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TCF Monthly Challenge for April



Participation on this challenge is dipping, to the point where it is becoming necessary for me to consider permanent retirement of the challenge. I'm going to try out several re-vamps of the challenge over the next couple of months, in an effort to save the challenge from retirement. Feedback is appreciated!

How It Works:
★Create your own challenge by mix and matching across the various tasks, however the challenge is not a series of mini challenges!! It is one large challenge, not one for spell outs and one for the General/What's So Great... tasks! With the shortened format, you can no longer focus on just one part of it! This means that you must have at least one spell out word and at least one other task from the Tasks section completed in order to count as participating!
★Books read can be used for only one task/letter! However, Multiple Unique books can be used for the same theme in the What's So Great...? Section.
★Books must be read from April 1st to April 30th
★Re-reads are allowed, but all books must be at least 50 pages in length!
★When using titles in the Spell Out Tasks, the words A, And, An, and The do not count.
★You CAN change your Books at any time during the challenge.

Some Info to Keep In Mind:
♦Keep your original post updated and give a shout out in the thread when you're all done! Please do not make a separate post with your finished challenge, edit your original comment! This is so I can keep accurate track of participation. You can make an announcement post like "Finished in comment #2!", so I know where to find your completed challenge to congratulate you! Duplicate posts will be deleted!
♦Mark books as finished by adding the date finished next to the book listed and either striking them out using the "< s> < /s>" HTML commands (without the spaces) or by copying and pasting a checkmark: ✔ ✓ Feel free as well to rate your Finished Books 1-5 ♥'s with 5 Being the Best, however it is not required that you do so!
♦Add a tally of completed books to your Original Post= 0/5 completed!
See my post for examples and if you have questions, PLEASE ask me here, or PM me!

Tasks:
Spell out any of the following words with Title, Author First and Last Name, or Series name. For an additional challenge, if you choose to do a spell out using titles, try using the last word of the title instead of the first to spell your words.

•Easter •Bunny •Eggs •Fools •Taxes •Rain •Spring •Garden •Arbor Day •Earth (Day) •Diamond •Chick •Taxes •Aries •Showers •Passover •Baseball •Daisy •Sweet Pea •Sannup •Dinger

♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O: Read as many books as you can that have a title that starts with the letter of the month or the author's first or last name starts with the letter of the month.
♘Read a book published in the month of April in any year.
♘Read a book with a Sweet Pea or a daisy on the cover
♘Pick a Theme in the "What's So Great About April?" section and read as many books as you can that fit that theme

What’s So Great About April? Themes
National Humor Month: Read a book you think is funny
Lawn and Garden Month: Read a book where someone likes gardening or landscaping, or that has a picture of a beautiful garden or well-manicured lawn on the cover
International Guitar Month: Read a book that has a guitar on the cover
Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library
Read a Road Map Week: Read a book with a character that has to read a road map while on a road trip
National Karaoke Week: Read a book where a character participates or attends a Karaoke event
April 3rd: World Party Day: Read a book where someone attends or hosts a party
April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover
April 16: National Stress Awareness Day: Read a book that really stresses you out, a book where the characters are very stressed, a book you find relaxing, or a book where the characters have to relax to relieve tension or stress
April 28: Kiss Your Mate Day/Great Poetry Reading Day: Read a book with characters kissing on the cover, a book where a character reads poetry to another in the story, or a book of poetry

April TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1st to April 30th, 2018
Read: 7/??

Tasks:
C- Chaser by Kylie Scott-4/17/18
H-
I-
C- Amish Sweethearts by Amy Clipston-4/12/18
K- A Merciful Secret by Kendra Elliot-4/9/18

♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O: Read as many books as you can that have a title that starts with the letter of the month or the author's first or last name starts with the letter of the month.: X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew-4/3/18
♘Read a book published in the month of April in any year.: Smiling Irish by Katy Regnery-4/3/18
♘Read a book with a Sweet Pea or a daisy on the cover
♘Pick a Theme in the "What's So Great About April?" section and read as many books as you can that fit that theme

