Grab a Book & Play Booktivity! discussion

May 2019 Mini Challenge
Begins: 01May2019 / Ends: 31May2019

LChoose one of these words/phrases that are inspired by May events. Spell the word using the First letter of the title (Exclude: A, An, The), /or/ the author's first or last initial.

Word list
Mother
Cap and gown
Flowers
Veteran
Memorial
Picnic


=============================================

Example of completed SPELL challenge:
M - My Brilliant Friend
A - Madeleine K. Albright / Fascism: A Warning
Y - A Year in Provence


RULES of the challenge

All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.

You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book.

You may use books you began in an earlier month, as long as you FINISH within the month of the challenge.

You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing the task.

If you'd like to be recognized as finishing, the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.

Enjoy!

Participants:

CLICK on your name to go directly to your challenge post

Carol ✔ - DONE

Ed ✔ - DONE

Jaret

JennH

Koren ✔ - DONE

Licha-Olivia

Marilyn

Olivermagnus

SANDYE

Tessa ✔ - DONE

.

Cap and Gown

10/10 - Done 5/22/19
Carol Goodman - The Lake of Dead Languages -5/10/19
Ania Ahlborn - The Devil Crept In- 5/1/19
Pauline Rowson - Shroud of Evil-5/13/19
Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones-5/2/19
Need - Carrie Jones -5/22/19
Dead Insider - Victoria Houston -5/1/19
Giles Blunt - Forty Words for Sorrow /5/7/19
Overton, Hollie - Baby Doll - 5/17/19
White Cat-Holly Black -5/9/19
Neon Prey - John Sandford -5/6/19

May 2019 Mini Challenge
Begins: 01May2019 / Ends: 31May2019

M-The Manson Women and Me: Monsters, Morality, and Murder by Nikki Meredith finished 5/7
O-Overstreet, Paul Forever and Ever Amen finished 5/22
T-Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love by Matthew Logelin finished 5/11
H-Hudson, Dale All I Want To Do Is Kill finished 5/25
E-Edmundson, Mark The Fine Wisdom and Perfect Teachings of the Kings of Rock and Roll: A Memoir finished 5/24
R-Richard Bransford Take Two Hearts: One Surgeon's Passion for Disabled Children in Africa finished 5/9

*****COMPLETED 6/24/19*****


May 2019 Mini Challenge
Begins: 01May2019 / Ends: 31May2019

LChoose one of these words/phrases that are inspired by May events. Spell the word using the First letter of the title (Exclude: A, An, The), /or/ the author's first or last initial.

M- Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
O-The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde 5/18/19
T-Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
H-Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
E-Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 6/24/19
R-Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19


Word list
Mother-MOTHER
Cap and gown-CAP A GW
Flowers-FLOWERS
Veteran-VETRA
Memorial-MEMORIAL
Picnic-PICIC

Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19
Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
An Unobstructed View: A Personal Journey from Illinois to Arizona by Mark Johnson 5/13/19
Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde 5/18/19
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm 5/27/19
Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
Yasmina Khadra- Morituri 6/2/19
Agatha Christie- Murder at the Vicarage 6/4/19
Moonraker by Ian Fleming 6/6/19
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch 6/8/19
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 6/9/19
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence 6/10/19
Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell 6/11/19
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust 6/14/19
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 6/17/19
Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf 6/19/19
The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton 6/21/19
Afghanistan's Blue Treasure: Lapis Lazuli by Lailee McNair Bakhtiar 6/22/19
Toubab by Rob Coughlin 6/23/19
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 6/24/19

May 2019 Mini Challenge - S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01May19 / Ends: 31May19

7 / 7 completed

Flowers
F - Francisco Cantú / The Line Becomes A River ✔ - 09May19
L - Line Becomes A River ✔ - 11May19
O - OSTOW, Micol / The Devil and Winnie Flynn ✔ - 12July19
W - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves ✔ - 05May19
E - Eleven Minutes ✔ - 10May19
S - STEWART, Amy / Girl Waits with Gun ✔ - 03May19

.

May 2019 Mini Challenge

✔M - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly 5/4/19
O
✔T - Taken In by Elizabeth Lynn Casey 5/15/19
H
E
R

I've got everyone linked to this point. Enjoy the challenge!

