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No Diet Day ChallengeDuration: May 1 - May 25
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
Finished:
Die Trying (started on pg. 480) 96
Jacob 376
River Marked 326
In progress:
The Likeness 373
Vampire Academy 145
Smooth Talking Stranger 2
1,318/ 5,000
No Diet Day Challenge LeaderboardDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
342 pp:On the Prowl (Alpha & Omega, #0.5); (World of the Lupi, #3.5); (Monère: Children of the Moon, #4); by Patricia Briggs, etal. 5/2/11
286 pp: Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs 5/3/11
386 pp (196x2)A Little Harmless Sex by Melissa Schroeder 5/4/11
358 pp Hot & Heavy by Sandra Hill 5/4/11
362 pp Someone to Watch Over Meby Lisa Kleypas 5/5/11
408 pp Harmonyby Jayne Castle 5/5/11
388 pp Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden 5/7/11
280 pp The Accidental Princess by Michelle Willingham 5/9/11
2810/5000
No Diet Day ChallengeDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
279 pp: The Umbrella Man by Roald Dahl - 5.01.11
298 pp: Tempted by Pamela Britton - 5.02.11
928 pp (464x2 food in title): The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 5.04.11
438 pp: Tempted All Night by Liz Carlyle - 5.05.11
249 pp: Uneasy Alliance by Jayne Ann Krentz - 5.05.11
214 pp: Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris - 5.06.11
156 pp: Quilts Quilts Quilts by Diana McClun - 5.07.11
342 pp: Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - 5.08.11
253 pp: Creative Bookbinding by Pauline Johnson - 5.08.11
326 pp: Devil in My Bed by Celeste Bradley - 5.09.11
Total Pages = 3983/5000
No Diet Day Challenge LeaderboardDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
342 pp:On the Prowl (Alpha & Omega, #0.5); (World of the Lupi, #3.5); (Monère: Children of the Moon, #4); by Patricia Briggs, etal. 5/2/11
286 pp: Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs 5/3/11
386 pp (196x2)A Little Harmless Sex by Melissa Schroeder 5/4/11
358 pp Hot & Heavy by Sandra Hill 5/4/11
362 pp Someone to Watch Over Meby Lisa Kleypas 5/5/11
408 pp Harmonyby Jayne Castle 5/5/11
388 pp Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden 5/7/11
280 pp The Accidental Princess by Michelle Willingham 5/9/11
334 pg You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister 5/9/11
3144/5000
No Diet Day ChallengeDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
2956/5000
Completed:
Bled Dry by Erin McCarthy (started on pg. 91): 193 pgs. 5/2
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (started on pg. 194): 57 pgs. 5/4
Hungry for You by Lynsay Sands: (374 x 2) 748 pgs. 5/4
Between Two Ends by David Ward: 304 pgs. 5/5
Saving Sophie by Elle Amery: 151 pgs. 5/6
Angel Land by Victor J. Banis: 224 pgs. 5/6
A Deadly Game by J.P. Bowie: 226 pgs. 5/7
Deadly Nightshade by Victor J. Banis: 228 pgs. 5/7
Melting the Slopes by Ethan Day, William Maltese, and Jason Edding: 249 pgs. 5/8
The Telling by Eden Winters: 163 pgs. 5/8
Night Watch by Eden Winters: 33 pgs. 5/8
Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux: 380 pgs. 5/9
No Diet Day ChallengeDuration: May 1 - May 25
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
Finished:
Die Trying (started on pg. 480) 96
Jacob 376
River Marked 326
The Likeness 466
In progress:
Vampire Academy 247
Smooth Talking Stranger 14
The Tenth Circle 38
1,563/5,000
No Diet Day Challenge LeaderboardDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
342 pp:On the Prowl (Alpha & Omega, #0.5); (World of the Lupi, #3.5); (Monère: Children of the Moon, #4); by Patricia Briggs, etal. 5/2/11
286 pp: Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs 5/3/11
386 pp (196x2)A Little Harmless Sex by Melissa Schroeder 5/4/11
358 pp Hot & Heavy by Sandra Hill 5/4/11
362 pp Someone to Watch Over Meby Lisa Kleypas 5/5/11
408 pp Harmonyby Jayne Castle 5/5/11
388 pp Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden 5/7/11
280 pp The Accidental Princess by Michelle Willingham 5/9/11
334 pg You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister 5/9/11
359 pp A Little Bit Wicked by Victoria Alexander 5/10/11
3503/5000
No Diet Day ChallengeDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
