Connie N.’s Comments (group member since Sep 03, 2013)

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

After a year and a half, I'm done!

Option 3: Historical Era Spell-It-Out
Timeframe: 6/1/16 to 1/11/18
241/241
26/26 Words

ancestor (8/8)
A - At Last by Jill Shalvis - 6/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Marieke Nijkamp - This Is Where It Ends - 9/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark - 6/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Finger Lickin' Fifteen - 6/4/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/22/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tamed by Emma Chase - 6/26/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ravishing Ruby by Lavinia Kent - 6/23/16 ♥♥♥♥

Big Data (7/7)
B - Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/6/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Soraya Lane - 7/12/16 ♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - K is for Killer - 7/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Andrews - We'll Always Have Parrots - 8/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anna Sullivan - Hideaway Cove - 6/30/16 ♥♥♥
T - Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - 7/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne George - Murder on a Bad Hair Day - 8/17/16 ♥♥♥

Classical (9/9)
C - Controlled Burn by Shannon Stacey - 6/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky in Love by Jill Shalvis - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ann Brashares - The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - 8/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Sound of Glass by Karen White - 7/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Steal Me by Lauren Layne - 8/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris - 7/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Charlaine Harris - Grave Secret - 8/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - After the Kiss by Lauren Layne - 8/25/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lisa Kleypas - Blue-Eyed Devil - 6/11/16 ♥♥♥♥

Depression (10/10)
D - Author Darynda Jones - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - 9/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Job - 6/14/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Purity in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/2/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen - 7/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Seductive One by Susan Mallery - 8/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Scam by Janet Evanovich - 8/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/16/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen - 10/11/16 ♥♥♥♥

Enlightenment (13/13)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Speed - 6/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt - 11/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas - 6/18/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis - 9/24/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Gina Gordon - Reason to Believe - 10/22/16 ♥♥♥
H - Hope Flames by Jaci Burton - 6/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean - 7/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Wicked Intentions - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine - 11/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Miss Match by Laurelin McGee - 7/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey - 11/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tilia Klebenov Jacobs - Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Café - 8/8/16 ♥♥♥♥

forefathers (11/11)
F - Fully Ignited by Shannon Stacey - 7/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Charles Osgood - Funny Letters from Famous People - 9/13/16 ♥♥
R - Risking It All by Christi Barth - 7/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Flat-Out Sexy - 11/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
F - Faefever by Karen Marie Moning - 7/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annette Blair - Skirting The Grave - 10/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Touch & Go by Mira Lyn Kelly - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Stacked Up - 8/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - What We Find - 7/8/16 ♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - Forever and a Day - 8/31/16 ♥♥♥♥

Golden Age of Piracy (17/17)
G - Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern - 11/11/16 ♥♥♥
O - One Hot Summer by Melissa Cutler - 9/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad - 7/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Kathie DeNosky - His Marriage to Remember - 9/29/16 ♥♥♥
E – Author Elle Kennedy - The Mistake - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Addiction - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton - 10/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Scandalous Desires - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - If the Shoe Fits by Laurie LeClair - 9/26/16 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley - 8/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Always on My Mind by Jill Shalvis - 10/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cost of Life: A Thriller by Joshua Corin - 9/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You've Been Warned by James Patterson - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥

history (7/7)
H - Hidden: A Novel of Suspense by Thomas Hall - 8/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places by Lisa Scottoline - 12/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Shannon Stacey - Undeniably Yours - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Trouble with Love by Lauren Layne - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews - 10/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Al Roker - The Midnight Show Murders - 10/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Stud for Hire - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

Interwar Period (14/14)
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity's Christmas - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
T - Take a Bow by Elizabeth Eulberg - 9/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Smokin' Seventeen - 9/21/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Divided in Death - 10/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
W - What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life by Tim Conway - 10/12/16 ♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Hallowe'en Party - 11/3/16 ♥♥♥
R - The Real Deal by Lucy Monroe - 10/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes - 11/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Lord of Darkness - 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Visions in Death - 10/18/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author David Taylor - Zoo Vet: Adventures Of A Wild Animal Doctor - 10/23/16 ♥♥♥♥

Jacobean (8/8)
J - Jackson's Trust by Violet Duke - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
C – Author Laurie Cass - Lending a Paw - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Bound by Bliss by Lavinia Kent - 6/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Tied - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥

Kamakura Japan (13/13)
K - Author Coleen Kwan - Undercover in the CEO's Bed - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marcelli Bride by Susan Mallery - 10/20/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - At Last by Jill Shalvis - 6/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Karin Slaughter - Broken - 2/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unforgivable by Laura Griffin - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand - 11/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Jocoby - Exposure - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
J – Author Janet Evanovich - Explosive Eighteen - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amelia Grey - Wedding Night With the Earl - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
P - Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.M. Madden - Vanishing Act - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Robyn Neeley - Batter Up - 1/30/17 ♥♥

lord (4/4)
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Big Rock - 8/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Opal Carew - Nailed - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Memory in Death - 12/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Debbie Macomber - Because It's Christmas: The Christmas Basket\Merry Ex-Mas - 12/17/16 ♥♥

Underwater - Part 2

Oceanography (12/12)
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Reckoning - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
Y - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥

Plunge (6/6)
P - Pretty in Ink by Karen E. Olson - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Q - Aquatic (7/7)
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

Reef (4/4)
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
F - Author Cory Franklin - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥

Submerged (9/9)
S - Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 3/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
B - Breakfast in Bed by Sandra Brown - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
M - Murder Off the Beaten Path by M.L. Rowland - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Game On by Sheryl Nantus - 3/1/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - The Curse of Tenth Grave - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥

Tidal wave (9/9)
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
W - When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥

Underwater (10/10)
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Turbo Twenty-Three - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

V - Seven Seas (9/9)
S - The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene - 3/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Now and Then by Mira Lyn Kelly - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥
S - Summer Nights by Susan Mallery - 4/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
S - Author Serena Bell - Do Over - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥

Wreck (5/5)
W - Welcoming the Bad Boy by Annie Rains - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Thankless in Death - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
C - Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
K – Author Kelly Jamieson - Body Shot - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥

X - Eighty-sixed (11/11)
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - The Hollow by Nora Roberts - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil's Own by Megan Crane - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Abyss (5/5)
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Angel - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Anna Bennett - I Dared the Duke - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Will Be Mine by Natasha Preston - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥

Z - Baptize (7/7)
B - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Patricia Briggs - Iron Kissed - 2/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti - 1/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
I – Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 1/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Blind Faith - 1/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Christy English - How to Tame a Willful Wife - 1/23/18 ♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/29/19*****

I'll do the spell-out version.

Underwater
Timeframe: 1/10/18 to 1/29/19
181/181
26/26 Words

Algae (5/5)
A - Accidental Cowgirl by Maggie McGinnis - 2/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Jack Lynch - Truth or Die - 3/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner - 3/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Praveen Asthana - The Woman in the Movie Star Dress - 2/20/18 ♥♥
E - Easy by Tammara Webber - 1/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

Beach (5/5)
B - Author Jaci Burton - Nothing Personal - 4/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie - 2/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Redemption - 3/2/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Criminal by Karin Slaughter - 3/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hell on Heels by Victoria Vane - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥

Coral (5/5)
C - Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson - 2/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Clare Connelly - 1/14/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber - 1/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Arm Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 3/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - The Silver Chair - 4/12/18 ♥♥♥♥

Deep (4/4)
D - Devil's Mark by Megan Crane - 2/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - A Step of Faith - 3/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hardcore Twenty-Four - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Dirty by C.L. Parker - 2/11/18 ♥♥♥

Engulf (6/6)
E - Author Ellen Marie Wiseman - The Life She Was Given - 4/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fatal Affair by Marie Force - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Fathoms (7/7)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anna Bennett - My Brown-Eyed Earl - 3/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
T – Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author James Herriot - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make Me Stay by Sidney Halston - 1/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella - 2/6/18 ♥♥♥♥

Gulf (4/4)
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unpredictable by Eileen Cook - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Fifteen Minutes to Live by Phoef Sutton - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥

Habitat (7/7)
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne George - Murder Runs in the Family - 4/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
I – I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged In Ash - 3/17/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Forever by Kathy Clark - 4/13/18 ♥♥♥
T - The Travel Writer: A Mystery by Jeff Soloway - 3/25/18 ♥♥

I - Briny (5/5)
B – Author Mary Balogh - Only a Promise - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Reluctant Duchess by Sharon Cullen - 1/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Kill Me: Tales of A Jilted Hypochondriac by Tracy H. Tucker - 1/26/18 ♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Slave to Sensation - 2/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

