May: Mostly May Idioms

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Teri-k, Amy and Suzanne :)

[Teri-K]

Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself
Levels: Gale Force Winds = 25-35 books
Completed: 28/25

• “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers on the cover.
Pouncing on Murder by Laurie Cass 5/6
• “Be that as it may.” - Read a book by an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”.
Small-Town Brides Romance Collection: 9 Romances Develop Under the Watchful Eyes of Neighbors by Janet Lee Barton 5/13
• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title.
Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley 5/6
• “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.)
All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare 5/1
• “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Read a book where the protagonist gets in a fight.
Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley 5/6
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith 5/5
• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice.
Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster 5/17
• “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.
Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley 5/13
• “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.
My Lady Quicksilver by Bec McMaster 5/25
• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series.
The Last Good Man by Kathleen Eagle 5/9
• “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book.
Winds of Autumn by Janette Oke 5/10
• “May the force be with you.” - Read a book set in outer space.
Have Space Suit-Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein 5/3
• “May he rest in peace.” - Read a book where someone dies.
The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton 5/5
• “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.)
Forbidden Fruit by Kerry Greenwood 5/29
• “May I count on you?” - Read a book with a number in the title.
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich 5/19
• “May I take a message?” - Read an inspirational book.
A Spirituality of Listening: Living What We Hear by Keith R Anderson 5/13
• “May I take your order?” - Read a book where the protagonist is a waitress, or short-order cook.
Washout Express by Jody Bailey Day 5/11
• “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) - Read a book set in Poland.
Poland by James A. Michener
• “May the road rise to meet you...” - Read a book with a road on the cover.
The Convenient Wife by Betty Neels 5/28
• “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos.
Night Broken by Patricia Briggs 5/2
• “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.
Law Man by Kristen Ashley 5/17
• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 5/28
• “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” - Read a book with a mirror on the cover.
Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley 5/9
• “Seven Days in May.” - Read a book that is seventh in a series.
The Prodigal Cowboy by Kathleen Eagle 5/12
• “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.
Heart of Iron by Bec McMaster 5/19
• “Things may look good on the surface...” - Read a book with an attractive cover.
An Independent Woman by Betty Neels 5/26
• “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.
Rock Chick Regret by Kristen Ashley 5/7
• “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Read a book where someone finds themselves in a precarious situation.
An Original Belle by E.P. Roe 5/3
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge Teri-k :)

[Alysa]

I'm gonna do this one for May 2016! *


Gift card #3 of 3: extending challenge thru June 2016 *

Level: Heavy Gusts : 13-24 books

• “April showers bring May flowers.” Read a book with flowers... on the cover.
✔︎ The Sandman: Overture



• “Be that as it may.” Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”.
✔︎ Blood Bound
✔ Burning Midnight



• “Cinco de Mayo.” Read a book that is fifth in a series.
✔︎ City of Lost Souls
✔︎ White Trash Zombie Gone Wild



• “Come what may!” Read a book with a futuristic setting.
✔︎ Catching Fire
✔︎ Scarlet



• “If I may be so bold...” Reader’s Choice.
✔︎ Ganymede
✔︎ Paper and Fire



• Mae West. Read a book with a black & white cover.
✔︎ Sweeney Todd & Other Stories



• “May Day!” Read a book that is first in a series.
✔︎ Rot & Ruin
✔︎ Swordspoint



• “May he rest in peace.” Read a book with ghosts.
✔ Ghostly Echoes



• “Seven Days in May.” Read a book that is seventh in a series.
✔︎ Crucible of Gold



• “Terms & conditions may apply.” Read a book that fits another challenge.
◄ Marvelous March Challenge: The flower of March is the daffodil. Read a book... where the first letter of the title can be found in DAFFODIL.
✔︎ The Death of Dulgath
✔︎ The Devourers
✔︎ Down and Out in Purgatory
✔︎ The Alchemist
✔︎ If It Ain't Love
✔ The Language of Dying



• “Try as I may.” Read a book that was published any day in May, of any year.
✔︎ Possession
✔︎ The Riddle of the Labyrinth



Total: 22 books
Complete!

[Vivi]

***Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ***

Duration: May 1st - August 31st, 2016.

(I'll be using my 3 Extension "Gifts Cards" for NBRC Challenges since they have to be used before the end of May)


Level: Heavy Gusts = Read 13-24 books.
Read: 22/22 -DONE! :)

✔︎ 1• “April showers bring May flowers.” - book with rain on the cover. - Take Me with You - ★★★★☆– Read 02.05.16 (see review)

✔︎ 2• “Be that as it may.” - book with title/author or character's name (first or last) that starts with the letter “B”. - Salvatore - MC's surname is Benedetti -★★★☆☆– Read 28.08.16 (see review)

✔︎ 3• “Cinco de Mayo.” - book with 5 words in the title. - How to Save a Life - ★★★☆☆– Read 21.07.16 (see review)

✔︎ 4• “Devil-may-care attitude.” - book where the protagonist has this attitude. (Heedless of caution; reckless.) - Blurred Lines - ★★★★☆– Read 31.07.16

✔︎ 5• “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - book where the protagonist is a professional fighter/story about survival. - Fighting Silence - ★★★★★– Read 22.06.16 (see review)

✔︎ 6• “How may I help you?” - book where the protagonist helps someone out. - Wounded - ★★★★☆– Read 29.05.16 (see review)

✔︎ 7• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice. - Looks Over - ★★★★☆– Read 07.05.16 (see review)

✔︎ 8• “I may be crazy, but...” - book where the protagonist gets a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled. - Brother/Sister - ★★☆☆☆– Read 02.07.16

✔︎ 9• “Mae West” - book with a black & white cover. - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - ★★★☆☆– Read 07.08.16 (see review)

✔︎ 10• “May Day!” - book is first in a series/the protagonist attends a fair. - Never Never - ★★★★☆– Read 17.05.16

✔︎ 11• “May-December Relationship.” - book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. - Lost and Found - ★★★☆☆– Read 09.07.16 (see review)

✔︎ 12• “May the force be with you.”- book with stars on the cover. - Alien Love Story - ★★★☆☆– Read 21.08.16 (see review)

✔︎ 13• “May he rest in peace.” - book where someone dies.- Fighting Solitude - ★★★★☆– Read 24.06.16 (see review)

