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March DHASG Challenge

Introduction: Month three of the year is here! Let's ring in March with some reading challenge fun. Let's see what books fall in your basket or lie at the end of the rainbow for you.



Rules:

1. Any DHASG member may participate. You can join at any time during the month.
2. Books must be read between March 1st and March 31st.
3. A book may only be used once in the challenge.
4. Post Your Final Stats or Link to Your Completed Post.
5. Happy Reading!

Levels:

1. In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb: Read 9-11 books
2. Under the Rainbow: Read 5-8 books
3. A Few More Snow Days?: Read 3-4 books

Categories:

1.Stormy Month: The Anglo Saxons used to call March "Hraed monath" or Stormy Month. Read a book that features stormy weather--either literally or figurately. Or a cover that suggests stormy weather.

2.Old Stuff Day: March 2nd is a day to recognize routine, or tried and true, depending on your viewpoint. A few ways to meet this challenge goal: 1. Read a book that is an old favorite or was published at least ten years ago. 2. Read a brand smacking new book. 3. Read a book that has someone breaking out of an old routine. (Pick one and explain in parentheses).

3.Hug a GI Day: March 4th is to recognize and appreciate our military servicepeople. If you can't actually hug a GI in real life, you can read a book where someone does.

4.Middle Name Pride Day: March 10th is the day where you celebrate your seldom mentioned middle name. Read a book where you actually know the character's middle name, and/or it is a prominent aspect of the story. For example, the character goes by her middle name. Be creative.

5.Pi Day: March 14th is National Pi Day, standing for the concept of the number that never ends, rounded to 3.14. You can count any book you finish on 3/14, or a book that involves mathematics or science to a significant extent. If you can find a book with a name that is three words and fourteen letters, that would count too!

6.Everything Goes Wrong!: March 15th is more or less a bad luck day. Everything You Think is Wrong Day is the day when nothing seems to go right. For this challenge, find a character who lives this out in their story.

7.Mind Blown! March 15th is also Dumbstruck Day. Read a book that Blows Your Mind or leaves you Dumbstruck. Alternative, a book where the lead character's mind is blown and their perceptions about everything change.

8.Kiss Me, I'm Irish!: March is Irish American Heritage Month. This is a chance to celebrate Irish culture or heritage through a book you read this month.

9.Jewel Day: March 13th celebrates the giving or receiving of jewelry. If you can find a book with a jewel on the cover or named after a jewel, that would work just spiffy. Or if the author's name is a jewel, that would work. You could also use a book where jewelry is a plot point. Names of jewels:

http://www.gemselect.com/other-info/g...

10.Supreme Sacrifice Day: March 18th memorializes people who made incredible sacrifices for others. Will you read a book this month in which a character commits such an incredible act?

11.Pick One!: There are so many interesting days in March, it was hard to pick eleven, so here are a few more choices. Pick one to read for this challenge. Smoke and Mirrors (March 29th), National Joe Day (March 27th), National Doctor Day (March 30th), Ides of March (March 15th), Panic Day (March 9th). You can read up on the days through the link below, or just wing it.



Information about March taken from Holiday Insights: http://holidayinsights.com/moreholida...

Challenge Participants List:

Netanella
Tina Theresa
Alice
Danielle TBH
Larissa
Suzanne

DHASG March 2015 Challenge


Levels:
1. In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb: Read 9-11 books
2. Under the Rainbow: Read 5-8 books
3. A Few More Snow Days?: Read 3-4 books

