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May Word:
M ~ Marriage - A Home Series Celebration by Cardeno C. ~~ Read 05/01/14 ~ 3.5★
E ~ Eidolon by Jordan L. Hawk ~~ Read 05/01/14 ~ 4★
M ~ Marked by Garrett Leigh ~~ Read 05/06/14 ~ 3★
O ~ Once Upon A Haunted Moor by Harper Fox ~~ Read 05/01/14 ~ 4★
R ~ Rebirth by Jordan Castillo Price ~~ Read 05/19/14 ~ 4★
I ~ Illumination by Rowan Speedwell ~~ Read 05/13/14 ~ 4★
A ~ At Love's Command by Samantha Kane ~~ Read 05/09/14 ~ 3.5★
L ~ Letting Go by C.J. Anthony ~~ Read 05/05/14 ~ 3.5★
D ~ Dirty Kiss by Rhys Ford ~~ Read 05/03/14 ~ 3.5★
A ~ Ass Over Teacup by Jackie Nacht ~~ Read 05/01/14 ~ 3★
Y ~ You Can See Me by A.E. Via ~~ Read 05/08/14 ~ 3★
May Birthday:
M ~ Mate by Cecilia Ryan ~~ Read 05/09/14 ~ 2★
R ~ Rescuing the Librarian by Serena Yates ~~ Read 05/23/14 ~ 3★
T ~ Tabloid Trouble by Megan Derr ~~ Read 05/03/14 ~ 3★
Bonus:
National Police Week: Breaking Point by N.R. Walker ~~ Read 05/22/14 ~ 4★
Star Wars Day: The Experiment by Alicia Nordwell ~~ Read 05/18/14 ~ 4★
World Press Freedom Day: In the Park, In the Dark by Ally Blue ~~ Read 05/06/14 ~ 3★

11/11 Complete May 16
C K.J. Charles Butterflies May 3 ★★★★
I I Can See For Miles May 3 ★★★
N Nico Jaye Man-to-Man Coverage May 6 ★★★
C K.J. Charles Remnant: A Caldwell & Feximal/Whyborne & Griffin Mystery May 7 ★★★★★
O The Only One Who Knows May 6 ★★★★
D Dead in the Desert May 7 ★★★★★
E Enlightened May 16 ★★★★★
M J.L. Merrow Trick of Time May 8 ★★★
A Aleksandr Voinov Scorpion May 14 ★★★★★
Y You and a Billion Blue Tiles May 6 ★★★★
O Off Sides May 5 ★★

Easy level 5/1/2014-5/30/2014
2/4
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Melanie Dickerson The Healers Apprentice5/24/14***
Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton 5/30/2014*****



Begins: 01May14 / Ends: 31May14
9/7 completed
Flowers
F - FOWLER, Therese Anne wrote Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald ✔ – 01May14
L - LIGHTMAN, Alan wrote Einstein's Dreams ✔ – 06May14
O - On Folly Beach ✔ – 03May14
W - Wonder ✔ – 31May14
E - Storm Damage ✔ – 08May14
R
S - SLOSS, Aria B wrote Autobiography of Us ✔ – 13May14
BONUS Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own
National Police Week: Read a book with a character who's in law enforcement - Tom is a Secret Service Agent - State of the Onion ✔ – 20May14
Mother Goose Day: Read a fairy tale or a book based on one
Star Wars Day: Read a book from the sci-fi genre
National BBQ Month: Read a book set in the southern US - Set in MISSISSIPPI - A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty ✔ – 10May14
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you'd like - The Barbarian Nurseries ✔ – 22May14

Duration: May 01/14 - May 31/14
Words Associated With May:
L
I
L
Y



Birthdays in May:
A
D
E
L
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Duration: 1st May - 31st May
Level: Easy
0/4
L - Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian
I - Star Wars Day - Found by Evangeline Anderson
L - Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Y - World Press Freedom Day - The Stubborn Lord by Michelle M. Pillow