✔︎ 14• “May I be excused?” - book that is written in the first person POV. - Why the Star Stands Still – ★★★★★ –Read 02.08.16 (see review)

✔︎ 15• “May I count on you?” - book with a number in the title. - For3ver - ★★★☆☆– Read 13.08.16 (see review)

✔︎ 16• “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) - book on a Listopia list. - The Girl with All the Gifts - #136 on "Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction" List (on Listopia) – ★★★★★ – Read 15.08.16 (see review)

✔︎ 17• “May you live in interesting times...”- book where someone is cursed/with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos. - Onyx - ★★★★☆– Read 30.07.16 (see review)

✔︎ 18• “Seven Days in May.” - book with the word “day(s)” in the title. - One Day Soon - ★★★★☆– Read 27.05.16 (see review)

✔︎ 19• “Terms & conditions may apply.” - book that fits another challenge. - Red Queen - (April showers bring May flowers Challenge) - ★★★☆☆– Read 16.05.16

✔︎ 20• “To whom it may concern.” - book by an author with a stand-alone “letter” in their name. - His Light in the Dark by L.A. Fiore - ★★★★☆– Read 04.06.16 (see review)

✔︎ 21• “Try as I may.” - book published in May, of any year. - Obsidian - ★★★★☆– Read 12.06.16 (see review)

✔︎ 22• “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - book where a character gets an illness. - St. Clair - ★★★★☆– Read 16.07.16 (see review)

[Brenda]

Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ~
Duration: May 1 - 31, 2016
Level: Moderate Winds = Read 5 to 7 books.

1/5-7

• “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”. Big Rock by Lauren Blakely
• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title. Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward Black Dagger Brotherhood #5
• “Come what may!” - Read a book with a futuristic setting. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb set in a futuristic New York City
• “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. Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure by Cecil Castellucci 5/7/16
• “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. Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich
• “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. Bad for You by Abbi Glines Sea Breeze #7
• “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 .) The Beast by J.R. Ward
• “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.

[BarbaraAnn]

Finished 18 so level completed was Heavy Gusts

I'm in for Moderate Winds Level (5-7 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”. Kindling the Moon **** 5/8 - Author's last name "Bennett" starts with B

• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title. Close to the Wind **** 5/11 5 words in 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.) American Gods **** 5/4 - Mr. Wednesday definitely has this attitude

• “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. The Martian ***** 5/22

• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.

• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice. Stranded **** 5/28

• “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. First Family: Abigail and John Adams **** 5/19

• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled. Last Wool and Testament MC comes into town for her grandmother's death definitely is both spooked and rattled *** 5/4

• “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. - Or where the protagonist is a vamp. Cronin's Key *** 5/21

• “May the better man win!” - Read a book where a competition takes place.

• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Edge ***** 5/27

• “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book. Old Man's War *** 5/10 - Book is set in future on many different planets MC is 75 years old and works with solders who are engineered and only a few years old

• “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.) Gone for Good **** 5/8

• “May I count on you?” - Read a book with a number in the title. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency **** 5/18

• “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. Can't Take My Eyes Off of You **** 5/16

• “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) - Read a book on a listopia list.The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie *** 5/13 Book is on a large number of listopia lists, including best historical fiction

• “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...” - one with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos. I Own the Dawn **** 5/20

• “Maybe, maybe not.” - Read a book that you’ve been pondering for awhile. Steelheart *** 5/25

• “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. Blowing Off Steam **** 5/1

• “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Read a book where someone is a cigarette smoker. Sticks & Stones ***** 5/14

• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.

[Mandi]

Mostly May Idioms
5/1-5/31

“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.

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Monthly challenges are da best!

Heavy Gusts = 13-24 books.

11/13


• “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”.
Tournament of Hearts by Dustin Bilyk
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• “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.
The Chronicle of the Three: Bloodline
• “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?” God's Not Dead 2 Read 5/1
• “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.Go Set a Watchman
• “Things may look good on the surface...” - Read a book with an attractive cover.
~Read 5/3
• “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.
A Court of Mist and Fury
• “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.

[Jammin Jenny]

Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself
Levels: Gale Force Winds = 25-35 books
Duration: May 1 - 31, 2016
Completed: 4/25

• “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”].
The Fall of the House of Usher read 5/11

• 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.
Dearest Daughter: Become Who You Were Created to Be - read 5/7

• “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.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - read 5/11

• “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. - Gidget

• “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.

May Idioms Bookshelf

[Donna]

Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself
Levels: Moderate Winds = 5-7 books
Duration: May 1 - 31, 2016
Completed: 7/7

• “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”. 5/23
• “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. 5/1/16
*^*^• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice. 5/3/16
• “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. 5/19
• “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.) 5/17
^^*^• “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge. 5/13/16
• “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. 5/4/16
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title

[Karen D]

I'm in! Aiming for Heavy Gusts, but we'll see how the month goes

Tasks completed:14/13

Completed:
• “May I take your order?” - Read a book where the protagonist is a waitress, or short-order cook, or takes orders of some kind. - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz, finished 5/6. Aristotle is a short-order cook
• Mae West. - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp. - by Aldous Huxley, finished 5/2
• “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. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, finished 5/4 - In one of her lives, Ursula works as sort of an emergency support person, helping out during raids in a sector of London. They also listen to the radio regularly.
• “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. -Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris, finished 5/8. Based on true events from the life of Cicero
• “May he rest in peace.” - Read a book with ghosts. Or where someone dies. Or has a graveyard or tombstone on the cover. - A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger, finished 5/10. (view spoiler)[Agnes, Seguina, Stephen (hide spoiler)]die.
• “Maybe, maybe not.” - Read a book that you’ve been pondering for awhile. - The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara, finished 5/12. I had this on my list for awhile but was nervous about starting it because I was afraid it wouldn't live up to A Little Life
• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous. I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella, finished 5/14
• “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. - by Laura Lippman, finished 5/15
• “May I count on you?” - Read a book with a number in the title. (Examples found on listopia’s Nothing But Numbers.) - Orphan Number 8 by Kim van Alkemade, finished 5/15
• “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. - The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, finished 5/17. Story about POWs surviving a Japanese internment camp
• “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. - A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin, finished 5/19. There are several precarious situations (view spoiler)[probably the most was the back-alley abortion (hide spoiler)]
• “May the force be with you.” - Read a book with stars on the cover. Or is set in outer space. - by Emily Henry, finished 5/21
• “Try as I may.” - Read a book that was published any day in May, of any year. The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams, finished 5/23. Published May 27th, 2014
• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title. - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, finished 5/27

Remaining:
• “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”.
• “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.)
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice.
• “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”].
• “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 I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.)
• “May I take a message?” - Read an inspirational book.
• “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.
• “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 .)
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.

