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Connie N.’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Spell-out is complete!

OVER THE HILL
Timeframe: 4/1/17 to 8/17/18
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26/26 Words

antediluvian (12/12)
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Don't Let Go by Jaci Burton - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
L – Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Turned On and Off - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
V - Vanishing Act by A.M. Madden - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

bedraggled (10/10)
B - Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
D – The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
G - God Save The Child by Robert B. Parker - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Deep Night by Kathy Clark - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥

creaky (6/6)
C – The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena - 12/2/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Carolyn Keene - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

dated (5/5)
D - Author Diane Mott Davidson - The Cereal Murders - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Jackie Ashenden - Dirty For Me - 12/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Tied - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥

enduring (8/8)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
D – Author Debbie Macomber - Rose Harbor in Bloom - 1/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel by Dalene Flannigan - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥

fossil (6/6)
F - Author M.J. Fields - Morrison - 10/18/17 ♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella - 11/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥

gray (4/4)
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley - 12/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

hoary (5/5)
H - He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R – Author Annie Rains - Welcome Home for Christmas - 1/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

inactive (8/8)
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – All He Ever Desired by Shannon Stacey - 12/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Craving by Helen Hardt - 4/27/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Accelerate - 9/16/17 ♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis - 9/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥

jaded (5/5)
J - Author Jill Shalvis - A Christmas to Remember - 11/11/17 ♥♥♥
A - At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot - 9/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - Seventh Grave and No Body - 7/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Duke with Benefits by Manda Collins - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥

knowledgeable (13/13)
K - Author Kerrigan Byrne - The Highwayman - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Not That Easy by Radhika Sanghani - 11/29/17 ♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Overruled - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
A - Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell - 9/6/17 ♥♥♥
B - Author Patricia Briggs - Moon Called - 10/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Irresistibly by Julie James - 10/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

long-lasting (11/11)
L - Lured In by Laura Drewry - 7/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner - 9/3/17 ♥♥♥
L - Author Victoria Laurie - What's a Ghoul to Do? - 10/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Welcome to Forever - 9/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tina Wainscott - Falling Hard - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Author Jane Green - Promises to Keep - 9/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

mature (6/6)
M - Major Misconduct by Kelly Jamieson - 8/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey - 9/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥

no spring chicken (15/15)
N - Author Nalini Singh - Slave to Sensation - 2/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Kindred in Death - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - A Will and a Way - 2/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Giving It All by Christi Barth - 10/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Claudia Connor - Worth It All - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard to Hold by Katie Rose - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
I - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - 10/30/17 ♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Kate Meader - Flirting with Fire - 9/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Pursuit - 9/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Sheryl Nantus - Game On - 3/1/18 ♥♥♥

old hat (6/6)
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern – 11/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Laura Drewry - Catch and Release - 9/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
H – Author Herman Koch - The Dinner - 4/24/17 ♥♥
A - Author Anne Gracie - The Spring Bride - 9/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 10/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

past (4/4)
P - Promises in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Alex by Sawyer Bennett - 10/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - 16th Seduction by James Patterson - 6/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author William G. Tapply - Death at Charity's Point - 11/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

Down the Rabbit Hole - Part 3

S - Cheshire Cat (11/11)
C - A Curve in the Road by Julianne MacLean - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Carla Swafford - Full Heat - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Devoted in Death - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥

Tea Party (8/8)
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paw and Order by Spencer Quinn - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Adams, Ellery - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥

U - Mock Turtle (10/10)
M - Miranda P. Charles - The Unwilling Executive - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Miss Donne by Jane Arbor - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - Follow Love - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
K - The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Royal Pain - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
L - Liz Lipperman - Beef Stolen-Off - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
E – Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥

V - Knave (5/5)
K - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥

Wonderland (10/10)
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Festive in Death - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
L – Lois Greiman - Unplugged - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Rebellious - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Grant - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥

X - Oxford (6/6)
O - One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
F - For Kicks by Dick Francis - 6/25/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon A Christmas by Holly Jacobs - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ruthie Knox - Madly - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Love Letters - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Gryphon (7/7)
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
R - Ross Petras - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
P – Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - His Wicked Wish by Olivia Drake - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥

Z - Bill the Lizard (13/13)
B - A Bite to Remember by Lynsay Sands - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lover's Leap by Emily March - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
L - Leanne Banks - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
Z – Zanetti, Rebecca - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Difficult Women by Roxane Gay - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 10/30/19*****

Down the Rabbit Hole - Part 2

King (4/4)
K - Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥

Lewis Carroll (12/12)
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Author Wendy Mass - 11 Birthdays - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Regret - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Jessica Lemmon - A Snowbound Scandal - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
L - Lifeguard by James Patterson - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥

Mad Hatter (9/9)
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥

N - Frog Footman (11/11)
F - Fake Wife by Stacey Lynn - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Death, Nine Stories by Marc Aronson - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
M - Magic Graves by Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥

Off with their heads (17/17)
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
F – Flanders, Cait - The Year of Less - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
F - Far from the Tree by Robin Benway - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wrangled and Tangled by Lorelei James - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin by Allen Zadoff - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
D - Author Kyra Davis - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥

Pocketwatch (11/11)
P - Author Ross Petras - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Cassie Ryan - My Addiction - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
K - Author Krista Davis - The Diva Takes the Cake - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥
W - Author Frank Warren - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
C - Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
H - Author Sloane Howell - Scored - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥

Queen of Hearts (13/13)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U – Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Fated by Rebecca Zanetti - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
H - The Hollow by Nora Roberts - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Danielle Steel - Until the End of Time - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥

Rabbit Hole (10/10)
R – Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Bitter Sweets by G.A. McKevett - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only My Heart To Give by Nan Asquith - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥

I'm spelling out words to do with Alice in Wonderland.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
Timeframe: 7/1/18 to 10/30/19
242/242
26/26 Words

Alice (5/5)
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Make It Hurt - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Christmas in Kilts by Terri Brisbin - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥

Bayard the Bloodhound (19/19)
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Six Geese A-Slaying - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
B – Author Jessica Beck - Fatally Frosted - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
L – The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Don't Call Me Sweetheart by Codi Gary - 11/11/18 ♥♥
H - Author Joanne Harris - Chocolat - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O – Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥

Caterpillar (11/11)
C - Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
I – In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Someone like You - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Dormouse (8/8)
D - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds by Nancy Martin - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Carol Madison - Serena's Plight - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Eat Me (5/5)
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Fantasy (7/7)
F - Fifteen Minutes to Live by Phoef Sutton - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
A - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Jill Shalvis - White Heat - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Can't Hurry Love by Lee Kilraine - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥

Grin (4/4)
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥

H - March Hare (9/9)
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
H - How Forever Feels by Laura Drewry - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥

I'm Late (6/6)
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Max by Sawyer Bennett - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥

Jabberwocky (11/11)
J - Author Kelly Jamieson - Slap Shot - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Bishop by Sawyer Bennett - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Valerie Bowman - Never Trust a Pirate - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
C - Counting Stars by Kathleen Long - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Samantha Kane - Jacked Up - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
Y - You Will Be Mine by Natasha Preston - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥

ASTRONOMY - Part 3

Quasar (6/6)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
A - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥

Rings (5/5)
R - Author Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte by Kyra Davis - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥

Space (5/5)
S - Author Jill Shalvis - Rumor Has It - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paw and Order by Spencer Quinn - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
E - Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Telescope (9/9)
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
S - Author Sawyer Bennett - Max - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - Follow Love - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Ross Petras - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

Universe (8/8)
U - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity by Ross Petras - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Victoria Laurie - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Vacuum (6/6)
V - Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Counting Stars by Kathleen Long - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
M - My Addiction by Cassie Ryan - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥

Wavelength (10/10)
W - Author Frank Warren - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Venom by Jennifer Estep - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
L - Love Letters by Debbie Macomber - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
H - Author Sloane Howell - Scored - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥

X - Galaxy (6/6)
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leanne Banks - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
Y - You Can't Hurry Love by Lee Kilraine - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Observatory (11/11)
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Robin Benway - Far from the Tree - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥
A – Author Donna Andrews - Six Geese A-Slaying - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Death, Nine Stories by Marc Aronson - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You Will Be Mine by Natasha Preston - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥

Z - Azimuth (7/7)
A – Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Z – Author Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Madly by Ruthie Knox - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 9/18/19*****

ASTRONOMY - Part 2

Hypernova (9/9)
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
Y - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
V - Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Make It Hurt - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥

Interstellar (12/12)
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Samantha Kane - Jacked Up - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
L - The Light Within by Yvonne Whittal - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥

Jet (3/3)
J - Author Kelly Jamieson - Back Check - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥

Kepler's First Law (15/15)
K - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Lifeguard - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lora Leigh - Rugged Texas Cowboy - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Regret by Kristen Ashley - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥
F - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
S - Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
L - Lauren Hammond - 12 Rounds- 2/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wrangled and Tangled by Lorelei James - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥

Lightyear (9/9)
L - Author Jessica Lemmon - A Snowbound Scandal - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
H – Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Moon (4/4)
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥

Nebula (6/6)
N - Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Valerie Bowman - Never Trust a Pirate - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Robert Lacey - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥

Orbit (5/5)
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Royal Pain by Tracy Wolff - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
B - Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
I - Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥

Planet (6/6)
P - Patricia Briggs - River Marked - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥

Last time I spelled the names of the planets. This time I'll spell-out some key words.

ASTRONOMY
Timeframe: 6/1/18 to 9/18/19
210/210
26/26 Words

Astronomy (9/9)
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
Y – Author Yeonmi Park - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥

Black hole (9/9)
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Reckoning - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Carolyn Keene - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Cosmos (6/6)
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Serena Bell - Do Over - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Maggie McGinnis - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
O – Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S – Author Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Deep space (9/9)
D – Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
P - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - When Love Comes - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Elliptical orbit (15/15)
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Saw Red - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Hot Asset - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
B - Author Jaci Burton - The Final Score - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Flare (5/5)
F - Festive in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Love Taker by Erin McCarthy - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥

Globular Cluster (15/15)
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Bishop by Sawyer Bennett - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Hard Sell - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

The Cat in the Hat - Part 3

Rascal (6/6)
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - When Love Comes - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥

Schemes (7/7)
S - Author Jamie K. Schmidt - Beach Happens - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Counting Stars by Kathleen Long - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
H – Author Sloane Howell - Scored - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sawyer Bennett - Bishop - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥

Tricks (6/6)
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
K - Katie Reus - No One to Trust - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥

Unrestrained (12/12)
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Regret by Kristen Ashley - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - Rescue My Heart - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
D - Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Vex (3/3)
V - Valerie Bowman - Never Trust a Pirate - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence by George Plimpton - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥

Whimsical (9/9)
W – Author Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
H – Author Beth Harbison - One Less Problem Without You - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - My Addiction by Cassie Ryan - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
S - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte by Kyra Davis - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
C - Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Marc Aronson - One Death, Nine Stories - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥

X - Exasperating (12/12)
E – Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sara Zarr - Gem & Dixie - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
T – Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥

Y - Playful (7/7)
P - Paw and Order by Spencer Quinn - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
L – Lauren Layne - Someone like You - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥

Zippy (5/5)
Z - Zoned for Murder by Evelyn David - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Lifeguard - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - River Marked - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Will Be Mine by Natasha Preston - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 11/30/19*****

The Cat in the Hat - Part 2

Impish (6/6)
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Murder Off the Beaten Path by M.L. Rowland - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Jester (6/6)
J - Author James Patterson - Kiss the Girls - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
S – Stolen Kisses by Annie Rains - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Kitten (6/6)
K - Kiss Me Back by Sidney Halston - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥

Lively (6/6)
L – Love Letters by Debbie Macomber - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
Y - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥

Mischievous (11/11)
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Samantha Kane - Jacked Up - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
C - Author Carolyn Keene - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
V - Author Victoria Laurie - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sweet Silver Bells by Rochelle Alers - 9/23/18 ♥♥

Naughty (7/7)
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Reckoning - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hidden Hearts by Olivia Dade - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

Overwhelming (12/12)
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wrangled and Tangled by Lorelei James - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin by Allen Zadoff - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lora Leigh - Rugged Texas Cowboy - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
M - Author Maggie McGinnis - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥

Pest (4/4)
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
S - Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥

Quirky (6/6)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Can't Hurry Love by Lee Kilraine - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥

Joining the spell-out version.

