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my favorites are Emerge (The Evolve series) by SE Hall
Chasing Nikki by Lacey Weatherford
A Beautiful Mess by TK Leigh
One More Day (The Alexanders) by M. Malone
and Love Is Relative (Defining Love series) by Haven Francis
I'm in for the newbie level, starting with March 1st. I tend to read more New Adult than Young Adult, but I think I can definitely hit the newbie level and then I'll see about going up from there.
WRC: Young Adult Genre Challenge
Date: 03/01/14 - 02/28/15
Level: Newbie - 25 Books - SURPASSED
Level: Familar - 50 books FINISHED
1. Give Me Something Elizabeth Lee 3/9/14
2. Kissing In Cars Sara H. Ney 3/10/14
3. Pregame Taylor Wade 3/12/14
4. Spiral Mila Ferrera 3/17/14
5. It Was You Anna Cruise 3/21/14
6. Fallen Crest High Tijan 3/28/14
7. Stealing Harper Molly McAdams 3/29/14
8. Asking for Trouble Sandra Byrd 4/5/14
9. Understudy Denise Kim Wy 4/7/14
10. Wait Ryan Ringbloom 4/14/14
11. The End of You and Me Wendi M. Lee 5/5/14
12. The Fine Line Alicia Kobishop 6/16/14
13. Young Love Lost Doug Burris 7/2/14
14. 13 Little Blue Envelopes Maureen Johnson 7/10/14
15. After Amy Efaw 7/16/14
16. Easy Tammara Webber 7/16/14
17. In Between Jenny B. Jones 7/21/14
18. The Sea of Tranquility Katja Millay 7/21/14
19. The Vincent BoysAbbi Glines 7/23/14
20. The Summer I Found You Jolene Perry 7/26/14
21. The Guys Are Props Club Ingrid Seymour 7/28/14
22. The Vincent Brothers Abbi Glines 7/31/14
23. Promiscuous Isobel Irons 8/1/14
24. You Make Me Erin McCarthy 8/2/14
25. Out of Play Nyrae Dawn 8/6/14
26. Exhale Jennifer Snyder 8/7/14
27. Lessons in Love Clarissa Carlyle 8/16/14
28. You Have Seven Messages Stewart Lewis 8/19/14
29. This Beautiful Thing Amanda Heath 8/23/14
30. Obsessive Isobel Irons 8/26/14
31. Rules of Attraction Simone Elkeles 8/30/14
32. While He Was Away Karen Schreck 8/31/14
33. Falling into You Jasinda Wilder 9/16/14
34. Ten Tiny Breaths K.A. Tucker 9/30/14
35. Breathe Abbi Glines 10/3/14
36. Thoughtless S.C. Stephens 10/8/14
37. The Final Piece Maggi Myers 10/9/2014
38. One Tiny Lie KA Tucker 10/12/14
39. Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 10/18/14
40. Every Little Piece Kate Ashton 10/18/14
41. If I Stay Gayle Forman 10/19/14
42. The Summer We Fell Amber Garza 10/20/14
43. That Boy Jillian Dodd 11/14/14
44. After the Storm Marie Landry 11/16/14
45. Roadside Assistance Amy Clipston 11/24/14
46. Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! Sara Roethle 11/25/14
47. Because of Low Abbi Glines 11/27/14
48. Four Seconds to Lose K.A. Tucker 12/1/14
49. While It Lasts Abbi Glines 12/20/14
50. Just You Rebecca Phillips 12/27/14
51. Someone Else Rebecca Phillips 12/27/14
I'm in. What's one more challenge? Wacky 12 Step Program Challenge
Date: 03/01/14 - 02/28/15
0/12 Completed
MARCH 2014: Read a book from that group's bookshelf.
APRIL 2014: Read a book from a participating challenger's bookshelf.
MAY 2014: Read a book from one of the moderator's bookshelves.
JUNE 2014: Read a book found listed in the challenge.
JULY 2014: Read a book by a new-to-you author listed in the challenge.
AUGUST 2014: Read a book whose title begins with the same letter as the challenge name.
SEPTEMBER 2014: Read a book whose title ends with the same letter as the last letter in the challenge name.
OCTOBER 2014: Read a book published the same year as the challenge began.
NOVEMBER 2014: Read a book by an author with first/last name beginning with the same letter as the first letter of the challenge name.
