A Sign of the Times Reading Challenge: Chinese Zodiac Edition

[southpaw285]

I am a Tiger, and will start this challenge in February 2012.


Southpaw's NBRC Sign of the Times: Chinese Zodiac Edition
Duration: One Year

Tiger
02/01/12 - 02/29/12

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[southpaw285]

Southpaw's NBRC Sign of the Times: Chinese Zodiac Edition
Duration: One Year

1. Tiger
02/01/12 - 02/29/12

1/5 Completed

✔T - Through the Grinder/Cleo Coyle==02.17.12****
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[Theresa]

right so im a dragon so would snake come after i have done dragon? sorry new to this.

[Angela]

Yes, if you're a dragon than that's your month one and snake would follow the next month.

This would be your monthly order:
Month 1 = Dragon
2 = Snake
3 = Horse
4 = Sheep
5 = Monkey
6 = Rooster
7 = Dog
8 = Pig
9 = Rat
10 = Ox
11 = Tiger
12 = Rabbit

[Theresa]

thank you for your help angie

[Angela]

I somehow forgot to post my January and February for this year.

JANUARY - DRAGON DONE
D Denying Dare, Aber Kell JAN 16
R Bloodlines, Richelle Mead JAN 7
A Magic Bleeds, Ilona Andrews JAN 2
G Fathers and Sons, Gordon Andrews JAN 3
O Origins, Ilona Andrews JAN 11
N Angels Wolf, Nalini Singh JAN 11

[Angela]

A Sign of the Times Reading Challenge: Chinese Zodiac
February 1 - 28, 2012

S-N-A-K-E-S 6/6 DONE!

S Shadow Heir, Richelle Mead FEB 1
N The Cannibal Princess, Nalini Singh FEB 21
A How to Archer: Ultimate Guide to Espionage, Cocktails Ever Written, Sterling Archer FEB 8
K Still Sucks to be Me, Kimberly Pauley FEB 6
E Ex Games, Jennifer Echols FEB 2
S Summer Knight, Jim Butcher FEB 11

[Angela]

Theresa wrote: "thank you for your help angie"
No problem. If it wasn't for your post, I wouldn't have noticed that I forgot to post mine for this year.

[southpaw285]

Southpaw's NBRC Sign of the Times: Chinese Zodiac Edition
Duration: One Year

February 2012
1. Tiger
02/01/12 - 02/29/12

5/5 Completed

✔T - Through the Grinder/Cleo Coyle==02.17.12****
✔I - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town/John Grisham==02.20.12****
✔G - The Greatest Knight/Elizabeth Chadwick==02.25.12***
✔E - Elie Wiesel/Night==02.21.12
✔R - Her Royal Spyness/Rhys Bowen==02.24.12***

Tiger (February 2012) - Completed 02/25/12
Rabbit (March 2012)

[Angela]

A Sign of the Times Reading Challenge: Chinese Zodiac
March 1 – 31, 2012

H-O-R-S-E




H How to Cook Meat, Christ Schlesinger MAR 13
O One For the Money, Janet Evanovich MAR 2
R Succubus Revealed, Richelle Mead MAR 7
S Succubus Shadows, Richelle Mead MAR 6
E Spider’s Revenge, Jennifer Estep MAR 11

[southpaw285]

Southpaw's NBRC Sign of the Times: Chinese Zodiac Edition
Duration: One Year

1. Tiger
02/01/12 - 02/29/12

5/5 Completed

✔T - Through the Grinder/Cleo Coyle==02.17.12****
✔I - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town/John Grisham==02.20.12****
✔G - The Greatest Knight/Elizabeth Chadwick==02.25.12***
✔E - Elie Wiesel/Night==02.21.12
✔R - Her Royal Spyness/Rhys Bowen==02.24.12***

2. Rabbit
03/01/12 - 03/31/12

1/6 Completed

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✔B - Birds of a Feather/Jacqueline Winspear==03.04.12****
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TIGER COMPLETED 02/25/12
RABBIT

[Barbara ★]

Woo Hoo Final Month!!!!

DURATION: March 2012
READ: 5/5

H: Carolyn Hart - Merry, Merry Ghost 3/10
O: One Bite With A Stranger - Christine Warren 3/13
R: A Red Herring Without Mustard - Alan Bradley 3/10
S: Maggie Stiefvater - Linger 3/4
E: (Emerald) - Ghost of a Chance - Yasmine Galenorn 3/11



February - Snake - 5/5 Complete

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

[Lisa Kay]

Great, Barbara! So close. ☺

[Sashana]

That's awesome, Barbara!

[Barbara ★]

Seems like it's been forever but I guess only a year. lol

[Angela]

A Sign of the Times Reading Challenge: Chinese Zodiac
March 1 – 31, 2012 DONE!

