Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Completed! 5/12/09 to 5/18/09


C: Curse the Dawn - Karen Chance 5/12/09
O: Opposites Attract - Lynn Kurland, et al 5/13/09
L: Lonetree Ranchers Colt - Kathie Denosky 5/17/09
L: Lone Wolf - Sheri Whitefeather 5/18/09
E: Expecting The Doctor's Baby - Teresa Southwick 5/17/09
E: Expecting His Love-Child - Carol Marinelli 5/15/09
N: Not Another New Year's - Christie Ridgway 5/16/09

All finished with my name challenge :)

Great, Jess. Can you repost your completed list?

Only one more book to go for read your name challenge. I won't finish until June because I need a "U" book and also need that for read June lol
So I've read 21/22 books

;-) I know I'm saving U's as well! Smart move.

Yes "U" are difficult. I'm okay for "E's" though with my collection of Janet Evanovich books !

Here's the completed list:

J - Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts
E - Eternal Pleasure by Nina Bangs
S - Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
S - Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan
I - Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts
C - Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
A - Angel Of Mercy by Toni Andrews

Updated: 5/13/09 - All Done :)

Perfect, Jess. Great job.

Read my name (by June 30, 2009) YEAH!!
14/14

K - Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang! The Unoffical James Bond 007 Film Companion by Alan Barnes 2/27/09
A - Allen, Tim - Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man 3/22/09
T - The Thawing of Mara (Americana: Pennsylvania) by Janet Dailey 2/10/09
E - Elizabeth Harbison - If The Slipper Fits 4/14/09

B - Bancroft, Lainey - Ressurecting the 3-D Club 4/2/09
R - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King 3/21/09
I - I Know You Got Soul by Jeremy Clarkson 2/10/09
A - Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon by Nancy Atherton 3/1/09
N - Novey, R.N. - A Dessert to Die For 5/22/09
S - Sudden Fire by Elizabeth Oldfield 2/20/09
G - William Shakespeare's King Leara graphic novel by Gareth Hinds 4/7/09
I - I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This! And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart 2/8/09
R - Ready to Reel - Lainey Bancroft 4/2/09
L - Lone Star Baby(Heart of Texas #6) by Debbie Macomber 3/31/09

Oh! Your're done. :D

I had just the N left and finally managed to finish that.

One more to go and I'm currently reading it!


L - Lyon: Lords of Satyr by Elizabeth Amber
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost -Done
R - Raine: Lords of Satyr by Elizabeth Amber- Done
I - In The Blood by Adrian Phonix- Done

B - Bound by Blood by Jordon Lane- Done
L - Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward- Done
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - Done
N - Nicholas: Lords of Satyr by Elizabeth Amber- Done
T - The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter- Done
I - If You Desire by Kresley Cole- Done
N - Not in Kansas by R.G. Alexander- Done

B - Betrayed - Jamie Leigh Hansen 2/10
A - Angels' Blood - Nalini Singh 4/5
R - Rogue - Cheryl Brooks 3/17
B - Blood Sins - Kay Hooper 2/21
A - A Highlander of Her Own - Melissa Mayhue 2/11
R - Ravenous The Dark Forgotten - Sharon Ashwood 2/15
A - Any Given Doomsday - Lori Handeland 2/10

J - J is for Judgment - Sue Grafton 4/30
O - Outlander - Diana Gabaldon 5/8

S - Scandalous Spirits - C.B. Scott 2/16
I - Immortal Bad Boys - Rebecca York 2/19
S - The Second Chance - Jaclyn Reding 3/24
L - Lord of the Nile - Constance O'Banyon 2/27
I - Inkheart - Cornelia Funke 2/25
A - All I Want - Sally Painter 4/11
N - Night After Night - Kathryn Smith 2/6

COMPLETED 5/8

You're almost there, Lori.

Great job, Barbara.

Briansgirl wrote: "Read my name (by June 30, 2009) YEAH!!
14/14

K - Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang! The Unoffical James Bond 007 Film Companion by Alan Barnes 2/27/09
A - Allen, Tim - [book:Don't Stand T..."

