Colors "R" Us (2011)

[Alina]

Starting 9/21/12 (one per color)

Red- 9/29/2012


Green - 9/26/2012


Blue - 10/16/2012


Black - 10/09/2012


White/Silver


Yellow/Gold - in person this is more like that yellowed paper


Brown - 10/26/2012



Pink - 10/2/2012


Purple - 9/22/12


Orange - 9/28/12 ( I know it looks red here, but in person it's orange, I promise!)

[Cherie]

Welcome to the challenge Alina!

[Ali]

Duration: 1/10/12 - 1/2/13
Read: 8/10

Red
Green
Blue
Black:
White/Silver:
Yellow/Gold:
Brown:
Pink
Purple:
Orange

[Cherie]

Welcome to the challenge Ahlaam!

[Johanna]

Colors "R" Us 21.8-21.12


The Colors:
Red
Green
Blue
Black
White/Silver
Yellow/Gold
Brown
Pink
Purple
Orange

[Sue]

I'm in for this challenge

[Nicole]

This looks like a fun challenge. I'll give this a try too and go for 2 of each color!

Start Date: 10/05/2012
End Date: 02/05/2012

Progress: 20/20

Red - FINISHED
1. Perfect Victim - Finished 10/23/12
2. The Amityville Horror - Finished 11/20/12

Green - FINISHED
1. The Diviner's Tale - Finished 11/16/12
2. Other Kingdoms - Finished 11/23/12

Blue - FINISHED
1. Rogue Finished 10/15/12
2. Darkfever Finished 10/28/12

Black - FINISHED
1. Eternal Kiss of Darkness - Finished 10/17/12
2. This Side of the Grave - Finished 11/03/12

White/Silver - FINISHED
1. Ghost Story - Finished 10/10/12
2. The Raven Boys - Finished 11/09/12

Yellow/Gold FINISHED
1. Dune - Finished 10/29/12
2. The Last Boyfriend - Finished 11/15/12

Brown - FINISHED
1. Under Heaven - Finished 11/07/12
2. Helter Skelter - Finished 11/19/12

Pink FINISHED
1. The Next Always Finished 10/26/12
2. My Life As a White Trash Zombie Finished 11/11/12

Purple - FINISHED
1. Dearly, Departed - Finished 11/12/12
2. Upstairs, Downstairs: A Novelization of the Original TV Series - Finished 12/02/12

Orange FINISHED
1. The Help - Finished 12/04/12
2. The Perfect Hope - Finished 12/10/12

[Cherie]

Welcome Sara and Nicole!

[~Leslie~]

Updating Post #25

6/20

[Connie N.]

Updated Post #49. Finished 8 of 10.

[Cherie]

Almost there Connie N.!

[Connie N.]

Thanks, Cherie. And I just picked up a book from the library yesterday with a black cover, so then I'll only have 1 left! The only problem, of course, is that there are never enough hours in the day to read.

[Alina]

Yay! Done :)

[Connie N.]

Wow, Alina, that was fast. Good for you.

[Ashley]

Done! Updated post 34

[Chaitra]

I'm done. I did 3 each.

COLORS "R" US

Duration: Aug 15, 2012 - Dec 14, 2012
Completed: 30/30

Red

✓ 1. The Kissing List | Stephanie Reents ★★★★ (08/20)
✓ 2. The Casual Vacancy | J.K. Rowling ★ (10/19)
✓ 3. Telegraph Avenue | Michael Chabon ★★★★ (11/17)

Green

✓ 1. You've Got Murder | Donna Andrews ★★ (08/21)
✓ 2. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Rachel Joyce ★★★★★ (8/31)
✓ 3. The Flight of Gemma Hardy | Margot Livesey ★ (09/05)

Blue

✓ 1. The Age of Miracles | Karen Thompson Walker ★★★★★ (08/15)
✓ 2. The Lifeboat | Charlotte Rogan ★★★ (08/21)
✓ 3. A Visit from the Goon Squad | Jennifer Egan ★★★★★ (08/23)

Black

✓ 1. Saturday | Ian McEwan ★ (08/24)
✓ 2. The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins ★★★★★ (09/11)
✓ 3. The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern ★★★★★ (10/26)

White/Silver

✓ 1. In One Person | John Irving ★★★ (08/22)
✓ 2. Me: Stories of My Life | Katharine Hepburn ★★★★ (08/24)
✓ 3. Skios: A Novel | Michael Frayn ★★★★ (09/01)