J - Davy Jones' Locker (15/15)
D - Doing It for Love by Cassie Mae - 3/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.A. Milne - The Sunny Side: Short Stories and Poems for Proper Grown-Ups - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Virna DePaul - Mr. Rich - 2/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
J - Jacked Up by Samantha Kane - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - A Will and a Way - 2/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape Diaries by Juliet Rosetti - 4/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Space in His Heart by Roxanne St. Claire - 3/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/5/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Author Carolyn Keene - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risk It by Jennifer Chance - 4/2/18 ♥♥♥

Kelp (4/4)
K - The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Lagoon (6/6)
L - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥

Marine (6/6)
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels - 4/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Necklace by Claire McMillan - 3/3/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥

Nautical (8/8)
N - Need You Now by Emma Douglas - 3/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
C – Author Charlaine Harris - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lee Kilraine - You Can't Hurry Love - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥

Xtreme Sports - Part 2

Milestones (10/10)
M - Author Jael McHenry - The Kitchen Daughter - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Sunny Side: Short Stories and Poems for Proper Grown-Ups by A.A. Milne - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
N - Nothing Personal by Jaci Burton - 4/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
S - The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥

No Holds Barred (13/13)
N - Now and Then by Mira Lyn Kelly - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil's Own by Megan Crane - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Spurred On by Sabrina York - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Jaci Burton - The Final Score - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥

Overboard (9/9)
O - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Virna DePaul - Mr. Rich - 2/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Forever by Kathy Clark - 4/13/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥

Pinnacle (8/8)
P - Author Natasha Preston - You Will Be Mine - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Quest (5/5)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - Paw and Order - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
S - Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

Rash (4/4)
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis - 4/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
H – Author Charlaine Harris - A Bone to Pick - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Severe (6/6)
S - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E – Author Emma Douglas - Need You Now - 3/4/18 ♥♥♥♥

Thrill (6/6)
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lee Kilraine - You Can't Hurry Love - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥

Utmost (6/6)
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥

Venture (7/7)
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Travel Writer: A Mystery by Jeff Soloway - 3/25/18 ♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
E – Author Eileen Cook - Unpredictable - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥

Wild (4/4)
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
D - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

X - Maximum (7/7)
M - Author Kate Meader - Playing with Fire - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Carol Madison - Serena's Plight - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥

Y - Dynamic (7/7)
D - Don't Call Me Sweetheart by Codi Gary - 11/11/18 ♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Angel - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Zenith (6/6)
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Blind Faith - 1/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Sheryl Nantus - Game On - 3/1/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Kill Me: Tales of A Jilted Hypochondriac by Tracy H. Tucker - 1/26/18 ♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - The Hollow by Nora Roberts - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 2/20/19*****

I'm signing up for the spell-out.

Xtreme Sports
Timeframe: 1/10/18 to 2/20/19
187/187
26/26 Words

Attempt (7/7)
A - Accidental Cowgirl by Maggie McGinnis - 2/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Truth or Die by Jack Lynch - 3/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - A Step of Faith - 3/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Marie Force - Fatal Affair - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Dirty by C.L. Parker - 2/11/18 ♥♥♥
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged In Ash - 3/17/18 ♥♥♥♥

Be bold (6/6)
B – Author Mary Balogh - Only a Promise - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Christy English - How to Tame a Willful Wife - 1/23/18 ♥♥♥
B – Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Thorne - Rock Me Hard - 1/11/18 ♥♥♥
L – Author Lauren Layne - I Knew You Were Trouble - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil's Mark by Megan Crane - 2/4/18 ♥♥♥♥

Consequences (12/12)
C - Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson - 2/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Clare Connelly - 1/14/18 ♥♥♥
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella - 2/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Easy by Tammara Webber - 1/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
E - Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie - 2/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Slave to Sensation - 2/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/5/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hardcore Twenty-Four - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Space in His Heart by Roxanne St. Claire - 3/8/18 ♥♥♥♥

Drastic (7/7)
D - Doing It for Love by Cassie Mae - 3/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber - 1/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 3/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti - 1/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 1/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

Extreme (7/7)
E - Author Ellen Marie Wiseman - The Life She Was Given - 4/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
X - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence by George Plimpton - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Reluctant Duchess by Sharon Cullen - 1/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape Diaries by Juliet Rosetti - 4/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Make Me Stay by Sidney Halston - 1/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥

Fervor (6/6)
F - Author Cory Franklin - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Unexpected Duchess - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥

Guts (4/4)
G - Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner - 3/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Sara Zarr - Gem & Dixie - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥

Harebrained (11/11)
H - Hell on Heels by Victoria Vane - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Praveen Asthana - The Woman in the Movie Star Dress - 2/20/18 ♥♥
R - Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley - 3/2/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥
B - Author Serena Bell - Do Over - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risk It by Jennifer Chance - 4/2/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Anne George - Murder Runs in the Family - 4/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs - 2/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - A Will and a Way - 2/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - The Curse of Tenth Grave - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥

Intense (7/7)
I - Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels - 4/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Necklace by Claire McMillan - 3/3/18 ♥♥♥
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
N – Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Criminal - 3/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥

Jeopardy (8/8)
J – Author Jessica Lemmon - Arm Candy - 3/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Kicks (5/5)
K - Author Samantha Kane - Jacked Up - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
K – Author Kelly Jamieson - Body Shot - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥

Limitless (9/9)
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - My Brown-Eyed Earl by Anna Bennett - 3/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene - 3/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Summer Nights by Susan Mallery - 4/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

It took a year-and-a-half, but I'm finally done!

Astronomy - Spell Out the Planets
Timeframe: 6/1/16 to 12/24/17
52/52
9/9 Planets

Mercury(7/7)
M - Author Mary Higgins Clark - The Cinderella Murder - 6/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Finger Lickin' Fifteen - 6/4/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Betrayal in Death - 6/6/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unforgivable by Laura Griffin - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ravishing Ruby by Lavinia Kent - 6/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You've Been Warned by James Patterson - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥

Venus(5/5)
V - Vintage Dreams by Jannie Lund - 9/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Speed - 6/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Marieke Nijkamp - This Is Where It Ends - 9/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undercover in the CEO's Bed by Coleen Kwan - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Shannon Stacey - Controlled Burn - 6/15/16 ♥♥♥♥

Earth(5/5)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Job - 6/14/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Last by Jill Shalvis - 6/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/2/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tamed by Emma Chase - 6/26/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Flames by Jaci Burton - 6/20/16 ♥♥♥♥

Mars(4/4)
M - Miss Match by Laurelin McGee - 7/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anna Sullivan - Hideaway Cove - 6/30/16 ♥♥♥
R - Risking It All by Christi Barth - 7/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
S – Steal Me by Lauren Layne - 8/1/16 ♥♥♥♥

Jupiter(7/7)
J - Author Jill Shalvis - Forever and a Day - 8/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undone by Karin Slaughter - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Purity in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Soraya Lane - 7/12/16 ♥♥♥
T - Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - 7/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen - 7/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - What We Find - 7/8/16 ♥♥♥

Saturn(6/6)
S - The Sound of Glass by Karen White - 7/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick - 8/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean - 7/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn - 11/6/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rececca Zanetti - Forgotten Sins - 7/17/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen - 10/11/16 ♥♥♥♥

Uranus(6/6)
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Seduction in Death - 6/22/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - We'll Always Have Parrots - 8/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine - 11/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Shannon Stacey - Fully Ignited - 7/13/16 ♥♥♥♥

Neptune(7/7)
N - Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt - 11/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Wicked Intentions - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tilia Klebenov Jacobs - Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Café - 8/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Untamed Earl by Valerie Bowman - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Scam - 8/29/16 ♥♥♥♥

Pluto(5/5)
P - Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes - 11/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky in Love by Jill Shalvis - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Touch & Go by Mira Lyn Kelly - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥

****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/24/17****

I finished up a couple more words:

World wars (9/9)
W – Worth It All by Claudia Connor - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Kelly Jamieson - 11/9/17 ♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Survivor In Death - 11/13/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Love After All by Jaci Burton - 12/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - God Save The Child - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas - 1/24/17 ♥♥♥♥

tax (3/3)
T – Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥

A few more words complete. Getting closer...

jacket (6/6)
J - Author Jeaniene Frost - Destined for an Early Grave - 8/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Author Carolyn Keene - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Mistake - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
T – Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥

knickers (8/8)
K - Author Kerrigan Byrne - The Highwayman - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Craving by Helen Hardt - 4/27/17 ♥♥♥
K - Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
S - Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 4/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

lemon (5/5)
L – Author Laura Drewry - Catch and Release - 9/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh - 2/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥

mustard (7/7)
M - Make Me Stay by Jaci Burton - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
T - Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
D - Don't Let Go by Jaci Burton - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

number two pencil (15/15)
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
M - Mistletoe Games: A Play-by-Play Anthology by Jaci Burton - 2/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Born in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E – Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 9/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
W - Wedding Night With the Earl - Amelia Grey - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N – Author Celeste Ng - Everything I Never Told You - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Kathy Clark - Deep Night - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Walk of Shame - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

orchid (6/6)
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Pull Me Close - 8/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Duke with Benefits by Manda Collins - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥

More progress. Just a few hard letters left.

