May 2010 Reading Challenge

[Mel]

Yay! Lover Mine, wooohooo :)

[Stav]

Mel wrote: "Yay! Lover Mine, wooohooo :)"

well it IS waiting for me in Michelle's office. She said she might have a peak just for some Quinn-Blay action...I told her to go ahead and help herself...lol

[Mel]

Stav wrote: "well it IS waiting for me in Michelle's office. She said she might have a peak just for some Quinn-Blay action...I told her to go ahead and help herself....."

LOL. Just don't make her skip the remaining books! :)

[Jess]

1/10


One Male on the Cover
1.The Darkest Kiss(Lords of the Underworld, #3) 3 Stars May 2nd I liked the story of Maddox much better than this one
2.Night Embrace
3.The Darkest Pleasure

One Female on the Cover
4.Rogue Reading now
5.Changeless
6.Thorn Queen

Couple on the Cover
7.No Rest for the Wicked
8.Gideon
alt - Cry Wolf

No Person or Human Image on the Cover
9.Darkfever
10.The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker
alt - Rooms: A Novel

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[Rachael]

3 Single male on the cover.

1.Private Demon by Lynn Viehl
2.City of Bones (Mortal Instruments, #1)by Cassandra Clare
3.Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1)
by Nalini Singh


3 single female on the cover

1.Succubus On Top (Georgina Kincaid, #2)
by Richelle Mead
2.The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (Rachel Morgan/The Hollows, #2)by Kim Harrison
3.Rogue (Shifters, #2)by Rachel Vincent


2 Books with a couple

1.The Shadows (Vampire Huntress Legend, Book 11)
by L.A. Banks Finished May 3
2.Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, #2)
by Patricia Briggs


2 Books no person or human image at all

1.Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard Mystery, #1)
by Charlaine Harris
2.An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mystery, #3)
by Charlaine Harris


Books are subject to change.

[Kirttimukha]

I'm feeling a little disorganized this month. I have too many books for some categories and not enough for others. I'm going to post my list as I go along. I hope that's ok. That way can post what I'm sure about.

Single Female on Cover
1.
2.
3.

Single Male on Cover
1. Fire Watcher (Watcher #3) by Lilith Saintcrow
2. The Midnight Mayor (Matthew Swift #2) by Kate Griffin
3.

Couple on cover
1. Nice Girls Don't have Fangs (Jane Jameson#1) by Molly Harper 5/3
2.

No Human on Cover
1.
2.



I'm having trouble finding books with no human images at all. I'm still looking!

[Karyn]

Update no 1:

3 books whose that has a single male on the cover.
Blaze of Memory - Nalini Singh



3 books whose that has a single female on the cover.
Night Embrace - Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
Beneath the Skin - Adrian Phoenix



2 books whose cover feature a couple.
Dark Elves V: Discovery - Jet Mykles
A Hunger Like No Other - Kresley Cole




2 books where there is no person or human image at all.
The Warlord Wants Forever - Kresley Cole
The Dream Thief - Shana Abe



The Warlord wants forever was ok, so i'm not sure whether i want to pick up the next book. Although from the reviews i've read, the series seems to get better. Gonna give it another try

[Lisa]

I am in. Below is a partial list. I will have to check out some covers and update tomorrow.

1/10 Read

Single Female
Vampire Academy
All Souls' Night
Stray

Single Male

Couple
Cry Wolf 3-1-10
Lover Revealed

No Human
Twilight

[Literary Ames]

1 of 10 READ

Single male (3)
1. The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter
2. The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter
3. Shadow Game by Christine Feehan



Single female (3)
4. Black Ships by Jo Graham
5. Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler
6. Blood Cross by Faith Hunter



Couple (2)
7. Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper May 3
8. Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione



No human image (2)
9. The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole
10. The Smoke Thief by Shana Abé



Alternates for single female: Early to Death, Early to Rise, Magic Bleeds, Web of Lies
Alternate for single male: Sebastian
Alternate for couple: Dead in the Family
Alternates for no human image: The Splendor Falls, The Body Finder, Wake

[Mel]

K wrote: "The Warlord wants forever was ok, so i'm not sure whether i want to pick up the next book. Although from the reviews i've read, the series seems to get better. Gonna give it another try ..."

Oh do so K. The series is really great. I'm sure you'll love it. I imagine you'll especially like Kaderin, Mariketa and Sabine (the heroines of #3 and #4 and #7).

