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message 1: by Mel W (last edited Sep 30, 2009 11:01AM) (new)
Sep 11, 2009 01:23PM

471724 RRR GROUP MONTHLY CHALLENGE - SEPTEMBER

10/10 - All done!

1. S for September - Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd 10/9
2. September B'Day - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (Jael) 28/9
3. Canada - Bitten by Kelley Armstrong 18/9
4. Editors & Writers - Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian (Heroine is a journalist) 30/9
5. GR author - Stolen by Kelley Armstrong 26/9
6. Labour Day - The Winston Brothers by Lori Foster (Bartender) 13/9
7. National Hispanic Heritage Month - Heart of Fire by Linda Howard 3/9
8. Animal cover - Shadow of the Moon by Rebecca York 29/9
9. Historical Fiction - Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn 3/9
10. Group's bookshelf - Lover Eternal by JR Ward 23/9

Scent of Darkness (Darkness Chosen, Book 1) Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, #1) Midnight Rising (Midnight Breed, #4) Stolen (Women of the Otherworld, #2) The Winston Brothers Heart of Fire Shadow of the Moon (Moon, #6) Everything and the Moon (Everything, #1) Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2)


message 2: by Mel W (last edited Oct 02, 2009 02:45AM) (new)
Sep 11, 2009 01:26PM

471724 RRR GROUP READ THE MONTH CHALLENGE - SEPTEMBER

Final Update - 6/9 read

S - Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd 10/9
E - Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn 3/9
P - Predatory Game by Christine Feehan 21/9
T - The Winston Brothers by Lori Foster 13/9
E -
M - Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian 11/9
B - Brighter Than The Sun by Julia Quinn 4/9
E -
R - Rescue Me by Christy Reece

Scent of Darkness (Darkness Chosen, Book 1) Everything and the Moon (Everything, #1) Predatory Game (GhostWalkers, #6) The Winston Brothers Midnight Awakening (Midnight Breed, #3) Brighter Than the Sun (Everything, #2) Rescue Me (Last Chance Rescue, #1)


message 3: by Mel W (last edited Sep 28, 2009 10:35AM) (new)
Sep 11, 2009 01:29PM

471724 PNR GROUP MONTHLY CHALLENGE - SEPTEMBER

9/9 completed - Done!

1. Deadly Game by Christine Feehan - Yz 19/9
2. Stolen by Kelley Armstrong - BrandyS 26/9
3. Predatory Game by Christine Feehan - Angie 21/9
4. Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian - Jan 11/9
5. Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd - Looloo 10/9
6. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - K 18/9
7. Lover Eternal by JR Ward - DarkHeart 23/9
8. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - Ann 28/9
9. Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts - Michelle 5/9

Deadly Game (GhostWalkers, #5) Stolen (Women of the Otherworld, #2) Predatory Game (GhostWalkers, #6) Midnight Awakening (Midnight Breed, #3) Scent of Darkness (Darkness Chosen, Book 1) Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, #1) Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2) Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) Carolina Moon


message 4: by Mel W (last edited 16 days ago, 01:05PM) (new)
Sep 11, 2009 01:31PM

471724 RRR GROUP - IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE CHALLENGE
Duration: September 1, 2009 to November 30, 2009

1. dogs - Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd 10/9
2. cats - Burning Wild by Christine Feehan 15/9
3. mammals - Splendid by Julia Quinn (horses on cover) 7/9
4. fish - Sleeping With The Fishes by MaryJanice Davidson 8/11
5. bird - Heart of Fire by Linda Howard 3/9
6. reptile - Serpent by Clive Cussler
7. amphibian - Swimming Without A Net by MaryJanice Davidson (mermaid)
8. insect - Naked in Death (butterfly on cover) 5/11
9. legendary or mythical -

10. Bonus: - Shadow of the Moon by Rebecca York 29/9

Scent of Darkness (Darkness Chosen, #1) Burning Wild (Leopard People, #3) Splendid (Splendid Trilogy, #1) Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid, #1) Heart of Fire Serpent (Numa Files, #1) Swimming Without a Net (Fred the Mermaid, #2) Naked in Death (In Death #1) Shadow of the Moon (Moon, #6)


message 5: by Mel W (last edited Sep 27, 2009 06:24AM) (new)
Sep 11, 2009 01:38PM

