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~ Antonym Challenge ~



Rules: In this challenge you need to match a book to a book using antonyms in the title. For example the first book you read could have the word “hot” in the title. The matching book then needs to have a word like “cold” in the title. Other opposite words to hot are "cool, freezing, frigid" or even “dispassionate” or “mild.”

You can also use a derivative of the word, such as “freeze” or “frozen.” Or say you chose “angel.” Opposite words in another title could be “devil” or “devilishly.” To assist you, here is a link to a web site entitled Opposite Word .

Since series names are considered part of the title, you may go by words within them.

Bonus: Read an additional book with both your chosen words in the title. For example, if you chose “hot” and “cold,” you could choose Cold Tea On A Hot Day. If you do the bonus for none, one or all - that's okay.

Example:

• hot/cold
  Hot: Devilishly Hot, by Kathy Love
  Cold: Love in a Cold Climate, by Nancy Mitford
  Bonus: Cold Tea On A Hot Day, by Curtiss Ann Matlock
  

Anthologies, audiobooks, and re-reads are fine.

Duration: The duration of this challenge will be one year from your start date. So whenever you decide to start, you will have one year to complete it. Please post your dates with your list. Post as you go or edit your initial post (just let us know when you’re done).

Levels:

Easy = 6 – 10 books
Moderate = 12 – 20 books
Hard = 22 – 30 books
Masters = 32 – 40

Can’t wait to see what you come up with. Have fun!

Ok, I'll give this one a shot. I'm aiming for Masters 32-40 and I plan to start 11/1/11.


Pair 1: hot/cold
1. Devilishly Hot
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Pair 2
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Pair 3
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Pair 4
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Pair 5
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Pair 6
11.
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Pair 7
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Pair 8
15.
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Pair 9
17.
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Pair 10
19.
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Pair 11
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Pair 12
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Pair 13
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Pair 14
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Pair 15
29.
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Pair 16
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Pair 17
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Pair 18
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Pair 19
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Pair 20
39.
40.

This is great, Lisa Kay. Really unique challenge.

Good luck, Carol!

Starting: November' 11.
Level: Easy.
Pair 1.
1. ✔
2.
3.

Pair 2:
4. ✔
5.
6.

Pair 3:
7.
8. ✔
9.

Oh and the challenge is really cool, Lisa!

Welcome to the challenge, Carol!

Sashana wrote: "This is great, Lisa Kay. Really unique challenge."

Thanks, Sashana!

Anomander wrote: "Oh and the challenge is really cool, Lisa!"

Thanks, Anomander! Looking forward to the word pairs you select. ☺

I'm going to try Hard (22-30).

Pair 1
1.
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Pair 2
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Pair 3
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Pair 4
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Pair 5
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Pair 6
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Pair 7
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Pair 8
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Pair 9
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Pair 10
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Pair 11
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Pair 12
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Pair 13
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Pair 14
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Pair 15
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Wonderful, Barbara! Welcome to the challenge.

I'm going to do this one, I just don't know my level yet. Or my start date.

NBRC: ~ Antonym Challenge ~

Pair 1 • right/left
    a. First Grave on the Right, by Darynda Jones (need to purchase)
    b. Second Grave on the Left, by Darynda Jones (OD audio)
   

Pair 2 • wicked/good
    a. No Rest for the Wicked, by Kresley Cole (AD)
    b. Too Good To Be True, by Kristan Higgins (Library Kindle)
   

Pair 3 • bride/groom
    a. There Goes the Bride, by M.C. Beaton (CDs to iPod/Touch)
    b. Orchard Valley Grooms, by Debbie Macomber (OD audio)
   

Pair 4 • odd/even
    a. Odd Thomas, by Dean Koontz (PB)
    b. Even Money, by Dick Francis (OD audio)
   

Pair 5 • hill/valley
    a. Black Hills, by Nora Roberts (OD audio)
    b. Lion in the Valley, by Elizabeth Peters (Library/Kindle)
   

Pair 6 • before/after
    a. An Affair Before Christmas, by Eloisa James (OD audio)
    b. After Dark, by Beverly Barton (PB)
   