DECEMBER 2014: Read a book from a Goodreads friend's shelf that is participating in the challenge.
JANUARY 2015: Read a book by a favorite author found listed in the challenge.
FEBRUARY 2015: Read a book found listed in the challenge that you do NOT currently have listed on your TBR.
EDITED 6/7/14 - I'm going to drop out of this one - I forgot that I signed up for this one and rather than try to make up for lost time and catch up, I'm going to focus more on the challenges that I'm close to finishing up on!
Sheila, you're not hopeless! You're simply securing yourself into the position of having to hang out with all of us for a very long long long time!
Sheila wrote: "Nice climb Lesley. I hope those aren't all first books in series."Guilty - these are all brand new to me series, but I'm caught up with what's been released with 5 of the series, and I'm planning on keeping going with all of the other series to be caught up with them.
The Fire and Icing series has 4 other books
Chasing Nikki has 2 others
The Alexanders has 3.5 more books
Defining Love has only 1 more
9) #1's and a 2 and a 3 brings me to the top of KawaikiniKAWAIKINI - 5,243
5 - #1 When It's LoveEmma Lauren 2/5/14
#1 Melt With You Jessie Evans 2/9/14
#1 Emerge S.E. Hall 2/9/14
#1 Chasing NikkiLacey Weatherford 2/13/14
#1 One More Day M. Malone 2/13/14
2 - A Tragic Wreck TK Leigh 2/16/14
4 - #1 A Beautiful Mess TK Leigh 2/16/14
#1 Dying for Dinner Rolls Lois Lavrisa 2/17/14
#1 Love Is Relative Haven Francis 2/19/14
#1 In Deep Shitake Patricia Mason 2/20/14
3 - Trust in MeFriends & Lovers #3 Bethany Lopez 1/4/14
I'm reading
. It's moving along really quickly and I'm really enjoying it! the main character, Mo, is a PI and keeps finding herself in strange situations, like when she is breaking into a car through the sunroof and gets stuck, only to be found by a handsome movie star.
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this one is an anthology by 4 different authors
A contemporary romance anthology featuring four steamy stories by some of your favorite bestselling authors!
Warning – this book contains passion, romance, and sizzling encounters with sexy heroes. It is intended for readers over seventeen…
Oceans Apart by C.J. Pinard
Sergeant Riley Forrester has just spent a magical summer with a hot single mom named Cara, but has been sent to Afghanistan to serve his country. He thought the summer was just a fling, but finds he can't stop thinking about Cara. Will their long-distance relationship last, or should he let her go once his deployment ends? If only love was that easily defined…
My Despicable Ex by Sierra Rose
She thinks he’s despicable. He wants her back…with a vengeance.
Ashly Roberts and Jake Connors are barely twenty when they decide to take the proverbial plunge and walk down the aisle to exchange vows in front of the dearly beloved. Basking in bridal bliss, Ashly feels she is living the perfect fairytale, until she’s faced with a runaway groom, dumped at the altar by bad-boy fiancé, Jake Connors.
Jake realizes that being a no-show for their nuptials was the worst mistake of his life. A little older and more mature, he is ready to fight for Ashly’s love once again. When Ashly sees him, she can’t deny the attraction she feels, but her hormones are overruled by the horror of what he did to her in the past. Nevertheless, Jake’s most potent weapon, those dazzling baby blues, ignites a spark in Ashly, no matter how angry she wants to be. She cannot deny the spark, and she only hopes the inferno it ignites will not consume her heart again.
Saving Forever by Lexy Timms
Charity Thompson wants to save the world, one hospital at a time. Instead of finishing med school to become a doctor, she chooses a different path and raises money for hospitals – new wings, equipment, whatever they need. Except there is one hospital she would be happy to never set foot in again--her fathers. So of course he hires her to create a gala for his sixty-fifth birthday. Charity can’t say no. Now she is working in the one place she doesn’t want to be. Except she’s attracted to Dr. Elijah Bennet, the handsome playboy chief.
Will she ever prove to her father that’s she’s more than a med school dropout? Or will her attraction to Elijah keep her from repairing the one thing she desperately wants to fix?
Tangled Beauty by Kristen Middleton
Sinclair Jeffries thought she knew what she was getting into when her zany, gay friend, Jesse Eddington, talked her into portraying his girlfriend during his parent's anniversary party on Huntington Beach. That is, until she met Reed, Jesse's sexy as hell older brother, and ends up getting much more than what she'd bargained for.