471724 RRR GROUP - A to Z CHARACTER CHALLENGE
Duration: July 01, 2009 to December 31, 2009

Amelia Hathaway from Mine Till Midnight 14/7
Baxter St Ives from Affair 6/8
Cruz Rowan from Whirlpool 31/8
Damon Savage from Somewhere I'll Find You 18/7
Elle Drake from Hidden Currents 20/8
Faith Lavelle from Carolina Moon 5/9
Gabrielle O'Callaghan from The Immortal Highlander 23/7
Hoyt Mac Cionaoith/McKenna from Morrigan's Cross 29/7
Ilya Prakenskii from Turbulent Sea 26/7
Jacob from Jacob 8/7
Kev Merripen from Seduce Me at Sunrise 15/7
Lillian Harte from Dawn in Eclipse Bay 4/7
Miranda Cheever from The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever 2/7
Nick Harte from Summer in Eclipse Bay 6/7
Olivia Woodlock from Crimson Moon 12/7
Paige Winterbourne from Stolen 26/9
Q
Rafe Madison from Eclipse Bay 3/7
Sophie Sheridan from The Winston Brothers 13/9
Thaddeus Ware from The Third Circle 22/7
U
Victoria Lyndon from Everything and the Moon 3/9
William Dunford from Minx 9/9
X
Yelena from Poison Study 17/8
Zoe Truax from Truth or Dare 9/8



message 6: by Mel W (last edited Oct 01, 2009 12:04PM) (new)
Sep 11, 2009 01:43PM

471724 BOOKS READ - SEPTEMBER 2009

Heart of Fire Everything and the Moon (Everything, #1) Brighter Than the Sun (Everything, #2) Carolina Moon Splendid (Splendid Trilogy, #1) Dancing at Midnight (Splendid Trilogy, #2) Minx (Splendid Trilogy, #3) Scent of Darkness (Darkness Chosen, Book 1) Midnight Awakening (Midnight Breed, #3) The Winston Brothers Wild Burning Wild (Leopard People, #3) Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, #1) Deadly Game (GhostWalkers, #5) Predatory Game (GhostWalkers, #6) Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2) Stolen (Women of the Otherworld, #2) Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) Shadow of the Moon (Moon, #6) Midnight Rising (Midnight Breed, #4)

TOTAL READ = 20


message 7: by Mel W (last edited Oct 02, 2009 02:45AM) (new)
Sep 18, 2009 05:20AM

471724 TBR CHALLENGE

Four books in four months starting in September:

1. Deadly Game by Christine Feehan 18/9
2. Predatory Game by Christine Feehan 21/9
3. Lover Eternal by JR Ward 23/9
4. Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian 30/9

Deadly Game (GhostWalkers, #5) Predatory Game (GhostWalkers, #6) Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2) Midnight Rising (Midnight Breed, #4)

Alternate/Back-up List:

1. Rescue Me by Christy Reece 2/10
2. Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts
3. Holding the Dream by Nora Roberts
4. Finding the Dream by Nora Roberts

Rescue Me (Last Chance Rescue, #1) Daring to Dream (Dream trilogy #1) Holding the Dream (Dream trilogy #2) Finding the Dream (Dream trilogy #3)


message 8: by Mel W (last edited 23 days ago, 08:37PM) (new)
Sep 29, 2009 02:11AM

471724 RRR GROUP - MONTHLY CHALLENGE - OCTOBER

10/10 read - COMPLETED 31/10/09

1. "O" - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 20/10
2. Birthday - Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Tricia's shelf) 14/10
3. Michigan - Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts (Starts off in Michigan) 27/10
4. Halloween - Black Rose by Nora Roberts (Kind of spooky - there's a ghost haunting the house where the main characters live). 29/10
5. Two authors - Phantom in the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon with Dianna Love 18/10
6. Crime Prevention Month - Chill Factor by Sandra Brown 31/10
7. UN Day - Three Fates by Nora Roberts 15/10
8. Columbus Day - Sea Swept by Nora Roberts 30/10
9. Paranormal - Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward 21/10
10. Pick-it-for-Me - How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin 4/10

One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress, #2) Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, #3) Blue Dahlia (In The Garden trilogy #1) Black Rose (In the Garden trilogy #2) Phantom in the Night (B.A.D. Series, #6) Chill Factor A Novel Three Fates Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay Saga #1) Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3) How to Murder a Millionaire (Blackbird Sisters Mystery, Book 1)


message 9: by Mel W (last edited 19 days ago, 04:04AM) (new)
Sep 29, 2009 02:14AM

471724 RRR GROUP - READ THE MONTH CHALLENGE - OCTOBER

6/7 read - FINAL TOTAL as at 31/10/09

O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 20/10
C - Crazy Cool by Tara Janzen ★★★★★ 6/10
T - Three Fates by Nora Roberts ★★★★ 15/10
O - On the Loose by Tara Janzen ★★★★★ 11/10
B - Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts ★★★★ 27/10
E - Eden Burning by Elizabeth Lowell
R - Rescue Me by Christy Reece ★★★★★ 2/10


One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress, #2) Crazy Cool (Steele Street, #2) Three Fates On the Loose (Steele Street #7) Blue Dahlia (In The Garden trilogy #1) Eden Burning Rescue Me (Last Chance Rescue, #1)


message 10: by Mel W (last edited 25 days ago, 12:48AM) (new)
Sep 29, 2009 02:16AM