Pair 7 • love/hate
    a. Love, Come to Me, by Lisa Kleypas (PB)
    b. I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories, by William Gay (Library OC)
   

Pair 8 • fire/ice
    a. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson (PB & OD audio)
    b. Caressed By Ice, by Nalini Singh (need to purchase)
   

Pair 8 • life/death
    a. My Life So Far, by Jane Fonda (OD audio)
    b. Vengeance in Death, by J.D. Robb (OD audio)
   

Pair 9 • guilty/blameless
    a. Guilty Pleasures, by Laura Lee Guhrke (PB)
    b. Blameless, by Gail Carriger (AD)
   

AD = Adobe Digital

Sashana wrote: "This is great, Lisa Kay. Really unique challenge.

Good luck, Carol!"

Thanks, Sashana!

Lisa Kay wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Carol!"

Thanks, Lisa Kay. I love this idea!

Pair 3 • bride/groom
Clever Lisa!

Love this idea! So creative. I'm definitely in - will have to set up later and decide on how many. But, since we have a year, I'll probably go all the way!

This is a great challenge, Lisa Kay. I'll join in the new year. I have too many challenges to finish between now and the end of December.:)

Thanks, Anomander!

Thanks, Cindy! It is tougher than I thought it would be. I have been looking for opposite books to the ones I want to read.

Thanks, Joann! Looking forward to "seeing" you in the new year.

I'm going easy.

Pair A (Ash/Fire)
1. Ashfall
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire



Pair B. (Mexican/American)
1. Mexican High: A Novel
2. American Rust



Pair C. (Bitch/Girl)
1. Yoga Bitch: One Woman's Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment
2. Girl in the Arena



Pair D.
1.
2.

Pair E.
1.
2.

Pair F.
1.
2.

Well, Kristen, now that is a smart way to do it, with letters.

Antonym Challenge - Masters Level
01-Nov-11 to 31-Oct-12

0/?? Read

1. Before/After
a. An Affair Before Christmas
b. Happy Ever After

2. Strangers/Friends
a. The Hot Girl's Friend
b. Smooth Talking Stranger

3. Love/Hate
a. The I Hate To Date Club
b. Love Come to Me
** The Man She Loves To Hate

4. Good/Bad
a. She Did A Bad, Bad Thing (Million Dollar Secrets)
b. Lady Be Good
** Good Girl Gone Bad

5. Bride/Groom
a. The MacGregor Grooms
b. The Princess Bride
** Wrong Groom, Right Bride

6. Wrong/Right
a. Mr right for the Night
b. The Wrong Hostage
** The Right Kind of Wrong

7. Wild/Tame
a. To Tame a Highland Warrior
b. Wild Rain

8. First/Last
a. First Grave on the Right
b. The Last Celtic Witch

9. Season/Eternal
a. It Happened One Season
b. Lover Eternal

10. Quick/Slow
a. Slow Hands
b. Quicksilver

11. Fire/Ice
a. Chasing Fire
b. Black Ice
** Fire and Ice

12. Now/Then
a. Now You See Her
b. Then Came You

13. Black/White
a. The Masque of the Black Tulip
b. One White Rose

14. Master/Slave
a. Slave To Her Desires
b. Master of the Mountain

15. Honest/Deceive
a. If You Deceive
b. The Last Honest Woman (O'Hurleys #1)

16. Dangerous/Safe
a. Dangerous Tides
b. Safe Harbor

17. End/Begin
a. The End of Faking It
b. Where Dreams Begin
** Endings and Beginning

18. Awake /Sleep
a. Kiss Me While I Sleep
b. Lover Awakened

19. Night/Day
a. Strangers in the Night
b. Dayhunter

20. I/You
a. Can You Keep a Secret?
b. I, Spy?

Read:

Wonderful to see you here, CaroB! Welcome to the challenge.

I can't help myself :-)

LOL! I know what you mean, CaroB!

I'm like CaroB and can't help but join in on this LOL

I'll go with Easy and post as I go.

Lovely to see you here, Susan. Welcome to the challenge. I see some "buddy reads" in our future, LOL!