[BJ Rose]

May
Cover Hunt Challenge
2/10 completed

Single Male on Cover
1. by Garth Nix 2. by Deborah Cooke 3. by Kay Hooper

Single Female on Cover
4. Patricia Briggs 5. MaryJanice Davidson 6. Kelley Armstrong

Cover Features a Couple
7. by Cindy Gerard May 3 8. by J.R. Ward

No Person/Human Image at all
9. by J.D. Robb 10. by Orson Scott Card May 2

[Danielle]

1. (couple)

[Regie]

2/10 Finished!!!!

1. Single Male:
City of Bonesby Cassandra Clare (3 stars)
Atlantis Risingby Alyssa Day
Dragon Actually



2. Single Female
Witchlingby Yasmine Galenorn (3.5 stars)
Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick
Changeless by Gail Carriger




3. Couple (2)

Dark Loverby JR Ward
Dead in the Familyby Charlaine Harris



4. No Human (2)
Outlanderby Diana Gabaldon
Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb (could not find a link on Goodreads...

[Nita]

Atlantis Unleashed was another great book in this series. I am looking forward to Alexios book next.

3/10 read
Read 3 books whose that has a single male on the cover
1. Atlantis Unleashed 5/3 ****
2. Dawn's Awakening
3. Velvet Haven



Read 3 books whose that has a single female on the cover
4. Hot Blooded
5. Grimspace
6. Mind Games



Read 2 books whose cover feature a couple
7. His Darkest Hunger 5/2 ***
8. Beyond the Night 5/3 ****

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Read 2 books where there is no person or human image at all
9. Enslaved
10. Crocodile on the Sandbank



Also read:

[Jessica]

1/10 down. Can't wait to get my hands on Dead in the Family in the morning!

3 books whose that has a single male on the cover
1.The Dark Highlander 5/3 3 stars
2.
3.



3 books whose that has a single female on the cover
4.Kitty Takes a Holiday
5.Fallen
6.



2 books whose cover feature a couple
7.Dead in the Family
8.Spirit Bound



2 books where there is no person or human image at all
9.
10.

[colleen]

Paranormal Monthly Challenge - May 2010

4/10 read

Single Male on the Cover
1. Intertwined by Gena Showalter 5/3/10
2.
3.

Single Female on the Cover
4. Kiss Of Death by Rachel Caine 5/2/10
5. Shift by Rachel Vincent 5/3/10
6.

Couple on Cover
7. Lover Mine by J. R. Ward 5/2/10
8.

No Person or Human Image on Cover
9.
10.

[D.C.]

Oh, this looks fun!
Here we go.....
Read 3 books whose that has a single male on the cover.




Read 3 books whose that has a single female on the cover.




Read 2 books whose cover feature a couple.



Read 2 books where there is no person or human image at all.

[Valorie]

2/10 Done

Single Male on Cover
1. Burning Alive by Shannon K. Butcher
2. Naked Dragon by Annette Blair
3. Rapture by Jacquelyn Frank


Single Female on Cover
4. They Call Me Death by Missy Jane
5. Mortal Sins by Eileen Wilks
6. Even Vampires Get the Blues by Katie MacAlister


Couple on Cover
7. Finders Keepers by Linnea Sinclair
8. Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian


No Person on Cover
9. Ghost of a Chance by Yasmine Galenorn 5/2 ***
10. Charmed to Death by Shirley Damsgaard 5/3 ****

[Rayne]

Featuring a single male
1.
2.
3.

Featuring a single female
1.Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey
2.Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey
3.The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong


Featuring a couple
1.
2.

Featuring no human or animal
1.Lirael by Garth Nix
2.

[♥Lynn ♥]

3/10 READ

3 books whose that has a single male on the cover
1.Born of Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2.Dangerous Games by Lora Leigh
3.Into the Dark by Gena Showalter



3 books whose that has a single female on the cover

4.The Taste of Night: The Second Sign of the Zodiacby Vicki Pettersson
5.Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
6.Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong



2 books whose cover feature a couple

7.A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
8.Roadkill by Rob Thurman



2 books where there is no person or human image at all
9. Dancing with the Devil by Keri Arthur
10.The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting



Also Read 2/2
The Warlord Wants Forever
Kitty Raises Hell

[Amanda]

This sounds like fun!

