Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

Jan - Jun 2023

The rainbow is a sign of God’s promise that He will never again flood the entire earth (see Genesis 9). Let’s celebrate God’s promise by reading the rainbow over the next six months.

The goal here is to read books with covers that feature the color assigned for that month. The covers must be at least 50% that color in order to count.

January: Red
February: Orange
March: Yellow
April: Green
May: Blue
June: Violet (purple)

Here’s an example of what a finished challenge might look like:


Rules
* Books must be read in the correct month.
* You may read as many or as few for each color within their designated month. The more you read in any given month, the chunkier that color of your rainbow will be.

Additional Rules
* no page minimum
* rereads are allowed
* any format is allowed

Alex
Andrea

Bonny
Bridget
Brittany

Crystal

Elizabeth

Jenn

Katrina
KC
Kim

Lauri
Loraine
Lynnette

Milena

Sarita
Shash
Staci

January: Red



February: Orange


March: Yellow



April: Green



May: Blue



June: Violet (purple)

I'm not sure that I really focus on this, but will add what works. :-)

January/Red


February/Orange


March/Yellow


April/Green


May/Blue


June/Purple

Staci wrote: "I'm not sure that I really focus on this, but will add what works. :-)"

I know what you mean. There are some challenges I've tried in the past with not much hope that it would go well, but they ended up going fairly decently after all, surprising me. Hopefully that will be the case for you with this one. I'm glad you're giving it a go!

I'm in!
Reading the Rainbow | Jan - Jun 2023

January: Red
February: Orange
March: Yellow
April: Green
May: Blue
June: Violet (purple)

I'm in!

Read the Rainbow
January - June 2023

January: Red

February: Orange

March: Yellow

April: Green

May: Blue

June: Violet (purple)

I'm in! I will try to see if books I read fit in with the month's color.

Reading the Rainbow | Jan - Jun 2023

January: Red -
February: Orange -
March: Yellow -
April: Green -
May: Blue -
June: Violet (purple) -

I'm in:

January: Red
February: Orange
March: Yellow -
April: Green -

May: Blue

June: Violet (purple)

This looks fun
Loading up my possible reads and will mark when done

The rainbow is a sign of God’s promise that He will never again flood the entire earth (see Genesis 9). Let’s celebrate God’s promise by reading the rainbow over the next six months.

The goal here is to read books with covers that feature the color assigned for that month. The covers must be at least 50% that color in order to count.

January: Red (1/2) THIS ONE WAS SO GOOD!
February: Orange (2/1) (2/5)
March: Yellow or (3/6)
April: Green (4/8) (4/12)
May: Blue (5/8) (5/15) (5/17) (5/28)
June: Violet (purple) (6/17

This sounds fun. I'm in.

January: Red

February: Orange

March: Yellow

April: Green

May: Blue

June: Violet (purple)

I'm in!

Read the Rainbow
January - June 2023

January: Red

February: Orange

March: Yellow

April: Green

May: Blue

June: Violet (purple)

I'm in.

Read the Rainbow
Jan - Jun 2023

January: Red

February: Orange
-
March: Yellow

April: Green

May: Blue
(GM)
June: Violet (purple)


My Rainbow:

I'll try:

January: Red
February: Orange
March: Yellow
April: Green
May: Blue:
June: Violet (purple)

I'm in
January-red February- March April May June

Milena wrote: "February-"

Milena, the books have to be 50% the appropriate color. I don't see 50% orange for this February book. Do you have another option?

Welcome, all!

Andrea wrote: "Milena wrote: "February-"

Milena, the books have to be 50% the appropriate color. I don't see 50% orange for this February book. Do you have another option?"

sorry, what about this one?

Another fun one — I’m in!

January: Red. —- (GM)
February: Orange (GM)
March: Yellow —
April: Green —
May: Blue GM
June: Violet/purple -

Milena wrote: "what about this one?"

