March 2010 Reading Challenge

[Kelley Anne]

Jessica wrote: "Is anyone else having trouble reading Strange Brew? I can't get through it."

I liked the first few stories, but the last three I really had a hard time with! Luckily for me, I was listening to it on audio book, so that sorta forces you to keep going. Not sure if I would have made it through those last three otherwise.

[Sandy]

4/10 done


Stand Alone

1. Gil's All Fright Diner by A.Lee Martinez 3/5
2. Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
3. The Demon's Librarian by Lilith Saintcrow 3/9

Anthologies

1. Bitten by Cupid 3/6
2. Cravings
3. Bite

Trilogy

1. Burning Water by Mercedes Lackey
2. Children of Night by Mercedes Lackey
3. Jinx High by Mercedes Lackey

Sibling Order - 2nd Child

A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire 3/3

[Laura]

I just realized that Monica McCarty'sThe Chief: A Highland Guard Novel is not paranormal (duh, I knew that!) So I'm replacing it with Alexis Morgan's Dark Warrior Unleashed
Stand-alone Books:
1.Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker
3. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Anthologies:
4. No Rest for the Witches
5. Dead After Dark
6. Tapestry
OR Charmed OR Immortals the Reckoning
Trilogy: Three Sisters Island Trilogy by Nora Roberts
7. Dance Upon the Air
8. Heaven and Earth
9. Face the Fire
Rank in order of siblings: #1
10. Dark Warrior Unleashed by Alexis Morgan

[Mel W]

PNR GROUP MONTHLY CHALLENGE - MARCH
Not Your Usual Series Challenge
Duration: March 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010

7/10 read

Stand-alone (3):
1. Steamed by Katie MacAlister ★★☆☆☆ 10/3
2.
3.



Anthologies (3):
1. Deep Kiss of Winter by Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter ★★★★☆ 2/3
2. Sun, Sand, Sex by Linda Lael Miller, Jennifer Apodaca & Shelly Laurenston ★★★★☆ 3/3
3.



Trilogy (3):
The MacInnes Werewolves Trilogy by Kendra Leigh Castle
1. Call of the Highland Moon ★★★★☆ 5/3
2. Dark Highland Fire ★★★★☆ 6/3
3. Wild Highland Magic ★★★★☆ 8/3



Sibling order (1) - 1st:
1. Lord Viper (Infernal Night, #1) (e-book) by Ruth D. Kerce ★★★★☆ 1/3

[Yz the Whyz]

Martina wrote: "I have a question. I see a lot of folks using the Diana Tregarde mysteries by Mercedes Lackey as a trilogy (which I get, because there are three of them), but they also (IMO) meet the description ..."

I'm not familiar with the books, so this is hard for me. Obviously, people are classifying it as trilogy because there are three books available.

I went to her website and they are definitely group together, but she also calling them independently as books (not as a series). So, I'm not exactly sure where it would fall. But, if there is no overlying story arc that completes at the third book, then it is not a trilogy. However, if there is a constant (like a character), then it seems to have the markings of a series. Oh, now...I'm confusing myself. : )

Anybody around who knows more about these books, please pipe up and let's see if we can classify them right.

In the meantime, those who are using them as a trilogy, continue to do so. As for a stand-alone, not entirely sure yet.

[Sandy]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "Martina wrote: "I have a question. I see a lot of folks using the Diana Tregarde mysteries by Mercedes Lackey as a trilogy (which I get, because there are three of them), but they also (IMO) meet ..."
Here is the defenition of a trilogy from Wikpedia if this helps.
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are most commonly found in literature, film, or video games, less commonly in visual art or musical works.

Most trilogies are works of fiction involving the same characters or setting, such as The Deptford Trilogy of novels by Robertson Davies or The Godfather films of Francis Ford Coppola. Others are connected only by theme: for example, each film of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors trilogy explores one of the political ideals of the French Republic (liberty, equality, fraternity) and each novel in Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy uses formats from detective fiction to explore existential questions. Trilogies can also be connected in less obvious ways, such as "The Nova Trilogy" of novels by William S. Burroughs, each written using Brion Gysin’s cut-up technique.

