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message 1: by Steph, Serious series addict (last edited Dec 03, 2015 02:43PM) (new)
Dec 03, 2015 02:43PM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments 16 in 2016
Take a bite out of your TBR stacks

Duration: 1 year (beginning on/after 1 Jan 2016)

Levels:
Just a Taste = 4 categories of your choice
Picky Reader = 8 categories of your choice
Glutton = all 16 categories

Goal: Choose your Level and Read a book for each category as listed. No duplicates - each category must have a unique read, even if one or more books will fit multiple categories. All formats allowed - audio, PB, HC, eBook. Full re-reads are allowed. Anthologies are allowed only if all stories are read.

Categories:
Reading all 16 categories? That's 100 books crossed off your TBR list!
*If you go for all 16 categories/100 books, you may choose to extend your challenge to 18 months - or keep it at 12 months for the extra motivation*

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 2: by Raquel (Rocki) (new)
Dec 03, 2015 10:13PM

Raquel (Rocki) (raquelgabrielle) | 940 comments I am in for this one as well and since I am doing a lot of challenges next year I think for duration I will give myself 18 months just in case

Duration: 1/1/16 - 6/30/17

Level: Glutton - all 16 catagories

Categories:
Reading all 16 categories? That's 100 books crossed off your TBR list!
*If you go for all 16 categories/100 books, you may choose to extend your challenge to 18 months - or keep it at 12 months for the extra motivation*

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 3: by Steph, Serious series addict (new)
Dec 04, 2015 09:27AM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments Go, Rocki, Go! :D


message 4: by Raquel (Rocki) (new)
Dec 04, 2015 10:39AM

Raquel (Rocki) (raquelgabrielle) | 940 comments well I figured I can do more challenges next year or I can stop buying books. Well we all know I won't stop buying books so it has to be all about the challenges.


message 5: by Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* (last edited Jun 17, 2016 11:51PM) (new)
Dec 04, 2015 11:08AM

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* (erinpaperbackstash) Glutton = Picky Reader

Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series
1. Mermen
2. Rosemary and Rue
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. Bloodstone
5. Clean Sweep
6. Until Forever Comes
7. Tempting Danger
8. The Big Sleep
9. Bitten
10. Flowers in the Attic
11. Flight
12. GhosTV
13. Stolen
14. Insurgent
15. Madhouse
16. Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti
17. Lover Awakened
18. Through the Grinder
19. Wake Me Up Inside
20. On the Edge

How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
1. Another Place in Time
2. A Gentleman's Position
3. King for a Day
4. Brownies and Broomsticks

Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
1. Bloodstone
2.Magic Stars

- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
1. Destined for an Early Grave
2. This Side of the Grave

- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
1. Burn for Me
2. Bedlam, Bath & Beyond

- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
1. Poison Fruit
2. Body and Soul

- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
1. Midnight's Daughter
2. Beyond the Veil

- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
1. Ammie, Come Home
2. Secrets

- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
1.Dark Currents
2.Autumn Bones

Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
1. Criss Cross
2. Body and Soul
3. Camp Hell
4. Among the Living

Fiction2Film
(view spoiler)
1. Petals on the Wind
2. See No Evil

Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green
1. Firefight
2.The Long Walk
3. The Phantom of the Opera
4. Spellbound

Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
1. Fire Touched
2. A Gentleman's Position
3. Sparrow
4. Rag and Bone

Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2. One Grave at a Time


message 6: by Steph, Serious series addict (last edited Dec 04, 2015 11:28AM) (new)
Dec 04, 2015 11:28AM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments Raquel (Rocki) wrote: "well I figured I can do more challenges next year or I can stop buying books. Well we all know I won't stop buying books so it has to be all about the challenges."

LOL! Totally understand!

Welcome, Erin!


message 7: by Barbara ★ (last edited Dec 31, 2016 03:19PM) (new)
Dec 04, 2015 03:42PM

Barbara ★ 16 in 2016
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
Level: Glutton = all 16 categories

✔1. Serious Series Addiction ~ COMPLETE!
Read 20 books from 16 different series
✔1. X - Sue Grafton 1/10
✔2. The Young Elites - Marie Lu 1/11
✔3. Backlash - D.L. Thomas 1/15
✔4. Lost Highlander - Cassidy Cayman 1/16
✔5. A Potion to Die For - Heather Blake 1/21
✔6. The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires - Molly Harper 1/26
✔7. The Girl in 6E - A.R. Torre 2/7
✔8. An Ice Cold Grave - Charlaine Harris 2/10
✔9. Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani 2/16
✔10. The Penalty Box - Deidre Martin 2/21
✔11. Haunted - Kay Hooper 2/24
✔12. Ecstasy Bound - Ruth Kerce 2/27
✔13. Drowning Mermaids - Nadia Scrieva 3/12
✔14. Depraved Heart - Patricia Cornwell 3/21
✔15. The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz 3/27
✔16. Night Marchers - Rebecca Gober 4/25
✔17. Mother's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 4/30
✔18. Jungle Freakn' Bride - Eve Langlais 5/17
✔19. Pies and Prejudice - Ellery Adams 5/20
✔20. Death Row - William Bernhardt 5/29
X (Kinsey Millhone, #24) by Sue Grafton The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1) by Marie Lu Backlash by D.L. Thomas Lost Highlander (Lost Highlander, #1) by Cassidy Cayman A Potion to Die For (Magic Potion Mystery #1) by Heather Blake The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires (Half-Moon Hollow, #1) by Molly Harper The Girl in 6E (Deanna Madden, #1) by A.R. Torre An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly, #3) by Charlaine Harris Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1) by Adriana Trigiani The Penalty Box (New York Blades, #4) by Deirdre Martin Haunted (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, #15) by Kay Hooper Ecstasy Bound (Xylon Warriors, #4) by Ruth D. Kerce Drowning Mermaids (Sacred Breath, #1) by Nadia Scrieva Depraved Heart (Kay Scarpetta, #23) by Patricia Cornwell The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4) by David Lagercrantz Night Marchers (Night Marchers, #1) by Rebecca Gober Mother's Day Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #15) by Leslie Meier Jungle Freakn' Bride (Freakn' Shifters, #5) by Eve Langlais Pies and Prejudice (A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery #1) by Ellery Adams Death Row (Ben Kincaid, #12) by William Bernhardt

✔2. How I ❤ Thee ~ COMPLETE!
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
✔1. Burn for Me - Ilona Andrews 10/30
✔2. Nemesis - Catherine Coulter 5/26
✔3. Vision in Silver - Anne Bishop 7/19
✔4. The Liar - Nora Roberts 1/13
Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1) by Ilona Andrews Nemesis by Catherine Coulter Vision in Silver (The Others, #3) by Anne Bishop The Liar by Nora Roberts

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~ COMPLETE!
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
✔1. Turn Coat - Jim Butcher 7/23
✔2. Child of the Prophecy - Juliet Marillier 1/30
Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11) by Jim Butcher Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters, #3) by Juliet Marillier

- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other ~ COMPLETE!
✔1. Stone Cold Lover - Christine Warren (gargoyle) 8/16
✔2. Dragon Fall - Katie MacAlister (dragon) 3/11
Stone Cold Lover (Gargoyles, #2) by Christine Warren Dragon Fall (Dragon Falls, #1) by Katie MacAlister

- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir ~ COMPLETE!
✔1. Under a Vampire Moon - Lynsay Sands 2/20
✔2. Vampire Most Wanted - Lynsay Sands 6/27
Under a Vampire Moon (Argeneau #16) by Lynsay Sands Vampire Most Wanted (Argeneau, #20) by Lynsay Sands

- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling ~ COMPLETE!
✔1. Tithe - Holly Black 1/7
✔2. Iron & Velvet - Alexis Hall 2/5
Tithe A Modern Faerie Tale (Modern Faerie Tales, #1) by Holly Black Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1) by Alexis Hall

- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim ~ COMPLETE!
✔1. Possession - J.R. Ward 3/20
✔2. Immortal - J.R. Ward 6/2
Possession (Fallen Angels, #5) by J.R. Ward Immortal (Fallen Angels, #6) by J.R. Ward

- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion ~ COMPLETE!
✔1. Eighth Grave After Dark - Darynda Jones (demon) 1/18
✔2. The Dirt on Ninth Grave - Darynda Jones (demon) 2/12
Eighth Grave After Dark (Charley Davidson, #8) by Darynda Jones The Dirt on Ninth Grave (Charley Davidson, #9) by Darynda Jones

- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.. ~ COMPLETE!
✔1. Thirty and a Half Excuses - Denise Grover Swank (psychic) 8/6
✔2. Thirty-One and a Half Regrets - Denise Grover Swank (psychic) 9/23
Thirty and a Half Excuses (Rose Gardner Mystery #3) by Denise Grover Swank Thirty-One and a Half Regrets (Rose Gardner Mystery #4) by Denise Grover Swank

- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc. ~ COMPLETE!
✔1. Nightwalker - Allyson James (god/goddess) 6/26
✔2. Menagerie - Rachel Vincent (unusual shifters) 7/6
Nightwalker (Stormwalker, #4) by Allyson James Menagerie (Menagerie, #1) by Rachel Vincent

✔4. Genre Relations ~ COMPLETE!
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
✔1. [Sci-Fi Rom] The Family Trade - Charles Stross 2/25
✔2. [UF] Dragon Justice - Laura Ann Gilman 2/21
✔3. [Sci-Fi Rom] Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon 2/23
✔4. [Fantasy] A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin 3/19
The Family Trade (The Merchant Princes, #1) by Charles Stross Dragon Justice (Paranormal Scene Investigations #4) by Laura Anne Gilman Born of Ice (The League, #3; Nemesis Legacy - Gen 2, #2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3) by George R.R. Martin

✔5. Fiction2Film ~ COMPLETE!
✔1. [Game of Thrones]A Dance With Dragons - George R.R. Martin 10/10
✔2. [Rizzoli & Isles] Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) by George R.R. Martin Last to Die (Rizzoli & Isles, #10) by Tess Gerritsen

✔6. Happy Birthday! ~ COMPLETE!
Read 4 books published in 2016
✔1. Shadow Rites - Faith Hunter (4/5/16) 5/10
✔2. Fire Touched - Patricia Briggs (3/8/16) 4/18
✔3. The Darkest Torment - Gena Showalter (5/31/16) 6/17
✔4. League of Dragons - Naomi Novik (6/14/16) 6/20
Shadow Rites (Jane Yellowrock, #10) by Faith Hunter Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson, #9) by Patricia Briggs The Darkest Torment (Lords of the Underworld, #12) by Gena Showalter League of Dragons (Temeraire, #9) by Naomi Novik

✔7. Climbing Mt. TBR ~ COMPLETE!
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013
✔1. [2015-Aug]The Night Sister - Jennifer McMahon 1/13
✔2. [2015-Oct]All I Want - Jill Shalvis 1/12
✔3. [2015-Apr]Beauty's Kingdom - A.N. Roquelaure 1/4
✔4. [2015-Oct]Revived - Cat Patrick 3/13
✔5. [2014-May]The Great Zoo of China - Matthew Reilly 1/2
✔6. [2014-Jun]Shield of Winter - Nalini Singh 1/29
✔7. [2013-Nov]The Highway - C.J. Box 3/16
✔8. [2012-Nov]Congo - Michael Crichton 3/6
The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon All I Want (Animal Magnetism, #7) by Jill Shalvis Beauty's Kingdom (Sleeping Beauty #4) by A.N. Roquelaure Revived by Cat Patrick The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling, #13) by Nalini Singh The Highway (Cody Hoyt, #2; Cassie Dewell, #1) by C.J. Box Congo by Michael Crichton

✔8. Job Related ~ COMPLETE!
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal
✔1. [Uniformed: Detective] Devoted in Death - J.D. Robb 6/13
✔2. [For Hire: Bounty Hunter] Born of Fire - Sherrilyn Kenyon 1/6
✔3. [Law:Assistant DA} [book:Terminal City|18693651] - Linda Fairstein 2/16
✔4. [Medical:Medical Examiner]Depraved Heart - Patricia Cornwell 3/21
Devoted in Death (In Death, #41) by J.D. Robb Born of Fire (The League, #2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon Terminal City (Alexandra Cooper, #16) by Linda Fairstein Depraved Heart (Kay Scarpetta, #23) by Patricia Cornwell


message 8: by Barbara ★ (last edited Dec 31, 2016 03:20PM) (new)
Dec 04, 2015 03:42PM

Barbara ★ Continued...



✔9. Color Coded ~ COMPLETE!
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green
✔1. Dark Sapphire - Lisa Jackson 3/9
✔2. Silenced - Allison Brennan 4/15
✔3. Dragon Soul - Katie MacAlister 6/7
✔4. Paper and Fire - Rachel Caine 8/14
Dark Sapphire (Dark Jewels Trilogy, #3) by Lisa Jackson Silenced (Lucy Kincaid, #4) by Allison Brennan Dragon Soul (Dragon Falls, #3) by Katie MacAlister Paper and Fire (The Great Library, #2) by Rachel Caine

✔10. iSpy ~ COMPLETE!
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy
✔1. [Desire]Circle of Desire - Keri Arthur 9/17
✔2. [Midnight]Edge of Midnight - Charlene Weir 10/19
✔3. [Poison]Poison Princess - Kresley Cole 7/31
✔4. [Sight]Edge of Sight - Roxanne St. Claire 9/9
Circle of Desire (Damask Circle, #3) by Keri Arthur Edge of Midnight (Susan Wren, #7) by Charlene Weir Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles, #1) by Kresley Cole Edge of Sight (The Guardian Angelinos, #1) by Roxanne St. Claire

✔11. Best of ... ~ COMPLETE!
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)
✔1. [PNR #21] Rapture - J.R. Ward 2/28
✔2. [PNR #50]Bound by Flame - Anne Windsor 8/10
✔3. [UF #7] Small Favor - Jim Butcher 6/14
✔4. [UF #16]Jason - Laurell K. Hamilton 12/29
Rapture (Fallen Angels, #4) by J.R. Ward Bound by Flame (The Dark Crescent Sisterhood, #2) by Anna Windsor Small Favor (The Dresden Files, #10) by Jim Butcher Jason (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #23) by Laurell K. Hamilton

✔12. Seasons of Love ~ COMPLETE!
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
✔❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"
[#12 December]Changes - Jim Butcher 8/24

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
✔❀ First book in a new-to-you series
The Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb 1/23

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
✔❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
Straddling the Line- Jaci Burton 3/14

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✔✣ Orange cover
Dead Heat - Allison Brennan 8/27
Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) by Jim Butcher The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles, #1) by Robin Hobb Straddling the Line (Play by Play, #8) by Jaci Burton Dead Heat by Allison Brennan

✔13. Orderly ~ COMPLETE!
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series
✔1. [#6] Born of Silence - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/16
✔2. [#19] One Lucky Vampire - Lynsay Sands 5/31
Born of Silence (The League, #5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon One Lucky Vampire (Argeneau, #19) by Lynsay Sands

