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message 1: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Another month means another challenge!

The challenge for August is:
~Read a book with orange, brown, or yellow on the cover! As long as it's at least a speck of these colours, it counts!

AND/OR

Read a book that you borrowed from the library! Whether you checked it out recently or ages ago (although I'd hope you wouldn't still have them), read them :).

Share what book/s you are going to try to read for this month; or, you can post as you finish them. At the end of the month, I will post a summary of everything that was read!! :D

If you would like to start reading early for this challenge, you can start on the 30th, and the book/s will still count!

Happy Reading!


message 2: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 315 comments so are we running 2 challenges in august...lol!


message 3: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) LOL! Looks like it! I already had this one set up, but I think it'll be cool to have both. That way people sort of have a choice as to which they wanna do.


message 4: by Tanya (new)

Tanya (mrsreads) | 106 comments Hehehe...most of my books come from the library, so this challenge will be a good one for me! :)


message 5: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 315 comments on the bright side I have a pile of about 15 library books that I need to tackle...let's see how many I can get done


message 6: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Awesome! My mom doesn't take me to the library a lot because I have so many here to read, and I never get around to reading the books I checked out. So I'm just going to stick to reading the books with B/O/Y covers :)


message 7: by Zakiya (last edited Aug 28, 2011 06:48AM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) My Reading List for This Challenge!!! --

2/8 completed

1. Graceling (B/O/Y) 31/7/2011
2. Ian and the Pirates (B/O/Y)
3. Eragon (Y)
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (O/Y)
5. The Girl Who Played With Fire (O/Y)
6. The Help (O/Y)
7. Tower of Parlen Min (B/Y)
8. Everlost (library) 21/8/2011


message 8: by Melissa (new)

Melissa T (melissasmidnightmusings) I am going to attempt both the challenges this month, this second challenge will be an easy one for me though because I get most of my books from the library anyhow. I'm a bit of a nerd and have always loved libraries, lol.


message 9: by Zakiya (last edited Jul 29, 2011 07:11PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Awesome :) LOL I love nerdy things in general!


message 10: by Melissa (last edited Aug 31, 2011 07:56PM) (new)

Melissa T (melissasmidnightmusings) 1. The Crimson Spell (Charmed) by F. Goldsborough (Y) and (Library) the characters shirt is sort of mustard colored, hopefully that counts

2. Drink, Play, F@#k One Man's Search for Anything Across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand  by Andrew Gottlieb (B/0) and (Library)

3. Astral Travelling, The Avatar and Me by Richard Holmes (O/Y)

4. Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, #1) by Kiersten White (Library)
Absolutely loved this book!

5. The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie (Y) and (Library)

6. Keep the Change by Steve Dublanica (B) and (Library)

7. If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) by Betty White (Y) and (Library)

8. Annabel by Kathleen Winter (Library)

9. The Last Little Blue Envelope (Little Blue Envelope, #2) by Maureen Johnson (B) and (Library)


message 11: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Yep, that'll work! :)


message 12: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Already finished one!


★M±ð²µ³ó²¹²Ô★ (starinheaven) | 1455 comments I don't have many books from the library so I will do the OBY task!

1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7) by J.K. Rowling
3. Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon


message 14: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 315 comments i feel like i'm slacking..haven't finished anything yet this month


message 15: by Jencey/ (new)

Jencey/ (jencey) I am reading True Colors by Kristin Hannah which I got from the library.


message 16: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 315 comments Jencey - you'll have to let me know how that one is - I have it on the kindle - KH has done no wrong by me so far in books


message 17: by Jencey/ (new)

Jencey/ (jencey) Dee wrote: "Jencey - you'll have to let me know how that one is - I have it on the kindle - KH has done no wrong by me so far in books"

I am actually about to finish it. I found this one to be a little darker than her others. Still a good book. I am part of a group that is discussing it with Kristin Hannah. I agree you can't do wrong with KH.


★M±ð²µ³ó²¹²Ô★ (starinheaven) | 1455 comments I feel the same way you do Dee! I feel like I should have finished at least one book


message 19: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 315 comments i mean, i have 2 that are almost done - in the 80% range, so i will soon, but yeah, its weird that I haven't finished at least one book by now


message 20: by Zakiya (last edited Aug 05, 2011 01:52PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Dee-- you aren't behind if you haven't finished something. i've only got one book so far. Not very happy with it actually lol. Working on 2, 3, and 4.


message 21: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 315 comments listened to Mercy Kill this week on the drive which I borrowed from the library and read Killer's Tears also from the library


message 22: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Cools! :D


message 23: by Shauna (new)

Shauna Mckelly (mathyoda) | 175 comments I have read two books already this month. His Brother's Keeper A Story from the Edge of Medicine by Jonathan Weiner

and

My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira

both of which I borrowed from the library.

