Well, I put a poll up asking if folks were interested in giving the Color Coded Challenge another go. I thought I'd run it till the end of the month and then see where we were. But I've got a baker's dozen of interested readers out there already....and I've looked through my TBR stacks and found that I have books for every category, so here we go again. Get ready for a rainbow of reading in 2014.
Here are the rules:
*Read nine books in the following categories.
1. A book with "Blue" or any shade of Blue (Turquoise, Aquamarine, Navy, etc) in the title.
2. A book with "Red" or any shade of Red (Scarlet, Crimson, Burgandy, etc) in the title.
3. A book with "Yellow" or any shade of Yellow (Gold, Lemon, Maize, etc.) in the title.
4. A book with "Green" or any shade of Green (Emerald, Lime, Jade, etc) in the title.
5. A book with "Brown" or any shade of Brown (Tan, Chocolate, Beige, etc) in the title.
6. A book with "Black" or any shade of Black (Jet, Ebony, Charcoal, etc) in the title.
7. A book with "White" or any shade of White (Ivory, Eggshell, Cream, etc) in the title.
8. A book with any other color in the title (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, Magneta, etc.).
9. A book with a word that implies color (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Paisley, Stripe, etc.).
* Any book read from January 1 through December 31, 2014 will count.
*Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
*Everyone who completes all nine categories will be entered in a year-end drawing for a book-related prize package.
*Please post about the challenge on your blog. Sign ups accepted until Nov 30, 2014.
*Please sign up using the Linky below. Give your name & blog (Example: Bev @ My Reader's Block) and use a direct link to your challenge post as your url. Please don't connect to just your home page. Links to a list on GoodReads or other social media sites are also acceptable.
*No blog or GoodReads site? That's okay. Post a comment here to announce your entry into the challenge and when you have completed the challenge just post a comment at the review site with a list of your books.
Hi, I enjoyed this challenge and would like to try it again.
ReplyDeleteJamie
Of course, I am in again!!
ReplyDeleteTrying this again! Thanks for hosting
ReplyDeleteI've gone through my list of unread books and found I have more than enough to take this challenge - so I'm in!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter Sophia wants to do this challenge. She will link up through goodreads!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Sophia!
ReplyDeleteThis year was super fun! Can't wait till 2014!~
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try this for the first time. Does it count if most of the books are John MacDonald's Travis McGee mysteries? (Just kidding, kind of!)
ReplyDeleteKaty: Absolutely...I've put no limit on number of books by an author or in a series. :-)
ReplyDeleteWould "cherry" count as a shade of red?
ReplyDeleteJamie: Absolutely. We used to own a Mustang that was "Cherry Red." :-)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this challenge last year and found a lot of great new authors so I'm looking forward to it again. Hopefully this year I'll do a better job at getting my reviews posted! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun challenge! I'm in!
ReplyDeleteI love challenges like this because it encourages me to branch out to many different genre for reading choices.
ReplyDeleteHere's an update with my booklist.
ReplyDeletehttp://susanbrehm.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/the-color-coded-reading-challenge-2014-book-list/
Hi Bev, looking forward to doing this again! I have a question - what about color words in foreign languages? For example, I have a book called "Berlin Noir" - would that count or is that too far afield? (I don't mind either way, just thought I'd ask :) )
ReplyDeleteJust wondering a couple of things, would Canary count as yellow? and what about re-reads? This seems like such an awesome challenge :)
ReplyDeleteAnja Kasap: Colors in foreign languages--absolutley!
ReplyDeletePatty: Canary is perfectly acceptable for yellow.
Thanks for hosting this challenge again, Bev!
ReplyDeleteBev, would pale count as 9. imply colour?
ReplyDeleteJane...sorry I didn't see this sooner. Yes, I will take Pale as "imply color."
ReplyDeleteThat's okay, thank you Bev.
ReplyDeleteDoes iron count as a shade of black?
ReplyDeleteJulie: Hmmm. Iron...I can see iron as in iron-grey and grey as a shade of black. So, yes, I'll take it. :-)
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thanks, Bev. :)
ReplyDeleteFinished this challenge!! Here is a link to my challenge update page--
ReplyDeletehttp://marjsmysteries.blogspot.com/2014/09/2014-color-coded-challenge-update.html
Thanks, Bev, I really enjoyed this challenge!
MarjR
Hi, I'm finished now. Here is my wrap-up post:
ReplyDeletehttp://jannghi.blogspot.com/2013/11/since-i-enjoyed-color-coded-reading.html
Jamie
I've just completed the challenge, and it was great fun--thanks for hosting it!
ReplyDeleteChallenge post with book list: http://www.samantha-lin.com/2014/03/2014-reading-extravaganza-and-challenges/