Game of Thrones Reading Challenge

[Nancy]

Duration: 1 September 2014 - ??
Level: Queen 25+ books

House Tasks:
Books Read: 36/36

House Arryn:
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately blue cover.
✔E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - 11.10.14 ★★★
Option 2: Read a story featuring a member of the military, or in which the protagonist does the right thing. Alternatively, read a story that involves heights in a significant way.
✔The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook - 9.11.14 ★★★
Option 3: Read a book in which a falcon or another bird of prey plays a significant role in the story. Bird shifters are fine, too!
✔The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - 17.11.14 ★★★★



House Baratheon:
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately gold/yellow cover.
✔Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin - 23.09.14 ★★★★
Option 2: Read a story in which the protagonist is angry about something, that involves war in some way, or in which the protagonist is fighting against injustice.
✔March: A Love Story In A Time Of War by Geraldine Brooks - 4.09.14 ★★★★
Option 3: Read a book featuring a stag or deer. Alternatively, read a book about a king.
✔Grimm Tales: For Young and Old by Philip Pullman - 10.10.14 ★★★



House Greyjoy:
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately black cover.
✔I, Robot by Isaac Asimov - 30.10.14 ★★★★
Option 2:Read a book featuring pirates, ships, or the sea.
✔Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - 25.09.14 ★★★★
Option 3: Read a book that involves a kraken or another mythical creature.
✔The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - 21.2.15 ★★★★★



House Lannister:
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately red cover.
✔Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel - 15.09.14 ★★★★★
Option 2: Read a book featuring siblings, a father/son relationship, or someone in debt.
✔Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran - 3.09.14 ★★★★★
Option 3: Read a book that involves a lion or other big cat. Or, read a book set in a circus.
✔Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews - 26.9.15 ★★★★



House Martell:
Option 1: Read a book with an orange cover.
✔The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 8.09.14 ★★★★★
Option 2: Read a book in which the protagonist overcomes great hardships or survives impossible odds. Alternatively, read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
✔Lord of the Flies by William Golding - 16.10.14 ★★★★
Option 3 Read a book set in space, that involves stars, or in which the protagonist uses a weapon.
✔Cop Town by Karin Slaughter - 27.09.14 ★★★



House of Mormont:
Option 1: Read a book that has both green and black on the cover.
✔In the Woods by Tana French - 18.09.14 ★★★★★
Option 2: Read a book with a bear on the cover or that deals with a zoo.
✔A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson - 11.10.14 ★★★★★
Option 3: Read a book in which a main character suffers from unrequited love. Or read a book with a loyal hero or heroine.
✔The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott - 9.10.14 ★★



House Stark:
Option 1: Read a book with a grey or white cover.
✔The Beautiful Room Is Empty by Edmund White - 2.09.14 ★★★★
Option 2: Read a book set in winter, that involves snow, or in which a character keeps an unusual pet.
✔The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen - 6.09.14 ★
Option 3: Read a book featuring wolves or werewolves.
✔The Bloody Chamber & Other Stories by Angela Carter - 31.1.15 ★★★★



House Targaryen:
Option 1: Read a book that has both red and black on its cover.
✔Fatherland by Robert Harris - 18.09.14 ★★★★
Option 2: Read a book in which fire or blood plays a significant role.
✔The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 22.12.14 ★★★★
Option 3: Read a book that involves a dragon, or a creature or person who is the last of their kind (or very rare).
✔American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 29.11.14 ★★★★★



House Tully:
Option 1: Read a book that has at least two of these colors somewhere on its cover: red, blue, or silver.
✔The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fford - 23.10.14 ★★★★★
Option 2: Read a book about family or about a protagonist who has to take responsibility for their actions.
✔Maura's Game by Martina Cole - 28.10.14 ★★
Option 3: Read a book involving fish or fishing, or read a book that takes place primarily near water.
✔F Is For Fugitive by Sue Grafton - 30.08.14 ★★★



House Tyrell:
Option 1: Read a book with a green cover.
✔2nd Chance by James Patterson - 16.12.14 ★★★★
Option 2: Read a book in which a character comes of age or a character shows significant growth.
✔I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith - 18.10.14 ★★★★★
Option 3: Read a book involving trees, flowers, or another type of plant in a significant way.
✔The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly - 22.2.15 ★★★



House Karstark:
Option 1: Read a book with a predominantly black and white cover.
✔Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household - 16.11.14 ★★★★
Option 2: Read a book where a character is held captive.
✔The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris - 7.10.14 ★★★★
Option 3: Read a books where a character changes his/her name or has a nickname.
✔The Likeness by Tana French - 27.11.14 ★★★★★


House Bolton:
Option 1: Read a book with some pink on the cover or that is predominantly red
✔You've Been Warned by James Patterson = 1.10.14 ★★★
Option 2: Read a book where someone fights with a blade / knife / sword / similar item.
✔The Chinese Bell Murders by Robert Van Gulik - 9.1.15 ★★★
Option 3:Read a book where someone has a secret or where a secret is revealed.
✔Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other stories by Annie Proulx
- 29.09.14 ★★★★

[Juana "Darkness"]

UPDATE



GAME OF THRONES READING CHALLENGE

House of Arryn


A: Alder, Lisa- The Demon's Bargain 8/12/13
S: Suzanne Enoch- The Care and Taming of a Rogue 9/15


H: Hunter, S.A.- Scary Mary 9/22/13
I: Ivie, Jackie- Be Still My Heart 9/10/13
G: Gabriel's Hope by Lizzy Ford 9/3/13
H: Hoyt, Elizabeth- To Desire a Devil 1/1/14


A: Abbi Glines- Existence 9/14/13
S: Scott, Alicia- Maggie's Man 9/22/13


H: Hill, Sandra- Kiss of Pride 12/6/13
O: Only Us by Susan Mallery 9/1/13
N: Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/28/13
O: One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney 9/16/13
R: Richards, Victoria- The Banshee's Embrace 9/17/13



House of Baratheon


O: One with the Night by Susan Squires 11/20/13
U: Undertow by Cherry Adair 3/20/14
R: Romancing Lady Stone by Delilah Marvelle 11/8/13
S: Susan Wiggs- The Charm School 10/12/13


I: The Irresistible Earl by Regina Scott 10/6/13
S: The Seduction of Lady Phoebe by Ella Quinn 11/22/13


T: Terry Spear- The Siren's Lure 9/20/13
H: Her Wicked Ways by Darcy Burke 1/22/14
E: Enchanted by Nora Roberts 10/5/13


F: Farrar, Marissa- The Vengeful Vampire 11/11/13
U: Unbreak My Heart by Helen Scott Taylor 3/7/14
R: Royal, Lauren- Amethyst 1/11/14
Y: Young, Samantha- Blood Will Tell 3/3/14



House of Greyjoy


W: Ward, J.R.- Dark Lover 9/1/13
E: Ember by Jessica Sorensen 11/14/13


D: Day, Alyssa- Atlantis Unleashed 8/28/13
O: One Last Bite by Heidi Betts 1/16/14


N: Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon 11/27/13
O: Out of Control by Mary Connealy 2/20/14
T: Tempt the Devil by Anna Campbell 11/1/13


S: The Spy Wore Silk by Andrea Pickens 1/4/14
O: Old Enough to Know Better by Joan Reeves 4/2/14
W: Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries 12/25/13



House of Lannister


H: Hit and Run by R.L. Stine 2/27/14
E: Emily Goodwin- Beyond the Sea 2/12/14
A: Andrew Lennon- A Life to Waste 9/14/13
R: Rosemary Rogers- Scandalous Deception 2/1814


M: Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas 9/6/13
E: Evangeline Anderson- Blind Date with a Vampire 3/15/14


R: Resurrection by Stephen Cole 5/11/14
O: Once Burned by Jaeniene Frost 5/12/14
A: Alphin, Elaine Marie- Picture Perfect 9/20/13
R: Rachel Hooley, Maria- Sojourner 3/15/14



House of Martell


U: An Unlikely Match by Barbara Dunlop 4/19/14
N: Nicole Jordan- To Pleasure a Lady 1/20/14
B: A Bit of Bite by Cynthia Eden 9/4/13
O: Out of Time by Debora Truscott 5/24/14
W: Ward, J.R.- Lover Unleashed 10/2/13
E: E.R. Davis- Dragon Call 5/19/14
D: Devoured by Darkness by Alexandra Ivy 1/9/14


U: Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/27/14
N: No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole 2/27/14
B: Beast in Me by Sommer Marsden 8/11/13
E: The Eighth Sea by Nancy Sprowell Geise 5/24/14
N: No Place for a Lady by Maggie Brendan 6/21/14
T: The Third Son by Elise Marion 12/27/13


U: An Unwilling Conquest by Stephanie Laurens 9/5/14
N: Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/19/14
B: Bad to the Bone by Vivi Anna 8/13/13
R: Rosavin, Gina- The Taste of Magic 3/23/14
O: The Officer and The Bostoner by Rose Gordon 7/17/14
K: Kresley Cole: Lothaire 8/5/13
E: Elizabeth Mary- Midnight Lace 7/2/14
N: A Night of Forever by Lori Brighton 7/15/14



House of Stark


W: Ward, J.R.- Lover at Last 8/7/13
I: Ione, Larissa- Eternity Embraced 8/28/13
N: The Night by Felicity Heaton 8/24/13
T: Toni Crawford- Steal Me From Heaven 2/5/14
E: Elfbitten by Leila Bryce Sin 8/13/13
R: Rules of Engagement by Suzanne Enoch 8/2/13


I: Ivy, Alexandra- Darkness Unleashed 4/22/14
S: Secret Santa by Kathleen Brooks 8/7/13


C: Cole, Kresley- Demon from the Dark 8/19/13
O: Once Bitten by Trina M. Lee 8/15/13
M: Miller, Linda Lael- Rachel 8/9/13
I: I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long 4/24/14
N: Nothing but Trouble by Lisa Mondello 9/8/14
G: Glamour by Penelope Fletcher 8/2/13



House of Targaryen


F: Fletcher, Penelope- Smolder 2/20/14
I: Into the Woods by Linda Winstead Jones 4/27/14
R: Richelle Mead- Last Sacrifice 6/7/14
E: Evelyn Glass- An Alpha's Kiss 4/14/14


A: Amanda Quick- Wicked Widow 1/26/14
N: N.L. Wilson- The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen 7/20/14
D: The Darkest Craving by Gena Showalter 8/26/13


B: Bella, Forrest- A Shade of Vampire 8/23/13
L: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward 9/8/13
O: On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy 7/23/14
O: One Night of Sin by Gaelen Foley 9/7/14
D: The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter 9/12/13



House of Tully


F: Floor Four by A. Lopez Jr. 6/13/14
A: Aiken, G.A.- Dragon Actually 12/3/13
M: Maxwell, Cathy- In the Bed of a Duke 8/17/13
I: Iron Cowboy by Diana Palmer 4/29/14
L: Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward 9/4/13
Y: Young, Samantha- Smokeless Fire 8/23/13


D: Diana Palmer- Rouge Stallion 8/21/13
U:
T: Twister by Michael Crichton 3/3/14
Y: Yield to You by Mia Moore 2/28/14


H: Huxley, Aldous- Brave New World 3/11/14
O:
N:
O:
R:



House of Tyrell


G: Gena Showalter- The Darkest Pleasure 9/29/13
R: Retribution by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/8/14
O:
W: Wright, Suzanne- Wicked Cravings 1/14/14
I: In the Arms of the Dark Elf by Willow Bones Rae 5/2/14
N:
G: Gena Showalter- Last Kiss Goodnight 11/5/13


S: Sherrilyn Kenyon- Dream Chaser 1/29/14
T: Teresa Medeiros- Breath of Magic 4/7/14
R: Royal, Lauren- Forevermore 7/13/14
O:
N:
G: Gregory, Kristiana- The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart 3/6/14



House of Morning


H: Heartless by Diana Palmer 3/12/14
E: Emma Wildes- Lessons From a Scarlet Lady (CR)
R: Richelle Mead- Spirit Bound 6/4/14
E:


W: Wicked Hungry by Teddy Jacobs 1/18/14
E:


S: Showalter, Gena- Black and Blue 11/30/13
T: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn 2/23/14
A: Allie Mackay- Must Love Kilts 11/17/13
N: Neely Powell- True Nature 3/19/14
D: Deborah MacGillivray- A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing 10/14/13

[Kimberly]

Start Date: 1 September 2014
Level: Royalty Queen 25+ books

Books Read: 29

House Arryn:
▶Option 1: Predominately blue cover: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (28.9.14)
▶Option 2: Features a member of the military: Forced to Kill (23.10.14)
Option 3: Read a book in which a falcon or another bird of prey plays a significant role in the story. Bird shifters are fine, too!


House Baratheon:
▶Option 1: Predominately gold/yellow cover: The Good House (18.9.14)
▶Option 2: Involves war in some way: Executive Power (20.10.14)
Option 3: About a king: The Name of the Wind (Re-Read)


House Greyjoy:
▶Option 1: Predominately black cover: Chain Reaction (22.9.14)
Option 2: Features a ship and the sea:
▶Option 3: Mythical creature: Horns (12.10.14)


House Lannister:
▶Option 1: Predominately red cover: Blood Work (14.12.14)
▶Option 2: Featuring siblings: Love and Lists (30.10.14)
Option 3: Involves a big cat:


House Martell:
▶Option 1: An orange cover: Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout (17.12.14)
▶Option 2: Protagonist overcomes great hardships or survives impossible odds: Ugly Love (22.11.14)
▶Option 3: Protagonist uses a weapon:Shift (2.12.14)


House of Mormont:
▶Option 1: Both green and black on the cover.Faithful Place (9.12.14)
Option 2: Read a book with a bear on the cover or that deals with a zoo.
▶Option 3: Loyal hero: On Dublin Street (29.9.14)


House Stark:
▶Option 1: Grey cover: Big Little Lies (13.11.14)
▶Option 2: Winter book: The Winter Sea (3.11.14)
▶Option 3: Featuring wolves or werewolves: Etiquette & Espionage (25.10.14)


House Targaryen:
▶Option 1: Red and black on cover: The Likeness (27.11.14)
▶Option 2: Blood plays a significant role: Club Dead (28.10.14)
Option 3: Read a book that involves a dragon, or a creature or person who is the last of their kind (or very rare).


House Tully:
▶Option 1: Red, blue, and silver on cover: Rules of Attraction (20.9.14)
▶Option 2: Protagonist who has to take responsibility for their actions: Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever (17.10.14)
▶Option 3: Involves fishing & takes place primarily near water:Whispering Rock (5.12.14)


House Tyrell:
▶Option 1: Green cover: Wool Omnibus (11.10.14)
▶Option 2: Character comes of age: The Interestings (18.11.14)
▶Option 3: Involves trees, flowers and plants in a significant way (for medicinal usage): Written in My Own Heart's Blood (14.9.14)


House Karstark:
▶Option 1: Black and white cover: Love Life (16.10.14)
▶Option 2: Character is held captive: Killing Floor (8.11.14)
▶Option 3: Character changes his name or has a nickname: Moon Over Manifest (20.11.14)


House Bolton:
▶Option 1: Predominantly red cover: Suspect (21.9.14)
▶Option 2: Fights with a blade/knife: Dare You To (16.12.14)
▶Option 3: A secret is revealed: The Neon Rain (24.9.14)

[Laura]

Another house completed!!

❖House Martell❖ "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"

▶Read a book with an orange cover.
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) - by Rick Riordan 04.02.14 ★★★★★

▶Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
Divergent (Divergent #1) - Veronica Roth 21.09.14 ★★★★★

▶Read a book in which the protagonist uses a weapon.
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) - Janet Evanovich 07.09.14 ★★★★

[Ashley Marie]

All done!


Duration: 8/1/13 - 9/30/14
Completed: 42/42

House Arryn
✔The Shadowy Horses (8/8) ★★★★★
✔Proven Guilty (2/10) ★★★★★
✔Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (9/10) ★★★★★



House Baratheon
✔Daughter of the Sword (4/30) ★★★★
✔Champion (8/18) ★★★
✔The King of Attolia (8/18) ★★★★★



House Greyjoy
✔Coraline (9/25) ★★★★★
✔Frenchman's Creek (11/30) ★★★
✔Kinslayer (11/11) ★★★★



House Lannister
✔The Mysterious Affair at Styles (9/14) ★★★★
✔World After (12/14) ★★★
✔Pantomime (9/5) ★★★★



House Martell
✔Cards on the Table (6/26) ★★★★
✔The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow (3/16) ★★★★
✔Hard Magic (8/24) ★★★★★



House Mormont
✔Half-Off Ragnarok (8/24) ★★★
✔Magic Bites (8/12) ★★★★
✔The Woman in White (9/30) ★★★★



House Stark
✔Deathless (9/21) ★★★
✔The Dream Thieves (11/2) ★★★★
✔Chosen at Nightfall (6/30) ★



House Targaryen
✔The Master and Margarita (10/30) ★★★★
✔The Bitter Kingdom (9/16) ★★★★
✔Seraphina (2/22) ★★★★★



House Tully
✔Whispers Under Ground (8/9) ★★★★
✔Heist Society (9/3) ★★★
✔The Brides of Rollrock Island (10/7) ★★★★



House Tyrell
✔The Solace of Leaving Early (10/1) ★★★★★
✔The Age of Miracles (9/24) ★★
✔Endless Knight (10/13) ★★★



SPELL IT OUT

✔F Flat-Out Love (9/29) ★★★
✔I If You Ask Me (9/5) ★★★
✔R Relic (2/15) ★★★
✔E Everlost (2/28) ★★★

✔A The Anubis Gates (8/19) ★★★★
✔N Never Fall Down (11/13) ★★★★★
✔D Divergent (12/2) ★★★★

✔B Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (10/21) ★★★
✔L The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (6/2) ★★★★
✔O Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin (10/24) ★★★★
✔O On the Jellicoe Road (8/20) ★★★★★
✔D The Dog Stars (6/11) ★★★★

[Barb]

Finished another motto; only two to go!

HOUSE TYRELL MOTTO: GROWING STRONG - COMPLETED 9/29
✓ G – character Gibby – The Midnight Show Murders (Billy Blessing #2), by Al Roker, finished 9/2 ★★★.5
✓ R – author Emilie Richards - Happiness Key (Happiness Key #1), finished 8/30 ★★★★
✓ O – character Oren – Kenobi, by John Jackson Miller, finished 9/3 ★★★★
✓ W – author Lauren Willig – The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation #11), finished 9/2 ★★★★
✓ I – author Ian Doescher – The Jedi Doth Return (Wm Shakespeare’s Star Wars #3), finished 9/4 ★★★★
✓ N – The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities, by Soledad O’Brien, finished 9/16 ★★★
✓ G – character Gert – Clam Wake (Bed & Breakfast #29), by Mary Daheim, finished 9/4 ★★★

✓ S – author Michele Scott - Murder by the Glass (Wine Lovers #2), finished 8/30 ★★★★
✓ T – author Michaela Thompson – Magic Mirror (George Lee Maxwell #1), finished 8/31 ★★★
✓ R – author Patricia Rockwell – Sounds of Murder (Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery #1), finished 9/2 ★★★.5
✓ O – One Sunday, by Carrie Gerlach Cecil, finished 9/17 ★★★
✓ N – author Nicolette Andrews – Diviner's Prophecy (Diviner #1), finished 9/29 ★★★
✓ G – Grace Under Pressure (Manor House #1), by Julie Hyzy, finished 9/11 ★★★★

         

  

[Jojobean]

Making another post for the house mottos spell out

House Arryn
Motto: “As High As Honor”
A
S
H
I
G
H
A
S
H
O
N
O
R

House Baratheon
Motto: “Ours is the Fury”
O
U
R
S~ 8/11/13
I
S
T~ ~ 9/28/13
H
E~ ~ 10/8/13
F
U
R~ ~ 10/24/13
Y

House Greyjoy
Motto: “We Do Not Sow”
W
E
D
O
N
O
T
S
O
W

House Lannister
Official Motto: “Hear Me Roar!”
H
E~ ~ 10/19/13
A
R
M
E
R~ ~ 11/6/13
O
A
R

House Martell
Motto: “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
U
N
B
O
W
E
D
U
N
B
E
N
T
U
N
B
R
O
K
E
N

House of Mormont
Motto: “Here We Stand”
H
E
R
E
W
E
S
T
A
N
D

House Stark
Motto: “Winter is Coming”
W
I
N
T
E
R
I
S
C
O
M
I
N
G

House Targaryen
Motto: “Fire and Blood”
F
I
R
E
A
N
D~ ~ 10/9/13
B~ ~ 10/13/13
L
O
O
D

House Tully
Motto: “Family, Duty, Honor”
F~ ~ 10/6/13
A
M~ 8/17/13
I
L
Y
D
U
T
Y
H
O
N
O
R

House Tyrell
Motto: “Growing Strong”
G
R
O
W
I
N
G
S
T
R
O
N
G

House Karstark
Motto: “The Sun of Winter”
T
H
E
S
U
N
O
F
W
I
N
T
E
R

House Bolton:
Motto: “Our Blades Are Sharp”
O
U
R
B
L
A
D
E
S
A
R
E
S
H
A
R
P

[Jojobean]

reserved in case

[Nancy]

Two houses finished!

House Baratheon:
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately gold/yellow cover.
✔Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin - 23.09.14 ★★★★
Option 2: Read a story in which the protagonist is angry about something, that involves war in some way, or in which the protagonist is fighting against injustice.
✔March: A Love Story In A Time Of War by Geraldine Brooks - 4.09.14 ★★★★
Option 3: Read a book featuring a stag or deer. Alternatively, read a book about a king.
✔Grimm Tales: For Young and Old by Philip Pullman - 10.10.14 ★★★



House of Mormont:
Option 1: Read a book that has both green and black on the cover.
✔In the Woods by Tana French - 18.09.14 ★★★★★
Option 2: Read a book with a bear on the cover or that deals with a zoo.
✔A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson - 11.10.14 ★★★★★
Option 3: Read a book in which a main character suffers from unrequited love. Or read a book with a loyal hero or heroine.
✔The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott - 9.10.14 ★★

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Taryn's Game of Thrones Reading Challenge
Level: Royalty ♕ (Queen Page)
Duration: Winter's Coming (In other words, maybe never...)

I am already doing so many challenges, why not take up another one? And why not just do the whole shebang? I mean, all of it. Spell it out, all 3 options per house, whatever torture I can inflict on myself (as in the spirit of the challenge!). No one in GoT would let a little pain stop them....

Taryn of House Targaryen Which house do you belong to?

❦1. House Arryn: "As High as Honor"(view spoiler)[
A: Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronisław Malinowski Completed 10/20/2014
S: The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie Completed 10/17/2014
H: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Completed 11/12/2014
I: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Completed 12/17/2014
G: Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais Completed 11/10/2014
H: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling Completed 11/14/2014
A: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Completed 10/26/2014
S: Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris Completed 2/5/2015
H: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling Completed 11/23/2014
O: One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak Completed 11/12/2014
N: Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny Completed 2/6/2015
O: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 11/29/2014
R: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Completed 03/12/2014
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✔︎Option 1: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Completed 12/9/2014
✔︎Option 2: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Completed 12/21/2014
✔︎Option 3: The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch Completed-11/8/2014

♚2. House Baratheon: "Ours is the Fury"(view spoiler)[
O: The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone by Sophocles Completed 2/2/2015
U: S. by John Updike Completed 9/21/2015
R: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Completed 4/28/2015
S: Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland Completed 4/7/2015
I: Inkspell by Cornelia Funke Completed 01/11/2015
S: A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin Completed 4/26/2015
T: The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett Completed 2/15/2015
H: The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg Completed 2/15/2015
E: The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Høeg Completed 10/22/2014
F: Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman Completed 10/16/2014
U: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Completed 11/10/2015
R: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Completed 5/4/2015
Y: Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep Completed 01/16/2015
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✔︎Option 1: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin Completed 2/1/2015
✔︎Option 2: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Completed 12/13/2014
✔︎Option 3: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Completed 01/15/2015

3. House Greyjoy: "We Do Not Sow" (view spoiler)[
W: Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich Completed 10/15/2014
E: Miramont's Ghost by Elizabeth Hall Completed 3/17/2015
D: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller Completed 11/10/2014
O: Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian Completed 4/13/2015
N: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Completed 6/4/2015
O: Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian Completed 4/20/2015
T: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Completed 2/28/2015
S: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King Completed 8/31/2015
O: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Completed 11/17/2015
W:The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells Completed 5/4/2015
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✔︎Option 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King Completed 12/2/2014
✔︎Option 2: Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch Completed 11/22/2014
✔︎Option 3: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare Completed 5/25/2015

4. House Lannister: "Hear Me Roar!" (view spoiler)[
H: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Completed 3/15/2015
E: The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood Completed 3/20/2015
A: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Completed 2/1/2015
R: Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister Completed 5/18/2015
M: Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool Completed 10/15/2014
E: The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall Completed 8/24/2015
R: The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum Completed 12/24/15
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A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Completed 4/7/2015
R: The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith 1/22/2016
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✔︎Option 2: Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris Completed 4/10/2015
Option 3:

5. House Martell: "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" (view spoiler)[
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N: The New York Trilogy by Paul Austerby Paul Auster Completed 11/30/2015
B: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Completed 4/24/2015
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W: The Martian by Andy Weir Completed 12/5/2015
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D: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Completed 2/28/2014
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B: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Completed 4/30/2015
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T: Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie 1/27/2016
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B: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Completed 1/11/2016
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K: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton Completed 4/1/2015
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✔︎Option 1: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon Completed 01/22/2015
✔︎Option 2: The Giver by Lois Lowry Completed 01/24/2015
✔︎Option 3: Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare Completed 5/31/2015

6. House of Mormount: "Here We Stand"(view spoiler)[
H: The Golden Bowl by Henry James Completed 11/13/2015
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T: The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett 1/29/2016
A: Around the World in Eighty Days & Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne Completed 5/5/2015
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D: Dear Life: Stories by Alice Munro 1/20/2016
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✔︎Option 1: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling Completed 01/24/2015
Option 2:
✔︎Option 3: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Completed 6/21/2015



7. House Stark: "Winter is Coming"(view spoiler)[
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I: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke Completed 6/4/2015
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C: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare Completed 5/14/2015
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M: The Magicians by Lev Grossman Completed 4/22/2015
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G: Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire Completed 3/5/2015
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✔︎Option 2: The Waste Lands by Stephen King Completed 9/7/2015 Oy, the Bumbler
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8. House Targaryen: "Fire and Blood"(view spoiler)[
F: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 10/28/2015
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A: Yes Please by Amy Poehler Completed 5/10/2015
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L: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Completed 2/18/2015
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Option 2: Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 3/6/2016
Option 3:



9. House Tully: "Family, Duty, Honor"(view spoiler)[
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A: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Completed 7/31/2015
M: The Magician King by Lev Grossman 2/5/2016
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L: The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman 2/14/2016
Y: Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson Completed 4/21/2015
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H: The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg Completed 11/20/2015
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Option 2:
✔︎Option 3: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville Completed 01/08/2015



10. House Tyrell: "Growing Strong"(view spoiler)[
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✔︎Option 1: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven Completed 3/5/2014
✔︎Option 2: Nation by Terry Pratchett Completed 10/16/2014
Option 3:



11. House Karstark: "The Sun of Winter"(view spoiler)[
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H: 7. The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz 1/30/2016
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Option 3: The Crooked Man by Philip Davison Completed 9/17/2015

12. House Bolton: "Our Blades Are Sharp"(view spoiler)[
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Option 3: The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch Completed 9/16/2015

[Renee]

Ashley Marie wrote: "All done!


Duration: 8/1/13 - 9/30/14
Completed: 42/42

House Arryn
✔The Shadowy Horses (8/8) ★★★★★
✔Proven Guilty (2/10) ★★★★★
✔[book:Harry Potter and the Order of the ..."

Congrats Ashley Marie!

[❀Tea❀]

NancyHelen wrote: "Two houses finished!"

Mini congrats, NancyHelen!

*Yeah, I'm stealing that line from LK ☺*

[❀Tea❀]

Taryn wrote: "Taryn's Game of Thrones Reading Challenge"

Welcome to the challenge, Taryn!

[AndaM]

Reading Challenges > Game of Thrones Reading Challenge

S.P.E.L.L. I.T. O.U.T. Option
Start 08/01/13

◆ House Arryn:
13/13
As High As Honor
A - Alien Embrace (Clans of Kalquor #1) by Tracy St. John 11/11/13
S - Seduction and Snacks (Chocolate Lovers #1) by Tara Sivec 09/21/13

H - His Risk to Take (Line of Duty #2) by Tessa Bailey 09/17/13
I - Ilona Andrews - Fate's Edge (The Edge #3) 10/09/13
G - Grave Dance (Alex Craft #2) by Kalayna Price 10/10/13
H - Hard to Hold (Hold Trilogy #1) by Stephanie Tyler 10/04/13

A - All Hallows Heartbreaker (My Immortal Knight #1) by Delilah Devlin 10/13/13
S - Stephanie Tyler - Too Hot to Hold (Hold Trilogy #2) 10/05/13

H - The Hunt (The Big Bad Wolf #4) by Heather Killough-Walden 11/04/13
O - Officer Off Limits (Line of Duty #3) by Tessa Bailey 09/18/13
N - Nora Roberts - Daring to Dream (Dream Trilogy #1) 08/09/13
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Thief (Celta's Heartmates #2) 09/03/13
R - Rush (Breathless #1) by Maya Banks 09/01/13


◆ House Baratheon:
13/13
Ours is the Fury
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Mate (Celta's Heartmates #1) 08/28/13
U - Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts 08/21/13
R - Ransom (Highlands' Lairds #2) by Julie Garwood 08/07/13
S - The Secret (Highlands' Lairds #1) by Julie Garwood 08/06/13

I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises (Kate Daniels #6) 11/24/13
S - The Strip (The Big Bad Wolf #2) by Heather Killough-Walden 10/25/13

T - Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson #3) by Darynda Jones 09/05/13
H - How to Drive a Dragon Crazy (The Dragon Kin #6) by G.A. Aiken 08/31/13
E - Enslaved (Eternal Guardians #5) by Elisabeth Naughton 08/29/13

F - First Comes Marriage (Huxtable Quintet #1) by Mary Balogh 08/09/13
U - Lisa Unger - Beautiful Lies (Ridley Jones #1) 08/22/13
R - Raziel (The Fallen #1) by Kristina Douglas 08/05/13
Y - Samantha Young - On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street #1) 11/23/13


◆ House Greyjoy:
10/10
We Do Not Sow
W - Wrong Bed, Right Guy (Come Undone #1) by Katee Robert 09/15/13
E - Cynthia Eden - Midnight's Master (Midnight #3)09/14/13

D - Darynda Jones - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (Charley Davidson #4) 09/07/13
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Duel (Celta's Heartmates #3) 09/08/13

N - Brenda Novak - When We Touch (Whiskey Creek 0.5) 10/28/13
O - On A Night Like This (Callaways #1) by Barbara Freethy 10/27/13
T - Tempting the Best Man (Gamble Brothers #1) by J. Lynn 12/05/13

S - Single Wolf Female (Midnight Liaisons #2.6) by Jessica Sims 09/15/13
O - Once Bitten (Haven #1) by Kalayna Price 10/13/13
W - Whose Bed Is It Anyway? by Natalie Anderson 10/06/13


◆ House Lannister:
10/10
Hear Me Roar!
H - The Heat (The Big Bad Wolf #1) by Heather Killough-Walden 10/24/13
E - Eve Langlais - Bunny and the Bear (Furry United Coalition #1) 09/09/13
A - Anna DeStefano - The Firefighter's Secret Baby (Atlanta Heroes #4) 10/15/13
R - Katee Robert - Chasing Mrs. Right (Come Undone #2) 09/16/13

M - Julianne MacLean - Captured by the Highlander (Highlander Trilogy #1) 08/27/13
E - Eve Langlais - Swan and the Bear (Furry United Coalition #2) 09/09/13

R - R.C. Ryan - Quinn (Wyoming Sky #1) 09/22/13
O - One Night, So Pregnant! (Brothers & Sisters #4) by Heidi Rice 01/15/14
A - Enclave (Razorland #1) by Ann Aguirre 11/27/13
R - Rachel Gibson - Any Man of Mine (Chinooks Hockey Team #6) 11/28/13


◆ House Martell:
21/21
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
U - Unwrapping Holly by Lisa Renee Jones 01/28/14
N - Brenda Novak - When Lightning Strikes (Whiskey Creek #1) 10/29/13
B - Samanthe Beck - Private Practice 12/23/13
O - One Little Sin (MacLachlan Family & Friends #2) by Liz Carlyle 06/30/14
W - J.R. Ward - Possession (Fallen Angels #5) 12/22/13
E - Eve Langlais - C791 (Cyborgs: More Than Machines #1) 09/18/13
D - Darynda Jones - Fifth Grave Past the Light (Charley Davidson #5) 09/09/13

U - Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) by Jeaniene Frost 02/22/14
N - A Night to Remember by Eve Vaughn 01/14/14
B - Brawn (New Species #5) by Laurann Dohner 01/04/14
E - Eden's Garden by Xondra Day 09/22/13
N - Not Another Bad Date (Writer Friends #4) by Rachel Gibson 02/24/14
T - Tessa Bailey - Protecting What's His (Line of Duty #1) 09/17/13

U - Amanda Usen - Scrumptious (Sexy Chefs #1) 10/08/14
N - Nikki Logan - Shipwrecked with Mr. Wrong 02/28/14
B - Bella Andre - The Look of Love (The Sullivans #1) 12/25/13
R - Rachel Hawkins - Hex Hall (Hex Hall #1) 12/09/13
O - One Little Sin (MacLachlan Family & Friends #2) by Liz Carlyle 06/30/14
K - King of Hearts (Wonderland #1) by Cheyenne McCray 12/05/13
E - Cynthia Eden - Deadly Fear (Deadly #1) 09/23/13
N - Nalini Singh - Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter #6) 03/16/14

[AndaM]

Part 2

◆ House of Mormont:
11/11
Here We Stand
H - Thea Harrison - Dragon Bound (Elder Races #1) 09/11/13
E - Eve Langlais - Croc And The Fox (Furry United Coalition #3) 09/10/13
R - Rock Chick (Rock Chick #1) by Kristen Ashley 09/25/13
E - Cynthia Eden - Hotter After Midnight (Midnight #1)09/12/13

W - A Werewolf in Manhattan (Wild About You #1) by Vicki Lewis Thompson 11/14/13
E - Cynthia Eden - Midnight Sins (Midnight #2) 09/13/13

S - The Spell (The Big Bad Wolf #3) by Heather Killough-Walden 10/26/13
T - Tina Folsom - Zane's Redemption (Scanguards Vampires #5) 08/03/13
A - Keri Arthur - Darkness Devours (Dark Angels #3) 09/12/13
N - Nightfall (Dark Age Dawning #1) by Ellen Connor 11/22/13
D - Dianne Duvall - Phantom Shadows (Immortal Guardians #3) 08/01/13


◆ House Stark:
14/14
Winter is Coming
W - The Warrior (Brotherhood/MacAllister #8) by Kinley MacGregor 08/19/13
I - Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes (Guardians of Eternity #1) 01/09/14
N - Chloe Neill - Firespell (The Dark Elite #1) 01/30/14
T - Taming the Scotsman (Brotherhood/MacAllister #4) by Kinley MacGregor 08/15/13
E - Edge of Danger (T-FLAC #8) by Cherry Adair 11/20/13
R - Return of the Warrior (Brotherhood/MacAllister #7) by Kinley MacGregor 08/18/13

I - Larissa Ione - Lethal Rider (Lords of Deliverance #3) 01/18/14
S - Second Grave on the Left (Charley Davidson #2) by Darynda Jones 09/03/13

C - Claiming the Highlander (Brotherhood/MacAllister #2) by Kinley MacGregor 08/13/13
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Quest (Celta's Heartmates #5) 02/08/14
M - Julianne MacLean - Claimed by the Highlander (Highlander Trilogy #2) 10/06/13
I - Judith Ivory - Sleeping Beauty 10/24/13
N - North Dakota Weddings by Elizabeth Goddard 12/03/13
G - Gena Showalter - The Darkest Craving (Lords of the Underworld #10) 08/02/13


◆ House Targaryen:
12/12
Fire and Blood
F - Jeaniene Frost - Home for the Holidays (Night Huntress #6.5) 12/24/13
I - If I Were You (Inside Out #1) by Lisa Renee Jones 12/27/13
R - Rock Chick Rescue (Rock Chick #2) by Kristen Ashley 09/27/13
E - Enemy Mine (Alpha and Omega #2) by Aline Hunter 10/02/13

A - Almost Like Being in Love (Lost Texas Hearts #2) by Christina Dodd 09/19/13
N - Chloe Neill - Biting Cold (Chicagoland Vampires #6) 11/23/13
D - Dark Secret (Dark #15) by Christine Feehan 10/22/13

B - Born in Sin (Brotherhood/MacAllister #3) by Kinley MacGregor 08/14/13
L - Lucy Monroe - Moon Craving (Children of the Moon #2) 11/26/13
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Choice (Celta's Heartmates #4) 09/20/13
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Fate (Celta's Heartmates #7) 06/18/14
D - Christina Dodd - Just the Way You Are (Lost Texas Hearts #1) 09/19/13


◆ House Tully:
15/15
Family, Duty, Honor
F - First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson #1) by Darynda Jones 09/02/13
A - A Dark Champion (Brotherhood/MacAllister #6) by Kinley MacGregor 08/16/13
M - Master of Desire (Brotherhood/MacAllister #1) by Kinley MacGregor 08/11/13
I - In Bed with Mr. Wrong (Out of Uniform #1) by Katee Robert 01/31/14
L - Lucy Monroe - Moon Awakening (Children of the Moon #1) 11/26/13
Y - Yvette Hines - Bear's Gold (Erotic Shifter Fairy Tales #1) 03/04/14

D - Deirdre Martin - The Penalty Box (New York Blades #4) 10/30/13
U - Unbeautifully (Undeniable #2) by Madeline Sheehan 08/10/13
T - Taking Shots (Assassins #1) by Toni Aleo 11/03/13
Y - Yvette's Haven (Scanguards Vampires #4) by Tina Folsom 03/11/14

H - Hunter's Heart (Alpha Pack #4) by J.D. Tyler 10/02/13
O - Anne Oliver - Marriage In Name Only 10/31/13
N - Brenda Novak - Take Me Home for Christmas (Whiskey Creek #5)11/09/13
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Change (Celta's Heartmates #8) 08/17/14
R - Rock Chick Redemption (Rock Chick #3) by Kristen Ashley 09/29/13


◆ House Tyrell:
13/13
Growing Strong
G - Grave Memory (Alex Craft #3) by Kalayna Price 10/17/13
R - Rock Chick Renegade (Rock Chick #4) by Kristen Ashley 10/01/13
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Search (Celta's Heartmates #10)08/18/14
W - Laura Wright - Eternal Beast (Mark of the Vampire #4) 02/20/14
I - Immortal Rider (Lords of Deliverance #2) by Larissa Ione 10/19/13
N - Brenda Novak - When Summer Comes (Whiskey Creek #3) 11/08/13
G - The Lion's Lady (Crown's Spies #1) by Julie Garwood 10/12/13

S - So This Is Love (Callaways #2) by Barbara Freethy 11/12/13
T - Tracy St. John - Alien Rule (Clans of Kalquor #2) 02/07/14
R - Rock Chick Revenge (Rock Chick #5) by Kristen Ashley 11/06/13
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Journey (Celta's Heartmates #9)08/26/14
N - Brenda Novak - When Snow Falls (Whiskey Creek #2) 11/07/13
G - Rachel Gibson - Tangled Up In You (Writer Friends #3) 12/01/13

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Well done, AndaM ☺

[Anita Reads]

I need more space so I'll move my post to here..

A Game of Thrones Reading Challenge
Spell it out challenge.
Level: Queen 25+ books.
Duration 04/05/14 - ?
Completed 89/132

House Arryn: As high as Honor 13/13
A: Aldous Huxley | Brave New World 04/16/14 ★★★
S: The Silver Chair | C.S. Lewis 04/26/14 ★★★★

H: Thomas Harris | Red Dragon 04/08/14 ★★★★
I: Invisibility | Andrea Cremer 04/20/14 ★★★½
G: The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman 05/07/14 ★★★★★
H: High Noon | Nora Roberts 05/01/14 ★★★★

A: The Awakening | Kelley Armstrong 04/24/14 ★★★★
S: Succubus Blues | Richelle Mead 06/08/14 ★★★★

H: Kim Harrison | Dead Witch Walking 05/14/14 ★★★★
O: George Orwell | 1984 04/13/14 ★★★★
N: Nora Roberts | Angels Fall 05/19/14 ★★★★★
O: Obsidian | Jennifer L. Armentrout 06/23/14 ★★★★★
R: Room | Emma Donoghue 04/18/14 ★★★★


House Baratheon: Ours Is The Fury 13/13
O: The One You Love | Paul Pilkington 08/27/14 ★★★
U: Under the Dome | Stephen King 05/24/14 ★★★
R: Kendall Ryan | When I Break 04/29/14 ★★★★★
S: Suzanne Collins | The Hunger Games 06/05/14 ★★★★

I: The Immortal Rules | Julie Kagawa 06/29/14 ★★★★
S: Stardust | Neil Gaiman 06/09/14 ★★★★

T: To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee 06/19/14 ★★★
H: Amanda Hocking | My Blood Approves 05/30/14 ★★★★★
E: Eighty Days Yellow | Vina Jackson 04/06/14 ★★

F: The Fault in Our Stars | John Green 05/27/14 ★★★★★
U: Unseen | Mari Jungstedt 06/19/14 ★★★
R: Rachel Caine | The Dead Girls' Dance 05/03/14 ★★★★
Y: You're the One That I Want | Giovanna Fletcher 06/26/14 ★★★½

[Anita Reads]

House Greyjoy: We Do Not Sow 6/10
W: J.R. Ward | Dark Lover 07/05/14 ★★★★★
E: Elisabeth Naughton | Wait for Me 04/21/14 ★★★★★

D: Arthur Conan Doyle | A Study in Scarlet 06/30/14 ★★★★
O: Opposing Sides | C.M. Doporto 10/03/14 ★★★.5

N: Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman 06/30/14 ★★★
O
T: Laini Taylor | Daughter of Smoke & Bone 07/31/14 ★★★½

S: Suzanne Collins | Catching Fire 06/12/14 ★★★★★
O
W: Wallbanger | Alice Clayton 08/19/14 ★★★★★


House Lannister: Hear Me Roar 8/10
H: Nancy Herkness | A Bridge to Love 07/21/14 ★★★★
E: Eve Naked in Death | J.D. Robb 08/15/14 ★★★★½
A: Anna and the French Kiss | Stephanie Perkins 06/18/14 ★★★
R: The Reckoning | Kelley Armstrong 05/05/14 ★★★★★

M: Meg Cabot | The Princess Diaries 05/10/14 ★★★
E: Eoin Colfer | Artemis Fowl 08/21/14 ★★★★

R: Rachel Caine | Midnight Alley 05/21/14 ★★★★
O
A: Ava Miles | Nora Roberts Land 07/27/14 ★★★★½
R: Rick Riordan | The Lightning Thief 06/01/14 ★★★★


House Martell: Unbound, Unbent, unbroken 5/21
U: UnEnchanted | Chanda Hahn 07/31/14 ★★★★
N: Northern Lights | Nora Roberts 08/13/14 ★★★★★
B: Jim Butcher | Storm Front 07/28/14 ★★★★
O
U: Uglies | Scott Westerfeld 09/14/14 ★★★★
N: Nora Roberts | Born in Fire 08/23/14 ★★★★
D: Divergent | Veronica Roth 07/09/14 ★★★★

U
N: Nightwalker | Jocelynn Drake 09/03/14 ★★★
B: Brontë Stranded with a Billionaire Jessica Clare 08/16/14 ★★½
E: Ellen Schreiber | Vampire Kisses 09/08/14 ★★★
N: Nora Roberts | The Witness 09/23/14 ★★★★★
T: Heather Tullis | A Perfect Fit 08/04/14 ★★★★

U
N: Nancy Straight | Blood Debt 09/30/14 ★★★★★
B: Jim Butcher | Fool Moon 08/21/14 ★★★★
R: Richelle Mead | Succubus on Top 06/24/14 ★★★★
O
K: Sophie Kinsella | Confessions of a Shopaholic 06/25/14 ★★★½
E: Emma Chase | Tangled 10/23/14 ★★★★
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House Mormont: Here we stand 6/11
H: Heist Society | Ally Carter 08/18/14 ★★★
E: Enslaved | Shoshanna Evers 10/25/14 ★★★
R: Reflected in You | Sylvia Day 07/28/14 ★★★
E

W: J.R. Ward | Lover Eternal 06/16/14 ★★★★½
E

S: Suzanne Collins | Mockingjay 06/15/14 ★★★★★
T: The Teacher's Billionaire | Christina Tetreault 08/11/14 ★★★★
A: Samantha Adams | Immortal Prophecy 08/25/14 ★★★.5
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D: Leighann Dobbs | Killer Cupcakes 07/10/14 ★★★★


House Stark: Winter Is Coming 8/14
W: Worth the Weight | Mara Jacobs 09/09/14 ★★
I: The Iron King | Julie Kagawa 07/12/14 ★★★★
N
T: Teasing Trent | M. Malone 10/10/14 ★★★★
E
R: Richelle Mead | Silver Shadows 08/07/14 ★★★★★

I: Ignite | Kaitlyn Davis 08/02/14 ★★★★
S: Shopaholic Takes Manhattan | Sophie Kinsella 08/04/14 ★★★★

C: Can You Keep a Secret? | Sophie Kinsella 08/17/14 ★★★★★
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M: Meg Cabot | Princess in the Spotlight 05/22/14 ★★★★
I: In the Black | Sheryl Nantus 08/09/14 ★★★
N
G: Groupie | Ginger Voight 06/20/14 ★★★★


House Targaryen: Fire and Blood 1/12
F: The Final Piece | Maggi Myers 09/23/14 ★★★★
I: Icons | Margaret Stohl 09/22/14 ★★★
R: Richelle Mead | Succubus Dreams 09/25/14 ★★★★.5
E

A: Catherine Anderson | Comanche Moon 08/30/14 ★★★★★
N
D: Dying For Danish | Leighann Dobbs 08/14/14 ★★★★

B: Jim Butcher | Grave Peril 08/23/14 ★★★★.5
L: The Last Battle | C.S. Lewis 05/17/14 ★★★
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D: Kimberly Derting | The Body Finder 09/19/14 ★★★★★


House Tully: Family, duty, honor 2/15
F: Fade to Black | Leslie A. Kelly 10/06/14 ★★★★
A: Alannah Lynne | Savin' Me 09/07/14 ★★★.5
M: Maria V. Snyder | Poison Study 09/06/14 ★★★★★
I: In the Band | Jean Haus 10/02/14 ★★★★★
L: Leighann Dobbs | Murder, Money & Marzipan 10/01/14 ★★★★
Y: Your Guardian Angel | Skyla Madi 08/31/14 ★★★★.5

D: Dead Until Dark | Charlaine Harris 09/27/14 ★★★★.5
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H: Kim Harrison | The Good, the Bad, and the Undead 09/18/14 ★★★★
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N
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R: Abigail Roux | Cut & Run 10/16/14 ★★★★★


House Tyrell: Growing Strong 1/13
G: The Gathering | Kelley Armstrong 09/29/14 ★★★★
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I: Imogen Rose | Portal 10/21/14 ★
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G: Kami Garcia | Beautiful Creatures 10/06/14 ★★★★

S: Sue Grafton | A is for Alibi 10/12/14 ★★★
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G: Glory in Death | J.D. Robb 10/20/14 ★★★★★

[ClaireB]

I'm in ! I'm so excited to start this challenge !!!!!!

[Barb]

Finished another motto; only one more left!

HOUSE KARSTARK MOTTO: THE SUN OF WINTER - COMPLETED 10/27/14
✓ T – author William G. Tapply – The Dutch Blue Error (Brady Coyne #2), finished 10/9 ★★★
✓ H – character Hercule Poirot – The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1), by Agatha Christie, finished 10/2 ★★★.5
✓ E – character Emma – 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple #8), by Agatha Christie, finished 10/3 ★★★★

✓ S – author Sara Paretsky – Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski #1), finished 10/1 ★★★★
✓ U – The Unword Dictionary: 1,000 Words For Things You Didn't Think Had Words!, by Steve Kiehl, finished 10/2 ★★★
✓ N – author Nero Blanc – Death On The Diagonal (Crossword #12), finished 10/17 ★★★.5

✓ O – Of Moths and Butterflies, by V.R. Christensen, finished 10/16 ★★★
✓ F – character Cora Felton – The KenKen Killings (Puzzle Lady #12), by Parnell Hall, finished 10/6 ★★★.5

✓ W – character Walter Day – The Yard (Murder Squad #1), by Alex Grecian, finished 10/4 ★★★ .5
✓ I – I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce #4), by Alan Bradley, finished 10/5 ★★★.5
✓ N – character Phyllis Newsome – Trick or Deadly Treat (Fresh Baked #9), by Livia J. Washburn, finished 10/27 ★★★★
✓ T – character Tom – Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels (Million Dollar Mysteries #2), by Mindy Starns Clark, finished 10/10 ★★★
✓ E – author J.T. Ellison & Catherine Coulter – The Lost Key (Brit in the FBI #2), finished 10/21 ★★★★
✓ R – author Robert J. Randisi – Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die (Rat Pack #2), finished 10/1 ★★★

         

   

[Shilpa]

I'll do 2 tasks for each house and spell out the motto of HOUSE STARK!

A Game of Thrones Reading Challenge
Level: Queen 25+ books.
Duration 01/11/14 - ?
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[Barb]

Finally finished this one:

If it's ok with the mods, I'm going to put my own spin on this and spell out all of the house mottoes. Since that's not much of a challenge by itself, I'm going to finish them one at a time, in the order posted here -- and I'm going to take as long as I need to complete that goal :)


GAME OF THRONES MOTTOES, part 1

HOUSE ARRYN: AS HIGH AS HONOR - COMPLETE 9/19/13
A - author Rachel Astor - Bridesmaid Lotto (McMaster the Disaster #1), finished 8/4
S - author Deborah Sharp - Mama Gets Hitched (Mace Bauer #3), finished 8/4

H - character Akimi Hughes - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, by Chris Grabenstein, finished 8/10
I - The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe, by Mary Simses, finished 8/2
G - Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America, by Sam Roberts, finished 8/5
H - author Michael R. Hicks - Empire (In Her Name: Redemption #1), finished 8/15

A - author A.A. Milne - The Red House Mystery, finished 8/6
S - The Synthesis (Powerless #1), by Jason Letts, finished 8/8

H - The Honour of the Knights (Battle for the Solar System #1), by Stephen J. Sweeney, finished 8/21
O - One Coffee With (Sigrid Harald #1), by Margaret Maron, finished 8/15
N - character Nikki Heat - Frozen Heat (Nikki Heat #4), by Richard Castle, finished 8/23
O - author Bryan O. - Groom Lake, finished 9/19
R - author David Rosenfelt - Dogtripping

         

  


HOUSE BARATHEON: OURS IS THE FURY - COMPLETED 11/19
O - author Orson Scott Card - The Lost Gate (Mithermages #1), finished 9/28
U - Unlucky, by Jana DeLeon, finished 11/4
R - Rose Harbor in Bloom (Rose Harbor #2), by Debbie Macomber, finished 9/22
S - Split Second (King and Maxwell #1), by David Baldacci, finished 9/27

I - I Shot You Babe (Bombay Assassins #4), by Leslie Langtry, finished 9/25
S - The Silver Needle Murder (Tea Shop #9), by Laura Childs, finished 9/27

T - author Laina Turner - Cupcakes Aren't Just for Eating (Trixie Pristine #3), finished 9/24
H - author Howie Long - Football for Dummies, finished 9/20
E - Edited for Death (Amy Hobbes #1), by Michele Drier, finished 10/11

F - Fly Away (Firefly Lane #2), by Kristin Hannah, finished 9/23
U - Under Construction (Cartel #1), by Summer Ellis, finished 11/19
R - author Ben Rehder - The Driving Lesson, finished 9/22
Y - author Rick Yancey - The Highly Effective Detective (Highly Effective Detective #1), finished 11/11

           

  


HOUSE GREYJOY: WE DO NOT SOW - COMPLETED 12/19
W – character Jake Wendell - Murder With Peacocks (Meg Langslow #1), by Donna Andrews, finished 11/23
E – Effected Intent, by Alan Ross, finished 11/22

D – Death Overdue (Killer Librarian #2), by Mary Lou Kirwin, finished 12/3
O – character Old Hermit Qiangba - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet, by Xinran, finished 12/16

N – character Nick - Till the Cows Come Home (Stella Crown #1), by Judy Clemens, finished 11/26
O – One Imperfect Christmas, by Myra Johnson, finished 12/17
T – Thistle and Twigg (Thistle & Twigg #1), by Mary Saums, finished 11/21

S – Shift (ChronoShift #1), by Zack Mason, finished 11/29
O – character Logan O'Donnell - Candlelight Christmas (Lakeshore Chronicles #10), by Susan Wiggs, finished 12/19
W – author William Gibson - Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant #1), finished 11/30

         


HOUSE LANNISTER: HEAR ME ROAR! - COMPLETED 1/12/14
H – Her Loving Husband's Curse (Loving Husband #2), by Meredith Allard, finished 12/26
E – author Edie Claire - Never Neck at Niagara (Leigh Koslow #3.5), finished 12/25
A – author Agatha Christie - A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple #7), finished 12/24
R - author Paisley Ray - Deep Fried and Pickled (Rachel O’Brien Chronicles #1), finished 1/4/14

M – author Mary Jane Clark - The Bracelet (Wedding Cake #1.5), finished 12/24
E – Emily's Gold, by Randy Talley, finished 12/31

R – author Richard Paul Evans - The Walk, finished 1/7
O – The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson, finished 12/27
A – The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, by Melanie Benjamin, finished 1/3
R – author Emilie Richards - Let There Be Suspects (Ministry is Murder #2), finished 1/12

         


HOUSE MARTELL: UNBOWED, UNBENT, UNBROKEN - COMPLETED 4/15
U – Unexpected Secret Agents, by Theresa E. Moore, finished 3/3 ★★.5
N – character Nigel - The Final Crumpet (Royal Tunbridge Wells #2), by Ron Benrey, finished 1/15/14 ★★★.5
B – author Aimee Bontreger - Places I Never Planned, finished 1/23 ★★★
O – The Old Folks at Home: Warehouse Them or Leave Them on the Ice Floe, by Barry Friedman, finished 1/28 ★★★
W – author Linda Welch - Along Came A Demon (Whisperings #1), finished 1/16 ★★★
E – author Elle Lothlorien - The Frog Prince, finished 2/18 ★★★
D – author Daniel H. Wilson - Amped, finished 1/19 ★★★

U – Uggie: My Story, by Uggie, finished 3/22 ★★★.5
N – National Security (Jericho Quinn #1), by Marc Cameron, finished 1/31 ★★★.5
B – Buried Secrets (Nick Heller #2), by Joseph Finder, finished 2/8 ★★★★
E – author Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus, finished 2/28 ★★
N – author Nora Roberts - The Last Boyfriend (Inn BoonsBoro #2), finished 2/2 ★★★.5
T – The Teaberry Strangler (Tea Shop #11), by Laura Childs, finished 2/28 ★★★.5

U – Under the Wide and Starry Sky, by Nancy Horan, finished 4/15 ★★★
N – character Nicholas - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin, finished 2/8 ★★★★
B – author Henry Bushkin - Johnny Carson, finished 2/16 ★★★
R – author R. Stim - I Didn't Kill Your Cat (Frankie Jackson #1), finished 1/20 ★★★★
O – Opal Fire (Stacy Justice #1), by Barbra Annino, finished 2/3 ★★★★
K – author Lisa Kleypas - Dream Lake (Friday Harbor #3), finished 1/17 ★★★★
E – Eggs in a Casket (Cackleberry Club #5), by Laura Childs, finished 3/8 ★★★.5
N – Never Too Old for Romance, by Barbara J. Peters, finished 3/17 ★★.5

         

          


HOUSE OF MORMONT: HERE WE STAND - COMPLETED 5/6
H – The Heretic Queen, by Michelle Moran, finished 4/16 ★★★.5
E – author Elly Griffiths – The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway #6), finished 4/19 ★★★★
R – character Ransom – Board Stiff (Elliott Lisbon #1), by Kendel Lynn, finished 5/6 ★★★.5
E – Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, finished 4/20 ★★★

W – author Aris Whittier – Across Eternity, finished 5/1 ★★★
E – author Edward Marin – The Orion Project, finished 4/29 ★★★

S – Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1), by Louise Penny, finished 4/21 ★★★.5
T – author Nancy E. Turner – My Name Is Resolute, finished 5/3 ★★★.5
A – author Susan Wittig Albert – Chile Death (China Bayles #7), finished 4/22 ★★★★
N – author Barbara Natterson-Horowitz – Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing, finished 4/28 ★★★
D – author Debbie Macomber – Blossom Street Brides (Blossom Street #10), finished 4/16 ★★★★

          

[Barb]

GAME OF THRONES MOTTOES, part 2

HOUSE STARK: WINTER IS COMING - COMPLETED 6/6
W – author Susan Waggoner – Better Than Chocolate, finished 5/20 ★★★
I – Instant Family, by Elisabeth Rose, finished 5/11 ★★★
N – character Nora – She Walks These Hills (Ballad Series #3), by Sharyn McCrumb, finished 5/25 ★★★
T – Transfer of Power (Mitch Rapp #3), by Vince Flynn, finished 5/9 ★★★.5
E – Elusive (On the Run #1), by Sara Rosett, finished 5/8 ★★★
R – author Rhys Bowen – Death of Riley (Molly Murphy #2), finished 5/16 ★★★★

I – Inn Keeping with Murder (Old Maids of Mercer Island #1), by Lynn Bohart, finished 5/27 ★★★★
S – author Michele Scott – Murder Uncorked (Wine Lover’s Mystery #1), finished 5/14 ★★★.5

C – character Cora – The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady (Puzzle Lady #11), by Parnell Hall, finished 5/9 ★★★
O – One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, by Ann Voskamp, finished 5/12 ★★★
M – author Lorena McCourtney – Dying to Read (Cate Kinkaid #1), finished 5/7 ★★★
I – author Jane Isenberg – Death in a Hot Flash (Bel Barrett #2), finished 6/6 ★★★.5
N – author Nancy Naigle – Sweet Tea and Secrets (Adams Grove #1), finished 6/5 ★★★.5
G – author Jill Gregory – Sage Creek (Lonesome Way #1), finished 5/14 ★★★.5

         

   


HOUSE TARGARYEN: FIRE AND BLOOD - COMPLETED 7/5
F – Farm Fresh Murder (Farmer’s Market #1), by Paige Shelton, finished 6/11 ★★★★
I – Inner Circle, by Peter Rowan, finished 6/24 ★.5
R – author Robert Harris - Pompeii, finished 6/7 ★★★★
E – author Ellen Elizabeth Hunter – Murder on the Ghost Walk (Magnolia Mysteries #1), finished 6/18 ★★.5

A – author Mary Kay Andrews – Save the Date, finished 6/19 ★★★★
N – Naked Heat (Nikki Heat #2), by Richard Castle, finished 7/5 ★★★★
D – author Daniel Silva – The Kill Artist (Gabriel Allon #1), finished 6/10 ★★★

B – author Beth Kendrick – Cure for the Common BreakupNaked Heat, finished 7/4 ★★★★
L – author L.K. Ellwood – Saints Preserve Us (Ash Lake #1), finished 6/15 ★★
O – One Summer: America, 1927, by Bill Bryson, finished 6/22 ★★★★
O – Oath of Office (Dr. Lou Welcome #1), by Michael Palmer, finished 6/28 ★★★
D – character Donte – The Confession, by John Grisham, finished 6/12 ★★★

         

 


HOUSE TULLY: FAMILY, DUTY, HONOR - COMPLETED 8/29
F - The Family Dictionary (Cobb Sisters #1), by Lisa S. Walker, finished 7/26 ★★★
A - All The Talk Is Dead, by Michael Ebner, finished 7/7 ★★
M – author Glenn Meade - The Romanov Conspiracy, finished 7/20 ★★★.5
I – Innocent in Las Vegas (Tiffany Black #1), by A.R. Winters, finished 7/21 ★★★
L - Little White Lies (Pippa Hunnechurch #1), by Ron & Janet Benrey, finished 7/13 ★★★
Y – The Yankee Club, by Michael Murphy, finished 7/9 ★★★★

D – Double Shot (Cue Ball #2), by Cindy Blackburn, finished 7/20 ★★★.5
U – The Ugly Duckling, by Iris Johansen, finished 8/13 ★★★.5
T – Thursday Morning Breakfast (and Murder) Club, by Liz Stauffer, finished 7/12 ★★
Y – You Belong To Me, by Mary Higgins Clark, finished 8/29 ★★★.5

H – character Harriet - A Presumption of Death (Lord Peter Wimsey #2), by Jill Paton Walsh, finished 7/22 ★★★
O – author Perri O'Shaughnessy - Case of Lies (Nina Reilly #11), finished 7/25 ★★★.5
N – author Nero Blanc - Wrapped Up In Crosswords (Crossword #9), finished 8/12 ★★★
O – On the Street Where You Die (Stanley Bentworth #1), by Al Stevens, finished 7/27 ★★★.5
R – author Nora Roberts - The Perfect Hope (Inn Boonsboro #3), finished 7/8 ★★★★

         

    


HOUSE TYRELL: GROWING STRONG - COMPLETED 9/29
G – character Gibby – The Midnight Show Murders (Billy Blessing #2), by Al Roker, finished 9/2 ★★★.5
R – author Emilie Richards - Happiness Key (Happiness Key #1), finished 8/30 ★★★★
O – character Oren – Kenobi, by John Jackson Miller, finished 9/3 ★★★★
W – author Lauren Willig – The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation #11), finished 9/2 ★★★★
I – author Ian Doescher – The Jedi Doth Return (Wm Shakespeare’s Star Wars #3), finished 9/4 ★★★★
N – The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities, by Soledad O’Brien, finished 9/16 ★★★
G – character Gert – Clam Wake (Bed & Breakfast #29), by Mary Daheim, finished 9/4 ★★★

S – author Michele Scott - Murder by the Glass (Wine Lovers #2), finished 8/30 ★★★★
T – author Michaela Thompson – Magic Mirror (George Lee Maxwell #1), finished 8/31 ★★★
R – author Patricia Rockwell – Sounds of Murder (Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery #1), finished 9/2 ★★★.5
O – One Sunday, by Carrie Gerlach Cecil, finished 9/17 ★★★
N – author Nicolette Andrews – Diviner's Prophecy (Diviner #1), finished 9/29 ★★★
G – Grace Under Pressure (Manor House #1), by Julie Hyzy, finished 9/11 ★★★★

         

  


HOUSE KARSTARK: THE SUN OF WINTER - COMPLETED 10/27
T – author William G. Tapply – The Dutch Blue Error (Brady Coyne #2), finished 10/9 ★★★
H – character Hercule Poirot – The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1), by Agatha Christie, finished 10/2 ★★★.5
E – character Emma – 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple #8), by Agatha Christie, finished 10/3 ★★★★

S – author Sara Paretsky – Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski #1), finished 10/1 ★★★★
U – The Unword Dictionary: 1,000 Words For Things You Didn't Think Had Words!, by Steve Kiehl, finished 10/2 ★★★
N – author Nero Blanc – Death On The Diagonal (Crossword #12), finished 10/17 ★★★.5

O – Of Moths and Butterflies, by V.R. Christensen, finished 10/16 ★★★
F – character Cora Felton – The KenKen Killings (Puzzle Lady #12), by Parnell Hall, finished 10/6 ★★★.5

W – character Walter Day – The Yard (Murder Squad #1), by Alex Grecian, finished 10/4 ★★★ .5
I – I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce #4), by Alan Bradley, finished 10/5 ★★★.5
N – character Phyllis Newsome – Trick or Deadly Treat (Fresh Baked #9), by Livia J. Washburn, finished 10/27 ★★★★
T – character Tom – Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels (Million Dollar Mysteries #2), by Mindy Starns Clark, finished 10/10 ★★★
E – author J.T. Ellison & Catherine Coulter – The Lost Key (Brit in the FBI #2), finished 10/21 ★★★★
R – author Robert J. Randisi – Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die (Rat Pack #2), finished 10/1 ★★★

         

   


HOUSE BOLTON: OUR BLADES ARE SHARP - COMPLETED 11/17
O – On Borrowed Time (Library Lovers #5), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 11/9 ★★★★
U – Unlaced (Undone by Love #1), by Kristina Cook, finished 11/17 ★★★
R – author Al Roker – The Talk Show Murders (Billy Blessing #3), finished 10/29 ★★★

B – author Paul Brickhill – The Dam Busters, finished 11/1 ★★★.5
L – Lavender Lies (China Bayles #8), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 11/12 ★★★★
A – character Ava – Gossamer Ghost (Carmela Bertrand #12), by Laura Childs, finished 10/30 ★★★★
D – Dead Men Don’t Lye (Soapmaking #1), by Tim Myers, finished 11/4 ★★★.5
E – author Nick Elliott – Sea of Gold, finished 11/5 ★★★
S – author Sheila Connolly – Buried in a Bog (Cork County #1), finished 11/3 ★★★★

A – author Lawrence Anthony – The Elephant Whisperer, finished 11/6 ★★★★
R – Reading Upside Down, by Jo Platt, finished 11/2 ★★★
E – Edwin of the Iron Shoes (Sharon McClone #1), by Marcia Muller, finished 11/10 ★★★.5

S – author Sammi Carter – Goody Goody Gunshots (Candy Shop #4), finished 11/6 ★★★
H – author Elin Hilderbrand – Winter Street, finished 11/13 ★★★.5
A – Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory, by Roy Blount Jr., finished 11/9 ★★★★
R – character Precious Ramotswe – The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #15), by Alexander McCall Smith, finished 11/16 ★★★.5
P – author Karen Perkins - Look Sharpe! (Valkyrie #3), finished 10/30 ★★★.5

         

      


***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 11/17/14 *****

[Katie]

163/163 read - Done!


House Arryn:

A: Animal Magnetism - 9/4
S: Slammed - 9/2

H: Harte, Marie - Zack and Ace - 9/19
I: Immortal in Death - 9/25
G: Glory in Death - 9/3
H: The Highlander's Touch - 9/11

A: Ashley, Jennifer - The Many Sins Of Lord Cameron - 8/14
S: Selena Kitt - Rapunzel

H: Hell or High Water - 9/7
O: Olivia Parker - To Wed a Wicked Earl - 9/20
N: Nicole Austin - My Greatest Fantasy - 9/23
O: Olivia Parker - At the Bride Hunt Ball - 9/18
R: RL Mathewson - Perfection - 8/21

House Baratheon:

O: Owens, Sandra - Crazy for Her - 9/14
U: Until the Sun Falls from the Sky - 9/22
R: Riley Cooper (MC) - Bone Rider - 8/6
S: Sinner's Gin - 8/16

I: Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 9/19
S: The Shift - 8/10

T: Thomas, AJ - A Casual Weekend Thing - 8/7
H: Hecht, Stephani - Carnal Intentions - 8/5
E: Elliott, Taryn - Suspended - 9/27

F: Falkner, Tammy - Smart, Sexy and Secretive - 9/22
U: The Unidentified Redhead - 9/15
R: Roux, Abigail - Ball & Chain - 8/2
Y: Young, Samantha - Drip Drop Teardrop - 9/26

House Greyjoy:

W: The Warlord Wants Forever - 8/11
E: Evans, Katy - Real - 9/17

D: Do-over - 8/7
O: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover - 9/9

N: Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 8/27
O: Only Love - 8/21
T: A Tender Rough - 7/27

S: Seducing Cinderella - 8/3
O: Owen, Chris - An Agreement Among Gentlemen - 7/17
W: Wildest Dreams - 8/9

House Lannister:

H: How to Misbehave - 7/16
E: Eileen Wilks - Tempting Danger - 9/12
A: Ashley, Kristen - The Promise - 8/1
R: Ridgway, Christie - Crush on You - 7/23

M: The Morning After - 7/18
E: Elle Casey - Shine Not Burn

R: A Reason To Believe - 7/21
O: On the Plus Side - 6/19
A: Archer, Jude (MC) - Painting Fire on the Air - 7/31
R: Roane - 7/16

House Martell:

U: Unleashed - 8/3
N: Night Pleasures - 8/22
B: Beyond Eden - 9/21
O: Own the Wind - 5/20
W: Wylde, Anya - Penelope - 7/30
E: Embattled Hearts - 8/12
D: Darkest London - Firelight - 6/4

U: Until November - 7/25
N: Not My Spook! - 8/12
B: Beautifully Damaged - 8/28
E: Eli Easton - The Trouble With Tony - 7/20
N: NR Walker - Sixty Five Hours - 8/10
T: To Tame A Highland Warrior - 7/24

U: The Unsung Hero - 7/13
N: Naked in Death - 7/2
B: Beyond Control - 8/26
R: Revelations - 7/9
O: Owens, February (MC) - For You - 5/15
K: Kissin' Tell - 9/26
E: Enraptured - 6/28
N: Neil Plakcy - Mahu Fire - 7/28

House Mormont:

H: Harper Sloan - Axel - 6/27
E: Elizabeth Reyes - Noah - 6/19
R: RL Mathewson - Playing for Keeps - 7/8
E: The Edge - Fate's Edge - 6/18

W: The Witness - 6/16
E: Evangeline Anderson - Taming the Beast - 6/9

S: Sugar Springs - 7/24
T: Three Wishes - 6/12
A: Alva, Sara - Pura Vida - 7/30
N: Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 6/20
D: Dusty (MC) - Games of the Heart - 6/2

House Stark:

W: The Will - 5/1
I: Inez Kelley - Sweet as Sin - 9/8
N: N Isabelle Blanco - Destructively Alluring - 6/14
T: Tara (MC) - The Sweetest Thing - 6/8
E: Emma (MC) - Skin Deep - 6/3
R: Rocha, Kit - Beyond Shame - 6/10

I: Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 9/5
S: Savage Awakenings - 7/21

C: Christmas Kitsch - 8/13
O: O'Flaherty, Nick (MC) - Shock & Awe - 3/20
M: May Day - 7/16
I: It Had to Be You - 9/5
N: Nick Ziegler (MC) - Crazy For You - 6/5
G: Gives Light - 8/8

House Targaryen:

F: Friend-Zoned - 9/7
I: The Icing on the Cake - 8/29
R: Raquel (MC) - Golden Trail - 5/30
E: Emme (MC) - Kaleidoscope - 5/18

A: Ashley, Katie - The Proposition - 7/28
N: Nina Sheridan (MC) - The Gamble - 5/5
D: Dream Man - Law Man - 4/26

B: Bear Necessities - 8/21
L: Love Thy Neighbour - 9/28
O: On the Edge - 2/26
O: Opposites Distract - 2/21
D: Dani O'Malley - Iced

House Tully:

F: Falkner, Tammy - Tall, Tatted and Tempting - 9/4
A: Alpha, Omega - 7/18
M: Mathilda, SuperWitch - 6/9
I: Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/26
L: Losing It - 9/16
Y: Yeva Wiest - Drawn - 9/13

D: Dream Man - Wild Man - 4/17
U: The Ugly Girlfriend - 6/14
T: Tack Allen (MC) - Motorcycle Man - 5/19
Y: Yoo, Hajin - Totally Captivated, Volume 4

H: Heaven and Hell - 6/11
O: Oro Torres (MC) - This Red Rock - 2/2
N: Nightengale, Hank (MC) - Rock Chick Redemption - 5/3
O: Owen, McKenzie (MC) - His For The Holidays - 1/31
R: Raid - 5/26

House Tyrell:

G: Georgia Cates - Beauty from Pain - 8/7
R: Rock Chick Revolution - 5/16
O: Old Loyalty, New Love - 1/10
W: Winters, Violet (MC) - At Peace - 5/28
I: Illumination - 7/22
N: Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/2
G: Garwood, Julie - The Bride - 6/30

S: Sherrilyn Kenyon - Fantasy Lover - 7/19
T: Tatum Jackson (MC) - Sweet Dreams - 5/7
R: Reece, Ham (MC) - Jagged - 5/16
O: Open Season - 10/2
N: Nightengale, Lee (MC) - Rock Chick - 4/26
G: Ghosts and Reincarnation - Sommersgate House - 6/14

House Karstark:

T: Turner, Bran (MC) - Saddled and Spurred - 5/3
H: Hard to Love - 6/4
E: Elisabeth Naughton - Tempted - 5/1

S: Smooth Talking Stranger - 7/15
U: Until Fountain Bridge - 6/3
N: New Species - Fury - 4/18

O: Olivia Cunning - Rock Hard - 10/5
F: Frost, Jeanine - Halfway to the Grave - 9/1

W: Walker, Ty (MC) - Lady Luck - 5/10
I: The Italian - 6/18
N: New Horizons - Rescuing the Librarian - 3/26
T: Travis, Haven (MC) - Blue-Eyed Devil - 4/30
E: The Edge - Bayou Moon - 4/29
R: Rock Chick Regret - 5/13

House Bolton:

O: One Foot in the Grave - 10/22
U: Unfinished Hero - Creed - 5/22
R: Rock Chick Reckoning - 5/10

B: Better Than Good - 8/14
L: Laid Bear - 8/7
A: Amy Lane - Forever Promised - 7/18
D: The Darkest Night - 4/11
E: Eddie Chavez (MC) - Rock Chick Rescue - 4/26
S: Slide - 7/14

A: Aftermath: Guts and Glory - 7/14
R: Rock Chick Revenge - 5/9
E: Elli Fisher (MC) - Taking Shots - 4/8

S: Sherrilyn Kenyon - Born of Night - 7/10
H: Hop (MC) - Fire Inside - 5/26
A: The Art of Breathing - 7/9
R: A Rogue by Any Other Name - 5/7
P: The Perfect Rake - 9/17

[Amanda]

Great job, everyone!

[Suzanne]

Done!

Progress: 30 out of 30 (Level: Queen)

Will be doing all 3 options for each house

House Arryn
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately blue cover:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 8/4/2013
Option 2: Read a story featuring a member of the military, or in which the protagonist does the right thing. Alternatively, read a story that involves heights in a significant way:
And One Last Thing ... by Molly Harper - ***** - 8/17/2013
Option 3: Read a book in which a falcon or another bird of prey plays a significant role in the story. Bird shifters are fine, too!:
Untamed by P.C. Cast - *** - 8/18/2013



House Mormont
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately gold/yellow cover:
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff - ***** - 8/28/2013
Option 2: Read a story in which the protagonist is angry about something, that involves war in some way, or in which the protagonist is fighting against injustice:
Fever Moon: The Fear Dorcha by Karen Marie Moning - ***** - 8/7/2013
Option 3: Read a book featuring a stag or deer. Alternatively, read a book about a king: Main character's name is Matthew King.
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings - **** - 9/6/2013



House Greyjoy
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately black cover:
For I Have Sinned by Darynda Jones - ***** - 8/5/2013
Option 2: Read a book featuring pirates, ships, or the sea:
Your Wicked Heart by Meredith Duran - ***** - 8/22/2013
Option 3: Read a book that involves a kraken or another mythical creature: Vampires:
Lover Mine by J.R. Ward - *** - 9/5/2013



House Martell
Option 1: Read a book with an orange cover:
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton - **** - 8/23/2013
Option 2: Read a book in which the protagonist overcomes great hardships or survives impossible odds. Alternatively, read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel:
Iced (Dani O'Malley, #1) by Karen Marie Moning - ***** - 8/12/2013
Option 3: Read a book set in space, that involves stars, or in which the protagonist uses a weapon:
Enclave by Ann Aguirre - *** - 8/13/2013



House Lannister
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately red cover:
Foundation by Ann Aguirre - *** - 8/13/2013
Option 2: Read a book featuring siblings, a father/son relationship, or someone in debt:
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley - ***** - 8/20/2013
Option 3: Read a book that involves a lion or other big cat. Or, read a book set in a circus:
Zoo by James Patterson - *** - 9/4/2013



House Stark
Option 1: Read a book with a grey or white cover:
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones - **** - 8/5/2013
Option 2: Read a book set in winter, that involves snow, or in which a character keeps an unusual pet:
Frostbite by Richelle Mead - *** - 8/26/2013
Option 3: Read a book featuring wolves or werewolves:
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - **** - 9/3/2013



House Tyrell
Option 1: Read a book with a green cover:
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones - ***** - 10/6/2013
Option 2: Read a book in which a character comes of age or a character shows significant growth:
Bikini Season by Sheila Roberts - **** - 8/10/2013
Option 3: Read a book involving trees, flowers, or another type of plant in a significant way:
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah - ***** - 1/15/2014



House Targaryen
Option 1: Read a book that has both red and black on its cover:
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story by Veronica Roth - **** - 8/7/2013
Option 2: Read a book featuring a either a character in exile or a queen. Or, read a book in which fire or blood plays a significant role:
The Diviners by Libba Bray - ***** - 8/8/2013
Option 3: Read a book that involves a dragon, or a creature or person who is the last of their kind (or very rare):
Grave Dance by Kalayna Price - *** - 8/14/2013



House Baratheon
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately gold/yellow cover:
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 9/15/2013
Option 2: Read a story in which the protagonist is angry about something, that involves war in some way, or in which the protagonist is fighting against injustice:
Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - *** - 8/21/2013
Option 3: Read a book featuring a stag or deer. Alternatively, read a book about a king:
The King by J.R. Ward - **** - 11/17/2014 - 593 Pages



House Tully
Option 1: Read a book that has at least two of these colors somewhere on its cover: red, blue, or silver:
Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones - ***** - 8/6/2013
Option 2: Read a book about family or about a protagonist who has to take responsibility for their actions:
How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal - ***** - 8/22/2013
Option 3: Read a book involving fish or fishing, or read a book that takes place primarily near water:
On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves - ***** - 9/2/2013

[Kimberly]

I'm done!
I've completed 6 houses + 2 options in each of the other houses.

Phew!

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

[Caron]

COMPLETE!

A Game of Thrones Reading Challenge
Spell it out challenge.
Duration 18/12/14 - 27/10/15
Completed 27/27

Houses: Stark & Baratheon

House Stark
✔W World After by Susan Ee (25/09/15) ★★★★
✔I The Institute by Kayla Howarth (25/08/15) ★★★★
✔N New Avengers: Breakout by Alisa Kwitney (25/07/15) ★★★
✔T Tesla by Mark Lingane (19/10/15) ★★★
✔E Edmund in The Bane Chronicles Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan & Maureen Johnson (27/10/15) ★★★★
✔R Rick Riordan - The Mark of Athena (16/02/15) ★★★

✔I Ioana Visan - Breaking the Chains (15/09/15) ★★★
✔S Split Second by Kasie West (15/09/15) ★★★★★

✔C Cinder by Marissa Meyer (04/08/15) ★★★★
✔O The One Thing by Marci Lyn Curtis (06/08/15) ★★★★★
✔M More Than This by Patrick Ness (18/09/15) ★★★★★
✔I Invisible Republic, Vol. 1 by Gabriel Hardman (13/09/15) ★★★
✔N Neville in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (11/07/15) ★★★★
✔G Girl From Above: Betrayal by Pippa DaCosta (22/08/15) ★★★

Completed:



House Baratheon
✔O Oliver, Lauren - Vanishing Girls (09/07/15) ★★★★
✔U Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi (24/05/15) ★★★★
✔R Rainbow Rowell - Fangirl (05/02/15) ★★★★★
✔S Shattered Blue by Lauren Bird Horowitz (10/08/15) ★★★★

✔I I Was Here by Gayle Forman (09/02/15) ★★★
✔S Sarah J. Maas - Throne of Glass (16/02/15) ★★★★

✔T Thomas Hoobler - Come Sit By Me (18/10/15)
✔H Homegrown Terror by Steve White (22/05/15) ★★★★★
✔E Emma Donoghue - Room (22/03/15) ★★★★

✔F Frodo in The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (26/04/15) ★★★
✔U Ultron in Secret Wars by Jim Shooter (29/07/15) ★★★
✔R The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (30/03/15) ★★★★★
✔Y Yancey, Rick - The 5th Wave (09/03/15) ★★★

Completed:

[Juana "Darkness"]

UPDATE: Done



GAME OF THRONES READING CHALLENGE

House of Arryn


A: Alder, Lisa- The Demon's Bargain 8/12/13
S: Suzanne Enoch- The Care and Taming of a Rogue 9/15


H: Hunter, S.A.- Scary Mary 9/22/13
I: Ivie, Jackie- Be Still My Heart 9/10/13
G: Gabriel's Hope by Lizzy Ford 9/3/13
H: Hoyt, Elizabeth- To Desire a Devil 1/1/14


A: Abbi Glines- Existence 9/14/13
S: Scott, Alicia- Maggie's Man 9/22/13


H: Hill, Sandra- Kiss of Pride 12/6/13
O: Only Us by Susan Mallery 9/1/13
N: Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/28/13
O: One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney 9/16/13
R: Richards, Victoria- The Banshee's Embrace 9/17/13



House of Baratheon


O: One with the Night by Susan Squires 11/20/13
U: Undertow by Cherry Adair 3/20/14
R: Romancing Lady Stone by Delilah Marvelle 11/8/13
S: Susan Wiggs- The Charm School 10/12/13


I: The Irresistible Earl by Regina Scott 10/6/13
S: The Seduction of Lady Phoebe by Ella Quinn 11/22/13


T: Terry Spear- The Siren's Lure 9/20/13
H: Her Wicked Ways by Darcy Burke 1/22/14
E: Enchanted by Nora Roberts 10/5/13


F: Farrar, Marissa- The Vengeful Vampire 11/11/13
U: Unbreak My Heart by Helen Scott Taylor 3/7/14
R: Royal, Lauren- Amethyst 1/11/14
Y: Young, Samantha- Blood Will Tell 3/3/14



House of Greyjoy


W: Ward, J.R.- Dark Lover 9/1/13
E: Ember by Jessica Sorensen 11/14/13


D: Day, Alyssa- Atlantis Unleashed 8/28/13
O: One Last Bite by Heidi Betts 1/16/14


N: Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon 11/27/13
O: Out of Control by Mary Connealy 2/20/14
T: Tempt the Devil by Anna Campbell 11/1/13


S: The Spy Wore Silk by Andrea Pickens 1/4/14
O: Old Enough to Know Better by Joan Reeves 4/2/14
W: Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries 12/25/13



House of Lannister


H: Hit and Run by R.L. Stine 2/27/14
E: Emily Goodwin- Beyond the Sea 2/12/14
A: Andrew Lennon- A Life to Waste 9/14/13
R: Rosemary Rogers- Scandalous Deception 2/1814


M: Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas 9/6/13
E: Evangeline Anderson- Blind Date with a Vampire 3/15/14


R: Resurrection by Stephen Cole 5/11/14
O: Once Burned by Jaeniene Frost 5/12/14
A: Alphin, Elaine Marie- Picture Perfect 9/20/13
R: Rachel Hooley, Maria- Sojourner 3/15/14



House of Martell


U: An Unlikely Match by Barbara Dunlop 4/19/14
N: Nicole Jordan- To Pleasure a Lady 1/20/14
B: A Bit of Bite by Cynthia Eden 9/4/13
O: Out of Time by Debora Truscott 5/24/14
W: Ward, J.R.- Lover Unleashed 10/2/13
E: E.R. Davis- Dragon Call 5/19/14
D: Devoured by Darkness by Alexandra Ivy 1/9/14


U: Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/27/14
N: No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole 2/27/14
B: Beast in Me by Sommer Marsden 8/11/13
E: The Eighth Sea by Nancy Sprowell Geise 5/24/14
N: No Place for a Lady by Maggie Brendan 6/21/14
T: The Third Son by Elise Marion 12/27/13


U: An Unwilling Conquest by Stephanie Laurens 9/5/14
N: Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/19/14
B: Bad to the Bone by Vivi Anna 8/13/13
R: Rosavin, Gina- The Taste of Magic 3/23/14
O: The Officer and The Bostoner by Rose Gordon 7/17/14
K: Kresley Cole: Lothaire 8/5/13
E: Elizabeth Mary- Midnight Lace 7/2/14
N: A Night of Forever by Lori Brighton 7/15/14



House of Stark


W: Ward, J.R.- Lover at Last 8/7/13
I: Ione, Larissa- Eternity Embraced 8/28/13
N: The Night by Felicity Heaton 8/24/13
T: Toni Crawford- Steal Me From Heaven 2/5/14
E: Elfbitten by Leila Bryce Sin 8/13/13
R: Rules of Engagement by Suzanne Enoch 8/2/13


I: Ivy, Alexandra- Darkness Unleashed 4/22/14
S: Secret Santa by Kathleen Brooks 8/7/13


C: Cole, Kresley- Demon from the Dark 8/19/13
O: Once Bitten by Trina M. Lee 8/15/13
M: Miller, Linda Lael- Rachel 8/9/13
I: I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long 4/24/14
N: Nothing but Trouble by Lisa Mondello 9/8/14
G: Glamour by Penelope Fletcher 8/2/13



House of Targaryen


F: Fletcher, Penelope- Smolder 2/20/14
I: Into the Woods by Linda Winstead Jones 4/27/14
R: Richelle Mead- Last Sacrifice 6/7/14
E: Evelyn Glass- An Alpha's Kiss 4/14/14


A: Amanda Quick- Wicked Widow 1/26/14
N: N.L. Wilson- The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen 7/20/14
D: The Darkest Craving by Gena Showalter 8/26/13


B: Bella, Forrest- A Shade of Vampire 8/23/13
L: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward 9/8/13
O: On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy 7/23/14
O: One Night of Sin by Gaelen Foley 9/7/14
D: The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter 9/12/13



House of Tully


F: Floor Four by A. Lopez Jr. 6/13/14
A: Aiken, G.A.- Dragon Actually 12/3/13
M: Maxwell, Cathy- In the Bed of a Duke 8/17/13
I: Iron Cowboy by Diana Palmer 4/29/14
L: Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward 9/4/13
Y: Young, Samantha- Smokeless Fire 8/23/13


D: Diana Palmer- Rouge Stallion 8/21/13
U: Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon 10/1314
T: Twister by Michael Crichton 3/3/14
Y: Yield to You by Mia Moore 2/28/14


H: Huxley, Aldous- Brave New World 3/11/14
O: Of Light and Darkness: The Vampires Daughter by Shayne Leighton 10/28/14
N: Needing Nita by Norah Wilson 9/30/14
O: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 12/3/14
R: Rosemary Rogers- Jewel of My Heart 7/5/14



House of Tyrell


G: Gena Showalter- The Darkest Pleasure 9/29/13
R: Retribution by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/8/14
O: Oliver, Jana- Retro Demonology 12/6/14
W: Wright, Suzanne- Wicked Cravings 1/14/14
I: In the Arms of the Dark Elf by Willow Bones Rae 5/2/14
N: Night, H.T.- Romeo and Juliet 10/10/14
G: Gena Showalter- Last Kiss Goodnight 11/5/13


S: Sherrilyn Kenyon- Dream Chaser 1/29/14
T: Teresa Medeiros- Breath of Magic 4/7/14
R: Royal, Lauren- Forevermore 7/13/14
O: Oceans Between Us by Helen Scott Taylor 12/8/14
N: Night Marchers by Rebecca Gober 12/10/14
G: Gregory, Kristiana- The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart 3/6/14



House of Mormont


H: Heartless by Diana Palmer 3/12/14
E: Emma Wildes- Lessons From a Scarlet Lady (9/20/14
R: Richelle Mead- Spirit Bound 6/4/14
E: Eden, Cynthia- The Wolf Within 9/23/14


W: Wicked Hungry by Teddy Jacobs 1/18/14
E: Edge of Danger by Cherry Adair 9/23/14


S: Showalter, Gena- Black and Blue 11/30/13
T: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn 2/23/14
A: Allie Mackay- Must Love Kilts 11/17/13
N: Neely Powell- True Nature 3/19/14
D: Deborah MacGillivray- A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing 10/14/13

[Juana "Darkness"]

I'd like to do this challenge again only with Option 1.


Game of Thrones



Duration: You set the pace.


Levels of Play:

Royalty: (choose from any three options under a house)
King/Queen: read 25+ books



◆ House Arryn:
Sigil: The moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky blue field.
Motto: “As High As Honor”
Option 1: Dark Wolf Rising by Rhyannon Byrd 2/19/15
Option 2: In which the protagonist
does the right thing: Maid for Love by Marie Force 1/22/15
Option 3: Read a book in which a falcon or another bird of prey plays a significant
role in the story. Bird shifters: Dark Secret by Christine Feehan 6/14/15





◆ House Baratheon:
Sigil: A crowned stag, black, on a golden field.
Motto: “Ours is the Fury”
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately gold/yellow cover.
Option 2: Read a story in which the protagonist is angry about something,
that involves war in some way, or in which the protagonist is fighting against injustice.
Option 3: Read a book featuring a stag or deer. Alternatively, read a book about a king.




◆ House Greyjoy:
Sigil: A golden kraken upon a black field.
Motto: “We Do Not Sow”
Option 1: Read a book with black cover: Defiance by C.J. Redwine 2/4/15
Option 2: Read a book featuring pirates, ships, or the sea: A Pirate's Revenge by M.L. Guida 7/1/15
Option 3: Read a book that involves a kraken or another mythical creature: The Witch Who Cried Wolf by Sarah Makela 5/9/15





◆ House Lannister:
Sigil: A Golden lion upon a crimson field.
Official Motto: “Hear Me Roar!”
Unofficial Motto: “A Lannister pays his debts.”
Option 1: red cover: Atlantis Betrayed by Alyssa Day 1/15/15
Option 2: Read a book featuring siblings, a father/son relationship, or someone in debt: Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon 1/28/15
Option 3: Read a book that involves a lion or other big cat. Or, read a book set in a circus: Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon 2/18/15





◆ House Martell:
Sigil: A sun pierced by a golden spear.
Motto: “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
Option 1: orange cover: Marked by Elizabeth Naughton 3/20/15
Option 2: Read a book in which the protagonist overcomes great hardships
or survives impossible odds. Alternatively, read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter 1/1/15
Option 3: Read a book set in space, that involves stars, or in which the protagonist
uses a weapon: Ice Wind by Guy Stanton 3 3/16/15





◆ House of Mormont:
Sigil: Bear.
Motto: “Here We Stand”
Option 1: green/black cover: Birth of the Pack by Petru Popescu 4/1/15
Option 2: Read a book with a bear on the cover or that deals with a zoo: His Unbearable Desire by Elena Stone 7/12/15
Option 3: Read a book in which a main character suffers from unrequited love.
Or read a book with a loyal hero or heroine: Crush by Lacey Weatherford 3/12/15





◆ House Stark:
Sigil: A grey direwolf on an ice-white field.
Motto: “Winter is Coming”
Option 1: grey/white cover: Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas 1/19/15
Option 2: Read a book set in winter, that involves snow, or in which a character
keeps an unusual pet: Crave by Violet Vaughn 1/25/15
Option 3: Read a book featuring wolves or werewolves: Night of the Wolf by Alice May Ball 1/8/15





◆ House Targaryen:
Sigil: A three-headed dragon, red on black.
Motto: “Fire and Blood”
Option 1: Read a book that has both red and black on its cover: Son of No One by Sherrilyn Kenyon 2/11/15
Option 2: Read a book featuring a either a character in exile or a queen. Or, read a book
in which fire or blood plays a significant role: Vampire Love Story by H.T. Night 1/31/15
Option 3: Read a book that involves a dragon, or a creature or person who is the last of
their kind (or very rare): Charred Heart by Lizzy Ford 1/12/15





◆ House Tully:
Sigil: A leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red.
Motto: “Family, Duty, Honor”
Option 1: Read a book that has at least two of these colors somewhere on its
cover: red, blue, or silver: Twelfth Moon by Lori Villarreal 3/31/15
Option 2: Read a book about family or about a protagonist who has to take
responsibility for their actions: Hexes and X's by Zoey and Claire Kane 1/16/15
Option 3: Read a book involving fish or fishing, or read a book that takes place
primarily near water: Just Breathe by Heather Allen 1/6/15






◆ House Tyrell:
Sigil: A golden rose on a grass-green field.
Motto: “Growing Strong”
Option 1: green cover: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean 2/9/15
Option 2: Read a book in which a character comes of age or a character shows
significant growth: Shifting Love by Constance O'Day-Flannery 2/1/15
Option 3: Read a book involving trees, flowers, or another type of plant in a
significant way: To Love a Wicked Scoundrel by Annabelle Bryant 1/3/15

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats everyone ☺

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome back to the challenge Juana ☺

[Juana "Darkness"]

Thanks ❀Tea❀

[RachelvlehcaR]

Game of Thrones: Houses In a Game of Thrones
Duration: Jan 1, 2015 - March 11, 2015
King/Queen: read 25+ books, I've read 36 books.

◆ House Arryn:
Sigil: The moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky blue field.
Motto: “As High As Honor”
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately blue cover.
▶ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Date Read: 2/15/15
Option 2: Read a story featuring a member of the military, or in which the protagonist does the right thing. Alternatively, read a story that involves heights in a significant way.
▶ The Bridges at Toko-ri by James A. Michener Date Read: 1/18/15
Option 3: Read a book in which a falcon or another bird of prey plays a significant role in the story. Bird shifters are fine, too!
▶ The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater Date Read: 1/3/15

◆ House Baratheon:
Sigil: A crowned stag, black, on a golden field.
Motto: “Ours is the Fury”
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately gold/yellow cover.
▶ Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim Date Read: 1/7/15
Option 2: Read a story in which the protagonist is angry about something, that involves war in some way, or in which the protagonist is fighting against injustice.
▶ Red Rising by Pierce Brown Date Read: /10/15
Option 3: Read a book featuring a stag or deer. Alternatively, read a book about a king.
▶ Moloka'i by Alan Brennert Date Read: 1/25/15

◆ House Greyjoy:
Sigil: A golden kraken upon a black field.
Motto: “We Do Not Sow”
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately black cover.
▶ Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Date Read: 2/7/15
Option 2: Read a book featuring pirates, ships, or the sea.
▶ Lord of the Flies by William Golding Date Read: 2/10/15
Option 3: Read a book that involves a kraken or another mythical creature.
▶ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Date Read: 1/13/15

◆ House Lannister:
Sigil: A Golden lion upon a crimson field.
Official Motto: “Hear Me Roar!”
Unofficial Motto: “A Lannister pays his debts.”
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately red cover.
▶ [coverbook:Bitten|11918] Bitten by Kelley Armstrong Date Read: 1/14/15
Option 2: Read a book featuring siblings, a father/son relationship, or someone in debt.
▶ Amelia's Story: A Childhood Lost by D.G. Torrens Date Read: 1/17/15
Option 3: Read a book that involves a lion or other big cat. Or, read a book set in a circus.
▶ Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews Date Read: 1/27/15

◆ House Martell:
Sigil: A sun pierced by a golden spear.
Motto: “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
Option 1: Read a book with an orange cover.
▶ Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris Date Read: 1/7/15
Option 2: Read a book in which the protagonist overcomes great hardships or survives impossible odds. Alternatively, read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
▶ Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Date Read: 1/14/15
Option 3: Read a book set in space, that involves stars, or in which the protagonist uses a weapon.
▶ The Collective by David McCahan Date Read: 1/16/15

◆ House of Mormont:
Sigil: Bear.
Motto: “Here We Stand”
Option 1: Read a book that has both green and black on the cover.
▶ Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon Date Read: 2/5/15
Option 2: Read a book with a bear on the cover or that deals with a zoo.
▶ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Date Read: 2/23/15
Option 3: Read a book in which a main character suffers from unrequited love. Or read a book with a loyal hero or heroine.
▶ The Collector by John Fowles Date Read: 1/7/15

◆ House Stark:
Sigil: A grey direwolf on an ice-white field.
Motto: “Winter is Coming”
Option 1: Read a book with a grey or white cover.
▶ Story of O by Pauline Réage Date Read: 2/4/15
Option 2: Read a book set in winter, that involves snow, or in which a character keeps an unusual pet.
▶ The Snow and The Darkness by Matthew Warren Wilson Date Read: 2/8/15
Option 3: Read a book featuring wolves or werewolves.
▶ Silverweed: A Supernatural Fairy Tale by Dorlana Vann Date Read: 1/17/15

◆ House Targaryen:
Sigil: A three-headed dragon, red on black.
Motto: “Fire and Blood”
Option 1: Read a book that has both red and black on its cover.
▶ Worthy by Lia Black Date Read: 1/12/15
Option 2: Read a book featuring a either a character in exile or a queen. Or, read a book in which fire or blood plays a significant role.
▶ The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Date Read: 2/19/15
Option 3: Read a book that involves a dragon, or a creature or person who is the last of their kind (or very rare).
▶ Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind Date read: 1/4/15 (Confessor is the last of her kind)

◆ House Tully:
Sigil: A leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red.
Motto: “Family, Duty, Honor”
Option 1: Read a book that has at least two of these colors somewhere on its cover: red, blue, or silver.
▶ The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan Date Read: 3/2/15
Option 2: Read a book about family or about a protagonist who has to take responsibility for their actions.
▶ The Camp by Morgan Weick Date Read 1/3/15 (Hannah, Jenna, and Tyler trying to save each others from their Warden)
Option 3: Read a book involving fish or fishing, or read a book that takes place primarily near water.
▶ Meg by Steve Alten Date Read: 1/24/15

◆ House Tyrell:
Sigil: A golden rose on a grass-green field.
Motto: “Growing Strong”
Option 1: Read a book with a green cover.
▶ Stories of Mystery by Various Date Read: 2/8/15
Option 2: Read a book in which a character comes of age or a character shows significant growth.
▶ Eragon by Christopher Paolini Date Read: 1/1/15 (Eragon becoming the Dragon Rider)
Option 3: Read a book involving trees, flowers, or another type of plant in a significant way.
▶ Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Date Read: 1/13/15

◆ House Karstark:
Sigil: A white sunburst on black.
Motto: “The Sun of Winter”
Option 1: Read a book with a predominantly black and white cover.
▶ Beg by C.D. Reiss Date Read: 3/9/15
Option 2: Read a book where a character is held captive.
▶ The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien Date Read: 3/9/15
Option 3: Read a books where a character changes his/her name or has a nickname.
▶ Cheating Karma by Glen Batchelor Date Read: 3/10/15

◆ House Bolton:
Sigil: A red flayed man, hanging upside-down on a white X-shaped cross, on a black background.
Motto: “Our Blades Are Sharp”
Option 1: Read a book with some pink on the cover or that is predominantly red.
▶ Heartsick by Chelsea Cain Date Read: 3/11/15
Option 2: Read a book where someone fights with a blade / knife / sword / similar item.
▶ A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Date Read: 3/10/15
Option 3: Read a book where someone has a secret or where a secret is revealed.
▶ Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King Date Read: 3/3/15

[Franky]

Game of Thrones Reading Challenge
Open Ended

Started: January 1, 2015
Finished:

Level: Queen

Completed: 0/36

House Arryn
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately blue cover.
Option 2: Read a story featuring a member of the military.
Option 3: Read a book in which a falcon or another bird of prey plays a significant role in the story.

House Baratheon
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately gold/yellow cover.
Option 2: Read a story that involves war in some way.
Option 3: Read a book featuring a stag or deer.

House Bolton
Option 1: Read a book with some pink on the cover or that is predominantly red.
Option 2: Read a book where someone fights with a blade / knife / sword / similar item.
Option 3: Read a book where someone has a secret or where a secret is revealed.

House Greyjoy
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately black cover.
Option 2: Read a book featuring pirates, ships, or the sea. ✔ The Pirate's Wish
Option 3: Read a book that involves a kraken or another mythical creature.


House Karstark
Option 1: Read a book with a predominantly black and white cover.
Option 2: Read a book where a character is held captive.
Option 3: Read a book where a character changes his/her name.

House Lannister
Option 1: Read a book with a predominately red cover.
Option 2: Read a book featuring siblings.
Option 3: Read a book that involves a lion or other big cat.

House Martell
Option 1: Read a book with an orange cover.
Option 2: Read a book in which the protagonist overcomes great hardships or survives impossible odds.
Option 3: Read a book set in space, that involves stars.

House of Mormont
Option 1: Read a book that has both green and black on the cover.
Option 2: Read a book with a bear on the cover or that deals with a zoo.
Option 3: Read a book in which a main character suffers from unrequited love.

House Stark
Option 1: Read a book with a grey or white cover.
Option 2: Read a book set in winter, that involves snow.
Option 3: Read a book featuring wolves or werewolves.

House Targaryen
Option 1: Read a book that has both red and black on its cover.
Option 2: Read a book featuring a either a character in exile or a queen.
Option 3: Read a book that involves a dragon.

House Tully
Option 1: Read a book that has at least two of these colors somewhere on its cover: red, blue, or silver.
Option 2: Read a book about family.
Option 3: Read a book involving fish or fishing.

House Tyrell
Option 1: Read a book with a green cover.
Option 2: Read a book in which a character comes of age.
Option 3: Read a book involving trees, flowers, or another type of plant in asignificant way.

[Gayle]

It's been a while since looked at any new challenges. And since it's a new year and I've been reading these books, thought I'd give this challenge a go. Will post as I read books that fit in. Shooting for one book for each house as of right now.

[Emily]

I'm in. Going to go for Queen and try to get all three Options for each House.

I'll start (backdating) from January 1, 2015 and see how long it takes me.

◆ House Arryn:
Sigil: The moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky blue field.
Motto: “As High As Honor”
✔ Option 1: Read a book with a predominately blue cover. (read 7/1/15)
✔ Option 2: Read a story featuring a member of the military, or in which the protagonist
does the right thing. Alternatively, read a story that involves heights in a significant way. All the Bright Places ("Involves heights in a significant way" - The two main characters meet while contemplating jumping from the school's bell tower - Read 2/12/15)
Option 3: Read a book in which a falcon or another bird of prey plays a significant
role in the story. Bird shifters are fine, too!

✔◆ House Baratheon:
(view spoiler)[
Sigil: A crowned stag, black, on a golden field.
Motto: “Ours is the Fury”
✔Option 1: Read a book with a predominately gold/yellow cover. (read 2/8/15)
✔ Option 2: Read a story in which the protagonist is angry about something,
that involves war in some way, or in which the protagonist is fighting against injustice. Broken Harbor (the main character is a detective, so he fights against injustice - read 4/23/15)
✔ Option 3: Read a book featuring a stag or deer. Alternatively, read a book about a king. The Magician King (the main character is a king - read 2/14/15)
(hide spoiler)]

◆ House Greyjoy:
Sigil: A golden kraken upon a black field.
Motto: “We Do Not Sow”
✔ Option 1: Read a book with a predominately black cover. (read 3/22/15)
✔Option 2: Read a book featuring pirates, ships, or the sea. The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey (read 9/4/15)
Option 3: Read a book that involves a kraken or another mythical creature.


◆ House Lannister:
Sigil: A Golden lion upon a crimson field.
Official Motto: “Hear Me Roar!”
Unofficial Motto: “A Lannister pays his debts.”
✔ Option 1: Read a book with a predominately red cover. (read 6/23/15)
Option 2: Read a book featuring siblings, a father/son relationship, or someone in debt.
✔ Option 3: Read a book that involves a lion or other big cat. Or, read a book set in a circus. The Jaguar's Children (jaguars play an important, almost religious, role in the book - read 2/24/15)

✔◆ House Martell:
(view spoiler)[
Sigil: A sun pierced by a golden spear.
Motto: “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
✔ Option 1: Read a book with an orange cover. (read 6/30/15)
✔ Option 2: Read a book in which the protagonist overcomes great hardships
or survives impossible odds. Alternatively, read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel. Station Eleven (post-apocalyptic novel - read 3/27/15)
✔ Option 3: Read a book set in space, that involves stars, or in which the protagonist
uses a weapon. Rumble (main character spends a lot of time at the gun range - read 7/23/15)
(hide spoiler)]

◆ House of Mormont:
Sigil: Bear.
Motto: “Here We Stand”
✔ Option 1: Read a book that has both green and black on the cover. (read 4/8/15)
Option 2: Read a book with a bear on the cover or that deals with a zoo.
✔ Option 3: Read a book in which a main character suffers from unrequited love.
Or read a book with a loyal hero or heroine. Two Boys Kissing (Both loyalty and unrequited love here! - read 2/19/15)

◆ House Stark:
Sigil: A grey direwolf on an ice-white field.
Motto: “Winter is Coming”
✔ Option 1: Read a book with a grey or white cover. (read 5/26/15)
✔ Option 2: Read a book set in winter, that involves snow, or in which a character
keeps an unusual pet. The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday has a pet dodo bird- read 3/31/15)
Option 3: Read a book featuring wolves or werewolves.

✔◆ House Targaryen:
(view spoiler)[
Sigil: A three-headed dragon, red on black.
Motto: “Fire and Blood”
✔ Option 1: Read a book that has both red and black on its cover. (Read 1/9/15)
✔ Option 2: Read a book featuring a either a character in exile or a queen. Or, read a book
in which fire or blood plays a significant role. The Virgin's Lover (Features Queen Elizabeth I - Read 2/2/15)
✔ Option 3: Read a book that involves a dragon, or a creature or person who is the last of
their kind (or very rare). The Lost World (I'm going with lab-created dinosaurs being the last of their kind - Read 3/5/15)
(hide spoiler)]

✔◆ House Tully:
(view spoiler)[
Sigil: A leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red.
Motto: “Family, Duty, Honor”
✔ Option 1: Read a book that has at least two of these colors somewhere on its
cover: red, blue, or silver. (red and blue on cover - read 2/15/15)
✔ Option 2: Read a book about family or about a protagonist who has to take
responsibility for their actions. The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster (family is very important in this book - read 6/2/15)
✔ Option 3: Read a book involving fish or fishing, or read a book that takes place
primarily near water. The Good Girl (Most of the story takes place in a cabin by a lake - read 3/14/15)
(hide spoiler)]

◆ House Tyrell:
Sigil: A golden rose on a grass-green field.
Motto: “Growing Strong”
✔ Option 1: Read a book with a green cover. (read 7/3/15)
✔ Option 2: Read a book in which a character comes of age or a character shows
significant growth. The Girl on the Train ((view spoiler)[at the end of the book, the main character - an alcoholic - is 21 days sober (hide spoiler)] - read 7/15/15)
Option 3: Read a book involving trees, flowers, or another type of plant in a
significant way.

✔◆ House Karstark:
(view spoiler)[
Sigil: A white sunburst on black.
Motto: “The Sun of Winter”
✔ Option 1: Read a book with a predominantly black and white cover. (it's really grey and white, but I'm counting it - read 7/21/15)
✔ Option 2: Read a book where a character is held captive. Rosewater: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival (Main character is imprisoned in Iran - Read 1/28/15)
✔ Option 3: Read a books where a character changes his/her name or has a nickname. Beautiful Music for Ugly Children (Main character, a transgender teen, changes his name from Elizabeth to Gabe - Read 1/12/15)
(hide spoiler)]

✔◆ House Bolton:
(view spoiler)[
Sigil: A red flayed man, hanging upside-down on a white X-shaped cross,
on a black background.
Motto: “Our Blades Are Sharp”
✔ Option 1: Read a book with some pink on the cover or that is predominantly red. (read 8/26/15)
✔ Option 2: Read a book where someone fights with a blade / knife / sword / similar item. The Death Cure (In one scene, Thomas gets into a knife fight - read 8/26/15)
✔ Option 3: Read a book where someone has a secret or where a secret is revealed. We Were Liars (Everyone has a secret in this one - Read 1/16/15)
(hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

Welcome to the challenge, Kate and Gayle :).

[Jackie]

Finally finished another house!

HOUSE MARTELL MOTTO: UNBOWED, UNBENT, UNBROKEN
U – Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson - 2/13/15
N – Death With An Ocean View by Nora Charles - 8/7/14
B – The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry - 7/9/14
O – The Missing Madonna by Carol Anne O'Marie - 8/16/14
W – Dragons of the Hourglass Mage by Margaret Weis - 7/11/14
E – Sorceress of Darshiva by David Eddings - 7/8/14
D – The Trouble with Harriet by Dorothy Cannell - 7/14/14

U – Unmanned by Lois Greiman - 11/9/14
N – Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik - 9/13/14
B – Illegal Magic by Arlene Blakely - 7/11/14
E – E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - 7/21/14
N – Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh - 12/22/14
T – Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce - 7/4/14

U – An Uncollected Death: A Charlotte Anthony Mystery by Meg Wolfe - 9/1/14
N – Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson - 12/31/14
B – The Lost Journal by Chris Blewitt - 8/1/14
R – Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen - 7/15/14
O – Odysseus in the Serpent Maze by Jane Yolen - 8/14/14
K – Killing the Goose by Richard Lockridge - 8/3/14
E – The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters - 7/26/14
N - The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen - 11/19/14

[Holli]

Game of Thrones Reading Challenge

S.P.E.L.L. I.T. O.U.T. Option
Start date 01/01/15

◆ House Arryn: As High As Honor
13/13

A: American Sniper Movie Tie-In Edition : The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History 1/28/15
S: Small Vices 1/26/15

H: The House of Hades 1/10/15
I: The Iron Marshal 1/24/15
G: Green Eggs and Ham 3/26/15
H: Hot Blooded (Seduction’s Gift) 1/31/15

A: American Wife: A Memoir of Love, Service, Faith, and Renewal 5/9/15
S: Shiver 2/16/15

H: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 3/31/15
O: Oh, The Places You'll Go! 4/19/15
N: The 9 Master Plots for Bestsellers & Blockbusters 3/26/15
O: Odd Thomas #2, Forever Odd 5/1/15
R: Reaper's Property 2/9/15

◆ House Baratheon: Ours is the Fury
13/13

O: One for the Money 5/14/15
U: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption 1/3/15
R: Rodrick Rules 3/16/15
S: Sharp Cheetah's 203 Tips for Writing Fiction 2/28/15

I: Into the Void 3/29/15
S: The Seven Day Novel: A Quick and Easy Guide to Structuring, Writing, and Selling Your Novel 3/31/15

T: Thin Air 1/13/15
H: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 4/6/15
E: The Easy Way to Write Fantasy That Sells 1/31/15

F: Fight For Me 3/2/15
U: The Ugly Truth 5/9/15
R: Red Queen 3/18/15
Y: Yondering 10/22/15

◆ House Greyjoy: We Do Not Sow
10/10

W: Warlord 1/8/15
E: Elantris 2/28/15

D: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2/27/15
O: Oz #2, The Marvelous Land of Oz 5/28/15

N: Night Pleasures 4/28/15
O: O'Reilly, Bill & Martin Dugard, Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General 6/29/15
T: Tempting the Beast 1/19/15

S: Simon Says 4/16/15
O: Odd Thomas #3, Brother Odd 7/3/15
W: Writing a Kindle Book a Week 3/20/15

◆ House Lannister: Hear Me Roar!
10/10

H: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 4/11/15
E: Elizabeth's Wolf 4/21/15
A: Amanda Lee Marion, Soul Deep 6/4/15
R: Ravenous 4/3/15

M: Master of the Night 2/2/15
E: E. L. James, Grey 7/12/15

R: The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen 5/29/15
O: Ozma Of Oz 7/27/15
A: Tom Clancy Presents: ACT of Valor 6/7/15
R: Robert B. Parker, Hush Money 6/21/15

◆ House Martell: Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
21/21

U: Utah Blaine 6/25/15
N: Nina Bangs, Master of Ecstasy 6/3/15
B: Back in the Fight: The Explosive Memoir of a Special Operator Who Never Gave Up 3/12/15
O: One Rough Man 8/10/15
W: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 3/27/15
E: The Ersatz Elevator 7/27/15
D: The Darkest Fire 3/1/15

U: Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea 8/31/15
N: Night Embrace 6/14/15
B: Blockbuster Plots Romance Writers Plot ebook 3/12/15
E: Education of a Wandering Man 8/3/15
N: No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden 8/17/15
T: Two Year Novel Course: Set 1 2/11/15

U: Ultraviolet 9/18/15
N: Night Bites 8/21/15
B: The Busy Writer's One Hour Plot 3/21/15
R: The Remaining 6/22/15
O: Only in My Dreams 9/16/15
K: King of Hearts 2/2/15
E: The Expendables 8/15/15
N: Now & Then 12/27/15

◆ House of Mormont: Here We Stand
10/11

H: How to Write and Sell Erotica on oDesk 5/18/15
E: The End 9/8/15
R: Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus 6/26/15
E: Eland 9/17/15

W: Wyatt, Chris, Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron: The Junior Novel 4/30/15
E: Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum 1/31/15

S: Sherrilyn Kenyon, Cloak and Silence 2/23/15
T: 2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love 3/24/15
A: Alex Barnaby #1, Metro Girl 6/12/15
N: Northanger Abbey 1/5/16
D: Divergent 4/1/15

[Holli]

Part 2

◆ House Stark: Winter is Coming
13/14

W: Wells, H. G., The Island Of Dr. Moreau 5/19/15
I: Is $.99 the New Free? The Truth About Launching and Pricing Your Kindle Books 4/20/15
N: No Plot? No Problem! Revised and Expanded Edition: A Low-stress, High-velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days 10/4/15
T: Tiger Eye 5/7/15
E: The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Illustrated) 10/29/15
R: Reeves, Judy, A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life 7/21/15

I: Ian Fleming, Casino Royale 5/29/15
S: Shakespeare, William, Coriolanus 4/19/15

C: Chance 1/16/15
O: 24 Declassified: OPERATION Hell Gate 9/23/15
M: The Man Within 2/21/15
I: Into the Mist 6/17/15
N: Neil Gaiman, Coraline 1/11/16
G: Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera 4/13/15

◆ House Targaryen: Fire and Blood
11/12

F: Fast and Furious: Writing for Amazon and Kindle 3/7/15
I: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie 6/26/15
R: The Reptile Room 7/22/15
E: Evanovich, Janet, Top Secret Twenty-one 11/17/15

A: The Austere Academy 7/25/15
N: Naughty Neighbor 1/18/16
D: Dragonswan 4/15/15

B: Bared to You 4/8/15
L: Last of the Breed 2/19/15
O: Once Upon a Time Writer's Handbook 10/17/15
O: Odd Hours 10/28/15
D: Dashner, James, The Kill Order 2/4/15

◆ House Tully: Family, Duty, Honor
10/15

F: Fantasy Lover 4/14/15
A: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 8/1/15
M: The Maze Runner 3/25/15
I: Into the Lair 7/1/15
L: The Last Straw 3/16/15
Y: Yeomans, Roland, Ghost Writers in the Sky 1/9/16

D: Dog Days 4/24/15
U: Uncanny X-Men Masterworks Vol. 1 6/19/16
T: The Third Wheel 5/17/15
Y: Yancey, Rick, The 5th Wave 4/21/16

H: Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, Storm Front 5/22/15
O: Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure 10/28/15
N: No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days 5/31/16
O: Old School 11/9/15
R: Robert B. Parker, Potshot 8/4/15

◆ House Tyrell: Growing Strong
9/13

G: Goldman, William, The Princess Bride 4/19/15
R: Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 8/28/15
O: Odd Apocalypse 12/8/15
W: The Wide Window 7/23/15
I: Irving, Washington, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 5/12/15
N: Nichols, Leigh, The Key to Midnight 6/29/16
G: Golembesky, Michael, Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan 5/18/15

S: Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic 4/25/15
T: Take the Monkeys and Run 6/24/15
R: Robert B. Parker, Widow's Walk 8/18/15
O: The Odyssey 3/10/16
N: Night of the New Magicians 11/30/16
G: Guilty Pleasures 7/10/15

◆ House Karstark: The Sun of Winter
7/14

T: Taylor, Brad, All Necessary Force 8/31/15
H: Hard Luck 5/22/15
E: Evanovich, Janet, Tricky Twenty-Two 11/19/15

S: Sudden Mischief 4/30/15
U: URU: Ages Beyond Myst 10/22/16
N: No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL 1/9/17

O: Oath of Seduction: Seducing Sharon 5/5/16
F: Fool Moon 6/30/15

W: Wicked Charms 6/28/15
I: Isabella Fontaine, The Grimm Chronicles Vol. 1 8/25/15
N: A Night In Terror Tower (Classic Goosebumps, #12) 9/29/17
T: Taylor, Brad, The Callsign 8/31/15
E: Emma Knight, Sworn 12/9/15
R: Robert A. Heinlein, The Door into Summer 9/1/15

◆ House Bolton: Our Blades Are Sharp:
11/17

O: Oath of Challenge: Conquering Kate 6/8/16
U: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan 9/30/17
R: Robert B. Parker, Back Story 9/3/15

B: Born of Night 4/30/15
L: The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle: American Sniper, Navy SEAL 4/23/15
A: Adams, Douglas, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 8/13/15
D: Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6, Cabin Fever 5/10/15
E: Elektra 12/19/15
S: Snicket, Lemony, The Bad Beginning 5/5/15

A: American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms 8/18/15
R: Robert B. Parker, Bad Business 9/11/15
E: The Easy Way to Write a Novel That Sells 12/31/15

S: Sherra Callahan in Kiss of Heat 5/15/15
H: Howard E. Wasdin, SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper 6/18/15
A: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 8/7/15
R: Randall Frakes, Terminator 2: Judgment Day 9/26/15
P: Phil Pierce, Self Defense Made Simple: Easy and Effective Self Protection Whatever Your Age, Size or Skill! 10/29/15

[Laís]

Yay, my first challenge! I'm gonna try this one because the options seem really good.

Duration: I'll try for one year but I'm almost sure it's gone take more than that.
Start date: 02/14/2015

Level: King/Queen: read 25+ books.
I'm going to try all of them except the spell-it-out.

House Arryn
✓Option 1: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops, by Jen Campbell (02/14/2015)
Option 2:
Option 3:


House Mormont
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

House Greyjoy
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

House Martell
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

House Lannister
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

House Stark
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

House Tyrell
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

House Targaryen
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

House Baratheon
✓Option 1: More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops, by Jen Campbell. (02/17/2015)
Option 2:
Option 3:


House Tully
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

House Karstark:
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

House Bolton:
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:

[Stacey]

This one looks fun. I'm going to back date to February 1st and give myself 6 months--so end date July 31.

2/1/2015-7/31/2015
Level: Queen
25/25

◆House Arryn:
Option 1: 8/5
Option 2: An Ember in the Ashes 6/3. Elias is training to be in the military and doesn't kill Laia.
Option 3: Hounded 9/10. The Morrigan appears as a crow often


◆House Baratheon:
Option 1: 4/9
Option 2: In The Afterlight 2/24. Ruby is fighting to free the other children held in camps.
Option 3: Midnight's Kiss 8/31


◆House Greyjoy:
Option 1: 3/12
Option 2: Hell or High Water 8/16
Option 3: The Kraken King 9/19


◆House Lannister:
Option 1: 4/29
Option 2: Mate Claimed 3/22. Eric and Cassie Warden
Option 3: Binding Ties 8/23. Lyka shifted to a tiger.


◆House Martell:
Option 1: 8/28
Option 2: The Martian-H trapped on Mars alone.
Option 3: Born of Night 7/25


◆House of Mormont:
Option 1: 4/17
Option 2: Read a book with a bear on the cover or that deals with a zoo.
Option 3: Shards of Hope 6/29. H/h have always been loyal to each other.


◆House Stark:
Option 1: 2/15
Option 2: Nikolai 4/18. Takes place just after Christmas
Option 3: The Summoning 8/20 Derek is a werewolf.


House Targaryen:
Option 1: 3/25
Option 2: Burn for Me 4/1
Option 3: Lord's Fall 2/16 Pia is a rare unicorn.


◆House Tully:
Option 1: 8/7
Option 2: Rules of Prey 2/6. H must take care of his GF who is pregnant.
Option 3: The Sweetest Thing 10/5 Takes place on the coast and the H sails regularly and competitively


◆House Tyrell:
Option 1: 3/29
Option 2: On Dublin Street 5/12
Option 3: Master of Crows 7/20 Silhara's Orange trees

◆House Karstark:
Option 1: 3/10
Option 2: Hard as It Gets 3/22--Charlie held captive by the gang.
Option 3: The Hurricane 6/11. "The Hurricane" is O'Connell's fighting name


◆House Bolton:
Option 1: 2/15
Option 2: Kinked 3/13. Both Quentin and Aryal fight with elven swords in Numenlar.
Option 3: Salvation in Death 5/14. The murder victim was pretending to be a priest.

[Reading Rediscovered]

I just found this challenge & I'm quite excited!

Duration: Jan 1, 2015 - ?? I will aim for a year, but we'll see!*
Level: Royalty - Queen (will be doing ALL the challenges!)
*Although most are blank right now, I will be adding in the books as I go & keeping track of books to complete goals in this handy tracker!*
22/199

House Arryn
Motto: (view spoiler)[
A
S

H
I
G
H

A
S

H
O
N
O
R
(hide spoiler)]
Blue Cover:
Military/Do the Right Thing/Heights:
Falcon/Bird of Prey:

House Baratheon
Motto: (view spoiler)[
O
U
R
S

I
S

T
H
E

F
U
R
Y
(hide spoiler)]
Gold/Yellow Cover:
Angry Protagonist/War/Fighting Against Injustice:
Stag/Deer/King:

House Greyjoy
Motto: (view spoiler)[
W
E

D
O

N
O
T

S
O
W
(hide spoiler)]
Black cover:
Pirates/Ships/Sea:
Kraken/Mythical Creature:

House Lannister
Motto: (view spoiler)[
H
E
A
R

M
E

R
O
A
R
(hide spoiler)]
Red Cover:
Siblings/Father&Son relationship/Someone in Debt:
Lion/Big Cat/Set in Circus:

House Martell
Motto: (view spoiler)[
U
N
B
O
W
E
D

U
N
B
E
N
T

U
N
B
R
O
K
E
N
(hide spoiler)]
Orange cover:
Hardships/Impossible odds/Dystopian: Wonder
Set in space/Stars/Use a weapon: Serenity: Those Left Behind

House of Mormont
Motto: (view spoiler)[
H
E
R
E

W
E

S
T
A
N
D
(hide spoiler)]
Green & Black cover:
Bear on cover/deals with zoo:
Unrequited love/loyal hero/heroine:

House Stark
Motto: (view spoiler)[
W
I
N
T
E
R

I
S

C
O
M
I
N
G
(hide spoiler)]
Grey/white cover:
Set in winter/involves snow/character has unusual pet:
Wolves/werewolves:

House Targaryen
Motto: (view spoiler)[
F
I
R
E

A
N
D

B
L
O
O
D
(hide spoiler)]
Red & Black cover:
Exiled character/queen/fire or blood is significant: Shadow and Bone
Dragon/creature or person who is last of their kind or very rare: Eona: The Last Dragoneye

House Tully
Motto: (view spoiler)[
F
A
M The Walking Dead, Vol. 02: Miles Behind Us
I
L
Y

D
U
T
Y

H
O
N
O
R
(hide spoiler)]
2 of the following on cover: Red/blue/silver:
Family/take responsibility: Caressed by Moonlight
Fish/fishing/primarily near water:

House Tyrell
Motto: (view spoiler)[
G
R
O
W
I
N
G

S
T
R
O
N
G: The Great Divide
(hide spoiler)]
Green cover:
Character comes of age/shows significant growth: Let Down Your Hair
Trees/flowers/plants are significant:

House Karstark
Motto: (view spoiler)[
T
H
E

S
U
N

O: One Night of Sin
F

W: Well, This is Awkward
I: The Iron Trial
N: Kneeknock Rise Author - Natalie Babbitt
T: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
E
R
(hide spoiler)]
Black & white cover:
Character held captive:
Changes name/has a nickname:

House Bolton
Motto: (view spoiler)[
O: The One You Didn't Choose
U
R

B
L
A
D
E
S: Impetuous: Mattie's Story Character: Sam Jackson Brand

A
R
E

S: Sapphire Blue
H: Hashtag Love
A: And Then It Happened: Book One
R: Illusion Series: The Remedy Files
P: The Picture of Dorian Gray
(hide spoiler)]
Pink/red cover:
Someone fights with blade/knife/sword: Throne of Glass
Someone has a secret/secret is revealed: Belladonna

[Reading Rediscovered]

Duration: Jan 1, 2015 - ?? I will aim for a year, but we'll see!*
Level: Royalty - Queen (will be doing ALL the challenges!)
*Although most are blank right now, I will be adding in the books as I go & keeping track of books to complete goals in this handy tracker!*
32/199

House Arryn
Motto: (view spoiler)[
A
S

H
I
G
H

A
S

H
O
N
O
R
(hide spoiler)]
Blue Cover:
Military/Do the Right Thing/Heights:
Falcon/Bird of Prey:

House Baratheon
Motto: (view spoiler)[
O
U
R
S

I
S

T
H
E

F
U
R
Y
(hide spoiler)]
Gold/Yellow Cover:
Angry Protagonist/War/Fighting Against Injustice: Legend
Stag/Deer/King:

House Greyjoy
Motto: (view spoiler)[
W
E

D
O

N
O
T

S
O
W
(hide spoiler)]
Black cover:
Pirates/Ships/Sea:
Kraken/Mythical Creature: Vampire in Denial

House Lannister
Motto: (view spoiler)[
H
E
A
R

M
E

R
O
A
R
(hide spoiler)]
Red Cover:
Siblings/Father&Son relationship/Someone in Debt:
Lion/Big Cat/Set in Circus:

House Martell
Motto: (view spoiler)[
U
N
B
O
W
E
D

U
N
B
E
N
T

U
N
B
R
O
K
E
N
(hide spoiler)]
Orange cover:
Hardships/Impossible odds/Dystopian: Wonder
Set in space/Stars/Use a weapon: Serenity: Those Left Behind

House of Mormont
Motto: (view spoiler)[
H
E
R
E

W
E

S
T
A
N
D
(hide spoiler)]
Green & Black cover:
Bear on cover/deals with zoo:
Unrequited love/loyal hero/heroine: Fairest

House Stark
Motto: (view spoiler)[
W
I
N
T
E
R

I
S

C: Starling Character: Cass
O
M
I
N
G
(hide spoiler)]
Grey/white cover:
Set in winter/involves snow/character has unusual pet:
Wolves/werewolves:

House Targaryen
Motto: (view spoiler)[
F
I
R
E

A
N
D

B
L
O
O
D
(hide spoiler)]
Red & Black cover:
Exiled character/queen/fire or blood is significant: Shadow and Bone
Dragon/creature or person who is last of their kind or very rare: Eona: The Last Dragoneye

House Tully
Motto: (view spoiler)[
F
A
M The Walking Dead, Vol. 02: Miles Behind Us
I
L
Y

D
U
T
Y

H
O
N
O
R
(hide spoiler)]
2 of the following on cover: Red/blue/silver:
Family/take responsibility: Caressed by Moonlight
Fish/fishing/primarily near water:

House Tyrell
Motto: (view spoiler)[
G
R
O
W
I
N
G

S
T
R
O: One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
N
G: The Great Divide
(hide spoiler)]
Green cover:
Character comes of age/shows significant growth: Let Down Your Hair
Trees/flowers/plants are significant:

House Karstark
Motto: (view spoiler)[
T
H
E

S
U
N

O: One Night of Sin
F

W: Well, This is Awkward
I: The Iron Trial
N: Kneeknock Rise Author - Natalie Babbitt
T: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
E
R
(hide spoiler)]
Black & white cover:
Character held captive: Emerald Green
Changes name/has a nickname:

House Bolton
Motto: (view spoiler)[
O: The One You Didn't Choose
U
R

B: Bristly Hair and I Don't Care
L: Lost & Found
A: The Arrival
D
E
S: Impetuous: Mattie's Story Character: Sam Jackson Brand

A: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
R: Rules
E: Wartime Princess Character: Elizabeth Windsor

S: Sapphire Blue
H: Hashtag Love
A: And Then It Happened: Book One
R: Illusion Series: The Remedy Files
P: The Picture of Dorian Gray
(hide spoiler)]
Pink/red cover:
Someone fights with blade/knife/sword: Throne of Glass
Someone has a secret/secret is revealed: Belladonna

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Holli, Laís, Stacey & Jessica ☺

[RachelvlehcaR]

Game of Thrones - House Mottoes (Spell Out)
Duration: You set the pace.
Royalty: King/Queen - read 25+ books

Options 1, 2, and 3 are here: Message 236

◆ House Arryn:
Sigil: The moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky blue field.
Motto: “As High As Honor”

A: Bared to You by Sylvia Day Char: Anne Lucas 3/21/15
S: The Birr Elixir by Jo Sparkes 3/11/15

H: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 3/21/15
I: Irish Blood by Brendan Sean Sullivan 3/11/15
G: The Golem by Gustav Meyrink 3/21/15
H: DarkShip Thieves by Sarah A. Hoyt 3/22/15

A: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Char: Amy Elliott 3/21/15
S: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 3/21/15

H: The Family Dictionary by Lisa S. Walker Char: Brad Hamilton 3/22/15
O: Othello by William Shakespeare 3/21/15
N:
O: Orlando by Virginia Woolf 3/24/15
R: Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach 3/21/15

◆ House Baratheon:
Sigil: A crowned stag, black, on a golden field.
Motto: “Ours is the Fury”

O:
U:
R: Reckoning by A.M. Evanston 3/22/15
S:

I:
S:

F: Freak by Ron Sanders 3/24/15
U:
R:
Y:

◆ House Greyjoy:
Sigil: A golden kraken upon a black field.
Motto: “We Do Not Sow”

W: John Dies at the End by David Wong 3/21/15
E:

D: Beat to a Pulp: Superhero by David Cranmer 3/21/15
O:

N:
O:
T:

S:
O:
W:

◆ House Lannister:
Sigil: A Golden lion upon a crimson field.
Official Motto: “Hear Me Roar!”
Unofficial Motto: “A Lannister pays his debts.”

H:
E:
A:
R:

M:
E:

R:
O:
A:
R:

◆ House Martell:
Sigil: A sun pierced by a golden spear.
Motto: “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”

U:
N:
B:
O:
W:
E:
D:

U:
N:
B:
E:
N:
T:

U:
N:
B:
R:
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E:
N:

◆ House of Mormont:
Sigil: Bear.
Motto: “Here We Stand”

H:
E:
R:
E:

W:
E:

S:
T:
A:
N:
D:

[RachelvlehcaR]

◆ House Stark:
Sigil: A grey direwolf on an ice-white field.
Motto: “Winter is Coming”

W:
I:
N:
T:
E:
R:

I:
S:

C:
O:
M:
I:
N:
G:

◆ House Targaryen:
Sigil: A three-headed dragon, red on black.
Motto: “Fire and Blood”

F:
I:
R:
E:

A:
N:
D:

B:
L:
O:
O:
D:

◆ House Tully:
Sigil: A leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red.
Motto: “Family, Duty, Honor”

F:
A:
M:
I:
L:
Y:

D:
U:
T:
Y:

H:
O:
N:
O:
R:

◆ House Tyrell:
Sigil: A golden rose on a grass-green field.
Motto: “Growing Strong”

G:
R:
O:
W:
I:
N:
G:

S:
T:
R:
O:
N:
G:

◆ House Karstark:
Sigil: A white sunburst on black.
Motto: “The Sun of Winter”

T:
H:
E:

S:
U:
N:

O:
F:

W:
I:
N:
T:
E:
R:

◆ House Bolton:
Sigil: A red flayed man, hanging upside-down on a white X-shaped cross, on a black background.
Motto: “Our Blades Are Sharp”

O:
U:
R:

B:
L:
A:
D:
E:
S:

A:
R:
E:

S:
H:
A:
R:
P:

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge Rachel :)

[Rebecca]

Woohoo finished!! That bear on the cover took me forever to find.

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