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Finished! 10.26.13
I just have U left to finish the challenge! Of course it isn't something easy like C or R. I want to do the challenge again, but I found near the end I'm having trouble keeping it within the character limit. Does using the spoiler tag help with that? Or is there no trick to it?
Twelve Towers ChallengeQuick as a Bunny:
10.17.13-10.16.15
Books: 29/78
Towers: 4/12
Acquired Recently:
On Shelves Longest:
2. Atonement by Ian McEwan
3. Lady Susan by Jane Austen
4. Witch by Marie Brennan
5. Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan
6. Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
10. Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
11. Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison
Random:
1. The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
2. Down London Road by Samantha Young
3. Demon Song by Cat Adams
5. Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz
6. The Hightlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning
8. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
9. Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr
Series:
Novellas/Short-stories:
Everyone But Me:
3. The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Most Anticipated:
1. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
2. The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison
4. Fury of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Recommendations:
3. Every Day by David Levithan
4. Defiance by C.J. Redwine
5. The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
Started and Never Finished:
1. Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
2. Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
4. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Re-reads:
Cover Mismatch:
Intimidation:
Jun 28, 2013 01:53PM
I'm excited for this! I've owned the book for awhile but I haven't gotten a chance to read it yet!
Level 1 For the Serious Reader1.1.13-12.31.13
13/100
1.Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward 1.2.13
2.Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison 1.3.13
3.Pale Demon by Kim Harrison 1.4.13
4.Sealed with a Curse by Cecy Robson 1.6.13
5.A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison 1.8.13
6.Down to You by M. Leighton 1.9.13
7.Here Kitty, Kitty! by Shelly Laurenston 1.9.13
8.Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill 1.10.13
9.Drink Deep by Chloe Neill 1.11.13
10.Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren 1.11.13
11.Biting Cold by Chloe Neill 1.15.13
12.Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian 1.18.13
13.Burned by Ellen Hopkins 1.18.13
14.Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl 1.26.13
15.Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations by David Ferry 2.18.13
16.Fast Animal by Tim Seibles 2.21.13
17.House Rules by Chloe Neill 2.21.13
18.The Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home by Janice N. Harrington 3.7.13
19.The Lazarus Machine by Paul Crilley 3.8.13
20.A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver 3.15.13
21.Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs 3.17.13
22.Thrall by Natasha Trethewey 3.21.13
23.Between by Kerry Schafer 3.27.13
24.Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans 3.27.13
25.Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks 3.29.13
26.Rebel by Kristina Douglas 3.31.13
27.Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston 4.3.13
28.The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult 4.4.13
29.Journals and Letters by Frances Burney 4.24.13
30.The Diviners by Libba Bray 4.28.13
31.The Raven Boys by Maggie Steifvater 5.6.13
32.Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor 5.13.13
33.Blood Red Road by Moira Young 5.21.13
34.The Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter 6.9.13
35.Binding the Shadows by Jenn Bennett 6.11.13
This is a great challenge! I definitely read wayyy more female authors than male authors, and I'd love to expand. I will use this post if I decide to join.
Disney Princes ChallengeDuration: 1.1.13-12.31.13
Completed: 3/10
♚"The Prince": Any hero that approaches, lures, or kisses the heroine on a balcony. Any book where the protagonist is name "Harry".: Nik, Here Kitty, Kitty! by Shelly Laurenston 1.9.13
♚"Prince Charming": Read a book where the hero is a duke searching for the "right girl to be his bride. Any hero named William or Mike.
♚Prince Phillip: Look for a hero betrothed to the heroine at an early age, or before he has even met her. Or read a book where the hero is named Phillip.
♚Prince Eric: Read a book where the hero is a sea captain, or is saved by the heroine, or is named Eric, or Christopher: Aric, Sealed with a Curse by Cecy Robson 1.6.13
♚Prince Adam: Read a book where the hero is a shape-shifter, scarred, or a redhead. Or arrogant, self-centered, and spoiled at the start of the book. Or named Adam, or Robby: Bennett, Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren 1.11.13
♚Aladdin: Read a book where the hero is - or once was - a street rat, orphan, thief, or comes from the "wrong side of the tracks". Or is named Aladdin, Scott, or Brad.
♚Captain John Smith: Find a book where the hero is a captain, or exploring a new world; or a blonde heroes. Of course, a hero with the names of John and Mel count: Cash/Nash, Down to You by M. Leighton 1.9.13
♚Captain Li Shang: He's is a Chinese army captain; or any hero that is too "by-the-book," putting his duty above his feelings at the beginning. A hero named Li, or with the initials B.D, or named Donnie: Lucan, Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian 1.18.13
♚Prince Naveen: Find a hero that is a playboy at the beginning of the book, or who is visiting New Orleans for Mardi Gras; or he lives in a swamp; can be named Naveen or Bruno.
