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Mar 06, 2013 03:25PM
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~Jennifer~ wrote: "So this challenge may not be as hard as the title claims, but it will be challenging. Each month you'll have a different assignment to complete. If for some reason one month is impossible. You are ..."Hi Jennifer, Can we also add graphic comics to the reads? For example the March challenge, read books with a green cover i would like to read one of my Green arrow comics or a Green lantern one and add them to the list is that Ok?
I may have missed this somewhere, but for this month do alternate covers count or just the exact edition we're reading?
~Jennifer~ wrote: "Alternates are fine"Wow that terrific! Thanks, Jennifer! I had trouble with some of my books and dragged them way more time than usual. Combine that with the 3 team challenges I'm in and you'll see why I'm behind schedule already. ;)
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I don't have a problem with May. I have two very good 1000+ pages to read. My problem is June. I don't have anyone to read to.
Alright fine. lol In addition to the swap, you may also create your own.
I'm done with the March challenge. Some of the covers are more green than the others but I hope that they will do.March – Read 7/5 books with a green cover
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Update post #91 - I've realised I didn't update for February so here it is :)February – This month: Read 5 romantic books and then list the books titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
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Hmm. I may have to switch out March because I completely spazzed on my list. I don't think I read anything with green on the cover. lol I have a few days. Maybe I can catch up.
Done with March.✔ March – This month: Read 5 books with a green cover to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. When you are done, list the titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
✔ 1. Sleeping in Eden: A Novel | Nicole Baart ★★★ (03/04)
✔ 2. The White Woman on the Green Bicycle: A Novel | Monique Roffey ★★★★ (03/14)
✔ 3. A is for Alibi | Sue Grafton ★★★ (03/16)
✔ 4. Tell The Wolves I'm Home | Carol Rifka Brunt ★★★★★ (03/17)
✔ 5. This Magnificent Desolation: A Novel | Thomas O'Malley ★★ (03/18)
Me too. I am finished with March. I hope all of the covers are "green" enough.1.
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Updated post 49I'm not sure how to link to my original post. I can link to the first page but not directly to mine. Sorry!
The Really, Really, Really, Really, Hard 2013 Challenge!March 2013 - 5 Green Covers - FINISHED!
Complete: 5/5
✔ 1. Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill - (Mar 5) 4★'s
✔ 2. Thread of Fear by Laura Griffin - (Mar 27) 4★'s
✔ 3. How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn - (Mar 25) 2★'s
✔ 4. Hush by Cherry Adair - (Mar 3) 4★'s
✔ 5. Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines - (Mar 19) 3★'s
Had no Green covers so changed to an Easter egg basket challenge March – This month: Read 5 books with a easter egg colors for Easter March 31st. When you are done, list the titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
3/2/13 4♥ (blue)
3/3/13 5♥ (red)
3/6/13 5♥ (pink)
3/25/13 4♥ (purple)
3/28/13 4♥ (orange)
~Jennifer~ wrote: "Ooo. I forgot I said you could make your own. I need to do that for this month. lol I'm still spazzing on the green. Shame on me."Yeah - I totally forgot and really who knew I rarely read books with green covers,lol
Also the books I read this month didn't have other "green" cover editions either. I'm hoping I won't need this for a different month ☺
Jennifer, for April do we need to stick to GR friends or can I use books recommended to me by my family members and "real life" friends?
It's not limited to GR.
March – This month: Read 5 books with a green cover to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. When you are done, list the titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating. COMPLETE1. Aunt Dimity Down Under - Nancy Atherton 3/7 ★★★★
2. A Falcon Flies - Wilbur Smith 3/31 ★★
3. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones 3/17 ★★
4. Tricks of the Trade - Laura Ann Gilman 3/30 ★★★★
5. The Fifth Witness - Michael Connelly 3/22 ★★★★
Duplicating January for March with the original page count of 5000 pages.Wallbanger 300 pages ♥♥♥♥ 3/4
Wait for You 332 pages ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/4
Come Away With Me 324 pages 3/6
Reckless 544 pages ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/6
Relentless 232 pages ♥♥♥♥ 3/7
Forever Black 278 pages ♥♥♥ 3/7
Off Sides 137 pages ♥♥♥♥ 3/7
Valentine's Child 218 pages ♥♥♥ 3/8
Easy 310 pages ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/8
Heller 271 pages ♥♥♥♥ 3/16
Frost Burned 342 pages ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/16
Living Dead in Dallas 288 pages ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/19
Club Dead 274 pages ♥♥♥♥ 3/18
Darkfever 309 pages ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/26
Dead to the World 291 pages ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/17
How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire 371 pages ♥♥♥♥ 3/27
Cross My Heart 225 pages ♥♥♥♥ 3/28
Protecting What's His 273 pages ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/28
Total: 5629
Not counted in total:
Cross My Heart ♥♥♥♥ 3/28
Demon's Dream ♥♥♥♥ 3/14
Done with March (I just never seemed to have time to update). Thank God, we could use alternate covers, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to make it...March – This month: Read 5 books with a green cover to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. - DONE!!!
