Challenge # 1: April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010

[Yvensong]

3/4

UF: Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton
Since I've discovered I had already read Butterfly
Revised to Breaking Midnight by Emma Holly
UF: Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur
Fantasy: Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
New Author: Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge

[Amy]

UPDATE 2/4

UF: Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs
UF: Tempting Danger - Eileen Wilks ★ ★☆ 18 April 2010
Fantasy: Oath of Fealty - Elizabeth Moon ★★★☆
New Author: Rainbows End - Vernor Vinge (Science fiction book)

[Alice]

Let me in before it's over!
TAHDAH! 4 of 4 I'm Done!

Urban Fantasy
finished 5/5/2010 4 stars finished 5/13/2010 4 stars

Fantasy
finished 5/15/2010 3 stars

New Author
Jennifer Crusie [image error] finished 5/18/2010 4 stars

[Gala]

Yes I'm In ★
UF:Wolf Cry by Patricia Briggs
UF:Embrace the Night by Karen Chance
FANTASY:Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
NEW AUTHOR: Fallen by Tim Lebbon

[Angie]

1 - Night Life - Caitlin Kittredge - May 11
2 - Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs
3 - Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon
4 - Blood Moon - Dawn Thompson

[Archer]

Amy or "Ames" wrote: "Archer, I loved Kitty's House of Horrors, it's one of my favourites. Did you know Carrie Vaughn has a YA book out? I've just read it, it's called Voices of Dragons, I ..."

No I didn't.. But I will look for it now. Read some info on it.. Thanks for the recommend and sorry for the slow reply.. Just saw it.. :(

[Archer]

Urban Fantasy Challenge: 0/4

Book Challenge April 1st - June 30th

UF - 1. Kitty's House of Horrors - Carrie Vaughn
UF - 2. Changes - Jim Butcher
OF - 3. Men of the OtherWorld - Kelley Armstrong
NA - 4. Three Days to Dead - Kelly Meding

[Gala]

UF:Wolf Cry by Patricia Briggs
UF:Embrace the Night by Karen Chance
***DONE*** FANTASY:Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
NEW AUTHOR: Fallen by Tim Lebbon

[Theresa]

Charlotte, Archer, and Lynn -- CONGRATS!! Good job on finishing the challenge!

Angie, Alice, and Gala -- You've been added to the participant list! :)

[AH]

4/4 Completed May 15, 2010

UF - A Fistful of Charms (Rachel Morgan #4) Kim Harrison Completed 4/3/10
UF - Halfway to the Grave Jeaniene Frost Completed 4/15/10
Fantasy - The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson #5) Rick RiordanCompleted 5/15/10
Other Author - Fallen Lauren Kate Completed 4/26



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[Theresa]

AH wrote: "4/4 Completed May 15, 2010..."

Nice job, AH!

[mostunexpected]

I guess I didn't make it clear in my last post, but I completed the challenge.

Unless you wouldn't consider a steam punk book fantasy. I would say it's a combination of sci-fi and fantasy.

Actually my name isn't on the participant list either.

Or have I made some kind of mistake?

[Theresa]

mostunexpected wrote: "Actually my name isn't on the participant list either..."

Not sure what happened, mostunexpected, as you were on the list. Perhaps when I was moving you to the "completed" list, my copy-and-paste didn't work. Either that or GoodReads ate the update. :) You are on the completed list now.

[Gala]

UF:Wolf Cry by Patricia Briggs
UF:Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
FANTASY:Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
NEW AUTHOR: Fallen by Tim Lebbon

[Gia]

URBAN FANTASY READING CHALLENGE 4/1/10-6/30/10
COMPLETED 3 of 4

1.URBAN FANTASY Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne
2.URBAN FANTASY Anne Rice - The Tale of the Body Thief
3.FANTASY Palatset i Altur´rang (Sanningens svärd, #15). (swedish)
4.NEW AUTHOR Lauren Kate Fallen

[Stacy]

I am planning to participate!

