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June Bug: Read 12/9+ DONE1. An Invitation to a Wedding:
2.Let's Flip a Coin!:
3. Repeat Repeat Day:
4. Old Maid's Day:
5. Best Friend Day:
6. Blame Someone Else Day:
7. Friday the 13th: (really freaky villain or character)
8. Your Love is Better than Ice Cream!:
9. Daddy Love!:
10. National Splurge Day:
11.Talk Back to that Book!: (awful awful book)
12.Forgiveness Day
I'm new to the group and would love to join this challenge! I'll start slow and add to the levels as I find the books that fit the categories. Is that okay?
I' m in for the June Joy level!Read 12/9+ (level: June Joy)
1.An Invitation to a Wedding: (a wedding in the storyline) Plan B, 6/14/2014, ★★★
2.Let's Flip a Coin!: How to Run with a Naked Werewolf, 6/9/2014, ★★★★
3.Repeat Repeat Day: Read the same author two books in a row this month The Prince, 6/12/2014, ★★1/2
4. Old Maid's Day: (Noelle is the only one who isn't in a serious relationship amongst her friends) Christmas on 4th Street, 6/19/2014, ★★★★
5.Best Friend Day: (strong friendship with another character that survives the test of time) Armed & Dangerous, 6/10/2014, ★★★1/2
6.Blame Someone Else Day: Striking Distance, 6/7/2014, ★★★
7.Friday the 13th: (psycho character) Trusted Bond, 6/6/2014, ★★★
8.Your Love is Better than Ice Cream!: The Witness, 6/15/2014, ★★★★
9. Daddy Love!: Sea Swept, 6/17/2014, ★★1/2
10.National Splurge Day:(newly bought book) The King, 6/26/2014, ★★★★
11.Talk Back to that Book!:(a book that makes you talk back to it or yell at it) The Selection, 6/11/2014, ★★★
12. Sun Glasses Day: (someone wears sunglasses in book) & International Panic Day Always On My Mind, 6/12/2014, ★★★1/2
DHASG June ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014
Level: June Joy
Progress: 8 of 6-9
1. Let's Flip a Coin!:
2. Repeat Repeat Day:
3. Old Maid's Day:
4. Blame Someone Else Day:
5. Your Love is Better than Ice Cream!:
6. Daddy Love!:
7. National Splurge Day:
8. Pick One!:
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That's fine. I never choose my level until I post my final stats. Glad you joined the group and the challenge, Netanella!
I'm in.Read 6/
1. Invitation to a Wedding-Simply Irresistible6/17
2. Let's flip a coin If You Were Mine6/25
3. Repeat Repeatday-Losing ItKeeping Her6/4 6/7
5. Best Friend Day Crazy Good Maverick And Stone Best Friends 6/2
8.Your love is better than ice cream-Seducing the Playboy6/8
12.pick one-log cabin day In Bed with Mr. Wrong stranded in a cabin6/22
Dangerous Hero Addict Support GroupDHASG June 2014 Challenge
Duration: 6/1/2014 - 6/30/2014
Progress: 10 out of 9+
1. An Invitation to a Wedding: June is the biggest month for weddings, so let's read a book which heavily features a wedding in its storyline, even if it's not the main couple's wedding:
Shaded Vision by Yasmine Galenorn - ** - 6/18/2014 - Iris's wedding
2.Let's Flip a Coin!: On June 1st, you are allowed to make a decision using a flip of a coin. I don't know if that's the best way to make life decisions, but how about you use this method to decide your next book, and the book you read will count for this challenge:
If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You by Kelly Cutrone - ***** - 6/21/2014
3. Repeat Repeat Day: June 3rd is Repeat Day: Read a book you've read before, or read the same author two books in a row this month. The repeat book counts for this challenge:
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher - ***** - 6/7/2014 - 439 Pages
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
4. Old Maid's Day: Read a book where the lead is an old maid/spinster or seems like the only one who hasn't gotten married or is in a serious relationship amongst their friends. Historical or contemporary counts:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - ***** - 6/12/2014 - 313 Pages - In a serious relationship
5. Best Friend Day: June 8th is the day to celebrate best friends: Read a book where the lead has a strong friendship with another character that survives the test of time, or a book that features the POV of best friends:
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead - ***** - 6/4/2014 - 594 Pages
6. Blame Someone Else Day: June 13th is the holiday where you're not responsible for any mistakes made: Read a book with external conflict, aka, a villain or antagonist, who is the reason everything goes wrong for the hero:
Beauty and the Bounty Hunter by Lori Austin - ***** - 6/8/2014 - 300 Pages
7. Friday the 13th: Oh no! Read a book to ward off the bad luck of the 13th falling on a Friday this month. The book must be scary, weird, or eerie or have a really freaky villain or character. If you can find a book where the lead is superstitious, that will count. Or you can read the 13th book in your tbr pile or a book with thirteen letters in its title. Please let us know which one you choose in parentheses:
Splintered by A.G. Howard - ** - 6/9/2014 - Weird characters
8. Your Love is Better than Ice Cream!: National Chocolate Ice Cream Day celebrated on June 7th, let's celebrate the comfort of diving into a scoop of chocolatey goodness ice cream. How? By reading a book that has a supremely satisfying romance. Love is like chocolate, get it?
