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2nd Quarter Challenge: Sharon's Spring Challenge
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2.Spring into action - to suddenly begin moving or doing something. Read a book where a character makes an impetuous decision. 
4/4 books readAll done (:
UPDATE:Goal: 4 Progress: 3 Complete: 1 to go
Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest. - Crucible of Gold
Read a book of poetry or a book about a poet. - Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series
Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list. - My Sister's Keeper
9. She’s/He’s no Spring Chicken. New England chicken farmers discovered that chickens born in the Spring bought better prices, rather than old birds that had gone through the winter etc. Sometimes farmers tried to sell the old birds as a new spring born chicken. Smart buyers often complained that a tough fowl was "no spring chicken" and so the term now is used to represent birds (and even people) past their plump and tender years. Read an old favorite or a book you have been putting off reading.
Finished May 22
3 stars
7/7
I've read my 8th Book - When we were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro – this has water on the cover. I've updated message 23.
9. She’s/He’s no Spring Chicken. New England chicken farmers discovered that chickens born in the Spring bought better prices, rather than old birds that had gone through the winter etc. Sometimes farmers tried to sell the old birds as a new spring born chicken. Smart buyers often complained that a tough fowl was "no spring chicken" and so the term now is used to represent birds (and even people) past their plump and tender years. Read an old favorite or a book you have been putting off reading. 
4/4 books readCompleted the challenge!
UPDATE: CHALLENGE COMPLETE!Goal: 4 Progress: 4 Complete: 0 to go
Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest. - Crucible of Gold
Read a book of poetry or a book about a poet. - Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series
Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list. - My Sister's Keeper
Read a book about time travel. - Dragonfly in Amber
I committed to three, but looking over my books for the past couple months, I have done four! So my challenge is completed.2. Read a book where a character makes an impetuous decision.
4. A spring is a natural source of water – read a book with water on the cover or that takes place on the water.
8. Read a book where weather plays an important part to the plot.
11. Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list.
Updated message 11. 9/5
Updated post 71Currently at 3/4
My goal was 8 and I am have completed 8 of these as of last night! Yay!All my reviews can be found on my blog Books and Ladders
Read a book about time travel.
I read Earth & Sky (Earth & Sky #1) by Megan Crewe on May 17th. This book features aliens and time travel!
Read a book where a character makes an impetuous decision.
The entire Escape from Furnace series fits into this. I read most of the series (4/5 books). Lockdown (Escape From Furnace#1) by Alexander Gordon Smith
Read a steampunk book
I read two steampunk books! Shadows of Asphodel by Karen Kincy and A Curse of Ash and Iron by Christine Norris.
Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
I don't know if it has been on there the longest, but it has been on there for almost two years, so I'm going to say that Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy is the one I read for this challenge.
Read a book that takes place at a college or during spring break.
I read Parallel by Lauren Miller on May 1st. It takes place at a college and has some time travel so I chose for it to go under this category.
Read an old favorite or a book you have been putting off reading.
I had been putting off reading The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time #2) by Robert Jordan but finally got around to it and am glad I did.
Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list.
Surprisingly, I have read lots of books that were released in 2015. My favourite one was The Corridor (The Corridor #1) by A.N. Willis because it explores multi-universe theory.
Read a book that has a character who exhibits these characteristics or an action genre book.
I read Powerless (The Hero Agenda #1) by Tera Lynn Childs and Tracy Deebs. Kenna may be a "ordinary" but she does everything in her power to save her mom and that is what a hero is to me.
Completed as of 07/06/13Quarterly challenge
2nd quarter challenge: all things spring
12/12
✓01→ about time travel -> The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
✓02→ where a character makes an impetuous decision -> Kruistocht in spijkerbroek
✓03→ takes place in the spring -> The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
✓04→ with water on the cover OR takes place on the water -> Wake
✓05→ a steampunk book -> Boneshaker
✓06→ a book that has been on your TBR the longest -> The Fiery Heart
✓07→ takes place at college or during spring break
✓08→ weather plays an important part to the plot -> The Titan's Curse
✓09→ an old favorite OR you have been putting off reading -> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
✓10→ book of poetry OR about a poet. -> Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
✓11→ released in 2015 OR newest book on your TBR list -> Confess
✓12→ character who exhibits these characteristics [happy & confident] OR an action genre book -> An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Haven't updated this challenge yet, so here's where I'm standing so far...4/5
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
3. Me Before You
9. Gone Girl
12. Apocalypse Now Now
Updated:4/4 BOOKS Completed ✔
5. Spring, a mechanical device that stores energy. Read a steampunk book - Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes. Most steampunk books have mechanical devices in them.
