't mind kicking butt," Sarah explains.'

read a book with girl in a dress on the cover


4. When Sarah J. Maas was in high school, she had a "Gossip Girl" type blog that "cool kinds competed to appear in"

read a book you heard about from a friend's review or a blog


5. "90% of her inspiration come from movie scores, especially Disney."

read a book and pair it with a song - list both below (include song title and singer/band name)

[Isabelle]

Can I join?

Start Date: 9-1
Finish Date: 10-11
Completed: 9/10

1. Spell out Any word in Either series by Sarah J. Maas
* 1 book per letter
* Use the first letter in title (ignore A, An or The if needed) OR first or last name of author

T: To All the Boys I've Loved Before 9-10
H: Heist Society 9-5
R: Red Queen 9-26
O: The Orphan Queen 9-14
N: The Night She Disappeared 9-8
E: Eve 9-11


2. Sarah first started writing by writing fan fiction.The first draft of Throne of Glass was put on fictionpress.com. Sarah said, "I decided, why not put some chapters on Fiction Press and see if anyone likes it?" It soon became a #1 online hit.

Read a book with <1000 reviews The Golden Vendetta 10-11 31 ratings

3. The Throne of Glass series first started out as a Cinderella re-telling.
'What if Cinderella was actually an assassin who liked getting dressed up all pretty and going to the ball, but then she wouldn't mind kicking butt," Sarah explains.'

read a book with girl in a dress on the cover
Hysteria 9-5

4. When Sarah J. Maas was in high school, she had a "Gossip Girl" type blog that "cool kinds competed to appear in"

read a book you heard about from a friend's review or a blog Enchanted 9-23

5. "90% of her inspiration come from movie scores, especially Disney." 

read a book and pair it with a song - list both below (include song title and singer/band name)  Awaken 9-3 In the song "Different Colors" by Walk the Moon, there is a line that says "We're coming awake, out of your spell. As long as it takes, we're coming awake" This line makes a lot of sense with the book. Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQykf...

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

of course! Welcome Isabelle!
I've linked your post above!

[Vicki]

Trisha, what are the start and end dates?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I didn't add them since it all depends on when YOU Start!

but it's a 3 month challenge. so three months AFTER you start :)

[Vicki]

Oh, okay. I didn't realize that. Thanks.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

no problem :)

it's true of all of them !

[Vicki]

Start Date: 9/01
Date Completed: TBD

2/9

1. Spell out Any word in Either series by Sarah J. Maas
* 1 book per letter

G Grade A Stupid
L Lonely Souls
A As Black as Ebony 9/02 (4 stars)
S Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls
S Six of Crows

2. Sarah first started writing by writing fan fiction.The first draft of Throne of Glass was put on fictionpress.com. Sarah said, "I decided, why not put some chapters on Fiction Press and see if anyone likes it?" It soon became a #1 online hit.

Read a book with <1000 reviews

The Diary of Lexi Ashford, Part One (130 ratings) 12/03 (4 stars)

3. The Throne of Glass series first started out as a Cinderella re-telling.
'What if Cinderella was actually an assassin who liked getting dressed up all pretty and going to the ball, but then she wouldn't mind kicking butt," Sarah explains.'

read a book with girl in a dress on the cover

Hysteria

4. When Sarah J. Maas was in high school, she had a "Gossip Girl" type blog that "cool kinds competed to appear in"

read a book you won or received as a gift

The Fig Orchard gift from Lee Fullbright

5. "90% of her inspiration come from movie scores, especially Disney."

read a book that centers around music (musician, band, concert, dancer, etc)

The One Thing

Books Read

[Mehsi]

Yay! New challenge. <3 I am in!

Start Date: 1 September
End Date: 9 September

1. Spell out Any word in Either series by Sarah J. Maas
* 1 book per letter
* Use the first letter in title (ignore A, An or The if needed) OR first or last name of author

Thorns
T(ony DiTerlizzi)
H(aver)
O(zaki Mari)
R(obin Stevens)
N(essi Monstrata)
S(tolarz, Laurie Faria)

2. Sarah first started writing by writing fan fiction.The first draft of Throne of Glass was put on fictionpress.com. Sarah said, "I decided, why not put some chapters on Fiction Press and see if anyone likes it?" It soon became a #1 online hit.

