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2015's Best of the BestDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
READ: 15/16
Goodreads Choice Awards 2015:
✔Saint Odd - Dean Koontz 1/17
Amazon's Best Books of 2015:
✔A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin 3/19
✔The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher 10/1
Amazon's Best Books of 2015:
✔Library of Souls - Ransom Riggs 1/3
B&N's The Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy of 2015:
✔Vision in Silver - Ann Bishop 7/19
The Washington Post's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2015:
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin 11/28 DNF
2015 RT Book Reviewers' Choice Award Nominees Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal:
✔Eighth Grave After Dark - Darynda Jones 1/18
✔Born of Defiance - Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/28
✔Wicked Ever After - Delilah Dawson 6/28
✔Dead Heat - Patricia Briggs 8/5
✔Feel the Burn - G.A. Aiken 4/13
✔Ink and Bone - Rachel Caine 7/25
✔The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins 5/24
✔Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
✔Menagerie - Rachel Vincent 7/6
✔Of Silk and Steam - Bec McMaster 8/20
I've Started So I'll Finish 2016 - The Saga Continues 1
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Lucy Kincaid - Allison Brennan
✔Love Me to Death 1/25
✔Kiss Me, Kill Me 2/18
✔If I Should Die 3/8
✔Silenced 4/15
✔Stalked 6/30
✔Stolen 7/20
✔Cold Snap 7/30
✔Dead Heat 8/27
✔Best Laid Plans 9/3
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The League - Sherrilyn Kenyon
✔Born of Fire 1/6
✔Born of Ice 2/23
✔Born of Shadows 4/13
✔Born of Silence 5/16
✔Cloak and Silence 6/1
✔Born of Fury 7/15
✔Born of Defiance 7/28
✔Born of Legend 9/9
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Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
✔White Night 5/4
✔Small Favor 6/14
✔Turn Coat 7/23
✔Changes 8/24
✔Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files 9/11
✔Ghost Story 10/15
✔Cold Days 11/22
✔Skin Game 12/8
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Ghost Hunter Mystery - Victoria Laurie
✔Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend 5/22
✔Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun 6/5
✔Ghouls Gone Wild 7/7
✔Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls 8/14
✔Ghoul Interrupted 9/15
✔What a Ghoul Wants 10/8
✔The Ghoul Next Door 11/1
✔No Ghouls Allowed 11/13
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Argeneau - Lynsay Sands
✔The Reluctant Vampire 1/24
✔Under a Vampire Moon 2/20
✔The Lady is a Vamp 3/28
✔Immortal Ever After 4/27
✔One Lucky Vampire 5/31
✔Vampire Most Wanted 6/27
✔The Immortal Who Loved Me 7/11
✔About a Vampire 8/11
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Alexandra Cooper - Linda Fairstein
✔Likely To Die 3/23
✔Silent Mercy 9/24
✔Night Watch 8/28
✔Death Angel 7/26
✔Terminal City 2/16
✔Devil's Bridge 5/26
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Women of the Otherworld - Kelley Armstrong
✔Personal Demon 8/2
✔Frostbitten 7/8
✔Waking the Witch 9/26
✔Spell Bound 10/22
✔Thirteen 11/10
✔Men of the Otherworld 12/31
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Guardians of Ascension - Caris Roane
✔Burning Skies 3/5
✔Wings of Fire 3/12
✔Born of Ashes 5/11
✔Obsidian Flame 6/9
✔Gates of Rapture 6/10
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Dark Crescent Sisterhood - Anne Windsor
✔Bound by Flame 8/10
✔Bound by Light 9/7
✔Captive Spirit 10/7
✔Captive Soul 11/25
✔Captive Heart 12/11
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Gargoyles - Christine Warren
✔Heart of Stone 7/5
✔Stone Cold Lover 8/16
✔Hard as a Rock 9/21
✔Rocked by Love 10/16
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Five Hundred Kingdoms - Mercedes Lackey
✔Fortune's Fool 8/28
✔The Snow Queen 9/19
✔The Sleeping Beauty 10/11
✔Beauty and the Werewolf 11/18
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Rose Gardner - Denise Grover Swank
✔Thirty and a Half Excuses 8/6
✔Thirty-One and a Half Regrets 9/23
✔Thirty-Two and a Half Complications 10/16
✔Thirty-Three and a Half Shenanigans 12/28
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Charley Davidson - Darynda Jones
✔Eighth Grave After Dark 1/18
✔Brighter Than the Sun 1/30
✔The Dirt on Ninth Grave 2/12
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Dark Jewels Trilogy - Lisa Jackson
✔Dark Ruby 1/20
✔Dark Emerald 2/27
✔Dark Sapphire 3/9
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Duchess Diaries - Karen Hawkins
✔How to Capture a Countess 3/20
✔How to Pursue a Princess 5/16
✔How to Entice an Enchantress 6/29
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Viking I - Sandra Hill
✔Viking in Love 3/3
✔The Norse King's Daughter 7/11
✔The Pirate Bride 7/23
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Lexi Steele - Cheyenne McCray
✔The First Sin 5/12
✔The Second Betrayal 7/21
✔The Temptation 8/21
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Smithson Group SG-5 - Alison Kent
✔The Perfect Stranger 8/27
✔No Limits 7/16
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Damask Circle - Keri Arthur
✔Circle of Death 8/18
✔Circle of Desire 9/17
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Dark Mirror - Mary Jo Putney
✔Dark Passage 8/15
✔Dark Destiny 9/14
