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A Sign of the Times Reading Challenge: Chinese Zodiac Edition
Congrats Angie!I didn't finish last month, I hope I can this time around!
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Didn't even come close to finishing last month. Oh well. Chinese Zodiac
Month: August - Sheep Shy
Complete: 4/8
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H - Harms, Alice (character) The Replacement
E - The Emo Bunny That Should: A Story For Demented Children
E - Elizabeth Ellery (character)First Grave on the Right
P - Penn (character) Fallen
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January - Rat Wise 7/7
February - Ox Calm 5/6
March - Tiger 5/5
April - Rabbit
May - Dragon 3/6
June - Snake 3/5
July - Horse 5/5
Jex wrote: "Didn't even come close to finishing last month. Oh well. Chinese Zodiac
Month: August - Sheep Shy
Complete: 4/8
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H - Harms, Alice (character) The Replacement
E - [book:The Emo..."
You get points for trying :D
forgot to post august on here!AUGUST
M McMahon, Jennifer -
O Ollivander in -
N Neville in -
K Kristen in -
E Ellie in
Y Yves Saint Laurent in -
*Completed
September
Rooster
A little closer to finishing September, but still no cigar. I'm in a massive reading rut these days. M - Melissa Roper (character) The Shadowing: Hunted
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N - Naffin, G.C. (author) Defiance
K - Kiersten White (author) Paranormalcy
E - Ed Bruner (character) Bloodshot
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January - Rat Wise 7/7
February - Ox Calm 5/6
March - Tiger 5/5
April - Rabbit
May - Dragon 3/6
June - Snake 3/5
July - Horse 5/5
August - Sheep Shy 4/8
DURATION: October 2011READ: 6/6
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SEPTEMBER: Shrewd Rat - 9/9 complete
AUGUST: Gallant Pig 10/10 complete
JULY: Loyal Dog 8/8 complete
JUNE: Rooster - 7/7 complete
MAY: Monkey - 6/6 Complete
APRIL: Gentle Sheep - 11/11 complete
A Sign of the Times Reading Challenge: Chinese Zodiac Edition DONEOctober: CALM OX
Nothing but Reading Challenges discussion Chinese Zodiac Edition
Progress: 6 out of 6
January = Sheep
February = Monkey
March = Rooster
April = Loyal Dog
May = Calm Pig
June = Rat
July = Ox
August = Tiger
September = Rabbit
October = Dragon
November = Snake
December = Horse
DRAGON:
D: Dylan (character): Logan by Linda Lael Miller
R: The Rana Look by Sandra Brown
A: The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel by Paulo Coelho
G: One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
O: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
N: Nikki (character): Being Nikki by Meg Cabot
Joining this one as well :).My starting month will be November, as a RABBIT. Let's see if I'm gonna make it, because I'll be writing my master thesis soon and have no idea if I'll have any time to read in the spring. And I'll be adding the books as I go.
Update 2/12/11 - Changing Nicholas Sparks' book for December - putting in A Walk to Remember.
November 6/6 - COMPLETED
December 6/6 COMPLETED
January
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N Night's Watch - A Clash Of Kings
A Ackley - The Catcher in the Rye
K King's Landing - A Storm of Swords
E The Prose Edda
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NOVEMBER / RABBIT
DECEMBER / DRAGON
JANUARY / SNAKE
A Sign of the Times Reading Challenge: Chinese Zodiac EditionNovember 1 - 30, 2011
Nothing but Reading Challenges discussion Chinese Zodiac Edition
Progress: 5 out of 5
January = Sheep
February = Monkey
March = Rooster
April = Loyal Dog
May = Calm Pig
June = Rat
July = Ox
August = Tiger
September = Rabbit
October = Dragon
November = Snake
December = Horse
SNAKE:
S: Stacia Kane; City of Ghosts
N: Not Even for Love by Sandra Brown
A: Archer from Fire by Kristin Cashore
K: Kim Harrison; Pale Demon
E: Emma Donoghue; Room
January = Sheep February = Monkey
March = Rooster
April = Loyal Dog
May = Calm Pig
June = Rat
July = Ox
August = Tiger
September = Rabbit
October = Dragon
November = Snake
December = Horse
SNAKE:
S: Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home
N: Nobody Knows
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K: Kiss and Tell
E: Every Dog Has a Gift: True Stories of Dogs Who Bring Hope & Healing into Our Lives
COMPLETED October - snake
1-31 Oct
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completed 5/5
Woot woot!!! I was beginning to think that everyone forgot about this challenge. Congrats, Sans
Only finished 5 of 7.R - Romeo (character) Juliet
O - Okata (character) Bite Me
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T - Torment
E - Elena (character) Dangerously Placed
R - Ron L. Hubbard (author) Spy Killer
DURATION: November 2011READ: 5/5
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OCTOBER: Calm Ox - 6/6 complete
SEPTEMBER: Shrewd Rat - 9/9 complete
AUGUST: Gallant Pig 10/10 complete
JULY: Loyal Dog 8/8 complete
JUNE: Rooster - 7/7 complete
MAY: Monkey - 6/6 Complete
APRIL: Gentle Sheep - 11/11 complete
DURATION: December 2011READ: 6/6
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NOVEMBER - Tiger - 6/6 Complete
OCTOBER: Calm Ox - 6/6 complete
SEPTEMBER: Shrewd Rat - 9/9 complete
AUGUST: Gallant Pig 10/10 complete
JULY: Loyal Dog 8/8 complete
JUNE: Rooster - 7/7 complete
MAY: Monkey - 6/6 Complete
APRIL: Gentle Sheep - 11/11 complete
Woot! Finished just in time!Nothing but Reading Challenges discussion
Chinese Zodiac Edition
Progress: 5 out of 5
January = Sheep
February = Monkey
March = Rooster
April = Loyal Dog
May = Calm Pig
June = Rat
July = Ox
August = Tiger
September = Rabbit
October = Dragon
November = Snake
December = Horse
SNAKE:
S: Stacia Kane; City of Ghosts
N: Not Even for Love by Sandra Brown
A: Archer from Fire by Kristin Cashore
K: Kim Harrison; Pale Demon
E: Emma Donoghue; Room
Nothing but Reading Challenges discussion Chinese Zodiac Edition
Progress: 5 out of 5
January = Sheep
February = Monkey
March = Rooster
April = Loyal Dog
May = Calm Pig
June = Rat
July = Ox
August = Tiger
September = Rabbit
October = Dragon
November = Snake
December = Horse
Letter must correspond to the first letter of a title, the first letter of an author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first or last name from the book.
HORSE:
H: Shannon Hale; Austenland
O: Octavia E. Butler; Fledgling
R: Madeline Ruszel from The Morcai Battalion by Diana Palmer
S: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
E: Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison
My first month - November - is completed :). And just in time, to that :D!
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A Sign of the Times Reading Challenge: Chinese Zodiac Edition November 1 - 30, 2011
A Sign of the Times: Chinese ZodiacDecember 1 -31, 2011
I was one short last month (booo), but I'll have a week off between Christmas and New Years. Hopefully I'll get plenty of reading done.December - monkey
1-31 Dec (tentative reading schedule)
M~ Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini, set in Nantucket Island, MA
O~ Illuminated by Erica Orloff
N~ North of Need by Laura Kaye
K~ Kate in Shadowcry/Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw
E~ Unnatural by Michael Griffo, set in Eden, England
Y~ YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults (2011) - Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
completed 0/6
Thanks, Sashana :)! I even finished my first book for December, but that's too much embedding and tagging and I'm really tired (it's 4 AM in Germany), so after all I'll update my post tomorrow :).
I didn't know you lived in Germany, Aleksandra. That's cool. I's 10PM on my side of the world.
Yep, I study here, but I'm originally from Bulgaria ;).
Nothing but Reading Challenges discussion Chinese Zodiac Edition
January = Sheep
February = Monkey
March = Rooster
April = Loyal Dog
May = Calm Pig
June = Rat
July = Ox
August = Tiger
September = Rabbit
October = Dragon
November = Snake
December = Horse
Letter must correspond to the first letter of a title, the first letter of an author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first or last name from the book.
