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**Summer Challenge - 1/12/16 - 28/2/17**
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This is to make it easier to find your challenge. Below you will find your name listed alphabetically. Just click on your name and it will take you straight to your post!
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Thanks for catching me online, Brenda lol :D
I'm in - and going for HARDHere is my list - subject to change:
Part A
1. Yellow Cover –
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder2. Orange Cover -
Tell a Thousand Lies by Rasana Atreya3. Red Cover -
North Pole High: A Rebel Without a Claus by Candace Jane Kringle4. Green Cover -
Spiral of Need by Suzanne Wright5. Blue Cover -
Christmas at Copper Mountain by Jane Porter6. Purple Cover –
Accidental Leigh by Melanie JamesPart B
7. Title has word summer –
Summer Beach Vets: Playing Santa by H.Y. Hanna8. Read a novel with a Christmas Setting –
Cold Feet at Christmas by Debbie Johnson9. Read a book published in 2016 -
The Cauldron's Gift by Marina Finlayson10. Book with Snow Scene on cover -
Stranded: A Winter Romance Duet by Samantha Chase11. Read a book where MC is on holiday -
I Heart New York by Lindsey Kelk12. Book of your choice -
Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber
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No worries Tien ;) I try to accommodate - lol!
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12/12
A - Read a Rainbow
#1. Yellow -
by Jim Cliff#2. Orange -
by Jack Higgins#3. Red -
by Harlan Coben#4. Green -
by Tricia Stringer#5. Blue -
by Iain Reading#6. Purple -
by Sarah Barrie
B
#7. Title (Sun/Summer/Heat/Hot) -
#8. 25th Dec (Xmas setting) -
#9. New Years Eve (pub. 2016) -
#10. Cover (Snow or Beach scene) -
#11. Holiday (MC on holidays) -
#12. Reader's Choice -
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PART A
1,Yellow:
2.Orange:
3.Red:
4.Green:
5.Blue:
6.Purple:
PART B
7. Title:
8. Christmas setting:
9. Published 2016:
10. Snow on cover:
11.
12. Readers Choice.
I'm in for sure!! I'm taking the EASY rainbow challenge :)#1. Yellow:
#2. Orange:
#3. Red:
#4. Green: Where I Found You
#5. Blue:
#6. Purple: All That is Lost Between Us (AA)
Okay I am in and going for colours of the rainbowYellow, Pop Goes the Weasel James Patterson (my paperback copy is yellow)
Read. 4 StarsRed, The Casual Vacancy 1st Hardcover J.K Rowling
Read 4 starsOrange, Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James (Read and enjoyed. 4 stars)( Hardback copy orange)
Green, The First Man in RomeColleen McCullough ( green cover copy )also Aussie author
Read 4 starsBlue, CloudstreetTim Winton (sky blue cover) also Aussie author
Read 4 starsPurple, The Omega Scroll Adrian d'Hage also Aussie author
Read 4 starsall on my TBR list, yay.
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HARD: COMPLETED as at 18/02Part A: Read a Rainbow
#1. Yellow: Zigzag Street by Nick Earls* -Read 12/12
#2. Orange: Red Dust by Fleur McDonald* -Read 5/12
#3. Red: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky -Read 16/12
#4. Green: Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid #1) by Alafair Burke -Read 31/
#5. Blue: Last Orders at Harrods (Kuwisha Trilogy #1) by Michael Holman -Read 05/01
#6. Purple: Missing Justice (Samantha Kincaid #2) by Alafair Burke -Read 18/02
Part B:
#7. Title: The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York by Matthew Goodman -Read 15/01
#8. 25th December: Heartwarming Duo/Secret Santa/Homespun Christmas by Cynthia Reese / Aimee Thurlo -Read 26/12
#9. New Years Eve: The Map of Bones (The Fire Sermon #2) by Francesca Haig* -Read 28/01
#10. Cover: On, Off (Carmine Delmonico #1) by Colleen McCullough* -Read 14/02
#11. Holiday: Death by Water (Phryne Fisher #15) by Kerry Greenwood* -Read 08/12
#12. Reader's Choice: Café Scheherazade by Arnold Zable* -Read 06/12
*Aussie Authors
Yay Love the Summer Challenge - Going to Rainbow it up!✔ PART A: Easy - 6/6
✔ 1. Yellow
✔ 2. Orange
✔ 3. Red
✔ 4. Green:
✔ 5. Blue
✔ 6. Purple
PART B: Hard - 3/6
7. Title - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
✔ 8. 25th December:
✔ 9. New Years Eve:
10. Cover - The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan (AU)
✔ 11. Holiday
✔ 12. Reader's Choice
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Yellow, Pop Goes the Weasel James Patterson (my paperback copy is yellow)
Red, The Casual Vacancy 1st Hardcover J.K Ro..."
Connie can you please link your cover pics for this one? We'd all love to see the rainbow colours :)
Yes, I'm delighted to participate. But I'm only going for the EASY level, given the busy-ness of the season. My list, which, of course, may be modified, is based on the colours of the rainbow:1. Yellow: Dust by Hugh Howey
2. Orange: Here Come The Dogs by Omar Musa (AA)
3. Red: Zero Day by David Baldacci
4. Green: The Soldier's Curse by Meg Keneally (AA)
5. Blue: The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
6. Purple: Silver in the Sun by Anthony David Parsons (AA)
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I am aiming for Hard on this Challenge 12/12 Books Completed
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Count me in...I am going to do the Hard level..Part A
1. Yellow
2. Orange
3. Red
4. Green
5. Blue
6. Purple
Part B
7. Title has a summer themed word in it
8. Christmas Book Cowboy, It's Cold Outside by Katherine Garbera
9. NYE - Published in 2016
10. Cover has either a Beach or Snow scene
11. Holiday - Main Character is on Holidays
12. Reader's Choice
I will try for the Hard levelA
B
Brenda wrote: "Connie wrote: "Okay I am in and going for colours of the rainbowYellow, Pop Goes the Weasel James Patterson (my paperback copy is yellow)
Red, [book:The Casual Vacancy 1st Hardcover|3..."
I don't know what happened to my reply Brenda but here goes take 2. I don't know how to link the covers and some of the covers are different to the copies I have here at home
Count me in. Will start with just easy level and figure out some book options later :)
Brenda wrote: "Nice list Mary and great match of colours too! I'm tempted to change my #4 to the same as yours as I haven't read it yet, and it's here looking at me!"Pure luck Brenda, that I could assemble 6 books from my owned shelves to make up such a pretty set of colours. I'm looking forward to starting The Soldier's Curse, as, like you, it has been staring at me for a while now...
Connie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Connie wrote: "Okay I am in and going for colours of the rainbowYellow, Pop Goes the Weasel James Patterson (my paperback copy is yellow)
Red, [book:The Casual Vacancy ..."
Yay I worked it out and even found the right covers
HARD Challenge (of course :-)
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Hi Brenda,I'm going to give it a shot and am going to try easy as follows:-
Yellow Eyrie Tim Winton (Aussie)
Orange What Alice Forgot Liane Moriarty (Aussie)
Red Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami
Green May We Be Forgiven A.M. Homes
Blue The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson
Purpleish Archipelago of Souls Gregory Day (Aussie)
Phrynne wrote: "Well done Connie!"Thanks Phrynne, I felt so useless not being able to do it but now I feel superhuman.............well nearly. So I will finally be reading Death comes to Pemberely that you gave me, so looking forward to it
I feel like this is the perfect challenge for me to tackle the Outlander series. Will have to check how the colours match up!
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Thanks Phrynne, I felt so useless not being able to do it but now I feel superhuman.............well nearly. So I will finally be reading Death comes to Pemberel..."
I hope you like it more than I did:)
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I'm going to give it a shot and am going to try easy as follows:-
Yellow Eyrie Tim Winton (Aussie)
Orange What Alice Forgot Liane Moriarty (Aussie)
Red [..."
Can you link your covers please Angela so we can see their colours:)
Easy: #7.
#8.
#9.
#10.
(The edition I have has a pic of a beach, but I can't find it on Goodreads yet.)#11.
(I *think* from the blurb they initially go on a holiday...)#12.
Count me in. Just working on my list and wondering if Fearless by Fiona Higgins would count as main character being on holidays.
I'm in and I'm going for the easy level with Part A:2. Orange - City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
4. Green - Kiss of Deception by Mary. E Pearson
5. Blue - Darkness Be my Friend by John Marsden (Aussie Author)
6. Purple - Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
I'm in and going for HARD - just marking my place while I scan my TBR list:PART A - Rainbow
1. Yellow:
2. Orange:
3. Red:
4. Green:
5. Blue:
6. Purple:
PART B - Christmas
7. Title:
8. Christmas setting:
9. Published 2016:
10. Beach on cover:
11. MC on holiday.
12. Readers Choice.
Phrynne wrote: "Connie wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Well done Connie!"Thanks Phrynne, I felt so useless not being able to do it but now I feel superhuman.............well nearly. So I will finally be reading Death co..."
