Duration: 1st June – 30th June
Number of books: 6
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

How It Works
Ten books each month is a lot, so there will be 5 different levels. So pick which level you want to do and that’s how many items you will need to check off.

Levels:
Transitional – 2 books
Fledgling – 4 books
Vampire – 6 books
Master – 8 books
Vampire King or Queen – 10 books

1)Summer Solstice or Estival Solstice is the longest day of the year:
Read a book in the middle of a series or a long book (more than 250 pages). – Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs

2) Gay pride or LGBT pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people to promote their self-affirmation, dignity, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance: 
Read book with a gay character or with someone that stands up for something. – White Tiger by Kylie Chan

3)The Birthstones for this month are pearl, moonstone, and Alexandrite of which all represent health and longevity: 
Read a book where someone lives for a very long time or forever. – The Alchemist’s Key by Traci Harding

4)Rose is the flower of the month. Roses are a complex flower, and a popular tattoo. The beauty of this flower expresses promise, hope, and new beginnings. It is contrasted by thorns symbolizing defense, loss, and thoughtlessness: 
Read a book that’s cover is any color of a rose. – Beastly by Alex Flinn

5)Father’s Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society: 
Read a book with a father figure. – Moon Called Volume 1 by Patricia Briggs & David Lawrence

6)National Candy Month!!! 17 Ways to Celebrate National Candy Month
Read a light fluffy book or a guilty pleasure. – Etched in Silver by Yasmine Galenorn

7)Named after the Roman Goddess Juno who is the goddess of marriage, it’s considered good luck to get married in this month:
Read a book where someone gets married or engaged. – Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

8)National Cancer Survivors Day Is celebrated to“demonstrate that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality”.
Read a book with a cancer survivor or someone that survives a life threatening illness. – Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

9)At the start of June the sun rises in the constellation of Taurus and and the end rises in the Gemini constellation.
Read a book that starts with any letter in Taurus or Gemini – The Romantic Poets by William Blake, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron, William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge

10)Hug Holiday Day encourages us to give hugs to those who need them. On this day, people go out and give hugs at senior citizen centers, hospitals, and other places. The focus is upon elderly, sick and invalid, lonely people and anyone who needs the warmth, cheer, and love that a hug provides:
Read a book that makes you happy!!! – Skin Deep by Karen Chance

11) Bonus Book-
Read anything you want! You can use this option to reach your goal if you’re finding it difficult to get a book to suit the other tasks. – Awakening by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda

Duration: 1st June – 30th June
Number of books: 10
Hosted by: Crazy Challenge Connection

Cole Albert Porter was born on June 9, 1891. An American composer and songwriter born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920’s, and by the 1930’s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics, as well as the music, for his songs.

Here are 10 of Cole Porter’s most popular and well-known songs. Choose 7 and complete a task for each those songs.

You need to choose your songs when signing up for this challenge.

1. Begin the Beguine was composed between Kalabahi Indonesia and Fiji during a 1935 Pacific cruise aboard the ocean liner Franconia. In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.
Sheryl Crow
♬ Read a book set in a country other than your own (tell us where it’s set and where you live) – or – a book originally published in October (any year, but tell us which year). – The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

2. I Get a Kick out of You was first sung in the 1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes. The lyrics were first altered shortly after being written. The last verse originally included the words “I shouldn’t care for those nights in the air
that the fair Mrs. Lindbergh goes through” but after the Lindbergh kidnapping, these were changed. Then, in the 1936 movie version, alternative lyrics in the second verse were provided to replace a reference to the drug cocaine, which was not allowed by Hollywood’s Production Code of 1934.
Frank Sinatra
♬ Read a book with a word in the title that starts with K – or – read a book that includes some sort of scandal (without revealing any spoilers, tell us briefly what the scandal involved). – Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs

3. I Love Paris was first published in 1953 and was introduced by Lilo in the musical Can-Can. A line in the song’s lyrics inspired the title of the 1964 movie Paris When It Sizzles.
Ella Fitzgerald
♬ Read a book set in Paris – or – read a book with the letter Z somewhere in the title or author’s name. – Red Hot Fury by Kasey MacKenzie

4. In the Still of the Night was written for the MGM film Rosalie, sung by Nelson Eddy and published in 1937.
Nelson Eddy
♬ Read a book with a word in the title containing the letters “GHT” intact – or – read a book with an obvious night scene on the cover (show us the cover). – Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

