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 finally done with this spell-out!

Armed and Dangerous - Spell-Out
Timeframe: 10/1/15 to 3/18/17
176/176
26/26 Words


Armed (5/5)
A - All I Need Is You by Wendy S. Marcus - 10/4/15 ♥♥♥
R - Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/9/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances by Ellen Cooney - 11/18/15 ♥♥
E - Author Elaine Viets - Just Murdered - 10/7/15 ♥♥♥
D - Dawn in Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz - 10/20/15 ♥♥♥♥



Bullet (6/6)
B - Author Barry Lyga - I Hunt Killers - 1/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin - 11/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Generation of Women Who Cook by Kathy Johncox - 11/17/15 ♥♥
L - Author Deborah Larsen - The White - 11/28/15 ♥♥
E - Author Emma Donoghue - Astray - 10/17/15 ♥♥♥
T - This Pen For Hire by Laura Levine - 10/13/15 ♥♥♥♥♥



Corps (5/5)
C - Calling the Play by Samantha Kane - 11/20/15 ♥♥♥
O - Once Kissed by Cecy Robson - 10/25/15 ♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - Wildest Dreams - 10/10/15 ♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - 15th Affair - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
S – The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis - 5/1/16 ♥♥♥♥



Dangerous (9/9)
D - Death in Four Courses by Lucy Burdette - 1/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Wound Up by Jaci Burton - 10/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Next Always by Nora Roberts - 11/21/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - J is for Judgment - 2/1/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank - 10/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rachael Johns - Fire Me Up - 11/7/15 ♥♥♥
O - Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett - 2/20/16 ♥♥♥
U - Untraceable by Laura Griffin - 12/14/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sidney Halston - Fighting Dirty - 10/31/15 ♥♥♥♥



Engage (6/6)
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - The Curse of the Pharaohs - 11/4/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Last Boyfriend - 11/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder - 10/28/15 ♥♥♥♥
G – Author Sue Grafton - H is for Homicide - 10/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape by David Baldacci - 11/5/15 ♥♥♥♥



Force (5/5)
F - A Farewell to Yarns by Jill Churchill - 11/12/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only with You by Lauren Layne - 12/25/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - Blue Screen - 11/9/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - Christmas in Vermont: A Very White Christmas by Bryan Mooney - 12/20/15 ♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Lean Mean Thirteen - 11/6/15 ♥♥♥♥♥



Garrison (8/8)
G - Author Sue Grafton - K is for Killer - 7/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Hold Me Down - 11/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - Bring Me Home for Christmas - 12/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Vengeance in Death - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - The IrresistiBle Rogue by Valerie Bowman - 10/11/15 ♥♥♥
S - The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone - 11/30/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Charles Osgood - Funny Letters from Famous People - 9/13/16 ♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Perfect Hope - 11/25/15 ♥♥♥♥♥



Hostage (7/7)
H – Heat Exchange by Shannon Stacey - 5/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Hot Summer by Melissa Cutler - 9/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Soraya Lane - Cowboy Take Me Away - 1/15/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Laura Trentham - Melting Into You - 10/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amanda Lee - The Quick and the Thread - 12/7/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Laura Griffin - Unforgivable - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - 11/29/15 ♥♥♥♥



Innocent (8/8)
I - I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark - 11/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Sara Nović - Girl at War - 12/10/15 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Witness - 1/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off And Running by Philip Reed - 5/26/16 ♥♥♥
C - Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/23/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Eileen Goudge - The Diary - 1/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nevada Barr - Ill Wind - 2/1/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Teresa Mummert - White Trash Beautiful - 12/3/15 ♥♥



Justice (7/7)
J - Author Kelly Jamieson - Icing - 4/27/16 ♥♥♥
U - Unleashed by Cherrie Lynn - 1/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Summer in Eclipse Bay byJayne Ann Krentz - 2/18/16 ♥♥♥
T - 'Tis The Season by Robyn Carr - 1/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton - 12/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - Christmas at the Vicarage by Rebecca Boxall - 1/7/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Karen Erickson - Jane's Gift - 1/21/16 ♥♥♥



Kidnap (6/6)
K - Author Karin Slaughter - Fractured - 4/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - 1/13/16 ♥♥♥
D - Driving with the Top Down by Beth Harbison - 3/2/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean - 2/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Canadeo - While My Pretty One Knits - 1/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Prince Joe by Suzanne Brockmann - 10/22/15 ♥♥♥♥



Lethal (6/6)
L - Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman - 12/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy - 2/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Topped Chef by Lucy Burdette - 2/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥
L - Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke - 12/13/15 ♥♥♥♥



Medal (5/5)
M - Author Karen Marie Moning - Darkfever - 1/22/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Fearless Fourteen - 2/21/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Dani Jace - Hot As Blazes - 4/8/16 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton - 1/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Life's a Beach by Jamie K. Schmidt - 1/9/16 ♥♥♥♥

This sounds fun. I'll leave it open and see how much I can get done in a year, starting on Valentine's Day, of course.