What’s So Great About April? Themes
National Humor Month: Read a book you think is funny
Lawn and Garden Month: Read a book where someone likes gardening or landscaping, or that has a picture of a beautiful garden or well-manicured lawn on the cover
International Guitar Month: Read a book that has a guitar on the cover
Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library: My Heart Belongs in Niagara Falls, New York: Adele's Journey by Amanda Barratt-4/24/18
Read a Road Map Week: Read a book with a character that has to read a road map while on a road trip
National Karaoke Week: Read a book where a character participates or attends a Karaoke event
April 3rd: World Party Day: Read a book where someone attends or hosts a party
April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover
April 16: National Stress Awareness Day: Read a book that really stresses you out, a book where the characters are very stressed, a book you find relaxing, or a book where the characters have to relax to relieve tension or stress: Can't Stand the heat by Peggy Jaeger-4/8/18
April 28: Kiss Your Mate Day/Great Poetry Reading Day: Read a book with characters kissing on the cover, a book where a character reads poetry to another in the story, or a book of poetry

TCF April Challenge
Time Frame: 01 April 2018 - 30 April 2018
Completed: 11/11

D: Death on a Sunday Morning by J.F. Straker (15 Apr 2018) ***
I: I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan (01 Apr 2018) ****
A: The Archived by Victoria Schwab (25 Apr 2018) ****
M: Mistress of the Dancing Bones by Thomas Alexander (26 Apr 2018) ****
O: On the Front Line: True World War I Stories by Jon E. Lewis (28 Apr 2018) ****
N: Naero's Run by Mason Elliott (30 Apr 2018) ***
D: Devil's Corner by Lisa Scottoline (21 Apr 2018) ***



What's So Great About April?
National Humor Month: The Vampire's True Love Trials by Kristen Painter (03 Apr 2018) ****
Library Week: The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein (13 Apr 2018) ****
Look Up at the Sky Day: Day 21 by Kass Morgan (14 Apr 2018) ***
Kiss Your Mate Day: And Call Me in the Morning by Willa Okati (04 Apr 2018) ****

IN **FINISHED 4/30 -- as finished as i'm going to get, anyway!**

G Good Fortunes
A The Awakening Course: The Secret to Solving All Problems
R The Rejected Writers' Book Club
D Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure
E Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime
N Nefertiti

A As Bright as Heaven
R Rejected Writers Take the Stage
I In Over Her Head
E The Exiles
S The Sayers Swindle

♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O: On Thin Icing

♘Read a book published in the month of April in any year. Bloom and Doom

Read a book you think is funny Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-Whip Latte

Read a book where someone likes gardening or landscaping, or that has a picture of a beautiful garden or well-manicured lawn on the cover The Garden Plot

Read a book with a character that has to read a road map while on a road trip Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis and in French, yet!


Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover

Read a book that really stresses you out, a book where the characters are very stressed, a book you find relaxing, or a book where the characters have to relax to relieve tension or stress The Pact

Read a book with characters kissing on the cover, a book where a character reads poetry to another in the story. The Bronze Horseman -- they read Pushkin

April TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1-30, 2018

Read: 9/??

Tasks:
B: Alan Bennett's The Uncommon Reader - Apr 8
A: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang - Apr 29
S: Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente - Apr 3
E: Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun - Apr 22
B:
A:
L: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech - Apr 2
L:

✔♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O
One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire - Apr 4

✔♘Read a book published in the month of April in any year.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann - Apr 22

✔♘Pick a Theme in the "What's So Great About April?" section and read as many books as you can that fit that theme
Read a book you checked out from the library
Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire - Apr 13
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson - Apr 29

Read 13 50 page minimum DONE!

Tasks:
Spell out any of the following words with Title, Author First and Last Name, or Series name. Read 8/11
S Sydney Bristow - One Last Promise (Bedford Falls #2) 4/20/18 4stars
P
R Rachel J. Good, The Amish Teacher's Gift (Love and Promises #1) 4/17/18 5stars
I Inbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers 4/3/18 4stars
N Nina Crespo - Forget You (The Kingman Brothers #1) 4/10/18 4stars
G


E Elizabeth Berg - Until the Real Thing Comes Along 4/11/18 2stars
A
R
T Thomas, Jodi - Mornings on Main 4/8/18 4stars
H Heart of Stone (Americana #29) by Janet Dailey 4/12/18 3stars


♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O: Read as many books as you can that have a title that starts with the letter of the month or the author's first or last name starts with the letter of the month.
One More Chance (Bedford Falls #3) by Sydney Bristow 4/22/18 4stars