I do too :)

Antonym Challenge

Duration: 11-1-11 thru 10-31-12
Completed: 3/40

Pair 1 • ugly/pretty
1. Uglies
2. Pretties

Pair 2 • COMPLETED • girls/boys
1. Some Girls Bite 11-27
2. Bad Taste in Boys 11-6

Pair 3 • angel/demon
1. Sleeping Angel 12-4
2.

Pair 4 • zero/infinity
1. Vampire Zero: A Gruesome Vampire Tale
2. Infinity

Pair 5 • lust/love
1. Angel Lust: An Erotic Novel of Time Travel
2.


Pair 6 • broken/fix
1. Broken
2. Fantasy Fix

Pair 7 • blonde/red-head
1. Zombie Blondes
2. Red-Headed Stepchild

Pair 8 • king/queen
1. The Iron King
2. The Iron Queen

Pair 9 • black/white
1. Black Heart Loa 11-11
2.

Pair 10 • vintage/new
1. Vintage: A Ghost Story 11-20
2.


Pair 11 • secret/revealed
1. Secret Submission
2. Succubus Revealed

Pair 12 • Master/slave
1.
2.

Pair 13 • Enslaved/Choice
1. Enslaved
2. Healer's Choice

Pair 14 •
1.
2.

Pair 15 •
1.
2.

We'll see if I can fit any books into this one or not. I have myself into quite a few challenges right now (not just in this group) so not sure how it'll go. And, if I don't get any.....oh well. But I'll try and shoot for moderate. I may delay the start for this one until Jan. 1 though.

What an interesting challenge! Joining.

Level: Easy
Duration: February 1, 2012 - February 1, 2013


(MAYBE) BONUS: War and Peace | Between Sinners and Saints | Beauty and the Beast

A Dish Served Cold | Hot Head

Guilty Pleasures | Unlacing the Innocent Miss

First Drop of Crimson | The Last Goodbye

The Winter Sea | Once Upon a Summer Day

Before I Wake | Never to Sleep

This looks like a real "challenge" challenge. I'm going to try and go for moderate.
0/20

I will post my list later.

Cindy, love your antonyms!

Gayle, January 1st sounds good. Someone else is doing that too... now, who was it? Oh, yes! Joann!

Great, niquae! Welcome to the challenge.

I would say one year from the start date of your first finished book.

Looking forward to what you hunt down, Cheryl.

I got Broken/Fix from the Opposite Word link you provided. They also gave Vampire/Angel or God. I may use that one too! I have LOADS of Vampire and Angel books.....

Question: Can we use the same antonym for more than 1 pair of books? And - can the antonym be in the name of the series, or should it be in the title itself?

I wasn't sure about Lust/Love, but since you didn't shoot me down I'm keeping it! LOLOL

Cindy,

Using the same antonym for more than 1 pair? Sure, why not. ☺

"Since series names are considered part of the title, you may go by words within them."

Added the above late yesterday. Thought it might help me out.

Oh, I think Lust/Love can be opposites, LOL! At least, that has been my experience. **coughcough**

*coughcough too*

I kind of wanted to do this challenge but I have feeling that if I do it now I'll be overexstending myself.


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Rules: In this challenge you need to match a book to a book using antonyms in the title. For example the first book you read could have the word “hot” in the title. The matching book then needs to have a word like “cold” in the title. Other opposite words to hot are "cool, freezing, frigid" or even “dispassionate” or “mild.”

You can also use a derivative of the word, such as “freeze” or “frozen.” Or say you chose “angel.” Opposite words in another title could be “devil” or “devilishly.” To assist you, here is a link to a web site entitled Opposite Word.

Since series names are considered part of the title, you may go by words within them.

Bonus: Read an additional book with both your chosen words in the title. For example, if you chose “hot” and “cold,” you could choose Cold Tea On A Hot Day.

Example:

• hot/cold
Hot: Devilishly Hot, by Kathy Love
Cold: Love in a Cold Climate, by Nancy Mitford
Bonus: Cold Tea On A Hot Day, by Curtiss Ann Matlock
Devilishly HotLove in a Cold Climate (Penguin Modern Classics)Cold Tea On A Hot Day

Anthologies, audiobooks, and re-reads are fine.

