A Stitcher's Book Club discussion

For this challenge, choose one (or more!!) of these words/phrases related to our May and June Books of the Month(s)! You may use the first letter of the first word in the book’s title – excluding A, An and The – or the author’s first or last initial (middle names or initials can NOT be used).

DEBBIE

MACOMBER

JENNY

HAN

LOVED

HEART

LETTERS

LARA JEAN

ROMANCE

BEGINNINGS

CAR CRASH

MAY

JUNE

PRUDHOMME

PORTLAND

OREGAN

FAMILY

Feel free to use your own words/phrases for the challenge as long as they apply to the books, authors, or to the genre as a whole. :)

CHALLENGE RULES:
Adapted with permission from another group.

* When you sign up for the challenge, please post a challenge template so we have a post to which to link your name; post #2 will list participant links which can then be used for making challenge updates.

* For each book you read, please indicate the title, the author and the date you finished reading it. Links to books/covers are great. : )

* Unless otherwise noted, books must be at least 150 pages long.

* For this challenge, any book finished during the months of May/June may count towards completion, regardless of when you started reading it.

* Books may only be used for one task in this challenge, but cross-challenge posting is encouraged!

* You may use the first letter of the first word in the book’s title (excluding A, An and The) or the author’s first or last initial (middle names or initials can NOT be used) to spell your word.

* When you complete the challenge, please post your entire list as a new message to make it easier for everyone to see what you've read. If you don't repost your list, you won't be included in the list of those who have completed the challenge.

*If you don’t know how to post a link to the book title or cover, see the instructions here: How to Link to Books/Authors/Book Covers in GoodReads Comments

Participants:

Eden
Dana
Catherine
Heather
Jessie Marie

Here is my template:

May/June Spell Challenge
Duration: May 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017
Completed: 5/9

P- P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han Finished 6/26
R- Wish You Were Hereby Rita Mae Brown Finished 5/30
U-Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell Finished 6/21
D- The Maze Runner by James Dashner
H- Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
O- Outfoxed by Rita Mae Brown-Finished 5/22
M- Crystal Storm by Morgan Rhodes
M-The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz Finished 6/13
E-Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles

Oky doky, always up for a challenge...

May/June Spell Challenge 2017
Duration - May 01 till June 30
Completed 7/7

R The Road by Cormac McCarthy | finished 07/05
O A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess | finished 07/06
M Somme: Into the Breach by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore | finished 03/05
A Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake | finished 09/05
N More Than This by Patrick Ness | finished 11/05
C Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card | finished 05/05
E From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne| finished 17/05

and just for back up sakes

Completed 5/5

L The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness | finished 21/05
O The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum | finished 05/06
V The Battle Of Forever by A.E. van Vogt | finished 29/06
E Eldest by Christopher Paolini | finished 30/05
D My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier | finished 23/06

I will try this, as it's 2 months long I have a chance. I will think about the books I will use. I think I have 3 of them, just need to work out the last 2

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Catherine wrote: "I will try this, as it's 2 months long I have a chance. I will think about the books I will use. I think I have 3 of them, just need to work out the last 2

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Thank you for joining us Catherine! I have you linked in the first comment for updates :)

Ok folks. Here we go. I really need to get back into reading more. I'm trying my hand at this one (I added author names when I used them for the letters):

Completed 12/13

M My Own Dear Brother
A Ameerah (Finished May 16 - 2 stars)
Y Year of Wonders (Finished May 25 - 2 stars)

B Batman, Volume 1: I Am Gotham (Finished May 5 - 2 stars)
E Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body. (Finished June 26 - 5 stars)
G What We Talk About When We Talk About Clone Club by Gregory Pence Finished June 19 - 2 star
I It (Finished May 10 - 2 stars)
N The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor by Elizabeth Norton (Finished May 14 - 3 stars)
N Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick (Finished June 17 - 4 stars)
I If Not for You (Finished May 5 - 2 stars)
N Nailbiter #1 (Finished June 17 - 3 stars)
G The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George (Finished May 16 - 4 stars)
S The Spirit Chaser (Replaces: Staking a Claim (DNFed June 17) Finished June 18 - 1 star)

END OF MONTH REVIEW:
So close. Well...I finished "Beginnings" anyway....

Without meaning to, most of these are currently filled because of author names.

May/June Spell Challenge 2017
Duration: 5/1/17 - 6/30/17
Completed: 0 / 11

M Finally Free by Michael Vick
A Written in Red by Anne Bishop
C The Selection by Kiera Cass
O Requiem by Lauren Oliver
M Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu
B In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
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R The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

H To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
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Thank you Dana, Catherine, Heather, and Jessie Marie for participating in the challenge! :D

So I think it's safe to say I won't finish anything else before Saturday. :( Faaaaail lol

Eden wrote: "So I think it's safe to say I won't finish anything else before Saturday. :( Faaaaail lol"

I think I'm gonna be one shy.... I finished "Beginnings" (just haven't posted a review yet, so it's not marked off) but not "May". So sad.

Scraped in with a day to go, but i did it, completing two words....

May/June Spell Challenge 2017
Duration - May 01 till June 30
Completed 7/7

R The Road by Cormac McCarthy | finished 07/05
O A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess | finished 07/06
M Somme: Into the Breach by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore | finished 03/05
A Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake | finished 09/05
N More Than This by Patrick Ness | finished 11/05
C Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card | finished 05/05
E From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne| finished 17/05

and just for back up sakes

Completed 5/5

L The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness | finished 21/05
O The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum | finished 05/06
V The Battle Of Forever by A.E. van Vogt | finished 29/06
E Eldest by Christopher Paolini | finished 30/05
D My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier | finished 23/06