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Just finished . Wow this is a wonferful book. This book does not sugar coat the experience of the Appalachian Trail. It tells it like it is and is most certainly a page turner.

Just started .

[~Melissa~]

Marguerite - Hope you enjoy A Game of Thrones!! It's long but lots of interesting characters.

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Melissa I have a feeling I will. Plus I will be reading the whole series (one after the other.

[~Melissa~]

Marguerite wrote: "Melissa I have a feeling I will. Plus I will be reading the whole series (one after the other."

Some take a little longer to read than others (at least a few did for me☺) and don't grow too attached to any one character

[~Leslie~]

Happy Monday everyone! Lots of books being read over the weekend. I will post the winner of the mini challenge later today. But keep reading, just keep reading!!

[~Melissa~]

Leslie are you summoning your inner Dory from Finding Nemo ☺

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Melissa I hope to read them fast.rofl I have a feeling it will be hard to not grow attached to the main characters.lol

[~Melissa~]

Marguerite wrote: "Melissa I hope to read them fast.rofl I have a feeling it will be hard to not grow attached to the main characters.lol"

Best of luck to you!! I personally need some romance and PNR in between and while reading these,lol I obviously have some book ADD going on

[~Leslie~]

Marguerite wrote: "Melissa I hope to read them fast.rofl I have a feeling it will be hard to not grow attached to the main characters.lol"

Do not get attached!! That is my main advice. Melissa and I have read them together and it definitely helped to have a buddy. We are still trying to finish the last one LOL!!

And Melissa - any chance I get to channel Dory, I'm happy. Love that movie!!

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[~Melissa~]

one of my favorite kid's movies!

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Leslie I will take the advice but it will be hard for me.lol

[~Leslie~]

Forgot to mention that I finished this morning. Fell asleep and didn't make the midnight deadline. Oh well! Anyway, if you are looking for a distopian science fiction romance with a few random zombies, check this one out. I liked it a lot.
I am about to start . This is a spinoff to a series I am obsessed with, so I'm so excited!! Both of these qualify for romance.

[~Melissa~]

Leslie - I'll be interested to hear what you think about Building From Ashes. I've only read the first in the first series - need to get back to that one,lol
I think I have Beyond the Night on my TBR - I'm off to go check

[Chris]

I've been knee-deep in "Bridgertons" and "... in Death" this past week. It doesn't get much better!

[~Leslie~]

Weather or Not Mini Challenge

#of Participants: 8
#of Books read: 16
#of Pages Read: 5104
Avg. Rating of Books:3.87
Earliest Pub Boo: 1984

Genres Urban Fantasy (2), Fantasy, Non-Fiction (3), Contemporary (2), Paranormal Romance (2), Romantic Suspense, Romance (2), Paranormal (2), Young Adult

Authors Rachel Caine, Michael Lewis, David Miller, Jennifer Pharr Davis, Lisa Genova, Jennifer Estep, Joss Ware, Elisabeth Naughton, Lori Brighton, Sandra Brown, Megan Hart, Kelly Hunter, Alexis Morgan, Nalini Singh, Amanda Stevens, Naomi Novik

Participants

Kristin
# of Books: 1
# of Pages: 337
Avg. Rating: 3.75

Marguerite *Winner*
# of Books: 4
# of pages: 1201
Avg. Rating: 3.95

Leslie
# of Books: 3
# of pages: 1109
Avg. Rating: 3.94

Rebecca
# of Books: 3
# of pages: 860
Avg. Rating: 3.66

Vi
# of Books: 1
# of pages: 224
Avg. Rating: 3.64

Melissa
# of Books: 1
# of Pages: 338
Avg. Rating: 4.1

Gayle
# of Books: 2
# of Pages: 710
Avg. Rating: 4.05

Sherri
# of Books: 1
# of Pages: 325
Avg. Rating: 3.8

Book Covers

[~Leslie~]

CONGRATULATIONS WEATHER CHALLENGE WINNER: Marguerite!!

