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Sounds like a good plan! I need to get a move on, and only read books for this challenge for a while!
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Well, my plan is to meet in the middle somewhere, too. Then I'll feel as if I've accomplished something. LOL!
~RLftCI: Double-decker Alphabet Bus~1st Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013
19/26
✔A After The Ashes 1Feb
✔B A Bolt From The Blue 4 Feb
✔C The Almond Tree 15 Feb 8am
✔D Divided in Death 15 Feb 2pm
✔E Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright 12 March 10 am
✔F Falling for the Lawyer 12 March 2 pm
✔G The Girl, The Ghost, And The Prince 22 March
✔H Unwanted series Highland Historical 13 April
✔I Love in the Irish Mist 20 April
✔J Love Irresistibly by Julie James 21 April
✔K Midnight Oil by Karen Kendall 9 May
✔L Lipstick and Leather: Three Sexy Cowboys, Three Sexy Tales 10 May
✔M How to Marry a Marquis 19 May
✔N Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid 19 June
✔O The Other Side of Us 4 July
✔P Playing With Poison 25 July
✔Q *quickstop* Quicksilver by Amanda Quick 26 Aug
✔R Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 21 Sep
✔S Scandal in Spring 17 Oct
T
U *quickstop*
V *quickstop*
W
X *quickstop*
Y
Z *quickstop*
Read:
next up
Tall, Tatted and Tempting
~RLftCI: Double-decker Alphabet Bus~1st Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013
20/26
✔A After The Ashes 1Feb
✔B A Bolt From The Blue 4 Feb
✔C The Almond Tree 15 Feb 8am
✔D Divided in Death 15 Feb 2pm
✔E Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright 12 March 10 am
✔F Falling for the Lawyer 12 March 2 pm
✔G The Girl, The Ghost, And The Prince 22 March
✔H Unwanted series Highland Historical 13 April
✔I Love in the Irish Mist 20 April
✔J Love Irresistibly by Julie James 21 April
✔K Midnight Oil by Karen Kendall 9 May
✔L Lipstick and Leather: Three Sexy Cowboys, Three Sexy Tales 10 May
✔M How to Marry a Marquis 19 May
✔N Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid 19 June
✔O The Other Side of Us 4 July
✔P Playing With Poison 25 July
✔Q *quickstop* Quicksilver by Amanda Quick 26 Aug
✔R Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 21 Sep
✔S Scandal in Spring 17 Oct
✔TTall, Tatted and Tempting 24 Oct
U *quickstop*
V *quickstop*
W
X *quickstop*
Y
Z *quickstop*
Read:
A: Everlasting Kiss by Amanda Ashley 1/30/13B: Bound by Blood, P.A. Lupton 2/18/13
C: Cletus Calix- The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires, Molly Harper 3/4/13
D: Dark Desires After Dusk. Kresely Cole 3/8/13
E: Etiquette & Espionage, Gail Carriger 4/14/13
F: Forged in Fire, Trish McCallan 5/8/13
G: The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even , Julie Kenner 6/15/13
H: A Highlander of Her Own, Melissa Mayhue 7/13/13
I: It's in His Kiss, Julia Quinn 7/19/13
J: Jukebox Jezebel, Leota Abel 8/2/13
K: Kiss of a Demon King, Kresley Cole 8/7/13
L: The Laird Who Loved Me, Karen Hawkins 8/30/13
M: A Highlander's Destiny, Melissa Mayhue 9/28/13
N: Needing Nita, Norah Wilson 9/29/13
O: Out of Olympus Series A Touch of Greek, Tina Folsom 9/30/13
P: Pirate's Price, Aubry Ross 10/1/13
Q: Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet #1), Julia Quinn 10/12/13
R: Rock Chick Revenge, Kristen Ashley 10/23/13
S: Daniel Smythe-Smith A Night Like This, Julia Quinn 10/28/13
RLftCI (In Order) Double-Decker Alphabet Bus Duration: 1 January - 31 December 2013
Read: 17/26
✔ A. Anna and the French Kiss ★★★★★ 1/9
✔ B. Donovan Brother Brewery #2 Bad Boys Do ★★★★✩ 1/15 (Double-double!)