5/10 completed

Books with a single male on cover
1. Raphael by D.B. Reynolds
2. Dragonswan by Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/4
3. Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning



Books with single female on cover
1. Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2. The Untamed Bride by Stephanie Laurens 5/11
3. Soulless by Gail Carriger 5/14



Books with a couple on the cover
1. First Drop of Crimson by Janeine Frost 5/3
2. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris 5/7



Books with no person or human image on cover
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

[Melanie]

1/10

I am in! Can't wait for my cruise so I can start reading these!!!

Three Books with Males on the Cover!
1.Nightkeepers by Jessica Andersen
2.Darkness Everlasting by Alexandra Ivy
3.Rouge by Cheryl Brooks

Three Books with Females on the Cover!
1.Betwitched and Betrayed by Lisa Shearin
2.Vicious Circle by Linda Robertson
3.Bedtime Stories by Jean Johnson

Two Books with Couples on the cover!
1.Lover Eternal by JR Ward
2.Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

Two Books with no human image
1.Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2.Queene of Light by Jennifer Armintrout

[Gemma]

Here is my List for the Month

Completed 0/10
Read 3 books whose that has a single male on the cover.
Dark Thirst
The Immortal Highlander
Lyon

Read 3 books whose that has a single female on the cover.
Dead As A Doornail
Succubus Blues
Black Magic Sanction

Read 2 books whose cover feature a couple.
First Drop of Crimson
Cry Wolf

Read 2 books where there is no person or human image at all.
Small Favour
The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide

Covers








Curretnly Reading
Succubus Blues

[Mel]

LOL, I had to laugh at the Cry Wolf cover for being 'couples' but actually it's right. Still: looks funny.

Good luck with First Drop of Crimson (yech!) and have fun with Georgina Kincaid :)

[Patricia]

3/10 Done

Single Male on the Cover
1 Katie Macalister Love in the Time of Dragons
2 Gena Showalter Into the Dark
3 Annette Blair Naked Dragon
4 Michelle Rowen The Demon in Me (possible)

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Single Female on Cover
1 Rachel Caine Kiss of Death
2 Lisa Shearin Bewitched & Betrayed Great 4th book
3 P.C & Kristin Cast Burned
4 Linda Robertson Hallowed Circle (possible)

Couple on cover
1 Charlaine Harris Dead in the Family
2 Richelle Mead Spirit Bound
3 Jacquelyn Frank Stealing Kathryn (possible)

No person on cover
1 Julie Kenner Demon Ex-Machina
2 Kristin Cashore Graceling
3 Diana Gabaldon Dragonfly in Amber (possible)

[Gemma]

Mel wrote: "LOL, I had to laugh at the Cry Wolf cover for being 'couples' but actually it's right. Still: looks funny.

Good luck with First Drop of Crimson (yech!) and have fun with Georgina Kincaid :)"

Its said couples, didn't say anything about it being both human. lol!

I'll read first drop after Succubus

[Karina]

You may post your list anytime, but no reading before May 1.
PNR May '10 Challenge

2/10

Single Male on Cover
1. Definitely Dead Completed:03/05/2010
2.All Together Dead
3.



Single Female on Cover
4. Touch the Dark Completed:04/05/2010
5.Playing With Fire
6.Frostbite



Couple on Cover
7.Lover Eternal
8.Lover Awakened



No Person on Cover
9.Graceling
10.Eclipse

[Lisa]

2/10 Read

Single Female
Vampire Academy 3-3-10
All Souls' Night
Stray

Single Male
Night Pleasures
Wild Card


Couple
Cry Wolf 3-1-10
Dead in the Family

No Human
Twilight
Catching Fire

[BJ Rose]

May
Cover Hunt Challenge
3/10 completed

Single Male on Cover
1. Garth Nix 2. Christine Feehan 3. Kay Hooper

Single Female on Cover
4. Patricia Briggs 5. MaryJanice Davidson May 4 (4*) 6. Kelley Armstrong

Cover Features a Couple
7. Cindy Gerard May 3 8. J.R. Ward

No Person/Human Image at all
9. J.D. Robb 10. Orson Scott Card May 2

[Sandy]

1/10 Done

Changing Embers to Blue Moon since my boyfriend took the audio book out of the library.