Something Deadly This Way Comes by Kim Harrison - *** - 6/19/2014
9. Daddy Love!: For Father's Day, June 15th, read a book which celebrates fatherhood in any significant way:
Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan - **** - 6/13/2014 - 275 Pages
10. National Splurge Day: Treat yourself to a new book in honor of June 18th (the day to treat yourself to a luxury). To count for this challenge, you must buy yourself a new book and read it this month. You can use a free book so long as you purchased/acquired it this month. Library books and previously owned books don't count.
11.Talk Back to that Book!: In honor of National Hollerin Day on the third Saturday of the month, you can count a book that makes you talk back to it or yell at it. If you don't normally do that, use a book that inspired strong emotions in you as you read it this month.
12.Pick One!: Choose one of the holidays and read a book for it: International Panic Day (your choice):
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher - ***** - 6/15/2014
LEVEL-> Welcome to June: Read 4-5 booksProgress: 5 books
STATUS: COMPLETED
1. An Invitation to a Wedding: June is the biggest month for weddings, so let's read a book which heavily features a wedding in its storyline, even if it's not the main couple's wedding.
2. Let's Flip a Coin!: On June 1st, you are allowed to make a decision using a flip of a coin. I don't know if that's the best way to make life decisions, but how about you use this method to decide your next book, and the book you read will count for this challenge.
3. Repeat Repeat Day: June 3rd is Repeat Day. In honor, read a book you've read before, or read the same author two books in a row this month. The repeat book counts for this challenge: Tall, Dark & Lonely by R.L. Mathewson [Read: 06/18/2014]
4. Old Maid's Day: Read a book where the lead is an old maid/spinster or seems like the only one who hasn't gotten married or is in a serious relationship amongst their friends. Historical or contemporary counts: Soulless by Gail Carriger [Read: 06/04/2014]
5. Best Friend Day: June 8th is the day to celebrate best friends. Read a book where the lead has a strong friendship with another character that survives the test of time, or a book that features the POV of best friends.
6. Blame Someone Else Day: June 13th is the holiday where you're not responsible for any mistakes made. For this challenge, read a book with external conflict, aka, a villain or antagonist, who is the reason everything goes wrong for the hero: Perfect by Judith McNaught [Read: 06/11/2014]
7. Friday the 13th: Oh no! Read a book to ward off the bad luck of the 13th falling on a Friday this month. The book must be scary, weird, or eerie or have a really freaky villain or character. If you can find a book where the lead is superstitious, that will count. Or you can read the 13th book in your tbr pile or a book with thirteen letters in its title. Please let us know which one you choose in parentheses.
8. Your Love is Better than Ice Cream!: National Chocolate Ice Cream Day celebrated on June 7th, let's celebrate the comfort of diving into a scoop of chocolatey goodness ice cream. How? By reading a book that has a supremely satisfying romance. Love is like chocolate, get it? : Paradise by Judith McNaught [Read: 06/06/2014]
9. Daddy Love!: For Father's Day, June 15th, read a book which celebrates fatherhood in any significant way.
10. National Splurge Day: Treat yourself to a new book in honor of June 18th (the day to treat yourself to a luxury). To count for this challenge, you must buy yourself a new book and read it this month. You can use a free book so long as you purchased/acquired it this month. Library books and previously owned books don't count.
11. Talk Back to that Book!: In honor of National Hollerin Day on the third Saturday of the month, you can count a book that makes you talk back to it or yell at it. If you don't normally do that, use a book that inspired strong emotions in you as you read it this month.