✔ C. Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui ★★★✩✩ 2/2
✔ D. When You Give a Duke a Diamond ★★★★★ 2/2
✔ E. How to Entice an Earl ★★★★✩ 3/10
✔ F. Fallen Too Far ★★★✩✩ 3/10
✔ G. Anne of Green Gables ★★★★✩ 7/24
✔ H. Heaven and Hellsbane ★★★★✩ 7/29
✔ I. It's in His Kiss 8/7 ★★✩✩✩
✔ J. Love Kinection by Jennifer James 8/19 ★★★✩✩
✔ K. Kismet's Kiss 9/14 ★★★★★
✔ L. A Lady At Last 2/10 ★★★★★
✔ M. How to Marry a Marquis 10/6 ★★★✩✩
✔ N. Nice and Naughty 10/7 ★★★★✩
✔ O. Officer Off Limits 10/11 ★★★★★
✔ P. Private Practice 10/21 ★★★★✩
✔ Q*. Queen of Babble #3 Queen of Babble Gets Hitched 10/26 ★★★★✩
R. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
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T.
U*.
V*.
W.
X*.
Y.
Z*.
*Quick Stop: Two letters taken ANYWHERE from the title, main characters, series or author's name.
on the home stretch!!!! Woohoo ladies!!!
~RLftCI: Double-decker Alphabet Bus~1st Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013
21/26
✔A After The Ashes 1Feb
✔B A Bolt From The Blue 4 Feb
✔C The Almond Tree 15 Feb 8am
✔D Divided in Death 15 Feb 2pm
✔E Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright 12 March 10 am
✔F Falling for the Lawyer 12 March 2 pm
✔G The Girl, The Ghost, And The Prince 22 March
✔H Unwanted series Highland Historical 13 April
✔I Love in the Irish Mist 20 April
✔J Love Irresistibly by Julie James 21 April
✔K Midnight Oil by Karen Kendall 9 May
✔L Lipstick and Leather: Three Sexy Cowboys, Three Sexy Tales 10 May
✔M How to Marry a Marquis 19 May
✔N Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid 19 June
✔O The Other Side of Us 4 July
✔P Playing With Poison 25 July
✔Q *quickstop* Quicksilver by Amanda Quick 26 Aug
✔R Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 21 Sep
✔S Scandal in Spring 17 Oct
✔T Tall, Tatted and Tempting 24 Oct
✔U *quickstop* Lumberjack in Love 25 Oct Marcus the Lumberjack
V *quickstop*
W
X *quickstop*
Y
Z *quickstop*
Read:
Up next
by Victoria Vane
I wasn't going to use the bend in the rules for the quick stop but I couldn't find a book with 2 words beginning with U that I wanted to read.
You ladies are doing great.
ShoSho wrote: "I wasn't going to use the bend in the rules for the quick stop but I couldn't find a book with 2 words beginning with U that I wanted to read."I thought the same but now I'm feeling that I have to make it as easy as possible if I'm going to have a chance to finish this year xD
CaroB wrote: "on the home stretch!!!! Woohoo ladies!!!"Lisa Kay wrote: "You ladies are doing great."
Thanks ladies!
Man-oh-man! I was so happy this morning, because I finally managed to get my "MM" - in the heroine Monica Mann in
. Only to go and update and see I already
did
my "MM" and should have been working on my "NN." Lord only knows if I've already done it, as I wasn't looking for it. **sigh**
I've been looking for a ZZ book for a couple of months with no luck. Yesterday I was dusting a bookshelf and guess what? I had Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, in spanish, collecting dust! I've enjoyed what I've read of his work so far. He does creepy real well.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Man-oh-man! I was so happy this morning, because I finally managed to get my "MM" - in the heroine Monica Mann in . Only to go and update and see I already ..."
Can I laugh?
ShoSho wrote: "Can I laugh?"**gigglesnort** Of course you may!
I'M DOOOOONEEEEE! WOOHOO!~RLftCI: Double-decker Alphabet Bus~ 26/26 read
✔A - Avenging Angel
✔B - A Brooding Beauty
✔C - The Christmas Catch
✔D - Divine Deception
✔E - Ella Enchanted
✔F - Free Fall
✔G - The Good Greek Wife?
✔H - Bring Him Home
✔I - The Ruthless Italian's Inexperienced Wife
✔J - Julia James - The Greek's Virgin Bride
✔K - Kim Knox-Magnetism
✔L - Liz Lee - If You Dare
✔M - Marriage of Mercy
✔N - North of Need
✔O - My One and Only
✔P - Polly Prince in Doukakis's Apprentice
✔Q *quickstop* - Just Like Heaven - (Smythe-Smith Quartet by Julia Quinn
✔R - Rick Riordan-The Mark of Athena
✔S - Shannon Stacey - Exclusively Yours
✔T - Tangled Tides
✔U *quickstop* - The House on Durrow Street
✔V *quickstop* - The Vampire Viscount
✔W - Wicked as She Wants
✔X *quickstop* - The Wedding Bargain by Victoria Alexander, Hero:Maximillian
✔Y - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
✔Z *quickstop* - The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Wooohooo! Congrats, Gisela!
