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~One Thousand~Duration: March 28th - December 31st
Completed: 40/40 - DONE
1. Books that have 1,000 or more GoodReads reviews:
✔Leo by Mia Sheridan (11/4) *****
✔Wait for You by J. Lynn (1,998 reviews) (23/4) *****
✔Rush by Maya Banks (1,421 reviews) (31/5) ***
✔The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (31,157 reviews) (18/6) *****
✔Knight by Kristen Ashley (1,510 reviews) (1/8) ****
✔The Mating by Nick Charles ( 1,469 reviews) (2/8) *****
✔Falling Into You by Jasinda Wilder (2,879 reviews) (19/8) ***
2. Books that are on 1,000 or more TBR (to-be-read) piles of GRs members.
✔Love Only Once by Johanna Lindsey (1566 to-reads) (30/3) *****
✔The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton (17738 to-reads) (31/3) ****
✔Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley (5983 to-reads) (3/4) *****
✔Decadent by Shayla Black (3556 to-reads) (25/4) *****
✔Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl (1308 to-reads) (26/4) *****
✔This Is Who I Am by Cherise Sinclair (2553 to-reads) (28/5) *****
✔Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas (15846 to-reads) (21/11) *****
3. Choose a book from a GRs friend that has 1,000 or more books on their TBR pile.
Susan (6229 books on TBR):
✔A Night Like This by Julia Quinn (6/4) ***
✔Leo by Mia Sheridan (11/4) *****
✔Squeeze Play by Kate Angell (12/4) *****
✔Rocked Under by Cora Hawkes (3/6) *
✔Duncan's Bride by Linda Howard (12/5) *****
5. Read a series that cumulatively has 1,000 or more pages.
Psy-Changeling by Nalini Singh
✔Slave to Sensation (19/6) ***** (334 pages)
✔Visions of Heat (28/6) **** (332 pages)
✔Caressed By Ice (10/7) ***** (352 pages)
✔Mine to Possess (13/7) ***** (328 pages)
✔Hostage to Pleasure (16/7) ***** (330 pages)
✔Branded by Fire (18/7) ***** (345 pages)
6. Read books submitted to “1001 Romance Books You Must Read Before You Die.”
✔Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward (5/4) ****
✔Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey (19/4) *****
✔Savor the Danger by Lori Foster (17/6) ****
8. Read books with ten or more words in the title.
✔A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels #1) by Sarah MacLean (30/8) ****
✔One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels #2) by Sarah MacLean (15/10) *****
✔Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers #1) by Sarah MacLean (6/11) ****
9. Read books for which you paid at least a thousand pennies {or whatever is your lowest monetary coin} (€10.00).
✔Lover At Last by J.R. Ward (10/4) *****
✔Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire (15/6) **
10. Spell-It-Out: Using titles, series names, authors names (first or last), spell out an applicable word.
✔M - Meant To Be by Laramie Briscoe (30/10) ****
✔E - Exquisite by Ella Frank (27/6) ***
✔M - How to Dance with a Duke by Manda Collins (14/6) ****
✔B - Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning (29/3) **
✔E - A Beautiful Lie by T.E. Sivec (25/5) ***
✔R - Against the Wall by Rebecca Zanetti (3/5) ****
✔S - Safe Harbor by Tymber Dalton (17/4) ****
congrats :) I updated my post #8, I've read 20 books , but 2 points are left - the 1000 pages book & the 1000 words in title book. The first one is so tough. Hopefully I'll be able to finish it ;)
1,000 Members Challenge24/24 DONE!!
1. Read books that have 1,000 or more GR reviews.
✔ One Week Girlfriend by Monica Murphy (1868 reviews) - 9/13/13 ★★★★½
✔ Die Trying by Lee Child (1586 reviews) - 9/22/13 ★★★
✔ Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews (2,464 reviews) - 9/31/13 ★★★★
✔ Tripwire by Lee Child (1247 reviews) - 10/17/13 ★★★
✔ Running Blind by Lee Child (1054 reviews) - 10/25/13 ★★★½
✔ Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (1084 reviews) - 10/29/13 ★★★