[Yz the Whyz]

Thanks for the definition, Sandy.

That answers the question. It is obviously a trilogy.

[Rachelle]

A bit late - but I'm in! Here's my list so far.

Currently Completed: 4/10

Stand-Alone

1. Good Omens by T. Pratchett/N. Gaiman
2. You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
3. TBD

Anthologies

1. Prom Nights From Hell
2. My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon
3. The Sandman: Book of Dreams

Trilogy

1. Divine by Mistake by P.C. Cast
2. Divine by Choice by P.C. Cast
3. Divine by Blood by P.C. Cast

Sibling Order (1st Child)

1. TBD

[colleen]

10/10 Completed!


1. Stand-alone Book #1: Nightlight: A Parody of Twilight by The Harvard Lampoon 3/6/10 ★★
2. Stand-alone Book #2: Coraline by Neil Gaiman 3/8/10 ★★★
3. Stand-alone Book #3: Interworld by Neil Gaiman 3/10/10 ★★★★
4. Anthology #1: Tapestry by Lynn Kurland, Madeline Hunter, Karen Marie Moning, and Sherrilyn Kenyon 3/6/10 ★★★★
5. Anthology #2: Unbound by Kim Harrison, et al. 3/9/10 ★★★
6. Anthology #3: M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman 3/10/10 ★★★
7. Trilogy Series #1: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld 3/7/10 ★★★★
8. Trilogy Series #2: Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld 3/7/10 ★★★★
9. Trilogy Series #3: Blue Noon by Scott Westerfeld 3/7/10 ★★★★
10. Birth Order (#1): Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor 3/8/10 ★★★

[Kelley Anne]

Wow Colleen! I'm impressed!

[Brenda]

My Zombie Valentine was a great read! Katie MacAlister's dark ones short story was my favorite selection. Nothing like having the flu to get caught up on your reading. Back to work tomorrow though.
7/10
Stand Alone
1.Scorcher by Viola Grace done 3/1
2.The Sun Sword by Lexxie Couper done 3/9
3.Taking Liberty by Jodi Redford done 3/4

Anthology
1. Heart of Darkness done 3/8
2. My Zombie Valentine done 3/10
3. Belong To The Night done 3/7

Trilogy-all by Shayla Black
1. Tempt Me with Darkness done 3/10
2.Possess Me at Midnight
3.Seduce Me in Shadow

Birth Order 2nd Child
Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh

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[Valorie]

3/10 Done

Stand Alone
1. Blood Is the New Black: A Novel by Valerie Stivers 3/10 ***
2. Kiss & Hell by Dakota Cassidy
3. Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Anthology
1. Wild Thing
2. Beyond the Dark
3. Hotter Than Hell

Trilogy
1. In Over Her Head by Judi Fennell 3/4 ***
2. Wild Blue Under by Judi Fennell
3. Catch of a Lifetime by Judi Fennell

Only Child
1. Soulless by Gail Carriger 3/8 ****

To Read:
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[FlibBityFLooB]

60%. I liked some of the stories in Dragon Lovers better than others.

Stand Alone Books
1. Witch in the House by Jenna McKnight - 3/5/10, ★
2. Twenties Girl: A Novel by Sophie Kinsella - 3/9/10, ★★★★
3. Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey - 3/2/10, ★★★★

Anthologies
4.My Zombie Valentine - 3/4/10, ★★
5. Faeries Gone Wild - 3/6/10, ★★★
6. Dragon Lovers - 3/10/10, ★★★

Trilogy
7-9. The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop

Rank Among Siblings (#3)
10. Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

[Martina the Book Fairy]

MARTINA'S MARCH LIST - 2/10 COMPLETE

I just finished the Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance ed. by Tricia Telep (★★★). Geez, they aren't kidding when they call this a mammoth book - it's over 500 pages containing 24 paranormal romance short stories. And a lot of those are from well known authors of the genre!

The plus is that they're bite-sized (no pun intended) easily consumable stories. You don't need to stop in the middle of the story because it's easy to read an entire tale in one sitting. The minus is that it's hard to take the book anywhere because it's BIG. Also, while all of the stories are good, none stuck out in my head as being amazing.

Not Your Usual Series Challenge

Stand-alone Books:
1) Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters - reading now
2) Bitter Angels by C.L. Anderson*
3) TBD
Anthologies:
4) The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance edited by Tricia Telep - 3/10 -★★★
5) Shifter Anthology by Angela Knight, et. al. - 3/6 - ★★★★
6) Bite by Laurell K. Hamilton, et. al.
Trilogy:
7) Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs (Jane Jameson Series #1) by Molly Harper - reading now
8) Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson Series #2) by Molly Harper
9) Nice Girls Don't Live Forever (Jane Jameson Series #3) by Molly Harper
Sibling #1:
10) TBD

[Kelley Anne]

7 DOWN / 3 TO GO

I ended up changing the last anthology I needed to read to Full Moon City. I saw it and it really intrigued me because it was supposed to be all about shifters. The first story was just really wierd, and the rest never got much better. There were only two authors that I even recognized, one of which I've never read before. The highlight was probably the story by Carrie Vaughn, featuring Kitty. It was good, but just didn't have the spark that I tend to look for with Kitty stories! Overall, not really worth the time to read it!

Stand Alone Books
1 - Bloody Irish by Bob Curran
2 - Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn
3 - The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs

Anthologies
4 - On the Prowl (I've read the first story a number of times but never read any of the rest)
5 - Full Moon City
6 - Strange Brew

Trilogy
7 - Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts
8 - The Hollow by Nora Roberts
9 - The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts

Rank Among Siblings (#2)
10 - Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (I think this is the third time I've listed this book for a challenge and still haven't read it. Hopefully I'll get around to it this time!)

TO READ:


READ:


ALSO READ:
Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

[Ms.soule]

Stand-alone Books (3) (Finish a story in one single book)
1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett ★★★★
2.Ain't Myth-Behaving
3.Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer - Oops, this wasn’t paranormal but everything else I’ve read by Colfer has been – still good YA writing, I always love how Colfer gives kids the perception (although not necessarily the wisdom) of adults. ★★★

Anthologies (3) (Test new authors by reading novella collections)
1. Cravings★★★
2. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
3. Deep Kiss of Winter

Trilogy (3) (Wrap a storyline with three books)
1. Riddle-Master series
2.
3.
Read one whose order in the series matches your rank among your siblings.
1.

[♥Lynn ♥]

3/10 Done

Stand Alones:
1.Pride and Prejudice and Zombies By Seth Grahame-Smith
2.Animal Instincts By Gena Showalter
3.Blood Red By Heather Graham



Anthologies:
4.Dead After Dark (Includes: Dark-Hunter, Related Books #10)
5.Stroke of Midnight
6.Men of the Otherworld




Trilogy:
Angels Watching Over Me By Lurlene McDaniel
Lifted Up by Angels By Lurlene McDaniel
Until Angels Close My Eyes By Lurlene McDaniel


First Born:

10.Darkfever By Karen Marie Moning



Also Read 6/6
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
One More Bite by Jennifer Rardin
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) by Richelle Mead

I changed my trilogy because I just couldn't make it past page 38 in the first book of the last trilogy.

[Vicci]

Kelley Anne wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Is anyone else having trouble reading Strange Brew? I can't get through it."

I liked the first few stories, but the last three I really had a hard time with! Luck..."

I know what you mean. I listened to the audio book as well.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Ok, the monthly totals for Feb. were posted--so here's our YTD totals for 2010

Month readers books
Jan 122 828
feb 120 745




totals 242 1573

[Shay]

3/10
Man, I'm slow...