First book (still making a list)
Witchling, Yasmine Galenorn, UF  Not too bad.
Halfway To The Grave, Jeaniene Frost, UF This one is going on the must buy the rest of the series list.
Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1), Carrie Vaughn, New author Changed
Unshapely Things, Mark Del Franco, New AuthorThink Jim Butcher. I really enjoyed the "Weird" and the sense of humor threaded in here.
Dragon Keeper, Robin Hobb Changed
Innocent Mage, Karen Miller, Fantasy Another good one, but long. Over 600 pages but worth the read. Immediately went out and got the concluding book.

And ta da all done! June 12, 2010.

[Theresa]

Stacy wrote: "I am planning to participate!

I've added you to the participant list, Stacy! :)

[Lisa M]

05/18/10 Done! :)

UF- Silver Bourne, Patricia Briggs ***** I love Mercy!
UF- Grave Peril, Jim Butcher ***** Very fast paced!
Fantasy- The Katurran Odessey, David Michael Wieger ***** Enchanting!
New Author- Magic Bites, Ilona Andrews ***1/2

[Theresa]

Lisa MH wrote: "05/18/10 Done! :)..."

Nice job, Lisa!

[Darcy]

I had to make a change to one of my books as the one I originally picked I didn't like it and gave it up.

Here is what I will read:

UF #1 ~ Bloodring: A Rogue Mage Novel by Faith Hunter 4/23
UF #2 ~ The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong 5/15
Fantasy ~ The Alleluia Files by Sharon Shinn 5/18
New Author Fantasy ~ Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep 4/19




Done :)

[Yvensong]

4/4

UF: Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton
Since I've discovered I had already read Butterfly
Revised to Breaking Midnight by Emma Holly
UF: Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur
Fantasy: Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
New Author: Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge

Finished! :)

[Theresa]

Great job, Darcy & Yvensong!

[Alice]

Steph wrote: "I love this challenge by the way:)
Uf-Urban Shaman
UF-Three Days to Dead
Fantasy-Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception
New Author-[book:The Demon's Lexico..."

Hi Steph. I agree this is a good challenge. Now for the important stuff, how did you make those big ol' book covers?

[formlit]

progress update: 3/4

Was gonna read the new Jenna Black book, but instead ended up reading changeless. also, instead of magic bleeds, I read Hard Magic by Laura Anne Gilman. Was pretty good, but the mystery didn't show up until the middle of the book. I read Out of Mind, as I originally decided. It wasn't that good. Only the normal fantasy is left now.

UF 1: Changeless by Gail Carriger: read
UF 2: Hard Magic by Laura Anne Gilman: read
F: The Summoner by Gail Martin
NEW AUTHOR: Out of Mind by Stella Cameron: read

[Gia]

I'm done :)

URBAN FANTASY READING CHALLENGE 4/1/10-6/30/10
COMPLETED 4 of 4

1.URBAN FANTASY Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne
2.URBAN FANTASY Anne Rice - The Tale of the Body Thief
3.FANTASY Palatset i Altur´rang (Sanningens svärd, #15). (swedish)
4.NEW AUTHOR Lauren Kate Fallen

[BJ Rose]

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Gia wrote: "I'm done :)

URBAN FANTASY READING CHALLENGE 4/1/10-6/30/10
COMPLETED 4 of 4"

Congrats, Gia!!

[Theresa]

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Gia wrote: "I'm done..."

Great job, Gia! :)

[Alice]

TAHDAH! 4 of 4 I'm Done!

URBAN FANTASY READING CHALLENGE 4/1/10-6/30/10

[BJ Rose]

Alice wrote: "TAHDAH! 4 of 4 I'm Done!"

Hurray for Alice!!

