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I'm in for Spell It Out!Start Date 7/1/14
End Date 6/30/15
17/33
Earthy
Alana (MC)-Blind Attraction
Riley (MC)-A Table for Three
Three to Ride
Herb (MC)-Why I Love Geeks
York, Sara (author)-Selling It
Wood
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Bark
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Wet Wood
Only You
Daniel (MC)-Caught
Fresh Cut Wood
Fierce Heat
Draco (MC)-Storming Hell's Gate
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Life's a Box of Chocolates Reading ChallengeDuration: 2nd February 2014 - 1st February 2015
Level: Spell-it-out
75/75
Carmel
Dulce de Leche Done
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Caramelized Sugar
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Earthy / Wood
Bark Done
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Wet Wood Done
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Fresh Cut Wood Done
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COMPLETED
Mod
NBRC: Life's a Box of Chocolates, R2Date: 08/01/14 - 07/31/15
Level: Solid Chocolate, 16+ Books
94/94 Completed
Secondary Categories
1. ►SOUR
✔1. S = Safe Haven|Nicholas Sparks|08.01.14|★★★★
✔2. O = Orphan Train|Christina Baker Kline|08.12.14|★★★★★
✔3. U = Unsound|Toby Neal|08.25.14|★★★★★
✔4. R = Remember Me?|Sophie Kinsella|08.11.14|★★★★
2. ►DRIED
✔5. D = Deep Freeze|Lisa Jackson|08.03.14|★★★
✔6. R = Robyn Carr|Shelter Mountain|09.23.14|★★★★
✔7. I = Into the Fire|Dakota Meyer|08.21.14|★★★★
✔8. E = Emily Giffin|Something Blue|09.02.14|★★★
✔9. D = David Nevin|1812|08.28.14|★★★
3. ►RIPE
✔10. R = Ronald H. Balson|Once We Were Brothers|10.18.14|★★★★
✔11. I = I Remember Nothing and other reflections|Nora Ephron|08.22.14|★★★
✔12. P = Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, #5)|James Patterson|09.21.14|★★★
✔13. E = Elly Griffiths|The Janus Stone|09.03.14|★★★★
4. ►UNRIPE
✔14. U = Undaunted Courage|Stephen E. Ambrose|09.07.14|★★★
✔15. N = The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency|Alexander McCall Smith|08.02.14|★★
✔16. R = Robert Ludlum|The Bourne Identity|10.21.14|★★★
✔17. I = Irish Thoroughbred|Nora Roberts|08.23.14|★★★★
✔18. P = Pearlman, Jeff|Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton|10.28.14|★★★★
✔19. E = Elizabeth Hoyt|Scandalous Desires|09.19.14|★★★
5. ►VEGETABLE
✔20. V = Vision in White|Nora Roberts|08.27.14|★★★★
✔21. E = Every Breath You Take|Ann Rule|10.15.14|★★★★
✔22. G = Gail Carriger|Changeless|09.14.14|★★★★
✔23. E = Espresso Shot|Cleo Coyle|10.17.14|★★★★
✔24. T = To Kill a Mockingbird|Harper Lee|08.06.14|★★★★
✔25. A = Ally Condie|Crossed|08.17.17|★★★
✔26. B = The Boys in the Boat|Daniel James Brown|08.05.14|★★★★★
✔27. L = The Little Friend|Donna Tartt|08.04.14|★★
✔28. E = Ender's Game|Orson Scott Card|10.24.14|★★★★
6. ►SPICY
✔29. S = A Superior Death|Nevada Barr|08.06.14|★★★★
✔30. P = Patricia McCormick|Sold|08.21.14|★★★★
✔31. I = If Books Could Kill|Kate Carlisle|09.04.14|★★★
✔32. C = Catch of the Day|Kristan Higgins|08.15.14|★★★★
✔33. Y = Yarros, Rebecca|Full Measures|08.14.14|★★★★
7. ►ROASTED NUT
✔34. R = Ripper|Isabel Allende|10.31.14|★★★
✔35. O = Owens, Sharon|The Ballroom On Magnolia Street|08.13.14|★★
✔36. A = After the Kiss|Suzanne Enoch|09.06.14|★★
✔37. S = Sarah's Key|Tatiana de Rosnay|10.30.14|★★★★
✔38. T = Tessa Harris|The Dead Shall Not Rest|10.14.14|★★★
✔39. E = Elizabeth Adler|Last to Know| 11.04.14|★★★
✔40. D = Down London Road|Samantha Young|11.02.14|★★★★
✔41. N = No Escape|Shannon K. Butcher|08.09.14|★★★
✔42. U = Unger, Lisa|Black Out|09.26.14|★★★
✔43. T = Trouble in Texas|Katie Lane|08.07.14|★★★★
8. ►ASH
✔44. A = Aussie Rules|Jill Shalvis|10.20.14|★★★★
✔45. S = Snow Flower and the Secret Fan|Lisa See|08.25.14|★★★★
✔46. H = Home Front|Kristin Hannah|08.22.14|★★★★
9. ►BURNT
✔47. B = Bridget Jones's Diary|Helen Fielding|08.17.14|★★★
✔48. U = The Ugly Duchess|Eloisa James|10.29.14|★★
✔49. R = Rescue My Heart|Jill Shalvis|11.07.14|★★★
✔50. N = Nesbø, Jo|The Bat|09.22.14|★★★★
✔51. T = Tatiana de Rosnay|Sarah's Key|10.30.14|★★★★
10. ►DIRTY/MUSTY
✔52. D = Debbie Macomber|44 Cranberry Point||11.03.14|★★★
✔53. I = In the Dark|Marliss Melton|09.13.14|★★★★
✔54. R = The Romanov Sisters|Helen Rappaport|11.19.14|★★★★
✔55. T = That Summer|Sarah Dessen |12.19.14|★★
✔56. Y = You've Been Warned|James Patterson|10.09.14|★★★
✔57. M = Matched|Ally Condie|08.08.14|★★★★
✔58. U = Unger, Lisa|Fragile|11.28.14|★★★
✔59. S = Summer of Two Wishes|Julia London|09.07.14|★★★★
✔60. T = Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen|Jimmy McDonough |12.27.14|★★★
✔61. Y = Yesterday and Forever|Sandra Marton|11.04.14|★
11. ►MINERAL
✔62. M = Memoirs of a Geisha|Arthur Golden|09.29.14|★★★★
✔63. I = Iles, Greg|24 Hours|10.11.14|★★★
✔64. N = Nicholas Sparks|At First Sight|10.28.14|★★★★
✔65. E = Emma|Jane Austen|11.08.14|★★★★★
✔66. R = Robin Kaye|Too Hot to Handle| 11.08.14|★
✔67. A = Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death|M.C. Beaton|09.18.14|★★★★
✔68. L = The Long Quiche Goodbye|Avery Aames|08.08.14|★★★
12. ►WOOD
✔69. W = Whiskey Beach|Nora Roberts| 11.13.14|★★★
✔70. O = Orwell, George|Nineteen Eighty-Four|08.16.14|★★★
✔71. O = One Day at a Time|Danielle Steel|08.18.14|★★
✔72. D = Dan Brown|Angels & Demons||11.10.14|★★★★
13. ►FRESH
✔73. F = Fade Away|Harlan Coben|08.18.14|★★★★
✔74. R = Rose, Karen|Don't Tell|11.10.14|★★★
✔75. E = E. Lockhart|The Boyfriend List|11.20.14|★★★★
✔76. S = Suzanne Collins|The Hunger Games|09.19.14| ★★★
✔77. H = Her Montana Cowboy|Valerie Hansen|08.26.14|★★★
14. ►RIPENED/FERMENTED
✔78. R = Robert Hilburn|Johnny Cash: The Life|11.15.14|★★★★
✔79. I = Iles, Greg|Dead Sleep|11.17.14|★★★★
✔80. P = Paullina Simons|The Bronze Horseman |12.06.14|★★★★★
✔81. E = Elizabeth Peters| The Curse of the Pharaohs|11.22.14|★★★
✔82. N = A Night Like This|Julia Quinn|11.09.14|★★★★
✔83. E = Evanovich, Janet|Metro Girl|12.21.14|★★
✔84. D = Diana Gabaldon| Outlander |11.25.14|★★★★
✔85. F = Flirting with Texas|Katie Lane|09.09.14||★★★
✔86. E = Elly Griffiths|The House at Sea's End |01.17.15|♥♥♥
✔87. R = Rumor Has It|Jill Shalvis| 11.21.14|★★★
✔88. M = Max Brooks|World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War|10.16.14|★★★
✔89. E = Echo Burning|Lee Child|01.30.15|♥♥♥
✔90. N = Nora Roberts|Chasing Fire| 11.06.14|★★★★
✔91. T = Too Hot to Hold|Stephanie Tyler |01.03.15|♥♥♥♥
✔92. E = Evanovich, Janet|Takedown Twenty|02.02.15|♥♥♥♥
✔93. D = Debbie Macomber|50 Harbor Street |11.27.14|★★★
☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀CHALLENGE COMPLETED 02/02/15☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀
Mod
Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges (All the Mods) wrote: "I always crave chocolate when I see this challenge."Me too!
I keep a "stash" in my office drawer...bottom drawer of my two-drawer filing cabinet, way in the back :)
Finished!NBRC: LIFE'S A BOX OF CHOCOLATES
DATE: 02/01/14 - 01/31/15
SOLID CHOCOLATE LEVEL: SPELL-OUT
Primary Categories:
Alcohol
A The Alehouse Murders by Maureen Ash - 2/2/14
L The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury - 2/5/14
C Keep Me Ghosted by Karen Cantwell - 4/13/14
O Advent of Dying by Carol Anne O'Marie - 3/21/14
H A Potion to Die For by Heather Blake - 3/4/14
O One O'Clock Jump by Lise McClendon - 4/22/14
L Long Hot Summoning by Tanya Huff - 2/8/14
Sweet
S Let Them Eat Stake by Sarah Zettel - 3/8/14
W Dragons of the Highlord Skies by Margaret Weis - 2/16/14
E Elvis And The Memphis Mambo Murders by Peggy Webb - 2/10/14
E The Last Word by Ellery Adams - 2/14/14
T Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell - 2/13/14
Acidic
A The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry - 2/28/14
C Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly - 3/16/14
I The Icebound Land by John Flanagan - 2/24/14
D Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry - 5/21/14
I It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake - 4/10/14
C The Chardonnay Charade by Ellen Crosby - 3/22/14
Fruit
F Unfallen Dead by Mark Del Franco - 5/7/14
R Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull - 3/24/14
U Crime Upon Crime by Michael Underwood - 4/25/14
I The Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson - 5/16/14
T Reservations for Murder by Tim Myers - 4/19/14
Floral
F Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke - 5/15/14
L A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle - 2/17/14
O Outfoxed by Rita Mae Brown - 7/3/14
R Coming Clean in Lerpe by R. Jimon - 3/25/14
A Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie - 3/19/14
L Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld - 3/26/14
Vegetable
V What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie - 3/1/14
E Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - 3/9/14
G The Horse You Came In On by Martha Grimes - 3/13/14
E Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters - 3/18/14
T Homemade Sin by Kathy Hogan Trocheck - 4/30/14
A The Case of the Late Pig by Margery Allingham - 3/27/14
B The Body in the Vestibule by Katherine Hall Page - 3/20/14
L Unscrewed by Lois Greiman - 4/1/14
E East of Peculiar by Suzann Ledbetter - 4/12/14
Earthy
E Written in Stone by Ellery Adams - 4/23/14
A The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie - 3/27/14
R Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow by James Rollins - 4/4/14
T Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. LaFevers - 5/30/14
H A Hoe Lot of Trouble by Heather Webber - 3/29/14
Y The Pictish Child by Jane Yolen - 2/4/14
Dairy
D Death of a Charming Man by M.C. Beaton - 3/20/14
A Murder on Ice by Alina Adams - 3/28/14
I Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews - 6/23/14
R Miss Julia Throws a Wedding by Ann B. Ross - 4/5/14
Y The Bagpiper's Ghost by Jane Yolen - 3/29/14
Carmel
C Damsel in Distress by Carola Dunn - 4/7/14
A Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie - 4/16/14
R The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan - 4/19/14
M Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 2/22/14
E The Portrait of Doreene Gray by Esri Allbritten - 5/11/14
L Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/15/14
Other
O Odysseus in the Serpent Maze by Jane Yolen - 8/14/14
T Moonshine by Rob Thurman - 6/8/14
H Merry, Merry Ghost by Carolyn Hart - 2/3/14
E Deadly Magic by Elisabeth Crabtree - 3/19/14
R Rebel Angels by Libba Bray - 5/2/14
I'm going to do another round - Secondary Categories this time.NBRC: LIFE'S A BOX OF CHOCOLATES
DATE: 10/04/14 - 10/3/15
SOLID CHOCOLATE LEVEL: SPELL-OUT
Secondary Categories:
Sour
S
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U
R
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Ripe
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Unripe
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Spicy
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Ash
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Life is like a box of chocolate challengeSpell it out: title, author or character
2/1/14 - 1/31/15
Solid chocolate 16+ books
Read: 71
Alaska Wild Berry 15/15(view spoiler)
Hershey 6/6(view spoiler)
Lindt & Sprüngli AG 15/15(view spoiler)
Seattle Chocolates 17/17(view spoiler)
Ghirardelli 11/11(view spoiler)
Cadbury 7/7(view spoiler)
Welcome back Jackie and welcome to the challenge Tina!Don't know why but suddenly I want to eat chocolate. *sigh*
Not sure how I missed this one but I couldn't resist joining.Duration: October 15, 2014 - October 14, 2015
LEVEL: SOLID CHOCOLATE, 16+ books
READ: 109/109
Vegetable: Spicy: Cinnamon:
V: The Vampire With the Dragon Tattoo - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/18
E: Hidden - Kendra Elliot 10/23
G: The Ghost and Mrs. McClure - Alice Kimberly 10/29
E: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues - Diana Rowland 11/24
T: Thunder Moon - Lori Handeland 12/15
A: The Alexandria Link - Steve Berry 10/25
B: Bizarre Life of Sydney Sedrick - Mandi Casey 10/19
L: A Lot Like Love - Julie James 11/15
E: The Exiled Queen - Cinda Williams Chima 11/28
S: Dream a Little Dream - Susan Elizabeth Phillips 11/22
P: A River in the Sky - Elizabeth Peters 11/23
I: Live to See Tomorrow - Iris Johansen 12/4
C: The City and the City - China Miéville 11/21
Y: The Monstrumologist - Rick Yancey 1/8
C: Should've Known Better - Cassandra Carr 11/29
I: If There Be Dragons - Kay Hooper 12/18
N: North of Need - Laura Kaye 10/24
N: The Butterfly Farm - Diane Noble 11/25
A: Just In Time - Addison Fox 12/8
M: The Ranger - Monica McCarty 11/30
O: Oceanborne - Katherine Irons 10/22
N: Nightbred - Lynn Viehl 12/2
Caramel: Dulce de Leche
C: Cross My Heart - James Patterson 12/19
A: Carnal Sin - Allison Brennan 12/11
R: The Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly 10/21
A: Always Dakota - Debbie Macomber 12/24
M: The Host - Stephanie Meyer 11/30
E: Street of the Five Moons - Elizabeth Peters 12/12
L: Big Sky Country - Linda Lael Miller 11/23
D: The Darkest Facts - Gena Showalter 11/24
U: Uncorked - Lois Greiman 12/5
L: Lost - Gary Devon 11/15
C: Blue Dragon - Kylie Chan 11/19
E: Ember's Kiss - Deborah Cooke 12/12
D: The Highlander's Forbidden Bride - Donna Fletcher 10/19
E: The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths 12/13
L: Love Is All You Need - Lori Devoti 12/22
E: The Duke Is Mine - Eloisa James 12/26
C: The Dragon Legion Collection - Deborah Cooke 12/29
H: Hungry Like a Wolf - Christine Warren 12/17
E: Chilled - Kendra Elliot 1/21
Sweet: Vanilla Cake
S: Still Waters - Tami Hoag 12/23
W: Whisper To The Blood - Dana Stabenow 10/15
E: Ritual Magic - Eileen Wilks 3/11
E: Buried - Kendra Elliot 3/17
T: Devil Without a Cause - Terri Garey 12/14
V: Nightbound - Lynn Viehl 12/6
A: Baby, I'm Yours - Susan Andersen 12/20
N: Biting Bad - Chloe Neill 12/5
I: Clean Sweep - Ilona Andrews 1/6
L: Love You More - Lisa Gardner 12/24
L: Lie With Me - Stephanie Tyler 12/27
A: Archer's Voice - Mia Sheridan 1/6
C: Bombshell - Catherine Coulter 1/16
A: Moloka'i - Alan Brennert 1/18
K: Dark Skye - Kresley Cole 2/10
E: Endsinger - Jay Kristoff 3/18
Alaska Wild Berry
A: Light My Fire - G.A. Aiken 1/5
L: A Trouble of Fools - Linda Barnes 12/26
A: Captured by the Pirate Laird - Amy Jarecki 2/25
S: Though Not Dead - Dana Stabenow 12/31
K: 77 Shadow Street - Dean Koontz 1/9
A: Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter 3/3
W: What Angels Fear - C.S. Harris 10/15
I: Magic Breaks - Ilona Andrews 1/15
L: Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch 1/11
D: Daddy's Girl - Lisa Scottoline 10/16
B: The Book of Life - Deborah Harkness 10/28
E: Echo - J.K. Accinni 5/5
R: Rescue My Heart - Jill Shalvis 11/30
R: Rumor Has It - Jill Shalvis 12/14
Y: [Yuki,char]Unlucky 13 - James Patterson 5/17
Chocolatier Australia