Duration: The duration of this challenge will be one year from your start date. So whenever you decide to start, you will have one year to complete it. Please post your dates with your list. Post as you go or edit your initial post (just let us know when you’re done).

Would it be alright if I wanted to start it in the new year?

**cough, cough, choke** Ummmmmm - I'm taking the Fifth.......

Cindy (eclecticfirefly) wrote: "**cough, cough, choke** Ummmmmm - I'm taking the Fifth......."

I'm sorry, but huh?

Antonym Challenge
Duration: 10/31/11 thru 10/30/2012
Level: Moderate:12-20 Books
Books Read: 12/20
Updated: 3/22/11

*Pairs: 2

Pair 1 Remarkable/Ordinary
1.Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier (CR)
2.Ordinary Princess (The) by M.M. Kaye (11/18/11)

Pair 2 Twilight/Dawn
3.Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (11/21/11)
4.

Pair 3 Love/Hate
5. Eat Prey Love by Kerrelyn Sparks (3/7/12)
6.

*Pair 4 Truth/Lies
7. The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale (2/20/12)
8. Sex, Lies, and Vampires by Katie MacAlister (3/5/12)

Pair 5 Moon/Sun
9. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 11/16/11
10.

Pair 6 Happy/Sad
11. Happy Hour at Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta (1/21/12)
12.

Pair 7 Hot/Cold
13. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky (3/18/12)
14.

Pair 8 Night/Day
15. Night Road by Kristin Hannah (1/25/12)
16.

*Pair 9 Short/Long
17. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marian Lewycka (1/27/12)
18. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah (3/22/12)

Pair 10 War/Peace
19. The Widow's War by Sally Gunning (2/27/12)
20.

Opposites Attract
*

So I fibbed and won't be posting as I go. I couldn't resist making the list for this. Of course, the books may change according to my mood, but the word pairs won't.


NBRC - Antonyms
Start Date 11/1/11 - 10/31/12
0/18

Pair A- Bride/Groom
1. Orchard Valley Grooms
2. The Untamed Bride
3. Bride Needs Groom



Pair B- Moon/Sun
1. Moon Called
2. Jewels of the Sun



Pair C- Lady/Lord
1. Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish
2. Lord of the Vampires (Royal House of Shadows, #1)
3. Lord and Lady Spy



Pair D- Sweet/Bitter
1. Sweet Surrender
2. Bitter Frost



Pair E- Night/Day
1. Give Me Tonight
2. Infinite Days



Pair F- Boys/Girls
1. Good Girls Don't
2. Bad Boys Do



Pair G- Choas/Harmony
1. Beautiful Chaos
2. After Dark (Harmony #1)



Pair H- Dark/Light
1. something in the Immortals After Dark series
2. The Lightkeeper's Daughter
3. Of Light and Darkness



Pair I- You/Me
1. Someone Like You
2. Take a Chance on Me

Gabrielle ~ Bhlack Benehvolence ~ wrote: "Cindy (eclecticfirefly) wrote: "**cough, cough, choke** Ummmmmm - I'm taking the Fifth......."

I'm sorry, but huh?"

Sorry Gabrielle - I was refering to the posts right above yours.....

Cindy (eclecticfirefly) wrote: "Gabrielle ~ Bhlack Benehvolence ~ wrote: "Cindy (eclecticfirefly) wrote: "**cough, cough, choke** Ummmmmm - I'm taking the Fifth......."

I'm sorry, but huh?"

Sorry Gabrielle - I was refering..."

Oh that's alright, sorry about that.

Sure, Gabrielle! Several people are starting in January. Welcome to the challenge.

People were responding to my response to Cindy about her question on if love/lust were opposites. ☺

Cool! Thanks Lisa! I'll probably be posting around that time then!

Loving the pairs I'm seeing.

Dumb question? Do we have to read the opposites right after each other? Or, for example: can I read a Hot book then a Dog book, then a Cold book then a Cat book-if that makes any sense.

Or does it only count if I read it this way: Hot, Cold: Dog, Cat.