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 ♥♥♥

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 ♥♥♥

I finished a few more words. Just the hard letters left.

verdict (7/7)
V - Vanishing Act by A.M. Madden - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Deep Night by Kathy Clark - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Carolyn Keene - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

warrant (7/7)
W - Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Redemption by Nalini Singh - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Hard - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tina Wainscott - Falling Hard - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥

recogniZance (12/12)
R - Author J.D. Robb - Promises in Death - 7/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author C.S. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - 10/30/17 ♥♥♥
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Sweet Revenge - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N – Author Celeste Ng - Everything I Never Told You - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Claudia Connor - Worth It All - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Lord of Darkness - 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Another few words finished. Almost done!

The Confederacy (14/14)
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 9/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery - 11/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Al Roker - The Talk Show Murders - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Pamela Clare - Hard Evidence - 12/2/16 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

The Union (8/8)
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Ignites by Jaci Burton - 9/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
U - UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn - 11/6/16 ♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Hard - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥

Victorian Era (12/12)
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Untamed Earl - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
C - Cuff Me by Lauren Layne - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged in Fire - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Creation in Death - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Anita Diamant - The Red Tent - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥

A partial update:

Stonehenge (10/10)
S - Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T – Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥
E – Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥

Colosseum (9/9)
C - Carides's Forgotten Wife by Maisey Yates - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 4/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - The Road to Grace - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
M - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell by Carolyn Keene - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (23/23)
C - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.M. Madden - Vanishing Act - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Craving by Helen Hardt - 4/27/17 ♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Jenn McKinlay - Buttercream Bump Off - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin - 3/23/17 ♥♥♥
S - Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Manda Collins - Duke with Benefits - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Herman Koch - The Dinner - 4/24/17 ♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
Q – Author Julia Quinn - The Lady Most Willing... - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Haven - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
F – Author Jeaniene Frost - Destined for an Early Grave - 8/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥

A small update:

fish (4/4)
F - Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Karin Slaughter - Fallen - 8/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

gladiola (8/8)
G – Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥
L - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥
A – Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell - 9/6/17 ♥♥♥
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
L - Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.M. Madden - Vanishing Act - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

highlighter (11/11)
H - Author Herman Koch - The Dinner - 4/24/17 ♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Letters to Love by Soraya Lane - 3/11/17 ♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel by Dalene Flannigan - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
H - Hard to Hold by Katie Rose - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author Robert B. Parker - Mortal Stakes - 9/12/17 ♥♥♥

iceland poppy (12/12)
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
C - Carides's Forgotten Wife by Maisey Yates - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - The Pursuit - 9/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Griffin - Snapped - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Stud for Hire - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

A brief update:

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 ♥♥♥

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 ♥♥♥

A small update:

negligence (10/10)
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Letters to Love by Soraya Lane - 3/11/17 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
G - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Carides's Forgotten Wife by Maisey Yates - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Thief of Shadows by - 3/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

objection (9/9)
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin - 3/23/17 ♥♥♥
J - Author Jenn McKinlay - Buttercream Bump Off - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T – Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥

plaintiff (9/9)
P - Author Robert B. Parker - God Save The Child - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Lured In by Laura Drewry - 7/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged in Fire - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Dalene Flannigan - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
F - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥

remand (6/6)
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Takedown Twenty - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh - 2/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥
D - Don't Let Go by Jaci Burton - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

summons (7/7)
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
M - Make Me Stay by Jaci Burton - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Marquita Valentine - When We Fall - 6/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

GOING GREEN - Part 2

Shamrock (8/8)
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
H - He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make Me Stay by Jaci Burton - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Author Kerrigan Byrne - The Highwayman - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

Tadpole (7/7)
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged in Fire - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Diane Mott Davidson - The Cereal Murders - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Walk of Shame - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Takedown Twenty - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Unripe Banana (12/12)
U - Undercover in the CEO's Bed by Coleen Kwan - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - 16th Seduction - 6/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Lord of Darkness - 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

B - Author Jaci Burton - Mistletoe Games: A Play-by-Play Anthology - 2/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
N - Nailed by Opal Carew - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

Vegetables (10/10)
V - Author Marquita Valentine - When We Fall - 6/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Notorious Pleasures - 11/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
G – The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin - 3/23/17 ♥♥♥
L - The Lady Most Willing... by Julia Quinn - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