Yellow/Gold

✓ 1. The Quality of Mercy: A Novel | Barry Unsworth ★★ (08/22)
✓ 2. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee | Charles J. Shields ★★★★★ (08/29)
✓ 3. Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe ★★★★★ (10/12)

Brown

✓ 1. The Dream of the Celt: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa ★ (08/19)
✓ 2. The City of Ember | Jeanne DuPrau ★★★ (08/28)
✓ 3. Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (09/07)

Pink

✓ 1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Agatha Christie ★★★★ (08/29)
✓ 2. Tilt-a-Whirl | Chris Grabenstein ★★★★ (09/13)
✓ 3. I Scream, You Scream | Wendy Lyn Watson ★ (10/13)

Purple

✓ 1. The End of the Affair | Graham Greene ★★ (08/26)
✓ 2. A Dark-Adapted Eye | Barbara Vine ★★★ (09/14)
✓ 3. Stardust | Neil Gaiman ★★★★★ (09/15)

Orange

✓ 1. Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys ★★★ (08/23)
✓ 2. Arcadia | Lauren Groff ★★★ (09/05)
✓ 3. The Inquisitor: A Novel | Mark Allen Smith ★★ (09/11)

*** Completed (11/17) ***

[Connie N.]

Woohoo--finished (Post #49). This was fun.

[Samantha McNulty]

Colors "R" Us
December 1 2012 - April 1 2013

Red
Green
Blue
Black
White/Silver
Yellow/Gold
Brown
Pink
Purple
Orange

[Johanna]

Couldn´t quite make it, but here´s what I got:

The Colors:
Red
Green
Blue
Black]
White/Silver
Yellow/Gold
Brown
Pink
Purple
Orange

I will start the same one again, hopefully getting more this time!

[Nicole]

Finished! Updated post #59 :)

[~Leslie~]

UpdatedPost #25

14/20

[~Leslie~]

Almost completed this challenge!! I came pretty close, though. Great challenge!!

Duration: 9/1/12 -1/1/13

18/20

The Colors:
Red
1. The Mistress Diaries 10/31/12 **** stars
2. Fear the Darkness 12/4/12 ***1/2 stars


Green
1. Maiden Flight 10/29/12 *** stars
2. One Night in Scotland 10/18/12 **** stars


Blue
1. Space In His Heart 9/15/12 **** stars
2. A Kiss at Midnight 1/1/13 ****1/2 stars


Black
1. A Quick Bite 12/20/12 *** stars
2.Touch the Dark


White/Silver
1. The Bride and the Beast 12/5/12 **** stars
2. Your Scandalous Ways 10/11/12 **** stars


Yellow/Gold
1. A Race to Splendor 10/24/12 **** stars
2. Shadow Game 9/7/12 ***** stars


Brown
1. Under the Desert Moon 12/26/12 **** stars
2. Gunmetal Magic 10/2/12 ****1/2 stars


Pink
1. Sugar Rush 10/3/12 *** stars
2. Never Been Bit 12/23/12 *** stars


Purple
1. Deadly Fall 11/26/12 ***1/2 stars
2.Hunting Julian


Orange
1. Opal Fire 9/6/12 *** stars
2. Burning Alive 11/14/12 ***1/2 stars

[Amelia]

Here's what I got up to the deadline.

Colors 'R' Us
September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012
10/10

The Colors:

Red -
Reached - 11/16/12
Everneath - 12/3/12
Jacob T. Marley - 12/17/12


Green -
Choke - 9/20/12
Nobody's Princess - 10/25/12


Blue -
The Ask and the Answer - 9/9/12
A Crown of Swords - 10/8/12
Nobody's Prize - 10/28/12
Home From the Sea - 10/31/12
Nine Princes in Amber - 11/27/12
Sea Glass - 12/18/12


Black -
Discord's Apple - 9/26/12
Ill Wind - 11/20/12
The Hob's Bargain - 11/30/12
The King of Attolia - 12/5/12
Dreamhunter - 12/31/12


White/Silver -
Stork - 9/23/12
Prince of Thorns - 10/22/12
Winter's Heart - 10/29/12
The Emperor's Soul - 11/21/12


Yellow/Gold -
Tiger's Destiny - 9/17/12
Knife of Dreams - 11/22/12


Brown -
The Knife of Never Letting Go - 9/6/12
Ysabel - 10/9/12
Last Argument of Kings - 10/16/12
The Path of Daggers - 10/18/12
Seraphina - 11/6/12
Crossroads of Twilight - 11/9/12



