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May Build Your Own Challenge

As with all of our BYOC challenges, you get to decide how to make this one work for you. As long as you can tie it to May, it will count.

Need some ideas? Here you go -

--May is the 5th month of the year. You could Spell It Out, or read five books, or spell out anything you relate to the month of May etc.

Some Holidays from May (Taken from Wikipedia.org):


* April 29 to May 5 in Japan, which includes four different holidays, is called "Golden Week". Many workers have up to 10 days off. There is also 'May sickness', where new students or workers start to be tired of their new routine. (In Japan the school year and fiscal year start on April 1.)
* In the neopagan Wheel of the Year, May begins on Beltane in the northern hemisphere and Samhain in the southern hemisphere.
* May 1 is the feast of St. Joseph the worker in the Roman Catholic calendar. In the Catholic Church the month of May is dedicated to and honors the Blessed Virgin Mary.
* May 1 in the Irish calendar is Beltane (Bealtaine), the first day of Summer, and a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May.
* May is the month of Music in New Zealand.
* May 1 is May Day in many countries. This is also celebrated as Labor Day in many countries.
* May 1 is May Day in the United Kingdom, however the public holiday is held on the first Monday in May.
* The night before May 1 in Germany it is an old custom to plant a "Maypole" to honor someone. Often young men set up an adorned birch in front of their girlfriend's house.
* May 3 is when the Polish Constitution Day is celebrated in Poland.
* May 3 is Constitution Day in Japan.
* The first Saturday in May is the date of the annual Kentucky Derby, the most famous horse race in the United States.
* May 4 is the day of Remembrance of the Dead in the Netherlands, commemorating all the casualties in military conflicts involving the Netherlands.
* May 4 is Liberation Day in Denmark, celebrating the ending of the German occupation from April 9, 1940, to May 4, 1945.
* May 5 is when Cinco de Mayo or the Batalla de Puebla is celebrated in Mexico. It is also celebrated widely in the United States.
* May 5 is the Children's Day in Japan and Korea
* May 5 is Liberation Day in the Netherlands, celebrating the ending of the German occupation.
* May 5 is Europe Day in Europe (uncommon usage, largely replaced by May 9).
* May 8 is VE Day in Western Europe. In Eastern Europe it is celebrated on May 9.
* May 9 is Europe Day in the European Union.
* May 9 is Victory Day in the former Soviet Union, celebrating the capitulation of Nazi Germany.
* May 10 is Golden Spike Day (1869 – Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad – Promontory Summit, Utah)
* May 10 is Mother's Day in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
* May 12 is International Nurses Day.
* May 12 is the day of the Finnish language in Finland.
* May 12 is International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND). These diseases include Neurofibromatosis, Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS)/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Syndrome and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.
* May 13 is when the Catholic Church honors the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima to the three children of Fátima, Portugal – May 13, 1917.
* May 13 was Lumeria the day for seeing spirits to the other side in ancient Rome, the holiday was later moved to November 1st and called All Souls' Day.
* May 15 is the beginning of Tourette Syndrome awareness month. It ends on June 15th.
* May 17 is Norwegian Constitution Day.
* May 17 is Vesak full moon poya day(Buddhism's Holiest Day, The day of birth, enlightenment (nirvāna), and passing away (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha.
* May 18 is International Day of Capitalism
* May 21 is when the Battle of Iquique (Combate Naval de Iquique) is celebrated in Chile, and it is a national holiday.
* May 24 is when Eritrea celebrates its Independence Day (Independence from Ethiopia).
* May 24 is remembered and celebrated in Ecuador as the day of the Battle of Pichincha – May 24, 1823.
* May 25 is the May Revolution (or Revolución de Mayo), a national holiday in Argentina.
* May 25 is Towel Day, in tribute to Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
* May 28 is Armenia's first independence, from the Ottoman Empire;- May 28, 1918.

* Under the French Ancien Régime, it was of habit to "plant a May" or a "tree of May" in the honor of somebody. The County of Nice saw girls and boys "turn the May" with the sound of fife and drum, i.e. to dance rounds of May around the tree of May planted on the place of the village.
* The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day in the United States.
* The Indianapolis 500 is held on the Sunday before Memorial Day.
* In Canada, Victoria Day is celebrated on the last Monday on or before May 24.
* The last Monday of May is Memorial Day in the United States, first celebrated on May 5, 1866, in Waterloo, New York.