Watermelon (10/10)
W - Worth It All by Claudia Connor - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Desire - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Pursuit - 9/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Jenn McKinlay - Buttercream Bump Off - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 9/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥

Xerophyte (9/9)
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Goal - 9/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Herman Koch - The Dinner - 4/24/17 ♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥
E - Author Elyse Douglas - The Date Before Christmas: A Novel - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥

Yarn (4/4)
Y - Author Maisey Yates - Carides's Forgotten Wife - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥
A – Author Anita Diamant - The Red Tent - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Promises in Death - 7/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

Zucchini (8/8)
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Sweet Revenge - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Untamed Earl by Valerie Bowman - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Craving by Helen Hardt - 4/27/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Kathy Clark - Deep Night - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥
H – Author Julie Halpern - Get Well Soon - 11/11/16 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Robyn Neeley - Batter Up - 1/30/17 ♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 10/9/17*****

All done! Thanks for the fun.

GOING GREEN
Timeframe: 10/1/16 to ?
188/192
26/26 Items

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 10/9/17*****

Avocado (7/7)
A - Author Annette Blair - Skirting The Grave - 10/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
V - Visions in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/18/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews - 10/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Elle Casey - Wrong Number, Right Guy - 10/2/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton - 10/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Divided in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

Broccoli (8/8)
B - Because It's Christmas: The Christmas Basket\Merry Ex-Mas by Debbie Macomber - 12/17/16 ♥♥
R - The Real Deal by Lucy Monroe - 10/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Diane Chamberlain - The Midwife's Confession - 10/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Tim Conway - What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life - 10/12/16 ♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Cuff Me - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places by Lisa Scottoline - 12/1/16 ♥♥♥♥

Creme de menthe (13/13)
C - Author Pamela Clare - Hard Evidence - 12/2/16 ♥♥♥
R - The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand - 11/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey - 11/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Midnight Show Murders by Al Roker - 10/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Flat-Out Sexy - 11/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - Fifth Grave Past the Light - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marcelli Bride by Susan Mallery - 10/20/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen - 10/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie - 11/3/16 ♥♥♥
E - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥

Dress (5/5)
D - The Deal by Elle Kennedy - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
S - The Scarlet Slipper Mystery by Carolyn Keene - 10/13/16 ♥♥♥
S - Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb - 11/13/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

Emerald (7/7)
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Mistake - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Susan Mallery - Chasing Perfect - 11/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Memory in Death - 12/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Always on My Mind by Jill Shalvis - 10/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love After All by Jaci Burton - 12/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson - 1/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

Fern (4/4)
F - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author Rosalind James - Just This Once - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Granny Smith Apples (17/17)
G - Author Gina Gordon - Reason to Believe - 10/22/16 ♥♥♥
R - Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
N - The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine - 11/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
Y - You've Been Warned by James Patterson - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
S – Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 7/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier - 12/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Burns by Jaci Burton - 11/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
P - Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes - 11/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Conrad - Sweet Little Lies - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Tied - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas - 1/24/17 ♥♥♥♥

Herbs (5/5)
H – Author Chanda Hahn - UnEnchanted - 11/6/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Hard by Nalini Singh - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Shalini Boland - The Girl from the Sea - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Shannon Stacey - Undeniably Yours - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

Ivy (3/3)
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Author Violet Duke - Jackson's Trust - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Stud for Hire - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

Jade (4/4)
J - Author Jill Shalvis - Get A Clue - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - The Road to Grace - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

Kiwi (4/4)
K - Author Carolyn Keene - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥

Lime Jello (9/9)
L - The Life She Wants by Robyn Carr - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
M – Author Manda Collins - Duke with Benefits - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
J - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥
L - Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥

Moss (4/4)
M - A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh - 2/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Broken - 2/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Snapped by Laura Griffin - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

Napa cabbage (11/11)
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amelia Grey - Wedding Night With the Earl - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
B – Author Mandy Baxter - Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Born in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel by Dalene Flannigan - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Olive (5/5)
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Letters to Love by Soraya Lane - 3/11/17 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
V - Vanishing Act by A.M. Madden - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥

Peapod (6/6)
P - Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Scandalous Desires - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
P - Author Robert B. Parker - God Save The Child - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Quetzal (7/7)
Q - A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands - 10/24/16 - ♥♥♥
U – Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Thief of Shadows - 3/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T – Author Tina Wainscott - Falling Hard - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥
Z - Zoo Vet: Adventures Of A Wild Animal Doctor by David Taylor - 10/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L – Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥

Reeds (5/5)
R - Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
D - Don't Let Go by Jaci Burton - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 4/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