1. Bridget Jones's Diary - 02.03, 3/5
2. The Edge of Reason - 04.03, 2.5/5
3. The Law of Nines - 19.03, 3/5
4. The City and the Stars - 13.03, 3/5
5. St. Patrick's Day Murder - 17.05, 3/5
I haven't decided yet exactly which books to read for April, but I'll be using the GR recommendations function - whenever a "real life" friend recommends something I tend to read it right away... On the other hand I've already decided what to read for May. :P ;)
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(360 pages; Done 3/14, 4 stars--I loved this sequel. I also like what the author is doing with Isabella & Cole--the anti-Grace & Sam!) 2)
(453 pages; Done 4/1, 4 stars)3)
(352 pages; Done 3/30, 4-stars)4)
(360 pages; Done 3/28, 3.5 stars)5)
(453 pages; Done 3/4, 2.5 stars--I don't enjoy the Hollows, sorry!)___________________________________________________
APRIL: READ 5 RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Read 4 of 5
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(Recommended by Sonia at PKC)4)
(Recommended by JenniferJ at PKC)5)
(Done 4/21--Recommended by Sonia at PKC)6)
(Done 4/12--Recommended by Faye at Dusty Bookshelf)
Do the recommendations have to be through GR or can it be a friend offline recommending a book?
March – This month: Read 5 books with a green cover to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. When you are done, list the titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.Soul of a Highlander, Melissa Mayhue 3/1/13 ★★★★ 368 pgs
Dark Desires After Dusk. Kresely Cole 3/8/13 ★★★★ 368 pgs
Storm's Heart, Thea Harrison 3/10/13 ★★★★ 186 pgs
Romancing Mister Bridgerton, Julia Quinn 3/17/13 ★★★★★ 460pgs
At Last, Jill Shalvis 3/28/13 ★★★★
April – This month: Read 5 books recommended to you by friends and then list the titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
Lisa Kay Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, Lisa Kleypas, 4/6/13 211 pgs ★★★
January – This month: Read 3000 pages Nick Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn, David Levithan 183pgs. 02.01.13 ★★
Nine Uses for an ex-boyfriend - Sara Manning 530pgs. 05.01.13 ★★★★
Crash - Nicole Williams 323pgs. 08.01.13 ★★★★★
Clash - Nicole Williams 288pgs. 10.01.13 ★★★★★
Avoiding Commitment - LA Kinde 370pgs.
February – This month: Read 5 romantic books
March – This month: Read 5 books with a green cover to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. When you are done, list the titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
April – This month: Read 5 books recommended to you by friends and then list the titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
May – This month: Read one book with at least 2000 pages OR 2 books with at least 1000 pages, and then list the title, author, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
June – This month: Read a book/article/etc... (children’s books work) to someone else at least 5 times this month. ;) Illiteracy is a growing problem worldwide. Help fight it!
July – This month: Read 5 books with a setting near a body of water (lake, river, ocean, sea), and then list the book titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
August – This month: Read a book series from start to finish, and then list the book titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating. The series must have at least 5 books in it!
September – This month: Read 5 books from a genre you usually ignore or do not get to read much, and then list the book titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
October – This month: Read 5 mystery/suspense/horror books, and then list the book titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
November – This month: Read at least 600 pages this month from any genre. The holidays are starting. I know time may be getting short for you!
December – This month: Read anything you like this month, and then list the book titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating. Merry Christmas!
You may substitute one month with a challenge from another month if it is too challenging OR you may create your own challenge for that month. Remember...it needs to be CHALLENGING!
