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Monthly Challenges✔Hot Tea Month
✔Over in a Flash-January, 2015
✔Let's go hunting! #3
✔January Monthly Challenge 2015~LTLS
✔Exploring Diagon Alley
✔BOTB Mini:Island Hopping
✔Butterbeer Recipe
✔Taking Attendance
✔February Monthly Challenge 2015~LTLS
✔Over in a Flash - February, 2015
✔Dedicated to the One You Love
✔Pick One For Me
✔BOTB Mini Challenge:BSC
✔BOTB Mini Challenge:Sharp Things
✔MASH with a Slytherin
BOTM Mini Challenge:Galaxy Cruise
My Rowling Twin
March-RAVENclaw House Game
Tell Us a Story!
Gryffindor Crest
MAR15 Scavenger Hunt
✔Class of the Month - MARCH
Unlocking Your Senses
Over in a Flash - March 2015
I'M HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO!
First Frost Alliteration
Bi-Monthly Challenges
✔Love in Any Language
✔Handling The Horcruxes
✔To Be A Ravenclaw
✔Hearts, Romance, Spring Greetings
Love in Any Language:March-April
Barreling Through
Quarterly Challenges
✔The Sexy Surprise Sub-genre Selections Challenge
Cuddle Up & Stay Warm
✔December-January Mini Challenge
All About the Stars
A Trip To Hogwarts
Six Degrees of Separation:Hugh Jackman
A New Way to Spell Spring
Professor Trelawney's Divination Pop Quiz!
The Arrival
Deja Vu Books
I Solemnly Swear I Am Up To No Good!
The Zodiac
Student Class Roster
Quidditch World Cup
Half-Yearly Challenges
✔Favourite Book Search Reading Challenge
Write A Love Story!
Reporter-Journalist-Blogger Challenge
Colour It!
MARCHing Through Time
Yearly Challenges
How many pages can we read together in 2015..??
2015 Z-A Cover Art Scavenger Hunt
15,000 in 2015
“If you believe in Santa...” 2014
All the Romance you can handle!~2015
Heroines Around the World
Just Desserts Challenge
Dancing with the Letters Reading Challenge!!
2015 Heroes Showdown: Blue Collar
2015 Heroes Showdown: White Collar
Brides...Grooms...Weddings
2015 Fairy Tale Retelling
2015 Reading Challenge!
Diagon Alley Supply List
In my own time Challenges
Definition of a Good Lover: An A-Z Challenge
Sub-genre Challenge: Romance
Where to Next?2015
Pete & Repeat
Level- Up challenge!
Read-a-thons
✔Jan 2015 Read-A-Thon:Jan 01-03!
Buddy Reads
✔Beauty (Folktales #1): January 14, 2015
✔Poison Study: December 14, 2014
✔Paper Towns: Feb 24
Vision in White (Bride Quartet): Feb 26
Me Before You (Me Before You): Mar 1
To Kill a Mockingbird - Mar 5
Firefight (Reckoners): Mar 10
West of Want (Hearts of the Anemoi): Mar 20
The Will (Magdalene): Mar 20
Love, Rosie: Mar 23
Monday Puzzler Schedule
HW Box
The Sexy Surprise Sub-genre Selections ChallengeDuration: January 1st – March 31st, 2015
Level: Easy = 3 books
My sub genres:
1. Road trip romance
2. Marriage of convenience
3. Time travel romance
Picks FOR me
Picks BY me
✔Scavenger Hunts > Let's go hunting!! #3 - LTLSDuration: 01.01.2015 to 30.01.2015
THE LIST::
1. stay : "Lord Wrenworth didn’t stay long—no more than ten minutes, given that Mr. Drummond had yet to finish bragging about the chances of one of his horses at the races." - The Luckiest Lady in London
2. promise : "And the promise that at any moment, the rules that governed society could be rendered meaningless." - Say Yes to the Marquess
3. snow : "Till age snow white hairs on thee." - Howl's Moving Castle
4. dagger : "Oh, it was like a dagger to her heart." - Say Yes to the Marquess
5. food : "When he reached thirteen, he couldn’t wait to be sent away to a public school, to god-awful food and drafty residence houses where boys beat one another and were flogged in turn." - The Luckiest Lady in London
6. open : "His beautiful mother, seated in her favorite chair, would put aside her embroidery, rise, and open her arms to welcome him." - The Luckiest Lady in London
7. ride : "Ride ten thousand days and nights" - Howl's Moving Castle
8. magic : "Maybe this scene was some sort of magic."
9. night : "That night he woke up from a nightmare." - The Luckiest Lady in London
10. diary : "Not too stealthy there, old girl, she said, lifting what appeared to be a diary." - Doorway To His Heart
11. new : "One afternoon, not long after he turned eight, he found a new packet in the trunk, a large, square black velvet box." - The Luckiest Lady in London
12. forever : "Since her father died not long after the wedding, she decided to dedicate the remainder of her days to making her husband forever rue the day he laid eyes on her." - The Luckiest Lady in London
13. sun : "She was warm but not overfamiliar, sweet but not cloying, and appreciative of her moment in the sun without the least whiff of graspingness or, worse, desperation." - The Luckiest Lady in London
14. white : "The white cuff of his shirt extended a perfect quarter inch beyond the dark sleeve of his evening jacket." - The Luckiest Lady in London
15. forgive : "Why wouldn’t his mother forgive his father?" - The Luckiest Lady in London
16. shine : "The gown was like a master-crafted gold setting, and Clio was the jewel allowed to shine." - Say Yes to the Marquess
17. prince : "Prince Charming, absolutely." - The Luckiest Lady in London
18. fun : "“Sorry to ruin your fun,” he said." - Say Yes to the Marquess
19. endure : "“Speaking as someone who attended a few debuts,” Rafe said, “I’d far rather watch a girl make string figures than endure another unfortunate performance at the pianoforte.”" - Say Yes to the Marquess
20. read : "He was extremely popular with his classmates at Cambridge, where he read mathematics and physics." - The Luckiest Lady in London
HEAC > Where to Next? 2015
DURATION: 01.01.2015 - ???