[Emily]

• “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover. Laceybourne Manor by Kristen Ashley 5.31
• “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”. Booze O'Clock by Bijou Hunter 5.13
• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title. A Night of No Return by Sarah Morgan 5.3
• “Come what may!” - Read a book with a futuristic setting.  Abducted by Evangeline Anderson 5.18
• “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.) Raphael by DB Reynolds 5.2
• “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.  Smokey and Bandit by Liberty Parker 5.7
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out. Hooked On You by Kate Meader 5.9
• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice. The Coven by Chrissy Lessey 5.9
• “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. Love Beyond Opposites by Molly E Lee 5.9
• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled.  Cruise by Drew Elyse 5.2
• “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. Seeing Stars by J. Sterling 5.26
• “May the better man win!” - Read a book where a competition takes place. Stroked by Meghan Qunn5.4
• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair. I Dare you by Islla Madden-Mills 5.1
• “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book. DILF by Sam Crescent and Jenika Snow 5.15
• “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.  Black Heart by RL Mathewson 5.16
• “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.) Cole by Megan O Brien 5.26
• “May I count on you?” - Read a book with a number in the title. (Examples found on listopia’s Nothing But Numbers.) 5+Us Makes Seven by Nicole Elliot 5.21
• “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.) Unleashed by Sara Humphries 5.31
• “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’sBest 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. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone 5.18
• “Maybe, maybe not.” - Read a book that you’ve been pondering for awhile. Wonderful World of Oz by Frank L Baum 5.23
• “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. Kulti by Mariana Zapata 5.16
• “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. Spellcaster by George Bachman 5.25
• “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. Kissing Micky by Ellen Devlin 5.7
• “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. The Dancer by Jorsan Silver 5.29
• “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. Innocent in The Ivory Tower by Lucy Ellis 5.11
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.

[Dima]

May Idioms
Level: Dust Devil - Read 8-12 books
Read: 12/12

•✔ “Cinco de Mayo.” Five words title: The Girl on the Train Finished 5/18/2016
•✔ “April showers bring May flowers.” - Just Like Heaven (The ground is covered with flowers on the cover) Finished 5/7/2016
•✔ “Be that as it may.” - Birdman by Mo Hayder. Finished 5/8/2016

•✔ “To whom it may concern.” - Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James ✓ Finished 5/4/2015

•✔ “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Character Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones's Diary Finished on 5/6/2016
•✔ “May I be excused?” - Beautiful Lies is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.) Finished on 5/11/2016
•✔ “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe- Dante gets bullied and beaten up because he was seen kissing another boy. Finished on 5/14/2016
•✔ "Mae West". Finding Jake Black and White cover. Finished on 5/18/2016
•✔ “The merry month of May.” Wicked Charms Humorous book. Finished on 5/15/2016
•✔ “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Finished on 5/18/2016
•✔ “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Treatment, by Mo Heydar. Jack Caffery is a cigarette smoker. Finished on 5/25/2016
•✔ “May the road rise to meet you...” - The Two Towers- Frodo and Sam went on a trip/journey. Finished on 5/26/2016

[Bobbi]

May Idioms
Duration: May 1- May 31, 2016
Level: Easy Breezy - 3 to 4 books
Read: 9/4

• “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover.
• ✔ “Be that as it may.” The Rithmatist 5/21/16
• “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.” For I Have Sinned 5/25/16
• ✔ “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” The Serpent King 5/26/16
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice.
• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled.
• ✔ Mae West. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 5/10/16
• “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 the force be with you.” - Read a book with stars on the cover. Or is set in outer space.
• ✔ “May he rest in peace.” First Grave on the Right 5/15/16
• “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 you live in interesting times...” The Girl on the Train 5/12/16
• ✔ “Maybe, maybe not.” - The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories 5/2/16
• “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.” Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things 5/23/16
• ✔ “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” Through the Zombie Glass 5/11/16
• “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.
• “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.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge everyone! :)

[Ellen]

Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ~

This challenge is based on all things May: expressions, idioms, holidays, blessings, curses, and movie and song titles with the word “may” in them.

Duration: May 1st - 31st 2016
Levels:
Moderate Winds = Read 5 to 7 books.
completed:6

Rules: Read books from the following categories.

• “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover.
• “Be that as it may.” - Read a book written by an author whose name (first or last) that 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.

relationship between the Giver and the Receiver

• “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 where someone dies.

• “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) - set in Poland.


• “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 in the title.

[Jennifer]

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself (May 2016)
Duration: 5/1/2016 - 5/31/2016
Dust Devil = Read 8-12 books


• “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”.
Breaking Nova 5/16

• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title.
Nova and Quinton: No Regrets 5/22/16

• “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.
Saving Quinton 5/20 Quinton is a druggie & dealer, and gets into a couple fights in this book. Also Nova and Tristan save him and get him into rehab.

• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
Jake Undone 5/29/16 Jake helps Nina overcome her fear of tight spaces and heights

• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice.
Wreck Me 5/24/16

• “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”].
This is Falling 5/28/16

• Mae West. - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp.
Delilah: The Making of Red 5/21

• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair.
The Gamble 5/4/16 1st in Series

• “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.)
Tristan: Finding Hope 5/23/16

• “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.)
Thoughtless 5/10/16 Kiera is a waitress at a bar

• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
Beware of Cat: And Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier 5/25/16

• “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge.
Ruin Me 5/25/16 Used in my Uno Team challenge

• “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 and Everything After 5/29/16 Cass has MS.

• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled.
Jake Understood 5/30/16 Ivy has schizophrenia.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Updated with Gem Coin information.