Single Male On The Cover
Changes
To Crave a Blood Moon
In Over Her Head



Single Female On The Cover
Voices of Dragons 5/1
Blue Moon
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)



Couple On The Cover

Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)
Dead in the Family



No People On The Cover

Wild Ride
The Compass Rose

[image error]

[Ann aka Iftcan]

hey all--I need a call from you all on where to place this cover

[Literary Ames]

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "hey all--I need a call from you all on where to place this cover
"

Looks like two (female?) angels on an ornament but they're so tiny that I think you could get away with it under "no human image".

[Yz the Whyz]

Amy or "Ames" wrote: "Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "hey all--I need a call from you all on where to place this cover
"

Looks like two (female?) angels on an ornament but they're so tiny tha..."

I'm voting for the 'no human image', too. I'll just pretend I didn't see whatever it is in those ornaments. *grins*

[Yz the Whyz]

Finally got my list together.

(COVER HUNT CHALLENGE)

Hot Guys
Street Game by Christine Feehan
King of Sword and Sky by CL Wilson
Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole



Sexy Females
Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson
The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister
Soulless by Gail Carringer



Sizzling Couples
The Mercenary by Cherry Adair
First Drop of Crimson by Jeanine Frost



Not About the Cover
Ceremony in Death by JD Robb
Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts

[Judithe]

Read 1/10

One Foot in the Grave: Started this series last month, and really enjoyed it (thanks for the reviews that got me interested!) Have one more of this series in hand, and one on the way...5 stars--love Cat's outlook.



3 books/single male
Jewel of Atlantis (Atlantis #2) by Gena Showalter
The Highlander's Touch (Highlander #3) by Karen Marie Moning
Covet (Fallen Angels #1) by JR Ward


3 books/single female
One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress #2) by Jeaniene Frost 5/4/10
Black Magic Sanction (Rachel Morgan #8) by Kim Harrison
Nocturne (Austra Family #5)by Elaine Bergstom
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2 books/a couple
Noah (The Nighwalkers #5) by Jacquelyn Frank
No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark #3) by Kresley Cole


2 books/no person or human
The Treasure Keeper (Drakon #4) by Shana Abe
Dark Gold (Dark #3) by Christine Feehan


Read:


Alternates:

[Nicole]

3 books whose that has a single male on the cover


3 books whose that has a single female on the cover


2 books whose cover feature a couple


2 books where there is no person or human image at all
These last two I need to think about, will add later.

[Rachael]

3 Single male on the cover.

1.Private Demon by Lynn Viehl
2.City of Bones (Mortal Instruments, #1)by Cassandra Clare
3.Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1)
by Nalini Singh


3 Books with a single wonmen on the cover

1.Succubus On Top (Georgina Kincaid, #2)
by Richelle Mead
2.The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (Rachel Morgan/The Hollows, #2)by Kim Harrison
3.Rogue (Shifters, #2)by Rachel Vincent


2 Books with a couple on the cover

1.The Shadows (Vampire Huntress Legend, Book 11)
by L.A. Banks Finished May 3
2.Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, #2)
by Patricia Briggs Finished May 4


2 Books no person or human image at all

1.Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard Mystery, #1)
by Charlaine Harris
2.An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mystery, #3)
by Charlaine Harris

[Jessica]

2/10 done. Kitty Takes a Holiday was better than the last two. Will continue reading the series.

3 books whose that has a single male on the cover
1.The Dark Highlander 5/3 3 stars
2.The Immortal Highlander
3.



3 books whose that has a single female on the cover
4.Kitty Takes a Holiday 5/4 4 stars
5.Fallen
6.



2 books whose cover feature a couple
7.Dead in the Family
8.Spirit Bound



2 books where there is no person or human image at all
9.
10.

[Ashley]

Paranormal Romance May Reading Challenge

**Had to make some changes based on Library Book due dates!

1/10

Single Male on Cover:

Changed to Finished 5/4/10 **** LOVED it!

Single Female on Cover:

Changed to

Changed to


Couple on Cover:


No people on Cover:

[Chelle]

How fun!! I'm in. :) Here's my list:

Read 3 single male covers:
Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter
Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Read 3 single female covers:
Undead and Unreturnable by Mary-Janice Davidson
Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
Queen of Dragons by Shana Abe

Read 2 couple covers:
Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

Read 2 art-only covers:
The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

[Crystal]

1/10


Read 3 books whose that has a single male on the cover.
1.
2.
3.

Read 3 books whose that has a single female on the cover.
4. What A Demon Wants by Kathy Love 5/4***
5.
6.


Read 2 books whose cover feature a couple.
7. Lover Mineby J.R. Ward
8. Tall, Dark & Hungry


Read 2 books where there is no person or human image at all.
9.
10.

[Laura Lulu]

2/10


Single Dude
1. Sabriel Garth Nix
2. Blood Rites Jim Butcher
3. Dead Beat Jim Butcher



Single Chick
1. Some Girls Bite Chloe Neill May 2★★★★
2. Friday Night Bites Chloe Neill May 3★★★★
3. Wanderlust Ann Aguirre



Couple
1. Dead in the Family Charlaine Harris
2. Lover Mine J.R. Ward



No Peeps
1. Lirael Garth Nix
2. Abhorsen Garth Nix

[Jess]

2/10


One Male on the Cover
1.The Darkest Kiss(Lords of the Underworld, #3) 3 Stars May 2nd I liked the story of Maddox much better than this one
2.Night Embrace
3.The Darkest Pleasure

One Female on the Cover
4.Rogue 3 Stars May 4th
5.Changeless
6.Thorn Queen

Couple on the Cover
7.No Rest for the Wicked
8.Gideon
alt - Cry Wolf

No Person or Human Image on the Cover
9.Darkfever
10.The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker
alt - Rooms: A Novel

[image error]

[Mel]

Laura Lulu wrote: "2/10


Single Dude
1. Sabriel Garth Nix
2. Blood Rites Jim Butcher
3. Dead Beat Jim Butcher
[bookcov..."

Yay Laura, Lover Mine! I'm curious to see how you like it.

Btw, I put up a poll today to see how readers feel about Qhuinn and Blay possibly getting their own book. You have to vote too (peer pressure all the way).

POLL: Should Qhuinn and Blay get their own book?

Everybody is welcome to vote!

[Danielle]

2. (woman)

[FlibBityFLooB]

1/10 read. I re-read Lover Revealed in anticipation of reading book 8 in the BDB series. I still wish that JR Ward had explored the relationship between V and Butch a little more. Could have been a fun plot-twist ;)

Single Male on Cover
1. Love in the Time of Dragons by Katie MacAlister
2. Lover Avenged by JR Ward (re-read)
3. Lover Mine by JR Ward

Single Female on Cover
4. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
5. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
6. Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

Couple on Cover
7. Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
8. Lover Revealed by JR Ward (re-read) - ★★★½, 5/4/10

No Person on Cover
9. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris by Charlaine Harris
10. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

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[Erin]

Read: 1/10

Single Male Figure
1. Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
2. King of Sword and Sky by C.L. Wilson
3. Love in the Time of Dragons by Katie MacAlister


Single Female Figure
4. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
5. At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost
6. Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost


Couple
7. Gideon by Jacquelyn Frank
8. Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs


No Humans
9. The Torrents of Spring by Earnest Hemingway
10. Mackenzie's Mission by Linda Howard 5/4


Also Read:

[Ann aka Iftcan]

I'm 2 books into the challenge, but will have to wait til I get home to my computer and my programs to list them. I've been staying with the grands the last 3 days--and now in addition to being totally sleep deprived, I'm also feeling the pinch with not being able to concentrate enough to follow a complete sentence.

Hopefully I'll be able to get back to a regular schedule after tomorrow when the daughter and son-in-law return home

[BJ Rose]

May
Cover Hunt Challenge
4/10 completed


Single Male on Cover
1. Garth Nix 2. Christine Feehan 3. Kay Hooper

Single Female on Cover
4. Patricia Briggs 5. MaryJanice Davidson May 4 (4*) 6. Kelley Armstrong May 4 (4*)

Cover Features a Couple
7. Cindy Gerard May 3 8. J.R. Ward

No Person/Human Image at all
9. J.D. Robb 10. Orson Scott Card May 2

[Jenn]

Read 1/10

Read 3 books whose that has a single male on the cover.
The Darkest Kiss
The Darkest Pleasure
The Darkest Whisper

Read 3 books whose that has a single female on the cover.
Radiant Shadows
Burned
Undead and Unworthy

Read 2 books whose cover feature a couple.
Lover Mine 05/03
Spirit Bound

Read 2 books where there is no person or human image at all.
Ballad: The Gathering of Faerie
Dead Over Heels