What’s So Great About April? Themes - Read 5
Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library
Under Pressure (Body Armor #1) by Lori Foster 4/14/18 4stars

National Karaoke Week: Read a book where a character attends a Karaoke event
Burning Up (Flirting with Fire, #1) by Jennifer Blackwood 4/27/18 4stars (Bailey goes with her aunt's to a Karaoke event)

April 3rd: World Party Day: Read a book where someone attends or hosts a party
A Warriner to Seduce Her (The Wild Warriners #4) by Virginia Heath 4/15/18 5stars (Felicity and her aunts as well as her uncle and Jake attend parties and balls)

April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover
Secrets and Solace (Love at Solace Lake #2) by Jana Richards 4/22/18 4stars

April 16: National Stress Awareness Day: Read a book where the characters are very stressed
Truth and Solace (Love at Solace Lake Book 3) by Jana Richards 4/24/18 4stars (Abby is dying of cancer - son, mom, husband and Maggie are stressed)

I'm in for a spell it out this month. Not sure which one though.

April Monthly

READ: 9/10

✔A: Too Many Curses - A. Lee Martinez 4/9
✔R: Best Day Ever - Kaira Rouda 4/3
✔I: I Know a Secret - Tess Gerritsen 4/2
✔E: Cruelty - Ellen Croshain 4/26
✔S: Slippery Souls - Rachael H. Dixon 4/7

What’s So Great About April? Themes
✔Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library
Magic in the Blood - Devon Monk 4/17


✔April 3rd: World Party Day: Read a book where someone attends or hosts a party
Y is for Yesterday - Sue Grafton 4/22


✔April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover
Blood on the Tracks - Barbara Nickless


✔April 16: National Stress Awareness Day: Read a book that really stresses you out, a book where the characters are very stressed, a book you find relaxing, or a book where the characters have to relax to relieve tension or stress
Bone Magic - Yasmine Galenorn 4/28

Barbara ★ wrote: "I'm in for a spell it out this month. Not sure which one though.

•Easter •Bunny •Eggs •Fools •Taxes •Rain •Spring •Garden •Arbor Day •Earth (Day) •Diamond •Chick •Taxes •Aries •Showers •Passover ..."

Barbara, with the change to the monthly this month, you have to do BOTH a spell out AND ONE of the other tasks. Only doing the spell out will not count for you as participating in the challenge, as stated in the first star of the How It Works section.

The easiest one that would fit with a Spell Out word would be to do the letter of the month. Please remember to list the other task you are doing in your above post.

April TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1st to April 30th, 2018
Completed: 9/15

P: Pearson, Mary, The Kiss of Deception, 4/27
A: Andy Weir, The Martian, 4/20
S: A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess, 4/18
S:
O:
V: VE Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic, 4/25
E:
R: RS Grey,The Design, 4/30


C: Charged by Jay Crownover, 4/3
H:
I: Incubus Dreams by Laurell K Hamilton, 4/10
C: Coexist by Julia Crane, 4/12
K: Katie McGarry, Long Way Home, 4/9


♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O: Read as many books as you can that have a title that starts with the letter of the month or the author's first or last name starts with the letter of the month.

♘Read a book published in the month of April in any year.
- Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer, 4/12

April TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1st to April 30th, 2018
Read: 15
Spell it Out
title/authors name(first or last)

•Easter •Bunny •Eggs •Fools •Taxes •Rain •Spring •Garden •Arbor Day •Earth (Day) •Diamond •Chick •Taxes •Aries •Showers •Passover •Baseball •Daisy •Sweet Pea •Sannup •Dinger

Diamond
D Death Whispers4/9/18
I Ink Witch4/7/18
A Alice the Assassin4/15/18
M Alphabet Dating by Monique McDonell4/16/18
OOcean's Justice4/30
N Entangled by Nikki Jefford4/8/18
D Roses of May by Dot Hutchison4/16/18

Dinger
D Eyeliner & Alibis by Stephanie Damore4/9/18
I
N Un-Fur-tunate Events by Nancy C. Davis4/18/18
G Under His Nose by Candice Gilmer4/19/18
E Ember4/6/18
R The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan4/1/18


♘Read a book published in the month of April in any year.

