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[Penney]

It'll be the snarky, smart-Alec, naughty Sultan of RRRC version ;-p

[Courtney]

I heart the Jim Spin. I can't wait!

[Charlotte (Buried in Books)]

At least we can guarantee there'll be no Historial Romance! Unless that is part of the Jim Spin - he is an evil genius after all.

[D.G.]

Great, Jim!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

LOL Penney - hope you have been adding lots of books to your tbr in case Jim goes with the 'Lucky Penny' option!!

[Dee]

have to admit, jims options are good...but once in a blue moon...lol!

fyi for my category 10, i'm doing 10.1 - new author, or new series, or new genre...10.2 - 2 of the three...10.3 all of them together (if someone wants a simple option)

[Kashish]

This one is doing quite well on Goodreads and personally am a big fan of this work. May be you can take it up Truly, Madly, Deeply.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I have a challenge idea
Reading with the stars
Virgo-Read a book where the heroine is a virgin, read a book where the heroine is a mother,Read a book with a earthly cover
Gemini-Read a book with twins,Read a book where hero and heroine are exploring
Leo-Read a lion shifter book,read a book where the hero or heroine is leading a group

and so one

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Nice - like that Lizz! It could be a good quarterly challenge...

[Penney]

I agree!

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Penney wrote: "I agree!"

Jane (PS) wrote: "Nice - like that Lizz! It could be a good quarterly challenge..."

Thanks
When I can't sleep , I make up reading challenges.So that is where that one came from.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

LOL - I used to try to count sheep jumping over a gate ('cos everyone said it worked - my sheep would be jumping, dodging, slipping under etc!!) but now I go through the alphabet matching a book (eg historical romance) to each letter. TOO many challanges!! ;)

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Lol

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Life had been crazy that I forgot that June is almost here.

I'm looking for a volunteer to handle June's monthly challenge.

If interested, drop me a pm.

[Debbie]

no suggestions for June are up yet either that I see. Let me see what I can find really quick just in case someone wants some suggestions.

Here are some of the
"Obscure and Wacky Holidays" for the month of June: , now to try to find a way to make them into 'read a book that' statements..... hhhmmmm.....

Hug Your Cat Day
Pen Pal Day - maybe a long distance romance or a newly reconnected one
Leave the Office Early Day
Doughnut Day or Donut Day - food is a part of the title, cover or storyline (restaurant, cafe ect.)
Cheer Coach Day
Banana Split Day
Write To Your Father Day
Upsy Daisy Day - reminds me of that show 'Pushing Up Daisy's', so maybe something to do with the dead walking (vampire, ghost, zombie)
Ball Point Pen Day
World Juggling Day
Nature Photography Day - great outdoors on the cover or part of the scenery of the setting
Recess at Work Day
National Splurge Day
Garfield the Cat Day
Take Your Dog To Work Day
Stupid Guy Thing Day
Let It Go Day
Hand Shake Day
Decide To Be Married Day
Make Up Your Mind Day

not sure, but I think the last 5 together could mean trouble.
So there are a few, ideas.
Help fill in some others so that whoever gets to do this for Yz will have some ideas to start with.

[Debbie]

Or there are some notable celebrity B-days in June.....

June 1 Marilyn Monroe - seductive cover
June 4 Dr. Ruth Westheimer, June 11 Dr. Mehmet Oz - medical themed
June 8 Frank Lloyd Wright - architect, building on cover
June 12 George Bush (41st), June 17 Newt Gingrich - political connection, character or cause
June 21 Prince William - a pre-existing relationship (he is married now)
June 22 Dan Brown - suspense, suspense, suspense
June 25 George Orwell - futuristic, prophetic sci-fi type

[D.G.]

LOL, Debbie! Tons of fun ones in there! :)

[D.G.]

Some other suggestions:

-Skyscraper Month: Book set up in a big city, NYC, Chicago, London, etc.
-Superman Week (10-13): Book with hero that saves the day
-Summer Solstice: Book with a bright cover, with summer in the title, etc.

[Debbie]

oh, I forgot about the solstice.

[Debbie]

I also have family B-days 10, 11 & 12 (sister, daughter & mother) - chic lit for all the powerful women
maybe that should just be a personal one buttttt :)

My parents wedding anniversary is in June (to personal again - sorry), June is also the most popular Wedding Month - there are plenty of choices that have a wedding represented in title or cover (bride, groom, rings, ect)

[Vi]

Yz just okayed me to host the challenge this month. Any suggestion would be very welcome.

Debbie, your suggestions are awesome. I'm getting some ideas :)

[Trudy]

Victoria Holt

[Trudy]

Vi wrote: "Yz just okayed me to host the challenge this month. Any suggestion would be very welcome.

Debbie, your suggestions are awesome. I'm getting some ideas :)"
Victoria Holt
Janet Dailey

[Debbie]

glad to help, I'll see if I can come up with any more later today.

