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- Seducing Cinderella
Tease 
- Venom
Control 5.
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Mystery Man
Mile High 
Lead 
No Rest for the Wicked
I'm in.READ: 9/9
✔1~ [Penton Legacy] - Redemption - Susannah Sandlin 8/24
✔2~ [Sabina Kane] - The Mage in Black - Jaye Wells 8/28
✔3~ [Elsie Hawkins] - Wife for Hire - Janet Evanovich 9/24
✔4~ [Black Ops] - Feel the Heat - Cindy Gerard 8/16
✔5~ [Lost Lords] - Sometimes a Rogue - Mary Jo Putney 9/17
✔6~ [Moon Chasers] - A Soul So Wicked - Sharie Kohler 9/5
✔7~ [Dragonfire] - Flashfire - Deborah Cooke 9/9
✔8~ [Warriors of Poseidon] - Heart of Atlantis - Alyssa Day 8/11
✔9~ [Lucky Harbor] - Once in a Lifetime - Jill Shalvis 8/24
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
DUCKS IN A ROW, 8/1 - 9/30
SET ONE:
1 - Dog on It (Chet & Bernie #1), by Spencer Quinn, finished 8/20 ★★★ .5
2 - Sudden Death Sudoku (Katie McDonald #2), by Shelley Freydont, finished 8/14 ★★★.5
3 - A Roux of Revenge (Soup Lover’s #3), by Connie Archer, finished 8/10 ★★★★
SET TWO:
1 - Once More From the Top (Women of Willow Bay #1), by Nan Reinhardt, finished 8/3 ★★★
2 - Left Turn at Paradise (Antiquarian Book #2), by Thomas Shawver, finished 8/15 ★★★
3 - Love Letters (Rose Harbor #3), by Debbie Macomber, finished 8/23 ★★★★
SET THREE:
1 - Death By Sarcasm (Mary Cooper #1), by Dani Amore, finished 8/1 ★★★
2 - Mischief in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law #2), by Jana DeLeon, finished 8/28 ★★★★
3 - Ink, Red, Dead (Kiki Lowenstein #3), by Joanna Campbell-Slan, finished 8/12 ★★★.5
SET FOUR:
1 - Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner #1), by Denise Grover Swank, finished 8/6 ★★★.5
2 - Murder by the Glass (Wine Lovers #2), by Michele Scott, finished 8/30 ★★★★
3 - William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return (Wm Shakespeare’s Star Wars #3), by Ian Doescher, finished 9/4 ★★★★
SET FIVE:
1 - Flowerbed of State (White House Gardener #1), by Dorothy St. James, finished 8/6 ★★★
2 - The Midnight Show Murders (Billy Blessing #2), by Al Roker, finished 9/2 ★★★.5
3 – Three Odd Balls (Cue Ball #3), by Cindy Blackburn, finished 9/10 ★★★
Barb wrote: "This is one of my favorite challenges, because it makes me focus on my series books :) *"
Me too
Ducks in a Row (August - September 2014) Two Month Mini-Chalenge:
Read 7/15
☑Book 1: Mystery Man(Done 8/10) ★★
☑Book 2: The Shattered Dark (Done 9/8) ★★★½
Book 3: Lead
Book 4: Lean on Me
Book 5: Capture The Sun (Done 9/13) ★★★½
Book 6: Bound
☑Book 7: Magic Breaks (Done 8/3) ★★★★★
☑Book 1: Knight Awakened(Done 8/11) ★★★★
☑Book 2: Dirty Secret (Done 8/5) ★★★★
Book 3: Blind Faith
Book 4:
Book 5: Night Unbound
☑Book 1: Jewels of the Sun (Done 8/9) ★★★¾
☑Book 2: Rode Hard, Put Up Wet (Done 8/9) ★★
Book 3: The Sharpest Blade
Book 4:
Book 5:
Just love that duck photo6/6
1 Louisiana Longshot 8/1 ★★★★★
2 Searching for Dragons 8/2 ★★★★★
3 The Red Room 8/3 ★★★
4 Of Shadow Born 8/22 ★★★
5 Dead Man Talking 8/12 ★★★
6 Tomb with a View 8/13 ★★★
7 Magic Breaks 9/13 ★★★★★
8 Beach Bags and Burglaries 8/26 ★★★
9 The Silent Girl 9/2 ★★★
10 A Catered Fourth of July 8/19 ★★
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13 Damage Control 9/18 ★★★
14 Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon 8/4 ★★★★
1 An Appetite for Murder 9/22 ★★★★
2 Hard Evidence 9/19 ★★
3 Fate's Edge 9/17 ★★★★
4 The Good Cop: A Mystery 8/8 ★★★
5 Acts of Violets 9/5 ★★★★
6 Ghoul Interrupted 9/12 ★★★
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Welcome Penni, Barbara, Barb, Ezi, & Jonquil!
