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December 2009 Reading Challenge
Token Female Gamer wrote: "Archangel by Sharon ShinnAngels' Blood by Nalini Singh
Storm Born by Rishelle Mead
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
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No matter what anyone says, Rehv's book is best :D
I have a feeling that my favorite book is going to end up being John Matthew's! Just the small glimses that I am getting of him in Lover Enshrined are killing me!!! Hopefully there's more of him in Lover Avenged because I have no idea how I'm going to wait until April for his book to come out!
Ahrcadia wrote: "No matter what anyone says, Rehv's book is best :D"
I can't believe I am going to have to wait a while month to read more. Of course I would wait until the "no exchange" challenge month. =)
More likly I will sneak a few extra hours of reading in...sleep is overrated anyway.
Sleep? What's sleep? Reading is the only thing that matters!
My biggest problem is which book to read next. Decisions! decisions!2/9
TO Read List:
1.Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
2.
3. Dark Moon by Lori Handeland
4.
5. Crescent Moon by Lori Handeland
6. Thunder Moon by Lori Handeland
7. Hidden Moon by Lori Handeland
8. Shadowlight by Lynn Viehl
9. Evermore by Alyson Noel
Alternatives:
1. Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh
2. Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh
3. Covet by J.R. Ward
4. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
5. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
6. Hunting Julian by Jacquelyn Frank
You all read so fast! I haven't even finished one book yet!
3/9 books readGoing to read swallowing Darkness next which FINALLY came in the mail after a month of waiting for it!
1.
2.
3. Dangerous GamesBy Keri Arthur
4. Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, #7) By Laurell K Hamilton
5.
6. The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #2) By Laurell K Hamilton
7. Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3) By Laurell K Hamilton
8. Destined for an Early Grave By Jeanie Frost
9. Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) By Richele Mead
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Lover Avenged By J R Ward
2. Covet By J R Ward
3. Divine Misdemeanors Laurell K Hamilton
4. Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) Richelle Mead
5.
6. TwelveBy Jasper Kent
Jaime wrote: "My biggest problem is which book to read next. Decisions! decisions!2/9
TO Read List:
1.Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
2. Slave to Sensation by ..."
I just finished reading Hunter moon last week Jaime, What did you think of it?
Yay! Just what I needed.1.
2. Night Rising by Chris Marie Green
3. The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton
4. Tanner's Scheme by Lora Leigh
5. Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill
6. Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
7. Covet by J. R. Ward
8.
9. A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton
Alternate
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
The Rest Falls Away by Collen Gleason
Bitten to Death by Jennifer Rardin
Minion by L.A. Banks
A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon
1 OF 9 COMPLETETO BE READ
1.
2.Born to be Bad Sherrilyn Kenyon
3.Seduce the Darkness Gena Showalter
4.Red Handed Gena Showalter
5.Bedeviled Maureen Child
6.Blacklisted Gena Showalter
7.Born of Night Sherrilyn Kenyon
8.The Rogue Hunter Lynsay Sands
9.The Immortal Hunter Lynsay Sands
ALTERNATE
1.Kiss Me Deadly Michele Hauf
2.Born of Fire (The League, #2) Sherrilyn Kenyon
3.Touch the Dark Karen Chance
4.The Renegade Hunter Lynsay Sands
5.Let the Right One In Lindquist
6.Intertwined Gena Showalter
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Kelley Anne wrote: "Sleep? What's sleep? Reading is the only thing that matters!"Hear hear!
2/9 Done!To Be Read List
1.
2. The Burning by Susan Squires
3.
4. Dominic by Elizabeth Amber
5. Eve of Destruction by S.J. Day
6. Red by Jordan Summers
7. The Chosen Sin by Anya Bast
8. Edge of Danger by Rhyannon Byrd
9. Enticed by Kathleen Dante
Alternates
1. Second Skin by Caitlin Kittredge
2. Mortal Sins by Eileen Wilks
3. Holidays are Hell by Various Authors
4. Scorched by Sharon Ashwood
5. Gideon by Jacquelyn Frank
6. Master of Dragons by Angela Knight
3/9 ReadTBR
1.
2.Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson
3.The Cat by Jean Johnson
4.Sins Of The Night by Devyn Quinn
5.
6.Beyond the Pale by Savannah Russe
7.Blue Moon by Lori Handeland
8.Seduced by Magic by Cheyenne McCray
9.
