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

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

I'm in the mood for another spell-out challenge, but I'm going to make it no deadline.

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 ♥♥♥♥

Thanks, Tea. I've been contemplating this one for a while. Figured I might as well jump in.

Thanks, Tea. I'm feeling very energetic today. Reading to start some new challenges.

Thanks, Tea. I love this idea.

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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 ♥♥♥♥

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 ♥♥♥♥

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Width (5/5)
W - While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark - 5/17/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - If I Could Turn Back Time by Beth Harbison - 7/27/15 ♥♥♥
D - Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline - 7/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Trouble With Magic by Madelyn Alt - 4/14/16 ♥♥♥
H - Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Axis (4/4)
A - Author Annie Rains - Welcome Home, Cowboy - 5/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
X - X-It by Jane George - 11/25/15 ♥♥♥
I - I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton - 12/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone - 11/30/15 ♥♥♥♥



Y Coordinate (11/11)
Y - You Only Love Once by Tori Carrington - 10/26/15 ♥♥♥
C - Author Mary Higgins Clark - Where Are You Now? - 12/4/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only with You by Lauren Layne - 12/25/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett - 2/20/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - Blue Screen - 11/9/15 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Deborah Larsen - The White - 11/28/15 ♥♥
I - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - 1/13/16 ♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Girls by Donna Douglas - 8/18/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - At The Blue Bell Inn by J.S. Fletcher - 5/17/16 ♥♥♥
T - Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas - 4/25/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Fearless Fourteen - 2/21/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Zero (4/4)
Z - Author Zoraida Córdova - Love on the Ledge - 5/22/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Heist - 3/23/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - The Next Always - 11/21/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Off And Running by Philip Reed - 5/26/16 ♥♥♥



*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/26/16******

Do the Math - Part 2

Negative (8/8)
N - Naked in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/5/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape by David Baldacci - 11/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Girl at War by Sara Nović - 12/10/15 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton - 1/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Laura Trentham - Melting Into You - 10/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Irresistible Rogue by Valerie Bowman - 10/11/15 ♥♥♥
V - Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Lean Mean Thirteen - 11/6/15 ♥♥♥♥♥



Oblong (6/6)
O - Once Upon a Cowboy by Maggie McGinnis - 6/24/15 ♥♥♥♥
B - Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr - 12/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts - 11/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Summer by David Baldacci - 8/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene - 7/25/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - J is for Judgment - 2/1/16 ♥♥♥



Pie Chart (8/8)
P - Prince Joe by Suzanne Brockmann - 10/22/15 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark - 11/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellen Cooney - The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances - 11/18/15 ♥♥
C - Author Robyn Carr - Wildest Dreams - 10/10/15 ♥♥♥
H - H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton - 10/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Canadeo - While My Pretty One Knits - 1/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/9/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Teresa Mummert - White Trash Beautiful - 12/3/15 ♥♥



Quadrant (8/8)
Q - A Quiche Before Dying by Jill Churchill - 11/24/15 ♥♥♥
U - An Unlikely Alliance by Patricia Bray - 7/17/15 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton - 3/4/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis - 7/13/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - Split Image - 7/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - After Love by Kathy Clark - 3/6/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nicholas Sparks - The Longest Ride - 7/19/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Texas Thunder by Kimberly Raye - 8/30/15 ♥♥♥♥



Ruler (5/5)
R - Author Robin Sloan - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - 9/29/15 ♥♥♥
U - Untraceable by Laura Griffin - 12/14/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers - 9/10/15 ♥♥♥
E - Author Eileen Goudge - The Diary - 1/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rachael Johns - Fire Me Up - 11/7/15 ♥♥♥



Sample (6/6)
S - Susannah Screaming by Carolyn Weston - 6/18/15 ♥♥♥
A - The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin - 4/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett - 8/27/15 ♥♥♥
P - The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts - 11/25/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lorna Barrett - Bookmarked For Death - 9/22/15 ♥♥♥
E - Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - 11/29/15 ♥♥♥♥



Twice (5/5)
T - 'Tis The Season by Robyn Carr - 1/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
W - Whip Hand by Dick Francis - 8/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
I - Irresistibly Yours by Lauren Layne - 8/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Jill Churchill - A Farewell to Yarns - 11/12/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Karen Erickson - Jane's Gift - 1/21/16 ♥♥♥