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RLftCI > January 2015 Challenge: Hot Tea MonthDURATION: January 1 - January 31st, 2015
LEVELS: Medium = 3-5
READ: 4/3-5
CATEGORIES:
◆ England: re-read one of your favorite books that is a comfort to you.
◆ Green Teas: Read a book with a green bookcover.
◆ White Teas: A book with a white book cover.
◆ Mate Teas: Read a Paranormal Romance book where the hero is searching for his fated mate.
Love in Any Language (January/February) kiss=soen
DURATION: January 1st - February 28th, 2015
Read : 4/4
S: Sherry Thomas
✔O: Open Season
✔E: Emily
✔N: Natasha Ahmed
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RLftCI: “Z - A Cover Art Image Search ~ 2015”
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015
Read: 0/26
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~ Reporter-Journalist-Blogger Challenge ~
DURATION : Jan'15 to Jun'15
LEVEL : Local Press
READ : 2/6-7
who :
what : What Endures by Katie Lee
where : Where She Went by Gayle Forman
when : Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean
why : I'm the Vampire, That's Why by Michele Bardsley
how : How to Kill a Rock Star
bonus :
by Georgina Penney(Hero is a journalist)
~ Just Desserts Challenge ~
Duration: Jan'15 to Dec'15
Levels: Baker’s Dozen: 13 or more!
Read:
Read a book with a picture of a dessert on the cover or is mentioned in the title.
Cuddle Up & Stay Warm
Duration: December 21, 2014 to March 19, 2015. Or take as long as you like.
Level: Roasted Chestnuts = 11-15 books.
Read: 15
- Bookcover Item: Read a book showing two people snuggling on the cover.
- Bookcover Item: Read a book with fireplace or chimney on the cover.
- Book Character: Read a book with a character named Nicolas, Nick, Nicole, Nichole, Nicki, Nikki, & variations, etc.
- Bookcover Item: Read a book showing snow on the cover.
- Bookcover Item: Read a book showing a warm coat on the cover.
- Book Character: Read a book with a mountain man as one of the characters.
- Bookcover Item: Read a book depicting mountains on cover.
- Book Character: Read a book with a character that is a giving or charitable person.
- Bookcover Item: Read a book showing a scarf on the cover.
- Bookcover Color: Read a book the color of Winter White.
- Book Theme / Item: - For the famous song “Twelve Days of Christmas” read a book that is 12th in a series. Or has 12 words in the title. Or has 12 words in the title & series name together. Or features anything that relates to the song – on the cover or in the storyline: A Partridge in a Pear Tree; Turtle doves; French Hens; Calling Birds; Gold Rings; Geese-a-Laying; Swans-a-Swimming; Maids-a-Milking; Ladies Dancing; Lords-a-Leaping; Pipers Piping; Drummers Drumming!
- Bookcover Color &/or Item: For Watch Night Holiday read a black cover, or a book that depicts nighttime, or has a watch or clock on the cover.
- Bookcover Color &/or Item: For Hanukkah read a book with a predominately blue bookcover or with a toy on the cover.
- Bookcover Color &/or Item: For Valentine’s Day, read a book with a red cover, or a heart or an envelope on the cover.
- Bookcover Color / Setting: For St. Patrick’s Day read a book with a green cover or is set in Ireland.
House: RavenclawChallenge : Handling the Horcruxes
Time limit : Jan 1st - Feb 28th
Level : 3
Read: 7
Points: 6 points
COMPLETED!
#1 . The Diary. ✔
❖Read a book that is told from the First Person Point Of View.
#2. Marvolo Gaunt's Ring. ✔
*Read a book with a title that contains the letters R*I*N*G Parting Gifts
#3. Salazar Slytherin's Locket. ✔
❖Read a book that has romance as a main page genre.
#4. Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. ✔
❖Read a book which has two sets of double letters in the title. Irrepressible You
#5. Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem. ✔
❖Read a book that shows some type of crown from the above description on the cover.
#6. Harry Potter (unknown to Voldemort) ✔
❖Read a book that has Magical Realism or Fantasy on its main page. Beauty
#7. Nagini the Snake ✔
❖Read a book that takes place in a country where the native language is different from your own.
This book takes place in England where the native language is English. I speak Hindi.
House RavenclawExploring Diagon Alley
January Hufflepuff Prefect Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2015 - January 31, 2015
✦ Task 1: Bring Along Friends
Check in with your Common room and encourage your team along by leaving uplifting and encouraging comments! You may do this as much as you like but for you to earn points you need to post one encouraging comment in your common room once a week. Each week is worth 0.5 pts. Maximum points earned for this task = 2 points.
*Be sure to include a link to your encouraging messages when you post your completed challenge in your Homework Box!