Pink -
Saving Juliet - 10/18/12


Purple -
Storm Glass - 12/12/12


Orange -
Monsters of Men - 9/13/12


Rainbow (many colors)
The Jaguar Princess - 11/13/12
The Gathering Storm - 12/10/12

[[deleted user]]

SCC's Colors "R" Us Challenge
Duration: Mar,12 - Jul,12,2013
Completed: 6/10

[Read books whose covers match the colors listed below]

Red:
Green: Highlander Most Wanted by Maya Banks - Apr,16 ★★★★☆
Blue: Colters' Woman by Maya Banks - Jun,13 ★☆☆☆☆
Black: Lothaire by Kresley Cole - Mar,15 ★★★★★
White/Silver: Thrown by a Curve by Jaci Burton - Apr,14 ★★★★☆
Yellow/Gold:
Brown: The Emperor's Wolf by J.C. Owens - Jun,7 ★★☆☆☆
Pink:
Purple:
Orange: Hot Head by Damon Suede - Jul,15 ★★★★☆

[Ali]

Couldn't make it, like the challenge. Might try it again some other time

Duration: 1/10/12 - 1/2/13
Read: 8/10

Red
Green
Blue
Black:
White/Silver:
Yellow/Gold:
Brown:
Pink
Purple:
Orange

[Melissa]

I'm in for two of each color!
Duration: 3/23/13-7/23/13

The Colors:

Red
1. The Lipstick Laws / Amy Holder 3/5 Stars 03/29/13
2. Starlet's Web / Carla J. Hanna 4/5 Stars 04/03/13

Green
1. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend / Matthew Dicks 5/5 Stars 03/28/13
2. My Sister the Moon / Sue Harrison 4/5 Stars 03/30/13

Blue
1. Lonely: A Memoir / Emily White 2/5 Stars 03/3/13
2. Outlander / Diana Gabaldon 3/5 Stars 04/03/13

Black
1. Gone Girl / Gillian Flynn 5/5 Stars 04/11/13
2. American Gods / Neil Gaiman 4/5 Stars 04/25/13

White/Silver
1. The Icecutter's Daughter / Tracie Peterson 3/5 Stars 04/23/13
2. Almost Amish / Kathryn Cushman 4/5 Stars 05/23/13

Yellow/Gold
1. The Dry Grass of August / Anna Jean Mayhew 5/5 Stars 04/19/13
2. Baby Proof / Emily Giffin 3/5 Stars 04/28/13

Brown
1. The Poisonwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver 4/5 Stars 04/21/13
2. Dewey's Nine Lives: The Legacy of the Small-Town Library Cat Who Inspired Millions / Vicki Myron 4/5 Stars 05/16/13

Pink
1. Thursdays at Eight / Debbie Macomber 4/5 Stars 03/27/13
2. Two for the Dough / Janet Evanovich 3/5 Stars 04/04/13

Purple
1. Sweet Salt Air Barbara Delinsky 4/5 Stars 04/02/13
2. Starlet's Run / Carla J. Hanna 4/5 Stars 04/16/13

Orange
1.
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[Joanne]

Colours 'R Us
Start: 2015-01-01
31/50


Red
Shadowfever (01/23)
Mr. Kiss and Tell (03/29)
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (07/26)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (07/29)
The Duchess War (07/30)



Green
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (01/30)
California (03/07)
Fangirl (05/19)
Summer Knight (05/29)
Boy, Snow, Bird (06/20)



Blue
Maine (01/31)
The Name of the Wind (02/03)
The Silver Star (02/05)
Iced (02/08)
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender (02/20)



Black
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (02/20)
The Book of Strange New Things (03/15)
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (03/21)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (05/19)
Bones & All (05/21)



White/Silver
The Emperor of All Maladies (01/14)
Dept. of Speculation (01/31)
This Side of Home (04/04)
Three Day Road (04/10)
Dude, Where's my Stethoscope (05/19)



Yellow/Gold
Deadlocked (01/05)
The Girl with All the Gifts (02/26)
Then We Came to the End (04/16)
The House of God (05/27)
Uprooted (07/18)



Brown
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain (03/04)
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League (04/13)



Pink
Dead Reckoning (01/03)
A Little Something Different (01/16)
A Rogue by Any Other Name (03/12)



Purple
Faefever (01/11)
Seraphina (06/30)



Orange
Dreamfever (01/13)
Burned (02/15)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (03/02)
The Martian (04/06)

[Tammie]

Red1st to Die
Green
Blue
Black
White/Silver
Yellow/Gold
Brown
Pink
Purple
Orange