MAD LIBS - Love Quotes
Timeframe: 2/14/17 - 2/13/18
35/35
6/6 Options

OPTION 1:
Verb - play or playing - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
part of the body - ARM
A – Author A.M. Madden - Vanishing Act - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Hard by Nalini Singh - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Mistake by Elle Kennedy - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
part of the body - FACE
F – Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A – Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
C – Author Christi Barth - Wanting It All - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
adjective - red-hot - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥

Option 1:
(view spoiler)[[Love PLAYS a single ARM inhabiting two bodies. ~ Aristotle
Sometimes the FACE sees what is RED-HOT to the eye. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 2:
Noun - daughter - [book:Only Daughter|29095402] by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
noun (plural) - shadows - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt - 3/8/17
noun - stud - Stud for Hire by Sabrina York - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
verb - leap - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥

Option 2:
(view spoiler)[A kiss is a lovely DAUGHTER designed by nature to stop speech when SHADOWS become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman
I have found the STUD, that if you love until it LEAPS, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 3:
Preposition - from - From This Day by Nora Roberts - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
noun - marriage - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
adverb - accidentally - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
adverb - fast - Hard and Fast by Erin McCarthy - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥

Option 3:
(view spoiler)[Keep love in your heart. A life FROM it is like a sunless garden when the MARRIAGES are dead. ~ Oscar Wilde
Being ACCIDENTALLY loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone FAST gives you courage. ~ Lao Tzu (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 4:
part of the body - LEG
L – Author Laura Griffin - Snapped - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
G – Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
part of the body
H - The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Redemption by Nalini Singh - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
verb - love - Letters to Love by Soraya Lane - 3/11/17 ♥♥♥
group of people - strangers - Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Option 4:
(view spoiler)[For it was not into my LEG you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my HAIR you kissed, but my soul. ~ Judy Garland
At the LOVE of love A STRANGER becomes a poet. ~ Plato (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 5
Number - 20 - Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
verb - lend or lending - Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
part of the body - foot - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
noun - kiss - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥

Option 5:
(view spoiler)[If you live to be 20, I want to LEND to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. ~ A. A. Milne
A loving FOOT is the truest KISS. ~ Charles Dickens (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 6
Noun - street - Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
Plant
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
S - Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
person - earl - Wedding Night With the Earl by Amelia Grey - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
adjective - plain - Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥

Option 6:
(view spoiler)[STREET is the ROSE you've got to let grow. ~ John Lennon
To love AN EARL is the beginning of a PLAIN romance. ~ Oscar Wilde (hide spoiler)]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Yay, Connie! You are safe! :)
Congrats ☺"

Whew--thanks!

What a fun idea! I normally do the spell-out version, but these tasks all sound like something that would fit my reading style, so I'll give it a try.

Monkey See...Monkey Do
Timeframe: 2/1/17 to 11/30/18
40/40

Curious George by H.A. Rey - Man in uniform on cover - Forged In Ash by Trish McCallan - 3/17/18 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Goes to the Hospital by Margret Rey - MC is a doctor - Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Curious George Rides a Bike by H.A. Rey - Bicycle on cover – He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Takes a Job by H.A. Rey - MC is starting a new job - Jackson's Trust by Violet Duke - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥

Curious George Visits the Library by Margret Rey - Librarian character - Madison - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥

Curious George Visits the Zoo by Margret Rey - Animal on cover you would find in a zoo - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Flies a Kite by Margret Rey - Something that flies in the air on cover - bat - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George and the Firefighters (Curious George New Adventures) by Margret Rey - Fire on cover - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Gets a Medal by H.A. Rey - Medal on the cover - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥


Curious George Learns the Alphabet by H.A. Rey - Single letter prominent on the cover – The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Makes Pancakes by Margret Rey - Food on cover - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥


Curious George Goes to the Beach by H.A. Rey - Beach scene/water on cover - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥


Curious George Goes to the Aquarium by Margret Rey - Sea animals on cover or set on water - Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
Tiny whale above door, plus set on Nantucket Island.

Curious George Goes Camping by Margret Rey - Set in the wilderness - Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥

Curious George and the Puppies by Margret Rey - Dog on the cover - Make Me Stay by Jaci Burton - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George and the Rocket by H.A. Rey - Set in space - Space in His Heart by Roxanne St. Claire - 3/8/18 ♥♥♥♥

Merry Christmas, Curious George by Margret Rey - Trees on cover - Broken by Karin Slaughter - 2/28/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George in the Big City by Margret Rey - Cityscape on cover - Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥


Curious George Goes to a Costume Party by Margret Rey - Decorations on cover - It Must Be Christmas: Three Holiday Stories by Jennifer Crusie - 11/19/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Goes to a Chocolate Factory by Margret Rey - MC is a blue collar worker - Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
Nick is a construction contractor.

