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'Ducks in a Row' (December-January) Two Month Mini-Challenge
I'm going to be out of the country (!) for two weeks in December, but I'll see how I do with this challenge anyhow :) DUCKS IN A ROW, 12/1 - 1/31
SET ONE:
#1 – Death by a Honeybee (Josiah Reynolds #1), by Abigail Keam, finished 12/6 ★★★.5
#2 – Officer Elvis (Darla Cavannah #2), by Gary Gusick, finished 12/12 ★★★
#3 – The Eighth Commandment (The Commandment #3), by Lawrence Sanders, finished 12/8 ★★★
#4 – Red Velvet Revenge54] (Cupcake Bakery #4), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 12/19 ★★★.5
#5 – Sucker Punch (Candy Shop #5), by Sammi Carter, finished 12/13 ★★★.5
#6 – Scorched Eggs (Cackleberry Club #6), by Laura Childs, finished 1/7 ★★★.5
#7 – Apart at the Seams (Cobbled Court #7), by Marie Bostwick, finished 12/14 ★★★★
SET TWO:
#1 – Virgin River (Virgin River #1), by Robyn Carr, finished 12/9 ★★★
#2 – Stitch Me Deadly (Embroidery #2), by Amanda Lee, finished 12/29 ★★★.5
#3 – Gilt by Association (ARC) (Caprice de Luca #3), by Karen Rose Smith, finished 12/23 ★★★
#4 – Buffalo West Wing (White House Chef #4), by Julie Hyzy, finished 1/6 ★★★★
#5 – We’ll Always Have Parrots (Meg Langslow #5), by Donna Andrews, finished 1/18 ★★★★
Mod
Total: 11
1. Mistress Christmas - 12/23/14
2. Shooting Scars
3. Into the Storm - 12/19/14
4. Banishing the Dark - 12/16/14
6. Lover Enshrined - 12/2/14
7. Lover Avenged - 12/29/14
8. Lover Mine - 1/31/15
1. Fighting Destiny - 1/29/15
2. Playing with Fire - 1/22/15
3. Gabriel's Mate - 1/13/15
4. Alone on Earth - 1/11/15
'Ducks in a Row' (December-January) Two Month Mini-Challenge 12/1/14 ~ 1/31/15
13/13
1 Blackbirds 12/5/14 3.5 ♥
2 Jabril 1/28/15 3.5♥
3 Dirty Laundry 12/5/14 4♥
1 Counterpoint 12/15/14 4♥
2 Super Sock Man (is actually #2 of granby knitting series) 1/30/15 3♥
3 Sins of the Father 12/8/14 4♥
4 Love Irresistibly 1/24/15 4♥
5.5 Azagoth 12/9/14 4♥
6 Revenant 12/28/14 4♥
11 The Darkest Touch - 12/24/14 4♥
12 Lothaire -12/27/14 5♥
13 MacRieve 1/17/15 5♥
14 Dark Skye 1/26/15 4♥
Ducks in a RowREAD: 5/5
✔7 ~ [Kate Daniels] Magic Breaks - Ilona Andrews 1/15
✔8 ~ [Dragonfire] Ember's Kiss - Deborah Cooke 12/12
✔9 ~ [Chicagoland Vampires] Wild Things - Chloe Neill 12/31
✔10 ~ [Temperance Brennan] Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs 12/31
✔11 ~ [Temperance Brennan] Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs 1/21
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Ducks in a Row (December 2014- January 2015) Two Month Mini-Chalenge: Read 24/40
Book 0.5: A Touch of Midnight(Done 1/14) ★★★
Book 1: Letting Go (Done 12/16) ★★★★
Book 2: Changeless (Done 12/2) ★★★★
Book 3: Law Man (Done 12/13) ★★★★★
Book 4: Motorcycle Man (Done 12/22) ★★★
Book 5: Deadly Game (Done 12/3) ★★★★
Book 6: Predatory Game (Done 12/13) ★★★★
Book 7: Three the Hard Way (Done 12/18) ★★★★
Book 8: After the Storm (Done 1/21) ★★★★
Book 9: When Day Breaks(Done 1/27) ★★★½
Book 1: Dark Horse (Done 12/17) ★★★½
Book 2: Primal Bonds (Done 12/5) ★★★½
Book 3: Dirty Laundry (Done 12/10) ★★★★
Book 4: Indecent Proposal
Book 5.5: Softly at Sunrise (Done 12/22) ★★★★
Book 6: Shades of Gray (Done 12/28) ★★★★
Book 7: Murder Game (Done 12/27) ★★★★
Book 8: Twisted(Done 1/14) ★★★★
