Cassandra's 2016 Challenges

[Cassandra]

♣♦Series Shuffler Challenge♠♥ 2016

This one is just for fun, a way to pick the next series book to read without becoming overwhelmed. I am WAY behind!

Update: Back on hold, since most of the series books I have that are next are either library books or they are 5+ books that would all be either Kings or Queens.

[Cassandra]

I've Started So I'll Finish - 2016 - The Saga Continues - 77/100 Books

Newest Book - (view spoiler)[
✓Slains #2 - The Firebird - 1/9
✓Indigo Court #2 - Night Veil - 3/11 (Quit series)
✓Stormwalker #5 Dreamwalker - 4/24
✓Desperate Duchesses #8 - Four Nights with the Duke - 4/25
✓The League #9 - Born of Legend - 7/29
✓Whisper Hollow #1 - Autumn Thorns - 9/30 (New Series)
✓Demonica #11.8 - Z - 12/10
✓Mercy Thompson #9 - Fire Touched - 12/11
✓Family Blood Ties #8 - Vampire in Crisis - 12/16
✓Undead #15 - Undead and Done - 12/27
✓Fly by Night #2 - Flight from Mayhem -12/31 - (hide spoiler)]


Caught Up
Aisling Grey, Guardian (Second Chance) - 3/3 - (view spoiler)[
✓#2 Fire Me Up - 3/9
✓#3 Light My Fire - 4/26
✓#4 Holy Smokes - 4/28 - (hide spoiler)]

White Rabbit Chronicles - 2/2 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#4 A Mad Zombie Party - 2/18
✓#4.5 Kat in Zombieland - 4/27 - (hide spoiler)]

Moray Druids (New Series) - 3/3 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Insolent - 4/21
✓#2 Indecent - 4/23
✓#3 Incarnate - 4/23 - (hide spoiler)]

Wildcats (New Series) - 1/1 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Lion's Share - 2/23 - (hide spoiler)]

Lobster Cove (New Series) - 1/1 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Welcome to Lobster Cove - 7/31 - (hide spoiler)]

Darynda Jones - 2/2 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#9 The Dirt on Ninth Grave - 3/7
✓#10 The Curse of Tenth Grave - 8/11 - (hide spoiler)]

Cattle Valley - 5/5 Read (Second Chance) - (view spoiler)[
✓#29 Finding Absolution - 3/7
✓#30 Fingerprints & Muddy Feet - 4/28
✓#31 Snake Charmer - 4/28
✓#32 Journey to Lobster Cove - 7/15
✓#33 Karma - 7/15 - (hide spoiler)]

The Lunar Chronicles - 6/6 Read (New Series) - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Cinder - 1/2
✓#2 Scarlet - 1/8
✓#3 Cress - 1/10
✓#3.5 Fairest - 4/23
✓#4 Winter - 4/6
✓The Stars Above - 7/21 - (hide spoiler)]

Key Trilogy - 3/3 Red - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Key of Light - 8/21
✓#2 Key of Knowledge - 8/25
✓#3 Key of Valor - 8/25 - (hide spoiler)]

Elder Races - 4/4 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#8.5 Dragos Goes to Washington - 1/10
✓#8.6 Pia Does Hollywood - 1/10
✓#9 Shadow's End - 4/20
✓#9.5 Liam Takes Manhattan - 9/28 (hide spoiler)]

In Death - 2/2 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#42 Brotherhood in Death - 3/27
✓#43 Apprentice in Death - 11/22 - (hide spoiler)]

Iron Druid Chronicles - 8/8 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Hounded - 6/9
✓#2 Hexed - 7/15
✓#3 Hammered - 7/29
✓#4 Tricked - 8/21
✓#5 Trapped - 8/27
✓#6 Hunted - 8/30
✓#7 Shattered - 11/3
✓#8 Staked - 11/29 - (hide spoiler)]

Eternal Guardians - 2/2 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#8 Awakened - 4/26
✓#8.5 Unchained - 12/2 - (hide spoiler)]

Cyborg Seduction - 2/2 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#9 Loving Deviant - 12/13
✓#10 Seducing Stag - 12/20 - (hide spoiler)]

The Dark Queens - 5/5 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#3 The Ice Queen - 3/18
✓#4 The Magic Queen - 4/24
✓#5 The Dark Queen - 12/17
✓#6 The Fairy Queen - 12/23 - (hide spoiler)]


Behind
Black Dagger Legacy (New Series)- 1/2 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Blood Kiss - 5/31 - (hide spoiler)]


