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November Monthly Challenge: Participants' Lists Thread
1. November: Read a book which title starts with 'N" 2. Birthday: Read a book from a November B-day celebrant
3. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from New York.
4. Fall Theme: Read a book that has a predominantly orange color, has leaves on its cover, or has the word Fall or Autumn as part of its title.
5. DST Change: Read a book that has a "time element" word in its title (ex. midnight, dawn, noon, morning, day, etc)
6. Native American Heritage Month: Read a book that has a Native American character or features the culture.
7. Read two books written by the same writer under different names-
8. Read two books written by the same writer under different names (Ex. Sherrilyn Kenyon/Kinley MacGregor; Amanda Quick/Jayne Ann Krentz/Jayne Castle; JR Ward/Jessica Bird, etc)
9. Explore-a-genre: Read a book categorize as romantic suspense (Romantic suspense involves an intrigue or mystery for the protagonists to solve).
10. Group's Shelf book or if you joined the Pick-It-Form Me Challenge, your recommended book
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5/10 Completed4. Fall theme - The Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands
6. Native American - Skinwalker by Faith Hunter
7. Author Name 1 - Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
8. Author Name 2 - Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
9. Romantic Suspense - Eye of the Beholder by Shari Shattuck
BJ Rose wrote: "Lotte_ladybird wrote: "10/10 -done :)"
Congrats!!
Thanks BJ Rose. This was my first Challenge so I was very excited. It was so much fun so I'm already looking forward to the next one :)
Congrats on finishing your first challenge, Lotte_ladybird!
Kasia wrote: "5 down1. N for November................................Nip the buds shoot the kids"
Kasia, I love the title of your 'N' book!!
Mel W wrote: "Congrats on finishing your first challenge, Lotte_ladybird!"Thanks Mel :)
BJ Rose wrote: "1. N for November................................Nip the buds shoot the kids"Kasia, I love the title of your 'N' book!!"
Yeah, that one was pretty intense, but I loved it. It's a little like Lord of the
Kasia wrote: "BJ Rose wrote: "1. N for November................................Nip the buds shoot the kids"Kasia, I love the title of your 'N' book!!"
Yeah, that one was pretty intense, but I lo..."
Flies, not Ring ;) You think of rereading Tolkien?
1. "N" title...-
2. November B'day shelf...
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3. New York - author, setting or character...
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4. Theme - Fall/Autumn...
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5. Title - "time" element...
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6. Native American - character or culture...
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7. Author...
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8. Pseudonym of 7...
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9. Explore-a-genre - Romantic suspense...
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10. Pick-it-for-me challenge...
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Finally got my reading mojo back after not reading a thing for 8 DAYS!!! Longest dry run I've had for yonks
All done!
Thanks! Nope. I just have had my Lords confused, I'm a bit sleepy, let's that be my excuse. :)
One more down - oohh la la:3. Author/setting/character from New York - Spellbinder A Love Story With Magical Interruptions by Melanie Rawn
4. Fall Theme - Autumn in Scotland by Karen Ranney
7. 2 books, same writer, different names - Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
9. Romantic suspense - I'm Watching You by Karen Rose
10. Pick-It-For Me Challenge - TBA
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5. DST Change: Time : Time Gate by Robert Silverberg
6. Native American Heritage Month : Pale Moon Stalker by Shirl Henke
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2 DOWN, 6 TO GO!1. November:
2. Birthday: Real Murders by Charlaine Harris (Melissa's Shelf)
3. Geography (NY): Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
4. Fall Theme: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
5. DST Change:
6. Native American Heritage Month: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
7. Same Writer/Different Name: Stardoc by S.L. Viehl
8. Same Writer/Different Name: Night Lost by Lynn Viehl
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ALSO READ
Not too shabby. Another one down:3. Author/setting/character from New York - Spellbinder A Love Story With Magical Interruptions by Melanie Rawn
7. 2 books, same writer, different names - Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
9. Romantic suspense - I'm Watching You by Karen Rose
10. Pick-It-For Me Challenge - TBA
As of 11/22: 5/5 Complete!
