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DHASG January Challenge

Introduction: It's January! A new year and new book frontiers. Let's embark on some fun reading adventures this month.

Rules:


1, Any DHASG member can participate.
2. Sign up at any time during the month, but books must be read between January 1st and January 31st, 2018. Post when you sign up and update your progress regularly and when you finish.
3. Rereads are fine. Reads can overlap with other challenges on the group, but a book can only count once in this challenge.
3. In your stats, write your level, include book name, author, date read, and how it fits the particular challenge point.
4.Have fun!

Levels:

1. Bring in the New: Read 9-12 books.
2. Snow Day: Read 5-8 books.
3. Blank Slate: Read 3-4 books.

Categories:

1.New Year's Day: January 1st is the first day of the new year. People have various ways of celebrating, but many take it as a day to relax and mentally prepare for the new year. You can use this day to do any reading you want. The book you read on this day will count towards the challenge.
2.National Nothing Day: January 16th is National Nothing Day. Use this day to make something out of nothing. Make up your own challenge item for this day and read a book that reflects your challenge.
3.Thesaurus Day: January 18th is the day to celebrate the thesaurus and its creator, Peter Roget. A thesaurus is a book that lists different words that mean the same thing. Read a book with an unusual take on a tried and true theme.
4.Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: The third Monday of January is the day to celebrate a great American hero, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, whose work became the foundation of civil rights movements in the United States. Read a book that reflects some aspect of Dr. King's life and legacy.
5.Hugging Helps!: January 21st is National Hugging Day. Read a book that featuring the spirit and intent behind hugging. If you can find a book that has a hug on the cover, even better.
6.Festival of Sleep: January 3rd is a day to celebrate sleeping. Find a creative way to reflect this day and the concept of sleeping with a book you read this month.
7.We are Peculiar: January 10th is Peculiar People Day. To celebrate, read a book with a character who qualifies as extraordinary, unusual, strange, odd, uncommon, intriguing, different, abnormal, or quirky.
8.Prove It!: January 13th is International Skeptics Day, a day set aside for people who question or doubt facts and theories, in other words, a skeptic. Read a book with a character who identifies as or approaches life from the viewpoint of a skeptic.
9.Make Your Dreams Come True: January 13th is a holiday that represents the idea of taking opportunities to realize your goals and dreams. Read a book that has a character who is doing this in the book.
10.Appreciate a Dragon Day: Writer Donita K.. Paul is the creator of this day on January 16th to appreciate dragons., Read a book that includes a literal or figurative dragon (such as a tattoo or someone who calls themselves a dragon),
11.No New Year's Resolution How about not having New Year's resolutions? January 17th is the day for it. Read a book where a person seems to live their life in a way that is opposite from what one may adopt as a New Year's resolution.
12.Have it Your Way!: Pick one of the following holidays and read a book for it in this challenge. Spouse's Day, Fun at Work Day, Opposite Day, Compliment Day, Backward Day, Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day, Inspire Your Heart With Art Day.







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Challenge Participants

I'm in!

1.New Year's Day: January 1st is the first day of the new year. People have various ways of celebrating, but many take it as a day to relax and mentally prepare for the new year. You can use this day to do any reading you want. The book you read on this day will count towards the challenge. Center Mass by Lani Lynn Vale 1.17 -New Beginings
2.National Nothing Day: January 16th is National Nothing Day. Use this day to make something out of nothing. Make up your own challenge item for this day and read a book that reflects your challenge. Nothing is going to bother me day- Get You Some by Lani Lynn Vale 1.10
3.Thesaurus Day: January 18th is the thesaurus and its creator, Peter Roget. A thesaurus is a book that lists different words that mean the same thing. Read a book with an unusual take on a tried and true theme. My Bad by Lani Lynn Vale 1.11 BIKER
4.Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: The third Monday of January is the day to celebrate a great American hero, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, whose work became the foundation of civil rights movements in the United States. Read a book that reflects some aspect of Dr. King's life and legacy.
5.Hugging Helps!: January 21st is National Hugging Day. Read a book that featuring the spirit and intent behind hugging. If you can find a book that has a hug on the cover, even better. Vanishing Act by AM Madden 1.10
6.Festival of Sleep: January 3rd is a day to celebrate sleeping. Find a creative way to reflect this day and the concept of sleeping with a book you read this month. Once Chance Fancy by Lani Lynn Vale 1.20
7.We are Peculiar: January 10th is Peculiar People Day. To celebrate, read a book with a character who qualifies as extraordinary, unusual, strange, odd, uncommon, intriguing, different, abnormal, or quirky. Charlie Foxtrot by Lani Lynn Vale 1.9
8.Prove It!: January 13th is International Skeptics Day, a day set aside for people who question or doubt facts and theories, in other words, a skeptic. Read a book with a character who identifies as or approaches life from the viewpoint of a skeptic. Zero to Sixty by Marie Harte 1.3
9.Make Your Dreams Come True: January 13th is a holiday that represents the idea of taking opportunities to realize your goals and dreams. Read a book that has a character who is doing this in the book. Reclaiming Maysen by Liberty Parker 1.7
10.Appreciate a Dragon Day: Writer Donita K.. Paul is the creator of this day on January 16th to appreciate dragons., Read a book that includes a literal or figurative dragon (such as a tattoo or someone who calls themselves a dragon), Day Care Dragon by Zoe Chant 1.2
11.No New Year's Resolution How about not having New Year's resolutions? January 17th is the day for it. Read a book where a person seems to live their life in a way that is opposite from what one may adopt as a New Year's resolution. - Undecided career path- Trash Talkin by Lani Lynn Vale 1.11
12.Have it Your Way!: Pick one of the following holidays and read a book for it in this challenge. Spouse's Day, Fun at Work Day, Opposite Day, Compliment Day, Backward Day, Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day, Inspire Your Heart With Art Day. Feast of Wild Men-Pitch Please by Lani Lynn Vale 1.17

I am in
Blank Slate: Read 3-4 books.

1. New Year's Day:A Bundle of Joy
Read: 1/1/19
Rating: 4 stars

2. Thesaurus Day: The Deal female mafia boss
Read: 1/3/19
Rating: 4 stars

3.Have it Your Way: Fur And Flightless Wild men
Read: 1/5/19
Ratings: 4 stars

4. National Nothing Day: Best Book I have read so far in 2019: The Kiss Thief
Read: 1/15/19
Rating: 5 stars

5. Appreciate a Dragon Day: Caught Between Dragons
Read: 1/21/19
Rating: 2 stars

going for Blank Slate 3 - 4

1.New Year's Day: Gabe: A Badari Warriors SciFi Romance Novel read 1-1-2019
2.National Nothing Day: January 16th is National Nothing Day. Use this day to make something out of nothing. Make up your own challenge item for this day and read a book that reflects your challenge.
3.Thesaurus Day: January 18th is the thesaurus and its creator, Peter Roget. A thesaurus is a book that lists different words that mean the same thing. Read a book with an unusual take on a tried and true theme.
4.Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: The third Monday of January is the day to celebrate a great American hero, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, whose work became the foundation of civil rights movements in the United States. Read a book that reflects some aspect of Dr. King's life and legacy.
5.Hugging Helps!: January 21st is National Hugging Day. Read a book that featuring the spirit and intent behind hugging. If you can find a book that has a hug on the cover, even better.
6.Festival of Sleep: January 3rd is a day to celebrate sleeping. Find a creative way to reflect this day and the concept of sleeping with a book you read this month.
.7.We are Peculiar: Vrehx by Elin Wyn read 1-6-2019
8.Prove It!: January 13th is International Skeptics Day, a day set aside for people who question or doubt facts and theories, in other words, a skeptic. Read a book with a character who identifies as or approaches life from the viewpoint of a skeptic.
9.Make Your Dreams Come True: January 13th is a holiday that represents the idea of taking opportunities to realize your goals and dreams. Read a book that has a character who is doing this in the book.
10.Appreciate a Dragon Day: Writer Donita K.. Paul is the creator of this day on January 16th to appreciate dragons., Read a book that includes a literal or figurative dragon (such as a tattoo or someone who calls themselves a dragon),
11.No New Year's Resolution How about not having New Year's resolutions? January 17th is the day for it. Read a book where a person seems to live their life in a way that is opposite from what one may adopt as a New Year's resolution.
12.Have it Your Way!: Pick one of the following holidays and read a book for it in this challenge. Spouse's Day, Fun at Work Day, Opposite Day, Compliment Day, Backward Day, Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day, Inspire Your Heart With Art Day.

Snow Day: Read 5-8 books.

1.New Year's Day: by Natasha Boyd, read 1/1

9. Dreams come true: A Daring Arrangement by Joanna Shupe read 1/20. The hero pursues his dreams of wealth by working and excelling in the stock market/trading.

12. Feast of fabulous wild men: The Hero Within by Bec McMaster read 1/27. The hero is a "warg" a shifter created from nanotechnology in this dystopian action romance.

7. Peculiar: Bourbon Bliss by Claire Kingsley read 1/17. The heroine is portrayed as a quirky or peculiar character, most likely on the autism spectrum although that's never stated. She was awesome.

2. National Nothing Day: Barely Breathing by Pamela Clare read 1/26. This book has set on my TBR for 3 years! Challenged myself to start this series.

Hello, DHASG Challenge Queens!

I'm working on the February challenge as we speak. Apologies for the delay! I'll post it soon, hopefully this evening.

The challenge is up!

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