June 2016 Challenge: “Much About Meryl”

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

All 19 of Meryl Streep’s Oscar-Nominated Performances in One Grid

It's Meryl Streep's birthday this month, so we're celebrating!

RULES: For our category inspirations, we're going to look to those films that got her those wins and nominations. Choose from the list below, selecting items from a category more than once, if you desire. Also, as usual, there is the Spell-It-Out Option. Or you may do a bit of both!

DURATION:   June 1st - 30th, 2016

LEVELS:  

1-2 - Easy
3-5 - Medium
6-9 - Harder
10 or more - Hardest

Categories: You may read a book that contains:

- ANY of the words in the film's title, also found in your book's title
- series number that corresponds to the win/nomination number (i.e. fifth nomination {Silkwood}, & book is 5th in a series)
- was published in that year
- character name (first or last) is the same as the role Meryl Streep played
- age of the heroine is the same as the Academy Award (i.e. 28th AA, read a book with a 28-year-old heroine; she does NOT have to remain this age throughout the book)

Academy Awards - Nominations & Wins
51st Academy Awards (1979): The Deer Hunter (Best Supporting Actress)
52nd Academy Awards (1980): Kramer vs. Kramer (Best Supporting Actress) - Won!
54th Academy Awards (1982): The French Lieutenant's Woman
55th Academy Awards (1983): Sophie's Choice - Won!
56th Academy Awards (1984): Silkwood
58th Academy Awards (1986): Out of Africa
60th Academy Awards (1988): Ironweed
61st Academy Awards (1989): A Cry in the Dark
63rd Academy Awards (1991): Postcards from the Edge
68th Academy Awards (1996): The Bridges of Madison County
71st Academy Awards (1999): One True Thing
72nd Academy Awards (2000): Music of the Heart
75th Academy Awards (2003): Adaptation (Best Supporting Actress)
79th Academy Awards (2007): The Devil Wears Prada
81st Academy Awards (2009): Doubt
82nd Academy Awards (2010): Julie & Julia
84th Academy Awards (2012): The Iron Lady - Won!
86th Academy Awards (2014): August: Osage County
87th Academy Awards (2015): Into the Woods (Best Supporting Actress)

Spell-It-Out Option: Select a word that speaks to you of Meryl or of June, and Spell-It-Out. Read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letters of the word you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.).

Example of Spell-It-Out: - Our example uses books coming out in July, but you may use any books published at any time.

0/5

M. - Manor House #7 - Grace Sees Red, by Julie Hyzy
E. - *B-Day Replacement Sweet Little Lies, by Jill Shalvis
R - Riverbend Road, by RaeAnne Thayne
Y. - Your Name In Lights, by Miranda MacLeod
L. - Lucas Hunter; character in Allegiance of Honor, by Nalini Singh

*“Wild Card” Birthday replacement from ShoSho's shelf.

Check out Add a Book & Bookcover Link, if you need to know how.

“Wild Card” Birthdays in June:   Don’t forget: you may replace any book with one from one of these birthday babes’ shelves. (See above example.)

Elishia
Jenny - set to private.
June
Lindy
Midu
ShoSho
Donna

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

Reserved.

[.•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•]

I'll give this one a try. Not sure if I'm just doing the categories or combined with spell-it-out.

Much About Meryl

DURATION: June 1st - 30th, 2016

Completed 13/13

✔ 1 - A Cry in the Dark - 8th book in the series - White Tiger by Jennifer Ashley - 03/06/2016
✔ 2 - Kramer vs. Kramer - 2nd book in the series - Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts - 01/06/2016
✔ 3 - Julie & Julia - published 2010 - Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts - 02/06/2016
✔ 4 - Sophie's Choice - 4th book in series - Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts - 02/06/2016
✔ 5 - The French Lieutenant's Woman - 3rd book in series - Blood Lust by Alexandra Ivy - 05/06/2016
✔ 6 - Sophie's Choice - 4th book in series - Torn by Cynthia Eden - 07/06/2016
✔ 7 - The Iron Lady - 2012 - Storm Bound by Alice Gaines - 05/06/2016
✔ 8 - The Deer Hunter - 1st book in series - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews - 09/06/2016
✔ 9 - Out of Africa - 6th book in series - Dark Fire by Christine Feehan - 10/06/2016
✔ 10 - Ironweed - 7th book in series - After Twilight by Christine Feehan - 10/06/2016
✔ 11 - A Cry in the Dark - 8th book in series - Dark Legend by Christine Feehan - 11/06/2016
✔ 12 - Postcards from the Edge - 9th book in series - Dark Guardian by Christine Feehan - 11/06/2016
✔ 13 - Adaptation - 2003 - Dark Symphony by Christine Feehan - 15/06/2016