Curious George in the Snow by Margret Rey - Winter scene on cover - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Takes a Train by Margret Rey - Where the characters take a train ride – The Sunny Side: Short Stories and Poems for Proper Grown-Ups by A.A. Milne - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Plays Baseball by Margret Rey - MC plays a sport - football - Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

A Winter's Nap (Curious George) by H.A. Rey - Word "Winter" in title - The Winter Bride by Anne Gracie - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Curious George Goes Hiking by Margret Rey - Mountains on cover - Summer on Lovers' Island by Donna Alward - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Goes to an Ice Cream Shop by Margret Rey - With "Ice" in title - ICE in SPICE - Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥

Curious George Saves His Pennies by Margret Rey - MC is struggling financially - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
Beth has to work 2 jobs even while she’s pregnant.

Sweet Dreams, Curious George by Margret Rey - "Dream" in title - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥

Curious George Says Thank You by Margret Rey - Makes you feel thankful - A Step of Faith by Richard Paul Evans - 3/7/18 ♥♥♥♥

Curious George at the Ballet by Margret Rey - Characters attend the ballet/dance program - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥

Curious George Curious You On Your Way! by H.A. Rey - Balloons on the cover – 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥


Curious George Bigger and Smaller by H.A. Rey - Title text is different sizes - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George Finds a Friend by Stephen Krensky - About a group of friends - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥


Car Wash (Curious George) by H.A. Rey - Car on cover - Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella - 11/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥


Curious George Takes a Trip (CGTV Reader) by H.A. Rey - Characters go on a road trip - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin - 3/23/17 ♥♥♥

Curious George Learns to Count from 1 to 100 by H.A. Rey - Number in the title - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Curious George Discovers the Rainbow by H.A. Rey - Cover is a color of the rainbow - Born in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥


Curious George Discovers the Sun by H.A. Rey - Planet on cover - moon - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥


Curious George The Boat Show (CGTV Reader) by H.A. Rey - Boat on cover - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell by Carolyn Keene - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥


Curious George Discovers the Senses by H.A. Rey - MC has lost one of their 5 senses – The Light Within by Yvonne Whittal - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
Roxy is blind.

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE****

I'm very late, but I just wanted to acknowledge that I finished and that this challenge was fun and a bit different.

Survive your own Apocalypse
Timeframe: 5/1/16 to 10/31/16

Step One (May) - Floods (6/6)
F - 15th Affair by James Patterson - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 5/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off And Running by Philip Reed - 5/26/16 ♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - Second Grave on the Left - 5/28/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - The Sassy One by Susan Mallery - 5/10/16 ♥♥♥♥



Step Two (June) - College (7/7)
C - The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark - 6/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lavinia Kent - Bound by Bliss - 6/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lisa Kleypas - Blue-Eyed Devil - 6/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Job - 6/14/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - K is for Killer - 7/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Tamed - 6/26/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Step Three (July) – Roarke (6/6)
R - Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/2/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Charles Osgood - Funny Letters from Famous People - 9/13/16 ♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick - 8/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risking It All by Christi Barth - 7/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Karen White - The Sound of Glass - 7/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen - 7/21/16 ♥♥♥♥



Step Four (August) – Mountains(10/10)
U - Unforgivable by Laura Griffin - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Marieke Nijkamp - This Is Where It Ends - 9/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Andrews - We'll Always Have Parrots - 8/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Scam - 8/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Purity in Death - 8/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne George - Murder on a Bad Hair Day - 8/17/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tilia Klebenov Jacobs - Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Café - 8/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Eulberg - Take a Bow - 9/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Portrait in Death - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Step Five (September) - Precognition (12/12)
P - Author James Patterson - You've Been Warned - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Imitation in Death - 9/16/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Visions of Sugar Plums - 9/18/16 ♥♥♥
C - Cost of Life: A Thriller by Joshua Corin - 9/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Hot Summer by Melissa Cutler - 9/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Gina Gordon - Reason to Believe - 10/22/16 ♥♥♥
N - Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen - 10/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - If the Shoe Fits by Laurie LeClair - 9/26/16 ♥♥♥
T - The Trouble with Love by Lauren Layne - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis - 9/24/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews - 10/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt - 11/1/16 ♥♥♥♥



Step Six (October) - The Renewed (10/10)
T - Author David Taylor - Zoo Vet: Adventures Of A Wild Animal Doctor - 10/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie - 11/3/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Casey - Wrong Number, Right Guy - 10/2/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Al Roker - The Midnight Show Murders - 10/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Rumor - 11/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine - 11/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Flat-Out Sexy - 11/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
W - What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life by Tim Conway - 10/12/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Diane Chamberlain - The Midwife's Confession - 10/5/16 ♥♥♥♥