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (Steampunk Chronicles, #2) [Read 6/9/2015]
6. Spring Cleaning. Spring cleaning is the practice of thoroughly cleaning a house in the springtime. The practice of spring cleaning is especially prevalent in climates with a cold winter. The most common usage of spring cleaning refers to the yearly act of cleaning a house from top to bottom which would take place in the first warm days of the year typically in spring, hence the name. However it has also come to be synonymous with any kind of heavy duty cleaning or organizing enterprise. A person who gets their affairs in order before an audit or inspection could be said to be doing some spring cleaning. Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
Early to Death, Early to Rise(Madison Avery #2) by Kim Harrison [Read 6/2/2015]
11. Spring to mind - to appear suddenly or immediately in your thoughts. Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list.
Ensnared (Splintered #3) by A.G. Howard [Read 4/12/2015]
12. Spring in his step If you walk with or have a spring in your step, you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident. Read a book that has a character who exhibits these characteristics or an action genre book.
Anne of Green Gables By L. M Montgomery [Read 4/16/2015]
1. Spring Ahead! The phrase "Spring forward, Fall back" helps people remember how Daylight Saving Time affects their clocks. At 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March, we set our clocks forward one hour ahead of Standard Time. Read a book about time travel. 
Slaughterhouse-Five***
1/3 Complete
2. Spring into action - to suddenly begin moving or doing something. Read a book where a character makes an impetuous decision. 
Divergent**** -
2/3 Complete
4. A spring is a natural source of water – read a book with water on the cover or that takes place on the water. 
The Mark of Athena****
3/3 Complete
8. Spring goes in like a lion and out like a lamb. With March being such a changeable month, in which we can see warm spring-like temperatures or late-season snowstorms, you can understand how this saying might hold true in some instances. We can only hope that if March starts off cold and stormy it will end warm and sunny, but the key word is hope. Read a book where weather plays an important part to the plot.
The Jungle***
4/3 Complete
9. She’s/He’s no Spring Chicken. New England chicken farmers discovered that chickens born in the Spring bought better prices, rather than old birds that had gone through the winter etc. Sometimes farmers tried to sell the old birds as a new spring born chicken. Smart buyers often complained that a tough fowl was "no spring chicken" and so the term now is used to represent birds (and even people) past their plump and tender years. Read an old favorite or a book you have been putting off reading.
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game*****
5/3 Complete
10. Hope Springs Eternal is from a poem An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope – people always hope for the best, even in the face of adversity. Will continue to hope even though they have evidence that things cannot possible turn out the way they want. Read a book of poetry or a book about a poet. 
Hyperion***** - Keets had a strange role in this book.
6/3 Complete
12. Spring in his step If you walk with or have a spring in your step, you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident. Read a book that has a character who exhibits these characteristics or an action genre book.
Stranger in a Strange Land****
7/3 Complete
Just completed #6 (TBR Longest) - The Dark Queen by Susan Carroll. This was an entertaining read with a good mix of fantasy, historical fiction, and romance. The plot was predictable about halfway through and some of the romance scenes were a bit fanciful, but overall, good book. Worth reading! 3.5 stars10/12
9/12 complete.... still hoping to complete all 12 by the end of the month.I read UnWholly by Neal Shusterman for #12
Quarterly #1 done!Completed: 4/4
02. Impetuous decision: The Painted Veil - 06 Apr 2015, 3/5
05. Steampunk: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - 13 Jun 2015, 2/5
07. Takes place at college: Equal Rites (Discworld #3) - 13 Jun 2015, 3/5
09. Put off reading: Ready Player One - 08 Apr 2015, 3/5
Updated message 56✓ 1. Read a book about time travel. The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells read 6/14/2015
✓ 2. Read a book where a character makes an impetuous decision. The Weight of Blood read 4/6/2015
✓ 3. Read a book that takes place in the Spring. Chocolat read 4/11/2015
✓ 4. Read a book with water on the cover or that takes place on the water. All the Summer Girls read 5/29/2015
✓ 5. Read a steampunk book. The Invention of Hugo Cabret read 4/27/2015
6. Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
✓ 7. Read a book that takes place at a college or during spring break. The Art of Fielding read 6/2/2015
8. Read a book where weather plays an important part to the plot.
9. Read an old favorite or a book you have been putting off reading.
10. Read a book of poetry or a book about a poet.
✓ 11. Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list. Our Endless Numbered Days read 6/13/2015
12. Read a book that has a character who exhibits these characteristics or an action genre book.
7/6 completed
Challenge completed!