Circus & Carnival - Part 2

Ringtoss (8/8)
R – The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity's Christmas - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
G - Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern - 11/11/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author David Taylor - Zoo Vet: Adventures Of A Wild Animal Doctor - 10/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Opal Carew - Nailed - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Bride - 10/20/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Quick Bite - 10/24/16 - ♥♥♥

Strongman (9/9)
S - Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb - 11/13/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Memory in Death - 12/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥
G - The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Author Karen Marie Moning - Faefever - 7/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Robyn Neeley - Batter Up - 1/30/17 ♥♥

Tent (4/4)
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
N - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged in Fire - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

Unicycle (8/8)
U - UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn - 11/6/16 ♥♥♥
N - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
C - Cost of Life: A Thriller by Joshua Corin - 9/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You've Been Warned by James Patterson - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Diane Chamberlain - The Midwife's Confession - 10/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Just One Night - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Rumor - 11/18/16 ♥♥♥♥

Vanishing Act (12/12)
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Untamed Earl - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Celeste Ng - Everything I Never Told You - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Shannon Stacey -Controlled Burn - 6/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 9/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Hard - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery - 11/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt - 3/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Wagon (5/5)
W - Wedding Night With the Earl by Amelia Grey - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
A - At Last by Jill Shalvis - 6/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Playing with Fire - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥

eXpo (4/4)
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Mistake - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥
P - Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes - 11/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥

gYpsy (5/5)
G - Author Laura Griffin - Snapped - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Stud for Hire - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Pamela Clare - Hard Evidence - 12/2/16 ♥♥♥
S - Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Maisey Yates - Carides's Forgotten Wife - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥

trapeZe (7/7)
T - Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - The Life She Wants - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick - 8/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Zack by Sawyer Bennett - 5/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Lord of Darkness - 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 9/18/17****

Finally complete after more than a year!

Circus & Carnival
Timeframe: 5/1/16 to 9/18/17
188/188
26/26 Words

Acrobat (7/7)
A - At The Blue Bell Inn by J.S. Fletcher - 5/17/16 ♥♥♥
C - Call Me, Maybe by Ellie Cahill - 5/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - A Rose for Melinda by Lurlene McDaniel - 5/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off And Running by Philip Reed - 5/26/16 ♥♥♥
B - Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/6/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - About That Night by Julie James - 5/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - To the Hilt by Dick Francis - 6/1/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

Big Top (6/6)
B - Bound by Bliss by Lavinia Kent - 6/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - If You Ask Me by Betty White - 5/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tamed by Emma Chase - 6/26/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - 15th Affair - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥

Calliope (8/8)
C - Author Carolyn Keene - The Witch Tree SymBol - 5/18/16 ♥♥♥
A - At Last by Jill Shalvis - 6/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 5/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky in Love by Jill Shalvis - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Soraya Lane - 7/12/16 ♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Kay - The Billionaire and His Boss - 5/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Chase - 5/2/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

Diversion (9/9)
D - Author Darynda Jones - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - 9/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris - 7/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vintage Dreams by Jannie Lund - 9/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Finger Lickin' Fifteen - 6/4/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Judgment in Death - 5/7/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - The Sassy One by Susan Mallery - 5/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/16/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Charles Osgood - Funny Letters from Famous People - 9/13/16 ♥♥
N - No Weddings by Kat Bastion - 5/14/16 ♥♥♥

Elephant (8/8)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Job - 6/14/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lisa Kleypas - Blue-Eyed Devil - 6/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Speed - 6/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Purity in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis - 5/23/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anna Sullivan - Hideaway Cove - 6/30/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Marieke Nijkamp - This Is Where It Ends - 9/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - 7/16/16 ♥♥♥♥

Ferris Wheel (11/11)
F - A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn - 5/17/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen - 7/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ravishing Ruby by Lavinia Kent - 6/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/2/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis - 9/24/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Shannon Stacey - Heat Exchange - 5/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
W - Welcome Home, Cowboy by Annie Rains - 5/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Flames by Jaci Burton - 6/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Wicked Intentions - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Scam - 8/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas - 6/18/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

Games (5/5)
G - Author Sue Grafton - K is for Killer - 7/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - We'll Always Have Parrots - 8/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas - 5/20/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth EulBerg - Take a Bow - 9/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones - 5/28/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