I still remember that conversation Phrynne ha ha,will let you know if I like it or not
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Pure luck Brenda, that I coul..."
Soon...
I'll join in this one :)Part A:
Read a Rainbow - It's the colour on the cover that counts! (Minimum 50% colour coverage essential!)
#1. Yellow
#2. Orange
#3. Red
#4. Green
#5. Blue
#6. Purple
Part B:
#7. Title: Read a book that has any of these summer themed words in the title; 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot'.
#8. 25th December: Read a novel with a Christmas setting.
#9. New Years Eve: What better way to say goodbye to 2016 than by reading a book that was published this year!
#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover Codename Lazarus: The Spy Who Came Back From The Dead by A.P. Martin
#11. Holiday - Read a book where the MC (main character) is on holidays
#12. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice
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Yellow, Pop Goes the Weasel James Patterson (my paperback copy is yellow)
Red, [book:The ..."
Well done! It's amazing how all this "complicated stuff" helps us improve our technological selves ;)
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1. Yellow
2. Orange
3. Red
4. Green
5. Blue [bookcover:Frost Like ..."
Looks perfectly snowy to me Steve :)
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Definitely Odette! Even though it's a retreat it's still a holiday :) Enjoy!
Please add me. Will return shortly with my selections.
I am going for the 'hard' level:1. Yellow:
2. Orange:
3. Red:
4. Green;
5. Blue:
6. Purple:
7. Title: Read a book that has 'Sun' in the title:
8. 25th December: Read a novel with a Christmas setting:
9. New Years Eve: Book published this year:
10. Cover - Read a book with a snow scene on the cover:
11. Holiday - Read a book where main character is on holidays:
12. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice:
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Will start with easy level...Yellow: ✔
Orange: ✔
Red: ✔
Green; ✔
Blue: ✔
Purple: ✔
OK since I finished spring I will try summer. HARD Let me go through my TBR over the next few days#1. Yellow
AA DONE#2. Orange
DONE#3. Red
DONE#4. Green
DONE#5. Blue
DONE#6. Purple
DONEPart B:
#7. Title: Read a book that has any of these summer themed words in the title; 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot'.
AA DONE#8. 25th December: Read a novel with a Christmas setting.
DONE#9. New Years Eve: (pub 2016)
AA DONE#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover Asta in the Wings (snow scene) DONE
#11. Holiday - Read a book where the MC (main character) is on holidays:
DONE#12. Reader's Choice:
DONE
Count me in, I will go for easy part B7. Summer at Willow Lake
8. Christmas Under a Cranberry Sky
9. The Wonder
10. A Winter Affair: A wonderful festive treat
11. The Promise of Provence
12. The Wildwood Sisters
I'm in, and I'll go for hard, because it's summer and I always read heaps anyway :)12/12 read
Part A:
1. Yellow:
2. Orange:
3. Red:
4. Green:
5. Blue:
6. Purple:
Part B:
7. Title:
8. 25th December:
9. New Years Eve:
10. Cover - beach scene:
11. Holiday:
12. Reader's Choice:
I'm in, and will go for Easy - Part B#7. Title: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson 3.5★
#8. 25th December: Hester and Harriet by Hilary Spiers 2.5★
#9. New Years Eve: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (AA) 4★
#10. Cover: (snow scene) The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths 3★
#11. Holiday: Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa 4★
#12. Reader's Choice: Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett (AA) 3★
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This seasonal challenge is set in two parts - A and B
Read either A or B for your EASY challenge
Read A and B for your HARD challenge
Rules:
#1. State your challenge level then list (and LINK) all the books you plan to read for the challenge. Make sure to put the cover pic up when using the "colour" categories
#2. Upon completion of a book, rate it and update your progress.
#3. Don't forget our minimum of 125 pages - full guidelines HERE
#4. At least TWO Aussie authors are required - but challenge yourself to read as many as you can :)
Categories:
Part A:
Read a Rainbow - It's the colour on the cover that counts! (Minimum 50% colour coverage essential!)
#1. Yellow
#2. Orange
#3. Red
#4. Green
#5. Blue
#6. Purple
Part B:
#7. Title: Read a book that has any of these summer themed words in the title; 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot'.
#8. 25th December: Read a novel with a Christmas setting.
#9. New Years Eve: What better way to say goodbye to 2016 than by reading a book that was published this year!
#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover
#11. Holiday - Read a book where the MC (main character) is on holidays
#12. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice
Relax by the pool with a glass of your favourite beverage and read the heat away!