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December 2014: Twelve Categories of Christmas Revisited
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Angel 00/09
Hayley 00/??
Karen 01/02Kari 06/06 - Done! Congrats
Kathy 00/??
Kme_17 00/09
Lara 08/09
Lisa Kay 05/08
Maggie 00/10
Meltem 06/06 - Done! Congrats!
Oleander 00/??
Poongothai 00/3-5
ShoSho 05/12
Trea 08/11
Lisa Kay wrote: "Neat reviews, Trea."Thanks!
Karen wrote: "I seem to got dropped off the list of participants on this page, however, I am here with an update for this challenge."My apologies, Karen. I'm not sure what happened, as it is just a simple cut and paste job from Post #2. Weird.
Eep! Now it is gone from Post #2. What is going on with GRs?
I think I got it to stick now. **shakes head**
December 2014 Challenge: ~ Twelve Categories of Christmas ~Duration: December 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Level: Harder
Read: 10/11
Finished a few over the past several days, the most recent being In Kelly's Corner, which I am rating two stars. Shifting between first and third person is bad enough, but when she goes all Kristen Ashley on me and ties this book to the events of two other series and makes thinly veiled references to those books, I lose respect for what I am reading. The stalker twist at the end was mildly interesting, but not enough to redeem it fully.
RLftCI: December 2014: Twelve Categories of Christmas Revisited6/8
• “Don’t Drink Water Day”: Prohibition repealed; form of water on the cover - snow.✔ By Winter's Light, by Stephanie Laurens ★★★★☆ SFLibrary-hoopla-audio 12/3
• Humphrey Bogart B-Day: Read a book involving a hero who is a P.I. - private investigator.✔ Burn for Me, by Ilona Andrews ★★★★½ audio-scribd 12/2
• Wild Card - Gea's B-Day: Wild Man, by Kristen Ashley (audible.com) 
• Wild Card - Nichole's B-Day: Pleasure of a Dark Prince, by Kresley Cole (audible.com)S. - ✔ Snowbound, by Janice Kay Johnson ★★★½☆ SFLibrary-eBook 12/2
N. - ✔ Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, by Sarah MacLean ★★★★★ PB 12/14
O. - ✔ One in a Million, by Jill Shalvis ★★★★½ audible.com 12/5
W. - ✔ Witemeyer, Karen = Stealing the Preacher ★★★★☆ audible.com 12/18
Updated you, Trea & LK.
I'm going for "Hardest"!!14/14
Color (Blue) :
Color (white):
Lights (candles):
A Kiss :
Snow :
Heavenly Body:
P.I. - private investigator:
Color (red):
Reader's choice :
Reader's choice :
W:
I:
by Larissa Ione S:
by Amanda StevensH
All done ! Edited the post above!
December 2014 Challenge: ~ Twelve Categories of Christmas ~Duration: December 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Level: Harder
Read: 11/11
Finished The Christmas Mail Order Bride tonight. Wasn't bad, but the heroine had a habit of taking things to the extreme that I didn't care for. Will be rating it 3 stars.
Completed DURATION: December 1 – 31, 2014.
LEVEL: 3-5 - Medium
Moving up to LEVEL : 6-9 - Harder
1. The word! Read one with one of the following 25 words of December - or pick your own. Read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letters of the word you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.).
angel, bell, bright, candle, Christmas, cold, cookie, gift, gingerbread, Hanukkah, holiday, holly, jingle, light, morning,
night,About Last Night
Dec 14 Santa, silver, snow, star, stocking, teddy bear, toy, winter, wish
2. Color! Read a book that has a predominant cover color of: red , green, white, blue, gold, or silver.
Dec 63. Read the 12th book in any series .
4. “Heavenly Body” : Read a book with one on the cover.
5. Lights! Lamp or other non-natural light source on cover . Because we are inside a lot this time of year.
Dec 186. A kiss . Read a book that depicts kissing on the cover. It doesn’t have to be under the mistletoe or on the lips. ^_~
Dec 37. Setting: cold! Read a book where the setting is cold - in the snow, ice, or wintertime.
Dec 228. “Don’t Drink Water Day” . Prohibition was repealed on December 5th is in the USA in 1933. Select from the following:
• form of water: ice, fog, rain, snow, water, mist on the bookcover
• picture of an alcoholic drink (wine, cocktail, beer, etc.) on the cover
Dec 139. Jane Austen’s Birthday : In honor of her B-Day, December, 16th, read one of her books.
10. Wright Brothers : In honor of the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17th, read a book with:
• a pilot as a main character
• a kitten on the cover
• a hawk on the cover, a character named Hawk
• its setting in North Carolina
11. Character: Humphrey Bogart. In honor of of his birthday, December 25th, 1899, and his most famous movie roles: Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, Sabrina, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, read a book involving a hero who is a:
• bar or casino owner
• P.I. - private investigator
• military hero home on leave
• vying with his brother for the affections of the heroine
• treasure hunter
12. Reader’s Choice. Read one or two books of your choosing. More, if you have more than three books that fall into the other categories.