Categories:
✔ 1. Stormy Month: The Anglo Saxons used to call March "Hraed monath" or Stormy Month. Read a book that features stormy weather--either literally or figurately. Or a cover that suggests stormy weather.
Stormy Weather 1 - The Cajun's Captive by Selena Blake - 03.02.2015 (★★★)
✔ 2. Old Stuff Day: March 2nd is a day to recognize routine, or tried and true, depending on your viewpoint. A few ways to meet this challenge goal: 1. Read a book that was published at least ten years ago.
Dark 1 - Dark Prince by Christine Feehan - 03.08.2015 (★★★)
✔ 3. Hug a GI Day: March 4th is to recognize and appreciate our military servicepeople. If you can't actually hug a GI in real life, you can read a book where someone does.
Hard Ink 1 - Hard as It Gets by Laura Kaye - 03.20.2015 (★★★★)
✔ 4. Middle Name Pride Day: March 10th is the day where you celebrate your seldom mentioned middle name. Read a book where you actually know the character's middle name, and/or it is a prominent aspect of the story. For example, the character goes by her middle name. Be creative.
Jagannath by Kerry Alan Denney - 03.04.2015 (★★★★★)
✔ 5. Pi Day: March 14th is National Pi Day, standing for the concept of the number that never ends, rounded to 3.14. You can count any book you finish on 3/14, or a book that involves mathematics or science to a significant extent. If you can find a book with a name that is three words and fourteen letters, that would count too!
Dark Protectors 1 - Fated by Rebecca Zanetti - 03.14.2015 (★★★)
6. Everything Goes Wrong!: March 15th is more or less a bad luck day. Everything You Think is Wrong Day is the day when nothing seems to go right. For this challenge, find a character who lives this out in their story.

✔ 7. Mind Blown! March 15th is also Dumbstruck Day. Read a book that Blows Your Mind or leaves you Dumbstruck. Alternative, a book where the lead character's mind is blown and their perceptions about everything change. (MC Ashanti is clueless and full of poor choices - I put her in the TSTL category. As such, this book left me Dumbstruck.)
Shadowmere 1 - Untamed Jaide Fox - 03.04.2015 (★★★)
✔ 8. Kiss Me, I'm Irish!: March is Irish American Heritage Month. This is a chance to celebrate Irish culture or heritage through a book you read this month.
Dark 2 - Dark Desire by Christine Feehan - 03.162015 (★★★★)
✔ 9. Jewel Day: March 13th celebrates the giving or receiving of jewelry. If you can find a book with a jewel on the cover or named after a jewel, that would work just spiffy. Or if the author's name is a jewel, that would work. You could also use a book where jewelry is a plot point. Names of jewels:
Buck Naked by Vivi Anna - 03.01.2015 (★★) MC Sabine Laurent is a jewel thief on the lam.
✔ 10. Supreme Sacrifice Day: March 18th memorializes people who made incredible sacrifices for others. Will you read a book this month in which a character commits such an incredible act?
Calendar Men 7 - The Letter by Mina Carter - 03.18.2015 (★★★★)
11. Pick One!: National Doctor Day (March 30th).

A Few More Snow Days?: Read 3-4 books


Everything Goes Wrong!: Beastly by Alex Flinn ♥♥♥♥

Old Stuff Day: The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire brand smacking new book by Molly Harper ♥♥♥

Hug a GI Day: Zero Day by David Baldacci ♥♥♥♥

Jewel Day: The Dragon Conspiracy (theft of a colorful cluster of seven cursed diamonds known as the Dragon Eggs) by Lisa Shearin ♥♥♥

In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb: 10/9-11 books. DONE

1.Stormy Month: Against the Wall 3/3
2.Old Stuff Day: (someone breaking out of an old routine Scarlet 3/3
3.Hug a GI Day: The Lost Duke of Wyndham 3/25
4.Middle Name Pride Day: (Lily Sarah Jacobs) Three Wishes 3/15
5.Pi Day: A Brush of Darkness 3/14
6.Everything Goes Wrong!: Once in a Lifetime 3/16
7.Mind Blown! March 15th is also Dumbstruck Day. The Tea Rose 3/18
8.Kiss Me, I'm Irish!: Born in Fire 3/17
9.Jewel Day: Immortal in Death 3/6
10.Supreme Sacrifice Day: All the Light We Cannot See 3/13
11. National Joe Day:

Thanks for signing up, Ladies!

I'm in for Under the Rainbow!

6/5-8 COMPLETED!