Monthlong events in May

* May is National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. (http://www.MilesForHope.org)
* South Asian Heritage Month – celebration of Indian/South Asian peoples and peoples of Indian/South Asian descent worldwide
* Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – celebration of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
* Jewish American Heritage Month – celebration of Judaism in the United States.
* Mental Health Awareness Month – raising awareness about mental illness in the United States.
* National Military Appreciation Month – in the United States to recognize and honor the US Armed Forces.[2]
* Skin Cancer Awareness Month
* May is traditionally devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic traditions. May crowning occurs in some locales at the beginning of the month.
* In New Zealand, May is the New Zealand Music Month.
* Older Americans Month in the United States, established by John F. Kennedy in 1963.[3]
* National Moving Month in the United States – recognizing America's mobile roots and kicking off the busiest moving season of the year.[4]
* National Smile Month in the United Kingdom
* Eurovision Song Contest.
* May is National amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Awareness Month in the United States.
* National Bike Month in the United States


Feel free to Overlap this challenge with the All Things Spring Challenge.

Please post your status updates like this: 1/4, 2/34, 9/10, etc., at the top of your update. That's the best way to make sure you're updated correctly.

Restrictions - You can sign up and list your books at any time, but all books must be started no earlier than May 1st, and must be completed by May 31st to qualify. You can make changes to your challenge through the final day.

We hope you'll join us! :)

Challenge Participants List

Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress----------15/15
Susan----------------------------------------7/7
Brandilyn------------------------------------7/7
BJ Rose--------------------------------------10/10
Stephanie------------------------------------X/5
Jingles--------------------------------------3/3
Desiree--------------------------------------X/7

I'm in!
Lots of great ideas!

In.

Last month I had April SHOWERS this month I will have May FLOWERS.

0/7 Complete

F Follow The Sun
L Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon Mexican Heat
O Once a Marine
W Warrior's Cross (re-read)
E EM Lynley Brand New Flavor
R Roux, Abigail Armed & Dangerous (re-read)
S Sloane Parker More

I'm in, but have no idea what I'll spell yet - time to look over the books!

Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress wrote: "Challenge Participants List

Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress----------X/15
Susan----------------------------------------"

I'll give it a try...I'm thinking I'll do 5 books that have something to do with horses...or does it have to spell out horse?? Has to do with Horses since it is Kentucky Derby Month!

Sounds good to me, Stephanie!

Thanks for joining, everyone!

Please count me in. I love this monthly challenge. I'm going to stick with MAY.


WLLK: BYOC - May
05/01/13 - 05/31/13
0/3

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I'm going to be traditional and go with MOTHER'S DAY

We Love Lisa Kleypas
Build Your Own Challenge
May 2013

0/10

M = Mary Balogh: The Plumed Bonnet
O = Orson Scott Card: Shadow Puppets
T = This Is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
H = The Handbook to Handling His Lordship by Suzanne Enoch
E = Envy by J.R. Ward
R = The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith
S = Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh

D = Deaver, Jeffery: The Vanished Man
A = An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
Y = You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey

You done, BJ Rose?

**Psst** 10/10

Lisa Kay wrote: "You done, BJ Rose?

**Psst** 10/10"

That's what I get for copying! Correcting now!!

Thank you, Danielle, for taking the challenges over for the next few months! You're an angel!

You're very welcome, Dhestiny! :)

In.

Last month I had April SHOWERS this month I will have May FLOWERS.

1/7 Complete

F Follow The Sun
L Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon Mexican Heat
O Once a Marine
W What We May Be finished 5/1 4*
E EM Lynley Brand New Flavor
R Roux, Abigail Armed & Dangerous (re-read)
S Sloane Parker More

In.

Last month I had April SHOWERS this month I will have May FLOWERS.

2/7 Complete

F Follow The Sun finished 5/2 4*
L Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon Mexican Heat
O Once a Marine
W What We May Be finished 5/1 4*
E EM Lynley Brand New Flavor
R Roux, Abigail Armed & Dangerous (re-read)
S Sloane Parker More

I'm in. I'll do a Spell It Out Challenge again and since I'm lazy and don't want to think too much about what to spell I'm going to make it simple. I'll be spelling WEDDING since Mom's getting remarried this month.

I'll be back later to put up my list. :)

Spell It Out for May---0/7



B- Beauty and the Blacksmith Tessa Dare
E- The Deception of the Emerald Ring-Lauren Willig
A- A Lady by Midnight-Tessa Dare
C- Crystal Cove-Lisa Kleypas
H
E-Eloisa James Potent Pleasures
S Seduction of the Crimson Rose-Lauren Willig

In.

Last month I had April SHOWERS this month I will have May FLOWERS.