Book 10: Samurai Game (Done 1/22) ★★★½
Book 11: Upon the Midnight Clear (Done 1/24) ★★
Book 12.5: Shadow's Claim (Done 1/15) ★★★
Book 1: Better Than Good (Done 12/26) ★★★
Book 2: Breakable (Done 12/11) ★★★★
Book 3: Before Jamaica Lane (Done 12/14) ★★★★
Book 4: Sinner (Done 1/19) ★★½
Book 5:
Book 6: The Resolution of Callie & Kayden (Done 1/6) ★★★
Book 7: Marked(Done 1/15) ★★★★½
Book 8: Street Game (Done 1/1) ★★★★
Book 9: Ruthless Game (Done 1/10) ★★★★★
Book 1: Damon (Done 1/2) ★★
Book 2: Reviving Izabel (Done 1/12) ★★★½
Book 3: Bold Tricks (Done 1/11) ★★½
Book 4: Yvette's Haven (Done 1/28) ★★★½
Duration: 12/1/14 - 1/31/14Group 1
Group 2
I'll try this.Read 7/10
Book 1: In Bed with a Highlander (McCabe Trilogy, #1)12/28
Book 2:Magic Burns 12/11
Book 3:Blood Magick12/6
Book 4:Love Irresistibly12/30
Book 5:
Book 6:Under the Mistletoe12/25
Book 7: It Had to Be You12/27
I'm in :)47 Read
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2.The Mime Order
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Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Welcome Belkis!"Thank you Jennifer :)
I'm in.Ducks in a Row (December~January) Two Month Mini-Challenge
From: December 1st~January 31st
1 Cloche and Dagger - Hat Shop Mystery #1 - 12/3/14
2 Scarlet - Lunar Chronicles #2 - 12/12/14
3 Cress - Lunar Chronicles #3 - 1/2/15
4 Killer Insight - Psychic Eye Mystery #4 - 12/9/14
5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Harry Potter #5 - 1/3/15
Ducks in a Row (December~January) Two Month Mini-ChallengeFrom: December 1st~January 31st
Read:
I Shadowlight (Kyndred, #1) 12/132 Star Cursed (The Cahill Witch Chronicles #2)12/8
3 Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard, #3) 12/10
4Size 12 and Ready to Rock (Heather Wells, #4) 12/16
5 Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls (Ghost Hunter Mystery, #5) 12/12
6 Robert B. Parker's Bull River(Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch #6) 12/15
7 The Inquisitor's Key (Body Farm #7)
8 Dance of Dreams (Davidov #2) (Language of Love #8 - Narcissus) 12/15
9 Bad Moon Rising (Sam McCain #9) 1/3
10 Mommy Under Cover (Top Secret Babies #10) 12/7
11 The Rule Of Nine (Paul Madriani, #11) 12/31
12 Holiday Buzz (Coffeehouse Mystery, #12) 12/10
13 The Real Macaw (Meg Langslow #13) 1/7
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15 The Mighty Quinns: Callum (The Mighty Quinns, #15) 1/4
16 Red Velvet Cupcake Murder 1/12
17 The Rope 1/24
1 7th Woman, The: A Paris Homicide Mystery 1/5
2 If There Be Dragons 1/8
3 Big Boned (Heather Wells, #3) 1/10
4 Steel's Edge 1/25
5 The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5) 1/10
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7 Dead Is a Killer Tune (Dead Is #7) 1/10
8 Must Love Lycans (Broken Heart, #8) 1/4
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10 Last to Die (Rizzoli & Isles #10) 1/2
11 Within the Flames 1/19
I am in : )8/? Read
1.The Sundering The Companionsby R.A. Salvatore
2.The notebook -The Wedding-Nicholas Sparks
3.word and void Angel Fire Eastby Terry Brooks
4.(Kara Gillian, #4)Sins of the Demonby Diana Rowland
5.Hercule Poirot, #5The Big Fourby Agatha Christie
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7. ~ [Kate Daniels] Magic Breaks- Ilona Andrews
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9. (Night Soldiers, #9) The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst
10.Miss Marple, #10) A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
Ducks in a RowDuration: 12/1/14 - 1/31/15
Progress: 8 of 3
Completed: 1/24/15
#1 Women's Murder Club - 1st to Die by James Patterson (12/23/14)
Ever After High - The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale (12/31/14)
#2 Lunar Chronicles - Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (12/12/14)
#3 Love at Stake - Be Still My Vampire Heart by Kerrelyn Sparks (12/3/14)
Lunar Chronicles - Cress by Marissa Meyer (12/31/14)
#4 Kovac and Liska - The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag (12/16/14)
Abhorsen - Clariel by Garth Nix (12/24/14)
#5 The Mortal Instruments - City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (1/12/15)
#6 Chronicle of Ancient Darkness - Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver (1/24/15)
#7 Children of the Red King - Charlie Bone and the Shadow by Jenny Nimmo (12/11/14)
#8 Sisters Grimm - The Inside Story by Michael Buckley (1/3/15)
Thanks Jennifer, haven't done any Lost Challenges in a while, so I signed up for 2 :D
We are happy to have you back, Marla!
The Lost Challenges'Ducks in a Row' (December-January) Two Month
Duration: 12/1/2014 - 1/31/2015
Progress: 6 out of 6
Bloodlines #1: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead - **** - 12/17/2014 - 421 Pages
Immortals After Dark #2: A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole - **** - 12/2/2014 - 356 Pages
Lunar Chronicles #3: Cress by Marissa Meyer - **** - 12/10/2014 - 550 Pages
The Wallflowers #4: Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 1/2/2015 - 374 Pages
The Wallflowers #5: A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas - *** - 1/4/2015 - 213 Pages
Charley Davidson #6: Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - ***** - 1/8/2015
5. Noah6. Adam
7. Light My Fire
.5 A Dark Kiss Of Rapture
1. Nibbled By The Vamp
1.5 A Caress Of Wings
2. A Hunger So Wild
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I've got 2, 3, & 4 (& 7) and I have a 4 & 5 in progress. I think I'll look for a 6 since I've got a 1st planned for next month.
@ Missyb - I LOVE Jaquelyn Frank's series! Which were your favorites?
Missyb wrote: "5. Noah6. Adam
7. Light My Fire
"that series is so spazzy. Good, bad, great, meh etc.
I loved Gideon and his Nellisuna though :D
Got a lot of 1, 2, 3's... but here is an unexpected one:3/3
In Death #7
✔ Holiday in Death, by J.D. Robb ★★★★½ SJL-ODA 12/22 (re-read for the holidays)
The Pink Carnation #8
✔ The Orchid Affair, by Lauren Willig|★★★★☆ SJLibrary-CDs-to-iPod/Touch 12/9
Immortals After Dark #9
✔ Pleasure of a Dark Prince, by Kresley Cole ★★★★★ audible.com 12/23
Lisa Kay, you are in the good stretch of IAD books
Marla wrote: "@ Missyb - I LOVE Jaquelyn Frank's series! Which were your favorites?"It's hard to choose one, but a few I like parts of the book but not all of it (Noah). I like Adam, Gideon, & Damien the most. Adam was such a OMG start, enough to make you cry.
Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "Missyb wrote: "5. Noah6. Adam
7. Light My Fire
"that series is so spazzy. Good, bad, great, meh etc.
