Ashley’s Comments (group member since Feb 19, 2010)

Ashley’s comments from the Challenge Overload (PNR and UF Edition) group.

A-Z Female Character Challenge 2010
20/26 Complete

Astrid, Dance with the Devil
Bella, Lover Awakened
Claire, Glass Houses
Dani, Faefever
Elizabeth (Betsy), Undead and Unwed
Fray, Clary, City of Bones
Grace, Shiver
Harper Connelly, Grave Surprise
Isabel, Linger
Jones, Precious, Push by Sapphire
Kahlan, Wizards First Rule
Lily Bard, Shakespeare's Landlord
MacKayla Lane, Darkfever
Nickie, A Secret Rage
O
Pam, Dead in the Family
Q
Rowena, Bloodfever
Sunshine, Night Embrace
Teagarden, Aurora, Real Murders
U
Vee, Hush, Hush
Wanda, The Host
X
Y
Z

A-Z Male Character Challenge 2010
22/26 Complete

Acheron, Dance with the Devil
Bran, Moon Called
Christian McKelter, Bloodfever
Dimitri, Frostbite
Eric, Dead in the Family
Fezzik, The Princess Bride
Geryon, The Darkest Fire
Hans, The Book Thief
Ian, The Host
Jerricho Barrons, Darkfever
Kyrian, Night Pleasures
Lan, Eye of the World
Matthew, John, Lover Eternal
Nick Gautier, Night Embrace
O'Neil, Butch, Lover Revealed
Patch, Hush, Hush
Q
Richard Cypher, Wizards First Rule
Sam, Linger
Tolliver, Grave Surpise
U
V'lane, Faefever
Wulf, Kiss of the Night
X
Yury, Zhivago, Dr. Zhivago
Zadist, Lover Awakened

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RRRC September Monthly Challenge
I'm in for 8 this time!
5/8 complete

1. Title "S": Succubus Blues
2. Birthday List (Jane): Outlander
3. Geography: Kiss of Midnight
6. Blue Collar: (Cop; Inspector Jane) Dreamfever
7. Library: Night Play
8. Classic Romance: Wuthering Heights
9. Agatha Christie Tribute: Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
10. Readers Choice: The Hero and the Crown

PNR Monthly Challenge Feb 10
10/10 First Challenge and FINISHED!!!
1. A Favorite Author: A Touch of Dead-Charlaine Harris ***
2. "New" Author: The Lightning Thief-Rick Riordan Changed here to Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater ****
3. Gave up on/Second Chance: Guilty Pleasures Laurell K. Hamilton **
4. A Good Reads Author: The Sandman Vol 1 Preludes and Nocturnes-Neil Gaiman ***
5. An Author born/died in the same year as you: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams ***
6. An Author whose first or last name starts with A: The Witching Hour-Ann Rice ****
7. An Author whose first or last name starts with M: You Slay Me: Katie MacAlister ***
8. A Male Author: Storm Front Jim Butcher Changed to: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan **
9. A Female Author: Dark Lover JR Ward*****
10. More than one Author: Good Omens Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett ** or *** Parts were pretty funny, parts drug on. But I'm glad I read it.
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Serial Addict Challege
From S.O.S.
9/16-10-9/16/11
1/36 Complete

#1: Kelloggs is ranked as the most popular cereal company in the world (8 BOOKS)
K:athy Reichs, Deja Dead
E:vermore
L:over Unbound
L:ast Vampire, the
O:utlander 9/16/10
G:eorge R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
G:ena Showalter, The Darkest Kiss
S:uzanne Collins, The Hunger Games October 20th, 2010

2: 5 childhood favorites (15 BOOKS)
* Count Chocula: The Gardella Vampire Chronicles
1. The Rest Falls Away
2. Rises the Night
3. The Bleeding Dusk
4. When Twilight Burns
5. As Shadows Fade
* Froot Loops: Continuing Outlander Series
1. Dragonfly in Amber
2. Voyager
3. Drums of Autumn
4. The Fiery Cross
* Cap’n Crunch-Black Dagger Brotherhood
1. Lover Enshrined
2. Lover Avenged
3. Lover Mine
* Trix-Elemental Witches
1. Witch Fire
2. Witch Blood
* Lucky Charms-Books of Faerie
1. Lament

