July Challenge 2010

[Megan]

CONGRATS Mom!!!

[Megan]

5/5 Completed Wow, that was close... I didn't think I was going to make it! Whew! :o)

STRONG Women:
1 – Colder Than Ice by Maggie Shayne ***+ ¾ 07/15
2 – Linger by Maggie Stiefvater ****+ ½ 07/25
3 – Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill ***** 07/20
4 – The Questioning Miss Quinton by Kasey Michaels ***07/27
Any choice:
5 – Life After Phantom: Opera Erotica by Samantha ** 07/15

[Valorie]

Thanks Michelle & Megan!! Congrats right back atcha Megan!!

[Michelle]

Megan wrote: "5/5 Completed Wow, that was close... I didn't think I was going to make it! Whew! :o)

STRONG Women:
1 – Colder Than Ice by Maggie Shayne ***+ ¾ 07/15
2 – Linger by Maggie Stiefvater ****+ ..."

Congrats!!!

[Ѽ Cher Ѽ]

Valorie wrote: "5/5 Done Yay!

Strong Women
1. Second Skin by Caitlin Kittredge 7/15 ***
..."

Congratulations Valorie, Gigi, Ruth and Megan! Whoop! Whoop!

[Valorie]

Thanks Cher!

[Megan]

Thanks guys!! :o)

[Michelle]

Read 5/5

Done!


1.Darkborn by Alison Sinclair*
2.Elizabeth's Wolf by Lora Leigh****
3.Scandal In Copper Lake by Marilyn Pappano****
4.Naked in Death by JD Robb***
5.Dark Oracle by Alayna Williams****

[Valorie]

Yay Michelle! *Big High Five*

[Megan]

Awesome! Congrats Michelle!! :o)

[Michelle]

Valorie wrote: "Yay Michelle! *Big High Five*"

Thank you!!

[Michelle]

Megan wrote: "Awesome! Congrats Michelle!! :o)"

Thanks!!

[Ѽ Cher Ѽ]

Big it up Michelle! ... Way to go!

[Ѽ Cher Ѽ]

Hey Guys+, ... not for anything ... but, here we are at the end of July , and I'm done like dinner! I really challenged myself this month from the word "go". I wanted to see if I could really do it. Thank God for audio books. A little less than 1/2 of my July reads were audio books, so I was able to read several books at once. Here is my final tally. Cheers!

DONE 5/5 +8

STRONG Women
1. Graceling - Kristin Cashore - 9 Jul 10
2. Undead and Unwed - Mary Janice Davidson - 3 Jul 10
3. One Foot in the Grave - Jeaniene Frost - 1 Jul 10
4. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick - 11 Jul 10

Reader's Choice
5. Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon - 6 Jul 10
6. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephanie Meyer - 8 Jul 10
7. Soulless - Gail Carriger - 16 Jul 10
8. The Shack - William P. Young - 18 Jul 10
9. At Grave's End - Jeaniene Frost - 19 Jul 10
10. Fire and Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon - 12 Jul 10
11. The Dark Garden - Eden Bradley - 23 Jul 10
12. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - 28 Jul 10
13. Lover Mine - J.R. Ward - 30 Jul 10

[Michelle]

Cher wrote: "Hey Guys+, ... not for anything ... but, here we are at the end of July , and I'm done like dinner! I really challenged myself this month from the word "go". I wanted to see if I could really ..."

Good for you! And you read Anna Karenina too?! I am really impressed!

[Valorie]

Bravo Cher!

[Ѽ Cher Ѽ]

Thanks guys!

@Michelle, Anna Karenina? Audio book baaby!! he he he

[Megan]

Cher wrote: "Hey Guys+, ... not for anything ... but, here we are at the end of July , and I'm done like dinner! I really challenged myself this month from the word "go". I wanted to see if I could really ..."

WOW! VERY impressive!!

[Gigi, Moderator]

Thanks everyone for the congratulations!

Also, Congratulations to everyone who finished as well!

[Michelle]

July – “Spirit of Freedom” – STRONG Women

Challenge Duration: July 1-31st

You can join this challenge at any time!

Participants:

Ann aka Iftcan - 5/5 books read. Done. Congrats!
Carolyn F. - 5/5 books read + 1. Done. Congrats!
Cher - 5/5 books read +8. Done. Conrats!
Diane (deebotte) - 5/5 books read. Done. Congrats!
Gigi - 5/5 books read. Congrats!
Kelley 5/5 books read. Done! Congrats!
Lizz - 2/5 books read. Congrats!
Megan 5/5 books read. Congrats!
Michelle - 5/5 books read. Congrats!
Ruth - 6/6 books read. Congrats!
Valorie - 5/5 books read. Congrats!

Good job everybody!


Total books read in this challenge so far: 62

Please re-post your list after every update. Updates will occur every Sunday.

Also, please have your total at the top of your post (example 1/6 books read). Striking out the books you have read is also helpful and/or dating them also helps!

Happy Reading!

If a book is not in the group bookshelf, please add it! Thank you!