SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40! *<|:)
I'm celebrating my 40th in January and move a little higher up the proverbial 'hill'!

Duration: January 2011
Goal: Rock it out with your choice of 3 books chosen from the "Party like it's 1971" hits below! 3+ options are listed under each song, they are 'either-or' options, pick the three songs you'd like to read and choose your books using 1 or more of the options provided. You can list now or as you read. Anything goes - all formats, re-reads, non-PNR/UF allowed.


Some Top Hits of 1971

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night
Read a book with:
* 'Night' or 'World' in the title
* A "fishy" character (ie: mermaid, sea creature, fisherman, etc.)
* A character who is a king
* A character named Jeremiah
* A frog or dog on the cover
* Any PNR

'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart
Read a book with:
* 'Fool', 'Lover' or 'Friend' in the title
* A character named Maggie (or any derivation)
* A character in school (ie: high school, university, night-school, art classes, etc.)
* A character who dumps someone who loves/d them
* A humorous PNR

'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn
Read a book with:
* 'Dawn', 'Dream' or 'Three' in the title
* The 2nd or 3rd book in a series
* A character with a mustache (on the cover or in the book)
* A window on the cover
* A story with a dream hunter, dream walker or dream thief

'Family Affair' by Sly & The Family Stone
Read a book with:
* 'Family', 'Affair', 'Blood' or 'Stone' in the title
* A family, parent or child as prominent character(s) (ie: packs are allowed)
* Blood on the cover
* Characters who are newlywed
* A character who is estranged from their family

'Just My Imagination' by The Temptations
Read a book with:
* 'Tempt' (or any derivation) in the title
* A character who thinks s/he's seen something that "had to be my imagination" (ie: vampires, ghosts, weres, etc can't be real -closed world-... 'I must have just imagined it')
* A character who has lost someone they loved (ie: family member, lover, spouse, etc)
* Characters holding each other on the cover

Last, but not least a major favorite ....

'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin
Read a book with:
* 'Me' or 'Good' in the title
* A strong female lead character
* Setting = Louisiana, New Orleans, Kentucky or California
* A (predominantly) blue cover
* A character with a partner (ie: police partner, law partner, partner-in-crime, etc)
* A character who's a singer or song writer


In case you're a wee babe or have never heard these songs. You can listen to a sample of them at iTunes. :)

"Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night
"Maggie May" by Rod Stewart
"Knock Three Times" by Tony Orlando & Dawn
"Family Affair" by Sly & the Family Stone
"Just My Imagination" by The Temptations
"Me & Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin

Same old, same old...OF COURSE I'M IN!!! Welcome to the club, Steph!!!

LOL! Thanks! Is there a secret handshake or somethin' I should learn before then? ;)

Lordy, Lordy, I'm 40! *<|:)
Read: 0/5

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night - 'Night' in the title
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart - A character in school
My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent

'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn - The 2nd or 3rd book in a series
Hex Appeal by Linda Wisdom

'Family Affair' by Sly & The Family Stone - A family, parent or child as prominent character(s) (ie: packs are allowed)
Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston

'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin - A strong female lead character
Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill

I would love to do this challenge (even though I'm not 40)! Post my list later :)

Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40!

#1: 'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon (18/01) ★★★1/2
#2: 'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr (7/01) ★★★
#3: 'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (5/01) ★★★★★



3/3 completed

Josie wrote: "I would love to do this challenge (even though I'm not 40)! Post my list later :)"

Not yet. In time, my pretty. LOL! Thanks for celebrating with me. :)

Happy B-Day Steph
I know I'm early, but better that then late.I hate announcing how forgetful I am.
I'm 11 years behind you on the wonderful upward climb Steph, and would love to celebrate it with you and are GR friends. Just as long as we over look mine when it comes knocking(maybe I'll forget it LOL)
Will post here soon as I go though my other challenges and see what fits.

Happy B-day Steph! And welcome to the club. Again "Not old, just older baby".

Of course I'm in.

SOS Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40! *<|:)
Steph's celebrating her 40th in January and moving a little higher up the proverbial 'hill'!

Duration: January 2011
1/3 Completed

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night
* Any PNR
1. Last Dragon Standing

'Family Affair' by Sly & The Family Stone
* 'Family', 'Affair', 'Blood' or 'Stone' in the title
2. A Peyton Family Christmas 3/1/11 ★★★

'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin
* A strong female lead character
3. Stormwalker

Duration: January 2011
3/3 Completed
changed 1/20/11

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night
Read a book with:* A "fishy" character (mermaid)
1. Goddess of the Sea 1/6 ★★★

'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn
Read a book with:* The 2nd or 3rd book in a series
2. Rumors 1/2/11 ★★

'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin
Read a book with: * A strong female lead character 3. Poison Study 1/16/11 ★★★★★ (4.5)

DONE! My first completed monthly challenge on Goodreads!

Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40! *<|:)
I'm celebrating my 40th in January and move a little higher up the proverbial 'hill'!

Duration: January 2011 5/5 completed
Goal: Rock it out with your choice of 3 (or more) books

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night
Read a book with:
* Any PNR
Firelight

Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn
Read a book with:
* The 2nd or 3rd book in a series
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

'Family Affair' by Sly & The Family Stone
Read a book with:
* A family, parent or child as prominent character(s)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
* will also work for "lost someone they love*

'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin
Read a book with:
* A strong female lead character & * A (predominantly) blue cover
School's Out - Forever

'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart
Read a book with:
* A character in school (ie: high school, university, night-school, art classes, etc.)
Infinite Days

Does anyone know if Zombies VS Unicorns qualifies as "humorous PNR" If it does... I will have to add another song to the playlist LOL. :)

Welcome to the club Steph!


Joy To The World- Read any PNR
Last Sacrifice

Maggie May- Read a humorous PNR
Toil and Trouble

Knock Three Times- Read the 3rd book in a series
Quantum

Family Affair- Read a book with a family,parent,child,pack as prominent characters
Wolf Tales 11

Me and Bobby McGee- Read a book with a blue cover
Murder Game


I will try to get to them all, but will do at least 3.

Thanks guys! :D

LOL, AV! You know me! Couldn't resist! What better way to celebrate this one than with a challenge, right?

Steph wrote: "Thanks guys! :D

LOL, AV! You know me! Couldn't resist! What better way to celebrate this one than with a challenge, right?"

I couldn't agree more! :)

SOS: Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40! *<|:)


0/3+? Completed

Tentative list!

Duration: January 2011


'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night* or 'Night'in the title
The Darkest Night


'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart


'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn* 'Dawn', 'Dream' or 'Three' in the title, OR * The 2nd or 3rd book in a series
Sea Glass or Succubus Dreams


'Family Affair' by Sly & The Family Stone* A family, parent or child as prominent character(s) (ie: packs are allowed)
Wolf Tales I


'Just My Imagination' by The Temptations* A character who has lost someone they loved (ie: family member, lover, spouse, etc)
Claimed By Shadow

'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin* A (predominantly) blue cover
Amaryllis

Im in and I will post my list later

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Steph! I'm a year behind you. Count me in! I'll put my list together!

Happy (to come) birthday Steph - I still have three years to go which is quite close enough! I'm in though.

3/3

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night
* A character who is a king
The Iron Queen 4stars

(Joy the the World is my mobile phone ringtone BTW)

'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart
* A character in school
Crescendo 2 stars

'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin
* A strong female lead character
Firewalker 4 stars

Party people in the house!! :) Thanks for celebrating with me and joinin' in on the challenge.

Party at Steph's house. Yay!!!! I'll bring the wine & some sodas for the birthday girl.

Woohoo! I'll send my jet around the globe to pick up everyone! Wouldn't that be sweeeeet?!

Yes please :)

:)

I will bring tea. :) Everyone wants to have tea with a good book right? Maybe that is my mostly British heritage poking through :-P

I'm in! Happy birthday!

Jan 1-31 2011
0/5

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night
* Blood Born-PnR

'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn
* Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men and Nice Girls Don't Live Forever 2nd and 3th in a series

'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart
*Awakened- in school

'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin
*My Soul to Save-Blue Cover

Amanda wrote: "I'm in! Happy birthday!"

Thanks, Amanda!

Welcome to the challenge, Amanda & ❥☪LIZZ☪❥! :)

Happy Birthday, Steph!