SHEEP
S: Stephanie Perkins; Lola and the Boy Next Door
H: Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrison
E: Ewan McCabe: In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks
E:: Eve Dallas: Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb
P: Patricia Briggs; Iron Kissed
MONKEY
M: Mary: Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
O: Nobody Owens: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
N: Nalini Singh; Visions of Heat
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E: Ellen DeGeneres; Seriously... I'm Kidding
Y: Yvonne Woon; Dead Beautiful
Rooster
R: Amber Rose: Lucky Streak by Carly Phillips
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S: Stephenie Meyer; Breaking Dawn
T: Tayla: Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
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LOYAL DOG
L: Luggage: The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
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A: Abandon by Meg Cabot
L: MacKayla Lane: Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning
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G: Julie Garwood; The Prize
CALM PIG
C: CeeCee Honeycutt: Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
A: Adrienne Jones: Yours, Mine, and Ours by MaryJanice Davidson
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M: Matthew Clairmont: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
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I: I am a Pole by Stephen Colbert
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S: Shelter In A Soldier's Arms (That Special Woman!) by Susan Mallery - ****
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R: Red Glove by Holly Black - ****
A: Andy Cohen; Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture - *****
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CALM OX
C: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
A: Adina: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
L: Lex: Sacrificial Magic by Stacia Kane
M: Richelle Mead; Vampire Academy
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TIGER
T: Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
I: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
G: Gayle Forman; Where She Went
E: Emma: One Day by David Nicholls
R: Raphael: Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
RABBIT
R: Veronica Roth; Divergent - ***** - 9/11/2012
A: Anastasia Steele: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James - *** - 9/21/2012
B: Clay Bennett: Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh - *** - 9/13/2012
B: Patricia Briggs; Cry Wolf - ***** - 9/4/2012
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Burns - ***** - 9/1/2012
T: Todd: Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz - ***** - 9/4/2012
DRAGON
D: Denise MacGregor: At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - *** - 10/18/2012
R: River Marked by Patricia Briggs - **** - 10/11/2012
A: Ilona Andrews; Magic Strikes - ***** - 10/3/2012
G: Phantom Evil by Heather Graham - ***** - 10/24/2012
O: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper - **** - 10/15/2012
N: Nick Ziegler: Crazy For You by Jennifer Crusie - ***** - 10/22/2012
SNAKE
S: Stephenie Meyer; The Host - ***** - 11/2/2012
N: Nalini Singh; Hostage to Pleasure - *** - 11/29/2012
A: Anna Latham: Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 11/16/2012
K: Kazimir: Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor - **** - 11/15/2012
E: Janet Evanovich; Thanksgiving - *** - 11/18/2012
HORSE
H: Les Heuter: Fair Game by Patricia Briggs - 12/9/2012 - *****
O: Butch O'Neal: Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward - 12/17/2012 - ***
R: Riley: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer - 12/11/2012 - **
S: Sherryl Woods; The Inn At Eagle Point - 12/9/2012 - ****
E: Eduardo: Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh - 12/20/2012 - ***
Done! This was a great year-long challenge, thank you to the mods for coming up with it!December - monkey
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completed 6/6
November - shy sheep
completed: 7/8
October - snake
completed 5/5
September - Horse
completed 3/5
August
completed 6/6
July
completed 1/6
June
completed: 2/5
May - Calm Ox completed: 5/6
April - Wise Rat completed 7/7
March - Calm Pig (completed 7/7)
February - Fair Dog (completed 6/7)
January - Rooster (completed 2/7)
Congrats, Sans! Thank you for sticking with it.
A Sign of the Times: Chinese Zodiac DONE!December 1 -31, 2011
Month: December - Pig NaiveComplete: 5/8
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Finished the yearJanuary - Rat Wise 7/7
February - Ox Calm 5/6
March - Tiger 5/5
April - Rabbit 6/6
May - Dragon 3/6
June - Snake 3/5
July - Horse 5/5
August - Sheep Shy 4/8
September - Monkey 4/6
October - Rooster 5/7
November - Dog Loyal 4/8
December - Pig Naive 5/8
DURATION: January 2012READ: 6/6
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DECEMBER - Rabbit - 6/6 Complete
NOVEMBER - Tiger - 6/6 Complete
OCTOBER: Calm Ox - 6/6 complete
SEPTEMBER: Shrewd Rat - 9/9 complete
AUGUST: Gallant Pig 10/10 complete
JULY: Loyal Dog 8/8 complete
JUNE: Rooster - 7/7 complete
MAY: Monkey - 6/6 Complete
APRIL: Gentle Sheep - 11/11 complete
Happy New Year to you all!@Jex, congratulations!
Update - December is completed ;).
Chinese Zodiac Duration: January 1 - 31, 2012
January - 5/9
Oakes, Cory Putman - The Veil
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so...I spell out each animal? sounds fun...can I join?
Yes and yes! Welcome to the challenge, Catherine!
Sashana wrote: "Yes and yes! Welcome to the challenge, Catherine!"do I have a certain time for each animal?
I know I have a month for each...but if I start now...will I have to start the next one on 1 Feb, or can I start on 14th?
You can do that if you want to, Catherine.