Just in time for Thanksgiving and the end of my free time! :)
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ALSO READ
Six down. Four more? Don't think it's going to happen.1. 'N'e book I want? Naughty Neighbors by Janet Evanovich (11/6)
2. If it's a B-day where's the cake? Her Last Line of Defence by Marie Donovan (Alathea) (11/3)
3. Start spreading the news...
4. I'm 'Fall'ing for you - From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris (11/16) takes place all in October
5. A stitch in time saves nine.
6. I thought I was a wigwam and a tee pee. Turns out I was too tense.
7. Dr Jeckyl? - Queen of Hearts - Paige Cuccaro (11/16)
8. Yes, Mr Hyde? - Provocative pearl - Alison Paige (11/22)
9. We may not know what will happen, but I love you anyway.
10. You can pick your friends. You can pick your nose. What does this have to do with picking books for friends? - Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (11/2) - Thanks again LibraryLass!
November Monthly Challenge = 10/10 completedUpdate = Completed 22 November 2009
1. N Title :
2. B'Day Shelf (Melissa):
3. New York : -
4. Fall Theme : -
5. DST Change : -
6. Native American : -
7. Author Name 1 : -
8. Author Name 2 : -
9. Romantic Suspense : -
10. Group Shelf: -
1. November: Read a book which title starts with 'N" 2. Birthday: Read a book from a November B-day celebrant
Oryx and Crake
3. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from New York.
5. DST Change: Read a book that has a "time element" word in its title (ex. midnight, dawn, noon, morning, day, etc)
6. Native American Heritage Month: Read a book that has a Native American character or features the culture.
The Birchbark House
10. Group's Shelf book or if you joined the Pick-It-Form Me Challenge, your recommended book.
**********DONE**********November Monthly Challenge:
Update as of 11/22/09
10/10 Completed
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Congrats to all of you who finished!! I'm trying but I don't think I gonna make it!! Kudos to you all!!
Finished Desire Unchained, 2nd book in Ione's Demonica series. It's pretty good, and I definitely enjoyed the interaction between the hero and heroine. I was further intrigued with Gem and Keenan's relationship (secondary characters). Would definitely like to read more of this series. RRR Monthly Challenge:
1. "N" - Night Life by Caitlin Kittredge
2. Birthday celebrant - Covet by JR Ward (Tara's bookshelf)
3. New York - Hot Pursuit by Suzanne Brockmann
4. Fall -
5. Time element - After Midnight by Liz Caryle (novella from The School for Heiresses)
6. Native America -
7. Author 1 -
8. Author 2 - Riding the Storm by Sydney Croft
9. Romantic Suspense -
10. Pick-It-For-Me - Blood Magic by Jennifer Lyon (Corrupt's recommendation)
N FOR NOVEMBER - BIRTHDAY (Melissa)-
NEW YORK -
FALL -
TIME -
NATIVE AMERICAN -
2 BOOKS, 1 AUTHOR: BOOK 1 -
BOOK 2 -
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE - All Night Long - Jayne Ann Krentz
GROUP'S SHELF - Faefever - Karen Marie Moning
Michelle (shelli_m)
Update - November 23So far we have 46 readers participating in this month's challenge:
Alathea - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Amanda - 6 books read
Annie - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Annvelwis - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Ari - 4 books read
Barbara
BJ Rose - 7 books read
Brenda (b) - 8 books read
Briansgirl - 7 books read
Cathy
Courtney (out of 5)
Emily - 1 book read
Erin - 3 books read
FlibBityFLooB - 9 books read
Hillary
Jane - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Joyce
Julie (Mom2lnb) - 4 books read
Kasia - 5 books read
Kenjii - 1 book read
Lauren
LibraryLass - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Lindy-Lane
Lotte_ladybird - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Lu
Maritza (out of 8) - 2 books read
Mel W (me) - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Melissa - 5 books read
Michelle (shelli_m) - 8 books read
Michelle R - 8 books read
Mod_Lori - 3 books read
Nikki - 4 books read
Photojim - 6 books read
Sallie
Shannon (shannonleighd) - 2 books read
Sharon
Shazzy - 9 books read
southpaw285 - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Steph - 8 books read
Stephanie - 5 books read
Tara (out of 5) - 5 books read - Done! Congrats!
Toni (out of 5) - 2 books read
Tosca - 6 books read
Valerie - 4 books read
Valorie - 6 books read
Yz - 4 books read
* new since the last update
Eight (8) readers have completed all 10 categories of the challenge so far. Well done!
You can sign up anytime during the entire month.
Total books read by group so far this month: 222
PLEASE NOTE: To help with tracking, could you please RE-POST your official list (as a new comment) with your progress after every update. Striking out the title and/or the date book read after the book's name will be best.
The next update will be November 28.
Happy reading, everyone!