Unequal (7/7)
U - Unleashed by Cherrie Lynn - 1/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - A New Hope by Robyn Carr - 8/6/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Twisted - 3/1/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
Q - The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee - 12/7/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undercover Bride by Margaret Brownley - 3/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Airplane Rides: Observations From Above by Jake Alexander - 4/7/16 ♥♥
L - The Last Generation of Women Who Cook by Kathy Johncox - 11/17/15 ♥♥



Vector (6/6)
V - Author Violetta Rand - Loving Lucas - 7/26/15 ♥♥
E - Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy - 2/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cookie Dough or Die by Virginia Lowell - 7/31/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Topped Chef by Lucy Burdette - 2/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Kissed by Cecy Robson - 10/25/15 ♥♥♥
R - Ryker by Sawyer Bennett - 9/5/15 ♥♥♥♥

DO THE MATH
Timeframe: 5/15/15 to 5/26/16
155/158
26/26 Math Terms

Algebra (7/7)
A - Author Annette Blair - Death by Diamonds - 9/1/15 ♥♥♥
L - Laid Out by Sidney Halston - 8/4/15 ♥♥♥
G - Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Lynn Casey - Sew Deadly by - 9/15/15 ♥♥♥
B - Broken Play by Samantha Kane - 8/16/15 ♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Zero-Degree Murder - 8/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - 9/7/15 ♥♥♥♥



Beta (4/4)
B - Author Beth Harbison - When in Doubt, Add Butter - 6/17/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones - 6/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Two Sisters by Mary Hogan - 5/20/15 ♥♥♥
A - Author Alexandra Hawkins - A Duke but No Gentleman - 6/27/15 ♥♥



Circle (6/6)
C - Crushed by Lauren Layne - 6/21/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder - 5/25/15 ♥♥♥
R - Author Cassie Ryan - My Obsession - 7/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - Commanded by Stacey Kennedy - 7/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Littlest Cowboy by Maggie Shayne - 5/30/15 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elaine Viets - Dying to Call You - 6/22/15 ♥♥♥



Double (6/6)
D - Double Play by Jill Shalvis - 6/3/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly - 6/14/15 ♥♥♥
U - The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg - 6/2/15 ♥♥♥
B - Below the Belt by Sidney Halston - 8/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lady Most Likely... by Julia Quinn - 6/23/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - The Escort by Laura Marie Altom - 8/14 15 ♥♥♥♥



Edge (4/4)
E - Author Elizabeth Fixmer - Down from the Mountain - 6/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Devil Wears Spurs by Soraya Lane - 7/4/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris - 7/3/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellen DeGeneres - The Funny Thing Is... - 9/4/15 ♥♥♥



Factor (6/6)
F - Farm Fresh Murder by Paige Shelton - 6/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Carol Anshaw - Carry the One - 7/7/15 ♥♥
C - Caught Up in the Touch by Laura Trentham - 7/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich - 6/7/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Once in Every Generation by Lauren B. Grossman - 5/18/15 ♥♥♥
R - Author Richard North Patterson - Fall From Grace - 6/6/15 ♥♥♥♥



Gamma (5/5)
G - The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith - 6/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - All I Need Is You by Wendy S. Marcus - 10/4/15 ♥♥♥
M - My Highland Lover by Maeve Greyson - 5/29/15 ♥♥♥♥
M - Murder With Puffins by Donna Andrews - 7/7/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Wound Up by Jaci Burton - 10/5/15 ♥♥♥♥



Half (4/4)
H - Human.4 by Mike A. Lancaster - 5/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Astray by Emma Donoghue - 10/17/15 ♥♥♥
L - Larceny And Lace by Annette Blair - 8/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fighting Dirty by Sidney Halston - 10/31/15 ♥♥♥♥



Integer (7/7)
I - The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman - 6/10/15 ♥♥
N - Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman - 6/28/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Betsy Talbot - Wild Rose - 6/11/15 ♥♥
E - Author Elaine Viets - Just Murdered - 10/7/15 ♥♥♥
G - G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton - 7/29/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank - 10/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews - 7/21/15 ♥♥♥♥