]Alternates
1.Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
2.Unbound by Lori Devoti
3.What A Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken
4.Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
5.The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W. Hill
6.Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, #7) by Laurell K. Hamilton
1/9 read TBR
1. Bitten by Kelly Armstrong
2. The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout
3. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
4. Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu
5. Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen M. Moning
6. Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh
7.
8. Parallel Attraction by Deidre Knight
9. Forbidden Magic by Cheyenne McCray
Although I found the world building weak and disorganized at times, I really enjoyed the overall story of Personal Demons by Stacia Kane; I would've liked more details about the demon hierarchy, but I expect more to come as the series progresses. As much I love vampires and werewolves, it was a nice change to read about some other supernatural beings. The heroine's main love interest wasn't one of my favorites, but the author saw to it that there was great chemisty between them right from the start. I think that Personal Demons is an excellent beginning to a new series, and I'm looking forward to reading Demon Inside book 2.
Alternates
1. Stolen by Kelly Armstrong
2. Possession by Jennifer Armintrout
3. Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
4. To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen M. Moning
5. Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
6. Parallel Heat by Deidre Knight
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Michelle in TN
TBR Clean-up ChallengeAS of 12/5/09:
2/9 Complete
3. Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
4. Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. Born of Fire (The League, #2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
6. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole -- currently reading: ☆☆☆☆☆
7. No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole
8. Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole
9.Dark Needs At Night's Edge by Kresley Cole
Alternates
1. Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole
2. Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole
3. Dead End Dating A Novel of Vampire Love by Kimberly Raye
4. Devour Me by Lydia Parks -- currently reading: ☆☆☆☆☆
5. A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
6. Soulless by Gail Carriger -- abandoned 12/1:
TO BE READ:
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READ:
CURRENTLY READING:
1/9 readMy TBR List
1.
2. Stray by Rachel Vincent
3. Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole
4. Wicked Ties by Shayla Black
5. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
6. Strange Brew by P. N. Elrod, Karen Chance, etc.
7. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
8. Bedeviled by Maureen Child
9. Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Read:
★★★★☆This was a fun read! Campy, wacky, hilarious with real sweet moments (cranky vampire Earl and his ghost girlfriend).
Up next:
To read:
Alternates
1. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
2. Claimed By Shadow by Karen Chance
3. Embrace the Night by Karen Chance
4. Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance
5. Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance
6. Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
5/9TBR
House of Whispers Book One Of The Supernatural Properties Series by Margaret Lucke
A Stroke of Midnight (Meredith Gentry, #4) by Laurell K Hamilton
Mistral's Kiss (Meredith Gentry, #5) by Laurell K Hamilton
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Alternates
Holidays Are Hell anthology
Myrren's Gift by Fiona McIntosh
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Ancient Future by Traci Harding
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Poison Study by Maria Snyder
To-be-read list6/10 Read!!
Nightseer By Laurell K. Hamilton
Kiss of the Night By Sherrilyn Kenyon
Night Play By Sherrilyn Kenyon
Seize the Night By Sherrilyn Kenyon
Alternates
Sins of the Night By Sherrilyn Kenyon
Unleash the Night By Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dark Side of the Moon By Sherrilyn Kenyon
Upon The Midnight Clear By Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dream Chaser By Sherrilyn Kenyon
I added Night Pleasures to read because I had to read it before the rest of the SK books so I could read them in order. What a boob, I did not notice it before!
I agree with Ahrcadia, Lover Avenged was a great book!!! Rev is a great character. Kelley Anne, LAV has alot of JM in it, but some parts, I just wanted to smack him. The ending is amazing and really makes you want Lover Mine ASAP.
2/10TBR
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
3. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
4. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
6. The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0 by Christopher Moore
7. Covet by J.R. Ward
8. Dark Curse by Christine Feehan
9. Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
Alternates
1. Burning Wild by Christine Feehan
2. Fire Study by Maria Snyder
3. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
4. Queste by Angie Sage
5. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
6. Sir Thursday by Garth Nix
I am calling time out for reading for a little bit, Kentucky Basketball is on for crying out loud!
Lynn wrote: "I agree with Ahrcadia, Lover Avenged was a great book!!! Rev is a great character. Kelley Anne, LAV has alot of JM in it, but some parts, I just wanted to smack him. The ending is amazing and reall..."The book has me completely hooked right now! I feel kinda bad that I've diverted away from the challenge, but I figure that I should be done with this book sometime this weekend than I can get back to it. Without saying anything that will spoil things for others, I am at the part where JM just burst into the office because he smelled blood, and found out something he really didn't want to know! lol, I just about died! What a great series!!!