[Karen]

MAY: MOSTLY MAY IDIOMS
Done: 3/3 ✓CHALLENGE COMPLETED

Duration: 1st to 31st May, 2016
Level: Easy Breezy

“Be that as it may.”
A book by an author whose name begins with 'B': A Walk in the Woods


“Come what may!”
A book with a futuristic setting: Cinder


“The merry month of May.”
A book that is humorous: How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written

[Ashley M]

Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself
Duration 5/11/2016-8/31/2016
Level: Gale Force Winds = Read 25-35 books
Completed!

I will be using all three of my Extension gift cards.



Progress: 26 books

Rules: Read books from the following categories.

• “April showers bring May flowers.” - The Tulip Factory 7/7/16
• “Be that as it may.” - Big Red 6/30/16
• “Cinco de Mayo.” -
• “Come what may!” -
• “Devil-may-care attitude.” - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 7/30/16
• “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong, Vol 1: In the Bag 8/21/16
• “How may I help you?” - Angel Landing 8/7/16
• “If I may be so bold...” - A to Z with the One True King 8/21/16
• “It may account for...” - When the Emperor Was Divine 6/26/16
• “I may be crazy, but...” - Room 8/14/16
• “Let the chips fall where they may.” -
• Mae West. - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 6/24/16
• “May the better man win!” -
• “May Day!” - Living Violet 6/28/16
• “May-December Relationship.” - What She Left Behind 8/5/16
• “May the force be with you.” - The Last Broadcast 8/16/16
• “May he rest in peace.” - Death By Honeymoon 7/2/16
• “May I be excused?” - Elizabeth's War 5/13/16
• “May I count on you?” - Every Last One 8/4/16
• “May I take a message?” -
• “May I take your order?” - Dead Until Dark 8/16/16
• “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) - The Foretelling 6/22/16
• “May the road rise to meet you...” -
• “May you live in interesting times...” -
• “Maybe, maybe not.” -
• “Mayday! Mayday!” - The Story Sisters 6/21/16
• “The merry month of May.” - Bedtime Stories for Children You Hate 7/23/16
• “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” - In the Mirror 7/9/16
• “Seven Days in May.” - Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm 8/1/16
• “Sticks and stones may break my bones.” -
• “Terms & conditions may apply.” -
• “Things may look good on the surface...” - 8/11/16
• “To whom it may concern.” - Betrayal of Trust by J.A. Jance 7/5/16
• “Try as I may.” - Aquila the Eagle: Welcome Aquila 8/16/16
• “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Beneath the Fall 6/26/16
• “You may well ask!” - Why Not Me? 7/26/16

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

welcome everyone!

[[deleted user]]

I'm in, second challenge of the month, so I'm really excited.

Nothing but Reading Challenges
The Mostly May Idioms Reading Challenge
Duration: 5/1/2016 - 5/31/2016
Level: Easy Breezy (4 books)

Progress: 4 out of 4

1. “Be that as it may.”: The Warrior's Daughter by Holly Bennett 05/16/2016
2. “Devil-may-care attitude.”:Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead; Rose Hathaway 05/30/2016
3. “If I may be so bold...”: The River Knows by Amanda Quick 05/17/2016
4. “May the better man win!”:Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 05/24/2016

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Amy :)

[Angie ☯]

Mostly May Idioms ~ May Expresses Itself

(Using my "Gifts Cards" since they have to be used by May 31, 2016)


Duration: May 1st - August 31st, 2016
Level: Gale Force Winds = Read 25-35 books
Read: 36/25+

Completed:
✔ 1 • “May I count on you?” ~ 90 Miles to Freedom ~ 5/12
✔︎ 2 • “May you live in interesting times...” ~ Once Upon a Time is Now ~ 5/14
✔︎ 3 • “May the force be with you.” ~ Outcast ~ 5/24
✔︎ 4 • “Devil-may-care attitude.” ~ Hacked ~ 5/26
✔︎ 5 • “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” ~ Family Jewels ~ 5/26
✔︎ 6 • “Try as I may.” ~ Curse ~ 5/28
✔︎ 7 • “May he rest in peace.” ~ Graveyard Games ~ 6/10
✔︎ 8 • “May I be excused?” ~ Outlander ~ 6/12
✔︎ 9 • "Mae West." ~ 314 ~ 6/18
✔︎ 10 • “May the road rise to meet you...” ~ No Coming Back ~ 6/20
✔︎ 11 • “Seven Days in May.” ~ Shaken ~ 6/20
✔︎ 12 • “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) ~ Sharp Objects ~ 6/21
✔︎ 13 • “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” ~ The Witness ~ 6/23
✔︎ 14 • “Terms & conditions may apply.” ~ You Have Seven Messages - 6/24
✔︎ 15 • “May Day!” ~ Moon Called - 6/25
✔︎ 16 • “Cinco de Mayo.” - Four Days with Hemingway's Ghost - 6/26
✔︎ 17 • “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” ~ Splintered - 6/27
✔︎ 18 • “Let the chips fall where they may.” ~ Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies - 6/28
✔︎ 19 • “I may be crazy, but...” ~ Asylum - 6/29
✔︎ 20 • “The merry month of May.” ~ Yes Please - 7/1
✔︎ 21 • “How may I help you?” ~ Evan After - 7/3
✔︎ 22 • “You may well ask!” ~ Can I Taste It? - 7-6
✔︎ 23 • “Be that as it may.” ~ Blood Bound - 7/7
✔︎ 24 • “Things may look good on the surface...” ~ Timebound - 7/8
✔︎ 25 • “Sticks and stones may break my bones.” ~ One King's Way - 7/10
✔︎ 26 • “To whom it may concern.” ~ Uncaged Love, Volume 1 by J.J. Knight - 7/10
✔︎ 27 • “If I may be so bold...” ~ The Time Hunters - 7/15
✔︎ 28 • “May the better man win!” ~ TAPPED: MMA Sports Romance ~ 7/15
✔︎ 29 • “It may account for...” ~ Party of Three - 7/17
✔︎ 30 • “Mayday! Mayday!” ~ Fire & Ice - 7/19
✔︎ 31 • “April showers bring May flowers.” ~ Never Say Never - 7/20
✔︎ 32 • “May-December Relationship.” ~ The Maze of Bones - 7/21
✔︎ 33 • “Maybe, maybe not.” ~ The Huntress - 7/22
✔︎ 34 • “May I take your order?” ~ Fire with Fire (Crash and Burn, Book 3) - 7/23
✔︎ 35 • “Come what may!” ~ Interlude in Death - 7/31
✔︎ 36 • “May I take a message?” ~ The Christmas Lamp - 8/3