1.Berkley Street4/7/18- pub 4/22/16
2.The Butterfly Garden4/14/18 - pub 4/26/16
3.Unicorn Keep4/22

Duration: April 1st to April 30th, 2018
Completed: 5/6

Tasks:
Spell out: (Title, Author First and Last Name, or Series name)

✔ R - The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz ♥♥♥ (4/2)
✔ A - Awakening the Spine by Vanda Scaravelli ♥♥♥♥ (4/23)
✔ I - I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki ♥♥♥ (4/30)
✔ N - Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo ♥♥♥♥ (4/15)



♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O: Read as many books as you can that have a title that starts with the letter of the month or the author's first or last name starts with the letter of the month.

♘Pick a Theme in the "What's So Great About April?" section and read as many books as you can that fit that theme
✔ Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library
The Lucky Ones by Tiffany Reisz ♥♥♥ (4/7)

April TCF Monthly Challenge
April 2018

My TCF Monthly Challenge (msg 12)

16 of 16 Complete

Spell-out

✔🌸S: Scarlet - Marissa Meyer - 04.06 ★★★★
✔🌸H: A High Heels Haunting - Gemma Halliday - 04.09 ★★★
✔🌸O: One True Love - Lori Wilde - 04.24 ★★★
✔🌸W: The Wicked Wedding of Miss Ellie Vyne - Jayne Fresina - 04.02 ★★★★
✔🌸E: An Engagement Challenge - Kiru Taye - 04.29 ★★★
✔🌸R: Rock My Bed - Michelle A. Valentine - 04.01 ★★★
✔🌸S: Something To Talk About - CJ Hawk - 04.04 ★★★


April Tasks

✔Read a book published in the month of April in any year
🌸The Cove - Catherine Coulter - 04.22 ★★★

✔Read a book with a Sweet Pea or a daisy on the cover
🌸Getting Out of Hand - Erin Nichols - 04.28 ★★★★


What’s So Great About April?

✔April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover
🌸Anything for You - Kristan Higgins - 04.10 ★★★★
🌸Beast Behaving Badly - Shelly Laurentston - 04.20 ★★★★
🌸Dragon Bound - Thea Harrison - 04.09 ★★★★
🌸The Geek Girl and the Scandalous Earl - Gina Lamm - 04.04 ★★
🌸Intimate Deception - Laura Landon - 04.30 ★★★★
🌸Magic Dreams - Ilona Andrews - 04.06 ★★★
🌸Magic Slays - Ilona Andrews - 04.08 ★★★★

The Challenge Factory
April TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1st to April 30th, 2018

86/86 ✔

Passover
(view spoiler)[P - 1/4/18 *** - Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com by Aaron Ross
A - 1/4/18 ***** - TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris J. Anderson
S - 1/4/18 **** - Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
S - 2/4/18 ***** - Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker
O - 2/4/18 ** - On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future by Karen Elliott House
V - 7/4/18 *** - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
E - 1/4/18 *** - Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
R - 3/4/18 ** - Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative by Ken Robinson (hide spoiler)]

Sweet Pea
(view spoiler)[S - 11/4/18 **** - Primary Greatness: The 12 Levers of Success by Stephen R. Covey
W - 7/4/18 ** - A World Gone Social: How Companies Must Adapt to Survive by Ted Coiné
E - 6/4/18 ** - Effective Logo Design: Guidelines for Small Business Owners, Bloggers, and Marketers by Anita Nipane
E - 6/4/18 *** - Let’s Go Invent Tomorrow: A Year’s Worth of Quotes, Wisdom, and Insight from the World’s Most Successful Business Leaders by Jessica Easto
T - 3/4/18 ** - Finding Purpose by L.Leonard Taylor

P - 3/4/18 *** - Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by Rebecca Goldstein
E - 7/4/18 *** - Random Kinds of Factness: 1001 (or So) Absolutely True Tidbits about (Mostly) Everything by Erin Barrett
A - 3/4/18 *** - Open by Andre Agassi (hide spoiler)]

Diamond
(view spoiler)[D - 4/4/18 **** - Think Big: Make It Happen in Business and Life by Donald J. Trump
I - 6/4/18 ** - An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff
A - 3/4/18 *** - Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets by Al Ramadan
M - 7/4/18 *** - The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer
O - 9/4/18 ** - Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time by Brigid Schulte
N - 9/4/18 *** - Night School by Richard Wiseman
D - 7/4/18 * - You Are What You Think by David Stoop (hide spoiler)]