2. Read books that are on 1,000 or more TBR (to-be-read) piles of GRs members.
✔ Succubus On Top by Richelle Mead (6821 to-reads) - 9/19/13 ★
✔ Written in Red by Anne Bishop (5595 to-reads) - 10/2/13 ★★★★½
✔ Full Blooded by Amanda Carlson (4671 to-reads) - 10/8/13 ★★★
✔ Surrender to Me by Shayla Black (3878 to-reads) - 10/23/13 ★★★
✔ Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire (3652 to-reads) - 11/5/13 ★★★½
✔ In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks 1793 to-reads) - 11/7/13 ★★
✔ The Courage to Love by Samantha Kane (1122 to-reads) - 11/10/13 ★★★
✔ Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley (2406 to-reads) - 11/19/13 ★★★
5. Read 1,000 pages in the same series
✔ 1441 pages in the October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire
---Rosemary and Rue - 10/29/13 ★★★
---A Local Habitation - 11/1/13 ★★★½
---An Artificial Night - 12/2/13 ★★★½
---Late Eclipses - 12/9/13 ★★★½
6. Read books submitted to “1001 Romance Books You Must Read Before You Die.”
✔ Lover Mine by J.R. Ward - 9/15/13 ★★★
✔ Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath - 9/17/13 ★★★★
✔ When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James - 9/22/13 ★★★★
9. Read books for which you paid at least a thousand pennies ($10.00).
✔ Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews ($14.95 Audible credit) - 9/13/13 ★★★★½
✔ Off the Grid by P.J. Tracy ($14.95 Audible credit) - 10/5/13 ★★★
✔ Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride ($14.95 Audible credit) - 10/30/13 ★★★★
✔ Lord's Fall ($14.95 Audible credit) by Thea Harrison - 11/18/13 ★★★½
You're doing good, *Hayley*. ☺
2/14-2/1520/40
1. This Is What Happy Looks Like 4-17-14
Beautiful Dark 4-20-14
Goose Girl 4-5-14
Gregor and the Prophecy of the Bane
Rush 3-16-14
Tithe
Dark Witch
2. Shine 2-8-14
Tiger Lily
Maybe, Someday
Liv, Forever
Copper Sun 3-26-14
Onyx 3-13-14
3. I Walk in Dread
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Coal Miners Bride
Standing in the Light
Voyage on the Great Titanic
7. Book of a 1000 Days 3-3-14
9. Love Letters to the Dead 4-12-14
The Great Trouble 3-15-14
Half Blood 3-23-14
Hallowed Ones 4-2-14
Nolander
The Fall
C Cemetery Girl 2-27-14
E Every Soul A Star 2-25-14
L Losing Hope 2-22-14
E Evertrue 2-20-14
B Between 3-21-14
R
A Adoration of Jenna Fox 2-5-14
T
I Iron Witch 3-30-14
O
N Nazi Hunters 4-10-14
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Welcome to the challenge, Lisa!
Anna
Bookcrazy 20/21
D.G. 24/24 - Done! Congrats!
Dani 09/19
Elishia 18/40
Gea 40/40 - Done! Congrats!
Hayley 09/30
Karen
Jenny 10/10 - Done! Congrats
Joann 50/50 - Done! Congrats!
Lindy-Lane
Lisa 00/28
Lisa Kay 00/??
Manvir 09/30
Midu 12/15
ShoSho
Susan
❀Tea❀
Start date :Jan 2014Completed : 53/50
Finish date: June 2014
1. Read books that have 1,000 or more GoodReads (GRs) reviews.
My One and Only 6797 ratings
Almost Perfect 6320 ratings
He Loves Lucy 5609 ratings
Over the Edge 7160 ratings
Study In Scarlet 100927 ratings
Catch of the Day 5008 ratings
The Duke of Shadows 2585 ratings
Lola Carlyle Reveals All 3715 ratings
Start Me Up 4193 ratings
Talk Me Down6348 ratings
Double Standards 6211 ratings
Instant Attraction 5149 ratings
Mrs. Miracle3117 ratings
Hot Finish 3736 ratings
16 Lighthouse Road 11131 ratings
A Fatal Grace 11212 ratings
Sarah's Key 235378 ratings
The Perfect Play 20509 ratings
Nefertiti 17666 ratings
2. Read books that are on 1,000 or more TBR (to-be-read) piles of GRs members.
Eleanor & Park 127476 to-reads
Waking Up Married 11649 to-reads
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 50108 to-reads
Fangirl 93248 to-reads
The Help 12456 to-reads
Me Before You 78925 to-reads
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes 8177 to-reads
Lakeside Cottage 4059 to-reads
Flat-Out Sexy 8038 to-reads
I've Got Your Number 47027 to-reads
3. Choose a book from a GRs friend that has 1,000 or more books on their TBR pile. They can have already read it, or not.