Jump Strategy (12/12)
J - Author Jayne Ann Krentz - Dawn in Eclipse Bay - 10/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin - 11/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make You Burn by Megan Crane - 8/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas - 9/21/15 ♥♥♥
S - Author Stacey Kennedy - Desired - 9/28/15 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Slashed - 9/6/15 ♥♥
R - Author Katie Rose - The Heat of the Moment - 9/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder - 10/28/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - This Pen For Hire by Laura Levine - 10/13/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - The Curse of the Pharaohs - 11/4/15 ♥♥♥
G - Going Home by Stacy Finz - 9/20/15 ♥♥♥
Y - Yesterday is Dead by Jack Lynch - 9/12/15 ♥♥♥♥



Kappa (5/5)
K - Author Samantha Kane - Calling the Play - 11/20/15 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Hold Me Down - 11/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - 14th Deadly Sin - 7/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Robert B Parker - Silent Night - 8/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥



Limit (5/5)
L - Author Lauren Layne - Blurred Lines - 8/25/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/16/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Mine: A Club Sin Novel by Stacey Kennedy - 9/23/15 ♥♥
I - If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb - 9/27/15 ♥♥♥
T - Touchback by Don Handfield - 6/13/15 ♥♥♥♥



Mass (4/4)
M - Author Maisey Yates - Strip You Bare - 11/16/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jeffrey Allen - Stay At Home Dead - 9/30/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - The Sparkling One by Susan Mallery - 5/27/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - 6/1/15 ♥♥♥

Extra

Extra

Mix and Match - Part 2

Scotch (6/6) - Life's a Box of Chocolates
S - Author Stacy Finz - Going Home - 9/20/15 ♥♥♥
C - Cookie Dough or Die by Virginia Lowell - 7/31/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only with You by Lauren Layne - 12/25/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Texas Thunder by Kimberly Raye - 8/30/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Megan Crane - Make You Burn - 8/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Fighting Dirty - 10/31/15 ♥♥♥♥



Thread (6/6) - Needles & Stitches
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Slashed - 9/6/15 ♥♥
H - Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/12/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B Parker - Silent Night - 8/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elaine Viets - Just Murdered - 10/7/15 ♥♥♥
A - All Wound Up by Jaci Burton - 10/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Devil Wears Spurs by Soraya Lane - 7/4/15 ♥♥♥♥



Undertaker (10/10) - Professions
U - unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin - 11/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Next Always by Nora Roberts - 11/21/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline - 7/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape by David Baldacci - 11/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ryker by Sawyer Bennett - 9/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Teresa Mummert - White Trash Beautiful - 12/3/15 ♥♥
A - All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder - 10/28/15 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Jayne Ann Krentz - Dawn in Eclipse Bay - 10/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Lean Mean Thirteen - 11/6/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Katie Rose - The Heat of the Moment - 9/8/15 ♥♥♥♥



El Valle (7/7) - Volcanoes
E - Author Elizabeth Fixmer - Down from the Mountain - 6/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Littlest Cowboy by Maggie Shayne - 5/30/15 ♥♥♥
V - Author Violetta Rand - Loving Lucas - 7/26/15 ♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - 9/7/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Blurred Lines - 8/25/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lorna Barrett - Murder is Binding - 8/27/15 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Donoghue - Astray - 10/17/15 ♥♥♥



Wallcrawling (12/12) - Talents & Special Powers
W - When in Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison - 6/17/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Hold Me Down - 11/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers - 9/10/15 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lorna Barrett - Bookmarked For Death - 9/22/15 ♥♥♥
C - Author Jill Churchill - A Farewell to Yarns - 11/12/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robin Sloan - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - 9/29/15 ♥♥♥
A - The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson - 12/31/15 ♥♥♥
W - Whip Hand by Dick Francis - 8/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Levine - This Pen For Hire - 10/13/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - If I Could Turn Back Time by Beth Harbison - 7/27/15 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Last Boyfriend - 11/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Girl at War by Sara Nović - 12/10/15 ♥♥♥



Relax (5/5) - Yoga & Meditation
R - Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/9/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank - 10/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Trentham - Melting Into You - 10/14/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amanda Lee - The Quick and the Thread - 12/7/15 ♥♥♥♥
X - X-It by Jane George - 11/25/15 ♥♥♥