Categories: You may read a book that contains:
- ANY of the words in the film's title, also found in your book's title
- series number that corresponds to the win/nomination number (i.e. fifth nomination {Silkwood}, & book is 5th in a series)
- was published in that year
- character name (first or last) is the same as the role Meryl Streep played
- age of the heroine is the same as the Academy Award (i.e. 28th AA, read a book with a 28-year-old heroine; she does NOT have to remain this age throughout the book)

Academy Awards - Nominations & Wins
1 - 51st Academy Awards (1979): The Deer Hunter (Best Supporting Actress)
2 - 52nd Academy Awards (1980): Kramer vs. Kramer (Best Supporting Actress) - Won!
3 - 54th Academy Awards (1982): The French Lieutenant's Woman
4 - 55th Academy Awards (1983): Sophie's Choice - Won!
5 - 56th Academy Awards (1984): Silkwood
6 - 58th Academy Awards (1986): Out of Africa
7 - 60th Academy Awards (1988): Ironweed
8 - 61st Academy Awards (1989): A Cry in the Dark
9 - 63rd Academy Awards (1991): Postcards from the Edge
10 - 68th Academy Awards (1996): The Bridges of Madison County
11 - 71st Academy Awards (1999): One True Thing
12 - 72nd Academy Awards (2000): Music of the Heart
13 - 75th Academy Awards (2003): Adaptation (Best Supporting Actress)
14 - 79th Academy Awards (2007): The Devil Wears Prada
15 - 81st Academy Awards (2009): Doubt
16 - 82nd Academy Awards (2010): Julie & Julia
17 - 84th Academy Awards (2012): The Iron Lady - Won!
18 - 86th Academy Awards (2014): August: Osage County
19 - 87th Academy Awards (2015): Into the Woods (Best Supporting Actress)

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

Welcome, ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿!

[Lara]

I'll give this one a try. The Kate challenge this month has been hard!

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

Welcome, Lara! Good luck!

[Anita]

How about just reading a book one of the movies was based on?

[ShoSho , Moderator]

Anita wrote: "How about just reading a book one of the movies was based on?"

Yes that would work too.

[Silvia]

I'm in for 6!
I celebrated Mother's Day last month with Mom, so this month is a shout out to Father.

These titles are tentative selections but most likely won't change, lol!

F - The Five Stages of Falling in Love June 4th 5*
A - After I Do June 10th 5*
T - Thoughtful June 13th 4*
H - Harder June 27th 5*
E - Easy Virtue June 21st 5 *
R - Running Barefoot June 17th 5*

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Hmmm... Now looks interesting, Silvia.

Oh, and welcome to the challenge.

[Silvia]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Hmmm... Now looks interesting, Silvia.

Oh, and welcome to the challenge."

Thx Lisa Kay! The blurb caught my eye....looks like a tear jerker!! My kind of book!

[Meka♥books]

@Silvia
All of your books looks interesting. Amy Harmon is one of my favorita authors BTW.

[Silvia]

Meka♥books wrote: "@Silvia
All of your books looks interesting. Amy Harmon is one of my favorita authors BTW."

Meka - I love Amy Harmon! I finished Making Faces last month, loved it. One of my faves is The Law of Moses. I cried for days...

[Meka♥books]

Silvia wrote: "Meka♥books wrote: "@Silvia
All of your books looks interesting. Amy Harmon is one of my favorita authors BTW."

Meka - I love Amy Harmon! I finished Making Faces last month, loved i..."

I love both of those Silvia. I just recently finished reading The Bird and the Sword and had a headache from crying. This book is more poetic but like all AH books gets you in the feels.

[Silvia]

Meka♥books wrote: "Silvia wrote: "Meka♥books wrote: "@Silvia
All of your books looks interesting. Amy Harmon is one of my favorita authors BTW."

Meka - I love Amy Harmon! I finished Making Faces last..."

Oooh, I'll have to get that one!! ; )

[Meka♥books]

Silvia wrote: "Meka♥books wrote: "Silvia wrote: "Meka♥books wrote: "@Silvia
All of your books looks interesting. Amy Harmon is one of my favorita authors BTW."

Meka - I love Amy Harmon! I finished [book:Making F..."

It's lendable too so I can loan it to you as well- just PM if you want to go that route :-)

[Silvia]

Thx Meka! I'll let you know!! ; )

[Meka♥books]

Silvia wrote: "Thx Meka! I'll let you know!! ; )"

OK.

[Lara]

Okay, I've spent a bit of time looking at what I've read this month, and can make most of it fit so far. I wish I could get titles or names, though.

Level: Harder or Hardest

Academy Awards - Nominations & Wins
1 - 51st (1979): The Deer Hunter; Linda Harmony Black 6/3
2 - 52nd (1980): Kramer vs. Kramer - Won as Joanna Kramer! Six Months 6/4
3 - 54th (1982): The French Lieutenant's Woman; Sarah/Anna
4 - 55th (1983): Sophie's Choice - Won as Sophie Zawistowski!
5 - 56th (1984): Silkwood; Karen Silkwood
6 - 58th (1986): Out of Africa; Karen Blixen
7 - 60th (1988): Ironweed; Helen Archer
8 - 61st (1989): A Cry in the Dark; Lindy Chamberlain Mackenzie's Mountain 6/4
9 - 63rd (1991): Postcards from the Edge; Suzanne Vale Lost in Barbarian Space 6/9
10 - 68th (1996): The Bridges of Madison County; Francesca Johnson
11 - 71st (1999): One True Thing; Kate Gulden
12 - 72nd (2000): Music of the Heart; Roberta Guaspari The Heart of Matter 6/25
13 - 75th (2003): Adaptation; Susan Orlean Calling on Dragons 6/10; Into the Black 6/17
14 - 79th (2007): The Devil Wears Prada; Miranda Priestly
15 - 81st (2009): Doubt; Sister Aloysius Beauvier
16 - 82nd (2010): Julie & Julia; Julia Child
17 - 84th (2012): The Iron Lady - Won as Margaret Thatcher! The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids
18 - 86th (2014): August: Osage County; Violet Weston Blade Singer 6/3
19 - 87th (2015): Into the Woods; The Witch Gateway to Fourline 6/12

READ: 10

[Mee]

I'm in, I just have no clue what to read as of yet. Challenges like this one confuse me, so I will probably just go with the Spell-It-Out Option.

Mee

[.•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•]

Are we allowed to use the same movie more than once with different books?

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

.•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*• wrote: "Are we allowed to use the same movie more than once with different books?"

Sure.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Looking good, Lara!

Welcome, Mee and ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿! (?)

[.•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•]

Lots of series books, but I tried to get a couple year in as well.

Much About Meryl

DURATION: June 1st - 30th, 2016

Completed 13/13

✔ 1 - A Cry in the Dark - 8th book in the series - White Tiger by Jennifer Ashley - 03/06/2016
✔ 2 - Kramer vs. Kramer - 2nd book in the series - Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts - 01/06/2016
✔ 3 - Julie & Julia - published 2010 - Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts - 02/06/2016
✔ 4 - Sophie's Choice - 4th book in series - Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts - 02/06/2016
✔ 5 - The French Lieutenant's Woman - 3rd book in series - Blood Lust by Alexandra Ivy - 05/06/2016
✔ 6 - Sophie's Choice - 4th book in series - Torn by Cynthia Eden - 07/06/2016
✔ 7 - The Iron Lady - 2012 - Storm Bound by Alice Gaines - 05/06/2016
✔ 8 - The Deer Hunter - 1st book in series - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews - 09/06/2016
✔ 9 - Out of Africa - 6th book in series - Dark Fire by Christine Feehan - 10/06/2016
✔ 10 - Ironweed - 7th book in series - After Twilight by Christine Feehan - 10/06/2016
✔ 11 - A Cry in the Dark - 8th book in series - Dark Legend by Christine Feehan - 11/06/2016
✔ 12 - Postcards from the Edge - 9th book in series - Dark Guardian by Christine Feehan - 11/06/2016
✔ 13 - Adaptation - 2003 - Dark Symphony by Christine Feehan - 15/06/2016

[Lara]

Yea Christine!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Woohoo! Congrats, ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿!

[Silvia]

Woohoo Christine!

[Silvia]

Finished!
I'm in for 6!

F - The Five Stages of Falling in Love June 4th 5*
A - After I Do June 10th 5*
T - Thoughtful June 13th 4*
H - Harder June 27th 5*
E - Easy Virtue June 21st 5 *
R - Running Barefoot June 17th 5*

[Lara]

Yea Silvia!

[Lara]

I'm done!

Level: Harder or Hardest

Academy Awards - Nominations & Wins
1 - 51st (1979): The Deer Hunter; Linda Harmony Black 6/3
2 - 52nd (1980): Kramer vs. Kramer - Won as Joanna Kramer! Six Months 6/4
8 - 61st (1989): A Cry in the Dark; Lindy Chamberlain Mackenzie's Mountain 6/4
9 - 63rd (1991): Postcards from the Edge; Suzanne Vale Lost in Barbarian Space 6/9
12 - 72nd (2000): Music of the Heart; Roberta Guaspari The Heart of Matter 6/25
13 - 75th (2003): Adaptation; Susan Orlean Calling on Dragons 6/10; Into the Black 6/17
17 - 84th (2012): The Iron Lady - Won as Margaret Thatcher! The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids
18 - 86th (2014): August: Osage County; Violet Weston Blade Singer 6/3
19 - 87th (2015): Into the Woods; The Witch Gateway to Fourline 6/12

READ: 10

[ShoSho , Moderator]

Congrats, Lara!

[Silvia]

Woohoo Lara!! Congrats!! ; )

[Lara]

Thanks!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Woohoo! Congrats, Silvia & Lara!

[Lara]

Thanks LK!

[Silvia]

Thx Lisa Kay! ; )