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June 2014 TCF'S Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1/14 - June 30/14
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June 2014 TCF'S Monthly Challenge Duration: 1st June - 30th June
Level: Easy
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L - Deeper Than Midnight by Lara Adrian
I - It Must Be Love by Rachel Gibson
A - Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian
M - The Impatient Lord by Michelle M. Pillow
N - Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
E - Pursued by Evangeline Anderson
E - Exiled by Evangeline Anderson
S - Shadowed by Evangeline Anderson
O - Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne
N - Turkey Lovers Month - The Reluctant Lord by Michelle M. Pillow
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Time Frame: 01 June 2014 - 30 June 2014
Level: Easy
Completed: 8/8
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Hey, I'm in for the easy level :)TCF June Challenge
Duration: 06/01/14 - 06/30/14
Level: Easy
Finished: 0/4
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S: Suzanne Collins | The Hunger Games
W: Wallbanger | Alice Clayton
I: The Immortal Rules | Julie Kagawa
M: Mockingjay | Suzanne Collins
I'm in. READ: 13/14
✔L: Last Breath - Mariah Stewart 6/16
✔I: It Had to Be You - Jill Shalvis 6/8
✔A: Angel Fire - L.A. Weatherly 6/13
✔M: The King of Attolia - Megan Walen Turner 6/10
✔N: Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale - Christine Warren 6/9
✔E: Ecstasy in Darkness - Gena Showalter 6/12
E: Children of the Storm - Elizabeth Peters
✔S: Sparks Fly - Katie MacAlister 6/15
✔O: One More Bite - Jennifer Rardin 6/29
✔N: Never Less Than a Lady - Mary Jo Putney 6/4
✔Friday the 13th: The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum (horror) 6/2
✔National Pink Day: The Girl Most Likely To... - Susan Donovan (pink cover) 6/14
✔Father's Day: Don't Tell - Karen Rose 6/6
✔Turkey Lovers Month: The Turtle-Girl from East Pukapuka - Cole Alpaugh (starts with T) 6/3
16/16 ~~ finished June 30thWord Associated With June:
S~ Spirit by John Inman ~~ Read 06/30/14 ~ 4★
O~ One Good Deed by Andrew Grey ~~ Read 06/25/14 ~ 3★
L~ Love, Hypothetically by Anne Tenino ~~ Read 06/22/14 ~ 3★
S~ Six by Tara Spears ~~ Read 06/22/14 ~ 3.5★
T~ Trust by Sean Michael ~~ Read 06/06/14 ~ 3.5★
I~ In The Absence of Monsters by J.P. Barnaby ~~ Read 06/28/14 ~ 3.5★
C~ Christmas Of White by Devon Rhodes ~~ Read 06/13/14 ~ 3★
E~ Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price ~~ Read 06/21/14 ~ 4★
Birthday in June:
P~ Playing for Keeps by Lexi Ander ~~ Read 06/04/14 ~ 3★
R~ Restitution by Angela Fiddler ~~ Read 06/25/14 ~ 3★
I~ Isle of Waves by Sue Brown ~~ Read 06/29/14 ~ 3★
N~ Nothing's Missing Now by Westbrooke Jameson ~~ Read 06/03/14 ~ 3★
C~ Cowboy Love by Lynn Hagen ~~ Read 06/03/14 ~ 3.5★
E~ “Ears, Eggs & Bunnies” by Mary Calmes ~~ Read 06/12/14 ~ 4★
Bonus:
Father's Day:
Shaking the Sugar Tree by Nick Wilgus ~~ Read 06/19/14 ~ 4★
Smile Power Day:
Friends or Lovers? by Sara York ~~ Read 06/06/14 ~ 3★
JUNE 2014 ChallengeBegins 01June14 / Ends 30June14
10/8 completed
V - VERGHESE, Abraham wrote My Own Country: A Doctor's Story – ✔ – 22June14
A - And Then There Were None ✔ – 04June14
C - CRANDALL, Susan wrote Whistling Past the Graveyard ✔ – 15June14
A - Anne of Avonlea ✔ – 06June14
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I - ILES, Greg wrote The Quiet Game ✔ – 14June14
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N - NICKOLAS Butler wrote Shotgun Lovesongs ✔ – 06June14
BONUS - can be used alone or in lieu of letters above
Friday the 13th: Read a book from the horror genre or one you think is scary - Different Seasons ✔ – 08June14
National Pink Day: Read a book with a pink cover
Father's Day: Read a book with a father in it - Someday, Someday, Maybe ✔ - 18June14
Smile Power Day: Read a book where there's someone smiling on the cover -
✔ – 15June14 (man in lower right hand corner)Turkey Lovers Month: Read a book whose title starts with any of the letters in T U RKEY - An Unexpected Song ✔ – 14June14
TCF June ChallengeDuration: 06/01/14 - 06/30/14
Level: Easy
Finished: 10/11
birthdays in June
✔F Franklin Ariana Mistress of the Art of Death 06.06.2014 ★★★★
✔a The Assassin's Curse 10.06.2014 ★★★★
n Night Film or Naked in Death
✔t Tuesdays With Morrie 17.06.2014 ★★★★★
✔a Anna Sewell Black Beauty 07.06.2014 ★★★★★
✔s Scalzi John Old Man's War 25.06.2014 ★★★★★
✔i Island of the Blue Dolphins 20.06.2014 ★★★★
✔a Ashley Kristen Jagged 05.06.2014 ★★★
✔Friday the 13th: Read a book from the horror genre or one you think is scary Authority 22.06.2014 ★★★★
✔Father's Day: Read a book with a father in it Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 10.06.2014 ★★★★
✔Turkey Lovers Month: Read a book whose title starts with any of the letters in Turkey Kaleidoscope 09.06.2014 ★★★★
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I I Thought my Soul Would Fly 6-20-14
N Natalie Whipple House of Ivy and Sorrow 6-29-14
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B Breakfast Served Anytime 6-7-14
L Laini Taylor Daughter of Smoke and Bone 6-19-14
A Ann Dee Ellis, The End or Something Like That 6-10-14
K Koenigsburg, From the Mixed up Files...6-20-14
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June 2014 TCF'S Monthly Challenge
Duration: 1st June - 30th June
Level: Hard
8/ 8 FINISHED !!!!
World Environment Day: All of your books must be ebooks or audios (no dead tree versions)
S-Stalk Me ebook June 125 stars
O-(Friday the 13th: Read a book from the horror genre or one you think is scary)
The Bird Eater
June 25 ebook
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The Land Of Dead Flowers
June 28 ebook
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Silence in the house
June 5th 5 stars ebook
T-Timebound June 22ebook 4 stars
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
4 stars ebook
C-Turkey Lovers Month: Read a book whose title starts with any of the letters in Turkey
Tethered
June 2
E-Father's Day: Read a book with a father in it
The Light Between Oceans
June 21 4 stars ebook
Duration: 1st June - 30th June
Level: Hard
8/ 8 FINISHED !!!!
World Environment Day: All of your books must be ebooks or audios (no dead tree versions)
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June ChallengeDuration: 01/06/14 - 30/06/14
Progress 07/07
Level Hard: World Environment Day (All of your books must be ebooks)
June Word: Gemini
G ✔ Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn (16/06/14)
E ✔ Eastern Ambitions by Mari Carr & Jayne Rylon (06/06/14)
M ✔ Merry Gentry #9 -A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton (05/06/14)
I ✔ Inked Armor by Helena Hunting (12/06/14)
N ✔ Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh (5/06/14)
I ✔ Impulse Debra Webb (15/06/14)
Father's Day: Read a book with a father in it
✔ Banishing the Dark / Jenn Bennett (15/06/14)
**COMPLETED 16th June 2014**
I'm in...just not sure what I'll pick yet!
TCF June ChallengeDuration: 06/01/14 - 06/30/14
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Timeframe: June 2014Level: Easy
Completed: 6/6
G The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo 6/30/14 3.5♥
E Estep, Jennifer Web of Lies 6/14/14 2.5♥
M Melting the Ice by Jaci Burton 6/2/14 4♥
I Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan 6/1/14 3.5♥
N No Place to Run by Maya Banks 6/20/14 4♥
I Ilona Andrews Magic Bleeds 6/13/14 4♥
Timeframe: June 2014Level: Easy
Completed: 6/6 Done
VVeronica Rossi,Into the Still Blue6/7/2014***
A-Argeneau The Rogue HunterbyLynsay Sands6/1/2014 ****
CCharlaine Harris,Midnight Crossroad6/10/2014****
A:Alexandra Ivy,Devoured by Darkness6/6/2014
T:Janet Evanovich,Top Secret Twenty-One6/2/2014
I-.The Immortal HighlanderbyKaren Marie Moning6/2/2014 ****
O-:Olivia Cunning,Hot Ticket6/19/2014
N-New Species :Laurann Dohner,Slade6/20/2014
Timeframe: June 2014Level: Easy
Completed: 0/5
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Friday the 13th: Read a book from the horror genre or one you think is scary
National Pink Day: Read a book with a pink cover
Father's Day: Read a book with a father in it
Smile Power Day: Read a book where there's someone smiling on the cover
Turkey Lovers Month: Read a book whose title starts with any of the letters in Turkey
TCF June 2014 Monthly ChallengeTime Frame: 01.06.14 - 30.06.14
Level of difficulty: Easy
Books read: 0/4
C: (A) Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
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P: Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
TCF June 2014 Monthly ChallengeTime Frame: 01.06.14 - 30.06.14
Level of difficulty: Easy
Books read: 0/6
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World Environment DayHard 8/8 completed COMPLETED
V Vampire Academy 6/1 ★★★
A A Glimpse of Evil6/4 ★★★★
C Claimed by the Alphas: Part One6/1 ★
A With All My Soul 6/3 ★★★★
T The Flint Heart 6/11 ★★★
I Ilona Andrews Magic Rises 6/5 ★★★★
O One Snowy Night Before Christmas 6/11 ★★★★★
N Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag 6/6 ★★★★★
4/4 completed
C Platypus Police Squad: The Ostrich Conspiracy 6/10 ★★★
A Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well 6/15 ★★★★
MThe Mermaids Singing 6/14 ★★★★
P Page by Paige 6/11 ★★★★★
Bonus: 5/5 completed
Smile Power Day: You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy? 6/3 ★★★★★
Friday the 13th: A Guide to Survivorship for Women with Ovarian Cancer 6/1 ★★★★
National Pink Day: Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch 6/2 ★★★★★
Father's Day: Blue Bloods 6/1 ★★★
Turkey Lovers Month: The Ghost and the Graveyard 6/4 ★★★
June 2014 TCF'S Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1/14 - June 30/14
Spell-out: Picnic (0/6)
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Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke (6/2/14) 3.5 ★★★
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Passion by Lauren Kate (6/4/14) ★★★
Bonus:
Friday the 13th:
Read a book from the horror genre or one you think is scary
National Pink Day:
Read a book with a pink cover
Father's Day:
Read a book with a father in it
Smile Power Day:
Read a book where there's someone smiling on the cover
Turkey Lovers Month:
Read a book whose title starts with any of the letters in Turkey
9/9 Read✔S: Dead on the Delta by Stacey Jay
✔W: Read a book with a father in it Play
✔I: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
✔M: Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
✔B: Death Masks by Jim Butcher
✔L: Turkey Lovers Month The Rise
✔A: Hollowland by Amanda Hocking
✔K: Shattered by Kevin Hearne
✔E: The Spider by Jennifer Estep
The Challenge FactoryJune 2014 TCF'S Monthly Challenge
Duration: 6/1/2014 - 6/30/2014
Progress: 8 out of 8
V: Brian K. Vaughan; Saga, Volume 2 - ***** - 6/2/2014 - 144 Pages
A: Lori Austin; Beauty and the Bounty Hunter - ***** - 6/8/2014 - 300 Pages
C: Charlaine Harris; Deadlocked - **** - 6/23/2014
A: A.G. Howard; Splintered - ** - 6/9/2014
T: Tessa Dare; Romancing the Duke - ***** - 6/22/2014
I: If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You by Kelly Cutrone - ***** - 6/21/2014
O: Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - ***** - 6/27/2014
N: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende - ***** - 6/30/2014
Finished! :)12/12
Blake Shelton
B: The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene (June 1 - Bungalow)
L: Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (June 10 - Laini)
A: Until Nico by Aurora Rose Reynolds (June 3 - Aurora)
K: Grave Witch by Kalayna Price (June 8 - Kalayna)
E: Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey (June 4 - Exclusively)
S: The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon (June 6 - Secret)
H: How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks (June 2 - How)
E: F814 by Eve Langlais (June 14 - Eve)
L: Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione (June 17 - Larissa)
T: To Wed a Wicked Earl by Olivia Parker (June 6 - To)
O: One True Love: A Cupid, Texas Novella by Lori Wilde (June 20 - One)
N: The Collector by Nora Roberts (June 20 - Nora)
June ChallengeDuration: 01/06/14 - 30/06/14
Progress 07/07
Level Hard: World Environment Day (All of your books must be ebooks)
June Word: Gemini
G ✔ Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn (16/06/14)
E ✔ Eastern Ambitions by Mari Carr & Jayne Rylon (06/06/14)
M ✔ Merry Gentry #9 -A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton (05/06/14)
I ✔ Inked Armor by Helena Hunting (12/06/14)
N ✔ Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh (5/06/14)
I ✔ Impulse Debra Webb (15/06/14)
Father's Day: Read a book with a father in it
✔ Banishing the Dark / Jenn Bennett (15/06/14)
**COMPLETED 16th June 2014**
June 2014 TCF'S Monthly Challenge Duration: 1st June - 30th June
Level: Easy
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COMPLETED
Congrats to everyone who's finished! July's is up for those that are interested :)
Finished my challenge...happy reading!Words Associated With June:
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June 2014 TCF'S Monthly Challenge Duration: 1st June - 30th June
Level: Easy
C - Night Life by Nancy A. Collins 6/13/2014
A - Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews 6/27/2014
M - Lady & the Vamp by Michelle Rowen 6/10/2014
P - The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle 6/5/2014
UPDATE Message #8JUNE 2014 Challenge
Begins 01June14 / Ends 30June14
10/8 completed
V - VERGHESE, Abraham wrote My Own Country: A Doctor's Story – ✔ – 22June14
A - And Then There Were None ✔ – 04June14
C - CRANDALL, Susan wrote Whistling Past the Graveyard ✔ – 15June14
A - Anne of Avonlea ✔ – 06June14
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I - ILES, Greg wrote The Quiet Game ✔ – 14June14
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N - NICKOLAS Butler wrote Shotgun Lovesongs ✔ – 06June14
BONUS - can be used alone or in lieu of letters above
Friday the 13th: Read a book from the horror genre or one you think is scary - Different Seasons ✔ – 08June14
National Pink Day: Read a book with a pink cover
Father's Day: Read a book with a father in it - Someday, Someday, Maybe ✔ - 18June14
Smile Power Day: Read a book where there's someone smiling on the cover -
✔ – 15June14 (man in lower right hand corner)Turkey Lovers Month: Read a book whose title starts with any of the letters in T U RKEY - An Unexpected Song ✔ – 14June14
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Neverending Story (other topics)And Then There Were None (other topics)
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story (other topics)
Whistling Past the Graveyard (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Michael Ende (other topics)Nancy A. Collins (other topics)
Donna Andrews (other topics)
Peter S. Beagle (other topics)
Michelle Rowen (other topics)
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How It Works:
○Below there will be a list of words associated with June You will choose 1 or more word from the list and choose/read books that either the •Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter!
○To Move up to the Hard Level you will choose books from the same Genre or Theme (Listed Below) for each word you read! *If you do more than one word you can use a different genre or theme for each word☺
There will be a couple of Bonus Options for those who want to add a little something extra!
•Some Info to Keep In Mind•
♦You CAN do re-reads as long as they are read during challenge.
♦You CAN change you •Books & •Level of Difficulty at any time during the challenge.
♦Update your orginal list, as well as updating a post occasioanlly.
•Strike out Finished Books
•Rate your Finished Books 1-5 ♥'s 1 5 Being the Best!
•Add a tally of completed books to Orginal Post= 0/5 completed!
If you have questions Please ask me here, or PM me or any of the Mods!
June Words to Choose From:
Words Associated With June:
•Dad •Flag Day •Vacation •Gemini •Rose
•Pearl •Swim •Picnic •Camp •Solstice
Birthdays in June:
(Please note you can do the whole name, first, and or last)
•Heidi Klum •Prince •Joan Rivers •Liam Neeson •Faith Evans
•Jim Nabors •Nicole Kidman •Chandler Riggs •Fantasia Barrino •Blake Shelton
Themes to Choose From for Hard Level:
National Yo-Yo Day: All of your books must be a mix of 3 or more genres
Best Friends Day: All of your books must also be on your friends shelves
World Environment Day: All of your books must be ebooks or audios (no dead tree versions)
Email Week.: All of your books must be contemporaries
Fresh Veggies Day: All of your books have been released in 2014
Friday the 13th: Read a book from the horror genre or one you think is scary
National Pink Day: Read a book with a pink cover
Father's Day: Read a book with a father in it
Smile Power Day: Read a book where there's someone smiling on the cover
Turkey Lovers Month: Read a book whose title starts with any of the letters in Turkey
Good Luck & Happy Reading!