Yiddish (7/7) - What's Your Major
Y - You Only Love Once by Tori Carrington - 10/26/15 ♥♥♥
I - Irresistibly Yours by Lauren Layne - 8/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
D - Desired by Stacey Kennedy - 9/28/15 ♥♥♥
D - Author Deborah Larsen - The White - 11/28/15 ♥♥
I - Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/16/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson - 9/21/15 ♥♥♥
H - The Heat Is On by Katie Rose - 2/4/16 ♥♥♥♥



Zedoary (7/7) - Herbs & Spices
Z - Author Zoraida Córdova - Love on the Ledge - 5/22/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellen Cooney - The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances - 11/18/15 ♥♥
D - The Diary by Eileen Goudge - 1/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett - 2/20/16 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton - 1/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - Wildest Dreams - 10/10/15 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Maisey Yates - Strip You Bare - 11/16/15 ♥♥♥♥



****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 6/7/16*****

MIX & MATCH ALPHABET
Timeframe: 5/15/15 to 6/7/16
126/126
26/26 Challenges

Ambrosia (8/8) - Catch the Reading Bug
A - Author Annette Blair - Larceny And Lace - 8/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
M - Murder With Puffins by Donna Andrews - 7/7/15 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Betsy Talbot - Wild Rose - 6/11/15 ♥♥
R - Author Cassie Ryan - My Obsession - 7/8/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Cowboy by Maggie McGinnis - 6/24/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Susannah Screaming by Carolyn Weston - 6/18/15 ♥♥♥
I - The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman - 6/10/15 ♥♥
A - Author Annette Blair - Death by Diamonds - 9/1/15 ♥♥♥



Blender (7/7) - Cooking
B - Below the Belt by Sidney Halston - 8/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Laid Out by Sidney Halston - 8/4/15 ♥♥♥
E - The Escort by Laura Marie Altom - 8/14 15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Naked in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/5/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis - 7/13/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellen DeGeneres - The Funny Thing Is... - 9/4/15 ♥♥♥
R - Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews - 7/21/15 ♥♥♥♥



Constant (8/8) - Do the Match
C - Crushed by Lauren Layne - 6/21/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Once in Every Generation by Lauren B. Grossman - 5/18/15 ♥♥♥
N - Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman - 6/28/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Sparkling One by Susan Mallery - 5/27/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Two Sisters by Mary Hogan - 5/20/15 ♥♥♥
A - Author Carol Anshaw - Carry the One - 7/7/15 ♥♥
N - Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene - 7/25/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Touchback by Don Handfield - 6/13/15 ♥♥♥♥



Dracula (7/7) - Bad, Scary, Terrifying
D - Double Play by Jill Shalvis - 6/3/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Glory in Death - 8/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jeffrey Allen - Stay At Home Dead - 9/30/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Caught Up in the Touch by Laura Trentham - 7/20/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg - 6/2/15 ♥♥♥
L - The Lady Most Likely... by Julia Quinn - 6/23/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All I Need Is You by Wendy S. Marcus - 10/4/15 ♥♥♥



Echo (4/4) - Mythical Creatures
E - Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones - 6/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - Commanded by Stacey Kennedy - 7/5/15 ♥♥♥♥
H - Human.4 by Mike A. Lancaster - 5/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly - 6/14/15 ♥♥♥



Frog (4/4) - Animal Alphabet
F - 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson - 7/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Zero-Degree Murder - 8/19/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Summer by David Baldacci - 8/11/15 ♥♥♥♥
G - Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris - 7/3/15 ♥♥♥♥



Guns (4/4) - Wild West
G - The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith - 6/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
U - An Unlikely Alliance by Patricia Bray - 7/17/15 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nicholas Sparks - The Longest Ride - 7/19/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - 6/1/15 ♥♥♥



Honeydew (8/8) - Farm to Table
H - H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton - 10/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Kissed by Cecy Robson - 10/25/15 ♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Girls by Donna Douglas - 8/18/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Lynn Casey - Sew Deadly by - 9/15/15 ♥♥♥
Y - Yesterday is Dead by Jack Lynch - 9/12/15 ♥♥♥♥
D - A Duke but No Gentleman by Alexandra Hawkins - 6/27/15 ♥♥
E - Author Elaine Viets - Dying to Call You - 6/22/15 ♥♥♥
W - While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark - 5/17/15 ♥♥♥♥♥