Congratulations Kate ! I should hopefully finish during the first couple of days of June as I had to leave my final letter "U" for my book for read JUNE !

Barbara wrote: "
B - Betrayed - Jamie Leigh Hansen 2/10
A - Angels' Blood - Nalini Singh 4/5
R - Rogue - Cheryl Brooks 3/17
B - Blood Sins - Kay Hoo..."

Congratulations Barbara !

Finished! I changed some of the books because I realized I was cheating a little with "The", "In", etc...

L - Lyon: Lords of Satyr by Elizabeth Amber
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
R - Raine: Lords of Satyr by Elizabeth Amber
I - Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
B - Bound by Blood by Jordon Lane
L - Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
A - Adder by Ally Blue
N - Nicholas: Lords of Satyr by Elizabeth Amber
T - True Of Heart by M.L. Rhodes
I - Ione, Larrisa - Pleasure Unbound
N - Not in Kansas by R.G. Alexander

congrats Lori

Congratulations!

WTG Lori !

T - The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis 4/6
O - Once a Cowboy by Linda Warren 6/22
N - Need by Carrie Jones6/21
I - I, Robot by Carl Sagan 6/8

S - Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks 4/3
T - The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis 4/18
O - The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison 6/30
R - Relic 5/1
M - Marked by P.C Cast 4/5
S - Six Bad Things: A Novel by Charlie Huston 6/25

I've finished 01 June 2009 and I didn't take the easy way out LOL I did read a really short ebook freebie for my final U though ! !

J - Julie Garwood (One Pink Rose) 08/03/09

A - A Stitch in Time (Monica Ferris) 03/03/09

N - New Moon (Stephenie Meyer) 29/01/09

E - Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer) 31/01/09


L - Looking for Rachel Wallace - (Robert B Parker) 18/02/09

O - (An) Officer and a millionaire - (Maureen Child) 06/03/09

U - Unraveled Sleeve (Monica Ferris) 30/03/09

I - The Island - (Victoria Hislop) 13/01/09

S - Shopaholic and baby (Sophie Kinsella) 26/02/09

E - Early Autumn (Robert B Parker) 03/04/09



B - Braun, Lilian Jackson (The Cat Who Saw Stars) 17/02/09

U - Under The Mistletoe (Tamelia Tumlin) 01/06/09

R - Robert B. Parker (Valediction) 20/02/09

N - Niffenegger, Audrey (The Time Traveller's Wife) 16/02/09

H - Hide And Seek (Ian Rankin) 20/03/09

A A Dream Come True (Maureen Lee) 25/02/09

M -Midnight Sun (Stephenie Meyer) 13/02/09

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A -Atherton, Nancy (Snowbound) 27/02/09

I -Irish Dreams (Nora Roberts) 27/03/09

R -Robert B. Parker (Widow's Walk) 23/02/09

E - Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl Bk#1) 09/05/09

Y - You Slay Me (Katie MacAlister) 13/05/09

Congratulations, Jane...hey, sometimes a novella is just what you need to finish up..LOL

congrats Jane

Thanks YZ and Briansgirl ! Yep it was a good novella too lol.
Now to work on the men we love and A-Z challenges!

Congrats Jane, that was really long and challenging read-your-name!!! Congrats.

Thanks Kasia ! I enjoyed all the books I read for it too ! !

;D

Completed 6/2

M - Monster by A. Lee Martinez

E - Earth Hive by Steve Perry

L - Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin

I - Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu

S - Storm Front by Jim Butcher

S - Swimming Without a Net by Mary Janice Davidson

A - Ain't Myth Behaving by Katie MacAlister


B - Being Nikki by Meg Cabot

R - The Royal Mess by Mary Janice Davidson

Y - You Don't Know Jack by Erin McCarthy

A - Atlantis Rising by Alyssa Day

N - Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich

Way to go, Melissa.

Yay!!! Done :D

Well done Melissa !

Thanks guys! :) It's fun to pick out books for these challenges, but it's even more fun when you complete one!