The Cat in the Hat
Timeframe: 6/1/18 to 11/30/19
196/196
26/26 Words

Antics (6/6)
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
C - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Serena Bell - Do Over - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥

Bothersome (10/10)
B – Author Leanne Banks - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
O – The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
R – Author Ruthie Knox - Madly - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥

Cat in the Hat (11/11)
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - How Forever Feels by Laura Drewry - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

Devious (7/7)
D – Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
O – One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥

Elfin (5/5)
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Full of Fun (9/9)
F - Author Cory Franklin - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Festive in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Far from the Tree by Robin Benway - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥

Gleeful (7/7)
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Jessica Lemmon - A Snowbound Scandal - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fated by Rebecca Zanetti - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
U - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity by Ross Petras - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥

Holy Terror (10/10)
H - The Hollow by Nora Roberts - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Saw Red - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

KARMA - Part 2

Nature (6/6)
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
R – Author Robyn Carr - Any Day Now - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥

Optimist (8/8)
O - Author Opal Carew - Nailed - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt - 3/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make Me Stay by Jaci Burton - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Snapped by Laura Griffin - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Power (5/5)
P - Author James Patterson - 16th Seduction - 6/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
W - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - The Road to Grace - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥

Quest (5/5)
Q - Author Julia Quinn - The Lady Most Willing... - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Steve Martin - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - 3/23/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥

Repent (6/6)
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
P - Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Hard - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tina Wainscott - Falling Hard - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥

Success (7/7)
S - Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 4/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Craving by Helen Hardt - 4/27/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
S - Smokescreen by Dick Francis - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Trust (5/5)
T - Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
T – Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥

Useful (6/6)
U - Unpredictable by Eileen Cook - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - Only Yours - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
F - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Letters to Love by Soraya Lane - 3/11/17 ♥♥♥

Vow (3/3)
V - Vanishing Act by A.M. Madden - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Warmth (6/6)
W - Worth It All by Claudia Connor - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Mistletoe Games: A Play-by-Play Anthology by Jaci Burton - 2/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

X - RelaX (5/5)
R – Author J.D. Robb - Born in Death - 2/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt - 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥

Youthful (8/8)
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Herman Koch - The Dinner - 4/24/17 ♥♥
F - Author Dalene Flannigan - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥

Zeal (4/4)
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Sweet Revenge - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Overruled - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lisa Scottoline - One Perfect Lie - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/5/18*****

All done with another spell-out!

KARMA
Timeframe: 12/1/16 to 5/5/18
151/151
26/26 Words

Amends (6/6)
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
M - Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier - 12/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
D - Author Debbie Macomber - Because It's Christmas: The Christmas Basket\Merry Ex-Mas - 12/17/16 ♥♥
S - Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥

Bold (4/4)
B - Batter Up by Robyn Neeley - 1/30/17 ♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Life She Wants by Robyn Carr - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Deal by Elle Kennedy - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Calm (4/4)
C - Cuff Me by Lauren Layne - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
L - Love After All by Jaci Burton - 12/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Memory in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

Dream (5/5)
D - Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson - 1/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
M - Author Trish McCallan - Forged in Fire - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

Elated (6/6)
E - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
L - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥

Focus (5/5)
F - Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undercover in the CEO's Bed by Coleen Kwan - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

Giving (6/6)
G - The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
V - Author Violet Duke - Jackson's Trust - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥
G - Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥

Happy (5/5)
H - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amelia Grey - Wedding Night With the Earl - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Stud for Hire - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

Inspired (8/8)
I - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas - 1/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Robert B. Parker - God Save The Child - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Mistake - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
D – Deep Night by Kathy Clark - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥

Jubilation (10/10)
J - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Untamed Earl by Valerie Bowman - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
B – Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - Plain Jayne - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥

Kind (4/4)
K - Author Carolyn Keene - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
D - Don't Let Go by Jaci Burton - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

Listen (6/6)
L - Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Broken - 2/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥

Maturity (8/8)
M - A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh - 2/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tied by Emma Chase - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Maisey Yates - Carides's Forgotten Wife - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥

Ice/Ice Age - Part 3

Rime (4/4)
R - Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥

Snowball Earth (13/13)
S - Author Jill Shalvis - Rumor Has It - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Wrangled and Tangled by Lorelei James - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Suzanne Brockmann - The Unsung Hero - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Regret - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Robert Lacey - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leanne Banks - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥

Temperature (11/11)
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - My Addiction by Cassie Ryan - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
P - Author Ross Petras - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ruthie Knox - Madly - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eve Langlais - In the Mood Fur Love - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥

U - Eustasy (7/7)
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
S - Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Royal Pain - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥

Volcanism (9/9)
V – Victoria Laurie - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - Follow Love - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Max by Sawyer Bennett - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Weather (7/7)
W - Author Frank Warren - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eternal Summer by Anne Hampson - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
H - Author Sloane Howell - Scored - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Ross Petras - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥

X - Great Oxidation (14/14)
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
A - Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Love Letters - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revenge - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
O - Only My Heart To Give by Nan Asquith - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Cryoseism (9/9)
C - Counting Stars by Kathleen Long - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Can't Hurry Love by Lee Kilraine - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Miss Donne by Jane Arbor - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥
S - Samantha Kane - Jacked Up - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
S - Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Carol Madison - Serena's Plight - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥

Zastruga (8/8)
Z – Author Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sawyer Bennett - Bishop - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/12/19******

Ice/Ice Age - Part 2

J - Fjord (5/5)
F - Fated by Rebecca Zanetti - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
J - Author Kelly Jamieson - Back Check - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Kyra Davis - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥

Kame (4/4)
K - Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Jael McHenry - The Kitchen Daughter - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

L - Climate (7/7)
C - Author J.H. Croix - When Love Comes - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
M - Author Kate Meader - Playing with Fire - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Reckoning - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

Milankovitch cycles (18/18)
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Natasha Preston - You Will Be Mine - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥
K - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
S - Sawyer Bennett - Hawke - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥

Nast (4/4)
N - Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥

Orbital elements (15/15)
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Light Within by Yvonne Whittal - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
E – Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥

Permafrost (10/10)
P - Paw and Order by Spencer Quinn - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥

Quaternary glaciation (20/20)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
A - The Accidental Countess by Valerie Bowman - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
G - George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Crown Prince's Bride by Donna Alward - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Death, Nine Stories by Marc Aronson - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥

I'll spell-out this one, focusing on terminology about the Ice Age.

ICE/ICE AGE
Timeframe: 5/1/18 to 12/12/19
246/246
26/26 Words

Albedo (6/6)
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Body Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
D – Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥

Berg (4/4)
B - A Bite to Remember by Lynsay Sands - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥

Cordilleran ice sheet (19/19)
C - Author Megan Crane - Devil's Own - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C – A Curve in the Road by Julianne MacLean - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hell on Heels by Victoria Vane - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥

Drumlin (7/7)
D - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author Robert B. Parker - Looking For Rachel Wallace - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
M - Author Jenn McKinlay - Death by the Dozen - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥

E - Pleistocene (11/11)
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Serena Bell - Do Over - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Floe (4/4)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Greenhouse Effect (16/16)
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Odin's Shadow by Erin S. Riley - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Festive in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Far from the Tree by Robin Benway - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Christmas in Kilts by Terri Brisbin - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥

Holocene (8/8)
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lifeguard by James Patterson - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Ice Age (6/6)
I - Author Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
C - Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
G - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Great job, Jingles!

The Big Bang Theory - Part 3

Schrodinger's Cat (15/15)
S - A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
C - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sloane Howell - Scored - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Debbie Macomber - Love Letters - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
R - Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥
C - The Christmas Star by Donna VanLiere - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥

Test Particle (12/12)
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - To Marry a Tiger by Isobel Chace - 4/20/19 ♥♥
P - Author Ross Petras - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Marc Aronson - One Death, Nine Stories - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
C - Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
L - Author Leanne Banks - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

Universe (8/8)
U - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Regret by Kristen Ashley - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
E – Author Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

