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January Cover Hunt Mini Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: Red - Lost Love Found - Bertrice Small 1/10
✔ITEM #1: plant - A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time - Melinda Blanchard 1/29
ITEM #2: winter -
January Genre Juice Mini Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF - Sins of the Flesh - Eve Silver 1/8
✔2. FANTASY - Leviathan - Scott Westerfield 1/18
✔3. NEW2YOU Author - The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde 1/6
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
February Cover Hunt Mini Challenge
READ 2/2
✔Color PINK: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor - Lisa Kleypas 2/1
Item 1: something royal?
✔Item 2: - Immortal Rider - Larissa Ione (couple) 2/22
February Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF - Immortal Rider - Larissa Ione 2/22
✔2. ROMANCE - Romeo, Romeo - Robin Kaye 2/26
✔3. DEMONS - Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks - Cara Lockwood 2/14
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
March Cover Hunt Mini Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: White: In the Shadow of Gotham - Stefanie Pintoff 3/19
✔ITEM #2: School's out!: Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones (castle on cover) 3/17
March Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Master of Shadows - Angela Knight (vampires/werewolves) 3/7
✔2. Girl's Festival~Kick-a** Heroine: Through Violet Eyes - Stephen Woodworth (psychic) 3/20
✔3. Tax Day!: The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken (Dragon Kin #5) 3/6
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
April Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: Pastel: Dare to Die - Carolyn Hart 4/6
✔ITEM #1: Showa Day, April 29: Branded by Fire - Nalini Singh (flames) 4/27
April Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Biting Cold - Chloe Neill 4/23
✔2. Spring & New Beginnings: The Next Always - Nora Roberts (new love) 4/9
✔3. April 29, Shōwa Day: Rogue's Challenge - Jo Barrett (Challenge series #2) 4/29
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
May Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔COLOR: The Girl Who Disappeared Twice - Andrea Kane (green cover) 5/3
✔ITEM #1: Greenery Day: Defending Jacob - William Landay (lawn/trees) 5/11
✔ITEM #2: Children's Day: The Folly of the World - Jesse Bullington (fish on cover, well bones anyway) 5/13
May Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Crown of Crystal Flame - C.L. Wilson 5/17
✔2. Aoi Matsuri: The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart (YA) 5/14
✔3. Golden Week: Chopping Spree - Diane Mott Davidson (#11) 5/5
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
June Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: Before I Wake - Rachel Vincent (pink cover) 6/9
✔ITEM #2: Silk Dreams - Diana Groe (couple on cover) 6/17
June Genre Juice Challenge
Read: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Lover At Last - J.R. Ward (paranormal) 6/4
✔2. Enshu Hamakita Hiryu Festival: A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (fantasy) 6/13
✔3. Dontsuku Festival: Lion's Heat - Lora Leigh (soul mates) 6/7
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
July Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 3/2
✔COLOR:BLUE: A Highlander's Homecoming - Melissa Mayhue 7/10
✔ITEM #1:Ushi-no-hi: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey - Trenton Lee Stewart (water on cover) 7/26
✔ITEM #2:Beach huts: Playboy's Challenge - Jo Barrett (building in background) 7/30
July Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Coyote's Mate - Lora Leigh (shifter) 7/14
✔2. Tanabata/Star Festival: Enchantment - Orson Scott Card (science fiction) 7/29
✔3. Summer: Delirium - Lauren Oliver (set during summer) 7/13
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
August Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: RED Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan 8/8
✔ITEM #2: O-Bon: Chasing Fire - Nora Roberts (fire on cover) 8/21
September Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 3/3
COLOR: The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart 9/4
ITEM #1: head shot Bitter Blood - Rachel Caine 9/23
ITEM #2: cover moon Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled - Dorothy Gilman 9/2
September Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Red Phoenix - Kylie Chan (PNR) 9/26
✔2. Respect for the Aged Day: Written in Red - Anne Bishop (vampire) 9/16
✔3. Tsukimi (Moon Viewing): Dark Moon - Rebecca York (werewolf) 9/17
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
October Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Raven Calls - C.E. Murphy (urban fantasy) 10/6
✔2. Sports Festival: Hunted - P.C. Cast (love triangle/square) 10/5
✔3. Halloween: Such Wicked Intent - Kenneth Oppel (set in October) 10/26
October Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 3/2
✔COLOR: Halloween (black): Ugly Beautiful - Seanpaul Thomas 10/1
✔ITEM #1: Sports Day: Raven Cursed - Faith Hunter (moon on cover) 10/12
✔ITEM #2: Halloween: Secondhand Spirits - Juliet Blackwell (m.c. is a witch) 10/10
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
November Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔COLOR:Brown: Stranger - Zoe Archer 11/24
✔ITEM #1:hat: Dead Beat - Jim Butcher 11/30
ITEM #2:dress: With All My Soul - Rachel Vincent
November Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Labyrinth - Kat Richardson (UF) 11/29
✔2. Labor/Thanksgiving Day: Cream Puff Murder - Joanne Fluke (baker) 11/29
✔3. Tanuki (Racoon Dog) Festival: Mountain Echoes - C.E. Murphy (shifter) 11/18
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
December Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 3/2
✔Color:Red/White: Death Bringer - Derek Landy 12/12
✔Item 1:Eyes Closed: Beyond the Night - Joss Ware 12/20
✔Item 2:Gift on Cover: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes - Denise Grover Swank 12/14
(I wish to be skinny, like the cover model!)
December Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Wraith - Phaedra Weldon 12/27
✔2. O-soji:Clean Up: Fifth Quarter - Tanya Huff 12/11
(This will help end my A-Z series' challenge - "Q").
✔3. New Year's Eve: The Hit - David Baldacci (black ops stop world apocalypse) 12/23
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
The Year of the DragonDuration: January 23, 2012 - February 9, 2013
Temeraire, Naomi Novik
Dragon and/or Shifters
✔ 1. Dragon Bound - Thea Harrison (shifter) 1/30
✔ 2. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn - Alison Goodman (dragon) 2/25
✔3. Havemercy - Jaida Jones (dragon) 3/25
✔4. Day of the Dragon - Rebecca York (shifter) 4/3
✔5. Inheritance - Christopher Paolini (dragon) 4/10
✔6. Crucible Of Gold - Naomi Novik (dragon) 4/17
✔7. Lucinda, Dangerously - Sunny (shifter) 5/4
✔8. Kiss of Fate - Deborah Cooke (shifter) 5/20
✔9. Sinful Magic - Jennifer Lyon (shifter) 5/30
✔10. Eona - Alison Goodman (dragon) 6/29
✔11. Mad Ship - Robin Hobb (dragon) 7/31
✔12. Vampire Dragon - Annette Blair (shifter) 9/2
✔13. Mercy Burns - Keri Arthur (shifter) 9/10
✔14. Wild Highland Magic - Kendra Leigh Castle (shifter) 9/30
✔15. Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb (dragon) 1/4
BONUS: Dragon Covers
✔1. On Fire's Wings - Christie Golden 4/10
✔2. A Familiar Dragon - Daniel Hood 5/10
✔3. Dragon in Chains - Daniel Fox 9/17
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
GAME: ChessDuration: January 1 - June 30, 2013
READ: 16/16
King ♔ - 1 book - The Convicts - Iain Lawrence (male lead) 1/7
Queen ♕ - 1 book - The Calling - Kelley Armstrong (female lead) 1/11
Bishop ♗ - 2 books - 3rd book in series, or UF, or someone with a Hat on the cover
1. Sins of the Flesh - Eve Silver (Otherkin #3) 1/9
2. Demon from the Dark - Kresley Cole (hottie) 1/6
Knight ♘ - 2 books - Characters that are Warriors/Protectors/Knights, or PNR, or has a Sword on the cover
1. The Siren Song - Anne Ursu (paranormal) 1/30
2. Now or Never - Michele Bardsley (paranormal) 2/11
Rook ♜ - (also known as castle) 2 books - Buildings/Castle on cover or in title, or black or white cover, or 5th book in a series
1. Highlander's Challenge - Jo Barrett (castle on cover) 1/21
2. Ashes to Dust - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (building on cover) 1/22
Pawn ♟ - 8 books - any book that is part of a series, one each of the following:
1. Vampire - Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness (hero is vampire) 2/11
2. Werewolf - Blood Challenge - Eileen Wilks 1/6
3. Other shifter - The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken (dragon shifter) 3/6
4. Angel or Demon - Body of Sin - Eve Silver (demon) 1/9
5. Magic User - Magic Lessons - Justine Larbalestier (heroine uses magic) 1/24
6. Human - A Night Like This - Julia Quinn 1/13
7. Sci-Fi - Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card 2/13
8. Fantasy - Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb 1/4
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
I Spy 3 ChallengeDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2013
On the COVER of a book, find an ITEM that fits the below categories:
READ: 20/20
1: Weapon: The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde (gun) 1/8
2: Heavenly Body: Dark of Night - Suzanne Brockmann (moon) 1/23
3: Body Part The Calling - Kelley Armstrong 1/11
4: Paranormal Being: Lethal Rider - Larissa Ione (half angel/half human) 3/22
5: Mode of Transport: The Convicts - Iain Lawrence 1/7
6: Tattoo: Demon from the Dark - Kresley Cole 1/6
7: Primary Colors: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor - Lisa Kleypas (purple) 2/1