COMPLETED 6/7
F - Father Mine COMPLETE 5/7 4*
L - Lover Enshrined COMPLETE 5/3 4*
O - Maliciously Obedient
W - Against the Wall COMPLETE 5/7 4*
E - Nicole Edwards Perception COMPLETE 5/25 4*
R - Tiffany Reisz Scars and Stripes +Sore Spots + The Games Destiny Plays + Fit to Be Tied + The Last Good Night. COMPLETE 5/17
S - Skin in the Game COMPLETE 5/21 4*

Duration: 1st May - 31st May
Level: Easy
Read: 15/16
✔ M Mercy Blade 10.05.2014 ♥♥♥
✔ e Eleanor Marx: A Life 10.05.2014 ♥♥
✔ m Meeka's Reluctant Mates 21.05.2014 ♥♥♥
✔ o Oak Sophie Siren Unleashed 13.05.2014 ♥♥♥
✔ r Rhys Jean The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys 08.05.2014 ♥♥♥
✔ i In Too Deep 13.05.2014 ♥♥♥♥
✔ a Anjan Sundaram Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo 23.05.2014 ♥♥
✔ l Lisa Kleypas Sugar Daddy 14.05.2014 ♥♥♥♥
D D. D. Barant Killing Rocks
✔ a Ashley Elston The Rules for Disappearing 13.05.2014 ♥♥♥♥
✔ y World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you'd like A Virgin River Christmas 08.05.2014 ♥♥♥











National Police Week: Read a book with a character who's in law enforcement
✔ Star Wars Day: Read a book from the sci-fi genre Serenity 25.05.2014 ♥♥♥♥♥
✔ National BBQ Month: Read a book set in the southern US Saving Ceecee Honeycutt 25.05.2014 ♥♥♥♥♥


Birthdays in May
✔ M Moore Tim Gironimo!: Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy 17.05.2014 ♥♥♥
✔ r Richard Benson The Valley: A Hundred Years in the Life of a Family 08.05.2014 ♥♥♥
✔ T Three to Ride 21.05.2014 ♥♥♥




11/11
L Laskey, Journey to the New World 5-2-14
I I Walk in Dread 5-12-14
M Mary Pope Osborne, Standing in the Light 5-3-14
E Emme Rollins-Meeting Trouble 5-14-14
A Allen, Sarah Addison~Lost Lake 5-5-14
D Doon 5-16-14
E Ellen Emerson White 5-20-14
L Lloyd, Natalie Snicker of Magic 5-10-14
E E Lockhart We Were Liars 5-28-14
National BBQ- Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow 5-25-14
World Press (free) Revel 5-18-14
TCF May Challenge
Time Frame: 01 May 2014 - 31 May 2014
Level: Easy
Completed: 7/7
E:The Elites by Natasha Ngan (05 May 2014) ♥♥♥♥
M:A Murder in Macedon by Anna Apostolou (15 May 2014) ♥♥♥♥
E:Eighteen Couper Street by Millie Gray (11 May 2014) ♥♥♥
R:Rough Justice by Jack Higgins (16 May 2014) ♥♥
A:Ark Royal by Christopher Nuttall (15 May 2014) ♥♥♥♥
L:Longbourn by Jo Baker (11 May 2014) ♥♥♥♥
D:Death's Mistress by Karen Chance (03 May 2014) ♥♥♥♥♥
Time Frame: 01 May 2014 - 31 May 2014
Level: Easy
Completed: 7/7
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TCF May Challenge
May 1- 31, 2014
Level: Easy
Completed 6/ 6
M- Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer4 stars
R.-
The RoCK CLuB
4 stars
T. -National Police Week: Read a book with a character who's in law enforcement Al Capone Does My Shirts (his dad is a prison guard thats why they live there) 4 stars
F-
Fatal Treasure: Greed and Death, Emeralds and Gold, and the Obsessive Search for the Legendary Ghost Galleon Atocha
4 stars
U-
The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man
5 stars
N- Night Film 4 stars
May 1- 31, 2014
Level: Easy
Completed 6/ 6
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T. -National Police Week: Read a book with a character who's in law enforcement
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May 1st to 31st, 2014
May Word: MEMORIAL DAY - Using book titles
Level = Hard - Mother's Day (all female authors)
Read 8 / 11