10/10November:
Book from Nov Baby: (off Melissa's shelf)
Geo/NY:
Fall/Orange Cvr:
DST Change:
Native American Month:
Same, but Diff1:
Same, but Diff2:
Romantic-Suspense:
Pick-it-for-me Book:
↪ Challenge Completed @ 11/24/09
N FOR NOVEMBER - BIRTHDAY (Melissa)-
NEW YORK -
FALL -
TIME -
NATIVE AMERICAN -
2 BOOKS, 1 AUTHOR: BOOK 1 -
BOOK 2 -
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE -
GROUP'S SHELF - Faefever - Karen Marie Moning
Michelle (Shelli_M)
N FOR NOVEMBER - BIRTHDAY (Melissa)-
NEW YORK -
FALL -
TIME -
NATIVE AMERICAN -
2 BOOKS, 1 AUTHOR: BOOK 1 -
BOOK 2 -
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE -
GROUP'S SHELF -
*COMPLETED 24/11/09*
Michelle (shelli_m)
Congratulations to everyone that has finished and good luck to those nearly there!
2. November B-day Alathea 7 - 8 Dual author pen names
FIN:
November Monthly Challenge9/10
1. 'N' book:
2. Bday: Table For Two by Nora Roberts {Alathea}
3. New York:
4. Fall:
5. DST:
6. Native American:
7 - 8 Two books/same writer under different names:
9. Romantic suspense:
10. Group's Shelf:
Michelle wrote: "N FOR NOVEMBER - Night Life - Caitlin Kittredge 19th NovBIRTHDAY (Melissa)- Shadow Touch - Marjorie M. Liu 23rd Nov
NEW YORK - Howl at the Moon - Christine Warren 16th Nov
FALL - Orchid - Jayne..."
Congratulations Michelle !
Shazzy wrote: "All finished!1. 'N' book: No Rest for the Witches by MaryJanice Davidson et al
2. Birthday book (Ann): Zen and the art of Vampires by Katie MacAlister
3. New York..."
Congratulations Shazzy !
7/10 Complete!N for November:
Birthday (Melissa):
New York:
Fall theme:
Time in title:
Native American:
Author Name1:
Author Name2:
Romantic Suspense: Stolen Fury by Elisabeth Naughton
Group Bookshelf:
Done
To Read
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7 down...
1. November -
2. Birthday -
3. New York:
4. Fall Theme -
5. DST Change -
6. Native American Heritage Month -
7 - 8 Read two books -
Fine as Frog Hair by Sean Michael
Rain and Whiskey by B.A. Tortuga
9. Explore-a-genre:
10. Group's Shelf -
2. November B-day Alathea 4. Fall Theme: Cover orange
7 - 8 Dual author pen names
FIN:
One more book!!!1. November: Read a book which title starts with 'N"
2. Birthday: Read a book from a November B-day celebrant
Oryx and Crake
3. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from New York.
5. DST Change: Read a book that has a "time element" word in its title (ex. midnight, dawn, noon, morning, day, etc)
6. Native American Heritage Month: Read a book that has a Native American character or features the culture.
10. Group's Shelf book or if you joined the Pick-It-Form Me Challenge, your recommended book.
7/10 done1. 'N' Title: Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
3. New York: Lucky Charm by Carly Phillips
4. Fall Theme (orange cover): Fire by Kristin Cashore
6. Native American: Betrayed by P.C. Cast
7. Author 1: Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
9. Romantic suspense: The Perfect Liar by Brenda Novak
10. Group's Shelf: Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
6/10 Completed4. Fall theme - The Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands
7. Author Name 1 - Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
8. Author Name 2 - Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
9. Romantic Suspense - Eye of the Beholder by Shari Shattuck
11/26 UPDATE1) Starts with 'N':
2) Birthday:
3) New York: Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
4) Orange cover:
by Karen Kelley5) Time element: High Noon by Nora Roberts
6) Native-American: Skinwalker by Faith Hunter
7) Same author:two names:
8) Same author:two names: Vision in White by Nora Roberts
9) Romantic-Suspense:
10) Group-Shelf book:
1. November: Read a book which title starts with 'N" 2. Birthday: Read a book from a November B-day celebrant
3. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from New York.
4. Fall Theme: Read a book that has a predominantly orange color, has leaves on its cover, or has the word Fall or Autumn as part of its title.