8: Partner/Mate/Family Member: The Monster of Florence - Douglas Preston (3 people) 1/18
9: Bare Chest: Taking a Shot - Jaci Burton 1/19
10: Force of Nature: Behemoth - Scott Westerfield (lightning) 2/8
11: Blood: Bitten to Death - Jennifer Rardin (dripping off hair pin) 4/27
12: No People: Love in a Nutshell - Janet Evanovich 1/3
13: Architecture: Ashes to Dust - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (building) 1/22
14: Profile: Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb (profile) 1/4
15: Jewelery: Immortal Rider - Larissa Ione (necklace) 2/22
16: Silhouette or Shadow: Monkeewrench - P.J. Tracy 1/19
17: Outerwear: Toehold: A Novel - Stephen Foreman (scarf) 2/8
18: Things that Grow: A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time - Melinda Blanchard (trees) 1/29
19: Animal/Insect: Blood Challenge - Eileen Wilks (wolf) 1/6
20: Body of Water: Hungry As The Sea - Wilbur Smith (ship is on the ocean) 1/27
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Love or Hate @ FIRST Duration: July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013
READ: 12/12
July: Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades) - E.L. James 7/6 ★★★★
August: Ascension - Sable Grace (Dark Breed) 8/4 ★★★★
September: Tiger's Curse - Colleen Houck (The Tiger Saga) 9/3 ★★★★
October: Wages of Sin - Jenna Maclaine (Cin Craven) 10/4 ★★★★
November: Shadow Bound - Erin Kellison (Shadow) 11/1 ★★★
December: Kiss of Pride - Sandra Hill (Deadly Angels) 12/11 ★★★
January: Leviathan - Scott Westerfield (Leviathan) 1/16 ★★★★
February: Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff (The Lotus War) 2/13 ★★★★★
March: The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next) 3/9 ★★★
April: Unearthly - Cynthia Hand (Unearthly) 4/4 ★★★★
May: Reason to Breathe - Rebecca Donovan (Breathing) 5/5 ★★★★★
June: Everneath - Brodi Ashton (Everneath) 6/18 ★★★★
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
GAME: Yahtzee Duration: November 1, 2012 - October 31, 2013
BOOKS READ: 32
Upper Section:
✔ONES: (1+1+1=3 points) - The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (first in series) 3/9/13
✔TWOS: (2-2-2=6 points) - The Chief - Monica McCarty (two word title) 12/7/12
✔THREES: (3-3=6 points) - Never Been Witched - Annette Blair (3 word title) 11/16/12
✔FOURS: (4-4-4=12 points) - Aunt Dimity Down Under - Nancy Atherton (4 word title) 3/7/13
✔FIVES: (5+5+5=15 points) - The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken (#5 Dragon Kin series) 3/6/13
✔SIXES: (6+6+6=18 poings) - Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer - Dorothy Gilman (6 word title) 3/21/13
TOTAL SCORE: 54
BONUS: ADD 35 points if score is over 63 points
TOTAL: 54
LOWER SECTION:
3 OF A KIND (5-5-2-5-3=20 points) (last name = H)
✔Kiss of Pride - Sandra Hill 12/11/12
✔Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness 2/11/13
✔Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb 1/4/13
4 OF A KIND (3-3-3-5-3=17):(last name = C)
✔Deep Black: Death Wave - Stephen Coonts 1/11/13
✔Demon from the Dark - Kresley Cole 1/6/13
✔The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton 2/28/13
✔Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card 2/13/13
FULL HOUSE (25 points):
✔Something About You - Julie James 11/17/12 (GRA)
✔Kiss Me Deadly - Michele Hauf 11/18/12 (GRA)
✔Nevermore - James Patterson 11/19/12 (GRA)
✔Devil's Food Cake Murder - Joanne Fluke 11/19/12 (NEW)
✔Saga, Volume 1 - Brian Vaughan 11/22/12 (NEW)
SM. STRAIGHT (30 points):
✔Good Girl Seeks Bad Rider - Vonna Harper 11/1/12
✔Good Morning, Killer - April Smith 11/1/12