Arnis Vēveris - 4243 books
Still Life
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
4. Read books that have 1,000 or more pages.
5. Read a series that cumulatively has 1,000 or more pages. While you can choose from any starting point in the series, you can NOT read just one book. You must read as many as it takes to reach 1,000 pages.
Kowalski Family - 1051 pp
Yours to Keep - 331 pp
All He Ever Needed - 384 pp
All He Ever Desired - 336 pp
6. Read books submitted to “1001 Romance Books You Must Read Before You Die.” This is a “Work in Progress” from several groups; however the Master Lists, divided by genres, are over in the HEAC group.
Hummingbird
Garden Spells
Rainshadow Road
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
When Beauty Tamed the Beast
Rainshadow Road
The Leopard Prince
7. Read books with the word “thousand” in the title.
8. Read books with ten or more words in the title. Note: You may include the series’ name in the count.
Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers #2) - 12 words
Welcome To Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop Of Dreams (Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop #1) - 11 words
How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company - 12 words
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide, #4) - 10 words
9. Read books for which you paid at least a thousand pennies {or whatever is your lowest monetary coin} ($10.00).
10. Spell-It-Out: Using titles, series names, authors names (first or last), spell out an applicable word. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, and, the).
T. - The Spanish Groom
H. - Hard and Fast
O. - Oleander Girl
U. - Undeniably Yours
S. - Splendid
A. - A Caribbean Mystery
N. - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
D. - Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata by Devdutt Pattanaik
Wonderful, Poongothai! Welcome to the challenge, too.
Poongothai wrote: " Start date :Jan 2014Completed : 33/50"
Added you, babe. Welcome.
i ended up reading 32 books for my initial goal of reading 30 books for this challenge. however, i did not complete all of my initial category goals on this one. original post #28 of this thread.
Wow! That's great, Lindy-Lane. Congrats!
~One Thousand~ ChallengeDuration: May 13th, 2014 - December 31st, 2014
Completed: 8/8
T: The Theory of Attraction by Delphine Dryden-8/18/14 (5 stars)
H: Her Restless Heart by Barbara Cameron-7/18/14 (3 stars)
O: Once Upon a Winter's Heart by Melody Carlson-5/26/14 (4 stars)
U: Unbound by Nikkie Locke-8/17/14 (2 stars)
S: Single by Saturday by Catherine Bybee-7/29/14 (4 stars)
A: Crossed by Ally Condie-5/14/14 (2 stars)
N: Nocked for a Loop by Sam Cheever-7/29/14 (3 stars)
D: Dancing with Fireflies by Denise Hunter-6/10/14 (2 stars)
Welcome to the challenge, Trea!
Lisa Kay wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Trea!"Thanks!
I'll say I'm done.Kinda keep forgetting about this one (or better to say, keep reading wrong books ☺).
: 30/30 1. Read books that have 1,000 or more GoodReads (GRs) reviews.
✔ A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - 10.01.14 - ★★★★ - 30.257 reviews
✔ The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien - 26.05.13 - ★★★★ - 3.191 reviews
✔ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling - 20.06.13 - ★★★★ - 13.925 reviews
✔ The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - 14.07.13 - ★★★★★ - 42.679 reviews
✔ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling - 01.11.13 - ★★★ - 35.278 reviews
✔ A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - 25.04.14 - ★★★ - 3.486 reviews