4/7 Complete

F Follow The Sun finished 5/2 4*
L Love You Like a Romance Novel
O Once a Marine
W What We May Be finished 5/1 4*
E Erica Pike The Walls Have Ears finished 5/4 4*
R Rhi Etzweiler and Aleksandr Voinov Dark Edge of Honor
S Samms, Jaime Flowers for Tokyo finished 5/2 4*

We Love Lisa Kleypas
Build Your Own Challenge
May 2013

2/10

√ M = Mary Balogh: The Plumed Bonnet - 5.03
O = Orson Scott Card: Shadow Puppets
T = This Is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
H = The Handbook to Handling His Lordship by Suzanne Enoch
E = Envy by J.R. Ward
R = The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith
S = Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh

D = Deaver, Jeffery: The Vanished Man
√ A = An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor - 5.02
Y = You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey

In.

Last month I had April SHOWERS this month I will have May FLOWERS.

5/7 Complete

F Follow The Sun finished 5/2 4*
L Lynne, Carol Coach finished 5/4 3*
O Once a Marine
W What We May Be finished 5/1 4*
E Erica Pike The Walls Have Ears finished 5/4 4*
R Rhi Etzweiler and Aleksandr Voinov Dark Edge of Honor
S Samms, Jaime Flowers for Tokyo finished 5/2 4*

In.

Last month I had April SHOWERS this month I will have May FLOWERS.

6/7 Complete

F Follow The Sun finished 5/2 4*
L Lynne, Carol Coach finished 5/4 3*
O Once a Marine finished 5/5 4*
W What We May Be finished 5/1 4*
E Erica Pike The Walls Have Ears finished 5/4 4*
R Rhi Etzweiler and Aleksandr Voinov Dark Edge of Honor
S Samms, Jaime Flowers for Tokyo finished 5/2 4*

In.

Done! Last month I had April SHOWERS this month I will have May FLOWERS.

7/7 Complete

F Follow The Sun finished 5/2 4*
L Lynne, Carol Coach finished 5/4 3*
O Once a Marine finished 5/5 4*
W What We May Be finished 5/1 4*
E Erica Pike The Walls Have Ears finished 5/4 4*
R Rhi Etzweiler and Aleksandr Voinov Dark Edge of Honor finished 5/5 4*
S Samms, Jaime Flowers for Tokyo finished 5/2 4*

Spell It Out for May---1/7



B- Beauty and the Blacksmith Tessa Dare
E- The Deception of the Emerald Ring-Lauren Willig-5/5/2013
A- A Lady by Midnight-Tessa Dare
C- Crystal Cove-Lisa Kleypas
H
E-Eloisa James Potent Pleasures
S Seduction of the Crimson Rose-Lauren Willig

Congrats Brandilyn!!

Yes. Congrats, Brandilyn!

Way to go, Brandilyn!

Everyone is doing great!

I got this one done today.

WLLK: May 2013 BYOC
05/01/13 - 05/31/13
3/3

✔M = Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs ~ 05/01/13
✔A = And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander ~ 05/05/13
✔Y = You Only Die Twice: A Novel by Edna Buchanan ~ 05/08/13

May Build Your Own Challenge- read books from my TBR pile.

2 / X completed

1. Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare completed 5/4
2. The Devil's Heart by Cathy Maxwell completed 5/5
3. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
4.

Congrats, jingles!

We Love Lisa Kleypas
Build Your Own Challenge
May 2013

5/10

√ M = Mary Balogh: The Plumed Bonnet - 5.03
O = Orson Scott Card: Shadow Puppets
√ T = Tracy Anne Warren: The Wife Trap - 5.07
H = The Handbook to Handling His Lordship by Suzanne Enoch
E = Envy by J.R. Ward
√ R = The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith - 5.08
√ S = Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh - 5.09

D = Deaver, Jeffery: The Vanished Man
√ A = An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor - 5.02
Y = You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey

May Build Your Own Challenge- read books from my TBR pile.

4 / X completed

1. Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare completed 5/4
2. The Devil's Heart by Cathy Maxwell completed 5/5
3. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich completed 5/10
4. Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier completed 5/12
5. The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift
6.

Spell It Out for May---4/7



B- Beauty and the Blacksmith Tessa Dare completed 5/17/2013
E- The Deception of the Emerald Ring-Lauren Willig-5/5/2013
A- A Lady by Midnight-Tessa Dare completed 5/16/2013
C- Crystal Cove-Lisa Kleypas
H- Hannah Fielding Burning Embers
E-Eloisa James Potent Pleasures
S Seduction of the Crimson Rose-Lauren Willig completed 5/10/2013

W♥LK May Spell-It-Out

5/7

F. - ✔ Fannie Flagg = Can't Wait to Get to Heaven ★★★★☆ ODA 5/6
L. - ✔ Linda Howard = Open Season ★★★★½ audible.com 5/5
O. - ✔ One Good Earl Deserves a Lover, by Sarah MacLean ★★★★☆ Loupe's CD YSI 5/9
W - Wildes, Emma = A Most Improper Rumor (PB)
E. - ✔ Elizabeth Elliott = Betrothed ★★★★☆ Library-PB 5/4
R - ✔ Ransom, by Julie Garwood ★★★★★ audible.com 5/16 Pub 1999; 546 pagesHighlands’ Lairds #2 Narrated by: Susan Duerden
S. - Snowbound, by Larissa Ione (Library-PB)

Read


To Read

May Build Your Own Challenge- read books from my TBR pile.