Dec 2“WILD CARD!” Remember, you may replace any book with one found on the shelves of our “Wild Card” Birthday Babies.
Gea
Dec 12Nichole
Nikita
Woohoo! Congrats, ShoSho, Trea, and Poongothai!
RLftCI: December 2014: Twelve Categories of Christmas Revisited8/8 - Finished!
• “Don’t Drink Water Day”: Prohibition repealed; form of water on the cover - snow.✔ By Winter's Light, by Stephanie Laurens ★★★★☆ SFLibrary-hoopla-audio 12/3
• Humphrey Bogart B-Day: Read a book involving a hero who is a P.I. - private investigator.✔ Burn for Me, by Ilona Andrews ★★★★½ audio-scribd 12/2
• Wild Card - Nichole's B-Day:✔ Hot in Here, by Sophie Renwick ★★★★☆ PB 12/5
• Wild Card - Nichole's B-Day: ✔ Pleasure of a Dark Prince, by Kresley Cole ★★★★★ audible.com 12/23
S. - ✔ Snowbound, by Janice Kay Johnson ★★★½☆ SFLibrary-eBook 12/2
N. - ✔ Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, by Sarah MacLean ★★★★★ PB 12/14
O. - ✔ One in a Million, by Jill Shalvis ★★★★½ audible.com 12/5
W. - ✔ Witemeyer, Karen = Stealing the Preacher ★★★★☆ audible.com 12/18
I'm done too! I decided to give up on some books I started for certain categories and substitute others that fit.Categories at the Harder level:
6-9 Books:
1. The word! The Viscount's Christmas Temptation 12/1
2. Color! Read a book that has a predominant cover color of: red , green, white, blue, gold, or silver. Married By Morning 12/24
3. Read the 12th book in any series. Happy New Year in Virgin River 12/14
4. “Heavenly Body” (on the cover). Braving Fate 12/13
6. A kiss (on the cover). Center Stage 12/7
7. Setting: cold! Snow Falling on Bluegrass 12/7
8. “Don’t Drink Water Day”. Snow on the bookcover Merry Christmas, Baby 12/15
10. Wright Brothers: read a book set in North Carolina Always Right 12/14
11. Character: Humphrey Bogart, read a book involving a hero who is a: treasure hunter As You Desire 12/11
READ: 9/9
Angel wrote: "I completed my challenge :D"Sorry... missed this. Woohoo and congrats, Angel!
Angel 13/13 - Done! Congrats!
Hayley 00/??
Karen 01/02
Kari 06/06 - Done! Congrats
Kathy 00/??
Kme_17 05/09
Lara 09/09 - Done! Congrats!
Lisa Kay 08/08 - Done! Congrats!
Maggie 08/10
Meltem 06/06 - Done! Congrats!
Oleander 00/??
Poongothai 08/08 - Done! Congrats!
ShoSho 14/14 - Done! Congrats!
Trea 11/11 - Done! Congrats!
Finished! Woo hoo!December 2014 Challenge: ~ Twelve Categories of Christmas ~
Duration: 12/1 - 12/31
Level: Hardest
Read: 10/10
JINGLE
J: Corrupting Cinderella by:Autumn Jones Lake 12/6 ****
I: I Could Just Eat You Up 12/14 **
N: Babysitting the Billionaire by:Nicky Penttila 12/25 ***
G: Guardian Wolf 12/27 **
L: Love Singer 12/12 **
E: Caribou's Gift by:Eve Langlais 12/6 ****
Snow
S: Skin 12/4 ***
N: Take Me if You Dare by:Nina Crespo 12/27 ***
O: An Outlaw Wedding 12/14 ***
W: Wolf in Her Bed 12/25 ***
To Read:
Finished:
Angel 13/13 - Done! Congrats!
Hayley 00/??
Karen 01/02
Kari 06/06 - Done! Congrats
Kathy 00/??
Kme_17 05/09
Lara 09/09 - Done! Congrats!
Lisa Kay 08/08 - Done! Congrats!
Maggie 10/10 - Done! Congrats!
Meltem 06/06 - Done! Congrats!
Oleander 00/??
Poongothai 08/08 - Done! Congrats!
ShoSho 14/14 - Done! Congrats!
Trea 11/11 - Done! Congrats!
Woohoo! Congrats, Maggie!
didn't think i was going to get my last book in!this was so much fun!! :)
30/30 Completed!