Ducks in a Row (August - September 2014) Two Month Mini-Challenge:18 read
1 Blue Notes 8/10/14 3.5♥
2 Whiskey and Wry 8/6/14 3.5♥
3 Living Promises 8/22/14 4♥
4 Forever Promised 9/30/14 4♥
5 Bound for Keeps 9/1/14 3 - 3.5♥
6 Ashes of Midnight 8/5/14 4♥
7 Blood Challenge 8/8/14 4♥
10 Demon from the Dark 9/4/14 5♥
11 Dreams of a Dark Warrior 9/14/14 4♥
12 Lothaire
13 Shield of Winter 8/30/14 4♥
1 Catch a Ghost 8/1/14 3♥
2 Long Time Gone 8/4/14 3♥
3 The Ripple Effect 9/22/14 4♥
5 Then Came You 9/6/14 5♥
6 The Darkest Lie 8/9/14 4♥
7 Shades of Midnight 8/24/14 4♥
1 Collide 8/4/14 5♥
2 The Luckiest 8/5/14 4♥
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I'm in.Read 02/06
1. Heart of the Dragon Gena Showalter
2. Jewel of Atlantis Gena Showalter
3. Burning Dawn Gena Showalter
4. Origin Jennifer L. Armentrout 08/04
5. Opposition Jennifer L. Armentrout 08/05
6. Not Quite a Wife Mary Jo Putney
I'm in again. I don't know what I'll post... but something.
Welcome back, Lisa Kay! I'm sure you will find something to post :)
I'm in!Ducks in a Row
August 1-September 30, 2014
(9/9)
1. A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava (Maggie O'Dell #1) 8/4
2. The Treatment by Mo Hayder (Jack Caffery #2) 8/11
3. The Last Girl by Jane Casey (Maeve Kerrigan #3) 8/16
1. Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan (Lucy Kinkaid #1) 8/9/14
2. 14 by J.T. Ellison (Taylor Jackson #2) 8/22
3. Ritual by Mo Hayder (Jack Caffery #3) 9/3
1. Cover Her Face by P.D. James (Adam Dalgliesh #1) 9/2/14
2. The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill (Simon Serrailler #2) 9/10/14
3. The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner (Quincy & Rainie #3) 9/17/14
I'm in again! Hopefully I will do better this time around.Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
I'm in again!Ducks in a Row (August-September) Two Month Mini-Chalenge
From: August 1st-September 30th
1. Death With An Ocean View by Nora Charles - 8/7
2. Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn - 8/17
3. The Missing Madonna by Carol Anne O'Marie - 8/16
4. A Puzzle in a Pear Tree by Parnell Hall - 8/28
5. Poisoned Prose by Ellery Adams - 8/26
6. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher - 9/16
7. Killing the Goose by Richard Lockridge - 9/3
1. Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels - 8/8
2. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik - 9/13
3. Grip of the Shadow Plague by Brandon Mull - 9/4
4. Mort by Terry Pratchett - 9/23
5. A Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris - 9/6
3. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris - 9/25
4. Stranded by Lorena McCourtney - 9/28
5. Death Dines Out by Claudia Bishop - 9/17
The Lost Challenges'Ducks in a Row' (August-September) Two Month Mini-Challenge
Duration: 8/1/2014 - 9/30/2014
Progress: 6 out of 6
Book #1: Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin - *** - 8/19/2014 - 274 Pages
Book #2: Of Triton by Anna Banks - **** - 9/2/2014 - 246 Pages
Book #3: Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 9/29/2014
Book #4: The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James - **** - 9/23/2014
Book #5: A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 9/30/2014
Book #6:
Book #7:
Book #8: Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher - ***** - 8/4/2014 - 480 Pages
I'm in :)Ducks In A Row (August - September)
30 Read DONE!
1.If I Stay8/4
2.Where She Went8/9
3.Tamed8/8
4.Married By Morning8/11
5.Love in the Afternoon8/16
6.All He Ever Dreamed8/30
7.Love a Little Sideways9/2
1.The Look of Love8/16
2.Sapphire Blue8/4
3.Yours to Keep8/14
4.All He Ever Needed8/21
5.All He Ever Desired8/25
1.Exclusively Yours8/10
2.Night Embrace8/22
3.Of Neptune8/13
4.Out of the Dark8/20
5.The Promise8/26
6.The Homecoming9/16
1.Pride Mates8/24
2.Undeniably Yours8/2
3.Tempt Me at Twilight8/9
1.The Maze Runner8/19
2.Unmasked: Volume Two 9/5
3.Lead8/28
1.Born Wicked 9/10
2.From This Moment On 9/18
3.Heir of Fire9/4
1.Frenched 9/6
2.Perfection 9/13
3.Emerald Green 9/15
Ducks in a Row (Two Month Mini-ChallengeFrom: August 1st-September 30th
Done: 9
1. Sex Piston 8/1 ****
2. Murphy 8/8 ***
3. Fighting Dirty for His Girl 8/3 ***
6. Blood Rites 8/27 ****
7. Tiger 8/8 ****
8. Conspiracy in Death 8/30 ****
1. Kodiak's Claim 8/8 ****
2. Ours 8/15 ****
3. Dear Sexy Lexie 8/8 ***
To Read:
Finished:
I was hoping to go beyond book #3 in several of these sets, but it just didn't happen. I don't have any books near the top of the pile that will help at all, so I'm calling this one done!DUCKS IN A ROW, 8/1 - 9/30
SET ONE:
1 - Dog on It (Chet & Bernie #1), by Spencer Quinn, finished 8/20 ★★★ .5
2 - Sudden Death Sudoku (Katie McDonald #2), by Shelley Freydont, finished 8/14 ★★★.5
3 - A Roux of Revenge (Soup Lover’s #3), by Connie Archer, finished 8/10 ★★★★
SET TWO:
1 - Once More From the Top (Women of Willow Bay #1), by Nan Reinhardt, finished 8/3 ★★★
2 - Left Turn at Paradise (Antiquarian Book #2), by Thomas Shawver, finished 8/15 ★★★
3 - Love Letters (Rose Harbor #3), by Debbie Macomber, finished 8/23 ★★★★
SET THREE:
1 - Death By Sarcasm (Mary Cooper #1), by Dani Amore, finished 8/1 ★★★
2 - Mischief in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law #2), by Jana DeLeon, finished 8/28 ★★★★
3 - Ink, Red, Dead (Kiki Lowenstein #3), by Joanna Campbell-Slan, finished 8/12 ★★★.5
SET FOUR:
1 - Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner #1), by Denise Grover Swank, finished 8/6 ★★★.5
2 - Murder by the Glass (Wine Lovers #2), by Michele Scott, finished 8/30 ★★★★
3 - William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return (Wm Shakespeare’s Star Wars #3), by Ian Doescher, finished 9/4 ★★★★
SET FIVE:
1 - Flowerbed of State (White House Gardener #1), by Dorothy St. James, finished 8/6 ★★★
2 - The Midnight Show Murders (Billy Blessing #2), by Al Roker, finished 9/2 ★★★.5
3 – Three Odd Balls (Cue Ball #3), by Cindy Blackburn, finished 9/10 ★★★
Ack! Never got back to this. But, to the finishers, congrats!
Finished!Ducks in a Row
August 1-September 30, 2014
(9/9)
1. A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava (Maggie O'Dell #1) 8/4
2. The Treatment by Mo Hayder (Jack Caffery #2) 8/11
3. The Last Girl by Jane Casey (Maeve Kerrigan #3) 8/16
1. Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan (Lucy Kinkaid #1) 8/9/14
2. 14 by J.T. Ellison (Taylor Jackson #2) 8/22
3. Ritual by Mo Hayder (Jack Caffery #3) 9/3
1. Cover Her Face by P.D. James (Adam Dalgliesh #1) 9/2/14
2. The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill (Simon Serrailler #2) 9/10/14
3. The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner (Quincy & Rainie #3) 9/17/14
Ok I'm calling this one done :) managed to get 30 lined up so not to bad. Had lots more but can't get anymore duckies in a line LOL! On to next month!
