Monthly Challenges discussion

Here's the spot to help you with your plan for this month's reading.

Diana's Reading Plan for May

1.1 National Blood Pressure Month
Doctors like it when their patients have their blood pressure at 120/80.
Read a book with 2 of the following numbers in their page count: (1,2,0,8,0)
ex. 250, 185, 400, etc....

1.2 (Diana S task) Pick A Genre
Read a book with Adventure listed in its main page genre.

1.3 National Photograph Month
Read a book who has a character that is a photographer or there are photographs (at less 2) in the text of the book (cover or inter-sleeve do not count).

1.4 (Linda C task) Remembrances: Mother's Day
Read a book with an WOMAN & CHILD on the cover (show cover).

1.5 National Hamburger Month
Read a book set in the 1950's or 1960's (list year).

1.6 Older American Month
Read a book with a MC that is 65 years or older (list age).

1.7 (Bethany's task) TBA

Two Point Tasks

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

Go to link: Surprise Me Task

2.2 (Sam F's task) The Amazing Race
Read two books

1. Capture the Flag
Read a book set in the Australia (must be at less set 50% in chosen country) -or- MC is Australian.

2. Detour
To reach your detour complete one of the following tasks.
(TBA)

2.3 (Linda C's task) TBA
2.4 (Tessa's task) TBA
2.5 (Bethany's task) TBA

Three Point Task

3.1 (Linda C's task) TBA
Read Three books

Five Point Task

5.1 What's growing in your garden?
Read five books

The month of May is also Gifts of the Garden Month & National Salad Month
For the month spell-out the word: GIFTS or SALAD.

For example: spell-out: SALAD

Sophie Cameron's Out of the Blue
American Princess (An): The Many Lives of Allene Tew by Annejet van der Zifl
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
Aveyard , Victoria - War Storm
Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan (The) by Gia Cribbs

Tessa's Plans



2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books



2.2 (Sam F's task) The Amazing Race
1. Capture the Flag
Read a book set in Australia (must be at less set 50% in chosen country) -or- MC is Australian.

2. Detour
To reach your detour complete one of the following tasks.
(TBA)



2.3 (Linda C's task) - Space Day and Star Wars Day
a) Set in space or about space
b) Auth F & L in S T A R W A R S D A Y


2.4 (Tessa's task) TBA
a) Favorite musical - auth F & L in FANTASTICKS
b) Pick a play and read a book that coordinates - tell how
PLAY - Hairspray - Features teenagers / this is a YA novel.



2.5 (Bethany's task) TBA



3.1 Linda C's task - Kentucky Derby
a) 5/5/18 is 144 running w/ 20 horses - pub or pages use only 5,5,1,8,1,4,4,2,0

b) Ladies wear elaborate hats - Hat on cover

c) Set in KY -or- 1st letter each title word in CHURCHILL DOWNS



5.1 What's growing in your garden?
S - Smilla's Sense of Snow ✔ - 12May18
A
L
A
D -