Duration: 1st May – 31st May 2020
Number of books: 6
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

Collect a Dracula Beauty each month by completing at least 2 tasks out of a set of 6.
A new set of tasks with a new doll will be posted each month.

The dolls you collect will be in your Vampire Heart thread. Don’t have a thread? You can still do the challenge if you want 🙂

Rules
One book per task.
No minimum page count.
Complete at least two tasks to get the doll.

1. Read a book with bird on the cover. – Vampire Dragon by Annette Blair
2. Read a book tagged Historical. – The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
3. Read a book that is 5th in a series. – Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr
4. Read a book with more than one type of supernatural creature in it. – Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
5. Read a book with a blue cover. – Lady Pirate by Lynsay Sands
6. Read a book you find relaxing. – Billy Thunder and the Night Gate by Isobelle Carmody

Duration: 1st May – 31st May 2020
Number of books: 7
Hosted by: Crazy Challenge Connection

MAY 2020 SCAVENGER – Limerick Day
Timeframe: 5/1/20 to 5/31/20
7/7

Limerick Day is celebrated on May 12 every year, on the birthday of English poet and author Edward Lear who popularized limericks in 1846 in his A Book of Nonsense. Named for the city of Limerick, Ireland, a limerick is a humorous verse or poem, often naughty or bawdy. It is five lines long; the first two lines rhyme with the fifth line, and the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other.

TASKS:
1. There was an odd fellow named Gus,
When travelling he made such a fuss.
He was banned from the train,
Not allowed on a plane,
And now travels only by bus.
😀 Read a book with some sort of transportation on the cover (show us the cover) – or – a book whose author’s first or last name has only three letters. – Lady Pirate by Lynsay Sands (ship)

2. There was an enchanting young bride,
Who ate many green apples and died.
The apples fermented,
inside the lamented,
and made cider inside her inside
😀 Read a book with a primarily green cover (show us the cover) – or – a book marked HUMOR on the main genre page. – The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer

3. There was a young woman named Bright,
Whose speed was much faster than light.
She set out one day,
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night.
😀 Read a book with a word in the title that rhymes with Bright – or – a book that you read quickly (150-200 pages long, tell us how many pages). – Trick of the Light by Rob Thurman

4. I’m really determined and keen,
To start giving this house a spring clean.
I will do it I say,
Yes, I’ll do it today,
Well, I’ll do it tomorrow, I mean.
😀 Read a book set in the spring (March, April, or May) – or – a book with the word “I” in the title. – I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi

5. A canner, exceedingly canny,
One morning remarked to his granny,
“A canner can can
Anything that he can;
But a canner can’t can a can, can he?”
😀 Read a book with a three-letter word in the title – or – a book with a grandmother character (tell us who). – Billy Thunder and the Night Gate by Isobelle Carmody

6. A circus performer named Brian,
Once smiled as he rode on a lion.
They came back from the ride,
But with Brian inside,
And the smile on the face of the lion.
😀 Read a book with a person smiling on the cover (show us the cover) – or – a book whose title starts with a letter in CIRCUS (disregard A, An, The). – Reaching One Thousand by Rachel Robertson

7. There was a young lady named Rose
Who had a large wart on her nose.
When she had it removed
Her appearance improved,
But her glasses slipped down to her toes.
😀 Read a book with an author or character with a flower name – or – a book with eyeglasses on the cover (show us the cover). – Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

CHALLENGE RULES:
♦ If you want to participate in a challenge, please sign up by posting at least a partial list of the challenge requirements. This gives us a post to link you to, which you can use to update your books as the challenge progresses.

♦ Books must be at least 150 pages long. Books may only be used for one task in this challenge, but cross-challenge posting is encouraged 🙂 Re-reads are allowed, as long as you read the entire book and not simply skim through it.

♦ For each book you read, please post a link to the title, and indicate the author and the date you finished reading it. If a challenge task gives several options, please make it clear which option you’ve chosen.

♦ When you complete the challenge, please post your entire list as a new message to make it easier for everyone to see what you’ve read 🙂 If you don’t repost your list, your name will not be added to the list of those who have completed the challenge.

Duration: 1st May – 31st May 2020
Number of books: 7
Hosted by: Crazy Challenge Connection

L – Lady Pirate by Lynsay Sands
I – I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
O –
N – Naked Dragon by Annette Blair

Complementary to Connie’s Scavenger Challenge, there are several related terms for you to spell below. Choose one (or more!!) and spell out the word following the usual CCC Spelling Rules** (SEE BELOW).

Limerick Day
limerick
Edward Lear
A Book of Nonsense
Ireland
humorous verse
five lines
odd fellow
enchanting
young bride
green apples
fermented
lamented
cider
Bright
relative
spring clean
tomorrow
canner
granny
circus
performer
Brian
lion
large wart
appearance
glasses

CHALLENGE RULES

See this thread for more detailed rules for all CCC challenges.

♣ If you want to participate in this challenge, please sign up by posting at least a partial list of the challenge requirements. This gives us a post to link you to, which you can use to update your books as the challenge progresses.

♣ For each book you read, please indicate the title, the author and the date you finished reading it.

♣ Unless otherwise noted, books must be at least 150 pages long. (See the link above for rules regarding graphic novels.) Books may only be used for one task in this challenge, but cross-challenge posting is encouraged 🙂 Re-reads are allowed, as long as you read the entire book. You must read at least half of the book AFTER the challenge begins in order to count it for this challenge.

♣ Books may only be used for one task in this challenge, but cross-challenge posting is encouraged!

♣ If you choose any of the spelling options, you may use the first letter of the first word in the book’s title (excluding A, An and The) or the author’s first or last initial (middle names or initials can NOT be used).

♣ If you want the challenge moderator to check your progress as you make updates, please copy/paste your update into a new message . We don’t have time to scroll back through the entire thread looking for “message #15,” or to follow links back to an original post.

♣ When you complete the challenge, please post your entire list as a new message to make it easier for everyone to see what you’ve read. If you don’t repost your list, you won’t be included in the list of those who have completed the challenge.

*If you don’t know how to post a link to the book title or cover, see the instructions here: Link Instructions

**Standard CCC Spelling Rules:

Book Titles – “A,” “an,” and “the” should be disregarded if they start the book’s title. If reading a book written in another language (besides English), the corresponding articles equivalent to “a,” “an,” and “the” should be disregarded.
Author Names – The author’s first or last initial may be used; middle initials may not.
In the case of a hyphenated first or last name (i.e. Sarah-Kate Lynch, Kate E. Dyer-Seeley), the first letter of the hyphenated name may be used (not the second initial directly following the hyphen).
If an author uses what appears to be “two last names” (usually a female author using her maiden name and then her married last name; i.e. Kathy Hogan Trocheck), the last initial of the two names counts since the maiden name is now serving in the place of a “middle” name.