Vacuum (6/6)
V - Visions of Heat - Author Nalini Singh - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - Follow Love - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity by Ross Petras - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Max by Sawyer Bennett - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Wave String Theory (16/16)
W - Author William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Legendary Lord - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
R - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - How Forever Feels by Laura Drewry - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You Will Be Mine by Natasha Preston - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥

X - Experiment (10/10)
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
P - Paw and Order by Spencer Quinn - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
N - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Royal Pain - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥

Young's Modulus (13/13)
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
G - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Stolen Kisses by Annie Rains - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - My Addiction by Cassie Ryan - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Douglas - The Nightingale Nurses - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Ruta Sepetys - Out of the Easy - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥

Zeeman Effect (12/12)
Z – Author Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
E – Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Madly by Ruthie Knox - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Far from the Tree by Robin Benway - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
F - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 9/21/19*****

The Big Bang Theory - Part 2

Kepler's First Law (15/15)
K - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sawyer Bennett - Hawke - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
F - Festive in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - Author Frank Warren - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥

Lab (3/3)
L – Author Victoria Laurie - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥

Molecule (8/8)
M - Author Jael McHenry - The Kitchen Daughter - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Christmas in Kilts by Terri Brisbin - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Robert Lacey - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥

Neuroscience (12/12)
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author J.H. Croix - When Love Comes - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Observe (7/7)
O - Author Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
B - Author Pearl S. Buck - Three Daughters of Madame Liang - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
S - Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥

Physics (7/7)
P - Author James Patterson - Lifeguard - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Can't Hurry Love by Lee Kilraine - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Samantha Kane - Jacked Up - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥

Quantum State (12/12)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Research (8/8)
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sawyer Bennett - Bishop - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Counting Stars by Kathleen Long - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥

The Big Bang Theory
Timeframe: 5/1/18 to 9/21/19
240/240
26/26 Words

Atom (4/4)
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Reckoning - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥

Big Bang (7/7)
B - Body Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥

Cern Collider (12/12)
C - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nan Asquith - Only My Heart To Give - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Crown Prince's Bride by Donna Alward - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
L – Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
D – Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥

Dark Matter (10/10)
D - Author Kyra Davis - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

Energy (6/6)
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

Facts (5/5)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Megan Crane - Devil's Own - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥

Gravity (7/7)
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Victoria Vane - Hell on Heels - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥

Hydraulic (9/9)
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

Isotope (7/7)
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Serena Bell - Do Over - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
O – Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥

Joule's Law (9/9)
J - Author J.D. Robb - Obsession in Death - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
L - L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wrangled and Tangled by Lorelei James - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥

Next I'll do the New Wonders:

New 7 Wonders of the World
Timeframe: 4/20/18 to 10/26/18
95/95
8/8 Wonders

Taj Mahal (8/8)
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
J - Author Kelly Jamieson - Body Shot - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Jenn McKinlay - Death by the Dozen - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hell on Heels by Victoria Vane - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥

Chichen Itza (11/11)
C - The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author James Herriot - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Megan Crane - Devil's Own - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Zoned for Murder by Evelyn David - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥

Christ the Redeemer (17/17)
C - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Joanne Harris - Chocolat - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥
D - Do Over by Serena Bell - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Jael McHenry - The Kitchen Daughter - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Colosseum (9/9)
C - The Crown Prince's Bride by Donna Alward - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
S - Spurred On by Sabrina York - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥

Great Wall of China (16/16)
G – Author Sue Grafton - L is for Lawless - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Six Geese A-Slaying - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Reckoning - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lee Kilraine - You Can't Hurry Love - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Cory Franklin - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Can't Buy Me Love by Molly O'Keefe - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
H - How Forever Feels by Laura Drewry - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥

Machu Picchu (11/11)
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C – Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - The Hollow by Nora Roberts - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥

Petra (5/5)
P - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn by Vina Jackson - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
T – Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥

Giza Pyramid Complex (18/18)
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
Z - Author Lindy Zart - Love without a Compass - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rush by Beth Yarnall - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
A - The Accidental Countess by Valerie Bowman - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Murder Off the Beaten Path by M.L. Rowland - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Pamela Clare - Unlawful Contact - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author Lauren Layne - Someone like You - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 10/26/18*****