Week 1 – January 4-10 ✔
Week 2 – January 11-17 ✔
Week 3 – January 18-24 ✔
Week 4 – January 25-31 ✔
Points: 2
✦ Task 2: Exploring Ollivander’s Wand Shop
Task 2: Read a book with a theme about magic. Remember no Children books. YA does count.
Beauty
Points: 1
✦ Task 3: Exploring Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour
Task 3: This is a scavenger hunt. You need to have Book, Page or Location, and sentence. Each word is worth 0.5 pts. Maximum points earned for this task = 2 points.
Chocolate – “I did a little homework, and according to the people I talked to, when you order dessert, you go for chocolate.” - Cinderella Screwed Me Over(Chapter 12)
Raspberry – “He made a raspberry noise, comically out of character to his polished appearance.” - Irrepressible You(Chapter 3)
Table – “Give us just a minute, Ms. Quinn, and I’ll have someone show you to your table.” - Cinderella Screwed Me Over(Chapter 1)
Spoon – “Mrs. Highwood waved her spoon at Charlotte.” - A Week to Be Wicked(Chapter 11)
Points: 2
✦ Task 4: Scribbulus Writing Instruments ✔
Task 4: Write a review of a book you read this month (not necessarily for this challenge) and post a link in this thread for everyone to read. Remember no Children books. YA does count. Maximum points earned for this task = 1
*Remember to post a link to your review in your completed challenge before you submit it in the Homework Box!
Review of The Luckiest Lady in London
Points: 1
Total Maximum points for entire challenge: 6 - plus 2 bonus points for finishing the entire challenge.
Total Points Earned:
House RavenclawIsland Hopping in Hawai’i
Duration: January 1, 2015 – January 31, 2015
Level: Level 2: 6 tasks COMPLETED!!
Points: 6 points
Hawai’i
⛵ Read book #1 in a series OR a book with a boat on the cover OR a book with “coffee” in the title or on the cover.
Kaho’olawe
✔ Read a book that has 125-175 pages OR a book with "fire" on the cover or in the title OR a book with “military” listed on its main page.
Doorway To His Heart166pg
Kaua’i
✔ Read a book with multiple plants/flowers on the cover OR a book that has been on your TBR for over a year OR a book with fruit on the cover.
The Husband Trap(In my tbr since July, '13)
Lana’i
⛵ Read a book with an orange cover OR a book with a ghost in the story OR a book with a man-made light of some kind on the cover.
Maui
✔ Read a book with a 4 in the total number of pages OR a book with over 500 pages OR a book with a beach on the cover (must show the shoreline and the water).
The Luckiest Lady in London-384pg
Moloka’i
✔ Read a book that a friend has recommended OR a book where the main character works in a medical field OR a book where the main character moves to a new town/city/country.
A Week to Be WickedRecommended by Ipshita
Ni’ihau
✔ Read a book that was banned OR a book with “thriller” listed on its main page OR a book that was written in a language other than your native language.
Say Yes to the Marquess Originally written in English. Native language: Hindi
O’ahu
✔ Read a book that takes place in a large city OR a book that takes place during a war OR a book that was based on a TV show or movie (or vice versa).
Cinderella Screwed Me Over Takes place in Denver
House Ravenclaw2015 Reading Challenge!
Read: /52
•A book with more than 500 pages
•A classic romance
•A book that became a movie
•A book published this year
•A book with a number in the title
•A book written by someone under 30
•A book with nonhuman characters
•A funny book
•A book by a female author
•A mystery or thriller
•A book with a one-word title
•A book of short stories
•A book set in a different country
•A nonfiction book
•A popular author’s first book
•A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet
•A book a friend recommended
•A Pulitzer Prize-winning book
•A book based on a true story
•A book at the bottom of your to-read list
•A book your mom loves
•A book that scares you
•A book more than 100 years old
•A book based entirely on its cover
•A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t
•A memoir
•A book you can finish in a day
•A book with antonyms in the title
•A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit
•A book that came out the year you were born
•A book with bad reviews
•A trilogy
•A book from your childhood
•A book with a love triangle
•A book set in the future
•A book set in high school
•A book with a color in the title
•A book that made you cry
•A book with magic
•A graphic novel
•A book by an author you’ve never read before
•A book you own but have never read
•A book that takes place in your state
•A book that was originally written in a different language
•A book set during Christmas
•A book written by an author with your same initials
•A play
•A banned book
•A book based on or turned into a TV show
•A book you started but never finished
Point System:
1 point for participation(at least three books)
.05 points for Each book read
20 Points for completed challenge.
Over in a Flash - January, 2015
Duration: 1 Jan to 31 Jan
Read: 2/2
Sherlock Holmes’s Birthday: {January 6th} Read a book set in London
★★★★★ ✔National Cuckoo Dancing Week: {January 11th-17th} Read a book with a bird on cover, or with a dance scene in the book.
★★★★ ✔
Write A Love Story! Duration : Jan 1 to Jun 31, 2015
Read: 5!