12. Pick One!: Choose one of the holidays and read a book for it--National Pink Day (Pink book or character loves pink); Log Cabin Day (book with a 'rustic setting'); Forgiveness Day (your choice); Sun Glasses Day (bright cover, or someone wears sunglasses in book); International Panic Day (your choice): Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson (Forgiveness Day) [Read: 06/15/2014]
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DHASG June ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014
Level: June Bug
Progress: 12/12
1. An Invitation to a Wedding: Baiting The Maid Of Honor 6/21 ****
2.Let's Flip a Coin!: In Bed with Mr. Wrong 6/22 ***
3. Repeat Repeat Day: Vengeance in Death 6/12 ****
4. Old Maid's Day: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake 6/25 ****
5. Best Friend Day: Beautiful Player 6/13 ****
6. Blame Someone Else Day: Summer Knight 6/2 ****
7. Friday the 13th: Jinxed 6/14 ****
8. Your Love is Better than Ice Cream!: The Gamble 6/23 ****
9. Daddy Love!: Uncaged 6/27 ***
10. National Splurge Day: Devil's Game 6/15 ****
11.Talk Back to that Book!: Cry No More 6/4 ****
12.Pick One! Forgiveness Day: Phantom Shadows 6/20 ****
To Read:
Finished:
Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads), Loves 'Em Lethal wrote: Way to go, Story_girl!Thanks :)
DHASG June 2014 Challenge
Duration: June 1 to June 30, 2014
Tough challenge, ladies! I had a difficult time with this one - hopefully July will be a little better for me!
Level: Welcome to June: Read 4-5 books
Books Read: 4
1. ✔ An Invitation to a Wedding: June is the biggest month for weddings, so let's read a book which heavily features a wedding in its storyline, even if it's not the main couple's wedding.
Maiden Flight by Bianca D'Arc - 06.29.2014 (★★★)
3. ✔ Repeat Repeat Day: June 3rd is Repeat Day. Read the same author two books in a row this month.
Aubrey Ross's Mystic - 06.02.2014 (★★★)
9. ✔ Daddy Love!: For Father's Day, June 15th, read a book which celebrates fatherhood in any significant way.
Grim by M.K. Eidem - 06.28.2014 (★★★)
11.✔ Talk Back to that Book!: In honor of National Hollerin Day on the third Saturday of the month, you can count a book that makes you talk back to it or yell at it. If you don't normally do that, use a book that inspired strong emotions in you as you read it this month.
The Sun Sword by Lexxie Couper - 06.23.2014 (★★★)
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Level 1. June Bug: Read 9 or more books
Completed: 11/9-12
DONE 1. An Invitation to a Wedding: June is the biggest month for weddings, so let's read a book which heavily features a wedding in its storyline, even if it's not the main couple's wedding. The Wayward Bride by Daphne Clair 6/12
DONE 3. Repeat Repeat Day: June 3rd is Repeat Day. In honor, read a book you've read before, or read the same author two books in a row this month. The repeat book counts for this challenge. Night of the Phantom by Anne Stuart 6/11
DONE 4. Old Maid's Day: Read a book where the lead is an old maid/spinster or seems like the only one who hasn't gotten married or is in a serious relationship amongst their friends. Historical or contemporary counts. The Game and the Governess by Kate Noble 6/27
DONE 5. Best Friend Day: June 8th is the day to celebrate best friends. Read a book where the lead has a strong friendship with another character that survives the test of time, or a book that features the POV of best friends. Air Bound by Christine Feehan 6/6
DONE 6. Blame Someone Else Day: June 13th is the holiday where you're not responsible for any mistakes made. For this challenge, read a book with external conflict, aka, a villain or antagonist, who is the reason everything goes wrong for the hero. Zatanna, Vol. 2: Shades of the Past by Paul Dini 6/18
DONE 7. Friday the 13th: Oh no! Read a book to ward off the bad luck of the 13th falling on a Friday this month. The book must be scary, weird, or eerie or have a really freaky villain or character. If you can find a book where the lead is superstitious, that will count. Or you can read the 13th book in your tbr pile or a book with thirteen letters in its title. Please let us know which one you choose in parentheses. Justice League Dark, Vol. 1: In the Dark by Peter Milligan (freaky villain/character) 6/18
DONE 8. Your Love is Better than Ice Cream!: National Chocolate Ice Cream Day celebrated on June 7th, let's celebrate the comfort of diving into a scoop of chocolatey goodness ice cream. How? By reading a book that has a supremely satisfying romance. Love is like chocolate, get it? Rogue with a Brogue by Suzanne Enoch 6/30
DONE 9. Daddy Love!: For Father's Day, June 15th, read a book which celebrates fatherhood in any significant way. Contest by Matthew Reilly 6/8
DONE 10. National Splurge Day: Treat yourself to a new book in honor of June 18th (the day to treat yourself to a luxury). To count for this challenge, you must buy yourself a new book and read it this month. You can use a free book so long as you purchased/acquired it this month. Library books and previously owned books don't count. The Ultimate Seduction by Dani Collins 6/13
DONE 11.Talk Back to that Book!: In honor of National Hollerin Day on the third Saturday of the month, you can count a book that makes you talk back to it or yell at it. If you don't normally do that, use a book that inspired strong emotions in you as you read it this month. X-Force, Vol. 1: Angels And Demons by Craig Kyle 6/4
DONE 12.Pick One!: Choose one of the holidays and read a book for it--International Panic Day--Demons are killing hunters all over the would in Damoren 6/11
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DHASG June Challenge
Introduction: June is the middle month of the year, and the first month of summer. The heat is here to stay. Kids get out of school. Let the party start! Let's see what June has in store of us for reading!
