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Duration of 1st Quarter Challenge: January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017Rules: Let’s start with...
5/6 read - nearly done
Flexibility - 1st Quarter
January 2nd 
January 15th(too many sex scenes, for my liking - menage, bdsm)
- Read a book where someone practices or teaches yoga, tai chi, or ballet.
January 28th(The heroine Penryn is a tough cookie who don't want to be eaten ;) )
(she wants to help her too nice friend to turn the dukes attempts down and as it didn't work out they went and hide in Bath, but he follows. And so on...)
January 29th (the heroine went undercover as a waitress)
Lisa Kay wrote: "Carly, we have an old challenge entitled Location, location, location. You could skim through the thread and see compare it to your TBR pile."
Oh the location-challenge was so much fun, anyone there who maybe wants to revive it?
Bookcrazy wrote: "Oh the location-challenge was so much fun, anyone there who maybe wants to revive it?"
I was just thinking the same Bookcrazy! We might just do that ;)
Lara wrote: "@Jaybird, I haven't tried that one yet, but it sounded kind of fun. Have you read any of them?"I read the whole series! I enjoyed them. Shes a fantastic storyteller!
I am officially done with both the challenge and the spell it out option:)
Completed!Flexibility
January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017
Completed 12/12
Option 3 - a bit of both
Tasks
✔ Read a books showing muscles on the cover.
by J.R. Ward - 08/01/2017✔ Read a book depicting a limber sex scene
by Megan Hart - 05/01/2017✔ Read a book where the hero or heroine is resilient (has the ability to rebound after a difficult situation)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 15/01/2017✔ Read a book where the protagonist has to change their plans or goal.
by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 14/01/2017✔ Read a book where a “fish out of water” protagonist eventually adapts to their new enviroment.
by Maya Rodale - 02/01/2017Spell-It-Out Option: Words such as...
flexibility, Yoga, muscles, aerobic, ballet, tai chi, flexible, gymnastic, flex, dance, stretch...
Muscles 7/7
✔ M - The Heir and the Spare by Maya Rodale - 02/01/2017
✔ U - Unexpected by Maisey Yates - 08/01/2017
✔ S - So Speaks the Heart by Johanna Lindsey - 04/01/2017
✔ C - The Lost Night by Jayne Castle - 04/02/2017
✔ L - Defy the Dawn by Lara Adrian - 03/01/2017
✔ E - Something Blue by Emily Giffin - 01/01/2017
✔ S - Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin - 01/01/2017
Congrats & Whohoo, Theresa & ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿!!
I completed this as well, not the spell it out but all the criteria's can't wait for next quarter, these are fun!!
Congrats Christine and Theresa !
Thanks everyone...great job Carly...looking forward to next month:)
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Vicki wrote: "I finished this one and I did Spell-It-Out = Tai ChiT=
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Congrats, Vicki!
Congrats!- Read a book where someone practices or teaches yoga, tai chi, or ballet.
Can I count
for this task? The female protagonist had some Krav Maga skills :)
Bookcrazy wrote: "Can I count for this task? The female protagonist had some Krav Maga skills :)"Definitely, Bookcrazy. (I had to look it up... and it works!)
Quarterly Challenge – Flexibility1/1/17 – 31/3/17
Option: Spell-It-Out
9/9
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Lisa Kay wrote: "Woohoo! Congrats, Trea!"Thanks!
ooooh quarter #2 is approaching! :)
Noel (Online Elf) wrote: "Bookcrazy wrote: "Can I count for this task? The female protagonist had some Krav Maga skills :)"Definitely, Bookcrazy. (I had to look it up... and it works!)"
Thank you for the effort, great!
Then I'm done too :)
Duration of 1st Quarter Challenge: January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017
Rules: Let’s start with...
6/6 read - DONE :D
Flexibility - 1st Quarter
January 2nd
January 15th(too many sex scenes, for my liking - menage, bdsm)
February 16th(The heroine has some Krav Maga skills)
January 28th(The heroine Penryn is a tough cookie who don't want to be eaten ;) )
(she wants to help her too nice friend to turn the dukes attempts down and as it didn't work out they went and hide in Bath, but he follows. And so on...)
January 29th (the heroine went undercover as a waitress)
Q1:Flexibility4/4
Y - Yukako Midori - author The Black Sheep
O - One Fell Sweep
G - Graham, Heather - author of Heart of Evil
A - Amazon Lily
Congrats to all those who have finished!
Gisela wrote: "Q1:Flexibility4/4
Y - Yukako Midori - author The Black Sheep
O - One Fell Sweep
G - Graham, Heather - author of Heart of Evil
A - ..."
Congrats, Gisela!
Well, I was considering adding more, but don't think I will.I'm in!
Flexibility - 1st Quarter
- Read a books showing muscles on the cover. The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride 1/20
- Read a book depicting a sex scene that takes place in an unusual place (spa hot spring pool). Just This Once 1/6
- Read a book where someone practices or teaches yoga, tai chi, or ballet. An Unlikely Witch 1/14
- Read a book where the hero or heroine is resilient One Fell Sweep 1/14
- Read a book where the protagonist has to change their plans or goal. Dukes Prefer Blondes 1/18
- Read a book where a “fish out of water” protagonist eventually adapts to their new environment. Maybe This Time 1/13
READ: 7
Completed my challenge.
Lara wrote: "Yea Trea and Bookcrazy!"Thanks, Lara. Congrats to you as well ;)
Yea Elaine!And thanks ShoSho and Bookcrazy!
So when is Quarter 2's Criteria going up? I have a TBR list rearing and ready to go! lol
Carly - Resident Supergirl wrote: "So when is Quarter 2's Criteria going up? I have a TBR list rearing and ready to go! lol"Should be going up sometime this week, Carly.
Trea wrote: "Carly - Resident Supergirl wrote: "So when is Quarter 2's Criteria going up? I have a TBR list rearing and ready to go! lol"Should be going up sometime this week, Carly."
Sweet thanks! Will be on the look out :)
slid in under the wire to finish this challenge! on to quarter two now, hopefully with some better book planning on my part!
Woohoo! Congrats, Jaybird!
Flexibility — 1st QuarterJanuary 1 – March 31, 2017
Completed — 44!
Tasks
cover shows muscles
Out of Bounds, Lauren Blakely – 1/7/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
story depicts a limber sex scene
Found, Evangeline Anderson – 3/20/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
character practices or teaches yoga, tai chi, or ballet
Caged, Lorelei James – 3/7/17 – ✮✮✮✮✮
hero or heroine is resilient
Reaper’s Fire, Joanna Wylde – 3/25/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
protagonist has to change their plans/goal
Hot Springs Werewolf, Part 7, Emily Cantore – 2/28/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
features a “fish-out-of-water” protagonist that eventually adapts to a new environment
Midnight Soul, Kristen Ashley – 1/9/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Spell-it-Out Option — words related to exercise that require flexibility
Moon Called, Patricia Briggs – 1/12/17 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Untamed – Complete Series, Lucia Jordan – 1/31/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sarah Anderson — Adulthood Is a Myth – 1/28/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Clare, Jessica — The Taming of the Billionaire – 1/3/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Lothaire, Kresley Cole – 2/5/17 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Estep, Jennifer — Spider’s Bite – 1/19/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Shadow’s Claim, Kresley Cole – 2/8/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Anna Dressed in Blood, Kendare Blake – 1/21/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Eli Easton — How to Walk Like a Man – 3/16/17 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Rock It, Jennifer Chance – 1/13/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Ophelia Bell — Shadows – 1/4/17 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Butcher, Jim — Death Masks – 1/17/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Ione, Larissa — Apocalypse: The Lords of Deliverance Compendium – 1/28/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Clare, Jessica — The Billionaire Takes a Bride, Jessica Clare – 1/11/17 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Billionaire’s Favorite Mistake, Jessica Clare – 1/22/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Ascend, Ophelia Bell – 1/6/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Listen to Me, Kristen Proby – 1/14/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – 3/13/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emma Chase — Royally Screwed – 1/23/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Tears of Tess, Pepper Winters – 1/10/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
– 1/28/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰Ilona Andrews — Magic Bites – 2/17/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Correll, Gemma — The Worrier’s Guide to Life – 1/9/17 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Heaven Can’t Wait, Pamela Clare – 2/11/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
It Happened One Wedding, Julie James – 3/10/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Dirty Royals, Michelle A. Valentine – 1/6/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Ashley, Jennifer — Scandal and the Duchess – 2/18/17 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Nexus, Ophelia Bell – 1/6/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Courtney Milan — The Governess Affair – 1/23/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emily Cantore — Billionaire Bond – 3/16/17 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Shadowed, Rebecca Zanetti – 2/15/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Twisted, Rebecca Zanetti – 2/6/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Reagan’s Revenge and Ending Emily’s Engagement, Tammy Falkner – 1/24/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emily Cantore — Billionaire Bondage – 3/18/17 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Tamed, Rebecca Zanetti – 2/19/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Clare, Jessica — Billionaire on the Loose – 1/25/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Hope Flames, Jaci Burton – 2/13/17 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Whoa, ☘KathyD☘! Congrats & woohoo!
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Found (other topics)Hot Springs Werewolf, Part 7 (other topics)
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Thanks Theresa! I think I am going got check out Fighting Destiny been wanting to read that one for awhile, REALLY want to read Wallbanger too but trying to wait if it goes on sale :( so hard to find!