#3: High-Fiber cereals are good for you (1+ BOOKS)
Tairen Soul
1. Lord of the Fading Lands
2. Lady of Light and Shadows
3. King of Sword and Sky
4. Queen of Song and Souls
5. The Crown of Crystal Flame (TBP Oct 26, 2010)

#4: KIX tagline “Kid-Tested, Mother-Approved” (1+ BOOKS)
The Seven Kingdoms
1. Graceling
2. Fire
3. Bitterblue (TBP April 1, 2011)

#5: Rice Crispies tagline “Snap, Crackle, Pop” (1 BOOK)
Night Huntress World
1. First Drop of Crimson

#6: Oatmeal is best served HOT (1 BOOK)
Psy-Changeling
1. Slave to Sensation

#7: Cheerios - a decent bite when nothing tastier is available (1 BOOK)
Kushiel's Legacy
1. Kushiel's Dart

#8: LIFE (1 BOOK)
Wolves of Mercy Falls
1. Forever TBP July, 2011

#9: Wheaties tagline “The Breakfast of Champions” (1 BOOK)
Women of the Otherworld
1. Bitten

#10: Honey Smacks (1 BOOK)
Midnight Breed
1. Kiss of Midnight

Paranormal Romance September Reading Challenge
6/10 Complete!

1. My Books: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
2. Groups: Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. Good Reads Author: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
4. Recommended Book: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Recommendation from Dobarah
5. Quiz/Trivia: Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
6. Listopia: The Hunger Games Found on the list Best Kick-Ass Fantasy Female Characters From YA and Childrens
7. Friends: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon; Was also the Highest Rated Average with 4.7
8. Book of the Month Read: Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Current read till September 15th from 1001 Books to Read Before You Die
9. Good Reads Shelves: Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning Last Book on Page 5
10. Challenges: Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon Currently Part of my Serial Killer Reader Challenge from Romance Readers Reading Challenges


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I've decided I don't like skipping around in series anymore. I lose track of story lines and characters. After I finish Linger I want to try and stick to one series at a time.

2010 A-Z Title Book Challenge:
19 Complete!

A: A Touch of Dead Feb 2010
B: The Book Thief May 9th, 2010
C: City of Bones April 24th, 2010
D: Dark Lover Feb 27th, 2010
E: The Eye of the World March 31st, 2010
F: Changed to Fantasy Lover May 5th, 2010
G: Guilty Pleasures Feb 19, 2010
H: The Host June 4th, 2010
I: Inkdeath
J: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell
K: Kushiel's Dart
L: The Lightning Thief Feb 25th, 2010
M: Changed to Moon Called April 14th, 2010
N: Neverwhere October 23, 2010
O: Changed to On a Pale Horse March 25th, 2010
P: Preludes and Nocturnes Feb 13, 2010
Q: The Quick and the Dead
R: Real Murders May 24th, 2010
S: Shiver Feb 13, 2010
T: Taltos
U: Undead and Unwed April 1st, 2010
V: Vampire Academy May 8th, 2010
W: The Witching Hour Feb 21st, 2010
X: Sex and the Single Vampire
Y: You Slay Me Feb 23rd, 2010
Z: World War Z

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PNR Monthly June Challenge

Pick 10 Books off your friends "Read" Shelves
Challenge Unfinished ONLY 1/10 Complete!

1. Darkfever **** 1/10/10 Loved this first book! Am dying to read the next! (Nita)
2. Evermore (Esther)
3. Full Moon Rising (Jaime)
4. Halfway to the Grave (Sandy)
5. The Hunger Games (Bridgette)
6. Kiss of Midnight (Jenn)
7. The Laughing Corpse (Deborah)
8. Pleasure Unbound (Delicious Dee)
9. Succubus Blues (Kelley Anne)
10. Witch Fire (Abrown)


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RR Monthly June Challenge
1/10 Complete!

