NBRC 26 Alphabet 20: Texting Acronyms: A to Z (Spell-It-Out)

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge, Kimberly ☺

[Lindy-Lane]

going for it. will post books as i read along.

# books READ= 72
letters completed= 19/26
started Oct. 2014

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A: any day now [character names]
A adam livingstone: A Rift in Time Michael Phillips 11.8.14
D: dylan mccaffrey: Secrets of the Lost Summer by Carla Neggers 10.4.14
N: isla nublar: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 10.27.14

*B: because [character names]
B: jake brogan: The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan 10.15.14
K: kinsey millhone: A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton 10.12.14

C: ciao for now [character names]
C: clay riddell: Cell by Stephen King 10.10.14
4: [4th book in series] Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley 1.4.15
N: nora: Nora, Nora by Anne Rivers Siddons 11.10.14

D: do not disturb
D: Emily Dickinson the book The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 12.30.14
N: Nora Roberts the book Morrigan's Cross 10.17.14
D: Danielle Steel the book 44 Charles Street 1.6.15

E: error persists between keyboard and chair
E: Barbara Erskine the book Lady of Hay: Two Women, Eight Hundred Years, and the Destiny They Share 1.9.15
P- Painted Ladies: Robert B. Parker july 2015
B- Terri Blackstock:Private Justicesept 2015
K: Karen Rose the book Did You Miss Me? 10.31.14
A: V.C. Andrews the book Flowers in the Attic 11.2.14
C: Billy Crystal the book Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys 10.22.14

F: for pete's sake

F: Fatal Feng Shui by Leslie Caine5.6.15
P: Pound Foolish by Dave Jackson 5.17.15
S: Mary Stanton the book Defending Angels 12.1.14

G: god willing & the creek don't rise
[series names]
G: gulf coast chronicles: The Pelican Bride by Beth White 12.6.14
W: weezie & bebe mysteries: Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews 12.4.14
A- Avery Aames: As Gouda as Dead oct 2015
T: twilight, texas: The Sweethearts' Knitting Club by Lori Wilde 1.18.15
C: code name verity: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 1.2.15
D- Dee Henderson: The HealerThe Healerjuly 2015
R: richard jury: The Blue Last by Martha Grimes 11.20.14

H: holy cow batman

H: High Country Bride by Linda Lael Miller 11.4.14
C: Christmas Bliss by Mary Kay Andrews 12.7.14
B: Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates 4.16.15

I: i'll be back
[series names]
I: isabel dalhousie: The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith 4.10.15
B: beaufort & company: Angel's Advocate by Mary Stanton 1.19.15
B: bailey flanigan: Learning by Karen Kingsbury 4.19.15

J: just stark naked magic

J: Miranda James the book Murder Past Due 6.10.15
S: Shipwreck Island by S.A. Bodeen 1.14.15
N: The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier 1.4.15
M: The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig 6.12.15



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list continues in message post #113 on page #3 of this thread.

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge, Lindy-Lane ☺

[Anita Reads]

Getting close to finishing this challenge :)

Finished 63/74

✔ AKA = Also Known As
A: Andrea Cremer | Invisibility 04/20/14 ★★★.5
K: Kendall Ryan | When I Break 04/29/14 ★★★★★
A: The Awakening | Kelley Armstrong 04/24/14 ★★★★


✔ BLT = Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato
B: Brave New World | Aldous Huxley 04/16/14 ★★★
L: C.S. Lewis | The Silver Chair 04/26/14 ★★★★
T: Thomas Harris | Red Dragon 04/08/14 ★★★★


✔ CLAB = Crying Like A Baby
C: Rachel Caine | Glass Houses 04/04/14 ★★★★
L: The Last Battle | C.S. Lewis 05/17/14 ★★★
A: Kelley Armstrong | The Reckoning 05/05/14 ★★★★★
B: A Bridge to Love | Nancy Herkness 07/21/14 ★★★★


✔ DL = Download
D: Emma Donoghue | Room 10/18/14 ★★★★
L: The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan 06/01/14 ★★★★


✔ EOW = End of Week
E: Eighty Days Yellow | Vina Jackson 04/06/14 ★★
O: George Orwell | 1984 04/13/14 ★★★★
W: Wait for Me | Elisabeth Naughton 04/21/14 ★★★★★


✔ FYI = For Your Information
F: The Fault in Our Stars | John Green 05/27/14 ★★★★★
Y: Your Guardian Angel | Skyla Madi 08/31/14 ★★★★.5
I: The Immortal Rules | Julie Kagawa 06/29/14 ★★★★


✔ GTG = Got to Go
G: The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman 05/07/14 ★★★★★
T: Laini Taylor | Daughter of Smoke & Bone 07/31/14 ★★★.5
G: Neil Gaiman | Stardust 06/09/14 ★★★★


✔ HP = Homepage
H: High Noon | Nora Roberts 05/01/14 ★★★★
P: A Perfect Fit | Heather Tullis 08/04/14 ★★★★


✔ IDK = I Don't Know
I: The Iron King | Julie Kagawa 07/12/14 ★★★★
D: The Dead Girls' Dance | Rachel Caine 05/03/14 ★★★★
K: Kim Harrison | Dead Witch Walking 05/14/14 ★★★★


✔ JK = Just Kidding
J: J.R. Ward | Dark Lover 07/05/14 ★★★★★
K: Sophie Kinsella | Confessions of a Shopaholic 06/25/14 ★★★.5


✔ KIBO = Knowledge In, Bullshit Out
K: Shopaholic Takes Manhattan | Sophie Kinsella 08/04/14 ★★★★
I: Ignite | Kaitlyn Davis 08/02/14 ★★★★
B: Jim Butcher | Storm Front 07/28/14 ★★★★
O: Obsidian | Jennifer L. Armentrout 06/23/14 ★★★★★


✔ LMAO = Laughing My A** Off
L: Lover Eternal | J.R. Ward 07/06/14 ★★★★.5
M: Meg Cabot | The Princess Diaries 05/10/14 ★★★
A: Angels Fall | Nora Roberts 05/19/14 ★★★★★
O: The One You Love | Paul Pilkington 08/26/14 ★★★


✔ MAY = Mad About You
M: Midnight Alley | Rachel Caine 05/21/14 ★★★★
A: Amanda Hocking | My Blood Approves 05/30/14 ★★★★★
Y: You're the One That I Want | Giovanna Fletcher 06/26/14 ★★★.5


✔ NM = Nothing Much
N: The Name of the Wind | Patrick Rothfuss 04/03/14 ★★★★
M: Meg Cabot | Princess in the Spotlight 05/22/14 ★★★★


✔ OMG = Oh My God
O: Opposing Sides | C.M. Doporto 10/03/14 ★★★.5
M: Richelle Mead | Succubus Blues 06/08/14 ★★★★
G: Neil Gaiman | Neverwhere 06/30/14 ★★★


✔ PR = Public Relations
P: Poison Study | Maria V. Snyder 09/06/14 ★★★★★
R: Richelle Mead | Succubus on Top 07/24/14 ★★★★


✔ TBA = To Be Announced
T: The Teacher's Billionaire | Christina Tetreault 08/11/14 ★★★★
B: Jim Butcher | Grave Peril 08/23/14 ★★★★.5
A: Ava Miles | Nora Roberts Land 07/27/14 ★★★★.5


✔ VIP = Very Important People
V: Ginger Voight | Groupie 06/20/14 ★★★★
I: In the Black | Sheryl Nantus 08/09/14 ★★★
P: Julie Prestsater | Against the Wall 09/15/14 ★★★★


✔ WTH = What the Heck
W: Wallbanger | Alice Clayton 08/19/14 ★★★★★
T: Teasing Trent | M. Malone 10/10/14 ★★★★
H: Heist Society | Ally Carter 08/18/14 ★★★

[Erin]

Started 10/23/14

Letters: 0/26
Books: 8/76

AFK
A: Assassin's Study by Maria V. Snyder



BRB
B: Bleak House by Charles Dickens



CSS
C: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein



DGAF

EML
E:
M:
L: Loving Will Shakespeare by Carolyn Meyer



FYI

GF

HAGD

IMO

JK

KO

LMAO
L: Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch



MIA

[Erin]

NSFW

OMG

PM
P: Panic by Lauren Oliver



QT

RPG

SMH

TBH

UNT
U: Uninvited by Sophie Jordan



VH

WTG

XAO

YW
Y: Young Elites by Marie Lu



ZOMG

[Mad Giles]

I'm in.

Date Started: 10/26/2014
0/26 Letters Completed
11/89 Books Read

A - AFOCL = Almost Fell Off Chair Laughing
A - Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century by Peter Graham (5stars, 9/02/15)
F -
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C - Clapton by Eric Clapton (5stars, 2/05/16)
L - Look Sharpe!: A Caribbean Pirate Adventure by Karen Perkins(4stars, 7/21/15)

B - BAF = Brain Already Fried
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C - CAUL = Complete And Utter Laziness
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D - DNF = Did Not Finish
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EG = Evil Grin
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F - FAAK = Falling Asleep At Keyboard
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K - Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll (5stars, 12/27/15)

G - GBH = Great Big Hug
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H - HCB = Holy Cow, Batman
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I - IANYM = In A New York Minute
I - Ill Wind: A Caribbean Pirate Adventure (4stars, 5/28/15)
A - A Rock'N'Roll Fantasy by Brad H. Branham(5stars, 5/22/15)
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M - Modern Calligraphy: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started in Script Calligraphy

J - JK = Just Kidding
J -
K -

K - KMG = Kiss My Grits
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M - The Man Who Loved Too Much: Book 1: Archipelago(5stars, 9/25/15)
G -

L - LDD = La Dee Da
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M - MCIBTY = My Computer Is Better Than Yours
M - The Myth of Sparta (3 stars, 4/03/2015)
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N - NBL = Not Bloody Likely
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O - OOTB = Out Of The Box
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P - PDA = Public Display of Affection<
P - The Point of a Blade Tavish Kaeden(5stars, 9/29/15)
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[Mad Giles]

Q - QFT = Quoted For Truth
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R - RL = Real Life
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S - SAYOR = Speak At Your Own Risk
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T - TBE = To Be Expected
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U - UBD = User Brain Damage
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D - Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance (4stars, 4/15/16)

V - VEG = Very Evil Grin
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W - WALOC = What A Load Of Crap
W - Writing Great Emails is Not Art - 9 Ways to get there
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X - XYZ = Examine Your Zipper
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Y - YAS = Young And Stupid
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Z - ZIP = Zoning Improvement Plan
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I -
P - The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - William Goldman (5stars, 9/11/15)

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the challenge, Erin & Mad! ☺

[Diane T.]

Got a little behind on posting but as of 10/25, I have finished!!!

Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge
Duration: 04/02/14 - 10/25/14
17/17 Acronyms
Part 1 COMPLETED

A - asap (as soon as possible)
A: All Roar and No Bite by Celia Kyle 04/03/14
S: Samantha Hoffman - Zombie Island 04/15/14
A: Amelia's Touch by Elizabeth Kelly 04/06/14
P: Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne 04/19/14

B - btdt (been there, done that)
B: The Book Of Riley ~ A Zombie Tale Pt. 4 by Mark Tufo 04/04/14
T: Their Virgin Captive by Shayla Black 04/26/14
D: Devil's Food by Anthony Bruno 04/04/14
T: 10 Minutes From Home: Episodes 1-4 by Bill Howard 04/29/14

C - clsp (cheap little sex poodle)
C: Classmate Murders by Bob Moats 04/03/14
L: Lost Chances by C.T. Nicholson 04/05/14
S: Skylar's Guardians by Breanna Hayse 05/16/14
P: Phantom Evil by Heather Graham 06/01/14

D - dyjhiwth (don't you just hate it when that happens)
D: The Deluge by Mark Morris 05/12/14
Y: Young Love Lost by Doug Burris 05/18/14
J: James by Kathi S. Barton 05/26/14
H: Homesick by Richard Simms 04/13/14
I: Insights From Beyond the Lens: Inside the Art & Craft of Landscape Photography by Robert Rodriguez Jr 04/05/14
W: Walker, Shiloh - If You Hear Her 04/07/14
T: Threads of Time by Constance Shilling Stevens 05/17/14
H: The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff 05/01/14

E - esosl (endless snorts of stupid laughter)
E: End of Days by Kent David Kelly 04/07/14
S: Slow Burn: Zero Day by Bobby Adair 04/14/14
O: Orange Belt by Faye McCray 04/08/14
S: Shadow by Laurann Dohner 06/07/14
L: Laurenston, Shelly - Bite Me 04/16/14

F - fdrofl (falling down rolling on floor laughing)
F: FORT LIBERTY by M. Orenda 04/06/14
D: Dakota Dawn - Toss of a Coin 05/25/14
R: Rush by Maya Banks 04/05/14
O: One Man's Island by Thomas Wolfenden 05/01/14
F: The Final Cut by Catherine Coulter 06/20/14
L: Lost and Found by Breanna Hayse 05/04/14

G - gasp (go away silly person)
G: Get Bunny Love by Kathleen Long 04/11/14
A: Acquired Traits by David Coy 04/13/14
S: Stimpson, Michelle - Mama B - A Time to Speak 06/14/14
P: Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed 06/03/14

H - hagn (have a good night)
H: Heart of a Smuggler by Angela Verdenius 05/15/14
A: Albert Sartison - The Contact Episode One 04/14/14
G: Gillihan, C.E. - The Accord: Escape 04/15/14
N: Natural Magick by Kathi S. Barton 05/10/14

I - ilicispomk (I laughed, I cried, I spite pop on my keyboard)
I: I Kissed a Dog by Carol Van Atta 04/29/14
L: At Last Goodbye by Glynn James 06/15/14
I: Sedulity (Book One) Impact by David P. Forsyth 05/19/14
C: Chasing Rainbows by Kathleen Long 04/04/14
I: Ice Diaries by Lexi Revellian 05/21/14
S: Shephard, Luke - Colony Z: The Complete Collection 04/15/14
P: Pandos, Brenda - Everblue 05/16/14
O: O'Connor, Doris - The Bear Project 04/13/14
M: Moore, Leigh Talbert - Dragonfly 05/15/14
K: Kendra Elliot - Hidden 04/13/14