The Really, Really, Really, Really, Hard 2013 Challenge!April 2013 - 5 Recommendations
Complete: 2/5
1. Ransom by Julie Garwood (Rec by Komal)
2. A Cold Dark Place by Gregg Olsen (Rec by Jonetta)
3. The Iron Duke by Meljean Brooks (Rec by Liz)
✔ 4. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Rec by Regina) - (Apr 9) 4★'s
✔ 5. Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones (Rec by Sue) - (Apr 2) 4★'s
April – This month: Read 5 books recommended to you by friends and then list the titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.4/5 completed
Feral Sins (Pat - Secret Santa rec from another group- finally got to it,lol) 4/7/13 4.5♥
Street Game (Leslie - RRRC group) 4/4/13 3.75♥
Seize the Night (Dawn -TLC group) 4/9/13 4♥
Truly, Madly Viking(My sister) 4/12/13 4♥
Blood Domination (~Jennifer~)
Jennifer, I have to say I'm loving this challenge. It's been really fun so far.I have to swap May and September because I am having my tonsils removed on the 20th and I am pretty sure I will not be able to finish two 1,000 page books. I'll probably have to stick to super easy books after that since I'll be all drugged up for 2 weeks.
I also think I'm going to challenge myself to read 7000 pages in June instead of the read to someone. I was going to read to my nephew, but he won't sit still long enough anymore and no one else will let me read to them.
Paris wrote: "Jennifer, I have to say I'm loving this challenge. It's been really fun so far.I have to swap May and September because I am having my tonsils removed on the 20th and I am pretty sure I will not ..."
I'm glad you're enjoying it! Yuck for the tonsils, though. I hope you recover quickly! Don't you get to gorge out on ice cream when they're taken out? =D
Someone recommend me some books, please! =/ I'm in a re-read cycle. Everything new I pick up lately irritates me. Help! :)
~Jennifer~ wrote: "I'm glad you're enjoying it! Yuck for the tonsils, though. I hope you recover quickly! Don't you get to gorge out on ice cream when they're taken out? =D "Yep! Looking forward to that.
~Jennifer~ wrote: "Someone recommend me some books, please! =/ I'm in a re-read cycle. Everything new I pick up lately irritates me. Help! :)"
Have you read any of these?
All 5 star reads for me
~Jennifer~ wrote: "Someone recommend me some books, please! =/ I'm in a re-read cycle. Everything new I pick up lately irritates me. Help! :)"What type do you usually read?
~Jennifer~ wrote: "Someone recommend me some books, please! =/ I'm in a re-read cycle. Everything new I pick up lately irritates me. Help! :)"I really enjoyed the H/h in
total snark from the h and the second is coming out this week
If your willing to give m/m a try I loved
Romantic suspense - was a four ♥ for me
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Can we do the sequel this week? Friday?
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "@melissa,Can we do the sequel this week? Friday?
"Yes Yes Yes...
@~Jennifer~ did you read
?? I thought this was pretty funny..kind of along the same lines of funny as Wallbanger or Seduction and Snacks
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(new ya/adult) &
(ya UF/PNR) & the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
Paris wrote: "~Jennifer~ wrote: "I'm glad you're enjoying it! Yuck for the tonsils, though. I hope you recover quickly! Don't you get to gorge out on ice cream when they're taken out? =D "Yep! Looking forward ..."
Hmm. I know I have Shadow and Bone, but I don't think I've read it yet. I haven't read the third book either. Hopeless I devoured in one sitting. :) I'll add those 2 to my list though. Yay. Thanks!
Zina wrote: "~Jennifer~ wrote: "Someone recommend me some books, please! =/ I'm in a re-read cycle. Everything new I pick up lately irritates me. Help! :)"What type do you usually read?"
Lately I read a little bit of everything. However, I am trying to get away from the rich-broken-man-who-treats-women-like-crap-then-has-a-revelation-and-is-suddenly-something-more-than-a-man-whore type. lol I desperately want something original and creative. I'm getting tired of the feeling that I've read a book before just from a different author. Ya know? It gets old.
~Melissa~ wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "@melissa,Can we do the sequel this week? Friday?
"Yes Yes Yes...
@~Jennifer~ did you read [bookcover:Playing for Keeps|16145..."
Yes I did! I loved it. It was very funny. I may re-read it. lol
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