471724 RRR GROUP - PICK IT FOR ME CHALLENGE - OCTOBER

COMPLETED 4/10

How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin

How to Murder a Millionaire (Blackbird Sisters Mystery, Book 1)

Recommended by Sallie


message 11: by Mel W (last edited 27 days ago, 04:50AM) (new)
Sep 29, 2009 02:21AM

471724 PNR GROUP - LITERARY COLOURS CHALLENGE - OCTOBER

9/9 read - COMPLETED 26/10

1. Orange - Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward ★★★★ 26/10
2. Red - Crazy Kisses by Tara Janzen ★★★★★ 7/10
3. Brown - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost ★★★★ 20/10
4. Green - Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon ★★★ 14/10
5. Black - Touch the Dark by Karen Chance ★★ 17/10
6. Yellow - Crazy Sweet by Tara Janzen ★★★★★ 9/10
7. Purple - Phantom in the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon with Dianna Love ★★★★ 18/10
8. Pink - Crazy Love by Tara Janzen ★★★★★ 8/10
9. Blue - Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward ★★★★★ 21/10

Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #4) Crazy Kisses (Steele Street #4) One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress, #2) Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, #3) Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer, #1) Crazy Sweet (Steele Street #6) Phantom in the Night (B.A.D. Series, #6) Crazy Love (Steele Street #5) Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3)


message 12: by Mel W (last edited 22 days ago, 01:35AM) (new)
Oct 01, 2009 12:03PM

471724 BOOKS READ - OCTOBER


Rescue Me (Last Chance Rescue, #1) How to Murder a Millionaire (Blackbird Sisters Mystery, Book 1) Crazy Cool (Steele Street, #2) Crazy Wild (Steele Street #3) Crazy Kisses (Steele Street #4) Crazy Love (Steele Street #5) Crazy Sweet (Steele Street #6) On the Loose (Steele Street #7) Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, #3) Three Fates Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer, #1) Phantom in the Night (B.A.D. Series, #6) One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress, #2) Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3) Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #4) Blue Dahlia (In The Garden trilogy #1) Black Rose (In the Garden trilogy #2) Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay Saga #1) Chill Factor A Novel

TOTAL READ = 19


message 13: by Mel W (last edited 1 day ago, 12:25PM) (new)
Oct 22, 2009 01:07AM

471724 PNR GROUP - MONTHLY CHALLENGE - NOVEMBER
Characters Alphabet Parade Challenge

5/9

1. A/B: Bowen MacRieve from Wicked Deeds On A Winter's Night by Kresley Cole 22/11
2. C/D/E: Emmaline Troy from A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 15/11
3. F/G/H: Holly Ashwin from Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole
4. I/J/K: Kaderin from No Rest For The Wicked by Kresley Cole 18/11
5. L/M/N: Néomi Laress from Dark Needs At Night's Edge by Kresley Cole
6. O/P/Q: Nykyrian Quiakides from Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/11
7. R/S/T: Rydstrom Woede from Kiss Of A Demon King by Kresley Cole
8. U/V/W: Nikolai Wroth from The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole 3/11
9. X/Y/Z:

Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (Immortals After Dark, #4) A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #2) Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark, #6) No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark, #3) Dark Needs At Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #5) Born of Night (The League, #1) Kiss of a Demon King (Immortals After Dark, #7) The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #1)


message 14: by Mel W (last edited 11 days ago, 10:00AM) (new)
Oct 27, 2009 05:04AM

471724 RRR GROUP - READ THE MONTH - NOVEMBER

5/8 read

N - Naked in Death by JD Robb 5/11
O -
V - (The) Villa by Nora Roberts 12/11
E - Eden Burning by Elizabeth Lowell 1/11
M - Midnight Angel by Lisa Kleypas
B - Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/11
E - Elijah by Jacquelyn Frank
R - Red Lily by Nora Roberts 4/11

Naked in Death (In Death #1) The Villa Eden Burning Midnight Angel (Stokehurst, # 1) Born of Night (The League, #1) Elijah (Nightwalkers, #3) Red Lily (In the Garden trilogy #3)


message 15: by Mel W (last edited 5 days ago, 03:49AM) (new)
Oct 27, 2009 05:08AM

471724 RRR GROUP - MONTHLY CHALLENGE - NOVEMBER

10/10 read - Challenge completed 18/11

1. N for November : No Rest For The Wicked by Kresley Cole 18/11
2. Birthday Bookshelf : A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole (Melissa's shelf) 15/11
3. Geography: New York : Glory In Death by JD Robb 14/11
4. Fall Theme : It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas 10/11
5. DST Change: Time : Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/11
6. Native American Heritage Month : Frontier Woman by Joan Johnston 9/11
7. One Author, Two Names - Book 1 : Red Lily by Nora Roberts 4/11
8. One Author, Two Names - Book 2 : Naked In Death by JD Robb 5/11
9. Romantic Suspense : Mr Perfect by Linda Howard 9/11
10. Reader's Choice : Eden Burning by Elizabeth Lowell 1/11