H-O-R-S-E




H How to Cook Meat, Christ Schlesinger MAR 13
O One For the Money, Janet Evanovich MAR 2
R Succubus Revealed, Richelle Mead MAR 7
S Succubus Shadows, Richelle Mead MAR 6
E Spider’s Revenge, Jennifer Estep MAR 11

[Lisa Kay]

Mini congrats, Angie!

[Barbara ★]

Entire Challenge Complete!

March - Horse - 5/5 Complete

February - Snake - 5/5 Complete

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

[Angela]

Thanks Lisa Kay!

[Lisa Kay]

Woohoo, Barbara! Congrats! (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

[Sashana]

Barbara,
glitter-graphics.com

[southpaw285]

Southpaw's NBRC Sign of the Times: Chinese Zodiac Edition
Duration: One Year

1. Tiger
02/01/12 - 02/29/12
5/5 Completed
✔T - Through the Grinder/Cleo Coyle==02.17.12****
✔I - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town/John Grisham==02.20.12****
✔G - The Greatest Knight/Elizabeth Chadwick==02.25.12***
✔E - Elie Wiesel/Night==02.21.12
✔R - Her Royal Spyness/Rhys Bowen==02.24.12***

2. Rabbit
03/01/12 - 03/31/12
6/6 Completed
✔R - Robards, Karen/One Summer==03.13.12****
✔A - Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet/M.C. Beaton==03.17.12****
✔B - Birds of a Feather/Jacqueline Winspear==03.04.12****
✔B - Bray, Libba/A Great and Terrible Beauty==03.18.12**
✔I - If Books Could Kill/Kate Carlisle==03.15.12***
✔T - To Tempt A Scotsman/Victoria Dahl==03.30.12**


TIGER COMPLETED 02/25/12
RABBIT COMPLETED 03/30/12

[Lisa Kay]

Mini congrats, Southpaw!

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

Start: April 2012
Completed: 3/12 signs

April - Horse
H Home at Rose Cottage by Sherryl Woods 4/9/12 ♥♥♥
O Oliver, Lauren Pandemonium 4/29/12 ♥♥♥♥
R Return to Rose Cottage by Sherryl Woods 4/9/12 ♥♥♥
S Stephanie Bond Baby, Drive South 4/4/12 ♥♥♥
E Elisabeth Naughton Stolen Seduction 4/3/12 ♥♥♥♥

May - Shy Sheep
S Silence by Jan Costin Wagner 5/6/12 ♥♥♥
H Hemingway, Ernest The Sun Also Rises 5/9/12 ♥♥♥
Y Your Mouth Is Lovely: A Novel by Nancy Richler 5/28/12 ♥♥♥
S Sandy Tolan The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East 5/7/12 ♥♥♥
H Home Front by Kristin Hannah 5/28/12 ♥♥♥♥♥
E Ekman, Kerstin Under the Snow5/21/12 ♥♥
E Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms 5/23/12 ♥♥♥
P Parrish, Leslie Cold Touch 5/2/12 ♥♥♥

June - Monkey
M Marcia Clark Guilt by Degrees: A Novel 6/2/12 4♥
O Once Smitten, Twice Shy by Lori Wilde 6/1/12 3♥
N Nicole Young Kiss Me If You Dare 6/27/12 3♥
Kinsella, Sophie I've Got Your Number 6/17/12 4♥
E Eason, Lynette When the Smoke Clears 6/24/12 4♥
Y Young, Nicole Kill Me If You Can6 /14/12 3♥

July - Rooster

[Hasien]

Start: April 2012

6/6 completed

☑April: OX

C - Cat Adams - The Isis Collar - 4/13
A - Anya Bast - Fury - 4/11
L - Larissa Ione - Desire Unchained - 4/9
M - Stephanie Morris - Staking His Claim - 4/6
O - On The Edge - Jamie Hill - 4/18
X - Xakara - Shifting Passions - 4/15



☐May: Tiger
T - Timeless - Gail Carriger
I - Inescapable - Amy A. Bartol
G - Gena Showalter - The Darkest Pleasure
E - Evangeline Anderson - Claimed - 5/16
R - Brooklyn Reede - L.A. Lifestyle



☐Jun = Rabbit
☐Jul = Dragon
☐Aug = Snake
☐Sep = Horse
H - Bound For Christmas by Yvette Hines - 9/6
O - One Deadly Sister
R - A Dragon's Honor by Dahlia Rose - 9/5
S - My Cherie Amour by Shara Azod - 9/2
E - A Night to Remember by Eve Vaughn - 9/1



☐Oct = Sheep
☐Nov = Monkey
☐Dec = Rooster
☐Jan = Dog
☐Feb = Pig
☐Mar = Rat

[southpaw285]

Okay...I gots a problem. I didn't get "dragon" finished for April. I got all but the "N" done. I missed the gift card deadline too. I know...right?!