(view spoiler)[...Reading options
✔︎ 1 • “May I count on you?” - Read a book with a number in the title ~ 90 Miles to Freedom ~ 5/12
✔︎ 2 • “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book where someone is cursed ~ Once Upon a Time is Now ~ 5/14
✔︎ 3 • “May the force be with you.” - Read a book with stars on the cover...Or is set in outer space ~ Outcast ~ 5/24
✔︎ 4 • “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.) ~ Hacked ~ 5/26
✔︎ 5 • “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Read a book where someone gets bullied ~ Family Jewels ~ 5/26
✔︎ 6 • “Try as I may.” - Read a book that was published any day in May, of any year ~ Curse ~ 5/28
✔︎ 7 • “May he rest in peace.” - Read a book with a graveyard or tombstone on the cover ~ Graveyard Games ~ 6/10
✔︎ 8 • “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.) ~ Outlander ~ 6/12
✔︎ 9 • "Mae West." - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp. ~ 314 ~ 6/18
✔︎ 10 • “May the road rise to meet you...” - Read a book with a road on the cover. Or someone takes a road trip. ~ No Coming Back ~ 6/20
✔︎ 11 • “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. ~ Shaken ~ 6/20
✔︎ 12 • “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.) ~ Sharp Objects ~ 6/21
✔︎ 13 • “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. ~ The Witness - 6/23
✔︎ 14 • “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge. ~ You Have Seven Messages - 6/24
✔︎ 15 • “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair. ~ Moon Called - 6/25
✔︎ 16 • “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title. ~ Four Days with Hemingway's Ghost - 6/26
✔︎ 17 • “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. ~ Splintered - 6/27
✔︎ 18 • “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”]. ~ Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies - 6/28
✔︎ 19 • “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled. ~ Asylum ~ 6/29
✔︎ 20 • “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous. ~ Yes Please - 7/1
✔︎ 21 • “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out. ~ Evan After - 7/3
✔︎ 22 • “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title. ~ Can I Taste It? - 7/6
✔︎ 23 • “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”. ~ Blood Bound - 7/7
✔︎ 24 • “Things may look good on the surface...” - Read a book with an attractive cover. ~ Timebound - 7/8
✔︎ 25 • “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.) ~ One King's Way - 7/10
✔︎ 26 • “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 .) ~ Uncaged Love, Volume 1 by J.J. Knight - 7/10
✔︎ 27 • “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice. ~ The Time Hunters ~ 7/15
✔︎ 28 • “May the better man win!” - Read a book where a competition takes place. ~ TAPPED: MMA Sports Romance ~ 7/15
✔︎ 29 • “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. ~ Party of Three - 7/17
✔︎ 30 • “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. ~ Fire & Ice - 7/19
✔︎ 31 • “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover. ~ Never Say Never - 7/20
✔︎ 32 • “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 Maze of Bones - 7/21
✔︎ 33 • “Maybe, maybe not.” - Read a book that you’ve ✔︎ 34 • “May I take your order?” - Read a book where the protagonist is a waitress, or short-order cook, or takes orders of some kind. ~ Fire with Fire (Crash and Burn, Book 3) (bartender) - 7/23
✔︎ 35 • “Come what may!” - Read a book with a futuristic setting. ~ Interlude in Death - 7/31
✔︎ 36 • “May I take a message?” - Read an inspirational book. ~ The Christmas Lamp - 8/3been pondering for awhile. ~ The Huntress - 7/22

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[Jennifer]

Finished
Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself (May 2016)
Duration: 5/1/2016 - 5/31/2016
Dust Devil = Read 8-12 books


• “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”.
Breaking Nova 5/16

• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title.
Nova and Quinton: No Regrets 5/22/16

• “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.
Saving Quinton 5/20 Quinton is a druggie & dealer, and gets into a couple fights in this book. Also Nova and Tristan save him and get him into rehab.

• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
Jake Undone 5/29/16 Jake helps Nina overcome her fear of tight spaces and heights

• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice.
Wreck Me 5/24/16

• “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”].
This is Falling 5/28/16

• Mae West. - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp.
Delilah: The Making of Red 5/21

• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair.
The Gamble 5/4/16 1st in Series

• “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.)
Tristan: Finding Hope 5/23/16

• “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.)
Thoughtless 5/10/16 Kiera is a waitress at a bar

• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
Beware of Cat: And Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier 5/25/16

• “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge.
Ruin Me 5/25/16 Used in my Uno Team challenge

• “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 and Everything After 5/29/16 Cass has MS.

• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled.
Jake Understood 5/30/16 Ivy has schizophrenia.

[Katherine]

May: Mostly May Idioms
May 1st - 31st
Heavy Gusts = 13-24 books.
19/12+

• “Be that as it may.” - Black Rainbow 10/5/16
• “Come what may!” - The New World 27/5/16
• “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Frostbitten 14/5/16
•“He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Mystery Man 4/5/16 (Male is a ex-military guy, fighter)
• “How may I help you?” - Hard as It Gets 23/5/16
• “If I may be so bold...” - It Must Be Your Love 17/5/16
• “It may account for...” - Forgotten Sins 8/5/16
• Mae West. - Frost Burned 12/5/16
• “May Day!” - The Coffee Girl 30/5/16
• “May-December Relationship.” - Girl on Tour 27/5/16
• “May I be excused?” - Sidebarred 28/5/16
• “May I count on you?” - One Good Earl Deserves a Lover 21/5/16
• “May you live in interesting times...” - The Darkest Hour 29/5/16
• “Mayday! Mayday!” - Riding Wild 26/5/16
• "The merry month of May.” - Kill the Boy Band 12/5/16
• “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Carnal Secrets 15/5/16
• “Things may look good on the surface...” - Big Rock 18/5/16
• “Try as I may.” - The Unlikely Lady 24/5/16
• “You may well ask!” - Gotcha! 19/5/16

[☘KathyD☘]

Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ~
May 1–31, 2016

Level — Gale Force Winds (25–35 books)
Completed — 26!

