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Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ~Duration: May 1st - 31st, 2014.
Level ---- Heavy Gusts = 13-24 books
1 • “April showers bring May flowers.” -
2 • “Be that as it may.” -
3 • “Cinco de Mayo.” -
4 •. “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” -
5 • “How may I help you?” -
6 • “If I may be so bold...” -
7 •. "Mae West. -
8 • “May Day!” -
9 • “May-December Relationship.” -
10 • “May he rest in peace.” -
11 "May the road rise to meet you” -
12 • “May you live in interesting times...” -
13 • “Maybe, maybe not.” -
14 • “Mayday! Mayday!” -
15 • “The merry month of May.” -
16 • “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” -
17 • “Terms & conditions may apply.” -
18 • “Things may look good on the surface...” -
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Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself - NBRC
Easy Breezy = Read 3 to 4 books.
3/3 Finished!
• “Be that as it may.” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”.
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny ✔(Title Starts with B)
• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title.
The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths ✔(5 words in title)
• “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.)
Coming Home by P.D. Martin ✔(MC will do anything to solve her brother's murder)
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I'm in!Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ~ COMPLETED
Duration: May 1st - 31st, 2014
Level: Moderate Winds = Read 5 to 7 books, upped to Dust Devil (8-12)
Completed: 11/12
• “Be that as it may.” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai **** - 5/2/2014
• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh ***** - 5/3/2014
• “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman *** - 5/5/2014 (May Tea Time Reading Challenge)
• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) by Cassandra Clare *** - 5/8/2014
• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that has five words or letters in the title
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson **** - 5/9/2014
• “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) - Read a book on a listopia list
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3) by Cassandra Clare *** - 5/13/2014 (Currently #3 on Dude, Where's My Forehead? :)))))) )
• “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV
Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1) by Kevin Hearne **** - 5/19/2014
• Mae West. - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. (And Mae West is actually being mentioned in the Day of the Locust!!!)
Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West **** - 5/20/2014
• “May he rest in peace.” - Read a book with ghosts. Or where someone dies
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) by Douglas Adams ***** - 5/28/2014
• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair
Timebound (The Chronos Files, #1) by Rysa Walker ***1/5 - 5/30/2014
• “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Read a book where someone finds themselves in a precarious situation. Or where a character is a cigarette smoker.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2) by Douglas Adams **** - 5/31/2014
Dust Devil-8/8 Completed
• “May he rest in peace.” - Read a book with ghosts. Or where someone dies. Or has a graveyard or tombstone on the cover.
City of Glass
• “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Read a book where someone gets bullied. Or where the protagonist is a professional fighter or gets in a fight. Or a story about survival.
Shadow Kiss
• “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Read a book where someone finds themselves in a precarious situation. Or where a character gets an illness. Or is a cigarette smoker.
City of Fallen Angels
• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
• “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book.
The Joy Luck Club
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
Divergent
• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair.
One for the Money
• “Be that as it may.” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”.
The Eyes of a King by Catherine Banner
• “May he rest in peace.” - Read a book with ghosts. Or where someone dies. Or has a graveyard or tombstone on the cover.
City of Glass
• “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Read a book where someone gets bullied. Or where the protagonist is a professional fighter or gets in a fight. Or a story about survival.
Shadow Kiss
• “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Read a book where someone finds themselves in a precarious situation. Or where a character gets an illness. Or is a cigarette smoker.
City of Fallen Angels
• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
• “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book.
The Joy Luck Club
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
Divergent
• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair.
One for the Money
• “Be that as it may.” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”.
The Eyes of a King by Catherine Banner
Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ~ Moderate Winds = Read 5 to 7 books.
• “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover.
• “Be that as it may.” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”.
• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title.
• “Come what may!” - Read a book with a futuristic setting.
• “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.)
• “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Read a book where someone gets bullied. Or where the protagonist is a professional fighter or gets in a fight. Or a story about survival.
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice.
• “It may account for...” - Read a book with an accountant protagonist, or someone who deals with numbers. Or is an account based on a true historical event.
• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled.
• “Let the chips fall where they may.” - Read a book that has the words from this expression found in the title, series name, or author’s, or character’s name [i.e. “let,” “chip(s),” “fall,” “where,” “they,” or “may”].