SOS Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40! *<|:)
Read: 6/6

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night - 'Night' in the title
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn Finished 1/31 ★★★★

'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart - A character in school
Awakened by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast Finished 1/21 ★★★½

'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn - The 2nd or 3rd book in a series
Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks Finished 1/17 ★★★★

'Family Affair' by Sly & The Family Stone - A character who is estranged from their family and blood on the cover
Crimson Wind by Diana Pharaoh Francis Finished 1/30 ★★★★

'Just My Imagination' by The Temptations - 'Tempt' (or any derivation) in the title and characters holding each other on the cover
Tempting the Beast by Lora Leigh Finished 1/14 ★★★★

'Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin - A strong female lead character
Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin Finished 1/10 ★★★★

Happy early b-day, Steph! My birthday is January 24th (the big 2-1!) so I'm thinking about celebrating it with you. I'll make a list later.

I'm in, too. My 4-0 is coming later in 2011. Yikes! Happy B-Day!! Hope you get some good books!

4/4

'Maggie Mae'(In school)


'Knock Three Times' (2nd in series)


'Family Affair' (Protag & Antag are related)


'Me & Bobby McGee' (Set in California)

I'll beat you there Shelleyrae, 2 years for me. And Steph, of course I'm gonna party with you like it's 1971. :)

I'll post my list here when I get it together.

LethalLovely~Wait.....They Don't Love You Like wrote: "Happy early b-day, Steph! My birthday is January 24th (the big 2-1!) so I'm thinking about celebrating it with you. I'll make a list later."

Lethal's gonna be Legal! Parrrrtttaaayy! :)

Kristen wrote: "I'm in, too. My 4-0 is coming later in 2011. Yikes! Happy B-Day!! Hope you get some good books! ..."

Thanks, Kristen! Happy Early Bday to you too! Hope our 40s are like our 20s only sexier. LOL!

Laura Lulu wrote: "I'll beat you there Shelleyrae, 2 years for me. And Steph, of course I'm gonna party with you like it's 1971. :)

I'll post my list here when I get it together."

Yay! :)

A slightly early HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you Steph!!!

Here's my list:
Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40! *<|:)
0/3 Completed

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night 'Night' in the title
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn 'Three' in the title
Three Little Secrets by Liz Carlyle

'Family Affair' by Sly & The Family Stone 'Blood' in the title
The Sweet Scent of Blood by Suzanne McLeod

Thanks, Kerstin! Welcome to the challenge.

I'm in Happy Birthday Steph!
5/5 done

Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night
Any PNR - Frostfire Lynn Viehl 1/18

Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn
The 2nd or 3rd book in a series - Secrets of the Demon Diana Rowland 1/9

Family Affair' by Sly & The Family Stone
Blood on the cover - Crimson Wind Diana Pharoh Francis 1/9

Just My Imagination' by The Temptations
Characters holding each other on the cover - Touched by an Alien Gini Koch 1/23

Me & Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin
A strong female lead character
Setting = New Orleans -Mercy Blade Faith Hunter 1/5

read

:) Thanks, Patty!

Wow! Great list, Inga. Thanks for the bday wishes. :)

Happy Birthday Steph!!!!!! Party Girl you've earned it!!!


1.Joy to the World: COMPLETED 01.17.2011
2.Maggie May:
3.Knock Three Times:
4.Family Affair:
5.Just My Imagination: COMPLETED 01.10.2011
6.Me & Bobby McGee: COMPLETED 01.12.2011

Thanks, Sallie!

Ok heres my list so far
2/3

Knock Three Times
2/3rd in a series
DONE 12-2****

Maggie May
character in school

Me and Bobby McGee
blue coverDONE1-15****

Welcome to the club Steph!

1/3 Done

Joy To The World- Read any PNR
Last Sacrifice 1/2

Maggie May- Read a humorous PNR
Toil and Trouble


Family Affair- Read a book with a family,parent,child,pack as prominent characters
Wolf Tales 11

Me and Bobby McGee- Read a book with a blue cover
Murder Game

LOL! Thanks, Fran :)

Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40! *<|:)
1/3 Completed

'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night 'Night' in the title
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando & Dawn 'Three' in the title
Three Little Secrets by Liz Carlyle

'Family Affair' by Sly & The Family Stone 'Blood' in the title
The Sweet Scent of Blood by Suzanne McLeod 03/01/11 3.5★

3/3 Done!

Joy To The World- Read any PNR
Last Sacrifice 1/2

Knock Three Times- The word 'Three in Title'
Three to Ride by Sophie Oak 1/5


Just My Imagination- Couple holding each other on cover
His Little Black Book by Heather MacAllister 1/4

Hooray, Fran!

Thanks Sandra! Steph comes up with such fun, creative challenges :)

Yep, that she does!