M Men and Martinis by Delancey Stewart read 5/22/14 ♥♥♥
E Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare read 5/14/14 ♥♥♥
M Maid for Love by Marie Force read 5/22/14 ♥♥♥
O Our Little Secrets by Merry Farmer read 5/26/14 ♥♥♥
R Redemption by Karen Kingsbury read 5/15/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
I Instant Gratification by Jill Shalvis read 5/17/14 ♥♥♥
A Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden read 5/21/14 ♥♥♥♥
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D Danger Close by Lindsay McKenna read 5/24/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
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Duration: 1st May - 31st May
Level: Easy
EMERALD
E The Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson - 5/16/14
M Summer Flight by Margaret Yorke - 5/4/14
E The Portrait of Doreene Gray by Esri Allbritten - 5/11/14
R Where There's a Will by Rex Stout - 5/8/14
A The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu - 5/9/14
L The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block - 5/17/14
D Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry - 5/21/14

S-UnSouled Neal Shusterman
U-Fear in the Sunlight Nicola Upson
N-A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute




PROGRESS: 7/7
✓ E – author Anthony Eglin – The Blue Rose (English Garden #1), finished 5/11 ★★★.5
✓ M – My Name Is Resolute, by Nancy E. Turner, finished 5/3 ★★★.5
✓ E – Elusive (On the Run #1), by Sara Rosett, finished 5/8 ★★★
✓ R – author Elisabeth Rose – Instant Family, finished 5/11 ★★★
✓ A – Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well (Aunt Dimity #19), by Nancy Atherton, finished 5/2 ★★★.5
✓ L – author Lorena McCourtney – Dying to Read (Cate Kinkaid #1), finished 5/7 ★★★
✓ D - Death of Riley (Molly Murphy #2), by Rhys Bowen, finished 5/16 ★★★★







***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/16 *****

Time Frame: 01.05.14-31.05.14
Books Read: 0/4
T:Thorns, Prince of , Mark Lawrence
I: *Bonus: World Press Freedom Day: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
N: *Bonus: Star Wars Day: The Star Dwellers by David Estes
A: Arthur Conan Doyle, His Last Bow
(Fey)

Begins: 01May14 / Ends: 31May14
0/7 completed
Flowers
F:Leigh Grayson,For Anyone to See5/6/2014
L Lauren Kate,Teardrop5/12/2014
O :The OnebyKiera Cass 5/12/2014
WWendy Higgins,Sweet Reckoning5/10/2014
E:Elisabeth Naughton,Tempted5/8/2014
R:Nora Roberts,The Collector5/2/2014
S.The ProphetbyAmanda Stevens5/1/2014

Level: Hard-Female Authors
Completed: 11/11
M Maya Banks The Darkest Hour 5/4/14 4♥
E Estep, Jennifer Spider's Bite 5/13/14 3.5♥
M Maggie Shayne Sleep With the Lights On 5/11/14 4♥
O One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton 5/14/14 4♥
R Robb, J D Loyalty in Death 5/12/14 4♥
I Ilona Andrews Magic Strikes 5/8/14 4♥
A Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh 5/4/14 4.5♥
L Little Century by Anna Keesey 5/4/14 3♥
D Darynda Jones First Grave on the Right 5/26/14 3♥
A Andre, Bella The Look of Love 5/2/14 3.5♥
Y Yasmine Galenorn Dragon Wytch 5/25/14 3♥