3272/5000
Completed:
Bled Dry by Erin McCarthy (started on pg. 91): 193 pgs. 5/2
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (started on pg. 194): 57 pgs. 5/4
Hungry for You by Lynsay Sands: (374 x 2) 748 pgs. 5/4
Between Two Ends by David Ward: 304 pgs. 5/5
Saving Sophie by Elle Amery: 151 pgs. 5/6
Angel Land by Victor J. Banis: 224 pgs. 5/6
A Deadly Game by J.P. Bowie: 226 pgs. 5/7
Deadly Nightshade by Victor J. Banis: 228 pgs. 5/7
Melting the Slopes by Ethan Day, William Maltese, and Jason Edding: 249 pgs. 5/8
The Telling by Eden Winters: 163 pgs. 5/8
Night Watch by Eden Winters: 33 pgs. 5/8
Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux: 380 pgs. 5/9
Operation Starseed by J.M. Snyder: 316 pgs. 5/10
No Diet Day ChallengeDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
3,126/5,000
Completed
So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti - 5/1; 256 pages
The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter - 5/2; 368 pages
The Darkest Prison by Gena Showalter - 5/2; 60 pages
The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter - 5/3; 406 pages
The Darkest Angel, from the Heart of Darkness: The Darkest Angel\Love Me to Death\Lady of the Nile Anthology by Gena Showalter - 5/3; 110 pages
The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter - 5/4; 438 pages
The Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter - 5/4; 442 pages
The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter - 5/5; 410 pages
Emerald Green by Desiree Holt - 5/6; 48 pages
Defiance by Lilith Saintcrow - 5/9; 259 pages
Holiday Hostage by Kelly Fitzpatrick - 5/9; 30 pages
Let's Get Naked by Marianne LaCroix - 5/9; 30 pages
Fanfiction:
A Marriage of Convenience by Cinderella - 5/10; 100 pages
In Progress
Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky - 40 pages
The Mage in Black by Jaye Wells - 127 pages
No Diet Day ChallengeDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
279 pp: The Umbrella Man by Roald Dahl - 5.01.11
298 pp: Tempted by Pamela Britton - 5.02.11
928 pp (464x2 food in title): The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 5.04.11
438 pp: Tempted All Night by Liz Carlyle - 5.05.11
249 pp: Uneasy Alliance by Jayne Ann Krentz - 5.05.11
214 pp: Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris - 5.06.11
156 pp: Quilts Quilts Quilts by Diana McClun - 5.07.11
342 pp: Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - 5.08.11
253 pp: Creative Bookbinding by Pauline Johnson - 5.08.11
326 pp: Devil in My Bed by Celeste Bradley - 5.09.11
496 pp: Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters - 5.10.11
332 pp: Rogue in My Arms by Celeste Bradley - 5.11.11
Total Pages = 4811/5000
No Diet Day Challenge Leaderboard FINALDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
Joyce = 345 pages
Kenjii = 380 pages
Shelley = 1813 pages
Christine = 3126 pages
Amanda = 3272 pages
Cathy = 3503 pages
BJ Rose = 5019 pages Congratulations
No Diet Day ChallengeDuration: May 1 - May 25
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
Finished:
Die Trying (started on pg. 480)96
Jacob 376
River Marked 326
The Likeness 466
Vampire Academy 332
In progress:
Smooth Talking Stranger 65
The Tenth Circle 152
1,813 / 5,000
No Diet Day ChallengeDuration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
279 pp: The Umbrella Man by Roald Dahl - 5.01.11
298 pp: Tempted by Pamela Britton - 5.02.11
928 pp (464x2 food in title): The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 5.04.11
438 pp: Tempted All Night by Liz Carlyle - 5.05.11
249 pp: Uneasy Alliance by Jayne Ann Krentz - 5.05.11
214 pp: Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris - 5.06.11
156 pp: Quilts Quilts Quilts by Diana McClun - 5.07.11
342 pp: Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - 5.08.11
253 pp: Creative Bookbinding by Pauline Johnson - 5.08.11
326 pp: Devil in My Bed by Celeste Bradley - 5.09.11
496 pp: Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters - 5.10.11
332 pp: Rogue in My Arms by Celeste Bradley - 5.11.11
208 pp (partial): Scoundrel in My Dreams by Celeste Bradley - 5.11.11
Total Pages = 5019/5000
I don't have a challenge ready, but I'll get right on it!