♚Eugene Fitzherbert: Read a book where the hero is knocked unconscious by the heroine. Or one where the hero is hired by the heroine to escort or show her the way some where (as in a "road trip" story). Or where the hero is named Eugene, Flynn, or Zachary.
Sorting Hat ChallengeDuration: 1.1.13-12.31.13
Level: Hard
Completed: 0/16
Gryffindor:
➲ Gryffindor's emblematic animal is the lion: Read a book about a lion (or a shape shifter who turns into a lion): Here Kitty, Kitty! by Shelly Laurenston 1.9.13
➲ Gryffindor's emblematic colors are scarlet and gold: Read a book that has a predominately scarlet or gold cover: A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison 1.8.13
➲ "Nearly Headless Nick" is the house ghost of Gryffindor: Read a book featuring ghosts or read a book in which someone was decapitated or beheaded. Yikes!
➲ Members of Gryffindor are described as courageous, chivalrous, and brave to the point of recklessness (sometimes) : Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison 1.3.13
Slytherin:
➲ Slytherin's emblematic animal is the snake: Read a book which features a snake on the cover or in the story.
➲ Slytherin's emblematic colors are green and silver: Read a book that has a predominately green or silver cover: Pale Demon by Kim Harrison 1.4.13
➲ The Bloody Baron is the house ghost of Slytherin: Read a book in which a suicide or murder takes place. You can also read a book where the protagonist loves someone who does not love them back: Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian 1.18.13
➲ Members of Slytherin are described as cunning and shrewd: Read a book in which the protagonist portrays one of these qualities consistently throughout the book. Or read a book in which the protagonist irked you.
Hufflepuff:
➲ Helga Hufflepuff, the founder of Hufflepuff, was a witch during medieval times: Read a book that is set in a medieval time period (between 5th to the 15th century)
➲ Hufflepuff's emblematic colors are yellow and black: Read a book that has a predominately yellow or black cover: Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren 1.11.13
➲ Fat Friar, the house ghost of Hufflepuff, dedicated his life to religion: Read a book about someone who is extremely religious: Burned by Ellen Hopkins 1.18.13
➲ Members of Hufflepuff are described as hard working, patient, and loyal: Read a book in which the protagonist portrays one of these qualities consistently throughout the book: Merit, Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill 1.10.13
Ravenclaw:
➲ Ravenclaw's emblematic animal is the eagle: Read a book which features an eagle on the cover or in the story. You can also read a book about someone who can shape shift into a bird of any type.
➲ Ravenclaw's emblematic colors are blue and bronze: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward 1.2.13
➲ Rowena Ravenclaw, the founder of Ravenclaw, was Scottish: Read a book that takes place in Scotland.
➲ Members of Ravenclaw are described as intelligent, witty, and wise: Read a book in which the protagonist is scholarly, bookish, all knowing, etc: Biting Cold by Chloe Neill 1.15.13
Dec 23, 2012 06:55AM
I will be participating too! I have had this book for awhile and haven't had a chance to read it yet. So I'm really excited to join!
I updated my post, 40/42. Two left!!
Thanks! I'm happy to be participating!
Decades ChallengeDuration: 1.3.13-1.4.14
Level: VIII
Completed: 3/88
2013
1.House Rules by Chloe Neill
2.Biting Bad by Chloe Neill
3.With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent
4.Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
5.Ever After by Kim Harrison
6.Blood Trade by Faith Hunter
7.The Darkest Craving by Gena Showalter
8.Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston
10.
11.
12.
13.
2012
1.Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong
3.Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent
4.Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer
5.Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
6.Unbroken by Rachel Caine
7.Death's Rival by Faith Hunter
8.The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter
9.Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
2011
1.Awakened by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast
2.Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong
5.If I Die by Rachel Vincent
6.Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead
7.Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead
8.Succubus Revealed by Richelle Mead
9.Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
10.Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
2010
1.Burned by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast
2.Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong
3.Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
4.My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent
5.My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent
6.Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead
7.Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
8.Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison
9.Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione
2009
1.Hunted by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast
2.Tempted by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast
3.Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong
4.Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
5.My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent
6.Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead
7.Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
8.Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine
9.Fade Out by Rachel Caine
2008
1.Chosen by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast
2.Untamed by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast
3.Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
4.Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
5.Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead
6.Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine
7.Lord of Misrule by Rachel Caine
8.Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow
2007
1.Betrayed by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast
2.No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong
3.Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine
4.How to Abduct a Highland Lord by Karen Hawkins
5.Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
2006
1.Broken by Kelley Armstrong
2.Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
3.Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
4.Witch by Marie Brennan
5.Be Mine Tonight by Kathryn Smith
2005
1.Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
2.Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
3.A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
4.Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
5.Something Blue by Emily Giffin
2004
1.The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
2.Wages of Sin by Jenna Maclaine
3.Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas
4.