- 10/5/16 ♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/3/17******

LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS - Part 3

raincoat (8/8)
R - The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - 10/30/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Accelerate - 9/16/17 ♥♥♥

sun (3/3)
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

tennis balls (11/11)
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Must Be Christmas: Three Holiday Stories by Jennifer Crusie - 11/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 7/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Broken by Karin Slaughter - 2/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author C.S. Lewis - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - 9/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Shannon Stacey - Yours to Keep - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

umbrella (8/8)
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
M - Major Misconduct by Kelly Jamieson - 8/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin - 3/23/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

vegetable (9/9)
V - Author Violet Duke - Jackson's Trust - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
T – Author Tina Wainscott - Falling Hard - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lured In by Laura Drewry - 7/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

warbler (7/7)
W - When We Fall by Marquita Valentine - 6/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Annie Jocoby - Exposure - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rosalind James - Just This Once - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author A.J. Banner - The Good Neighbor - 9/3/17 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Lord of Darkness- 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Ready to Run by Lauren Layne - 8/31/17 ♥♥♥♥

taxi (4/4)
T - This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 10/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - The All You Can Dream Buffet by Barbara O'Neal - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 1/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

yolk (4/4)
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author Lisa Kleypas - Smooth Talking Stranger - 1/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Kim Barnouin - Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched - 8/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

topaz (5/5)
T - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Robert B. Parker - God Save The Child - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot - 9/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Sweet Revenge - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 2/5/18*****

LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS - Part 2

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 ♥♥♥

pepper (6/6)
P - Author James Patterson - 16th Seduction - 6/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Emily March - Angel's Rest - 10/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs by Nick Trout - 6/9/17 ♥♥
P - Promises in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Thief of Shadows - 3/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R – Author Annie Rains - Welcome to Forever - 9/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

quince (6/6)
Q – Author Julia Quinn - The Lady Most Willing... - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Hard - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Claudia Connor - Worth It All - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Tied - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

I'm in for my usual spell-out option. I'm using all yellow(ish) things.

LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS
Timeframe: 1/1/17 to 2/5/18
181/181
26/26 Words

awning (6/6)
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
W - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
N - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥

butter (6/6)
B - Batter Up by Robyn Neeley - 1/30/17 ♥♥
U - The Untamed Earl by Valerie Bowman - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

corn (4/4)
C - Author Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nailed by Opal Carew - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥

daffodil (8/8)
D - The Deal by Elle Kennedy - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Forged in Fire by Trish McCallan - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson - 1/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Life She Wants by Robyn Carr - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

eggs (4/4)
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

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 ♥♥♥♥

Wild West Challenge - Part 2

Outlaw (6/6)
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unleashed by Cherrie Lynn - 1/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - 'Tis The Season by Robyn Carr - 1/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - I Wish You Were Mine - 2/6/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin - 4/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
W - Worth the Risk by Claudia Connor - 3/12/16 ♥♥♥♥



Path (4/4)
P - Purity in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - After Love by Kathy Clark - 3/6/16 ♥♥♥
T - Topped Chef by Lucy Burdette - 2/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hidden Heat by Carla Swafford - 2/16/16 ♥♥♥



Quarterhorse (12/12)
Q - A Quiche Before Dying by Jill Churchill - 11/24/15 ♥♥♥
U - Undercover Bride by Margaret Brownley - 3/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Airplane Rides: Observations From Above by Jake Alexander - 4/7/16 ♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Vengeance in Death - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Twisted by Emma Chase - 3/1/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Karen Erickson - Jane's Gift - 1/21/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Conspiracy in Death - 2/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Off And Running by Philip Reed - 5/26/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Loyalty in Death - 2/25/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn - 2/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy - 2/18/16 ♥♥♥♥



Rope (4/4)
R - Author Ray BradBury - Fahrenheit 451 - 2/28/16 ♥♥
O - Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews - 10/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Fearless Fourteen - 2/21/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Stetson (7/7)
S - Author Spencer Quinn - The Dog Who Knew Too Much - 3/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Trouble With Magic by Madelyn Alt - 4/14/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Heist - 3/23/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas - 4/25/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - 3/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Charles Osgood - Funny Letters from Famous People - 9/13/16 ♥♥
N - No Weddings by Kat Bastion - 5/14/16 ♥♥♥



Tack (4/4)
T - To the Hilt by Dick Francis - 6/1/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Heat - 4/12/16 ♥♥♥
C - Christmas at the Vicarage by Rebecca Boxall - 1/7/16 ♥♥♥
K - Author Kelly Jamieson - Icing - 4/27/16 ♥♥♥



Uncharted (9/9)
U - Unexpected Rush by Jaci Burton - 3/22/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Marieke Nijkamp - This Is Where It Ends - 9/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cowboy Take Me Away by Soraya Lane - 1/15/16 ♥♥♥
H - Heat Exchange by Shannon Stacey - 5/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Welcome Home, Cowboy - 5/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rush by Gina Gordon - 3/25/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tamed by Emma Chase - 6/26/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Tilt - 4/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
D – Author Dani Jace - Hot As Blazes - 4/8/16 ♥♥♥



