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Cam you read a book a week? Maybe? Well here ya go- Challenge yourself to read a book a week for the month of July. Get crackin', smokin and go book crazy!

Oh wait- there are some guidelines ;-)

For this month you get categories. You can only read one book per category. So you cannot read two books that start with "J" for example.

Categories
1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. You may only do one color for this category. SO For week one, you can read a book with a white cover, but for any of the other weeks, the book MUST fall in another category to count, so no blue covered books unless you are using it under another category :) pick wisely.
2. A book that begins with the letter "J" The, A, If are exempt, you can pretend like the little words do not exist
3. A book with 500 pages or more 125 pages a day, you can do it!
4. An author from a country you wish to travel to Basically an author NOT from your own country
5. Re-read your favorite book.
6. Read a book off a friends to-read list. And list the friend

Duration
July 1st to July 29th (monday-monday)

Rules
Like stated above, one category a week, cannot double a category (even if it is a different color).
Must post what category you are doing for the week
Must complete a book a week :)

So you have: 6 categories. 4 weeks. 4 books. Go!

Im in!

Week 1. An author from a country you wish to travel to- Netherlands: The Dinner
Week 2: Reread your favorite book: I am the Messenger
Week 3: Book with a WHITE cover: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
Week 4: A book off a friends "to-read": World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War via Vanessa's (my co-mod's) shelf!

i'm in, too.

Me too, me too!

Me four!!!!

Week 1
My choice: 1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. You may only do one color for this category. SO For week one, you can read a book with a white cover, but for any of the other weeks, the book MUST fall in another category to count, so no blue covered books unless you are using it under another category :) pick wisely.
The Book

Week 2
My choice: 6. Read a book off a friends to-read list. And list the friend
And Then There Were None
On the to-read list of two of my GR friends, Beth and Jennifer Leigh.

Week 3
My choice 4. An author from a country you wish to travel to Basically an author NOT from your own country
Before You Sleep
Linn Ullman is from Norway

Week 4
My choice
3. A book with 500 pages or more 125 pages a day, you can do it!
Maine

I'm already out for not finishing And Then There Were None within a week.

are we only allowed to do 4? can we do all 6?

Are we allowed kindle books?

Also, if the book I read for the July Book Buddies fits one of the categories, can I use it?

Margot wrote: "Are we allowed kindle books?

Also, if the book I read for the July Book Buddies fits one of the categories, can I use it?"


Yes, any and all e-books are allowed! And yes definitely double up books! Its always exciting when that works in your advantage!


Catherine wrote: "are we only allowed to do 4? can we do all 6?"

Well the challenge is to read a book a week, using those six categories ( so you wont do two of them)

Okay, I'm going to try my hardest! (:

I am in!!!

Week 1
Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. Rodrick Rules
(Blue Cover)


Categories
2. A book that begins with the letter "J" The, A, If are exempt, you can pretend like the little words do not exist
3. A book with 500 pages or more 125 pages a day, you can do it!
4. An author from a country you wish to travel to Basically an author NOT from your own country
5. Re-read your favorite book.
6. Read a book off a friends to-read list. And list the friend

JULY DAYS CHALLENGE
Duration: 7/1- 7/29
3/4 completed

Categories
1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. You may only do one color for this category. SO For week one, you can read a book with a white cover, but for any of the other weeks, the book MUST fall in another category to count, so no blue covered books unless you are using it under another category :) pick wisely.
2. A book that begins with the letter "J" The, A, If are exempt, you can pretend like the little words do not exist
3. A book with 500 pages or more 125 pages a day, you can do it!
4. An author from a country you wish to travel to Basically an author NOT from your own country
5. Re-read your favorite book.
6. Read a book off a friends to-read list. And list the friend

1. Manuscript Found in Accra - Paulo Coelho 7/6/13 - 4 stars
2. Too Close to Home - Linwood Barclay 7/8/13 - 4 stars
3.The Alchemist's Secret - Scott Mariani 7/16/13 - 5 stars (link of my friend's profile http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18...