✔14. Double Decker ~ COMPLETE!
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.
✔1. [Ace-Diamonds/PNR] Heart of Stone - Christine Warren 7/5
✔2. [7-Diamonds/PNR] Fired Up - Jayne Ann Krentz 4/13
✔3. [8-Hearts/PNR] Viking in Love - Sandra Hill 3/3
✔4. [2-Clubs/UF] Sweep in Peace - Ilona Andrews 3/13
✔5. [6-Hearts/PNR] Gates of Rapture - Caris Roane 6/10
✔6. [7-Hearts/PNR] Invision - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/30
✔7. [2-Spades/UF] Ghosts & Echoes - Lyn Benedict 4/28
✔8. [7-Spades/UF] White Night - Jim Butcher 5/4
Heart of Stone (Gargoyles, #1) by Christine Warren Fired Up (Arcane Society, #7; Dreamlight Trilogy, #1) by Jayne Ann Krentz Viking in Love (Viking I, #8) by Sandra Hill Sweep in Peace (Innkeeper Chronicles, #2) by Ilona Andrews Gates of Rapture (Guardians of Ascension, #6) by Caris Roane Invision (Chronicles of Nick, #7) by Sherrilyn Kenyon Ghosts & Echoes (Shadows Inquiries #2) by Lyn Benedict White Night (The Dresden Files, #9) by Jim Butcher

✔15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls ~ COMPLETE!
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero
✔1. [Tails] Full Throttle - Julie Ann Walker 1/31
✔2. [Tails] Bound to Darkness - Lara Adrian 2/2
✔3. [Tails] Dark Emerald - Lisa Jackson 2/27
✔4. [Tails] The Hotter You Burn - Gena Showalter 4/3
Full Throttle (Black Knights Inc., #7) by Julie Ann Walker Bound to Darkness (Midnight Breed #13) by Lara Adrian Dark Emerald by Lisa Jackson The Hotter You Burn (The Original Heartbreakers, #2) by Gena Showalter

✔16. Year of the Monkey (Source) ~ COMPLETE!
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
✔M: My Lady Quicksilver - Bec McMaster 3/17
✔O: Odd Interlude - Dean Koontz 2/13
✔N: No Limits - Alison Kent 7/16
✔K: Born of Fury - Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/15
✔E: Pies and Prejudice - Ellery Adams 5/20
✔Y: You Can Run... - Carlene Thompson 1/9
My Lady Quicksilver (London Steampunk, #3) by Bec McMaster Odd Interlude A Special Odd Thomas Adventure by Dean Koontz No Limits (Smithson Group SG-5, #10) by Alison Kent Born of Fury (The League, #6) by Sherrilyn Kenyon Pies and Prejudice (A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery #1) by Ellery Adams You Can Run... by Carlene Thompson

---AND---

Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)
✔1. [#7]7 Brides for 7 Bodies - Stephanie Bond 6/25
✔2. [white]Dragonmark - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/3
7 Brides for 7 Bodies (Body Movers, #7) by Stephanie Bond Dragonmark (Dark-Hunter, #26; Dragons Rising, #1; Lords of Avalon, #5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

CHALLENGE COMPLETE


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Dec 04, 2015 03:42PM

Debbie's Spurts (D.A.) | 1943 comments ABANDONED.


message 10: by Danielle Book Boss (last edited Oct 12, 2016 08:57AM) (new)
Dec 04, 2015 06:00PM

Danielle Book Boss (daniellebookboss) | 1009 comments I'm gonna go for the gold on this one!

Serious Series Addiction
1. Read 20 books from 16 different series

Three Days to Dead 3 stars 5/8
Fated 2 stars 8/21

Three Days to Dead (Dreg City, #1) by Kelly Meding Fated (Dark Protectors, #1) by Rebecca Zanetti

DONE 2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being

1/4 Favorite Series: Fire Touched 4/7 4 stars
2/4 Favorite Series: Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage 4/18 3.5 stars
3/4 Favorite Genre: Historical Romance Romancing the Duke 5/20 5 stars
4/4 Favorite Genre: Paranormal Romance Bonds of Justice 7/10 4 stars

Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson, #9) by Patricia Briggs Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage (MacKenzies & McBrides, #2) by Jennifer Ashley Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1) by Tessa Dare Bonds of Justice (Psy-Changeling, #8) by Nalini Singh

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
DONE- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
1 of 2 Storm Front 3 stars 4/8
2 of 2 Unholy Magic 4 stars 5/17
DONE- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
1 of 2 Hunting Ground 3.5 stars 4/12
2 of 2 Allegiance of Honor 5 stars 9/29
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
1 of 2 The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire 3.5 stars 6/22
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
DONE Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
1 of 2: Firelight 4 stars 5/25
2 of 2: Shards of Hope 4 stars 9/28
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.

Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, #2) by Patricia Briggs Unholy Magic (Downside Ghosts, #2) by Stacia Kane Firelight (Darkest London, #1) by Kristen Callihan The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire (Half-Moon Hollow, #3) by Molly Harper Shards of Hope (Psy-Changeling, #14) by Nalini Singh Allegiance of Honor (Psy-Changeling #15) by Nalini Singh

DONE4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy

1 of 4 PNR - Spiral of Need 4 stars 7/10
2 of 4 UF - Sacrificial Magic 3 stars 6/16
3 of 4 Fantasy - Wicked as They Come 3 stars 7/25
4 of 4 PNR - Kiss of Snow 4.5 stars 8/15

Spiral of Need (The Mercury Pack, #1) by Suzanne Wright Sacrificial Magic (Downside Ghosts, #4) by Stacia Kane Wicked as They Come (Blud, #1) by Delilah S. Dawson Kiss of Snow (Psy-Changeling, #10) by Nalini Singh

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
1 of 4 books Magic Binds 5 stars 10/12

Magic Binds (Kate Daniels, #9) by Ilona Andrews

7. Climbing Mt. TBR 1/8
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)

1 of 4 books added in 2015 Hard Bitten 3.5 stars 1/20
2 of 4 books added in 2015 The Many Sins of Lord Cameron 4 stars 9/6
1 of 2 books added in 2014 Chasing Sam 3 stars 2/21
2 of 2 books added in 2014 Lions, Tigers, and Sexy Bears Oh My! 3 stars 9/15
1 book added in 2013 The Mating 2 stars 9/9
1 book added prior to 2013 (added 2012) Seduction of a Highland Lass 4 stars 1/12

Seduction of a Highland Lass (McCabe Trilogy, #2) by Maya Banks Hard Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires, #4) by Chloe Neill Chasing Sam (Vegas Mates, #1) by Krystal Shannan The Mating (Law of the Lycans, #3) by Nicky Charles Lions, Tigers, and Sexy Bears Oh My! by Candace Havens The Many Sins of Lord Cameron (MacKenzies & McBrides, #3) by Jennifer Ashley

DONE 8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic Marked 3.5 stars 3/4
- For Hire: Hunter Once Bitten 2 stars 1/18
Behind a Counter: Inn Keeper Sweep in Peace 4 stars 1/8
Law: lawyer Bunny and the Bear 3.5 stars 4/27

Sweep in Peace (Innkeeper Chronicles, #2) by Ilona Andrews Once Bitten (Alexa O’Brien, Huntress, #1) by Trina M. Lee Marked (Servants of Fate, #1) by Sarah Fine Bunny and the Bear (Furry United Coalition, #1) by Eve Langlais

DONE 9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue An Offer From a Gentleman 4 stars 2/18 and Yellow Heart of Obsidian 5 stars 8/26
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange The Governess Affair 4 stars 3/1 or Green Highlander Most Wanted 5 stars 1/4

Highlander Most Wanted (The Montgomerys and Armstrongs, #2) by Maya Banks An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3) by Julia Quinn The Governess Affair (Brothers Sinister, #0.5) by Courtney Milan Heart of Obsidian (Psy-Changeling, #12) by Nalini Singh

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: Blade Song 1/3 3.5 stars
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: Night's Honor 4 stars 4/24
- Emotion/Feeling: Play of Passion 4 stars

Blade Song (Colbana Files, #1) by J.C. Daniels Night's Honor (Elder Races, #7) by Thea Harrison Play of Passion (Psy-Changeling, #9) by Nalini Singh

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months" 1.5 = January A Kiss For Midwinter 3 stars 3/2

A Kiss For Midwinter (Brothers Sinister, #1.5) by Courtney Milan

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover - The Heiress Effect 4.5 stars 4/16

The Heiress Effect (Brothers Sinister, #2) by Courtney Milan

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover Planet Mail 2 stars 2/24

Planet Mail (Mail Call, #1) by Kate Pearce

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series
Shield of Winter 5 stars 9/29

Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling, #13) by Nalini Singh

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
---AND---
Done: Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number) Midnight's Kiss 3 stars 7/19
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color) Say Yes to the Marquess 4 stars 8/21

Midnight's Kiss (Elder Races, #8) by Thea Harrison Say Yes to the Marquess (Castles Ever After, #2) by Tessa Dare


message 11: by ~Melissa~ (last edited Dec 13, 2015 06:17AM) (new)
Dec 04, 2015 07:41PM

~Melissa~ | 1401 comments I'm in for picky reader - at least 8 categories


1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy



6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)


13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series



15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


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Dec 04, 2015 08:31PM

Ashley (ashleycw) | 144 comments In for glutton


message 13: by Steph, Serious series addict (new)
Dec 07, 2015 10:15AM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments Welcome everyone! :D I'm going to try to complete this one too.


message 14: by Steph, Serious series addict (last edited Jun 24, 2017 02:34PM) (new)
Dec 07, 2015 10:15AM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments 16 in 2016
Dates: 1 Jan - 30 Jun 2017 | Level: Glutton | Read: 100/100

1. Serious Series Addiction (20 books / 16 series)
✓ 1. (World of Lupi #1) Tempting Danger by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮✮½ 15 Jan
✓ 2. (World of Lupi #2) Mortal Danger by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮✮☆ 18 Jan
✓ 3. (World of Lupi #3) Blood Lines by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮✮☆ 20 Jan
✓ 4. (World of Lupi #4) Night Season by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮½ 23 Mar
✓ 5. (World of Lupi #5) Mortal Sins by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮✮½ 26 Apr
✓ 6. (Half-Moon Hollow #4) The Single Undead Moms Club by Molly Harper ✮✮✮✮☆ 18 Mar
✓ 7. (Delirium #1) Delirium by Lauren Oliver ✮✮✮✮½ 29 Feb
✓ 8. (Pax Arcana #2) Fearless by Elliott James ✮✮✮✮☆ 06 Jan
✓ 9. (Last True Vampire #2) The Warrior Vampire by Kate Baxter ✮✮✮½ 04 Feb
✓ 10. (Elemental Mysteries #4) A Fall of Water by Elizabeth Hunter ✮✮✮✮½ 10 Mar
✓ 11. (Black Dagger Brotherhood #14) The Beast by J.R. Ward ✮✮✮✮☆ 12 Aug
✓ 12. (Jane Yellowrock #10) Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter ✮✮✮✮✮ 15 Apr
✓ 13. (Lords of the Underworld #12) The Darkest Torment by Gena Showalter ✮✮✮☆☆ 26 Nov
✓ 14. (Quentin Black #1) Black In White by J.C. Andrijeski ✮✮✮☆☆ 24 Mar
✓ 15. (The Stars Never Rise #2) The Flame Never Dies by Rachel Vincent ✮✮✮½ 27 Aug
✓ 16. (The Elemental #2) Breakwater by Shannon Mayer ✮✮✮✮☆ 5 Jan
✓ 17. (Ordinary Magic #1) Death and Relaxation by Devon Monk ✮✮✮½ 09 Sept
✓ 18. (Peter Grant #1) Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch ✮✮✮☆☆ 02 Apr
✓ 19. (Hunter #1) Ripper by Lexi Blake ✮✮✮½ 09 May
✓ 20. (Arc of the Scythe #1) Scythe by Neal Shusterman ✮✮✮✮✮ 30 Nov

2. How I ❤ Thee (4 books)
✓ 1. (Author/Genre/Supes) The Leopard King (Ars Numina #1) by Ann Aguirre ✮✮✮☆☆ 02 Oct
✓ 2. (Series/Genre/Supes) My Guardian (Bewitched and Bewildered #6) by Alanea Alder ✮✮✮☆☆ 27 Jun
✓ 3. (Author/Series/Genre/Supes) Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi #9) by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮½ 19 Sept
✓ 4. (Author/Series/Genre/Supes) Marked in Flesh (The Others #4) by Anne Bishop ✮✮✮✮½ 13 Mar

3. Supe of the Day (16 books)
- Magically-inclined
✓ 1. One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #3) by Ilona Andrews ✮✮✮✮✮ 15 Nov
✓ 2. Boundary Born (Boundary Magic #3) by Melissa F. Olson ✮✮✮☆☆ 26 Jul
- Shifter
✓ 1. Feral Sins (Phoenix Pack #1) by Suzanne Wright ✮✮✮✮☆ 22 May
✓ 2. In Shining Armor (Pax Arcana #4) by Elliott James ✮✮✮✮☆ 03 Aug
- Vampire
✓ 1. Chaos and Moonlight (Order of the Nines #1) by A.D. Marrow ✮✮✮✮½ 10 Jan
✓ 2. The Last True Vampire (True Vampire #1) by Kate Baxter ✮✮✮✮☆ 23 Jan
- Fae
✓ 1. Waylaid (Peri Reed/Rachel Morgan Crossover) by Kim Harrison ✮✮✮✮☆ 19 Apr
✓ 2. Brownies (World of the Lupi #2.9) by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮☆☆ 25 May
- Angel
✓ 1. Conspiracy of Angels (Shadowside #1) by Michelle Belanger ✮✮½ 29 Jan
✓ 2. Steal the Light (Thieves #1) by Lexi Blake ✮✮✮½ 01 Feb
- Demon
✓ 1. Blood, Pain, and Pleasure (Tales of Blood and Magic #1) by Nadine Mutas ✮✮✮☆☆ 28 Feb
✓ 2. The Skull Throne (Demon Cycle #4) by Peter V. Brett ✮✮✮☆☆ 30 Jul
- Human with Abilities
✓ 1. Doom with a View (Psychic Eye Mysteries #7) by Victoria Laurie ✮✮✮✮☆ 17 Apr
✓ 2. A Glimpse of Evil (Psychic Eye Mysteries #8) by Victoria Laurie ✮✮✮½ 16 Oct
- Other
✓ 1. (Elemental) Firestorm (Elemental #3) by Shannon Mayer ✮✮✮½ 08 Feb
✓ 2. (Alien) Contact (Alien Invasion #2) by Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant ✮✮✮☆☆ 27 Sept

4. Genre Relations (4 books)
✓ 1. (SciFi Fantasy) The Desert Spear (Demon Cycle #2) by Peter V. Brett ✮✮✮✮☆ 08 Jul
✓ 2. (PNR) Z (Demonica/Lords of Deliverance #11.8) by Larissa Ione ✮✮✮✮☆ 28 Apr
✓ 3. (UF) Thunder Road (Rain Chaser #1) by Sierra Dean ✮✮✮☆☆ 17 Nov
✓ 4. (UF) Unearthed (The Heights #2) by Lauren Stewart ✮✮✮✮☆ 27 Jan

5. Fiction2Film (2 books)
✓ 1. (TV) Otherworld Nights (Otherworld Stories III) by Kelley Armstrong ✮✮✮✮☆ 13 Jan
✓ 2. (TV) Otherworld Secrets (Otherworld Stories IV) by Kelley Armstrong ✮✮✮½ 21 Jun