Reed Eddington assumed his future was settled until he met Sinclair, his brother's so-called "girlfriend", but the raw, sexual tension between them is hard to ignore. As he watches their ruse from the sidelines, he finds himself wanting to uncover more than just their amusing little facade.
rockstar contemporary romance 
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Jess is caught off guard when a sexy stranger buys her a cup of coffee and asks her to sit with him. He's mysterious, nice, and even though he says the right things at the right time, Jess can sense that there's something hidden about him.
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As Johnnie sits across from the beautiful woman, he can't believe she doesn't recognize him. Everyone does. It comes with the territory when you're the lead singer of one of the hottest bands in the world, Chasing Cross. With one more show to go before taking a small break in touring, it feels like luck is on Johnnie's side. That is, if he can find a way to tell Jess who he is, without scaring her off.
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After her best friend begs her to come to a concert, Jess finds herself standing in the middle of a crowd. The lights are off, music begins, and the crowd erupts in cheers. She doesn't know much about the band, but that's all about to change. When the lights come on, Jess can't believe her eyes. The lead singer of the band is the man from the café.
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Plucked from the crowd during the show, Jess makes her way backstage. The encore may have ended on stage, but the real show is just about to begin. Johnnie's passion quickly turns to romance but the more time he and Jess spend together, the more things get complicated. Johnnie has a big decision to make about himself and the band, testing his loyalty and love for the music, and when Jess's dreams start to come true, she starts to realize that true love exists, but it's not always an easy path to take.
contemporary romance
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Restoring discipline at a girls’ academy should have been easy for a former US Naval Officer. It wasn't, nor was it easy dealing with an all-female staff.
Adam Wild considers himself well equipped to bring order back to St Mary’s Academy in northern England - and he’s not about to take No for an answer. Still in love with his late wife, he believes himself immune to the temptations of the female staff
Fiercely independent Jenna Murray has learned that she does not need a man in her life; especially the arrogant Adam Wild who has stolen the headship she feels should have been hers. She undermines his authority at every turn, until even the girls recognize the underlying emotion in their constant sparring. Determined to bring him down, an allegation by a troubled girl is just the ammunition she needs
But then Nicole, Adam’s late wife’s kid sister returns from Africa with a life-threatening condition and a startling request that forces both Adam and Jenna to re-evaluate their feelings about love
Lust shouts. Love whispers. Only the heart knows the difference.
Intrigue, scandal, suspense, and romance peppered with humor tell how one man’s influence on a school of wayward girls and their teachers changes their lives in ways none of them would imagine – and eventually his own.
another new one - this one has 3) 5-star ratings and 1) 1-star and 1) 2-star so either you'll love it or you'll hate it! 
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Deputy Janie Johnson is an independent and headstrong young woman. Being a deputy sheriff in a small town in Nevada keeps her busy, as does training for the state archery tournament in Las Vegas. She also can't help interfering with her friends' lives, although she wants no one butting into hers. Her world gets shaken to the core when she interferes one too many times, and family friend, Craig Ferguson, takes her to task. As she is reeling from Craig, she meets well driller, Mike Church, who threatens to pull the rug completely out from under her. Janie has built her life on being in control, and now she's at risk of losing it all.
Last book of the Rancher series, with a nod to Jane Austen.
a brand new freebie - just published on 2/17 and has O reviews/ratings here or at Amazon.
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Jess Madigan has moved back to her parents' home, ashamed, alone, and in heaps of debt after abandoning medical school. Tormented by her own sense of failure, Jess is desperate to regain some form of inner spark. That's when she encounters an old flame, now a devastatingly handsome and internationally successful author and adventurer.
Jake Lassiter is smoldering hot, impulsive, and fun in the deepest sense of the word. With him, girl-next-door Jess devours life, savors its fruits, and surrenders to a primal force infinitely more powerful than she. Yet, even as Jake lifts her to dizzying heights, Jess knows there's something he isn't telling her. And she knows it is a secret with the power to entwine them forever--or to rip them irrevocably apart.