*Update

K-Knockin' Boots
E-Evermore
Y-You Got To Pay To Play
O-On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God Futher Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Finished 6/14
N-Norwegian Wood
A-Always a Queen

D-Dead Until DarkFinished 6/7
A-Amongst Thieves
V-The Virgin Suicides
I-Imani All Mine
S-Still Sheisty, Part 2

M Magic study - Maria V Snyder
I Iron kissed - Patricia Briggs
C Club dead - Charlaine Harris
H Halfway to the grave - Jeaniene Frost
E Elijah - Jacquelyn Frank
L Life mate connections : Erin - Keri Arthur
L Lover Eternal - JR Ward
E Ecstasy (The shadow dwellers) Jacquelyn Frank

MMemory zero - Keri Arthur
C Curse the Dawn - Karen Chance
MMine to possess - Nalini Singh
I In heat - Felicity Heaton
C Caressed by ice - Nalini Singh
H Howling at the moon : Tales of an urban werewolf - Karen MacInerney
A Angel's Blood - Nalini Singh
E Embrace the night - Karen Chance
L Lover Avenged - JR Ward

I kept my last E for June's read the month, I am now officially all done :)

COMPLETED 18/6/09

Good job, Michelle!

I'm reading my last book for this challenge, too, so I will be done soon.

Yz wrote: "Good job, Michelle!

I'm reading my last book for this challenge, too, so I will be done soon."

Excellent! Trying to finish off the last books of some of these challenges as I know you will be giving us more soon... lol. Seriously though, thanks for the inspiration, I'm enjoying myself and what I'm reading and i've only been here two months!

Yes..We are ending this month the Read-Your-Name Challenge and will have a month to go for our Men-We-Love Challenge.

Starting the 21st of this month is our Armchair Traveler Challenge and on July 1st our A-Z Character Challenge. Add to that our usual monthly challenge and our READ-The-Month Challenge and we have all the excuse to attack our summer reading books...LOL.

Happy to hear that you are enjoying yourself. Before I found GR, I was in despair, thinking that nobody around me enjoys reading the way I do. What a relief it is to find a community of people where I can spread my reading addiction.

Well said YZ (about before finding GR). Nobody understood why I read so much and they really didn't understand my love of all things paranormal. It's so nice to not have to be shy about the books I'm reading!

Finally got to read my "Z" book.

All done! *happy dance*

Read Your Name Challenge List
Ends: June 30, 2009

Y - You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister 2/22/09
Z - Zen and the Art of Vampires by Katie MacAlister 6/19/09

S - Stray by Rachel Vincent - 4/14/09
T - Tapestry (anthology) - 4/10/09
E - (An) Enchanted Season (anthology) - 3/6/09
R - Riding Wild by Jaci Burton - 3/31/09
L - La Vida Vampire by Nancy Haddock - 4/5/09
I - IronKissed by Patricia Briggs - 4/8/09
N - Night Game by Christine Feehan- 3/26/09
G - Gabriel's Ghost by Linnea Sinclair - 3/5/09

Well done Yz.

WTG YZ ! !

I'm impressed, yours was tricky with the Y & Z....

LOL..what i gained with shortness, i lose out to difficulty of letters.

It was the Z book that held me up.

Well done YZ !

Finished my first name:

K - The King's Rose
R - Running Out of Time
I - Iron Kissed
S - The Supernaturalist
T - True Blood
E - eV
N - The New Policeman

I may be able to finish my middle name too:

M - My Swordhand Is Singing
A - Adverbs A Novel
R - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
I - I Am the Messenger
E - Eternal

Just one more to go..and with 10 days left for this challenge..I'm sure you'll make it.

K - The King's Rose
R - Running Out of Time
I - Iron Kissed
S - The Supernaturalist
T - True Blood
E - eV
N - The New Policeman

M - My Swordhand Is Singing
A - Adverbs A Novel
R - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
I - I Am the Messenger
E - Eternal

Yay! I finished! :)

That's great!!!

Congrats, Kristen!