Fave sub-genre: Historical Romance
- 1/1/2015 ★★★★★
- 2/1/2015 ★★★★Title: Say Cinderella
Say Yes to the Marquess(Say) - 12/1/2015 ★★★★
Cinderella Screwed Me Over(Cinderella) - 10/1/2015 ★★★★1/2
Story:
- 13/1/2015 ★★★★
LTLS>January Monthly Challenge 2015
Time Limit : 1st January, 2015 to 31st January, 2015
Levels:
Medium ~ 3-5 books
Read : 3
Themes/clues of the books:
- New Years' Day (January 1): The heroine starts a new life as a viscountess after being transported back in time
- 3/1/2015 ★★★★- Trivia Day (January 4): Louisa Cantwell
- 1/1/2015 ★★★★★- Peculiar People Day (January 10)
- Thesaurus Day (January 18)
- Compliment Day (January 24)
- Opposite Day (January 25):
- 2/1/2015 ★★★★- Chocolate Cake Day (January 27)
- Backward Day (January 31)
~~~Ravenclaw House~~~All about the Stars
Duration: February 1 - April 30
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by Sophie Kinsella★ ★ ★ :
by Marie Force★ ★ :
by Stephanie Laurens★ :
by Lynda LeeAnne To Read:
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~~~January Points~~~ 1. Buddy Read: Beauty 2 Points
2. December-January Mini Challenge 0.13 Points
3. January Ravenclaw BOTB Mini: Island Hopping verification post 6 Points
4. Exploring Diagon Alley: Hufflepuff Prefect verification post
Total points earned in January :
Heroines Around the World
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2015
Read: 5/15 Done
◆ England
★★★★★ - 1/1/2015◆ Ingary
★★★★★ - 8/1/2015◆ America
★★★★1/2 - 10/1/2015◆ Australia
★★1/2 - 12/1/2015◆ Pakistan
★★★★1/2 - 13/1/2015
~~~House Ravenclaw~~~What it Takes to Be Part of Ravenclaw House: February Prefect Challenge
Duration: Feb 1 - Mar 31,2015
Level:
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✦ Intelligence - Most people describe Scientists as Intelligent....read a book with Science or Science Fiction as a Main Page Genre
✦ Wit - read a book that has comedy/humor as Main Page genre
✦ Wisdom - read a book that features a teacher/professor as a Main Character (should be obvious from the book's description)
✦ Creativity - read a book that has "the arts" as a theme...music,artist,dancer,etc should be obvious from book description
✦ Originality - original=first timer...read an author's debut book
✦ Individuality - Read a book that is a standalone...not part of a series
✦ Acceptance - Read a book that has a genre you don't typically read (specify the genre selected in your post). List at least 2 things about the book that you found you liked in your post.
✦ The Ravenclaw House Mascot is an eagle - read a book that has a bird on the cover (include cover in post)
✦ The Ravenclaw House Ghost is the Grey Lady - read a book that has Paranormal > Ghost as a Genre on the main page
Gryffindor February Prefect Challenge: A Trip To HogwartsHouse Ravenclaw
Duration: 1st February, 2015 to 30th April, 2015
Read:
Points:
A Grand Welcome!
Harry Potter:
❖ Read a book where a main character has a scar or a physical disability.
She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Hermione Granger:
❖ Read a book where a main character is a scholar or a student.
The Hogwarts Tour:
Gryffindor Common Room
❖ Read a book with the portrait of a person on the cover
Dumbledore's Office:
❖ Read a book where a character is considered wise OR has steps on the cover.
Some Spells Taught:
Expelliarmus:
❖ Read a book where a character participates in a duel or fight.
Divorced, Desperate and Delicious
Accio:
❖ Read a book with a cover showing something you really wish to have.
House RavenclawTaking Attendance
Duration: Feb 2015
Read: 17
~Ravenclaw Class List~
Luna Lovegood - Open Season by Linda Howard - 23/2/15 ✔
Sybill Trelawney - Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson - 27/2/15 ✔
Marcus Belby
Cho Chang - Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig - 18/2/15 ✔
Myrtle - She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Zeenat Mahal - 14/2/15 ✔
Padma Patil
Terry Boot - The Indian Tycoon's Marriage Deal by Adite Banerjee - 12/2/15 ✔
Michael Corner - UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn - 4/2/15 ✔
Roger Davies
Anthony Goldstein - The Doctor's Secret Bride by Ana E Ross - 10/2/15 ✔
Marietta Edgecombe
Robert Hilliard - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper - 22/2/15 ✔
Uric the Oddball
Gilderoy Lockhart - Paper Towns by John Green - 26/2/15 ✔
Penelope Clearwater
Lisa Turpin - The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro - 28/2/15 ✔
Isobel MacDougal
Mandy Brocklehurst - Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - 20/2/15 ✔
Nanette Desford
Maria Glossop - Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday - 24/2/15 ✔
Helena Ravenclaw - Charming The Duke by Holly Bush - 14/2/15 ✔
Filius Flitwick
Millicent Bagnold - I'm the Vampire, That's Why by Michele Bardsley - 24/2/15 ✔
Quirinus Quirrell - The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn - 2/2/15 ✔
Garrick Ollivander
Sue Li - The Perfect Groom by Sumeetha Manikandan - 28/2/15 ✔
Stephen Cornfoot
S. Fawcett - The Sleeping Beauty Proposal by Sarah Strohmeyer - 7/2/15 ✔
Ignatia Wildsmith
Points:
1 x 5 = 5
0.25 x 12 = 3
+1 Ravenclaw bonus
9 points
N.B. - As the rule was to match any initial with any initial when I first signed up for the challenge and posted this thread, I have matched the initials but not always the same initial to the same initial!