• Mae West. - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp.
• “May the better man win!” - Read a book where a competition takes place.
• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair.
• “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book.
• “May the force be with you.” - Read a book with stars on the cover. Or is set in outer space.
• “May he rest in peace.” - Read a book with ghosts. Or where someone dies. Or has a graveyard or tombstone on the cover.
• “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.)
• “May I count on you?” - Read a book with a number in the title. (Examples found on listopia’s Nothing But Numbers.)
• “May I take a message?” - Read an inspirational book.
• “May I take your order?” - Read a book where the protagonist is a waitress, or short-order cook, or takes orders of some kind. (Just a few examples on listopia’s Waitress Heroine in Romance.)
• “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) - Read a book on a listopia list. Or is set in Poland. Or written by a Polish writer. Or won one of our BOM polls (past or current). (Examples found on listopia’s Best Polish Books.)
• “May the road rise to meet you...” - Read a book with a road on the cover. Or someone takes a road trip.
• “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book where someone is cursed. Or one with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos.
• “Maybe, maybe not.” - Read a book that you’ve been pondering for awhile.
• “Mayday! Mayday!” - Read a book where the protagonist works as some type of emergency personnel: fireman, policeman, paramedic. Or someone makes or receives a distress call. Or where someone uses a radio. Since this word may derive from the French expression “venez m'aider” - which translates to “come help me” - we’ll also take any book set in France. Also, in The Handmaid's Tale, they used “Mayday” as a code to identify themselves as part of the resistance - so, we’ll take a protagonist that is part of one, or any plot involving some hidden code.
• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
• “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” - Read a book with a mirror or car on the cover. Or one where the protagonist is an illusionist, magician, or interacts with mirrors in some way.
• “Seven Days in May.” - Read a book that is seventh in a series. Or has the word “day(s)” in the title, series, author, or character name. We will take the alternate spelling of “Daye,” as in the series October Daye.
• “Sticks and stones may break my bones.” - Read a book with a word in the title that rhymes with “may” -- or where the title rhymes alone. (Examples: Double Play (“play” rhymes with “may” -- or Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, where title is a rhyme itself.)
• “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge.
• “Things may look good on the surface...” - Read a book with an attractive cover.
• “To whom it may concern.” - Read a book with a stand-alone “letter” in the title. Or by an author with a stand-alone “letter” in their name. Or read a book of memoirs. Or one that has a letter or envelope on the cover. (Examples: C, by Tom McCarthy; author J.R. Ward; All Creatures Great and Small; or maybe something like these found on this listopia .)
• “Try as I may.” - Read a book that was published any day in May, of any year.
• “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Read a book where someone finds themselves in a precarious situation. Or where a character gets an illness. Or is a cigarette smoker.
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.
I'll play!Level: Easy Breezy (3-4 books)
1. "Things may look good on the surface..." - Out of Picture 2 by Daisuke Tsutsumi & Michael Knapp 5/20/14
2. "May Day!" - Irenicon by Aidan Harte 5/21/14
3. "You may well ask!" - Get Jiro! by Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose, & Langdon Foss 5/21/14
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i'm in =DLevel Easy Breezy
i'll make a proper post later. It's 5am and i should be in bed *whistles*
This sounds fun! I'm in. :)Level: Easy Breezy
Completed: 3/3 DONE!
1) “Devil-may-care attitude.” -
2) “May I count on you?” -
3) "May Day!" -
I'm going to try for 5 again (moderate winds).5/5
✔ 1. “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series.
Uglies
✔ 2. “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book where someone is cursed. Or one with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos
One Blood
✔ 3. “Maybe, maybe not.” - Read a book that you’ve been pondering for awhile.
Wonder
✔ 4. “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
Everything I Ever Needed to Know About _____* I Learned from Monty Python: *History, Art, Poetry, Communism, Philosophy, the Media, Birth, Death, Religion, Literature, Latin, Transvestites, Botany, the French, Class Systems, Mythology, Fish Slapping, a...
✔ 5. “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV.