5 / X completed

1. Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare completed 5/4
2. The Devil's Heart by Cathy Maxwell completed 5/5
3. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich completed 5/10
4. Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier completed 5/12
5. The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift completed 5/19
6. Westmark by Lloyd Alexander
7. The Kestrel by Lloyd Alexander
8. The Beggar Queen by Lloyd Alexander
9.

We Love Lisa Kleypas
Build Your Own Challenge
May 2013

9/10

√ M = Mary Balogh: The Plumed Bonnet - 5.03
O = Orson Scott Card: Shadow Puppets
√ T = Tracy Anne Warren: The Wife Trap - 5.07
√ H = The Handbook to Handling His Lordship by Suzanne Enoch - 5.17
√ E = Envy by J.R. Ward - 5.12
√ R = The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith - 5.08
√ S = Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh - 5.09

√ D = Deaver, Jeffery: The Vanished Man - 5.19
√ A = An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor - 5.02
√ Y = You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey - 5.13

jingles wrote: "I got this one done today.

WLLK: May 2013 BYOC
05/01/13 - 05/31/13
3/3

✔M = Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs ~ 05/01/13
✔A = And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander ~ 05..."

Congrats, jingles!

Thank you. Now I'm off to sign up for June's challenge. Lol.

**hee hee**

Yay! I Made it!!

We Love Lisa Kleypas
Build Your Own Challenge
May 2013

10/10

√ M = Mary Balogh: The Plumed Bonnet - 5.03
√ O = The Obedient Bride by Mary Balogh - 5.25
√ T = Tracy Anne Warren: The Wife Trap - 5.07
√ H = The Handbook to Handling His Lordship by Suzanne Enoch - 5.17
√ E = Envy by J.R. Ward - 5.12
√ R = The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith - 5.08
√ S = Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh - 5.09

√ D = Deaver, Jeffery: The Vanished Man - 5.19
√ A = An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor - 5.02
√ Y = You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey - 5.13

Congratulations, BJ Rose! Woohoo!

Thanks, Lisa Kay!

Way to go, BJ!

Thanks, Lady D!

Spell It Out for May---6/7



B- Beauty and the Blacksmith Tessa Dare completed 5/17/2013
E- The Deception of the Emerald Ring-Lauren Willig-5/5/2013
A- A Lady by Midnight-Tessa Dare completed 5/16/2013
C- Crystal Cove-Lisa Kleypas-completed 5/24/2013
H- Hannah Fielding Burning Embers-completed 5/27/2013
E-Eloisa James The Tower
S Seduction of the Crimson Rose-Lauren Willig completed 5/10/2013

Congrats BJ Rose!

May Build Your Own Challenge- read books from my TBR pile.

7 / X completed

1. Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare completed 5/4
2. The Devil's Heart by Cathy Maxwell completed 5/5
3. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich completed 5/10
4. Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier completed 5/12
5. The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift completed 5/19
6. Westmark by Lloyd Alexander completed 5/25
7. The Kestrel by Lloyd Alexander completed 5/27
8. The Beggar Queen by Lloyd Alexander
9.

Susan wrote: "Congrats BJ Rose!"


Thanks, Susan!

WLLK - May 2013's Spell it Out! Challenge
Duration: May 1, 2013 - May 31, 2013

Completed – 5/7

W - What I Did For a Duke by Julie Anne Long Done 5/31 ****
E - Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews Done 5/12 ****
D - Dark Peril by Christine Feehan Done 5/4 ***
D - Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole (reread)
I - If You Deceive by Kresley Cole Done 5/28 *****
N -
G - Gautier, Nick; Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon Done 5/24 ***1/2

N

FINISHED

Spell It Out for May---7/7




B- Beauty and the Blacksmith Tessa Dare completed 5/17/2013
E- The Deception of the Emerald Ring-Lauren Willig-5/5/2013
A- A Lady by Midnight-Tessa Dare completed 5/16/2013
C- Crystal Cove-Lisa Kleypas-completed 5/24/2013
H- Hannah Fielding Burning Embers-completed 5/27/2013
E-Eloisa James The Tower--completed 5/30/2013
S Seduction of the Crimson Rose-Lauren Willig completed 5/10/2013

Congrats Susan and Desiree!