Congrats Gisela :D
I'm finally starting to get a groove on this challenge xD xDRLftCI (In Order) Double-Decker Alphabet Bus
Duration: 1 January - 31 December 2013
Read: 20/26
✔ A. Anna and the French Kiss ★★★★★ 1/9
✔ B. Donovan Brother Brewery #2 Bad Boys Do ★★★★✩ 1/15 (Double-double!)
✔ C. Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui ★★★✩✩ 2/2
✔ D. When You Give a Duke a Diamond ★★★★★ 2/2
✔ E. How to Entice an Earl ★★★★✩ 3/10
✔ F. Fallen Too Far ★★★✩✩ 3/10
✔ G. Anne of Green Gables ★★★★✩ 7/24
✔ H. Heaven and Hellsbane ★★★★✩ 7/29
✔ I. It's in His Kiss 8/7 ★★✩✩✩
✔ J. Love Kinection by Jennifer James 8/19 ★★★✩✩
✔ K. Kismet's Kiss 9/14 ★★★★★
✔ L. A Lady At Last 2/10 ★★★★★
✔ M. How to Marry a Marquis 10/6 ★★★✩✩
✔ N. Nice and Naughty 10/7 ★★★★✩
✔ O. Officer Off Limits 10/11 ★★★★★
✔ P. Private Practice 10/21 ★★★★✩
✔ Q*. Queen of Babble #3 Queen of Babble Gets Hitched 10/26 ★★★★✩
✔ R. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 3/11 ★★✩✩✩
✔ S. Smooth Talking Stranger 7/11 ★★★★★
✔ T. His Risk to Take 10/11 ★★★★★
U*. Rules of Scoundrels A Rogue by Any Other Name
V*. Victoria Vane's Devil in the Making
W. A Week to Be Wicked
X*. Lexie in Ruthie Knox Ride with Me
Y. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Z*. Elizabeth in Lisa Valdez Passion
*Quick Stop: Two letters taken ANYWHERE from the title, main characters, series or author's name.
Congrtas GiselaI think i've failed this one although I haven't updated in months.
i think i failed this one also.
RLftCI: This Damn Double Decker Alphabet Bus Challenge at Which I SuckDuration: January 1, 2013 -- December 31, 2013
13/26
✔ AA: Author
Amy Andrews = The Devil and the Deep ★★★½✩ PB 2/16
✔ BB: Author and Title
Borstal Boy, by Brendan Behan ★★★★✩ audio-cassette 3/17
✔ CC: Author
Cleo Coyle = On What Grounds ★★★★☆ PB 4/27
✔ DD: Title
Death by Darjeeling, by Laura Childs ★★★★☆ PB 5/1
✔ EE: Author
Elizabeth Elliott = Betrothed ★★★★☆ Library-eBook 5/4
✔ FF: Author
Fannie Flagg = Can't Wait to Get to Heaven ★★★★☆ ODA 5/6
✔ GG: Title
Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life, by Sophie Uliano ★★★★☆ Library-Kindle 5/9
✔ HH: Title
Handbags and Homicide, by Dorothy Howell ★★½☆☆ 5/15 Library-PB
✔ II: Author
Scent to Her Grave, by India Ink ★★★★☆ Library-PB 5/25
✔ JJ: Author
The Greek Tycoon's Mistress, by Julia James ★★★★☆ PB 6/1
KK: Author
✔ Mortal Words, by Kathryn Lasky Knight ★★★☆☆ HC 6/28
LL: Title
✔ Lucky in Love, by Jill Shalvis ★★★★★ audible.com 7/29
MM: Title
✔ Prince of Montez, Pregnant Mistress, by Sabrina Philips ★★★☆☆ PB 8/12
NN: Title
✔ Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid, by Maureen Driscoll ★★★★☆ Kindle 11/10
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We lost power the other night for 9 hours! No Internet, not T.V. Anyway, I managed to read a "freebie" Kindle book that I really enjoyed. As a bonus, it worked for this challenge, too! ☺
Lisa Kay wrote: "We lost power the other night for 9 hours! No Internet, not T.V. Anyway, I managed to read a "freebie" Kindle book that I really enjoyed. As a bonus, it worked for this challenge, too! ☺"Wow 9 hours, that happened to me once while it was snowing outside it was freezing. Luckily i'd just started reading about a week before but had to use a candle so that I could see lol
Yeah, I couldn't believe it was so long, especially in a big city. I have all those boxes in front/side of my house and there were four or five men out there working until 3 a.m. in the morning. I had candles lit, but I couldn't read by that low light. So, I found that last book on my Kindle. Eventually, the power went out on it - about two paragraphs before the end of the book!!! (Well, not counting the epilogue.) But, the killer had confessed, so I knew what was what. I finished the epilogue when the power came back on.