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Lost Lords - Mary Jo Putney
✔Not Quite a Wife 10/28
✔Not Always a Saint 11/24
Not Finishing these
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Persephone Alcmedi - Linda Robertson
✔Hallowed Circle 3/26
✔Fatal Circle 4/11
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Shadows Inquiries - Lyn Benedict
✔Sins & Shadows 3/25
✔Ghosts & Echoes 4/28
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
January Challenge
READ: 6/6
LEVEL 1: Fallen Behind? Catch-up! (1 book)
✔Read 1 book in a series (you've already started) that has a new release coming out in 2016
Eighth Grave After Dark - Darynda Jones (#9 pub 1/5/2016)
1/18LEVEL 2: New Possibilities (2 books)
Read 2 books written by a new-to-you author or in a new-to-you series
✔1. The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities - Ann & Jeff Vandermeer (new author) 1/22
✔2. The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires - Molly Harper (new series) 1/26
LEVEL 3: Bright, Shiny & still sorta New (3 books)
Read 3 books published in 2015 that you didn't get to before year's end
✔1. Vixen 03 - Clive Cussler 1/14
✔2. The Young Elites - Marie Lu 1/11
✔3. Night Probe! - Clive Cussler 1/10
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
January Cover Hunt Challenge READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: Yellow cover: Brighter Than the Sun - Darynda Jones 1/31
✔ITEM #2: 1st Shrine Visit (Building): Lost Highlander - Cassidy Cayman 1/16
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
January Genre Juice Challenge READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Eighth Grave After Dark - Darynda Jones 1/18
✔2. NEW ADULT or YA: Library of Souls - Ransom Riggs 1/3
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Valentine's Day Duel ~ Resurrected
READ: 7/10
"Valentine's Day is So Romantic!"
✔1: paranormal romance: Shards of Hope - Nalini Singh 2/12
✔2: contemporary romance: The Closer You Come - Gena Showalter 2/9
✔ 3: sci-fi romance: Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon 2/23
✔ 4: historical romance: Dark Emerald - Lisa Jackson 2/27
5: erotic romance: Stud - Cheryl Brooks
"Screw Valentine's Day: I'm Just Waiting for the Marked-Down Chocolates on Feb 15th!"
✔ 1: urban fantasy: Dragon Justice - Laura Ann Gilman 2/21
✔ 2: murder mystery: The Girl in 6E - A.R. Torre 2/7
3: thriller: The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz
4: dystopian: Divergent - Veronica Roth
✔ 5: cozy mystery: Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea - Nancy Atherton 2/4
February Cover Hunt Challenge READ: 3/2
✔COLOR: Red cover: The Girl in 6E - A.R. Torre 2/7
✔ITEM #1: A Couple on the Cover: Heart of Iron - Bec McMasters 2/6
✔ITEM #2: Jewellery: Dark Emerald - Lisa Jackson 2/27
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
February Genre Juice Challenge READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: The Dirt on Ninth Grave - Darynda Jones 2/12
✔2. Romance: Shards of Hope - Nalini Singh 2/12
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
March Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Hallowed Circle - Linda Robertson 3/26
✔2. FANTASY: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin 3/19
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
April Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔ITEM #1: A lone man on the cover: Seven Years - Dannika Dark 4/20
✔ITEM #2: any weapon: Ghosts & Echoes - Lyn Benedict 4/28
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
April Genre Juice Challenge READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Feel the Burn - G.A. Aiken 4/13
✔2. Horror or Dystopian: The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman 4/7
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
May Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Shadow Rites - Faith Hunter 5/10
✔2. Sci-Fi Romance: Born of Silence - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/16
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
June Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Small Favor - Jim Butcher 6/14
✔2. Mystery: Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
July Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Allegiance of Honor - Nalini Singh 7/3
✔2. GHOSTS: Ghouls Gone Wild - Victoria Laurie 7/7
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
July Cover Hunt Challenge READ: 3/3
✔COLOR: white: Frostbitten - Kelley Armstrong 7/8
✔ITEM #1: Night Scene: Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
✔ITEM #2: fire: Stamped Out - Terri Thayer 7/4
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
August Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔COLOR: Dead Heat - Allison Brennan 8/27
✔ITEM #1: It's a Wonderful Wife - Janet Chapman 8/13
✔ITEM #2: Circle of Death - Keri Arthur (panther on cover) 8/18
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
August Genre Juice Challenge READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Marked in Flesh - Anne Bishop 8/7
✔2. Humour of any kind: Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls - Victoria Laurie 8/14
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
September Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: Blue or red or purple: Ghoul Interrupted - Victoria Laurie 9/15
✔ITEM #2: Dark Destiny - M.J. Putney (tree) 9/14
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
September Genre Juice Challenge READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Dragonmark - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/3
✔2. SHIFTER: Beast Behaving Badly - Shelly Laurenston (polar bear/lion combo) 9/28
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
October Cover Hunt Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: Orange or Black: Edge of Midnight - Charlene Weir 10/19
✔ITEM #1: scary creature: Rocked by Love - Christine Warren (gargoyle) 10/16
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
October Genre Juice Challenge READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Ghost Story - Jim Butcher 10/15
✔2. Horror or scariness of any kind: Chainsaw Jane - Marie-Jo Fortis 10/21
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
November Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: The Lazarus Gate - Mark A. Latham 11/9
✔2. FAMILY: Wolf with Benefits - Shelly Laurenston (m.c. has 10 siblings) 11/7
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
November Cover Hunt Challenge READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: Brown: The Dreaming: A Novel of Australia - Barbara Wood 11/5
✔ITEM #1: flying creature: Rainshadow Road - Lisa Kleypas 11/20
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
November Genre Juice Challenge READ: 2/2
✔1. PNR -or- UF: The Lazarus Gate - Mark A. Latham 11/9
✔2. FAMILY: Wolf with Benefits - Shelly Laurenston (m.c. has 10 siblings) 11/7
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
December Genre Juice Challenge
READ: 3/3
✔1. PNR -or- UF: Web of Lies - Jennifer Estep 12/21
✔2. Your choice - clean up the tbr: Men of the Otherworld - Kelley Armstrong 12/31
✔3. Your choice - catch up on challenges: The Witch Is Dead - Shirley Damsgaard 12/16
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
December Cover Hunt Challenge READ: 2/2
✔COLOR: Green: Alien in the Family - Gini Koch 12/14
✔ITEM #2: Your choice - Magic Binds - Ilona Andrews 12/28
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Men are from Mars, Women are from VenusDuration: January 1 - March 31, 2016
READ: 9/9
Level 1: Cover Love
✔MARS/Hot Tamale - Cover sporting a hottie hero
Shield of Winter - Nalini Singh 1/29
✔VENUS/Kickin' Ass & Takin' Names - Cover sporting a kick ass heroine
Born of Fire - Sherrilyn Kenyon 1/6
✔HAPPY MEDIUM - Cover sporting a couple
Burning Skies - Caris Roane 3/5
Level 2: Authored Up
✔MARS - Book written by a male author
Library of Souls - Ransom Riggs 1/3
✔VENUS - Book written by a female author
The Young Elites - Marie Lu 1/11
✔HAPPY MEDIUM - Book written by a female/male team
Sweep in Peace - Ilona Andrews 3/13
Level 3: Star of the Show
✔MARS - Hero is the main character
Saint Odd - Dean Koontz 1/17
✔VENUS - Heroine is the main character
Guardian - Jo Anderton 3/6
✔HAPPY MEDIUM - Hero & heroine are both main characters and share an HEA
Eighth Grave After Dark - Darynda Jones 1/18
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
ISBN: In Series Books NecessaryDuration: January 1 - June 30, 2016
One of my favorite series'
- Darynda Jones✔9 - The Dirt on Ninth Grave- Darynda Jones 2/2
✔7 - Invision - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/30
✔8 - Eighth Grave After Dark - Darynda Jones 1/18
✔1 - If Walls Could Talk - Juliet Blackwell 4/11
✔2 - Burning Skies - Caris Roane 3/5
✔5 - The Bitter Season - Tami Hoag 4/4
✔0 - Brighter Than the Sun - Darynda Jones 1/30
✔0 - Tarnished Knight - Bec McMasters 1/31
✔4 - Dragon Justice - Laura Ann Gilman 2/21
✔5 - Obsidian Flame - Caris Roane 6/9
✔6 - Immortal - J.R. Ward 6/2
✔3 - Wicked After Midnight - Delilah Dawson 4/29
✔8 - Feel the Burn - G.A. Aiken 4/13
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
2016 Deciphered Reading Duration: January - December 2016
Goal: Reach an exact total of 2016.
(I'm using Red!)
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1900 - 2016
125. [AUTHOR = 19] ~ The Darkest Torment - Gena Showalter 6/17
Total: 1913 + 19 = 1932
126. [AUTHOR = 14] ~ League of Dragons - Naomi Novik 6/20
Total: 1932 + 14 = 1946
127. TITLE[ = 11] ~ King - T.M. Frazier 6/21
Total: 1946 + 11 = 1957
128. [AUTHOR = 19] ~ Cleopatra's Needle - Steven Siebert 6/23
Total: 1957 + 19 = 1976
129. [TITLE = 12] ~ Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
Total: 1976 + 12 = 1988
130. [TITLE = 20] ~ The Target - David Baldacci 6/25
Total: 1988 + 20 = 2008
131. [AUTHOR = 8] ~ The Prince Who Loved Me - Karin Hawkins 6/25
Total: 2008 + 8 = 2016
16 in 2016Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
✔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
✔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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Angel: angel, ½ human or Nephilim, Seraphim ~ COMPLETE!
✔1. Possession - J.R. Ward 3/20
✔2. Immortal - J.R. Ward 6/2
- 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
- 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
- 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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
✔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
---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
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
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