Horses (6/6)
H - Author Sidney Halston - Stacked Up - 8/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Hot Summer by Melissa Cutler - 9/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risking It All by Christi Barth - 7/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/22/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Visions of Sugar Plums - 9/18/16 ♥♥♥
S - The Sound of Glass by Karen White - 7/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

stIlts (6/6)
S - Author Shannon Stacey - Fully Ignited - 7/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean - 7/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - If the Shoe Fits by Laurie LeClair - 9/26/16 ♥♥♥
L - L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad - 7/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tilia Klebenov Jacobs - Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Café - 8/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Steal Me by Lauren Layne - 8/1/16 ♥♥♥♥

Juggler (7/7)
J - Author Jaci Burton - Hope Burns - 11/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unforgivable by Laura Griffin - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne George - Murder on a Bad Hair Day - 8/17/16 ♥♥♥
G - Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris - 8/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Big Rock - 8/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smokin' Seventeen - 9/21/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - What We Find - 7/8/16 ♥♥♥

Knife Thrower (12/12)
K - Author Coleen Kwan - Undercover in the CEO's Bed - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen - 10/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places by Lisa Scottoline - 12/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
F – Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Casey - Wrong Number, Right Guy - 10/2/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Touch & Go by Mira Lyn Kelly - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hidden: A Novel of Suspense by Thomas Hall - 8/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rececca Zanetti - Forgotten Sins - 7/17/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews - 10/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey - 11/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
R – Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

Lions (5/5)
L - Love the One You're With by Lauren Layne - 8/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine - 11/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Seductive One by Susan Mallery - 8/4/16 ♥♥♥♥

Magician (8/8)
M - Miss Match by Laurelin McGee - 7/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ann Brashares - The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - 8/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Gina Gordon - Reason to Believe - 10/22/16 ♥♥♥
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark - 6/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - After the Kiss by Lauren Layne - 8/25/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt - 11/1/16 ♥♥♥♥

Net (3/3)
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Trouble with Love by Lauren Layne - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥

Orchestra (9/9)
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Al Roker - The Midnight Show Murders - 10/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
C – Cuff Me by Lauren Layne - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Ignites by Jaci Burton - 9/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Flat-Out Sexy - 11/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Jill Shalvis - Forever and a Day - 8/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Todd Burpo - Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back - 9/18/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Divided in Death - 10/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annette Blair - Skirting The Grave - 10/16/16 ♥♥♥♥

Parade (6/6)
P - Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton - 10/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Real Deal by Lucy Monroe - 10/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Always on My Mind by Jill Shalvis - 10/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Kathie DeNosky - His Marriage to Remember - 9/29/16 ♥♥♥
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

eQuestrian (10/10)
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Deal - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Julia Quinn - The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy - 9/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undone by Karin Slaughter - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Scandalous Desires - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Scarlet Slipper Mystery by Carolyn Keene - 10/13/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tim Conway - What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life - 10/12/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Visions in Death - 10/18/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Hallowe'en Party - 11/3/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Addiction - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥

Superbowl Season - Part 3

quarterback (11/11)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne George - Murder Runs in the Family - 4/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risk It by Jennifer Chance - 4/2/18 ♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Celebrity in Death - 4/5/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Christmas Nights by J.H. Croix - 12/18/17 ♥♥♥
K - Author Kelly Jamieson - Body Shot - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥

referee (7/7)
R - Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - Up from the Grave - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author Aurora Rose Reynolds - Until Trevor - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

sack (4/4)
S – Author Sawyer Bennett - Alex - 10/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Manda Collins - With This Christmas Ring - 1/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥

tackle (6/6)
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Cassie Mae - Doing It for Love - 3/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Kate Meader - Playing with Fire - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥

upright (7/7)
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
P - Author Amanda Prowse - The Art of Hiding - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels - 4/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
G – Author Sue Grafton - L is for Lawless - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author James Herriot - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥

victory (7/7)
V - Author Virna DePaul - Mr. Rich - 2/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Charlaine Harris - A Bone to Pick - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O – Author Opal Carew - X Marks the Spot - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥

wide receiver (12/12)
W - Welcome Home for Christmas by Annie Rains - 1/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Megan Crane - Devil's Own - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Unexpected Duchess - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author Robyn Carr - The Summer That Made Us - 10/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

X - execute (7/7)
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
X – The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence by George Plimpton - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
C - The Crown Prince's Bride by Donna Alward - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
U – Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T – Author Thomas Hall - Nothing as it Seems - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

yardage (7/7)
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Do Over by Serena Bell - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Giving It All by Christi Barth - 10/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

zone (4/4)
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Blind Faith - 1/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Eileen Cook - Unpredictable - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/15/19*****