Categories
“Be that as it may.” ➔ author’s last name begins with “B”
Resist Me, Chelle Bliss – 5/26/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“Cinco de Mayo” ➔ title is made up of five words
It Had to Be You, Susan Elizabeth Phillips – 5/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“Come what may!” ➔ futuristic setting
Ceremony In Death, J.D. Robb – 5/3/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

“Devil-may-care attitude.” ➔ character has a reckless attitude
Tempted, Rebecca Zanetti – 5/7/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” ➔ main character gets in a fight
Sergei, Roxie Rivera – 5/8/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“How may I help you?” ➔ character helps someone out
Naughty in Norway, Christine Edwards – 5/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“It may account for...” ➔ features a true historical event (war between Britain and France)
Untamed, Pamela Clare – 5/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

“I may be crazy, but...” ➔ main character gets “gaslighted”
Owned by Fate, Tessa Bailey – 5/28/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

Mae West ➔ main character is a vamp
Midnight Rising, Lara Adrian – 5/30/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“May the better man win!” ➔ features a competition (rodeo)
Tied Up, Tied Down, Lorelei James – 5/14/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“May Day!” ➔ first in a series
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf, Molly Harper – 5/4/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“May-December Relationship.” ➔ gap in years between protagonists’ ages
At Love’s Command, Samantha Kane – 5/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

“May he rest in peace.” ➔ features a character that dies
Defiant, Pamela Clare – 5/25/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

“May I be excused?” ➔ written in the first person POV
Fool Moon, Jim Butcher – 5/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“May I count on you?” ➔ number in the title
Two Roads, Lili St. Germain – 5/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

“May Pole” (aka May Poll) ➔ featured on a listopia list (Most Expected Romance Books 2012)
Hunted, Rebecca Zanetti – 5/17/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“May the road rise to meet you...” ➔ road on the cover
Seize the Night, Sherrilyn Kenyon – 5/21/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

“May you live in interesting times...” ➔ character is cursed
The Darkest Whisper, Gena Showalter – 5/12/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

“Maybe, maybe not.” ➔ book that you’ve been pondering for awhile
The Gamble, Kristen Ashley – 5/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“The merry month of May.” ➔ humorous book
Mai Tai’d Up, Alice Clayton – 5/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

“Seven Days in May.” ➔ seventh book in a series
One Love, Lili St. Germain – 5/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

“Sticks and stones may break my bones.” ➔ word in the title rhymes with “may” (Tuesday)
Ruby Tuesday, Mari Carr – 5/20/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“Terms & conditions may apply.” ➔ fits another challenge
Nordic Lessons, Christine Edwards – 5/14/16 – ✮✮✮✰✰

“Things may look good on the surface...” ➔ attractive cover
One Night in Vegas, Mari Carr, et al – 5/22/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“Try as I may.” ➔ published in May, of any year
Simon Says: Mine, Cherise Sinclair – 5/15/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

“Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” ➔ character finds herself in a precarious situation
Three Years, Lili St. Germain – 5/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Congrats ladies :)

[Alysa]

Finished!
Message #205

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Alysa wrote: "Finished!
Message #205"

Congrats :)

[Angie ☯]

Completed all 36! (Post # 227)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Angie ☯ wrote: "Completed all 36! (Post # 227)"

Congrats :)

[Ashley M]

Completed 26. Post #222.
Do you need me to read anymore books, or did I make it for the coin in time?
Also, next year, will I be able to use extension gift cards again, or is it a one time deal once you've used your three up?

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Congrats Ashley!
Yes, you've earned your coins.

We give those gift cards every years so you'll have them again. Also, sometimes we give few more with shorter 'life span' during a year.

[Vivi]

Hi! Finished my Challange in August 28, with 22 books read! (see Message #206) :)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Congrats Vivi!

[Ashley M]

I have a question about the gift card images if you can help me. I am having the hardest time getting the gift cards to be the same size as everyone else's, and not have formatting surrounding the images as well. I don't really know who else to ask since there are so many gift cards used here, someone could help me.

My weird looking post is #222. Thank you to anyone who helps me.

[Vivi]

Ashley M wrote: "I have a question about the gift card images if you can help me. I am having the hardest time getting the gift cards to be the same size as everyone else's, and not have formatting surrounding the ..."

I´ll try to help you out: to get the gift card in the right size you should use this link:

"http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/b..." and there click on the IMG URL in your right (where it says SHARE THIS PHOTO) to copy the link to the gift card,
then, use that link to put the image here,
then add width="150" after the link

it should look like this:

[Ashley M]

Vivi wrote: "Ashley M wrote: "I have a question about the gift card images if you can help me. I am having the hardest time getting the gift cards to be the same size as everyone else's, and not have formatting..."

Thanks, but I need more help than that. I wish I could show you what's going on in my post, and I could probably break it up for someone to read what each image looks like in my post.

I need instructions of what to do once I have the image address, and how to format it. If I need to break up how my image is written in my post, I will if anyone asks. Images are proving one of the last things to conquer on Goodreads.

[Vivi]

Ashley M wrote: "Vivi wrote: "Ashley M wrote: "I have a question about the gift card images if you can help me. I am having the hardest time getting the gift cards to be the same size as everyone else's, and not ha..."

Go here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

it shows the exact words to write here so it shows the gift card and in a small size,

[Ashley M]

This is what I got.



Woohoo! Thank you so much for your help! It was a period that needed to be deleted and I got rid of a whole bunch of other stuff.

[Vivi]

Ashley M wrote: "This is what I got.



Woohoo! Thank you so much for your help! It was a period that needed to be deleted and I got rid of a whole bunch of other stuff."