The Blood of Flowers
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New here and glad to have found this group! I love reading challenges and would like to participate. I'll do "Heavy Gusts" (13-24 books).16/16
May I take a message? (inspirational book)
Done 5/4 - Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg ★★★
May I be excused? (first person POV)
Done 5/6 - Sleep Donation by Karen Russell ★★★★
The merry month of May (humorous)
Done 5/7 - Chuck Klosterman IV by Chuck Klosterman ★★★★
Mae West (black & white cover)
Done 5/10 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson ★★★★★
May-December Relationship (age gap between protagonists)
Done 5/11 - Biting Bad by Chloe Neill ★★★
Warning: May be hazardous to your health (someone finds themselves in a precarious situation)
Done 5/12 - Void Moon by Michael Connelly (audio book) ★★★
May Day! (first in a series)
Done 5/12 - Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead ★★★★
May the road rise to meet you... (road on the cover)
Done 5/14 - Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris ★
Maybe, maybe not (been pondering for awhile)
Done 5/15 - Shakespeare Undead by Lori Handeland ★★
Terms & conditions may apply (fits another challenge)
Done 5/15 - The Doors of Perception/Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley ★★★
Cinco de Mayo (five words in the title)
Done 5/17 - You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney ★★★
Things may look good on the surface... (attractive cover)
Done 5/19 - We Won't Feel a Thing by J.C. Lillis ★★★★
If I may be so bold... (reader's choice)
Done 5/21 - Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong ★★★
May he rest in peace (book with ghosts)
Done 5/23 - Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins ★★★
How may I help you? (protagonist helps someone out)
Done 5/25 - Wild Things by Chloe Neill ★★★
May you live in interesting times... (danger, uncertainty, and chaos)
Done 5/27 - Allegiant by Veronica Roth ★★★
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Challenge: Mostly May Idioms: May Expresses Itself Duration: May 1st - 31st, 2014
Details: Moderate Winds = Read 5 to 7 books
Complete: 4/7
✔1. “Be that as it may.” - author surname begins with “B”.
52 Reasons to Hate My Father ★★★ May 05, 2014
✔2. “Cinco de Mayo.” - five words in title.
The Pub Across The Pond ★★★★ May 04, 2014
3. “Come what may!” - Read a book with a futuristic setting.
4. Mae West. - protagonist is a vamp.
Phantom Shadows
✔5. “May Day!” - protagonist attends a fair.
To Tame A Highland Warrior ★★★★ May 04, 2014
✔6. “May he rest in peace.” - someone dies.
The Goddess Test ★★★ May 05, 2014
7. “Sticks and stones may break my bones.” - title rhymes
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
✔: 
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I'm a few days late, but would like to do the Easy Breezy Level :)
Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ~
(Gonna add a couple other categories . I have 2 of the books chosen, but not sure on the other)
• “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover.
“Be that as it may.” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”.
• “May the road rise to meet you...” - Read a book with a road on the cover. Or someone takes a road trip.
• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
• “Mayday! Mayday!” - Read a book where the protagonist works as some type of emergency personnel: fireman, policeman, paramedic. Or someone makes or receives a distress call. Or where someone uses a radio.
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.
Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ~
(Gonna add a couple other categories . I have 2 of the books chosen, but not sure on the other)
• “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover.
“Be that as it may.” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”.
• “May the road rise to meet you...” - Read a book with a road on the cover. Or someone takes a road trip.
• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
• “Mayday! Mayday!” - Read a book where the protagonist works as some type of emergency personnel: fireman, policeman, paramedic. Or someone makes or receives a distress call. Or where someone uses a radio.
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.
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Nothing but Reading ChallengesMostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself (May 2014)
Duration: 5/1/2014 - 5/31/2014
Progress: 12 out of 12 (Dust Devil = Read 8-12 books books for now)
Rules: Read books from the following categories
• “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover -
1. Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 5/14/2014
• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled -
2. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett - **** - 5/1/2014 - the whole book is a little crazy, especially the characters.
• “Come what may!” - Read a book with a futuristic setting.
3. The Maze Runner by James Dashner - *** - 5/6/2014
• “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Read a book where someone gets bullied. Or where the protagonist is a professional fighter or gets in a fight. Or a story about survival.
4. The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine - *** - 5/26/2014
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out
5. Thinking of You by Jill Mansell - ***** - 5/8/2014 - Helps someone out
• “Be that as it may.” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”.
