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March Madness Challenge:

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, let's get ready to RUMMMMBBBLLLLE!

1. Home Run: Read a book featuring baseball or a book which has a word referring to a place to live (house, mansion, home etc) in the title.
2. Hat-trick: Read a book featuring hockey or a book whose title features an article of clothing.
3. Touchdown!: Read a book featuring football or a book where the main character overcomes unbeatable odds to succeed.
4. Hole In One: Read a book featuring golf or a book whose title has a word in it that's used in golf (birdie, eagle, green etc).
5. 15-Love: Read a book featuring tennis or a book that has a love interest in it.
6. 3 Pointer: Read a book featuring basketball or a book that is the third in a series.
7. GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!: Read a book featuring soccer or a book that deals with characters reaching their goals.
8. Marathon: Read a book featuring running/racing or a book with people on the run from something.
9. Choke hold: Read a book featuring wrestling or a book where someone is murdered by strangling or beating.
10. First Round Bye: Read a book featuring a sport of your choice or a book which is about someone getting a break of some kind.

Categories:
In Training: 1-2 books
Runner Up: 3-4 books
Bronze Medalist: 5-6 books
Silver Medalist: 7-8 books
Gold Medalist: 9-10 books

Rules:
1. Choose number of categories.
2. Any format of book, challenge combining and re-reads are allowed.
3. Have fun and do victory dance after completing each book!

Challenge Leader:
Trevor

***This topic will be opened for comments on the 23rd of this month. For now you can get your books ready, put holds on at the library and whatever else you need to do before March. Happy Reading!***

Trevor has volunteered to be the Challenge Leader for this month. Thank you very much Trevor, have fun with it!

I hope you have all been thinking about what books to read for March's upcoming challenge. The topic is now open, feel free to choose your categories, discuss possible reads and so on. Have fun and happy reading :)

I´ll go for 4 books, runner up!

I am in for 4, Runner Up as well.

Here's a list of participants so far:

Adriana: bronze medalist (5-6 books)
Andrea: runner up (3-4 books)
Anna: in training (2 books)
Ashley: in training (2 books)
Brianna: runner up (4 books)
Erika: runner up (3-4 books)
Johanna: runner up (4 books)
Lorelei: runner up (3 books)
Nikki: in training (2 books)
Sara: in training (2 books)
Sharon: runner up (4 books)
Tatum: runner up (4 books)
Trevor: gold medalist (10 books)

I'll keep updating this list for now, but in March I'll start a new list for book totals.

Hello Sports Fans! This is your challenge leader, Trevor (or "Trev", or "that guy"), welcoming you to the March Madness Challenge!

I don't know about you all, but I haven't read a lot of (if any at all!) sports books before. I'm trying to expand my horizons so I'm sticking mostly to the sports side of things. There are quite a few non-fiction sports books on my list, which I am looking forward to, and a mystery for Number 9: Choke Hold.

I'm going for the Gold Medalist: 10 books! I hope to read a book for each category. Check out my full list over at Trevor's corner.

What category do you want to fall under? What books are you most excited about reading?

I will join this challenge. I will start with 2 at first, so "In Training" I shall be. :)

Ashley wrote: "I will join this challenge. I will start with 2 at first, so "In Training" I shall be. :)"

So it shall be. ;)

I am going to try for "Runner-Up" status.

~Erika

Marathon Delirium 3/4

I'm going for the Bronze (:

@Erica and Adriana

Excellent! Got you added. :D

Trevor wrote: "Ashley wrote: "I will join this challenge. I will start with 2 at first, so "In Training" I shall be. :)"

So it shall be. ;)"

Haha, thanks Trevor :)

I'm in for 4? just depends on how "mad" I get in March since college basketball is my favorite!

Sharon wrote: "I'm in for 4? just depends on how "mad" I get in March since college basketball is my favorite!"

haha. Got you added.

*** I've got everyone added up to this point.

I'm very excited to read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (for number 1: Home Run), since I've heard such good things about it. I hope it gets here soon; the line at my library was really long! What books do you guys have lined up?

I am in! What a great idea! I have Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children on my holds list in the Kindle Library. I hope it comes available in time! I think I will at the very least hit Runner Up status. I will have to choose accordingly!

Andrea wrote: "I am in! What a great idea! I have Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children on my holds list in the Kindle Library. I hope it comes available in time! I think I will at the very least hit Ru..."

Excellent! I hope mine comes available as well. I'm really nervous that it won't: I'm still number 100! :0

Going to start Catching Fire today in order to start Mockingjay in March. That will cover my "3Pointer". Oh! and have on hold "The Art of Racing in the Rain". Wouldn't that count as Marathon??? :0)

Andrea wrote: "Going to start Catching Fire today in order to start Mockingjay in March. That will cover my "3Pointer". Oh! and have on hold "The Art of Racing in the Rain". Wouldn't that count as Marathon??? ..."

Definitely! I read The Hunger Games a while ago, but couldn't bring myself to read the rest of the series. I found the first one way too stressful. My brother keeps telling me to read the next 2 books. you'll have to tell me what you think of them!

I am 5 out of 12 on the waiting list. Can't believe you are 100!!!

I started Catching Fire today and it is shaping up to be good! A friend told me she liked it more than the first. I will keep you posted about .

Trevor wrote: "*** I've got everyone added up to this point.

I'm very excited to read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (for number 1: Home Run), since I've heard such good things about ..."