I'm really glad it wasn't really cold!
Lisa Kay wrote: "Yeah, I couldn't believe it was so long, especially in a big city. I have all those boxes in front/side of my house and there were four or five men out there working until 3 a.m. in the morning. ..."It was fate :D you had to read that book and without the power outage you would never have gotten to it!
~RLftCI: Double-decker Alphabet Bus~1st Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013
23/26
✔A After The Ashes 1Feb
✔B A Bolt From The Blue 4 Feb
✔C The Almond Tree 15 Feb 8am
✔D Divided in Death 15 Feb 2pm
✔E Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright 12 March 10 am
✔F Falling for the Lawyer 12 March 2 pm
✔G The Girl, The Ghost, And The Prince 22 March
✔H Unwanted series Highland Historical 13 April
✔I Love in the Irish Mist 20 April
✔J Love Irresistibly by Julie James 21 April
✔K Midnight Oil by Karen Kendall 9 May
✔L Lipstick and Leather: Three Sexy Cowboys, Three Sexy Tales 10 May
✔M How to Marry a Marquis 19 May
✔N Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid 19 June
✔O The Other Side of Us 4 July
✔P Playing With Poison 25 July
✔Q *quickstop* Quicksilver by Amanda Quick 26 Aug
✔R Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 21 Sep
✔S Scandal in Spring 17 Oct
✔T Tall, Tatted and Tempting 24 Oct
✔U *quickstop* Lumberjack in Love 25 Oct Marcus the Lumberjack
✔V *quickstop* A Devil Named DeVere by Victoria Vane 16 Nov
✔W Wickedest Witch 17 Nov
✔X *quickstop* Wicked Sexy Wicked Sexy series 18 Nov
Y
Z *quickstop*
Read:
I'm on a roll!!! So what should I read for YY? I already have my ZZ book on my nightstand
My library doesn't have any of the suggested YY in this thread and I've exhausted my book budget for this month :P
I was looking at this one. Or can't we do a 2:1?
Here's one for you, ShoSho:
Lisa Kay wrote: "Here's one for you, ShoSho: "haaahhaa yes that's exactly for me!!!
I found this one but it's the 6 in the series ,has anyone read any book in the series? Can I read it out order?
are they any good?
Interesting. They have that on audio. Sorry, ShoSho, all I know is several people were reading it several years ago when look for female character with a "Y" name. So, probably alright.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Interesting. They have that on audio. Sorry, ShoSho, all I know is several people were reading it several years ago when look for female character with a "Y" name. So, probably alright."
I'll give another half an hour and if I can't find anything in my elibrary ,I'll start that!
Well, let me know what you think about it, if you do. My library has the dead tree version.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Well, let me know what you think about it, if you do. My library has the dead tree version."Couldn't find anything I want to read, so I'll start tonight!
20/26 readA: Everlasting Kiss by Amanda Ashley 1/30/13
B: Bound by Blood, P.A. Lupton 2/18/13
C: Cletus Calix- The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires, Molly Harper 3/4/13
D: Dark Desires After Dusk. Kresely Cole 3/8/13
E: Etiquette & Espionage, Gail Carriger 4/14/13
F: Forged in Fire, Trish McCallan 5/8/13
G: The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even , Julie Kenner 6/15/13
H: A Highlander of Her Own, Melissa Mayhue 7/13/13
I: It's in His Kiss, Julia Quinn 7/19/13
J: Jukebox Jezebel, Leota Abel 8/2/13
K: Kiss of a Demon King, Kresley Cole 8/7/13
L: The Laird Who Loved Me, Karen Hawkins 8/30/13
M: A Highlander's Destiny, Melissa Mayhue 9/28/13
N: Needing Nita, Norah Wilson 9/29/13
O: Out of Olympus Series A Touch of Greek, Tina Folsom 9/30/13
P: Pirate's Price, Aubry Ross 10/1/13
Q: Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet #1), Julia Quinn 10/12/13
R: Rock Chick Revenge, Kristen Ashley 10/23/13
S: Daniel Smythe-Smith A Night Like This, Julia Quinn 10/28/13
T: To Taste Temptation, Elizabeth Hoyt 11/16/13
U How to Dance with a Duke
V The Reluctant Viking
W the wary widow or winning the wallflower
X Lord Stillwells Excellent Engagements- Victoria Alexander
Y I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Z Mising in Action Pam Champagne- Zoe Zanardi
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