Do you have anything closer to half orange?

Some examples:

Andrea wrote: "Milena wrote: "what about this one?"

Do you have anything closer to half orange?



no, don't like orange😂I'll just add

That works! 😊

I'm in!

I'm in!

January: Red

February: Orange

March: Yellow
April: Green
May: Blue
June: Violet (purple)

I would like to join this challenge.

January: Red
February: Orange
March: Yellow The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery
April: Green
May: Blue
June: Violet (purple)

Sure, this is fun!

Is this red or orange or not enough of either?

That cover looks red-orange to me, so I'll take it for either option. You choose. :)

Andrea wrote: "That cover looks red-orange to me, so I'll take it for either option. You choose. :)"

Great! Just finished it while on a trip to HI — thank you!

Fantastic! I hope you enjoyed the trip too.

JANUARY: Red -

Great job!

January: Red

Great job!

Somehow I missed this one. Im in, if it’s not too late.

January: Red
February: Orange
March: Yellow
April: Green
May: Blue (Indigo, to get the whole ROY G BIV in lol)
June: Violet (purple) (GM, some language)

The color has to be at least 50% of the cover. Do you have one that has more red on it, Lynnette?

Here are some examples:

You may backdate to January 1, 2023, as well, so if you've already read any red-covered books (at least 50%), they count.

Andrea wrote: "The color has to be at least 50% of the cover. Do you have one that has more red on it, Lynnette?"

Oops, I skipped right over that detail. Sorry! I’ll see if I can sneak another one in before the month ends. Thank you for the examples.

You're welcome, Lynnette! I'm still working on my first red book too. I doubt I'll get more than that, and it's going to be tight to get this one finished in time too.

Andrea wrote: "You're welcome, Lynnette! I'm still working on my first red book too. I doubt I'll get more than that, and it's going to be tight to get this one finished in time too."

I found one that should work in my e-reader stash and started it this afternoon. So, now the race is on to see if I can finish it in time! If only life would get out of the way and just let me read!! lol

I’m rooting for you!

Jan Red reads:

My red:

January/Red


Surprisingly, I think I'll do better in February, but am happy with getting one each month.

2023 READ THE RAINBOW CHALLENGE
Duration: Jan 1 - June 30, 2023 (6 months)
**CHALLENGE OVER**



Genre: All
Rules: Read books with the 50 % of the assigned month's color on the cover




JANUARY (red)
Animal Farm by George Orwell 1/31/23

FEBRUARY (orange)
Found: God's Will by John F. MacArthur Jr. 2/3/23
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/4/23
Building Her House: Commonsensical Wisdom for Christian Women by Nancy Wilson 2/13/23
All the Lost Places by Amanda Dykes 2/15/23
"Canyons, Campers, and Cadavers" by Tonya Kappes 2/18/23
(*Secular Cozy Mystery Read, overall clean)
A Hunger for God by John Piper 2/23/23
Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney 2/25/23
Jesus in the Present Tense: The I AM Statements of Christ by Warren W. Wiersbe 2/28/23

MARCH (yellow)
Before You Open Your Bible: Nine Heart Postures For Approaching God's Word by Matt Smethurst 3/2/23
Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity by Tim Challies 3/5/23
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke 3/14/23

APRIL (green)

MAY (blue)

JUNE (purple)

Welcome, KC!
Great job, Sarita and Staci!

I got my red book finished a couple days ago.

Thankfully those flowers tipped the scales to 2/3 red with that header. :)

Andrea, your red book has a really pretty cover! Nice!

I got 2 red books for January:

Great job, Katrina!

Thanks! It was the only red-cover audio I had in my collection. It totally came down to the wire for me, as the ebook I was reading for red wasn't moving along as fast as expected, because of a lack of reading time with work obligations. Thankfully, I had a day over the weekend with fewer obligations so that I could get that audio listened to.

FEBRUARY: Orange -