No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark, #3) A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #2) Glory in Death (In Death #2) It Happened One Autumn (Wallflowers, #2) Born of Night (The League, #1) Frontier Woman (Sisters of the Lone Star, #1) Red Lily (In the Garden trilogy #3) Naked in Death (In Death #1) Mr. Perfect Eden Burning


message 16: by Mel W (last edited 1 day ago, 12:26PM) (new)
Nov 02, 2009 01:39AM

471724 BOOKS READ - NOVEMBER

Eden Burning Playing Easy to Get (Includes Immortals After Dark, #1; Vikings Underground, #3; and B.A.D. #5) Red Lily (In the Garden trilogy #3) Naked in Death (In Death #1) Born of Night (The League, #1) Sleeping with the Fishes (Fred the Mermaid, #1) Frontier Woman (Sisters of the Lone Star, #1) Mr. Perfect It Happened One Autumn (Wallflowers, #2) The Villa Glory in Death (In Death #2) A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #2) No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark, #3) Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (Immortals After Dark, #4)


message 17: by Mel W (new)
Nov 02, 2009 01:48AM

471724 RRR GROUP - A-Z AUTHOR CHALLENGE
Duration: Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2009

Abe, Shana - The Smoke Thief 21/6
Balogh, Mary - Slightly Married 9/5
Campbell, Anna - Untouched 12/8
Dodd, Christina - That Scandalous Evening 21/5
Enoch, Suzanne - Sin and Sensibility 26/5
Feehan, Christine - Shadow Game 18/3
G
Howard, Linda - Heart of Fire 3/9
Ione, Larissa - Desire Unchained 2/4
Janzen, Tara - Crazy Hot 24/6
Kenyon, Sherrilyn - Fantasy Lover 15/3
Laurens, Stephanie - The Lady Chosen 26/4
MacAlister, Kate - Men in Kilts 26/4
N
O'Flanagan, Sheila - Bad Behaviour 4/3
P
Quick, Amanda - Second Sight 22/4
Reece, Christy - Rescue Me 2/10
Sands, Lynsay - Devil of the Highlands 17/5
T
U
Viehl, Lynn - If Angels Burn 20/7
Ward, JR - Dark Lover 22/7
X
York, Rebecca - Killing Moon 5/5
Z



message 19: by Mel W (last edited 1 day ago, 12:27PM) (new)
Nov 05, 2009 10:15AM

471724 RRR GROUP - SERIAL READERS CHALLENGE
Duration: Nov 5, 2009 to Nov 4, 2010

Will post as I go!

1. Jack the Page Ripper (15 books):

5 from

4 from

3 from Lisa Kleypas's Wallflower series:
It Happened One Autumn 10/11
Devil In Winter
Scandal In Spring
It Happened One Autumn (Wallflowers, #2) Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3) Scandal in Spring (Wallflowers, #4)

2 from JD Robb's In Death series:
Naked In Death 5/11
Glory In Death 14/11
Naked in Death (In Death #1) Glory in Death (In Death #2)

1 from

2. Una-book-bomber (5 books):

chick-lit: Swimming Without A Net by MaryJanice Davidson
romance:
mystery:
pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi:
young adult: Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz

Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods, #1) Swimming Without a Net (Fred the Mermaid, #2)

3. Spree Series Killer(1+ book):

new author:

4. Author-ican Psycho (1 book):

one more try:

5. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):

just read it already:

6. The Book Strangler (1+ books):

whole series: Kresley Cole's Immortal After Dark series:

1. A Hunger Like No Other 15/11
2. No Rest For The Wicked 18/11
3. Wicked Deeds On A Winter's Night 22/11
4. Dark Needs At Night's Edge
5. Dark Desires After Dusk
6. Kiss Of A Demon King

A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #2) No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark, #3) Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (Immortals After Dark, #4) Dark Needs At Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #5) Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark, #6) Kiss of a Demon King (Immortals After Dark, #7)

7. 3rd degree (3 books):

trilogy: Joan Johnston's Sisters of the Lone Star:

1. Frontier Woman 9/11
2. Comanche Woman
3. Texas Woman

Frontier Woman (Sisters of the Lone Star, #1) Comanche Woman (Sisters of the Lone Star, #2) Texas Woman (Sisters of the Lone Star, #3)

BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):

kick-ass heroine:


message 20: by Mel W (new)
Nov 15, 2009 03:16AM

471724 RRR GROUP - OF THE ROYAL LINE CHALLENGE
Duration: Dec 1, 2009 to Feb 28, 2010

0/10 read

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