6. Happy Birthday! (4 books)
✓ 1. (Nov) Curse on the Land (Soulwood #2) by Faith Hunter ✮✮✮✮☆ 13 Nov
✓ 2. (Sept) Blaze (Dark in You #2) by Suzanne Wright ✮✮✮✮½ 06 Sept
✓ 3. (Aug) Stefan (Lost Nights #1) by Jocelynn Drake ✮✮✮☆☆ 31 Aug
✓ 4. (Aug) Dark Tomorrow (Bo Blackman #6) by Helen Harper ✮✮✮☆☆ 18 Aug

7. Climbing Mt. TBR (8 books)
2015 adds
✓ 1. Fangs for the Memories (Half-Moon Hollow #4.5) by Molly Harper ✮✮✮☆☆ 18 Mar
✓ 2. Demon's Vengeance: The Complete Final Asylum Tales (Asylum Tales #3) by Jocelyn Drake ✮✮ ¾ 09 Jan
✓ 3. Blood of the Earth (Soulwood #1) by Faith Hunter ✮✮✮✮½ 13 Aug
✓ 4. Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1) by Rachel Caine ✮✮✮✮✮ 07 Feb
2014 adds
✓ 1. Dark Skye (Immortals After Dark #14) by Kresley Cole ✮✮✮✮☆ 02 Feb
✓ 2. Better Homes and Hauntings (S#?) by Molly Harper ✮✮✮½ 07 Apr
2013 add
✓ 1. Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #1) by Ilona Andrews ✮✮✮✮½ 11 Jan
2012 or earlier add
✓ 1. Death Magic (World of the Lupi #8) by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮✮☆ 18 Jul

8. Job Related (4 books)
✓ 1. [Legal Aid] Blizzard of Heat (Operation Reindeer Retrieval #6) by Viola Grace ✮✮✮✮☆ 04 Jan
✓ 2. [Librarian] This Same Earth by Elizabeth Hunter ✮✮✮✮☆ 06 Mar
✓ 3. [Hunter] Archangel's Heart (Guild Hunter #9) by Nalini Singh ✮✮✮✮½ 08 Nov
✓ 4. [Detective] Bite the Dust (Blood and Moonlight #1) by Cynthia Eden ✮✮✮☆☆ 30 Jan

9. Color Coded (4 books)
✓ 1. [Purple] Dead City (Dead City #1) by James Ponti ✮✮✮✮☆ 03 Jan
✓ 2. [Orange] Paper and Fire (Great Library #2) by Rachel Caine ✮✮✮½ 22 Jul
✓ 3. [Blue] The Force of Wind (Elemental Mysteries #3) by Elizabeth Hunter ✮✮✮✮☆ 08 Mar
✓ 4. [Yellow/Green] Liam Takes Manhattan (Elder Races #9.5) by Thea Harrison ✮✮✮✮☆ 29 Jan
Dead City (Dead City, #1) by James Ponti Paper and Fire (The Great Library, #2) by Rachel Caine The Force of Wind (Elemental Mysteries, #3) by Elizabeth Hunter Liam Takes Manhattan (Elder Races, #9.5) by Thea Harrison

10. iSpy (4 books)
✓ 1. [Time] Midnight Marked (Chicagoland Vampires #12) by Chloe Neill ✮✮✮✮☆ 07 Oct
✓ 2. [Time] Morning Star (Red Rising #3) by Pierce Brown ✮✮✮✮✮ 01 Mar
✓ 3. [Emotion] Demon's Fury (Asylum Tales #3.1) by Jocelynn Drake ✮✮✮½ 09 Jan
✓ 4. [Weapon] Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson #9) by Patricia Briggs ✮✮✮½ 25 Mar

11. Best of ... (4 books)
✓ 1. [UF] Feverborn (Fever #8) by Karen Marie Moning ✮✮✮☆☆ 21 Jan
✓ 2. [UF] Shadowstorm (Shadow World #6) by Dianne Sylvan ✮✮✮☆☆ 06 Jun
✓ 3. [PNR] Wicked Cravings (Phoenix Pack #2) by Suzanne Wright ✮✮✮½ 22 Jul
✓ 4. [UF] Taken (Alex Verus #3) by Benedict Jacka ✮✮✮✮☆ 07 Feb

12. Seasons of Love (4 books)
❉ WINTER ~ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
✓ 1. Windburn (Elemental #4) by Shannon Mayer ✮✮✮✮☆ 09 Feb
❀ SPRING ~ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months”
✓ 2. Colonization (Alien Invasion #3) by Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant ✮✮✮½ 05 Oct
❂ SUMMER ~ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
✓ 3. Midnight's Kiss (Elder Races #8) by Thea Harrison ✮✮✮☆☆ 26 Jan
✣ FALL ~ Orange cover
✓ 4. Sweep in Peace (Innkeeper Chronicles #2) by Ilona Andrews ✮✮✮✮☆ Jan 19

13. Orderly (2 books)
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
✓ 1. Extinction (The Remaining #6) by D.J. Molles ✮✮✮☆☆ 03 Mar
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series
✓ 2. Sweet Ruin (Immortals After Dark #15) by Kresley Cole ✮✮✮½ 08 Feb

14. Double Decker (8 books)
✓ 1. [7 of Clubs] ~ Blood Challenge (World of the Lupi #7) by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮✮½ 11 Jul
✓ 2.[3 of Diamonds] ~ Three Parts Fey (An Obscure Magic #3) by Viola Grace ✮✮✮✮☆ 02 Apr
✓ 3. [5 of Diamonds] ~ Corrigan Lust (Corrigan #5) by Helen Harper ✮✮✮✮☆ 01 Jan
✓ 4. [3 of Hearts] ~ Blood Lust (Sentinels #3) by Alexandra Ivy ✮✮✮✮½ 23 Jun
✓ 5. [9 of Hearts] ~ Shadow's End (Elder Races #9) by Thea Harrison ✮✮✮✮☆ 28 Jan
✓ 6. [5 of Spades] ~ Rootbound (Elemental #5) by Shannon Mayer ✮✮✮½ 20 Jun
✓ 7. [Ace of Clubs] ~ The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1) by Peter V. Brett ✮✮✮✮☆ 25 May
✓ 8. [2 of Spades] ~ Pandemonium (Delirium #2) by Lauren Oliver ✮✮✮☆☆ 14 Mar

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls (4 books)
✓ 1. Magic Binds (Kate Daniels #9) by Ilona Andrews ✮✮✮✮✮ 28 Sept
✓ 2. Anna and the Vampire Prince (Anna Strong Chronicles #9.5) by Jeanne C. Stein ✮✮✮✮☆ 03 Feb
✓ 3. Blood Magic (World of the Lupi #6) by Eileen Wilks ✮✮✮✮☆ 17 May
✓ 4. The Curse of Tenth Grave (Charley Davidson #10) by Darynda Jones ✮✮✮✮½ 05 Jul

16. Year of the Monkey (8 books)
✓ M- Peta (Elemental #3.5) by Shannon Mayer ✮✮✮✮☆ 08 Feb
✓ O- Devils and Details (Ordinary Magic #2) by Devon Monk ✮✮✮✮☆ 11 Sept
✓ N- Into the Fire (Night Prince #4) by Jeaniene Frost ✮✮✮½ 23 Mar
✓ K- The Dark Vampire (Last True Vampire #3) by Kate Baxter ✮✮✮½ 08 Jun
✓ E- A Hidden Fire (Elemental Mysteries #1) by Elizabeth Hunter ✮✮✮✮½ 01 Feb
✓ Y- Smokeless Fire (Fire Spirits #1) by Samantha Young ✮✮✮☆☆ 11 Jun

✓ 1. (Lucky #1) Invasion (Alien Invasion #1) by Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant ✮✮✮☆☆ 05 Oct
✓ 2. (Setting Northwest) Kill Switch (Joe Ledger #8) by Jonathan Maberry ✮✮✮✮✮ 23 May


message 15: by Brittany (new)
Dec 07, 2015 11:27AM

Brittany (wulfgirl) | 90 comments I'm in! Think I will go for the Picky Reader level. The Glutton was tempting but I've never read 100 books in a year. My closest was 72, though I think I might beat that this year.


message 16: by Brittany (last edited Oct 03, 2016 03:55PM) (new)
Dec 07, 2015 11:27AM

Brittany (wulfgirl) | 90 comments 16 in 2016
January 1 - December 31, 2016
Level: Picky Reader (at least 8 Categories)
Progress: 32/32

✓A. How I Love Thee - Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
1. The Obsession by NORA ROBERTS 1/26/16
2. Feverborn FEVER SERIES 2/9/16
3. Conspiracy in Death NORA ROBERTS as J.D. Robb 4/29/16
4. Voyager OUTLANDER SERIES 6/28/16

The Obsession by Nora Roberts Feverborn (Fever, #8) by Karen Marie Moning Conspiracy in Death (In Death, #8) by J.D. Robb Voyager (Outlander, #3) by Diana Gabaldon

✓B. Genre Relations - Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
1. The Void 1/5/16 fantasy
2. Obsidian 3/26/16 paranormal romance
3. A Caress of Twilight 4/16/16 paranormal romance
4. Bitten 4/23/16 urban fantasy

The Void (Witching Savannah, #3) by J.D. Horn Obsidian (Lux, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout A Caress of Twilight (Merry Gentry, #2) by Laurell K. Hamilton Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, #1) by Kelley Armstrong

✓C. Fiction2Film - Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie
1. The Giver 1/22/16
2. The Handmaid's Tale 2/27/16

The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

✓D. Climbing Mt. TBR - Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013
2015
1. Cry Wolf put on TBR 5/15/15
2. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer put on TBR 7/2/15
3. The Sea of Tranquility put on TBR 8/7/15
4. Rock Chick Rescue put on TBR 12/14/15
2014
1. Dark Places put on TBR 7/7/14
2. The Lovely Bones put on TBR 7/6/14
2013
1. Ten Tiny Breaths put on TBR 1/25/2013
before 2013
1. Buttercream Bump Off put on TBR 12/10/2011

Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1) by Patricia Briggs The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1) by Michelle Hodkin The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay Rock Chick Rescue (Rock Chick, #2) by Kristen Ashley Dark Places by Gillian Flynn The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Ten Tiny Breaths (Ten Tiny Breaths, #1) by K.A. Tucker Buttercream Bump Off (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #2) by Jenn McKinlay

✓E. Job Related - Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
(view spoiler)
1. LAW Summer Island Dean Sloan is a lawyer 1/12/16
2. UNIFORMED Holiday in Death Eve Dallas is a cop 1/30/16
3. MEDICAL The Nightingale Julien (the son) is a surgeon 3/9/16
4. FOR HIRE The House at Riverton Grace is a housemaid 3/19/16

Summer Island by Kristin Hannah Holiday in Death (In Death, #7) by J.D. Robb The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

✓F. Best Of - Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)
1. Magic Bites #1 on best of UF series 4/26/16
2. Stolen #23 on best of UF series 5/13/16
3. Hunting Ground #5 on best of UF series 5/24/16
4. Fair Game #5 on best of UF series 6/3/16

Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1) by Ilona Andrews Stolen (Women of the Otherworld, #2) by Kelley Armstrong Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, #2) by Patricia Briggs Fair Game (Alpha & Omega, #3) by Patricia Briggs

✓G. Seasons of Love -Read 4 books, 1 for each season
Winter- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (White Cover) 1/3/15

Spring- Berried to the Hilt book #4, April is a Spring month 2/12/16

Summer- Beyond the Highland Mist half nekked dude on the cover 4/1/16

Fall- Fire Touched this was a brand new release when I read it 3/11/16

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Berried to the Hilt (Gray Whale Inn Mystery, #4) by Karen MacInerney Beyond the Highland Mist (Highlander, #1) by Karen Marie MoningFire Touched (Mercy Thompson, #9) by Patricia Briggs

✓ H. Orderly- Read 2 series books one for each of the following:

Six(Read book #6 in a series)- Real Vampires Have More to Love 1/15/16

Teen(Read book 13-19 in a series)-Seduction in Death (book 13) 10/2/16

Real Vampires Have More to Love (Glory St. Clair, #6) by Gerry BartlettSeduction in Death (In Death, #13) by J.D. Robb

FINISHED 10/2/16


message 17: by Suzanne (last edited Dec 12, 2016 12:48PM) (new)
Dec 10, 2015 08:42AM

Suzanne (esmerelda1) | 961 comments SOS: Serious Overload of Series
16 in 2016
Duration: 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2016

Progress: 61 out of 100

Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series
1. Spindle Cove #2: A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare - *** - 1/5/2016 - 384 Pages
2. Starbound #1.5: This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman - **** - 1/11/2016 - 109 Pages
3. Innkeeper Chronicles #1: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 1/11/2016 - 235 Pages
4. Sookie Stackhouse #13: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/13/2016 -338 Pages
5. H.O.T. Watch #1: The Dark Side Of Night by Cindy Dees - ***** - 1/16/2016 - 216 Pages
6. Chicagoland Vampires #2: Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill - *** - 1/17/2016 - 357 Pages
7. Midnight Texas #1: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/21/2016 - 305 Pages
8. Bluegrass #3: Snow Falling on Bluegrass by Molly Harper - ***** - 1/25/2016 - 168 Pages
9. Redhead #1: The Unidentified Redhead by Alice Clayton - ***** - 1/27/2016 - 276 Pages
10. Finishing School #1: Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger - *** - 2/5/2016 - 310 Pages
11. Grim Reaper #2: Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore - *** - 2/4/2016 - 335 Pages
12. Downside Ghosts #0.1: The Brave Tale of Maddie Carver by Stacia Kane - ***** - 2/16/2016 - 8 Pages
13. Bloodlines #0.5: Adrian's Lost Chapter by Richelle Mead - **** - 2/16/2016 - 8 Pages
14. Kate Daniels #8: Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 2/17/2016 - 342 Pages
15. Jane Yellowrock #3: Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter - ***** - 3/8/2016
16. Mercedes Thompson #9: Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 4/6/2016
17. Hannah Swenson #1: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke - **** - 4/19/2016
18. Women's Murder Club #11: 11th Hour by James Patterson - ***** - 4/21/2016
19. Dragon #1: Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken - **** - 5/5/2016
20. Sea Haven #1: Water Bound by Christine Feehan - *** - 6/16/2016
A Week to Be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2) by Tessa Dare This Night So Dark (Starbound, #1.5) by Amie Kaufman Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1) by Ilona Andrews Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse, #13) by Charlaine Harris The Dark Side Of Night (H.O.T. Watch, #1) by Cindy Dees Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland Vampires, #2) by Chloe Neill Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas, #1) by Charlaine Harris Snow Falling on Bluegrass (Bluegrass, #3) by Molly Harper The Unidentified Redhead (Redhead, #1) by Alice Clayton Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2) by Gail Carriger Secondhand Souls (Grim Reaper, #2) by Christopher Moore The Brave Tale of Maddie Carver (Downside Ghosts #0.1) by Stacia Kane Adrian's Lost Chapter (Bloodlines, #0.5) by Richelle Mead Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels, #8) by Ilona Andrews Mercy Blade (Jane Yellowrock, #3) by Faith Hunter Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson, #9) by Patricia Briggs Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1) by Joanne Fluke 11th Hour (Women's Murder Club, #11) by James Patterson Dragon Actually (Dragon Kin, #1) by G.A. Aiken Water Bound (Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart, #1) by Christine Feehan