✔Good News, Bad News - David Wolstencroft 12/17/12
LG. STRAIGHT (40 points):
✔Dark Mirror - Mary Jo Putney 6/25/13
✔Dark Paradise - Tami Hoag 12/31/12
✔Dark Peril - Christine Feehan 12/29/12
✔Dark Predator - Christine Feehan 3/16/13
YAHTZEE (score 50 points):Read ANY 5 books of your choice
✔Chasing Midnight - Susan Krinard 11/24/12
✔Shoot to Thrill - Nina Bruhns 11/25/12
✔Storm of Shadows - Christina Dodd 11/26/12
✔Celebrity in Death - J.D. Robb 11/28/12
✔Confessions of a Demon - Laurie Wright 11/28/12
CHANCE: (5-5-1-4-6=21): (author init in CHANCE)
✔The Calling - Kelley Armstrong 1/11/13
✔Mad Cow Nightmare - Nancy Wright 12/27/12
TOTAL FOR UPPER SECTION: 54
TOTAL FOR LOWER SECTION: 203
GRAND TOTAL: 257
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Love or Hate @ SECOND READ: 12/12
August: Moonburn - Alisa Sheckley (Abra Barrow) 8/31/12 ★★★
September: Sins of the Soul - Eve Silver (Otherkin) 9/2/12 ★★★★
October: Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James (Fifty Shades) 10/5/12 ★★★
November: Grave Sins - Jenna Maclaine (Cin Craven) 11/11/12 ★★★★
December: Faking It - Jennifer Crusie (Dempsey's) 12/25/12 ★★★★
January: Magic Lessons - Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness) 1/24/13 ★★★★
February: Now or Never - Michele Bardsley (Wizards of Nevermore) 2/11 ★★★
March: A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin (A Song of Fire and Ice) 3/25 ★★★★★
April: Voice Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready (Aspect of Crow) 4/8/13 ★★★★
May: Tiger's Quest - Colleen Houck (The Tiger Saga) 5/4 ★★★★★
June: Payback - Fern Michaels (Sisterhood) 6/16 ★★★★
July: The Darkest Edge of Dawn - Kelly Gay (Charlie Madigan) 7/5 ★★★★
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Antique Reading Roadshow ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2013 - October 31, 2013
Level: Intermediate Antiquer (4 months)
READ: 15/15 (3 each style)
Wedgwood Style
✔1. Under Your Spell - Lois Greiman (char named Jasper) 7/3
✔2. The Rook - Daniel O'Malley (set in England) 7/24
✔3. The Darkest Edge of Dawn - Kelly Gay (fae) 7/5
Depression Glass Colours
✔1. The Map of Lost Memories: A Novel - Kim Fay (set in 1925) 7/30
✔2. Meet Me in Venice - Elizabeth Adler (pink cover) 7/4
✔4. The Friday Society - Adrienne Kress (young adult) 7/4
Tiffany & Co.
✔1. Hot Head - Damon Suede (set in NYC) 7/11
✔3. Dawn in Eclipse Bay - Jayne Ann Krentz (double front cover) 7/3
✔4. The Sweetest Thing - Jill Shalvis (hero rich, heroine poor) 8/28
Imperial Porcelain
✔1. Enchantment - Orson Scott Card (set in Russia) 7/29
✔3. The Last Boyfriend - Nora Roberts (ghost is named Elizabeth) 8/31
✔4. The Red Heart of Jade - Marjorie Liu (bird shifter) 8/31
Ohr Father of American abstract expressionist movement
✔1. Eyes Wide Open - Andrew Gross (villain is uber-crazy) 8/26
✔3. Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan (red cover) 8/8
✔4. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey - Trenton Lee Stewart (all m.c. outcast/eccentric) 7/26
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Monster Mash 4: The SeriesDuration: October 1 - November 30, 2013
Level: It's a Classic: Read books from all 10 categories.
READ: 10/10
✔The Twilight Zone- Read an anthology or a book with a predominately black cover.
Ugly Beautiful - Seanpaul Thomas 10/1
✔The X-Files- Read a book with a predominately green cover or with a character in some form of law enforcement.
Mortal Ties - Eileen Wilks (heroine is an FBI agent) 10/15
✔Supernatural- Read a book with a car on the cover or a character who is born/destined to fulfill a role in life.
Raven Calls - C.E. Murphy 10/6
✔The Walking Dead- Read a book with a post-apocalyptic cover or zombies in the story.
Affliction - Laurell K. Hamilton (zombie apocalypse) 11/9
✔Kolchak: The Night Stalker- Read a book with a hat on the cover or with a character involved in some way with the written word
Guilty as Sin - Tami Hoag (love interest is an author) 10/13
✔American Gothic - Read a book featuring demons or someone with demonic blood or a book with plant life on the cover.
Aunt Dimity and the Duke - Nancy Atherton 10/6
✔Being Human - Read a book that features ghosts or one with an animal/shifter on the cover.
Temptation Rising - A.C. Arthur (jaguar shifter) 10/31
✔Buffy the Vampire Slayer- Read a young adult book or a book with a moon on the cover.
Hunted - P.C. Cast 10/5
✔Friday the 13th: The Series - Read a book featuring a curse or one with an old object on the cover
Highlander's Curse - Melissa Mayhue (hero is cursed to feel the pain of others) 10/16
✔Fringe- Read a book featuring a scientist or one with food on the cover.
Such Wicked Intent - Kenneth Oppel (m.c. is a scientist) 10/26
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
I've Started So I'll Finish ChallengeCarpathians
READ:
TO READ:
The Chosen Ones
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Dark Hunter COMPLETE!
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Dragon Kin
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TO READ:
Immortals After Dark
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Lords of the Underworld
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TO READ:
Mageverse COMPLETE!
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Otherkin COMPLETE!
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Primes
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TO READ:
Secrets of Shadow Falls COMPLETE!
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Skulduggery Pleasant
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TO READ:
Soul Screamers COMPLETE!
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Stormwalker
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TO READ:
Walker Papers Trilogy COMPLETE!
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World of the Lupi COMPLETE!
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Year By Year ChallengeDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2013
READ: 91/91
COMPLETE✔1. Frost Burned - Patricia Briggs 4/16
✔2. Angelopolis - Danielle Trussoni 4/18
✔3. Lover At Last - J.R. Ward 6/4
✔4. Inferno - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/27
✔5. Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare 8/2
✔6. Deeply Odd - Dean Koontz 6/17
✔7. Everbound - Brodi Ashton 6/25
✔8. The Rising - Kelley Armstrong 6/23
✔9. NOS4A2 - Joe Hill 7/18
✔10. Taking Eve - Iris Johansen 8/10
✔11. Out of Breath - Rebecca Donovan 9/14
✔12. Written in Red - Anne Bishop 9/16
✔13. 12th of Never - James Patterson 9/26
COMPLETE!✔1. Everneath - Brodi Ashton 6/18
✔2. Now or Never - Michele Bardsley 2/11
✔3. Black Dawn - Rachel Caine 7/2
✔4. Shadow Woman - Linda Howard 6/4
✔5. Biting Cold - Chloe Neill 4/23
✔6. A Night Like This - Julia Quinn 1/13
✔7. On Dublin Street - Samantha Young 6/14
✔8. The Last Boyfriend - Nora Roberts 8/31
✔9. Tin Swift - Devon Monk 5/31
✔10. Master of Darkness - Angela Knight 9/5
✔11. Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness 2/11
✔12. Girl of Nightmares - Kendare Blake 5/8
COMPLETE!✔1. Eyes Wide Open - Andrew Gross 8/26
✔2. The Next Always - Nora Roberts 4/9
✔3. Blood Challenge - Eileen Wilks 1/6
✔4. Immortal Rider - Larissa Ione 2/22
✔5. Absolutely, Positively - Heather Webber 2/5
✔6. Unnatural- Michael Griffo 2/28
✔7. The Sweetest Thing - Jill Shalvis 8/28
✔8. The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf - Molly Harper 8/3
✔9. Utterly Charming - Kristina Grayson 8/30
✔10. Phoenix Rising - Philippa Ballantine 5/2
✔11. Reason to Breathe - Rebecca Donovan 5/5
COMPLETE✔1. The Taking - Erin McCarthy 3/18
✔2. Demon from the Dark - Kresley Cole 1/6
✔3. Rebel - Zoe Archer 9/8
✔4. Kiss Me, Kill Me - Maggie Shayne 9/13
✔5. Kill Me Again - Maggie Shayne 8/16
✔6. Deadly Fear - Cynthia Eden 5/29
✔7. Scarlet Nights - Jude Deveraux 9/20
✔8. Mortal Coil - Derek Landy 3/29
✔9. A Brisket, a Casket - Delia Rosen 8/13
✔10. Aunt Dimity Down Under - Nancy Atherton 3/7
COMPLETE✔1. The Mao Case - Qiu Xiaolong 5/21
✔2. Secondhand Spirits - Juliet Blackwell 10/10
✔3. Winter Kiss - Deborah Cooke 8/14
✔4. Leviathan - Scott Westerfield 1/16
✔5. In the Shadow of Gotham - Stefanie Pintoff 3/19
✔6. Sizzle - Julie Garwood 9/29
✔7. Hunted - P.C. Cast 10/5
✔8. In Bed With A Stranger - Mary Wine 1/17
✔9. Six Seconds - Rick Mofina 6/29
COMPLETE✔1. Romeo, Romeo - Robin Kaye 2/26
✔2. Whitechapel Gods - S.M. Peters 11/11
✔3. The Brass Bed - Jennifer Stevenson 2/3
✔4. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman 7/26
✔5. Cream Puff Murder - Joanne Fluke 11/29
✔6. Bitten to Death - Jennifer Rardin 4/27
✔7. The Monster of Florence - Douglas Preston 1/18
✔8. Rogue's Challenge - Jo Barrett 4/29
COMPLETE✔1. Ashes to Dust - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 1/22
✔2. Toehold: A Novel - Stephen Foreman 2/8
✔3. The Well of Shades - Juliet Marillier 8/7
✔4. Red Phoenix - Kylie Chan 9/26
✔5. The Siren Song - Anne Ursu 1/30
✔6. Magic's Child - Justine Larbalestier 6/27
✔7. Voice Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready 4/8
COMPLETE!✔1. Devilish - Maureen Johnson 4/14
✔2. The Red Heart of Jade - Marjorie Liu 8/31
✔3. White Tiger - Kylie Chan 5/23
✔4. Magic Lessons - Justine Larbalestier 1/24
✔5. Calamity Jayne - Kathleen Bacus 2/17
✔6. Zugzwang - Ronan Bennett 1/31
COMPLETE!✔1. Unzipped - Lois Greiman 9/2
✔2. The Rosary Girls - Richard Montanari 5/26
✔3. Payback - Fern Michaels 6/16
✔4. The Convicts - Iain Lawrence 1/7
✔5. Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh 5/30
COMPLETE!✔1. Midnight Rain - Holly Lisle 1/17
✔2. Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye - Victoria Laurie 5/24
✔3. Sandstorm - James Rollins 8/26
✔4. Legend of the Jade Dragon - Yasmine Galenorn 2/17
COMPLETE!✔1. Sea Hunter - Paul Garrison 2/16
✔2. Monkeewrench - P.J. Tracy 1/19
✔3. Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane 2/19
COMPLETE!✔1. Q is for Quarry - Sue Grafton 1/24
✔2. Chopping Spree - Diane Mott Davidson 5/5
COMPLETE!✔1. Killer Instinct - Zoë Sharp 2/9
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Moving Madness Challenge Duration: June 1 - December 31, 2013
READ: 13/13
✔1. Pack It Up: Lion's Heat - Lora Leigh 6/7
✔2. Move It Out: Slow Heat - Jill Shalvis 7/31
✔3. On The Road Again: Meet Me in Venice - Elizabeth Adler (looks like a road to me) 7/4
✔4. Map It: Magic's Child - Justine Larbalestier (NY and Australia) 6/28
✔5. Old Favorites: The Guardian - Sherrilyn Kenyon 6/19
✔6. I'll Miss You: Demon Hunts - C.E. Murphy 6/28
✔7. Email Me!: Everneath - Brodi Ashton 6/18
✔8. New Friends: This Dark Endeavour - Kenneth Oppel 6/26
✔9. Okinawa ~ Tiny Island: What Really Happened in Peru - Cassandra Clare (70 pages) 12/31
✔10. California ~ Most Populated State: Black Dawn - Rachel Caine (367 pages) 7/2
✔11. Land of the Rising Sun: With Red Hands - Stephen Woodworth (red/white cover) 7/9
✔12. City of Angels: Starfire Angels - Melanie Nilles 12/15
✔BONUS ~ Movers & Shakers: The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman 7/26
(From The Daily Show Reading Club, book #24 on the list)
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/99...
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
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