J - jpw (just plain weird)
J: Johnson, Korey Mae - Being Their Baby 05/08/14
P: Perry, Thomas - Shadow Woman 07/05/14
W: White Belt by Faye McCray 04/08/14

K - kmyf (kiss me you fool)
K: A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton 04/23/14
M: Midnight Man by Lisa Marie Rice 05/20/14
Y: Yellow Belt by Faye McCray 04/08/14
F: Forever Yours by Elizabeth Reyes 06/23/14

L - labtyd (life's a bitch then you die)
L: Lisa Marie Rice - Midnight Shadows 06/16/14
A: Amada by Nena Duran 04/20/14
B: Brooks, Max - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War04/13/14
T: Toni L.H. Boughton - Wolf Running 06/21/14
Y: Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim 07/05/14
D: Dead Tropics by Sue Edge 05/30/14

M - msmd (monkey see monkey do)
M: Mistletoe Mischief by Stacey Joy Netzel 05/18/14
S: S.E. Smith - Razor's Traitorous Heart 06/18/14
M: Meeting Destiny by Nancy Straight 06/18/14
D: Divine Grace by Heather Rainier 07/03/14

N - nicbdat (nothing is certain but death and taxes)
N: New Pack Order by Eve Langlais 05/18/14
I: Innocent in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters 06/11/14
C: Carlin, George - Brain Droppings 04/16/14
B: Barton, Kathi S. - Kaleb 05/24/14
D: Death's Little Angels by Sylver Belle Garcia 08/08/14
A: Aurora Rose Reynolds - Until November 06/12/14
T: Sugar Creek 1: Tessa's Chosen Sugar Creek 1 by Becca Van 08/04/14

O - ofs (one finger salute)
O: Out In The Country by Kate Hewitt 06/12/14
F: Finding Autumn by Beth Michele 07/08/14
S: Shirley's Story by Ava Louise 06/22/14

P - pkb (pot, kettle, black)
P: Play by Kylie Scott 07/18/14
K: Kathi S. Barton - Brock 04/26/14
B: Bliss, Kevin - The Haver Problem 06/20/14

Q - qads (quick and dirty solution)
Q: Quinn Checks In by L.H. Thomson 08/28/14
A: Aquifer by Gary Barnes 06/24/14
D: Deadly Night by Heather Graham 08/25/14
S: Star's Storm by S.E. Smith 06/25/14

R - raebnc (read and enjoyed but no comment)
R: Rescuing Liberty by Amanda Washington 04/19/14
A: Alexandra Sokoloff - The Unseen 07/12/14
E: Escape from Zombie Island by Ray Wallace 07/05/14
B: Barton, Kathi S. - Jamie 05/28/14
N: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 06/09/14
C: Cree by H.J. Bellus 05/01/14

[Diane T.]

Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge
Duration: 04/02/14 - 10/25/14
08/08 Acronyms
Part 2 COMPLETED


S - snert (snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager)
S: S.E. Smith - River's Run 06/23/14
N: Nuss, Steph - Wanted By You 07/10/14
E: Evans, Katy - Real 07/16/14
R: Reluctant Alpha by Kathi S. Barton 05/13/14
T: Touch of Frost by S.E. Smith 09/25/14

T - tmiktliu (the more I know, the less I understand)
T: Tom Bielawski - The Dragon Writers Collection: A Bundle of Fantasy and Science Fiction 09/25/14
M: Mortality Bridge by Steven R. Boyett 07/17/14
I: Invisible Armies by Jon Evans 06/20/14
K: King, Lori - Weekend Surrender 05/03/14
T: Twin Dragons by S.E. Smith 10/23/14
L: Lyons, Brenna - Crossbred Son 06/23/14
I: The Island by Jen Minkman 08/29/14
U: Unbroken by Jennifer McNare 04/22/14

U - uiam (unless I am mistaken)
U: Until Forever by Darlene Shortridge 05/14/15
I: Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb 09/19/14
A: Aurora Rose Reynolds - Until Lilly 07/13/14
M: The Mane Squeeze by Shelly Laurenston 07/31/14

V - vlstgloi (vodka, lime, soda, tall glass, lots of ice)
V: Virtually Me: A Romantic Comedy by P. K. Darling 04/07/14
L: Lisa Marie Rice - Woman on the Run 06/29/14
S: Shelly Laurenston - Beast Behaving Badly 08/03/14
T: Trudge by Shawn Chesser 10/25/14
G: Grayson Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw 06/13/14
L: Lick by Kylie Scott 07/08/14
O: Odom, Jill - Embrace the Promise 09/09/14
I: Indiana Wild by S.E. Smith 09/19/14

W - wamksam (why are my kids staring at me)
W: K. Williams - Snow White and the Hitman 04/08/14
A: Aurora Rose Reynolds - Until Nico 07/14/14
M: McGuire, Jamie - Red Hill 08/20/14
K: Killing Floor by Lee Child 05/07/14
S: Shelly Laurenston - Big Bad Beast 08/03/14
A: Act of Mercy by Mandy M. Roth 08/04/14
M: Misha: Lanning's Leap by Kathi S. Barton 08/23/14

X - xao (hugs and kisses)
X: X-ooming FDR 1932 by W. Green 09/28/14
A: Austin, Lynn - Until We Reach Home 08/28/14
O: October Snow by Jenna Brooks 10/09/14

Y - ygiagam (your guess is as good as mine)
Y: The Yaakmen of Tyrie by Mark Paul Jacobs 09/28/14
G: Glory in Death by J.D. Robb 08/17/14
I: Ike Hamill - Migrators 09/22/14
A: Allison Janda - Scandal, Temptation & a Taste of Flan 09/03/14
G: Greig Beck - Beneath the Dark Ice 08/29/14
A: American Gypsy Girl by Mary Zinda 09/14/14
M: M.K. Eidem - Wray 09/01/14

Z - za (zero administration)
Z: Z.L. Arkadie - Find Her, Keep Her: A Martha's Vineyard Love Story 04/06/14
A: Alexandra Sellers - Her Royal Protector 06/04/14

[Lindy-Lane]

*continuation of message post #103 on page #3 of this thread

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K: kiss me you fool

K: Kristen Ashley the book The Gamble 10.20.14
M: Ngaio Marsh the book Colour Scheme 11.12.14
Y- Samantha Young: On Dublin Street june 2015
F: series: friday harbor: Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas 2.26.15

L: laughing out quietly

L: Loving by Karen Kingsbury 1.13.15
OOwn the Wind by Kristen Ashley 1.7.15
Q

M: mad about you, baby

M: Ann M. Martin the book Rain Reign 1.3.15
A: Kristen Ashley the book Rock Chick Rescue 3.4.15
Y
B: Mary Balogh the book The Ideal Wife 1.27.15

N: not affiliated just another satisfied customer yadda yadda yadda

N: Carla Neggers the book Stonebrook Cottage 3.24.15
A: Anne McCaffrey the book Dragonflight 6.9.15
J: Joseph Wambaugh the book Hollywood Crows 1.16.15
A: character: alex delaware: Motive by Jonathan Kellerman 6.16.15
S: Secondhand Bride by Linda Lael Miller 10.25.14
C: Cassandra Clare the book City of Glass 12.3.14
Y
Y
Y

O: over
O: One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell2.17.15

P: people
P: A Place to Belong by Lauraine Snelling 6.15.15
P: Poppy Done to Death by Charlaine Harris 6.4.15
L: Little Men by Louisa May Alcott 4.20.15

Q: quoted for truth

Q
F: The Free by Willy Vlautin 6.7.15
T: Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan 1.15.15

R: random act of kindness

R- Robert B. Parker: Painted Ladies july 2015
A: Anne Easter Smith the book A Rose for the Crown 5.27.15
K: Kristen Ashley the book Rock Chick 3.15.15

S: smile and nod

S: Stuart Woods the book Dirty Work 2.1.15
&: [and in title] Peter and the Starcatchers: Dave Barry sept 2015
N- None of the Above: I.W. Gregorio july 2015

T: till next time

T- Truman: David McCullough aug 2015
N: Neta Jackson the book Penny Wise 5.9.15
T- thomas cromwell [character] Wolf Hall: Hilary Mantel nov 2015

U: unless i am mistaken

U: Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson 1.11.15
I: The Ideal Wife by Mary Balogh 1.27.15
A: Maggie Anton : Joheved march 2016
M: Maman's Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen by Donia Bijan 4.11.15

V: very wicked smile

V: Vienna Prelude by Bodie Thoene 2.5.15
W: series: weezie & bebe: Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews 3.6.15
S: Sheila Connolly by the book One Bad Apple 4.3.15

W: wait

W: Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer 3.5.15
8: #8 in a series: hannah swensen : Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke the book Legend of the Jade Dragon 5.14.15
L: Lisa Kleypas the book Because You're Mine 3.28.15

Y: yeah, yeah, yeah

Y
Y
Y

Z: zero administration

Z
A - Ellery Adams : Pies and Prejudice jan 2016

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[Michelle]

Post 57 has been completed

[Juana "Darkness"]

To Be Continued

Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge
Start Date: April 2, 2014


A: ALA( as long as)
A: Addicted to Him by Lauren Dodd 4/7/14
L: Linda Lael Miller- Willow 5/6/14
A: Adersen, Susan- Burning Up 5/21/14




B: BLTN ( Better Late Than Never)
B: Breath of Magic by Teresa Medeiros 4/7/14
L: Lindsey, Johanna- You Belong to Me 6/10/14
T: The Truth About Lord Stoneville by Sabrina Jefferies 4/17/14
N: Nancy Sprowell Geise- The Eighth Sea 5/24/14




C: CLAB (Crying Like A Baby)
C: Carnal Secrets by Suzanne Wright 4/17/14
L: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead 6/7/14
A: Ashley Lavering- Curse of the Beast 5/29/14
B: A Belated Bride by Karen Hawkins 5/12/14




D: DDD ( Deliberate Design Decision)
D: Diana Palmer- Heart of Stone 5/9/14
D: Donna Lea Simpson- Awaiting the Night 6/23/14
D: The Dairy of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 7/11/14




E: ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)
E: Evelyn Glass- An Alpha's Kiss 4/14/14
T: Touched by the White Bear by J.J. Jones 5/16/14
A: Atlantis Unmasked by Alyssa Day 6/16/14




F: FMN ( Forget Me Not)
F: Floor Four by A. Lopez Jr. 6/13/14
M: Mead, Richelle- Spirit Bound 6/4/14
N: No Place for a Lady by Maggie Brendan 6/21/14




G: GSHIWMP (Giggling So Hard I Wet My Pants)
G: Gail Merriweather- His Forbidden Mate 5/28/14
S: Sherrilyn Kenyon- Unpon the Midnight Clear 10/13/14
H: Hope(less) by Melissa Haag 4/4/14
I: Ivy, Alexandra- Darkness Unleashed 4/22/14
W: The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole 5/1/14
M: Midnight Lace by Elizabeth Kary 7/2/14
P: Promise of Pleasure by Cheryl Holt 8/18/14




H: HAGN (Have A Good Night)
H: A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 5/5/14
A: Atlantis Redeemed by Alyssa Day 6/19/14
G: Germaine, Lili St.- Seven Sons 7/3/14
N: A Night of Forever by Lori Brighton 7/15/14




I: IAAL (I Am A Lawyer)
I: I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long 4/24/14
A: Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/25/14
A: Adrianne Brooks- The Dragon King and I 8/4/14
L: Lynne, Victoria- With This Kiss 7/3/14




J: JPW ( Just Plain Weird)
J: Jaeniene Frost- Once Burned 5/12/14
P: Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas 1/19/15
W: Wilson, Norah- Needing Nita 9/30/14




K: KEAH (Kill Everyone After Hours)
K: Keynon, Sherrilyn- Retribution 7/8/14
E: E.R. Davis- Dragon Call 5/19/14
A: Avalon High by Meg Cabot 8/12/14
H: His Wicked Ways by Samantha James 5/16/14




L: LBS (Laughing But Serious)
L: Laurens, Stephanie- An Unwilling Conquest 9/5/14
B: Bolton, Karice- Lonely Souls 9/26/14
S: Seven Years by Dannika Dark 5/21/14




M: MTFBWY (May The Force Be With You)
M: Mystique by Amanda Quick 7/15/14
T: Taffeta and Hotspur by Claudy Conn 9/3/14
F: The Fence my Father Built by Linda S. Clare 8/6/14
B: Blood Claim by Megan McMinimy 10/15/14
W: Wilson, N.L.- The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen 7/20/14
Y: Yates, Maisey- The Life She Left Behind 5/7/14




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O: OSIM (Oh Shoot It's Monday)
O: Out of Time by Deborah Scott 5/24/14
S: Sherrilyn Kenyon- Dance with the Devil 7/23/14
I: Into the Woods by Linda Jones 4/27/14
M: More Than Blood by Amanda Vyne 8/15/14




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S: SFAIAA (So Far As I Am Aware)
S: Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon 10/22/14
F: Forged in Fire by Trish McCallan 10/5/14
A: After the Kiss by Suzanne Enoch 9/27/14
I: In the Arms of the Dark Elf by Willow Nonea Rae 5/2/14
A: Alexandra, Victoria- The Importance of Being Wicked 11/7/14
A: Armentrout, Jennifer L.- Obsidian 12/3/14




T: TBC (To Be Continued)
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U: UCCOM (You Can Count On Me)
U: An Unlikely Match by Barbara Dunlop 4/19/14
C: Claudia Gray- Evernight 12/18/14
C: Crave by Violet Vaughn 1/25/15
O: One with the Shadows by Susan Squires 8/9/14
M: Mondello, Lisa- Nothing but Trouble 9/8/14




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W: WAMKSAM (Why Are My Kids Staring At Me)
W: The Way They Were by Mary Campisi 1/24/15
A: Annabelle Bryant- To Love a Wicked Scoundrel 1/3/15
M: May Ball, Alice- Night of the Wolf 1/8/15
K: Kaitlyn Davis- Ignite 12/12/14
S: Showalter, Gena- The Darkest Night 11/10/14
A: Allen, Heather- Just Breathe 1/6/15
M: Maid for Love by Marie Force 1/22/15




X: XYZ(Examine Your Zipper)
X: Styxx by Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/11/14
Y: Young Annabelle by Sarah Tork 6/11/14
Z: Zoe York- What was Once Perfect 7/19/14




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[Ruth]

Done with this one!! 2/2/15
Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge
April 1, 2014 - Feb 2, 2015

A. -As Soon as Possible
A. Abbott, Megan....The End of Everything...May 1, 2014
S. Someone Else's Love Story by Joshilyn Jackson...May 26, 2014
A. Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton...June 7, 2014
P. Prairie Sunset - Of Love and Magic by Eric Wilder...October 1, 2014

B. -By the Way
B. The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly...May 10, 2014
T. Torch Ginger by Toby Neal..April 10, 2014
W. Without Fail by Lee Child...June 1, 2014

C. -Come Back Later
C. Calculated in Death by J.D.Robb..April 17, 2014
B. Blue Murder by Emma Jameson...Nov.1, 2014
L. Lee Child...Running Blind...April 4, 2014

D. -Dying with Laughter
D. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley...May 16, 2014
W. White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland...July 17, 2014
L. Lover Avenged by J.R.Ward....August 8, 2014

E. -End of Lecture
E. Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland...April 5, 2014
O. Out of the Ruins by Karen Barnett...July 24, 2014
L. Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker...May 24, 2014

F. -For Your Information
F. First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones...June 27, 2014
Y. York, Zoe... What Once Was Perfect ...Sept. 16, 2014
I. I'll Be There by Deborah Grace Staley....April 12, 2014

G. - Got to Go
G. Getting Away is Deadly by Sara Rosett..June 19, 2014
T. Taking Out the Trailer Trash by Janice Ivy...June 21, 2014
G. Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard...August 3, 2014

H. - Happily Ever After
H. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost...May 3, 2014
E. Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee...April 19, 2014
A. The Accidental Demon Slayer by Angie Fox...June 30, 2014

I. -I Don't Know
I. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kid...June 14, 2014
D. The Days of the Bitter End by Jack Engelhard...Sept. 25, 2014
K. Killing Faith by Eric Meyer...June 18, 2014

J. -Just a Minute
J. Jeaniene Frost Reckoning...June 26, 2014
A. After The Ending by Lindsey Fairleigh September 4, 2014
M. Missing Mark by Julie Kramer...April 21, 2014

K. -Keep it Simple, Stupid
K. King, Stephen...The Colorado Kid...July 3, 2014
I. Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann...July 8, 2014
S. Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris...June 6, 2014
S. Susan Spencer-Wendel...Until I Say Goodbye: A Book about Living...June 16, 2014

L. - Laugh Out Loud
L. Love Finds You in Wildrose, North Dakota by Tracey Bateman...Sept. 15, 2014
O. O'Donnell, Lisa....The Death of Bees...May 28, 2014
L. Linda Joy Singleton....Don't Die, Dragonfly...Sept. 26, 2014

M. -Makes My Heart Sing
M. The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman...May 4, 2014
M. May Day by Jess Lourey....May 19, 2014
H. A Hardboiled Murder: An Aggie Underhill Mystery by Michelle Ann Hollstein...July 1, 2014
S.Styx & Stone: An Ellie Stone Mystery by James Ziskin....June 24, 2014

N. - Not a Happy Woman
N. No Easy Hope by James Cook...April 18, 2014
A. Ahern, June.. The Skye in June by ...Sept. 14, 2014
H. Helme, Colleen Carrots...July 10, 2014
W. Walter Lord....A Night to Remember..Sept. 8, 2014

O -Oh By the Way
O. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz...Aug.24, 2014
B. Bernearthy, Sally....Ghost of Summer...Sept. 24, 2014
T. Torn Away by Jennifer Brown..July 21, 2014
W. Waking Sleeping Beauty by Laurie LeClair...Dec.6,2014

P. -Please Call Back
P. Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search by Martin Sixsmith...June 28, 2014
C. Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle by Mary J. Macleod..June 15, 2014
B. Baldacci, David...Zero Day...June 3, 2014

Q. -Quite Easily Done
Q. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain...April 19, 2014
E. Echo Burning by Lee Child...April 23, 2014
D. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King...June 10, 2014

R. -Rest in Peace
R. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion...April 2, 2014
I. The Island by Elin Hilderbrand...August 13, 2014
P. Penny Pike...Death of a Crabby Cook: A Food Festival Mystery...Nov. 3, 2014

S. -Stay at Home Mom
S. Sattler, Gail....The Narrow Path...August 5, 2014
A. Amy Wiseman...Edible Delectables..Sept. 18, 2014
H.Harris, Charlaine, Midnight Crossroad ...Sept. 7, 2014
M. Me Before You by JoJo Moynes...June 23, 2014

T. -To Be Determined
T. Thankless in Death by J.D.Robb....May 10, 2014
B. Bobbi Reed....Almost Always ..Dec.15,2014
D. Diana Rowland...How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back...Oct. 3, 2014

U. -Unidentified Flying Object
U. Undeniable Rogue by Annette Blair...June 13, 2014
F. Festive in Death by J.D.Robb...Oct.19,2014
O. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman...Oct.17, 2014

V. -Very Important Person
V. Vanished by Joseph Finder....May 6, 2014
I. In a Small Town by Marc A. DiGiacomo August 30, 2014
P. Penny Peterson....Minneapolis Madams: The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront...Nov. 4, 2014

W. -What the Hell/Heck
W. The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice by Rebecca Musser....April 11, 2014
T. Thornhill, Robert... Lady Justice and the Pharaoh's Curse (Lady Justice, #17)....Sept. 27, 2014
H. H.T. Night... Vampire Love Story...Sept 21, 2014.

X.-Hugs & Kisses
X. Xinran...Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love.Feb.1,2015
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O. On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy...Oct. 27, 2014

Y. -You've Got to be Kidding
Y. The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey...Oct. 25,2014
G. Galway, Gretchen...Not Quite Perfect...August 30, 2014
T. Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich....Oct.11, 2014
B. Baum, L.Frank...The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ..Dec. 24,2014
K. Kruger, William Kent...Ordinary Grace..Nov.22, 2014

Z. - Zoning Improvement Plan?
Z. Zarr, Sara....Story of a Girl..April 6, 2014
I. I Wish... by Wren Emerson...Oct.8, 2014
P. Pall in the Family by Dawn Eastman...Nov. 6,2014

[❀Tea❀]

Well done Ruth ☺

[Ruth]

Thanks! ☺

[Tia]

Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge
3/3 Books

BRB

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

[Angie]

76/76

ACD – Alt Control Delete
A - Burn With Me - R.G. Alexander - April 23
C - Heart of Stone - Christine Warren - April 10
D - Moon - Laurann Dohner - May 6

BBL – Be Back Later
B - Red Heat - Nina Bruhns - May 17
B - Wild Heat - Bella Andre - May 27
L - Chasin' Eight - Lorelei James - April 22

CIO - Cut It Out
C - First Strike - Pamela Clare - April 23
I - Born In Blood - Alexandra Ivy - June 27
O - Onyx - Jennifer L Armentrout - May 18

DOB – Date Of Birth
D - Kiss of Darkness - Deborah Cooke - May 7
O - Opal - Jennifer L Armentrout - May 20
B - Briar Rose - Jana Oliver - September 20

EG – Evil Grin
E - Spartan Frost - Jennifer Estep - April 10
G - Gone Country - Lorelei James - April 29

FMN – Forget Me Not
F - Fifty Shades Freed - E.L. James - April 12
M - Midnight Frost - Jennifer Estep - April 12
N - Howling For You - Chloe Neill - April 20

GAL – Get A Life
G - Gotcha! - Christie Craig - June 16
A - Amaryllis - Jayne Castle - June 8
L - Cowboy Casanova - Lorelei James - April 26

HCB – Holy Cow, Batman
H - Harry - When Harry Met Molly - Kieran Kramer - April 20
C - Striking Distance - Pamela Clare - April 30
B - Hidden Away - Maya Banks - May 11

IAC – In Any Case
I - The Immortal Rules - Julie Kagawa - July 9
A - Seduced By The Scoundrel - Louise Allen - April 13
C - Catching Caroline - Sylvia Day - June 9

JK – Just Kidding
J - Redneck Romeo - Lorelei James - April 30
K - Kissin' Tell - Lorelei James - April 27

KB – Kiss Back
K - How To Seduce A Vampire Without Really Trying - Kerrelyn Sparks - June 15
B - Theirs To Cherish - Shayla Black - July 31

LHM – Lord Help Me
L - Vampire Most Wanted - Lynsay Sands -
H - Nice Girls Don't Live Forever - Molly Harper - May 17
M - Taste of Darkness - Maria V Snyder - July 7

MMF – Make Money Fast
M - Seducing A Stranger - Christine Merrill - January 20
M - Forged In Steele - Maya Banks - January 21
F - Twice Tempted - Jeaniene Frost - May 5

NBD – No Big Deal
N - The Player - Rhonda Nelson - July 11
B - Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - August 20
D - Don't Bite The Bridesmaid - Tiffany Allee - July 28

OMG – Oh My God
O - Obsession - Jennifer L Armentrout - November 13
M - Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbours - Molly Harper - July 6
G - Get Lucky - Suzanne Brockmann - August 8

PBUM - Peace Be Upon Me
P - Dreaming Anastasia - Joy Preble - July 25
B - Captain Corcoran's Hoyden Bride - Annie Burrowes - June 12
U - Unknown - Melissa Pearl - May 7
M - Heir To A Dark Inheritance - Maisy Yates - July 29

QED – Quite Easily Done
Q - The Perfect Poison - Amanda Quick - October 17
E - Full Throttle - Erin McCarthy - April 16
D - True - Laurann Dohner - July 30

RGDS – Regards
R - Insurgent - Veronica Roth - May 5
G - Unfiltered and Unlawful - Payge Galvin - November 7
D - Dark Obsession - Allison Chase - August 13
S - Worth The Risk - Savannah Stuart - May 15

SSB – Smiling Sweetly Back
S - Sizzle and Burn - Jayne Ann Krentz - May 31
S - A Soul So Wicked - Sharie Kohler - August 3
B - The Admiral's Bride - Suzanne Brockmann - August 4

TCB – Trouble Came Back
T - The Truth About Love - Stephanie Laurens - August 18
C - Rebel With A Heart - Carol Arens - July 13
B - Dark Descendent - Jenna Black - July 18

UL – Upload
U - Undone - Sara Humphreys - July 27
L - What Price Love? - Stephanie Laurens - August 21

VBEG – Very Big Evil Grin
V - The Nerd Who Loved Me - Vicki Lewis Thompson - May 21
B - If Looks Could Chill - Nina Bruhns - September 22
E - Marked - Elisabeth Naughton - July 22
G - A Game of Vows - Maisy Yates - July 20

WBS – Write Back Soon
W - When Only Diamonds Will Do - Lindsay Armstrong - April 17
B - Picture of Innocence - Jacqueline Baird - May 13
S - Simply Voracious - Kate Pearce - August 1

XAO – Hugs and Kisses
X - Xhex - The King - J.R. Ward - April 19
A - Alpha Wolf - Linda O Johnston - April 18
O - The Outrageous Belle Marchmain - Lucy Ashford - June

YTM – You The Man
Y - You Don't Know Jack - Erin McCarthy - May 21
T - Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas - July 26
M - Her Little White Lie - Maisy Yates - July 7

ZA – Zero Administration
Z - Zinnia - Jayne Castle - September 2
A - Renegade Most Wanted - Carol Arens - June 2

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Angie! ☺

[Barbara ★]

CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/8/15


26/26 Letters Complete (A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,R,S,Q,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z)

A ~ American Association Against Acronym Abuse
A: Murder of Crows - Anne Bishop 4/5
A: The Stranger You Know - Andrea Kane 4/10
A: At Last - Jill Shalvis 4/29
A: Atlantis Betrayed - Alyssa Day 5/6
A: Renegade Most Wanted - Carol Arens 5/27

B ~ Boy, Am I Confused
B: Backfire - Catherine Coulter 4/5
A: Angel Fire - L.A. Weatherly 6/13
I: Illusion - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/23
C: Chains of Fire - Christina Dodd 4/11

C ~ Can't Remember Shit
C: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke 4/13
R: Retribution - Jilliane Hoffman 4/15
S: The Vampire and the Virgin - Kerrelyn Sparks 4/29

D ~ Don't Let The Door Hit Ya Where The Good Lord Split Ya
D: The Darkest Seduction - Gena Showalter 5/31
L: Lord of the Silent - Elizabeth Peters 4/13
T: Tiger's Destiny - Colleen Houck 4/14
D: Wilder - Christina Dodd 5/22
H: The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley 5/14
Y: Blood Past - Samantha Young 5/15
W: The Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley 4/2
T: The King of Attolia - Megan Walen Turner 6/10
G: Forbidden Highlander - Donna Grant 4/16
L: Lethal Legacy - Linda Fairstein 4/20
S: Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 5/4
Y: Shades of Blood - Samantha Young 9/20

E ~ Eat Shit, Bark At Moon (what the hell does this mean?)
E: Eat Prey Love - Kerrelyn Sparks 5/16
S: Seduce the Darkness - Gena Showalter 5/19
B: Blood Will Tell - Dana Stabenow 4/19
A: Ashfall - Mike Mullen 6/21
M: Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey 4/27

F ~ Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
F: The Firebird - Susanna Kearsley 5/12
U: Untraceable - S.R. Johannes 5/18
B: Born To Darkness - Suzanne Brockmann 4/24
A: Darkness Unleashed - Alexandra Ivy 6/7
R: Rapture - Jacquelyn Frank 4/20

G ~ Giggling My Butt Off
G: The Darkest Surrender - Gena Showalter 4/25
M: Last Words - Mariah Stewart 5/20
B: Black Magic Woman - Christine Warren 5/8
O: One Hot Mess - Lois Greiman 4/17