Stand Alone:
1. Beautiful Creatures 3.5 STARS
2. Devoured
3. Immortal Danger 3 STARS

Anthologies:
4. Dead and Loving It 2 STARS
5. Hot Nights, Dark Desires
6. Weddings From Hell

A Trilogy:
7. The Sun Witch
8. The Moon Witch
9. The Star Witch


First in a series for a first born:
10. If Angels Burn or Eternal SeductionThe Star Witch

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[Chelle]

Update: 6/10 on 03/10/2010

Here's my list:

1. Stand-alone Book #1: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
2. Stand-alone Book #2: The Last Mermaid by Shana Abe
3. Stand-alone Book #3:Fairyville by Emma Holly
4. Anthology #1: Must Love Hellhounds
5. Anthology #2: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
6. Anthology #3: My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon
7. Trilogy Series #1:Sex and the Psychic Witch by Annette Blair
8. Trilogy Series #2: Gone with the Witch by Annette Blair
9. Trilogy Series #3: Never Been Witched by Annette Blair
10. Birth Order (#1 - ha!): Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

[Michelle B]

4/10 completed
Stand Alone Books
1. Ain't Myth-Behaving--3.5.10
2. Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side--3.4.10
3. A Babe in Ghostland--3.11.10

Anthologies
1. The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire
2. Dead After Dark (Includes: Dark-Hunter, Related Books #10)
3. No Rest for the Witches

Triology
1. New Moon: Book One of the Oran Trilogy
2. Sadar's Keep: Book Two of the Oran Trilogy
3. Beldan's Fire: Book Three of the Oran Trilogy

Rank Among Siblings #3
Because Your Vampire Said So--3.1.10

[Nita]

Finished my last anthology for this challenge, Playing Easy to Get. I wanted to read this one for the Kresley Cole story, which I very much enjoyed. But the other two stories, I did not enjoy really at all. The second one was another kidnap story, but this time with vikings who live under Alaska. It was another ridiculous story.

6/10 done

Stand Alones
1. Mr. Darcy, Vampyre
2. Steamed
3. Addicted 3/5 ****

Anthologies
1. Playing Easy to Get 3/11 ***
2. Hot Nights, Dark Desires 3/7 ***
3. Wild Thing 3/7 ****

Trilogy
1. Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs 3/2 ****
2. Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men
3. Nice Girls Don't Live Forever

Sibling Rank #1
1. Warrior's Woman 3/9 **



Also read:

[Felicia (Ferishia)]

3/10

Stand-alone Books
1. The Chosen Sinby Anya Bast
2. The Sin Eater’s Prince by Keta Diablo 3/11
3. A Storm of Passion by Terri Brisbin 3/9
Anthologies
4. The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes
5. Everlasting Bad Boys
6. Shifter
Children of the Sea Trilogy - Virgina Kantra
7. Sea Witch
8. Sea Fever
9. Sea Lord
Sibling Rank #1
10. Wicked Enchantment (Dark Magic #1) by Anya Bast 3/4

[Tara]

March

PNR- Not Your Usual Series Challenge March Challenge
as of 3/11:
7/10 complete (Click title for review)

3 Stand-alone Books
1. The Girl Most Likely To... by Susan Donovan
2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith -- completed 3/2: ★★☆☆☆
3. Ain't Myth-behaving by Katie MacAlister -- completed 3/1: ★★★☆☆

3 Anthologies
4. Weddings From Hell by Maggie Shayne, Jeaniene Frost, Terri Garey, Kathryn Smith -- completed 3/7: ★★★☆☆
5. Night's Edge by Maggie Shayne, Charlaine Harris, Barbara Hambly -- completed 3/7: ★★★☆☆
6. Midnight Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Maggie Shayne, Ronda Thompson, Amanda Ashley -- completed 3/8: ★★☆☆☆

Trilogy The Lily Blood Trilogy by Julie Kenner
7. Tainted -- completed 3/11: ★★★☆☆
8. Torn
9. Turned

I'm kid # 5
10. Roadkill by Rob Thurman -- completed 3/4: ★★★★★

TO READ



READ


Read all my reviews: Tara's read and reviewed

[Kirttimukha]

Jessica wrote: "Is anyone else having trouble reading Strange Brew? I can't get through it."