Read a book with <1000 reviews


3. The Throne of Glass series first started out as a Cinderella re-telling.
'What if Cinderella was actually an assassin who liked getting dressed up all pretty and going to the ball, but then she wouldn't mind kicking butt," Sarah explains.'

read a book with girl in a dress on the cover


4. When Sarah J. Maas was in high school, she had a "Gossip Girl" type blog that "cool kinds competed to appear in"

read a book you won or received as a gift


5. "90% of her inspiration come from movie scores, especially Disney."

read a book and pair it with a song - list both below (include song title and singer/band name)

Dj Manga - Judgement Day

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

yay!! Welcome Mehsi!!

[Mehsi]

Thanks Trisha, excited to start this one, it seems so fun!

[Mehsi]

Finished. :) Hopefully it was all right for me to put the date on the 1st of this month, I like to start at the start of a month, if it isn't OK, let me know, and I will remove a few books and add others. :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oh, yeah, it's good Mehsi!
and congrats!! :) You are so fast !!

[Mehsi]

Yay, happy to hear that!
Thanks! *blushes* I just love these challenges, can't wait to see who the next author is. :)

[Clara]

I'm a little late into the challenge, but I'd like to join as well *-*
Still haven't chosen all of my books, though... I hope that's alright :S

Start Date: 9/25
Finish Date:
Challenges Completed: 4/5

1. Spell out Any word in Either series by Sarah J. Maas
G: A Great and Terrible Beauty or The Goonies
L: Lola and the Boy Next Door ✔ 10/12 (5 stars)
A: Anna and the French Kiss ✔ 10/06 (4 stars)
S: Siege and Storm ✔ 10/13 (5 stars)
S: The Scorch Trials ✔ 10/07 (4 stars)

2. Read a book that first started as fan fiction
Carry On ✔ 10/19 (5 stars)

3. Read a book with girl in a dress on the cover
The Elite ✔ 09/28 (3 stars)

4. Read a book you won or received as a gift
Florence and Giles ✔ 10/03 (4 stars)

5. Read a book that centers around music (musician, band, concert, dancer, etc)
The Sky is Everywhere ✔ 10/26 (4 stars)

[Mehsi]

I don't think that is a problem. At least no one ever said anything to me that it was a problem. I generally just read books in my normal tempo, check back after a few books on the challenge and then add the books if they match and continue reading.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Clara wrote: "I'm a little late into the challenge, but I'd like to join as well *-*
Still haven't chosen all of my books, though... I hope that's alright :S

oh yeah, no worries :)
You don't have to pick them ahead of time. You can update them as you go or update them at the end of the month or whenever! Whenever it's easiest for you

[Trinity]

Author Spotlight Challenge: Sarah J. Maas
Start Date: 11/1/15
End Date: 1/6/16

Books Completed: 10/10

1. Spell out Any word in Either series by Sarah J. Maas
✔ T: Tiger Lily 12/30/15 ♥♥
✔ H: The Heir 11/5/15 ♥♥♥
✔ R: The Sister Pact by Stacie Ramey 1/6/16 ♥♥♥♥
✔ O: The One Thing 11/22/15 ♥♥♥♥
✔ N: Never Have I Ever 1/5/16
✔ E: Empower 11/1/15 ♥♥♥♥♥

2. Read a book with <1000 reviews
✔ Did I Mention I Love You? 11/1/15 ♥♥♥♥♥

3. Read a book with girl in a dress on the cover
✔ Crescendo 11/15/15 ♥♥♥

4. Read a book you heard about from a friend's review or a blog
✔ Easy 11/8/15 ♥♥♥♥

5. Read a book that centers around music
✔ Where She Went 11/7/15 ♥♥♥

[Trinity]

I'm starting pretty late, but I'll be adding books from the start of this month as Mehsi did. :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

no worries Trinity! :) welcome!!

[Trinity]

Thanks, Trisha! :)

[Trinity]

Whoop whoop! Finished :)

[Trinity]

Even though this challenge was archived I still wanted to finish it lol!