Q1 - Embracing The Blues

[GailW]

Denise wrote: "Update to msg. #7: 10/10"

Congrats on finishing!

[Amy]

Updated message 39-- 13/20

[GailW]

Can you believe there are only 25 days left in the challenge? I'm not sure where all the time went!

Happy Reading!

[Claire]

Update message 141
3/12 completed

[Catsalive]

Completed 18/10 at msg5

[Laureen]

Update to Message #33:

Goal: 3 books
1. The Drowned by John Banville (1/29/25)
2. The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny (2/8/25)
3. Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin (3/8/25)

3/3 - goal met for 1st quarter

[GailW]

Laureen wrote: "Update to Message #33:
3/3 - goal met for 1st quarter"

Catsalive wrote: "Completed 18/10 at msg5"

Congratulations to you both!

[Janet]

update to message 147 1/3 completed

[Laurie]

Update #35 - Finished!
Thanks for a fun challenge!

10/10 completed

Blue Covers:

💙 1.


💙 2.


💙 3.


💙 4.


💙 5.


💙 6.


💙 7.


💙 8.


💙 9.


💙 10.

[GailW]

Laurie wrote: "Update #35 - Finished!
Thanks for a fun challenge! 10/10 completed..."

Congratulations - and thank you for being here!

[Sheila]

Sheila ,#136- completed my moderate goal of 10 books

1. Blue cover- The key to deceit
2. Blue cover- The Grey Wolf
3. Blue cover- The Sign of Four
4. Sadness- The Sign of Death
5. Sadness- Deception at Thornecrest
6. Sad words- essence of Malice
7. Sad words- Miss Aldridge regrets
8. Blue cover- The King of Clubs
9. Sad effect- The Queen of poisons
10. Blue cover- Save What’s Left

[GailW]

Sheila wrote: "Sheila ,#136- completed my moderate goal of 10 books..."

Nice job, Sheila!

[GailW]

Participant list and stats updated as of message 162.

[Claire]

Update message 141
5/12

[Shari]

Update msg #32: Progress: 13 / 15

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨]

updated msg 19, 15/15

[GailW]

✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ wrote: "updated msg 19, 15/15"

Congratulations!

[Laureen]

Update Message #33

I pledged 3 but just completed 4th, so not sure if I can add it. Here it is, just in case:

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight

4/3

[GailW]

Laureen wrote: "Update Message #33 - I pledged 3 but just completed 4th, so not sure if I can add it. Here it is, just in case:
4/3"

Oh, absolutely! You can add as many as you want until the end of the month. Congrats!

[Mary]

Finished!!
🐋 Embracing the Blues - Quarterly Challenge 🐋
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2025

Spelling out 5 "blue" related synonyms
✅ Read


7/7 SADNESS
✅S: Stealth Strike
✅A: Agent in Place
✅D: Dead Eye
✅N: No Mercy
✅E: Eleven Numbers
✅S: The Sandman
✅S: Saving You

6/6 GLOOM
✅G: Ghosts
✅L: Long Dead Road
✅O: Out of the Dark
✅O: On Circus Lane
✅M: Mission Critical

6/6 SORROW
✅S: SIX FATHOMS DEEP
✅O: Orphan X
✅R: Reborn
✅R: Redeem Your Sins: A Suspenseful Thriller
✅O: One Rough Man
✅W: Walk the Wire

9/9 MOODINESS
✅M: MASSACHUSETTS FALL
✅O: One Minute Out
✅O: On Target
✅D: Double Exposure
✅ I: Into the Fire
✅N: No Man's Land
✅E: The Escape
✅S: Sleepers
✅S: Sierra Six

7/7 GRIEF
✅G: Grant
✅R: Rogue Signal
✅I: Ill Met By Moonlight
✅E: Easy Money: Joe Beck Book #3
✅F: Failure Drill: A Gripping Conspiracy Thriller

[Shari]

Update msg #32:

Progress: 15 / 15 - COMPLETED 3-18-25

[GailW]

Shari wrote: "Update msg #32: Progress: 15 / 15 - COMPLETED 3-18-25"

Nice job! Congrats!

[Mary]

update msg # 170: Progress: 3/10

[Caraina]

COMPLETED

Update to msg #4: 20/20

[GailW]

Caraina wrote: "COMPLETED... Update to msg #4: 20/20"

Congrats!!!

[Claire]

Update message 141
6/12

[Janet]

update to message #147, book 2/3 completed. All the light we can not see chosen as book 3.

[Amy]

Updated message 39-- 14/20

[Kristina]

Update for message 6 - 17/17 books, challenge complete.

[Kalyn]

Update to msg #26 please! Progress: 3/3 COMPLETED!!

[GailW]

Kalyn wrote: "Update to msg #26 please! Progress: 3/3 COMPLETED!!"
Kristina wrote: "Update for message 6 - 17/17 books, challenge complete.

Congratulations Kristina and Kalyn! Thanks for being here.

[Beth]

Update to post 13: 30/30; challenge completed

Thank you, Gail, for running this challenge!

[GailW]

Beth wrote: "Update to post 13: 30/30; challenge completed
Thank you, Gail, for running this challenge!"

Congrats Beth! It was a pleasure.

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 20. Goal changed to 3 books.
Progress: 3/3

[GailW]

Thanks, Theresa. Nice job!

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to Message 42:

13/9 Blue covers

[Ana]

Update to message #36 - 5/7

[Susan, Games & Events]

update to message 66

Progress 8/6

[GailW]

Congratulations SarahKat, Ana, and Susan!

[JennH, Cheerleader]

Update to message #24

15/17

Challenge not completed.

[GailW]

JennH wrote: "Update to message #24..."

Ah, but you attempted it and did a great number of them! Thanks for reading!

[Carrie]

Update to message #12

🎉Completed with 21/12

I loved this challenge. It was so much fun! I had mine split out into three different prompts so even though I easily went over on total books, I was sweating the last book to fill in for my second E book that I needed to finish spelling out "The Blues" but I stayed up late and finished it last night.

Thanks!!!

[GailW]

Carrie wrote: "Update to message #12. 🎉Completed with 21/12. I loved this challenge. It was so much fun!..."

Wow! You did great! (I hear you about staying up to finish.)

[Jenn]

Update to message no. 48- 35/50

Blue Covers

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.

[Janet]

update to message #147
A few days late but 3/3 completed....onto the next challenge 📚

[Amy]

Updated message 39-- 15/20

[Claire]

Message 141
Finished 12/12

[GailW]

Final Posting of results today, 4/21/2025:

STATS
Participants: 50
Active:............. 33
Books Read: 386
Book Goal: 590

💫💫💫 22 COMPLETED! 💫💫💫

Congratulations everyone!

[Amy]

Updated message 39-- 16/20

[Amy]

Updated message 39-- 17/20