Vendetta (8/8)
V - Vintage Dreams by Jannie Lund - 9/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen - 7/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen - 10/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Driving with the Top Down by Beth HarBison - 3/2/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Wicked Intentions - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - 7/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tilia Klebenov Jacobs - Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Café - 8/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - About That Night by Julie James - 5/29/16 ♥♥♥♥



Wigwam (6/6)
W - Witness in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/11/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Instant Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne George - Murder on a Bad Hair Day - 8/17/16 ♥♥♥
W - Author Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie - 5/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - At The Blue Bell Inn by J.S. Fletcher - 5/17/16 ♥♥♥
M - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - 2/20/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Trail Mix (8/8)
T - Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean - 7/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - A Rose for Melinda by Lurlene McDaniel - 5/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Last by Jill Shalvis - 6/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - Instant Gratification by Jill Shalvis - 2/15/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - A Lot like Love by Julie James - 3/6/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Karen Marie Moning - Bloodfever - 4/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - Instant Temptation by Jill Shalvis - 2/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
X - X-It by Jane George - 11/25/15 ♥♥♥



Yokel (5/5)
Y - You Only Love Once by Tori Carrington - 10/26/15 ♥♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
K – Author by Karen Marie Moning - Darkfever - 1/22/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Scam - 8/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Frisk Me - 3/18/16 ♥♥♥



Buzzard (7/7)
B - Breaking Noah by Missy Johnson - 3/30/16 ♥♥
U - Unspeakable by Laura Griffin - 4/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Zack by Sawyer Bennett - 5/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Rececca Zanetti - Forgotten Sins - 7/17/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anna Sullivan - Hideaway Cove - 6/30/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Judgment in Death - 5/7/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Michele Dunaway - Fan the Flames - 3/10/16 ♥♥♥



*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/9/16*****

All done!

Wild West Challenge
Timeframe: 10/1/15 to 12/9/16
157/157
26/26 Words

Arrows (6/6)
A - All I Need Is You by Wendy S. Marcus - 10/4/15 ♥♥♥
R - Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/9/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - Wildest Dreams - 10/10/15 ♥♥♥
O - Once Kissed by Cecy Robson - 10/25/15 ♥♥♥
W - The White by Deborah Larsen - 11/28/15 ♥♥
S - Author Suzanne Brockmann - Prince Joe - 10/22/15 ♥♥♥♥



Bow (3/3)
B - Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy - 3/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
W - Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark - 12/4/15 ♥♥♥♥



Calf (4/4)
C - Calling the Play by Samantha Kane - 11/20/15 ♥♥♥
A - All Wound Up by Jaci Burton - 10/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich - 11/6/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - A Farewell to Yarns by Jill Churchill - 11/12/15 ♥♥♥♥



Dust (4/4)
D - Dawn in Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz - 10/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin - 11/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Strip You Bare by Maisey Yates - 11/16/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - This Pen For Hire by Laura Levine - 10/13/15 ♥♥♥♥♥



Eagle (5/5)
E - Author Elaine Viets - Just Murdered - 10/7/15 ♥♥♥
A - Astray by Emma Donoghue - 10/17/15 ♥♥♥
G - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Generation of Women Who Cook by Kathy Johncox - 11/17/15 ♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank - 10/19/15 ♥♥♥♥



Frontier (8/8)
F - Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke - 12/24/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rachael Johns - Fire Me Up - 11/7/15 ♥♥♥
O - Only with You by Lauren Layne - 12/25/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Next Always by Nora Roberts - 11/21/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Teresa Mummert - White Trash Beautiful - 12/3/15 ♥♥
I - The Irresistible Rogue by Valerie Bowman - 10/11/15 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - The Curse of the Pharaohs - 11/4/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - Blue Screen - 11/9/15 ♥♥♥♥



Gallop (6/6)
G - Author Laura Griffin - Unforgivable - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder - 10/28/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman - 12/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke - 12/13/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Hot Summer by Melissa Cutler - 9/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Kay - The Billionaire and His Boss - 5/22/16 ♥♥♥♥



Hunt (4/4)
H - H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton - 10/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untraceable by Laura Griffin - 12/14/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Last Boyfriend - 11/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Laura Trentham - Melting Into You - 10/14/15 ♥♥♥♥



Indian (6/6)
I - I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark - 11/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Perfect Hope - 11/25/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Death in Four Courses by Lucy Burdette - 1/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton - 12/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amanda Lee - The Quick and the Thread - 12/7/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Sara Nović - Girl at War - 12/10/15 ♥♥♥