Completely unexpected but I managed to complete the whole challenge!
2ND QUARTER CHALLENGE: SHARON'S SPRING CHALLENGE
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2015
Completed: 12/6
1. Spring Ahead! The phrase "Spring forward, Fall back" helps people remember how Daylight Saving Time affects their clocks. At 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March, we set our clocks forward one hour ahead of Standard Time. Read a book about time travel.
The Eyre Affair (5/31/15)
2. Spring into action - to suddenly begin moving or doing something. Read a book where a character makes an impetuous decision.
Touch of Death (4/12/15)
3. Spring is a Season! Spring is one of the four conventional temperate seasons following winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it will be autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Read a book that takes place in the Spring.
Definitely Dead (5/15/15)
4. A spring is a natural source of water – read a book with water on the cover or that takes place on the water.
(4/26/15)
5. Spring, a mechanical device that stores energy. Read a steampunk book - Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes. Most steampunk books have mechanical devices in them.
Masque of the Red Death (6/16/15)
6. Spring Cleaning. Spring cleaning is the practice of thoroughly cleaning a house in the springtime. The practice of spring cleaning is especially prevalent in climates with a cold winter. The most common usage of spring cleaning refers to the yearly act of cleaning a house from top to bottom which would take place in the first warm days of the year typically in spring, hence the name. However it has also come to be synonymous with any kind of heavy duty cleaning or organizing enterprise. A person who gets their affairs in order before an audit or inspection could be said to be doing some spring cleaning. Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (5/7/15)
7. Spring Break is a vacation period in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere. Read a book that takes place at a college or during spring break.
Stitch (5/8/15)
8. Spring goes in like a lion and out like a lamb. With March being such a changeable month, in which we can see warm spring-like temperatures or late-season snowstorms, you can understand how this saying might hold true in some instances. We can only hope that if March starts off cold and stormy it will end warm and sunny, but the key word is hope. Read a book where weather plays an important part to the plot.
The Magician King 4/10/15
9. She’s/He’s no Spring Chicken. New England chicken farmers discovered that chickens born in the Spring bought better prices, rather than old birds that had gone through the winter etc. Sometimes farmers tried to sell the old birds as a new spring born chicken. Smart buyers often complained that a tough fowl was "no spring chicken" and so the term now is used to represent birds (and even people) past their plump and tender years. Read an old favorite or a book you have been putting off reading.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (4/16/15)
10. Hope Springs Eternal is from a poem An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope – people always hope for the best, even in the face of adversity. Will continue to hope even though they have evidence that things cannot possible turn out the way they want. Read a book of poetry or a book about a poet.
The Crossover (6/3/15)
11. Spring to mind - to appear suddenly or immediately in your thoughts. Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list.
The Shadows (4/26/15)
12. Spring in his step If you walk with or have a spring in your step, you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident. Read a book that has a character who exhibits these characteristics or an action genre book.
The Lunatic Cafe (4/5/15)
2ND QUARTER CHALLENGE: SHARON'S SPRING CHALLENGE
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2015
Completed: 12/6
1. Spring Ahead! The phrase "Spring forward, Fall back" helps people remember how Daylight Saving Time affects their clocks. At 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March, we set our clocks forward one hour ahead of Standard Time. Read a book about time travel.
The Eyre Affair (5/31/15)
2. Spring into action - to suddenly begin moving or doing something. Read a book where a character makes an impetuous decision.
Touch of Death (4/12/15)
3. Spring is a Season! Spring is one of the four conventional temperate seasons following winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it will be autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Read a book that takes place in the Spring.
Definitely Dead (5/15/15)
4. A spring is a natural source of water – read a book with water on the cover or that takes place on the water.
(4/26/15)5. Spring, a mechanical device that stores energy. Read a steampunk book - Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes. Most steampunk books have mechanical devices in them.
Masque of the Red Death (6/16/15)
6. Spring Cleaning. Spring cleaning is the practice of thoroughly cleaning a house in the springtime. The practice of spring cleaning is especially prevalent in climates with a cold winter. The most common usage of spring cleaning refers to the yearly act of cleaning a house from top to bottom which would take place in the first warm days of the year typically in spring, hence the name. However it has also come to be synonymous with any kind of heavy duty cleaning or organizing enterprise. A person who gets their affairs in order before an audit or inspection could be said to be doing some spring cleaning. Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (5/7/15)
7. Spring Break is a vacation period in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere. Read a book that takes place at a college or during spring break.
Stitch (5/8/15)
8. Spring goes in like a lion and out like a lamb. With March being such a changeable month, in which we can see warm spring-like temperatures or late-season snowstorms, you can understand how this saying might hold true in some instances. We can only hope that if March starts off cold and stormy it will end warm and sunny, but the key word is hope. Read a book where weather plays an important part to the plot.
The Magician King 4/10/15
9. She’s/He’s no Spring Chicken. New England chicken farmers discovered that chickens born in the Spring bought better prices, rather than old birds that had gone through the winter etc. Sometimes farmers tried to sell the old birds as a new spring born chicken. Smart buyers often complained that a tough fowl was "no spring chicken" and so the term now is used to represent birds (and even people) past their plump and tender years. Read an old favorite or a book you have been putting off reading.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (4/16/15)
10. Hope Springs Eternal is from a poem An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope – people always hope for the best, even in the face of adversity. Will continue to hope even though they have evidence that things cannot possible turn out the way they want. Read a book of poetry or a book about a poet.
The Crossover (6/3/15)
11. Spring to mind - to appear suddenly or immediately in your thoughts. Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list.
The Shadows (4/26/15)
12. Spring in his step If you walk with or have a spring in your step, you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident. Read a book that has a character who exhibits these characteristics or an action genre book.
The Lunatic Cafe (4/5/15)
5/52. A Thousand Splendid Suns
3. Me Before You
9. Gone Girl
11. Trapped in an 80s Teen Movie
12. Apocalypse Now Now
Second book read and four to go..✔ 11. Read
2/6
Update to message 26, 93, 103 and 171 ...Participants: last updated 6/18
I'm back and finally able to update
Adriana 4/4 finished!
Amanda 9/12
Amy 6/6 finished!
Anissa 0/4
Ariel 8/9
Berit 1/12
Brianna 6/6
Cassandra 7/7
Charity 11/5 finished! and still going!
Chris 7/3
Cindy 5/5 finished!
Dana 4/6
Debra 0/?
Eggp 4/4
Ellen 0/?
Elsbeth 0/8
Emma 12/12 finished!
Ericka 0/7
Erika 0/5
Heather 0/12
Holli 2/3
Isa 12/12 finished!
Kylie 0/3
Jamie. 8/8
Joanne 4/6
Jodi 1/7
Jodie 0/12
Julie 0/3
Julee 10/12
Kari 0/3
Karina 0/6
Kelsi 12/6 finished!
Kelly 5/12
KME_17 0/12
Kylie 0/4
Mallory Heart 0/12
Maria 6/6 finished!
Mary Pat 4/4 finished!
Megan 10/12
Megan FL 0/6
Megan 2 4/6
Melanie 0/12
Melissa 6/5
Merja 2/6
Nicole 7/12
Nicole W 0/4
Nola 0/5
Reija 4/7
ScarlettMi 1/12
Sharon 2/7
Sherry 4/4
Sheryl 3/4
Sibyl 4/3
Silja 5/6
Stephanie 1/12
Susan 7/6
Tasha 6/6 finished!
Vernice 5/5
Winter 9/12
6/62. Character makes impetuous decision: Nexus
4. Takes place on/in the water: Rolling in the Deep
5. Steampunk: Planesrunner
8. Weather is important: Harrison Squared
11. Released in 2015: I Am Radar
12. Happy and confident AND action genre: Discount Armageddon
Message 34 updated.... now 10/12 complete
Update: message 24.Done!!! :)
12/12 completed as of 6/22
2nd Quarter Challenge: Sharon's Spring Challenge
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2015
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