A scintillating and deeply emotional journey, A Lover's Secret will stay with readers long after the final page has turned.
one mountain done! HALEAKALA
1 - Make it Last Friends & Lovers #1 Bethany Lopez 1/2/14
0 - Teasing Trent (The Alexanders #.5) M. Malone 2/19/14
0 - Shitake Happens (Shitake Mystery #.5) Patricia Mason 2/19/14
2 - I Choose You Friends & Lovers #2 Bethany Lopez 1/4/13
3 - I Am Yours Heartbeat #3 by Faith Sullivan 1/1/14
Oh, I'm definitely in!! March 1, 2014 - March 31, 2014.
Level: Senior
Progress 10/10
March's List of Items:
01) animal - TIGER Kiss the Tiger Raquel Lyon 3/24/14
02) noun - CARS
03) adjective - IMPOSSIBLE
Impossible Love, The Complete Before You Go SeriesClare James 3/3/14
04) verb + ing RECORDING
Off the Record Sawyer Bennett 3/2/14
05) color - PINK Pregame Taylor Wade 3/12/14
06) noun - SUMMER For the Summer Shey Stahl 3/19/14
07) weapon - ARROW
Darlene Deluca 3/15/1408) body part - FACE
S.E. Hall 3/6/1409) food - CHOCOLATE The Bride Wore Chocolate Shirley Jump 3/22/14
10) sport -HOCKEY Blue Lines Toni Aleo 3/16/14
Love it JenniferJ! I'm glad that this will be going on again next month!
LOL Barb, if it makes it easier on you, most of mine are New Adult romances and have maybe only 3 or 4 books total in the series (so far). Only one (Dying for Dinner Rolls) is a cozy mystery and if I'm not mistaken, it's already on your TBR list!
Apparently I start way too many series too! Here's my first card finished!
Card #1
Task #1: Read 13 books that are Book #1 of a series.
1. Make it Last Friends & Lovers #1 Bethany Lopez 1/2/14
2. Broken at Love Whitman University #1 Lyla Payne 1/13/14
3. Fall into my Heart Rebecca Elise 1/15/14 (Subzero #1)
4. Matchplay (Matchplay #1) Dakota Madison 1/16/14
5. Connected by the Sea E.L. Todd 2/1/14 (Hawaiian Crush #1)
6. Significance by Shelley Crane - 02/03/14
7. Melt With You Jessie Evans 2/8/14
8. Emerge S.E. Hall 2/9/14
9. Chasing Nikki Lacey Weatherford 2/12/14
10. One More Day M. Malone 2/13/14
11. A Beautiful Mess TK Leigh 2/16/14
12. Dying for Dinner Rolls Lois Lavrisa 2/17/14
13. Love Is Relative Haven Francis 2/19/14
but on a happy note, I've continued on with 4 of these series and so far have read the corresponding book #2s.
Connie, that's our incentive to get you all closer to the finish line with this one!!! how close are you? I'm too lazy to scroll up and see where you are!
I love FictFact too, and if you have a series that's not listed yet, you can fill out the form and they'll get it added. I submitted at least 5 different series last week and they were up within a couple of days!!! After sending them more work to do, I sent a general contact message too, just to let them know how much I love the site and how useful it is and I got a nice reply back from them this morning!
Question time, if I'm overdue on the 13x13 challenge but just read a book that works for that, do you think I should use that same book for a fit in the new 14x14 challenge? If I'm late one of the monthly challenges, I try not to use the book for say the January MotM challenge AND the February MotM challenge so I'm thinking I should use the same logic for the 13x13/14x14 but my justification that it'd be ok is that there's so many more books involved than in the monthly challenges. what do you think?
Connie, sorry that you got more snow yesterday than it was forecast for. The storm tracked just differently enough from the forecast that we didn't get the 4-7 they had called for and more of the 2-4. But sadly it's snowing again today. Andy took the day off from work today to spend the day with us and we were going to go down to Springfield for a floor hockey event with the Springfield Falcons, but the snow was coming down REALLY hard when we were leaving and I made the call that it'd be silly to risk our necks just to go hang with with a few of the players off the ice. We'd been down to it the last 2 years that they've offered the day so I know the boys would've had fun but no point putting us all on the roads if we didn't HAVE to be there. It was a bit hard for me to make that call because I have a serious crush on one of the players that more than likely would have been there today!
I'm really ready for spring - I'm seriously thinking about taking a trip to PA to find and strangle that furry groundhog that is gave us 6 more weeks of this junk!!