[Cee]

UF: Dime Store Magic, Kelley Armstrong ****
UF: Bloody Bones, Laurell K. Hamilton ****
Fantasy: Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer **
New Author: Labyrinth, Kate Mosse

Completed 3/4

To read:

[Shomeret]

UF: Vicious Circle by Linda Robertson
UF: Inked by Karen Chance, Marjorie M. Liu, Yasmine Galenorn and Eileen Wilks
Other Fantasy: The Sight by David Clement-Davies
New Author: Magic's Silken Snare by Elizabeth Gilligan

4/4 Read

[Gala]

UF:Wolf Cry by Patricia Briggs
UF:Embrace the Night by Karen Chance
FANTASY:Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
NEW AUTHOR: Fallen by Tim Lebbon

[Gala]

UF:Wolf Cry by Patricia Briggs
UF:Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
FANTASY:Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
NEW AUTHOR: Dead Witch Walking by KiM Harrison

[Carolyn F.]

DONE!!!! 4/4
1) Hunting Julian
2) Jacob's Faith
3) Elizabeth's Wolf (Breeds, #3)
4) Tekgrrl

[BJ Rose]

Congratulations, Shomeret and Carolyn!!

[Chelsea]

Can I still join in?

4/4 completed

1. UF - Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead Finished June 16
2. UF - Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris Finished May 6
3. Other fantasy - Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr Finished May 17
4. New author - Personal Demons by Stacia Kane Finished May 26

[Julia]

4/4 complete I'm done!
Here's my books:
1. UF: Silver Borne (Mercedes Thompson, #5) by Patricia Briggs **** 4/3/10
2. UF: Changes by Jim Butcher ***** 4/13/10
3. fantasy: Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey ****1/2 4/4/10
4. new to me: Good Fairies Of New York by Martin Millar **** 5/23/10

[Theresa]

Great job, Shomeret, Carolyn F, and Julia! :)

Chelsea, I've added you to the Participant List.

[Lisa O.]

3/4 done - I think I'll still finish on time!

UF: Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance 4/10
UF: changed to Dead in the Family by Charlaine HarrisCR
Fantasy: Eragon by Christopher Paolini 4/18
New Author: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire 5/24

[Terri]

2 Urban Fantasy Titles: books with a vampire, werewolf, witch, or fae character or set in a UF world with some other mythical character or skill set

1. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
2. Bloodsucking Fiends - Christopher Moore

* 1 Other Fantasy Genre (not UF)

Poison Study - Maria V Snyder

* 1 Other book by an author you've never read before (expanding your horizons!) - preferably fantasy based

Spider-s Bite - Jennifer Estep

[Theresa]

Terri wrote: "1. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater ..."

I've added you to the Participant List, Terri. :)

[Kayzee]

whens the next one lol

[Theresa]

Kayzee wrote: "whens the next one lol"

Do you mean the next challenge? It will run July 1st to September 30th. About mid-June, I'll start the topic for it.

[Kayzee]

yes I need indeed . . . . . so far away lol

[Lisa O.]

4/4 done - Done!

UF: Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance 4/10
UF: Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris 5/27
Fantasy: Eragon by Christopher Paolini 4/18
New Author: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire 5/24

I actually really enjoyed all of these books, I gave them all 3 or 4 stars. I can't wait for the next challenge!

[Theresa]

Lisa wrote: "4/4 done - Done!..."


Great job, Lisa!

[Daphne]

1/4 done :)


UF: Blue Diablo by Ann Aguirre - In Progress
UF: Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
Fantasy: The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold - In Progress
Other: The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber - DONE

[Ana]

My progress so far (I changed a few titles):

Completed: 3/4

1 Urban Fantasies:
2/5 stars

1 Fantasy (in this case, an anthology):
3/5 stars

1 new author:
3/5 stars

Still missing one Urban Fantasy title that I'll soon choose.

[Gala]

DONE !!!!
UF:Wolf Cry by Patricia Briggs
UF:Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
FANTASY:Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
NEW AUTHOR: Dead Witch Walking by KiM Harrison

[Angie]

All finished!

1 - Night Life - Caitlin Kittredge - May 11
2 - Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs - May 25
3 - Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon - May 15
4 - Blood Moon - Dawn Thompson - May 29