Jeans (5/5)
J - Author Darynda Jones - First Grave on the Right - 3/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape by David Baldacci - 11/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Hold Me Down - 11/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Witness - 1/28/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone - 11/30/15 ♥♥♥♥



Knapsack (8/8)
K - Author Katie Rose - The Heat Is On - 2/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nevada Barr - Ill Wind - 2/1/16 ♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Canadeo - While My Pretty One Knits - 1/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - 15th Affair - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
S – The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis - 5/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton - 3/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Christmas in Vermont: A Very White Christmas by Bryan Mooney - 12/20/15 ♥♥
K - Author Lisa Kleypas - Seduce Me at Sunrise - 3/9/16 ♥♥♥♥



Lasso (5/5)
L - Life's a Beach by Jamie K. Schmidt - 1/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton - 1/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sue Grafton - J is for Judgment - 2/1/16 ♥♥♥
S - Summer in Eclipse Bay byJayne Ann Krentz - 2/18/16 ♥♥♥
O - Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett - 2/20/16 ♥♥♥



Maverick (8/8)
M - The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances by Ellen Cooney - 11/18/15 ♥♥
A - The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥
V - Author Violetta Rand - Sin - 4/2/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Eileen Goudge - The Diary - 1/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - Bring Me Home for Christmas - 12/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - 1/13/16 ♥♥♥
C - Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/23/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Author Karin Slaughter - Fractured - 4/20/16 ♥♥♥♥



Neigh (5/5)
N - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean - 2/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - 11/29/15 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga - 1/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - K is for Killer - 7/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Fighting Dirty - 10/31/15 ♥♥♥♥

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*****

As usual, I'm going to do the spell-out version:

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 ♥♥♥

Judge & Jury - Part 2

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 ♥♥♥

quid pro quo (10/10)
Q - Author Julia Quinn - The Lady Most Willing... - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Untamed Earl by Valerie Bowman - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Kindred in Death - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥

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 ♥♥♥♥

trust (5/5)
T - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥

uphold (6/6)
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Author Pamela Clare - Hard Evidence - 12/2/16 ♥♥♥
H – Author Herman Koch - The Dinner - 4/24/17 ♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
D – Duke with Benefits by Manda Collins - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥

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 ♥♥♥

eXecutor (8/8)
E - Author Emma Chase - Tied - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
C - Craving by Helen Hardt - 4/27/17 ♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

jurY (4/4)
J - Author James Patterson - 16th Seduction - 6/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unpredictable by Eileen Cook - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You've Been Warned by James Patterson - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥

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 ♥♥♥♥♥

As always, I'll do the spell-out version:

JUDGE & JURY
Timeframe: 11/1/16 to 8/23/18
183/183
26/26 Words

appeal (6/6)
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
P - Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes - 11/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey - 11/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Cuff Me - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥

bond (4/4)
B - Because It's Christmas: The Christmas Basket\Merry Ex-Mas by Debbie Macomber - 12/17/16 ♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt - 11/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Deal by Elle Kennedy - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

chambers (8/8)
C - Author Agatha Christie - Hallowe'en Party - 11/3/16 ♥♥♥
H - Hope Burns by Jaci Burton - 11/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
M - Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier - 12/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
B - Batter Up by Robyn Neeley - 1/30/17 ♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Flat-Out Sexy - 11/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand - 11/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb - 11/13/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

damages (7/7)
D - Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson - 1/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Memory in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amelia Grey - Wedding Night With the Earl - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
G - Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern - 11/11/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥

escrow (6/6)
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery - 11/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥

felon (5/5)
F - Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
L - Love After All by Jaci Burton - 12/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine - 11/29/16 ♥♥♥♥

garnish (7/7)
G - The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
I - I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places by Lisa Scottoline - 12/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas - 1/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥

habeas corpus (12/12)
H - He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Born in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E – Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S – Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 7/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
C – The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Opal Carew - Nailed - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥
R - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn - 11/6/16 ♥♥♥
S - Stud for Hire by Sabrina York - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

issue (5/5)
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Broken - 2/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Snapped by Laura Griffin - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undercover in the CEO's Bed by Coleen Kwan - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Mistake - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥

jail (4/4)
J - Jackson's Trust by Violet Duke - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Life She Wants by Robyn Carr - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

docKet (6/6)
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Kerrigan Byrne - The Highwayman - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥

libel (5/5)
L - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Jaci Burton - Mistletoe Games: A Play-by-Play Anthology - 2/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - Plain Jayne - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥

mistrial (8/8)
M – Mister O by Lauren Blakely - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
S - Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 4/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author Rosalind James - Just This Once - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥

Yay, Amelia!

Hmmm, actually no. I needed an N for this one, I think, and an O for the other one. Both tough letters for me. I'm just finally catching up on my logging.

LOL, well I did start it in May of 2015. I'm nothing if not persistent!