6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley - ***** - 5/14/2014
• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice.
7. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd - ***** - 5/18/2014
• “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.)
8. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead - **** - 5/21/2014
• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair.
9. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - ***** - 5/22/2014
• Mae West - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp.
10. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead - ***** - 5/7/2014 - Vampire
• “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book where someone is cursed. Or one with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos.
11. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - ***** - 5/22/2014
• “Cinco de Mayo” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title.
12. Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead - ***** - 5/27/2014
Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself (May 2014) Level: Easy Breezy = Read 3 to 4 books.
•“May I take a message?” - Read an inspirational book:
-06/05/14 ★★★★½
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I'm a little late but I'm in for Easy Breezy 3-4 books. :)May Day! (first in a series)5/8/14 3*
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
Things may look good on the surface
Decadent 5/9/14 4*
May he rest in peace. (someone dies)
The Goddess Test 5/12/14 3.5*
Cinco de Mayo (five words in the title)5/9/14 4*
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
MAY IDIOMS CHALLENGELevel: Gale Force Winds (25-35 books)
Duration 1/5/14 - 31/8/14 (with 3 extension cards)
Progress: 35
“Warning: May be hazardous to your health.”
A character is a cigarette smoker: ✔She Effin� Hates Me: A Love Story (2.5.14)
“May you live in interesting times...”
Lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos: ✔An Echo in the Bone (16.5.14)
“Cinco de Mayo.”
Five words in the title: ✔Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (19.5.14)
“Be that as it may.”
Title starts with the letter “B”: ✔Burial Rites (25.5.14)
Mae West
Black & white cover: ✔Down to You (21.4.14)
“Let the chips fall where they may.”
"Where" in the title: ✔Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2.6.14)
“April showers bring May flowers.”
Flowers on the cover: ✔Sweet Salt Air: A Novel (29.5.14)
“Mayday! Mayday!”
Plot involving some hidden code: ✔The Sense of an Ending (30.5.14)
“I may be crazy, but...”
Protagonist gets a little crazy or rattled: ✔Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (11.6.14)
“May I take your order?”
Protagonist is a waitress: ✔Safe Haven (17.6.14)
“It may account for...”
Based on true historical events: ✔The Invention of Wings (6.6.14)
“May-December Relationship.”
QUITE a gap in years between protagonists’ ages: ✔Living Dead in Dallas (14.7.14)
“May he rest in peace.”
Ghosts in book + graveyard and tombstone on the cover: ✔Grave Peril (2.8.14)
“Come what may!”
Futuristic setting: ✔Unwind (25.6.14)
“Try as I may.”
Published any day in May, of any year (14 May 2013): ✔The Perfume Collector (18.7.14)
“To whom it may concern.”
A stand-alone “letter” in the title: ✔Never Seduce a Scot (28.6.14)
“May Pole” (AKA May Poll)
Past BOM: ✔The Bone Season (21.8.14)
“Terms & conditions may apply.”
Fits another challenge: ✔Night Music (10.6.14)
“May Day!”
First in a series: ✔Reason to Breathe (14.6.14)
“Maybe, maybe not.”
A book I’ve been pondering for awhile: ✔When it Happens to You (27.6.14)
“May I be excused?”
First person POV: ✔Hopeless (19.6.14)
“How may I help you?”
The protagonist helps someone out: ✔A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty (3.7.14)
“Devil-may-care attitude.”
Protagonist has this attitude: ✔Lightning (22.6.14)
“May the better man win!”
Competition (between sisters): ✔The Shifting Fog (9.7.14)
“He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.”
Story about survival: ✔Sold (19.7.14)
“If I may be so bold...”
Reader’s Choice: ✔ Beautiful Disaster (12.7.14)
“The merry month of May.”
Humorous book: ✔Anansi Boys (22.7.14)
“Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.”
Protagonist interacts with mirrors:✔Pretties (23.7.14)
“May I take a message?”
An inspirational book: ✔The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family (25.7.14)
“You may well ask!”
Question mark in the title: ✔ Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (26.7.14)
“May the road rise to meet you...”
