• May Idioms ~ May Expresses Itself

This challenge is based on all things May: expressions, idioms, holidays, blessings, curses, and movie and song titles with the word “may” in them.

PROGRESS : 15/36

• ✔ “April showers bring May flowers.” : Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover : Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas
• ✔ “Be that as it may.” : Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”: Beauty by Robin McKinley
• ✔ “Cinco de Mayo.” : Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title: Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas
• “Come what may!” : Read a book with a futuristic setting:
• ✔ “Devil-may-care attitude.” : Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.): Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
• ✔ “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” : Read a book where someone gets bullied. Or where the protagonist is a professional fighter or gets in a fight. Or a story about survival: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
• “How may I help you?” : Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out:
• “If I may be so bold...” : Reader’s Choice :
• “It may account for...” : Read a book with an accountant protagonist, or someone who deals with numbers. Or is an account based on a true historical event: Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• “I may be crazy, but...” : Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled:
• “Let the chips fall where they may.” : Read a book that has the words from this expression found in the title, series name, or author’s, or character’s name [i.e. “let,” “chip(s),” “fall,” “where,” “they,” or “may”]:
• ✔ Mae West. : Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp: Down to You by M. Leighton
• ✔ “May the better man win!” : Read a book where a competition takes place: Unclaimed by Courtney Milan
• ✔ “May Day!” : Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair: Losing It by Cora Carmack
• ✔ “May-December Relationship.” : Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book: A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
• “May the force be with you.” : Read a book with stars on the cover. Or is set in outer space:
• ✔ “May he rest in peace.” : Read a book with ghosts. Or where someone dies. Or has a graveyard or tombstone on the cover: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
• “May I be excused?” : Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.):
• “May I count on you?” : Read a book with a number in the title. (Examples found on listopia’s Nothing But Numbers.):
• “May I take a message?” : Read an inspirational book:
• “May I take your order?” : Read a book where the protagonist is a waitress, or short-order cook, or takes orders of some kind. (Just a few examples on listopia’s Waitress Heroine in Romance.):
• “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) : Read a book on a listopia list. Or is set in Poland. Or written by a Polish writer. Or won one of our BOM polls (past or current). (Examples found on listopia’s Best Polish Books.):
• “May the road rise to meet you...” : Read a book with a road on the cover. Or someone takes a road trip:
• ✔ “May you live in interesting times...” : Read a book where someone is cursed. Or one with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos: Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor
• “Maybe, maybe not.” : Read a book that you’ve been pondering for awhile:
• “Mayday! Mayday!” : Read a book where the protagonist works as some type of emergency personnel: fireman, policeman, paramedic. Or someone makes or receives a distress call. Or where someone uses a radio. Since this word may derive from the French expression “venez m'aider” - which translates to “come help me” - we’ll also take any book set in France. Also, in The Handmaid's Tale, they used “Mayday” as a code to identify themselves as part of the resistance - so, we’ll take a protagonist that is part of one, or any plot involving some hidden code:
• ✔ “The merry month of May.” : Read a book that is humorous: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
• “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” : Read a book with a mirror or car on the cover. Or one where the protagonist is an illusionist, magician, or interacts with mirrors in some way:
• “Seven Days in May.” : Read a book that is seventh in a series. Or has the word “day(s)” in the title, series, author, or character name. We will take the alternate spelling of “Daye,” as in the series October Daye:
• “Sticks and stones may break my bones.” : Read a book with a word in the title that rhymes with “may” -- or where the title rhymes alone. (Examples: Double Play (“play” rhymes with “may” -- or Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, where title is a rhyme itself.):
• “Terms & conditions may apply.” : Read a book that fits another challenge:
• ✔ “Things may look good on the surface...” : Read a book with an attractive cover: Sweet Sofie by Elizabeth Reyes
• ✔ “To whom it may concern.” : Read a book with a stand-alone “letter” in the title. Or by an author with a stand-alone “letter” in their name. Or read a book of memoirs. Or one that has a letter or envelope on the cover. (Examples: C, by Tom McCarthy; author J.R. Ward; All Creatures Great and Small; or maybe something like these found on this listopia .): Close Kin by Clare B. Dunkle
• “Try as I may.” : Read a book that was published any day in May, of any year:
• ✔ “Warning. May be hazardous to your health.” : Read a book where someone finds themselves in a precarious situation. Or where a character gets an illness. Or is a cigarette smoker: Warsworn by Elizabeth Vaughan
• “You may well ask!” : Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title: