May: Tea Time Reading Challenge

[Thais]

The May Tea Time Reading Challenge

Duration: 5/1/16 - 5/31/16
Level: Cup of Tea (4 - 6 books)
Progress: 1/5

P: Peter Ustinov, author of The Old Man and Mr. Smith.
U: Urania Cabral, character in La Fiesta del Chivo.
E:
R:
H: The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy. - 5/5/16

[Jammin Jenny]

I'll have a cup...

0/5

A All the Beautiful Brides
S Seveneves
S Someone Tell Aunt Tilly's She's Dead
A America's Cheapest Family Gets you Right on the Money
M Murder House

[Imagination]

I'm going to try...

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A:Asha - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling 5/14
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[Lauri]

I'll stop by for a spot of tea!
Completed!
5/5 as of 5/29/16
A - The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende 5/29/16
S - Some Girls Bite 5/13/16
S - Struck 5/29/16
A- Ask The Parrot 5/18/16
M - Mama Mae in The Kitchen House 5/5/16

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge Brenda, Thais, Jenny, Imagination and Lauri ☺

[Rebecca]

Love tea! Drinking some right now as I read this.


The May Tea Time Reading Challenge

Duration: 5/1/16 - 5/31/16
Level: Cup of Tea (4 - 6 books)
Completed!!

H - Hamish in Death of Yesterday 5/6/16
E - Janet Evanovich in The Chase 5/5/16
R - Rodrigo in The Serpent and the Pearl 5/4/16
B - Brownies and Broomsticks 5/3/16
A - Angie in Dark Chocolate Demise 5/10/16
L - A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 5/18/16

[Imagination]

Are there going to be coin rewards for this challenge?

If so, what kind? Spessartite for monthly?

[Aminko]

I love tea so how could I pass up this challenge?!?!

The May Tea Time Reading Challenge
May 1 to 31, 2016

5/8 Completed

E - Defying Pack Law by Eve Langlais
A -
R - The Matchmaker's Playbook by Rachel Van Dyken
L - Big Rock by Lauren Blakely

G - Presumption of Guilt by Marti Green
R - Star Sand by Roger Pulvers
A -
Y -

[[deleted user]]

Nothing but Reading Challenges
The May Tea Time Reading Challenge
Duration: 5/1/2016 - 5/31/2016

Progress: 4 out of 4

Mate
M:Mysterious by Nora Roberts
A: The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick
T: Troubadour by Mary Hoffman
E:Evidence of Trust by Stacy Joy Netzel

[Tiffany]

Im going to take part if its still ok and do the spell it out part of the challenege.

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[Jessica]

I`m in. I`ll be doing a spell-it-out.
Duration: 5/6/16 - 5/31/16
Books Read: 0/6

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[Ashley M]

I'll do the spell-it-out part of the challenge.
Duration: 5/9/16 -5/31/16
Books Read: 10/10
Completed!

P: The Only Living Boy #1: Prisoner of the Patchwork Planet by David Gallaher 5/9/16
E: Eye of the Drone by Rebecca Merry Murdock 5/14/16
P: Moments with Malachi by Michael Powell 5/21/16
P: The Adventures of ELT the Super Dog by Daniel R. Pard 5/16/16
E: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 5/21/16
R: Quitter: Good Luck Not Dying by Trace Ramsey 5/15/16
M: Muirwood: The Lost Abbey: The Graphic Novel by Dave Justus 5/12/16
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 5/15/16
N: Everybody Cheats by Nina Mancuso 5/17/16
T: Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 1: Atomic Garden by Rick Remender 5/12/16

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge everyone! :)

[Karsyn]

Imagination wrote: "Are there going to be coin rewards for this challenge?

If so, what kind? Spessartite for monthly?"

No. Sorry. Only NBRC Mod challenges are eligible (or current mods, which LR isn't one). We can't modify this challenge to reflect the coins so they aren't for this challenge.

[[deleted user]]

Finished!

[Ashley M]

Challenge complete!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Congrats Amy and Ashley :)

[Donna]

Books read:12
Completed:5/31/16

Jasmine
J Jonathon's Locket5/31/16
A Aftershock: An Aftermath Novella5/30/16
S Scarlet and Ivy - The Lost Twin5/17/16
M Murder.com5/21/16
I Invisible5/16/16
N No Place Like Home5/22/16
E Exiles in Time5/19/16

Pu-erh
P The Perfect Match5/31/16
UUnbound Desires in Seattle5/31/16
E Enchantment5/21/16
RThe Raven5/31/16
H We're Not in Kansas5/23/16

[Karen]

MAY: TEA TIME READING CHALLENGE
Done: 4/4 ✔ CHALLENGE COMPLETED

Duration: 1st to 31st May, 2016
Level: Cup of Tea

Spell it out
M : Cinder - Marissa Meyer
A : Adie Moore in Our Souls at Night - Kent Haruf
T : The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
E : Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Congrats Donna and Karen :)

[Katherine]

May: Tea Time Reading Challenge
Teatotaler: 15/15

Green:
G: G.A. Aiken - A Tale of Two Dragons 18/5/17
R: Ryle Kincaid - It Ends with Us 13/5/17
E: Edward - A Humble Heart 3/5/17
E: Echolls, Logan - The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line 19/5/17
N: Noelle Mack - Everlasting Bad Boys 22/5/17


Peppermint:
P: Patrick - Holiday on Ice 15/5/17
E: Elizabeth - Holiday Games 14/5/17
P: Play-by-Play #10.5 - Hot Holiday Nights 17/5/17
P: Princess Keita - Last Dragon Standing 27/5/17
E: Elder Races #5.5 - The Wicked 28/5/17
R: Rourke - Full Blooded 9/5/17
M: Max - Joy Ride 7/5/17
I: Ivy - The Beautiful Ashes 16/5/17
N: Night Prince, #4 - Into the Fire 1/5/17
T: Tamlin - A Court of Wings and Ruin 5/5/17

[Sam]

Tea Time
Duration: 5/1/17- 5/24/19

Earl Gray

E: Enchanted, Inc.- Shanna Swendson- 6/30/18
A: Archangel's Enigma- Nalini Singh- 10/14/17
R: A Red Herring Without Mustard- Alan Bradley- 8/26/17
L: The Lost City of Faar- D.J. MacHale- 12/12/17

G: The Gamble- Kristen Ashley- 9/16/17
R: The Rest Falls Away- Colleen Gleason- 10/5/17
A: Assassin's Apprentice- Robin Hobb- 10/17/17
Y: The Yeti- Mike Miller- 3/3/18

Oolong

O: Over My Dead Body- Rex Stout- 11/7/17
O: Omega- S.M. Reine- 2/4/18
L: Louisiana Longshot- Jana Deleon- 1/17/18
O: One Salt Sea- Seanan McGuire- 3/30/18
N: Nightingale's Lament- Simon R. Green- 3/4/18
G: Graceling- Kristin Cashore- 10/2/17

Blooming

B: The Bone Season- Samantha Shannon- 8/18/17
L: Lake Silence- Anne Bishop- 3/6/18
O: Oracles of Delphi Keep- Victoria Laurie- 6/23/18
O: On Deadline & Under Fire- Amanda M. Lee- 9/9/18
M: Murder on Astor Place- Victoria Thompson- 1/31/18
I: I Dream of Twila: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short- Amanda M. Lee- 9/11/18
N: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency- Alexander McCall Smith- 8/30/18
G: Grim Holiday- Amanda M. Lee- 11/10/17

Herbal

H: Hot and Badgered- Shelly Laurenston- 5/21/18
E: Everlasting Covenant- Amanda M. Lee- 9/21/18
R: The Ruins of Gorlan- John Flanagan- 1/19/18
B: Boundary Lines- Melissa F. Olson- 8/24/17
A: And Then There Were None- Agatha Christie- 4/19/18
L: Lie Down with Dogs- Hailey Edwards- 4/16/18

Jasmine

J: Jaws- Peter Benchley- 5/19/17
A: Armageddon Rules- J.C. Nelson- 5/16/17
S: Smoke and Mirrors- Jess Haines- 5/10/17
M: Murky Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 5/11/17
I: The Invisible Library- Genevieve Cogman- 7/1/17
N: No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished- Rachel Aaron- 6/29/17
E: Ever the Hunted- Erin Summerill- 8/9/17

Peppermint

P: The Protectors- Victor Kloss- 7/20/17
E: Elemental Flame- Phaedra Weldon- 7/9/17
P: Paramedic 189's Final Report: Unique Memories of a 30 Year Fire Captain/Paramedic- Rodney Mortensen- 8/16/17
P: Paranormalcy- Kiersten White- 8/31/17
E: Eldest- Christopher Paolini- 8/7/17
R: Reckless- Selene Charles- 5/27/17
M: Murder Most Witchy- Amanda M. Lee- 5/5/17
I: The Iron King- Julie Kagawa- 5/5/17
N: Nice Dragons Finish Last- Rachel Aaron- 6/13/17
T: Three to Get Deadly- Janet Evanovich- 5/2/17

[Sam]

Green

G: Ghost Girl- C.J. Archer- 11/29/17
R: Remember Me- Mary Higgins Clark- 1/26/18
E: The Emperor of Nihon-Ja- John Flanagan- 11/14/18
E: Extreme Medical Services- Jamie Davis- 12/17/18
N: Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men- Molly Harper- 9/6/18

Black

B: Blade Song- J.C. Daniels- 7/13/17
L: Lion in the Valley- Elizabeth Peters- 10/12/17
A: Archangel's Consort- Nalini Singh- 8/22/17
C: Cover Her Face- P.D. James- 6/2/17
K: The Killings at Badger's Drift: Inspector Barnaby #1- Caroline Graham- 6/15/17

White

W: Whose Body- Dorothy L. Sayers- 5/14/17
H: Hunter's War- Garry Spoor- 9/25/17
I: Illuminae- Amie Kaufman- 10/25/17
T: Tuesday's Child- Dale Mayer- 8/13/17
E: Every Heart a Doorway- Seanan McGuire- 11/11/17

Yellow

Y: You Will Know Me- Megan Abbott- 8/2/17
E: Electric Night- Stacey Brutger- 2/15/18
L: Lover Eternal- J.R. Ward- 6/16/17
L: Lover Awakened- J.R. Ward- 9/30/17
O: Opal- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 8/12/17
W: White Hot- Ilona Andrews- 5/31/17

Rooibos

R: Rock Chick Regret- Kristen Ashley- 6/24/17
O: Otherworld Nights- Kelley Armstrong- 6/6/17
O: One Good Dragon Deserves Another- Rachel Aaron- 6/22/17
I: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows- Alan Bradley- 12/31/17
B: The Battlemage- Taran Matharu- 6/3/17
O: Otherworld Chills- Kelley Armstrong- 7/29/17
S: Siren Song- Cat Adams- 5/17/17

Mate

M: MindMage- Connie Suttle- 7/10/18
A: Anne of Avonlea- L.M. Montgomery- 6/20/18
T: Taken at the Flood- Agatha Christie- 11/3/17
E: Extra! Extra! Dead All About It- Amanda M. Lee- 8/28/18

Lemon and Ginger

L: Lying Season- Karina Halle- 11/9/17
E: Erak's Ransom- John Flanagan- 5/28/18
M: Murder At The Mystery Bay Hotel- Marcia Spillers- 11/17/17
O: Once Bitten, Twice Shy- Jennifer Rardin- 8/20/17
N: A Natural History of Dragons- Marie Brennan- 10/10/17

A: Archangel's Storm- Nalini Singh- 9/18/17
N: Nemesis- Agatha Christie- 11/26/17
D: The Dragon Finds Forever- Kristen Painter- 6/6/17

G: Green Rider- Kristen Britain- 6/10/17
I: I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie- Lani Lynn Vale- 2/8/18
N: Doctor Who: The Nightmare Of Black Island- Mike Tucker- 1/22/18
G: Grave Holiday- Lily Harper Hart- 8/6/17
E: The Eloquent Parrot- Robin Knowles- 6/9/18
R: Rest in Pieces- Rita Mae Brown- 8/26/17

Honeybush

H: Hide'n Go Seek- Dale Mayer- 11/13/17
O: Oblivion- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 8/12/17
N: Never Buried- Edie Claire- 10/9/17
E: Elemental Soul- Phaedra Weldon- 2/28/18
Y: You're Not Allowed to Die- Kip Terrington- 9/21/17
B: The Bone Collector- Jeffery Deaver- 7/19/17
U: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer- Michelle Hodkin- 6/5/17
S: Siren's Surrender- Devyn Quinn- 7/6/17
H: Heart of Ice- K.M. Shea- 1/12/18

Spearmint

S: Snow White- Jenni James- 9/11/17
P: Protect and Serve- Terri Reed- 9/1/17
E: Edge Of Evil- J.A. Jance- 8/12/18
A: Aunt Dimity's Death- Nancy Atherton- 2/13/18
R: Rise of the Evening Star- Brandon Mull- 10/21/17
M: Marlfox- Brian Jacques- 12/18/17
I: The Icebound Land- John Flanagan- 4/6/18
N: Doctor Who: Nuclear Time- Oli Smith- 2/22/18
T: The Trouble with Twelfth Grave- Darynda Jones- 10/31/17

[Sam]

Chamomile

C: Changeless- Gail Carriger- 5/13/17
H: Hard Spell- Justin Gustainis- 7/3/17
A: Archangel's Kiss- Nalini Singh- 8/14/17
M: Mercenary Magic- Ella Summers- 7/12/17
O: Of Fate and Phantoms- C.J. Archer- 5/25/17
M: The Man in the Queue- Josephine Tey- 9/9/17
I: In the Last Analysis- Amanda Cross- 9/12/17
L: Late Eclipses- Seanan McGuire- 5/30/17
E: Emily of New Moon- L.M. Montgomery- 9/29/17

Assam

A: Archangel's Blade- Nalini Singh- 9/3/17
S: Storm- Brigid Kemmerer- 7/11/17
S: Shattered Circle- Linda Robertson- 8/19/17
A: Angels' Flight- Nalini Singh- 9/10/17
M: The Mummy Case- Elizabeth Peters- 10/3/17

Nilgiri

N: Night of the Soul Stealer- Joseph Delaney- 4/9/18
I: The Iron Daughter- Julie Kagawa- 5/9/18
L: Lord Edgware Dies- Agatha Christie- 1/20/18
G: Grave Haunting- Lily Harper Hart- 10/9/17
I: I'll Tell You Mine- Pip Harry- 6/2/18
R: The Roman Hat Mystery- Ellery Queen- 12/6/17
I: Iron and Magic- Ilona Andrews- 6/26/18

masala

M: The Mystery of the Blue Train- Agatha Christie- 11/17/17
A: At Bertram's Hotel- Agatha Christie- 9/19/17
S: Secrets in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/5/17
A: Archangel's Legion- Nalini Singh- 9/23/17
L: Linger- Maggie Stiefvater- 11/16/17
A: Archangel's Shadows- Nalini Singh- 9/30/17

badam

B: Beast of All- J.C. McKenzie- 8/15/17
A: Agents of Light and Darkness- Simon R. Green- 2/16/18
D: Darkness Shatters- Susan Illene- 7/27/17
A: Anubis Nights- Gary Jonas- 2/18/18
M: Murder in Mesopotamia- Agatha Christie- 1/7/18

Keemun

K: Kiss of Frost- Jennifer Estep- 2/22/18
E: Empty Nest- Marty Wingate- 5/2/19
E: Evil Dark- Justin Gustainis- 5/24/19
M: The Mysterious Benedict Society- Trenton Lee Stewart- 7/16/18
U: Unshapely Things- Mark Del Franco- 3/5/18
N: Night Myst- Yasmine Galenorn- 3/17/19

Yunnan

Y: The Young Elites- Marie Lu- 9/8/18
U: User Unfriendly- Vivian Vande Velde- 11/27/17
N: Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors- Molly Harper- 10/14/18
N: Night of the Unicorn- T.S. Paul- 11/22/18
A: The ABC Murders- Agatha Christie- 6/22/18
N: Nighttime Is My Time- Mary Higgins Clark- 12/26/18

Genmaicha

G: Ghost Seer- Robin D. Owens- 2/21/18
E: Elemental Storm- Phaedra Weldon- 3/27/19
N: Nice Girls Don't Live Forever- Molly Harper- 10/4/18
M: Marked- P.C. Cast- 5/14/18
A: Attack of the Fiend- Joseph Delaney- 4/29/18
I: Infernal Magic- C.N. Crawford- 11/13/18
C: Caressed By Ice- Nalini Singh- 7/18/17
H: Hex and the City- Simon R. Green- 6/15/18
A: Along Came a Spider- James Patterson- 5/20/18

Pu-erh

P: A Panicked Premonition- Victoria Laurie- 1/19/19
U: Undead and Unemployed- MaryJanice Davidson- 10/31/17

E: Executable- John Conroe- 7/24/18
R: A Restless Evil- Ann Granger- 10/7/17
H: Haunted Covenant- Amanda M. Lee- 1/27/18

Chai

C: The Curse of the Pharaohs- Elizabeth Peters- 7/8/17
H: Heir of Fire- Sarah J. Maas- 2/12/18
A: Alchemy- Sheena Boekweg- 4/13/18
I: Into the Fire- Jeaniene Frost- 4/22/18

[Sam]

reserved in case

[Allyson]

I'd like to join in!

G - Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman ****
E - Black Iris by Elliot Wake *****
N - Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman *****
M - Hunted by Meagan Spooner ***
A - Till Death by Jennifer L. Armentrout *
I - I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage by Susan Squire ****
C - Seven Days of You by Cecilia Vinesse *
H - Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris ***
A - What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold ****

B - Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick ***
L - The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket ****
O - On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison ***
O - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver ***
M - Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak ****
I - Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides ***
N - Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie *****
G - Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall **

[Barbara]

I love tea! One of my most favourite things, so every year I like to participate in this challenge.
I'm in for a cup of tea.
Probably a spell it out, and I will advise how that will look.

B-The Forever Summer by Jamie Brenner-author last name-read May 19th-3*
L-The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger-author first name-read May 6th-4*
A-I Found You by Lisa Jewell-character first name-Alice-read May 22-4*
C-Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates-author's last name-read June 3rd-3*
K-Silent Scream by Angela Marsons-main character's first name-Kim-read May 28th-4*

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[Brenda]

The May Tea Time Reading Challenge
Duration: 5/1/17 - 5/31/17
Level: Pot of Tea - Read 7 - 9 books

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[Leah]

Duration:
The Month of May.

Levels of Play:
Spot of Tea - Read 1 - 3 books
Cup of Tea - Read 4 - 6 books
Pot of Tea - Read 7 - 9 books
Teatotaler - Read 10 or more books

Rules of Play:
For this Challenge, You will need to read books that:
- Have a cup or tray of tea, a tea or garden party, etc displayed on the cover.
- Are set in country or city with high tea consumption or history that has to do with tea such as China, Japan, England, Boston, etc.
- Have the words tea, high, low in the title or series name

[Erin]

Completed 5/19/17

May: Tea Time Reading Challenge
Duration: May 1-May 31, 2017
Level: Teatotaler-10 or more books
Spell Out Challenge: Black, Rooibos, Assam

17/17 read

Black
B Betrayal by J.C. Owens, read 5/18/17
L The Virgin Manny by Amy Lane, read 5/16/17
A And Then She Killed Him by Robert Scott, read 5/5/17
C A Younger Man by Cameron Dane, read 5/17/17
K The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole, read 5/2/17

Rooibos
R The Wrong Side of Right by Nya Rawlyns, read 5/13/17
O The One He Wants by Hollis Shiloh, read 5/18/17
O Olive Juice by T.J. Klune, read 5/19/17
I Isherwood by Missy Welsh, read 5/2/17
B As Old as Time: A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell, read 5/14/17
O Outcome by Cara Dee, read 5/18/17
S Serenading Stanley by John Inman, read 5/15/17

Assam
A Never Surrender by Michael Anderle, rea 5/19/17
S Hot Mess 2 by Stormy Glenn, read 5/14/17
S Eleanor and Hick by Susan Quick, read 5/14/17
A I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi, read 5/10/17
M Divide & Conquer by Madeleine Urban, read 5/12/17

[Cai]

Spell-It-Out
Teatotaler: 10 + books

P Ann Patchett Commonwealth 01/05/17
E Ellie Shipley The Last Painting of Sara de Vos 12/05/17
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E Elizabeth Smart My Story 19/05/17
R Rubino, Billy The Jolly Coroner: A Picaresque Novel 19/05/17
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[Connie N.]

Well, I'm going to turn this into one of my favorite unlimited spell-out challenges, beginning on 5/1/17.

Tea Time
Timeframe: 5/1/17 to 8/23/18
166/166
26/26 Words

assam (5/5)
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Shari Lapena - The Couple Next Door - 12/2/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S – Summer Days by Susan Mallery - 12/19/17 ♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marcelli Princess by Susan Mallery - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥

black (5/5)
B - Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
K – Author Kathy Clark - Deep Night - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥

chai (4/4)
C - Author Claudia Connor - Worth It All - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard and Fast by Erin McCarthy - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥

darjeeling (10/10)
D – Author Dick Francis - Enquiry - 1/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Promises in Death - 7/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
J - Author Kelly Jamieson - Dancing in the Rain - 9/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lady Most Willing... by Julia Quinn - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Earl Gray (8/8)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel by Dalene Flannigan - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Kindred in Death - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Desire - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

floral (6/6)
F - Author M.J. Fields - Morrison - 10/18/17 ♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rosalind James - Just This Once - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lured In by Laura Drewry - 7/27/17 ♥♥♥♥

green (5/5)
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Fantasy in Death - 8/19/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

herbal (6/6)
H - Hard to Hold by Katie Rose - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly - 10/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Turned On and Off - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥
A – All He Ever Desired by Shannon Stacey - 12/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

iced (4/4)
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

jasmine (7/7)
J - Author J.H. Croix - Christmas Nights - 12/18/17 ♥♥♥
A - At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot - 9/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 7/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Moving On: A Romance About Love & Second Chances In A Beautiful Castle by Maggie Fox - 11/28/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Keemun (6/6)
K - Author Kate Meader - Flirting with Fire - 9/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Pursuit - 9/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Manda Collins - Duke with Benefits - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

lemongrass (10/10)
L - Author Lauren Layne - Ready to Run - 8/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 9/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Author Manda Collins - With This Christmas Ring - 1/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell - 9/6/17 ♥♥♥
S - Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched by Kim Barnouin - 8/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Fallen - 8/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

matcha (6/6)
M - Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker - 9/12/17 ♥♥♥
A - Accelerate by Tracy Wolff - 9/16/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Megan Crane - Devil's Honor - 10/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Pull Me Close - 8/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Welcome to Forever - 9/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

[Connie N.]

Tea Time - Part 2

Nepal (5/5)
N - Not That Easy by Radhika Sanghani - 11/29/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Goal - 9/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey - 9/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - Catch and Release - 9/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

oolong (6/6)
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Lee - Deal Breakers - 9/13/17 ♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Jane Green - Promises to Keep - 9/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

pekoe (5/5)
P - Author James Patterson - 16th Seduction - 6/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elyse Douglas - The Date Before Christmas: A Novel - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥
K – Author Kelly Jamieson - Major Misconduct - 8/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Wicked Business - 10/21/17 ♥♥♥♥

Qin Dynasty (10/10)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Slave to Sensation - 2/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alex by Sawyer Bennett - 10/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Spring Bride by Anne Gracie - 9/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tina Wainscott - Falling Hard - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

rosehip (7/7)
R - Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley - 12/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr - 10/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Edward Allan Faine - Serendipity Doo-Dah: True Stories of Happy Musical Accidents - 11/2/17 ♥♥♥
H - Her Leading Man by Maggie Dallen - 10/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Patricia Briggs - Blood Bound - 12/16/17 ♥♥♥♥

souchong (8/8)
S - Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor - 11/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Kelly Jamieson - 11/9/17 ♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Confess, Fletch by Gregory McDonald - 10/26/17 ♥♥♥
H - Heart Breaker by Erin McCarthy - 11/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Thorne - Rock Me Hard - 1/11/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - A Will and a Way - 2/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Giving It All by Christi Barth - 10/16/17 ♥♥♥♥

teapot (6/6)
T - Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Scoop - 11/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Angel's Rest by Emily March - 10/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Moon Called - 10/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Clare Connelly - 1/14/18 ♥♥♥
T - This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 10/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

ultimate (8/8)
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Love Irresistibly by Julie James - 10/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author William G. Tapply - Death at Charity's Point - 11/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Medium Dead by Paula Paul -9/30/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Amy Swifton - She Do Run Run: A Shot of Romantic Suspense - 11/6/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Ewens - Premiere - 11/16/17 ♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Plum Lovin' - 11/21/17 ♥♥♥♥

samoVar (7/7)
S - Author Jill Shalvis - A Christmas to Remember - 11/11/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - The Playboy Prince and the Nanny - 11/12/17 ♥♥♥
M - Author Missy Johnson - Code of Honor - 11/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis - 9/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - The Penguin Who Knew Too Much - 12/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Salvation in Death - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

white (5/5)
W - What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie - 10/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - 10/30/17 ♥♥♥
T - Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Wicked Charms - 12/4/17 ♥♥♥

YiXing (6/6)
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
I - It Must Be Christmas: Three Holiday Stories by Jennifer Crusie - 11/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 1/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Sheryl Nantus - Game On - 3/1/18 ♥♥♥
G - The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner - 9/3/17 ♥♥♥

yellow (6/6)
Y - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
E - The Escape by Mary Balogh - 12/11/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern – 11/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Bites by Lynsay Sands - 11/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
W - When We Fall by Marquita Valentine - 6/12/17 ♥♥♥♥

Zisha (5/5)
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Blind Faith - 1/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Kill Me: Tales of A Jilted Hypochondriac by Tracy H. Tucker - 1/26/18 ♥♥
S - Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella - 11/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hummingbird Lake by Emily March - 1/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Dirty For Me - 12/5/17 ♥♥♥♥

[Maddy]

Hello!
I'm in for a spell it out :)
Date started: May 4
Date finished: May 31`
Goal level - Teatotaler - Read 10 or more books

Spearmint
S - Saving the Wolf: A Norcal Shifter Novel (Read May 8)
P - Primal Temptation: a BBW Bear Shifter Paranormal Romance (Read May 12)
E - Everybody's Somebody (Read May 9)
A - Vivian Arend Wolf Signs (Read May 6)
R - The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism (Read May 12)
M - May Sage A little Siren (Read May 9)
I - Ice Planet Barbarians (Read May 24)
N
T - Tailing Her(Read May 4)


HONEYBUSH
H - Michelle Howard Torkel's Chosen (read May 24)
O - The Officer's Promise (Read May 10)
N
E - Erin Tate Zadri (Read May 18)
Y
B - Bearly in Control (Read May 4)
U - Untouched (Read May 11)
S - Stealing Beauty (Read May 11)
H - Hunter's Heart (Read May 26)

CHAI

C - Chasing Tail (Read May 4)
H - Heads or Tails (Read May 4)
A - Alexa Railey Curvy (Read May 5)
I - Ivy Jordan Mr. Sheriff - A Hot Cop Romance ( Read May 17)

[Alyssa]

I think I will attempt this month but just for a spell it out.
Started: 5/4/17

M Muscle and a Shovel by Michael J. Shank
A The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
T The Third Reich Day by Day by Christopher Ailsby
E The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great by Eva Stachniak

[Nicole B]

I'm going to try this for once :)

Date Started; May 5th
Goal Level: Cup of Tea Read 4 - 6 books (for now)
Green completed:5/8/16
Jasmine

G The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter read: 5/5/16
R Relics by Tim Lebbon read: 5/5/16
E The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry read: 5/6/16
E The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton read: 5/8/16
N Craving Constellations by Nicole Jacquelyn read: 5/7/16



J The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson read: 5/8/16
A The Wedding Trap by Adrienne Bell read: 5/5/16
S Shooter by Dahlia West read: 5/7/16
M Forged In Ash by Trish McCallan read: 5/5/17
I
N
E Runes by Ednah Walters



P
E
P
P
E
R
M From a Distant Star by Karen McQuestion
I
N
T

[Elaine]

Tea Time Reading Challenge

Challenge Accepted: May 1, 2017
Challenge Completed: ???

I am shamelessly following Connie's example and doing a spell out!

Earl Gray
Oolong
Herbal
Jasmine
Peppermint
Green
Black
White
Yellow
Rooibos
Mate
Blooming
Lemon and Ginger
Honeybush
Spearmint
Chamomile
Assam
Nilgiri
Oolong
masala
badam
Keemun
Yunnan
Genmaicha
Pu-erh
Chai

[Elaine]

Res

[Alysa]

I'm doing this one in 2017. Using all three of my extension gift cards, so for me this challenge will be May thru August!



Level: Teatotaler - Read 10 or more books
Spell-It-Out: ENGLISH BREAKFAST

✔︎ E: Every Mountain Made Low
✔︎ N: The NEAR
✔︎ G: Golden Age and Other Stories
✔︎ L: Liquor for Christmas
✔︎ I: Iron & Blood
✔ S: Salvage and Demolition︎
✔︎ H: How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

✔︎ B: Beyond the Pale
✔︎ R: A Rare Book of Cunning Device
✔︎ E: The Edge of the Woods
✔︎ A: Amberlough
✔︎ K: Kittatinny
✔︎ F: The Front Runner
✔︎ A: The Apothecary's Curse
✔︎ S: Simon Says
✔︎ T: Travel Light

︎


Total: 16 books
Complete!

[Erin]

Completed 5/19/17

May: Tea Time Reading Challenge
Duration: May 1-May 31, 2017
Level: Teatotaler-10 or more books
Spell Out Challenge: Black, Rooibos, Assam

17/17 read

Black
B Betrayal by J.C. Owens, read 5/18/17
L The Virgin Manny by Amy Lane, read 5/16/17
A And Then She Killed Him by Robert Scott, read 5/5/17
C A Younger Man by Cameron Dane, read 5/17/17
K The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole, read 5/2/17

Rooibos
R The Wrong Side of Right by Nya Rawlyns, read 5/13/17
O The One He Wants by Hollis Shiloh, read 5/18/17
O Olive Juice by T.J. Klune, read 5/19/17
I Isherwood by Missy Welsh, read 5/2/17
B As Old as Time: A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell, read 5/14/17
O Outcome by Cara Dee, read 5/18/17
S Serenading Stanley by John Inman, read 5/15/17

Assam
A Never Surrender by Michael Anderle, rea 5/19/17
S Hot Mess 2 by Stormy Glenn, read 5/14/17
S Eleanor and Hick by Susan Quick, read 5/14/17
A I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi, read 5/10/17
M Divide & Conquer by Madeleine Urban, read 5/12/17

[Allyson]

Finished here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Barbara]

Finished a few days late, but done:)

[Alysa]

Complete!
(Comment #143)

[Connie N.]

An update:

assam (5/5)
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Shari Lapena - The Couple Next Door - 12/2/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S – Summer Days by Susan Mallery - 12/19/17 ♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marcelli Princess by Susan Mallery - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥

black (5/5)
B - Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
K – Author Kathy Clark - Deep Night - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥

chai (4/4)
C - Author Claudia Connor - Worth It All - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard and Fast by Erin McCarthy - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥

darjeeling (10/10)
D – Author Dick Francis - Enquiry - 1/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Promises in Death - 7/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
J - Author Kelly Jamieson - Dancing in the Rain - 9/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lady Most Willing... by Julia Quinn - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Earl Gray (8/8)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel by Dalene Flannigan - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Kindred in Death - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Desire - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

floral (6/6)
F - Author M.J. Fields - Morrison - 10/18/17 ♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rosalind James - Just This Once - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lured In by Laura Drewry - 7/27/17 ♥♥♥♥

green (5/5)
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Fantasy in Death - 8/19/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

herbal (6/6)
H - Hard to Hold by Katie Rose - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly - 10/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Turned On and Off - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥
A – All He Ever Desired by Shannon Stacey - 12/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

iced (4/4)
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

jasmine (7/7)
J - Author J.H. Croix - Christmas Nights - 12/18/17 ♥♥♥
A - At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot - 9/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 7/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Moving On: A Romance About Love & Second Chances In A Beautiful Castle by Maggie Fox - 11/28/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Keemun (6/6)
K - Author Kate Meader - Flirting with Fire - 9/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Pursuit - 9/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Manda Collins - Duke with Benefits - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

lemongrass (10/10)
L - Author Lauren Layne - Ready to Run - 8/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 9/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Author Manda Collins - With This Christmas Ring - 1/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell - 9/6/17 ♥♥♥
S - Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched by Kim Barnouin - 8/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Fallen - 8/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

matcha (6/6)
M - Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker - 9/12/17 ♥♥♥
A - Accelerate by Tracy Wolff - 9/16/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Megan Crane - Devil's Honor - 10/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Pull Me Close - 8/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Welcome to Forever - 9/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Well done Connie! Congrats!

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
The May Tea Time Reading Challenge
Duration: May 1st to May 31st, 2018

Total: 111/118

60/60 ✔

Earl Grey
(view spoiler)[E - 1/5/18 *** - Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric Barker
A - 5/5/18 ** - What Motivates Me: Put Your Passions to Work by Adrian Gostick
R - 4/5/18 *** - The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman
L - 12/5/18 *** - Fearless Leadership: How To Overcome Behavioral Blind Spots And Transform Your Organization by Loretta Malandro

G - 3/5/18 **** - Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence—and How You Can, Too by Gary Vaynerchuk
R - 1/5/18 **** - Get Things Done: What Stops Smart People Achieving More and How You Can Change by Robert Kelsey
E - 5/5/18 **** - Cultivating Curiosity by Evette Cordy
Y - 5/5/18 **** - 250 Home Preserving Favorites: From Jams & Jellies to Marmalades & Chutneys by Yvonne Tremblay (hide spoiler)]

Oolong
(view spoiler)[O - 6/5/18 *** - The Weekend Effect: The Life Changing Benefits of Taking Time Off and Challenging the Cult of Overwork by Katrina Onstad
O - 10/5/18 *** - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
L - 10/5/18 * - Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the Way You Work by Leslie A. Perlow
O - 4/5/18 *** - Orwell's Revenge: The 1984 Palimpsest by Peter Huber
N - 4/5/18 *** - Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham
G - 3/5/18 ***** - The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (hide spoiler)]

Herbal
(view spoiler)[H - 1/5/18 ***** - Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive by Kevin Horsley
E - 2/5/18 *** - The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
R - 2/5/18 ** - What's Stopping Me from Getting Ahead?: What Your Manager Won't Tell You about What It Really Takes to Be Successful by Robert Goldfarb
B - 12/5/18 * - Analysis Without Paralysis by Babette E. Bensoussan
A - 12/5/18 *** - Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies by Michael E. Gerber
L - 4/5/18 ** - Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead by Laszlo Bock (hide spoiler)]

Jasmine
(view spoiler)[J - 4/5/18 ** - A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter
A - 3/5/18 ** - The Gold Standard: Rules to Rule By by Ari Gold
S - 16/5/18 ** - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
M - 5/5/18 *** - Stop Bitching Start Pitching by Marty Kellard
I - 4/5/18 *** - Mind Chi: Re-Wire Your Brain in 8 Minutes a Day: Strategies for Success in Business and Life by Richard Israel
N - 5/5/18 *** - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
E - 6/5/18 *** - Exponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, cheaper than yours by Salim Ismail (hide spoiler)]

Peppermint
(view spoiler)[P - 12/5/18 ***** - Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions That Will Help You See It and Seize It by John C. Maxwell
E - 16/5/18 ***** - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
P - 3/5/18 ** - Paid Attention: Innovative Advertising for a Digital World by Faris Yakob
P - 16/5/18 ** - Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox to the Killer Bean of Calabar by Peter Macinnis
E - 12/5/18 ** - The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere by Kevin Carey
R - 5/5/18 ** - Rich Brother Rich Sister: Two Different Paths to God, Money and Happiness by Robert T. Kiyosaki
M - 11/5/18 **** - Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich-And Why Most Don't by Donald J. Trump
I - 10/5/18 ** - The Inner Life of Animals: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World by Peter Wohlleben
N - 12/5/18 ** - The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do by Judith Rich Harris
T - 16/5/18 **** - Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh (hide spoiler)]

Green
(view spoiler)[G - 1/5/18 *** - Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential by America's Master Communicator, George Lois by George Lois
R - 1/5/18 *** - Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less by Robert I. Sutton
E - 12/5/18 *** - The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success by Emma Seppälä
E - 14/5/18 *** - End Procrastination Now!: Get It Done with a Proven Psychological Approach by William Knaus
N - 15/5/18 *** - On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History by Nicholas A. Basbanes (hide spoiler)]

Lemon and Ginger
(view spoiler)[L - 2/5/18 *** - When to Jump: If the Job You Have Isn't the Life You Want by Mike Lewis
E - 13/5/18 ** - The Telomere Effect: The New Science of Living Younger by Elizabeth Blackburn
M - 16/5/18 ** - The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency by Melody Beattie
O - 16/5/18 **** - Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder
N - 16/5/18 **** - Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal

A - 2/5/18 **** - Ask and You Will Succeed: 1001 Extraordinary Questions to Create Life-Changing Results by Kenneth D. Foster
N - 6/5/18 **** - Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People by Joe Navarro
D - 2/5/18 ***** - How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

G - 16/5/18 ** - Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done by Jocelyn K. Glei
I - 15/5/18 *** - In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
N - 15/5/18 **** - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
G - 1/5/18 **** - The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success by Andy McNab
E - 14/5/18 ** - The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse by Mohamed El-Erian
R - 6/5/18 **** - DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online by Russell Brunson (hide spoiler)]

Chai
(view spoiler)[C - 14/5/18 **** - Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
H - 5/5/18 *** - Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
A - 15/5/18 *** - Co-Opetition by Adam M. Brandenburger
I - 15/5/18 **** - Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It by Ian Leslie (hide spoiler)]

[Richard]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
The May Tea Time Reading Challenge
Duration: May 1st to May 31st, 2018

58/58 Part 2 ✔

Black
(view spoiler)[B - 15/5/18 *** - Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
L - 1/5/18 *** - Lonely Planet Dubai & Abu Dhabi by Lonely Planet
A - 6/5/18 ** - Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet by Andrew Blum
C - 14/5/18 *** - The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
K - 11/5/18 * - The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder (hide spoiler)]

White
(view spoiler)[W - 10/5/18 ** - 12: The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner
H - 16/5/18 * - Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
I - 19/5/18 ** - Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe by Greg Ip
T - 19/5/18 ** - Talk Lean: Shorter Meetings. Quicker Results. Better Relations. by Alan Palmer
E - 16/5/18 ** - Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate by Vaclav Smil (hide spoiler)]

Yellow
(view spoiler)[Y - 20/5/18 *** - YouthNation: Building Remarkable Brands in a Youth-Driven Culture by Matt Britton
E - 21/5/18 ** - Energy: A Beginner's Guide by Vaclav Smil
L - 1/5/18 ** - Lonely Planet Scotland by Lonely Planet
L - 19/5/18 *** - The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip G. Zimbardo
O - 19/5/18 *** - The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
W - 11/5/18 **** - 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot by Richard Wiseman (hide spoiler)]

Rooibos
(view spoiler)[R - 3/5/18 *** - The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism by Jeremy Rifkin
O - 25/5/18 * - Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie
O - 26/5/18 ** - Overcoming Mobbing: A Recovery Guide for Workplace Aggression and Bullying by Maureen Duffy
I - 21/5/18 ** - I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame by Brené Brown
B - 29/5/18 **** - 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman
O - 26/5/18 ** - Out of Character: Surprising Truths About the Liar, Cheat, Sinner (and Saint) Lurking in All of Us by David DeSteno
S - 11/5/18 ** - Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate by Spencer Rascoff (hide spoiler)]

Mate
(view spoiler)[M - 5/5/18 **** - A Year with Peter Drucker: 52 Weeks of Coaching for Leadership Effectiveness by Joseph A. Maciariello
A - 11/5/18 *** - The Fear Factor: How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between by Abigail Marsh
T - 19/5/18 *** - Talent Magnetism: How to Build a Workplace That Attracts and Keeps the Best by Roberta Chinsky Matuson
E - 28/5/18 ** - Educated by Tara Westover (hide spoiler)]

Blooming
(view spoiler)[B - 29/5/18 **** - A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
L - 20/5/18 * - Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie
O - 26/5/18 ** - Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram
O - 26/5/18 ** - Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert D. Putnam
M - 11/5/18 **** - 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success by Amy Morin
I - 21/5/18 ** - In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan
N - 21/5/18 *** - The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret by Richie Norton
G - 19/5/18 ***** - Get Off Your "but": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself by Sean Stephenson (hide spoiler)]

Honeybush
(view spoiler)[H - 16/5/18 *** - Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't by Verne Harnish
O - 20/5/18 ** - The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia by David E. Hoffman
N - 25/5/18 * - Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel
E - 26/5/18 *** - The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method by Allen Carr
Y - 20/5/18 **** - Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
B - 30/5/18 *** - 21 Days to a Big Idea!: Creating Breakthrough Business Concepts by Bryan Mattimore
U - 6/5/18 ** - U Thrive: How to Succeed in College by Dan Lerner
S - 30/5/18 *** - 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People by Susan M. Weinschenk
H - 27/5/18 ***** - How to Master the Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins (hide spoiler)]

Spearmint
(view spoiler)[S - 26/5/18 **** - You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life by Jeffrey M. Schwartz
P - 16/5/18 *** - Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
E - 28/5/18 ** - Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David
A - 13/5/18 ** - The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
R - 25/5/18 *** - Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements for Australia & New Zealand by Reader's Digest
M - 13/5/18 *** - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
I - 28/5/18 *** - I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains by Chuck Klosterman
N - 27/5/18 ** - Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward by Henry Cloud
T - 28/5/18 ** - Targeted: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers by Mike Smith (hide spoiler)]

Pu-erh
(view spoiler)[P - 29/5/18 ***** - 10 Days to Faster Reading by The Princeton Language Institute
U - 27/5/18 **** - The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole Self--Not Just Your "Good" Self--Drives Success and Fulfillment by Todd Kashdan

E - 29/5/18 ***** - Cashvertising: How to Use More Than 100 Secrets of Ad-Agency Psychology to Make BIG MONEY Selling Anything to Anyone by Drew Eric Whitman
R - 29/5/18 ** - Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few by Robert B. Reich
H - 21/5/18 **** - How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler (hide spoiler)]

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge Richard!

[Allegra]

I just finished my bedtime cup so I'll join in honor of coincidence. I expect I'll be spelling but maybe i can find some "high tea" settings to add in

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Allegra!!