I - Title Challenge
* I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder - 5/25/15 ♥♥♥



J - Hero Alphabet - Jesse Stone
* Split Image by Robert B. Parker - 7/14/15 ♥♥♥♥



K - Heroine Alphabet - Kinsey Millhone
* G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton - 7/29/15 ♥♥♥♥



L - Setting Alphabet - Las Vegas - Mine: A Club Sin Novel by Stacey Kennedy - 9/23/15 ♥♥



M – Villains - Ministry is the rival MC - Fire Me Up by Rachael Johns - 11/7/15 ♥♥♥



NVM (Nevermind) (3/3) - Texting Acronyms
N - A New Hope by Robyn Carr - 8/6/15 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Irresistible Rogue - 10/11/15 ♥♥♥
M - My Highland Lover by Maeve Greyson - 5/29/15 ♥♥♥♥



Oboe (4/4) - The Sound of Music
O - Off And Running by Philip Reed - 5/26/16 ♥♥♥
B - Broken Play by Samantha Kane - 8/16/15 ♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Peters - The Curse of the Pharaohs - 11/4/15 ♥♥♥



P - Alpha and Omega Couples (2/2)
* Farm Fresh Murder by Paige Shelton - 6/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
* Fall From Grace by Richard North Patterson - 6/6/15 ♥♥♥♥



Q - Author Alphabet - The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn - 2/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥


R - Pet Names - Rex
* Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich - 6/7/15 ♥♥♥♥♥

I know, right? I was determined to finish this one. I mean, it was only 17 books, but for some reason it took me a year and a half to get it done. But now I can cross it off my list!

Better late than never! Finally done. All those U's took forever!

WHAT DINOSAUR ARE YOU?
Timeframe: 4/28/14 to 12/27/14
99/99
8/8 Dinosaurs

Spinosaurus (11/11)
S - The Man in the Empty Boat by Mark Salzman - 7/12/14 ♥♥♥
P - Beach Road by James Patterson - 7/21/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson - 6/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Superior Death by Nevada Barr - 9/12/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Loved by Cecy Robson - 2/18/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Lick by Kylie Scott - 7/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams - 6/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unlikely Lady by Valerie Bowman - 5/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - You Can Get Arrested for That by Rich Smith - 7/12/14 ♥♥
U - Unbound by Kathryn Taylor - 5/12/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Starry Night by Debbie Macomber - 8/31/14 ♥♥♥

Tyrannosaurus Rex (16/16)
T - 10th Anniversary by James Patterson - 8/6/14 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You...Again: Baby Blessed\Yesterday Once More by Debbie Macomber - 5/26/14 ♥♥♥
R - Crimson Joy by Robert B. Parker - 8/4/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - 7/14/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Key of Light by Nora Roberts - 10/31/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts - 11/27/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Once Pure by Cecy Robson - 2/22/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith - 7/31/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - An Appetite for Murder by Lucy Burdette - 8/21/14 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella - 1/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Bring on the Heat by Katie Rose - 8/10/14 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under the Knife by Tess Gerritsen - 4/17/15 ♥♥♥♥
S - B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton - 9/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Knock Off by Rhonda Pollero - 8/14/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich - 6/22/14 ♥♥♥
X - The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton - 7/6/14 ♥♥♥

Velociraptor (12/12)
V - Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 11/12/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Earl's Dilemma by Emily May - 7/17/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Hot Secrets by Lisa Renee Jones - 6/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - Between the Sheets by Molly O'Keefe - 8/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cowboy with a Cause by Carla Cassidy - 6/13/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones - 8/23/14 ♥♥♥
R - Truly by Ruthie Knox - 8/30/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews - 9/15/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Letter from Peking by Pearl S. Buck - 7/28/14 ♥♥♥
T - Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich - 8/8/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - On the Naughty List by Lori Foster - 10/20/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Promise by Robyn Carr - 9/17/14 ♥♥♥♥