Only 30, Belkis...lol!! Very Well Done as usual!! :D
belkis, you kick big butt!I lost my spreadsheet, so I don't even know how to update any of my challenges. It's on a flashdrive and I can't find where I put the flash drive last week. I hope it wasnt put in the trash because that flash drive has pictures, resume, everything!
Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "belkis, you kick big butt!I lost my spreadsheet, so I don't even know how to update any of my challenges. It's on a flashdrive and I can't find where I put the flash drive last week. I hope it wa..."
Oh Ezi, I hope you find your falshdrive! Maybe keep track of your challenges by making Google Docs sheets. That's what I usually do and of course a GR shelf every month for each of the challenges. Otherwise I'd go nuts LOL! And thanks sweetie :)
Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Only 30, Belkis...lol!! Very Well Done as usual!! :D"Thank you so much Jennifer :) I read like 38 but I couldn't get them all to lineup hahahaha! Love all of our monthly challenges. They're super fun!
Belkis wrote: "Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "belkis, you kick big butt!I lost my spreadsheet, so I don't even know how to update any of my challenges. It's on a flashdrive and I can't find where I put the..."
I have kept my challenges for the past 2-3 years on this flash drive including pictures of my kids and I rate every book I have read, date and stars.
Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "Belkis wrote: "Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "belkis, you kick big butt!I lost my spreadsheet, so I don't even know how to update any of my challenges. It's on a flashdrive and I can't find ..."
Yikes!!! Hope you find it Ezi!
August/September1. Bad Mouth - Angela McCallister - 9/11/14
2. Black Rose - Nora Roberts - 9/30/14
3. Rock Chick Redemption - Kristen Ashley - 9/14/14
5. Sin Undone - Larissa Ione - 9/2/14
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7. Holiday in Death - J.D. Robb - 8/23/14
Finished.Ducks in a Row (August-September) Two Month Mini-Chalenge
From: August 1st-September 30th
1. Death With An Ocean View by Nora Charles - 8/7
2. Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn - 8/17
3. The Missing Madonna by Carol Anne O'Marie - 8/16
4. A Puzzle in a Pear Tree by Parnell Hall - 8/28
5. Poisoned Prose by Ellery Adams - 8/26
6. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher - 9/16
7. Killing the Goose by Richard Lockridge - 9/3
1. Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels - 8/8
2. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik - 9/13
3. Grip of the Shadow Plague by Brandon Mull - 9/4
4. Mort by Terry Pratchett - 9/23
5. A Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris - 9/6
3. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris - 9/25
4. Stranded by Lorena McCourtney - 9/28
5. Death Dines Out by Claudia Bishop - 9/17
Well, I didn't quite make it, but not bad!!Duration: 8/1/14 - 9/30/14
Group 1
#1
#2
#3Terminated
#4Last Dragon Standing
#5
Group 2
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
I missed a few along the way - but lots read :)Ducks in a Row (August - September 2014) Two Month Mini-Challenge:
18 read
1 Blue Notes 8/10/14 3.5♥
2 Whiskey and Wry 8/6/14 3.5♥
3 Living Promises 8/22/14 4♥
4 Forever Promised 9/30/14 4♥
5 Bound for Keeps 9/1/14 3 - 3.5♥
6 Ashes of Midnight 8/5/14 4♥
7 Blood Challenge 8/8/14 4♥
10 Demon from the Dark 9/4/14 5♥
11 Dreams of a Dark Warrior 9/14/14 4♥
12 Lothaire
13 Shield of Winter 8/30/14 4♥
1 Catch a Ghost 8/1/14 3♥
2 Long Time Gone 8/4/14 3♥
3 The Ripple Effect 9/22/14 4♥
5 Then Came You 9/6/14 5♥
6 The Darkest Lie 8/9/14 4♥
7 Shades of Midnight 8/24/14 4♥
1 Collide 8/4/14 5♥
2 The Luckiest 8/5/14 4♥
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