H ~ Happy Ever After
H: Hounded - Kevin Hearne 4/28
E: Extreme Exposure - Pamela Clare 5/28
A: The Turtle-Girl from East Pukapuka - Cole Alpaugh 6/3

I ~ Inadequate But Cute
I: It Had to Be You - Jill Shalvis 6/8
B: Blood Trade - Faith Hunter 5/29
C: Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here - Christine Warren 4/13

J ~ Just For The Record
J: Cross Country - James Patterson 4/29
F: The False-Hearted Teddy - John J. Lamb 5/25
T: Dire Needs - Stephanie Tyler 7/9
R: The Last Oracle - James Rollins 5/30

K ~ Keep It Simple, Stupid
K: The King- J.R. Ward 4/8
I: Magic Rises - Ilona Andrews 6/23
S: Wicked Road to Hell - Juliana Stone 5/26
S: Wrong Side of Hell - Juliana Stone 5/26

L ~ Laughing My Ass Off
L: The Crafty Teddy - John Lamb 6/15
M: Sparks Fly - Katie MacAlister 6/15
A: Vampire in Atlantis - Alyssa Day 6/28
O: Long, Lean and Lethal - Lorie O'Clare 4/27

M ~ Monkey See, Monkey Do
M: Last Breath - Mariah Stewart 6/16
S: Primal Cravings - Susan Sizemore 5/28
M: Merry Christmas, Alex Cross - James Patterson 10/30
D: Daddy's Girl - Lisa Scottoline 10/16

N ~ Nearly Died Laughing While Shaving My Butt (huh?)
N: Not One Clue - Lois Greiman 5/10
D: The Demon You Know - Christine Warren 5/9
L: City of the Sun by David Levien 5/13
W: Wicked Highlander - Donna Grant 5/30
S: Hunter's Moon - Dana Stabenow 5/24
M: Never Less Than a Lady - Mary Jo Putney 6/4
B: Fugitive - Cheryl Brooks 6/8

O ~ On A Totally Unrelated Subject
O: One More Bite - Jennifer Rardin 6/29
A: The Alexandria Link - Steve Berry 10/25
T: A Thief In A Kilt - Sandy Blair 8/9
U: Unwind - Neal Shusterman 5/21
S: The Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly 10/21

P ~ Pretty Hot and Tempting
P: Pleasure - Jacquelyn Frank 4/21
H: Hostage - Kay Hooper 6/6
A: Always On My Mind - Jill Shalvis 7/5
T: Tongue In Chic - Christina Dodd 7/12

Q ~ Quod Erat Demonstrandum (meaning???)
Q: The Sum of All Kisses - Julia Quinn 6/29
E: The Golden One - Elizabeth Peters 5/8
D: Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay 6/13

R ~ Rest In Peace
R: Don't Tell - Karen Rose 6/6
I: The Devil's Punchbowl - Greg Iles 8/3
P: Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher 6/1

S ~ Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager
S: Forever and a Day - Jill Shalvis 5/25
N: Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale - Christine Warren 6/9
E: Children of the Storm - Elizabeth Peters 7/3
R: The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley 6/25
T: Tall, Dark & Lonely - R.L. Mathewson 8/13

T ~ Tongue In Cheek
T: The Trouble With Witches - Shirley Damsgaard 8/16
I: Deadlock - Iris Johansen 10/30
C: City of Lost Souls - Cassandra Clare 4/23

U ~ Unless I Am Mistaken
U: Untamed Highlander - Donna Grant 6/18
I: Oceanborne - Katherine Irons 10/22
A: And One Last Thing ... - Molly Harper 8/27
M: Midnight Come Again - Dana Stabenow 6/19

V ~ Very Wicked Smile
V: Sex and the Single Earl - Vanessa Kelly 6/20
W: Whisper Kiss - Deborah Cooke 7/7
S: Ecstasy in Darkness - Gena Showalter 6/12

W ~ Who Gives A Shit
W: White Wedding - Ursula Sinclair 8/11
G: The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum 6/2
A: Heart of Atlantis - Alyssa Day 8/11
S: Shadow Highlander - Donna Grant 7/29

X ~ Hugs and Kisses
X: XO - Jeffrey Deaver 6/26
A: Are You Scared Yet? - Hunter Morgan 8/19
O: On the Prowl - Christine Warren 8/4

Y ~ Yeah, Sure, Whatever
Y: The Monstrumologist - Rick Yancey 1/8
S: The Girl Most Likely To... - Susan Donovan 6/14
W: A Warrior's Promise - Donna Fletcher 8/27

Z ~ Zoning Improvement Plan (what the hell is this and who the hell would use it?)
Z: Caring Is Creepy - David Zimmerman 7/10
I: The Ice Princess - Camilla Läckberg 7/17
P: Loving A Lost Lord - Mary Jo Putney 5/11

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Barbara! ☺

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge
Duration: 1st April 2014 - 25 February 2015
Letters: 26/26
Books: 210/210

A/S = Age/Sex Completed
✔A ✔C Sexy as Hell by Andrea Laurence (28/06/14)
✔G Tall Tales and Wedding Veils by Jane Graves (15/04/14)
✔E With or Without Him by Barbara Elsborg (18/07/14)

✔S The Stubborn Lord by Michelle M. Pillow (15/05/14)
✔E Edge of Dawn by Lara Adrian (29/07/14)
✔X Snakeskin Boots by Xara X. Xanakas (26/11/14)

BNI = Be Back Soon Completed
✔B Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian *Brock* (28/05/14)
✔E Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels *Evan Cerelli* (27/07/14)

✔B Valentino's Cowboy by Lynn Hagen (16/11/14) *Abraham "Abe" Brego*
✔A Armed & Dangerous by Abigail Roux (08/06/14)
✔C The Reluctant Lord by Michelle M. Pillow *Lady Claire* (11/06/14)
✔K The King by J.R. Ward (08/04/14)

✔S Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian (23/05/14)
✔O Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne (23/06/14)
✔O Sought by Evangeline Anderson *Kat O’Connor* (29/04/14)
✔N The Texan's Reward by Jodi Thomas *Nell* (19/05/14)

C/O = In Care Of Completed
✔I Dark Skye by Kresley Cole *Immortals after Dark series* (12/08/14)
✔N The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella *Nathaniel* (28/06/14)

✔C Cowboy Legend by Lynn Hagen (12/09/14)
✔A At Last by Jill Shalvis (15/10/14)
✔R Riley's Downfall by Lynn Hagen (29/09/14)
✔E Trouble in Texas by Katie Lane *Elizabeth Murphy* (13/07/14)

✔O Quinn by R.C. Ryan *Cheyenne O'Brien* (17/07/14)
✔F A Texan's Luck by Jodi Thomas *Frank "Walker" Larson* (02/05/14)

DK = Don't Know Completed
✔D Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville *Anson Dane* (23/09/14)
✔O Emma And The Outlaw *Orphan Train series* by Linda Lael Miller (04/08/14)
✔N Bound by Elisabeth Naughton (12/04/14)
✔T Too Stupid to Live by Anne Tenino (01/06/14)

✔K Darkness by Laurann Dohner *Katrina Perkins* (25/09/14)
✔N Nerd in Shining Armor by Vicki Lewis Thompson (06/06/14)
✔O Caroline and the Raider *Orphan Train series* by Linda Lael Miller (28/08/14)
✔W Wulfe Untamed by Pamela Palmer (22/04/14)

EMDW = Evil Grin Completed
✔E Ivan by Roxie Rivera *Erin* (07/08/14)
✔V Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward *Vishous* (22/01/15)
✔I Loving Hector by John Inman (26/07/14)
✔L Cowboy Naughty by Lynn Hagen (09/09/14)

✔G Trouble & the Wallflower by Kade Boehme *Gavin Walker* (31/08/14)
✔R A Pint Light by Devon Rhodes (28/06/14)
✔I Ink by Isabelle Rowan (01/08/14)
✔N Nothing Special by A.E. Via (24/06/14)

F2F = Face To Face Completed
✔F Found Evangeline Anderson (04/05/14)
✔A Touch & Geaux by Abigail Roux (03/07/14)
✔C Virgin River by Robyn Carr (29/10/14)
✔E Try by Ella Frank (24/10/14)

✔T Lucky in Love by Jill Shalvis *Ty Garrison* (11/10/14)
✔O On the Wings of a Butterfly by Scarlet Hyacinth (25/10/14)

✔F Forever and a Day by Jill Shalvis (27/10/14)
✔A Marvin and the Three Bears by Tielle St. Clare *Alex* (12/02/15)
✔C Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr (30/10/14)
✔E Vision in White by Nora Roberts *Mackensie "Mac" Elliot* (29/11/14)

G2G = Got To Go Completed
✔G Screwing the System by Josephine Myles *Alasdair Grant* (23/07/14)
✔O Claimed by Evangeline Anderson *Olivia Waterhouse* (26/04/14)
✔T Take My Hand by Lynn Hagen (29/09/14)

✔T Teaching Angelo by Lynn Hagen (01/12/14)
✔O Cross & Crown by Abigail Roux *Nick O'Flaherty* (03/09/14)

✔G The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter (03/12/14)
✔O Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward *Butch O’Neal* (19/01/15)

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

H/h = Hero/Heroine Completed
✔H Welcome to Last Chance by Hope Ramsay (07/10/14)
✔E Dark Lover by J.R Ward *Elizabeth Randall* (14/12/14)
✔R Wolf by Lynn Hagen (20/11/14) *Jaycee Raynes*
✔O Bowl Full of Cherries by Raine O'Tierney (02/02/15)

✔H Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis (05/10/14)
✔E The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks *Ethan Kelly* (23/12/14)
✔R Safe in His Arms by Renae Kaye (03/02/15)
✔O Happy's Ever After by Stormy Glenn *Happy O’Brian* (15/02/15)
✔I I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella (07/12/14)
✔N Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts (13/12/14)
✔E Hunted by Evangeline Anderson (27/04/14)

ICHC = I'll Be Back Completed
✔I The Impatient Lord by Michelle M. Pillow (18/06/14)
✔L Seth's Chance by Lynn Hagen (17/09/14)
✔L Mating Thomas by Lynn Hagen (07/07/14)

✔B Anything Goes: My Autobiography by John Barrowman (05/08/14)
✔E Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward *Ehlena* (08/02/15)

✔B Born in Chains by Caris Roane (15/04/14)
✔A Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian (03/04/14)
✔C Christmas at the Lakelands' by Lynn Hagen (08/12/14)
✔K Small Town Christmas by Jill Shalvis, Hope Ramsay and Katie Lane (09/10/14)

J/K = Just Kidding Completed
✔J Crooked Tree Ranch by R.J. Scott (19/0/14)
✔U Warrior's Cross by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux (15/09/14)
✔S Cowboy Seduction by Lynn Hagen *Sam Reynolds* (13/09/14)
✔T Frat Boy and Toppy by Anne Tenino (22/07/14)

✔K Flirting with Texas by Katie Lane (21/07/14)
✔I In Kelly's Corner by Roxie Rivera (06/08/14)
✔D Dark Submission by A.J. Hardcourt (22/08/14)
✔D College Boys by Daisy Harris (11/02/15)
✔I In Jack's Arms by Roxie Rivera (04/09/14)
✔N Nikolai by Roxie Rivera (06/09/14)
✔G Reaper's Legacy by Joanna Wylde *Jesse "Ruger" Gray* (15/11/14)

KIT = Keep In Touch Completed
✔K Make Mine a Bad Boy by Katie Lane (10/07/14)
✔E Diva and the Frat Boy by Daisy Harris *Greg Emmanuel Sanders* (11/02/15)
✔E Cowboy Up by Stormy Glenn *Elijah James* (13/02/15)
✔P John Henry's Beautiful Charlie by Stormy Glenn *Charlie Pennington* (16/02/15)

✔I Shy by John Inman (19/07/14)
✔N The Heart of Texas by R.J. Scott *Riley Nathaniel Hayes* (2107/14)

✔T Townie and the Twink by Daisy Harris (14/02/15)
✔O Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins (29/01/15)
✔U Uncollared by Nona Raines (24/08/14)
✔C Cowboy Love by Lynn Hagen (06/09/14)
✔H Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (16/11/14)

L8R G8R = Later 'Gater Completed
✔L Cowboy Heart by Lynn Hagen (06/09/14)
✔A Hot Head by Damon Suede *Dante Inigo Anastagio* (13/09/14)
✔T Here Kitty, Kitty by Joyee Flynn *Tyson Fitzgerald* (17/02/15)
✔E Cowboy Christmas by Stormy Glenn *Kapheri el-Masri* (15/02/15)
✔R Lover Mine by J.R. Ward (10/02/15)

✔G Get What You Need by Jeanette Grey (01/02/15)
✔A Azagoth by Larissa Ione (27/11/14)
✔T Two Fangs And A Hoof by Joyee Flynn (18/02/15)
✔E Alien Mate by Eve Langlais (16/02/15)
✔R Collateral by Roxie Rivera (13/02/15)

M/M = Male/Male Completed
✔M Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (06/01/15)
✔A Always On My Mind by Jill Shalvis (12/01/15)
✔L Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward (10/01/15)
✔E His Risk to Take by Tessa Bailey *Ruby Elliot* (19/08/14)

✔M A Man's Worth by Lynn Hagen (13/10/14)
✔A Collateral by Roxie Rivera *Aston McNeil* (13/02/15)
✔L Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward (14/01/15)
✔E Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione *Eidolon* (20/01/15)

N/M = Never Mind Completed
✔N Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts (07/01/15)
✔E Alien Rule by Tracy St. John *Egilka* (16/08/14)
✔V A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr (26/12/14)
✔E How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps by Josephine Myles *Eddie Powell* (26/01/15)
✔R Jake by R.C. Ryan (24/08/14)

✔M Melonee Brac's Mistletoe Madness by Lynn Hagen (30/09/14)
✔I I Can See For Miles by Lisa Worrall (18/08/14)
✔N Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid (02/06/14)
✔D Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian (26/06/14)

OTP = One True Pairing
✔O Bridges by M.J. O'Shea (01/11/14)
✔N Cowboy Courage by Stormy Glenn *Neason Blaecleah* (12/02/15)
✔E My Roommate's a Jock? Well, Crap! by Wade Kelly *Ellis Walter Montgomery* (31/01/15)

✔T Tattooed & Taken by Stormy Glenn (19/02/15)
✔R Fang And Fur by Stormy Glenn *Sterling Roane* (21/02/15)
✔U Under the Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis (27/10/14)
✔E Fire And Ash by Gabrielle Evans (18/02/15)

✔P The Warrior Prince by Michelle M. Pillow (01/04/14)
✔A Rave by Lynn Hagen *Logan Albinster* (01/07/14)
✔I In Finn's Heart by Roxie Rivera (11/09/14)
✔R Sergei by Roxie Rivera (07/09/14)
✔I It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis (17/11/14)
✔N The Submissive by Tara Sue Me *Nathanial West* (11/12/14)
✔G Grabbed by Vicious by Lolita Lopez (03/09/14)

P = Pudding! Completed
✔P The Bound Prince by Michelle M. Pillow (14/07/14)
✔U Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban (16/05/14)
✔D Dine & Dash by Abigail Roux (08/06/14)
✔D Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet (18/11/14) *Dexter J. Daley*
✔I I'll Be Your Drill, Soldier by Crystal Rose (30/07/14)
✔N The Dark Side of Love by Lynn Hagen *Nathanial* (28/09/14)
✔G Squeak And A Roar by Joyee Flynn *Gavin Ashby* (17/02/15)

QT = Quiet Completed
✔Q The Playful Prince by Michelle M. Pillow *Quinn* (12/07/14)
✔U Fish & Chips by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban (17/05/24)
✔I Revenant by Larissa Ione (02/01/15)
✔E Myth And Mischief by Gabrielle Evans (19/02/15)
✔T Bossy and the Brat by Daisy Harris *Tyler Burk* (25/02/15)

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

R = Are
✔A Stars & Stripes by Abigail Roux (29/06/14)
✔R Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian *Andreas Reichen* (10/05/14)
✔E Ceri by Lynn Hagen (29/11/14) *Ceridian Giordano Espelimergo*

S/O = Someone Completed
✔S Cowboy Way by Stormy Glenn (12/02/15)
✔O Oh, Baby! by Roxie Rivera (08/08/14)
✔M The Rogue Prince by Michelle M. Pillow (13/08/14)
✔E Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts (04/12/14) *Emmaline Grant*
✔O Shock & Awe by Abigail Roux *Nick O'Flaherty* (17/08/14)
✔N I Survived Seattle by J.K. Hogan *Nic Valentine* (30/08/14)
✔E House Rules by Roxie Rivera *Erin* (07/08/14)

TA = Thanks Again Completed
✔T Tall Tales and Wedding Veils by Jane Graves (15/04/14)
✔H Loving Styles by Lynn Hagen (23/11/14)
✔A St. Nacho's by Z.A. Maxfield (29/08/14)
✔N Caught by Menace by Lolita Lopez *Naya* (12/11/14)
✔K The Last Cowboy in Texas by Katie Lane 19/12/14)
✔S The Stubborn Lord by Michelle M. Pillow (15/05/14)

✔A Alien Embrace by Aracy St. John (15/08/14)
✔G Love Comes Silently by Andrew Grey (16/09/14)
✔A Crave The Night by Lara Adrian (06/12/14)
✔I Indebted by J.L. Beck (28/01/15)
✔N TWISTED by Elisabeth Naughton (16/01/15)

U = You Completed
✔Y Cowboy Convenience by Stormy Glenn *Yancy Butler* (15/02/15)
✔O Something More by Amanda Young *Will O'Malley* (27/08/14)
✔U Divide & Conquer by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux (17/05/14)

VZIT = Visit Completed
✔V Tell Me It's Real by T.J. Klune *Vince Taylor* (30/05/14)
✔I Meet Me at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan *Issy Randall* (07/07/14)
✔S Lover Undercover by Samanthe Beck (20/08/14)
✔I A Christmas to Remember by Jill Shalvis *Ian O’Mallery* (16/01/15)
✔T A Taste of Midnight by Lara Adrian (22/06/14)

W8 = Wait Completed
✔W Mr. X by Clarissa Wild (24/07/14)
✔A Brandon Mills versus the V-Card by Lisa Henry and J.A Rock (30/01/15)
✔I Cowboy Trouble by Lynn Hagen *Isaac Newton* (09/12/14)
✔T Protecting What's His by Tessa Bailey (18/08/14)

X&O = Hugs and Kisses Completed
✔H Brac Pack Halloween Murder Mystery by Lynn Hagen (25/11/14)
✔U Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban (27/05/14)
✔G His Highness the Duke by Michelle M. Pillow *Aeron Grey* (30/04/14)
✔S Son of No One by Sherrilyn Kenyon (18/10/14)

✔A The Truth About Riley by Henrietta Clarke *Riley Aylworth* (30/08/14)
✔N Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian *Nikolai* (14/04/14)
✔D Deep Kiss Of Winter by Kresley Cole (22/04/14)

✔K Catch Me A Cowboy by Katie Lane (11/07/14)
✔I Cowboy Miracles by Lynn Hagen *Robert Ishmael Newton* (29/12/14)
✔S PORN by Matt Shaw (28/01/15)
✔S Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr (29/12/14)
✔E Hot And Bothered by Roxie Rivera *Erin* (07/08/14)
✔S Sister, Sister by Roxie Rivera (07/08/14)

Y = Why Completed
✔W When a Texan Gambles by Jodi Thomas (19/04/14)
✔H Jordan's Desires by Lynn Hagen (14/11/14)
✔Y You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning (04/06/14)

ZMG = Oh My God Completed
✔O Oh, Baby! by Roxie Rivera (08/08/14)
✔H Player and the Prude by Daisy Harris (20/02/15)

✔M The Pirate Prince by Michelle M. Pillow (14/08/14)
✔Y Yuri by Roxie Rivera (09/08/14)

✔G It Must Be Love by Rachel Gibson (11/06/14)
✔O Lily and the Major *Orphan Train series* by Linda Lael Miller (16/07/14)
✔D Scales And A Tail by Stormy Glenn *Sebastian Drakus* (17/02/15)

COMPLETED

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Stephanie! ☺

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Thanks ❀Tea❀

[Amelia]

Just finished this one up!

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge

Read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letter of the item or term you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.)

130/130 Books Read

AFB: Away From Brain
A - Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia - Brandon Sanderson - 6/11/14
F - The Forge of Darkness - Steven Erikson - 4/7/14
B - Blood Song - Anthony Ryan - 4/23/14

BMTIPG: Brilliant Minds Think In Parallel Gutters
B - Briggs, Patricia - Silver Borne - 4/25/14
M - Mull, Brandon - Grip of the Shadow Plague - 8/3/14
T - Tiger's Curse - Colleen Houck - 4/8/14
I - Ian Tregellis - Bitter Seeds - 4/30/14
P - Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver - 7/8/14
G - Gift - Andrea J. Buchanan - 5/6/14

COTFLGOHAHA: Crawling On The Floor Laughing Guts Out and Having A Heart Attack
C - Chainani, Soman - The School for Good and Evil - 6/3/14
O - Obsidian Mirror - Catherine Fisher - 5/15/14
T - Tahereh Mafi - Shatter Me - 4/18/14
F - Finnikin of the Rock - Melina Marchetta - 4/15/14
L - Libriomancer - Jim C. Hines - 9/16/14
G - Gail Carriger - Blameless - 5/13/14
O - Orson Scott Card - Earth Awakens - 9/19/14
H - Hambly, Barbara - Dragonshadow - 5/9/14
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Burns - 7/2/14
H - Hopkinson, Nalo - Sister Mine - 5/22/14
A - The Assassin's Curse - Cassandra Rose Clarke - 7/11/14

DAMHIKIJKOK: Don't Ask Me How I Know, I Just Know OK
D - Dragon Keeper - Carole Wilkinson - 6/16/14
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Strikes - 8/6/14
M - Moore, Christopher - Coyote Blue - 8/9/14
H - His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novak - 5/25/14
I - Independent Study - Joelle Charbonneau - 5/13/14
K - Kilpack, Josi S. - Devil's Food Cake - 4/10/14
I - The Icebound Land - John Flanagan - 5/29/14
J - Juliet Marillier - Son of the Shadows - 8/16/14
K - Kristoff, Jay - Stormdancer - 6/24/14
O - Once Upon a Prince - Rachel Hauck - 10/20/14
K - Kelli Swofford Nielsen - Journey to the Fringe - 9/26/14

EPU: Evil Parallel Universe
E - Ee, Susan - World After - 8/5/14
P - Paper Towns - John Green - 10/23/14
U - Under the Empyrean Sky - Chuck Wendig - 6/13/14

FTASB: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
F - Falling Kingdoms - Morgan Rhodes - 5/5/14
T - Terry Pratchett - Making Money - 7/22/14
A - Ann Aguirre - Enclave - 8/8/14
S - Sanctum - Sarah Fine - 4/24/14
B - The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon - 7/12/14

GMTA: Great Minds Think Alike
G - Graduation Day - Joelle Charbonneau - 7/24/14
M - Michael J. Sullivan - The Crown Tower - 9/4/14
T - Tim Conway - What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life - 9/10/14
A - Among Thieves - Douglas Hulick - 8/26/14

HILIACACLO: Help I Lapsed Into A Coma And Can't Log Off
H - Hysteria - Megan Miranda - 9/23/14
I - Ivey, Eowyn - The Snow Child - 9/22/14
L - Lisa Lutz - Curse of the Spellmans - 9/22/14
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 10/10/14
A - The Android's Dream - John Scalzi - 8/27/14
C - City of Fallen Angels - Cassandra Clare - 6/20/14
A - Anna Godbersen - Rumors - 12/9/14
C - City of Lost Souls - Cassandra Clare - 6/30/14
L - Leigh Bardugo - Siege and Storm - 10/23/14
O - ORBS - Nicholas Stansbury Smith - 10/31/14

ICTYBTIHTKY: I Could Tell You But Then I'd Have To Kill You
I - Into the Wild Nerd Yonder - Julie Halpern - 11/4/14
C - Cress - Marissa Meyer - 8/3/14
T - Tilt-a-Whirl - Chris Grabenstein - 10/15/14
Y - Young, Moira - Rebel Heart - 5/20/14
B - Berg, Carol - The Soul Mirror - 7/17/14
T - Touch of Frost - Jennifer Estep - 11/23/14
I - The Infinite Sea - Rick Yancey - 12/2/14
H - A Hoe Lot of Trouble - Heather Webber - 9/29/14
T - Trouble in Spades - Heather Webber - 12/13/14
K - Kinslayer - Jay Kristoff - 10/28/14
Y - Year Zero - Rob Reid - 7/26/14

JAS: Just A Second
J - Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton - 10/3/14
A - Anthony, Lawrence - The Elephant Whisperer - 1/16/15
S - Shield and Crocus - Michael R. Underwood - 10/8/14

KWIM: Know What I Mean
K - Kadrey, Richard - Sandman Slim - 1/21/15
W - The Warrior Heir - 4/30/14
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 1/19/15
M - My Fair Godmother - Janette Rallison - 12/16/14

LLAP: Live Long And Prosper
L - Lisa Lutz - Revenge of the Spellmans - 12/4/14
L - Lizzy Ford - Xander's Chance - 1/31/15
A - Ashton, Brodi - Evertrue - 1/30/15
P - Peter Cawdron - Xenophobia - 11/7/14

MTFBWY: May The Force Be With You
M - Mayhem - Sarah Pinborough - 2/25/15
T - Taylor, Laini - Dreams of Gods & Monsters - 12/19/14
F - Fractured - Sarah Fine - 9/6/14
B - Berg, Carol - Dust and Light - 8/20/14
W - A World Without Princes - Soman Chainani - 6/8/14
Y - Yellow Crocus - Laila Ibrahim - 10/11/14

NBTD: Nothing Better To Do
N -No Return: A Novel of Jeroun - Zachary Jeroun 11/12/14
B - Butcher, Jim - Grave Peril - 8/29/14
T - Throne of Glass - Sarah Maas - 1/12/15
D - Dashner, James - The Scorch Trials - 10/7/14

ONNA: Oh No, Not Again
O - Once Upon a Curse - E.D. Baker - 12/31/14
N - Nielsen, Jennifer A. - The False Prince - 2/3/15
N - Neal Shusterman - Undivided - 2/11/15
A - Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare Blake - 2/3/15

POAHF: Put On A Happy Face
P - Patricia Briggs - River Marked - 10/14/14
O - Opal Fire - Barbra Annino - 1/29/15
A - Atlantia - Ally Condie - 2/19/15
H - Hawkins, Rachel - Rebel Belle - 12/10/14
F - Fine, Sarah - Chaos - 10/28/14

QFT: Quoted For Truth
Q - Quinn, Kate - Empress of the Seven Hills - 9/10/14
F - Firefight - Brandon Sanderson - 1/15/15
T - Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! - 3/4/15

RAK: Random Act of Kindness
R - The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion - 7/28/14
A - Adina, Shelley - Lady of Devices - 3/1/15
K - Kasie West - Split Second - 11/13/14

SFSG: So Far So Good
S - Skin Deep - Brandon Sanderson - 12/23/14
F - A Fatal Twist of Lemon: A Wisteria Tearoom Mystery - Patrice Greenwood - 4/9/15
S - Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary - Brandon Mull - 12/31/14
G - Gail Carriger - Waistcoats Weaponry - 11/10/14

TTFN: Ta Ta For Now
T - Trevelyan, Claire: from Her Own Devices - Shelley Adina - 3/10/15
T - Tigg, aka Tom Terwilliger: from Magnificent Devices - Shelley Adina - 3/12/15
F - Florence: "Flo" My Life in Pink & Green - Lisa Greenwald - 3/28/15
N - Nielsen, Jennifer A. - The Runaway King - 2/18/15

UTSL: Use The Source, Luke
U - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand - 9/25/14
T - Ticker - Lisa Mantchev - 4/7/15
S - Shirvington, Jessica - Embrace - 2/6/15
L - Lauren DeStefano - Perfect Ruin - 1/21/15

VBEG: Very Big Evil Grin
V - Ventresca, Yvonne - Pandemic - 11/20/14
B - Butcher, Jim - Summer Knight - 10/19/14
E - The Emperor's Knife - Mazarkis Williams - 9/16/14
G - The Giver - Lois Lowry - 2/23/15

WTG: Way To Go
W - The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame - 8/20/14
T - Tui T. Sutherland - The Menagerie - 4/16/15
G - Gennifer Albin - Altered - 3/5/15

XYZ: Examine Your Zipper
X - Xiao-Mei, Zhu - The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations - 5/16/14
Y - Young, Moira - Raging Star - 11/2/14
Z - Zombies Vs. Unicorns - Holly Black - 11/19/14

YGTBK: You've Got To Be Kidding
Y - Yovanoff, Brenna - Paper Valentine - 2/13/15
G - Garth Nix - Sabriel - 3/8/15
T - Timothy Borden - How (Not) to Kiss a Toad - Elizabeth A. Reeves - 5/1/15
B - Butcher, Jim - Death Masks - 1/8/15
K - Key Lime Pie - Josi S. Kilpack - 1/12/15

ZIP: Zoning Improvement Plan
Z - Zinn, Bridget - Poison - 3/30/15
I - Islington, James - The Shadow Of What Was Lost - 3/31/15
P - Paolo Bacigalupi - The Windup Girl - 12/16/14

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Amelia ☺

[Laila Jane]

I'm finally done!

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Laila! :)

[ᒪᗴᗩᕼ]

ALL DONE

Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge
Start Date: 7/10/14
End Date: 6/11/15

26/26 Acronyms
73/73 Books

✔A= AFK (Away From Keyboard)

A: Amped by Daniel H. Wilson -08/01/14☆☆☆1/2
F: Fire Country by David Estes -07/24/14☆☆☆☆☆
K: The Kiss Off by Sarah Billington -08/02/14☆☆☆☆☆



✔B= BTW (By The Way)

B: Beth Revis - Across the Universe -10/07/14☆☆☆
T: Alessandra Torre - Black Lies -09/10/14☆☆☆☆1/2
W: Dan Wells - Fragments -10/09/14>☆☆☆☆☆



✔C= CU (See You)

C: Cristin Terrill - All Our Yesterdays -09/27/14☆☆☆☆☆
U: Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan -07/23/14☆☆1/2



✔D= DTF (Down to F*ck)

D: Paul Draker - New Year Island -07/12/14☆☆☆☆
T: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray -11/25/14☆☆☆☆☆
F: Forgotten by Cat Patrick -08/14/14☆☆☆☆1/2



✔E= ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)

E: Everneath by Brodi Ashton -02/26/15☆☆☆☆
T: Tara Elizabeth - Denounced -08/10/14☆☆☆☆☆
A: After the End by Amy Plum -08/27/14☆☆☆1/2



✔F= FTW (F*ck The World)

F: Sarah Fine - Marked -01/02/15☆☆☆☆☆
T: Amy Tintera - Reboot -01/31/15☆☆☆☆☆
W: Rysa Walker - Timebound -02/03/15☆☆☆☆☆



✔G= GBTM (Get Back To Me)

G: The Giver by Lois Lowry -10/25/14☆☆☆☆
B: Brandon Sanderson - Firefight -02/24/15☆☆☆☆
T: Amy Tintera - Rebel -02/18/15☆☆☆☆☆
M: Erin McCarthy - Flat-Out Sexy -09/18/14☆☆☆☆



✔H= HBIC (Head Bitch In Charge)

H: Halo by Frankie Rose -12/01/14☆☆☆
B: Bedroom Games by Jessica Clare -03/01/15☆☆☆☆1/2
I: Into the Deep by Samantha Young -07/16/14☆☆1/2
C: Caisey Quinn - Girl with Guitar -11/03/14☆☆☆☆



✔I= IDK (I Don't Know)

I: Rachael Isaacson - Stolen Daisy: A Novel -09/16/14☆☆☆
D: Dangerous Boys by Abigail Haas -04/14/15☆☆☆☆1/2
K: Kathy Reichs - Virals -03/08/15☆☆☆1/2



✔J= JK (Just Kidding)

J: Joe by H.D. Gordon -08/24/14☆☆☆☆☆
K: Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner - This Shattered World -01/11/14☆☆☆☆☆



✔K= KMA (Kiss My Ass)

K: Katja Millay - The Sea of Tranquility -03/13/15☆☆☆☆☆+
M: Maggie Stiefvater - The Raven Boys -10/21/14☆☆☆☆
A: AUBURN Confess by Colleen Hoover -03/28/15☆☆☆☆☆



✔L= LOL (Laugh Out Load)

L: Robin LaFevers - Grave Mercy -11/02/14☆☆☆☆☆
O: One Good Reason by Nicole Salmond -08/18/14☆☆1/2
L: Lisa Unger - Die for You -11/18/14☆☆☆



✔M= MSG (Message)

M: Michelle Hodkin - The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer -11/15/14☆☆☆1/2
S: Statistic by Dawn Robertson -12/01/14☆☆☆
G: Gates of Thread and Stone by Lori M. Lee -01/28/15☆☆☆1/2



✔N= NP (No Problem)

N: Night Sky by Suzanne Brockmann & Melanie Brockmann -02/11/15☆☆☆
P: Playing Games by Jessica Clare -11/06/14☆☆☆☆1/2



✔O= OMG (Oh My God/Goodness/Gosh)

O: Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout -01/15/16☆☆☆☆☆
M: MEIRA Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch -03/25/15☆☆☆☆
G: Grift by Jason Mosberg -03/29/15☆☆☆☆☆



✔P= POS (Piece Of Shit)

P: Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson -03/19/15☆☆☆☆1/2
O: Maise O'MALLEY Unteachable by Leah Raeder -06/11/15☆☆☆☆
S: Striking by Lila Felix & Rachel Higginson -12/24/14☆☆☆☆1/2



✔Q= Q&A (Questions & Answers)

Q: Quiver by S.L. Naeole -08/31/14☆☆☆
A: Abigail Haas - Dangerous Girls -02/08/15☆☆☆☆☆



✔R= RL (Real Life)

R: Reapers by Edward W. Robertson -03/14/15☆☆☆☆
L: Emily Lloyd-Jones - Illusive -12/30/14☆☆☆☆



✔S= SOL (Shit Outta Luck)

S: Scan by Sarah Fine -01/22/15☆☆☆☆1/2
O: Caragh M. O'Brien - Birthmarked -04/09/15☆☆☆1/2
L: Lauren Miller - Free to Fall -04/26/15☆☆☆☆☆



✔T= TMI (Too Much Information)

T: Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker -05/21/15☆☆☆☆☆
M: Richelle Mead - The Fiery Heart -03/31/15☆☆☆☆
I: Ice Country by David Estes -12/14/14☆☆☆☆1/2



✔U= UR (Your)

U: Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover -10/22/14☆☆☆☆☆
R: Ruins by Dan Wells -11/08/14



✔V= VPL (Visible Panty Line)

V: Variant by Robison Wells -08/08/14☆☆☆1/2
P: Lily Paradis - Volition -03/17/15☆☆☆☆☆
L: Marie Lu - The Young Elites -12/07/14☆☆☆☆1/2



✔W= WTF (What The F*ck)

W: Paula Weston - Shadows -05/08/15☆☆☆1/2
T: Torn Away by Jennifer Brown -05/11/15☆☆☆☆☆
F: Sarah Fine - Chaos -10/15/14☆☆☆☆☆



✔X= XAO (Hugs and Kisses)

X: Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! by Sara C. Roethle -07/15/14☆☆☆☆
A: Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh -09/09/14☆☆☆☆
O: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout -12/20/14☆☆☆☆☆



✔Y= YR (Yeah Right)

Y: Yessi Smith - Life's A Cappella -07/28/14☆☆☆☆
R: Rumors by Anna Godbersen -12/17/14☆☆☆☆



✔Z= ZZZ (Sleeping or Bored)

Z: Sara Zarr - How to Save a Life -01/18/15☆☆☆☆1/2
Z: ZARA Ice Games by Jessica Clare -02/25/15☆☆☆☆1/2
Z: Christine Zolendz - Here's To Falling -06/07/15☆☆☆☆☆

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats ʟєαɧ ɱαʀɪє ☺

[Juana "Darkness"]

Update: All Done

Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge
Start Date: April 2, 2014-
End: April 1, 2015


A: ALA( as long as)
A: Addicted to Him by Lauren Dodd 4/7/14
L: Linda Lael Miller- Willow 5/6/14
A: Adersen, Susan- Burning Up 5/21/14




B: BLTN ( Better Late Than Never)
B: Breath of Magic by Teresa Medeiros 4/7/14
L: Lindsey, Johanna- You Belong to Me 6/10/14
T: The Truth About Lord Stoneville by Sabrina Jefferies 4/17/14
N: Nancy Sprowell Geise- The Eighth Sea 5/24/14




C: CLAB (Crying Like A Baby)
C: Carnal Secrets by Suzanne Wright 4/17/14
L: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead 6/7/14
A: Ashley Lavering- Curse of the Beast 5/29/14
B: A Belated Bride by Karen Hawkins 5/12/14




D: DDD ( Deliberate Design Decision)
D: Diana Palmer- Heart of Stone 5/9/14
D: Donna Lea Simpson- Awaiting the Night 6/23/14
D: The Dairy of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 7/11/14




E: ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)
E: Evelyn Glass- An Alpha's Kiss 4/14/14
T: Touched by the White Bear by J.J. Jones 5/16/14
A: Atlantis Unmasked by Alyssa Day 6/16/14




F: FMN ( Forget Me Not)
F: Floor Four by A. Lopez Jr. 6/13/14
M: Mead, Richelle- Spirit Bound 6/4/14
N: No Place for a Lady by Maggie Brendan 6/21/14




G: GSHIWMP (Giggling So Hard I Wet My Pants)
G: Gail Merriweather- His Forbidden Mate 5/28/14
S: Sherrilyn Kenyon- Unpon the Midnight Clear 10/13/14
H: Hope(less) by Melissa Haag 4/4/14
I: Ivy, Alexandra- Darkness Unleashed 4/22/14
W: The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole 5/1/14
M: Midnight Lace by Elizabeth Kary 7/2/14
P: Promise of Pleasure by Cheryl Holt 8/18/14




H: HAGN (Have A Good Night)
H: A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 5/5/14
A: Atlantis Redeemed by Alyssa Day 6/19/14
G: Germaine, Lili St.- Seven Sons 7/3/14
N: A Night of Forever by Lori Brighton 7/15/14




I: IAAL (I Am A Lawyer)
I: I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long 4/24/14
A: Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/25/14
A: Adrianne Brooks- The Dragon King and I 8/4/14
L: Lynne, Victoria- With This Kiss 7/3/14




J: JPW ( Just Plain Weird)
J: Jaeniene Frost- Once Burned 5/12/14
P: Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas 1/19/15
W: Wilson, Norah- Needing Nita 9/30/14




K: KEAH (Kill Everyone After Hours)
K: Keynon, Sherrilyn- Retribution 7/8/14
E: E.R. Davis- Dragon Call 5/19/14
A: Avalon High by Meg Cabot 8/12/14
H: His Wicked Ways by Samantha James 5/16/14




L: LBS (Laughing But Serious)
L: Laurens, Stephanie- An Unwilling Conquest 9/5/14
B: Bolton, Karice- Lonely Souls 9/26/14
S: Seven Years by Dannika Dark 5/21/14




M: MTFBWY (May The Force Be With You)
M: Mystique by Amanda Quick 7/15/14
T: Taffeta and Hotspur by Claudy Conn 9/3/14
F: The Fence my Father Built by Linda S. Clare 8/6/14
B: Blood Claim by Megan McMinimy 10/15/14
W: Wilson, N.L.- The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen 7/20/14
Y: Yates, Maisey- The Life She Left Behind 5/7/14




N: NALOPKT (Not A Lot Of People Know That)
N: Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/19/14
A: Adair, Cherry- Edge of Danger 9/23/14
L: Lessons From a Scarlet Lady by Emma Wildes 9/20/14
O: Old Enough to Know Better by Joan Reeves 4/2/14
P: Pamela Britton- In the Groove 2/25/15
K: Kenyon, Sherrilyn- Unleash the Night 5/27/14
T: Tempting Danger by Eileen Wilks 10/2/14




O: OSIM (Oh Shoot It's Monday)
O: Out of Time by Deborah Scott 5/24/14
S: Sherrilyn Kenyon- Dance with the Devil 7/23/14
I: Into the Woods by Linda Jones 4/27/14
M: More Than Blood by Amanda Vyne 8/15/14




P: PMFJIH (Pardon Me For Jumping In Here)
P: Prussing, Scott- Breathless 3/14/15
M: Mine All Mine by Ella J. Quince 10/8/14
F: Forevermore by Lauren Royal 7/13/14
J: Jewel of my Heart by Rosemary Rogers 7/5/14
I: Iron Cowboy by Diana Palmer 4/29/14
H: The House in Grosvenor Square by Linore Rose Burkard 9/30/14




Q: QRT (Quit Receiving/ Transmitting)
Q:Quinn, Julia- Ten Things I Love About You 2/22/15
R: Resurrection by Stephen Cole 5/11/14
T: Taylor, Helen Scott- Ocean's Between Us 12/8/14



R: ROATFLHOLCBF (Rolling On A The Floor Laughing Hysterically Out Loud Collecting Bird Feathers)
R: Romeo and Juliet by H.T. Night 10/10/14
O: The Officer and the Bostoner by Rose Gordon 7/17/14
A: After Midnight by Teresa Medeiros 5/1/15
T: Tigris Eden- Enslaved in Shadow 2/9/15
F: Foley, Gaelen- One Night of Sin 9/7/14
L: Lynch, Karen- Relentless 11/1/14
H: Harmony, Terra- The Rising 10/25/14
O: On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy 7/23/14
L: The Leopard Vangaurd by T. A. Uner 2/7/15
C: Cheryl Holt- Wicked 8/1/14
B: Beth Nimmon, Darrall Scott, Steve Raby- Rachel's Tears 10/17/14
F: Ford, Lizzy- Charred Heart 1/12/15



S: SFAIAA (So Far As I Am Aware)
S: Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon 10/22/14
F: Forged in Fire by Trish McCallan 10/5/14
A: After the Kiss by Suzanne Enoch 9/27/14
I: In the Arms of the Dark Elf by Willow Nonea Rae 5/2/14
A: Alexandra, Victoria- The Importance of Being Wicked 11/7/14
A: Armentrout, Jennifer L.- Obsidian 12/3/14




T: TBC (To Be Continued)
T: A Texan's Promise by Shelley Gray 2/27/15
B: Brown, Carolyn- Lucky in Love 12/2/14
C: Cynthia Eden- The Wolf Within 9/23/14



U: UCCOM (You Can Count On Me)
U: An Unlikely Match by Barbara Dunlop 4/19/14
C: Claudia Gray- Evernight 12/18/14
C: Crave by Violet Vaughn 1/25/15
O: One with the Shadows by Susan Squires 8/9/14
M: Mondello, Lisa- Nothing but Trouble 9/8/14




V: VLSTGLOI (Vodka, Lime, Soda, Tall Glass, Lots Of Ice)
V: The Virgin Huntress by Victoria Vane 5/15/14
L: Love by the Letter by Melissa Jagears 1/29/15
S: Showalter, Gena- The Darkest Secret 11/26/14
T: Time Untime by Sherrilyn Kenyon 3/1/15
G: The Gaurdian by Sherrilyn Kenyon 11/4/14
L: Lindsey, Johanna- Surrender my Love 2/14/15
O: Of Light and Darkness: The Vampire's Daughter by Shayne Leighton 10/28/14
I: In Bed with the Devil by Lorraine Heath 8/7/14



W: WAMKSAM (Why Are My Kids Staring At Me)
W: The Way They Were by Mary Campisi 1/24/15
A: Annabelle Bryant- To Love a Wicked Scoundrel 1/3/15
M: May Ball, Alice- Night of the Wolf 1/8/15
K: Kaitlyn Davis- Ignite 12/12/14
S: Showalter, Gena- The Darkest Night 11/10/14
A: Allen, Heather- Just Breathe 1/6/15
M: Maid for Love by Marie Force 1/22/15




X: XYZ(Examine Your Zipper)
X: Styxx by Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/11/14
Y: Young Annabelle by Sarah Tork 6/11/14
Z: Zoe York- What was Once Perfect 7/19/14




Y: YBTMFML (You Belong To Me Forever My Love)
Y: Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase 1/22/15
B: Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon 1/28/15
T: Twelfth Moon by Lori Villarreal 3/31/15
M: MacLean, Sarah- No Good Duke Goes Unpunished 2/9/15
F: Frasco, Victor- Zipper 1/29/15
M: Mine To Take by Cynthia Eden 2/15/15
L: Linda Howard- Inferno 3/12/15
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Z: ZIP (Zoning Improvement Plan)
Z: Zoey, Claire Kane- Hexes and X's 1/16/15
I: Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands 10/18/14
P: Petru Popescu- Birth of the Pack 4/1/15

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Juana! ☺

[Juana "Darkness"]

Thanks

[Rebecca]

finally finished!!

Texting Acronyms Challenge
Duration: July 9, 2014-July 2, 2015
(26/26) Acronyms
(74/74) Books read

✔ A: AAK (Asleep At Keyboard)
A Animal Farm by George Orwell 7/13/14
A Alice Walker The Color Purple 8/5/14
K Kava, Alex A Perfect Evil 8/4/14
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✔ B: BFF (Best Friends Forever :)
B The Burning Air by Erin Kelly 7/24/14
F Franzen, Jonathan The Corrections 8/25/14
F Freeman, Brian The Cold Nowhere 9/23/14
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✔ C: CWOT (Complete Waste of Time)
C The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 7/26/14
W Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French 7/10/14
O O'Brien, Kevin Disturbed 7/22/14
T The Third Victim by Lisa Gardner 7/27/14
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✔ D: DJM (Don't Judge Me)
D Don't Tell by Karen Rose 7/11/14
J Judith Rossner Looking for Mr. Goodbar 7/15/14
M Malcolm Lowry Under the Volcano 8/8/14
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✔ E: EWI (E-Mailing While Intoxicated)
E Ellison, J.T. 14 8/22/14
W White Noise by Don DeLillo 8/20/14
I Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen 7/29/14
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✔ F: FTW (F*** The World)
F Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner 12/6/14
T The Treatment by Mo Hayder 8/11/14
W Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle 12/23/14
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✔ G: GG (Gotta Go)
G Ghost Story by Peter Straub 8/15/14
G Gerritsen, Tess The Silent Girl 9/8/14
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✔ H: HBIC (Head Bitch in Charge)
H Hayder, Mo Ritual 9/3/14
B Brennan, Allison Love Me to Death 8/9/14
I Iron House by John Hart 8/7/14
C Cornered by Alan Brenham 8/2/14
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✔ I: IJS (I'm Just Sayin'...)
I Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer 8/12/14
J Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 8/1/14
S Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith 7/13/14
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✔ J: JK (Just Kidding)
J Jane Casey The Last Girl 8/16/14
K Karin Slaughter Cop Town 9/5/14
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✔ K: KIT (Keep in Touch)
K Kava, Alex Split Second 9/20/14
I Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice 10/16/14
T Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs 9/15/14
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✔ L: LMK (Let Me Know)
L The Last Place by Laura Lippman 7/15/14
M Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale 10/7/14
K Kiss Me, Kill Me by Allison Brennan 9/27/14
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✔ M: MOS (Mom Over Shoulder)
M Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy 9/12/14
O The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 8/9/14
S Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 8/30/14
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✔ N: NBD (No Big Deal)
N The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke 7/17/14
B Burke, Alafair Dead Connection 9/6/14
D The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen 9/11/14
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✔ O: OG (Original Gangsta)
O The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner 8/18/14
G Gardner, Lisa Live to Tell 9/13/14
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✔ P: PMP (Peeing My Pants)
P P.D. James Cover Her Face 9/2/14
M Mo Hayder Skin 10/26/14
P The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill 9/10/14
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✔ Q: QYB (Quit Your Bitchin)
Q A Question of Identity by Susan Hill 7/2/15
Y Yalom, Irvin D. Lying on the Couch 9/24/14
B The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen 10/22/14
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✔ R: RNN (Reply Not Necessary)
R Red by Erica Spindler 7/30/14
N Native Son by Richard Wright 7/19/14
N Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 7/21/14
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✔ S: SG (Sounds Good)
S The Stranger House by Reginald Hill 9/1/14
G Gardner, Lisa The Next Accident 9/17/14
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✔ T: TMI (Too Much Information)
T Tania Carver The Surrogate 10/1/14
M Marquez, Gabriel Garcia One Hundred Years of Solitude 11/6/14
I The Immortals by J.T. Ellison 11/24/14
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✔ U: UTM (You Tell Me)
U Ubik by Philip K. Dick 7/12/14
T Tess Gerritsen Last to Die 10/21/14
M Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 11/6/14
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✔ V: VWP (Very Well Played)
V Vicious by Kevin O'Brien 11/28/14
W Where All the Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison 1/20/15
P Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion 9/25/14
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✔ W: WTF (What the F***)
W William Golding Lord of the Flies1/29/15
T The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 11/1/14
F Finder, Joseph The Zero Hour 12/20/14
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✔ X: XAO (Hugs and Kisses)
X XO: A Kathryn Dance Novel by Jeffery Deaver 2/4/15
A Alafair Burke Never Tell2/18/15
O One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 2/8/15
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✔ Y: YM (Yo Momma!)
Y You're Not Safe by Mary Burton 4/11/15
M McCarthy, Cormac Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West 11/9/14
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✔ Z: ZZ (sleeping)
Z Zailckas, Koren Mother, Mother 7/20/14
Z Zailckas, Koren Fury: A Memoir 10/3/14

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Rebecca! ☺

[Suzanne]

Done!

Nothing but Reading Challenges
Texting Acronyms: An A-Z Spell-It-Out Challenge
Duration: 4/1/2014 - Til Done!

Progress: 79 out of 79

A – AFK (away from keyboard)
A – The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg - ***** - 4/6/2014
F – Fiona Lowe; Boomerang Bride - ***** - 4/2/2014
K – Kim Harrison; Something Deadly This Way Comes - *** - 6/19/2014 - 245 Pages


B – BBL (be back later)
B – Jim Butcher; Death Masks - ***** - 4/27/2014
B – Burn by Maya Banks - **** - 4/8/2014
L – Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen - *** - 4/3/2014


C – CYA (cover your ass)
C – Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - ***** - 5/22/2014
Y – Yasmine Galenorn; Courting Darkness - **** - 5/29/2014
A – A.G. Howard; Splintered - ** - 6/9/2014 - 371 Pages


D – DH (dear hubby – or whatever other D adjective fit that day!)
D – Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden - ** - 4/4/2014
H – Hearts and Llamas by Tara Sivec - ***** - 4/11/2014


E – ETA (edited to add)
E – Eloisa James; The Duke Is Mine - *** - 7/28/2014 - 367 Pages
T – Laini Taylor; Daughter of Smoke & Bone - ***** - 4/21/2013
A – Alan Bradley; The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches - ***** - 5/14/2014


F – FWIW (for what it’s worth)
F – Flat-Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy - **** - 3/24/2014
W – Witness in Death by J.D. Robb - ***** - 4/16/2014
I – The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd - ***** - 5/18/2014
W – Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow - *** - 7/4/2014 - 403 Pages


G – GTG (got to go)
G – Georgette Heyer; Cotillion - **** - 4/15/2014
T – A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris - *** - 4/24/2014
G – Jim Gaffigan; Dad Is Fat - **** - 6/13/2014 - 275 Pages


H – HAGD (Have A Good Day)
H – Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins - **** - 4/17/2014
A – Lori Austin; Beauty and the Bounty Hunter - ***** - 6/8/2014 - 300 Pages
G – Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin - *** - 8/19/2014 - 274 Pages
D – Dog Handling by Clare Naylor - **** - 4/9/2014


I – IMHO (in my humble opinion)
I – If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You by Kelly Cutrone - ***** - 6/21/2014 - 208 Pages
M – The Maze Runner by James Dashner - *** - 5/6/2014
H – Charlaine Harris; Deadlocked - **** - 6/23/2014 - 327 Pages
O – On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 4/1/2014


J – J/K (just kidding)
J – Jim Butcher; Dead Beat - ***** - 6/15/2014
K – Amie Kaufman; These Broken Stars - *** - 7/29/2014 - 374 Pages


K – KISS (keep it simple, stupid)
K – Lisa Kleypas; Secrets of a Summer Night - **** - 7/16/2014 - 375 Pages
I – Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - ***** - 9/25/2014 - 635 Pages
S – Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr - **** - 3/29/2014
S – Something About You by Julie James - **** - 7/15/2014 - 307 Pages


L – LMK (let me know)
L – Lover at Last by J.R. Ward - **** - 3/25/2014
M – Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 5/14/2014
K – Kristen Ashley; Rock Chick Rescue - ***** - 9/3/2014 - 500 Pages


M – MIL (mother in law)
M – Richelle Mead; Blood Promise - **** - 5/21/2014
I – Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell - *** - 8/29/2014 - 184 Pages
L – Long Hard Ride by Lorelei James - ***** - 7/23/2014 - 287 Pages


N – NVM (nevermind)
N – Nora Roberts; Shadow Spell - **** - 7/22/2014 - 319 Pages
V – Brian K. Vaughan; Saga, Volume 2 - ***** - 6/2/2014 - 144 Pages
M – MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche - ***** - 6/26/2014 - 349 Pages


O – OP (original post/er)
O – One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak - ***** - 4/13/2014
P – Pompeii by Robert Harris - * - 5/28/2014


P – PITA (pain in the ass)
P – Patricia Briggs; Night Broken - ***** - 3/28/2014
I – It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 7/27/2014 - 382 Pages
T – Thinking of You by Jill Mansell - ***** - 5/8/2014
A – Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - **** - 7/7/2014 - 379 Pages


Q – Q&A (questions & answers)
Q – Julia Quinn; Just Like Heaven - ***** - 11/1/2015
A – Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas - *** - 7/14/2014 - 391 Pages


R – RAK (random acts of kindness)
R – Rachel Caine; The Dead Girls' Dance - *** - 5/26/2014
A – Aldous Huxley; Brave New World - **** - 7/21/2014 - 268 Pages
K – Kim Edwards; The Memory Keeper's Daughter - ***** - 7/18/2014 - 401 Pages


S – SMH (shaking my head)
S – Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler - ***** - 8/2/2014
M – Richelle Mead; Spirit Bound - ***** - 5/27/2014
H - Justin Halpern; Sh*t My Dad Says - **** - 7/9/2014 - 159 Pages


T – TTYL (talk to you later)
T – Tessa Dare; Romancing the Duke - ***** - 6/22/2014 - 370 Pages
T – The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht - **** - 7/8/2014 - 338 Pages
Y – Yasmine Galenorn; Blood Wyne - **** - 4/20/2014
L – Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead - ***** - 6/4/2014 - 594 Pages


U – UL (Upload)
U – The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison - ***** - 4/10/2014
L – Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 7/2/2014 - 332 Pages


V – VBG (very big grin)
V – Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks - **** - 7/3/2014 - 387 Pages
B – Blood Rites by Jim Butcher - ***** - 6/7/2014 - 439 Pages
G – Geraldine Brooks; People of the Book - **** - 9/22/2014 - 449 Pages


W – WTF (what the f***)
W – Will Schwalbe; The End of Your Life Book Club - **** - 8/10/2014 - 336 Pages
T – Terry Pratchett; The Light Fantastic - **** - 5/1/2014
F – Faith Hunter; Blood Cross - ***** - 7/17/2014 - 321 Pages


X – X&O (hugs & kisses)
X – The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton - ***** - 10/28/2015 - 290 Pages
O – Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - ***** - 6/27/2014 - 298 Pages


Y – YGM (you’ve got mail)
Y – Yasmine Galenorn; Shaded Vision - ** - 6/18/2014 - 306 Pages
G – John Green; The Fault in Our Stars - ***** - 6/12/2014 - 313 Pages
M – Richelle Mead; Shadow Kiss - ***** - 5/7/2014


Z – ZOMG (z’oh my god – much more exciting than simply OMG)
Z – Markus Zusak; I Am the Messenger - ***** - 7/14/2014 - 360 Pages
O – Malika Oufkir; Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail - **** - 7/24/2014 - 293 Pages
M – Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan - ***** - 8/7/2014 - 304 Pages
G – John Green; Looking for Alaska - ***** - 12/1/2014 - 256 Pages

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Suzanne ☺

[Sam]

NBRC 26 Alphabet 20: Texting Acronyms: A to Z
Rules : This is a Spell-It-Out challenge. Pick a texting acronyms for each letter of the alphabet and read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letter of the item or term you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.).

You may use the acronym or spell out the whole word - or both! Your choice.

ASAP (as soon as possible)

A: A is for Alibi- Sue Grafton- 9/27/16
S: Swan Lake- K.M. Shea- 8/30/16
A: Angelfall- Susan Ee- 9/30/16
P: Poison Study- Maria V. Snyder- 9/19/16

BBIAB (be back in a bit)

B: Blood Song- Cat Adams- 8/27/16
B: Broken- Kelley Armstrong- 9/3/16
I: I'll Be Seeing You: A Novel- Mary Higgins Clark- 10/7/16
A: Apprentice in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/6/16
B: Boundary Crossed- Melissa F. Olson- 9/16/16

CYA (see ya)

C: Closer to the Chest- Mercedes Lackey- 10/11/16
Y: Your Money's Worth: Seattle Elementals, Book 1- Connie Suttle- 11/12/16
A: Anne of Green Gables- L.M. Montgomery- 11/26/16

DHYB (don't hold your breath)

D: Daughter of the Forest- Juliet Marillier- 9/1/16
H: Handle with Care- Jodi Picoult- 8/30/16
Y: You Slay Me- Katie MacAlister- 10/6/16
B: Bloody Bones- Laurell K. Hamilton- 9/20/16

EAK (eating at keyboard)

E: The Eyre Affair- Jasper Fforde- 9/11/16
A: An Artificial Night- Seanan McGuire- 11/25/16
K: Kisses from Hell-Kristin Cast- 10/26/16

FWIW (for what it's worth)

F: Faefever- Karen Marie Moning- 10/27/16
W: Wish You Were Here- Rita Mae Brown- 9/11/16
I: Ink and Bone- Rachel Caine- 12/14/16
W: Wicked Fog- Lily Harper Hart- 11/6/16

GTG (got to go)

G: Ghostly Worries- Lily Harper Hart- 9/7/16
T: Tales of the Otherworld- Kelley Armstrong- 9/4/16
G: Grim Expectations- Amanda M. Lee- 10/12/16

HAGD (have a good day)

H: Hell To Pay- J.C. Diem- 9/5/16
A: Artemis Fowl- Eoin Colfer- 10/23/16
G: God Touched- John Conroe- 10/22/16
D: Deceiver's Bond- Katherine Bayless- 11/4/16

IDK (I don't know)

I: The Invisible Library- Genevieve Cogman- 7/1/17
D: The Devil's Arithmetic- Jane Yolen- 11/23/16
K: Kitty and the Midnight Hour- Carrie Vaughn- 1/5/17

JK (just kidding)

J: Jack and the Beanstalk- Jenni James- 8/22/16
K: Kiss of Crimson- Lara Adrian- 10/3/16

KISS (keep it simple stupid)

K: The Killing Dance- Laurell K. Hamilton- 11/16/16
I: The Iron King- Julie Kagawa- 5/5/17
S: Spellbinder- Melanie Rawn- 9/24/16
S: Sorcerer's Legacy- Janny Wurts- 9/28/16

LOL (laugh out loud)

L: The Lunatic Cafe- Laurell K. Hamilton- 8/25/16
O: Once Burned- Jeaniene Frost- 8/23/16
L: A Local Habitation- Seanan McGuire- 8/31/16

MOTD (message of the day)

M: Mortal Ties- Eileen Wilks- 9/5/16
O: One For The Money- Janet Evanovich- 9/26/16
T: The Trouble with Demons- Lisa Shearin- 9/14/16
D: Deadly Remains- Katherine Bayless- 11/2/16

NM (never mind)

N: Not His Dragon- Annie Nicholas- 9/7/16
M: My Familiar Stranger- Victoria Danann- 9/8/16

OMG (oh my goodness)

O: Owl and the City of Angels- Kristi Charish- 12/8/16
M: Magic Binds- Ilona Andrews- 9/21/16
G: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making- Catherynne M. Valente- 3/5/17

PITA (pain in the arse)

P: Prey- Rachel Vincent- 10/5/16
I: If Looks Could Kill- Kate White- 1/26/17
T: Twice Tempted- Jeaniene Frost- 9/19/16
A: All Through the Night- Mary Higgins Clark- 12/17/16

QL (quit laughing)

Q: A Quick Bite- Lynsay Sands- 11/23/16
L: Living with the Dead- Kelley Armstrong- 12/6/16

ROFL (rolling on floor laughing)

R: Reaper- K.D. McEntire- 8/24/16
O: Obsidian- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 9/25/16
F: Find Me When The Sun Goes Down- Lisa Olsen- 10/2/16
L: License to Ensorcell- Katharine Kerr- 10/4/16

SGTM (sounds good to me)

S: Soulless- Gail Carriger- 10/1/16
G: Grave Seasons- Lily Harper Hart- 12/6/16
T: Tempting Evil- Keri Arthur- 10/24/16
M: Murder on the Orient Express- Agatha Christie- 10/16/16

TSTL (too stupid to live)

T: Throne of Glass- Sarah J. Maas- 10/31/16
S: Shifty Magic- Judy Teel- 10/12/16
T: The Trouble With Witches- Amanda M. Lee- 11/24/16
L: Little Face- Sophie Hannah- 10/29/16

UTM (you tell me)

U: Unholy Ghosts- Stacia Kane- 10/14/16
T: Two for the Dough- Janet Evanovich- 1/12/17
M: MindSighted: BlackWing Pirates, Book 1- Connie Suttle- 11/1/16

VIP (very important person)

V: Vampire Academy- Richelle Mead- 10/26/16
I: I'll Walk Alone- Mary Higgins Clark- 10/28/16
P: The Pact- Jodi Picoult- 10/10/16

WTG (way to go)

W: Welcoming Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 12/12/16
T: The Thirteen Problems- Agatha Christie- 2/26/17
G: A Girl Named Zippy- Haven Kimmel- 4/6/17

XOXO (hugs and kisses)

X: X in Flight- Karen Rivers- 9/8/16
O: Onyx- Jennifer L. Armentrout- 10/15/16
X: The Xibalba Murders- Lyn Hamilton- 3/2/17
O: Owl and the Japanese Circus- Kristi Charish- 12/7/16

YAOTM (yet another off topic message)

Y: You Belong To Me- Mary Higgins Clark- 1/2/17
A: After the Funeral- Agatha Christie- 12/19/16
O: Outfoxed by Love- Eve Langlais- 12/22/16
T: A Tiger's Bride- Eve Langlais- 1/22/17
M: Magic to the Bone- Devon Monk- 11/21/16

ZZZ (sleeping)

Z: Zombie Team Alpha- Steve R. Yeager- 10/18/16
Z: Zombie, Ohio- Scott Kenemore- 2/17/17
Z: Zero Sight- B. Justin Shier- 4/18/18

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge :)

[Sam]

Finished my first one.
1/26

LOL (laugh out loud)
L: The Lunatic Cafe- Laurell K. Hamilton- 8/25/16
O: Once Burned- Jeaniene Frost- 8/23/16
L: A Local Habitation- Seanan McGuire- 8/31/16

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Mini congrats Sam :)

[Sam]

Finally finished.

Completed Challenge

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Congratulations Sam!!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge ; Gabi!

[Marissa]

A-to-Z Texting Acronyms Spell-It-Out Challenge
Duration: 08/02/18 - 12/20/20
Total Books Read: 88

✔️ASAP = As Soon As Possible (view spoiler)[
A - Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh (08/13/18)
S - The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket (08/05/18)
A - And I Darken by Kiersten White (10/11/18)
P - Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (01/06/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️BFF = Best Friends Forever (view spoiler)[
B - Beartown by Fredrik Backman (01/05/19)
F - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (08/11/18)
F - Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink (10/12/18) (hide spoiler)]

✔️CTN = Can't Talk Now (view spoiler)[
C - Confess by Colleen Hoover (09/06/18)
T - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (08/05/18)
N - Now I Rise by Kiersten White (11/03/18) (hide spoiler)]

✔️DIY = Do It Yourself (view spoiler)[
D - Divergent by Veronica Roth (10/19/18)
I - It by Stephen King (09/09/18)
Y - Yes Please by Amy Poehler (09/16/18) (hide spoiler)]

✔️ETA = Estimated Time of Arrival (view spoiler)[
E - Every Single Secret by Emily Carpenter (01/27/19)
T - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (11/17/18)
A - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (11/04/18) (hide spoiler)]

✔️FYI = For Your Information (view spoiler)[
F - Fearless Magic by Rachel Higginson (09/01/18)
Y - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (02/03/19)
I - Insurgent by Veronica Roth (11/23/18) (hide spoiler)]

✔️GTG = Got To Go (view spoiler)[
G - The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell (10/03/18)
T - The Thousandth Floor by Katherine McGee (11/19/18)
G - Still Alice by Lisa Genova (10/15/18) (hide spoiler)]

✔️HAGO = Have a Good One (view spoiler)[
H - Hopeless Magic by Rachel Higginson (08/17/18)
A - The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket (08/18/18)
G - Still Alice by Lisa Genova (10/15/18)
O - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (06/24/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️ IDK = I Don't Know (view spoiler)[
I - I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll (06/23/19)
D - That Summer by Sarah Dessen (03/04/19)
K - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (12/17/18) (hide spoiler)]

✔️JLMK = Just Let Me Know (view spoiler)[
J - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (02/10/19)
L - The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snickett (08/15/18)
M - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (10/07/18)
K - The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee (01/20/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️KOTC - Kiss On The Cheek (view spoiler)[
K - Carrie by Stephen King (11/09/18)
O - 1984 by George Orwell (09/29/19)
T - This Is Not Over by Holly Brown (02/28/19)
C - CyberStorm by Michael Mather (09/16/18) (hide spoiler)]

✔️LYSM - Love You So Much (view spoiler)[
L - The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket (10/13/18)
Y - You by Caroline Kepnes (07/16/19)
S - The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket (09/01/18)
M - Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor (03/08/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️MIRL - Me In Real Life (view spoiler)[
M - Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (10/08/18)
I - In the Vines by Shannon Kirk (02/18/19)
R - The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur (02/09/19)
L - The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket (01/13/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️NBD - No Big Deal (view spoiler)[
N - November 9 by Colleen Hoover (01/19/19)
B - Be My Reason by Samantha Christy (10/28/18)
D - The Devil's Work by Mark Edwards (03/16/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️OMG - Oh My God (view spoiler)[
O - Obsidio by Amie Kaufman (10/13/19)
M - The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore (02/03/19)
G - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (03/22/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️PLMK - Please Let Me Know (view spoiler)[
P - Pretty Little Secrets: A Pretty Little Liars Collection by Sara Shepard (03/10/19)
L - The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket (04/01/19)
M - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (05/18/19)
K - The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee (04/02/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️QFE - Quality For Everyone (view spoiler)[
Q - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (06/04/19)
F - The Silent Wife by Kerry Fisher (04/30/19)
E - Miss You by Kate Eberlen (04/01/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing (view spoiler)[
R - Reckless Magic by Rachel Higginson (08/11/18)
O - Otherworld by Jason Segel (10/19/19)
F - Freefall by Jessica Barry (06/17/19)
L - The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket (04/15/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️SMH - Shaking My Head (view spoiler)[
S - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (07/27/19)
M - Severance by Ming La (06/30/19)
H - House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker (01/22/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️TBH - To Be Honest (view spoiler)[
T - Trespassing by Brandi Reeds (07/04/19)
B - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (05/14/19)
H - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (05/18/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️UTM - You Tell Me (view spoiler)[
U - Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (12/03/18)
T - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (01/25/19)
M - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (11/03/18)
(hide spoiler)]

✔️VWD - Very Well Done (view spoiler)[
V - The Connelly Boys by Lily Velez (04/28/19)
W - Without Merit by Colleen Hoover (09/09/18)
D - Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich (05/03/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️WTG - Way To Go (view spoiler)[
W - A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (08/18/18)
T - The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor (08/20/19)
G - Ghost Story by Peter Straub (04/20/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️XLNT - Excellent (view spoiler)[
X - This is the New Plan by John Xero (12/20/18)
L - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (08/11/19)
N - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (01/13/19) 
T - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (08/25/19) (hide spoiler)]

✔️YOLO - You Only Live Once (view spoiler)[
Y - You Will Be Mine by Natasha Preston (06/27/19)
O - Broken Things by Lauren Oliver (12/31/19)
L - Roomies by Christina Lauren (08/03/19)
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman (05/09/20) (hide spoiler)]

✔️ZZZ - Sleeping (view spoiler)[
Z - Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak (06/10/19)
Z - Pride by Ibi Zoboi (08/17)
Z - Zoo by James Patterson (12/20) (hide spoiler)]

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Marissa!

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AKA Also known as (3/3)
A-Archenemies
K-Kristy for President
A-Ash Princess

ASAP As soon as possible (4/4)
A-All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
S-The Scorch Trials
A-Aurora Rising
P-Postmortem

BDSM Bondage, Discipline/Dominance, Sadism, Masochism (4/4)
B-Boy-Crazy Stacey
D-Dry Hard
S-The Siren
M-Mallory and the Dream Horse

BLT Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato (3/3)
B-Baltimore Blues
L-The Last Song
T-A Torch Against the Night