C: Optical Delusions in Deadwood - Ann Charles 1/1
H: The Hawk - Monica McCarty 10/26
O: Crazy Thing Called Love - Molly O'Keefe 11/26
C: A Bone to Pick - Charlaine Harris 1/11
O: One Heart to Win - Johanna Lindsey 12/16
L: The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llywelyn 1/4
A: A Tale Of Two Dragons - G.A. Aiken 2/2
T: Trick of the Light - Rob Thurman 12/21
I: If You Give a Rake a Ruby - Shana Galen 2/22
E: The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths 5/10
R: Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs 12/31
A: Dead Case in Deadwood - Ann Charles 2/8
U: Up to Me - M. Leighton 3/12
S: Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 1/19
T: Taken by the Cowboy - Julianne MacLean 12/28
R: Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs 1/21
A: Absolution - Susannah Sandlin 2/5
L: Lucky Stiff - Deborah Coonts 2/16
I: Revenant - Larissa Ione 3/14
A: Archangel's Consort - Nalini Singh 2/17
Guylian
G: Finders-Seekers - Gayle Greeno 10/17
U: Unmade - Sarah Rees Brennan 3/25
Y: You Can't Hide - Karen Rose 2/7
L: Maiden Rock - Mary Logue 12/28
I: If He's Sinful - Hannah Howell 3/20
A: Antiques Flee Market - Barbara Allan 2/4
N: A Night Too Dark - Dana Stabenow 12/9
Perugina
P: Playing to Win - Jaci Burton 3/4
E: Shadowglass - Erica Hayes 5/18
R: Restless In The Grave - Dana Stabenow 1/28
U: [Madeline Usher, char]The Fall - Bethany Griffin 5/10
G: Flirting with Forever - Gwyn Cready 12/13
I: If He's Wild - Hannah Howell 3/31
N: Wild Things - Chloe Neill 12/31
A: Shaedes of Gray - Amanda Bonilla 2/8
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Reading Challenges > Life's a Box of Chocolates Reading Challenge 02/01/14 - 01/31/15
67/67
Alcohol
A - All He Ever Desired (Kowalski Family #5) by Shannon Stacey 02/10/14
L - Lisa Marie Rice - Into the Crossfire (Protectors #1) 02/14/14
C - Carnal Secrets (The Phoenix Pack #3) by Suzanne Wright 03/13/14
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Quest (Celta's Heartmates #5) 02/08/14
H - Thea Harrison - Serpent's Kiss (Elder Races #3) 02/23/14
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Fate (Celta's Heartmates #7) 06/18/14
L - Lora Leigh - Rule Breaker (Breeds #29) 03/10/14
Sherry
S - The Sweetest Thing (Lucky Harbor #2) by Jill Shalvis 02/04/14
H - Haunting Blackie (Cyborg Seduction #8) by Laurann Dohner 03/03/14
E - Cynthia Eden - Deadly Heat (Deadly #2) 02/01/14
R - Rock Chick Revolution (Rock Chick #8) by Kristen Ashley 02/03/14
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Forgotten Sins (Sin Brothers #1) 02/17/14
Y - Yvette's Haven (Scanguards Vampires #4) by Tina Folsom 03/11/14
Sweet
S - Sweet Revenge (Sin Brothers #2) by Rebecca Zanetti 02/19/14
W - Whispering Rock (Virgin River #3) by Robyn Carr 04/27/14
E - Eternal Beast (Mark of the Vampire #4) by Laura Wright 02/20/14
E - Eve Langlais - Lion and the Falcon (Furry United Coalition #4) 04/16/14
T - Tessa Bailey - Staking His Claim (Line of Duty #5) 06/16/14
Vanilla Cake
V - Virgin River (Virgin River #1) by Robyn Carr 03/05/14
A - Alien Rule (Clans of Kalquor #2) by Tracy St. John 02/07/14
N - Not Another Bad Date (Writer Friends #4) by Rachel Gibson 02/24/14
I - It Had to Be You (Lucky Harbor #7) by Jill Shalvis 06/20/14
L - Shelly Laurenston - Bite Me (Pride #9) 04/29/14
L - Lucky in Love (Lucky Harbor #4) by Jill Shalvis 05/09/14
A - G.A. Aiken - A Tale Of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin 0.2) 03/02/14
C - Sydney Croft - Riding the Storm (ACRO #1) 02/21/14
A - Alexandra Ivy - Raphael/Parish (Bayou Heat #1-2) 03/06/14
K - Sherrilyn Kenyon - Born of Fire (The League #2) 02/06/14
E - Everneath (Everneath #1) by Brodi Ashton 02/16/14
Orange
O - One Little Sin (MacLachlan Family & Friends #2) by Liz Carlyle 06/30/14
R - R.C. Ryan - Josh (Wyoming Sky #2) 02/25/14
A - Aline Hunter - Vampire Mine (Alpha and Omega #3) 03/12/14
N - Navy Wife (Navy Series #1) by Debbie Macomber 03/07/14
G - Julie Garwood - The Prize 02/09/14
E - Eve Langlais - Doe and the Wolf (Furry United Coalition #5) 04/22/14
Cinnamon
C - A Certain Wolfish Charm (Westfield Wolves #1) by Lydia Dare 07/27/14
I - Alexandra Ivy - Talon/Xavier (Bayou Heat #5-6) 03/08/14
N - Natalie Anderson - The Right Mr. Wrong 03/14/14
N - Elisabeth Naughton - Bound(Eternal Guardians #6) 03/14/14
A - Alexandra Ivy - Born in Blood (The Sentinels #1) 03/15/14
M - Dana Marie Bell - Bear Naked (Halle Shifters #3) 04/06/14
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Change (Celta's Heartmates #8) 08/17/14
N - Nalini Singh - Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter #6) 03/16/14
Mint
M - Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (Two Dukes of Wyndham #2) by Julia Quinn 02/05/14
I - Alexandra Ivy - Bayon/Jean-Baptiste (Bayou Heat #3-4) 03/08/14
N - Nikki Logan - Shipwrecked with Mr. Wrong 02/28/14
T - Trying to Score (Assassins #2) by Toni Aleo 03/09/14
Almond
A - All He Ever Dreamed (Kowalski Family #6) by Shannon Stacey 06/13/14
L - Lord of the Vampires (Royal House of Shadows #1) by Gena Showalter 06/10/14
M - Molly Harper - How to Run with a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf #3) 05/05/14
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Search (Celta's Heartmates #10) 08/18/14
N - Nalini Singh - Lord of the Abyss (Royal House of Shadows #4) 07/26/14
D - Dark Skye (Immortals After Dark #14) by Kresley Cole 09/16/14
Chocolate & Love
C - Robyn Carr - A Virgin River Christmas (Virgin River #4) 06/24/14
H - Yvette Hines - Bear's Gold (Erotic Shifter Fairy Tales #1) 03/04/14
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Journey (Celta's Heartmates #9) 08/26/14
C - Robyn Carr - Shelter Mountain (Virgin River #2) 04/24/14
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Secret (Celta's Heartmates #11) 10/15/14
L - Larissa Ione - Rogue Rider (Lords of Deliverance #4) 06/21/14
A - Ilona Andrews - Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels #5.5) 06/19/14
T - Three Wishes by Kristen Ashley 06/15/14
E - Empty Net (Assassins #3) by Toni Aleo 05/29/14
L - Lord of Rage (Royal House of Shadows #2) by Jill Monroe 06/26/14
O - Robin D. Owens - Heart Dance (Celta's Heartmates #6) 10/26/14
V - Veronica Roth - Insurgent (Divergent #2) 02/27/14
E - Cynthia Eden - Deadly Lies (Deadly #3) 05/06/14
Barbara ★ wrote: "Not sure how I missed this one but I couldn't resist joining."Welcome to the challenge! ☺
I know. Every update from this thread is getting me closer. Just not sure is it to start the challenge or chocolate. Or both :P
Life's a Box of Chocolates ChallengeDecember 17, 2014 - December 17, 2015
Solid Chocolate
0/50
CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURERS
(aka my favorite Belgian chocolate makers)
C: The Color Purple
A: Atonement
L: Living Dangerously
L: The Love of Her Life
E: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
B: Bet Me
A: At Swim, Two Boys
U: The Unpredictable Consequences of Love
T: Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
C: Crossroads
O: Out of Nowhere
T:
E:
D: Deep
O:
R: Return to Me
Galler
Godiva
Guylian
Leonidas
Neuhaus
All done!LIFE'S A BOX OF CHOCOLATES - Part 1
Timeframe: 2/1/14 to 1/31/15
116/116
18/18 Words
SWEET: HONEY, VANILLA CAKE, DARK MOLASSES, AGAVE
Sweet (5/5)
S - Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 2/20/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls by Karl Friedrich - 3/29/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - St. Bart's by Emme Cross - 2/9/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray - 2/24/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn - 3/24/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Honey (5/5)
H - The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir by Patricia Harman - 2/6/14 ♥♥♥
O - An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn - 2/17/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 3/11/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Full House by Janet Evanovich - 3/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim - 4/12/14 ♥♥♥♥
Vanilla Cake (11/11)
V - A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair - 2/28/14 ♥♥♥
A - Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews - 2/11/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Sneakers, Sandals & Stilettoes: Fairy Tales for the Well-Heeled Princess by Natasha Deen - 2/26/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake - 2/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
L - Just One Night by Lauren Layne - 2/21/14 ♥♥♥♥
L - Saddled and Spurred by Lorelei James - 3/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - The One-Week Job Project: One Man, One Year, 52 Jobs by Sean Aiken - 3/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
C - Carpe DiEmily by Riley J. Ford - 3/9/14 ♥♥
A - Against the Cage by Sidney Halston - 4/27/14 ♥♥♥♥
K - Cowboy in My Pocket by Kate Douglas - 3/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Enforcer by Nikki Worrell - 3/22/14 ♥♥♥
Dark Molasses (12/12)
D - Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 3/30/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares - 5/2/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rock It by Jennifer Chance - 2/23/14 ♥♥♥♥
K - Expose Me by Kate Hewitt - 5/27/14 ♥♥♥♥
M - Melting the Ice by Jaci Burton - 3/18/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - The Missing Ink by Karen E. Olson - 4/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
L - Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 4/16/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali - 5/7/14 ♥♥♥
S - Shameless by Cheryl Douglas - 3/20/14 ♥♥♥
S - Candy Apple Dead by Sammi Carter - 3/29/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Let There Be Suspects by Emilie Richards - 4/18/14 ♥♥♥♥
S - Something About You by Julie James - 3/31/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Agave (5/5)
A - Then and Always by Dani Atkins - 5/23/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Beach House by Jane Green - 4/20/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Arranging Flowers by Lynne Branard - 6/1/14 ♥♥♥♥
V - Virgin by Radhika Sanghani - 7/23/14 ♥♥♥
E - Paris in Love by Eloisa James - 5/23/14 ♥♥♥
LIFE'S A BOX OF CHOCOLATES - Part 2Timeframe: 2/1/14 to 1/31/15
FRUIT: RIPE: CRANBERRY, GRAPE, LEMON, CHERRY SYRUP, PLUM, ORANGE
Fruit (5/5)
F - Line of Scrimmage by Marie Force - 2/15/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Raw Silk by Janet Burroway - 4/6/14 ♥♥♥
U - Under Her Skin by Susan Mallery - 4/3/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber - 5/4/14 ♥♥♥♥
T - Bossypants by Tina Fey - 4/4/14 ♥♥♥
Ripe (4/4)
R - Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn - 3/7/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe by Mary Simses - 5/21/14 ♥♥♥
P - Pride and Precipitation by Heather Horrocks - 2/11/14 ♥♥♥
E - The Wish List by Eoin Colfer - 5/10/14 ♥♥♥♥
Cranberry (9/9)
C - Cowboy with a Cause by Carla Cassidy - 6/13/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Cold Service by Robert B. Parker - 4/26/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - Daddy Morebucks by Normandie Alleman - 6/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 6/18/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Buffalo Valley by Debbie Macomber - 2/2/14 ♥♥♥
E - Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand - 5/13/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning - 5/16/14 ♥♥♥
R - Chance by Robert B. Parker - 4/13/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You...Again: Baby Blessed\Yesterday Once More by Debbie Macomber - 5/26/14 ♥♥♥
Grape (5/5)
G - Gambling with the Crown by Lynn Raye Harris - 5/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice by Michael Brandman - 6/17/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aftershock by Desiree Holt - 6/25/14 ♥♥♥
P - Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 5/16/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - The 8th Confession by James Patterson - 6/21/14 ♥♥♥♥
Lemon (5/5)
L - Wrongly Accused by Laura Scott - 4/24/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz - 5/31/14 ♥♥♥♥
M - How To Lose A Duke In Ten Days by Kate McKinley - 4/7/14 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Half by Sarah Rayner - 5/4/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - Dog Gone, Back Soon by Nick Trout - 6/6/14 ♥♥♥♥
Cherry Syrup (11/11)
C - Fake It by Jennifer Chance - 5/9/14 ♥♥♥♥
H - Heart to Heart by Lurlene McDaniel - 4/22/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich - 6/22/14 ♥♥♥
R - Taming A Sea-Horse by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Caged Wolf by S.M. Reine - 7/4/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You Can Get Arrested for That: 2 Guys, 25 Dumb Laws, 1 Absurd American Crime Spree by Rich Smith - 7/12/14 ♥♥
S - Surrender by Tawny Taylor - 6/3/14 ♥♥♥
Y The Yankee Club by Michael Murphy - 9/9/14 ♥♥♥
R - Crimson Joy by Robert B. Parker - 8/4/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unsaid by Neil Abramson - 9/28/14 ♥♥♥
P - This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 4/24/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Plum (4/4)
P - Sold by Patricia McCormick - 4/6/14 ♥♥♥
L - Beaglemania by Linda O. Johnston - 4/26/14 ♥♥
U - An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson - 6/3/14 ♥♥♥♥
M - Straight from the Hip by Susan Mallery - 5/22/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Orange (6/6)
O - Odds Against by Dick Francis - 7/8/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir by Linda Ronstadt - 7/16/14 ♥♥♥
A - The Hot Corner by Amy Noelle - 6/12/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
N The 9th Judgment by James Patterson - 7/22/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin - 5/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams - 6/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
LIFE'S A BOX OF CHOCOLATES - Part 3Timeframe: 2/1/14 to 1/31/15
CADBURY, GODIVA, LINDT, SEE'S, FERRERO
Cadbury (7/7)
C - Wallflower in Bloom by Claire Cook - 5/14/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton - 6/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Duke's Obsession by Frances Fowlkes - 5/18/14 ♥♥♥
B - Berserk: My Voyage to the Antarctic in a Twenty-Seven-Foot Sailboat by David Mercy - 3/25/14 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips - 10/25/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Bring on the Heat by Katie Rose - 8/10/14 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Murder by Yew by Suzanne Young - 12/16/14 ♥♥♥
Godiva (6/6)
G - Far Gone by Laura Griffin - 5/29/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - Hot Ticket by Olivia Cunning - 8/13/14 ♥♥♥♥
D - Deeply In You by Sharon Page - 7/3/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn - 8/9/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 11/12/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - 7/14/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Lindt (5/5)
L - Lip Service by Susan Mallery - 5/7/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson - 6/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Superior Death by Nevada Barr - 9/12/14 ♥♥♥
D - Delectable by Adrianne Lee - 8/1/14 ♥♥♥
T - Wild Ways by Tina Wainscott - 4/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
See's (4/4)
S - Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke - 4/9/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Earl's Dilemma by Emily May - 7/17/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich - 8/8/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Heat by Jamie K. Schmidt - 5/20/14 ♥♥♥♥
Ferrero (7/7) - I added this one since it's my husband's favorite.
F - Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor - 6/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Passion and Propriety by Elise de Sallier - 8/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Knock Off by Rhonda Pollero - 8/14/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Truly by Ruthie Knox - 8/30/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Quilt or Innocence by Elizabeth Spann Craig - 8/29/14 ♥♥♥
R - The Promise by Robyn Carr - 9/17/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn - 8/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/16/14********
All done with Round 2!NBRC: Life's a Box of Chocolates, R2
Date: 08/01/14 - 07/31/15
Level: Solid Chocolate, 16+ Books
94/94 Completed
Secondary Categories
1. ►SOUR
✔1. S = Safe Haven|Nicholas Sparks|08.01.14|★★★★
✔2. O = Orphan Train|Christina Baker Kline|08.12.14|★★★★★
✔3. U = Unsound|Toby Neal|08.25.14|★★★★★
✔4. R = Remember Me?|Sophie Kinsella|08.11.14|★★★★
2. ►DRIED
✔5. D = Deep Freeze|Lisa Jackson|08.03.14|★★★
✔6. R = Robyn Carr|Shelter Mountain|09.23.14|★★★★
✔7. I = Into the Fire|Dakota Meyer|08.21.14|★★★★
✔8. E = Emily Giffin|Something Blue|09.02.14|★★★
✔9. D = David Nevin|1812|08.28.14|★★★
3. ►RIPE
✔10. R = Ronald H. Balson|Once We Were Brothers|10.18.14|★★★★
✔11. I = I Remember Nothing and other reflections|Nora Ephron|08.22.14|★★★
✔12. P = Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, #5)|James Patterson|09.21.14|★★★
✔13. E = Elly Griffiths|The Janus Stone|09.03.14|★★★★
4. ►UNRIPE
✔14. U = Undaunted Courage|Stephen E. Ambrose|09.07.14|★★★
✔15. N = The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency|Alexander McCall Smith|08.02.14|★★
✔16. R = Robert Ludlum|The Bourne Identity|10.21.14|★★★
✔17. I = Irish Thoroughbred|Nora Roberts|08.23.14|★★★★
✔18. P = Pearlman, Jeff|Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton|10.28.14|★★★★
✔19. E = Elizabeth Hoyt|Scandalous Desires|09.19.14|★★★
5. ►VEGETABLE
✔20. V = Vision in White|Nora Roberts|08.27.14|★★★★
✔21. E = Every Breath You Take|Ann Rule|10.15.14|★★★★
✔22. G = Gail Carriger|Changeless|09.14.14|★★★★
✔23. E = Espresso Shot|Cleo Coyle|10.17.14|★★★★
✔24. T = To Kill a Mockingbird|Harper Lee|08.06.14|★★★★
✔25. A = Ally Condie|Crossed|08.17.17|★★★
✔26. B = The Boys in the Boat|Daniel James Brown|08.05.14|★★★★★
✔27. L = The Little Friend|Donna Tartt|08.04.14|★★
✔28. E = Ender's Game|Orson Scott Card|10.24.14|★★★★
6. ►SPICY
✔29. S = A Superior Death|Nevada Barr|08.06.14|★★★★
✔30. P = Patricia McCormick|Sold|08.21.14|★★★★
✔31. I = If Books Could Kill|Kate Carlisle|09.04.14|★★★
✔32. C = Catch of the Day|Kristan Higgins|08.15.14|★★★★
✔33. Y = Yarros, Rebecca|Full Measures|08.14.14|★★★★
7. ►ROASTED NUT
✔34. R = Ripper|Isabel Allende|10.31.14|★★★
✔35. O = Owens, Sharon|The Ballroom On Magnolia Street|08.13.14|★★
✔36. A = After the Kiss|Suzanne Enoch|09.06.14|★★
✔37. S = Sarah's Key|Tatiana de Rosnay|10.30.14|★★★★
✔38. T = Tessa Harris|The Dead Shall Not Rest|10.14.14|★★★
✔39. E = Elizabeth Adler|Last to Know| 11.04.14|★★★
✔40. D = Down London Road|Samantha Young|11.02.14|★★★★
✔41. N = No Escape|Shannon K. Butcher|08.09.14|★★★
✔42. U = Unger, Lisa|Black Out|09.26.14|★★★
✔43. T = Trouble in Texas|Katie Lane|08.07.14|★★★★
8. ►ASH
✔44. A = Aussie Rules|Jill Shalvis|10.20.14|★★★★
✔45. S = Snow Flower and the Secret Fan|Lisa See|08.25.14|★★★★
✔46. H = Home Front|Kristin Hannah|08.22.14|★★★★
9. ►BURNT
✔47. B = Bridget Jones's Diary|Helen Fielding|08.17.14|★★★
✔48. U = The Ugly Duchess|Eloisa James|10.29.14|★★
✔49. R = Rescue My Heart|Jill Shalvis|11.07.14|★★★
✔50. N = Nesbø, Jo|The Bat|09.22.14|★★★★
✔51. T = Tatiana de Rosnay|Sarah's Key|10.30.14|★★★★
10. ►DIRTY/MUSTY
✔52. D = Debbie Macomber|44 Cranberry Point||11.03.14|★★★
✔53. I = In the Dark|Marliss Melton|09.13.14|★★★★
✔54. R = The Romanov Sisters|Helen Rappaport|11.19.14|★★★★
✔55. T = That Summer|Sarah Dessen |12.19.14|★★
✔56. Y = You've Been Warned|James Patterson|10.09.14|★★★
✔57. M = Matched|Ally Condie|08.08.14|★★★★
✔58. U = Unger, Lisa|Fragile|11.28.14|★★★
✔59. S = Summer of Two Wishes|Julia London|09.07.14|★★★★
✔60. T = Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen|Jimmy McDonough |12.27.14|★★★
✔61. Y = Yesterday and Forever|Sandra Marton|11.04.14|★
11. ►MINERAL
✔62. M = Memoirs of a Geisha|Arthur Golden|09.29.14|★★★★
✔63. I = Iles, Greg|24 Hours|10.11.14|★★★
✔64. N = Nicholas Sparks|At First Sight|10.28.14|★★★★
✔65. E = Emma|Jane Austen|11.08.14|★★★★★
✔66. R = Robin Kaye|Too Hot to Handle| 11.08.14|★
✔67. A = Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death|M.C. Beaton|09.18.14|★★★★
✔68. L = The Long Quiche Goodbye|Avery Aames|08.08.14|★★★
12. ►WOOD
✔69. W = Whiskey Beach|Nora Roberts| 11.13.14|★★★
✔70. O = Orwell, George|Nineteen Eighty-Four|08.16.14|★★★
✔71. O = One Day at a Time|Danielle Steel|08.18.14|★★
✔72. D = Dan Brown|Angels & Demons||11.10.14|★★★★
13. ►FRESH
✔73. F = Fade Away|Harlan Coben|08.18.14|★★★★
✔74. R = Rose, Karen|Don't Tell|11.10.14|★★★
✔75. E = E. Lockhart|The Boyfriend List|11.20.14|★★★★
✔76. S = Suzanne Collins|The Hunger Games|09.19.14| ★★★
✔77. H = Her Montana Cowboy|Valerie Hansen|08.26.14|★★★
14. ►RIPENED/FERMENTED
✔78. R = Robert Hilburn|Johnny Cash: The Life|11.15.14|★★★★
✔79. I = Iles, Greg|Dead Sleep|11.17.14|★★★★
✔80. P = Paullina Simons|The Bronze Horseman |12.06.14|★★★★★
✔81. E = Elizabeth Peters| The Curse of the Pharaohs|11.22.14|★★★
✔82. N = A Night Like This|Julia Quinn|11.09.14|★★★★
✔83. E = Evanovich, Janet|Metro Girl|12.21.14|★★
✔84. D = Diana Gabaldon| Outlander |11.25.14|★★★★
✔85. F = Flirting with Texas|Katie Lane|09.09.14||★★★
✔86. E = Elly Griffiths|The House at Sea's End |01.17.15|♥♥♥
✔87. R = Rumor Has It|Jill Shalvis| 11.21.14|★★★
✔88. M = Max Brooks|World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War|10.16.14|★★★
✔89. E = Echo Burning|Lee Child|01.30.15|♥♥♥
✔90. N = Nora Roberts|Chasing Fire| 11.06.14|★★★★
✔91. T = Too Hot to Hold|Stephanie Tyler |01.03.15|♥♥♥♥
✔92. E = Evanovich, Janet|Takedown Twenty|02.02.15|♥♥♥♥
✔93. D = Debbie Macomber|50 Harbor Street |11.27.14|★★★
☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀CHALLENGE COMPLETED 02/02/15☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀
These Ns are killing meLife's a Box of Chocolates Reading Challenge
Duration: 2/1/14~ 2/1/15
Level: Solid Chocolate~ 16+ books
Ash
A
by Amelia Atwater Rhodes ~ 2/28/14S
By Darren Shan~ 2/2/14H
by Amelia Atwater Rhodes~ 2/8/14Vanilla
V
by Jade Varden~ pgs, 2/23/14A
by Julie Anne Peters~ 3/2/14 MC name: AntoniaN
~ by Michael Northrop~ 6/12/14I
~ by Justina Ireland~ 6/1/14L
~ by Lucy Christopher, 10/11/14L
by Tracy Lynn~ 10/4/14A
~ by Amanda Maciel 6/7/14Nutmeg
N
U
~ by Kirsty McKay~7/15/14T
by Amanda Grace~ 3/19/14M
by Margaret Peterson Haddix~ 3/2/14E
~ by Eva Vanrell~ 8/18/14G
by D.C. Armstrong~ 3/5/14Mint
M
~ by Michael Crichton~ 8/23/14I
~ by Susan Vaught~ 8/28/14N
T
~ by Shay Savage, 10/13/14Metallic
M
by A.G. Howard~ 9/28/14 character name: MorphuesE
~ by Brodi Ashton, 10/19/14T
~ by Lucy Christopher, 10/11/14, Character name: TyA
by Anna Collomore~ 3/26/14L
~ by Robin LaFevers, 11/23/14L
I
~ by Lisa Unger, 11/29/14C
by Chelsea Pitcher~ 2/9/14
Done!Progress: 73 out of 73
Primary Categories:
Alcohol/Liquor/Spirits:
A: The Awakening by Christine Feehan - *** - 3/3/2014
L: Legend by Marie Lu - **** - 3/13/2014 - 305 Pages
C: Clare Naylor; Dog Handling - **** - 4/9/2014
O: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez - * - 3/5/2014
H: Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman - ***** - 3/23/2014 - 280 Pages
O: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 4/1/2014
L: Lover at Last by J.R. Ward - **** - 3/25/2014
L: Fiona Lowe; Boomerang Bride - ***** - 4/2/2014
I: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd - ***** - 5/18/2014
Q: Queen Takes King by Gigi Levangie Grazer - ***** - 2/27/2015
U: The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison - ***** - 4/10/2014
O: One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak - ***** - 4/13/2014
R: Richelle Mead; Blood Promise - **** - 5/21/2014
S: Sarah MacLean; No Good Duke Goes Unpunished - ***** - 3/4/2014
P: The Professional: Part 1 by Kresley Cole - ***** - 3/20/2014 - 120 Pages
I: If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You by Kelly Cutrone - ***** - 6/21/2014 - 208 Pages
R: Richelle Mead; Shadow Kiss: The Graphic Novel - ***** - 5/14/2014
I: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak - ***** - 7/14/2014 - 360 Pages
T: Trouble on Reserve by Kim Harrison - ***** - 3/16/2014 - 20 Pages
S: Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr - **** - 3/29/2014
Sweet
S: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead - ***** - 5/7/2014
W: Witness in Death by J.D. Robb - ***** - 4/16/2014
E: Kim Edwards; The Memory Keeper's Daughter - ***** - 7/18/2014 - 401 Pages
E: Eloisa James; The Duke Is Mine - *** - 7/28/2014 - 367 Pages
T: Troubles and Treats by Tara Sivec - **** - 3/12/2014 - 230 Pages
Acidic
A: Annabel by Lauren Oliver - *** - 3/6/2014
C: Cotillion by Georgette Heyer - **** - 4/15/2014
I: It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 7/27/2014 - 382 Pages
D: Dark Witch by Nora Roberts - *** - 3/9/2014
I: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell - *** - 8/29/2014 - 184 Pages
C: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - ***** - 5/22/2014
Fruit
F: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg - ***** - 3/17/2014 - 416 Pages
R: Rachel Caine; The Dead Girls' Dance - *** - 5/26/2014
U: Ursula K. Le Guin; Gifts - *** - 8/19/2014 - 274 Pages
I: Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - ***** - 9/25/2014 - 635 Pages
T: A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris - *** - 4/24/2014
Floral
F: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - ***** - 6/12/2014 - 313 Pages
L: Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen - *** - 4/3/2014
O: Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - ***** - 6/27/2014 - 298 Pages
R: Richelle Mead; Spirit Bound - ***** - 5/27/2014
A: Allegiant by Veronica Roth - ***** - 3/18/2014 - 526 Pages
L: Laini Taylor; Daughter of Smoke & Bone - ***** - 4/21/2013 - 418 Pages
Vegetable
V: Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks - **** - 7/3/2014 - 387 Pages
E: Jennifer Echols; Biggest Flirts - ***** - 7/31/2014 - 336 Pages
G: Jim Gaffigan; Dad Is Fat - **** - 6/13/2014 - 275 Pages
E: Michael Ende; The Neverending Story - *** - 8/6/2014 - 396 Pages
T: Thinking of You by Jill Mansell - ***** - 5/8/2014
A: Alan Bradley; The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches - ***** - 5/14/2014
B: Patricia Briggs; Night Broken - ***** - 3/28/2014
L: The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett - **** - 5/1/2014
E: Erin McCarthy; Flat-Out Sexy - **** - 3/24/2014
Earthy
E: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe - **** - 8/10/2014 - 336 Pages
A: Lori Austin; Beauty and the Bounty Hunter - ***** - 6/8/2014 - 300 Pages
R: Robert Harris; Pompeii - * - 5/28/2014
T: The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht - **** - 7/8/2014 - 338 Pages
H: Justin Halpern; Sh*t My Dad Says - **** - 7/9/2014 - 159 Pages
L: Lisa Kleypas; Married By Morning - ***** - 5/14/2014
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Blood Wyne - **** - 4/20/2014
Dairy
D: Death Masks by Jim Butcher - ***** - 4/27/2014
A: The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg - ***** - 4/6/2014
I: If You Ask Me by Betty White - **** - 10/2/2014 - 258 Pages
R: Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare - ***** - 6/22/2014 - 370 Pages
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Courting Darkness - **** - 5/29/2014
Carmel
C: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - ***** - 5/22/2014
A: A.G. Howard; Splintered - ** - 6/9/2014 - 371 Pages
R: Rachel Bertsche; MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend - ***** - 6/26/2014 - 349 Pages
M: Maya Banks; Burn - **** - 4/8/2014
E: Cynthia Eden; Deadly Heat - ** - 4/4/2014
L: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead - ***** - 6/4/2014 - 594 Pages
Other
O: Malika Oufkir; Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail - **** - 7/24/2014 - 293 Pages
T: Tara Sivec; Hearts and Llamas - ***** - 4/11/2014
H: Charlaine Harris; Deadlocked - **** - 6/23/2014 - 327 Pages
E: Eleanor Brown; The Weird Sisters - **** - 8/15/2014 - 320 Pages
R: Rachel Hawkins; Hex Hall - **** - 4/17/2014
Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire wrote: "These Ns are killing me"I know. *snikers*
I started saving books with tricky letters (O, E, U, Y, Z) in case I'll need them sometime. But I usually get stuck on some 'uncommon' letter like N, or S or T :P
Life's a Box of Chocolates3/1/15 - 2/29/16
Completed 9/7/15
C Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein, 3/7/15
A Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher, 3/5/15
R The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce, 8/4/15
A Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson, 3/10/15
M The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, 3/17/15
E The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff, 3/3/15
L The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch, 4/3/15
D Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie, 3/18/15
U Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him, Luis Carlos Montalvan, 3/16/15
L Life After Life, Kate Atkinson, 5/12/15
C The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom, 3/13/15
E The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, 4/3/15
D The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett, 7/9/15
E Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides, 6/24/15
L Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See, 4/12/15
E Crocodile on the Sandbank, Elizabeth Peters, 7/7/15
C Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese, 6/11/15
H The Outsiders, SE Hinton, 4/2/15
E Room, Emma Donoghue, 5/16/15
M Me Before You, Jojo Moyes, 3/24/15
I Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer, 4/3/15
L Still Alice, Lisa Genova, 5/20/15
K The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah, 4/8/15
Y The Yellow House, Patricia Falvey, 6/20/15
C O Pioneers!, Willa Cather, 4/5/15
A Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom, 4/9/15
R Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay, 5/13/15
A The Silent Wife, ASA Harrison, 4/29/15
M Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear, 5/20/15
E Identical, Ellen Hopkins, 4/7/15
L Life of Pi, Yann Martel, 7/1/15
B A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson, 3/9/15
U Undead and Unwed, MaryJanice Davidson, 5/25/15
T Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote, 5/28/15
T The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough, 7/7/15
E The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Erik Larson, 9/4/15
R Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier, 6/29/15
S Nights in Rodanthe, Nicholas Sparks, 3/19/15
C The Song of the Lark, Willa Cather, 4/7/15
O The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, 3/13/15
T The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien, 8/4/15
C My Ántonia, Willa Cather, 4/8/15
H Home to Harmony, Philip Gulley, 5/6/15
C Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, Joanne Fluke, 5/2/15
A The Red Tent, Anita Diamant, 4/25/15
R Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys, 7/13/15
A Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis, Alexis Coe, 4/22/15
M The Martian, Andy Weir, 6/28/15
E Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn, 9/6/15
L The Call of the Wild, Jack London, 7/10/15
I Invisible Murder, Lene Kaaberbol, 5/28/15
Z Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston, 5/26/15
E Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell, 9/7/15
D Dark Places, Gillian Flynn, 7/19/15
S The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters, 3/28/15
U The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan, Jenny Nordberg, 7/17/15
G If I Stay, Gayle Forman, 4/12/15
A The Art Forger, BA Shapiro, 5/6/15
R Dance Upon the Air, Nora Roberts, 7/18/15
NBRC ~ Life's a Box of Chocolates Reading ChallengeDuration: February 1, 2015 ~ January 31 2016
Level: Spell-it-out
109/109 - FINISHED!
CARAMEL
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BUTTERSCOTCH
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SWEET
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DARK
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MOLASSES
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CRANBERRY
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LAVENDER
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SHERRY
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DULCE DE LECHE
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VANILLA CAKE
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ROASTED NUT
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ALMOND
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PEANUT
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SMOKE
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I love chocolate, might have to join in on this one!=)
Welcome to the challenge Megan, Karen and Silje :)
All done.READ: 109/109
Vegetable: Spicy: Cinnamon:
V: The Vampire With the Dragon Tattoo - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/18
E: Hidden - Kendra Elliot 10/23
G: The Ghost and Mrs. McClure - Alice Kimberly 10/29
E: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues - Diana Rowland 11/24
T: Thunder Moon - Lori Handeland 12/15
A: The Alexandria Link - Steve Berry 10/25
B: Bizarre Life of Sydney Sedrick - Mandi Casey 10/19
L: A Lot Like Love - Julie James 11/15
E: The Exiled Queen - Cinda Williams Chima 11/28
S: Dream a Little Dream - Susan Elizabeth Phillips 11/22
P: A River in the Sky - Elizabeth Peters 11/23
I: Live to See Tomorrow - Iris Johansen 12/4
C: The City and the City - China Miéville 11/21
Y: The Monstrumologist - Rick Yancey 1/8
C: Should've Known Better - Cassandra Carr 11/29
I: If There Be Dragons - Kay Hooper 12/18
N: North of Need - Laura Kaye 10/24
N: The Butterfly Farm - Diane Noble 11/25
A: Just In Time - Addison Fox 12/8
M: The Ranger - Monica McCarty 11/30
O: Oceanborne - Katherine Irons 10/22
N: Nightbred - Lynn Viehl 12/2
Caramel: Dulce de Leche
C: Cross My Heart - James Patterson 12/19
A: Carnal Sin - Allison Brennan 12/11
R: The Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly 10/21
A: Always Dakota - Debbie Macomber 12/24
M: The Host - Stephanie Meyer 11/30
E: Street of the Five Moons - Elizabeth Peters 12/12
L: Big Sky Country - Linda Lael Miller 11/23
D: The Darkest Facts - Gena Showalter 11/24
U: Uncorked - Lois Greiman 12/5
L: Lost - Gary Devon 11/15
C: Blue Dragon - Kylie Chan 11/19
E: Ember's Kiss - Deborah Cooke 12/12
D: The Highlander's Forbidden Bride - Donna Fletcher 10/19
E: The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths 12/13
L: Love Is All You Need - Lori Devoti 12/22
E: The Duke Is Mine - Eloisa James 12/26
C: The Dragon Legion Collection - Deborah Cooke 12/29
H: Hungry Like a Wolf - Christine Warren 12/17
E: Chilled - Kendra Elliot 1/21
Sweet: Vanilla Cake
S: Still Waters - Tami Hoag 12/23
W: Whisper To The Blood - Dana Stabenow 10/15
E: Ritual Magic - Eileen Wilks 3/11
E: Buried - Kendra Elliot 3/17
T: Devil Without a Cause - Terri Garey 12/14
V: Nightbound - Lynn Viehl 12/6
A: Baby, I'm Yours - Susan Andersen 12/20
N: Biting Bad - Chloe Neill 12/5
I: Clean Sweep - Ilona Andrews 1/6
L: Love You More - Lisa Gardner 12/24
L: Lie With Me - Stephanie Tyler 12/27
A: Archer's Voice - Mia Sheridan 1/6
C: Bombshell - Catherine Coulter 1/16
A: Moloka'i - Alan Brennert 1/18
K: Dark Skye - Kresley Cole 2/10
E: Endsinger - Jay Kristoff 3/18
Alaska Wild Berry
A: Light My Fire - G.A. Aiken 1/5
L: A Trouble of Fools - Linda Barnes 12/26
A: Captured by the Pirate Laird - Amy Jarecki 2/25
S: Though Not Dead - Dana Stabenow 12/31
K: 77 Shadow Street - Dean Koontz 1/9
A: Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter 3/3
W: What Angels Fear - C.S. Harris 10/15
I: Magic Breaks - Ilona Andrews 1/15
L: Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch 1/11
D: Daddy's Girl - Lisa Scottoline 10/16
B: The Book of Life - Deborah Harkness 10/28
E: Echo - J.K. Accinni 5/5
R: Rescue My Heart - Jill Shalvis 11/30
R: Rumor Has It - Jill Shalvis 12/14
Y: [Yuki,char]Unlucky 13 - James Patterson 5/17
Chocolatier Australia
C: Optical Delusions in Deadwood - Ann Charles 1/1
H: The Hawk - Monica McCarty 10/26
O: Crazy Thing Called Love - Molly O'Keefe 11/26
C: A Bone to Pick - Charlaine Harris 1/11
O: One Heart to Win - Johanna Lindsey 12/16
L: The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llywelyn 1/4
A: A Tale Of Two Dragons - G.A. Aiken 2/2
T: Trick of the Light - Rob Thurman 12/21
I: If You Give a Rake a Ruby - Shana Galen 2/22
E: The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths 5/10
R: Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs 12/31
A: Dead Case in Deadwood - Ann Charles 2/8
U: Up to Me - M. Leighton 3/12
S: Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 1/19
T: Taken by the Cowboy - Julianne MacLean 12/28
R: Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs 1/21
A: Absolution - Susannah Sandlin 2/5
L: Lucky Stiff - Deborah Coonts 2/16
I: Revenant - Larissa Ione 3/14
A: Archangel's Consort - Nalini Singh 2/17
Guylian
G: Finders-Seekers - Gayle Greeno 10/17
U: Unmade - Sarah Rees Brennan 3/25
Y: You Can't Hide - Karen Rose 2/7
L: Maiden Rock - Mary Logue 12/28
I: If He's Sinful - Hannah Howell 3/20
A: Antiques Flee Market - Barbara Allan 2/4
N: A Night Too Dark - Dana Stabenow 12/9
Perugina
P: Playing to Win - Jaci Burton 3/4
E: Shadowglass - Erica Hayes 5/18
R: Restless In The Grave - Dana Stabenow 1/28
U: [Madeline Usher, char]The Fall - Bethany Griffin 5/10
G: Flirting with Forever - Gwyn Cready 12/13
I: If He's Wild - Hannah Howell 3/31
N: Wild Things - Chloe Neill 12/31
A: Shaedes of Gray - Amanda Bonilla 2/8
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
I just found this challenge. Is it too late to join?
Phyllis wrote: "I just found this challenge. Is it too late to join?"Nope, not too late. Welcome to the challenge Phyllis! ☺
NBRC ~ Life's a Box of Chocolates Reading ChallengeDuration: May 1, 2015 ~ April 31, 2016
Level: Spell-it-out
CADBURY
C.Vannetta Chapman-falling to Pieces 5/26/15
A.All My Tomorrows by Al Lacy 6/15/15
D.Double Cross (The McClain Brothers, Book 3)|by Terri Reed 8/18/15
B.Terri Blackstock- Never Again Goodbye 6/5/15
U.Lucie Ulrich-A Rose Ring 7/18/15
R.Robin Lee Hatcher-Love Without End 6/30/15
Y.You Don't Want To Know by Lisa Jackson 6/28/15
HERSHEY'S
H.Valarie Hansen-Nowhere to Run 5/29/15
E.Emma Miller-Plain Murder 7/25/15
R.Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam 7/8/15
S.Lauraine Snelling-No Distance to Far. 6/2/15
H.A Heart for Home by Lauraine Snelling 6/4/15
E.Eva Marie Everson-Slow Moon Rising 8/17/15
Y.You Are My Only by Beth Kephart 6/28/15
S.Anna Schmidt-A Mother's Promise 6/17/15
MARS
M. A Measure of Mercy by Lauraine Snelling 6/1/15
A.Tamera Alexander-The Inheritance 6/21/15
R.Ann Rinaldi-Come Juneteenth 7/32/15
S.A Surrendered Heart by Tracie Peterson 6/19/15
LUCKY'S
L.Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke 7/2/15
U.Undeniably Yours by Becky Wade 9/21/15
C.Vannetta Chapman-A Perfect Square 5/28/15
K.Karen Kingsbury-Like Dandelion Dust 7/5/15
Y.Yours and Mine by Debbie Macomber 8/25/15
S.Susan Wiggs-The Hostage 7/27/15
FANNIE MAE
F.First Impressions: An Amish Tale of Pride and Prejudice by Sarah Price 9/10/15
A.Ginny Aiken-Light of My Heart 9/8/15
N.Not by Sight by Kate Breslin 8/27/15
N.Nicole Young-Kill Me If You Can 9/4/15
I.The Inn at Ocean's Edge by Colleen Coble 8/20/15
E.Jerry S. Eicher-Seeing Your Face Again 10/1/15
M.Maggie Brendan - The Jewel of His Heart 8/22/15
A.[author:Ann Shorey-The Promise of Morning 9/27/15
E.Jerry S. Eicher-Finding Love at Home 10/4/15
Life's a Box of Chocolates3/1/15 - 2/29/16
Completed 9/7/15
C Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein, 3/7/15
A Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher, 3/5/15
R The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce, 8/4/15
A Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson, 3/10/15
M The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, 3/17/15
E The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff, 3/3/15
L The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch, 4/3/15
D Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie, 3/18/15
U Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him, Luis Carlos Montalvan, 3/16/15
L Life After Life, Kate Atkinson, 5/12/15
C The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom, 3/13/15
E The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, 4/3/15
D The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett, 7/9/15
E Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides, 6/24/15
L Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See, 4/12/15
E Crocodile on the Sandbank, Elizabeth Peters, 7/7/15
C Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese, 6/11/15
H The Outsiders, SE Hinton, 4/2/15
E Room, Emma Donoghue, 5/16/15
M Me Before You, Jojo Moyes, 3/24/15
I Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer, 4/3/15
L Still Alice, Lisa Genova, 5/20/15
K The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah, 4/8/15
Y The Yellow House, Patricia Falvey, 6/20/15
C O Pioneers!, Willa Cather, 4/5/15
A Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom, 4/9/15
R Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay, 5/13/15
A The Silent Wife, ASA Harrison, 4/29/15
M Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear, 5/20/15
E Identical, Ellen Hopkins, 4/7/15
L Life of Pi, Yann Martel, 7/1/15
B A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson, 3/9/15
U Undead and Unwed, MaryJanice Davidson, 5/25/15
T Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote, 5/28/15
T The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough, 7/7/15
E The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Erik Larson, 9/4/15
R Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier, 6/29/15
S Nights in Rodanthe, Nicholas Sparks, 3/19/15
C The Song of the Lark, Willa Cather, 4/7/15
O The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, 3/13/15
T The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien, 8/4/15
C My Ántonia, Willa Cather, 4/8/15
H Home to Harmony, Philip Gulley, 5/6/15
C Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, Joanne Fluke, 5/2/15
A The Red Tent, Anita Diamant, 4/25/15
R Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys, 7/13/15
A Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis, Alexis Coe, 4/22/15
M The Martian, Andy Weir, 6/28/15
E Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn, 9/6/15
L The Call of the Wild, Jack London, 7/10/15
I Invisible Murder, Lene Kaaberbol, 5/28/15
Z Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston, 5/26/15
E Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell, 9/7/15
D Dark Places, Gillian Flynn, 7/19/15
S The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters, 3/28/15
U The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan, Jenny Nordberg, 7/17/15
G If I Stay, Gayle Forman, 4/12/15
A The Art Forger, BA Shapiro, 5/6/15
R Dance Upon the Air, Nora Roberts, 7/18/15
I'm done.CADBURY
C.Vannetta Chapman-falling to Pieces 5/26/15
A.All My Tomorrows by Al Lacy 6/15/15
D.Double Cross (The McClain Brothers, Book 3)|by Terri Reed 8/18/15
B.Terri Blackstock- Never Again Goodbye 6/5/15
U.Lucie Ulrich-A Rose Ring 7/18/15
R.Robin Lee Hatcher-Love Without End 6/30/15
Y.You Don't Want To Know by Lisa Jackson 6/28/15
HERSHEY'S
H.Valarie Hansen-Nowhere to Run 5/29/15
E.Emma Miller-Plain Murder 7/25/15
R.Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam 7/8/15
S.Lauraine Snelling-No Distance to Far. 6/2/15
H.A Heart for Home by Lauraine Snelling 6/4/15
E.Eva Marie Everson-Slow Moon Rising 8/17/15
Y.You Are My Only by Beth Kephart 6/28/15
S.Anna Schmidt-A Mother's Promise 6/17/15
MARS
M. A Measure of Mercy by Lauraine Snelling 6/1/15
A.Tamera Alexander-The Inheritance 6/21/15
R.Ann Rinaldi-Come Juneteenth 7/32/15
S.A Surrendered Heart by Tracie Peterson 6/19/15
LUCKY'S
L.Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke 7/2/15
U.Undeniably Yours by Becky Wade 9/21/15
C.Vannetta Chapman-A Perfect Square 5/28/15
K.Karen Kingsbury-Like Dandelion Dust 7/5/15
Y.Yours and Mine by Debbie Macomber 8/25/15
S.Susan Wiggs-The Hostage 7/27/15
FANNIE MAE
F.First Impressions: An Amish Tale of Pride and Prejudice by Sarah Price 9/10/15
A.Ginny Aiken-Light of My Heart 9/8/15
N.Not by Sight by Kate Breslin 8/27/15
N.Nicole Young-Kill Me If You Can 9/4/15
I.The Inn at Ocean's Edge by Colleen Coble 8/20/15
E.Jerry S. Eicher-Seeing Your Face Again 10/1/15
M.Maggie Brendan - The Jewel of His Heart 8/22/15
A.[author:Ann Shorey-The Promise of Morning 9/27/15
E.Jerry S. Eicher-Finding Love at Home 10/4/15
I plan to do the entire tasting wheel, but since the duration is a year, I will do it in chunks.NBRC 26 Alphabet 12: Life's a Box of Chocolates: A to Z (Spell-it-Out)
Duration: 8/19/16-8/18/17
Dairy
Ripened/Fermented Dairy
Dried Milk Powder
D: Daughter of the Forest- Juliet Marillier- 9/1/16
R: Reaper- K.D. McEntire- 8/24/16
I: I'll Be Seeing You: A Novel- Mary Higgins Clark- 10/7/16
E: The Eyre Affair- Jasper Fforde- 9/11/16
D: Deadly Remains- Katherine Bayless- 11/2/16
M: Mortal Ties- Eileen Wilks- 9/5/16
I: I'll Walk Alone- Mary Higgins Clark- 10/28/16
L: The Lunatic Cafe- Laurell K. Hamilton- 8/25/16
K: Kiss of Crimson- Lara Adrian- 10/3/16
P: Poison Study- Maria V. Snyder- 9/19/16
O: Once Burned- Jeaniene Frost- 8/23/16
W: Wish You Were Here- Rita Mae Brown- 9/11/16
D: Deceiver's Bond- Katherine Bayless- 11/4/16
E: Elizabeth's Legacy- Victor Kloss- 10/13/16
R: Red-Headed Stepchild- Jaye Wells- 8/25/16
Bleu Cheese
B: Blood Song- Cat Adams- 8/27/16
L: A Local Habitation- Seanan McGuire- 8/31/16
E: Eragon- Christopher Paolini- 11/8/16
U: Unholy Ghosts- Stacia Kane- 10/14/16
C: Closer to the Chest- Mercedes Lackey- 10/11/16
H: Handle with Care- Jodi Picoult- 8/30/16
E: Eight Cousins- Louisa May Alcott- 11/26/16
E: Eleventh Grave in Moonlight- Darynda Jones- 1/24/17
S: Swan Lake- K.M. Shea- 8/30/16
E: Echoes in Death- J.D. Robb- 2/8/17
Rancid Butter
R: Red Queen- Victoria Aveyard- 9/17/16
A: Apprentice in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/6/16
N: Not His Dragon- Annie Nicholas- 9/7/16
C: Caught Dead in Philadelphia- Gillian Roberts- 11/10/16
I: Ink and Bone- Rachel Caine- 12/14/16
D: The Devil's Arithmetic- Jane Yolen- 11/23/16
B: Broken- Kelley Armstrong- 9/3/16
U: Unbinding- Eileen Wilks- 11/14/16
T: Tales of the Otherworld- Kelley Armstrong- 9/4/16
T: The Trouble with Demons- Lisa Shearin- 9/14/16
E: East- Edith Pattou- 12/24/16
R: The Rosie Project- Graeme Simsion- 9/22/16
Cheese
C: Crimson Death- Laurell K. Hamilton- 12/11/16
H: Hell To Pay- J.C. Diem- 9/5/16
E: Evil Under the Sun- Agatha Christie- 2/28/17
E: Etched in Bone- Anne Bishop- 3/8/17
S: Spellbinder- Melanie Rawn- 9/24/16
E: Embraced by Darkness- Keri Arthur- 4/18/17
Buttermilk
Sour Cream
S: Shifty Magic- Judy Teel- 10/12/16
O: Obsidian- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 9/25/16
U: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer- Michelle Hodkin- 6/5/17
R: Ready Player One- Ernest Cline- 3/14/17
C: A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J. Maas- 12/23/16
R: The Rose Mark- Connie Suttle- 4/15/17
E: Ever the Hunted- Erin Summerill- 8/9/17
A: All Through the Night- Mary Higgins Clark- 12/17/16
M: MindSighted: BlackWing Pirates, Book 1- Connie Suttle- 11/1/16
Fresh Dairy
Buttery
Fresh Cream
CaramelDulce de Leche
Milky Caramel
Butterscotch
Caramelized Sugar
C: Conjuring Quantico- T.S. Paul- 12/15/16
A: Angelfall- Susan Ee- 9/30/16
R: The Rosie Effect- Graeme Simsion- 9/22/16
A: Artemis Fowl- Eoin Colfer- 10/23/16
M: My Familiar Stranger- Victoria Danann- 9/8/16
E: Elemental Flame- Phaedra Weldon- 7/9/17
L: License to Ensorcell- Katharine Kerr- 10/4/16
I: If Looks Could Kill- Kate White- 1/26/17
Z: Zombie Team Alpha- Steve R. Yeager- 10/18/16
E: Eldest- Christopher Paolini- 8/7/17
D: Dark Needs at Night's Edge- Kresley Cole- 12/3/16
S: Sorcerer's Legacy- Janny Wurts- 9/28/16
U: Under a Silent Moon- Elizabeth Haynes- 12/1/16
G: Ghostly Worries- Lily Harper Hart- 9/7/16
A: An Artificial Night- Seanan McGuire- 11/25/16
R: The Restorer- Amanda Stevens- 9/30/16
Other
Petroleum Refinery
Chemical
Artificial
Mod
Bit late to the party but I love chocolate so would like to give this one a go (if I'm still allowed!) :) I'm a big fan of milk and white chocolate in particular so I'm going to do the two tertiary categories under Fresh Dairy.NBRC: LIFE'S A BOX OF CHOCOLATES
COMPLETED ON 7TH APRIL 2017
DATE: 29/11/16 - 29/11/17
SOLID CHOCOLATE LEVEL: SPELL-OUT
17/17
Buttery: COMPLETE
B = Bod (character in The Graveyard Book) 30/11/16
U = Umeno Hiromi (character in Star Sand) 07/04/17
T = Tanith Low (character in Skulduggery Pleasant) 20/12/16
T = Thurid Guild (character in Playing with Fire) 12/01/17
E = Eric (character in Insurgent) 10/01/17
R = Rylie (character in Six Moon Summer) 30/12/16
Y = Yolande (character in Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams) 25/2/17
Fresh Cream: COMPLETE
F = Friedrich Bhaer (character in Little Women) 29/11/16
R = Reed (character in The Annihilation of Foreverland) 16/03/17
E = Eskander (character in The Midnight Sea) 30/01/17
S = Slider (character in Harmony) 13/01/17
H = Henry Conrath (character in House of Ravens) 14/12/16
C = Claire Lindell (character in A Yorkshire Christmas) 22/12/16
R = Roger Einhorn (character in The Lure) 23/03/17
E = Ess (character in A Girl's Best Friend) 18/01/17
A = Angela Clark (character in I Heart Vegas) 12/12/16
M = Mark (character in Every Five Minutes) 05/01/17
Mod
Finally found a character with a name beginning with U so I have now completed the two I was going for :)
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