Help, I think I did mine wrong. How do you cross them out once you've read them?
Look in the upper right hand corner of the comment box where it says "some html is ok". Click on that and scroll down to
at the end of what you want to strike out, just take out the / mark and you have what you need to put at the start of what you want to strike out.
I always hit the preview button by post to see if I got it right!
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(TBR Clean-up)
Main List:
Dead After Dark (Includes Dark-Hunter, Related Books #10)(anthology)
Covet by JR Ward
Mistletoe & Magic (anthology)
Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh
Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle
Burning Alive by Shannon K. Butcher
Alternates
Bloodline by Maggie Shayne
Addicted by Lydia Parks
Captive Dreams by Angela Knight
Wild Thing (anthology)
Eternal Lover (anthology)
Beyond Magic (anthology)
Ender's Shadow is not my usual type of book but I picked it up from a library sale, and decided I should at least read it, before I get rid of it. To my surprise, I actually enjoyed it very much, and will be on the look out for the more popular Ender's Game.
so do i have to write my list over again to do it? Or go back to the one i first wrote?
Nope, just go to the post where you had originally listed all of your books, click edit, and then you can copy and paste your old post into a new post.
Lynn wrote: "I agree with Ahrcadia, Lover Avenged was a great book!!! Rev is a great character. Kelley Anne, LAV has alot of JM in it, but some parts, I just wanted to smack him. The ending is amazing and reall..."Yay! Finally someone who likes it! I especially liked how long it was, since that gave Rehv and Ehlena more time to develop a realistic (at least, as far as PNR goes) relationship rather than meet, bang, and tie the knot like some books I've read.
I had the J.R. Ward books in my library for months and kept trying to find anything to read but them.. And then one day I ran out of other books, and fell in love with the series bought them all the next day and can't wait for the next book to come out. Loved them all, but totally agree I loved getting to know more about Rhev since he had been in just about every other book.
Archer wrote: "I had the J.R. Ward books in my library for months and kept trying to find anything to read but them.. And then one day I ran out of other books, and fell in love with the series bought them all t..."I was so sad when he was barely even mentioned in Butch and V's books, but then the Warden gave us almost 650 pages of Rehv awesomeness and all was forgiven.
Rebecca wrote: I just finished reading Hunter moon last week Jaime, What did you think of it? It was good but not a book I would probably read over and over again. Something about the way she wrote the main character's thoughts iritated me. I dont know why. I am continuing with the series and I hope I dont loose interest because all the books are written like that.
3/9 readI'm really enjoying the Elemental Witch series by Anya Bast - simple world-building and lots of steamy hot sex, which I love, and enough of a plot to keep me interested including a different take on the origins of witches.
TBR List:
3. Witch Heart by Anya Bast
4. Witch Fury by Anya Bast
6. I Burn for You by Susan Sizemore
7. Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
8. Derik's Bane by MaryJanice Davidson
9. Charmed by Jayne Castle, Lori Foster, Eileen Wilks & Julie Beard
Alternates:
1. Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
2. Knight of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
3. High Stakes by Erin McCarthy
4. The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
5. The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
6. Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Ahrcadia - I agree! I really like how they are taking their time with the relationship development. Reading book after book of people falling in love and getting married/mated with-in about a week starts to get to be a bit much. Don't get me wrong, I love those books, but it's nice to have something different once in a while.
I could not believe that people did not like the book either. I always wanted to know more about him as I read the books. He was so dark and mysterious that I had to know about him. What is up with the Barb? She really went out of a limb with that!
Lynn wrote: "What is up with the Barb? She really went out of a limb with that!"I so wondered about that too! Is Ward trying to say symphaths are feline? The last book I read for the November challenge was Bengal's Heart in which the hero is part tiger and a barb "there" was one of his cat breed traits.
TBR1. A Hunger Like No Other-Kresley Cole
2. No Rest for the Wickes-Kresley Cole
3. Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night-Kresley Cole
4. Dark Needs at Night's Edge-Kresley Cole
5. Dark Desires After Dark
6. Kiss of a Demon King
7. Go Fetch-Shelly Laurenston 12/5 ☆☆☆
8. Here Kitty, Kitty-Shelly Laurenston
9. Kiss of Midnight-Lara Adrian
Alternatives
1. How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire-Kerrelyn Sparks
2. Glass Houses-Rachel Caine
3. Full Moon Rising-Keri Arthur
4. Goddess of the Sea-PC Cast
5. Kiss of Crimson-Lara Adrian
6. Midnight Awakening-Lara Adrian
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3/9
List
Undead and Uneasy
Undead and Unworthy
Undead and Unwelcome
The Highlander's Touch
Lover Unbound
Lover Enshrined
Lover Avenged
Alternates
Slave to Sensation
Dead to the World
Dead as a Doornail
The Rogue Hunter
Kiss of the Highlander
Arcadia's Challenge List2 of 9
1. As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason
2.
3.
4. Embrace the Night by Karen Chance CURRENTLY READING
5. A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry, #2) by Laurell K. Hamilton
6. In the Blood Book Two of the Maker's Song by Adrian Phoenix
7. Dracula by Bram Stoker
8. Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost
9. Covet by J.R. Ward
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Alternates:
1. The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #2) by Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Fade Out by Rachel Caine
3. Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
4. Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
5. The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa de la Cruz
6. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Lynn wrote: "I could not believe that people did not like the book either. I always wanted to know more about him as I read the books. He was so dark and mysterious that I had to know about him. What is up with..."I'm only about 1/3 of the way through, but I am loving it so far! Don't know why people said they don't, but I agree, the whole Barb thing is really odd!
6/9TBR
House of Whispers Book One Of The Supernatural Properties Series by Margaret Lucke
Mistral's Kiss (Meredith Gentry, #5) by Laurell K Hamilton
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Alternates
Holidays Are Hell anthology
Myrren's Gift by Fiona McIntosh
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Ancient Future by Traci Harding
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Poison Study by Maria Snyder
TBR
1-
2-Iron Kissed
3-The Highlander's Touch
4-Midnight Rising
5-Living Dead in Dallas
6-Some Girls Bite
7-Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
8-Soulless
9-Bitten
Alternates:
1-Born of Night
2-Lucinda, Darkly
3-Hush, Hush
4-Deadly Little Secret
5-The Forest of Hands and Teeth
6-The Splendor Falls
Also Read:
1 - 2 - How To Marry A Millionaire Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks
3 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Hot - Stephanie Rowe
4 - Sword of Darkness - Kinley MacGregor
5 - Dark Lover - J R Ward
6 - Kiss of Crimson - Lara Adrian
7 - Visions of Heat - Nalini Singh
8 - A Girl's Guide to Vampires - Katie MacAlister
9 - Born of Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Alternate list:
1 - The Empath - Bonnie Vanak
2 - Bitten and Smitten - Michelle Rowen
3 - No Rest For The Witches
4 - Storm Born - Richelle Mead
5 - Holidays Are Hell
6 - Stray - Rachel Vincent
4/9 ReadTBR
1.
2.Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson
3.The Cat by Jean Johnson
4.Sins Of The Night by Devyn Quinn
5.
6.
7.Blue Moon by Lori Handeland
8.Seduced by Magic by Cheyenne McCray
9.
]Alternates
1.Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
2.Unbound by Lori Devoti
3.What A Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken
4.Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
5.The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W. Hill
6.Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, #7) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Looloo,Where did you get your copy of The Vampire Queen's Servant? I cannot find it at any bookstores. At the moment, I have it pending from Book Depository.
Lenore wrote: "Looloo,Where did you get your copy of The Vampire Queen's Servant? I cannot find it at any bookstores. At the moment, I have it pending from Book Depository."
I bought it off ebay along with the second book of the series but I've seen a couple of copies of it at my local used bookstore for around $5.
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Archangel by Sharon ShinnAngels' Blood by Nalini Singh
Storm Born by Rishelle Mead
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Dark Lover by J.R. WardThe People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPray
Evermore by Alyson Noel
City of Bones by Cassandra Clark
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
My Alternates are:
Queen of Song and Souls by C.L.Wilson
Undead and Unreturnable by Mary Janice Davidson
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn
Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren
Unleashed by Kristopher Reisz
Just finished Dark Lover yesterday and had to post.
I love that book soooooo much! And I have no idea why. I want to read it again, right now. I would have my whole month of december filled with just rereads of Dark Lover. Its good I can't change any of the books. =)
Anyway I just wanted to throw some BDB love out there.
edit: after posting this, I noticed the Kelley Anne is having the same difficulty. =)
I just ordered the first four from Amazon. Will have to devote January to BDB it looks like.