I liked it. My favorite stories were the ones at the beginning, like the seeing eye story. I find anthologies more difficult to read anyway because I just can't seem to get as caught up in the story. The last 100 pages go way more quickly than the first 100. Oh and I did read it. I can't do audio books very well.

[Martina the Book Fairy]

MARTINA'S MARCH LIST - 3/10 COMPLETE

Just finished Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs (Jane Jameson, Book 1) by Molly Harper which I give ★★★1/2. Jane Jameson is a southern small town librarian who is having a very bad day. She's just been fired from her job, has gotten good and drunk on mudslides, her car broke down on the way home, and she was mistaken by a deer and shot by a hillbilly. Luckily the mystery man she just met at the bar was following her home and saw the whole thing. Luckier still is that he's a vampire and has just turned Jane into one, too. Jane now has to come to terms with her new vampire lifestyle including how to tell her overbearing family, how to socialize with other newly undead, and where to find a job that will allow her to keep her historic and greatly-in-demand home.

I did enjoy this book, I just found it to be rather average for the genre rather than above average. I like Jane - especially her addiction to literary Janes like Austen and to a lesser extent Eyre. However, I found her exceptionally naïve even for this storyline. I hated how the relationship with her family was dealt with, but loved her ghostly aunt. Basically there just wasn't enough character development & depth to Jane for my taste, I think. Which there's nothing terribly wrong with - it was a fun read - just not a fabulous read.

I would categorize this book as light & fun PNR along the lines of a MaryJanice Davidson, Michelle Bardsley, Gerry Bartlett, Dakota Cassidy, Tate Hallaway, Katie MacAlister, or Kimberly Raye vampire novel.

Not Your Usual Series Challenge

Stand-alone Books:
1) Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters - reading now
2) Bitter Angels by C.L. Anderson*
3) TBD
Anthologies:
4) The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance edited by Tricia Telep - 3/10 -★★★
5) Shifter Anthology by Angela Knight, et. al. - 3/6 - ★★★★
6) Bite by Laurell K. Hamilton, et. al.
Trilogy:
7) Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs (Jane Jameson Series #1) by Molly Harper - 3/11 - ★★★1/2
8) Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson Series #2) by Molly Harper - reading now
9) Nice Girls Don't Live Forever (Jane Jameson Series #3) by Molly Harper
Sibling #1:
10) TBD

[♥Lynn ♥]

4/10 Done

Stand Alones:
1.Pride and Prejudice and Zombies By Seth Grahame-Smith
2.Animal Instincts By Gena Showalter
3.Blood Red By Heather Graham



Anthologies:
4.Dead After Dark (Includes: Dark-Hunter, Related Books #10)
5.Stroke of Midnight
6.Men of the Otherworld




Trilogy:
Angels Watching Over Me By Lurlene McDaniel
Lifted Up by Angels By Lurlene McDaniel
Until Angels Close My Eyes By Lurlene McDaniel


First Born:

10.Darkfever By Karen Marie Moning



Also Read 6/6
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
One More Bite by Jennifer Rardin
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) by Richelle Mead


Animal Instincts was so funny!! I loved this book. I think it was Showalter's best book yet.

[Jen (jlkish)]

7/10 COMPLETE

I'm having to switch out 1 of my anthologies due to not being able to get the other...

Stand Alone Books
Steamed by Katie MacAlister
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore ***/5 03.11.10
Kiss & Hell by Dakota Cassidy ***/5 03.07.10

Anthologies
Inked ****/5 03.08.10
My Zombie Valentine
Never After

Trilogy
The Sign of Seven Trilogy by Nora Roberts:
Blood Brothers ****/5 03.04.10
The Hollow ****/5 03.05.10
The Pagan Stone ***/5 03.06.10

Rank Among Siblings - First Born
Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding ****/5 03.03.10

READ:


TO BE READ:


ALSO READ:

[Shannon]

I'm in for sure! Here's my list as of today:

Progress: 2/10

Stand-alone Books

1. Let the Right One In: A Novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist
2. Last Door by K. Raven Rozier
3. Garden of the Moon by Elizabeth Sinclair

Anthologies

4. Inked by Karen Chance, Marjorie M. Liu, Yasmine Galenorn, Eileen Wilks --Read 03/06
5. Shifter by Angela Knight, Lora Leigh, Alyssa Day, Virginia Kantra
6. Beyond the Dark by Angela Knight, Emma Holly, Lora Leigh, Diane Whiteside

Trilogy: Vampire/Werewolf Trilogy by Susan Krinard

7. Chasing Midnight
8. Dark Of The Moon
9. Come The Night

Rank Amongst My Sibs, #6

10. Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward --Read 03/11

[Ann aka Iftcan]

yay--library finally sent me notice that my trilogy was in. (I'd had to put it on reserve.) Now I can get that started. In the meantime, I've finally finished another anthology. It was a 5 story one, that got 2 whole stars. The only 2 stores that I liked was the Jeanine Frost one (a short set in Cat and Bone's world.) And a historical that was also part of another series, one that I hadn't read before. But I'm thinking seriously about trying to find the other books in the series, simply because the writer DID handle short story format well.


March Reading Challenge
5/10

Stand Alone books

1 Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange
2 Steamed by Katie MacAlister
3

Anthologies

1 Really Unusual Bad Boys by MaryJanice Davidson
2 Four Dukes and a Devil by Cathy Maxwell et. al
3


Trilogy

1
2
3


Sibling Rank

(#2 of 4—er5) Blood Cross, a Jane Yellowrock Novel by Faith Hunter

[Aila]

Shannen wrote: "Would The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare qualify as a trilogy? There are only three books out but I just noticed that she is working on a fourth."


it is a triolgy and omg it is soo good

[Shay]

4/10
'Companions of the night' was a nice surprise. i'll be reading more of Vivian Vande Velde!

Stand Alone:
1. Beautiful Creatures 3.5 STARS
2. Companions of the Night 4 STARS!!!
3. Immortal Danger 3 STARS

Anthologies:
4. Dead and Loving It 2 STARS
5. Hot Nights, Dark Desires
6. Weddings From Hell

A Trilogy:
7. The Sun Witch
8. The Moon Witch
9. The Star Witch


First in a series for a first born:
10. If Angels Burn or Eternal SeductionThe Star Witch

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[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

6/10
Stand-alone
1.Beatiful creatures
2.Midnight Bayou
3. Ruined
Anthologie
1. Dark Dreamers
2. Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
3. No rest for the Witches
Trilogy
1. Morrigan's Cross
2. Dance of the Gods
3. Valley of Silence
Birth order only child
Firespell

[Michelle B]

WooHoo--halfway there!!

5/10 completed
Stand Alone Books
1. Ain't Myth-Behaving--3.5.10
2. Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side--3.4.10
3. A Babe in Ghostland--3.11.10

Anthologies
1. The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire
2. Dead After Dark (Includes: Dark-Hunter, Related Books #10)
3. No Rest for the Witches--3.12.10

Triology
1. New Moon: Book One of the Oran Trilogy
2. Sadar's Keep: Book Two of the Oran Trilogy
3. Beldan's Fire: Book Three of the Oran Trilogy

Rank Among Siblings #3
Because Your Vampire Said So--3.1.10

[Sandy]

5/10 done


Stand Alone

1. Gil's All Fright Diner by A.Lee Martinez 3/5
2. Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker 3/11
3. The Demon's Librarian by Lilith Saintcrow 3/9

Anthologies

1. Bitten by Cupid 3/6
2. Cravings
3. Bite

Trilogy

1. Burning Water by Mercedes Lackey
2. Children of Night by Mercedes Lackey
3. Jinx High by Mercedes Lackey

Sibling Order - 2nd Child

A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire 3/3

I really don't recommend Mister B. Gone. My boyfriend took it out of the library on CD and I listened to it with him. If I'd been reading this I never would have finished it.

[Tara]

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "It was a 5 story one, that got 2 whole stars. The only 2 stores that I liked was the Jeanine Frost one (a short set in Cat and Bone's world.)."

Was that Unbound?

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Tara--no the short story in Four Dukes and a Devil was called Devil to Pay--its about one of Mencheres other "children." Cat and Bones do make a very brief appearance in the story, as does Mencheres.

Ok, oh Great Leader--are we counting the books set in the Cat and Bones world (i.e. First Drop of Crimson etc.) as stand alones? I admit--I just could NOT hold out any longer and HAD to read it. :o) Now, can I count it as a stand alone or do I have to read a different story?

[Yz the Whyz]

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: Ok, oh Great Leader--are we counting the books set in the Cat and Bones world (i.e. First Drop of Crimson etc.) as stand alones? I admit--I just could NOT hold out any longer and HAD to read it. :o) Now, can I count it as a stand alone or do I have to read a different story?
..."

Sorry...it's a first book of another series (Mencheres' book is next, if I'm not mistaken), so we can't treat it as a stand-alone.

Now, why do I feel guilty saying no? : )

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

7/10
Stand-alone
1.Beatiful creatures
2.Midnight Bayou
3.Ruined

1.A Little Fate had a hard time reading it
2.Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
3.No rest for the Witches
Trilogy
1. Morrigan's Cross
2. Dance of the Gods
3. Valley of Silence
Birth order only child
Firespell

[Ann aka Iftcan]

lol, don't know YZ--why? Because you HATE to say no to your faithful followers maybe? :oP

And I DID manage to hold out this long on reading it, so I think I did really well. It had been sitting on my tbr shelf since release date, sending out siren calls to me. I just finally couldn't resist Spade any longer.

What I'm wondering about is--what is she going to do with IAN?? And what about Timothy? (the 4th one that we haven't met yet.)

Sigh, so many books, so little time.

[Erin]

Finished: 6/10

Stand Alone
1. Son of the Morning by Linda Howard
2. Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
3. Dream Man by Linda Howard 3/2

Anthologies
4. On the Prowl by Patricia Briggs, Eileen Wilks, Karen Chance, and Sunny 3/12
5. Bite by Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, Angela Knight, and Vickie Taylor 3/4
6. Tapestry by Lynn Kurland, Madeline Hunter, Karen Marie Moning, and Sherrilyn Kenyon 3/9

Trilogy
7. Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts 3/6
8. Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts
9. Face the Fire by Nora Roberts

Sibling Rank: 1
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton 3/12

It's not looking like I'll get a copy of Wild Thing from the library any time soon as I am still number 15 on the waiting list, so I grabbed On the Prowl and read that instead. I really liked the Patricia Briggs and Eileen Wilks stories.



Also read:
3/11 3/9 3/7 3/4 3/3 3/1

[Rachel-RN]

6/10

Stand Alone Books
1. Alpha Wolf- Linda O. Johnston 3/7
2. Rose Daughter- Robin McKinley
3. Dragon's Lair- Denise Lyon

Anthologies
4. My Zombie Valentine
5. Playing Easy To Get 3/10
6. My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon

Trilogy
7. A Rush of Wings- Adrian Phoenix 3/6
8. In the Blood 3/9
9. Beneath the Skin 3/11

Birth Order - 1st born
10. The Faerie Path- Frewin Jones 3/7

[I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookiereviews.blogspot.com)]

3/10 READ

Stand-alone Books (3) (Finish a story in one single book)
1. Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong 03/11/2010 ☆☆☆☆ My Review
2. My Lobotomy
3. First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost 03/13/2010 ☆☆☆☆ My Review

Anthologies (3) (Test new authors by reading novella collections)
4. Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
5. Hotter Than Hell
6.

Trilogy (3) (Wrap a storyline with three books)
7.
8.
9.