SOUND OF MUSIC - Part 3

Transpose (9/9)
T - Topped Chef by Lucy Burdette - 2/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rachael Johns - Fire Me Up - 11/7/15 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton - 3/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Last Boyfriend - 11/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Slashed by Tracy Wolff - 9/6/15 ♥♥
P - Author Robert B. Parker - Blue Screen - 11/9/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only with You by Lauren Layne - 12/25/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Stacey Kennedy - Mine: A Club Sin Novel - 9/23/15 ♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Heist - 3/23/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Unison (6/6)
U Unexpected Rush by Jaci Burton - 3/22/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Perfect Hope - 11/25/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton - 12/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Strip You Bare by Maisey Yates - 11/16/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off And Running by Philip Reed - 5/26/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Witness - 1/28/16 ♥♥♥♥



Viola (5/5)
V - Author Violetta Rand - Loving Lucas - 7/26/15 ♥♥
I - If I Could Turn Back Time by Beth Harbison - 7/27/15 ♥♥♥
O - Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett - 2/20/16 ♥♥♥
L - The Last Generation of Women Who Cook by Kathy Johncox - 11/17/15 ♥♥
A - After Love by Kathy Clark - 3/6/16 ♥♥♥



Whip (4/4)
W - While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark - 5/17/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb - 9/27/15 ♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - 15th Affair - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥



Xiao (4/4)
X - X-It by Jane George - 11/25/15 ♥♥♥
I - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the TaliBan by Malala Yousafzai - 1/13/16 ♥♥♥
A - The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin - 4/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Charles Osgood - Funny Letters from Famous People - 9/13/16 ♥♥



Yodel (5/5)
Y - You Only Love Once by Tori Carrington - 10/26/15 ♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death in Four Courses by Lucy Burdette - 1/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Tilt - 4/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Deborah Larsen - The White - 11/28/15 ♥♥



Zufalo (6/6)
Z - Author Zoraida Córdova - Love on the Ledge - 5/22/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unspeakable by Laura Griffin - 4/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Dick Francis - Whip Hand - 8/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Airplane Rides: Observations From Above by Jake Alexander - 4/7/16 ♥♥
L - Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman - 12/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥



*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 9/13/16*****

SOUND OF MUSIC - Part 2

Kettle Drum (10/10)
K - Author Stacey Kennedy - Desired by Stacey Kennedy - 9/28/15 ♥♥♥
E - Author Ellen Cooney - The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances - 11/18/15 ♥♥
T - Author Betsy Talbot - Wild Rose - 6/11/15 ♥♥
T - Touchback by Don Handfield - 6/13/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Levine - This Pen For Hire - 10/13/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - 11/29/15 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis - 7/13/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Zero-Degree Murder - 8/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untraceable by Laura Griffin - 12/14/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Murder With Puffins by Donna Andrews - 7/7/15 ♥♥♥♥



Lute (4/4)
L - Author Laura Trentham - Melting Into You - 10/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undercover Bride by Margaret Brownley - 3/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Two Sisters by Mary Hogan - 5/20/15 ♥♥♥
E - Author Eileen Goudge - The Diary - 1/5/16 ♥♥♥♥



Maraca (6/6)
M - Make You Burn by Megan Crane - 8/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder - 10/28/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ryker by Sawyer Bennett - 9/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Hold Me Down - 11/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Jill Churchill - A Farewell to Yarns - 11/12/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amanda Lee - The Quick and the Thread - 12/7/15 ♥♥♥♥



Nay (3/3)
N - Naked in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/5/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jeffrey Allen - Stay At Home Dead - 9/30/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - Yesterday is Dead by Jack Lynch - 9/12/15 ♥♥♥♥



Organ (5/5)
O - Once Upon a Cowboy by Maggie McGinnis - 6/24/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - Split Image - 7/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris - 7/3/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Astray by Emma Donoghue - 10/17/15 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nicholas Sparks - The Longest Ride - 7/19/15 ♥♥♥♥♥



Polka (5/5)
P - Author James Patterson - 14th Deadly Sin - 7/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Kissed by Cecy Robson - 10/25/15 ♥♥♥
L - Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich - 11/6/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Author Samantha Kane - Calling the Play - 11/20/15 ♥♥♥
A - The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥



Quartet (7/7)
Q - A Quiche Before Dying by Jill Churchill - 11/24/15 ♥♥♥
U - Unleashed by Cherrie Lynn - 1/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton - 1/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robin Sloan - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - 9/29/15 ♥♥♥
T - Texas Thunder by Kimberly Raye - 8/30/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Karen Erickson - Jane's Gift - 1/21/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Teresa Mummert - White Trash Beautiful - 12/3/15 ♥♥