I want to do the challenge. Can I come back to it in a couple of months or so and sign up again, and start over?

[Rachel]

Of course you can, southpaw. Or, just finish the "n" when you can and plug it in to April. Whatever you would like to do. Congrats on making that far. I don't even make it far enough to even do a challenge most of the time! *hangs head*

[Lisa Kay]

I don't see why you can't apply the Extention Gift Card to your April challenge, Southpaw. Yes, the card expires then... but I would think, since it is April you are talking about...

Sashana? What do you say?

[Sashana]

Go ahead and use the Extention Gift Card, southpaw. It's fine with me. Good luck!

[southpaw285]

Sashana wrote: "Go ahead and use the Extention Gift Card, southpaw. It's fine with me. Good luck!"

Oh thank you, Sashana. That is wonderful! I can't seem to copy the html code though.

Using gift card extension to complete "Dragon".

3. Dragon
04/01/12 - 04/30/12
5/6 Completed
✔D - Dunant, Sarah/In the Company of the Courtesan==04.15.12*
✔R - A Rogue By Any Other Name/Sarah MacLean==04.08.12****
✔A - Anne of Green Gables/L.M. Montgomery==04.10.12*****
✔G - Ghost a la Mode/Sue Ann Jaffarian==04.24.12***
✔O - Over the Edge/Suzanne Brockmann==04.26.12**
N - The Night Circus/Erin Morgenstern


TIGER COMPLETED 02/25/12
RABBIT COMPLETED 03/30/12

[Lisa Kay]

Yeah, southpaw, the html code went away with the last update. It is driving me CRAZY b/c it is missing on all the "GoodReads How To..." posts I did. **sigh**

[Sashana]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Yeah, southpaw, the html code went away with the last update. It is driving me CRAZY b/c it is missing on all the "GoodReads How To..." posts I did. **sigh**"

I'd be pissed! I know you put a lot of work into those, LK. The HTML bug is driving me loco.

[Lisa Kay]

I just keep hoping it will come back... but who knows what it will look like...

[southpaw285]

I finally got my "dragon" finished, thanks to the gift card extension. Now on to "snake".

Southpaw's NBRC Sign of the Times: Chinese Zodiac Edition
Duration: One Year

1. Tiger
02/01/12 - 02/29/12
5/5 Completed
✔T - Through the Grinder/Cleo Coyle==02.17.12****
✔I - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town/John Grisham==02.20.12****
✔G - The Greatest Knight/Elizabeth Chadwick==02.25.12***
✔E - Elie Wiesel/Night==02.21.12
✔R - Her Royal Spyness/Rhys Bowen==02.24.12***

2. Rabbit
03/01/12 - 03/31/12
6/6 Completed
✔R - Robards, Karen/One Summer==03.13.12****
✔A - Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet/M.C. Beaton==03.17.12****
✔B - Birds of a Feather/Jacqueline Winspear==03.04.12****
✔B - Bray, Libba/A Great and Terrible Beauty==03.18.12**
✔I - If Books Could Kill/Kate Carlisle==03.15.12***
✔T - To Tempt A Scotsman/Victoria Dahl==03.30.12**

3. Dragon
04/01/12 - 04/30/12
6/6 Completed
✔D - Dunant, Sarah/In the Company of the Courtesan==04.15.12*
✔R - A Rogue By Any Other Name/Sarah MacLean==04.08.12****
✔A - Anne of Green Gables/L.M. Montgomery==04.10.12*****
✔G - Ghost a la Mode/Sue Ann Jaffarian==04.24.12***
✔O - Over the Edge/Suzanne Brockmann==04.26.12**
✔N - The Night Circus/Erin Morgenstern==05.08.12**


TIGER COMPLETED 02/25/12
RABBIT COMPLETED 03/30/12
DRAGON COMPLTED 05/08/12 - Gift Card Extension

[Lisa Kay]

Mini congrats, Southpaw! Glad it worked out. ☺

[southpaw285]

4. Snake
05/01/12 - 05/31/12
5/5 Completed
✔S - Shakespeare's Landlord/Charlaine Harris==05.07.12**
✔N - Nalini Singh/Slave to Sensation==05.27.12*****
✔A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener/M.C. Beaton==05.10.12****
✔K - Kiss an Angel/Susan Elizabeth Phillips==05.06.12**
✔E - Evanovich, Janet/To the Nines==05.03.12****

[Lisa Kay]

Mini congrats again, Southpaw!