1. "J" for June: Jacob
2. Birthday: Outlander (FlibBityFLooB)
3. Geography: Gone With the Wind
4.Gemini Connection: Lover Awakened
5. Great Outdoors Month: In the Wilderness
6. Already Wed: Slightly Married
7. Repeat Day (June 3): Cassandra Clare: City of Ashes
8. Erotic Romance Genre: The Bounty
9. Of Lists and Shelves: Slave to Sensation
10. Reader's Choice: The Host

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Create Your Own Challenge
Title: TBR and Classics Be READ
August 16th, 2010-August 16th, 2011

Read 10 Books that have sat on your shelves for more than 6 months
1. Kushiel's Dart
2. Wizard's First Rule August 27th, 2010
3. A Game of Thrones
4. Life of Pi
5. Revolutionary Road
6. The Freedom Writers Diary
7. Helter Skelter
8. The Hiding Place
9. The Tale of the Body Thief
10. The Sun Also Rises


Read 9 Classics
1. Wuthering Heights
2. Gone with the Wind
3. Sense and Sensibility
4. The Great Gatsby
5. The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. The Satanic Verses
7. Little Women
8. Pride and Prejudice
9. Emma


Read 8 Books I started but never finished
1. The Mists of Avalon
2. One Hundred Years of Solitude
3. An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum
4. Written on the Body
5. The Reader
6. The Bell Jar
7. A Wrinkle in Time
8. A Great and Terrible Beauty


Read 7 Books in YA or Fantasy
1. Over Sea, Under Stone
2. The Hero and the Crown
3. The Summer Before
4. The Dark is Rising
5. The Many Colored Land
6. Sabriel
7. The Great Hunt


Read 6 Books that were recommended by a friend
1. My Sister's Keeper
2. A Spell for Chameleon
3. Lord Foul's Bane
4. Split Infinity
5. My Horizontal Life Aug 16, 2010
6. Possession


Read 5 Books from Series you haven't finished yet
1. Inkdeath
2. The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
3. Forever in Blue
4. Lasher
5. Taltos


Read 4 New Authors
1. Susanna Clark-Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
2. Frank Herbert-Dune
3. Larissa Ione-Pleasure Unbound
4. Kathy Reichs-Deja Dead


Read a Trilogy
1. The Hunger Games October 19, 2010
2. Catching Fire December 28th,2010
3. Mockingjay December 31st, 2010


Read 2 Stand Alone Novels
1. The Giver
2. A Little Princess


Read 1 Complete Series

It’s Just A Game Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2010 to August 31, 2010

6/12 Complete!

Monopoly: How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire

Clue: The Rest Falls Away

Chess: Wizard's First Rule

Candyland: Chocolat

Twister (I'm gonna try one of every color!): Halfway to the Grave; Succubus Blues; Shakespeare's Landlord; Bloodfever

Operation: My Sister's Keeper

Scene It!: My Horizontal Life

Girl Talk: Linger

Mahjongg: The Joy Luck Club

Risk: Gone with the Wind

Bonus 1; Ouiji (Read a book that involves seeing or communicating with the Dead.)
Grave Surprise

Bonus 2; Battle of the Sexes (Read a romance where the characters clash; then fall in love):
Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast

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Don't Currently Own; Long Holds:

5/5 Done!! FINISHED!!!

1. May: Meridian 5/23/10 ****
Really good. Interesting story and world. Can't wait for the forthcoming sequel.

2. Birthday: Real Murders (Briansgirl)5/24/10
**** Very enjoyable introduction to series. I liked it better than the first book of Harper Connelly but not as much as Sookie.

3. Washington State: Frostbite 5/23/10 ****
I am really enjoying this series! So glad there are YA authors out there who know how to do this right.

Changed to:
6. 1,000 Ratings: Vampire Academy 5/7/10 ****

10. Reader's Choice: Dance with the Devil 5/30/10 ****
Very good. I especially love stories where the main character needs to be taught to love...sad and rewarding at the end.


