Authors: The Dynamic Duos Reading Challenge

[Lisarenee]

After realizing Ilona Andrews is actually written by a husband and wife team (Gordon and Ilona), I was thinking wouldn't it be fun to do a challenge where you read books and/or series which are written by more than one author? I decided to call it the Dynamic Duos reading challenge. Now,in case you're wondering, more than two authors can be involved as in the case of Royal House of Shadows Quartet where four authors (Nalini Singh, Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe, and Jessica Anderson) each wrote one book of a series. It's just more common for only two authors to collaborate so I went with the Dynamic Duos name. It should be noted, however, that Anthologies are not allowed in this challenge.

Rules of Play
To complete this challenge you need to do the following:
1) Set a date by which you intend to complete the challenge.
2) Set the amount of books you intend to read.
3) Select which author(s) and books you'll read.
4) Read the books.

Levels of Play
Easy Read 1 - 3 books
Moderate Read 4 - 6 books
Hard Read 7 - 8 books
Difficult Read 9 +

[Lisarenee]

Please help us create a Goodreads Listopia for this challenge at: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/31...

[Catherine]

I am in...:) I have a few that fit the bill :)

I will start with Moderate for now

1. Michael Ledwidge/James Patterson...Zoo(1 Feb)
2. Janet Evanovich/Dorien Kelly..The Husband List(26 Jan)
3. James Patterson/Jill Dembowski..The Kiss(book 4)(24 Feb)
4. Susan Donovan/Celeste Bradley..Unbound
5. Brian Hare/Vanessa Woods..The Genius of Dogs
6. Janet Evanovich/Dorien Kelly..Love in a Nutshell(17 Mar)
7. James Patterson/Maxine Paetro..Confessions of a Murder Suspect(book 1)
8. Janet Evanovich/Lee Goldberg..The Heist(book 1)
9. Ilona Andrews..Magic Slays(book 5)(read)

[Barb]

I can't join the challenge right now, but I added some books to the list :)

[Lisarenee]

Barb wrote: "I can't join the challenge right now, but I added some books to the list :)"

Thanks Barb. :)

[Catherine]

I went to the link you have...but it shows a list of single authors...not paired ones....does that mean you need to create a list?

[Lisarenee]

Catherine wrote: "I went to the link you have...but it shows a list of single authors...not paired ones....does that mean you need to create a list?"

Some authors write under one name like the authors who write under the names Sydney Croft (two women united under one name) and Ilona Andrews (really a husband wife team write this series). Others write one book of a series so those will be listed under a single author's name. So far all the ones I viewed are correct for the challenge. They don't necessarily need to be a "paired" team, I just like the name Dynamic Duos and when I first started writing the challenge I didn't even consider multiple authors collaborating to create series. I added that later, but decided not to change the name. Sorry for confusing you.

[Catherine]

oh...ok...so I can use paired authprs too!??!? or you want ones like Ilona Andrews..

[Lisarenee]

Catherine wrote: "oh...ok...so I can use paired authprs too!??!? or you want ones like Ilona Andrews.."

You can use the paired ones too like Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes who write the Full series

[Catherine]

cool beans! :) I am on the job! :) lol

in that case...I have one posted...and will probably be able to do level: DIFFICULT!

[✿Claire✿]

I'm in. Not sure what level yet though.

[Lisarenee]

I'm determined to read Ilona Andrews's Edge series. I've read the first now I need to read the rest. :)

[Mary]

Lisarenee wrote: "I'm determined to read Ilona Andrews's Edge series. I've read the first now I need to read the rest. :)"

Same! Loved the first and for some reason I keep putting off the rest of the series.

[Mary]

Catherine wrote: "I went to the link you have...but it shows a list of single authors...not paired ones....does that mean you need to create a list?"

For some reason, Goodreads only lists one of the two authors when you're looking up a book in a search, or viewing books in Listopia. Only when you click on it and see the full screen can you see that it's written by multiple authors. That's why the listopia has only one author per book - it's a flaw in Goodreads's system.

Added some books, LR! I completely forgot the other day.

[~Melissa~]

Dynamic Duos
2/1/13 ~ 7/31/13

Easy
0/3 books read

1) Beautiful Creatures
2)Lord of the Vampires
3)

[Shan ~A~]

Dynamic Duos
Duration:12/20/13-12/19/14
Levels of Play
Easy Read 1 - 3 books(starting here) 1/3
Moderate Read 4 - 6 books
Hard Read 7 - 8 books
Difficult Read 9 +

Options:
Beautiful Creatures by: Kami Garcia 12/31
Taming the Fire by:Sydney Croft
The Husband List by:Janet Evanovich/Dorien Kelly

[Lisa Kay]

Welcome to the challenge, ~Melissa~ and Shan!

[Nicole]

NBRC Dynamic Duos Authors Challenge
Duration: 5/14/14-5/14/15
Level: Moderate (but may change as I read!)

1. Untamed Victoria Green/Jinsey Reese
2. The Vixen Torn J.E. Keep/M. Keep
3. The Vixen Arises J.E. Keep/M. Keep
4. Sweet Filthy Boy Christina Lauren
5. Primal Legacy A. Payne/N. Taylor
6. Out of Control Victoria Green/Jinsey Reese
7. Escaped Artist Victoria Green & Jinsey Reese
8. Exposure by Morgan & Jennifer Locklear
9. Black Moon by F.M. Sherrill & Becca C. Smith
10. Prisoner by Annika Martin & Skye Warren
11. Master Over You: A Dark Romance Novel by Cerys du Lys & Ethan Winters