2. Read books that are on 1,000 or more TBR (to-be-read) piles of GRs members.
✔ The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien - 25.04.13 - ★★★★★ - on 36.930 TBRs
✔ Lover at Last by J.R. Ward - 11.08.13 - ★★★★ - on 17.237 TBRs
✔ Love Irresistibly by Julie James - 08.04.2013. - ★★★★★ - on 5.202 TBRs
✔ Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris - 08.07.13. - ★★★ - on 46.528 TBRs
✔ Divergent by Veronica Roth - 29.07.13 - ★★★★ - on 223.915 TBRs
✔ The Iron King by Julie Kagawa - 21.10.13 - ★★★★ - on 104.730 TBRs
3. Choose a book from a GRs friend that has 1,000 or more books on their TBR pile.
Blacky (2.766+ books on TBR)
✔ Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins - 19.05.13 - ★★★
✔ Naked in Death by J.D. Robb - 04.06.13 - ★★★★
✔ Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster - 21.8.13 - ★★★★
✔ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - 18.08.13 - ★★★★
✔ The Witness by Nora Roberts - 29.10.13 - ★★★★
✔ Collide by Riley Hart - 24.04.14 - ★★★★
4. Read books that have 1,000 or more pages.
✔ The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - 21.09.13 - ★★★★ - 1.276 pg default edition
5. Read a series that cumulatively has 1,000 or more pages. While you can choose from any starting point in the series, you can NOT read just one book. You must read as many as it takes to reach 1,000 pages.
ebook page numbers - total: 3.836 pg
✔ Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward - 04.04.13 - ★★★★ - 528 pg
✔ Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward - 19.04.13 - ★★★★ - 560 pg
✔ Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward - 11.05.13 - ★★★★ - 527 pg
✔ Lover Mine by J.R. Ward - 11.06.13 - ★★★★ - 512 pg
✔ Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward - 24.06.13 - ★★★★ - 489 pg
✔ Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward - 29.06.13 - ★★★★ - 592 pg
✔ Lover at Last by J.R. Ward - 11.08.13 - ★★★★ - 628 pg
6. Read books submitted to “1001 Romance Books You Must Read Before You Die.”
✔ Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas - 17.03.14 - ★★★★
✔ Surrender by Pamela Clare - 29.05.13 - ★★★★
9. Read books for which you paid at least a thousand pennies {or whatever is your lowest monetary coin} ($10.00).
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- 17.06.13. - ★★★★ - (that's actually one book, split up by publisher to sell 1 book for the price of 3) - 29,90kn (=2.990lp) each✔ Kontesa Nera by Marija Jurić Zagorka - 14.05.14 - ★★★★★ - 29,90kn (=2.990lp)
Woohoo! Congrats, ❀Tea❀!
Poongothai wrote: "Finished"And then some, Poongothai! Woohoo & Congrats!
~One Thousand~ ChallengeDuration: May 13th, 2014 - December 31st, 2014
Completed: 8/8
Finished my final book for this challenge today, The Theory of Attraction. I was all over the place for this challenge, but that book really was a home run! I'll be writing up my review for it, but think The Big Bang Theory meets erotic romance! Was such a great challenge!
Lisa Kay wrote: "Congrats, Trea! Woohoo!"Thanks, Lisa Kay!
No review for that last one, though?
Lisa Kay wrote: "No review for that last one, though?"I was in the middle of writing it, actually. Lunch arrived before I got it finished. I've got it up now, but I'll copy it here for you too. I found out that there are actually two more books in the series, and while I don't remember mention of the couple from book two in this one, I do remember the hero of book three in this one. I'm going to be grabbing them today for certain!
This was a great book! I found myself thinking of it as The Big Bang Theory meets erotic romance. Ivan was so clueless, and yet the erotic twist in this book was not something I was expecting! I really liked how detailed the author made her explanations of said twist to Cami, as it was exactly like an introduction for the uninformed. I found them well thought out and rational, to the point where I'm tempted to have my husband read the book, just so he can understand my enjoyment of the genre. It is more of a novella than an actual book, but the thing is, I didn't feel that I was being short changed because of the shorter length of the book. The plot didn't focus on the sex, as so many erotic romances are wont to do, and it made the progression of the relationship more realistic to me. It was a genuinely good book that I recommend, not just as a beach read, but anytime you're in the mood for a short, steamy, and engaging read.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Thanks, Trea!"Sure thing, Lisa Kay!
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