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PNR Cover Challenge
Read 10/10

Single Male on Cover:
1. Changed BACK to Hush, Hush ** 5/20/10
Underdeveloped story, uninspired world with little to no development, boring characters and a stupid main character. Little to no redeeming qualities...ick.
2. Changed to:Fantasy Lover 5/4/2010 **** Really Enjoyed!!
3. Changed to: Night Embrace 5/28/10 ****
This series is turning out to be very entertaining. The world is interesting, the characters are fun...it's light and easy to get through with just the right amount of cheese. :)


Single Female on Cover:
1. Changed to: Glass Houses 5/5/2010 ***
Glass houses was ok. It was an interesting after reading so many "vampires are dangerous, but sexy and the best lovers" type books, it was different getting used to the "vampires are bad guys" type. But I did enjoy it and will probably read the rest of the series at some point.
2. Changed to Meridian **** 5/23/10 Really good. Interesting story and world. Can't wait for the forthcoming sequel.
3. Changed to: Vampire Academy 5/7/10 ****
I really enjoyed Vampire Academy. I had to DL the kindle sample of book 2 to tide me over from getting it at the library later in the month! I enjoy flawed heroes, and Rose has the shimmering beginnings of one!!


Couple on Cover:
1. Dead in the Family 5/14/10 ***
Though not my favorite book, I still enjoyed it. It felt like an "in-betweener" book...
2. Lover Eternal **** 5/19/10 This series just gets better and better! I love these books! Review is up...


No people on Cover:
1. Changed to: The Book Thief
This book was haunting and exquisitely written. It will forever be a part of me, and is in the top three books I've ever read in my life.
2. Changed to: Night Pleasures 5/10/10 ***


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RRR April Monthly Challenge:

5/10

1. Read a book title starts with"A":A Great and Terrible Beauty
2. Pick a book of the shelf of an April Bday Celebrant (from Sarah):
3. Iowa?? TBD
4. Flower in title or on cover: Undead and Unwed
5. Earth Day Reuse book you didn't get to in previous challenge: Dead Witch Walking
6. Character that is in the Arts: City Of Bones
7. Has an average of 4 Stars on Goodreads: Moon Called
8. Read a Fantasy Romance: Kushiel's Dart
9. W/in first 10 pages of Goodreads Romance: Fantasy Lover IN PROGRESS
10. Readers Choice: Dark Prince

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SERIAL KILLER READER CHALLENGE

1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books):
5 From Black Dagger Brotherhood
Dark Lover Feb 27, 2010
Lover Eternal May 19th, 2010
Lover Awakened August 16th, 2010
Lover Revealed January 7, 2011
Lover Unbound


4 from Fever Series
Darkfever June 10th, 2010
Bloodfever August 28th, 2010
Faefever August 30th, 2010
Dreamfever September 2nd, 2010



3 from Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy May 8th, 2010
Frostbite May 23rd, 2010
Shadow Kiss


2 from Wolves of Mercy Falls
Shiver February 13th, 2010
Linger August 18th, 2010


1 from Morganville Vampires
Glass Houses May 5th, 2010


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

chick-lit: Undead and Unwed April 1, 2010

romance: Dark Prince April 23rd, 2010

mystery: Shakespeare's Landlord June 16, 2010

pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi:Dead in the Family May 14th, 2010

young adult: City of Bones April 24, 2010


3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book):
Halfway to the Grave 6/22/11


or
Dead Witch Walking 1/12/11


4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book)
The Laughing Corpse 3/26/11


5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):
Succubus Blues September 25, 2010


6) The Book Strangler Dark Hunter Series (5 books):
Fantasy Lover May 4th, 2010
Night Pleasures May 10th, 2010
Night Embrace May 28th, 2010
Dance With the Devil May 31st, 2010
Kiss of the Nigh September, 18, 2010



7) 3rd Degree (3 books)The Mayfair Witches:
The Witching Hour February 22nd, 2010
Lasher
Taltos


BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):
Moon Called April 14, 2010