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February 2015 Challenge: Dedicated to the One You Love
Duration: Feb, '15
Level: Medium - 3-5
Read : 5/5
D - Divorced, Desperate and Delicious
A - Adite Banerjie
M - "For my parents, who.."
O - Open Season
N - "To my lovely daughter, Nicoya,.."
(view spoiler)
February Monthly Challenge 2015 ~ LTLSTime Limit: 1st February, 2015 to 28th February, 2015
Levels: Medium ~ 3-6 books
Read: 5
Themes/clues of the books:
- Thank a Mailman Day (February 4): Read a book where letters(or mails) play an important role .
- Make a Friend Day (February 11): Read a book where the character makes a new friend.
- Valentine's Day (February 14): Read a romance novel, preferably one which is set near/during the Valentine’s day .
- Singles Awareness Day (February 15): Read a book where the protagonist is single in the beginning or has recently become single.
- Chinese New Year (February 19): Read a book set in China or with a Chinese protagonist.
- International World Thinking Day (February 22): Read a book that you’ve been considering to read for a while.
- Tell a Fairy Tale Day (February 26): Read a fairy tale or its retelling.
- Floral Design Day (February 28): Read a book with flowers on its cover.
HEAC: Pete & Repeat
Duration: 16 Feb '15 - ???
Read: 0/33
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Gryffindor Prefect My Rowling Twin~~~House Ravenclaw~~~
1st - 31st March 2015
Read: 5
Points: 5+1 = 6
Harry Potter
You are a brave, kind-hearted person with a lot of caring for others. You are a person that everyone wants to be friends with. You enjoy the spotlight sometimes but it could also be hard for you to have everyone's attention.
✢ Read a book with a title that starts with H
A Humble Heart - 9/3/15 ✔
✢ Read a book with a title that starts with P
Perfect You - 31/3/15 ✔
✢ Read a book written by an author whose first name starts with H or P
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 8/3/15 ✔
✢ Read a book written by an author whose last name starts with H or P
The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt - 18/3/15 ✔
✢ CYOC : Read a book where the MC is a well-liked or popular person
Where She Went - 19/3/15 ✔
Points:
+5 points for completing all 5 tasks ✔
+1 points for completing in given timeframe ✔
+1 point for reading a Harry Potter book
February Slytherin Prefect Challenge: Hearts, Romance, Spring Greetings~~~House Ravenclaw~~~
Feb 1 to Mar 31, 2015
Read: 8
Points: 12
1. Greetings #1: "Howdy, Neighbor!" ✔
Visit each of the other house common rooms and post a greeting of some kind. Link to your greeting posts for points! (Must visit all 3 opposing houses for credit. Visiting only 1 or 2 or your own gets zero points). (1 point)
Gryffindor | my post ✔
Hufflepuff | my post ✔
Slytherin | my post ✔
2. Greetings #2: Say "Hello" to a new-to-you author. Read an author that you've never read before. (1 point)
by Sarah Strohmeyer - 7/2/15 ✔3. Hearts #1: "Books Wear Red for Women" Read a book with a red cover (at least 55%). (1 point)
- 4/2/15 ✔4. Hearts #2: "Heart Healthy" Read a book with a heart/hearts on the cover. (1 point)
A Humble Heart - 9/3/15 ✔
5. Romance #1: "Love in the Afternoon" Read a romance novel. Must have the genre of "Romance" (any sub-genre is fine) on its main page. (1 point)
- 1/2/15 ✔6. Romance #2: "Be my Valentine?"
Make your shelf (1 point) MY SHELF ✔
Give a Valentine (1 point) ✔
Read your Valentine (1 point)
What Endures - 7/3/15 ✔ Valentine chosen by Lesley
7. Spring #1: "Symbols of Spring": Read a book with any of the following in the title, on the cover or that are a large part of the plot: Flowers/Gardens, Insects, Grass, Rain, Animals, Trees, Birds, Personal Growth or Change. (You may use the actual name of a flower, tree, insect, etc., in the title). (1 point)
- 14/2/15 ✔8. Spring #2: "Colors of Spring": Read a book that is predominantly one of these spring colors: Pink, Yellow, Light-to-medium Purple, Light-to-medium Blue, Pastel or Grass Green:(1 point)
- 18/2/15 ✔9. "Hogwarts Houses Represent!" Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with any of these letters (H/G/R/S). (1 point for one initial; 2 points if the author's first AND last name start with any combination of them!)
by Gemma Halliday - 24/2/15 ✔ Points
Task 1 -- 1 point ✔
Task 2 -- 1 point ✔
Task 3 -- 1 point ✔
Task 4 -- 1 point ✔
Task 5 -- 1 point ✔
Task 6 -- 3 point ✔ ✔ ✔
Task 7 -- 1 point ✔
Task 8 -- 1 point ✔
Task 9 -- 2 point ✔ ✔
~~~House Ravenclaw~~~
March/Slytherin BOTM Mini Challenge: Galaxy Cruise
*Pick your level.
*Third Class=3 points
*Second Class=6 points
*First Class=9 points
☬ Mercury
☿ -- Read a book that takes place on a non earth planet/world or on a spacecraft/station
☿ -- Read a book that is first in a series.
☿ -- Read a book with extreme heat or cold depicted on its cover.
☿ -- Read a book where someone is murdered preferably by poison.
☿ -- Read a book whose Title starts with the Letter M or H or G.
☿ -- Read a book where a MC is a scientist.