How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
21. Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts - ***** - 6/17/2016
22. Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts - ***** - 7/5/2016 - 325 Pages
23. Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts - **** - 9/13/2016
24. Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts - **** - 9/20/2016
Bed of Roses (Bride Quartet, #2) by Nora Roberts Savor the Moment (Bride Quartet, #3) by Nora Roberts Stars of Fortune (The Guardians Trilogy, #1) by Nora Roberts Happy Ever After (Bride Quartet, #4) by Nora Roberts

Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer:
25. Courtney Crumrin Volume 1: The Night Things by Ted Naifeh - ***** - 1/6/2016 - 137 Pages
26. Courtney Crumrin Volume 2: Coven of Mystics by Ted Naifeh - ***** - 2/7/2016 - 133 Pages
Courtney Crumrin Volume 1 The Night Things by Ted Naifeh Courtney Crumrin Volume 2 Coven of Mystics by Ted Naifeh
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other:
27. Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 7/8/2016 - 357 Pages
28. Soulless by Gail Carriger - ***** - 11/6/2016
Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #4) by Maggie Stiefvater Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) by Gail Carriger
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
29.
30.
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
31.
32.
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
33.
34.
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
35. Origins by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 8/4/2016 - 157 Pages
36. Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett - ***** - 12/11/2016
Origins (Alphas, #0.5) by Ilona Andrews Kindling the Moon (Arcadia Bell, #1) by Jenn Bennett
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
37. Better Read Than Dead by Victoria Laurie - **** - 8/5/2016 - 296 Pages
38. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley - ***** - 12/7/2016
Better Read Than Dead (Psychic Eye Mystery, #2) by Victoria Laurie The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1) by Daniel O'Malley
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
39. Daimon by Jennifer L. Armentrout - *** - 6/6/2016 - 62 Pages - Half Greek Goddess
40. The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky - ***** - 7/29/2016 - 447 Pages
Daimon (Covenant, #0.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout The Immortals (Olympus Bound, #1) by Jordanna Max Brodsky

Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
41. Timebound by Rysa Walker - ***** - 8/16/2016 - 366 Pages
42. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh - *** - 12/1/2016
43. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - **** - 11/11/2016
44.
Timebound (The Chronos Files, #1) by Rysa Walker Play of Passion (Psy-Changeling #9) by Nalini Singh Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) by Seanan McGuire

Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)
45. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - *** - 9/6/2016 - 507 Pages
46.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë


message 18: by Suzanne (last edited Dec 12, 2016 12:48PM) (new)
Dec 10, 2015 08:42AM

Suzanne (esmerelda1) | 961 comments Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
47. Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 10/11/2016
48. First Comes Love by Emily Giffin - *** - 12/12/2016
49.
50.
Magic Binds (Kate Daniels, #9) by Ilona Andrews First Comes Love by Emily Giffin

Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)
Added in 2015:
51. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella - **** - 6/26/2016 - 286 Pages
52. Sweet Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren - ***** - 7/19/2016 - 385 Pages
53. Fat Chance by Nick Spalding - *** - 10/3/2016
54.
Aded in 2014:
55. 40 Love by Madeleine Wickham - ** - 6/28/2016 - 288 Pages
56. Lucky Us by Amy Bloom - *** - 9/15/2016
Added in 2013:
57. Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder - **** - 6/30/2016 - 176 Pages
Added before 2012:
58. Hot Six by Janet Evanovich - ***** - 6/22/2016 - 336 Pages
Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, #6) by Janet Evanovich Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella 40 Love by Madeleine Wickham Batman, Volume 1 The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder Sweet Filthy Boy (Wild Seasons, #1) by Christina Lauren Lucky Us by Amy Bloom Fat Chance by Nick Spalding

Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal
59. Police: Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb - ***** - 6/25/2016 - 356 Pages
60. Nurse: I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind - **** - 9/8/2016 - 320 Pages
61.
62.
Judgment in Death (In Death, #11) by J.D. Robb I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind

Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green
63. Blue: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin - ***** - 6/23/2016 - 352 Pages
64. Yellow: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - *** - 6/29/2016 - 432 Pages
65. Blue: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion - **** - 7/11/2016 - 368 Pages
66. Blue: Heart of Evil by Heather Graham - *** - 7/25/2016 - 376 Pages
The Happiness Project Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin This Heart of Mine (Chicago Stars, #5) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips The Rosie Effect (Don Tillman, #2) by Graeme Simsion Heart of Evil (Krewe of Hunters, #2) by Heather Graham

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy


message 19: by Suzanne (last edited Dec 09, 2016 02:02PM) (new)
Dec 10, 2015 08:42AM

Suzanne (esmerelda1) | 961 comments 11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)
1.
2.
3.
4.

Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover:
Cut & Run by Abigail Roux - *** - 7/7/2016 - 348 Pages

❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'

❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months":
Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - **** - 6/20/2016 - 335 Pages - 335 Pages - Book #1

Extreme Exposure (I-Team, #1) by Pamela Clare Cut & Run (Cut & Run, #1) by Abigail Roux

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover

❀ First book in a new-to-you series
Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - **** - 6/30/2016 - 304 Pages
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"
E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - *** - 10/7/2016 - Book #5

Animal Magnetism (Animal Magnetism, #1) by Jill Shalvis E is for Evidence (Kinsey Millhone, #5) by Sue Grafton

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category

❂ Red cover

❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - **** - 12/9/2016
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"
Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - **** - 8/15/2016 - 336 Pages - Book #7

Seventh Grave and No Body (Charley Davidson, #7) by Darynda Jones Animal Attraction (Animal Magnetism, #2) by Jill Shalvis

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"

Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series:
Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 8/8/2016 - 388 Pages - Book #6

- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

Match Me If You Can (Chicago Stars, #6) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
M:
O:
N:
K: Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth by Mika Brzezinski - ***** - 10/15/2016
E:
Y:
Knowing Your Value Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth by Mika Brzezinski


---AND---

Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 20: by Nancy (last edited Jan 14, 2017 11:08PM) (new)
Dec 13, 2015 01:42AM

Nancy (nancyhelen) | 151 comments SOS: 16 in 2016
Duration: 1/1/2016 - 31/12/2016

Read: 78/100

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series
1. ✔White Cat by Holly Black - 21.7.16 ★★★ (The Curse Workers #1)
2. ✔Red Glove by Holly Black - 30.7.16 ★★★★ (The Curse Workers #2)

3. ✔Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - 28.5.16 ★★★★★ (Study #1)
4. ✔Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder - 29.5.16 ★★★★ (Study #2)

5. ✔The Illusions of Eventide by Sarah M. Cradit - 17.6.16 ★★★★ (House of Crimson & Clover #1)
6. ✔St. Charles at Dusk by Sarah M. Cradit - 24.6.16 ★★★ (House of Crimson & Clover #0.6)

7. ✔Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane - 1.1.16 ★★★ (Downside Ghosts #1)
8. ✔Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock - 10.2.16 ★★★★ (Seven Sisters #1)
9. ✔Night Shade by Helen Harper - 16.2.16 ★★★ (Dreamweaver #1)
10. ✔Undeclared by Jen Frederick - 27.2.16 ★★★★ (Woodlands #1)
11. ✔The Goldfish Bowl by Laurence Gough - 27.2.16 ★★★★ (Willows & Parker #1)
12. ✔Devil’s Food by Kerry Greenwood - 7.3.16 ★★★★ (Corinna Chapman #3)
13. ✔The Darkness Gathers by Lisa Unger - 16.3.16 ★★★ (Lydia Strong #2)
14. ✔Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter - 22.3.16 ★ (Alice in Zombieland #1)
15. ✔Splintered by A.G. Howard - 28.3.16 ★★★ (Splintered #1)
16. ✔The Siren by Tiffany Reisz - 21.4.16 ★★★★★ (The Original Sinners #1)
17. ✔SEAL’s Honor by Elle James - 28.4.16 ★★ (Take No Prisoners #1)
18. ✔Stygian by Nashoda Rose - 6.5.16 ★★★★ (Scars of the Wraiths #1)
19. ✔A Cold Dark Place by Toni Anderson - 3.6.16 ★★★ (Cold Justice #1)
20. ✔Uncommon Purpose by P.J. Strebor - 7.7.16 ★★★★ (Hope Island Trilogy #1)

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author (Ilona Andrews)
1. ✔Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews - 19.1.16 ★★★★★ (Kate Daniels #4)
2. ✔Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews - 28.3.16 ★★★★
3. ✔Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews - 21.5.16 ★★★★★
4.

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
1. ✔Demon’s Fury by Jocelynn Drake - 6.2.16 ★★★
2. ✔Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder - 30.5.16 ★★★★★

- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
1. ✔The Werewolf Cowboy by Camryn Rhys - 14.4.16 ★ (Moonbound #1)
2.

- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
1. ✔Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost - 8.1.16 ★★★ (Night Prince #1)
2. ✔A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter - 25.3.16 ★★★★★ (Elemental Mysteries #1)

- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
1. ✔A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - 7.1.16 ★★★★★ (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1)
2. ✔Starlight by William Stacey - 28.1.16 ★★★★ (The Dark Elf Wars #1)

- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
1. ✔Plague of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy - 21.2.16 ★★★
2.

- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
1.
2.

- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
1. ✔The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon - 16.2.16 ★★★★★
2. ✔Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper by J.L. Bryan - 20.3.16 ★★★★

- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
1. ✔Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 31.1.16 ★★★★ (Covenant #1)
2.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
1. ✔Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward - 11.4.16 ★★★★ (Paranormal Romance - BDB #3)
2. ✔C791 by Eve Langlais - 4.5.16 ★★ (Sci-fi Romance - Cyborgs: More than Machines #1)
3. ✔The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - 1.12.16 ★★★★★ (Fantasy - The Way of Kings #1)
4. ✔Golden Son by Pierce Brown - 24.10.16 ★★★★★ (Science Fiction - Red Rising Trilogy #2)

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)
1. ✔Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card - 9.6.16 ★★★★★ (Ender #1)
2.

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
1. ✔Crow by A. Zaverelli - 11.5.16 ★★★★ (Boston Underworld #1)
2. ✔Reaper by A. Zavarelli - 2.8.16 ★★★★★ (Boston Underworld #2)
3. ✔Ghost by A. Zavarelli - 14.10.16 ★★★★ (Boston Underworld #3)
4. *✔The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater - 13.9.16 ★★★★ (The Raven Cycle #4)

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books:
4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015
1.
2.
3.
4.

2 books added in 2014
1. ✔Fire and Sword by Simon Scarrow - 18.7.16 ★★★ (Revolution #3)
2.

1 book added in 2013
1.

1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)
1.

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
1. ✔Saving Grace by Pamela Fagan Hutchins - 23.1.16 ★★★★ (Kate & Annaliese #1) - Lawyer
2. ✔Little Love Affair by Lexy Timms - 14.6.16 ★★★ (Southern Romance #1) - Military
3. ✔Death Force by Matt Lynn - 4.7.16 ★★★★ (Death Force #1) - Military
4. ✔Hot Head by Damon Suede - 27.9.16 ★★★★ (Head #1) - Fire Service


message 21: by Nancy (last edited Jan 14, 2017 11:09PM) (new)
Dec 13, 2015 01:42AM

Nancy (nancyhelen) | 151 comments 9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
1. ✔Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood - 10.1.16 ★★★★ (Corinna Chapman #2)
2. ✔Magic of Thieves by C. Greenwood - 22.3.16 ★★★
3. ✔Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson - 2.5.16 ★★★★ (Red Mars trilogy #1)
4. ✔Red Rising by Pierce Brown - 20.6.16 ★★★★★ (Red Rising Trilogy #1)
Heavenly Pleasures (Corinna Chapman, #2) by Kerry Greenwood Magic of Thieves (Legends of Dimmingwood, #1) by C. Greenwood Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy, #1) by Pierce Brown

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy
1. ✔The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss - 10.2.16 ★★★★
2. ✔Midnight Caller by Leslie Tentler - 24.4.16 ★★★ (Chasing Evil Trilogy #1)
3. ✔Morning Star by Pierce Brown - 31.10.16 ★★★★★ (Red Rising Trilogy #3)
4.

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)
1. ✔Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs - 2.4.16 ★★★ (Mercy Thompson #3)
2. ✔Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones - 9.4.16 ★★★ (Charley Davidson #2)
3. ✔One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 10.5.16 ★★★★ (Night Huntress #2)
4. ✔The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook - 22.12.16 ★★★★ (The Iron Duke #1)

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
1. ✔Sticks & Stones by Madeline Urban and Abigail Roux - 17.1.16 ★★★★★ (Cut & Run #2)
Sticks & Stones (Cut & Run, #2) by Madeleine Urban

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
1. ✔Angel Fire by Lisa Unger - 2.3.16 ★★★ (Lydia Strong #1)

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"
1. ✔Killing at the Carnival by L.A. Nisula - 28.4.16 ★★★ (Cassie Pengear Mysteries #1)

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
1. ✔Blood and Justice by Rayven T. Hill - 24.2.16 ★★★
Blood and Justice (Jake and Annie Lincoln, #1) by Rayven T. Hill

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
1. ✔Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin - 17.10.16 ★★★★ (Inspector Rebus #6)
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series
1.

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.
1. (2 of diamonds) PNR #2 - ✔Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost - 19.9.16 ★★★★ (Night Prince #2)
2. (4 of hearts) PNR #4 - ✔Lover Revealed by J. R. Ward - 2.10.16 ★★★★ (BDB #4)
3. (10 of hearts) PNR #10
4. (8 of hearts) PNR #8
5. (9 of clubs) UF #9
6. (7 of diamonds) PNR #7
7. (Ace of diamonds) PNR #1
8. (7 of spades) UF #7

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
1. ✔The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon - 17.4.16 ★★★★★ (The Bone Season #2)
2. ✔Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost - 5.10.16 ★★★★ (Night Prince #3)
3. ✔Heart Of Steel by Meljean Brook - 26.12.16 ★★★★ (The Iron Duke #2)
4.

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters
M - ✔Season of Darkness by Maureen Jennings - 9.1.16 ★★★★ (Detective Tom Tyler #1)
O - ✔Club Luxe 1: The Private Room by Olivia Noble - 18.3.16 ★★★
N - ✔Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson - 27.4.16 ★★★★ (The Baroque Cycle #1)
K - ✔Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier - 3.2.16 ★★★★★ (Precious Stone Trilogy #1)
E - ✔Edgewood by Karen McQuestion - 29.4.16 ★★★★ (Edgewood #1)
Y - ✔Level Up by Cathy Yardley - 7.4.16 ★★★ (Fandom Hearts #1)

---AND---

Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
1. ✔Morbus Dei: The Arrival: Novel by Matthias Bauer & Bastian Zach - 12.2.16 ★★★★ (Morbus Dei #1)
2. ✔Trespass: A Tale of Mystery and Suspense Across Time by Mikey Campling - 30.3.16 ★★★ (The Darkeningstone #1)
Trespass (The Darkeningstone, #1) by Mikey Campling


message 22: by ✿~Danielle~✿ (last edited Dec 13, 2015 04:36AM) (new)
Dec 13, 2015 04:31AM

✿~Danielle~✿ (dmh1) SOS 16 in 2016 – Part 1
Duration: 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2016

Level: Glutton
Read: 00 out of 100

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series
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2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author (Ilona Andrews)
1.
2.
3.
4.

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
1.
2.

- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
1.
2.

- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
1.
2.

- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
1.
2.

- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
1.
2.

- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
1.
2.

- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
1.
2.

- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
1.
2.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
1.
2.
3.
4.