The original A Sign of Time Challenge was a very big hit in our group last year. Lisarenee and I wanted to give members a new challenge that was somewhat similar to the original, yet completely different and ‘spicy’. Because the Chinese Zodiac is divided into twelve years instead of twelve months, we had to get a bit creative. Members are free to participate in one or both sign of times challenges if they are up to the challenge. ;) This challenge will last for a year.What is the Chinese Zodiac?
Unlike regular zodiac, the Chinese Zodiac Astrology circulates in the span of twelve years instead of twelve months. Each year is represented by an animal and each animal represents certain personalities. The animals are: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
Please note that because the Chinese Zodiac is measured in the span of 12 years (and not twelve months) we will be assigning each animal to a specific month. Since the rat appears first on the Chinese calendar, it will be assigned the month of January; the Buffalo appears second so it will be assigned to the month of February and so on… Also, all information was gathered from http://www.chinesezodiac.com/index.php and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zod...
Here the animals and a little bit about him
The Rules
First, determine which animal you are; this can be done by looking at the images above. That is the animal you'll start with (whenever you start the challenge). Then each month thereafter use the next animal that comes after their particular animal.You read the letters of the animal associated with the month you're currently reading in. The letter must correspond to the first letter of a title, the first letter of an author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first or last name from the book. Just let us know what the link to the letter is if it's not obvious. You may ignore the 'A', 'An', 'The', etc. at the beginning of titles to get to the first significant word. So "The Virgin's Secret" would be a 'V' title and "A Highlander Christmas" would be an 'H' title. (Thanks for the example BJ Rose) Once you get through all the animals you may start over again and read different books or re-read books you've read before. Each challenge will follow a different pattern because (almost) everyone will have a different animal. For example; Lisarenee’s, who happens to be a monkey, challenge would look like this:
January = Monkey
February = Rooster
March = Dog
April = Pig
May = Rat
June = Ox
July = Tiger
August = Rabbit
September = Dragon
October = Snake
November = Horse
December = Sheep
The rules for five of the animals will be slightly different. Why you ask? Words like rat, sheep, dog, ox, and pig are way too easy, so we added a delicious twist. Not only will you be reading the animals, you will also have to pick a word from the personality list to accompany the animal. So instead of reading the word R A T you will be adding an adjective like the word wise and read W I S E R A T. REMEMBER! This rule only applies five animals: the rat, sheep, dog, pig, and ox. For every other month, please simply read the animal i.e. M O N K E Y or R O O S T E R etc…
Personality Word List
All words from the list below was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zod...
Rat: wise, venal, honest, tense, aggressive, forthright, tenacious, intense, meticulous, charismatic, sensitive, intellectual, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, artistic, shrewd, manipulative, vindictive, self-destructive, envious, mendacious, venal, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, and scheming.
Sheep: righteous, sincere, sympathetic, mild-mannered, shy, artistic, creative, gentle, compassionate, understanding, mothering, peaceful, generous, seeks security, moody, indecisive, over-passive, worrier, pessimistic, over-sensitive, complainer, weak-willed.
Dog: honest, intelligent, straightforward, loyal, sense of justice and fair play, attractive, amicable, unpretentious, sociable, open-minded, idealistic, moralistic, practical, affectionate, sensitive, cynical, lazy, cold, judgmental, pessimistic, worrier, stubborn, quarrelsome.
Pig: honest, gallant, sturdy, sociable, peace-loving, patient, loyal, hard-working, trusting, sincere, calm, understanding, thoughtful, scrupulous, passionate, intelligent, naïve, over-reliant, self-indulgent, gullible, fatalistic, materialistic.
Ox: dependable, ambitious, calm, methodical, born leader, patient, hardworking, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious, stubborn, dogmatic, hot-tempered, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding.
I did this as point of reference for myself...I will start in Feb! :) I addthe personality stuff when I get to each month that requires it :)..OK....need to say..have not started yet shame on me! I think I will start in April instead, if that's ok :)
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DURATION: February 2012READ: 5/5
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JANUARY - Dragon - 6/6 Complete
DECEMBER - Rabbit - 6/6 Complete
NOVEMBER - Tiger - 6/6 Complete
OCTOBER: Calm Ox - 6/6 complete
SEPTEMBER: Shrewd Rat - 9/9 complete
AUGUST: Gallant Pig 10/10 complete
JULY: Loyal Dog 8/8 complete
JUNE: Rooster - 7/7 complete
MAY: Monkey - 6/6 Complete
APRIL: Gentle Sheep - 11/11 complete
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