[Cherie]

I'd like to join and I'm going to start June 1. I'm a sheep so:

***Updated 6/23/12***

June: ShySheep
S - Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi = 6/21/12
H - Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me by Howie Mandel = 6/23/12
Y - Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay = 6/8/12
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[Lisa Kay]

Super, Cherie! Welcome to the challenge.

[Jessica]

I like the spell it out challenges. So I will join this as well. Starting with book read from June 1st.

Duration: Approx. one year
start date: June 2012-June 2013
1/12


Dragon
Snake
Horse
Sheep
Monkey
Rooster
Dog
Pig
Rat
Ox
Tiger
Rabbit

6/6

D: The Maze Runner/James Dashner(6/11/12)
R: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist/Rachel Cohn(6/7/12)
A: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie/Alan Bradley (6/19/12)
G: Graciela Jones in Diary of a Mad Fat Girl/Stephanie McAfee (6/25/12)
O: Oskar Schell in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close/Jonathan Foer (06/01/12)
N: North in Maybe This Time/Jennifer Crusie (7/15/12)


1/5

S: Between Shades of Gray/Ruta Sepetys (7/1/12)
N:
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E:

[Lisa Kay]

Terrific, Jessica! Welcome to the challenge.

[Cherie]

Updated

[southpaw285]

5. Horse
06/01/12 - 06/30/12
5/5 Completed

✔1. H - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet/Jamie Ford==06/02/12*****
✔2. O - O'Donohue, Clare/Missing Persons==06.21.12***
✔3. R - Robert Graves/I, Claudius==06.12.12****
✔4. S - Storm Watch/Jill Shalvis==06.23.12****
✔5. E - Eleven on Top/Janet Evanovich==06.16.12****

[Lisa Kay]

Mini congrats again, Southpaw!

[Adele]

I am an ox

I will do all the spell it out words one at a time but will just run on is I finish one word early as for the short signs I have chosen some long verbs. Also I am jumping into this challenge very late.

MY list is as follows

Logical ox
Tiger
Rabbit
Dragon
Snake
Horse
Creative Sheep
Monkey
Rooster
Open-minded Dog
Understanding Pig
Industrious Rat

Am I allowed to do this or do I have to work through the words individually?
Starting Date 22/7/2012

Starting word - Logical ox 3/9
Dragon - 1/6

Larsson Stieg, The Girl Who Played With Fire, 3 Aug 2012
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G (George) A Friend Like Ben, Julia Romp - 06 Aug
I
Cheryl Bentley, Petronella and the Trogot - 08 Aug 2012
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Tiger
Rabbit

Dragon 1/5
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G
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Nettie Parker's Backyard by C V Smith 14 Aug 2012

[Lisa Kay]

Great, Adele! Welcome to the challenge.

[southpaw285]

NBRC Sign of the Times: Chinese Zodiac Edition
Duration: One Year

6. Sheep/Artistic
07/01/12 - 07/31/12
13/13 Completed

✔1. S - Sliver of Truth/Lisa Unger==07.01.12***
✔2. H - The Heir/Grace Burrowes==07.28.12***
✔3. E - Elly Griffiths/The Crossing Places==07.08.12****
✔4. E - Emma/Jane Austen==07.13.12*****
✔5. P - Postmortem/Patricia Cornwell==07.19.12****

✔6. A - Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist/M.C. Beaton==07.24.12***
✔7. R - Revolutionary Road/Richard Yates==07/03.02***
✔8. T - Twelve Sharp/Janet Evanovich/==07.07.12****
✔9. I - I'll Walk Alone/Mary Higgins Clark==07.06.12***
✔10. S - Shanghai Girls/Lisa See==07.05.12****
✔11. T - Track Of The Cat/Nevada Barr==07.20.12***
✔12. I - Ishiguro, Kazuo/Never Let Me Go==07.09.12***
✔13. C - The Color of Magic/Terry Pratchett==07.27.12*****
***********SHEEP COMPLTED 07/28/12**********

TIGER COMPLETED 02/25/12
RABBIT COMPLETED 03/30/12
DRAGON COMPLTED 05/08/12 - Gift Card Extension
SNAKE COMPLETED 05/27/12
HORSE COMPLETED 06/23/12
SHEEP COMPLETED 07/28/12

[Lisa Kay]

Congrats, Southpaw!

[Cherie]

I'm a little late with the last one but...

July: Monkey
M - Richelle Mead / Vampire Academy = 7/18/12
O - Lauren Oliver / Delirium = 7/19/12
N - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith = 8/7/12
K - Lene Kaaberbøl / The Boy in the Suitcase = 7/16/12
E - Tess Evans / Book of Lost Threads = 7/5/12
Y - The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London = 7/30/12


Now working on Rooster

[Lisa Kay]

Well done, Cherie!