Taxes
(view spoiler)[T - 3/4/18 ** - 30 Lessons for Loving: Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage by Karl Pillemer
A - 10/4/18 *** - Hannibal and Me: What History's Greatest Military Strategist Can Teach Us About Success and Failu re by Andreas Kluth
X - 12/4/18 * - Accidental Empires by Robert X. Cringely
E - 12/4/18 *** - Evergreen: Cultivate the Enduring Customer Loyalty That Keeps Your Business Thriving by Noah Fleming
S - 12/4/18 ** - Ignorance: How it drives science by Stuart Firestein (hide spoiler)]

Showers
(view spoiler)[S - 12/4/18 *** - The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World by Brad Stone
H - 2/4/18 ** - How to Be Alive: A Guide To The Kind of Happiness That Helps The World by Colin Beavan
O - 12/4/18 ** - Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
W - 12/4/18 *** - Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel by Tom Wainwright
E - 12/4/18 ** - Exodus: How Migration Is Changing Our World by Paul Collier
R - 12/4/18 ** - Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt
S - 12/4/18 *** - I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi (hide spoiler)]

Easter
(view spoiler)[E - 14/4/18 ** - Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content by Ann Handley
A - 14/4/18 *** - Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
S - 14/4/18 *** - 499 Funny and Serious Life Quotes Part 5 by Thomas J. Strang
T - 13/4/18 ** - Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message by Tara Mohr
E - 14/4/18** - Experiments with People: Revelations from Social Psychology by Robert P. Abelson
R - 15/4/18 * - A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" by Marianne Williamson (hide spoiler)]

Chick
(view spoiler)[C - 12/4/18 ***** - Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
H - 10/4/18 ** - Ketogenic Diet: Types of Keto Diet and Precautions While You Lose Weight by Ben Harewood
I - 10/4/18 *** - Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia Puigcerver
C - 14/4/18 ** - Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace by Nikil Saval
K - 9/4/18 ** - A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss (hide spoiler)]

Dinger
(view spoiler)[D - 15/4/18 *** - Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck by Jon Acuff
I - 14/4/18 ** - In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World by Ian Stewart
N - 14/4/18 ** - Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work by Nick Srnicek
G - 11/4/18 ** - Celtic Mythology by Geddes and Grosset
E - 16/4/18 ** - Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever? by Nancy Leys Stepan
R - 15/4/18 **** - On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller by Richard Norton Smith (hide spoiler)]

♘Pick a Theme in the "What's So Great About April?" section and read as many books as you can that fit that theme
Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library
(view spoiler)[7/4/18 ** - Zen in Plain English: Experience the Essence of Zen by Stephan Schuhmacher

3/4/18 ** - The Burning Answer: The Solar Revolution: A Quest for Sustainable Power by Keith Barnham

13/4/18 **** - Why the Rich Are Getting Richer by Robert T. Kiyosaki

13/4/18 **** - Why We Want You To Be Rich: Two Men, One Message by Donald J. Trump and Robert T. Kiyosaki

2/4/18 *** - Copyfight by Phillipa McGuinness

2/4/18 ** - Why Mindfulness is Better than Chocolate: Your guide to inner peace, enhanced focus and deep happiness by David Michie

12/4/18 **** - Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity as Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi by Howard Gardner

1/4/18 *** - Mindful Compassion: Using the Power of Mindfulness and Compassion to Transform our Lives by Paul Gilbert

10/4/18 *** - The Happiness Code: Ten Keys to Being the Best You Can Be by Domonique Bertolucci

11/4/18 ** - Use Philosophy to be Happier - 30 Steps to Perfect the Art of Living by Mark Vernon

11/4/18 *** - The Path to Wealth: Seven Spiritual Steps for Financial Abundance by May McCarthy

13/4/18 *** - The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen R. Covey

11/4/18 ***** - How Successful People Win: Turn Every Setback into a Step Forward by John C. Maxwell

16/4/18 *** - Closer: Find Happiness in your Life and Relationships with the 7 Principles of Connectedness by Peter Charleston

16/4/18 ***** - The Hidden Pleasures of Life: A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future by Theodore Zeldin

17/4/18 ** - The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton

18/4/18 ** - A Course In Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever by Marianne Williamson