1.Stormy Month: Surviving Raine 3/29 5*
2.Old Stuff Day: Lean on Me 3/18 5* #3 Dom breaking out of his old routine of distancing himself from subs
3.Hug a GI Day: Caught 3/22 4*
4.Middle Name Pride Day:
5.Pi Day:
6.Everything Goes Wrong!:
7.Mind Blown! Run the Risk 3/23 4*
8.Kiss Me, I'm Irish!: Lucas 3/17 4*
9.Jewel Day:
10.Supreme Sacrifice Day:
11.Pick One!: Smoke and Mirrors Deadly Sting Clementine wasn't the real mastermind3/25 5*

Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group
DHASG March 2015 Challenge
Duration: 3/1/2015 - 3/31/2015

Progress: 5 out of 5

1.Stormy Month: The Anglo Saxons used to call March "Hraed monath" or Stormy Month. Read a book that features stormy weather--either literally or figurately. Or a cover that suggests stormy weather.
White Night by Jim Butcher - **** - 3/3/2015

2.Old Stuff Day: March 2nd is a day to recognize routine, or tried and true, depending on your viewpoint. A few ways to meet this challenge goal: 1. Read a book that is an old favorite or was published at least ten years ago. 2. Read a brand smacking new book. 3. Read a book that has someone breaking out of an old routine. (Pick one and explain in parentheses).
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - ***** - 3/1/2015 - Published >10 Years Ago

3.Hug a GI Day: March 4th is to recognize and appreciate our military service people. If you can't actually hug a GI in real life, you can read a book where someone does:
Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti - **** - 3/29/2015 - 384 Pages - Hugs a GI

4.Middle Name Pride Day: March 10th is the day where you celebrate your seldom mentioned middle name. Read a book where you actually know the character's middle name, and/or it is a prominent aspect of the story. For example, the character goes by her middle name. Be creative.
Small Favor by Jim Butcher - ***** - 3/4/2015 - Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden

5.Pi Day: March 14th is National Pi Day, standing for the concept of the number that never ends, rounded to 3.14. You can count any book you finish on 3/14, or a book that involves mathematics or science to a significant extent. If you can find a book with a name that is three words and fourteen letters, that would count too!

6. Everything Goes Wrong!: March 15th is more or less a bad luck day. Everything You Think is Wrong Day is the day when nothing seems to go right. For this challenge, find a character who lives this out in their story.
Wallbanger by Alice Clayton - **** - 3/10/2015 - Can't find her O

7.Mind Blown! March 15th is also Dumbstruck Day. Read a book that Blows Your Mind or leaves you Dumbstruck. Alternative, a book where the lead character's mind is blown and their perceptions about everything change.
8.Kiss Me, I'm Irish!: March is Irish American Heritage Month. This is a chance to celebrate Irish culture or heritage through a book you read this month.
9.Jewel Day: March 13th celebrates the giving or receiving of jewelry. If you can find a book with a jewel on the cover or named after a jewel, that would work just spiffy. Or if the author's name is a jewel, that would work. You could also use a book where jewelry is a plot point. Names of jewels:
http://www.gemselect.com/other-info/g...
10.Supreme Sacrifice Day: March 18th memorializes people who made incredible sacrifices for others. Will you read a book this month in which a character commits such an incredible act?
11.Pick One!: There are so many interesting days in March, it was hard to pick eleven, so here are a few more choices. Pick one to read for this challenge. Smoke and Mirrors (March 29th), National Joe Day (March 27th), National Doctor Day (March 30th), Ides of March (March 15th), Panic Day (March 9th). You can read up on the days through the link below, or just wing it.

Completed! Updated Message 6. Thank you for the fun challenge!

Viola! See message #3.

Many thanks and congrats to everyone who competed.

The April challenge is up:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Updated Post 2 above - 9 on 11. Couldn't find a doctor or a bad day... sigh... on to April!

Thanks for a great challenge!

Finished with 5 books!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Way to go, Ladies!