Pteranodan (10/10)
P - Deeply In You by Sharon Page - 7/3/14 ♥♥♥♥
T - Surrender by Tawny Taylor - 6/3/14 ♥♥♥
E - Expose Me by Kate Hewitt - 5/27/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Caged Wolf by S.M. Reine - 7/4/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - The Hot Corner by Amy Noelle - 6/12/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 6/18/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Hot Ticket by Olivia Cunning - 8/13/14 ♥♥♥♥
D - Delectable by Adrianne Lee - 8/1/14 ♥♥♥
A - Aftershock by Desiree Holt - 6/25/14 ♥♥♥
N - The 9th Judgment by James Patterson - 7/22/14 ♥♥♥♥♥

Triceratops (11/11)
T - Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor - 6/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir by Linda Ronstadt - 7/16/14 ♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn - 8/9/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Wallflower in Bloom by Claire Cook - 5/14/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz - 5/31/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Virgin by Radhika Sanghani - 7/23/14 ♥♥♥
A - A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton - 6/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trapped at the Altar by Jane Feather - 7/15/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn - 8/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
P - Passion and Propriety by Elise de Sallier - 8/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
S - Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman - 7/31/14 ♥♥♥♥

Brachiosaurus (13/13)
B - Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand - 5/13/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Other Half by Sarah Rayner - 5/4/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares - 5/2/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Fake It by Jennifer Chance - 5/9/14 ♥♥♥♥
H - Gambling with the Crown by Lynn Raye Harris - 5/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber - 5/4/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Missing Ink by Karen E. Olson - 4/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
S - Lip Service by Susan Mallery - 5/7/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali - 5/7/14 ♥♥♥
U - An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson - 6/3/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice by Michael Brandman - 6/17/14 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unsaid by Neil Abramson - 9/28/14 ♥♥♥
S - Straight from the Hip by Susan Mallery - 5/22/14 ♥♥♥♥♥

Compsognathus (13/13)
C - The Wish List by Eoin Colfer - 5/10/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning - 5/16/14 ♥♥♥
M - Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 5/16/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - The 8th Confession by James Patterson - 6/21/14 ♥♥♥♥
S - Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella - 6/7/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Odds Against by Dick Francis - 7/8/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin - 5/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - Dog Gone, Back Soon by Nick Trout - 6/6/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Arranging Flowers by Lynne Branard - 6/1/14 ♥♥♥♥
T - Then and Always by Dani Atkins - 5/23/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Heat by Jamie K. Schmidt - 5/20/14 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips - 10/25/14 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen - 6/24/14 ♥♥♥♥

Dilophosaurus (13/13)
D - The Duke's Obsession by Frances Fowlkes - 5/18/14 ♥♥♥
I - The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe by Mary Simses - 5/21/14 ♥♥♥
L - Far Gone by Laura Griffin - 5/29/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Perfect by Cecy Robson - 10/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paris in Love by Eloisa James - 5/23/14 ♥♥♥
H - The Beach Quilt by Holly Chamberlin - 6/19/14 ♥♥♥
O - Wicked Beat by Olivia Cunning - 12/4/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Hot on Her Heels by Susan Mallery - 6/9/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Daddy Morebucks by Normandie Alleman - 6/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlucky 13 by James Patterson - 12/3/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Taming A Sea-Horse by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/14 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield - 1/10/15 ♥♥♥
S - Tempting Meredith by Samantha Ann King - 7/6/14 ♥♥♥♥

****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/15/15*****

I don't know why it took me so long, but I finally finished!

Stuck in a Rut Challenge
Timeframe: 9/6/13 to 9/5/14
Easy Climb - 17/17

✔ Read 1 complete trilogy - Key Trilogy
1. Key of Light by Nora Roberts - 10/31/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
2. Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts - 11/27/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
3. Key of Valor by Nora Roberts - 5/15/15 ♥♥♥♥



✔ Read 2 books that have your Favorite Color on the cover - Pink
1. Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel with Recipes by Jenny Colgan - 9/29/13 ♥♥♥♥♥
2. Moonlight Cove by Sherryl Woods - 10/19/13 ♥♥♥♥♥



✔ Read 3 books from your Favorite Authors
1. A Chesapeake Shores Christmas by Sherryl Woods - 9/9/13 ♥♥♥♥♥
2. The Newcomer by Robyn Carr - 9/12/13 ♥♥♥♥
3. One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton - 9/22/13 ♥♥♥♥