Duration: 1st May - 31st May
THEME for HARD level: Date Your Mate Month: All of your books must be from the romance genre
S- অনুরাগ by Samaresh Majumdar
U- Drive By Wolf ( Urban Ladies Series #1)
✓N- Accidentally In Love by Nikita Singh



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1/3 done

Duration: 1st May - 31st May
THEME for HARD level: Date Your Mate Month: All of your books must be by female author
M
A
Y
D
A
Y
Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own
National Police Week: Read a book with a character who's in law enforcement
Mother Goose Day: Read a fairy tale or a book based on one
Star Wars Day: Read a book from the sci-fi genre
National BBQ Month: Read a book set in the southern US
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you'd like

Level-Hard
11/11 completed
To celebrate the birthday of my grandson Alexander, I have to choose Cinco de Mayo as Alexander will be 5 years of age on May 5, 2014!
C-
Female author
I-Substitute Mother Goose Day-
Female author
N-
C-
Female author
O-Substitute National BBQ Day
female author
D-
Female Author
E-
Female Author
M-
A-
Y-Substitute National Police Week-
O-Substitute World Press Freedom Day-
Themes to Choose From for Hard Level:
Mother's Day: All of your books must be by female authors
Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own
National Police Week: Read a book with a character who's in law enforcement-
Mother Goose Day: Read a fairy tale or a book based on one-
Female author
Star Wars Day: Read a book from the sci-fi genre
National BBQ Month: Read a book set in the southern US
female author
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you'd like











READ: 10/10
✔S: Seduce the Darkness - Gena Showalter 5/19
✔U: Untraceable - S.R. Johannes 5/18
✔N: Not One Clue - Lois Greiman 5/10



✔L: Loving A Lost Lord - Mary Jo Putney 5/11
✔I: Illusion - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/23
✔M: Last Words - Mariah Stewart 5/20
✔E: Extreme Exposure - Pamela Clare 5/28




✔National Police Week: The 9th Girl - Tami Hoag (cops) 5/21
✔National BBQ Month: Blood Trade - Faith Hunter (Mississippi) 5/29
✔World Press Freedom Day: The Firebird - Susanna Kearsley 5/12



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

T: World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you'd like Lick
I: Iron Crowned
N: Read a book from the sci-fi genre Fool Moon
A: Awaken Me Darkly
D: Dorothy Must Die
R: Working Stiff by Rachel Caine
E: Everbound
W: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues White Trash Zombie #2

May 2014 TCF'S Monthly Challenge
Duration: 5/1/2014 - 5/31/2014
Progress: 11 out of 11
C: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - ***** - 5/22/2014
I: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd - ***** - 5/18/2014
N: ***BONUS***
C: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - ***** - 5/22/2014
O: Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - ***** - 5/31/2014
D: James Dashner; The Maze Runner - *** - 5/6/2014
E: Eric Schlosser; Fast Food Nation - ***** - 5/28/2014
M: Richelle Mead; Shadow Kiss - ***** - 5/7/2014
A: Alan Bradley; The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches - ***** - 5/14/2014
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Courting Darkness - **** - 5/29/2014 - 286 Pages
O: Malika Oufkir; Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail - ***** - 5/30/2014










BONUS:
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you'd like:
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett - **** - 5/1/2014


Duration: May 1st to 31st, 2014
Progress: 09/12
Level = Hard - Mother's Day (all female authors)
Word = Colin Farrell
C ✔ Catalyst by Dani Worth ★★★★ (03/05/14)
O ✔ Origin by Dani Worth ★★★★(03/05/14)
L ✔ A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton ★★★★★(05/05/14)
I ✔ It Happened One Wedding by Julie James ★★★★(12/05/14)
N ✔ New York to Dallas by JD Robb ★★★★ (15/05/14)
F ✔ French Quarter by Lacey Alexander ★★★ (05/05/14)
A Baby, Be Mine by Vivian Arend
R ✔ Replicant by Dani Worth ★★★½ (02/05/14)
R ✔ Treachery in Death by JD Robb ★★★★ (06/05/14)
E Easy by Tammara Webber
L ✔Knowing the Score by Kat Latham ★★★ (18/05/14)
L Live by Mary Ann Rivers