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)
1.
2.

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
1.
2.
3.
4.

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books:
4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015
1.
2.
3.
4.

2 books added in 2014
1.
2.

1 book added in 2013
1.

1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)
1.

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal
1.
2.
3.
4.


message 23: by ✿~Danielle~✿ (last edited Dec 13, 2015 04:35AM) (new)
Dec 13, 2015 04:32AM

✿~Danielle~✿ (dmh1) SOS 16 in 2016 – Part 2
Duration: 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2016

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green
1.
2.
3.
4.

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy
1.
2.
3.
4.

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)
1.
2.
3.
4.

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"
1.

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"
1.

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"
1.

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"
1.

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
1.
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series
1.

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.
1. (2 of diamonds) PNR #2
2. (4 of hearts) PNR #4
3. (10 of hearts) PNR #10
4. (8 of hearts) PNR #8
5. (9 of clubs) UF #9
6. (7 of diamonds) PNR #7
7. (Ace of diamonds) PNR #1
8. (7 of spades) UF #7

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
1.
2.
3.
4.

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters
M
O
N
K
E
Y

---AND---

Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)
1.
2.


message 24: by Debbie (Doc) (new)
Dec 13, 2015 05:41AM

Debbie (Doc) Duration: 1/1/16 - 6/30/17

Level: Glutton - all 16 categories

Categories:
Reading all 16 categories? That's 100 books crossed off your TBR list!


1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 25: by Netanella (new)
Dec 13, 2015 06:13AM

Netanella | 151 comments SOS - 16 in 2016
Take a bite out of your TBR stacks


Duration: 1 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
Glutton= all 16 categories

Goal: Choose your Level and Read a book for each category as listed. No duplicates - each category must have a unique read, even if one or more books will fit multiple categories. All formats allowed - audio, PB, HC, eBook. Full re-reads are allowed. Anthologies are allowed only if all stories are read.

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
1.
2.
3.
4.

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
1.
2.
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
1.
2.
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
1.
2.
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
1.
2.
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
1.
2.
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
1.
2.
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
1.
2.
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
1.
2.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
1.
2.
3.
4.

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie
1.
2.

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
1.
2.
3.
4.

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013
1. (2015)
2. (2015)
3. (2015)
4. (2015)
5. (2014)
6. (2014)
7. (2013)
8. (<2013)

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero
1.
2.
3.
4.

16. Year of the Monkey
Read 1 book with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters:
M
O
N
K
E
Y

---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 26: by Steph, Serious series addict (new)
Dec 14, 2015 01:19PM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments I'm thrilled to see so many goin' for the full 16 cats. :D


message 27: by Natasha (last edited Sep 02, 2016 10:12AM) (new)
Dec 16, 2015 11:40AM

Natasha 16 in 2016

Duration: 1/1/16 - 12/31/16

Level: Just a Taste

4/4 categories

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
1. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - Fantasy
2. The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Fantasy
3. Palimpsest - Fantasy
4. The Great Hunt - Fantasy

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)
1. Richard III
2. Titus Andronicus
3. Madame Bovary
4. The Lord of the Rings

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
1. Anomalies
2. The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
3. The Impostor Queen
4. Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months" - The Young Elites - The Young Elites #1 - January

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover
❀ First book in a new-to-you series - Maid of Secrets - Maids of Honor #1
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover - A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month) - Seven Black Diamonds
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters:
M
O
N
K
E
Y
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 28: by Natasha (new)
Dec 16, 2015 11:40AM

Natasha Aren't we all gluttons? :P


message 29: by Steph, Serious series addict (new)
Dec 16, 2015 01:59PM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments LOL! Love it! :D


message 30: by Jojobean (last edited Dec 19, 2015 07:06PM) (new)
Dec 19, 2015 07:05PM

Jojobean | 104 comments 16 in 2016
Take a bite out of your TBR stacks

Duration: 1/1/16- 12/31/16

Levels:
Picky Reader = 8 categories of your choice

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
1.
2.
3.
4.

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
1.
2.

- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
1.
2.

- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
1.
2.

- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
1.
2.

- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
1.
2.

- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
1.
2.

- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
1.
2.

- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
1.
2.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy

Paranormal
1.
2.
3.
4.

Urban Fantasy
1.
2.
3.
4.

Sci-Fi Romance
1.
2.
3.
4.

Fantasy
1.
2.
3.
4.

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
1.
2.
3.
4.

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)

2015
1.
2.
3.
4.

2014
1.
2.

2013
1.

2012- lower
1.

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
1.
2.
3.
4.

- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green
1.
2.
3.
4.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
1.
2.
3.
4.


message 31: by Danielle Gypsy Soul (last edited Feb 01, 2017 01:19PM) (new)
Dec 20, 2015 04:17PM

Danielle Gypsy Soul (afdaniellet) SOS 16 in 2016
Jan 1 - 31 Dec

Read 100/100

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series
✔ 1. Off the Edge 8/28 ★★★★
✓2. Hold On 1/6 ★★★
✓3. Crazy Wild 4/10 ★★★★
✔ 4. Love & Loyalty 10/7 ★★★
✔ 5. Primal Temptation 8/16 ★★★★
✔ 6. Touchdown 10/8 ★★★★★
✓7. Midnight Fire 2/7 ★★★★
✓8. One Kiss More 5/28 ★★★★
✔ 9. Alien General's Bride 9/6 ★★★★
✔ 10. The Curious Case Of The Clockwork Menace 12/1 ★★★★
✔ 11. Play 9/14 ★★★★★
✓12. Against the Sky 5/5 ★★
✔ 13. Want Me 8/6 ★★★
✓14. Deadly Fallout 6/26 ★★★★
✓15. Grave Phantoms 4/25 ★★★★
✓16. The Darkest Hour 3/17 ★★★
✓17. Only Fear 2/13 ★★★★
✓18. Rhys 6/2 ★★★★
✓19. Alex 5/22 ★★★★★
✓20. Driven 4/8 ★★★

2. How I ❤ Thee
4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
✓1. Brotherhood in Death 2/24 ★★★★
✓2. Magic Bleeds 1/9 ★★★★★
✓3. Magic Slays 2/19 ★★★★★
✓4. Magic Rises 3/19 ★★★★★

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
✔ 1. Moonshadow 12/5 ★★★★★
✓2. Wicked Burn
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
✔ 1. Tarnished Knight 9/21 ★★★★
✔ 2. Unleashed Temptation 7/17 ★★★
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
✓1. The Bite That Binds 1/17 ★★★★
✔ 2. Taste of Torment 8/18 ★★★★
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
✓1. Fire Touched 3/14 ★★★★★
✔ 2. Dangerous Craving 11/11 ★★★
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
✔ 1. Archangel's Kiss 1/16 ★★★★★
✔ 2. Archangel's Heart 11/12 ★★★★★
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
✓1. Hunted by Darkness 2/7 ★★★★
✓2. Tracker 3/9 ★★★★
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
✔ 1. Renegade Passion 12/23 ★★★
✔ 2. The Survivors 7/23 ★★★
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
✓1. Mermen 3/22 ★
✓2. Seventh Grave and No Body 2/29 ★★★★

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
✓1. The Becoming 4/18 ★
✓2. Light My Fire 4/26 ★★★★
✓3. Samson's Lovely Mortal 2/22 ★★★★
✓4. The Unleashing 1/23 ★★★

5. Fiction2Film
✓1. Outlander 5/7 ★★★★
✓2. Thirteen 6/29 ★★★

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
✓1. Mercury Striking 1/13 ★★★★★
✓2. Into the Fury 1/14 ★★★
✓3. Taking Fire 2/4 ★★★★★
✓4. Against the Wall 1/15 ★★★

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)
✔ 1. Guardian's Mate 12/14 ★★★★
✔ 2. Risking it All 7/30 ★★★★
✔ 3. Up in Smoke 9/5 ★★★
✓4. Against the Tide 6/18 ★★★
✔ 5. The Vampire's Bride 10/30 ★★★
✓6. Darkfire Kiss 3/15 ★
✓7. Dragon Warrior 7/3 ★★
✓8. Wicked Memories 6/28 ★★★

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal
✓1. Assassin: Midnight Pursuits 2/28 ★★★★
✓2. Fire Fighter: Hot Head 2/1 ★★★★★
✓3. Behind Counter: Home to Whiskey Creek 6/8 ★★
✓4. Teacher: Officer off Limits 3/4 ★★★★

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green
✔ 1. Staking His Claim 9/18 ★★★★★
✓2. Morgan's Hunter 5/6 ★★
✔ 3. Fatal Scandal 8/30 ★★★
✔ 4. Loose and Easy 9/19 ★★★

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy
✔ 1. Weapon: Playing With Poison 10/10 ★★★★
✔ 2. Five Senses: Scent of a Mate 8/5 ★★
✓3. Time of Day: About That Night 4/17 ★★★★
✔ 4. Emotion: Outfoxed by Love 5/18 ★★★★

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)
✓1. White Tiger 4/15 ★★★★
✔ 2. Feel the Burn 7/18 ★★★★
✓3. Savage Urges 5/2 ★★★★
✓4. Magic Breaks 4/1 ★★★★ ★

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
✓1. When Snow Falls 5/4 ★★★

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
✓1. Real 4/16 ★★★

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"
✔ 1. After Hours 11/21 ★★★★

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ New release (any month)
✓1. Deep Dark 3/12 ★★★★★

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series
✓1. Midnight Captive 5/12 ★★★★
✓2. Allegiance of Honor 6/20 ★★★

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.
✔ 1. #5 PNR Fractured 12/8 ★★★★
✓2. #8 UF Eighth Grave After Dark 4/24 ★★★
&$10004 3. #3 PNR Polar Bared 8/8 ★★★
✔ 4. #10 UF Blood of the Lost 8/1 ★★★
✓5. #7 UF Veiled Threat 6/4 ★★★★
✓6. #1 PNR Radiance 4/20 ★★★★★
✔ 7. #4 PNR Her Fierce Warrior 9/19 ★★★
✓8. #8 UF Magic Shifts 5/3 ★★★★★

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero
✔ 1. Magic Binds 9/26 ★★★★★
✓2. Midnight Action 4/10 ★★★★
✓3. Rising Darkness 6/13 ★★
✓4. Stitched 6/12 ★★★

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
✓1. M: Midnight Vengeance 1/7 ★★★
✓2. O: The Way Home - One Eyed Jacks 5/9 ★★★★
✓3. N: Don't Let Go - Navy Seal Team 12 1/16 ★★★
✔ 4. K: Hard to Let Go by Laura Kaye 10/27 ★★★★★
✓5. E: Under Fire - Elite Forces 3/18 ★★★★
✔ 6. Y: Into the Deep by Samantha Young 9/9 ★★★
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)
✓1. Something About You 1/7 ★★★★★
✓2. Lian / Roch 6/12 ★★★


message 32: by Marla (last edited Sep 05, 2016 01:53PM) (new)
Dec 21, 2015 01:04PM

Marla | 210 comments 16 in 2016
Take a bite out of your TBR stacks

Duration: 1/1/16 - 12/31/16 (1 year)
Levels: Picky Reader (8 categories of your choice)
Progress: 8 of 8 categories
# of Books: 68
Completed: 9/2/16


1. Serious Series Addiction (20 of 20)
Read 20 books from 16 different series
i. Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock (3/12/16) - #1 Boy Sherlock Holmes
ii. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (3/17/16) - #1 Stargirl
iii. Chosen To Die by Lisa Jackson (4/7/16) - #2 To Die
iv. SYLO by D.J. MacHale (4/12/16) - #1 SYLO
v. The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel (4/22/16) - #4 Earth's Children
vi. Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia (4/22/16) - #2 Castor Chronicles
vii. The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa (4/29/16) - #1 Call of the Forgotten
viii. The Second Siege by Henry Neff (4/29/16) - #2 The Tapestry
ix. Crossed by Ally Condie (5/6/16) - #2 Matched
x. The Negotiator by Dee Henderson (6/9/16) - #1 O'Malley
xi. Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry (6/13/16) - #2 Rot & Ruin
xii. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot (6/18/16) - #8 Princess Diaries
xiii. Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga (6/20/16) - #3 I Hunt Killer
xiv. Shadowed Instincts by Wendi Wilson (6/28/16) - #2 Shadowed
xv. The Viper Club by E.L. Young (7/19/16) - #4 S.T.O.R.M.
xvi. An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn (7/24/16) - #2 Bridgertons
xvii. Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen (8/16/16) - #5 Brian's Saga
xviii. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (8/22/16) - Harper Connelly #1
xix. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (8/30/16) - #1 Howl's Moving Castle
xx. The Last Star by Rick Yancey (9/2/16) - 5th Wave #3

2. How I ❤ Thee (0 of 4)
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
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-

3. Supe of the Day (8 of 16)
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
☾ Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
~ Mort by Terry Pratchett (6/7/16) ~ sorcerer
~ Wizard Defiant by Rodney Hartman (8/20/16) ~ wizard scout
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
~ Shadowed Strength by Wendi Wilson (6/21/16) ~ dog
~
☾ Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
~ Marked by P.C. Cast (3/12/16)
~ Fated by Rebecca Zanetti (8/17/16)
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
~ The Faerie War by Rachel Morgan (3/5/16)
~
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
~ World After by Susan Ee (7/21/16)
~
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
~ The Fiend and the Forge by Henry H. Neff (7/12/16)
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- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
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- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
~ The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud (3/18/16)
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4. Genre Relations (0 of 4)
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
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◈ 5. Fiction2Film (2 of 2)
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)
- The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (3/3/16) ~ movie
- The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen (5/5/16) - Rizzoli & Isles #1 ~ Rizzoli & Isles TV series

6. Happy Birthday! (0 of 4)
Read 4 books published in 2016
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~

7. Climbing Mt. TBR (4 of 8)
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013
2015:
- Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead (4/1/16) ~ pub. 7/29/15
- Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World by Robert Shapard (5/3/16) ~ pub. 4/13/15
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2014:
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (1/24/16) ~ pub. 4/15/14
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2013:
- Game by Barry Lyga (5/11/16) ~ pub. 3/26/13
prior:
- Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella (8/19/16) ~2012

◈ 8. Job Related (4 of 4)
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
⚒ Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
Crime Scene Investigators by Allan Zullo (3/6/16) ~ detectives & police officers
⚒ Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
Shatter by Michael Robotham (5/29/16) ~ psychologist
⚒ School: teacher/professor or student
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt (3/8/16) ~ teacher & student
⚒ For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen (3/2/16) ~ body guard, care taker, bio-stitute
⚒ Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
⚒ Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

◈ 9. Color Coded (4 of 4)
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
✍ Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver Reached (Matched, #3) by Ally Condie
✍ Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green
3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club, #3) by James Patterson

10. iSpy (3 of 4)
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
⚔ Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
⚔ Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
⚔ Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
⚔ Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter (6/22/16)
⚔ Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Gregory Boyle (3/1/16)
Guilty Pleasures by Laurel K. Hamilton (7/27/16)

◈ 11. Best of ... (4 of 4)
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)
~ UF ~ Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill (3/15/16) - Chicagoland Vampires #1
~ PNR ~ Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks (3/16/16) - Love at Stake #6
~ UF ~ Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (3/28/16) - Harry Dresden #3
~ UF ~ Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck (6/26/16) - The Tiger Saga #1

◈ 12. Seasons of Love (4 of 4)
Read 4 books, 1 for each season

❉ WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (1/15/16) ~ #2 Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2) by Louise Penny

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. LaRivers (5/1/16)
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Theodosia Throckmorton, #1) by R.L. LaFevers

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"
Wild Card by Lora Leigh (2/2/16)
Wild Card (Elite Ops, #1) by Lora Leigh

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"
The Windy City by Roland Smith (6/15/16)
The Windy City (I, Q #5) by Roland Smith

13. Orderly (1 of 2)
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
Without Fail by Lee Child (6/21/16) - Jack Reacher #6
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

14. Double Decker (2 of 8)
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
9♡ (#9 PNR) - 9♠ (#9 UF) - 2♣ (#2 UF) - 6♡ (#6 PNR) - 4♢(#4 PNR)
- 3♣ (#3 UF) - The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (1/18/16)
- 2♠ (#2 UF) - Friends and Traitors by C.J. Hill (1/29/16)
- 2♢ (#2 PNR) - Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward (6/9/16)
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◈ 15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls (4 of 4)
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
* Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
* Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero
~ Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry (4/12/16) ~ Lost Girl
~ Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy (5/19/16) ~ Cathy Scarlet
~ Naked in Death by J.D. Robb (5/18/16) ~ Eve Dallas
~ Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach (7/28/16) - Devi Morris

◈ 16. Year of the Monkey (Source) (8 of 8)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
- M: Matched by Allie Condie (2/26/16)
- O: One False Note by Gordan Korman (1/23/16)
- N: The Hound of Rowan by Henry Neff (4/12/16)
- K: William Kent Krueger's Ordinary Grace (1/12/16)
- E: Ed McBain's Cop Hater (1/8/16)
- Y: Rick Yancey's The Infinite Sea (3/28/16)
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
* Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- #1 To Die ~ Left To Die by Lisa Jackson (1/13/16)
- #7 Septimus Heap - Fyre by Angie Sage (4/20/16)
* Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
* Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
* Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 33: by Kate (last edited Mar 18, 2016 10:15AM) (new)
Dec 28, 2015 11:33AM

Kate | 5 comments I'm in
Glutton-all 16 categroies

1. Serious Series Addiction (2/20)
1. (Children of the Night#3) Night's Master
2. (Hush Hush#4) Finale
3. (Wait For You#3) )Stay with Me
4. (Lux #2) Onyx 1/28/16
5. (Guild Hunters #3) Archangel's Consort
6. (Wing Slayer Hunter #3) Night Magic
7. (Key Trilogy #3)Key of Valor
8. (The Maker's song #3) Beneath the Skin
9. (Crewel World #3) Unraveled
10. (The Young Elite #2) The Rose Society
11. (Daughter of smoke and bones #2) Days of Blood & Starlight
12. (Me Before You #2) After You
13. (Virgin River #2) Shelter Mountain
14. (Shifters Unbound #5) Tiger Magic 3/18/16
15. (Brides of Kindred #3) Sought
16. (Brides of Kindred #4) Found
17. (Highlander #2) To Tame A Highland Warrior
18. (Lux #3) Opal 1/29/16
19. (Wait for you #4) Fall with Me
20. (Guild Hunters #4) Archangel's Blade

2. How I ❤ Thee
1. Heart of the Dragon Gena Showalter (favorite author)
2. Lover Awakened favorite series
3. Kiss of Midnight favorite series
4. Against the Wall Rebecca Zanetti (favorite author)

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
1. Hexed
2. Storm Front
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
1. Wild Wolf
2. Stolen
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
1. Midnight Marked
2. Shadow Heart: Slayer
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
1. The Iron King
2. Wicked Lovely
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
1. Archangel's Storm
2.Sweet Evil
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
1. City of Bones
2. Torment
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
1. Graceling
2. Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
1. The Goddess Test
2.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
1. Be Mine Tonight
2. A Kiss of Shadows
3. Passion
4. Dime Store Magic

5. Fiction2Film
1. The Selection
2. The 5th Wave

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
1.
2.
3.
4.

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)
1. Criminal 12/22/15 added
2. Sia 11/20/15 added
3. Dance Upon the Air 11/26/15 added
4. TBR 2015
1. TBR 2014
2. TBR 2014
1.TBR 2013
1. TBR 2012

8. Job Related (0/4)
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

9. Color Coded (3/4)
~ Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1) by Nalini Singh 1/10/16
~ Night's Kiss (Children of The Night, #1) by Amanda Ashley 1/4/16
~ Key of Light (Key Trilogy, #1) by Nora Roberts 1/16/16
~ Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) by Jojo Moyes


10. iSpy (0/4)
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ...(0/4)
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love (4/4)
WINTER ~
~ Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles, #1) by Amanda Hocking 1/2/16

SPRING ~
~ Obsidian (Lux, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout 1/8/16

SUMMER ~
~ Blood Magic (Wing Slayer Hunters, #1) by Jennifer Lyon 1/12/16

FALL ~
~ A Rush of Wings (The Maker's Song, #1) by Adrian Phoenix 1/19/16

13. Orderly (0/2)
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls (0/4)
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

16. Year of the Monkey (Source) (0/8)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 34: by Christina (AKA Babbling) (last edited Dec 01, 2016 12:51PM) (new)
Dec 28, 2015 02:12PM

Christina (AKA Babbling) (babblingbookreviews) | 1241 comments 3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
1. Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews 23 Jan 2016 ★★★★
2. Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede 27 Jan 2016 ★★★★

Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1) by Ilona Andrews Sorcery & Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede

- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
1. Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron 21 Feb 2016 ★★★★★
2. Fury of Ice by Coreene Callahan 29 Feb 2016 ★★★★

Nice Dragons Finish Last (Heartstrikers, #1) by Rachel Aaron Fury of Ice (Dragonfury, #2) by Coreene Callahan

- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
1. Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian 5 Jan 2016 ★★★★★
2. Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian 6 Jan 2016 ★★★★★


Midnight Rising (Midnight Breed, #4) by Lara Adrian Veil of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #5) by Lara Adrian


- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
1. Pia Does Hollywood by Thea Harrison 3 mar 2016 ★★★★
2. Shadow Kin by M.J. Scott 25 May 2016 ★★★★

Pia Does Hollywood (Elder Races, #8.6) by Thea Harrison Shadow Kin (The Half-Light City, #1) by M.J. Scott

- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
1. Angelfall by Susan Ee 15 April 2016 ★★★★★
2. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh 26 November 2016 ★★★★★
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1) by Susan Ee Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1) by Nalini Singh
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
1.Embrace The Darkness by Alexandra Ivy 17 Feb 2016 ★★★★
2. Ill Wind by Rachel Caine 30 November 2016 ★★★★

Embrace The Darkness (Guardians of Eternity, #2) by Alexandra Ivy Ill Wind (Weather Warden, #1) by Rachel Caine

- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
1. The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin 1 Feb 2016 ★★★★★ (can see through glamours)
2. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier 3 Feb 2016 ★★★★★ (Time-Travel gene, can see ghosts)

The Brimstone Deception (SPI Files, #3) by Lisa Shearin Ruby Red (Ruby Red, #1) by Kerstin Gier

- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
1. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard 13 Jan 2016 ★★★★ - Mare can control electricity
2. Shadow's End by Thea Harrison 7 Mar 2016 ★★★★★ - elves

Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) by Victoria Aveyard Shadow's End (Elder Races, #9) by Thea Harrison

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W' The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward 29 Jan 2016 ★★★
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"

The Bourbon Kings (The Bourbon Kings, #1) by J.R. Ward

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian 14 Jan 2016 ★★★★★
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"

Shades of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #7) by Lara Adrian

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"
Midnight Breed #8 Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian 17 Jan 2016 ★★★★★

Taken by Midnight (Midnight Breed, #8) by Lara Adrian

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"
White House Chef #9 Foreign Éclairs: A White House Chef Mystery by Julie Hyzy 20 Jan 2016 ★★★★
Foreign Éclairs (A White House Chef Mystery) by Julie Hyzy

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian11 Jan 2016 ★★★★★
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh 20 June 2016 ★★★★★

Ashes of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #6) by Lara Adrian Allegiance of Honor (Psy-Changeling #15) by Nalini Singh

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
Heads:
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
1. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 30 Jan 2016 ★★★★★
2. Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian 6 Mar 2016 ★★★★★
3. Night Broken by Patricia Briggs 25 Mar 2016 ★★★★★
4. Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire 6 May 2016 ★★★★

Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) by Patricia Briggs Darker After Midnight (Midnight Breed, #10) by Lara Adrian Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid, #4) by Seanan McGuire


message 35: by Melissa (new)
Jan 03, 2016 02:15AM

Melissa Jackson | 38 comments Duration: 1 year (beginning on/after 1 Jan 2016)
Levels:
Just a Taste = 4 categories of your choice
Picky Reader = 8 categories of your choice
Glutton = all 16 categories

Goal: Choose your Level and Read a book for each category as listed. No duplicates - each category must have a unique read, even if one or more books will fit multiple categories. All formats allowed - audio, PB, HC, eBook. Full re-reads are allowed. Anthologies are allowed only if all stories are read.

Categories:
Reading all 16 categories? That's 100 books crossed off your TBR list!
*If you go for all 16 categories/100 books, you may choose to extend your challenge to 18 months - or keep it at 12 months for the extra motivation*

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 36: by Mishka84 (last edited Jan 08, 2017 07:34AM) (new)
Jan 03, 2016 09:07AM

Mishka84 | 10 comments Great challenge! Here goes......!

16 in 2016

Duration: 1/1/16 - 31/12/16 (1 year)
Level: Just a Taste (4 categories of your choice)
Progress: 4 of 4 categories
# of Books: 20 of 20
Completed: 8/1/17
Updated:

How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being:

1. Mine to Possess 6/1/16 ✮✮✮✮
2.Hostage to Pleasure 24/1/16 ✮✮✮
3.Branded by Fire 2/6/16 ✮✮✮
4.Blaze of Memory 30/6/16 ✮✮✮

Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy:

1.Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson 2/8/16 ✮✮✮✮✮
2.Fire Touched 12/6/16 ✮✮✮✮
3.Throne of Glass 16/7/16 ✮✮✮
4.Spider's Bite 8/1/17 ✮✮✮✮

Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016:

1.The Dirt on Ninth Grave 16/1/16 ✮✮✮✮✮
2.Feverborn 24/2/16 ✮✮✮
3.The Beast: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood 24/6/16 ✮✮✮✮
4.The Angels' Share 9/8/16 ✮✮✮✮✮

Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined):

TBR added 2015
1.Confess 26/1/16✮✮✮✮✮
2.November 9 29/1/16 ✮✮✮✮✮
3.Maybe Someday 3/2/16 ✮✮✮✮
4.Lost Girls 9/1/16 ✮✮✮✮✮


TBR added 2014
1.The Princess Bride 31/1/16 ✮✮✮
2.Fighting Destiny 14/2/16 ✮✮✮

TBR added 2013
1.To Kill a Mockingbird 6/3/16 ✮✮✮✮

TBR added 2012
1.Half-Blood 12/1/16 ✮✮✮✮


message 37: by Jenny (last edited Jul 20, 2016 02:25PM) (new)
Jan 03, 2016 01:16PM

Jenny | 87 comments I think I will give this one a try.
I'll try for 12 months.
16 in 2016
Take a bite out of your TBR stacks
Duration: 1 year (beginning on/after 1 Jan 2016)
Glutton = all 16 categories
21 / 100

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series
1. Indulgence in Death 01/07
2. Third Grave Dead Ahead 02/16
3. Defying the Odds 04/27
4. Scandal Never Sleeps 05/08
5. Against the Wind 06/12
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Indulgence in Death (In Death, #31) by J.D. Robb Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson, #3) by Darynda Jones Defying the Odds (Battered Hearts, #1) by Kele Moon Scandal Never Sleeps (The Perfect Gentlemen, #1) by Shayla Black Against the Wind (The Raines of Wind Canyon, #1) by Kat Martin

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
1.
2.
3.
4.

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
01.
02.
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
03.
04.
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
05.
06.
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
07.
08.
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
09.
10.
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
11.
12.
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
13. Fifth Grave Past the Light
14.
Fifth Grave Past the Light (Charley Davidson, #5) by Darynda Jones
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
15.By a Thread01/30
By a Thread (Elemental Assassin, #6) by Jennifer Estep
16.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy
1.
2.
3.
4.

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (1.
2.

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016
1. Counter To My Intelligence 01/17
2. Right To My Wrong 02/08
3. Whiskey Neat 03/04
4. Jack & Coke 05/11
Counter To My Intelligence (The Heroes of The Dixie Wardens MC, #7) by Lani Lynn Vale Right To My Wrong (The Heroes of The Dixie Wardens MC, #8) by Lani Lynn Vale Whiskey Neat (Uncertain Saint's MC, #1) by Lani Lynn Vale Jack & Coke (Uncertain Saint's MC, #2) by Lani Lynn Vale
7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books:
2015
1.A Reason to Live 07/05
2.
3.
4.
2014
1.Changing Course 02/17
2.A Reason to Kill 07/03
2013
1.
2009
1.Thankless in Death 03/11
A Reason to Live (Reason, #3) by C.P. Smith A Reason to Kill (Reason, #2) by C.P. Smith Changing Course (Wrecked and Ruined, #1) by Aly Martinez Thankless in Death (In Death, #37) by J.D. Robb
8. Job Related
1.Bluegrass State of Mind 01/12 (Lawyer)
2.Right To My Wrong 02/08 (SEAL)
3.Breathe 02/03 (Cop)
4.Stolen Course 02/18 (cop & photographer)
Bluegrass State of Mind (Bluegrass Series, #1) by Kathleen Brooks Right To My Wrong (The Heroes of The Dixie Wardens MC, #8) by Lani Lynn Vale Breathe (Colorado Mountain, #4) by Kristen Ashley Stolen Course (Wrecked and Ruined, #2) by Aly Martinez

9. Color Coded
1.Final Vow 01/15 (green)
2.Risky Shot 01/12 (red)
3.Festive in Death 04/12 (purple)
4. Against the Fire 06/13 (orange)
Final Vow (Bluegrass Brothers, #6) by Kathleen Brooks Risky Shot (Bluegrass Series, #2) by Kathleen Brooks Festive in Death (In Death, #39) by J.D. Robb Against the Fire (The Raines of Wind Canyon, #2) by Kat Martin

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy
1.Obsession in Death 04/18
2.
3.
4.
Obsession in Death (In Death, #40) by J.D. Robb
11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia
1.
2.
3.
4.