☿ -- Read a book where a MC is businessman or a thief.
☿ -- Read a book with Demons, Gods and/or Angels.
☿ -- Read a book where a MC is poet/writer or a reporter.
☬ Venus
♀ -- Read A book that is Tagged Science Fiction.
♀ -- Read a book that contains a ghost in its story.
♀ -- Read a book that has an "end of the world" theme.
☬ Earth
⊕ -- Read a 3rd book in a series
⊕ -- Read a book with a human on the cover
⊕ -- Read a book with a body of water on the cover (river, lake, sea, ocean, etc)
☬ Mars
♂ -- Read a book where a war takes place.
♂ -- Read a book that is predominantly red in color.
♂ -- Read a book with a mountain on the cover.
☬ Jupiter
♃ -- Read a book that is over 500 pages
♃ -- Read a book that features a Warlord or King
♃ -- Read a book that is rather #4 in a series, or its last page # has a four in it.
☬ Saturn
♄ -- Read a book with some mythological angle OR has mythology as a main page genre
♄ -- Read a book with an evil character
♄ -- Read a book that is #5 or higher in a series
☬ Uranus
♅ -- Read a book where the main character is a father.
♅ -- Read a book where there is rivalry between parent(s) and their children (one or more).
♅ -- Read a book that features the sky on the cover
☬ Neptune
€ -- Read a book which is based on sacrifice( of any sort ) / Read a thriller where main plot is kidnapping.
€ -- Read a book with genre as Mythological fantasy/ Read a book based on mermaids.
€ -- Read a book that is based on sisters / Read a book where main Protagonist is either very lively and outgoing or very quiet introvert in nature.
☬ The Sun
☉ -- Read a book told in the first person POV or where there is only one main character.
☉ -- Read a book with an MC who is aged between 40 and 65 years old
☉ -- Read a book where an MC changes their life path completely. Eg careers, state, country, sexual orientation, religion/beliefs, wealth etc. You must be able to show this in the precis.
☉ -- Read a book with a light source on the cover
☉ -- Read a book with the main page genre 'Erotica
~~~House Ravenclaw~~~Six Degrees of Separation: Hugh Jackman
Duration: March 1 - May 31
Level:
Read:
Task:
Read a Book whose Title starts with the First Letter of the Actors' Name(first or last), or the First letter in the title of the Movie. "A, An & The" may be ignored.
Connections:
-- 1. Ron Weasley
Rupert Grint to Hugh Jackman: P, E/R, T/P
-- 2. Sybill Trelawney
Emma Thompson to Hugh Jackman: H, J/S, L
A Humble Heart
Speechless
-- 3. Ginny Weasley
Bonnie Wright to Hugh Jackman: T/S, C/R, D
Sudden Response
The Raven Prince
✔ 4. Hermione Granger
Emma Watson to Hugh Jackman: T, S/W, C
To Kill a Mockingbird
What Endures
Clean Sweep
-- 5. Severus Snape
Alan Rickman to Hugh Jackman: T/B, J/C, B
-- 6. Minerva McGonagall
Maggie Smith to Hugh Jackman: T/F, P/B, K
-- 7. Lord Voldemort
Ralph Fiennes to Hugh Jackman: T/G, J/L, R
-- 8. James Potter
Adrian Rawlins to Hugh Jackman: D, M, H
Me Before You
Having My Baby
-- 9. Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe to Hugh Jackman: V, J/M, X
-- 10. Draco Malfoy
Tom Felton to Hugh Jackman: G, R/F, S
Fairy Bad Day
Shadowland
-- 11. Albus Dumbledore
Richard Harris to Hugh Jackman: M, B/N, F
-- 12. Sirius Black
Gary Oldman to Hugh Jackman: A, I/V, S
Bonus
1 point will be awarded for including in your completed post a picture of Hugh Jackman with one of the Hogwarts characters from the connections. - Hugh Jackman and Daniel Radcliffe
Points:
+1
March - RAVENclaw House GameBIRD WATCHING
House Ravenclaw
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2015
Read: 09/12
Points : 8
Watcher's List
-- Red-Breasted Nuthatch -
-- Orange-Crowned Fairy Wren -
-- Yellow Oriole
-- Green Broadbill
-- Blue Jay -
-- Purple Martin -
-- Brown Thornbill -
-- Black-Capped Chickadee -
-- White-Necked Raven -
-- Grey Catbird -
-- Pink-Throated Twinspot
-- Eastern Goldfinch -
Points : 8
+6 points for the first six books completed ✔
+2 points for finishing all 12 colors.
+1 point if all books have birds on the covers.