The first Kentucky Derby was run on May 17, 1875 and is now held on the first Saturday in May. This is the first race in The Triple Crown: The Preakness and the Belmont Stakes are the other two. Other derbies around the world include the Epsom Downs Derby, the Irish Derby & the Australian Derby (had to look those up!)Run For the Roses Challenge
Duration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story
Run for the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May31
Gaol: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover or of the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages it a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
In progress:
Smooth Talking Stranger (started on pg. 65) 109
Guilty Pleasures 14
The Tenth Circle (started on pg. 152) 113
236/ 5,500
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story
366 pp Lucky Streakby Carly Phillips 5/11/11
377 pp Somewhere I'll Find You by Lisa Kleypas 5/12/11
743/5500
Congrats, BJ!Run For the Roses Challenge
Duration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse(s) on the cover, or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
423/5,500
Fanfiction
The Panther and the Lioness by Valenque - 5/12; 182 pages
In Progress
A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford - 241 pages
Run For the Roses Challenge LeaderboardDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
Shelley = 236 pages
Christine = 423 pages
Cathy = 743 pages
Run for the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
In progress:
Smooth Talking Stranger (started on pg. 65) 225
Guilty Pleasures 75
The Tenth Circle (started on pg. 152) 189
489/ 5,500
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story
366 pp Lucky Streakby Carly Phillips 5/11/11
377 pp Somewhere I'll Find You by Lisa Kleypas 5/12/11
357 pp This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 5/13/11
1100/5500
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
131 pp: (339-208 prev. claimed): Scoundrel In My Dreams by Celeste Bradley - 5.12.11
Run For the Roses Challenge LeaderboardDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
BJ Rose = 131 pages
Christine = 423 pages
Shelley = 489 pages
Cathy = 1100 pages
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
131 pp: (339-208 prev. claimed): Scoundrel In My Dreams by Celeste Bradley - 5.12.11
373 pp: Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer - 5.15.11
Total Pages = 504
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse(s) on the cover, or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
1,365/5,500
Completed
Fables: Homelands by Bill Willingham - 5/15; 190 pages
A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford - 5/15; 432 pages
Fanfiction
The Panther and the Lioness by Valenque - 5/12; 182 pages
Second Life by Lariope - 5/14; 462 pages
Guard... Check... Mate by Bambu - 5/15; 99 pages
Run For the Roses Challenge LeaderboardDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
Shelley = 489 pages
BJ Rose = 504 pages
Cathy = 1100 pages
Christine = 1365 pages
Run for the Roses Challenge from May 11th to 31st
Pages: 5,500
FINISHED
5/13/11 to 5/15/11
Pages: 241
Date: 5/15
Pages:124
TOTAL 365/5,500
Starting
Tracking
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Run for the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11- May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
Finished:
Smooth Talking Stranger (started on pg. 65) 319
The Tenth Circle (started on pg. 152) 264
In progress:
Guilty Pleasures 239
Desire Unchained 18
The Alibi Man (138x2) 276
1,116/5,500
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
131 pp: (339-208 prev. claimed): Scoundrel In My Dreams by Celeste Bradley - 5.12.11
373 pp: Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer - 5.15.11
396 pp: Summer By the Sea by Susan Wiggs - 5.16.11
Total Pages = 900
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse(s) on the cover, or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
2,027/5,500
Completed
Fables: Homelands by Bill Willingham - 5/15; 190 pages
A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford - 5/15; 432 pages
Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days) by Bill Willingham - 5/16; 144 pages
Fables: Wolves by Bill Willingham - 5/16; 159 pages