July days challenge

Duration 7/1-7/29
2/4

1. A Red, White or Blue cover: (white) Left Neglected read 7/6/13

2. A book that begins with a "J":

4. An author from another country:

6. A book from a friends TBR list: After You (Karin) read 7/10/13

I'm in :)

July Days Challenge
Duration - 7/1/2013 - 7/29/2013

4/4

Week 1
Re-read your favorite book:
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips - Dream a Little Dream - finished 07/05/2013

Week 2
A book that begins with the letter "J":
- Sarah Dessen - Just Listen - finished 07/14/2013

Week 3
Read a book off a friends to-read list (link of my friend's profile: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12... )
- Tamara Ireland Stone - Time Between Us - finished 07/20/2013

Week 4
A book with 500 pages or more:
- Sylvain Reynard - Gabriel's Inferno - finished 07/24/2013

Challenge accepted


Week 1: Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. The Sense of an Ending Finished 6 July

Week 2: An author from a country you wish to travel to. Ham on Rye Finished 15 July

Week 3: Read a book off a friends to-read list. The Language of Flowers from Donna Louise's TBR Finished 25 July

Week 4: A book that begins with the letter "J" Joyland

I'll give it a red-hot go :)

Categories
1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. You may only do one color for this category. SO For week one, you can read a book with a white cover, but for any of the other weeks, the book MUST fall in another category to count, so no blue covered books unless you are using it under another category :) pick wisely. The Siren Week 2 July 8 - 14
2. A book that begins with the letter "J" The, A, If are exempt, you can pretend like the little words do not exist The Jane Austen Book Club Week 3 July 15 - 21
4. An author from a country you wish to travel to Basically an author NOT from your own country The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach Week 1 July 1-7
6. Read a book off a friends to-read list. And list the friend Before the Storm- Teneal Week 4 July 22 - 28

1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
3. A book with 500 pages or more: When Christ and his Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
4. An author from a country you wish to travel to: Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
5. Re-read your favorite book: Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik

July book challenge

Duration 7/1-7/29
4/4

1. A Red, White or Blue cover: Faceless Killers Week 2, July 8-14 ----11 jul----4 stars
2. A book that begins with a "J": Juliet; Week 1, July 1-7 -----05 Jul ----- 5 stars
4. An author from another country (USA): Fear the worstWeek 3,July 15-21-----18 Jul ----- 5 stars
6. A book from a friends TBR list: The alchemist's secret (Маша Ткаленко's TBR http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12...)
Week 4, July 22-28-----27 Jul----5 stars

Read 4/4

1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover - The ABC Murders Week II
2. A book that begins with the letter "J" - Just Listen Week III
4. An author from a country you wish to travel to - Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeWeek IV
5. Re-read your favorite book - The Da Vinci Code Week I

Gonna start with The Da Vinci Code, one of my most favorite books of all times..

July Days Challenge
Duration July 1 - July 29
4/4 Completed
CHALLENGE COMPLETED

Categories

1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover: Une chanson pour Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay - Blue Cover but also 620 pages..
Finished 2013-07-14

3. A book with 500 pages or more 125 pages a day, you can do it! Cadix, ou la diagonale du fou by Arturo Perez Reverte - 763 pages but also Red cover!


4. An author from a country you wish to travel to: Les Braises by Sandor Marai - who is Hungarian; this is also the book I will be reading with my July Book Buddy Lizzie.
Finished 2013-07-04

6. Read a book off a friend's to-read list. And list the friend: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. I picked it from Jami's To Read shelf.
Finished 2013-01-21

Due to extraordinary circomstances (huge thunder and wind storm with broken trees and loss of power. Cables were ripped off exterior walls of houses needing an electrician's work before Hydro could repair the cables and put back power on!)there is no way I will be able to read a book with more than 500 pages this week. So I am going to change my last week category to:

5. Re-read your favorite book.
Inconnu à cette adresse ("Address Unknown") by Kressman Taylor
I feel like I am cheating because it is a very short book, but I have no choice! Back to fridge cleanup now, then groceries!
Finished 2013-07-24

Week 1: July 1-7: Les Braises
Week 2: July 8-14: Une chanson pour Arbonne
Week 3: July 15-21: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Week 4: July 22-28: Inconnu à cette adresse

For this challenge we read one book a week but they all fall into a different category. Right? So one week I read a red, white or blue cover book. Then next week it's a book that starts with a J. Then the following week a different category, is that correct?

That's what I understood Kelani,
Also, there are 4 weeks in July so you pick 4 categories out of 6, because you have 1 week to read each book, and each one has to be from a different category.
I just happen to have 2 books who fall in the same categories. Both could be in cover colour and both are more than 500 pages, but I have to put each one in a different category.
I am so grateful I am allowed to read in french, because I read much faster in french than I do in english (depending on the book of course).