TCF MAY CHALLENGE, 5/1 - 5/31
PROGRESS: 7/7
✓ E – author Anthony Eglin – The Blue Rose (English Garden #1), finished 5/11 ★★★.5
✓ M – My Name Is Resolute, by Nancy E. Turner, finished 5/3 ★★★.5
✓ E – Elusive (On the Run #1), by Sara Rosett, finished 5/8 ★★★
✓ R – author Elisabeth Rose – Instant Family, finished 5/11 ★★★
✓ A – Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well (Aunt Dimity #19), by Nancy Atherton, finished 5/2 ★★★.5
✓ L – author Lorena McCourtney – Dying to Read (Cate Kinkaid #1), finished 5/7 ★★★
✓ D - Death of Riley (Molly Murphy #2), by Rhys Bowen, finished 5/16 ★★★★
***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/16 *****

Duration: 1st May - 31st May
Level: Easy
4/4
L -
I - Star Wars Day -
L - National Police Week -
Y - World Press Freedom Day -




COMPLETED

Words Associated With May:
L
I
L
Y




Birthdays in May:
A
D
E
L
E






Duration: May 1st to 31st, 2014
Progress: 12/12
Level = Hard - Mother's Day (all female authors)
Word = Colin Farrell
C ✔ Catalyst by Dani Worth ★★★★ (03/05/14)
O ✔ Origin by Dani Worth ★★★★(03/05/14)
L ✔ A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton ★★★★★(05/05/14)
I ✔ It Happened One Wedding by Julie James ★★★★(12/05/14)
N ✔ New York to Dallas by JD Robb ★★★★ (15/05/14)
F ✔ French Quarter by Lacey Alexander ★★★ (05/05/14)
A ✔ Alaska, with Love by Sandrine Gasq-Dion ★½ (15/05/14)
R ✔ Replicant by Dani Worth ★★★½ (02/05/14)
R ✔ Treachery in Death by JD Robb ★★★★ (06/05/14)
E ✔ Easy by Tammara Webber ★★★★ (19/05/14)
L ✔Knowing the Score by Kat Latham ★★★ (18/05/14)
L ✔ How To Say Goodbye by Amber Lin ★★★★ (23/05/14)












****COMPLETED 23rd May 2014****

May 2014
11/11
L Laskey, Journey to the New World 5-2-14
I I Walk in Dread 5-12-14
M Mary Pope Osborne, Standing in the Light 5-3-14
E Emme Rollins-Meeting Trouble 5-14-14
A Allen, Sarah Addison~Lost Lake 5-5-14
D Doon 5-16-14
E Ellen Emerson White 5-20-14
L Lloyd, Natalie Snicker of Magic 5-10-14
E E Lockhart We Were Liars 5-28-14
National BBQ- Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow 5-25-14
World Press (free) Revel 5-18-14

Emerald
E/World Press Freedom Day: Priceless by Shannon Mayer (May 5)
M: Murder of a Sweet Old Lady by Denise Swanson (May 2 - Murder)
E: Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep (May 29 - Estep)
R: Frostbite by Richelle Mead (May 20 - Richelle)
A: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks (May 10 - Anna)
L: Fixed on You by Laurelin Paige (May 13 - Laurelin)
D: Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones (May 10 - Darynda)








May Word: MEMORIAL DAY - Using book titles
Level = Hard - Mother's Day (all female authors)
Read 8 / 11








M Men and Martinis by Delancey Stewart read 5/22/14 ♥♥♥
E Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare read 5/14/14 ♥♥♥
M Maid for Love by Marie Force read 5/22/14 ♥♥♥
O Our Little Secrets by Merry Farmer read 5/26/14 ♥♥♥
R Redemption by Karen Kingsbury read 5/15/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
I Instant Gratification by Jill Shalvis read 5/17/14 ♥♥♥
A Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden read 5/21/14 ♥♥♥♥
L
D Danger Close by Lindsay McKenna read 5/24/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A
Y