Great challenge everyone!! Thanks to Kristin for suggesting it!

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Leslie thank you!!!!

[Rebecca NJ]

Congrats Marguerite!

@Kristin - this was a fun mini-challenge - it really made me look at the covers.

Great job everyone!

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Rebecca thank you!!!!

Great job everyone!!!

[~Leslie~]

This was fun and congratulations to all those who participated. I love compiling the stats and getting a close look at all the books!

We have a great mini challenge coming up. So get ready, folks! I will announce it tomorrow.

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Kristin thank you!!!

[Vi]

February Monthly Challenge - Romance

#of Participants: 20
#of Books read: 100

Participants:

Anna:
# of Books: 6
# of Points: 9
# of People who shelved as Romance: 2489

Leslie: ** WINNER **
# of Books: 21
# of Points: 30
# of People who shelved as Romance: 2951

Gen:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 1
# of People who shelved as Romance: 207

DeeDee:
# of Books: 3
# of Points: 3
# of People who shelved as Romance: 253

~Melissa~:
# of Books: 13
# of Points: 18
# of People who shelved as Romance: 3074

Diane ~Firefly~:
# of Books: 4
# of Points: 6
# of People who shelved as Romance: 724

~Gayle~:
# of Books: 7
# of Points: 12
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1880

Alley:
# of Books: 7
# of Points: 10
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1752

Marguerite:
# of Books: 2
# of Points:2
# of People who shelved as Romance: 405

Kristin:
# of Books: 6
# of Points: 10
# of People who shelved as Romance: 2044

JenniferJ:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 1
# of People who shelved as Romance: 19

Faith:
# of Books: 3
# of Points: 3
# of People who shelved as Romance: 829

Jane:
# of Books: 6
# of Points: 8
# of People who shelved as Romance: 640

Marla:
# of Books: 3
# of Points: 3
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1380

Tricia:
# of Books: 2
# of Points: 2
# of People who shelved as Romance: 185

Rebecca:
# of Books: 5
# of Points: 8
# of People who shelved as Romance: 825

Vi:
# of Books: 6
# of Points: 9
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1588

Donna:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 1
# of People who shelved as Romance: 436

Michelle:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 1
# of People who shelved as Romance: 94

Katie:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 2
# of People who shelved as Romance: 744

Sherri:
# of Books: 3
# of Points: 4
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1052

Awesome job, everyone! You've made the month of February a wonderful one. I'm sure our TBR's are groaning under the weight of new books!

Some select Book Covers:

[Vi]

CONGRATULATIONS ROMANCE MONTHLY WINNER: LESLIE!!

Thanks everyone for participating and making this challenge a fun one!

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Congrats Leslie, way to go, way to go, ho ho!!!!

Great job everyone!!!

[Tricia]

Congratulations Marguerite & Leslie for those challenge wins!! :)

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Tricia thank you!!!!

[Deedee]

Some take a little longer to read than others (at least a few did for me☺) and don't grow too attached to any one character ..."

Excellent advice! (Speaking as someone who just finished reading

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Currently reading:

[~Leslie~]

Wow!! That was completely unexpected!! Though I guess it shouldn't be too unexpected, since romance is my favorite genre!

Thanks, Vi for putting this all together and compiling the stats. It was a great challenge!!

[~Leslie~]

In like a Lion . . . Mini Challege: Sponsored by Marguerite!!

March comes roaring in and we want you to do the same with your reading!

What: Read as many books on your TBR as you can! No rules to slow you down.

When: Wed February 27th - Sun March 3rd. You must have finished a book on these dates.

How: Post the covers of your books as you finish them. Let us know it's for the mini challenge.

[~Leslie~]

I hope that it's so quiet on this thread because everyone is thinking about what to read next!!

That being said, I just finished . Absolutely wonderful. For those who are familiar with this series, all I need to say is "Carwyn"!!