+1 point if one book title contains the word RAVEN ✔
+1 point for Ravenclaw players ✔
February Hufflepuff BOTB Mini ChallengeThe Babysitters Club
House Ravenclaw
Duration: Feb 1, 2015 - Feb 28, 2015
Level 3: 8 tasks
completed: 8/8
Points: 9
BSC - REQUIRED TASK
☎ Read a book with a title that begins with a B, S, or C ✔
She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Zeenat Mahal - 14/2/2015
Club Members
Kristy Amanda Thomas
☎ Read a book where the main character is the boss ✔
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn - 1/2/15
Claudia Lynn Kishi
☎ Read a book with “mystery” on its main page ✔
Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig - 18/2/15
Mary Anne Spier
☎ Read a book first published in September ✔
The Indian Tycoon's Marriage Deal by Adite Banerjie - 12/2/15
Stacey Elizabeth Mcgill
☎ Read a book that takes place in New York ✔
Paper Towns by John Green - 26/2/15
Dawn Read Schafer
☎ Read a book with an outdoor nature scene on the cover ✔
by Ana E. Ross - 10/2/15Mallory Pike
☎ Read a book where the main character is self-conscious about his/her appearance ✔
Open Season by Linda Howard - 23/2/15
Jessi Davis Ramsey
☎ Read a book first published in June ✔
The Sleeping Beauty Proposal by Sarah Strohmeyer - 7/2/15
February Gryffindor BOTB Mini ChallengeSharp Things
House Ravenclaw
Duration: Feb 1, 2015 - Feb 28, 2015
Level 2: 6 tasks
Points: 6
Read: 2
1.
by Zeenat Mahal (thorns) - 14/2/15 ✔2.
by Molly Harper (fangs) - 22/2/15 ✔3.
by John Green (board pin) - 24/2/15 ✔4.
by Brandon Sanderson (jagged edges of steel) - 27/2/15 ✔5.
by Michele Bardsley (fangs) - 26/2/15 ✔ 6.
by Kathleen Tessaro (stiletto heels) - 28/2/15 ✔
March 2015 Challenge: Tell Us a Story! Duration: 1st March - 31st March
Level:
Read:
~ Love in Any Language ~Duration: Mar 1- Apr 30, '15
Read: 5/5
Basque
love = maite
M - Me Before You
A - Adam, character in Where She Went
I - Ilona Andrews author of Clean Sweep
T - To Kill a Mockingbird
E - Elizabeth Hoyt author of The Raven Prince
Spring Quarterly Challenge: A New Way to Spell SpringDuration: Mar 20 - Jun 20, '15
Read:
F -
L -
O -
W -
E -
R -
S -
Over in a Flash - February, 2015 Feb '15
Read - 8!
COLOR:
Pink
Red
White
HOLIDAY THEMES:
Black History Month : Read a book by a Black author The Doctor's Secret Bride by
Valentine’s Day : Read a Romance!
Singles Awareness Day : Read a book where the character is comfortable with their status as a single.
Walking the Dog Day : Read a book where the main characters have a dog or where a dog plays a prominent role in the story.
ITEMS:
Roses
Colour It!
Duration: Jan 1, 2015 - Jun 30, 2015
Read: 5
Red -
Orange -
Yellow -
Green -
Blue -
Brown -
Black -
White -
Silver -
Golden -
MARCH HOUSE CHALLENGE: Gryffindor CrestHouse Ravenclaw
March 1 - 31, 2015
Read: 8
Points: 1+1+(8x0.5)+(2x.25) = 6.5
TASKS:
1. Colors: Read a book with a scarlet/gold/cream cover (will allow any combination of these colors; must be at least 75%).
- 7/3/15 ✔2. Knight: Read a book in which a character is a knight/soldier/serves/protects someone else.
- 18/3/15 ✔The MC Anna serves as a secretary to the other MC, Earl of Swartingham
3. Moon and Star: Read a book with a night scene or celestial bodies (moon, stars) on the cover or in the title.
- 5/3/15 ✔Stars in the cover
4. Lion: Read a book with a wild feline (lion, tiger, etc.) on the cover or in the title.
The Leopard Prince - 28/3/15 ✔
5. Shield: Read a book with a shield (be creative--goggles, hand over the eyes, etc.) on the cover or "SHIELD" in the title.
- 16/3/15 ✔A note is used as a SHIELD to cover the mouth
7. Nearly Headless Nick: Read a book with a ghost on the cover, ghost as important, or a character loses their head (beheading).
- 9/3/15 ✔Ghost on the cover
8. Minerva McGonagall: Read a book with an "M" character.
Where She Went by Gayle Forman - 19/3/15 ✔
MC's name is Mia
9. The Fat Lady: Read a book with a character in pink clothing on the cover.
by Abby Green - 29/3/15 ✔bonus link
RULES:
1. Sign up with your House indicated.
2. Tasks can be done in any order.
3. NO Children's, Manga, Beta, Fan Fiction, Audiobooks
4. YA = 140 pp; all others = 125 pp
POINTS:
+0.50 = each book read ✔ (8)
+1 = participation (not comp) ✔
+0.25 = BONUS: per book with Author Initial "G" (first, middle, or last) ✔ (2)
+3 = BONUS: complete all tasks
+1 = BONUS: Gryffindor member
+1 = BONUS: (Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin ONLY) Post the GRYFFINDOR Crest and the words "GO GRYFFINDOR" in YOUR Common Room--link with your sign up post ✔
February House Slytherin GameMASH with a Slytherin
M* A* S* H*
Feb 1 - 28, 2015
House Ravenclaw
Points: 5 + 1 = 6
(Random Number, put in 1 -4)For Each section. Read a book that starts with the Leter in ().You will read one book for each category.