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER
My Viking Vampire (Sanctuary, Texas #1) by Krystal Shannan 01/19 (#1 in series and white cover)
SPRING
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (Charley Davidson, #4) by Darynda Jones 02/16 (Green cover & 4th in series)

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
The Dom Who Loved Me (Masters and Mercenaries, #1) by Lexi Blake 04/04
(Half naked man on cover)

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
Sebring (Unfinished Hero, #5) by Kristen Ashley 06/17 (released Jan 2016)

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
1. Sixth Grave on the Edge
2.
Sixth Grave on the Edge (Charley Davidson, #6) by Darynda Jones
14. Double Decker

1. Two of diamonds
2. Three of Diamonds
3. Four of Diamonds
4. Eight of Diamonds
5. Nine of Hearts
6. Ten of Hearts
7. Ace of Clubs
8. Six of Clubs

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
1.Thankless in Death 03/08
2.The Undead Pool
3.
4.
Thankless in Death (In Death, #37) by J.D. Robb The Undead Pool (The Hollows, #12) by Kim Harrison
16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters:
M-Against the Storm 06/15
O-Siren Unleashed 07/18
N-
K-Deacon 06/05
E- A Million Tiny Pieces 05/08
Y-
Against the Storm (The Raines of Wind Canyon, #4) by Kat Martin Siren Unleashed (Texas Sirens, #7) by Sophie Oak Deacon (Unfinished Hero, #4) by Kristen Ashley A Million Tiny Pieces by Nicole Edwards
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)
1. Bounty (#7 of Colorado) 04/20
2.
Bounty (Colorado Mountain, #7) by Kristen Ashley


message 38: by Delitealex (new)
Jan 03, 2016 01:21PM

Delitealex | 503 comments 16 in 2016
Take a bite out of your TBR stacks

Duration: 1 year (beginning on/after 1 Jan 2016)

Levels:
Just a Taste = 4 categories of your choice
Picky Reader = 8 categories of your choice
Glutton = all 16 categories

Goal: Choose your Level and Read a book for each category as listed. No duplicates - each category must have a unique read, even if one or more books will fit multiple categories. All formats allowed - audio, PB, HC, eBook. Full re-reads are allowed. Anthologies are allowed only if all stories are read.

Categories:
Reading all 16 categories? That's 100 books crossed off your TBR list!
*If you go for all 16 categories/100 books, you may choose to extend your challenge to 18 months - or keep it at 12 months for the extra motivation*

1. Serious Series Addiction
Read 20 books from 16 different series

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being

3. Supe of the Day
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.

4. Genre Relations
Read 4 books within one or all of the following genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, and/or Fantasy

5. Fiction2Film
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie (examples: Collins' Hunger Games, Martin's Game of Thrones, Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, Gabaldon's Outlander, Clare's Mortal Instruments, etc. / Ref Lists: Books Becoming Movies in 2016, Popular TV Series Books, Book to Film lists)

6. Happy Birthday!
Read 4 books published in 2016

7. Climbing Mt. TBR
Read 8 books: 4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 and 1 book added prior to 2013 (If you joined Goodreads 2014 or after, read 2 books you added to your TBR list the year you joined)

8. Job Related
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal

9. Color Coded
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green

10. iSpy
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ...
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love
Read 4 books, 1 for each season
WINTER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❉ Blue cover or white cover
❉ Title, series or author name (first or last) begins with 'W'
❉ Series # correlates to one of your region's "winter months"

SPRING ~ Read 1 book in either category
❀ Green cover
❀ First book in a new-to-you series
❀ Series # correlates to one of your region's "spring months"

SUMMER ~ Read 1 book in either category
❂ Red cover
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
❂ Series # correlates to one of your region's "summer months"

FALL ~ Read 1 book in either category
✣ Orange cover
✣ New release (any month)
✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "fall months"

13. Orderly
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series

14. Double Decker
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero

16. Year of the Monkey (Source)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)


message 39: by Dragana (last edited Apr 14, 2016 02:58AM) (new)
Jan 04, 2016 07:45AM

Dragana (diaryofthebookdragon) | 323 comments 16 in 2016 - Take a bite out of your TBR stacks
Duration : January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Goal: 39/100 books (Glutton level - 16 categories)

1. Serious Series Addiction (Read 20 books from 16 different series)
Series #1 (Starbound): These Broken Stars 2. Jan. ★★☆☆☆
Series #2 (The Lunar Chronicles): Fairest: Levana’s Story 3. Jan. ★★★★☆
Series #2 (The Lunar Chronicles): Winter 27. Jan. ★★★★☆
Series #3 (World of the Lupi): Tempting Danger 4. Jan. ★★★☆☆
Series #4 (Parasol Protectorate): Changeless 7. Jan. ★★★★☆
Series #4 (Parasol Protectorate): Blameless 8. Jan. ★★★☆☆
Series #4 (Parasol Protectorate): Heartless 13. Feb. ★★★★☆
Series #5 (The Phoenix Pack): Feral Sins 10. Jan. ★★☆☆☆
Series #6 (Adventures in Neverland): Neverland 11. Jan. ★★★☆☆
Series #7 (Undead): Undead and Unwed 12. Jan. ★★★★☆
Series #8 (Wraith Kings): Radiance 15. Jan. ★★★★★
Series #9 (Night Huntress): This Side of the Grave 16. Jan. ★★★☆☆
Series #10 (Hidden Sea Tales): A Daughter of No Nation 19. Jan. ★★★★☆
Series #11 (Uninvited): Unleashed 21. Jan. ★★☆☆☆
Series #12 (Old Man's War): The Ghost Brigades 23. Jan. ★★★★★
Series #12 (Old Man's War): The Last Colony 14. Mar. ★★★★★
Series #13 (Blood Destiny): Blood Wager 28. Jan. ★★★★★
Series #14 (Master of Crows): Master of Crows 01. Feb. ★★★☆☆
Series #15 (Fairwick Chronicles): The Angel Stone 05. Feb. ★★★☆☆
Series #16 (Elder Races): Storm's Heart 08. Feb. ★★★☆☆
These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1) by Amie Kaufman Fairest Levana’s Story (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5) by Marissa Meyer Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4) by Marissa Meyer Tempting Danger (World of the Lupi, #1) by Eileen Wilks Changeless (Parasol Protectorate, #2) by Gail Carriger Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3) by Gail Carriger Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4) by Gail Carriger Feral Sins (The Phoenix Pack, #1) by Suzanne Wright Neverland (Adventures in Neverland #1) by Anna Katmore Undead and Unwed (Undead, #1) by MaryJanice Davidson Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1) by Grace Draven This Side of the Grave (Night Huntress, #5) by Jeaniene Frost A Daughter of No Nation (Hidden Sea Tales, #2) by A.M. Dellamonica Unleashed (Uninvited, #2) by Sophie Jordan The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2) by John Scalzi The Last Colony (Old Man's War #3) by John Scalzi Blood Wager (Blood Destiny, #1) by Connie Suttle Master of Crows (Master of Crows, #1) by Grace Draven The Angel Stone (Fairwick Chronicles, #3) by Juliet Dark Storm's Heart (Elder Races, #2) by Thea Harrison

2. How I ❤ Thee
Read 4 books by your favorite author, from your favorite series, in your favorite genre and/or featuring your favorite supernatural being
Favorite author = Ilona Andrews: Magic Stars 23. Jan. ★★★★☆
Favorite series = Pern: Dragonflight 20. Mar. ★★★★★
Favorite genre = Fantasy/Urban Fantasy: Marked in Flesh 13. Mar. ★★★★☆
Favorite supernatural being = dragon: Dragon Bound 05. Feb. ★★★★☆
Magic Stars (Kate Daniels, #8.5, Grey Wolf, #1) by Ilona Andrews Dragonflight (Pern Dragonriders of Pern, #1) by Anne McCaffrey Marked in Flesh (The Others, #4) by Anne Bishop Dragon Bound (Elder Races, #1) by Thea Harrison

3. Supe of the Day (7/16)
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being ~
- Magically-inclined: any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
- Shifter: wolf, feline, bear, dragon, gargoyle or other
- Vampire: full vamp, ½ vamp or dhampir
- Fae: any type, light/dark, seelie/unseelie, ½ human or Changeling
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
- Demon: full demon, ½ human or Cambion
- Human with Abilities: psychic, telekinetic, empath, etc.
- Other: elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
Magically-inclined #1 = druid: Hounded 29. Mar. ★★★☆☆
Magically-inclined #2:
Shifter #1 = werewolves: Blood Passage 24. Mar. ★★★★☆
Shifter #2 = dragon-shifter: Blood Domination 30. Mar. ★★★☆☆
Vampire #1 = full vamp: No Rest for the Wicked 29. Feb. ★★★☆☆
Vampire #2 = vampire Queen: Blood Sense 25. Mar. ★★★★☆
Fae #1:
Fae #2:
Angel #1:
Angel #2:
Demon #1 = quasi-demon (half-demon and half-human): Angelbound 04. Mar. ★★★★☆
Demon #2:
Human with Abilities #1:
Human with Abilities #2:
Other #1 = Ghost: King of Me 21. Feb. ★★★★☆
Other #2:
Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1) by Kevin Hearne Blood Passage (Blood Destiny, #2) by Connie Suttle Blood Domination (Blood Destiny, #4) by Connie Suttle No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark #3) by Kresley Cole Blood Sense (Blood Destiny, #3) by Connie Suttle Angelbound (Angelbound #1) by Christina Bauer King of Me (King Trilogy, #3) by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

4. Genre Relations (3/4)
Paranormal Romance:
Urban Fantasy: The Curse Breakers 10. Mar. ★★★★☆
Sci-Fi Romance: Glass Sword 22. Mar. ★★★☆☆
Fantasy: The Death of Dulgath 16. Mar. ★★★★☆
The Curse Breakers (The Curse Keepers, #2) by Denise Grover Swank Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2) by Victoria Aveyard The Death of Dulgath (The Riyria Chronicles, #3) by Michael J. Sullivan

5. Fiction2Film (0/2)
Read 2 books (stand alone or series) that have been or will be made into a TV series or a movie

6. Happy Birthday! (0/4)
Read 4 books published in 2016

7. Climbing Mt. TBR (3/8)
4 books you added to your TBR list in 2015; 2 books added in 2014; 1 book added in 2013 1 book added prior to 2013
Added in 2015 #1: Chimera 16. Feb. ★★★☆☆
Added in 2015 #2:
Added in 2015 #3:
Added in 2015 #4:
Added in 2014 #1: Shadows 09. Feb. ★★★☆☆
Added in 2014 #2: Graduation Day 19. Feb. ★★★☆☆
Added in 2013:
Added prior to 2013:
Chimera (Parasitology, #3) by Mira Grant Shadows (Lux, #0.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout Graduation Day (The Testing, #3) by Joelle Charbonneau

8. Job Related (1/4)
Read 4 books featuring a character who has a job in any of the following categories:
- Uniformed: military, fire fighter, law enforcement
- Medical: doctor, nurse, paramedic
- School: teacher/professor or student
- For Hire: assassin, hunter, mercenary, nanny, any trade job (landscaper, etc)
- Behind a Counter: librarian, barista, misc sales or management
- Law: lawyer, judge, paralegal
Military: Zoe's Tale 28. Mar. ★★★☆☆
Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4) by John Scalzi

9. Color Coded (0/4)
Read 4 books featuring any of the following colors
- Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow
- Secondary Colors: Purple, Orange or Green

10. iSpy (0/4)
Read 4 books featuring any of the following items in the TITLE
- Weapon: knife, sword, arrow, dart, poison, blade, razor
- Five Senses: sight, sound, touch, scent, taste
- Things that Grow: flower, tree, rose, orchid, garden, lily, forest, seed, thorn, ivy
- Time of Day: morning, noon, night, evening, midnight, twilight, dusk, dawn
- Emotion/Feeling: love, hate, pride, passion, desire, fear, envy

11. Best of ... (0/4)
Read 4 books from either/both of the following lists: SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia (Both lists contain the first-in-series book only, however you may read any book within any series listed on either list)

12. Seasons of Love (1/4)
(view spoiler)
Winter:
❀ Spring = series # correlates to "spring month": Timeless 23. Feb. ★★★★☆
Summer:
Fall:
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5) by Gail Carriger

13. Orderly (0/2)
Read 2 series books one for each of the following:
- SIX: Read book #6 in a series
- TEEN: Read book #TEEN (13-19) in a series
Six:
Teen:

14. Double Decker (0/8)
Draw 8 cards from two randomly shuffled card decks. Enter 8 cards from 2 decks, select all suits, number cards only, no jokers. Read 1 series book for each card drawn: # = # of the book within a series; Hearts and Diamonds = PNR; Spades and Clubs = UF.
EXAMPLE: Ace Spades = Book #1 in a UF series, Eight of Hearts = Book #8 in a PNR series, etc.
Nine Hearts:
Seven Clubs (#7 in UF):
Ace Hearts (#1 in PNR):
Six Spades (#6 in UF):
Two Clubs (#2 in UF):
Two Hearts (#2 in PNR):
Jack Clubs (#12 in UF):
Seven Hearts (#7 in PNR):

15. Bad Boys and Bad-Ass Girls (0/4)
Flip a coin (you can choose any coin, just make sure it's one you can identify heads or tails)
- Heads: Read 4 books featuring a bad-ass heroine
- Tails: Read 4 books featuring a bad boy hero
I've got Heads. :)
Bad-ass heroine #1:
Bad-ass heroine #2:
Bad-ass heroine #3:
Bad-ass heroine #4:

16. Year of the Monkey (0/8)
Read 1 book (6 total) with title, author's first or last name, or series beginning with each the following letters: M-O-N-K-E-Y
---AND---
Read 2 books that fit any of the following:
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number)
- Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue (cover color)
- Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums (cover item)
- Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west (setting)
M:
O:
N:
K:
E:
Y:


message 40: by Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ (last edited Jun 02, 2017 09:39AM) (new)
Jan 04, 2016 10:21AM

Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ | 8620 comments 16 in 2016: Take a bite out of your TBR stacks
Duration: 1 Jan 2016- 30 June 2017 (18 months)
Glutton = all 16 categories
Goal: 99/100
1. Serious Series Addiction (20/20)
1. Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds, 05/15/2017 ★★★★★
2. Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter, 05/10/2017 ★★★★★
3. Breakout by Ann Aguirre, 04/30/2017 ★★★★★
4. Wake A Sleeping Tiger by Lora Leigh, 04/27/2017 ★★★★
5. The Chosen by J.R. Ward, 04/19/2017 ★★★
6. Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop, , 04/12/2017 ★★★★
7. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb, 04/04/2017 ★★★★
8. One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews, 03/14/2017 ★★★★★
9. Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik, 12/16/2016 ★★★
10. Revenant by Kat Richardson, 11/21/2016 ★★★★
11. Imprudence by Gail Carriger, 11/02/2016 ★★★★
12. Dark Minds by Michelle Diener, 10/19/2016 ★★★★
13. Hunted by K.F. Breene, 10/15/2016 ★★★★
14. Blood Passage by Connie Suttle, 09/28/2016 ★★★★
15. Savage Urges by Suzanne Wright, 04/17/2016 ★★★★
16. Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop, 04/28/2016 ★★★★★
17. Barbarian’s Mate (Ice Planet Barbarians #6) by Ruby Dixon, 04/04/2016 ★★★
18. Nikhil (Kaliszians #1) by M.K. Eidem, 03/25/2016 ★★★
19.Rogue (Cat Star chronicles # 3) by Cheryl Brooks, 03/10/2016 ★★★
20.Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter, 02/21/2017 ★★★★★
Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds Curse on the Land (Soulwood, #2) by Faith Hunter Breakout (Dred Chronicles, #3) by Ann Aguirre Wake A Sleeping Tiger (Breeds, #31) by Lora Leigh The Chosen (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #15) by J.R. Ward Etched in Bone (The Others, #5) by Anne Bishop Immortal in Death (In Death, #3) by J.D. Robb One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #3) by Ilona Andrews Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire, #6) by Naomi Novik Revenant (Greywalker, #9) by Kat Richardson Imprudence (The Custard Protocol, #2) by Gail Carriger Dark Minds (Class 5, #3) by Michelle Diener Hunted (The Warrior Chronicles, #2) by K.F. Breene Blood Passage (Blood Destiny, #2) by Connie Suttle Savage Urges (The Phoenix Pack, #5) by Suzanne Wright Marked in Flesh (The Others, #4) by Anne Bishop Barbarian’s Mate (Ice Planet Barbarians, #6) by Ruby Dixon Nikhil (Kaliszians, #1) by M.K. Eidem Rogue (Cat Star Chronicles, #3) by Cheryl Brooks Blood of the Earth (Soulwood, #1) by Faith Hunter
2. How I ❤ Thee (4/4)
1. Blood in Her Veins: Nineteen Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock by Faith Hunter, 02/11/2016 ★★★★★
2. Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds, 12/24/2016 ★★★★
3. Barbarian's Lady by Ruby Dixon, 03/16/2017 ★★★★
4. Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost, 03/21/2017 ★★★
Blood in Her Veins Nineteen Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock by Faith Hunter Lucifer (Vampires in America, #11) by D.B. Reynolds Barbarian's Lady (Ice Planet Barbarians, #13) by Ruby Dixon Into the Fire (Night Prince, #4) by Jeaniene Frost
3. Supe of the Day (15/16)
Read 16 books / 2 for each supernatural being
- Magically-inclined (2/2): any magic user, witch, wizard, mage, druid, sorcerer
1. Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews, 04/30/2016 ★★★★
2. Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews, 05/05/2016 ★★★★
Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1) by Ilona Andrews Sweep in Peace (Innkeeper Chronicles, #2) by Ilona Andrews
- Shifter (2/2):
1. Shadow's End by Thea Harrison, 02/15/2016 ★★★
2. Scarlet Heat by Evangeline Anderson, 03/29/2016 ★★★
Shadow's End (Elder Races, #9) by Thea Harrison Scarlet Heat (Born to Darkness, #2; Scarlet Heat, #0) by Evangeline Anderson
- Vampire(2/2): full vamp
1. Runaway Vampire by Lynsay Sands, 03/03/2016 ★★★★
2. Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost, 03/05/2016 ★★★★★
Runaway Vampire (Argeneau, #23) by Lynsay Sands Bound by Flames (Night Prince, #3) by Jeaniene Frost
- Fae (2/2):
1. Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs, 04/05/2016 ★★★
2.Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs, 05/23/2017 ★★★★★
Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson, #9) by Patricia Briggs Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson, #10) by Patricia Briggs
- Angel(1/2): angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim
1. Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh, 01/18/2017 ★★★★
Archangel's Heart (Guild Hunter, #9) by Nalini Singh
- Demon(2/2):
1. Wicked After Midnight by Delilah S. Dawson (Cambion), 05/17/2017 ★★★
2.Wicked Abyss by Kresley Cole, 05/23/2017 ★★★
Wicked After Midnight (Blud, #3) by Delilah S. Dawson Wicked Abyss (Immortals After Dark, #18) by Kresley Cole
- Human with Abilities(2/2): (metanatural, mesmer)
1. Prudence by Gail Carriger, 03/07/2016 ★★★★
2. Wolfe by Cari Silverwood, 10/10/2016 ★★★
Prudence (The Custard Protocol, #1) by Gail Carriger Wolfe by Cari Silverwood
- Other (2/2): elemental, phoenix, unicorn, immortal, god/goddess, etc.
1. The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston, 04/30/2016 ★★★★
2. Enigma: What Lies Beneath-A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Ditter Kellen, 10/01/2016 ★★★
The Unleashing (Call of Crows, #1) by Shelly Laurenston What Lies Beneath (Enigma, #1) by Ditter Kellen
4. Genre Relations (4/4)
1. The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith (Sci-Fi Romance), 01/06/2016 ★★★★★
2. Barbarian's Redemption by Ruby Dixon (Sci-Fi Romance), 02/15/2017 ★★★★★
3. Immortal Unchained by Lynsay Sands (Paranormal Romance), 04/05/2017 ★★★★
4. Havoc by Ann Aguirre (Sci-Fi Romance), 04/19/2017 ★★★★
The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith Barbarian's Redemption (Ice Planet Barbarians, #12) by Ruby Dixon Immortal Unchained (Argeneau, #25) by Lynsay Sands Havoc (Dred Chronicles, #2) by Ann Aguirre
5. Fiction2Film (2/2)
1. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, 03/06/2016 ★★★★★
2. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, 11/06/2016 ★★★★
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) by Diana Gabaldon Voyager (Outlander, #3) by Diana Gabaldon
6. Happy Birthday! (4/4)
1. The Beast by J.R. Ward, 04/13/2016 ★★★★
2. Defy the Dawn by Lara Adrian, 10/04/2016 ★★★★
3. Eidolon by Grace Draven, 02/04/2017 ★★★★
4. Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews, 02/28/2017 ★★★★★
The Beast (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #14) by J.R. Ward Defy the Dawn (Midnight Breed, #14) by Lara Adrian Eidolon (Wraith Kings, #2) by Grace Draven Magic Binds (Kate Daniels, #9) by Ilona Andrews
7. Climbing Mt. TBR (8/8)
4 books added in 2015 (4/4);
- 1. Stolen by Willow Danes, 09/20/2016 ★★★★
2. Chosen by K.F. Breene, 20/09/2016 ★★★★
3. Black Powder War by Naomi Novik, 29/11/2016 ★★★★
4. Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward, , 27/01/2017 ★★★★
Stolen (Warriors of Hir, #3) by Willow Danes Chosen (The Warrior Chronicles #1) by K.F. Breene Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3) by Naomi Novik Blood Kiss (Black Dagger Legacy, #1) by J.R. Ward
2 books added in 2014 (2/2);
1. Winter by Marissa Meyer, 04/22/2016 ★★★★★
2. Not Dead Enough by Mina Carter, 10/20/2016 ★★★★★
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4) by Marissa Meyer Not Dead Enough (Project Rebellion Sara #1) by Mina Carter
1 book added in 2013 or prior (1/1);
1.Glory in Death by J.D. Robb, 03/03/2017 ★★★★
Glory in Death (In Death, #2) by J.D. Robb
8. Job Related (4/4)
- Uniformed: (military) Cassandra's Challenge by M.K. Eidem, 01/12/2016 ★★★★
- Medical: (doctor) Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem, 01/19/2016 ★★★★
- School: (student) Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger, 01/29/2016 ★★★★
- For Hire: (hunter) Indirect Lines by Dana Marie Bell, 02/01/2016 ★★★
Cassandra's Challenge (Imperial, #1) by M.K. Eidem Victoria's Challenge (Imperial, #2) by M.K. Eidem Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School, #4) by Gail Carriger Indirect Lines (Halle Shifters, #5) by Dana Marie Bell
9. Color Coded (4/4)
Primary Colors:
Red: Warrior by Cheryl Brooks, 03/08/2016 ★★★★
Blue: Barbarian's Prize by Ruby Dixon, 02/10/2016 ★★★
Yellow: Lindsey's Rescue by Michelle Howard, 01/29/2016 ★★☆
Secondary Colors:
Purple: Mercenary Abduction by Eve Langlais, 02/29/2016 ★★★
Warrior (Cat Star Chronicles, #2) by Cheryl Brooks Barbarian's Prize (Ice Planet Barbarians, #5) by Ruby Dixon Lindsey's Rescue (A World Beyond, #3) by Michelle Howard Mercenary Abduction (Alien Abduction, #4) by Eve Langlais
10. iSpy (4/4)
- Weapon: (poison): Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder, 04/31/2016 ★★★★★
- Five Senses: Grave Visions by Kalayna Price, 02/24/2016 ★★★★
- Time of Day: (night) Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands, 09/27/2016 ★★★★
- Emotion/Feeling: (Rage) Releasing Rage by Cynthia Sax, 01/17/2016 ★★☆
Poison Study (Study, #1) by Maria V. Snyder Grave Visions (Alex Craft, #4) by Kalayna Price Immortal Nights (Argeneau, #24) by Lynsay Sands Releasing Rage (Cyborg Sizzle, #1) by Cynthia Sax
11. Best of ...(4/4)
1. Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter, 04/20/2016 ★★★★★
2. Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh, 08/15/2016 ★★★★
3. The Darkest Torment by Gena Showalter, 08/18/2016 ★★★
4. Force of Temptation by Suzanne Wright, 01/02/2016 ★★★
Shadow Rites (Jane Yellowrock, #10) by Faith Hunter Allegiance of Honor (Psy-Changeling #15) by Nalini Singh The Darkest Torment (Lords of the Underworld, #12) by Gena Showalter Force of Temptation (The Mercury Pack, #2) by Suzanne Wright
12. Seasons of Love (4/4)
WINTER ~ (1/1)
❉ Blue cover: The Melier by Poppy Rhys, 01/15/2016★★★★
The Melier (Women of Dor Nye, #1) by Poppy Rhys
SPRING ~ (1/1)
❀ First book in a new-to-you series: Dark Horse by Michelle Diener, 01/13/2016 ★★★★★
Dark Horse (Class 5, #1) by Michelle Diener
SUMMER ~ (1/1)
❂ ½ nekked dude/tte on the cover
1. Defying Death by Cynthia Sax, 04/25/2016 ★★★
Defying Death (Cyborg Sizzle, #4) by Cynthia Sax
✣ Orange cover: The Martian by Andy Weir, 09/08/2016 ★★★★★
The Martian by Andy Weir
13. Orderly (2/2)
- SIX: Adaira by Ariana Hawkes, 02/29/2016 ★★★
- TEEN: Sweet Ruin (Immortals After Dark, #16) by Kresley Cole, 02/17/2016 ★★★★
Adaira (Hope Valley BBW Online Dating App Romances, #6) by Ariana Hawkes Sweet Ruin (Immortals After Dark, #16) by Kresley Cole
14. Double Decker (8/8)
1. Two of Diamonds = PNR Book 2: Breathing Vapor by Cynthia Sax, 01/31/2016 ★★★
2. Nine of Clubs = UF Book 9: Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews, 02/28/2017 ★★★★★
3. Ace Heart = PNR Book 1: Fire in His Blood by Ruby Dixon, 02/09/2017 ★★★
4. Ace Diamond = PNR Book #1: Drakon's Promise by N.J. Walters, 05/29/2017 ★★★
5. Four Spades = UF Book 4: Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost, 03/18/2017 ★★★
6. Four Hearts = PNR Book 4: The Krinar Captive by Anna Zaires, 11/17/2016 ★★★
7. Two Hearts = PNR Book 2: Shadow's Seduction by Kresley Cole, 05/05/2017 ★★★
8. Height Spade = UF Book 8: Staked by Kevin Hearne, 01/21/2017 ★★★
Breathing Vapor (Cyborg Sizzle, #2) by Cynthia Sax Magic Binds (Kate Daniels, #9) by Ilona Andrews Drakon's Promise (Blood of the Drakon, #1) by N.J. Walters Into the Fire (Night Prince, #4) by Jeaniene Frost The Krinar Captive (The Krinar Chronicles, #4) by Anna Zaires Shadow's Seduction (Immortals After Dark, #17; The Dacians, #2) by Kresley Cole Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8) by Kevin Hearne
15. Bad Boys (4/4)
1. Guardian's Mate by Jennifer Ashley, 09/11/2016 ★★★★
2. Reawakening the Dragon by Jessie Donovan, 10/24/2016 ★★★★
3. Alien Conquest by Scarlett Rhone, 10/25/2016 ★★★
4. Wulf and the Bounty Hunter by Gail Koger, 10/29/2016 ★★★★★
Guardian's Mate (Shifters Unbound, #9) by Jennifer Ashley Reawakening the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons, #5) by Jessie Donovan Alien Conquest (The Warrior's Prize) by Scarlett Rhone Wulf and the Bounty Hunter (Coletti Warlords, #6) by Gail Koger
16. Year of the Monkey (6/6)
M: Dark Deeds by Michelle Diener, 01/13/2016 ★★★★
O: Outcast by Cheryl Brooks, 03/11/2016 ★★★★
N: Stygian by Nashoda Rose, 02/03/2016 ★★★
K: Charles by K.F. Breene, 09/28/2016 ★★★★
E: Jacinda's Challenge by M.K. Eidem, 01/26/2016 ★★★
Y: Bride Games by Yamila Abraham, 10/24/2016 ★★★
Dark Deeds (Class 5, #2) by Michelle Diener Outcast (Cat Star Chronicles, #4) by Cheryl Brooks Stygian (Scars of the Wraiths, #1) by Nashoda Rose Charles (Darkness, #8) by K.F. Breene Jacinda's Challenge (Imperial, #3) by M.K. Eidem Bride Games by Yamila Abraham
(2/2):
- Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8 (series number): White Tiger by Jennifer Ashley, 04/09/2016 ★★★★★
- Lucky Colors: (blue) The Melier: Home World by Poppy Rhys, 02/06/2016 ★★★
White Tiger (Shifters Unbound, #8) by Jennifer Ashley The Melier Home World (Women of Dor Nye, #2) by Poppy Rhys


message 41: by Steph, Serious series addict (last edited Jan 05, 2016 01:40PM) (new)
Jan 05, 2016 10:20AM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments Welcome everyone! This is my version of a challenge mishmash comprised of some new and some old bits and pieces of prior SOS challenges. Glad to see so many are giving it a go.


message 42: by Dragana (new)
Jan 05, 2016 11:12AM

Dragana (diaryofthebookdragon) | 323 comments Steph wrote: "Welcome everyone! This is my version of a challenge mishmash comprised of - some new and some old bits and pieces of prior SOS challenges. Glad to see so many are giving it a go."

I love the mishmash Steph. It's got a bit of everything. :)


message 43: by Steph, Serious series addict (new)
Jan 05, 2016 01:39PM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments Thanks, Dragana, I'm glad! :)


message 44: by Danielle Book Boss (new)
Jan 08, 2016 08:40AM

Danielle Book Boss (daniellebookboss) | 1009 comments Does an Inn Keeper Sweep in Peace count as a behind the counter job?


message 45: by Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required (last edited Jan 08, 2016 10:34PM) (new)
Jan 08, 2016 10:33PM

Sandra | 23887 comments Danielle, yes. Dina manages the Gertrude Hunt Inn so that qualifies.


message 46: by Danielle Book Boss (new)
Jan 09, 2016 10:55AM

Danielle Book Boss (daniellebookboss) | 1009 comments Thanks Sandra :)


message 47: by Nancy (new)
Jan 13, 2016 04:01PM

Nancy (nancyhelen) | 151 comments Do all books need to fit in with the SOS genres (PNR, UF etc.) or is it OK to add a few from other kinds of series (i.e. Crime)?


message 48: by Steph, Serious series addict (new)
Jan 13, 2016 05:00PM

Steph (angel4492) | 29020 comments Mixing in a few from other genres is allowed, NancyHelen.

PS: Hope you & your family are settling in well in Oz. :)


message 49: by Nancy (new)
Jan 16, 2016 01:41AM

Nancy (nancyhelen) | 151 comments Steph wrote: "Mixing in a few from other genres is allowed, NancyHelen.

PS: Hope you & your family are settling in well in Oz. :)"

Thanks, Steph.

Yes, settled and enjoying the hot weather! Thank you so much for asking - we definitely came at the right time of year.


message 50: by Angie (new)
Jan 17, 2016 05:09AM

Angie | 106 comments I'm in for the Glutton level. Just going to sort my list.


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