That means I have completed this challenge.


message 24: by Dee (last edited Aug 10, 2011 10:50AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 315 comments finished up listening to Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 - a YA written in diary form of a 15 yo girl who was a camp follower during the last years of the American revolution - I borrowed this from the library

Completed
Mercy Kill - library
Killer's Tears - library
Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 - library


message 25: by Dee (last edited Aug 18, 2011 08:37AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 315 comments Undead and Unpopular - I borrowed the CD's of this from the library a while back, and loaded them to my computer - so they count as being borrowed ;) - a better installment than the last year - Sinclair was starting to act more like himself - not sure if I will continue the series unless my library gets them as audiobooks - not really interested in reading

Completed
Mercy Kill - library
Killer's Tears - library
Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 - library
Undead and Unpopular - library


message 26: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie H (stephy711) | 47 comments World Without End (The Pillars of the Earth, #2) by Ken Follett The words are gold, but only just. Fits into your color challenge. Just finished it today

Also The Rise of the Creative Class And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life by Richard Florida I am starting this today. There is yellow by the author.

Will add more as I find more.


message 27: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Cools. Great reading, everyone! :D


message 28: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Trying to finish two more books for this challenge!


message 29: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) I will also be reading Everlost for this challenge, because I got it from my school's library today!


message 30: by Amy ~Lover of Books~ (last edited Aug 30, 2011 02:30PM) (new)

Amy ~Lover of Books~ | 534 comments Here is what I've read so far this month:

1.) Fins Are Forever (Fins, #2) by Tera Lynn Childs (Yellow)(Library) 7.) A Need So Beautiful (A Need So Beautiful, #1) by Suzanne Young (Yellow, orange) (Library)
2.) Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (Yellow)(Library) 8.) Always a Witch (Witch, #2) by Carolyn MacCullough (Library)
3.) Ruby Red (Edelstein-Trilogie #1) by Kerstin Gier (Library) 9.) Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma (Library)
4.) Fairy Bad Day by Amanda Ashby (Library) 10.) Wolfsbane (Nightshade #2) by Andrea Cremer (Library)
5.) Bad Taste in Boys (Kate Grable #1) by Carrie Harris (Library) 11.) Never Have I Ever (The Lying Game #2) by Sara Shepard (Library)
6.) Blood Red Road (Dustlands, #1) by Moira Young (Brown)(Library) 12.) Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey (Library)


message 31: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Awesome reading, Amy!


Amy ~Lover of Books~ | 534 comments Zakiya wrote: "Awesome reading, Amy!"

Thanks! I need your opinion on something. Even though I have the book in front me, I am not sure if there is some brown on Blood Red Road's bookcover. Is there some brown on that cover?


message 33: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Yes there is! :D


Amy ~Lover of Books~ | 534 comments Zakiya wrote: "Yes there is! :D"

Thought so, but I was not sure.


message 36: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Meghan-- How was it!? I'm on like Chapter 18 or 19 right now.

Amy-- Yepps :)


★M±ð²µ³ó²¹²Ô★ (starinheaven) | 1455 comments Haha Yeah I couldn't stop reading it...just kind of kept going even though it was part of the Buddy Read! I thought it was pretty amazing.


message 38: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) LOL! I've done that several times before :) I'm glad you liked it! I'm glued to it right now.


message 39: by Dee (last edited Aug 26, 2011 08:34AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 315 comments Completed
Mercy Kill - library
Killer's Tears - library
Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 - library
Undead and Unpopular - library
Seduction in Death (In Death, #13) by J.D. Robb - orange flower
Kismet by Monica Burns - yellow/orange background


message 40: by Esther (new)

Esther (eshchory) I got two in one: I have just read March A Love Story in a Time of War by Geraldine Brooks which I borrowed from the library.
Now I'm reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett


message 41: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) How are you liking the Help so far, Esther?


message 43: by Jodi (new)

Jodi Gilroy (jodigilroy) | 10 comments Just finished my book from the library (although I have a ton of others on hold). First time I've used the library in years and so glad I did.

Daniel Isn't Talking by Marti Leimbach Daniel Isn't Talking

great read :)


message 45: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Finished this month:

Graceling (The Seven Kingdoms, #1) by Kristin Cashore (B/O/Y)
Everlost (Skinjacker, #1) by Neal Shusterman (library)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (O/Y)


message 46: by Jodi (new)

Jodi Gilroy (jodigilroy) | 10 comments Finished:
Me Talk Pretty One Day (library)


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