5. It’s De-Lovely originally appeared in the 1936 musical, Red Hot and Blue and was introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope. The song had fun with words that have the prefix “de,” leading to the creation of “de-lovely”: “It’s de-lightful, it’s de-licious, it’s de-lovely.”
Ethel Mermen
♬ Read a book with some sort of punctuation in the title – or – read a book with an author whose LAST name begins with “DE.” – Beastly: Lindy’s Diary by Alex Flinn

6. Love for Sale is from the 1930 musical The New Yorkers. The song is written from the viewpoint of a prostitute advertising love for sale. It was originally considered in bad taste, even scandalous. Despite the fact the song was banned from radio airplay, or perhaps because of it, it became a hit.
Vivian Green
♬ Read a book set in New York City – or – a book that got bad reviews but that you liked. – Beastly by Alex Flinn

7. My Heart Belongs to Daddy is from the 1938 musical Leave It to Me! Dolly is stranded at a Siberian railway station wearing only a fur coat, and she performs a striptease while singing the song. Surrounded by eager Siberian men, she says that since she has met “daddy”, she will flirt with other men, but won’t “follow through”. “Daddy” is her sugar daddy, a newspaper magnate.
Ginny Simms
♬ Read a book set in a generally cold climate–bonus if it’s in Siberia or Russia– – or – a book with a character who flirts with another character. – White Tiger by Kylie Chan

8. Night and Day is probably Porter’s most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of artists, although it was originally written for the 1932 musical Gay Divorce. This song has very unusual chord changes in the underlying harmony. One account says that Porter was inspired by an Islamic prayer when he visited Morocco. Another says he was inspired by the Moorish architecture of the Alcazar Hotel in Ohio.
Kevin Kline and John Barrowman
♬ Read a book with the word “AND” in the title – or – a book that is popular, meaning it has at least 50,000 ratings (tell us how many). – Wicked by Gregory Maguire

9. True Love was published in 1956 and introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the film High Society. “True Love” is the name of a yacht on which two of the characters honeymoon in the play The Philadelphia Story, on which the musical is based.
Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly
♬ Read a book set at least partially on a yacht or cruise ship – or – a book with a wealthy character. – Veiled Menace by Deborah Blake

10. You’re the Top is from the 1934 musical Anything Goes and is about a man and a woman who take turns complimenting each other. The lyrics are particularly notable because they offer a snapshot as to what was highly prized in the mid-1930s and demonstrate Porter’s rhyming ability.
Donald O’Connor, Bing Crosby, Mitzi Gaynor and Zizi Jeanmaire
♬ Read a book set in the 1930’s – or – a book with rhyming words in the title – The Britlingens Go to Hell by Charlaine Harris

Duration: 1st June – 30th June
Number of books: 6
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

Rules
Complete at least two tasks to get the Vampire Heart.

Duration
June 1st – 30th

Congratulations on landing the vamp of your dreams! It’s all smooth sailing from here…..right?! 

1. It’s your wedding day! Congratulations, you’re the most beautiful bride!
Read a book with a romance or an embracing couple on the cover. – Beastly by Alex Flinn

2. Uh oh! Your beloved just called you by another woman’s name during his vows!
Read a book with a kick-ass chick or written by a woman. – Beastly: Lindy’s Diary by Alex Flinn

3. No way will you stand for this. Time to show this undead fanger who’s boss!
Read a book with vampires or zombies. – Playing with Fire by Derek Landy

4. Oh dear, the wedding guests are a little dismayed at your decapitating your dearly beloved…
Read a book with a lot of violence or tagged FANTASY (any sub-genre). – Awakening by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda

5. Hmmm seems the few humans in attendance are getting a bit uncomfortable with all the disembowelling you and your vampmaids have been doing. Revenge is messy business.
Read a book with a character out for revenge or with a human main character. – Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

6. Well your wedding wasn’t all you hoped for but at least you’re well fed now.
Read a book that one of your friends rated 3 stars or that you keep intending to read but avoid. – Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs

Duration: 1st June – 30th June
Number of books: 6
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

Check out these gorgeous dolls!! Get one each month by completing at least 2 tasks out of a set of 6.

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 🙂

June 

1. Read a book published in the last 10 years. – Awakening by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
2. Read a book tagged ‘paranormal’. – Etched in Silver by Yasmine Galenorn
3. Read a book you’re excited to read. – Beastly: Lindy’s Diary by Alex Flinn
4. Read a book that’s part of a series with at least 6 books released. – Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
5. Read a book that is on any Goodreads list. – Beastly by Alex Flinn
6. Read a book with a colourful cover. – The Romantic Poets by William Blake, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron, William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge