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Level 1 - Serious Readers Challenge for 2015
01/01/15 ~ 12/31/15
Progress: 100/100
January (1-51)
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February (52-95)
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March
✔96. The Kingdom - Read 3/1 ☆☆☆☆.5
✔97. The Prophet - Read 3/2 ☆☆☆☆.5
✔98. A Reason To Believe - Read 3/2 ☆☆☆.5
✔99. My Sister's Grave - Read 3/2
✔100.Asylum - Read 3/3 ☆☆
NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 20151/1/15 ~ 12/31/15
50/100 read
1 The Husband's Secret 1/12/15 3♥
2 Rack & Ruin 4/11/15 3.5♥
3 Love is a Stranger 1/8/15 4♥
4 Taken by Midnight 2/12/15 4
5 Deeper Than Midnight 5/11/15 3♥
6 Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson 4/30/15 4♥
7 MacRieve 1/17/15 5♥
8 Stolen: A Letter to My Captor 1/20/15 3♥
9 Love Irresistibly 1/24/15 4♥
10 Dark Skye 1/26/14 3.5♥
11 Going Up 1/27/15 3♥
12 Jabril 1/28/15 3.5 ♥
13 More Than Friends 1/30/15 3♥
14 The Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur-Bearing Critters 1/30/15 4♥
15 How to Raise an Honest Rabbit 2/2/15 3.5♥
16 Knitter in His Natural Habitat 4/25/15 4♥
17 Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny's Lair 5/28/15 3.5♥
18 Rise & Fall 4/20/15 4♥
19 A Taste of Midnight 5/22/15 3♥
20 Darker After Midnight 5/21/15 4♥
21 Mourning 2/3/15 3♥
22 A Marked Man 2/5/15 3.5♥
23 In Knots 2/5/15 3♥
24 Return to You 2/7/15 3♥
25 Archangel's Shadows 2/8/15 4♥
26 Alaska, With Love 2/9/15 3.5♥
27 Infected: The Lost Weekend 2/10/15 4♥
28 Without Reservations 2/11/15 3.5♥
29 It Happened One Wedding 2/12/15 4♥
30 Show Me, Baby: 1001 Dark Nights 2/16/15 3.5♥
31 The Spider 2/18/15 4♥
32 Copping an Attitude 2/18/15 3♥
33 Dark Soul Vol. 1 2/18/15 3 3♥
34 Dark Soul Vol. 2 2/18/15 3♥
35 Dark Soul Vol. 3 4/12/15 3♥
36 By the light of the Moon 2/21/15 3♥
37 Death Magic 2/25/15 4♥
38 The Nothingness of Ben 2/26/15 3.5 ♥
39 Night Reigns 2/27/15 4♥
40 Tidewater 3/2/15 3♥
41 The Girl on the Train 3/2/15 2♥
42 Claimed 3/5/15 4♥
43 Viper Game 3/6/15 3♥
44 Inheritance 3/7/15 3.5♥
45 Call Me Burt 3/10/15 3♥
46 Safe 3/10/15 3♥
47 Poison Promise 3/10/15 4♥
48 Dance with the Devil 3/11/15 4♥
49 Spirit Sanguine 3/12/15 3.5♥
50 Half Moon Rising 3/13/15 3♥
I'm reserving my spot :)NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2015
1/1/15 ~ 12/31/15
100/100 read COMPLETED
January
✔ 1.Cress 1/2
✔ 2. The Search 1/3
✔ 3. Anna and the French Kiss 1/4
✔ 4. Seducing Cinderella 1/6
✔ 5. The Pillars of the Earth 1/11
✔ 6. Meet Me in Silicon Valley: The Juliette Trilogy 1/13
✔ 7. Rock the Heart 1/16
✔ 8. Golden Eyes 1/16
✔ 9. Losing It 1/16
✔ 10. The Night Circus 1/18
✔ 11. The Map of Time 1/18
✔ 12. 7th Heaven 1/19
✔ 13. Yes, Sir 1/22
✔ 14. Wild Command Book 1 1/22
✔ 15. The Help 1/23
✔ 16. Guarded 1/24
✔ 17. Letting Go 1/25
✔ 18. Highland Wolf Pact1/26
✔ 19. After I'm Gone 1/27
✔ 20. Divergent 1/27
✔ 21. Black Like Me 1/30
✔ 22. The Forgotten 1/31
✔ 23. Club Shadowlands 1/31
February
✔ 24. Can You Keep a Secret? 2/4
✔ 25. Landline 2/4
✔ 26. Dead Witch Walking 2/7
✔ 27. Some Girls Bite 2/8
✔ 28. Captive in the Dark 2/9
✔ 29. Raze 2/13
✔ 30. Lover Awakened 2/13
✔ 31. The 8th Confession 2/15
✔ 32. Storm Front 2/15
✔ 33. Love Letters to the Dead 2/16
✔ 34. Gabriel's Inferno 2/18
✔ 35. Dark Citadel 2/19
✔ 36. The Taming of Red Riding 2/19
✔ 37. NYPD Red 2 2/20
✔ 38. Beauty from Pain 2/23
✔ 39. Masters at Arms & Nobody's Angel 2/24
✔ 40. Locked 2/24
✔ 41. After Hours 2/27
March
✔ 42. The Martian 3/1
✔ 43. Fantasy Lover 3/4
✔ 44. Insurgent 3/5
✔ 45. Iron Kissed 3/5
✔ 46. Alpha and Omega 3/7
✔ 47. Fool Moon 3/8
✔ 48. Pros and Cons 3/9
✔ 49. Gameboard of the Gods 3/10
✔ 50. Night Pleasures 3/12
✔ 51. Dark Witch 3/14
✔ 52. Roped And Ready 3/15
✔ 53. The Beginning 3/15
✔ 54. Judgment in Death 3/17
✔ 55. Dragon's Oath 3/17
✔ 56. Insatiable 3/22
✔ 57. Ten of Two 3/23
✔ 58. Wallbanger 3/24
✔ 59. Fly Away 3/26
✔ 60. The Cowboy's Kink 3/27
✔ 61. Die for Me 3/27
✔ 62. Body of Lies 3/28
✔ 63. My Wicked Valentine 3/30
✔ 64. Impact 3/31
✔ 65. Lover Revealed 3/31
April
✔ 66. Night Embrace 4/3
✔ 67. The Heist 4/3
✔ 68. A Pretty Mess 4/3
✔ 69. Again the Magic 4/4
✔ 70. Mr. Miracle 4/5
✔ 71. Graceling 4/7
✔ 72. Mr. Mercedes 4/8
✔ 73. Love in a Nutshell 4/8
✔ 74. Craving Red 4/9
✔ 75. Under the Dome 4/10
✔ 76. Allegiant 4/11
✔ 77. Faking It 4/11
✔ 78. The Selection 4/13
✔ 79. Lover Unbound 4/16
✔80. Friday Night Bites 4/16
✔81. Darkest Longing 4/16
✔82. Dead Aim 4/17
✔83. Bear with Us: BBW Menage 4/19
✔84. Her Two Bears 4/20
✔85. Revival 4/20
✔86. Lost Voices 4/21
✔87. Cold Cold Heart 4/21
✔88. Beautiful Oblivion 4/24
✔89. Outlander 4/24
✔90. Beautiful Disaster 4/25
✔91. Die Trying 4/27
✔92. A Mutiny in Time 4/28
✔93. Etiquette and Espionage 4/28
✔94. One Heart to Win 4/29
✔95. Third Grave Dead Ahead 4/30
✔96. Perfect Mate 4/30
✔97. Keeping Her 4/30
✔98. ANYTHING TO SING 4/30
May
✔99. Alice in Zombieland 5/1
✔100. Mean Streak 5/4
NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 20151/1/15 ~ 12/31/15
4/100 read
✔ 1. Confessions of a Shopaholic 1/3/15
✔ 2. Sworn to Silence 1/8/15
✔ 3. Never Never 1/9/15
✔ 4. Me Before You 1/10/15
✔ 5. When Reason Breaks 1/18/15
✔ 6. Remember Me Not, My Love 1/19/15
✔ 7. 11/22/63 1/25/15
✔ 8. Where'd You Go, Bernadette 1/26/15
✔ 9. The Secret Place 2/2/15
✔ 10. Finger Lickin' Fifteen 2/3/15
✔ 11. Flawless 2/7/15
✔ 12. Rules of Prey 2/14/15
✔ 13. Glory in Death 2/16/15
✔ 14. Big Little Lies 2/20/15
✔ 15. Oh, Naughty Night! 2/22/15
✔ 16. Born to Rise - My Story 2/26/15
✔ 17. Perfect 2/28/15
✔ 18. I'll Give You the Sun 3/2/15
✔ 19. Sizzling Sixteen 3/10/15
✔ 20. Confess 3/12/15
✔ 21. Sex, Murder And A Double Latte 3/18/15
✔ 22. The Same Sky 3/22/15
23. Shadow Prey
24. 12th of Never
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NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2015January Books
1.The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry01/01
2.Half Bad01/01
3.The Line01/02
4.Landline01/03
5.White Cat01/03
6.UnWholly01/03
7.Rooms01/03
8.Days of Blood & Starlight01/04
9.Saphirblau01/05
10.The Shadow Of What Was Lost01/06
11.The Copy01/06
12.The Raven Boys01/07
13.The Collector01/07
14.Shards and Ashes01/07
15.The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August01/08
16.Moriarty01/08
17.Cress01/09
18.Half a King01/10
19.The Paying Guests01/10
20.Atonement01/11
21.A Room Full of Bones01/11
22.Blue Labyrinth01/11
23.Ashfall01/12
24.What Alice Forgot01/12
25.The Children Act01/13
26.A Touch of Midnight01/14
27.Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell01/14
28.Brilliance01/15
29.A Better World10/16
30.Dollbaby01/16
31.Enclave01/17
32.Golden Son 01/17
33.The Slow Regard of Silent Things01/17
34.Pure01/18
35.These Broken Stars 01/18
36.Huntress Moon01/19
37.Symbiont01/19
38.Mean Streak 01/20
39.Tell the Wolves I'm Home01/20
40.Hold Me Closer, Necromancer 01/23
41.A Perfect Crime 01/23
42.The Immortal Rules 01/24
43.Atlanta Burns01/24
44.A Dying Fall01/25
45.UnSouled 01/25
46.I Shall Be Near to You 01/25
47.The Truth About Alice 01/26
48.Fuse 01/26
49.Runner01/26
50.Hanging Hill01/27
51.Turn of Mind01/28
52.Fractured01/29
53.When I Found You01/29
54.The Just City01/30
55.The 5th Wave 01/31
56.Dreams of Gods & Monsters01/31
57.The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender01/31
February Books
58.In the Blood02/01
59.The Rosie Effect02/01
60.Dust
61.The Secret Place
62.The Queen of the Tearling
63.Dorothy Must Die
64.Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
65.The Outcast Dead
66.The Sin Eater
67.UnEnchanted
68.Kisscut
69.The Girl on the Train
70.Mr. Mercedes
71.The Troop
72.Steelheart
73.Red Glove
74.Firefly Lane
75.Black Heart02/14/15
76.Vision in Silver
77.Blood Moon
78.Earth Unaware
79.The Name of the Star
80First Frost
81.The Madness Underneath
82.The Stranger
83.Marked
84.The Shadow Cabinet2/20/15
85.Murder as a Fine Art
86.The Alphabet House
87.The Marco Effect
88.The Burnt House
89.Half the World
90.We Are All Completely Fine
91. The Great Zoo of China
92. Breaking Creed
March Books (through 03/09/15)
91. The Language of Flowers
92. Seven Kinds of Hell
93. A Fine Summer's Day
94. Snow Angels
95. Infected
96. The Girl at Midnight
97. The Chessmen
98. The Three
99. The First Cut
100.Blacklands
NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2015Duration: 1 January to 31 December, 2015
Books Read = 100/ 100
Book List:
✔ 1. Ruthless read 2/1/15 ★★★★
✔ 2. Leave No Trace by Cindy Gerard read 3/1/15 ★★★★
✔ 3. A Modern Witch by Debora Geary read 4/1/15 ★★★
✔ 4. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes read 6/1/15 ★★★★★
✔ 5. Carolina Blues by Virginia Kantra read 9/1/15 ★★★
✔ 6. All Through the Night: A Troubleshooter Christmas by Suzanne Brockmann read 11/1/15 ★★★★
✔ 7. And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander read 15/1/15 ★★★★
✔ 8. With No Remorse by Cindy Gerard read 18/1/15 ★★★★
✔ 9. Tangled by Emma Chase read 19/1/15 ★★★
✔ 10. The Escape by Mary Balogh read 22/1/15 ★★★★
✔ 11. Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann read 27/1/15 ★★★★
✔ 12. Where Seagulls Soar by Janet Woods read 29/1/15 ★★★
✔ 13. Surrender Bay by Denise Hunter read 31/1/15 ★★★
✔ 14. The Rancher by Kelli Ann Morgan read 2/2/15 ★★★
✔ 15. At the Bride Hunt Ball by Olivia Parker read 4/2/15 ★★★★
✔ 16. Angel's Rest by Emily March read 7/2/15 ★★
✔ 17. Storm Front by Jim Butcher read 9/2/15 ★★★★
✔ 18. Five Days in Skye by Carla Laureano read 10/2/15 ★★★
✔ 19. A Lady Never Lies by Juliana Gray read 14/2/15 ★★★★
✔ 20. The Secret by Julie Garwood read 17/2/15 ★★★
✔ 21. Eloping With Emmy by Liz Fielding read 17/2/15
✔ 22. Mine to Keep by Cynthia Eden read 20/2/15 ★★★★
✔ 23. Shackled Lily by T.L. Gray read 21/2/15 ★★★★
✔ 24. Frail Blood by Jo Robertson read 25/2/15 ★★★
✔ 25. Crime & Passion by Chantel Rhondeau read 27/2/15 ★
✔ 26. Last Man Standing by Cindy Gerard read 1/3/15 ★★★★★
✔ 27. Evidence of Trust by Stacey Joy Netzel read 3/3/15 ★★★
✔ 28. Mean Streak by Sandra Brown read 5/3/15 ★★★★
✔ 29. Cold Touch by Leslie Parrish read 7/3/15 ★★★★
✔ 30. One to Hold by Tia Louise read 7/3/15 ★★★
✔ 31. Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann read 9/3/15 ★★★★
✔ 32. Sweet Possession by Maya Banks read 11/3/15 ★★★
✔ 33. A Gentleman Never Tells by Juliana Gray read 15/3/15 ★★★★
✔ 34. Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian read 19/3/15
✔ 35. The Goodbye Ride by Lily Malone read 19/3/15 ★★★
✔ 36: Witch Fire by Anya Bast read 26/3/15 ★★★
✔ 37. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher read 1/4/15 ★★★★
✔ 38: Out of Time by Monique Martin read 3/4/15 ★★★★
✔ 39. The Courage to Love by Samantha Kane read 4/4/15 ★★★
✔ 40. Collide by Gail McHugh read 5/4/15 ★★
✔ 41. Someone to Believe In by Kathryn Shay read 6/4/15 ★★★
✔ 42. The House on the Shore by Victoria Howard read 7/4/15 ★
✔ 43. The One Plus One by Jojo Moyes read 9/4/15 ★★★
✔ 44. Scandalize Me by Caitlin Crews read 11/4/15 ★★★
✔ 45. Pacific Vortex! by Clive Cussler read 18/4/15 ★★★★
✔ 46. Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian read 20/4/15 ★★★★
✔ 47. The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss read 25/4/15 ★★★★
✔ 48. Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns read 25/4/15 ★★★
✔ 49. The Glittering Life of Evie McKenzie by Delancey Stewart read 27/4/15 ★★★★
✔ 50. Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk read 30/4/15 ★★★★★
✔ 51. Kill and Tell by Linda Howard read 3/5/15 ★★★
✔ 52. All the Queen's Men by Linda Howard read 5/5/15 ★★★
✔ 53. Hard to Come By by Laura Kaye read 7/5/15 ★★★★
✔ 54. Stay with Me by Maya Banks read 8/5/15 ★★★
✔ 55. Lost in Me by Lexi Ryan read 10/5/15 ★★★
✔ 56. Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynoldsread 12/5/15 ★★
✔ 57. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher read 19/5/15 ★★★★
✔ 58. Scarred by Love by C.A. Harms read 21/5/15 ★
✔ 59. The Mediterranean Caper by Clive Cussler read 26/5/15 ★★★
✔ 60. Bound by Lorelei James read 28/5/15 ★★★
✔ 61. Because of You by Jessica Scott read 30/5/15 ★★★★
✔ 62. Night is Darkest by Jayne Rylon read 1/6/15 ★★★
✔ 63. A Season Beyond a Kiss by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss read 8/6/15 ★★★★
✔ 64. Guardian Ranger by Cynthia Eden read 10/6/15 ★★★★
✔ 65. Covet by Tracey Garvis-Graves read 11/6/15 ★★★★
✔ 66. Sarah's Child by Linda Howard read 13/6/15 ★★★★
✔ 67. Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood read 16/6/15 ★★★★
✔ 68. Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian read 23/6/15 ★★★★
✔ 69. A Duke Never Yields by Juliana Gray read 28/6/15 ★★★★
✔ 70. Sharpshooter by Cynthia Eden read 29/6/15 ★★★★
✔ 71. Mercy by Julie Garwood read 4/7/15 ★★★★
✔ 72. Deadly Offerings by Alexa Grace read 6/7/15 ★★
✔ 73. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher read 18/7/15 ★★★★
✔ 74. Ready for Love by Marie Force read 21/7/15 ★★★
✔ 75. Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts read 25/7/15 ★★★★
✔ 76. Broken by Cynthia Eden read 29/7/15 ★★★★
✔ 77. Killjoy by Julie Garwood read 2/8/15 ★★★
✔ 78. Going Home by Danielle Steel read 3/8/15 ★★
✔ 79. Before the Larkspur Blooms by Caroline Fyffe read 8/8/15 ★★★
✔ 80. Night Road by Kristin Hannah read 15/8/15 ★★★★★
✔ 81. Loving Her by C.M. Hutton read 16/8/15 ★★
✔ 82. Death Masks by Jim Butcher read 23/8/15 ★★★★
✔ 83. Part Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates read 26/8/15 ★★★
✔ 84.The Face of the Earth by Deborah Raney read 27/3/15 ★★★
✔ 84. The First Wife by Erica Spindler read 29/8/15 ★★★
✔ 85. Brokedown Cowboy by Maisey Yates read 30/8/15 ★★★★
✔ 86. Bittersweet by Noelle Adams read 31/8/15 ★★★
✔ 87. The Inn at Eagle Point by Sherryl Woods read 4/9/15 ★★★
✔ 88. Keep Me Safe by Maya Banks read 5/9/15 ★★★
✔ 89. The Liar by Nora Roberts read 9/9/15 ★★★
✔ 90. How to Wed a Baron by Kasey Michaels read 15/9/15 ★★★
✔ 91. Landline by Rainbow Rowell read 16/9/15 ★★★★
✔ 92. High-Stakes Inheritance by Susan Sleeman read 21/9/15 ★★
✔ 93. The Proposal by Mary Balogh read 25/9/15 ★★★★
✔ 94. Flowers on Main by Sherryl Woods read 28/9/05 ★★★
✔ 95. The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne read 4/10/15 ★★★★
✔ 96. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella read 6/10/15 ★★★
✔ 97. Surrendered Hearts by Carrie Turansky read 7/10/15 ★★★
✔ 98. Redemption Road by Lisa Ballantyne read 11/10/15 ★★★
✔ 99. The Renegade Rancher by Angi Morgan read 17/10/15 ★★
✔ 100. The Defender by Adrienne Giordano read 17/10/15 ★★★★
SERIOUS READER CHALLENGE - LEVEL 1BOOKS READ: 100/100
January
1.Revenant by Larissa Ione (02/01/15)
2.Revenant Epilogue by Larissa Ione (02/01/15)
3.Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (06/01/15)
4.Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts (07/01/15)
5.Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward (10/01/15)
6.Rakeym by Lynn Hagen (12/01/15)
7.Always On My Mind by Jill Shalvis (12/01/15)
8.Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward (14/01/15)
9.A Christmas to Remember by Jill Shalvis, Kristen Ashley, Hope Ramsay, Molly Cannon, Marilyn Pappano (16/01/15)
10.TWISTED by Elisabeth Naughton (16/01/15)
11.Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward (19/01/15)
12.Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione (20/01/15)
13.Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward (22/01/15)
14.Play School, Come and Play, Humpty's Visit by Julie Money (23/01/15)
15.Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward (25/01/15)
16.How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps by Josephine Myles (26/01/15)
17.Indebted by J.L. Beck (28/01/15)
18.PORN by Matt Shaw (28/01/15)
19.Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins (29/01/15)
20.Mark Cooper versus America by Lisa Henry and J.A Rock (30/01/15)
21.Brandon Mills versus the V-Card by Lisa Henry and J.A Rock (30/01/15)
22.My Roommate's a Jock? Well, Crap! by Wade Kelly (31/01/15)
February
23.Get What You Need by Jeanette Grey (01/02/15)
24.Bowl Full of Cherries by Raine O'Tierney (02/02/15)
25.Safe in His Arms by Renae Kaye (03/02/15)
26.Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward (08/02/15)
27.Lover Mine by J.R. Ward (10/02/15)
28.College Boys by Daisy Harris (11/02/15)
29.Diva and the Frat Boy by Daisy Harris (11/02/15)
30.Marvin and the Three Bears by Tielle St. Clare (12/02/15)
31.Cowboy Way by Stormy Glenn (12/02/15)
32.Cowboy Courage by Stormy Glenn (12/02/15)
33.Cowboy Up by Stormy Glenn (13/02/15)
34.Collateral by Roxie Rivera (13/02/15)
35.Townie and the Twink by Daisy Harris (14/02/15)
36.Cowboy Convenience by Stormy Glenn (15/02/15)
37.Cowboy Christmas by Stormy Glenn (15/02/15)
38.Happy's Ever After by Stormy Glenn (15/02/15)
39.Alien Mate by Eve Langlais (16/02/15)
40.John Henry's Beautiful Charlie by Stormy Glenn (16/02/15)
41.Here Kitty, Kitty by Joyee Flynn (17/02/15)
42.Squeak And A Roar by Joyee Flynn (17/02/15)
43.Scales And A Tail by Stormy Glenn (17/02/15)
44.Fire And Ash by Gabrielle Evans (18/02/15)
45.Two Fangs And A Hoof by Joyee Flynn (18/02/15)
46.Myth And Mischief by Gabrielle Evans (19/02/15)
47.Tattooed & Taken by Stormy Glenn (19/02/15)
48.Player and the Prude by Daisy Harris (20/02/15)
49.Fang And Fur by Stormy Glenn (21/02/15)
50.Bossy and the Brat by Daisy Harris (25/02/15)
Part IIMarch
51.A Taste of Honey by B.G. Thomas + 14 Authors (01/03/15)
52.Fantasy, Legend, And The Guardian by Gabrielle Evans (03/03/15)
53.Red Spanking by Lynn Hagen (05/03/15)
54.Edge of Control by Lynn Hagen (05/03/15)
55.White Paws And A Dream by Stormy Glenn (08/03/15)
56.Nothing Like Paris by Amy Jo Cousins (08/03/15)
57.Spells And Bananas by Joyee Flynn (09/03/15)
58.Sparkle And Purr by Stormy Glenn (11/03/15)
59.Catch a Ghost by S.E. Jakes (12/03/15)
60.Farmer in the Dell by Stormy Glenn (14/03/15)
61.Howl And Harmony by Gabrielle Evans (15/03/15)
62.Free Falling by S.E. Jakes (15/03/15)
63.Lover at Last by J.R. Ward (22/03/15)
64.The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole (22/03/15)
65.A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole (22/03/15)
66.Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward (22/03/15)
67.No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole (22/03/15)
68.Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole (22/03/15)
69.Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward (23/03/15)
70.Dark Space by Lisa Henry (24/03/15)
71.Something About You by Julie James (25/03/15)
72.Love Lessons by Heidi Cullinan (26/03/15)
73.Captive in the Dark by C.J. Roberts (27/03/15)
74.Why I Love Geeks by T.A. Chase (27/03/15)
75.A Better Man by Jaime Reese (28/03/15)
76.Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole (29/03/15)
77.Chase the Storm by V.M. Waitt (30/03/15)
78.Just a Bit Twisted by Alessandra Hazard (30/03/15)
79.Jessup by Lynn Hagen (31/03/15)
April
80.Let It Snow by Heidi Cullinan (01/04/15)
81.Crash & Burn by Abigail Roux (03/04/15)
82.The Trap by Indigo Wren (05/04/15)
83.Bad Company by K.A. Mitchell (06/04/15)
84.The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes (07/04/15)
85.No Good Deed by Lynn Lorenz (08/04/15)
86.Apple Polisher by Heidi Belleau (09/04/15)
87.Teach Me by Sloan Johnson (10/04/15)
88.Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet (11/04/15)
89.Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet (12/04/15)
90.Pyromancer by Amanda Young (13/04/15)
91.You Can See Me by A.E. Via (14/04/15)
92.Crossing Borders by Z.A. Maxfield (15/04/15)
93.High & Tight by Abigail Roux (15/04/15)
94.The Blinding Light by Renae Kaye (16/04/15)
95.With a Kiss by Kim Dare (17/04/15)
96.Signed and Sealed by B.A. Stretke (18/04/15)
97.Frisco Joe's Fiancee by Tina Leonard (20/04/15)
98.Point of No Return by N.R. Walker (21/04/15)
99.Ethan, Who Loved Carter by Ryan Loveless (24/04/15)
100.Dorm by Lynn Hagen (26/04/15)
NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2015Duration: 1.1.2015 - 12.31.2015
Completed: 76/100
✓ 1. Breathless; by Laura Lee Guhrke [1/2] ♥♥♥
✓ 1. Breathless; by Laura Lee Guhrke [1/2] ♥♥♥
✓ 2. Nåde; by Linn Ullmann [1/4] ♥♥♥
✓ 3. Persuasion; by Jane Austen [1/10] ♥♥♥
✓ 4. The Buddha in the Attic; by Julie Otsuka [1/21] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 5. The Martian; by Andy Weir [4/23] ♥♥♥
✓ 6. Revolutionary Road; by Richard Yates [4/25] ♥♥
✓ 7. Ansatsu kyoushitsu, #1; by Yusei Matsui [5/28] ♥♥♥
✓ 8. I'll Give You the Sun; by Jandy Nelson [6/10] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 9. The Heart of the Matter; by Emily Giffin [6/15] ♥♥♥
✓ 10. The Book Thief; by Markus Zusak [6/21] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 11. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2); by Rick Riordan [6/22] ♥♥♥
✓ 12. Överenskommelser; by Simona Ahrnstedt [6/25] ♥♥♥
✓ 13. The Final Empire (Mistborn #1); by Brandon Sanderson [6/28] ♥♥♥♥♥
✓ 14. Jacob Have I Loved; by Katherine Paterson [6/29] ♥♥
✓ 15. Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades #1); by E.L. James [7/1] ♥
✓ 16. Vi vet nog vem du är; by Doris Dahlin [7/2] ♥♥
✓ 17. The Great Gatsby; by F. Scott Fitzgerald [7/4] ♥♥
✓ 18. Death Note, Volume 1; by Tsugumi Ohba [7/7] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 19. Bryssel; by Mats Kolmisoppi [7/8] ♥
✓ 20. The Bone Season (The Bone Season #1); by Samantha Shannon [7/8] ♥♥♥♥♥
✓ 21. Lifeguard; by James Patterson [7/10] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 22. Något så vackert; by Christina Bergil [7/11] ♥♥♥
✓ 23. Stargirl (Stargirl #1); by Jerry Spinelli [7/15] ♥♥♥
✓ 24. Water for Elephants; by Sara Gruen [7/15] ♥♥♥
✓ 25. Sjunken hjärna; by Cecilia Davidsson [7/16] ♥♥♥
✓ 26. If I Stay (If I Stay #1); by Gayle Forman [7/17] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 27. De tre nycklarna (Englamark #1); by Mia Söderberg [7/17] ♥♥
✓ 28. På andra sidan solen; by Maria Ernestam [7/20] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 29. Hotet mot Diamantdalen (Englamark #2); by Mia Söderberg [7/20] ♥♥
✓ 30. Death Note, Volume 2; by Tsugumi Ohba [7/21] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 31. Death Note, Volume 3; by Tsugumi Ohba [7/21] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 32. All the Light We Cannot See; by Anthony Doerr [7/30] ♥♥♥
✓ 33. Abhorsen (Abhorsen #3); by Garth Nix [7/30] ♥♥♥
✓ 34. Samariasjöns hemlighet (Englamark #3); by Mia Söderberg [7/31] ♥♥
✓ 35. Rädda Englamark! (Englamark #4); by Mia Söderberg [7/31] ♥♥
✓ 36. The Jane Austen Book Club; by Karen Joy Fowler [7/31] ♥♥
✓ 37. A Week in Winter; by Maeve Binchy [8/1] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 38. An Ideal Husband; by Oscar Wilde [8/4] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 39. The Girl on the Train; by Paula Hawkins [8/4] ♥♥♥
✓ 40. A Clockwork Orange; by Anthony Burgess [8/5] ♥♥
✓ 41. Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars #1); by Sara Shepard [8/7] ♥♥♥
✓ 42. Il sentiero dei profumi; by Cristina Caboni [8/10] ♥♥♥♥♥
✓ 43. The Long Way Home; by Robin Pilcher [8/11] ♥♥♥
✓ 44. One Day; by David Nicholls [8/13] ♥♥♥
✓ 45. Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts; by Lucy Dillon [8/17] ♥♥♥
✓ 46. Babyrace; by Katerina Janouch [8/19] ♥♥
✓ 47. Where She Went (If I Stay #2); by Gayle Forman [8/19] ♥♥
✓ 48. Never Let Me Go; by Kazuo Ishiguro [8/26] ♥♥♥
✓ 49. The Picture of Dorian Gray; by Oscar Wilde [8/31] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 50. Can You Keep a Secret?; by Sophie Kinsella [9/8] ♥♥♥
✓ 51. De användbara; by Mattias Hagberg [9/9] ♥♥
✓ 52. Romeo & Juliet; by William Shakespeare [9/11] ♥♥♥
✓ 53. Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon #1); by Dan Brown [9/13] ♥♥♥
✓ 54. True Colors; by Kristin Hannah [9/19] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 55. Red Queen (Red Queen #1); by Victoria Aveyard [9/21] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 56. Divergent (Divergent #1); by Veronica Roth [9/23] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 57. Insurgent (Divergent #2); by Veronica Roth [9/26] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 58. Allegiant (Divergent #3); by Veronica Roth [9/27] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 59. The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2); by Samantha Shannon [10/4] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 60. Yes Please; by Amy Poehler [10/7] ♥♥
✓ 61. A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes #1); by Arthur Conan Doyle [10/10] ♥♥♥
✓ 62. The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes #2); by Arthur Conan Doyle [10/15] ♥♥♥
✓ 63. Looking for Alaska; by John Green [10/23] ♥♥
✓ 64. Alltid hos dig; by Maria Ernestam [10/27] ♥♥♥
✓ 65. Mirror Mirror; by Gregory Maguire [10/30] ♥
✓ 66. Love, Stargirl (Stargirl #2); by Jerry Spinelli [11/4] ♥♥
✓ 67. Förföljd; by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg [11/8] ♥♥♥
✓ 68. Befriad; by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg [11/8] ♥♥♥
✓ 69. I Am the Messenger; by Markus Zusak [11/15] ♥♥
✓ 70. The Tales of Beedle the Bard; by J.K. Rowling [11/17] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 71. Cat's Eye; by Margaret Atwood [11/22] ♥♥
✓ 72. Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy #1); by Pierce Brown [11/27] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 73. Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2); by Richelle Mead [12/6] ♥♥♥
✓ 74. Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3); by Richelle Mead [12/10] ♥♥♥♥
✓ 75. Specials (Uglies #3); by Scott Westerfeld [12/14] ♥♥♥
✓ 76. A Kiss in Time; by Alex Flinn [12/29] ♥♥♥♥
Serious Readers Challenge for 2015 | Level 1: Books 1 - 100 Start: 1 January 2015 | Finish:
Read: 63 out of 100
1 ✢ Carolina Man -- 01/01/15
2 ✢ One Ride -- 01/01/15
3 ✢ Cursed Moon -- 01/01/15
4 ✢ On Every Street -- 03/01/15
5 ✢ Maiden Flight -- 03/01/15
6 ✢ Born Wild -- 04/01/15
7 ✢ Carolina Blues -- 05/01/15
8 ✢ Western Ties -- 06/01/15
9 ✢ The King -- 06/01/15
10 ✢ Sam and Aaron -- 06/01/15
11 ✢ Border Lair -- 07/01/15
12 ✢ Master at Arms -- 07/01/15
13 ✢ The Ice Dragon -- 07/01/15
14 ✢ Prince of Spies -- 08/01/15
15 ✢ Blood Magic -- 09/01/15
16 ✢ Wings of Change -- 09/01/15
17 ✢ FireDrake -- 10/01/15
18 ✢ Dragon Storm -- 10/01/15
19 ✢ Keeper of the Flame -- 11/01/15
20 ✢ Tigerland -- 11/01/15
21 ✢ Down and Dirty -- 12/01/15
22 ✢ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -- 13/01/15
23 ✢ Moloka'i -- 14/01/15
24 ✢ Talon -- 14/01/15
25 ✢ Second Act -- 14/01/15
26 ✢ The Lightning Thief -- 15/01/15
27 ✢ Having It All: A Hellfire Riders MC Romance -- 15/01/15
28 ✢ Their Fierce Love -- 15/01/15
29 ✢ Betting It All: A Hellfire Riders MC Romance -- 15/01/15
30 ✢ The Lies of Locke Lamora -- 16/01/15
31 ✢ Hold 'Em -- 17/01/15
32 ✢ The First Three Rules -- 17/01/15
33 ✢ The Raven Boys -- 18/01/15
34 ✢ The Island -- 18/01/15
35 ✢ Standing in the Shadows -- 18/01/15
36 ✢ Double Down: A Bedlam Butchers MC Romance -- 19/01/15
37 ✢ Black Dog Blues -- 19/01/15
38 ✢ Show Me, Baby: 1001 Dark Nights -- 20/01/15
39 ✢ Hidden Dragons: Dragon Knights -- 21/01/15
40 ✢ The Chocolate Kiss -- 21/01/15
41 ✢ Night Shift -- 22/01/15
42 ✢ Darkness Hunts -- 22/01/15
43 ✢ Breakable -- 23/01/15
44 ✢ Dead Witch Walking -- 24/01/15
45 ✢ Revenant -- 25/01/15
46 ✢ Love & Loyalty -- 25/01/15
47 ✢ Black John -- 26/01/15
48 ✢ The Immortal Rules -- 26/01/15
49 ✢ Darkness Unmasked -- 27/01/15
50 ✢ Panther Prowling -- 27/01/15
51 ✢ King of Sword and Sky -- 28/01/15
52 ✢ Lover Eternal -- 29/01/15
53 ✢ The Name of the Wind -- 29/01/15
54 ✢ Vipers Run -- 30/01/15
55 ✢ Werewolf at the Zoo -- 31/01/15
56 ✢ Alpha's Prerogative -- 31/01/15
57 ✢ Sanctuary's Price -- 31/01/15
58 ✢ Protecting His Witness -- 31/01/15
59 ✢ Sinful Seduction -- 31/01/15
60 ✢ Dare to Believe -- 01/02/15
61 ✢ See Her Die -- 02/02/15
62 ✢ Their Lasting Claim: A Death Lords MC Romance -- 02/02/15
63 ✢ Lover Awakened -- 02/02/15
100/100- COMPLETED
Serious Readers Challenge for 2015 | Level 1: Books 1 - 100Start: 1 January 2015 | Finish:
Read: 70 / 100
First Quarter
1) Beautiful Bastard, Christina Lauren 1/1/15
2) Divergent, Veronica Roth 1/6/15
3) Insurgent, Veronica Roth 1/16/15
4) Allegiant, Veronica Roth 1/21/15
5) Heart of the Witch, Alicia Dean 1/24/15
6) Coin Collector, Kristen Middleton (79) 1/25
7) Wicked, Kristen Middleton (62) 1/26
8) Blur, Kristen Middleton (202)1/26
9) Low Pressure, Sandra Brown (467) 1/31/15
10) Bewitched, Felicity Heaton (142) 2/3/15
11) Enchanted Secrets, Kristen Middleton (270) 2/5/15
12) Sins of the Mother, Danielle
13) Beautiful Creatures 2/17/15
14) Winter Garden 2/22/15
15) Origins 2/24/15
16) Venom 2/25/15
17) Wife by Wednesday 2/26/15
18) Married by Monday 2/28/15
19) Somewhere Only We Know 3/2/15
20) Heart and Soul 3/11/15
21) Playing for Time 3/14/15
22) Something Witchy This Way Comes
23) Saving Grace 3/22
24)Find Her, Keep Her: A Martha's Vineyard Love Story 3/23
25) That Night with My Best Friend's Brother 3/26
26) Bodyguard 3/28
27) [book cover:Alejandro's Sorceress|13071132] 3/30
28)
4/7/1529)
4/930)
31) The Hangman's Daughter, Oliver Polzsch 431 4/26/15
32) Saving The Sheik, Ruth Cardello 215 4/27/15
33) Rise of the Billionaire , Ruth Cardello 218 4/28/15
34) Recipe for Love, Ruth Cardello 92 4/28/15 posted
35) Breaching the Billionaire , Ruth Cardello 248 5/1/15
36) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs 352 5/9/15
37) Darkness Falls, Erin Kellison 115 5/11/15
38) Enchanted Objects, Kristen Middleton 305 5/18
39) Rogue's Passion, Laurie London 244 5/21
40) The Forbidden Life of Alex Moore, Erin Quinn 176 5/22/15
41) Lead Me On, Julie Ortolon 375 5/24/15.
42) Don't Tempt Me, Julie Ortolon 369 5/26/15
43) Return to Pearl Island, Julie Ortolon 49 pages 5/26/15
44) Distant Shores, Kristin Hannah 117 pages 5/29/15
45) Swept Away, Mariah Stewart 112 pages 5/29/15.
46) Cider House Rules, John Irving 612 pages 6/12/15
47) The Mating Heat, Bonnie Vanak 101 pages 6/13/15.
48) The Mating Chase, Bonnie Vanak 72 pages 6/14/15
49) Chasing Fire, Nora Roberts 472 pages 6/18/15
50) War Brides, Helen Bryan 480 pages 6/26
51) Lie TO Me, Julie Ortolon 330 pages 6/29
52) Trapped, Caris Roane 49 pages 6/30
53) Home Front390 pages 7/4
54) The Look of Love384 pages 7/6
55) Can't Help Falling in Love336 7/8
56) Seaside Dreams300 pages 7/15
57) The Best Medicine310 pages 7/21
58) Crazy Little Thing 312 7/23
59) Maid for Love247 pages 7/24
60) Fool for Love257 pages 7/25
61) Ready for Love266 pages 7/26
62) Falling for Love265 7/29
63)Hollow City416 8/13
64) Something, Ted Stetson 17 pages 8/14
65)Guarding Suzannah 201 pages 8/15
66) Needing Nita 52 pages 8/16
67)Worth the Weight278 8/17
68) Trophy Husband222 8/20
69) Covet148 pages 8/21
70)Stepbrother Dearest8/23
71)Mean Streak
Serious Readers Challenge 201512/100 completed
January
1. Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov (1/2)
2. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace (1/3)
3. Cracked by Eliza Crewe (1/4)
4. Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken (1/6)
5. Elegy for April by Benjamin Black (1/8)
6. Crushed by Eliza Crewe (1/8)
7. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (1/9)
8. Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh (1/13)
9. The Intern's Handbook by Shane Kuhn (1/16)
10. How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by J.C. Lillis (1/17)
11. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (1/19)
12. Oblivion by David Foster Wallace (1/19)
[ Going to put this on hiatus for now; may come back to it later in the year. ]
Serious Readers Challenge 2015100/100 completed - FINISHED!
January
►1. The Dominant - 1/1/15
►2. Ricochet - 1/3/15
►3. Protecting What's Theirs - 1/3/15
►4. One Kick - 1/5/15
►5. Blindsighted - 1/7/15
►6. One Night of Scandal - 1/8/15
►7. Alone on Earth - 1/11/15
►8. In Dark Woods - 1/12/15
►9. The Cowboy Takes a Bride - 1/12/15
►10.Sleep with the Lights On - 1/14/15
►11.Evil at Heart - 1/17/15
►12.Teaching Maya - 1/18/15
►13.Once Upon a Winter's Eve - 1/18/15
►14.Beyond the Consequences - 1/19/15
►15.In Seconds - 1/21/15
►16.The Prince - 1/22/15
►17.One Night of Trouble - 1/24/15
►18.Life Before Damaged, Volume 1: The Ferro Family - 1/25/15
►19.Justified - 1/25/15
►20.Deviant - 1/26/15
►21.Rising Tides - 1/28/15
►22.Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord - 1/29/15
►23.The Arrangement 14: The Ferro Family - 1/29/15
►24.Vanishing Dreams - 1/31/15
February
►25.Nothing To Fear - 2/2/15
►26.His Risk to Take - 2/3/15
►27.Falling for Jillian - 2/5/15
►28.No Flowers Required - 2/7/15
►29.The Unsung Hero - 2/8/15
►30.Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart - 2/9/15
►31.Fracture - 2/9/15
►32.Kisscut - 2/12/15
►33.The Raven - 2/15/15
►34.All the Sky - 2/16/15
►35.Life Before Damaged, Volume 2: The Ferro Family - 2/17/15
►36.When Summer Comes - 2/19/15
►37.Interview with a Master - 2/19/15
►38.The Bold and the Dominant - 2/21/15
►39.Triptych - 2/23/15
►40.Where I Need to Be - 2/23/15
►41.A Million Tiny Pieces - 2/25/15
►42.Inner Harbor - 2/26/15
March
►43.Chesapeake Blue - 3/1/15
►44.The Night Season - 3/2/15
►45.Hero - 3/4/15
►46.No in Between - 3/5/15
►47.Kill You Twice - 3/8/15
►48.My Control - 3/9/15
►49.Naked in Death - 3/9/15
►50.Promised - 3/14/15
►51.Lover Awakened - 3/16/15
►52.Ivan - 3/17/15
►53.The Arrangement 15: The Ferro Family - 3/18/15
►54.Burn - 3/20/15
►55.Soaring - 3/21/15
►56.The Hermit - 3/22/15
►57.Denied - 3/24/15
►58.Sweet Release - 3/25/15
►59.Fractured - 3/27/15
►60.In Close - 3/29/15
►61.Let Me Go - 3/31/15
►62.Unraveled - 3/31/15
April
►63.Own the Wind - 4/3/15
►64.Unspoken - 4/4/15
►65.Worth the Fall - 4/6/15
►66.Unveiled - 4/8/15
►67.A View to a Thrill - 4/9/15
►68.Life Before Damaged, Volume 3: The Ferro Family - 4/9/15
►69.The Deal - 4/12/15
►70.The Angel - 4/14/15
►71.Silver Bastard - 4/15/15
►72.A Faint Cold Fear - 4/15/15
►73.Down for the Count - 4/16/15
►74.Fallen - 4/17/15
►75.The Proposition: The Ferro Family - 4/18/15
►76.Dirty Secrets - 4/20/15
►77.Home to Whiskey Creek - 4/19/15
►78.Show the Fire - 4/23/15
►79.In His Keeping - 4/22/15
►80.Completely Wrecked - 4/24/15
►81.The Defiant Hero - 4/26/15
►82.Mean Streak - 4/28/15
►83.One Night with a Hero 4/29/15
►84.Silence 4/29/15
►85.The Girl on the Train 4/30/15
May
►86.Carnal Gift 5/1/15
►87.The Mistake 5/3/15
►88.Master of Freedom: A Mountain Masters Novella 5/4/15
►89.The Liar 5/5/15
►90.Thrust 5/7/15
►91.Me Before You 5/10/15
►92.Try 5/10/15
►93.The Longest Ride 5/11/15
►94.Tight 5/11/15
►95.Worth the Risk 5/13/15
►96.Reasonable Doubt: Volume 1 5/13/15
►97.Reasonable Doubt: Volume 2 5/14/15
►98.Vignettes of a Master 5/14/15
►99.Take Me Home for Christmas 5/14/15
►100.Reasonable Doubt: Volume 3 5/15/15
67/1001. The Physician by Noah Gordon 1/11/15 *****
2. Shaman by Noah Gordon 1/21/15 ****
3. Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin 1/25/15 *****
4. Fire by Night by Lynn Austin 1/31/15 ****
5. Wading Home: A Novel of New Orleans by Rosalyn Story 2/9/15 ****
6. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich 2/17/15 ****
7. Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts 2/21/15 ****
8. Thurston House by Danielle Steel 3/1/15 ***
9. Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor by Rosina Harrison 3/8/15 ***
10. The Lost Diary of Don Juan: An Account of the True Arts of Passion and the Perilous Adventure of Love by Douglas Carlton Abrams 3/13/15 ***
11. When the Devil Whistles by Rick Acker 3/16/15 ****
12. The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd 3/24/15 ***
13. Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar 4/1/15 ***
14. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 4/10/15 ***
15. Our Mothers' War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II by Emily Yellin 4/11/15 ***
16. A Promise to Remember by Kathryn Cushman 4/12/15 ****
17. A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman 4/17/15 ****
18. Before the Storm by Diane Chamberlain 4/18/15 ****
19. The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier 4/22/15 ***
20. Minx by Julia Quinn 4/24/15 ***
21. Medicine Men by Alice Adams 5/1/15 ***
22. 1812: The War That Forged a Nation by Walter R. Borneman 5/10/15 ****
23. The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen 5/14/15 ***
24. Caroline's Daughters by Alice Adams 5/24/15 ***
25. Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent 5/25/15 ****
26. Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent 5/28/15 ****
27. Catching Moondrops by Jennifer Erin Valent 5/29/15 ****
28. Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews 6/2/15 ****
29. The Godmother by Carrie Adams 6/10/15 ****
30. The Stepmother: A Novel by Carrie Adams 6/16/15 ***
31. The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 by Alistair Horne 6/25/15 **
32. Farewell to Prague by Miriam Darvas 6/30/15 ****
33. Lydia Bennet's Story: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Jane Odiwe 7/2/15 ***
34. Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy 7/7/15 ***
35. Left To Die by Lisa Jackson 7/11/15 ***
36. Finding the Dream by Nora Roberts 7/17/15 ***
37. Every Storm by Lori Wick 7/18/15 ***
38. Harvest of Rubies by Tessa Afshar 7/23/15 ****
39. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen 7/26/15 *****
40. Public Secrets by Nora Roberts 7/30/15 ****
41. Pearl in the Sand by Tessa Afshar 8/2/15 ***
42. Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties by Lucy Moore 8/13/15 ***
43. Sweet Fortune by Jayne Ann Krentz 8/24/15 **
44. Carrie by Stephen King 8/28/15 ****
45. Always a Temptress by Eileen Dreyer 9/6/15 ***
46. Death Come Quickly by Susan Wittig Albert 9/12/15 ***
47. This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett 9/17/15 ****
48. The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood 9/24/15 *****
49. The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert 10/5/15 ***
50. Zoya by Danielle Steel 10/11/15 **
51. Die in Plain Sight by Elizabeth Lowell 10/21/15 **
52. Push by Sapphire 10/22/15 ***
53. Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann 10/30/15 ****
54. Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King 11/9/15 ****
55. A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks 11/15/15 ***
56. Long Time Coming by Sandra Brown 11/17/15 **
57. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart 11/26/15 ***
58. Sisters, Strangers, and Starting Over by Belinda Acosta 11/28/15 ****
59. The Room and the Chair by Lorraine Adams 12/5/15 **
60. Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry 12/6/15 ***
61. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory 12/11/15 **
62. The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick 12/20/15 ****
63. Listen by Rene Gutteridge 12/22/15 ***
64. The Meeting Place by Janette Oke 12/26/15 ****
65. The Sacred Shore by Janette Oke 12/27/15 ****
66. The Birthright by Janette Oke 12/28/15 *****
67. The Distant Beacon by Janette Oke 12/30/15 ***
NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2015100/100
1. Just One of Those Flings ~ January 1
2. Unexpected Gifts ~ January 2
3. As an Earl Desires ~ January 3
4. Happenstance 2 ~ January 3
5. Ever After ~ January 4
6. Untouched ~ January 4
7. Veiled ~ January 4
8. Restraint ~ January 4
9. Rocky Mountain Heat ~ January 5
10. Midnight Vengeance ~ January 5
11. Private Pleasures ~ January 6
12. Text Me ~ January 6
13. His Unlikely Lover ~ January 7
14. Reindeer Games ~ January 7
15. Burn for Me ~ January 9
16. Death's Door ~ January 10
17. Never Never ~ January 11
18. White Out ~ January 11
19. That Night ~ January 12
20. It Happened Under The Mistletoe ~ January 13
21. Cherish ~ January 14
22. Stolen Fury ~ January 16
23. Unmasked: Volume One ~ January 17
24. The Perfect Match ~ January 17
25. Something About You ~ January 20
26. The Innocent Liar ~ January 25
27. Dreams of a Dark Warrior ~ January 25
28. Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover ~ January 27
29. The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy ~ January 29
30. Lothaire ~ February 1
31. Unmasked: Volume Two ~ February 2
32. Plain Jayne ~ February 2
33. Happenstance 3 ~ February 4
34. Quick Fix ~ February 4
35. Rival ~ February 6
36. Her Own Best Enemy ~ February 7
37. Killing Sarai ~ February 9
38. Fatal Affair ~ February 10
39. A Girl by Any Other Name ~ February 11
40. Nothing Personal ~ February 12
41. Tied ~ February 15
42. My Beautiful Enemy ~ February 16
43. Against the Wall ~ February 17
44. The Collector ~ February 18
45. Island Escape ~ February 18
46. Moonlight and Margaritas ~ February 20
47. Revenge ~ February 21
48. Compromising Positions ~ February 22
49. Camouflaged ~ February 24
50. Thoughtful ~ February 24
51. Escorted ~ February 25
52. Voices in the Night ~ February 26
53. Sweet Revenge ~ February 27
54. The Gingerbread Man ~ February 28
55. One Night with her Boss ~ February 28
56. You Own Me ~ February 28
57. The Arrangement: The Seduction ~ February 28
58. Body Games ~ March 2
59. Return to Me ~ March 3
60. Pleasure Games ~ March 3
61. Breathless ~ March 4
62. Jake Undone ~ March 5
63. Still Missing ~ March 6
64. Lady Be Bad ~ March 7
65. Zero Visibility ~ March 8
66. Impulse Control ~ March 10
67. Fatal Justice ~ March 11
68. The Boss’s Fake Fiancee ~ March 12
69. Kiss a Girl in the Rain ~ March 14
70. Darius: Lord of Pleasures ~ March 15
71. Forged in Fire ~ March 16
72. Daring Miss Danvers ~ March 17
73. One Sexy Ride ~ March 18
74. Private Passions ~ March 19
75. Lick ~ March 19
76. Chase Me ~ March 20
77. Breaking ~ March 21
78. Valentine ~ March 21
79. Rock My World ~ March 21
80. Lethal Consequences ~ March 22
81. Unmasked: Volume Three ~ March 23
82. Only in Dreams ~ March 23
83. Just Friends ~ March 24
84. The Arrangement: The Ferro Family ~ March 24
85. A Fool Again ~ March 24
86. Playing with Fire ~ March 24
87. The Arrangement 2: The Ferro Family ~ March 25
88. A Perfect Holiday ~ March 26
89. Twisted Arrangement ~ March 26
90. Bound To You ~ March 28
91. Mine to Take ~ March 28
92. The Other Side of Us ~ March 29
93. Ecstasy ~ March 29
94. Fatal Consequences ~ March 30
95. Betting on You ~ April 1
96. Beguiling the Beauty ~ April 2
97. Ruthless ~ April 4
98. Midnight Promises ~ March 5
99. Naughty All Over ~ April 5
100. Two Wrongs, One Right~~April 7
On to Level 2!!
NBRC Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge 2015key: a = audiobook; 5 = five star review
✔1. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry a;5
✔2. Dragonfly in Amber
✔3. Naked in Death
✔4. The Girl with All the Gifts
5. The Cold Dish a
✔6. Bluegrass State of Mind
✔7. Before We Kiss
✔8. The Devil in the Marshalsea
✔9. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
✔10. Alone
✔11. SEAL's Honor
✔12. Deadly Offerings
13. The Great Gatsby
14. A Town Like Alice
15. Cop Town
SERIOUS READERS CHALLENGE, LEVEL 11/15 - 12/15
BOOKS READ: 100/100
JANUARY:
1. Undead and Unwed ✔ (03/01/2015)
2. The Girl on the Train ✔ (04/01/2015)
3. Doctor Who: Tales of Trenzalore ✔ (06/01/2015)
4. Parasite ✔ (11/01/2015)
5. Rook ✔ (12/01/2015)
6. Symbiont ✔ (14/01/2015)
7. The Reapers Are the Angels ✔ (17/01/2015)
8. The Silence of Six ✔ (20/01/2015)
9. Wish You Weren't ✔ (21/01/2015)
10. Black Feathers. Joseph D'Lacey ✔ (22/01/2015)
11. Authors vs. Goodreads ✔ (23/01/2015)
12. Zombies: More Recent Dead ✔ (25/01/2015)
13. Billy Lovecraft Saves the World ✔ (26/01/2015)
14. Greywalker ✔ (27/01/2015)
15. Dirty Magic ✔ (29/01/2015)
16. Mind the Gap ✔ (30/01/2015)
17. Gears of Brass: A Steampunk Anthology ✔ (31/01/2015)
FEBRUARY:
18. A Myth to the Night: Parts I-V ✔ (01/02/2015)
19. The Rook. Daniel O'Malley ✔ (03/02/2015)
20. Chamber of Music ✔ (04/02/2015)
21. The Mindtraveler ✔ (05/02/2015)
22. The Jennifer Morgue ✔ (07/02/2015)
23. Red Queen ✔ (08/02/2015)
24. Unhappenings ✔ (11/02/2015)
25. Good Omens ✔ (12/02/2015)
26. The Room ✔ (15/02/2015)
27. Silverwood ✔ (18/02/2015)
28. Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon ✔ (19/02/2015)
29. Something Coming Through ✔ (22/02/2015)
30. Pacific Fire ✔ (24/02/2015)
31. The Ocean at the End of the Lane ✔ (26/02/2015)
32. The Death House ✔ (27/02/2015)
MARCH:
33. A Darker Shade of Magic ✔ (02/03/2015)
34. The Originals: The Rise ✔ (03/03/2015)
35. Promise of Blood ✔ (07/03/2015)
36. The Boy with the Porcelain Blade ✔ (08/03/2015)
37. Masters of Blood and Bone ✔ (10/03/2015)
38. Paprika ✔ (12/03/2015)
39. Whispering To Witches ✔ (14/03/2015)
40. Html5 and Css3 ✔ (15/03/2015)
41. Harrison Squared ✔ (15/03/2015)
42. Redshirts ✔ (17/03/2015)
43. The School for Good and Evil ✔ (22/03/2015)
44. The Raven's Head ✔ (23/03/2015)
45. The Girl at Midnight ✔ (25/03/2015)
46. Snow Like Ashes ✔ (26/03/2015)
47. Walking the Labyrinth ✔ (29/03/2015)
48. A World without Princes ✔ (30/03/2015)
APRIL:
49. The Well ✔ (01/04/2015)
50. Mary Hades ✔ (03/04/2015)
51. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August ✔ (05/04/2015)
52. The Falling Woman ✔ (09/04/2015)
53. The Book of the Dead ✔ (10/04/2015)
54. Crash & Burn ✔ (12/04/2015)
55. Lock In ✔ (15/04/2015)
56. The Quantum Thief ✔ (17/04/2015)
57. Ecko Rising ✔ (18/04/2015)
58. The Fractal Prince ✔ (20/04/2015)
59. Twisted ✔ (21/04/2015)
60. NPCs ✔ (23/04/2015)
61. Liesmith: Book 1 of The Wyrd ✔ (24/04/2015)
62. The Girl Who Never Was ✔ (24/04/2015)
63. dEaDINBURGH: Vantage ✔ (25/04/2015)
64. Justice Calling ✔ (26/04/2015)
65. Last Car to Annwn Station ✔ (27/04/2015)
66. The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of Mirror and Goliath ✔ (28/04/2015)
MAY:
67. Blue Lily, Lily Blue ✔ (02/05/2015)
68. Black Dog: Hellhound Chronicles ✔ (04/05/2015)
69. Forsaken ✔ (06/05/2015)
70. The End Specialist ✔ (08/05/2015)
71. Still Alice ✔ (10/05/2015)
72. The Deep Beneath ✔ (11/05/2015)
73. Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened ✔ (13/05/2015)
74. Arcadia's Gift ✔ (13/05/2015)
75. Alice in Zombieland ✔ (17/05/2015)
76. Modern Rituals ✔ (18/05/2015)
77. Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime ✔ (20/05/2015)
78. Nine by Night: A Multi-Author Urban Fantasy Bundle of Kickass Heroines, Adventure, & Magic ✔ (20/05/2015)
79. Treasure, Darkly ✔ (21/05/2015)
80. Wild Cards ✔ (21/05/2015)
81. The Devil's Detective: A Novel ✔ (23/05/2015)
82. The Gateway Through Which They Came ✔ (24/05/2015)
83. The Shadow Revolution ✔ (27/05/2015)
84. A Court of Thorns and Roses ✔ (28/05/2015)
85. A Monster Calls ✔ (29/05/2015)
JUNE:
86. Uprooted ✔ (02/06/2015)
87. The Euthanist ✔ (05/06/2015)
88. The Witch Hunter ✔ (07/06/2015)
89. Gardens of the Moon ✔ (09/06/2015)
90. The Gates of Atlantis Complete Collection ✔ (11/06/2015)
91. The Mirror ✔ (14/06/2015)
92. The Diviners ✔ (14/06/2015)
93. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine ✔ (17/06/2015)
94. Crashing Heaven ✔ (20/06/2015)
95. The Ugly Stepsister ✔ (21/06/2015)
96. Grunge Gods and Graveyards ✔ (23/06/2015)
97. The Crimson Campaign ✔ (24/06/2015)
98. Havelock ✔ (26/06/2015)
99. The Truth According to Us: A Novel ✔ (27/06/2015)
100. Thirteen Days of Midnight ✔ (28/06/2015)
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End date: 30 Jul 2015
Progress: 100 of 100
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Serious Readers Challenge 2015Start Date: January 1, 2015
Finish Date (Level 1): March 4, 2015
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100/100 completed
January
1. Eragon by Christopher Paolini Date Read: 1/1/15
2. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater Date Read: 1/3/15
3. The Camp by Morgan Weick 1/3/15
4. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind Date Read: 1/4/15
5. Chadwick Yates and the Cannibal Shrine by Brad Williams Date Read: 1/4/15
6. A Modern Witch by Debora Geary Date Read: 1/5/15
7. IT ALWAYS RAINS ON WEDNESDAYS: An ex-SAS man, now private detective, Brian Bradshaw mystery. by Sheila Cavanagh Date Read: 1/5/15
8. Elizabeth I by Abigail Archer Date Read: 1/6/15
9. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Date Read: 1/7/15
10. The Beam: Episode 1 by Sean Platt Date Read: 1/7/15
11. The Collector by John Fowles Date Read: 1/7/15
12. Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim Date Read: 1/7/15
13. Fatal Puzzle by Catherine Shepherd Date Read: 1/7/15
14. The Sweet Dreams Cookbook by June Kessler Date Read: 1/7/15
15. Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris Date Read: 1/7/15
16. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison Date Read: 1/9/15
17. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Dead Read: 1/10/15
18. Red Rising by Pierce Brown Date Read: 1/10/15
19. A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn Date Read: 1/10/15
20. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett Date Read: 1/11/15
21. Worthy by Lia Black Date Read: 1/12/15
22. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Date Read: 1/13/15
23. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Date Read: 1/13/15
24. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Date Read: 1/13/15
25. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Date Read: 1/14/15
26. Taken! - Boxed-Set - Books 1-6 by Donald Wells Date Read: 1/14/15
27. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Date Read: 1/14/15
28. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong Date Read: 1/14/15
29. The Collective by David McCahan Date Read: 1/16/15
30. Flowers in a Window by Mary McPhee Date Read: 1/17/15
31. Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan Date Read: 1/17/15
32. A Floating World: Stories by Karen Best Date Read: 1/17/15
33. Silverweed: A Supernatural Fairy Tale by Dorlana Vann Date Read: 1/17/15
34. An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic on the Basis of Recently Discovered Texts by Morris Jastrow Jr. Date Read: 1/17/15
35. Haven by Stevie Kopas Date Read: 1/17/15
36. Amelia's Story: A Childhood Lost by D.G. Torrens Date Read: 1/17/15
37. Rock 'n Roll Heaven by Shawn Inmon Date Read: 1/17/15
38. The Bridges at Toko-Ri by James A. Michener Date Read: 1/18/15
39. The Tudor Rose by Margaret Campbell Barnes Date Read: 1/19/15
40. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Date Read: 1/20/15
41. Just Another Day in Paradise by Katherine Tomlinson Date Read: 1/20/15
42. Thai Cooking in 30 Minutes: Cook Delicious Thai Food at Home With Mouth Watering Thai Recipes Cookbook by Michael E. Reese Date Read: 1/20/15
43. Fuel to the Fire by David Staniforth Date Read: 1/20/15
44. Search Terms: Alpha by Travis Hill Date Read: 1/20/15
45. The Devil's Violin by Art Johnson Date Read: 1/21/15
46. Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton Date Read: 1/21/15
47. A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe Date Read: 1/21/15
48. ALICE-The World of Shadow by Janis Hoffman Date Read: 1/22/15
49. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor Date Read: 1/23/15
50. Meg by Steve Alten Date Read: 1/24/15
51. Once We Were by Kat Zhang Date Read: 1/24/15
52. Family Secrets by Joseph York Date Read: 1/25/15
53. Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster Date Read: 1/25/15
54. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert Date Read: 1/25/15
55. Fishducky's Fables by Fran Fischer Date Read: 1/25/15
56. The Vegan Solution: Why the Vegan Diet Often Fails and How to Fix It by Matt Stone Date Read: 1/25/15
57. Ringworld by Larry Niven Date Read: 1/27/15
58. Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews Date Read: 1/27/15
59. The Help by Kathryn Stockett Date Read: 1/28/15
60. Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb Date Read: 1/31/15
61. 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King Date Read: 1/31/15
February
62. Yes Please by Amy Poehler Date Read: 2/1/15
63. Save My Soul by K.S. Haigwood Date Read: 2/1/15
64. Yes Please by Amy Poehler Date Read: 2/3/15 (Audio)
65. Storm Front by Jim Butcher Date Read: 2/3/15
66. Joyland by Stephen King Date Read: 2/3/15
67. Story of O by Pauline Réage Date Read: 2/4/15
68. Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon Date Read: 2/5/15
69. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Date Read: 2/7/15
70. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan Date Read: 2/7/15
71. The Snow and The Darkness by Matthew Warren Wilson Date Read 2/8/15
72. Stories of Mystery by Various Date Read: 2/8/15
73. Lord of the Flies by William Golding Date Read: 2/10/15
74. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin Date Read: 2/11/15
75. The Prince of Luster and Decay by J.D. Brink Date Read: 2/14/15
76. Header by Edward Lee Date Read: 2/14/15
77. 101 Creative Coconut Oil Uses by Jean Olsen Date Read: 2/14/15
78. 22 Paleo Crockpot Recipes for Cross-fitters: Easy Recipes to Eat Clean and Get Lean! by Patty Anderson Date Read: 2/14/15
79. Infused: 26 Spa Inspired Natural Vitamin Waters by Kate Evans Scott Date Read: 2/15/15
80. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Date Read: 2/15/15
81. Love Letters to the Dead Date Read: 2/15/15
82. Jeweled Serpent: The Complete Collection by Nicole Silk Date Read: 2/16/15
83. Astrid, The Dragonslayer's Blacksmith: a mini novel by Resa Nelson Date Read: 2/16/15
84. Death's Servant by C.J. Ellisson Date Read: 2/16/15
85. Sherlock's Demon by Simon Clark Date Read: 2/16/15
86. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Date Read: 2/19/15
87. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Date Read: 2/23/15
88. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson Date Read: 2/25/15
89. Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille Date Read: 2/28/15
90. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien Date Read: 2/28/15
March
91. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Date Read: 3/1/15
92. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan Date Read: 3/2/15
93. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King Date Read: 3/3/15
94. I, Zombie by Hugh Howey Date Read: 3/3/15
95. Mists of Garibaldi: Tales of the Supernatural by Sherry Briscoe Date Read: 3/4/15
96. Tale of the Gévaudan Beast by Edison Crux Date Read: 3/4/15
97. Your Fortune in a Tea Cup by Timon Forst Date Read: 3/4/15
98. Daniel Fast Cookbook For Beginners - Includes 70 Mouthwatering Recipes Under 30 Minutes by Bernice Bach Date Read: 3/4/15
99. Easy Mexican Cooking - Mexican Cooking Recipes Made Simple At Home by J Mahoney Date Read: 3/4/15
100. Kale: Naturally Healthy & Delicious Recipes From This Amazing Green Superfood by Bradley Stevens Date Read: 3/4/15
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Judy's Books in 20151. The Path Between the Seas--David McCullough
2. Mr. Lynch's Holiday--Catherine O'Flynn
3. Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty--Diane Keaton
4. A Pint of Murder--Charlotte MacLeod
5. The Rubber Band--Rex Stout
6. A Child's Christmas in Wales--Dylan Thomas
7. The Curious Case of the Cooper Corpse--Alan Bradley
8. Yes, Please!--Amy Poehler
9. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust--Alan Bradley
10. The Red Box--Rex Stout
11. Funny in Farsi--Firoozeh Dumas
12. The All Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion--Fannie Flagg
13. Queen Elizabeth II--Nicholas Davies
14. Nine Lives to Die--Rita Mae Brown
15. A Study in Sherlock--Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger
16. In the Company of Sherlock Holmes--Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger
17. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage--M.C. Beaton
18. The Age of Innocence--Edith Wharton
19. Sunshine on Scotland Street--Alexander McCall Smith
20. Eisenhower--Paul Johnson
21. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham--M.C. Beaton
22. The Long Way Home--Louise Penny
23. The Monogram Murders--Sophie Hannah
24. The Museum of Extraordinary Things--Alice Hoffman
25. Silent Voices--Ann Cleeves
26. The House at Sea's End--Elly Griffiths
27. The Andy Cohen Diaries--Andy Cohen
28. Moriarty--Anthony Horowitz
29. 41: A Portrait of My Father--George W. Bush
30. The Partly Cloudy Patriot--Sarah Vowell
31. The Boston Girl--Anita Diamant
32. I May Be Big But I Didn't Cause the Solar Eclipse--Gordon Kirkland
33. Dreaming Spies--Laurie R. King
34. Ordeal by Innocence--Agatha Christie
35. Not My Father's Son--Alan Cumming
36. Savage Harvest--Carl Hoffman
37. The Return of George Washington--Edward J. Larson
38. Make It Happen--Lara Casey
39. Hollywood Stories--Stephen Schochet
40. Murder by the Book--Rex Stout
41. Three for the Chair--Rex Stout
42. A Bird in the Hand--Ann Cleeves
43. Tinseltown--William J. Mann
44. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd--Agatha Christie
45. Lila--Marilynn Robinson
46. Harm None--Will North
47. Hushabye--Celina Grace
LEVEL 1 SERIOUS READER CHALLENGE FOR 2015100/100
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MAY BOOK LIST
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JULY BOOK LIST
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from 1/1/2015 to 2/10/2015Serious Readers Challenge, Level One
100/100 (completed)
January (63)
1. The Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi
2. Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow
3. Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn
4. Patterns in the Dark by Lindsay Buroker
5. Rasetsu, Vol. 8 by Chika Shiomi
6. Rasetsu, Vol. 9 by Chika Shiomi
7. Moon-Flash by Patricia A. McKillip✰
8. Stained Glass Monsters by Andrea K Höst✰
9. Honey and Clover, Vol. 1 by Chica Umino✩
10. The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord✰
11. In the Company of Thieves by Kage Baker
12. Sartor by Sherwood Smith
13. Fleeing Peace by Sherwood Smith✰
14. A Stranger to Command by Sherwood Smith
15. Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 1 by Yuki Midorikawa
16. Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 2 by Yuki Midorikawa
17. Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 5 by Yuki Midorikawa
18. Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 6 by Yuki Midorikawa
19. Natsume's Book of Friends, Volume 7 by Yuki Midorikawa
20. Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
21. Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 8 by Yuki Midorikawa
22. Court Duel by Sherwood Smith
23. Remalna's Children by Sherwood Smith
24. Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 9 by Yuki Midorikawa
25. Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 11 by Yuki Midorikawa
26. The Just City by Jo Walton✰
27. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison✰
28. Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 12 by Yuki Midorikawa
29. Once a Princess by Sherwood Smith
30. X/1999, Vol. 1: Prelude by CLAMP
31. X/1999, Vol. 2: Overture by CLAMP
32. X/1999, Vol. 3: Sonata by CLAMP
33. Twice a Prince by Sherwood Smith
34. Godchild, Vol. 1 by Kaori Yuki
35. The Cain Saga, Vol. 4: The Seal of the Red Ram, Part 1 by Kaori Yuki
36. Eat: The Little Book of Fast Food by Nigel Slater
37. My Little Monster 4 by Robico
38. Martha Stewart's Pies & Tarts by Martha Stewart
39. Drug and Drop, Volume 1 by CLAMP
40. The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath✰
41. Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi
42. Poems After Midnight: A Knopf Poem-a-Day Selection
43. Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford by William Stafford
44. Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
45. My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
46. Among Others by Jo Walton✰
47. Incarnadine: Poems by Mary Szybist✰
48. After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
49. The King's Sword by C.J. Brightley
50. Death Blows by D.D. Barant
51. Momofuku Milk Bar by Christina Tosi
52. Better Off Undead by D.D. Barant
53. The Dragon Conspiracy by Lisa Shearin
54. When Bakers Cook: Breakfast to Dessert, Over 175 Fabulous Recipes for Family and Friends by Marcy Goldman
55. Mushishi, volume 5 by Yuki Urushibara✰
56. Mushishi, volume 7 by Yuki Urushibara✰
57. The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan✰
58. The Complete Lythande by Marion Zimmer Bradley
59. Emissary by Melissa McShane✩
60. Hunting by Andrea K Höst✩
61. Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Shearin
62. Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
63. Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost
February (73)
64. Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost
65. Mushishi, Volume 4 by Yuki Urushibara✰
66. Mushishi, Volume 2 by Yuki Urushibara✰
67. X/1999, Vol. 4: Intermezzo by CLAMP
68. X/1999, Vol. 5: Serenade by CLAMP
69. X/1999, Vol. 6: Duet by CLAMP
70. X/1999, Vol. 7: Rhapsody by CLAMP
71. X/1999, Vol. 8: Crescendo by CLAMP
72. X/1999, Vol. 9: Requiem by CLAMP
73. X/1999, Vol. 10: Fugue by CLAMP
74. Mushishi, Volume 6 by Yuki Urushibara
75. X/1999, Vol. 11: Interlude by CLAMP
76. X/1999, Vol. 12: Movement by CLAMP
77. X/1999, Vol. 13: Lament by CLAMP
78. Mushishi, Vol. 1 by Yuki Urushibara
79. X/1999, Vol. 14: Concerto by CLAMP
80. X/1999, Vol. 15: Waltz by CLAMP
81. Asian Dumplings: Mastering Gyoza, Spring Rolls, Samosas, and More by Andrea Nguyen
82. Mushishi, Volume 3 by Yuki Urushibara✰
83. X/1999, Vol. 16: Nocturne by CLAMP
84. X/1999, Vol. 17: Suite by CLAMP
85. X/1999, Vol. 18: Inversion by CLAMP
86. Finder Vol. 7: Desire in the Viewfinder by Ayano Yamane
87. In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
88. Undead to the World by D.D. Barant
89. The Baby and Toddler Cookbook: Fresh, Homemade Foods for a Healthy Start by Karen Ansel
90. Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost
91. Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
92. Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones
93. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones
94. Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones
95. Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones
96. Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones
97. Aloha from Hell by Richard Kadrey
98. Best Lunch Box Ever: Ideas and Recipes for School Lunches Kids Will Love by Katie Sullivan Morford
99. International Night: A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the World *Including More than 250 Recipes* by Mark Kurlansky
100. Mushishi 8/9/10 by Yuki Urushibara
Serious Readers Challenge, Level Two
I'm in again this year!!! NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2015
Duration: 1 January to 31 December, 2015
23/100
January
1.Because of You by Jessica Scott ★★★★
2.Dissonance by Drew Elyse ★★★★
3.Slay by Nina Levine ★★★★★
4.Reviveby Nina Levine ★★★★★
5.Tall, Dark, and Vampire by Sara Humphreys
6.Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill ★★★★★
7.Hard Bittenby Chloe Neill ★★★★★
8.Drink Deep by Chloe Neill ★★★★★
9.Biting Cold by Chloe Neill ★★★★★
10.House Rules by Chloe Neill ★★★★★
11.Biting Bad by Chloe Neill ★★★★★
12.Wild Things by Chloe Neill ★★★★★
13.Blood Games by Chloe Neill ★★★★★
14.Rocky Mountain Miracle by Christine Feehan★★★★
15.Lost in Me by Lexi Ryan ★★★★
16.Fall to Youby Lexi Ryan ★★★★★
17.All for Thisby Lexi Ryan ★★★★
18.Brody by Mandy Harbin ★★★★
19.Under Fireby Rita Henuber ★★★★
20.Thrill Ride by Julie Ann Walker ★★★★
21.Samurai Game by Christine Feehan ★★★★★
22.Fury of Fireby Coreene Callahan ★★★★
23.Single White Vampireby Lynsay Sands★★★★
January1. In The Afterlight 1/1, 3*
2. The Sins of Lord Easterbrook 1/1, 2*
3. Worth Any Price 1/1, 3*
4. The Earl in My Bed 1/2, 3*
5. Stone Cold Touch 1/3, 4*
6. Mistress by Midnight 1/4, 3*
7. Notorious 1/4, 3*
8. The Winter Sea 1/4, 4*
9. Rites of Passage 1/6 4*
10. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight 1/6 2*
11. This Shattered World 1/6 4*
12. The Body Electric 1/8 4*
13. Pawn 1/9 3*
14. Captive 1/9 3*
15. A Good Debutante's Guide to Ruin 1/9 4*
16. Atlantia 1/9 2*
17. Ten Things I Love About You 1/10 4*
18. Puddle Jumping 1/11 3*
19. This Night So Dark 1/11 3*
20. A Gentleman Says "I Do" 1/12 2*
21. Every Breath 1/12, 5*
22. Rooms 1/12 2*
23. Brighter Than the Sun 1/13 4*
24. Wicked in Your Arms 1/14 3*
25. To Desire a Wicked Duke 1/15 2*
26. The Glimpse 1/16 2*
27. Yes Please 1/16 3*
28. Stitching Snow 1/17 3*
29. A Breath of Frost 1/17 3*
30. Audrey, Wait! 1/19 2*
31. Dreamer's Pool 1/20 4*
32. Lies We Tell Ourselves 1/21 4*
33. Ashes to Ashes 1/21 1*
34. Transcendence 1/22 4*
35. Intuition 1/23 4*
36. My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories 1/25 4*
37. How My Summer Went Up in Flames 1/26 3*
38. American Gods 1/27 3*
39. In Bed with the Devil 1/28 3*
40. Between the Devil and Desire 1/28 3*
41. Surrender to the Devil 1/28 3*
42. Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel 1/28 3*
43. Say Yes to the Marquess 1/29 3*
44. Evernight 1/30 2*
45. Surrender 1/31 3*
February
46. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 2/1 3*
47. The Evolution of Mara Dyer 2/1 4*
48. Fire Fall 2/2 4*
49. The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village 2/2 unrated
50. Wicked 2/4 2*
51. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake 2/4 4*
52. Everything and the Moon 2/7 3*
53. Just Like Heaven 2/7 3*
54. When Strangers Marry 2/9 2*
55. Maybe Someday 2/9 2*
56. The Mime Order 2/9, 5*
57. The Shadow of the Wind 2/10, 5*
58. Someone to Watch Over Me 2/11 3*
59. Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord 1/12 3*
60. Maybe Not 1/12 3*
61. The Ruby Circle 2/14, 5*
62. The Retribution of Mara Dyer 2/15 3*
63. One Good Earl Deserves a Lover 2/16 4*
64. Foxe's Book of Martyrs 2/17 unrated
65. Invaded 2/18 3*
66. Dark Metropolis 2/18 3*
67. No Good Duke Goes Unpunished 2/20 3*
68. A Little Something Different 2/20 3*
69. An Heiress For All Seasons 2/20 2*
70. All Fall Down 2/23 3*
71. Red Queen 2/25 2*
72. The Dr Pepper Prophecies 2/26 3*
73. What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War 2/26 unrated
74. Lost Lake 2/28 4*
March
75. Parallel 3/2 3*
76. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 3/10 2*
77. The Wild Girl 3/11 4*
78. The Glass Arrow 3/13 2*
79. Love in the Afternoon 3/14 4*
80. It Takes a Scandal 3/14 3*
81. The Shadow Society 3/17 4*
82. A Night to Surrender 3/20 3*
83. Vision in Silver 3/22 4*
84. A Lady by Midnight 3/23 4*
85. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 3/23 unrated
86. The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy 3/27 2*
87. Rebound 3/28 4*
April
88. The Sum of All Kisses 4/1 3*
89. The Winner's Crime 4/3 5*
90. The Hunt 4/6 3*
91. The Royal We 4/7 3*
92. Tandem 4/10 3*
93. Life After Life 4/11 3*
94. The Book of Ivy 4/12 3*
95. The Orphan Queen 4/12 3*
96. The Queen of the Tearling 4/13 1*
97. Enshadowed 4/14 3*
98. Not Quite a Husband 4/14 2*
99. Never Never 4/14 4*
100. Miss Mayhem 4/14 3*
I'm in1. Captivated by You | 1/1/15 | ★★
2. The Immortal Rules | 1/2/15 |★★★★
3. Gray Mountain | 1/2/2015 | ★★★★
4. Night Pleasures | 1/4/2015 | ★★★
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone| 1/7/2015 | ★★★★
6. The King| 1/8/2015 | ★★★★★
7. Pretty Little Liars| 1/11/2015 | ★★★★
8. Everything I Never Told You | 1/13/2015 | ★★★
9. North of Need | 1/13/2015 | ★★★★
10. Vodka Distilled: The Modern Mixologist on Vodka and Vodka Cocktails | 1/16/2015 | ★★★★
11. Dead Witch Walking | 1/17/2015 | ★★★
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NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2015Duration: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
♥ = 350+ page books
♥♥ = 500+ page books
♥♥♥ = 750+ page books
☀ = 1,000+ page books
January
1. Bathing the Lion (2013) by Jonathan Carroll (01/03/15) ****
2.Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish (Mrs Pollifax #9) (1990) by Dorothy Gilman (01/04/15) ***
3.Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St. Mary's #1) (2013) by Jodi Taylor (01/08/15) ***
4.Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (1910) by Emmuska Orczy (01/09/15) **
5.The Jungle Books (I and II) (1895) by Rudyard Kipling ♥ (01/11/15) ***
6.The Hollywood Dodo (2004) by Geoff Nicholson (01/12/15) **
7.Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2005) edited by Gordon Van Gelder (01/17/15) **
8.Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy #3) (2010) by Kerstin Gier; translated from German by Anthea Bell (YA) ♥ (01/19/15) ****
9.The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood (01/20/15) *****
10.Persephone(Daughters of Zeus #1) (2012) by Kaitlin Bevis (01/23/15) ****
11. The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown (2014) by Paul Taylor and Pew Research Center (01/25/15) ***
12.Understood Betsy (1916) by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (01/28/15) ***
13.The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (Pine Cove #3) (2004) by Christopher Moore (01/29/15) ***
14.Coming Home (Alex Benedict #7) (2014) by Jack McDevitt ♥ (01/30/15) ****
February
15.Yes Please (2014) by Amy Poehler (02/02/15) *****
16.The Girls at the Kingfisher Club (2014) by Genevieve Valentine (02/03/15) ****
17.Blood Red(Elemental Masters #10)(2014) by Mercedes Lackey (02/09/15) *****
18.Calypso Magic (Magic Trilogy #2) (1988) by Catherine Coulter ♥ (02/10/15) *****
19.Bobcat and Other Stories (2013) by Rebecca Lee (02/12/15) ****
20.A Fair Maiden (2010) by Joyce Carol Oates (02/12/15) *****
21. Water Song: A Retelling of "The Frog Prince" (Once Upon A Time Fairytales) by Suzanne Weyn (02/14/15) **
22.Purity of Blood (Adventures of Captain Alatriste #2) (1997) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte; translated by Margaret Sayers Peden (02/19/15) **
23.Little Dorrit (1857) by Charles Dickens ♥♥♥ (02/21/15) *****
24,still out of time (2014) edited by Russell James (02/22/15) ***
25.Lady of the English (2011) by Elizabeth Chadwick ♥♥ (02/23/15) *****
26.In a Strange Room (2010) by Damon Galgut (02/24/15) ***
27.The Little Balloonist (2006) by Linda Donn (02/26/15) ***
28. London War Notes, 1939-1945 (1971) by Mollie Panter-Downes ♥ (02/27/15) ***
March
29.Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales (2004) by Valerie Paradiz (03/02/15) ****
30.The Ebb Tide (The Narbondo Series #4) (2009) by James P. Blaylock (03/03/15) **
31.Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II (2014) by Vicki Croke ♥ (03/07/15) *****
32.Magic of the Angels (Doctor Who: Quick Reads #6) (2012) by Jacqueline Rayner (03/07/15) ***
33.Bitter Greens (2014) by Kate Forsyth ♥ (03/10/15) *****
34.In a German Pension (1911) by Katherine Mansfield (03/11/15) *
35.Cloaked (2011) by Alex Flinn (03/12/15) ****
36. Stone Mattress: Nine Tales (2014) by Margaret Atwood (03/15/15) *****
37.Dorothy Parker Stories (1933) by Dorothy Parker ♥ (03/17/15) ****
38.Born to Exile (Tales of Alaric the Minstrel #1) (1978) by Phyllis Eisenstein (03/17/15) ***
39.Farewell, Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker #1) (2013) by Ellen Meister (03/19/15) ***
40.Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (Toby Peters #2) (1977) by Stuart M. Kaminsky (03/19/15) ***
41.Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints: A Brothers Grimm Mystery (A Brothers Grimm Mystery #1) (2014) by P.J. Brackston (03/21/15) ***
42.Chasing Ravens (2014) by Jessica E. Paige (03/23/15) *****
43.11/22/63 (2011) by Stephen King ♥♥♥ (03/26/15) *****
44.Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2013) by Haruki Murakami; translated by Philip Gabriel ♥ (03/26/15) **
45.We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013) by Karen Joy Fowler (03/29/15) ****
46.Yesterday's Kin (2014) by Nancy Kress (03/29/15) ****
47.Neverhome (2014) by Laird Hunt (03/31/15) ****
48.Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) by Dick Cavett ♥ (03/31/15) ***
April
49.Dust to Dust(2009) by Heather Graham ♥ (04/03/15) *
50.The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit (2013) by Graham Joyce (04/05/15) ***
51.Beatle Meets Destiny (2009) by Gabrielle Williams (YA) (04/07/15) *****
52.A Woman's Life (1883) by Guy de Maupassant (04/09/15) ***
53.In Dubious Battle (1936) by John Steinbeck ♥ (04/11/15) ****
54.The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (2008) by Mary Beard ♥ (04/12/15) ***
55.Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" (Once Upon A Time Fairytales) (2003) by Debbie Viguié (04/13/15) ****
56.Doctor Who: The Krillitane Storm (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #36) (2009) by Christopher Cooper (04/14/15) *****
57.A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St. Mary's #2) (2013) by Jodi Taylor (04/15/15) ***
58.Get in Trouble (2015) by Kelly Link (04/17/15) *****
59.The Last Song of Orpheus (2010) by Robert Silverberg (04/18/15) ***
60.City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis (2014) by John C. Wright (04/19/15) **
61.The Probable Future (2003) by Alice Hoffman (04/21/15) ***
62.Next (2006) by Michael Crichton ♥ (04/24/15) ****
63.The Discreet Hero: A Novel (2013) by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated by Edith Grossman (04/25/15) ****
64.Dead as a Scone (A Royal Tunbridge Wells Mystery #1) (2004) by Ron Benrey and Janet Benrey (04/27/15) ***
65. That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us (2015) by Erin Moore (04/27/15) **
66.Deadly Readings (Jenkins and Burns Mystery #1) (2005) by Laura Bradford(04/28/15) **
67. Murder on the Eiffel Tower (Victor Legris #1) (2003) by Claude Izner; translated by Isabel Reid (04/30/15) ***
May
68.Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (2015) by Neil Gaiman (05/03/15) ****
69.The Bird's Nest (1954) by Shirley Jackson (05/05/15) ***
70.When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 (2014) by Ronald C. Rosbottom ♥ (05/07/15) *****
71.The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf [#1] (YA) (2012) by Ambelin Kwaymullina ♥ (05/09/15) *****
72.First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen (2014) by Charlie Lovett (05/13/15) ***
73.The Time Travel Journals: Shipbuilder [#1] (2011) by Marlene Dotterer (05/14/15) *****
74.Old School (2003) by Tobias Wolff (05/15/15) ***
75.Redshirts (2012) by John Scalzi (05/16/15) ***
76.Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks (2011) by Ken Jennings (05/18/15) ***
77. Suspense and Sensibility: Or, First Impressions Revisited(Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries #2) (2005) by Carrie Bebris (05/22/15) ***
78.Obsidian Mirror (Chronoptika #1) (2012) by Catherine Fisher ♥ (05/22/15) ***
79.Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax #1) (2002) by Robert J. Sawyer ♥ (05/25/15) ****
80.Station Eleven (2014) by Emily St. John Mandel (05/25/15) *****
81.Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) (2000) by Jim Butcher (05/28/15) ****
82.Doctor Who: Nuclear Time (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #40) (2010) by Oli Smith (05/29/15) ****
83. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce #6) (2014) by Alan Bradley (05/30/15) ****
June
84.Doctor Who: Peacemaker (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #21) (2007) by James Swallow (06/04/15) ****
85.The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler (1996) by Giles Milton (06/07/15) ****
86.Double Whammy (Skink #1) (1987) by Carl Hiaasen ♥ (06/09/16) ***
87.Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America (2003) by Linda Lawrence Hunt (06/10/15) ***
88.The Lathe of Heaven (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin (06/12/15) *****
89.The Doctor and the Kid (Weird West Tales #2) (2011) by Mike Resnick (06/14/15) ***
90.Leaving Home: A Novel (2005) by Anita Brookner (06/17/15) ***
91.The Fifth Heart (2015) by Dan Simmons ♥♥ (06/18/15) *****
92.And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side (2015) by Dana Perino (06/21/15) ****
93.The Hourglass (2007) by Barbara Metzger (06/24/15) *****
94.History of the Rain: A Novel (2014) by Niall Williams ♥ (06/25/15) ***
95.The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures (2014) by Christine Kenneally ♥ (06/26/15) ***
96.Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (2006) by Ben Fountain (06/30/15) *****
23/1001.Last to Die Tess Gerritsen 1/2 ★★★★★
2.Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Quindlen Anna 1/3 ★★★★★
3.Killer Critique Alexander Campion 1/1 ★★
4.Witch Wolf Winter Pennington 1/3 ★★★
5.Elegy for a Queen James, Margaret 1/1 ★★★
6.The Radio Detectives in the Jungle 1/2 ★★★
7. Bad Moon Rising (Sam McCain #9) Ed Gorman 1/3 ★★
8. The 7th Woman Frédérique Molay 1/5 ★★★
9. The Homecoming JoAnn Ross 1/6 ★★★★
10. Must Love Lycans (Broken Heart #8) Michele Bardsley 1/4 ★★★★
11. Agent to the Stars John Scalzi 1/6 ★★★★
12. The Mighty Quinns: Callum (The Mighty Quinns, #15) 1/4 ★★★ Hoffmann, Kate
13. Trouble in Spades (A Nina Quinn Mystery #2) Heather Webber 1/5 ★★★
14. Bones Never Lie Kathy Reichs 1/6 ★★★★
15. The Real Macaw Donna Andrews 1/7 ★★★
16.What I Know For Sure Winfrey, Oprah 1/9 ★★★★
17. Ninth Key Meg Cabot 1/8 ★★★
18. If There Be Dragons Kay Hooper 1/8 ★★★
19. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe 1/8 ★★★
20. A Carrion Death Michael Stanley 1/9 ★★★
21.Big Boned Meg Cabot 1/9 ★★★★
22. Dead Is a Killer Tune Marlene Perez 1/10 ★★★
23. The Last Olympian Rick Riordan 1/10 ★★★★★
24.Cover Her Face 1/11 ★★★★
25. The Ship Who Sang 1/11 ★★★★★
26.The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror 1/11 ★★★
27. Red Velvet Cupcake Murder1/12 ★★★
28. What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding 1/12
29. Six Feet Over It1/13
30.Shadow Kiss 1/13
31.Frostbite 1/12
32.Trust No One 1/14
33.The Skeleton Key1/15
34.Insatiable Appetites1/15
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1. The Twilight Prisoner 1-3-15
2. The Grimm Conclusion 1-5-15
3. Blackbird 1-9-15
4. Property 1-9-15
5. Out of my Mind 1-11-15
6. Give Me Liberty 1-14-15
7. The Year of the Rat 1-15-15
8. The Forbidden Library 1-18-15
9. Before You 1-19-15
10. Sanctum 1-21-15
11. Pegasus 1-23-15
12. To All the Boys I've Loved Before 1-25-15
13. The Darkest Part of the Forest 1-27-15
14. Three Days 1-28-15
15. Bound 1-29-15
16. Stray 2-1-15
17. Another Little Piece 2-4-15
18. Compulsion 2-6-15
19. The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant 2-9-15
20. Sophias War 2-10-15
21. Stella By Starlight 2-13-15
22. The Book Of Ivy 2-15-15
23. The Truth About Alice 2-17-15
24. The Great God Pan 2-17-15
25. Poison Study 2-19-15
26. Alone Yet Not Alone 2-20-15
27. The Impossible Knife of Memory 2-22-15
28. After Us 2-27-15
29. Puddle Jumping 2-27-15
30. Brown Girl Dreaming 2-28-15
31. Rush Revere and the American Revolution 3-2-15
32. Better To Wish 3-3-15
33. Beast 3-5-15
34. The Raft 3-7-15
35. If You Stay 3-8-15
36. The Ever After Bird 3-9-15
37. Castle Behind Thorns 3-11-15
38. If He Had Been With Me 3-13-15
39. Girls Who Rocked the World Vol1 3-16-15
40. The War That Saved My Life 3-19-15
41. Cinder 3-21-15
42. I Was Here 3-24-15
43. I'll Be There 3-27-15
44. Just a Drop Of Water 3-28-15
45. Nightbird 3-30-15
46. Jeffersons Sons 4-1-15
47. How to Love 4-3-15
48. The Secret Hum of a Daisy 4-5-15
49. The Fall 4-8-15
50. I Kill the Mockingbird 4-10-15
Con't from post 3851. The First Days 4-10-15
52. These is my Words 4-13-15
53. Thousand Words 4-14-15
54. Fighting to Survive 4-17-15
55. Siege 4-20-15
56. Mosquitoland 4-21-15
57. No Parking At The End Times 4-24-15
58. Under a Painted Sky 4-26-15
59. Down From The Mountain 4-27-15
60. Utopia, Iowa 4-28-15
61. Girl Meets Boy 4-29-15
62. Emorys Gift 4-30-15
63. The Haunting of Sunshine Girl 5-2-15
64. The Distance Between Lost and Found 5-3-15
65. Ellie's Story 5-5-15
66. As the World Dies Vol 1 5-7-15
67. Dragonfly 5-9-15
68. Nest 5-12-15
69. The Compound 5-14-15
70. Breaking Free 5-18-15
71. The Cage 5-19-15
72. Wherever You Go 5-21-15
73. This Is Not A Test 5-23-15
74. Portraits of Celina 5-25-15
75. The Dogs of Christmas 5-26-15
76. As The World Dies Vol. 2 5-28-15
77. Dead To Me 5-30-15
78. Echo 6-1-15
79. First There Was Forever 6-2-15
80. Where It Began 6-4-15
81. Fig 6-5-15
82. As The World Dies 6-5-15
83. Born Free 6-5-15
84. The Last Time We Say Goodbye 6-8-15
85. My Life in Black and White 6-10-15
86. All The Truth Thats In Me 6-12-15
87. The Tenderness of Thieves 6-14-15
88. The Last Good Day of the Year 6-16-15
89. Made You Up 6-18-15
90. Ophelia 6-20-15
91. The Story Of A Girl 6-21-15
92. Immaculate 6-24-15
93. When Reason Breaks 6-26-15
94. The Cost of All Things 6-28-15
95. An Ember in the Ashes 7-2-15
96. The Night We Said Yes 7-3-15
97. Every Last Word 7-4-15
98. A Little Princess 7-5-15
99. Apple and Rain 7-8-15
100. The Night Gardener 7-14-15
NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2015January 1 - December 31
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January
1. The Bell Jar 1-2-15
2. Serenity: Leaves on the Wind 1-2-15
3. We Were Liars 1-3-15
February
4. Big Little Lies 2-2-15
5. Yes Please 2-3-15
6. The Darkest Part of the Forest 2-6-15
7. The Cat Manual 2-8-15
8. Liv, Forever 2-10-15
9. Queen Mab: A Tale Entwined with William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet 2-13-15
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NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 20151/1/15 ~ 12/31/15
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SERIOUS READERS CHALLENGE 2015: LEVEL 1100/100
January (12)
1. All the Bright Places - Jennifer Niven (2015-01-02) ★★★★
2. Allies & Assassins - Justin Somper (2015-01-03) ★★★
3. Falling Kingdoms - Morgan Rhodes (2015-01-07) ★★★
4. Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes (2015-01-08) ★★★
5. Gracefully Grayson - Ami Polonsky (2015-01-09) ★★★★★
6. The Only Thing to Fear - Carolyn Ann Richmond (2015-01-14) ★★
7. This is Not a Test - Courtney Summers (2015-01-15) ★★★★
8. The Summer I Wasn't Me - Jessica Verdi (2015-01-15) ★★★★★
9. Dorothy Must Die - Danielle Paige (2015-01-17) ★★★
10. Love in the Time of Global Warming - Francesca Lia Block (2015-01-17) ★★★
11. Half Bad - Sally Green (2015-01-21) ★★★★★
12. Coda - Emma Trevayne (2015-01-23) ★★★★
February (10)
13. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn (2015-02-03) ★★★
14. It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini (2015-02-08) ★★★
15. Diamond Boy - Michael Williams (2015-02-12) ★★★★★
16. Far From You - Tess Sharpe (2015-02-12) ★★★★★
17. Hex Hall - Rachel Hawkins (2015-02-14) ★★★★
18. Lies We Tell Ourselves - Robin Talley (2015-02-15) ★★★★★
19. The Bane Chronicles - Cassandra Clare (2015-02-20) ★★★★
20. The Kite Runner - Khaleed Hosseini (2015-02-21) ★★★★★
21. The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley - Shaun David Hutchinson (2015-02-22) ★★★★
22. The Iron Trial - Holly Black and Cassandra Clare (2015-02-24) ★★★
March (13)
23. Forbidden - Kimberley Griffiths Little (2015-03-10) ★★
24. Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare (2015-03-13) ★★★
25. Clockwork Prince - Cassandra Clare (2015-03-17) ★★★★
26. Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare (2015-03-19) ★★★★★
27. If You Could Be Mine - Sara Farizan (2015-03-20) ★★★
28. Red Rising - Pierce Brown (2015-03-22) ★★★★★
29. Not Otherwise Specified - Hannah Moskowitz (2015-03-22) ★★★★★
30. Playlist for the Dead - Michelle Falkoff (2015-03-23) ★★
31. The Secret History - Donna Tartt (2015-03-26) ★★★★★
32. 100 Sideways Miles - Andrew Smith (2015-03-28) ★★★
33. Rose Under Fire - Elizabeth Wein (2015-03-28) ★★★★★
34. Four: A Divergent Story Collection - Veronica Roth (2015-03-28) ★★★
35. I Was Here - Gayle Foreman (2015-03-30) ★★★★
April (6)
36. Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened - Allie Brosh (2015-04-03) ★★★
37. This Is Not a Drill - Beck McDowell (2015-04-18) ★★
38. Vivian Apple at the End of the World - Katie Coyle (2015-05-19) ★★
39. An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir (2015-04-25) ★★★★
40. The Island of Excess Love - Francesca Lia Block (2015-04-26) ★★★
41. The Darkest Part of the Forest - Holly Black (2015-04-30) ★★★
May (7)
42. The Last Time We Say Goodbye - Cynthia Hand (2015-05-02) ★★★★★
43. Golden Son - Pierce Brown (2015-05-14) ★★★★
44. Solitaire - Alice Oseman (2015-05-15) ★★★★★
45. My Heart and Other Black Holes - Jasmine Warga (2015-05-26) ★★★★
46. The Shadow Cabinet - Maureen Johnson (2015-05-17) ★★★★
47. A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Gray (2015-05-19) ★★★★
48. Bleed Like Me - Christa Desir (2015-05-21) ★
June (11)
49. The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt (2015-06-03) ★★★★★
50. Half Wild - Sally Green (2015-06-09) ★★★
51. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer - Michelle Hodkin (2015-06-10) ★★★
52. The Evolution of Mara Dyer - Michelle Hodkin (2015-06-15) ★★★
53. The Retribution of Mara Dyer - Michelle Hodkin (2015-06-17) ★★★
54. The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon (2015-06-19) ★★★
55. The Alex Crow - Andrew Smith (2015-06-19) ★★★★
56. Saint Anything - Sarah Dessen (2015-06-23) ★★★
57. Anything Could Happen - Will Walton (2015-06-24) ★★★★
58. No Parking at the End Times - Bryan Bliss (2015-06-24) ★★
59. Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story - David Levithan (2015-06-26) ★★★★
July (10)
60. The Dying of the Light - Derek Landy (2015-07-03) ★★★★
61. Top Ten Clues You're Clueless - Liz Czukas (2015-07-03) ★★★
62. Under a Painted Sky - Stacey Lee (2015-07-09) ★★★
63. More Happy Than Not - Adam Silvera (2015-07-12) ★★★★★
64. Belzhar - Meg Wolitzer (2015-07-14) ★★
65. The Walls Around Us - Nova Ren Suma (2015-07-18) ★★★★★
66. The Martian - Andy Weir (2015-07-24) ★★★★
67. The Wrath and the Dawn - Renee Adieh (2015-07-26) ★★★
68. Vanishing Girls - Lauren Oliver (2015-07-28) ★★★★
69. None of the Above - I.W. Gregorio (2015-07-29) ★★★★
August (15)
70. When Reason Breaks - Cindy L. Rodriguez (2015-08-03) ★★
71. We All Looked Up - Tommy Wallach (2015-08-04) ★★★★
72. The Last of Us: American Dreams - Neil Druckmann (2015-08-07) ★★★★
73. A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas (2015-08-09) ★★★★
74. Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell (2015-08-11) ★★★
75. The Bodies We Wear - Jeyn Roberts (2015-08-12) ★★
76. The Madman's Daughter - Megan Shepherd (2015-08-17) ★★★
77. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (2015-08-18) ★★★★★
78. Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes - Rick Riordan (2015-08-19) ★★★★
79. Her Dark Curiosity - Megan Shepherd (2015-08-20) ★
80. A Cold Legacy - Megan Shepherd (2015-08-24) ★★
81. Every Last Word - Tamara Ireland Stone (2015-08-24) ★★★
82. The Kiss of Deception - Mary E. Pearson (2015-08-26) ★★★
83. When Everything Feels Like the Movies - Raziel Reid (2015-08-26) ★★★
84. Snow Like Ashes - Sara Raasch (2015-08-30) ★★★
September (16)
85. A Little in Love - Susan E. Fletcher (2015-09-06) ★★★
86. The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell (2015-09-08) ★★★
87. Forbidden - Tabitha Suzuma (2015-09-09) ★★★
88. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albetalli (2015-09-11) ★★★★
89. YOLO Juliet - Brett Wright (2015-09-11) ★★
90. Black Dove, White Raven - Elizabeth Wein (2015-09-15) ★★★★
91. The Conspiracy of Us - Maggie Hall (2015-09-16) ★★★★
92. Sea of Shadows - Kelley Armstrong (2015-09-17) ★★★★
93. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster - Jon Krakauer (2015-09-18) ★★★★★
94. The Devil You Know - Trish Doller (2015-09-21) ★★
95. The Girl at the Center of the World - Austin Aslan (2015-09-23) ★★★★
96. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan (2015-09-24) ★★★★★
97. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan (2015-09-25) ★★★★★
98. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan (2015-09-27) ★★★★★
99. The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan (2015-09-28) ★★★★★
100. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan (2015-09-30) ★★★★★
NBRC: Serious Readers Challenge 2015, Level 1Date: 1/1/15 - 5/10/15
January (34)
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February (21)
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March (17)
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April (23)
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May (5)
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Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge[January]
1. Optical Delusions in Deadwood - Ann Charles (432 pages) 1/1
2. Broken Soul - Faith Hunter (329 pages) 1/3
3. The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llywelyn (480 pages) 1/4
4. Light My Fire - G.A. Aiken (483 pages) 1/5
5. Archer's Voice - Mia Sheridan (345 pages) 1/6
6. Clean Sweep - Ilona Andrews (200 pages) 1/6
7. The Monstrumologist - Rick Yancey (454 pages) 1/8
8. 77 Shadow Street - Dean Koontz (audio) (451 pages) 1/9
9. A Bone to Pick - Charlaine Harris (262 pages) 1/11
10. Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch (558 pages) 1/11
11. Magic Breaks - Ilona Andrews (348 pages) 1/15
12. Bombshell - Catherine Coulter (audio) (400 pages) 1/16
13. Moloka'i - Alan Brennert (384 pages) 1/18
14. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins (390 pages) 1/19
15. Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs (audio) (310 pages) 1/21
16. Chilled - Kendra Elliot (354 pages) 1/21
17. Blood of Tyrants - Naomi Novik (432 pages) 1/24
18. Restless In The Grave - Dana Stabenow (audio) (373 pages) 1/28
19. Master of Craving - Karen Tabke (371 pages) 1/29
[February]
20. A Tale Of Two Dragons - G.A. Aiken (174 pages) 2/2
21. Antiques Flee Market - Barbara Allan (232 pages) 2/4
22. Absolution - Susannah Sandlin (307 pages) 2/5
23. Questing Beast - Ilona Andrews (30 pages) 2/5
24. Wicked as She Wants - Delilah Dawson (384 pages) 2/6
25. Scarlet - Jordan Summers (292 pages) 2/7
26. You Can't Hide - Karen Rose (499 pages) 2/7
27. Shaedes of Gray - Amanda Bonilla (316 pages) 2/8
28. Angels' Pawn - Nalini Singh (61 pages) 2/8
29. Dead Case in Deadwood - Ann Charles (405 pages) 2/8
30. Dark Skye - Kresley Cole (432 pages) 2/10
31. Daylighters - Rachel Caine (368 pages) 2/11
32. Her Sky Cowboy - Beth Ciotta (328 pages) 2/13
33. Heart of the Wolf - Terry Spear (384 pages) 2/13
34. 206 Bones - Kathy Reichs (308 pages) 2/14
35. Much Ado About Vampires - Katie MacAlister (319 pages) 2/15
36. Water Bound - Christine Feehan (480 pages) 2/16
37. Lucky Stiff - Deborah Coonts (364 pages) 2/16
38. Festive in Death - J.D. Robb (389 pages) 2/16
39. Archangel's Consort - Nalini Singh (319 pages) 2/17
40. Hidden Currents - Christine Feehan (441 pages) 2/21
41. If You Give a Rake a Ruby - Shana Galen (352 pages) 2/22
42. White Trash Zombie Apocalypse - Diana Rowland (320 pages) 2/25
43. Captured by the Pirate Laird - Amy Jareki (374 pages) 2/25
44. Candy Cane Murder - Joanna Fluke (388 pages) 2/26
45. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein (354 pages) 2/26
46. Seraphina - Rachel Hartman (467 pages) 2/28
47. The Saint - Monica McCarty (418 pages) 2/28
[MARCH]
48. Spellbound Falls - Janet Chapman (325 pages) 3/1
49. Sapphires Are an Earl's Best Friend - Shana Galen (324 pages) 3/1
50. Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter (404 pages) 3/3
51. About That Night - Julie James (284 pages) 3/3
52. Playing to Win - Jaci Burton (320 pages) 3/4
53. Faithful Place - Tana French (400 pages) 3/4
54. Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven - Derek Landy (288 pages) 3/4
55. Zoo - James Patterson (395 pages) 3/5
56. Dr. Franklin's Island - Ann Halam (272 pages) 3/6
57. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - Gordon Dahlquist (761 pages) 3/7
58. Sunrise with a Notorious Lord - Alexandria Hawkins (304 pages) 3/8
59. So Damn Lucky - Deborah Coonts (384 pages) 3/8
60. Better Off Dead in Deadwood - Ann Charles (400 pages) 3/9
61. Son of No One - Sherrilyn Kenyon (432 pages) 3/9
62. SEAL of Honor - Tonya Burrows (352 pages) 3/10
63. Ritual Magic - Eileen Wilks (409 pages) 3/11
64. Up to Me - M. Leighton (289 pages) 3/12
65. Seven Sons - Lili St. Germain (100 pages) 3/12
66. Six Brothers - Lili St. Germain (100 pages) 3/12
67. Five Miles - Lili St. Germain (149 pages) 3/12
68. Four Score - Lili St. Germain (88 pages) 3/12
69. Three Years - Lili St. Germain (104 pages) 3/12
70. Two Roads - Lili St. Germain (101 pages) 3/12
71. One Love - Lili St. Germain (122 pages) 3/12
72. Revenant - Larissa Ione (368 pages) 3/14
73. Odd Thomas: You Are Destined To Be Together Forever - Dean Koontz (38 pages) 3/14
74. Last Stand of Dead Men - Derek Landy (604 pages) 3/16
75. Crimson - Jordan Summers (311 pages) 3/16
76. Buried - Kendra Elliot (362 pages) 3/17
77. Endsinger - Jay Kristoff (464 pages) 3/18
78. Hell on Wheels - Julie Ann Walker (349 pages) 3/19
79. If He's Sinful - Hannah Howell (352 pages) 3/20
80. Spirit Bound - Christine Feehan (404 pages) 3/20
81. West of Want - Laura Kaye (222 pages) 3/21
82. Mind Fuck - Manna Francis (261 pages) 3/21
83. Warrior's Redemption - Melissa Mayhue (372 pages) 3/22
84. Spider Bones - Kathy Reichs (306 pages) 3/22
85. Angels' Flight - Nalini Singh (368 pages) 3/23
86. Omega - Susannah Sandlin (328 pages) 3/24
87. Unmade - Sarah Rees Brennan (384 pages) 3/25
88. Archangel's Blade - Nalini Singh (310 pages) 3/26
89. The Recruit - Monica McCarty (405 pages) 3/27
90. Bound by Night - Larissa Ione (400 pages) 3/27
91. The Gray Wolf Throne - Cinda Williams Chima (517 pages) 3/28
92. Phantasm - Phaedra Weldon (368 pages) 3/29
93. Visions of Heat - Nalini Singh (332 pages) 3/29
94. King of the Damned - Juliana Stone (360 pages) 3/30
95. Night Broken - Patricia Briggs (341 pages) 3/30
96. If He's Wild - Hannah Howell (352 pages) 3/31
97. The Mad, Bad Duke - Jennifer Ashley(370 pages) 3/31
[April]
98. Think of a Number - John Verdon (418 pages) 4/1
99. Curtain - Agatha Christie (224 pages) 4/2
100. An Ex to Grind in Deadwood - Ann Charles (415 pages) 4/3
Level 1 of the Serious Readers 2015Duration: 01/01/15 - 12/31/15
Finished: 100/100
January
1. I've Got Your Number | Sophie Kinsella 01/02/15 ★★★★★
2. City of Lost Souls | Cassandra Clare 01/03/15 ★★★★
3. Gregor the Overlander | Suzanne Collins 01/07/15 ★★★★
4. The Titan's Curse | Rick Riordan 01/08/15 ★★★★
5. The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith 01/08/15 ★★★★★
6. Cart Before the Horse | Bernadette Marie 01/12/15 ★★★
7. Annie's Child | Elda Minger 01/12/15 ★★★
8. The Firm | John Grisham 01/13/15 ★★★★★
9. Moon Called | Patricia Briggs 01/18/15 ★★★★
10. White Cat | Holly Black 01/19/15 ★★★
11. Halo | Alexandra Adornetto 01/20/15 ★★★★
12. Red Rising | Pierce Brown 01/20/15 ★★★★
13. Raven's Breath | Tish Thawer 01/24/15 ★★★
14. Bitten | Kelley Armstrong 01/25/15 ★★★★
15. Rapture in Death | J.D. Robb 01/29/15 ★★★★★
16. Three Fates | Nora Roberts 01/30/15 ★★★★
17. Lover Awakened | J.R. Ward 01/31/15 ★★★★★
18. Macaron Murder | Harper Lin 01/31/15 ★★★
February
19. Spider's Bite | Jennifer Estep 02/05/15 ★★★★★
20. Rules of Prey | John Sandford 02/09/15 ★★★
21. The Silkworm | Robert Galbraith 02/11/15 ★★★★
22. Bittersweet | Sarah Ockler 02/13/15 ★★★.5
23. The Ruby Circle | Richelle Mead 02/15/15 ★★★★★
24. Frosted Shadow | Nancy Warren 02/17/15 ★★★★★
25. A Storm of Swords | George R.R. Martin 02/19/15 ★★★★★
26. Million Dollar Mates | Cathy Hopkins 02/19/15 ★★★.5
27. Release Me | J. Kenner 02/21/15 ★★★★
28. Sweet Temptation | Lucy Diamond 02/22/15 ★★★★
29. The Medium | C.J. Archer 02/24/15 ★★★★
30. Virgin River | Robyn Carr 02/25/15 ★★★★
31. Unspoken | Sarah Rees Brennan 02/25/15 ★★★
32. Losing at Love | Jennifer Iacopelli 02/27/15 ★★★
March
33. Blood Bound | Patricia Briggs 03/01/15 ★★★★★
34. Feast of Fools | Rachel Caine 03/02/15 ★★★★
35. The Battle of the Labyrinth | Rick Riordan 03/03/15 ★★★★
36. Succubus Shadows | Richelle Mead 03/03/15 ★★★★
37. Chain Letter | Christopher Pike 03/07/15 ★★★
38. Born in Ice | Nora Roberts 03/08/15 ★★★★
39. Mountain Angel | Suzie O'Connell 03/10/15 ★★.5
40. The Last Academy | Anne Applegate 03/11/15 ★★
41. Over Sea, Under Stone | Susan Cooper 03/14/15 ★★★★
42. Steal the Light | Lexi Blake 03/15/15 ★★★
43. Beauty Dates the Beast | Jessica Sims 03/17/15 ★★★★
44. Along Came a Spider | James Patterson 03/17/15 ★★★★
45. The Last Olympian | Rick Riordan 03/20/15 ★★★★
46. Web of Lies | Jennifer Estep 03/22/15 ★★★★
47. The Wedding Trap | Adrienne Bell 03/23/15 ★★★★
48. Iron Kissed | Patricia Briggs 03/26/15 ★★★★★
49. The Templar Legacy | Steve Berry 03/28/15 ★★★★
April 2015
50. A Good Man Gone | A.W. Hartoin 04/03/15 ★★★
51. Face the Music | Andrea K. Robbins 04/05/15 ★★★★
52. The 5th Wave | Rick Yancey 04/05/15 ★★★★
53. Marked | Elisabeth Naughton 04/08/15 ★★★★
54. The Lost Hero | Rick Riordan 04/10/15 ★★★★
55. Storm Born | Richelle Mead 04/11/15 ★★★★★
56. The Billionaire Wins the Game | Melody Anne 04/12/15 ★★★
57. Ceremony in Death | J.D. Robb 04/13/15 ★★★★★
58. Living Dead in Dallas | Charlaine Harris 04/14/15 ★★★★★
59. Kill and Tell | Linda Howard 04/17/15 ★★★★
60. Golden Earrings | Belinda Alexandra 04/20/15 ★★★★
61. Bone Crossed | Patricia Briggs 04/22/15 ★★★★★
62. The Merlot Murders | Ellen Crosby 04/23/15 ★★★★
63. Dragonfly in Amber | Diana Gabaldon 04/27/15 ★★★★
64. Kiss of Midnight | Lara Adrian 04/27/15 ★★★★
65. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams 04/28/15 ★★★
66. Wild Heat | Bella Andre 04/30/15 ★★★★
May
67. Die for Me | Amy Plum 05/01/15 ★★★★
68. Dark Side of the Mirror | Elaine Meece 05/03/15 ★★★
69. The Look of Love | Bella Andre 05/05/15 ★★★★
70. Summer Knight | Jim Butcher 05/07/15 ★★★★★
71. Unraveling Isobel | Eileen Cook 05/07/15 ★★★★
72. The Liar | Nora Roberts 05/08/15 ★★★★
73. Venom | Jennifer Estep 05/10/15 ★★★★★
74. Little Women | Louisa May Alcott 05/11/15 ★★★★
75. The Quaker Café | Brenda Bevan Remmes 05/14/15 ★★
76. Gnome On The Range | Jennifer Zane 05/15/15 ★★★★
77. The Son of Neptune | Rick Riordan 05/15/15 ★★★★
78. The Color of Magic | Terry Pratchett 05/18/15 ★★★★
79. Neanderthal Seeks Human | Penny Reid 05/19/15 ★★★
80. Lover Revealed | J.R. Ward 05/20/15 ★★★★
81. Half Bad | Sally Green 05/21/15 ★★★★
82. Born in Shame | Nora Roberts 05/21/15 ★★★★
83. The Waste Lands | Stephen King 05/23/15 ★★★★
84. Club Dead | Charlaine Harris 05/24/15 ★★★★★
85. Me Before You | Jojo Moyes 05/26/15 ★★★★
86. Masquerade | Melissa de la Cruz 05/26/15 ★★★
87. Succubus Revealed | Richelle Mead 05/28/15 ★★★★★
88. You Cannoli Die Once | Shelley Costa 05/28/15 ★
89. Dead to the World | Charlaine Harris 05/31/15 ★★★★
June
90. The Book of Fate | Brad Meltzer 06/01/15 ★★
91. Taking the Fall: A Cozy Mystery | Laney Monday 06/01/15 ★★★
92. Magic Burns | Ilona Andrews 06/05/15 ★★★
93. Montana Sky | Nora Roberts 06/07/15 ★★★.5
94. Invisible | Lorena McCourtney 06/10/15 ★★★
95. Witch Hunt | S.M. Reine 06/11/15 ★★★★
96. A Painted House | John Grisham 06/12/15 ★★★★
97. First Impressions | Jude Deveraux 06/16/15 ★★★
98. Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews 06/17/15 ★★★★
99. Slammed | Colleen Hoover 06/18/15 ★★★★★
100. The Light Fantastic | Terry Pratchett 06/19/15 ★★★★
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This is the 1st level of this challenge.
If you can commit to read at least a hundred books, welcome. The challenge will consist of many levels, each level will consist of 100 books. So, once you complete your first hundred, you may advance to the next level.
Just create your list of books (at this level, label them 1 through 100) and mark them off with a strike through or a check-mark them as you finish. If you find you can't finish one of the books on your list for any reason, you may replace it with another.
Also, if you just want to decide what you read as you go you can do that as well. Since this challenge is for the year 2015 any books you've read this year may be included.
This is a free choice challenge. Read whatever you want.
Happy reading!
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