2003
1.A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
2.
3.
Chelsea Anne wrote: "Sarah wrote: "100 Oldest on Mount TBRDuration: 12.2.12-12.1.14
Completed: 0/100
Tentative List: (I may delete books based on interest)
1.Atonement by Ian McEwan
2.Snow Falling on Cedars by David ..."
Thank you, Chelsea!
100 Oldest on Mount TBRDuration: 12.2.12-12.1.14
Completed: 0/100
Tentative List: (I may delete books based on interest)
1.Atonement by Ian McEwan
2.Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
3.A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
4.Lady Susan by Jane Austen
5.Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
6.The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
7.Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackery
8.Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
9.Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
10.Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
11.The Cider House Rules by John Irving
12.Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
13.Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14.Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
15.To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette by Caroline Erickson
16.The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes By His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George
17.Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
18.Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
19.The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
20.Zombie Blondes by James Brian
21.The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice
22.Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
23.The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
24.The Giver by Lois Lowry
25.The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
26.The Odyssey by Homer
27.The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
28.Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
29.Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
30.The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
31.Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
32.The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
33.Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
34.Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
35.Life & Death of Anne Boleyn: The Most Happy by Eric Ives
36.The Pleasure Palace by Kate Emerson
37.The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
38.Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
39.The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
40.The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
41.The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas by John Boyne
42.Sold by Patricia McCormick
43.Wake by Lisa McMann
44.Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
45.Impossible by Nancy Werlin
46.13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
47.Beastly by Alex Flinn
48.Evernight by Claudia Gray
49.Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
50.Taltos by Anne Rice
51.Willow by Julia Hoban
52.Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
53.Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
54.Pretty Monster by Kelly Link
55.Guardian by Julius Lester
56.Drood by Dan Simmons
57.The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
58.The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
59.The Last Boleyn by Karen Harper
60.The Road by Cormac McCarthy
61.Flowers of Algernon by Daniel Keyes
62.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
63.The Aenid by Virgil
64.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
65.Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
66.The Fairy Reel: Tales From the Twilight Realm by Ellen Datlow
67.An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
68.Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
69.The Awakening/The Struggle by L.J. Smith
70.Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz
71.A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
72.The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
73.Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
74.Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
75.Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan
76.The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
77.Broken by Kelley Armstrong
78.No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong
79.Personal Demons by Kelley Armstrong
80.Living With the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
81.Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong
82.Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
83.Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong
84.Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge
85.Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
86.Bite Me by Christopher Moore
87.Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
88.The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
89.Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
90.The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
91.I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
92.Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Future of You by Brian K. Vaughn
93.Bitterblue by Kristen Cashore
94.1984 by George Orwell
95.Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
96.The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
97.Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
98.The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
99.If I Stay by Gayle Forman
100.Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
I think I want to do a longer challenge. Probably the 100 oldest books on my TBR, and set a time limit, maybe a year or two. I have to see what books I have as my 100 oldest and figure it out.
Build-A-BodyDuration: 12.2.12-6.2.13
Completed: 1/10
Head:
12.13.12Hair:
4.4.13Neck:
Shoulders:
12.18.12Eyes:
Mouth:
Torso:
12.2.12Back:
12.3.12Arms:
12.8.12Legs:
12.9.12Hands:
1.11.13Feet:
Great challenge!
Sashana wrote: "No problem, ladies! These are a steal.Sarah, I didn't even realize about The Lost Prince. I was so excited when I heard "free" I forgot to check lol."
No problem! I was super excited too but when I downloaded it and saw there were only 78 pages I thought maybe it was just part of the book, so I scrolled to the end and it said to buy the book if you want to read the rest, basically.
The Lost Prince is only a part of the novel, not the entire thing :) As far as I could tell The Iron Prophecy is the whole thing :)
Thank you for sharing Sashana!
I've been interested in doing NaNoWriMo but I find I chicken out when it comes to writing creatively. I might give it a try, since I'm taking a creative writing class next semester and I might need all the help I can get.