October Daye - 1/2 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#9 A Red-Rose Chain - 4/27 - (hide spoiler)]


Otherworld Stories - 1/2 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#4 Otherworld Secrets - 3/8 - (hide spoiler)]


Sisters of the Moon - 1/3 Read
✓#18 Darkness Raging - 12/29


Elemental Assassin - 0/4 Read

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter - 0/2 Read


Krewe of Hunters - 2/3 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#18 Haunted Destiny - 7/5
✓#19 Deadly Fate - 11/27 - (hide spoiler)]


Kate Daniels - 1/2 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#8.5 Magic Stars- 7/24 - (hide spoiler)]


Incryptid - 3/5 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Discount Armageddon - 3/27
✓#2 Midnight Blue-Light Special - 4/9
✓#3 Half-Off Ragnarok - 7/13 - (hide spoiler)]


Walker Papers - 3/9 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Urban Shaman - 10/7
✓#2 Thunderbird Falls - 12/5
✓#3 Coyote Dreams - 12/25 - (hide spoiler)]


Half-Moon Hollow - 3/6 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires - 11/25
✓#2 A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses - 11/28
✓#2.5 Undead Sublet - 12/28 - (hide spoiler)]


Jane Jameson - 1/4 Read - (view spoiler)[
✓#1 Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs - 12/16 - (hide spoiler)]

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Love or Hate @ FIRST Sight Read 2017 - 6/12
✓July: Welcome to Lobster Cove by Carol Lynne - 7/31
✓August: Key of Light by Nora Roberts - 8/21
✓September: Autumn Thorns by Yasmine Galenorn - 9/31
✓October: Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy - 10/7
✓November: The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper - 11/25
✓December: Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper - 12/16
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[Cassandra]

2016 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
Section 1: Kindle Freebies - 8/20 Read
Not really sure I'm going to read all of these, but I am planning on reading them in this order (oldest to newest)
✓The Accidental Hero by Joshua Graham - 11/29
✓The Quiet by Robert S. Wilson - 12/4
✓Dangerous Match by Alyssa Stevens - 12/9
✓Blood Song by Lynda Hilburn - 12/12
✓The Girl Who Never Came Back by Amy Cross - 12/14
✓Red at Night by Katie McGarry - 12/19
✓Wednesday's Child by Gayle Wilson - 12/27
✓No Strings Attached by Millie Criswell - 12/30
Asking for Trouble by Millie Criswell
The Prince Next Door by Sue Civil-Brown
Forbidden by Helen Kirkman
Hurricane Hannah by Sue Civil-Brown
Blame It on Chocolate by Jennifer Greene
Romance: Broken by Paige Powers
Remember This by Shae Buggs
Lake Dreams by Sontheimer Murphy
Angels to Ashes by Drew Foote
Cinderella and the Werewolf Prince by Mandy Monroe
Hunger by Max Allan
The Infidel's Garden by Ingrid Banwell


Section 2: Owned Dead Tree Books
I often overlook my dead tree books in favor of ebooks, so it's time to read some of them! Note: Most of my unread dead tree books are NF, so they aren't going to be on this list.
Baby on the Run by Kate Little
Maverick Christmas by Joanna Wayne
Letters to Kelly by Suzanne Brockmann
Crazy Sweet Fine by Rachel Gibson, Candis Terry & Jennifer Bernard
Possess Me by R.G. Alexander (Series!)
Hand of Isis by Jo Graham (Series!)

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A Non Fiction Adventure
My goal for this blog hosted challenge is 50 books. I've read 29 in the past two years, so I only have 21 left (and three years to read them in, so the goal might go up). This list currently has 31 books. I don't think I'll read them all in 2016 but I wanted to have the list just in case.
Library Books - Overdrive
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium by Carl Sagan
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are by Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan
Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science by Carl Sagan
Life of Elizabeth I, The by Alison Weir
Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir

Dead Tree Library
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond
1776 by David McCullough


+ Bonus Owned Dead Tree NonFiction
Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War by Sam R. Watkinds
Charlemagne by Harold Lamb
Silent Knights: Blowing the Whistle on Military Accidents and Their Cover-Ups by Alan E. Diehl
The Knight's Templar by Stephen Howarth
How The Pro-choice Movement Saved America : Freedom, Politics and the War on Sex by Cristina Page
Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown
Economies in Transition: Comparing Asia and Europe by Wing Thye Woo
Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000 1300 by John France
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose
A Brief History of Cleopatra by M.J. Trow


Read in 2016