✔ Read 4 different New to You Authors
1. Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney - 9/8/13 ♥♥♥♥
2. The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck - 9/17/13 ♥♥♥
3. A Rumor of Bones by Beverly Connor - 9/18/13 ♥♥♥♥
4. Lady in Waiting by Susan Meissner - 10/6/13 ♥♥♥♥



✔ Read 5 different Genres
1. Knitting by Anne Bartlett - 9/14/13 ♥♥♥♥ (chick-lit)
2. Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr - 9/15/13 ♥♥♥♥ (mystery)
3. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult - 9/20/13 ♥♥♥♥ (young adult)
4. End Me a Tenor by Joelle Charbonneau - 9/22/13 ♥♥♥♥ (cozy mystery)
5. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory - 9/23/13 ♥♥♥♥ (historical fiction)



*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/15/15******

FARM TO TABLE - Part 2

Farm Equipment
COMBINE (7/7)
C - Hot Ticket by Olivia Cunning - 8/13/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn - 8/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser - 7/26/14 ♥♥♥♥
B - Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith - 7/31/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Watch You by Irene Cao - 9/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Superior Death by Nevada Barr - 9/12/14 ♥♥♥
E - Quilt or Innocence by Elizabeth Spann Craig - 8/29/14 ♥♥♥



TRENCHER (8/8)
T - Tempting Meredith by Samantha Ann King - 7/6/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Bring on the Heat by Katie Rose - 8/10/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11th Hour by James Patterson - 9/14/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - The 9th Judgment by James Patterson - 7/22/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie - 7/9/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman - 7/31/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich - 9/20/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Truly by Ruthie Knox - 8/30/14 ♥♥♥♥♥



AUGER (5/5)
A - Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews - 9/15/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unsaid by Neil Abramson - 9/28/14 ♥♥♥
G - C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton - 9/25/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Four to Score by Janet Evanovich - 10/6/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Once Perfect by Cecy Robson - 10/30/14 ♥♥♥♥



Type of Garden
ORGANIC (7/7)
O - Wicked Beat by Olivia Cunning - 12/4/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author R.L. Mathewson - Playing for Keeps - 1/4/14 ♥♥♥♥
G - Saving Grace by Jane Green - 12/27/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - What a Lady Demands by Ashlyn Macnamara - 11/20/14 ♥♥♥
N - Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda - 1/6/15 ♥♥♥
I - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - 10/21/14 ♥♥♥
C - Faking It by Jennifer Crusie - 10/2/14 ♥♥♥♥♥



URBAN (5/5)
U - Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips - 10/25/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Promise by Robyn Carr - 9/17/14 ♥♥♥
B - Zero Day by David Baldacci - 8/15/14 ♥♥♥
A - An Appetite for Murder by Lucy Burdette - 8/21/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts - 11/27/14 ♥♥♥♥♥



ORCHARD (7/7)
O - Between the Sheets by Molly O'Keefe - 8/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - The Widening Gyre - 2/6/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Mistletoe Effect by Melissa Cutler - 9/22/14 ♥♥♥
H - Full Contact by Sidney Halston - 11/2/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - Christmas at Seashell Cottage by Donna Alward - 9/19/14 ♥♥♥
R - Author Violetta Rand - Surrender - 2/13/15 ♥♥
D - Dog Gone, Back Soon by Nick Trout - 6/6/14 ♥♥♥♥



Other Necessities
WATER (5/5)
W - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson - 10/15/14 ♥♥♥
A - Delectable by Adrianne Lee - 8/1/14 ♥♥♥
T - Trapped at the Altar by Jane Feather - 7/15/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich - 8/8/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Homecoming by JoAnn Ross - 11/24/14 ♥♥♥♥



SEEDS (5/5)
S - Triptych by Karin Slaughter - 10/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Seven Up by Janet Evanovich - 12/15/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hard Eight - 12/25/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 11/12/14 ♥♥♥♥
S - Seaview Inn by Sherryl Woods - 11/7/14 ♥♥♥



SHAKER (6/6)
S - Play by Kylie Scott - 11/8/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield - 12/10/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All I Want for Christmas is You by Lisa Mondello - 11/26/14 ♥♥
K - Knock Off by Rhonda Pollero - 8/14/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - 1/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Patricia Rosemoor - Dangerous - 1/31/15 ♥♥♥♥