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TBR Challenge
6/15 completedMain List:
3. Surrender to the Devil by Lorraine Heath
6. The General's Daughter by Kate Huntington
7. One Man's Love Book One of The Highland Lords by Karen Ranney
9. The Perils of Pursuing a Prince by Julia London
10. The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount by Julia London
12. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich
13. Pearl Harbor A Novel of December 8th by Newt Gingrich
14. Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
15. Counterpoint Tecumseh Vs. William Henry Harrison by James Huston
Alternate List
1. A Rogue For Christmas by Kate Huntington
2. The Book of Scandal by Julia London
3. The Dead Room by Heather Graham
4. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
5. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
6. Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
7. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
8. Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries
9. Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries
10. McClairen's Isle The Passionate One by Connie Brockway
11. McClairen's Isle The Ravishing One by Connie Brockway
12. McClairen's Isle The Reckless One by Connie Brockway
I know I'm getting into to this a little late, but here's my TBR before 2010 list:Main List
1. Alice I Have Been A Novel by Melanie Benjamin
2. If You Dare by Kresley Cole
3. Addicted by Charlotte Featherstone
4. Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu
Alternate List
1. The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister
2. Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen M. Moning
3. The Secret Swan by Shana Abe
4. Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Kasia wrote: "Never to late Michelle! Welcome to the group. Glad you're jumping at the challenges right away!"Thanks Kasia! I'm looking forward to this challenge :)
Question, do you put include the book you are currently reading?I'm up for this. I need to pick my books, but I'll post them tonight
15 down, 21 to go1. Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan
2. Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
3. Dark Curse by Christine Feehan
4. Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan
5. Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh
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7.
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12.
13. Christmas Ransom by Jenna Ryan
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15.
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18.
19. Black Sheep Billionaire by Jennifer Lewis
20. Carnal Innocence by Julie Miller
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22. Kissing The Key Witness by Jenna Ryan
23. Cold Case Cowboy by Jenna Ryan
24. Dream Weaver by Jenna Ryan
25. Dangerously Attractive by Jenna Ryan
26.
27. A Long, Hard Ride by Alison Kent
28. Out Of Control by Julie Miller
29. Hot-Wired by Jennifer LaBrecque
30. The Heiress's 2-Week Affair by Marie Ferrarella
31. His 7-Day Fiancee by Gail Barrett
32. The 9-Month Bodyguard by Cindy Dees
33. Prince Charming for 1 Night by Nina Bruhns
34. Her 24-Hour Protector by Loreth Anne White
35. 5 Minutes to Marriage by Carla Cassidy
36.
No, no currently reading books, sorry. But since it's already October, you need to list only 3 books (in November that's going to be 2) - end of the year is getting closer and closer. And welcome to the group Gem! Glad to have you here!
8/15 completedMain List:
6. The General's Daughter by Kate Huntington
7. One Man's Love Book One of The Highland Lords by Karen Ranney
9. The Perils of Pursuing a Prince by Julia London
10. The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount by Julia London
12. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich
13. Pearl Harbor A Novel of December 8th by Newt Gingrich
15. Counterpoint Tecumseh Vs. William Henry Harrison by James Huston
Alternate List
1. A Rogue For Christmas by Kate Huntington
2. The Book of Scandal by Julia London
3. The Dead Room by Heather Graham
4. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
5. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
6. Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
7. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
8. Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries
9. Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries
10. McClairen's Isle The Passionate One by Connie Brockway
11. McClairen's Isle The Ravishing One by Connie Brockway
12. McClairen's Isle The Reckless One by Connie Brockway
Because I'm starting this month and these books have been in my TBR pile(s) for months, I have 3 that I want to read for this challenge, October - December.Main List
1.
2. Nicholas by Elizabeth Amber
3. Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
Alternates (Just in case)
1. Clan Daughter by Morgan Howell
2. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
3. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Kasia wrote: "No, no currently reading books, sorry. But since it's already October, you need to list only 3 books (in November that's going to be 2) - end of the year is getting closer and closer. And welcome..."
Thanks, I wasn't sure.
OK, my planned books are as follows
1.Darker Angels by MLN Hanover
2.Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
3.Covet by J R Ward
My substitutes
1. Red Headed Step Child
2. Lover Avenged (If I get it in the post) by J R Ward
Yay! I finished my choices! I will probably try to finish my alternates next.Alternate/Backup List:
1. The Scent of Shadows: The First Sign of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson
2. Urban Shaman by C. E. Murphy
3. Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead
4. The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter
16 down, 20 to go1. Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan
2. Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
3. Dark Curse by Christine Feehan
4. Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan
5. Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh
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7.
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10.
11.
12.
13. Christmas Ransom by Jenna Ryan
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15.
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17.
18.
19. Black Sheep Billionaire by Jennifer Lewis
20.
21.
22. Kissing The Key Witness by Jenna Ryan
23. Cold Case Cowboy by Jenna Ryan
24. Dream Weaver by Jenna Ryan
25. Dangerously Attractive by Jenna Ryan
26.
27. A Long, Hard Ride by Alison Kent
28. Out Of Control by Julie Miller
29. Hot-Wired by Jennifer LaBrecque
30. The Heiress's 2-Week Affair by Marie Ferrarella
31. His 7-Day Fiancee by Gail Barrett
32. The 9-Month Bodyguard by Cindy Dees
33. Prince Charming for 1 Night by Nina Bruhns
34. Her 24-Hour Protector by Loreth Anne White
35. 5 Minutes to Marriage by Carla Cassidy
36.
One down.1. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
2.
3. You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister
4. The Hazards of Hunting a Duke by Julia London
Alternate list
1. Dark Protector by Alexis Morgan
2. A Thief In A Kilt by Sandy Blair
3. Dead Silence by Brenda Novak
4. The Proposition by Judith Ivory
1. The Last of the Red-Hot Vampires by Katie Macalister
2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
3. Enchanted Dreams Erotic Tales of the Superna by Nancy Madore
4. Breaking the Girl by Kim Corum
2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
3. Enchanted Dreams Erotic Tales of the Superna by Nancy Madore
4. Breaking the Girl by Kim Corum
1.Darker Angels by MLN Hanover 2.Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
3.Covet by J R Ward
My substitutes
1. Red Headed Step Child
2. Lover Avenged (If I get it in the post) by J R Ward
Ok for some silly reason, I got mixed up and have started Red Headed Step Child. Making good head way with it.
What a dummy thing to do!!!
phew, least I'm not the only one!!!! It had been sitting in my TBR pile for ages and I decided to pick it up cos I remember it was on my list, I just didn't realise it was on my alternate.I'm glad I did. I'm really enjoying it and I'm about halfway through.... I think
9/15 completedMain List:
6. The General's Daughter by Kate Huntington
7. One Man's Love Book One of The Highland Lords by Karen Ranney
10. The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount by Julia London - currently reading
12. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich
13. Pearl Harbor A Novel of December 8th by Newt Gingrich
15. Counterpoint Tecumseh Vs. William Henry Harrison by James Huston
Alternate List
1. A Rogue For Christmas by Kate Huntington
2. The Book of Scandal by Julia London
3. The Dead Room by Heather Graham
4. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
5. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
6. Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
7. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
8. Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries
9. Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries
10. McClairen's Isle The Passionate One by Connie Brockway
11. McClairen's Isle The Ravishing One by Connie Brockway
12. McClairen's Isle The Reckless One by Connie Brockway
Awesome idea, this is the challenge for me! I have gotten a tad addicted to buying Kindle books, and have spent way too much money in the last several months. I'm setting a challenge for myself to only buy one new book for every five that I read, so this one will do nicely. I'm starting my list with my CR, since I just started it at lunch today. :)Here we go:
1. Date Me, Baby, One More Time by Stephanie Rowe CR
2. Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson
3. Seraphs by Faith Hunter
4. Shadow Game by Christine Feehan
5. The Face by Dean Koontz
Good luck, all!
Also reading off the Alternate List - I may need to claim them if I bog down on the Main List!9/15 completed
Main List:
6. The General's Daughter by Kate Huntington
7. One Man's Love Book One of The Highland Lords by Karen Ranney
10. The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount by Julia London - currently reading
12. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich
13. Pearl Harbor A Novel of December 8th by Newt Gingrich
15. Counterpoint Tecumseh Vs. William Henry Harrison by James Huston
1/12 completed
Alternate List
1. A Rogue For Christmas by Kate Huntington
2. The Book of Scandal by Julia London
3. The Dead Room by Heather Graham
4. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
5. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
7. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
8. Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries
9. Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries
10. McClairen's Isle The Passionate One by Connie Brockway
11. McClairen's Isle The Ravishing One by Connie Brockway
12. McClairen's Isle The Reckless One by Connie Brockway
BJ, let me know if the McClairen's Isle books are any good off your alternate list. I have them as well on my shelves.
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "BJ, let me know if the McClairen's Isle books are any good off your alternate list. I have them as well on my shelves. "Will do, Kate. I still have 8 books to read to finish this month's challenges (think I'll make it?!), so I won't get to the MI books until next month - which is only 9 days away - Yikes!!
I really want to bring down my 300 book monster and try to make my husband happy..(giving him space to walk, sleep) Here are my fourAdding
today Oct 25 _ Finished Oct 27
Starting all two of these immediately(don't want to bring them over to 2010)
Night's Cold Kiss A Dark Brethren Novel
Added later
Also reading off the Alternate List - I may need to claim them if I bog down on the Main List!10/15 completed
Main List:
6. The General's Daughter by Kate Huntington
7. One Man's Love Book One of The Highland Lords by Karen Ranney
12. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich
13. Pearl Harbor A Novel of December 8th by Newt Gingrich
15. Counterpoint Tecumseh Vs. William Henry Harrison by James Huston
1/12 completed
Alternate List
1. A Rogue For Christmas by Kate Huntington
2. The Book of Scandal by Julia London
3. The Dead Room by Heather Graham
4. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
5. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
7. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
8. Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries
9. Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries
10. McClairen's Isle The Passionate One by Connie Brockway
11. McClairen's Isle The Ravishing One by Connie Brockway
12. McClairen's Isle The Reckless One by Connie Brockway
Kasia wrote: "11 read? I'm done with one only... How embarassing!**blushes**"
Have you seen Alathea's list? She's finished 16!!
Woo Hoo! 1 down, 4 to go. I may need to extend my list. :)1.Darker Angelsby MLN Hanover
2.Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
3.Covetby J R Ward
Alternatives
2.Lover AvengedBy J R Ward
1. The Last of the Red-Hot Vampires by Katie Macalister
2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
3. Enchanted Dreams Erotic Tales of the Superna by Nancy Madore
4. Breaking the Girl by Kim Corum
2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
3.
4.
With apologies to Mr. Loaf, 3/4 ain't bad.1. Blush by Opal Carew (Done 10/2/09)
2. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (10/25)
3. Does She or Doesn't She? by Alisa Kwintney
4. Chloe Does Yale by Natalie Krinsky (10/16)
I just don't see the last one as getting done this month. Oh well, a new month is just around the corner.
Another one off the Alternate List - I may need to claim them if I bog down on the Main List!10/15 completed
Main List:
6. The General's Daughter by Kate Huntington
7. One Man's Love Book One of The Highland Lords by Karen Ranney
12. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich
13. Pearl Harbor A Novel of December 8th by Newt Gingrich
15. Counterpoint Tecumseh Vs. William Henry Harrison by James Huston
2/12 completed
Alternate List
1. A Rogue For Christmas by Kate Huntington
2. The Book of Scandal by Julia London
3. The Dead Room by Heather Graham
5. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
7. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
8. Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries
9. Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries
10. McClairen's Isle The Passionate One by Connie Brockway
11. McClairen's Isle The Ravishing One by Connie Brockway
12. McClairen's Isle The Reckless One by Connie Brockway
Starting on my alternates.Alternate/Backup List:
1. The Scent of Shadows: The First Sign of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson
2. Urban Shaman by C. E. Murphy
3. Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead
1. Date Me, Baby, One More Time by Stephanie Rowe <-- UGH. Yeah, I'm gonna have to eat this one, I couldn't finish it.2. Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson CR
3.
4. Shadow Game by Christine Feehan
5. The Face by Dean Koontz
1. 2.
3. Shadow Game by Christine Feehan
4. The Face by Dean Koontz CR
Mary, do you have an alternate list? If you have 5 books on your TBR list, you are allowed 5 alternates and to complete challenge you just need to read any 5 of them.
11/15 completed
Main List:
6. The General's Daughter by Kate Huntington
7. One Man's Love Book One of The Highland Lords by Karen Ranney
12. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich
15. Counterpoint Tecumseh Vs. William Henry Harrison by James Huston
2/12 completed
Alternate List
1. A Rogue For Christmas by Kate Huntington
2. The Book of Scandal by Julia London
3. The Dead Room by Heather Graham
5. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
7. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
8. Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries
9. Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries
10. McClairen's Isle The Passionate One by Connie Brockway
11. McClairen's Isle The Ravishing One by Connie Brockway
12. McClairen's Isle The Reckless One by Connie Brockway
Doing extremely well BJ considering how many books you have listed. You read an awful lot this month. Perhaps I didn't choose well since between my 4 books and 4 alternates I've only read 1 so far. lol
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "Doing extremely well BJ considering how many books you have listed. You read an awful lot this month. Perhaps I didn't choose well since between my 4 books and 4 alternates I've only read 1 so far...."I think it was definitely all in the choosing for me. I just looked ahead to what I had in other challenges for Oct/Nov and then added others according to what sounded good. Missed on some - thank heaven for that alternate list!
Main List 1. Alice I Have Been A Novel by Melanie Benjamin
2. If You Dare by Kresley Cole
4. Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu
Alternate List
1. The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister
2. Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen M. Moning
3. The Secret Swan by Shana Abe
4. Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
BJ Rose wrote: "I think it was definitely all in the choosing for me. I just looked ahead to what I had in other challenges for Oct/Nov and then added others according to what sounded good. Missed on some - thank heaven for that alternate list!..."
I tried picking books I wanted to read that weren't necessarily on any future challenge lists. I also put down a friend's book that she wrote that she's been bugging me to read. However, I've not been reading that much and have had to stick close to the challenge books leaving me little room to read anything else.
Well, the of the four I posted at the beginning of October, I did three. So one carry-over to November it is and three more to make the four. I don't know how many of these will get done as November is shaping up to be a VERY busy month.1. Does She or Doesn't She? by Alisa Kwitney (my Oct carry-over)
2. Salty A Novel by Mark Haskell Smith
3. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
4. Fantasy by Lori Foster
17 down, 19 to go1. Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan
2. Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
3. Dark Curse by Christine Feehan
4. Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan
5. Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh
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13. Christmas Ransom by Jenna Ryan
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22. Kissing The Key Witness by Jenna Ryan
23. Cold Case Cowboy by Jenna Ryan
24. Dream Weaver by Jenna Ryan
25. Dangerously Attractive by Jenna Ryan
26.
27. A Long, Hard Ride by Alison Kent
28. Out Of Control by Julie Miller
29. Hot-Wired by Jennifer LaBrecque
30. The Heiress's 2-Week Affair by Marie Ferrarella
31. His 7-Day Fiancee by Gail Barrett
32. The 9-Month Bodyguard by Cindy Dees
33. Prince Charming for 1 Night by Nina Bruhns
34. Her 24-Hour Protector by Loreth Anne White
35. 5 Minutes to Marriage by Carla Cassidy
36.
1. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost2.
3.
4. The Hazards of Hunting a Duke by Julia London
Alternate list
1. Dark Protector by Alexis Morgan
2. A Thief In A Kilt by Sandy Blair
3. Dead Silence by Brenda Novak
4. The Proposition by Judith Ivory
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Thanks Kasia! I really hope this challenge works for me:)