YAY! Your post looks a lot better! I'm Glad that I could help :)

[Katherine]

☀♡☀♡☀♡☀ May: Mostly May Idioms ☀♡☀♡☀♡☀

“April showers bring May flowers.” - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time 6/5/17
“Come what may!” - Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes 6/5/17
“If I may be so bold...” - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon 6/5/17
Mae West. - The Golden Compass 7/5/17
“May Day!” - The New Hunger 5/5/17
“May you live in interesting times...” - The Parent Agency 2/5/17
“Maybe, maybe not.” - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 6/5/17
“The merry month of May.” - Danny the Champion of the World 2/5/17
“Terms & conditions may apply.” - Going Solo 5/5/17
“Things may look good on the surface...” - Mail Order Merry 6/5/17

[Marissa]

Mostly May Idioms
Duration: 05/01/2017 - 05/31/2017
Level: Moderate Winds (5-7 books)
Completed: 8/7 books

✔️Completed✔️

1. "Be that as it may." - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter "B"
Bossypants by Tina Fey (05/08/17)
2. "Cinco de Mayo" - Read a book that has five words or letters in the title.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (05/14/17)
3. Mae West - Read a book with a black & white cover.
Fatal by John Lescroart (05/06/17)
4. May I be excused?" - Read a book that is written in the first person POV
Remembering Us by Stacey Lynn (05/31/17)
5. "May I count on you?" - Read a book with a number in the title
Number 11 by Jonathan Coe (05/20/17)
6. "May I take your order?" - Read a book where the protagonist is a waitress.
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks (05/27/17)
7. "Mayday! Mayday!" -... Or where someone uses a radio.
Dead Space: Liberation by Ian Edginton (05/31/17)
8. "Terms & Conditions May Apply" - Read a book that fits another challenge.
The Art of Horsemanship by Xenophon (05/06/17)

✔️Completed✔️

[Beth]

I'll try!

Easy Breezy = Read 3 to 4 books. *
Moderate Winds = Read 5 to 7 books. *
Dust Devil = Read 8-12 books. *
Heavy Gusts = 13-24 books. *
Gale Force Winds = Read 25-35 books.

I had 25 books, but one was a manga so it doesn't really count. But it fit perfectly so I included it.

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1. “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover. Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 5/24/17
2. “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”. Shadowed Souls, ed. Jim Butcher & Kerrie L. Hughes 5/5/17
3. “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title. Break and Enter, Norah McClintock 5/6/17 (5th in series)
4. “Come what may!” - Read a book with a futuristic setting. The Span of Empire, Eric Flint & David Carrico 5/1/17
5. “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.) The Sea Without a Shore, David Drake 5/3/17 (Daniel)
6. “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. Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George 5/7/17
7. “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out. Raymie Nightingale, Kate DiCamillo 5/10/17
8. “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice. A Long Way Home, Saroo Brierley 5/12/17
9. “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. Thick as Thieves, Megan Whalen Turner 5/17/17
10. “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled. The Door at the Crossroads, Zetta Elliott 5/23/17
11. Mae West. - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp. Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo 5/8/17
12. “May the better man win!” - Read a book where a competition takes place. Black Butler, Vol. 6, Yana Toboso 5/14/17 (Probably technically too short, as it's a manga)
13. “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair. Raven's Shadow, Patricia Briggs 5/6/17
14. “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book. Palimpsest, Catherynne Valente 5/15/17
15. “May the force be with you.” - Read a book with stars on the cover. Or is set in outer space. In Fire Forged, David Weber 5/18/18
16. “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 Stairs, Robert J Bennett 5/16/17
17. “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.) My Life Before Me, Norah McClintock 5/7/17
18. “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’sBest Polish Books.) The Innocent, David Baldacci 6/1/17 (David Baldacci Books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...)
19. “May the road rise to meet you...” - Read a book with a road on the cover. Or someone takes a road trip. An Unseen Attraction, K J Charles 5/19/17
20. “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book where someone is cursed. Or one with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos. MaplecroftMaplecroft, Cherie Priest 5/29/17
21. “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge. Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA, Bridget Heos 5/11/17 (Cybils Finalist Challenge)
22. “Things may look good on the surface...” - Read a book with an attractive cover. Wanted, A Gentleman, K J Charles 5/22/17
23. “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 .) The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas 5/22/17
24. “Try as I may.” - Read a book that was published any day in May, of any year. , Catherynne Valente 5/27/17 (May 2011)
25. “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. Ghost of a Potion, Heather Blake 5/25/17 (stuck in office with killer vet) (basement with bomb)

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[Elaine]

Duration: May 1st - 31st, 2017
Levels:
Easy Breezy = Read 3 to 4 books.
Moderate Winds = Read 5 to 7 books.
Dust Devil = Read 8-12 books.
Heavy Gusts = 13-24 books.
Gale Force Winds = Read 25-35 books.
Rules: Read books from the following categories.
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• “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”. Bossypants 26/5/17
• “Cinco de Mayo.” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 10/5/17
• “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.) Master of Seduction 4/5/17
• “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Read a book where someone gets in a fight. Unmasqued 1/5/17
• “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 someone who deals with numbers. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 9/5/17
• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled. Drink Deep 17/5/17
• “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. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 15/5/17
• “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. Hard Bitten 11/5/17
• “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 with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos. The Handmaid's Tale 26/5/17
• “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. The Greyfriar 22/5/17
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.
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Books

[Becky ♡The Bookworm♡]

NRBC's May 2017 Challenge - May Idioms
Level: Gale Force Winds
Books: 25 to 35
FINISHED; May 31st - 26 books read
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Spessartite Coin Earned: May 29, 2017