Birth Order
10. 1st Born-#1 Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill 03/03/2010 ☆☆☆☆☆ My Review


Link to My Challenges & Lists

[Ann aka Iftcan]

March Reading Challenge
6/10

Stand Alone books

1 Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange
2 Steamed by Katie MacAlister
3

Anthologies

1 Really Unusual Bad Boys by MaryJanice Davidson
2 Four Dukes and a Devil by Cathy Maxwell et. al
3 Sugarplums and Scandal by Lori Avocato et. al.


Trilogy

1
2
3


Sibling Rank

(#2 of 4—er5) Blood Cross, a Jane Yellowrock Novel by Faith Hunter

[♥Lynn ♥]

5/10 Done

Stand Alones:
1.Pride and Prejudice and Zombies By Seth Grahame-Smith
2.Animal Instincts By Gena Showalter
3.Blood Red By Heather Graham



Anthologies:
4.Dead After Dark (Includes: Dark-Hunter, Related Books #10)
5.Stroke of Midnight
6.Men of the Otherworld




Trilogy:
7.Angels Watching Over Me By Lurlene McDaniel
8.Lifted Up by Angels By Lurlene McDaniel
9.Until Angels Close My Eyes By Lurlene McDaniel


First Born:

10.Darkfever By Karen Marie Moning



Also Read 6/6
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
One More Bite by Jennifer Rardin
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) by Richelle Mead

[Angie]

Stand-alone books:
Come To Me - Lisa Cach
Blood Is The New Black - Valerie Stivers - March 9
Finders Keepers - Linnea Sinclair


Anthologies:
Hot For The Holidays
No Rest For The Witches
Huntress


Trilogy:
Damask Circle by Keri Arthur
Circle of Fire
Circle of Death
Circle of Desire


Rank: Fifth - Lover Unbound - J.R. Ward - March 7

[Arcadia]

3 of 10
March 1 - March 31

Standalones:
1. Makers by Cory Doctorow (ARC) (Non-Paranormal)
2. Jupiter: A Novel by Ben Bova (Non-Paranormal) (Re-read) CURRENTLY READING
3. Shadow's Kiss by Joan Hohl (Re-read)

Anthologies:
1. The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire by Trisha Telep (Editor) (Re-read)
2. Heart of Darkness by Gena Showalter, et al.
3. A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) Mar 11 ★★★☆☆

Trilogy:
1. Beyond the Night by Joss Ware Mar 9 ★★★☆☆
2. Embrace the Night Eternal by Joss Ware
3. Abandon the Night by Joss Ware

First Born:
1. Stray by Rachel Vincent Mar 6 ★★★★★
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[Jaime]

3/10

Stand-alone Books (3) (Finish a story in one single book)
1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2. Perfume by Patrick Süskind
3. The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Anthologies (3) (Test new authors by reading novella collections)
4. Playing Easy to Get by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jaid Black, Kresley Cole
5. Dead After Dark (Includes: Dark-Hunter, Related Books #10) by Sherrilyn Kenyon, J.R. Ward, Susan Squires, Dianna Love
6. Inked by Karen Chance, Marjorie Liu, Yasmine Galenorn, Eileen Wilks

Trilogy (3) (Wrap a storyline with three books)
Vampire/Werewolf Trilogy
by: Susan Krinard
7. Chasing Midnight 3/7 ****
8. Dark Of The Moon 3/12 ****
9. Come The Night

Series in Rank of Birth (#2)
10. Rogue by Rachel Vincent 3/9 ****

[♥Lynn ♥]

6/10 Done

Stand Alones:
1.Pride and Prejudice and Zombies By Seth Grahame-Smith
2.Animal Instincts By Gena Showalter
3.Blood Red By Heather Graham



Anthologies:
4.Dead After Dark (Includes: Dark-Hunter, Related Books #10)
5.Stroke of Midnight
6.Men of the Otherworld




Trilogy:
7.Angels Watching Over Me By Lurlene McDaniel
8.Lifted Up by Angels By Lurlene McDaniel
9.Until Angels Close My Eyes By Lurlene McDaniel


First Born:

10.Darkfever By Karen Marie Moning



Also Read 6/6
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
One More Bite by Jennifer Rardin
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) by Richelle Mead