May 2014 TCF'S Monthly Challenge
Duration: 1st May - 31st May
Level: Easy
EMERALD
E The Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson - 5/16/14
M Summer Flight by Margaret Yorke - 5/4/14
E The Portrait of Doreene Gray by Esri Allbritten - 5/11/14
R Where There's a Will by Rex Stout - 5/8/14
A The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu - 5/9/14
L The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block - 5/17/14
D Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry - 5/21/14

May 2014 Monthly Challenge
Begins: 01May14 / Ends: 31May14
9/7 completed
Flowers
F - FOWLER, Therese Anne wrote Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald ✔ – 01May14
L - LIGHTMAN, Alan wrote Einstein's Dreams ✔ – 06May14
O - On Folly Beach ✔ – 03May14
W - Wonder ✔ – 31May14
E - Storm Damage ✔ – 08May14
R
S - SLOSS, Aria B wrote Autobiography of Us ✔ – 13May14
BONUS Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own
National Police Week: Read a book with a character who's in law enforcement - Tom is a Secret Service Agent - State of the Onion ✔ – 20May14
Mother Goose Day: Read a fairy tale or a book based on one
Star Wars Day: Read a book from the sci-fi genre
National BBQ Month: Read a book set in the southern US - Set in MISSISSIPPI - A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty ✔ – 10May14
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you'd like - The Barbarian Nurseries ✔ – 22May14
Books mentioned in this topic
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (other topics)Orange Is the New Black (other topics)
Fast Food Nation (other topics)
Courting Darkness (other topics)
Einstein's Dreams (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Piper Kerman (other topics)Malika Oufkir (other topics)
Eric Schlosser (other topics)
Yasmine Galenorn (other topics)
Rex Stout (other topics)
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How It Works:
○Below there will be a list of words associated with May You will choose 1 or more word from the list and choose/read books that either the •Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter!
○To Move up to the Hard Level you will choose books from the same Genre or Theme (Listed Below) for each word you read! *If you do more than one word you can use a different genre or theme for each word☺
There will be a couple of Bonus Options for those who want to add a little something extra!
•Some Info to Keep In Mind•
♦You CAN do re-reads as long as they are read during challenge.
♦You CAN change you •Books & •Level of Difficulty at any time during the challenge.
♦Update your orginal list, as well as updating a post occasioanlly.
•Strike out Finished Books
•Rate your Finished Books 1-5 ♥'s 1 5 Being the Best!
•Add a tally of completed books to Orginal Post= 0/5 completed!
If you have questions Please ask me here, or PM me or any of the Mods!
May Words to Choose From:
Words Associated With May:
•Mom •May Day •Cinco de Mayo •Memorial Day •Flower(s)
•Emerald •Taurus •Lily •Sun •Lime(s)
Birthdays in May:
(Please note you can do the whole name, first, and or last)
•Adele •Chris Paul •Kim Fields •George Clooney •Tina Fey
•Mr. T •Jewel •Drew Carey •Stevie Nicks •Colin Farrell
Themes to Choose From for Hard Level:
Mother's Day: All of your books must be by female authors
Date Your Mate Month: All of your books must be from the romance genre
Pick Strawberries Day: All of your books must have red on the cover
Older Americans Month.: All of your books must be from over 3 months on your TBR
Loyalty Day: All of your books must be by authors you've read before
National Police Week: Read a book with a character who's in law enforcement
Mother Goose Day: Read a fairy tale or a book based on one
Star Wars Day: Read a book from the sci-fi genre
National BBQ Month: Read a book set in the southern US
World Press Freedom Day: Read any book you'd like
Good Luck & Happy Reading!