18/4/18 *** - The Louise Parker Method: Lean for Life by Louise Parker

19/4/18 * - Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us by Will Storr

19/4/18 ** - Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor

19/4/18 ** - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

20/4/18 **** - Escape Fat Trap for Life by Judith Wills

20/4/18 **** - The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy by Neal D. Barnard

20/4/18 *** - Beating Diabetes (a Harvard Medical School Book): Lower Your Blood Sugar, Lose Weight, and Stop Diabetes and Its Complications in Their Tracks by David M. Nathan

21/4/18 ** - How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy by Stephen Richard Witt

21/4/18 *** - Curious English Words and Phrases: The truth behind the expressions we use by Max Cryer

23/4/18 ** - Why Is the Dalai Lama Always Smiling?: A Westerner's Introduction and Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Practice by Lama Tsomo

24/4/18 **** - Ultimate Energy: How To Get From Tired To Inspired by Tricia Woolfrey

24/4/18 ** - 101 Things Everyone Should Know About Economics: A Down and Dirty Guide to Everything from Securities and Derivatives to Interest Rates and Hedge Funds - And What They Mean For You by Peter Sander

24/4/18 ** - Pioneering the Possible: Awakened Leadership for a World That Works by Scilla Elworthy

24/4/18 ** - Confucius by Meher McArthur

25/4/18 *** - Get a Financial Grip: A Simple Plan for Finacial Freedom by Pete Wargent

25/4/18 *** - Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business
(hide spoiler)]

April 28: Kiss Your Mate Day/Great Poetry Reading Day: Read a book of poetry
9/4/18 ** - The Anthology of Really Important Modern Poetry: Timeless Poems by Snooki, John Boehner, Kanye West, and Other Well-Versed Celebrities by Kathryn Petras

TCF Monthly Challenge for April
7/7

How It Works:
★Create your own challenge by mix and matching across the various tasks, however the challenge is not a series of mini challenges!! It is one large challenge, not one for spell outs and one for the General/What's So Great... tasks! With the shortened format, you can no longer focus on just one part of it! This means that you must have at least one spell out word and at least one other task from the Tasks section completed in order to count as participating!
★ However, Multiple Unique books can be used for the same theme in the What's So Great...? Section.
★Books must be read from April 1st to April 30th
★Re-reads are allowed, but all books must be at least 50 pages in length!

Some Info to Keep In Mind:
♦Mark books as finished by adding the date finished next to the book listed and either striking them out using the "< s> < /s>" HTML commands (without the spaces) or by copying and pasting a checkmark: ✔ ✓ Feel free as well to rate your Finished Books 1-5 ♥'s with 5 Being the Best, however it is not required that you do so!

Tasks:
Spell out any of the following words with Title, Author First and Last Name, or Series name. For an additional challenge, if you choose to do a spell out using titles, try using the last word of the title instead of the first to spell your words.

•Easter •Bunny •Eggs •Fools •Taxes •Rain •Spring •Garden •Arbor Day •Earth (Day) •Diamond •Chick •Aries •Showers •Passover •Baseball •Daisy •Sweet Pea •Sannup •Dinger

B The Book of Chameleons 4/23 - 25
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S Sui Ishida - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 2 4/7 - 8
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A Aya Shouoto - Kiss of the Rose Princess, Vol. 4 4/18
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♘Read a book published in the month of April in any year.
Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 4 pub. April 2018 read 4/15 - 30

♘Pick a Theme in the "What's So Great About April?" section and read as many books as you can that fit that theme ~ Libray Week


What’s So Great About April? Themes
Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library
Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 3 4/8 - 9

April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover
4/1 - 2

April 28: Kiss Your Mate Day/Great Poetry Reading Day: Read a book with characters kissing on the cover, a book where a character reads poetry to another in the story, or a book of poetry
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist 4/29 - 30

Minimum 50 pages
Re-reads allowed.

D - The Duke's Shotgun Wedding 4/2
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I - The Irresistible Miss Peppiwell 4/9
S -
Y -

What’s So Great About April? Themes
National Humor Month: Read a book you think is funny
Lawn and Garden Month: Read a book where someone likes gardening or landscaping, or that has a picture of a beautiful garden or well-manicured lawn on the cover
International Guitar Month: Read a book that has a guitar on the cover
Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 4/8
Read a Road Map Week: Read a book with a character that has to read a road map while on a road trip
National Karaoke Week: Read a book where a character participates or attends a Karaoke event
April 3rd: World Party Day: Read a book where someone attends or hosts a party Wicked in His Arms 4/2
April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover
April 16: National Stress Awareness Day: Read a book that really stresses you out, a book where the characters are very stressed, a book you find relaxing, or a book where the characters have to relax to relieve tension or stress Treasure Island 4/16
April 28: Kiss Your Mate Day/Great Poetry Reading Day: Read a book with characters kissing on the cover, a book where a character reads poetry to another in the story, or a book of poetry Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein 4/12

I'm in. Once again I'm trying for 15.