5. DST Change: Read a book that has a "time element" word in its title (ex. midnight, dawn, noon, morning, day, etc)
6. Native American Heritage Month: Read a book that has a Native American character or features the culture.
7. Read two books written by the same writer under different names-
8. Read two books written by the same writer under different names
9. Explore-a-genre: Read a book categorize as romantic suspense (Romantic suspense involves an intrigue or mystery for the protagonists to solve).
10. Group's Shelf book or if you joined the Pick-It-Form Me Challenge, your recommended book
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Snickering over Photojim's wigwam-teepee comment heh. Busy week but weekend coming up so intend to finish then. One more down for now:3. Author/setting/character from New York - Spellbinder A Love Story With Magical Interruptions by Melanie Rawn
9. Romantic suspense - I'm Watching You by Karen Rose
10. Pick-It-For Me Challenge - TBA
Woohoo! 10/10 finished the challenge on Thanksgiving. Gobble-gobble! ;) I highly recommend the book I just read (The Lion's Shadow). It was a great book to recall the women's suffrage movement at the turn of the century.
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I am going to change my birthday book...to an easy kid's read.=P Since I will be one able to finish it, and two enjoy it. The other novel was eh. If it's ok...1. November: Read a book which title starts with 'N"
2. Birthday: Read a book from a November B-day celebrant
Arthur's Thanksgiving An Arthur Adventure (Arthur Adventure Series)
3. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from New York.
5. DST Change: Read a book that has a "time element" word in its title (ex. midnight, dawn, noon, morning, day, etc)
6. Native American Heritage Month: Read a book that has a Native American character or features the culture.
10. Group's Shelf book or if you joined the Pick-It-Form Me Challenge, your recommended book.
2. November B-day Alathea 3. Geography:
4. Fall Theme: Cover orange
7 Dual author pen names
8-1 of 2 done
FIN:
Update 3/5 1. November - Nightlife by Rob Thurman
3. New York -
4. Fall Theme -
5. DST Change -
9. Romantic Suspense - Hot Pursuit by Suzanne Brockmann
Update - November 28So far we have 46 readers participating in this month's challenge:
Alathea - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Amanda - 7 books read
Annie - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Annvelwis - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Ari - 5 books read
Barbara - 6 books read
BJ Rose - 7 books read
Brenda (b) - 9 books read
Briansgirl - 9 books read
Cathy
Courtney (out of 5)
Emily - 1 book read
Erin - 3 books read
FlibBityFLooB - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Hillary
Jane - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Joyce
Julie (Mom2lnb) - 4 books read
Kasia - 5 books read
Kenjii - 4 books read
Lauren
LibraryLass - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Lindy-Lane
Lotte_ladybird - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Lu
Maritza (out of 8) - 2 books read
Mel W (me) - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Melissa - 6 books read
Michelle (shelli_m) - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Michelle R - 8 books read
Moderatrix Lori - 5 books read
Nikki - 5 books read
Photojim - 6 books read
Sallie
Shannon (shannonleighd) - 2 books read
Sharon
Shazzy - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
southpaw285 - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Steph - 10 books read - Done! Congratulations!
Stephanie - 7 books read
Tara (out of 5) - 5 books read - Done! Congrats!
Toni (out of 5) - 3 books read
Tosca - 7 books read
Valerie - 4 books read
Valorie - 7 books read
Yz - 4 books read
* new since the last update
12 readers have completed all 10 categories of the challenge so far. Well done!
You can sign up anytime during the entire month.
Total books read by group so far this month: 251
PLEASE NOTE: To help with tracking, could you please RE-POST your official list (as a new comment) with your progress after every update. Striking out the title and/or the date book read after the book's name will be best.
The final update will be December 1.
Happy reading, everyone!
DONE!!1. November: Read a book which title starts with 'N"
2. Birthday: Read a book from a November B-day celebrant
3. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from New York.
5. DST Change: Read a book that has a "time element" word in its title (ex. midnight, dawn, noon, morning, day, etc)
6. Native American Heritage Month: Read a book that has a Native American character or features the culture.
10. Group's Shelf book or if you joined the Pick-It-Form Me Challenge, your recommended book.
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1. N for November................................
Nip the buds shoot the kids2. B-day book........................................The Color Purple (Tara's shelf)
3. Geography: New York.......................
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running(NYC marathon)4. Fall Theme........................................
Vulnerable5. DST Change: Time............................
6. Native American Heritage Month.....
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8. One author two names (Book #1)......
9. Romantic suspense...........................
10. Pick It For Me.................................
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