The “Word”
Caden — Hearts in Darkness — ★★★★ 12/10
Holly — Mistress Christmas — ★★★★ 12/6
Rose — One Night Three Hearts — ★★★ 12/13
Imogen — Hard and Fast — ★★★★★ 12/19
Sam — Here Be Sexist Vampires — ★★★★ 12/20
Troy — Do Over — ★★★★★ 12/8
Marie — Reaper's Legacy — ★★★★★ 12/4
Angel — Joys R Us — ★★★ 12/3
Shy — A Christmas to Remember (Every Year: Chaos 2.5) — ★★★★ 12/25
B — Becoming Sir — ★★★★ 12/24
E — El SOL: Building Desire — ★★★★ 12/7
L — Lick — ★★★★ 12/20
L — Love and War: The Beginning — ★★★ 12/13
T — A Touch of Midnight — ★★★★ 12/10
O — Own the Wind — ★★★★★ 12/2
Y — You Own Me — ★★★★ 12/7
Color — Book with a predominant cover color of:
Red — Tangled — ★★★★★ 12/17
Green — All She Wants for XXX-Mas (Sexy Stocking Stuffers #1) Alpha Male Erotic Romance -- New expanded edition! — ★★ 12/20
White — Fix You — ★★★★ 12/24
Blue — Entwined — ★★★★★ 12/12
Gold — Lover Reborn — ★★★★ 12/30
Silver — Stranded with a Billionaire — ★★★★ 12/18
Heavenly Body — Read a book with one on the cover — Hard as You Can — ★★★★★ 12/5
Lights! — Lamp or other non-natural light source on cover — Blame It on the Mistletoe — ★★★★ 12/9
Kiss! — Read a book that depicts kissing on the cover — His Need, Her Desire — ★★★★ 12/6
Cold! — Read a book where the setting is cold — Her Holiday Man — ★★★★ 12/5
Don’t Drink Water Day — book has snow on the cover — Under the Mistletoe with Me — ★★★★ 12/2
WILD CARD! — December Birthday Babies
Come Monday — ★★★★ 12/12 — Gea
Angels' Blood — ★★★★★ 12/9 — Nichole
Midnight Man — ★★★★★ 12/16 — Nikita
ShoSho wrote: "Congrats, Kathy !"thanks shosho!
Lara wrote: "Yea Kathy! And Wow!"thanks lara! ya...i had a bunch of challenges i was trying to finish up...and i was able to make them work with this challenge! :)
Woohoo! Congrats, Kathy! Wow is right.
Twelve Categories of ChristmasRead: 6 books!
1. The word!
★★★½ - 20/12/14 2. Color!
★★★★★ - 18/12/14 4. “Heavenly Body”
★★★★ - 02/12/14 6. A kiss
★★ - 14/12/14 7. Setting: cold!
★★★★ - 05/12/14 12. Reader’s Choice (Nikita)
★★★★ - 21/12/14
Lisa Kay wrote: "Woohoo! Congrats, Kathy! Wow is right."thanks lisa kay!
Woohoo! Congrats, Ipshita!
Angel 13/13 - Done! Congrats!
Hayley 00/??
Ipshita 06/06 - Done! Congrats!
Karen 01/02
Kari 06/06 - Done! Congrats
Kathy 30/30 - Done! Congrats!
Kme_17 05/09
Lara 09/09 - Done! Congrats!
Lisa Kay 08/08 - Done! Congrats!
Maggie 10/10 - Done! Congrats!
Meltem 06/06 - Done! Congrats!
Oleander 00/??
Poongothai 08/08 - Done! Congrats!
ShoSho 14/14 - Done! Congrats!
Trea 11/11 - Done! Congrats!
Angel 13/13 - Done! Congrats!
Hayley 00/??
Ipshita 06/06 - Done! Congrats!
Karen 02/02 - Done! Congrats!
Kari 06/06 - Done! Congrats
Kathy 30/30 - Done! Congrats!
Kme_17 05/09
Lara 09/09 - Done! Congrats!
Lisa Kay 08/08 - Done! Congrats!
Maggie 10/10 - Done! Congrats!
Meltem 06/06 - Done! Congrats!
Oleander 00/??
Poongothai 08/08 - Done! Congrats!
ShoSho 14/14 - Done! Congrats!
Trea 11/11 - Done! Congrats!
Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired
Books mentioned in this topic
Spell of Desire, Vol. 1 (other topics)Western Kisses (other topics)
The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After (other topics)
Dark Dream (other topics)
A Christmas Promise (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Autumn Jones Lake (other topics)Nina Crespo (other topics)
Nicky Penttila (other topics)
Eve Langlais (other topics)
Sophie Renwick (other topics)
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Duration: December 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Level: Harder
Read: 8/11
Finished Gabriel's Mate tonight and updated my totals. Wasn't bad, had some interesting twists in it that I wasn't expecting! Also read Angels in the Snow, a sweet Christmas read that is a powerful message about coping with grief and learning to let them go. It does have a religious angle, but it is both subtle and fitting at the same time.