SPRING (6)

Spencer, Wen wrote Wood Sprites 4/7
PThe Penderwicks in Spring 4/5
Robb, J.D. wrote Dark in Death 4/8
Ilona Andrews wrote Clean Sweep 4/13
Neal Shusterman wrote Scythe 4/18
G Game Change 4/2

Themes (7)

What’s So Great About April? Themes

National Humor Month: Read a book you think is funny The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster 4/28
Lawn and Garden Month: Read a book where someone likes gardening or landscaping, or that has a picture of a beautiful garden or well-manicured lawn on the cover , Deanna Raybourn 4/9/18
Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library The Weight of Zero, Karen Fortunati 4/9/19
Read a Road Map Week: Read a book with a character that has to read a road map while on a road trip London Rain, Nicola Upson 4/20/18
April 3rd: World Party Day: Read a book where someone attends or hosts a party Elfhome, Wen Spencer 4/10/18
April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover Project Elfhome, Wen Spencer 4/10/18
April 16: National Stress Awareness Day: Read a book that really stresses you out, a book where the characters are very stressed, a book you find relaxing, or a book where the characters have to relax to relieve tension or stress Sweep in Peace, Ilona Andrews 4/14/18
April 28: Kiss Your Mate Day/Great Poetry Reading Day: Read a book with characters kissing on the cover, a book where a character reads poetry to another in the story, or a book of poetry , Grace Draven 4/20/18 (He's kissing her)

Tasks (2)
♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O: Read as many books as you can that have a title that starts with the letter of the month or the author's first or last name starts with the letter of the month. , Ilona Andrews 4/14/18

♘Read a book published in the month of April in any year. , Mary Higgins Clark 4/18/18

With the new rules -- do I have to complete a spell-it-out? I usually try for one of the category spots first and then go for letters, which means my words are patchy but I can adjust if I need to.

Also it looks like rather to try to match all the themes we are supposed to read a lot in one? That's not as fun for me -- I like to see how many different kinds of books I can read.

Beth wrote: "With the new rules -- do I have to complete a spell-it-out? I usually try for one of the category spots first and then go for letters, which means my words are patchy but I can adjust if I need to." Yes, you must do a Spell-It-Out to count for participation.

Beth wrote: "Also it looks like rather to try to match all the themes we are supposed to read a lot in one? That's not as fun for me -- I like to see how many different kinds of books I can read." For this part, you can mix and match across anything that isn't a spell out or just focus on one theme, like National Humor Month, and have all your books be funny reads. So long as you have one Spell Out and one other task (Letter of the Month, Flower on Cover, etc), then I can count you as a participant.

April TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1st to April 30th, 2018
Completed: 0/?

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♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O: Read as many books as you can that have a title that starts with the letter of the month or the author's first or last name starts with the letter of the month.
♘Read a book published in the month of April in any year.
♘Read a book with a Sweet Pea or a daisy on the cover
♘Pick a Theme in the "What's So Great About April?" section and read as many books as you can that fit that theme

National Humor Month: Read a book you think is funny
Lawn and Garden Month: Read a book where someone likes gardening or landscaping, or that has a picture of a beautiful garden or well-manicured lawn on the cover
International Guitar Month: Read a book that has a guitar on the cover
Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library
Read a Road Map Week: Read a book with a character that has to read a road map while on a road trip
National Karaoke Week: Read a book where a character participates or attends a Karaoke event
April 3rd: World Party Day: Read a book where someone attends or hosts a party
April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover
April 16: National Stress Awareness Day: Read a book that really stresses you out, a book where the characters are very stressed, a book you find relaxing, or a book where the characters have to relax to relieve tension or stress
April 28: Kiss Your Mate Day/Great Poetry Reading Day: Read a book with characters kissing on the cover, a book where a character reads poetry to another in the story, or a book of poetry

Hi, I'd meant to post sooner than this as I'd enjoyed March challenge so much, but had to finish taxes. =( Back to fun!