I'm now reading

I'm trying desperately to finish up some books by the end of the month for some challenges I'm in. Going to be cutting it close LOL!

[Gen]

I abandoned Stormbreaker, I never was able to go farther than the first chapter. I'll now start A Game of Thrones for my personal read and I'll read Boule de Suif for school.

[Deedee]

Just finished -- it was OK, probably won't continue with the series though. The heroine behaved in irrational ways, just to advance the plot.(view spoiler)[For example, the heroine at one point just goes to the detective's dead wife's grave! The author has the heroine thinking 'I don't know why I'm doing this'. Even the author couldn't think up a good reason! (hide spoiler)]

Instead of The Restorer, I'd recommend

for the ghost-mystery-romance genre.

Now to finish , and to pick out my next novel.

[Rebecca NJ]

Deedee - thanks for the update. I didn't realize that The Restorer was a group read. And did you hear that "thud" of two more books being added to the list :)

[Rebecca NJ]

This morning I finished on audio which fits the "In Like a Lion" challenge.

It was an okay book but at times the plot just seemed implausible.

[~Leslie~]

Good morning, team!

The loud Thunk you hear is more books landing on my TBR!

[Rebecca NJ]

Great news everyone!! We are now over 1,000 books!!

[~Leslie~]

Woo Hoo Way to go, Team D!!!

[Chris]

Woo Hoo!

Just finished "The Summer Garden", too.

[Rebecca]

Finished for the In like a Lion Mini Challege!

[Rebecca NJ]

Dangerously Determined to Devour All Books Team - We the captains challenge you to beat us in a read-off.

It's hard to believe that we started this challenge only 8 weeks ago. And as I mentioned previously today I am happy to report that as a team we are now over 1,000 books!

Starting today until March 10, every book you post here as "read" will count towards a special group total and will be compared to what Leslie, Vi and I read as a group. Can you read twice as many books as we can in the next 12 days?

[❉⊰Gayle⊱❉]

I finished , which counts for the lion mini challenge. Now reading .

[~Leslie~]

Okay! The competition is on!! Come on team members!!

Just thought I'd share - my son just found out he was accepted to his first choice Law School and offered almost a full ride scholarship! Yay!!!

[Barb]

Congrats to him -- and you :) -- Leslie!

[~Melissa~]

finished both and both 4★'s (finished on 2/25 and 2/26)

[Chris]

Rebecca wrote: "Dangerously Determined to Devour All Books Team - We the captains challenge you to beat us in a read-off.

It's hard to believe that we started this challenge only 8 weeks ago. And as I mentioned ..."

Dangerously Devouring Dudettes, YOU ARE SO ON! Racers to your bookmarks...

[~Melissa~]

Leslie wrote: "Okay! The competition is on!! Come on team members!!

Just thought I'd share - my son just found out he was accepted to his first choice Law School and offered almost a full ride scholarship! Yay!!!"

Congrats ~ that's wonderful!

[~Melissa~]

Rebecca wrote: "Great news everyone!! We are now over 1,000 books!!

"

WOOHOO!!

[~Leslie~]

Thanks, Barb and Melissa. We are very excited for him (and for our bank account)!

I see that you liked Bound by Blood. I just could not like that book. It made me crazy.

[~Melissa~]

Leslie wrote: "Thanks, Barb and Melissa. We are very excited for him (and for our bank account)!

I see that you liked Bound by Blood. I just could not like that book. It made me crazy."

hmmm...what made you crazy. I did enjoy it but some of it was ehhh IMO. Did find it interesting enough to finish and I needed it for a couple of challenges,lol

[❉⊰Gayle⊱❉]

Leslie wrote: "Okay! The competition is on!! Come on team members!!

Just thought I'd share - my son just found out he was accepted to his first choice Law School and offered almost a full ride scholarship! Yay!!!"

How wonderful! He must be thrilled....I can tell you are! Congratulations!!