Mercy Thompson: Moon Called, Volume 1 by Patricia Briggs - 5/16; 128 pages
Fanfiction
The Panther and the Lioness by Valenque - 5/12; 182 pages
Second Life by Lariope - 5/14; 462 pages
Guard... Check... Mate by Bambu - 5/15; 99 pages
Refinements by Michmak - 5/16; 6 pages
A Night at Grimmauld Place by Yumalanhans - 5/16; 14 pages
All Tied Up by Averygoodun - 5/16; 13 pages
In Progress
Green-Eyed Demon by Jaye Wells - 198 pages
Run for the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
Finished
Smooth Talking Stranger (started on pg. 65) 319
The Tenth Circle (started on pg. 152) 164
Guilty Pleasures 266
In progress:
Desire Unchained 34
The Alibi Man (322x2) 644
1,427/5,500
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story
4248/5500
Completed:
Traveling Light by Lloyd Meeker: 284 pgs. 5/11
Tom or An Improbable Tail by Ruth Sims: 25 pgs. 5/11
Lucas by Eliza Gayle: 230 pgs. 5/12
It's Better On Holiday: Kevin (The Totally True (Tall) Tales of a Twenty-Something Gay by Pepper Espinoza: 10 pgs. 5/12
Space Escapes by Jason Edding: 268 pgs. 5/12
Spice ‘n’ Solace by K.C. Burn: 150 pgs. 5/12
Red Hot Fantasy by Sage Burnett: 12 pgs. 5/12
Landing in Love by Aliyah Burke: 72 pgs. 5/12
Hart and Soul by Nica Berry: 174 pgs. 5/12
You Never Cared by Michele L. Montgomery: 16 pgs. 5/13
Bent by Sean Michael: 492 pgs. 5/13
Found by Sean Michael: 384 pgs. 5/13
Snared by Sean Michael: 398 pgs. 5/13
Owned by Sean Michael: 256 pgs. 5/14
Baked by Sean Michael: 351 pgs. 5/14
Forged by Sean Michael: 328 pgs. 5/14
Spoken by Sean Michael: 276 pgs. 5/15
Burn by Sean Michael: 214 pgs. 5/16
Push by Sean Michael: 308 pgs. 5/17
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story
366 pp Lucky Streakby Carly Phillips 5/11/11
377 pp Somewhere I'll Find You by Lisa Kleypas 5/12/11
357 pp This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 5/13/11
368 pp Hidden Truth by Dawn Cook 5/16/11
248 pp Deep Penetration by Kaitlyn O’Connor 5/17/11
1716/5500
Cathy wrote: "Wow Amanda!!! You have been busy!"Yeah - I binged on Sean Michael's Hammer series :P
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
131 pp: (339-208 prev. claimed): Scoundrel In My Dreams by Celeste Bradley - 5.12.11
373 pp: Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer - 5.15.11
396 pp: Summer By the Sea by Susan Wiggs - 5.16.11
532 pp: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - 5.17.11
Total Pages = 1432
Run for the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
Finished:
Smooth Talking Stranger(started on pg. 65) 319
The Tenth Circle (started on pg. 152) 164
Guilty Pleasures 266
The Alibi Man (368x2) 736
In progress:
Desire Unchained 74
Faithful Place 31
1,590/5,500
Run For the Roses Challenge Leaderboard FINALDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story.
Kenjii = 241 pages
BJ Rose = 1432 pages
Shelley = 1590 pages
Cathy = 1716 pages
Christine = 2027 pages
Amanda = 6589 pages *Congratulations*
Run For the Roses ChallengeDuration: May 11 - May 31
Goal: 5,500 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages if there's a horse/horses on the cover Or if the story takes place in Kentucky. Triple pages if a formal race/derby takes place in the story
6589/5500
Completed:
Traveling Light by Lloyd Meeker: 284 pgs. 5/11
Tom or An Improbable Tail by Ruth Sims: 25 pgs. 5/11
Lucas by Eliza Gayle: 230 pgs. 5/12
It's Better On Holiday: Kevin (The Totally True (Tall) Tales of a Twenty-Something Gay by Pepper Espinoza: 10 pgs. 5/12
Space Escapes by Jason Edding: 268 pgs. 5/12
Spice ‘n’ Solace by K.C. Burn: 150 pgs. 5/12
Red Hot Fantasy by Sage Burnett: 12 pgs. 5/12
Landing in Love by Aliyah Burke: 72 pgs. 5/12
Hart and Soul by Nica Berry: 174 pgs. 5/12
You Never Cared by Michele L. Montgomery: 16 pgs. 5/13
Bent by Sean Michael: 492 pgs. 5/13
Found by Sean Michael: 384 pgs. 5/13
Snared by Sean Michael: 398 pgs. 5/13
Owned by Sean Michael: 256 pgs. 5/14
Baked by Sean Michael: 351 pgs. 5/14
Forged by Sean Michael: 328 pgs. 5/14
Spoken by Sean Michael: 276 pgs. 5/15
Burn by Sean Michael: 214 pgs. 5/16
Push by Sean Michael: 308 pgs. 5/17
All Play & No Work by Carol Lynne: 88 pgs. 5/17
Cattle Valley Mistletoe by Carol Lynne: 90 pgs. 5/17
Win, Place, or Show: Odds Against/Whip Hand/Come to Grief (656 x 3): 1968 pgs. 5/18
In Progress:
The Lewis and Clark Expedition (pgs. 93 - 12): 71 pgs.
Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry (62 x 2): 124 pgs.
End of School ChallengeDuration: May 18 - June 5
Goal: 5,000 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages for books about students or teachers; Triple pages for books with the words "school" or "summer" in the title
End of School ChallengeDuration: May 18 - June 5
Goal: 5,000 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages for books about students or teachers. Triple pages for books with words "school" or "summer" in the title.
In progress:
Desire Unchained(started on pg. 74) 48
Faithful Place(started on pg. 31) 92
140/5,000
To clarify, when you say books about students or teachers, do you mean the lead characters have to be a student or teacher? Are we speaking in a strictly educational capacity? What if a character was an instructor, like for martial arts?
End of School Challenge Duration: May 18 - June 5
Goal: 5,000 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages for books about students or teachers; Triple pages for books with the words "school" or "summer" in the title.
402 pp Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione 5/18/11
410 pp The Darkest Secretby Gina Showalter 5/19/11
812/5000
Cathy wrote: "End of School Challenge Leaderboard "
psst, you will want to take "leaderboard" off your updates Cathy, so you don't confuse anyone. :)
End of School ChallengeDuration: May 18 - June 5
Goal: 5,000 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages for books about students or teachers; Triple pages for books with the words "school" or "summer" in the title
370 pp: The Mad, Bad Duke by Jennifer Ashley - 5.19.11
End of School ChallengeDuration: May 18th - June 5th
Goal: 5,000 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages for books about students or teachers; Triple pages for books with the words "school" or "summer" in the title.
1,148/5,000
Completed
Divergent by Veronica Roth - 5/19; 487 (x2 - the lead girl is a student and the lead guy is an instructor) = 974 pages
Fanfiction
As Morning Falls by TeddyRadiator - 5/18; 43 (x2 - lead male is a professor) = 86 pages
Bad Moon Rising by Saturn - 5/19; 42 pages
Bound to Happen by Battle of Lissa - 5/19; 46 pages
End of School Challenge Duration: May 18 - June 5
Goal: 5,000 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages for books about students or teachers; Triple pages for books with the words "school" or "summer" in the title.
402 pp Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione 5/18/11
410 pp The Darkest Secretby Gina Showalter 5/19/11
650 pp (325 x 2 hero is a teacher) Vision in White by Nora Roberts 5/20/11
141 pp Counterfeit Magic by Kelley Armstrong 5/20/11
1603/5000
End of School Challenge LeaderboardDuration: May 18 - June 5
Goal: 5,000 pages
Reward: 6 new or 12 used books
Bonus: Double pages for books about students or teachers; Triple pages for books with the words "school" or "summer" in the title.
Shelley = 140 pages
BJ Rose = 370 pages
Christine = 1148 pages
Cathy = 1603 pages
Romance Readers Reading Challenges
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Duration: May 1st - May 25th
Goal: 5,000
Reward: 5 new books or 10 used ones
Bonus: Double pages if there is food on the cover, in the title, or if a lead character is a chef, cook or baker.
2576/5000
Completed:
Bled Dry by Erin McCarthy (started on pg. 91): 193 pgs. 5/2
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (started on pg. 194): 57 pgs. 5/4
Hungry for You by Lynsay Sands: (374 x 2) 748 pgs. 5/4
Between Two Ends by David Ward: 304 pgs. 5/5
Saving Sophie by Elle Amery: 151 pgs. 5/6
Angel Land by Victor J. Banis: 224 pgs. 5/6
A Deadly Game by J.P. Bowie: 226 pgs. 5/7
Deadly Nightshade by Victor J. Banis: 228 pgs. 5/7
Melting the Slopes by Ethan Day, William Maltese, and Jason Edding: 249 pgs. 5/8
The Telling by Eden Winters: 163 pgs. 5/8
Night Watch by Eden Winters: 33 pgs. 5/8