Will be reading my April birthstone =)

✔ D - The Deep End (Julie Mulhern) 4/20 ****
✔ I - Indulgence in Death (J D Robb) 4/22 ****
✔ A - Antiques Frame (Barbara Allen) 4/23 ****
✔ M - Murder on Sugar Creek 4/30 3.5***
✔ O - Organized Murder (Lynda Wilcox) 4/16****
✔ N - No Room for Error (Julie Moffett) 4/25 ****
✔ D - Death at a Diner 4/29 ***



♘Foreman Trea's Letter of the Month: O: Read as many books as you can that have a title that starts with the letter of the month or the author's first or last name starts with the letter of the month.

✔ One Tequila (Tricia O'Malley) 4/6 ****



✔ Read a book published in the month of April in any year.
Heather Webber - Trouble in Bloom 4/15 ****


♘Read a book with a Sweet Pea or a daisy on the cover

♘Pick a Theme in the "What's So Great About April?" section and read as many books as you can that fit that theme:

National Humor Month: Read a book you think is funny

✔ Janet Evanovich - Two for the Dough 4/4 *****
✔ Maddie Hunter - Dutch Me Deadly 4/10 ****
✔ Michael Bond - Monsieur Pamplemousse 4/17 ****



Lawn and Garden Month: Read a book where someone likes gardening or landscaping, or that has a picture of a beautiful garden or well-manicured lawn on the cover
International Guitar Month: Read a book that has a guitar on the cover
Library Week: Read a book you checked out from the library
Read a Road Map Week: Read a book with a character that has to read a road map while on a road trip
National Karaoke Week: Read a book where a character participates or attends a Karaoke event
April 3rd: World Party Day: Read a book where someone attends or hosts a party
April 14: Look Up at the Sky Day: Read a book with the sky pictured on the cover
April 16: National Stress Awareness Day: Read a book that really stresses you out, a book where the characters are very stressed, a book you find relaxing, or a book where the characters have to relax to relieve tension or stress
April 28: Kiss Your Mate Day/Great Poetry Reading Day: Read a book with characters kissing on the cover, a book where a character reads poetry to another in the story, or a book of poetry

April TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1st to April 30th, 2018
Completed: 11/11 Finished!!
C:Claim by Megan O'Brien 4/11
H:Hopelessly Devoted by Bink Cummings 4/08
I:Iron Princess by Meghan March 4/26
C:Cake by Carmen Jenner 4/17
K:Kinda Don’t Care by Lani Lynn Vale 4/09

E:Endorsed by Marni Mann 4/17
A:Author Anonymous by E.K. Blair 4/13
S:Something So Right by Natasha Madison 4/05
T:A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole 4/02
E:Empires and Kings by A.C. Bextor 4/19
R:The Right Direction by Kathy Coopmans 4/01

Challenge complete! Thanks for hosting :-)
Original post: My TCF Monthly Challenge (msg 12)

Message 14 finished 7/7

Message 11 - I finished 5/6. Ran out of time to do the last item.

Erica wrote: "Message 11 - I finished 5/6. Ran out of time to do the last item."

Cindy III wrote: "Message 14 finished 7/7"

LaurLa wrote: "Challenge complete! Thanks for hosting :-)
Original post: My TCF Monthly Challenge (msg 12)"

Congrats, ladies!

Finished on post #7
Read 13 books - didn't complete 2 spellouts but read 5 books in tasks

JoAnne wrote: "Finished on post #7
Read 13 books - didn't complete 2 spellouts but read 5 books in tasks"

Congrats!

Finished, post #3, 11/11.

message 14, finished 7/7

Cindy III wrote: "message 14, finished 7/7"

Denise wrote: "Finished, post #3, 11/11."

Congrats, Ladies!

Finished, post 16!

Made my 15 goal.

I had started a few other spell-it-outs, but since I didn't get all the letters, I guess I shouldn't add them.

Thanks again Trea for a fun challenge!

Beth wrote: "Finished, post 16!

Made my 15 goal.

I had started a few other spell-it-outs, but since I didn't get all the letters, I guess I shouldn't add them.

Thanks again Trea for a fun challenge!"

Congrats!