May 2019 Mini Challenge - S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01May19 / Ends: 31May19

5/ 7 completed

Flowers

✔Fowler, Therese Anne, author of A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts--5/10/19
✔L Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers--5/5/19
✔Orwell, George, author of 1984--5/18/19
✔William (Bill) Clinton, author of The President Is Missing--5/10/19
E
R
✔S Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman

Sign me up

May 2019 Mini Challenge - S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01May19 / Ends: 31May19

VETERAN

V:
E: Elliot, Kendra; Known (5/16/19)
T: This Lullaby Sarah Dessen(6/2/19)
E: Elliot, Kendra; This Lullaby (6/15/19)
R: Radiant Shimmering LightSarah Selecky (5/12/19)
A: Amanda Hocking Wake(6/16/19)
N: Novak; Brenda, Before We Were Strangers (5/11/19)

Marilyn & Licha-Olivia ... I've created links for you both. Hope you enjoy this challenge.

Completed (1/6)

P
I
Crooked House by Agatha Christie 5 stars 5/3/2019
N
I
C

May 2019 Mini Challenge
May 1 - 31, 2019

6 of 7 Complete

V - Vicious - V.E. Schwab - 5/4/19
E - Erika Swyler - The Book of Speculation - 5/12/19
T - Charles Todd - An Impartial Witness - 5/17/19
E
R - Ragdoll - Daniel Cole - 5/11/19
A - Angela Marsons - Dead Memories - 5/2/19
N - Never Tell - Lisa Gardner - 5/27/19

I've added links for both of you, Jaret and Lynda. Enjoy the challenge.

Joining a bit late, please count me in though!
7 / 7 COMPLETED 6/6/19

F - Kitty Confidential (Pet Whisperer 1) by Molly Fitz - 5/23/19
L- Invisible by Lorena McCourtney - 5/29/19
O- One S'more Summer (Campfire Series 1) by Beth Merlin -- 5/30/19
W- Sweet Dreams Bake Shop (Sweet Cove 1) by J.A. Whiting - 6/6/19
E- Even Witches Get the Blues by J.D. Winters & Dakota Kahn -
R- Harmony House by Ruth Hay - 5/15/19
S- Mean Woman Blues by Julie Smith - 5/22/19

I've got you linked, SANDYE. Welcome to the challenge!

Great Challenge work, Carol! Congrats on your finish.

Done!

*****COMPLETED 6/24/19*****


May 2019 Mini Challenge
Begins: 01May2019 / Ends: 31May2019

LChoose one of these words/phrases that are inspired by May events. Spell the word using the First letter of the title (Exclude: A, An, The), /or/ the author's first or last initial.

M- Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
O-The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde 5/18/19
T-Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
H-Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
E-Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 6/24/19
R-Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19


Word list
Mother-MOTHER
Cap and gown-CAP A GW
Flowers-FLOWERS
Veteran-VETRA
Memorial-MEMORIAL
Picnic-PICIC

Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19
Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
An Unobstructed View: A Personal Journey from Illinois to Arizona by Mark Johnson 5/13/19
Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde 5/18/19
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm 5/27/19
Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
Yasmina Khadra- Morituri 6/2/19
Agatha Christie- Murder at the Vicarage 6/4/19
Moonraker by Ian Fleming 6/6/19
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch 6/8/19
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 6/9/19
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence 6/10/19
Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell 6/11/19
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust 6/14/19
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 6/17/19
Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf 6/19/19
The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton 6/21/19
Afghanistan's Blue Treasure: Lapis Lazuli by Lailee McNair Bakhtiar 6/22/19
Toubab by Rob Coughlin 6/23/19
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 6/24/19

Great job, Ed ..... Are you purposely using ONLY titles? Because you could have used the First or Last initial of the author's name as well for this SPELL challenge.

Book Concierge wrote: "Great job, Ed ..... Are you purposely using ONLY titles? Because you could have used the First or Last initial of the author's name as well for this SPELL challenge."

Thanks. No...I used some author initials too.

Update message # 6 - FINALLY found an 'O'!

Challenge completed - 12July19