❦ Books 1 thru 10 ❦ 8 of 10
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✔︎ 1. “April showers bring May flowers.” - Read a book with flowers on the cover.
----> The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie |★★★★★| May 26
✔︎ 2. “Be that as it may.” How it fits: Title starts with "B"
----> Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie |★★★★| May 1
✔︎ 3. “Cinco de Mayo.” - How it fits: Book is 5th in series.
----> Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep |★★★★★| May 4
❑ 4. “Come what may!” - Read a book with a futuristic setting.
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❑ 5. “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.)
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✔︎ 6. “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. MC survives WW II & the German Occupation of France
----> All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr |★★★★★| May 17
✔︎ 7. “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
----> Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley |★★| May 8
✔︎ 8. “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice.
----> No Man's Land by David Baldacci |★★★★★| May 23
✔︎ 9. “It may account for...” - Read a book that is an account based on a true historical event.
----> The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks |★★★★| May 10
✔︎ 10. “I may be crazy, but...” -10. “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets spooked, or rattled. Heroine is afraid of horses & works on a horse farm
----> To Whisper Her Name by Tamera Alexander |★★★★| May 31
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❦ Books 11 thru 20 ❦ 7 of 10
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❑ 11. “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”].
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✔︎ 12. Mae West. - Read a book with a black & white cover.
----> A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab |★★★★★| May 21
✔︎ 13. May the better man win!” - Read a book where a competition takes place.
----> A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab |★★★★★| May 12
✔︎ 14. “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series.
----> Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas |★★★★| May 9
✔︎ 15. “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book.
----> Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs |★★★★★| May 5
❑ 16. “May the force be with you.” - Read a book with stars on the cover. Or is set in outer space.
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✔︎ 17. “May he rest in peace.” - Read a book with ghosts.
----> Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones |★★★| May 20
✔︎ 18. “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.)
----> The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters |★★★★| May 29
❑ 19. “May I count on you?” - Read a book with a number in the title. (Examples found on listopia’s Nothing But Numbers.)
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✔︎ 20. “May I take a message?” - Read an inspirational book.
----> Tidewater Inn by Colleen Coble |★★★★| May 28
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✔︎ 21. “May I take your order?” - Read a book where the protagonist takes orders of some kind. How it fits: MC takes orders from her stepmother, inc. cooking. (a servant)
----> An Offer From A Gentleman by Julia Quinn |★★★★| May 24
❑ 22. “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.)
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✔︎ 23. “May the road rise to meet you...” - Read a book with a road on the cover. Or someone takes a road trip. How it fits: Road on cover & MC takes a road trip
----> The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harmon |★★★★| May 22
✔︎ 24. “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos.
----> No Man's Land by David Baldacci |★★★★★| May 23
✔︎ 25. “Maybe, maybe not.” - Read a book that you’ve been pondering for awhile.
----> Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter |★★★★★| May 27
❑ 26. “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.
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❑ 27. “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
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✔︎ 28. “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” - Read a book with a mirror on the cover.
----> Close To Home by Suzanne Ferrell |★★★★| May 4
✔︎ 29. “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.
----> An Artificial Night (October Daye #3) by Seanan McGuire |★★★★★| May 14
❑ 30. “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.)
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✔︎ 31. “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge.
----> Dragon Spawn by Eileen Wilks |★★★½| May 20
✔︎ 32. “Things may look good on the surface...” - Read a book with an attractive cover.
----> Moonglow by Kristen Callihan |★★★½| May 16
❑ 33. “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 .)
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✔︎ 34. “Try as I may.” - Read a book that was published any day in May, of any year.
----> A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas |★★★★★| May 19
✔︎ 35. “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Read a book where someone finds themselves in a precarious situation.
----> Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas |★★★★★| May 13
✔︎ 36. “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark in the title.
----> Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella |★★★★| May 6
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[Barbara ★]

I'm in for 2017.

READ: 13/14

✔1. “April showers bring May flowers.”
Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover.
A Rose from the Dead - Kate Collins 5/17


✔2. “Be that as it may.”
Read a book that has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”.
Silence Fallen - Patricia Briggs 5/1


✔3. “Cinco de Mayo.”
Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title.
Night Unbound - Dianne Duvall 5/20


✔4. “Devil-may-care attitude.”
Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude.
(i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.)
Shadow's Seduction - Kresley Cole 5/18


✔5. “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.”
where the protagonist is a professional fighter or gets in a fight
Cold Vengeance - Douglas Preston 5/22


✔6. “If I may be so bold...”
Reader’s Choice.
Dirty Magic - Jaye Wells 5/23


✔7. “I may be crazy, but...”
Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled.
White Heat - Jill Shalvis 5/2


✔8. Mae West.
Read a book with a black & white cover
Seduced by the Storm - Sydney Croft 5/9


✔9. “May Day!”
Read a book that is first in a series.
Flora Segunda - Ysabeau S. Wilce 5/8


✔10. “May he rest in peace.”
Read a book with ghosts.
The Shadowy Horses - Susanna Kearsley 5/11


✔11. “May I count on you?”
Read a book with a number in the title
15th Affair - James Patterson 5/12


✔12. “Maybe, maybe not.”
Read a book that you’ve been pondering for awhile.
The Quiet Game - Greg Iles 5/20


13. “Mayday! Mayday!”
Read a book where the protagonist works as some type of emergency personnel: fireman.
Blue Flame - Jill Shalvis


✔14. “Things may look good on the surface...”
Read a book with an attractive cover.
The Wild Irish Sea - Loucinda McGary 5/29

[Deanna]

Challenge: Mostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself ~
Duration: May 1st - 31st, 2017.

Levels:
Easy Breezy = Read 3 to 4 books.
Moderate Winds = Read 5 to 7 books.
Dust Devil = Read 8-12 books.
Heavy Gusts = 13-24 books.
Gale Force Winds = Read 25-35 books.

Goal: 25 books - 25 of 25 complete

“May day!"
Dark Planet Warriors by Carven (5/2)
"Devil-may-care attitude."
Dark Planet Falling by Carven (5/3)
"Come what may!"
Into the Light by Carven (5/3)
"May the force be with you."
Out of Darkness by Carven (5/5)
"Cinco de Mayo."
Forged in Shadow by Carven (5/6)
"He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day."
The Amulet of Samarkand by Stroud (5/7)
"Seven Days in May"
Electric Heart by Carven(5/9)
"May he rest in peace."
The Housewife Assassin's Handbook by Brown(5/12)
"How may I help you?"
Odd and the Frost Giants by Gaiman(5/13)
"Be that as it may."
B Is for Burglar by Grafton(5/15)
"May I be excused?"
Bloody Jack by Meyer(5/15)
May you live in interesting times..."
The Light Fantastic by Pratchett(5/19)
"The merry month of May"
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Braun(5/19)
I may be crazy, but...
The Man in the High Castle by Dick (5/20)
Warning:May be hazardous to you health.
Hounded by Hearne (5/21)
To whom it may concern.
C Is for Corpse by Grafton (5/23)
Try as I may.
The Dark Prophecy by Riordan (5/24)
"Maybe, matbe not."
Irresistible by Alter
"May I count on you?"
Two for the Dough by Evanovich (5/26)
"May the better man win!"
Norse Mythology by Gaiman (5/27)
"May the road rise to meet you..."
Green Rider by Britain (5/29)
"Things may look good on the surface..."
The Complete Guide to Fasting by Fung (5/29)
If I may be so bold"
Switching Hour by Peterman (5/30)
"May Pole"
Strange the Dreamer by Taylor (5/31)
Terms and conditions may apply."
Darkside Blues by Carven (5/31)