BOYS
✔ 1.Draco Malfoy(D) - Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig - 18/2/2015
2.Severus Snape(S)
3.Salazar Slytherin (A)
4.Tom Riddle(T)
CAREER
1.Teacher(T)
2.Criminal(C)
3.Doctor(D) - Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday - 24/2/15
4.Librarian(L)
CITIES
1.London(L)
2.New York(N)
✔ 3.New Orleans(O) - Open Season by Linda Howard - 22/2/15
4.Dallas(D)
VEHICLES
1.Boat(B)
2.Skate Board(S)
3.Car(C)
✔ 4.Private Jet(P) - Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - 20/2/15
MASH
(M):Mansion
(A):Apartment
✔ (S):Shack - She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Zeenat Mahal - 14/2/2015
(H):House
Post your info, with books Read(Example, Boys:Draco Malfoy(D):Book:Dracula
love note
At the end say what you ended up with:
I Live in a Shack with my boyfriend Draco Malfoy. We live in New Orleans, Where I work as a Doctor that paid for my very own Private Jet.
Point Scale
1 point per task for a total of 5 points
1 extra point if you are a Slytherin
1 extra point if you post a picture of your "boyfriend" with a love note in the common rooms.
MAR15 Scavenger HuntRavenclaw
March 1 - 31, 2015
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Books Read:
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Words Found: 0/20
1. NEIGHBOR
2. CURTAIN
3. SPY
4. CANE
5. LUCK
6. COIN
7. FIRE
8. JOSEPH (Character)
9. LOUD
10. WIND
11. WAR
12. ROME/ROMAN
13. LEMON
14. PALM
15. BASKETBALL
16. BRACKET
17. SEED
18. MADNESS
19. HOPE
20. TROPHY
RULES:
1. Must read at least 5 books.
2. NO Audiobooks, Children's, Manga, Fan Fiction, or Beta reads.
3. Page minimums: All = 125 pp; YA = 140 pp
4. Items found in reading, not in title or on cover.
5. No more than 5 items per book.
6. In your post, list TITLE, PAGE #, and SENTENCE where the item can be found.
7. For non-fiction the caption texts are not allowed, however, anything within the main text would be allowed.
8. For e-readers, use LOC#.
9. Words not found will ROLLOVER to the next month.
POINTS
+.05: Each book read (finishers & non-finishers)
+1: Participation (only for non-finishers)
+5: Completion (only for finishers)
*Part. & Comp. CANNOT be claimed together
Class of the Month - March 2015Incantations: Enchanting Objects
House Ravenclaw
Books 2 of 2
Points: 7.5 points
TASKS (Limited to two tasks/books):
✔︎ - Invisibility Cloak | Read a book with a cloak/overcoat on the cover or a GHOST in the story
Clean Sweep - 11/3/15 ★★★★★ 2 points
✔︎ - Flying carpets | Read a book with a flying object on the cover or where someone takes a trip
Shadowland - 9/3/15 ★★★★★ 1 point
How it fits: The MC takes a trip to move from New York to California after her mother remarries.
My Reviews: 1.5 points
Review of Clean Sweep 1 point
Review of Shadowland 0.5 point
My Comments: 3 points
#1. Kelsi's (Ravenclaw) review of Paper Valentine: My Comment = .25 Points
#2. Pat's (Ravenclaw) review of Paper Valentine: My Comment = .25 Points
#3. Karin's (Hufflepuff) review of Little Bee: My Comment = .50 Points
#4. Becky ♡The Bookworm♡'s (Hufflepuff) review of Every Which Way But Dead: My Comment = .50 Points
#5. Alia's (Gryffindor) review of The Shining: My Comment = .50 Points
#6. Jaclyn's (Slytherin) review of The Martian: My Comment = .50 Points
#7. Jaclyn's (Slytherin) review of The Ghost and Mrs. McClure: My Comment = .50 Points
RULES & POINTS: (view spoiler)
The ArrivalMarch 1, 2015 - May 31, 2015
House: Ravenclaw
Tasks:
1.Read a book with a mod of transportation on the cover. Extra .25 points if it is a train.
2.Read a book with a Number in its title.Extra .25 points if the number is 9.
3.Read a book that takes place in London
4.Read a book that the Cover shows that it is night time.
5.Read a Number one book in a series, or a stand alone novel.
6.With a book that features a key.
7.Read a book that has Game in the title, or a real game title(Clue, monopoly, Life...etc)
8.Read a book that a character is a Teacher
9.Read a book that feature a a body of water.
10.Read a book that was published between 2014 & 2015)
11.Read a book that features a mythical creature, cover or inside. List creature.
12.Read a book that contains an invisible person or ghost.
13.Read a book that has at least 100 pages, but less then 200
14.Read a book that features an item you can sit on.
15.Read a book that can go hand in hand with your Hogwarts House.(House color, mascot, or first letter of the House Name).
Points:
.50 per book read
March Hufflepuff BOTB Mini ChallengeUnlocking Your Senses
Ravenclaw
March 1-31 2015
Level:
Read:
Points:
TASTE
Key:
*title starts with T
To Kill a Mockingbird - 8/3/15
Sense:
*food on cover
*Title contains a food
*main character is a chef or baker
HEARING
Key:
*ear on cover
*title starts with E
Sense:
*main character is a musician/singer
Where She Went - 19/3/15
TOUCH
Key:
*title starts with H
A Humble Heart
Sense:
*cover shows people embracing - What Endures
SMELL
Key:
*title starts with N
Ninth Key - 15/3/15
Sense:
*main character has a dog as pet
The Raven Prince - 18/3/15
(view spoiler)
Happily Ever After Cafe
Books mentioned in this topic
Perfect You (other topics)The Raven Prince (other topics)
Me Before You (other topics)
Speechless (other topics)
The Leopard Prince (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
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Harper Lee (other topics)
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