Road trip with the band: ✔Backstage Pass (30.7.14)
“Seven Days in May.”
Characters: Libby Day, Patty Day, Ben Day, Runner Day, etc.: ✔Dark Places (13.8.14)
“May the force be with you.”
(Partially) set in outer space: ✔ Year Zero (23.8.14)
“Things may look good on the surface...”
An attractive cover: ✔The Android's Dream (16.8.14)
“Sticks and stones may break my bones.”
"Gray" rhymes with "May": ✔ Between Shades of Gray (22.8.14)
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Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges (All the Mods) wrote: "(LOL over the big gift card. At least we can't miss it.)"I don't know how to make it smaller. I have tried and tried. The bigness of it cracks me up too. :)
Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself (May 2014) Level: Easy Breezy = Read 3 to 4 books.
•“May I take a message?” -
-06/05/14 ★★★★½•“I may be crazy, but...” -
-08/05/14 ★★★★
Yehey! Finished the challenge 15/15 :)Edited message 48.
Easy Breezy = Read 3 to 4 books. Finished on 5/11Moderate Winds= Read 5 to 7 books. Finished on 5/13
Dust Devil= Read 8 to 12 books.
1. “May Day!”- The Field Guide
2. “May the force be with you.”- A Startrek to Eternity
3.“Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.”- Coraline By Neil Gaiman
4."Seven Days In May"- The Vile Village
5.“Come what may!”- Cinder
6.“Sticks and stones may break my bones.”-Just One Day
7.“Try as I may.”- The Seeing Stone
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Welcome to the challenge, Lyssa!
So, I've decided there are too many good categories to fit into just one month! I'm going to try to read a couple extra books in different categories by using my extension gift card. Extending to June 30! :)
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I'm going to do Dust Devil = Read 8-12 books. COMPLETED(1) “May the better man win!” - Read a book where a competition takes place. - Hallowed Ground
(2) Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Read a book where someone finds themselves in a precarious situation. Or where a character gets an illness. Or is a cigarette smoker - Children of Ellis Island
(3) “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice. - The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook
(4) “It may account for...” - Read a book with an accountant protagonist, or someone who deals with numbers. Or is an account based on a true historical event. - Governors Island (NY)
(5) “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair. -
(6) “May he rest in peace.” Dollface: A Novel of the Roaring Twenties
(7) “May I be excused?” All the Truth That's in Me
(8) “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book where someone is cursed. Or one with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos. My Life as a White Trash Zombie
(9) “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge. Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues
(10) “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Read a book where someone gets bullied. Or where the protagonist is a professional fighter or gets in a fight. Or a story about survival. White Trash Zombie Apocalypse
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Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself (May 2014) Level: Easy Breezy = Read 3 to 4 books.
•“April showers bring May flowers.” -
-09/05/14 ★★★★★ •“May I take a message?” -
-06/05/14 ★★★★½•“I may be crazy, but...” -
-08/05/14 ★★★★
Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself - NBRC
Easy Breezy = Read 3 to 4 books.
3/3 Finished!
• “Be that as it may.” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”.
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny ✔(Title Starts with B)
• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title.
The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths ✔(5 words in title)
• “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.)
Coming Home by P.D. Martin ✔(MC will do anything to solve her brother's murder)
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Congratulations, Sheila!
Edited message 87. I finished the first level today and decided to go on to the next level (Moderate Winds).
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Kimberly - To make your card smaller, copy and paste this: width = "150" height = "100" and paste it at the end of the jumble of letters and words right in this space where I typed paste here: 600x600.jpg"/paste here>< /a>The end of the text should now look like: 600x600.jpg"/width = "150" height = "100">< /a> but without the space before the last /a> Hope that makes sense! I had difficulty figuring out where to post the size. Good luck!!
Kristie wrote: "Kimberly - To make your card smaller, copy and paste this: width = "150" height = "100" and paste it at the end of the jumble of letters and words right in this space where I typed paste here: 600x..."Aha!! It worked!! Thank you Kristie.
A small card is not as amusing (to me at least) - but it is less offensive. :)
Lol! Glad it worked for you. (No one says you have to use it though. ;))
Edit again to message 87. I completed Moderate Winds and am moving on to Dust Devil.
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