I loved Gideon and his Nellisuna though :D"
Gideon is a great character.
Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "Lisa Kay, you are in the good stretch of IAD books"Yup. I'm getting there. I'm trying to get to
, since everyone says I have to. I'm doing a "re-read" via audio, but I've only read up to #10.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "Lisa Kay, you are in the good stretch of IAD books"Yup. I'm getting there. I'm trying to get to
, since everyone says I have to. ..."since you have already read all the books, just go and listen to Lothaire.
Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "since you have already read all the books, just go and listen to Lothaire."LOL! No, sorry for the confusion. I still need to read
. So, since I only have
before that, I'm going to stay in order.
Done!Progress: 6 out of 6
Bloodlines #1: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead - **** - 12/17/2014 - 421 Pages
Immortals After Dark #2: A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole - **** - 12/2/2014 - 356 Pages
Lunar Chronicles #3: Cress by Marissa Meyer - **** - 12/10/2014 - 550 Pages
The Wallflowers #4: Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 1/2/2015 - 374 Pages
The Wallflowers #5: A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas - *** - 1/4/2015 - 213 Pages
Charley Davidson #6: Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - ***** - 1/8/2015
I have several more "sets" started, but I don't think I'm going to read any more before the end of the month that would fill in those gaps, so I'm calling this one done:
DUCKS IN A ROW, 12/1 - 1/31
SET ONE:
#1 – Death by a Honeybee (Josiah Reynolds #1), by Abigail Keam, finished 12/6 ★★★.5
#2 – Officer Elvis (Darla Cavannah #2), by Gary Gusick, finished 12/12 ★★★
#3 – The Eighth Commandment (The Commandment #3), by Lawrence Sanders, finished 12/8 ★★★
#4 – Red Velvet Revenge54] (Cupcake Bakery #4), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 12/19 ★★★.5
#5 – Sucker Punch (Candy Shop #5), by Sammi Carter, finished 12/13 ★★★.5
#6 – Scorched Eggs (Cackleberry Club #6), by Laura Childs, finished 1/7 ★★★.5
#7 – Apart at the Seams (Cobbled Court #7), by Marie Bostwick, finished 12/14 ★★★★
SET TWO:
#1 – Virgin River (Virgin River #1), by Robyn Carr, finished 12/9 ★★★
#2 – Stitch Me Deadly (Embroidery #2), by Amanda Lee, finished 12/29 ★★★.5
#3 – Gilt by Association (ARC) (Caprice de Luca #3), by Karen Rose Smith, finished 12/23 ★★★
#4 – Buffalo West Wing (White House Chef #4), by Julie Hyzy, finished 1/6 ★★★★
#5 – We’ll Always Have Parrots (Meg Langslow #5), by Donna Andrews, finished 1/18 ★★★★
Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "Missyb wrote: "5. Noah6. Adam
7. Light My Fire
"that series is so spazzy. Good, bad, great, meh etc.
I loved Gideon and his Nellisuna though :D"
I liked Jacob the best, then Noah & Damien. Gideon was too old and set in his ways for me :D
Marla wrote: "Ezinwanyi~the Impish Angel wrote: "Missyb wrote: "5. Noah6. Adam
7. Light My Fire
"that series is so spazzy. Good, bad, great, meh etc.
I loved ..."
OMG, I LOVED LOVED Gideon. He reminded me of Tegan & Elise in Midnight Breeds and they were my favorite couple in that series. I think it's time for a re-read
considering this is a 2 month challenge, we should be granted up to 3 from the same series. Can we get a re-evaluation of the rules regarding "no more than 2" from the same series?that rule is hard for 2 months.
Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "I think that can be arranged :)"YAY!
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Ducks in a Row (December~January) Two Month Mini-Challenge
From: December 1st~January 31st
Rules: Read books from the same series or ‘mix-n-match’ – as long as it was at least three in a row. Like 3, 4, 5? Or 11, 12, 13? 17, 18, 19? (You do NOT have to read them in that order.) As long as you keep it all in a row. There can NOT be more than three from the same series...