I'm actually reading it now. I didn't realize that counted. Perfect. My list:

Adriana wrote: "Trevor wrote: "*** I've got everyone added up to this point.

I'm very excited to read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (for number 1: Home Run), since I've heard such goo..."

Cool list, Adriana! I was thinking of reading Gym Candy as well. I have it as a back up in case I get bored of another book on my list - haha!

Andrea wrote: "I am 5 out of 12 on the waiting list. Can't believe you are 100!!!

I started Catching Fire today and it is shaping up to be good! A friend told me she liked it more than the first. I will kee..."

I know! But there are a lot of copies (not sure of the number exactly) so it shouldn't be too long before a while: maybe a few weeks.

Sharon wrote: "I'm in for 4? just depends on how "mad" I get in March since college basketball is my favorite!"

Haha, I am a North Carolina Tar Heel fan. I feel you Sharon. That is why I chose to only read 2 for the month of March for this challenge. I feel basketball will be calling my name a lot over reading. I will have "March Madness Fever". :)

Ashley wrote: "Sharon wrote: "I'm in for 4? just depends on how "mad" I get in March since college basketball is my favorite!"

Haha, I am a North Carolina Tar Heel fan. I feel you Sharon. That is why I chose to ..."

UNC all the way!

I am going to try for 2 in this one too!!

Nikki wrote: "I am going to try for 2 in this one too!!"

Got you added!

I'm in for...In Training...2 books

Anna wrote: "I'm in for...In Training...2 books"

Excellent! Welcome to the challenge! :)

Thank you. I'm not a sports person...so I decided to something different.

Anna wrote: "Thank you. I'm not a sports person...so I decided to something different."

That's fine! I've got a few non-sports books on my list as well. It's good that we have some different options for us non-sports people. ;)

Andrea wrote: "Going to start Catching Fire today in order to start Mockingjay in March. That will cover my "3Pointer". Oh! and have on hold "The Art of Racing in the Rain". Wouldn't that count as Marathon??? ..."

The Art of Racing in the Rain was one of my favorite contemporary books. I hope you enjoy it like I did. I'm interested to hear. Good choice!

I'm in for Runner Up. Not sure what I'm reading yet, but I'll figure it out and post.

I keep you posted, Lorelei.

I'll keep you posted, Lorelei.

Lorelei wrote: "I'm in for Runner Up. Not sure what I'm reading yet, but I'll figure it out and post."

Welcome to the challenge! :D I've got you added.

I just uploaded . I am pretty sure it will fall under at least one category, but since I haven't read it yet... I am not sure which. :0)

Andrea wrote: "I just uploaded . I am pretty sure it will fall under at least one category, but since I haven't read it yet... I am not sure which. :0)"

haha. I hope it falls under something for you! :)

Brianna wrote: "I am going to try for runner up. (: None are going to be about the sports themselves, but I might stumble across some throughout the month!

home run-Little House on the Prairie by Lau..."

You're added Brianna! Welcome to the challenge! And a very good list of books.

Brianna wrote: "I'm going to be reading some harder ones in between so I thought I would keep it somewhat light for the challenge itself. (:"

Good plan! I have a feeling some of my more "mature" choices will give way to a few light and easy YA books throughout the month - haha.

I've signed up for runner up so my first book will be
The Waiting Time by Price for overcoming big odds, the football category. The 2nd will be 6 Rainier Drive by Macomber for Home in baseball category and I was hoping to have Hunger Games by for Golf "games" as a term in the sport. Trevor if you're not buying this I'll come up with something else. Just trying to be realistic :). I might be able to read Open House by Berg if you wanted me to. hmmmmm.

March Madness Challenge: In Training

2/2

1.High School Football by Paul Swearingen - 3/28/12
2.Worst Impressions by K.L. Brady - 3/10/12

That's funny Sara...lol

I'm down for 2 for this challenge:
~In Training

1. Touchdown!: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

2. Marathon: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Lorelei wrote: "I've signed up for runner up so my first book will be
The Waiting Time by Price for overcoming big odds, the football category. The 2nd will be 6 Rainier Drive by Macomber for Home in baseball cate..."

Nice picks Lorelei! I don't think that the Hunger Games would qualify for the golf category. However, if you'd like to use category 10 which is "a sport of your choice" to read it, that would be fine, since The Hunger Games themselves can be a sport. :)

Sara wrote: "In Training: the books I'm going to read for this challenge:

1. (15-Love) Seduce Me in Flames

2. (Hat-trick) My husband plays hockey so I showed..."

hahahahahaha.... wow. ;)

Sara wrote: "In Training: the books I'm going to read for this challenge:

1. (15-Love) Seduce Me in Flames

2. (Hat-trick) My husband plays hockey so I showed..."

The key thing here Sara is did he say he would? ;)

The Standings So Far
Updated: March 3

Adriana: 0/6
Andrea: 0/3-4
Anna: 0/2
Ashley: 0/2
Brianna: 0/4
Erika: 0/3-4
Johanna: 0/4
Lorelei: 0/3
Melissa: 1/4
Nikki: 0/2
Sara: 0/2
Sharon: 0/4
Tatum: 2/4
Trevor: 1/10

Tatum wrote: "Sara wrote: "In Training: the books I'm going to read for this challenge:

1. (15-Love) Seduce Me in Flames

2. (Hat-trick) My husband plays hocke..."

LOL! You girls are cracking me up!