Rules:
1. Any DHASG member can participate in the challenge. You can sign up at any time after the thread opens until the end of the month (11:59 am) June 30th) and post initial and final stats when you are done.
2. All books must be read between June 1st and June 30th.
3. Books of any genre can count for the challenge, but can only be used once in the entire challenge.
4. The challenge books can overlap with any other group challenge during the month of June.
Levels:
1. June Bug: Read 9 or more books
2. June Joy: Read 6-9 books
3. Welcome to June: Read 4-5 books
1. An Invitation to a Wedding: June is the biggest month for weddings, so let's read a book which heavily features a wedding in its storyline, even if it's not the main couple's wedding.
2.Let's Flip a Coin!: On June 1st, you are allowed to make a decision using a flip of a coin. I don't know if that's the best way to make life decisions, but how about you use this method to decide your next book, and the book you read will count for this challenge.
3. Repeat Repeat Day: June 3rd is Repeat Day. In honor, read a book you've read before, or read the same author two books in a row this month. The repeat book counts for this challenge.
4. Old Maid's Day: Read a book where the lead is an old maid/spinster or seems like the only one who hasn't gotten married or is in a serious relationship amongst their friends. Historical or contemporary counts.
5. Best Friend Day: June 8th is the day to celebrate best friends. Read a book where the lead has a strong friendship with another character that survives the test of time, or a book that features the POV of best friends.
6. Blame Someone Else Day: June 13th is the holiday where you're not responsible for any mistakes made. For this challenge, read a book with external conflict, aka, a villain or antagonist, who is the reason everything goes wrong for the hero.
7. Friday the 13th: Oh no! Read a book to ward off the bad luck of the 13th falling on a Friday this month. The book must be scary, weird, or eerie or have a really freaky villain or character. If you can find a book where the lead is superstitious, that will count. Or you can read the 13th book in your tbr pile or a book with thirteen letters in its title. Please let us know which one you choose in parentheses.
8. Your Love is Better than Ice Cream!: National Chocolate Ice Cream Day celebrated on June 7th, let's celebrate the comfort of diving into a scoop of chocolatey goodness ice cream. How? By reading a book that has a supremely satisfying romance. Love is like chocolate, get it?
9. Daddy Love!: For Father's Day, June 15th, read a book which celebrates fatherhood in any significant way.
10. National Splurge Day: Treat yourself to a new book in honor of June 18th (the day to treat yourself to a luxury). To count for this challenge, you must buy yourself a new book and read it this month. You can use a free book so long as you purchased/acquired it this month. Library books and previously owned books don't count.
11.Talk Back to that Book!: In honor of National Hollerin Day on the third Saturday of the month, you can count a book that makes you talk back to it or yell at it. If you don't normally do that, use a book that inspired strong emotions in you as you read it this month.
12.Pick One!: Choose one of the holidays and read a book for it--National Pink Day (Pink book or character loves pink); Log Cabin Day (book with a 'rustic setting'); Forgiveness Day (your choice); Sun Glasses Day (bright cover, or someone wears sunglasses in book); International Panic Day (your choice).
June holidays taken from Holiday Insights: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreho...
Challenge Participants List
Tina Theresa
Netanella
Danielle The Book Huntress
Elizabeth
Story_girl
Amanda
Laura
Suzanne