[D.G.]

Looking forward to the June challenge, Vi!

[Trudy]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "Jael,

That's a very neat idea. I'm not a big writer myself, so 5-10 pages might be a stretch for me..but I like the idea. You might want to fine-tuned the concept more.

Why don't you creat..."
I like this as a non writer it would be fun to contribute with the writer and get their opinions!

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I found this one
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreho...

The have June Weekly Events
Week 1 Fishing Week
Week 2 Email Week

Here is what June is
Aquarium Month
Candy Month
Dairy Month
Fight the Filthy Fly Month
Gay Pride Month
National Accordion Awareness Month
National Adopt a Cat Month
National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
Rose Month
Turkey Lovers Month


They have all the months on that site

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

I can't think of June without thinking of the perfect mother - June Cleaver. So maybe something with a perfect mother. Or perhaps something with someone wielding a cleaver.

[Penney]

It's also a big month for graduations (at least in my area of the country) so perhaps a main character that is a student or teacher, setting on a school campus. Or to keep it broad, anything that has to do with learning.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

If you do the name challenge again here is an idea
use names from different origins

[Trudy]

it might be easier that as you sign up you list the book and the person who signs up next gives you the title to read.
a - Scarlet
b - Lily
c seduced

a would read seduced
b would read scarlet
c would read lily

[Vi]

Yeah, I took a look at this site. Found some hilarious ones like National Sauntering Day (have a hero who saunters?) and some obscure ones like Name Your Poison Day (Wonder who celebrates that day?). I was having loads of fun going through the site.

❥☪LIZZ☪❥ wrote: "I found this one
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreho...

The have June Weekly Events
Week 1 Fishing Week
Week 2 Email Week

Here is what June is
Aquarium Month
Candy Month
Dairy ..."

[Vi]

Yep, in India it's back to school month. I like this idea :)
Penney wrote: "It's also a big month for graduations (at least in my area of the country) so perhaps a main character that is a student or teacher, setting on a school campus. Or to keep it broad, anything that ..."

[Vi]

Wasn't mother done this month? Isn't cleaver a some sort of knife?

Photojim wrote: "I can't think of June without thinking of the perfect mother - June Cleaver. So maybe something with a perfect mother. Or perhaps something with someone wielding a cleaver."

[Debbie]

almost forgot, Father's Day is June 19

I am also seeing

World Knit in Public Day - that is June 13
I just love that one :)

good luck Vi, and have fun with it.

[Penney]

It's already posted Debbie, if you're participating this month.

[Debbie]

thanks, I will go looking

[[deleted user]]

I love Knit in Public Day!!!

[Debbie]

Katy-Lou wrote: "I love Knit in Public Day!!!"

Reminds me of Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street series.

[[deleted user]]

I haven't read those ones yet. But I'll have to!

[Debbie]

Starts with The Shop on Blossom Street - the main character opens a yarn store. All the following books have at least one person that we've met in the yarn store, and they almost all knit.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I have a summer idea
how about a summer theme challenge
Challenge Duration: June 1st to September 30th
Read 10 - 20 books that has those words in the title

Summer
Water
Beach
Wave
Ocean
Sand
Sun
Tide
Fish
Pool
Hot
and so on

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Okay, I'm really not on the ball these days.

I just realized I need a new quarterly challenge since the last one is ending this month.

Anybody who has a good one floating around, (minimum of 10 categories), please pm me with the idea, and if it's chosen, be willing to host it.

Thanks in advance to any and all members who response to this SOS.

[Penney]

What ever happened to Rossy's cocktail based challenge. I thought that was a great idea :)

[Dee]

its up as a dare you to read challenge

[Penney]

Oh poop! Really? I've been waiting for that, but I always forget about that category. I'll go check it out, like I really need one more challenge...
Thanks Dee :)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

I just hopped on here to see what was happening with the Summer quarterly challenge :)

There were some excellent suggestions earlier, but not really related to summer per se. (Chocolate bars, alcoholic drinks etc.)

[D.G.]

Melissa (in msg 948) posted the candy bar challenge. Here were some categories:

Snicker: a funny book
Twix: book about twins or best friends
Milky Way: space adventure
Starburst: someone trying to be famous
Baby Ruth: Sports

I'm sure we can come up with another 5.

[D.G.]

Here's some more:
3 Musketeers: 3rd in a series, 3 words in title, set in France
M&M: Author with same initials for first and last name, BDSM book (reminds me of S&M, LOL!)
Junior Mint: YA Book, Green cover

[Penney]

A few more possibilities...
~ 100 Grand Bar: Main character is very wealthy/millioniare, plot revolves around money or banking...
~ 5th Avenue: Set in NYC, character from NYC, main character is business exec.
~ Symphony Bar: Main character is musician/singer
~ Reeses Peanut Butter Cup: opposites attracting