Reed Pipe (8/8)
R - Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/9/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy - 2/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Fearless Fourteen - 2/21/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline - 7/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Robert B Parker - Silent Night - 8/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
I - Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/16/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Prince Joe by Suzanne Brockmann - 10/22/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Twisted - 3/1/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Staff (5/5)
S - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - 6/1/15 ♥♥♥
T - 'Tis The Season by Robyn Carr - 1/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Canadeo - While My Pretty One Knits - 1/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Stacy Finz - Going Home - 9/20/15 ♥♥♥
F - Fighting Dirty by Sidney Halston - 10/31/15 ♥♥♥♥

After 1-1/2 years, I'm finally done with this one! Thanks for the fun.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Timeframe: 5/15/15 to 9/13/16
160/160
26/26 Musical Items

Allegro (7/7)
A - Author Annette Blair - Death by Diamonds - 9/1/15 ♥♥♥
L - Laid Out by Sidney Halston - 8/4/15 ♥♥♥
L - Larceny And Lace by Annette Blair - 8/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellen DeGeneres - The Funny Thing Is... - 9/4/15 ♥♥♥
G - The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith - 6/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Cassie Ryan - My Obsession - 7/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in Every Generation by Lauren B. Grossman - 5/18/15 ♥♥♥



Banjo (5/5)
B - Author Beth Harbison - When in Doubt, Add Butter - 6/17/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Carol Anshaw - Carry the One - 7/7/15 ♥♥
N - Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman - 6/28/15 ♥♥♥♥
J - Author Jayne Ann Krentz - Dawn in Eclipse Bay - 10/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly - 6/14/15 ♥♥♥



Celesta (7/7)
C - Crushed by Lauren Layne - 6/21/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elaine Viets - Dying to Call You - 6/22/15 ♥♥♥
L - The Lady Most Likely... by Julia Quinn - 6/23/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Lynn Casey - Sew Deadly by - 9/15/15 ♥♥♥
S - The Sparkling One by Susan Mallery - 5/27/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich - 6/7/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - 9/7/15 ♥♥♥♥



Dulcimer (8/8)
D - A Duke but No Gentleman by Alexandra Hawkins - 6/27/15 ♥♥
U - An Unlikely Alliance by Patricia Bray - 7/17/15 ♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Trentham - Caught Up in the Touch - 7/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - Commanded by Stacey Kennedy - 7/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman - 6/10/15 ♥♥
M - My Highland Lover by Maeve Greyson - 5/29/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escort by Laura Marie Altom - 8/14 15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews - 7/21/15 ♥♥♥♥



Erhu (4/4)
E - Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones - 6/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Richard North Patterson - Fall From Grace - 6/6/15 ♥♥♥♥
H - Human.4 by Mike A. Lancaster - 5/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg - 6/2/15 ♥♥♥



Fiddle (6/6)
F - Farm Fresh Murder by Paige Shelton - 6/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder - 5/25/15 ♥♥♥
D - Double Play by Jill Shalvis - 6/3/15 ♥♥♥♥
D - Down from the Mountain by Elizabeth Fixmer - 6/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Littlest Cowboy by Maggie Shayne - 5/30/15 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elaine Viets - Just Murdered - 10/7/15 ♥♥♥



Glockenspiel (12/12)
G - G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton - 7/29/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Blurred Lines - 8/25/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Summer by David Baldacci - 8/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cookie Dough or Die by Virginia Lowell - 7/31/15 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Katie Rose - The Heat of the Moment - 9/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank - 10/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - A New Hope by Robyn Carr - 8/6/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sidney Halston - Below the Belt - 8/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas - 9/21/15 ♥♥♥
I - Irresistibly Yours by Lauren Layne - 8/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - The Curse of the Pharaohs - 11/4/15 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lorna Barrett - Murder is Binding - 8/27/15 ♥♥♥



Handbells (9/9)
H - H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton - 10/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - All I Need Is You by Wendy S. Marcus - 10/4/15 ♥♥♥
N - Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene - 7/25/15 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Devil Wears Spurs by Soraya Lane - 7/4/15 ♥♥♥♥
B - Broken Play by Samantha Kane - 8/16/15 ♥♥♥
E - The Escape by David Baldacci - 11/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers - 9/10/15 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lorna Barrett - Bookmarked For Death - 9/22/15 ♥♥♥
S - Susannah Screaming by Carolyn Weston - 6/18/15 ♥♥♥



Inci (4/4)
I - The Irresistible Rogue by Valerie Bowman - 10/11/15 ♥♥♥
N - The Next Always by Nora Roberts - 11/21/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Robyn Carr - Wildest Dreams - 10/10/15 ♥♥♥
I - I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark - 11/14/15 ♥♥♥♥



Janggu (6/6)
J - Author Joanne Fluke - Lemon Meringue Pie Murder - 12/13/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Wound Up by Jaci Burton - 10/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Girls by Donna Douglas - 8/18/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Girl at War by Sara Nović - 12/10/15 ♥♥♥
U - unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin - 11/11/15 ♥♥♥♥