Oh, okay. That makes a lot more sense! Thank you! That is cool that you can read in French!!! Good luck!

7.1.13-7.29.13
3/4 complete

1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover -
The Fox Inheritance by Mary E. Pearson
finished 7.2.13
2. A book with 500 pages or more -
Fire by Kristin Cashore
finished 7.8.13
3. An author from a country you wish to travel to -
Timeless-Alexandra Monir
finished 7.5.13
4. Re-read your favorite book -
The Fault in our stars by John Green

July Days Challenge (CB)
July 1-29, 2013

Completed 7/13/13

1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. You may only do one color for this category. ~ Hard Day's Knight - FINISHED 7/9/13
2. A book with 500 pages or more 125 pages a day, you can do it! ~ A Dance With Dragons - FINISHED 7/9/13 (Phew! A bit over the one week, but my ebook had 1300 pages!)
3. An author from a country you wish to travel to. (Norway) ~ The Bat - FINISHED 7/12/13
4. Read a book off a friends to-read list. And list the friend. (Vanessa) ~ A Hundred Summers - FINISHED 7/13/13

This is a challenge! Ready, set,.....

Week One: The color blue with "THE DINNER" by Herman Koch.

I am super excited for this challenge!!! I have my books all mapped out (which never happens) and I cannot wait to start reading them! And I only have to get 1 from the library! The rest meet my personal goal of reading off my bookshelf!!! :-) win!

I'm in, too. I won't do all six categories, I'm sure. I'll just see how far I get.

Completed: 4


1. The Prize Winner Of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids On 25 Words Or Less (white cover) (finished July 2)

3. The Big Rock Candy Mountain (576 pgs) (finished July 15)

4. The Prague Cemetery (Umberto Eco is from Italy, which I'd love to visit one day) (finished July 15)

6. The Age of Water Lilies (Garlan) (finished July 6)

Completed:

July Days Challenge
Begin 01July / End 29July13

6/4 completed (Well, I'll be ... I did all six!)

1. Red/White or Blue cover � - 25July13

2. Begins with "J" - Joy School � � 20July13 (208 pg)

3. 500+ pages - Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography � � 30July13(672 pgs)

4. Author from a different country (I live in USA)
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher � - 04July13 (Summerscale lives in London UK)

5. Re-read my favorite - To Kill a Mockingbird � � 06July13

6. A book from a friend's to-read list
The Book of Tomorrow � - 05July13 (3 or 4 of my friends have this on their TBR lists.)

July Days Challenge

4/4 Complete


Week 1, July 1-7 : #4 The Magician by Michael Scott - Michael is from Ireland.
Week 2, July 8-14: #3 The EnchantressMichael Scott - 298 pages read on July 10.
Week 3, July 15-21: #1 A Game of Thrones - a book with a blue cover
Week 4: July 22-28: #2 The JobDouglas Kennedy - book title begins with 'J'


Options
1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover.
2. A book that begins with the letter "J"
3. A book with 500 pages or more 125 pages a day.
4. An author from a country you wish to travel to.
5. Re-read your favorite book.
6. Read a book off a friends to-read list. And list the friend

C&B ~ July Days Challenge
Duration: July 1-July 29
Completed: 6/4

Week 1, July 1-7:

2. A book that begins with the letter "J": Jakobe's Assignment by Elizabeth Baker 3 July 2013

Week 2, July 8-14:

6. A book off a friends to-read list. (Dalynn): Crispin by Avi 8 July 2013

Week 3, July 15-21:

1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover: Blue Murder by Emma Jameson *** 15 July 2013

Week 4: July 22-28

4. Author from a country you wish to travel to: Pericles by William Shakespeare *** 24 July 2013



O_O Oh my, I was able to finish all 6 :D

3. A book with 500 pages: (525 Pages) Insurgent by Veronica Roth **** 27 July 2013
5. Re-read your favorite book: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 19 July 2013

Excited about the challenge:
So far book over 500 pages, THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN by Kate Morton
Book off a friends list, Margie Moore, THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

amber wrote: "Me four!!!!

Week 1
My choice: 1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. You may only do one color for this category. SO For week one, you can read a book with a white cover, but for any of ..."

Hey Amber, how did you like this book? I couldn't finish it!!!

Michelle wrote: "July days challenge

Duration 7/1-7/29
0/4

1. A Red, White or Blue cover: Room

2. A book that begins with a "J":

4. An author from another country:

6. A book from a friends TBR list: After You ..."

What did you think of Room?

Kelani wrote: "amber wrote: "Me four!!!!

Week 1
My choice: 1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. You may only do one color for this category. SO For week one, you can read a book with a white cover, b..."

Truthfully I only read it because I wanted to know if it was as bad as people make it out to be. I thought it was just okay. I didn't hate it like a lot of people seem to. The middle part which deals with what it's like to grow up with a mentally ill parent was a lot more interesting then the genital obsessed beginning.

Ohhh. I wish I could have made it that far! I have read Seabold's other books and thought they were good but this one fell short for me. I tried but just could not get into it! At all. Maybe I will give it a try again one day! What did you rate it?

I only gave it two stars. Because I didn't like the start and it went on to long. In a different mood I might have given it a three. I don't think you're missing out on much if you don't read it, but I did find the middle section interesting. I also think Sebold tries too hard to be shocking and just takes people out of what are interesting questions of where and when you break away from your parents and how a child deals with having parents who need to be taken care of in a way the rest of the world doesn't really understand.
What did you think of Lucky?
I read The Lovely Bones and liked it well enough until the (view spoiler)[ Susie falls back to earth (hide spoiler)] chapter.

Kelani wrote: "I am super excited for this challenge!!! I have my books all mapped out (which never happens) and I cannot wait to start reading them! And I only have to get 1 from the library! The rest meet my p..."

I laughed when I read your post because I to have prepared the 4 books even with a different bookmark in each one! A medieval bookmark for the GGK, a chinese bookmark for the Lisa See etc... :-)

All done! :)

I'm in :)

July Days Challenge
Duration - 7/1/2013 - 7/29/2013

4/4

Week 1
Re-read your favorite book:
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips - Dream a Little Dream - finished 07/05/2013

Week 2
A book that begins with the letter "J":
- Sarah Dessen - Just Listen - finished 07/14/2013

Week 3
Read a book off a friends to-read list (link of my friend's profile: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12... )
- Tamara Ireland Stone - Time Between Us - finished 07/20/2013

Week 4
A book with 500 pages or more:
- Sylvain Reynard - Gabriel's Inferno - finished 07/24/2013

Going to buckle down and try to finish the last book an a half in the next couple of days. I am lacking on it! :(

I finished 4 tasks this month (post 29).
Thanks for another good month of challenges!

Message #32 completed 7/24/13

Done, message 17 :).

Challenge completed - message #20

Good job everyone! One more day! Can you make it?

JULY DAYS CHALLENGE
Duration: 7/1- 7/29
4/4 completed FINISHED

Categories
1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. You may only do one color for this category. SO For week one, you can read a book with a white cover, but for any of the other weeks, the book MUST fall in another category to count, so no blue covered books unless you are using it under another category :) pick wisely.
2. A book that begins with the letter "J" The, A, If are exempt, you can pretend like the little words do not exist
3. A book with 500 pages or more 125 pages a day, you can do it!
4. An author from a country you wish to travel to Basically an author NOT from your own country
5. Re-read your favorite book.
6. Read a book off a friends to-read list. And list the friend

1. Manuscript Found in Accra - Paulo Coelho 7/6/13 - 4 stars
2. Too Close to Home - Linwood Barclay 7/8/13 - 4 stars
3.The Alchemist's Secret - Scott Mariani 7/16/13 - 5 stars (link of my friend's profile http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18...
4. Juliet - Anne Fortier 7/29/13 - 5 stars

I unfortunately made through 2 and a half :( Dang.

Rachel Skye wrote: "I unfortunately made through 2 and a half :( Dang."

Damn:( But hey, best of luck with the August challenge Rachel:)

Ananda wrote: "Rachel Skye wrote: "I unfortunately made through 2 and a half :( Dang."

Damn:( But hey, best of luck with the August challenge Rachel:)"

Thank you! You too!

Can't believe it, but I did them all!

July Days Challenge
Begin 01July / End 29July13

6/4 completed (Well, I'll be ... I did all six!)

1. Red/White or Blue cover � - 25July13

2. Begins with "J" - Joy School � � 20July13 (208 pg)

3. 500+ pages - Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography � � 30July13(672 pgs)

4. Author from a different country (I live in USA)
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher � - 04July13 (Summerscale lives in London UK)

5. Re-read my favorite - To Kill a Mockingbird � � 06July13

6. A book from a friend's to-read list
The Book of Tomorrow � - 05July13 (3 or 4 of my friends have this on their TBR lists.)